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Review
For hardcore fans or those who don't have the complete OST. -- by Robert Steen
This CD contains the arranged tracks from the anime-style movies of the Playstation version of Crono Trigger,
plus a "best of" selection of the OST tracks. To start with, the Chrono Trigger soundtrack is one of the
masterpieces of the SNES RPG era, and the music sounds as good today as it did back then. With his first major
work Yasunori Mitsuda (and Nobuo Uematsu) created a masterpiece. I won't go into detail about the OST music since
there already are excellent reviews of it at this site. Fortunately the tracks picked for this "best of" actually
are some of the best from the OST. There are some tracks that I miss, and I don't understand what the song
"Delightful Spekkio" has to do on the CD, but overall the selection is great. The sound seems to be a bit altered
from the original OST CD version - I'd say the bass is more powerful and the music sounds more crisp and clear
overall - I don't know if they have redone it with better synthesizers or if this is the music straight from the
Playstation, but that's the situation. Since the sound quality is better I don't mind, even if some hardcore fans
might be unsatisfied.
The last nine tracks are the arranged tracks that play during the PSX movies. They sound great, but they are way
too short - most are less than a minute. I understand that they are straight from the game, but couldn't they have
been looped or expanded a bit? One of the best (and longest) arrangements is "Frog's Theme", arranged in orchestral
style. I just want to cry when I think about how marvellous a full orchestra arranged album (instead of the crappy
jazz arrangement) of Chrono Trigger could have been. This version of "Frog's Theme" is probably as close as we are
gonna get.
Well, if you have the OST, is this a necessary buy? I'd have to say no. Most the tracks are already on the OST and
the arranged tracks are far too short to warrant a purchase. However, if you're a hardcore fan (and want the arranged
tracks) or don't have the OST, this is an excellent "best of" with a small bonus.
Reprinted from http://www.soundtrackcentral.com
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