Chrono Trigger the Musical - Magus Reprise

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Track 47/60 in Chrono Trigger the Musical!
Dalton is defeated, and our heroes are equipped with a flying machine in their upgraded Epoch. Spotting a figure on the north cape, they approach, believing it to be Crono - and find Magus instead, looking over the remains of Zeal and his plans.
Credits -
Music by Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu
Orchestral Versions by Malcolm Robinson ( / malcolmrobinsonmusic ) ( • Undersea Palace ) ( • Battle with Magus E)
Magus: Steven Kelly ( / stevenmkelly )
Frog: Darby Cupit ((waveformvoicea...) (bit.ly/DarbyCupit)
Janus: Kylie Ann ( / dreamsveon )
Schala: UprisingAttorney (bit.ly/Uprisin...)
Melchior: Tom Previte ( / tenebrismo )
Belthasar: Suraht ( / suraht )
Gaspar: CyberneticPinkeye ( / cyberneticpinkeye )
Lavos: CyberneticPinkeye, Alex Beckham
Crono: Upgraded Moon (bit.ly/Upgrade...)
Cyrus: DBGreece ( / dbgreece )
Robo: Steel (bit.ly/0Chromat)
Art by Kikyo (bit.ly/KikyoYuuki)
Mix by Marc Gardner
Mix: drive.google.c...
Footage by Suraht ( / suraht )
Outro Music: Memories of Green Orchestral by Fenix Ark Angelus ( • Memories of Green Cove... )
Art (Without Music) can be found here: www.dropbox.co...

[@Random-ig2qb]

Let us go. (Magus crams into the three seat Epoch next to Frog.) Robo: “My sensors detect comedic dissonance.”

[@jaredwalley5692]

Hah, comedic dissonance.

[@jaeheealbertchoi4920]

Magus: Silence, machine. Frog: Indeed. (Awkward silence continues)

[@genericdreamers831]

Magus: 'So. what kind of gear do you have in... Wait a minute! This is Schala's pendant! You assholes killed me in a prior run, didn't you?!'

[@dragon1130]

So Magus is Sans then? Also, I beleive you get Schala's pendant regardless of whther you kill him or not. Could be wrong but isn't the magical pendant that opens sealed chests and doors technically Schala's pendant?

[@DolphyBlueDrake]

@@dragon1130 He meant the amulet, I'm pretty sure.

[@reddawn1873]

You get pendent Regardless of your choice

[@DolphyBlueDrake]

@@reddawn1873 You do get it regardless of choice, but if you kill Magus, he drops it on death, while if he joins you, it's just in his accessory slot, so it's theoretically possible for someone to miss it.

[@k.s.2268]

I swapped out the pendant from his inventory for the Golden Stud, so I can have him spam-cast his spells to clear most monsters.

[@QueenCreeps]

"Carry the pain of the fallen ones!" DAMN! Right after he remembered Cyrus and Crono, that hit hard!

[@calemx1637]

Steven is a powerhouse

[@sincere9222]

"Frog... this belongs to you. You know what to do" That day was when they first defeated Magus. In remembrance of that day, he sheaths his blade, knowing that killing one man will not bring his friend back.

[@samcase9328]

“Taking your life…will not restore Crono or Cyrus theirs.” With those words, Frog turns to walk away from Magus, Ayla and Robo following. However, the Fiendlord had other plans.

[@kylestubbs8867]

“Wait…” Frog paused. He could sense a tinge of desperation in Magus’s voice.

[@pendragonxt3674]

⁠@@kylestubbs8867 “I’ll accompany you.” Frog blinked. “Are you mad?!?!” Magus smirked. “I said the fool was dead, I did not say his death could not be undone.” “Of what do you speak?” Frog looked skeptical. “Gaspar, the guru of time, knows the way to restore those streams of time that have been diverted from their proper courses.” Robo ran his thought processes and then came up with a solution. “It is likely the old man at the end of time would know.” Magus smiled a real smile. “Then why are you still here? Let us go.”

[@IWillSmiteYou]

I'd love a true novelization of this game.

[@randypandy13]

When Magus's theme started playing I was sitting here like "No... are they really going to kill Magus in the musical?!" only to find myself relieved and impressed when you seamlessly combined both of the choices. Still enjoying all of this so far.

[@KritoSkywaker]

Honestly. I had no regrets letting Magus into the party whenever I played the game. 😄

[@pendragonxt3674]

If only they allowed you to do that in game.

[@corjonbett]

I love that verse "Living is pain, so stop it, you finish what you've begun!" Magus is basically saying "Just kill me, already!" He's grieving over losing his sister again, so deep!

[@monsterhiddenfromthesun210]

And he got ANOTHER person killed in the pursuit of his revenge, that he was woefully unable to do anything that mattered..... So it's more "Just end it all so I don't see Lavos win."

[@Lightningstrike1220]

​@@monsterhiddenfromthesun210 Magus had no intention of getting another innocent killed by Lavos, had years and years of training his magical might swatted away like he was nothing but a fly, and was forced to watch his sister die yet again... Powerless.. Dude was ruthlessly mocked to high hell.. I sort of felt bad for him. It's amazing he didn't just go completely mad.

[@therapscallion64753]

@@Lightningstrike1220 Magus: goddamnit, I was powerless and I got the idiot boy killed, please just kill me and get it over with! Magus after joining the party: That boy's death isn't my problem. I'm just here to kill Lavos. Magus, when Crono is brought back: YA GOT WHACKED, CUS YOU'RE WEAK! (actual in game dialogue from the OG translation) It's interesting that Magus clearly doesn't like Crono or the party in general but would still blame himself for their loss

[@Lightningstrike1220]

@@therapscallion64753 Magus just sees the party as a means to an end. They're tools to him, in his eyes, they have the same goal as him anyway, so he figured numbers this time would be more ideal for his position.

[@DannWoolf]

Fans: "Are you going to have Frog duel Magus or spare him?" Man on the Internet: "Yes."

[@kylestubbs8867]

I expected as much. They went both ways with Alphys’s practice date for the _Undertale_ Musical.

[@jaredwalley5692]

I like to think ,even though the game doesn't allow this, that Frog started fighting, and had a change of heart partway through.

[@DannWoolf]

@@jaredwalley5692 Haha nope. That ain't how it works. I think if Frog chose to fight, Magus would kill Frog the moment froggy boy let his guard down. Because at that point Frog would have made it clear that it's him or Magus, and Magus would pick Magus. If you want the scary quasi-evil wizard guy to be your friend, put the damn sword away.

[@Nathan-qp9uv]

@@DannWoolf in the game ya, in a 'musical' world... if the characters actually sing the songs...right after losing Schala again that line might of successfully stopped them both

[@DannWoolf]

@@Nathan-qp9uv Would YOU be friends with someone who tried to kill you?

[@Grimmisglamorous]

Oh my god I loved the exposition. Usually exposition feels forced, but this helped connect the dots in just the right way, and when they started fighting they had those powerful vocals that give me chills while also keeping that slight melancholic tone, frog was acting out of anger and magus was just defending himself, and it shows in the lyrics and I just love that. Can't wait to see what happens next!

[@sethporter9066]

Some spoilers for Chrono Trigger below! Don't click if you don't want to see! It wasn't Magus defending himself, but rather goading Glenn into attacking. He tried to take on Lavos only to utterly fail, have most of his strength and magic stripped away, and once again see his homeland of Zeal fall into the sea and Schala claimed by Lavos. His whole purpose when he was cast through time was to get vengeance for the life he lost. After Crono and co. stopped him in the Middle Ages and he was sent back to Antiquity, he realized he had a chance to stop Lavos and save his sister and his kingdom. But, well, you've seen what happened whether through the musical or by playing the game. After everything, realizing that he was doomed to fail from the start, he feels that there's no point in anything anymore, that it's better to give up than to struggle fruitlessly against Lavos. That's what I think anyway.

[@andrewgause6971]

@@sethporter9066 ahhh. So I wasn't the only one who thought he was trying for a suicide by cop.

[@Terithium]

​@@andrewgause6971I definitely think the line "Living is pain, to stop it/you finish what you've begun!" is the best indicator of Magus having that mindset, as I thought so too.

[@mariayyad2546]

3:36 "Wait. I'll accompany you." "Are you mad?!" Love that delivery. Frog is offended™

[@lauralima862]

Phew! For a second I thought they would kill Magus. For those who hasn't played the game: Magus can be killed if you chose to fight him, and if you succeed, he will drop off an accesory, but it's more likely the pendant that her sister, Schala, gave him, when she was summoned by their mother. I'd rather not fight Magus, since he can use the four elements (lightning, ice/water, fire and darkness), and I'll make him fight Zeal, so it will plays his theme song instead of the boss music.

[@sincere9222]

No I'm pretty sure the pendant can be used by anyone in the party

[@Jaydove2387]

Schala's Amulet is for everyone.

[@lauralima862]

@@Jaydove2387 Ok. It's been a while since I played it, so I forgot some details (like Dalton's name 😅). Edit: Ok. Delated that part. Probably I just remembered equipping mainly to Lucca, so that's why I got confused there.

[@Timmir00]

You get the amulet regardless if you fight Magus or not. It's just equipped to Magus if you decide to have him join you instead. The main change that killing Magus brings is that the curse upon Frog is undone during the ending scenes I believe. Though, admittedly, it's been awhile.

[@FluffyDragonDrawing]

IS THAT WHY THAT HAPPENED?! When hisys8c played I was so f***cling confused and thought I just completely forgot his theme or something? Or that she just had his song =P

[@KikyoYuuki92]

Feeeeeeels, one of the first Magus arts I diiiid

[@calemx1637]

It was great! I like the attention to detail to their outfits, oh and the way that their capes fly in the wind too!

[@vokani5421]

Twas great! Be proud Kikyo, as like Calem mentioned the details are dang great.

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

You know, I’ve always wanted a combination of these choices! They fight briefly until they are both exhausted and Frog reasons with him.

[@Zylber7]

My interpretation was that they were preparing to fight, but then Frog remembered Cyrus and Crono and decided to spare Magus

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

@@Zylber7 Sadly in hindsight you're probably right, though if this was the in game version, it probably would have been the fight and not the singing because hardware limitations.

[@FennecWitch]

I realized that the reason Marle and Lucca haven’t been in this last two songs *is* because they were in a lot of earlier Act 2 songs, but also that they’re grieving :( This song is great though. Kikyo did a great job with the art!

[@buciallstar]

a couple months ago I replayed the game, and I remembered from my previous runs that I always liked to have Lucca and Frog in my team, so I wanted to keep Lucca in again, but after playing a bit I realized (or reremembered?) just how amazing every single character is, so I started to rotaet through everyone constantly, just to get everyones reactions and interactions as often as possible. I wish that the entire party would follow you around constantly. They are all amazing

[@that_dude_over_there]

I like how instead of Lavos in the background, it’s Chronos and Cyrus’ voices.

[@megshin037]

Getting closer and closer to World Revolution! I can't wait for that song to be done!

[@smbeast7170]

Huh. Wasn't expecting that early Magus theme from before the musical to be included. Nice touch

[@motherfuckingenterprises7436]

I like to imagine Robo trying to stop Magus and Frog, but Ayla stops him like: "No! Duel. Ayla and Robo not stop duel. Only they." Maybe Ayla's tribe have duels as a sacred demonstration of strength.

[@prestonstanley7736]

Most likely. Ayla, as a caveperson, would probably respond best to strength. Hearing Frog challenge Magus, no matter the intent, she'd most likely stop any and all interference, as to step in for a fight between two men is to spit in the face of their ideals, their convictions, their strength.

[@mr.nobody2414]

Hearing the first Magus' Theme lyrics was something I wasn't expecting.

[@TheAdvertisement]

I like the take of Frog actually starting the battle, but eventually realizing how Magus was feeling, and stopping.

[@andresmarrero8666]

So much melancholy though I don't blame Magus for his mindset at the moment. Glad that Frog chose the right choice.

[@Eagleknight815]

Shout out to the artwork!! Totally dig both Frog and Magus on the shore like that. Great job!

[@Eagleknight815]

You guys just keep knocking it out of the park. That moment for Cyrus speaks man has to stand up for himself...... Amazing.

[@LavosTheOneEyedTick]

Love the callbacks to the original "Magus - with lyrics!" videos

[@kylestubbs8867]

Well, the trailer at least. That’s where we heard these lyrics before.

[@simontheslakoth719]

@@kylestubbs8867True, but I believe he's referring to this version that came out BEFORE the musical was announced: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmGVqIGKjq2Mr7s

[@carnage0685]

I'm so fucking glad someone else caught onto that, holy shit. It seems that we've gone back to the very beginning, before Chrono Trigger the Musical was even a thing.

[@EmjiAmsdaughter]

Man, Steven and Darby have such good voices! So powerful!

[@christophersudbrink4946]

Magus’s origin is so sad. We at first hate him, then we sympathize with him.

[@GCJACK83]

Magus/ Janus's line of "Carry the pain of the fallen ones" hits different for me. I had a friend who passed on recently. He kept visiting the old neighborhood we both grew up in and where I currently live. We kept trying to plan a meet-up to have a quiet drink together and just chat about old times. Week before last, he was on the job as a solar panel installer and fell off the roof he was on. Forty foot drop. He struggled to hold onto life and passed away on day eight after the accident. The day right before Labor day. His aunt, my next door neighbor, told me about it and I just broke down crying after I went back inside the house because he died before we could actually have that talk over some good booze. In a way, I now carry the pain because it was a missed opportunity compounded by our schedules never matching up. Keith, you were a better man than I could ever be. I just wish I could've said it to you sooner when you were here to hear it.

[@leahcimsnow]

That was one of the strangest and yet one of the most incredible things I’ve seen in a long time; you re-lit my childhood memories with a bush fire of excitement. Thank you so much for being the artist you are ☺️

[@Ilikecatsismychannelname]

So this is the Magus lives path. My personal favorite as Dark Matter is WAY too much fun to use once it's unlocked. Takes forever, but it is SO worth it... Also character reasons. Did I want Frog to be consumed by his need for revenge...or decide the revenge was unnecessary in the end? Usually I end up choosing the latter because I want him to be a better person than me.

[@theotofte888]

The actual dimension the lyrics this song has is... astounding.

[@Marshadow01]

Whew, for a second there I thought we were going to go down the route where frog ends up killing magus

[@genericdreamers831]

'Living is pain. To stop it, You finish what you've begun. Oof bruh. Just oof.

[@zz5782]

Well hot damn. I was very afraid of what outcome this would be, but very pleasantly surprised. The two choices were blended well, here! The voices are great, too, wonderful fits for the characters!

[@StalkerDolg123]

Amazing as always

[@adamd9166]

Well done! I thought this would be a great idea to have a reprise of their battle on the north cape

[@darsessalgnus2950]

Favorite song! You guys did good! Art, voices, Everything!

[@Lyoko012345]

At first I thought you were going with the kill magus play through. Glad you went with recruiting magus.

[@Scolipendra]

Just as intense as the first battle with Magus. Bravo, you guys.

[@XSuicuneX]

It's been a good while since i checked in on this, glad we're taking this route. Janus m'boy has gone through so much, he deserves a chance to punch his mother in the face.

[@Nathaniel_E_Dearing]

I was wondering which direction this would go. Would Magus be fought? Or would be be recruited? I am pleasantly surprised that the answer was both!

[@maruko8324]

I was hoping I can fight him one last time then recruit him. But i killed him damn it!

[@Flipface4]

Surprised I hadn't seen many people mention how the Lyrics are close to the ones in the Magus lyric video from all that time ago. I do not know how close it is past the opening line however, because I am too tired to comb both videos

[@nekoniii2773]

wow, the art and the reprise just blew me away 🥺🥰🥰

[@CrystalPrelude]

Man. The lyrics Magus put out made me feel a shiver. Most excellent.

[@holloworacle3140]

I like Magus' voice

[@buciallstar]

I wonder if this (absolutely fantastic) musical will incroporate some of the optional sidequests. Cyrus's Grave, the restoration of the forest, what caused the future to become even bleaker, the rainbow shell. As much as I love the Sun Stone side quest, that one doesn't really have character defining moments, unlike the other 4.

[@FluffyDragonDrawing]

"What caused the future to be even bleaker?" I just finished the game and I thought I got all the optional side quests; but I seemed to have missed that one? Where/when was it?

[@finnvaneekelen4966]

@@FluffyDragonDrawing yeah i think he’s talking about tone you have done As far as i know every character (minus ayla) has a quest (rainbow shell for marle sun stone for luca cyrus grave for frog ozzie for magus the geno dome for robo and the revival for chrono) and then theres the restoring the forest wich does not seem to be bound to any single party member (although lucas big moment is here and not in the sun stone one). If i had to take a guess i think he’s talking about the geno dome because it is in the future and mad ethe future more bleek and its the only quest that he did not mention that has a big moment for a character.

[@revaryk6868]

Magus joins the party!

[@superkid2815]

Better than I had hoped for

[@SariaSchala]

Love it so much! Amazing work as always! And I love your design for Magus.

[@raymondchapa2039]

Amazing video

[@isaacbluestone1462]

I forgot that Chrono dies in this game.

[@xenahortx3408]

i laways had though than Magus at this moment chose to join not for crono but for Schala_ he wants to avenge her so he don't care who has o work with

[@FluffyDragonDrawing]

I mean I doubt he actually gives a peck about Crono si yeah probably

[@Lightningstrike1220]

​@@FluffyDragonDrawingHe's definitely not their friend, and he saw Chrono as a brazen fool trying to body Lavos like that, but he still cared enough to inform his friends that he was not lost forever. He could've easily said nothing but he chose to anyway, this tells me Magus knew the pain his friends were facing and didn't exactly want to watch them suffer what he did. If you talk to him as Chrono when he gets revived, he calls Chrono a complete fool and tells him weaklings only get killed, and is he wrong? Chrono WAS stupid to challenge Lavos.

[@FluffyDragonDrawing]

@@Lightningstrike1220 I feel its a mix of things "Yeah you are an idiot for it.... but i do respect that you tried it even if you failed" And when he HAD the knowledge to aid them, he gave it

[@LexFelron]

Oh gosh I was glued wondering how this would turn out!

[@maruko8324]

I thought this channel is dead! Yow keep em coming. I'm trying to get all the endings now.

[@Catcon61721]

Steven Kelly kinda sounds like Sean Schemmel to me. I haven’t been able to get that thought out of my head

[@YUMMiR]

woah i got chills from this

[@anikacurry2550]

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[@RemyGunbreaker]

I love this so much.

[@alaras]

Wow, it's been a while since there was anything released for this project! Thought it had been scrapped by COVID.

[@EdnerLopes]

Ty for more this one

[@alexandermattis2940]

Disappointed I had not been notified of these immediately when they came out but I will accept finding out about them right when I decided to replay this game.

[@solarblaze2089]

3:39 best line for glenn/frog to say period. I feel like it's a shot at the player for not killing magus.

[@victorwilson1337]

What in the hell, this is amazing

[@KenDaKingArrives]

Incredible reprise.

[@ongogablogian4396]

Frog was easily the best character. Magus the second.

[@Jaydove2387]

Cupit means he/she/singular they desires in Latin.

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

Like Glenn desires closure and revenge. At least he ended up getting one of those.

[@finnvaneekelen4966]

True OGS remember this song

[@stanbrule9357]

Chrono Trigger is peak fiction

[@mardonepereira9110]

2:26 free replay

[@ThePaintedFerret]

Please do chrono cross musical!

[@theuniverse9782]

Cool

[@Albortomagico]

Haven't played this game but that's not the voice i would think of for a F*CKING FROG *it's not epic enough*

[@darsessalgnus2950]

Frog’s voice is perfect

[@kylestubbs8867]

Well, he’s not a natural frog. Magus cursed him to take that form, which is part of the rivalry they show here. A more fitting voice for a frog would’ve conflicted with his knightly personality.

[@darsessalgnus2950]

I guess but that’s he’s disguise cause of magus so yeah. So he’s not completely a frog.

[@ryvaxe64]

Is Death peak next

[@darsessalgnus2950]

Hope so dude

[@Jaydove2387]

Probably a reprise of end of time

[@JediSteve-J3-]

MAYO

[@Jaydove2387]

Original lyrics!!!

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

Wow my old channel is here! I remember when my PFP was Tuxedo Mask. Now it's the main character of my unfinished book.

[@robinthedragonhunter64]

So personally I prefer Janas with a hard J instead a soft J that’s how I’ve always heard it in my head

[@Jerry-vm7nm]

Can you do spark mandrill with lyrics please everyone wants you to do that 🥺

[@lindahaapala7292]

📢

[@cuddlebug9699]

I like Magus as a character here,But in the game he's kind of a dick! If you recruit him Frog never gets rid of his curse,Meaning he contiously never released the curse! I never got this,Even if he has a bit of a redemption arc he'll always be stained in my memory because of that.

[@thisnameisuntaken]

Actually he does, in the ending FMV on the PS1/DS versions we see Frog in human form regardless of whether or not you killed Magus.

[@cuddlebug9699]

@@thisnameisuntaken Really? I played the DS version to death but Frog was always in frog form at the endings

[@thisnameisuntaken]

@@cuddlebug9699 it’s in the animated epilogue cutscene, we see him being knighted

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

​@@thisnameisuntakenSir Glenn is my file name in Paper Mario for this reason.

[@GreatSirZachary]

Algorithm food

[@sonicthelegend8741]

Do tabs all of the songs pls I want it really bad

[@aroamingeyeboi3079]

Ultra greed theme please

[@ekaabbys1940]

:D

[@cam7990]

Anyone have any predictions of what the rest of the songs could be?

[@kylestubbs8867]

Probably the names of other Chrono Trigger OST.

[@corjonbett]

@@kylestubbs8867 Can't wait for the Black Omen... And for the Mystic Trio singing to boss 2.

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

​@@corjonbettI'm from the future, both of those were epic payoffs for Magus's character development.

[@smg1006]

do the roam theme from loomian legacy

[@jutjut9474]

Do the pizza mozzarela song

[@gonhunter3994]

Hi