Game Composer Gets Nostalgic Hearing TO FAR AWAY TIMES from CHRONO TRIGGER

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@DaviVasc Ай бұрын

I've been having a ton of fun streaming Chrono Trigger lately on the gameplay channel! You can catch the VODs here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooq9dWyZapiId9k

@asianartist1 3 ай бұрын

43 years gaming - Chrono Trigger is still absolutely one of my favorite games of all time.

@crono6874 3 ай бұрын

It is the greater game every made. The only game I've ever considered a true masterpiece

@Aya_Albion 3 ай бұрын

Great video as always! One of the best credits themes ever. Pain, sadness, tenderness and hope. I've always felt something very personal about this theme and it made sense when I read Mitsuda’s interview that he wrote this theme when he was in high school, for his best friend who had passed away. Thank you for the video, Davi!

@parkershaw3753 3 ай бұрын

That sounds like a fantastic interview! Would you be able to share the title and publication?

@Aya_Albion 3 ай бұрын

It’s an interview marking his 20-year anniversary as a composer. Title: 光田康典作家20周年記念インタビュー -遥かなる時の彼方へ- 2083WEB

@classicsbycandace 3 ай бұрын

The “Chrono Trigger” OST moves me to tears. It’s such a beautiful game with a heart-moving soundtrack. Thank you for sharing! ❤#LongLiveVideoGameMusic

@nicholaspalmer3826 3 ай бұрын

Recently replayed Chrono Trigger after ten years or so. Kinda hard to not say it is the best.

@Myhaay 7 күн бұрын

insane writing, artwork by the late great Akira Toriyama, perfect soundtrack for the atmosphere of the game, incredible mechanics especially for the time. yeah, it's something truly special and will hold up forever.

@wandadavis8280 3 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this one.

@bastienchalvin5242 3 ай бұрын

Aaw man. I discovered Chrono Trigger only few years ago, but it was so good, so captivating, that i immediately love it as if i've played it since kid Thanks for that video

@しょっくん-w7x 2 ай бұрын

この曲大好き。壮大だけど懐かしいような切なさがあって、旅の終わりとその先の見えないストーリーを予感させるような曲調。大好きな曲を丁寧で素晴らしい解説をしてもらって嬉しい😂 あなたのファンになりました😊

@DaviVasc 2 ай бұрын

ありがとう！チャネルへようこそ。日本語のコメントは日本語の勉強になるので好きです。

@adicacid 3 ай бұрын

Chrono Trigger OST never fails to make me emotional. One of my all-time favorites among all sorts of media.

@rafaelramires5883 3 ай бұрын

This is the scene were the gang is flying on the epoch to find Cronos' mom, I belive. The descending notes makes me feel that we are flying with them.. DANG I NEED TO REPLAY THIS GAME!

@Bobbias Ай бұрын

Oh man, i forgot just how beautiful this song is. There's also SO many other elements to the melodic and harmonic choices in this that recall other songs. The first 3 notes are absolutely taken from somewhere, though I can't pinpoint exactly where. This is my favorite soundtrack from any game, even beating out Final Fantasy and Nobuo Uematsu's hundreds of masterpieces. And I do not say that lightly, as I consider him the absolute best video game composer of all time. But there's something about the Chrono Trigger soundtrack and the way it conveys and creates the emotional tone of every moment that is just unmatched in my mind.

@IvoryMadness. 3 ай бұрын

This credit theme are really great! Actually the whole soundtrack is amazing!

@Oisin80 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I was waiting to listen to a Chrono Tigger track, cause I don't know the game but I know the soundtrack is one of your favourites. And I noticed the new edit for the video jajaja. Thanks Giovanni! Cool track, I remember the Mitsuda lick, in my case I remember it from Pokemon Black, in a tower with dragon pokemons iirc. Also, the end is so cool jajaja. That's it. ¡Adiós!

@anjanette02 3 ай бұрын

Love these analysis of yours. I am understanding the composition aspects so much more now. Stay safe

@tofystedeth 3 ай бұрын

To Far Away Times managed to so perfectly capture the feeling of nostalgia and an ended journey that when I beat Chrono Trigger for the first time it made me nostalgic for a game that I was still technically playing.

@bryangillis1362 3 ай бұрын

The fact that early video games had to be so melody driven in their music due to the limits of the technology was a blessing in disguise. It makes it all so much more memorable long after, doubling down on the nostalgia from songs like this

@ArtofCrimms 3 ай бұрын

Davi, I love your analysis, and in-topic with the whole "mannerisms", I hope you give a listen to Risk of Rain music by Chris Christodolou sometime. Not only is it a masterclass in composition, it's also a fun musical ride with lots of references.

@vaulttech 16 күн бұрын

Talking about the "Chrono Trigger mannerisms", those arpeggios from the beginning remind me of Corridors of Time, and the melody (before the flute) reminds me "Black Omen" (the harmony is probably identical to the "running" part of Black Omen). Then, when the flute comes, the arpeggios change (and remind me of Peaceful Days), and the flute reminds me not only of the main theme, but also of Secret of the Forest (the first and second parts) and the flute from Ocean Palace (which is, well, Magus Theme). And then, when the piano part comes (at ~7:13 in this video) it reminds me of the piano ending part of Secret of the Forest... and those last two chords ("almost tense chord" and "tense chord" at 8:14) are "signature" Mitsuda chords that you find everywhere in Chrono Trigger/Cross Then the clock sound is from A Premonition (of course), with the very busy bass reminding me (once again) of the end piano part of Secret of the Forest (and maybe the whole thing could also be associated to the end of Tyrano Lair). Finally, the Main Theme you listen at 10:10 is "Memories of Green" (the 5th song in the soundtrack). (and by the way, since Secret of the Forest is so amazing, I should mention that it contains a full version of the Mitsuda Lick -- with the missing notes that didn't appear in the main theme).

@TSURUPETTTAAAN 3 ай бұрын

Thankyou for introducing me to my favorite game music composer. Listening to these songs come back to my memories of being 10 years old at the time. Thank you for the wonderful music. ありがとう　David.👍

@boldestdungeon 3 ай бұрын

To Faraway Times will never _not_ make me get just a little bit emotional. It's such a great piece and an amazing send-off to one of the best games of all time. One big callback that you missed, though: The very beginning of To Far Away Times is an echo of the introduction to Corridors of Time :)

@zennvirus7980 3 ай бұрын

YES! Davi makes a Chrono Trigger analysis! Not only is 'To Faraway Times' one of the most emotional pieces of music in video game history, Davi's analysis revealed many, many things I didn't know even after 37 years of listening to this enchanting distillation of nostalgia that transcends time. Mitsuda is one hell of a composer that doesn't just weave beautiful music. No. He creates a Soundscape. A... world of sound that is as alive as the world it is describing with its melodies and harmonies. Powerful and immersive. Truly, the greatest of all Time. I sure hope we get more Chrono Trigger pieces, analyzed by Davi. Especially 'Corridors of Time'. I so want to hear what Davi has to say about that masterpiece of aural beauty.

@parkershaw3753 3 ай бұрын

6:40 I think we need to have more discussion about Mitsuda's use of percussion and atonal sounds in general. The glorious madman made a percussion-only track on the SNES (Rhythm of Wind, Sky, and Earth) to fit the prehistoric setting, and then in Chrono Cross he made sure they included the sound of fingers changing position on a guitar (easiest to hear in A Narrow Space Between Dimensions.) Edit: And the clock mentioned at 9:39 as well

@Kimminha1 3 ай бұрын

hope to see another songs from chrono saga here

@azuresea7183 3 ай бұрын

@Davi Vasc here something you may not know about yasunori mitsuda the music composer for chrono trigger: In 1994, realizing that he would never get a chance to move up to a real composition duty without some drastic action and feeling concerned about his low pay, he gave Square's vice president, Hironobu Sakaguchi, an ultimatum: let him compose, or he would quit. Sakaguchi assigned the young musician to the team working on Chrono Trigger, telling him that "after you finish it, maybe your salary will go up". Mitsuda was assigned as the sole composer for the game, in the end creating 54 tracks for the final release. Mitsuda drove himself to work hard on the score, frequently working until he passed out, and would awake with ideas for songs such as the ending theme for the game. He worked himself so hard that he developed stomach ulcers and had to be hospitalized, which led Uematsu to finish the remaining tracks for him.🤔🤨🧐

@azuresea7183 3 ай бұрын

@Davi Vasc little more in depth information about yasunori mitsuda. Mitsuda has said that he was unsure of how to start, saying that he "must've tried to start writing the music 4 times" and that it took "a month and a half" before he knew how to compose the music for Chrono Trigger. Mitsuda slept in his studio several nights, and attributed certain tracks, such as "To Far Away Times", to inspiring dreams. He later attributed this track to an idea he was developing before Chrono Trigger, reflecting that the piece was made in dedication to "a certain person with whom I wanted to share a generation." Mitsuda tried to use leitmotifs of the Chrono Trigger main theme to create a sense of consistency in the soundtrack. He also suffered a hard drive crash that lost around forty in-progress tracks. After Mitsuda contracted stomach ulcers, regular Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu joined the project to compose ten tracks and finish the score. Mitsuda returned to watch the ending with the staff before the game's release, crying upon seeing the finished scene. Mitsuda considers Chrono Trigger a landmark title which helped his talent mature. While Mitsuda later held that the title piece was "rough around the edges," he maintains that it had "significant influence on my life as a composer." At the time of the game's release, the number of tracks and sound effects was unprecedented, causing the soundtrack to span three discs in its 1995 commercial pressing.🤔🤨🧐

@espada7997 3 ай бұрын

This is my all time number 1 game, I always come back to it no matter how many other games I've played.

@vsoco4921 3 ай бұрын

Ok Davi, não sei se consigo ver esse vídeo. Chrono Trigger é o jogo da minha vida, e essa música é muito especial para mim. Vou voltar aqui quando estiver mais forte emocionalmente, porque sei que é um vídeo que vai mexer muito comigo - e eu não posso chorar nesse exato momento, que posso acabar acordando minhas filhas sem querer. Continue com seu ótimo trabalho! Edit: ouvindo agora depois de um mês, e não adiantou nada. Estou chorando só de ouvir a melodia

@zealmilen5995 3 ай бұрын

My nostalgiaaaa! 😢 My first real JRPG experience after Pokémon and to this day, it's STILL never been topped by any other game...

@armashuvitz 3 ай бұрын

Definitely in the running for best OST ever

@jwr6796 3 ай бұрын

Man, I clicked this video so hard I'm gonna need a new trackpad.

@signa8 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for reviewing and analyzing this song, Davi!

@proudlarry8225 3 ай бұрын

More than a decade after I played Chrono Cross, I realized that there was leitmotif from this end credit theme of Trigger in the intro theme of Cross and I damn near facepalmed my own head off.

@thickfatazumarill 3 ай бұрын

Not only does the game use the main theme in the 1000 AD overworld, a fragment also shows up during the fight with Lavos in its second form, so it should still be recent on the player's mind on a first playthrough when it gets used for the last time in the credits

@Deioth 2 ай бұрын

If you're a fan of Chrono Trigger, here's something entirely out of left field: Last Epoch, a Diablo-esque dungeon crawler, had its story heavily inspired by Chrono Trigger. It has a lot of good tracks that could be worth a review some time.

@Ultracity6060 3 ай бұрын

FLUTE!

@valechristensen3026 3 ай бұрын

I think it's so evocative that the ending theme is familiar, but not tied to the motifs of the rest of the game. The entire game you're going back and forth through time seeing the same realities for usually little apparent changes. Defeating Lavos stops the "loop," the jumping through time, and the world progresses past the end we witnessed and fought against the entire game. To Far Away Times even on this level is rooted in the story.

@valechristensen3026 3 ай бұрын

Correction: the one leitmotif we hear at the end can be attributed, in a way, to Crono, as it's in both the title screen and the overworld of his time period. It spends most of the song setting up the bright new future, and then reminds us of our protagonist who gets to live on, and see the future he fought for.