Chrono Trigger : Schala's Theme + Corridors of Time - @Pixelophonia

Chrono Trigger - Schala's Theme et Corridors of Time
Composition : Yasunori Mitsuda
Arrangement : Simon Nebout pour Pixelophonia
Orchestre Pixelophonia
Direction : Robin Melchior
Ingénieur du son : Guillaume Defer
Captation Live durant Le Monde Festival 2017 à l'Opéra Bastille de Paris.
Mix audio : Guillaume Defer
Habillage : Greg Stern
Zeal Palace - 0:00
Schala's Theme - 0:59
Corridors of Time - 3:35
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[@raklaron]

R.I.P. Toriyama-san. Thanks for touching billions of imaginative souls. I hope there really is a Zeal Palace up there for you to enjoy.

[@kuwaneku7244]

"This is the eternal kingdom of Zeal, where dreams can come true. But at what price?"

[@THEBIGCHULETA]

The price to be forced to wear silly hats till the day you die, I can live with that.

[@DivineBanana]

What price? Just the apacolypse in 1999, no big deal.

[@martinchenier6946]

Bro... you send shiver in my spine

[@vel2118]

everything has a price in the 3D matrix

[@KyeEnzoden]

Why did I read this in Spike Spiegel's voice?

[@nameforcomments4092]

It is so hard to describe to people the feeling of finding yourself in the kingdom of Zeal on your first playthrough of Chrono Trigger. You investigate a shining thing in a bleak, frozen wasteland, after winessing some crazy stuff that leaves you wondering how and if the world survived, and next thing you know, you're standing in an Atlantean paradise in the clouds with endless waterfalls just plummeting to nowhere, and Corridors of Time is booming...

[@ThatcherChannel]

I put the controller down and just sat back for 5 minutes before I could continue

[@Kyle-mz8ng]

That moment made Chrono Trigger the GOAT for me

[@FrostMonolith]

This is undeniably the most unexpected yet the most memorable moment. It's like the game's designed for us to accidentally get there.

[@frankyknucks]

Goosebumps

[@TristanVash38]

@@frankyknucks who knew comments could give goosebumps? *eeee*

[@IronIkarus]

The best RPG of my entire 32 years of existence.

[@satanicchocobo9705]

nearly impossible to beat

[@LiikePipes]

Remembering when times were simpler, I was younger, unbeknownst going to have one of the best memories… After all that time playing it once more, it will never bring back the same feeling as the first time. The joy, excitement, sadness. Truly a memory worth keeping in all of existence. Farewell, travelers

[@danielwilliams7562]

Ha, best in my 40 years!

[@pp3k07]

The 90's are missed dearly.

[@coughKidd]

FF6 and Chrono Trigger best !

[@karlhaushofer2076]

Perfect. Chrono Trigger... The best Game, the best history, the best animation in your age... Soo... The best, PERFECT.

[@jimmyholster]

You didn't mention the soundtrack! lol

[@scottsacala]

3:43 whoa! That threw me off! I’ve never seen an orchestra sing while playing. Usually there’s a choir in the back for that, but I guess these guys are pulling double duty! Beautiful!

[@ABCMeEFG]

That's exactly where the tears started for me.

[@dfuiopghidfg]

@@ABCMeEFG lool wtf

[@P36dqiit]

When I've played Chrono Trigger for the first time, in 1996, I thought it was impossible to travel back in time. I always come back to this video to prove that I was always wrong.

[@Geth-Who]

That's the most haunting, beautiful way to start Corridors I've *ever heard*. That was magnificent.

[@leongibson5429]

PPF did it 1000x better

[@TiagoSilvaDiniz]

No way@@leongibson5429

[@danschultz999]

​@@leongibson5429After checking, I can promise you he didn't...

[@leongibson5429]

Part of the beauty of the original composition is that it doesn't need all the extra bullshit to be beautiful. This just comes off as a composer sucking off his own ego. It's not better, it's just *more*. And I think what's more devalued the sound

[@Biggo343]

both have their own charm. I don't believe either version is truly better@@leongibson5429

[@litobrigante1413]

Smh impact and influence unmatched in the world of animation and creation...Rest on Akira Toriyama, without your inspiration songs,ganes,shows wouldn't even be here.😢🕊️

[@TheOfficalAndI]

When Knuckles played the transverse flute, i felt that.

[@leftymu]

Guy with giant Tetris piece on his head: *stares with serious intent at his instrument*

[@stromgray6239]

It looks like he made the hat himself because he forgot his at home. Lol

[@BeretBay]

They're called Tetriminos btw, but yeah. The hats made them seen so professionally unprofessional and i loved it.

[@alvinng7963]

Corridors of Hats

[@lower_than_furries9727]

I've been feeling lonely and blue lately, and this made me cried for 48 minutes. I miss my childhood. I really wish I could go back to those times.

[@Geostationary0rbit]

hope you are feeling better now!

[@jimmyholster]

At first I was like...why would you cry for 48min?...then I read that you missed your childhood, and I got it.

[@reticent]

I felt the same. A beautiful arrangement of music from a game that has really achieved "time travel" for many of us in that it takes us right back to our childhoods again...

[@Toachenegger]

We must grt Epoch and go back...

[@zanetusken]

They say you can't go home again..

[@nimarus3118]

Shala's Theme is probably my favorite song in the game. It's beautiful but carries a hint of melancholy. I must ration myself when listening because it often sends me deep into a pit of sadness. When I hear that song, I see flashes of my childhood. Fond recollections of events and, most of all, of loved ones. People so precious to me, gone from this world and reduced to only memories. The greatest music draws forth emotions from the listener without uttering a single word.

[@Hassan-zw9tb]

its such a beautiful piece of music, you forget it comes from a videogame

[@saulosilva6406]

In my first gameplay I didn't give this one the deserved attention (11yo at the time), but today is easy one of my favorites (alongside Frog's theme)

[@LordAion19]

To sum it all up, that beautiful place called nostalgia

[@svenstevenson2245]

It is nearly an otherworldly beautiful, much like the kingdom of zeal, it tells of a time of unimaginable peace and prosperity... with melancholy deeper than lavos ever burrowed as it also tells you of an era that will never come back, a time you cannot return to... you can relieve that time in your memories while listening to this song, but that place in your memories can never return, you can never get that time back, you can never return to that time. To me that is what drives the song... there are so many great covers of it, it helps me grieve and serves as an outlet for the sorrows I've experienced. The good arrangements, remixes, reimaginations ect. they always always make me cry.

[@JayGravy42]

The percussionist with the homemade Tetris hat steals the Headwear show. Absolutely gorgeous piece.

[@quillquickcard8824]

The moment is burned forever into my mind. I was just a kid, and after barely scraping by against the Black Tyranno on my who knows what numbered try, I see a cutscene, learn the origin of lavos, and go into the crater that once was the Reptite's castle. Through a portal and then... only desolate cold and empty land. Nothing. Then I find some strange building... I step inside... and I am struck by beauty.

[@ThatcherChannel]

dude when this exact scenario happened to me I just stood around in awe for like 5 minutes before I could keep playing

[@nievelion]

Yes. That first shot of Zeal just had my jaw hanging open, and the music sent the shivers down my spine. Powerful stuff.

[@soloban81]

It was a nice few minutes of peace as you made your way up to the castle after fighting with the Dino’s.

[@Skossehvision]

Dont know why I cried, but thanks for teleporting me back to my childhood. I needed this.

[@wyndiahighwind7477]

Who else enjoyed the hats?

[@noredine]

i had an urge to stomp the goomba

[@jellyacc]

❤❤❤

[@ericbisson2420]

Wyndia Highwind fucking everyone, my guy

[@whatshappeninwhatsup]

I live

[@BulldozerNDF]

Wyndia Highwind nope, hated it mate

[@positivedinho]

4:16 - Corridors of Time

[@LaxBboys]

Thanks lol!

[@tekgeekster]

Not the hero we deserve, but the one we needed

[@xotwod5674]

Thanks

[@Ghibliite]

No it starts at 3:37

[@akumakumakuma1]

Not the best orchestrated version of Corridors but, but nonetheless

[@-NoneOfYourBusiness]

Fantastic arrangements. Its so nice to hear these tracks from Chrono Trigger played by young men and women who weren't born when the game came out. This score is almost 25 years old and I still have to hear a better one in a videogame. Really, really good interpretation.

[@danschultz999]

FF13 is close if not actually better. Going back and hearing these Chrono tracks again, you can absolutely hear, feel and taste the influence Mitsuda had on Hamauzu.

[@bradleymartin5433]

Corridors of Time should be the national anthem of any lost civilization we ever find.

[@PinkyH-AN-]

This might be one of the best Schala's Song arrangements I've ever heard. Just beautiful.

[@Korounet]

When they started to sing... OMG

[@mcsmoothstyle]

My thoughts exactly. I was like "... and they sing?!?"

[@ABCMeEFG]

Yes! Hearing that cue to the Kingdom of Zeal was a dream come true. I've wanted to hear a vocal arrangement of that for decades now! Beautiful beyond words.

[@UllurValdisson]

@@ABCMeEFG Federico Dubbini has an amazing arrangement with vocals, but it's kind of hard to find on youtube unless you search his name. Still, I haven't seen one played live like this in a while.

[@ABCMeEFG]

@@UllurValdisson (wipes a tear from my face) you mean this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hofHpGxppb-Nd6M

[@josephberard1227]

There’s just something about corridors of time. Honestly it might be the most epic melody out of every song Ive ever heard. It never gets old, it always gives me goosebumps, and for some reason even after hundreds if not thousands of listens over my life, it still makes me start tearing up every time I hear it. Hauntingly beautiful, thank you for the epic rendition, this was amazing 🙏❤️

[@bigroxxor420]

facts ^

[@danschultz999]

Underated comment.

[@StardogFN]

3:06 gave me chills, jeeeez. Something about lower pitched instruments having a strong solo right after the full band playing is just so impactful and mesmerizing.

[@frankbenedict8992]

Quelle performance grandiose et magnifique ! Les percussions et le piano ont véritablement volé la vedette, évoquant à merveille le paysage glacé. Cette chanson, si déchirante, décrit avec une profondeur incroyable le désir et la mélancolie. Bravo à tous les musiciens pour ce moment inoubliable !

[@TheSoulreaver32582]

This is literally the single greatest performance to ever hit my ears.

[@celes42017]

Dude bouncing on the bongos: Props to you man. You deserve that big smile on your face. This is perfect because of your bongo work.

[@maxis2k]

My whole life has been building to this moment! Finally, a song where I get a lead part!

[@Panzerkirby]

@@maxis2k dude, you really are the man at the bongos? like, you and the xilophone (its a xilophone, right?) dude where the plus ultra in that song

[@Tyler-bp4md]

@@maxis2k lol i was thinking "man the bongos are really an important part of the song"

[@tiagoc9754]

"The black wind howls..."

[@ramaset1]

This triggered a nearly unhealthy amount of nostalgia in me. Beautiful music, beautiful arrangement, beautifully performed.

[@Chickyswag972]

This is criminaly underviewed

[@jasonberezowski2869]

I'm not crying, you're crying.

[@camil914]

Still makes me cry after 26 years.

[@Ghibliite]

Best arrangement I've yet found of Chrono Trigger OST on KZbin.

[@LiuGondor]

Have you heard the PPF covers?

[@drjozue5879]

@@LiuGondor very good indeed, and the piano versions from Zohar002

[@xxargonautxx9790]

“One among you will shortly perish.” One of the chillest quotes ever in gaming.

[@jomiar309]

3:45 that princess violinist on the right looks like she's feeling what I'm feeling hearing them sing. Wow. This is the best arrangement of this I've ever heard--so tranquil and powerful!

[@arturovaldemar]

Great... now I'm bawling over here. Not crying, bawling.

[@miguelb.6312]

This is one of the best orchestrated versions of video game music Ive heard. Well done

[@DarrenBrown0121]

You know those nostalgic moments.. and the kid in you comes rushing back. And you can't control the air in your lungs. Your eyes start to fill up but holding it back ... Wow x

[@poto7828]

こういうのやってくれるのが海外のいいところなんだよなぁ

[@Supernerdland]

Listening to this with a good set of headphones gives me chills in the best way. One of my favorite performances of these two songs. Thank you all for this

[@ameatytulip374]

Amazing homage... It's like a piece of my childhood sprang to life and wriggled its way into the very fibre of my being, present day... Gives me goosebumps... 👍

[@moracabanas]

Wow I was loking for the chorus for a few seconds until it turns out the orchesta itself wtf. Amazing performance and arrangenemt

[@SethOmegaful]

Beautiful. Thank you Yasunori Mitsuda. Thank you pixelophonia.

[@JohnathanLaFey]

damn that choir section hit hard 🤌

[@Pixelophonia]

[July 2023 Update] OUR NEXT GREAT CONCERT in Paris is here ! Tickets : ➡ www.helloasso.com/associations/la-societe-des-ecrituristes-gamers-arrangeurs-la/evenements/pixelophonia-grand-concert-d-ete-2023 🗓 Dimanche 27 Août à 16h 📌 MPAA Saint-Germain, 4 Rue Félibien Paris 75006 [June 2022 Update !] Hey everyone ! We released our new CD ! And we're soooo happy about it ! Help our community orchestra and purchase the CD with this crowdfunding we just made, international shipping and shipping costs are included ! Because it's a crowdfunding, purchasing a CD is only possible during one month (until the 1st of July), so go for it quickly ! We need your help ! www.helloasso.com/associations/la-societe-des-ecrituristes-gamers-arrangeurs-la/collectes/tales-of-pixelophonia-nouveau-cd-de-l-orchestre-pixelophonia [2021 update] Wow we hit 100 000 views !! Thanks A LOT for all this love, we didn't expect that !! Please don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or our website, we're way more active on our social medias than KZbin. (links in the description box) Our orchestra suffered from the covid crisis, but we are excited to have new projects at the end of 2021 and 2022 ! Stay tuned ! Love from France ! Timestamps : Zeal Palace - 0:00 Schala's Theme - 0:59 Corridors of Time - 3:35

[@Ghibliite]

I remember when I first heard this at 7,000 views. I kept coming back and loved seeing the viewcount grow. Can't wait for it to reach a million. ;)

[@user-zn5xh6dc8t]

This song from this game is helping to recover Altantis and Lemuria subconsciously and your actually helping like edgar cayace wanted and said would happen

[@user-zn5xh6dc8t]

Some things are hard for me to refrain from or stop like a HFA medical savant river overflowing a Dam and IDC if you agree or not a comment from me marks your post in. opps...sorry shouldnt be allowed to comment then..lol

[@user-zn5xh6dc8t]

@@Ghibliite This game is a paradox that why it will nver be made into a movie because sony will continue to sue nintedo over it so its ours forever not some corporation

[@Pikkiwoki]

This is FUCKING ME UP emotionally THANK YOU SO FUCKING MUCH!!! HOLY SHIT!!!!!

[@BlanketBaron]

You can tell the drummer is really living ❤

[@AkiraUema]

Everything is perfect in this video!!! Tears came to my eyes, remembering the good times I had playing this game!

[@israeldeandrade4022]

Agreed

[@sirisaacmormont5445]

The nostalgia that rushes over you when the vocals came in is so emotionally overpowering. Just a wonderful experience

[@ryoiguchi2710]

日本のゲームのBGMを外国の方が演奏してくれていることが嬉しいです。 素敵な動画、ありがとうございます！

[@Bvic3]

Since the cultural collapse of the West, Japanese movie/video game music is the new classical music. All young classic music lovers and players these days play classic music from before the 1920s and Jap music from after the 80s. And there is a death gap in between.

[@danschultz999]

We love you, in my hometown of Vancouver we have old ties with Japanese artists.

[@__.o_o.__]

@@danschultz999 But the country where there are the most Japanese outside of Japan is Brazil, accept that, it will hurt less

[@AlphaPHK]

Just recently beat Chrono Trigger again, and found it strange how Schala's theme plays like... twice in the entire game. Such beaultiful song made for one specific character that we don't get to listen for too much, yet Mitsuda made an incredible job nonetheless. And I really like how both songs gets combined by the end of the orchestra!This is so good :')

[@saud7904]

I remember ages ago, I bought a JP CD for 35 bucks in Boston because it was the only place I could find Chrono Trigger OST... Schala's theme and Corridors of Time were among my favorites! This brings me back!

[@thomasl.4482]

Ugh. I’m about to ugly cry with how beautiful this arrangement was. Quite honestly the best interpretation of these songs I’ve ever heard. Thank you. Touched my soul.

[@abuguet]

March 2021 Here. Remember when we could go to concerts? Hopefully we can go soon to a concert to hear this live.

[@MrArcadia2009]

It took me a few minutes... Then the memories took hold of me. So disastrous, what happened to the Kingdom. It's been a long time, but I REMEMBER. One of the best games I've played in my Life. The Nostalgia is very strong.

[@Grampagreen]

I wish I could hang out with this group of people. These seem like my kind of people.

[@dddmemaybe]

The fact that orchestra players have to be so serious to pull it off makes the hats so amazing.

[@cloud7390]

in my +35 years of gaming experience, one of the most beautiful stories I was able to experience. This isn't just based on nostalgia.

[@cloud7390]

next to Xenogears. Have video game developers forgotten how to create such deep profound experiences?

[@HedgieMaster05]

I may have been born too late to see the game’s release but I grew up with this game and to this day I don’t think I’ve EVER played a better RPG. Amazing story, characters, concepts, and soundtrack. This song brings back memories and legitimately lets me forget all the bullshit that life likes to throw at you if even for a moment, which FEW things can do for me anymore.

[@josephberard1227]

I understand where you're coming from. I hope things get better for you 🙏

[@Reinodos]

3:41

[@Ghibliite]

Favorite moment

[@beatpapes]

1:25 part gave me the chills and goose bumps. This is so good and I just love the hats!

[@paulunga]

I just can't with that formal evening wear and the cutesy hats.

[@ABCMeEFG]

Hearing you all sing that cue to the Kingdom of Zeal was a dream come true. I've wanted to hear a vocal arrangement of that for decades now! Thank you so much!

[@Indianodafan]

6:44 Silence - 6:50 cof cof - 6:51 clap clap 😂. The arrangement is simply incredible 😮👏🤌

[@cigoLxeL]

The videogame-character hats lend such a quiet dignity to the proceedings.

[@axladam1063]

The feeling at 5:10 when all the strings kick in... so damn peaceful. Merci Pixelophonia!

[@arecoareyama4436]

まじめな顔と帽子のギャップｗｗ 素晴らしい演奏ありがとう

[@seekittycat]

Bassoon in Corridors of time is just brilliant. Loving this whole piece so much it's lovely

[@enix82]

Chrono Trigger, namely this song, is prolly the most memorable and powerful music I've experienced that keeps calling back to me since my childhood. Something about the crystal sounding beats ticking in the background like seconds to time itself.

[@bigfrankakadirtyboi]

this is so beautiful, almost cried

[@ninti6715]

The best of the many Chrono Trigger orchestral arrangements!

[@Archer54]

Yasunori Mitsuda

[@FrostMonolith]

5:13 the dragonair percussioner's smile shows the exact moment and face I'm making when listening to this.

[@blackrosewitch121]

OH MY GOD! Beautiful, lovely and amazing people!! GOOD JOB!

[@hazimhashlamoun6785]

Astonishing

[@mtbzombie2296]

Almost 30 years after this game came out, it still is, to me, one of the greatest video games ever made. A large portion of that is due in part to its incredible soundtrack. This arrangement is beautiful.

[@megadeth2796]

The dude playing the bongos @5:13 is the maximum enjoyment of life

[@bluestrife28]

Beautiful. I cried like only music can make you. It captures the tragedy beneath the beauty of Zeal, and the heart of Schala. ❤️❤️

[@robosv634]

Oh my god I've found my people! Beautiful performance

[@MsLehgolas]

Lindo! Perfeito! Maravilhoso!

[@frankcostasilva8492]

Não tem como não se emocionar... Lindo demais mesmo!

[@danschultz999]

Such an amazing piece of music, this rendition is definitely in the top tier.

[@PKpanzerkrieger]

Cool hats they have

[@akumakumakuma1]

Those hats are an amazing way to gain respect for video games music! Great great great Idea!!!!

[@seablue9259]

みんな大好きcorridors of time が芸術まで高められた

[@sauroncl]

OMG thanks youtube algorithm, one of the best osts perfectly and beautifully executed, i want every one of their hats too!

[@wickedfreestyle5824]

Thank you! I cried it was that good lol

[@bryanparker3138]

la perfection

[@martaarias1138]

Es un mierd4 esta version. La mejores son la del canal PPF.

[@heitordt]

Manager to hold my tears unril the transition of Corridors of Time. Flawless

[@frannydai]

Masterful interpretation. I loved seeing the musicians enjoying themselves, and seeing them acting as a choir was a nice surprise!

[@keen96]

props to whoever managed to hold that coughing until the end of the presentation lmao

[@triiistone]

This is absolutely incredible.

[@RMahna94]

This is putting tears in my eyes. Thank you.

[@wildgrem]

Person was holding that cough in for 7 minutes.

[@clarencep90]

My favorite songs from the game.

[@AdrianoSpampanato]

Magnifique, bravo !

[@JMCV22]

This was beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[@michaelhope8442]

Beautiful work!

[@santossmith9847]

the fire of music burns within me, but things like this... it makes it burn not just brighter, but hotter & with more passion... i feel as if my very soul cannot sit still.. its as if i can feel the passage of time like its the wind... i want.. no.. i need to let it out and into the world.. my soul aches to be free, to flow on the wind like music.. so wonderous.. so powerful and majestic.. so damn beautiful... i need to pick up an instrument and just... let go, let my instincts and fiery passion lead the way

[@HelvecioGomes]

Extremely beautiful.

[@Ducky-ze1ls]

absolutely magical!!

[@millop62495]

My two favorite tracks in the game, so beautiful 😭