To Far Away Times - Chrono Trigger Ending Theme (HQ)

[@aqee4612]

RIP Akira Toriyama. Your characters and art will live on forever.

[@johnq4520]

And Chrono Trigger will always be one of the greatest RPGs of it's time

[@EvilTomba42]

Welp I'm emotional now. 😢 This song will forever take me back to my childhood... and now I'm remembering Toriyama as well.. what an efficient time machine music can be.

[@xarvous]

@@johnq4520One of the most influential RPGs of ALL time.

[@85futureshock]

We will miss you Mr Toriyama. The world was better with you in it. We weren’t ready to say goodbye but we will never forget you. Off into that next life my friend. Thank you for everything. Akira Toriyama Forever 1955-2024

[@PhantasmHCS]

Rest in Peace Toriyama. Thank you for being a part of our lives and being a part of one of the SNES's most notorious masterpieces.

[@lordrat4207]

Dont forget Dragon quest. dbz and many other's.

[@daseal1479]

R.I.P. Toriyama, thank you for everything.

[@Shawni64]

Paying respects to Toriyama, thank you for everything you created ❤

[@Belschazaar]

RIP Toriyama sensei

[@MFDOOOOM]

Im crying, rest in peace you absolute legend.

[@BegoRM]

Yes, I've also come here to remember and think about Akira Toriyama. Rest in peace, master; endless thanks for everything you've given us. ❤🐉🟠

[@xDTHECHEMISTx]

RIP Akira Toriyama. You were a huge part of my childhood 🙏🏾

[@Teknoman]

Rest in Peace Toriyama.

[@honchdreigon606]

Thank you, Mr. Toriyama, for helping define the childhoods of myself and many others through your art and writing. You will not be forgotten.

[@austinodonnell7359]

Definitely did not plan on tearing up at the end of this game, but once the credits started rolling, and this song started playing, I turned into a little baby.

[@phillipspangler913]

Same, I was probably 15 or 16

[@RetroLove-]

Have a bunch a shit go down in your life then run this back. It fuckin hurts my dudes 💔

[@RetroLove-]

@@TheOneFreakservo we will make it through my guy

[@Motavian]

@@TheOneFreakservo I hope you still have good friends in your life.

[@metroid767]

As did Mitsuda

[@Cab895]

RIP Akira Toriyama 😭😭😭

[@almondmilkbone]

rest well, Toriyama. and thanks for the memories

[@RegularGiraffe]

Just walked down the wedding aisle with my partner to this music! It still puts my heart in a sweet place to this day.

[@siryizzur]

Rest in Peace, Akira Toriyama. 💔

[@MisterRON]

I vividly remember crying when this started playing. What an incredible ending to an incredible game.

[@donraggo77]

Same, I can't even play this without welling up, I am now...

[@vaidenkelsier7757]

Grown ass man nearly in his 40s here, same.

[@KieferSkunk]

@@vaidenkelsier7757 I'm 46 (as of this writing) and I still cry to it too. The clock ticking at 2:39 is what hits me the hardest.

[@WeissVogel]

Wasnt bawling over when i first heard of this, but the tears just drip every time. And hit me in the feels playing this during a speech for my kid brother’s wedding six years ago next month. He played this game on the SNES at 11 years old and finished it

[@DragoEpyon]

The group photo at 6:52, I remember seeing someone on some site somewhere asking why Magus wasn't in it, someone replied saying 'Who do you think's holding the camera' That thought made me happier than it had any right to.

[@Janus_Zeal]

Hi. You've evoked me?

[@Janus_Zeal]

I am always watching over Her.

[@twitchykun]

Magus: Man, next one you take it Lucca

[@blissfu_lee8522]

Crazy that Mitsuda came up with this while he was asleep. "He also sometimes comes up with songs while asleep, including the ending theme to Chrono Trigger" [Wikipedia]

[@excrono]

Sleep Mitsuda-San, you’ve earned your rest.

[@supergobgoblin424]

A true Radical Dreamer!

[@DanielLee-eq6pz]

as a musician, that transition part from @2:39 and finding its way back to one of other the main Chrono music themes is a MASTERPIECE. This composer is truly LEGENDARY in how he crafted this music. This is no video game. It is... a work OF ART.

[@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725]

I just realized it did that after hearing it a hundred times and my exact word was masterpiece

[@WoodenClockwerk]

It gives me goos bumps everytime. When i finished chrono trigger for the first time i cried hearing that

[@rollanddev]

Hmm, I respectfully disagree. :P The switch is pretty abrupt and jarring. The background instrumentation immediately stops like someone hit the off button and even the main melody switches its vibe completely and instantly. The only carry-over is the main melody's instrument (edit: ah, forgot, and the bass - although it too has completely and very much instantly shifted its vibe). Don't get me wrong, it's not as though the two parts don't sound awesome together. But it feels a bit closer to a smash-cut than a transition to me; we just don't ease into that second part any...

[@WoodenClockwerk]

@rollanddev i kinda feel like thats the point though. Not every transition has to be smooth or have a transition to begin with to feel cohesive, and if all music did have that easy ebb and flow it'd get boring and predictable really fast, making the pacing of the peace feel slow. That being said it does actually have transition to this section textually, as it first drops out the winds, then strings, and then the vocals to leave that bass and piano with clock ticking motif in the background. This section in it of itself is a transition to the main chrono trigger theme anyways hence why its only 40 seconds

[@KieferSkunk]

The clock ticking is what does it for me. The sense that, come what may, time still flows endlessly. And given the graphics at that point in the game, it gives a sense of finality - we've just said goodbye to these characters we spent the whole game with. It speaks to the emotional attachment we developed to them - at some point, you have to say goodbye and move on, and that is always hard. Chrono Trigger will always be, at least in my heart, one of the greatest games of all time.

[@MiketheratguyMultimedia]

I was one of the lucky ones who grabbed this game immediately upon release (I still have my original SNES copy) and spent about six months fully absorbed in it, finishing it multiple times and going out of my way to get all the different endings. I'm not sure why but I didn't get this one for a while, as I write this I can't remember the exact circumstances that are required to achieve it. When I got it I was expecting something much less, an ending I'd already gotten or something, but as Crono and Marle flew above the clouds I was really taken aback and almost kind of heartbroken. It was such a beautiful and unexpected ending, yet it also felt so deserved and perfect after I'd gotten to know and spend so much time with this game and its characters. I don't know what ending is considered the official canon one but for me it's this one, and this melody is what I'd quite probably consider to be the greatest tune ever made for a video game. It's just such a perfect, magical ode to bittersweet memories of youth and love, and the hopeful optimistic hope for the future. Truly an amazing scene, an amazing tune, an amazing ending for an amazing game. Stuff like this comes once in a lifetime.

[@KieferSkunk]

It truly is an amazing game with an amazing story and amazing characters. The "main" ending is the one you get when you complete the game the first time around, but it has variations depending on a few choices you make. If you don't revive Chrono, Marle floats away on some balloons instead. If you kill Magus, he doesn't appear in the ending. Otherwise, that's the ending that's tied to this music. (You can also destroy the Epoch to skip the first phase of the Lavos fight, but I don't recall what ending that results in.)

[@GamingNostalgiaRemastered]

Man, this is taking me back to far away times...

[@Serge_crono]

Same here. Such feeling it gives.

[@JohnnyDarko01]

RIP Akira toriyama. Out of all the music from CT to give my last regards on, this was by far the most appropriate.

[@Lab_Member_X]

I always love hearing this song. So may beautiful emotions and feelings wrapped up in one perfect score. Sadness, joy, relief, hope, calm....there will never be another song as perfect as this

[@JohnnyDarko01]

so true. the greatest song ever written

[@GamingNostalgiaRemastered]

I've just uploaded a Chrono Trigger remake. Come check it out. You're gonna love this.

[@DanielLee-eq6pz]

@@JohnnyDarko01 I love this song more any other video game series song, like.. including FFVII and Zelda!!

[@JohnnyDarko01]

@@DanielLee-eq6pz i agree and im not taking away from those series they have top tier sound tracks, but this song is so good.

[@armandocan6262]

Dunjia & sorrow long day de evil zone

[@PRT95]

Thank you, Akira Toriyama. Make it to the Other World safely, alright?

[@DBarns7]

A terrific closing track to a phenomenal RPG. Chrono Trigger is one those rare games that was so great that any character flaws it may have had were easily overlooked. How many games can anyone say that about? The characters, the music, the story. Everything. What was not to love? A true classic. 😊

[@KieferSkunk]

The thing that Chrono Trigger did better than any other game, in my opinion, was to make you, the player, truly care about the characters. There's a common piece of wisdom about story writing: Show, don't tell. So many RPGs tell you a lot, through plot exposition, excess dialogue, rote explanations, tutorials, etc.. Chrono Trigger shows you almost everything, explaining only what is truly necessary for you to know how to proceed, but otherwise leaving the rest for you to discover. And the characters interact with one another in such a meaningful way that even if you have one you don't like, the game just wouldn't be the same without them. == SPOILER ALERT == (for anyone who hasn't played this game) And nowhere is that demonstrated better than when Crono sacrifices himself. The first time I played through the game, I was left in a state of shock that echoed that of the characters who were with him at the time. I just found myself going "No, he couldn't have...?" And I cried and felt lost when the game asked me to pick a new party and he wasn't there. This character that had always been the leader of the party and the strongest fighter, was suddenly gone, and I realized I was going to have to learn how to play the game all over again without him. That was a moment of absolute brilliance, and it still makes me cry each time I play - I even did it on a Twitch stream once and had to take a moment to gather myself before I continued playing, and by that point I'd beaten it a dozen times.

[@lightorchestrator]

I played Chrono Trigger and fell in love with it as an 18 years old about to join the military. Now I recently turned 30. Sometimes I miss when something so small can bring me so much joy.

[@osvaldoroman58]

i played it in 1995 and i was 11 years old i have beaten this game 68 times imagine how good it is

[@lightorchestrator]

@osvaldoroman58 I have a similar relationship with FFX. Played it from beginning to end many times.

[@osvaldoroman58]

@@lightorchestrator i do as well with others like ff6 ff8 ff12 and now im curently playing ff14 online

[@kyronzentradi8528]

Never has there been a more beautiful melody in a video game. Love this so much.

[@TheZoidberg312]

When I heard Mitsuda wanted to capture three things: Coming back from a long journey Happiness for saving the world And Sadness over having to say goodbye Well....that just made me bawl.

[@romanolegsson]

Proof of why good music is important in games and Chrono Trigger will always be one of the best in the genre. An amazing game and one that will live on in the hearts of fans. Wonderful story and epic moments, this game is one of a kind. Akira Toriyam wanted to say something for those who go through the game, and for those who understand its meaning, will be enlightened in the future.

[@tristanmarshall3070]

This song captures the perfect balance of hopefulness and uncertainty all at once. You don't know how the future will pan out, but you give it your best. Never has a video game had an epilogue as flawless as this.

[@Insoul]

RIP

[@nimazsheik5152]

Rest in Peace Akira Toriyama 🕊❤

[@BudChester]

Danke Akira Toriyama für all deine Inspirationen,Figuren und Werke wir werden sie immer in unserem Herzen tragen als eine wunderschöne Kindheitserinnerung. We will Miss you!🫡😢🐲💫⏰🧭🙏✌️❤️‍🔥

[@BudChester]

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[@karatemaster1144]

RIP Akira Toriyama

[@tonberryhunter]

It brings tears to my eyes everytime.

[@GamingNostalgiaRemastered]

I've just uploaded a Chrono Trigger remake. Come check it out. You're gonna love this.

[@excrono]

I just can’t take this is, it completely breaks me. When the clock motif comes in… I don’t want to be where I am, in real life. I don’t want to leave here. Why does it feel like the only true friends I’ve every had only exist in video games?

[@Janus_Zeal]

Do not worry, Serge. ❤️

[@mikestakeon]

0:33 How is that tiny little chord change (?) able to make me feel so much emotion?

[@skins4thewin]

The little jingle that kicks in @ 2:39 gets me every time.... hits me right in the feels 😥 I'm not crying... You're crying! 😅

[@brencastillo4496]

then suddenly you're told that this music came straight from the composer's dream....

[@NameNotAlreadyTaken2]

I miss 1995, wanna wake up and it's then again

[@skins4thewin]

Man.. such sad, somber music. This is truly a work of art! Such feels!

[@PAlouidor]

Hands down one of the greatest games ever made for the SNES and I also played the remake on PS with the cut scenes. I will admit the only game that bought tears to my eyes

[@大平正幸]

素敵な音律と 黄金の風を、纏った数々の絵 素敵です ありがとう✨

[@porterwake3898]

The first notes of this song just punch me in the heart.

[@Squeebicus]

Just beat this phenomenal game for the first time and enjoyed every minute, RIP Akira Toriyama ❤

[@Clarence_the_potato]

FF6 will always be my favorite JRPG but there is something about the OST of Chrono Trigger that just hits different. Amazing game and an even more impressive OST. Here's to you, Akira Toriyama, Hironobu Sakaguchi and Yuji Horii for creating one of the most memorable pieces of entertainment in all of human history. I salute you and yours for everything you've done.

[@---Rin---]

The ending song is bad enough for my emotions....that damn epilogue song though.... I absolutely CANNOT hear this song without tears coming on. I have to pause it before I lose it.

[@ManuelMedellin.]

Same here, but was the same with all those classic Squaresoft gems like Xenogears, Bahamut Lagoon, Secret of Mana, Star Ocean, FF4, FF7, FF8, FFX, Chrono Cross and so on... Square has got some sick sick composers.

[@GamingNostalgiaRemastered]

I've just uploaded a Chrono Trigger remake. Come check it out. You're gonna love this.

[@DanielLee-eq6pz]

@@ManuelMedellin. peak JRPG era

[@liilalemuri2329]

Poor Mitsuda had it so rough going through that game but for what result !

[@AnnkkoR]

I played this game on emulator 15 years ago, even if I had a snes as a kid in the nineties, I've never crossed the game anywhere around me so it was a kind of a travel into time to play it then and I am still travelling today with this music now 0:44 is where I have tears

[@dustinjames7572]

Immediate goosebumps. My all time favorite game and I haven't played it in over 15 years.

[@williampatrick2971]

I play it on the Wii. I downloaded it off the virtual console. It’s at my fingertips anytime I want to play it. And that’s a comforting feeling

[@PhilMante]

In my opinion, the greatest RPG of all time. And RIP to the man who drew the characters. RIP Toriyama 💪 I'll Never stop wanting to look like Goku.

[@haplon33]

RIP Akira Toriyama. Sleep now beyond the flow of time.

[@ragnarqk]

The music box outro is so pretty it fucks me up inside

[@1gnore_me.]

RIP

[@user-zh9um7ch1n]

A Masterpiece

[@KaputOtter]

Very nice montage of fanart and official art in this.

[@kriskiatfuengfoo126]

Such a hopeful song

[@BigguBosu117]

We have saved the world, but it's also time to say goodbye to good friends we made along the way.

[@Nu_Merick]

Man this soundtrack is even more memorable than i remembered.. as im replaying it, the tracks trump even most AAA games to this day! Also RIP Akira Toriyama, my skills as an artist wouldnt be where it is without your influence

[@JohnnyDarko01]

its literally the greatest ost in any game ever probably. The melodies are timeless, no pun intended, everything is so soul touching so catchy, so relatable

[@AdamB12]

2:39 till the end is so good.

[@skins4thewin]

Lol it's a love hate thing for me. That transition right there is SO damned melancholy & sad... never fails to make me feel empty inside. Although I suppose that's the point. VERY few video game soundtracks make me feel emotion like this game does. It's an absolute masterwork & what I consider to be the single greatest soundtrack in video game history. I've been a hard-core gamer & RPG player since the beginning of the NES Era, and have played most every great RPG there is, so that is truly saying something as I've heard a LOT of game music in my time.

[@JohnnyDarko01]

@@skins4thewin not just the greatest ost in history, some of the greatest songs ever written ever.

[@skins4thewin]

@@JohnnyDarko01 They are timeless, no question there.

[@Damianweibler]

Wait, did that Fanart of Lucca have a capsule corp logo? Did Lucca found Capsule CORP? This makes so much sense now

[@oscarfernandezmartinez2932]

Que maravilla..la musica del final del juego..por dios puro amor y nostalgia

[@ampeater777]

Why can't I ever not begin tearing up when I hear this?

[@CleberMorais-by6vh]

Chrono Trigger é o melhor jogo do universo.... I love Chrono Trigger.... 🤩🇧🇷🤩

[@ozziesmith1011]

RIP Akira Toriyama. We won't ever forget you.

[@trollingisasport]

Goddamit. These makes me weep like a little bitch.

[@twitchykun]

Theme of Crono having to get back into the Epoch because he didn't feed his cat

[@mrarfarf]

Thank you!

[@supergobgoblin424]

This calm the monster inside me...for now...

[@Janus-Zeal]

...

[@joseph-m8c1j]

Its a CRIME this game doesn't have the massive fanbase it deservers

[@joseph-m8c1j]

chrono trigger the musical is a masterpiece

[@DaikyojuGappa]

i think it does, and i pray for no remakes

[@armypea6032]

Who had the privilege to experience CT when it released?

[@Rendarth1]

I didn't get it on release day, but I did play it on the SNES during its initial lifespan. It was my favorite game of all time for quite a while, and still ranks as probably one of my top 5.

[@thomasnvsbrasilpe]

Que a Graça do Nosso Deus no Senhor Jesus toque no corações de TODOS VCS!!!!!🙏🏻🙌🏻 A Graça/Bondade de Deus É ESTA: Em que nós sendo pecadores sem condições de sermos perfeitos - pq nascemos como escravos do pecado - não temos condições de cumprir a Obra de Obediência Perfeita sem pecado que Deus considera como A VERDADEIRA BOA/PERFEITA/APROVADA/AGRADÁVEL OBRA para nos Salvar, então Ele nos concedeu o Seu Filho pra cumprir esta Obra de Obediência Perfeita sem pecado e assim pela Fé possamos abraça-la e pedir a Deus que troque o nosso coração velho, pecador e desobediente pelo Coração Novo, Perfeito e Obediente do Seu do Filho e assim podermos sermos salvos!!! Esvazie-se de si mesmo: Perante Ele em oração: Assuma sua fraqueza; Assuma sua Imperfeição; Confesse q é pecador; Peça um Coração Novo; Peça um Coração Obediente a Deus; Peça q a Obra do Seu Filho pra te Salvar seja derramada no seu Coração!!! Assinat: FORTE ABRAÇO e TUDO de BOM com Jesus! FAÇAMOS de Deus/Jesus o SENHOR SUPREMO de nossas vidas para Herdamos o Reino de Deus!!!!

[@MegamanNG]

RIP Toriyama.

[@edumagatsu]

Arte.

[@vaguedream1532]

Magic

[@solitaregames]

There will be no other game like Chrono Trigger.

[@glompX3]

Chrono Cross... haha I am just kidding

[@solitaregames]

@@glompX3 as much as I love Chrono Cross... it wont compare either to the masterpiece of Chrono Trigger and will always be in its shadow. Chrono Trigger is like no other and a league of its own.

[@bcachaco]

so good

[@ElMovimientodeunCampeonF1]

🤧🤧🤧🤧

[@darky4555]

Jesus christ is it already 7 months ago that Akira died?

[@jackylee5850]

That's how cruel time is unfortunately, it doesn't stop to mourn even the most talented individuals in the world.

[@darky4555]

@@jackylee5850 yeah, i feel that.

[@philipliu4851]

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[@alkatrev]

huh bulls theme?

[@summerlaverdure]

RIP Akira Toriyama