History AwesomeMusic / YasunoriMitsuda

* ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} 64: The Second Attack'' had a soundtrack that simply radiated epicness. Not like you'd expect any less from Creator/YasunoriMitsuda. Take [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDglstmy6Nc the Angel theme,]] for example.

* Mitsuda only composed one song for ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'': the ending theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iPQP7aDe_Y Beyond the Sky]]. All the other tracks were composed by the other composers including Shimomura.

* His talents even extend into mobile gaming. Behold, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ClwEmp05k boss theme]] for the SpiritualSuccessor to the Chrono series, ''VideoGame/AnotherEden''.

* His talents even extend into mobile gaming. Behold, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ClwEmp05k boss theme]] for the SpiritualSuccessor to the Chrono series, AnotherEden.

* Between the Chrono games, Creator/YasunoriMitsuda worked on ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''.
** The game is notable for featuring one of the first [[AwardBaitSong vocal credits songs]] in [=RPGs=], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIzmMizFVE0 Small Two of Pieces]] (which remains to this day one of the finest examples of such songs).
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQi7vk9Yzdk Flight]]. When this plays, chances are something epic is happening.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQ6PeyzxDk Shevat -The Wind Is Calling-]]. Simply beautiful.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPrm1nrkZ3k My Village Is Number One]], a nice little [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong sound-alike]] of CT's Millenial Fair that plays in the hero's hometown. Then there's the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xWWORjQ2cQ orchestrated version]], which takes it to a whole new level of awesome.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dKpeTEBYIA The One Who Bares Fangs At God]], easily one of the best examples of beyond EPIC Final Boss Music.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBriJWTZctI Gathering Stars in the Night Sky]]" is sappy, but instantly endearing. And speaking of sappy, who can forget "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7D0U_RhH-I Small of Two Pieces]]", the [[NarmCharm wonderfully cheesy]] PowerBallad that closes out the game? Its unreleased sister piece, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48DS6T2NJMQ Stars of Tears]]", is noteworthy as well, as is its in-game instrumental version, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5WOyV4RaT4 Sentiment]]".
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbPB9r9cvco Shattering the Egg of Dreams]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6bYoYBW4gk The Treasure Which Cannot be Stolen]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY0JQqLRzTA Tears of the Stars, Hearts of the People]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miOizLxOD4E The One Who is Torn Apart]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzhWuriX9Ws Omen]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqqNi5_NPe0 Awakening]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qjX1nWokFA Balto]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-u3RUAeYWM Dazil.]]
%%** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eG07-f6PYk June Mermaid]]" (Emeralda's theme) is included on every Xenogears album to date, and for good reason.
* And then there is the ''Xenosaga Episode I'' soundtrack.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_NKJNo7nx8 Battle Theme]] is pure win.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6YBMmmeY1w Breaking Space Ship Pursuit]]. A song so epic, it was simply too awesome for battle music, so they made it a random scene.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izpN6hWBKIk The Resurrection]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ6ufAOSUhM Last Battle]].

* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' represents one of Yasunori Mitsuda's most well-known and beloved soundtracks.
** The main theme: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-s-VQBoUdc the original version]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnngv4oi9FQ the fully orchestrated version]]. Epic.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drsNTnSq6uk PS1/DS Anime Opening FMV version.]]
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpPMu8EApg Memories of Green]], the theme's overworld mix.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsj5xjoLXtE Corridors of Time]] is the the theme's Zeal mix.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp7PYi5b8jg Frog's Theme]]. Started out excellent, a song that reflects the sense of honor and how badass the character is. Then it got a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUQcS4xhhqo cutscene power-up]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QgUjqMxeXo World Revolution.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJtwEpQe6w0 Schala's Theme]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hELte7HgL2Y Wind Scene]]. [[http://youtu.be/wN85h3H0Sdk?t=59s The tragically unused Singing Mountain]]. It'd be quicker just to list the merely good tracks. And how could Singing Mountain get any more beautiful and [[EarWorm stick in your head]] even more? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2BbsSbX0IY Put words to it.]] Seize the day!
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpaJulksCik Last Battle]] is (and forever will be) pure and utter WIN. Also, the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeNkqEOQ15I Battle Theme]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1YKC8cNXR8 Lucca's theme]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsyobxEJcJY Spekkio's theme]]. These ones are also very awesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4L8cq2vrlk the fair]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlwjAvhY2NU your home]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5gNEvAwC_Y the trial]]. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkT9W7xAl64 boss]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZccdQ5atfs battles]] too. And the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_znkHtJMWo Black Omen theme]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r1iesThvYg Secret of the Forest]] is absolutely relaxing. Not good enough? There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HllRJW6_R-o Zohar002's]] piano version, which seriously makes you forget about ALL your worries.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSgKzZor7k0 To Far Away Times]] is like the essence of hope and nostalgia personified in 4 minutes and 20 seconds of 16-bit music. Apparently even Mitsuda is moved to tears by this song, because he was inspired to write it by someone close to him. If hearing this song doesn't make you feel something, you very likely HAVE NO SOUL.
** The track heard immediately before the credits [[spoiler: when the party has to return to their own times]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll1NuKQ0He4 Epilogue: To Good Friends]]. Starts out as a rendition of Marle's already beautiful theme, then becomes so much more.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7pML9YzOYg Ocean Palace]]. Not only is it one of the most tense songs in the game, but the way it [[BackgroundMusicOverride keeps playing through each random battle]] serves to underscore the tension and the importance of the task at hand even more.
** This one's meta. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmY2wf7T428 Robo's Theme]] is a beautifully awesome track, giving you a good bit of inspiration about the little robot that won't ever give you up. Never let you down. Wait a second. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ Goddammit.]] So. Square's got seniority on [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} that one]].
** Let's have some remixes, shall we? Kickass uptempo metal/synth version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLfdYZoJ-d8 Frog's Theme]]", a metal version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_4LQsWSsMM World Revolution]]", a beautiful vocal version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbbwXA6zkiU Singing Mountain]]", a face-melting thrash metal version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKK-arxc_mI the Ocean Palace theme]], and from Music/OCRemix, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm53E2s6lj0 Atonement]]", an awesome take on Magus' Theme.
*** Also from Music/OCRemix: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XZhWFXVYkU The Place We Knew]]", a slow remix of "Outskirts of Time" with vocals by pixietricks; the hilarious "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpDb9VN2pFs Team Gato]]"; the haunting "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo0k-rGylRU Zeal Love]]"; and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLYOZUPE6o0 The Trial in Concert]]", an eight-minute piano-only remix of "Kingdom Trial" done in a single take.
*** See also [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2A7884AB13D6CAD0 Chronotorious]], an album of remixes done by the best in the biz, the Bad Dudes.
*** And the tragically aborted ''Chrono Resurrection'' gave us this ''gorgeous'' version of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAs-m_57ZW8 Corridors Of Time]]".
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKRRXt8J5YU "Battle with Magus"]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zIHbS-Klp8 The Black Omen theme]], now orchestrated!

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKRRXt8J5YU "Battle with Magus"]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zIHbS-Klp8 The Black Omen theme]], now orchestrated!

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbPB9r9cvco Shattering the Egg of Dreams]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6bYoYBW4gk The Treasure Which Cannot be Stolen]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY0JQqLRzTA Tears of the Stars, Hearts of the People]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miOizLxOD4E The One Who is Torn Apart]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzhWuriX9Ws Omen]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqqNi5_NPe0 Awakening]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qjX1nWokFA Balto]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-u3RUAeYWM Dazil.]]

** There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPrm1nrkZ3k My Village Is Number One]], a nice little [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong sound-alike]] of CT's Millenial Fair that plays in the hero's hometown. Then there's the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xWWORjQ2cQ orchestrated version]], which takes it to a whole new level of awesome.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eG07-f6PYk June Mermaid]]" (Emeralda's theme) is included on every Xenogears album to date, and for good reason.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izpN6hWBKIk The Resurrection]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ6ufAOSUhM Last Battle]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G7b4duTNEo Scars Left By Time]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z6iOJTr1VY Home World - Fields of Time]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl8_h_4Ahvs Chronopolis]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkAK_i1-jTU Another World - On The Beach of Dreams]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwaDFdEFnCw Chronomantique]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoF2rBOnsb4 Leaving the Body]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuwK6vn6lBA Dragon Rider]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi4wQLTIqdg Magical Dreamers - Wind, Stars, and Waves]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W_nDvs0QnI Garden of the Gods]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-SFff8uW94 Terra Tower - Dragon's Prayer]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=696NDThs_nk Radical Dreamers - Unstolen Jewel]]. Mere words are useless.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpnRWYutQy8 Prisoners of Fate]], AKA that song that plays when you fight Miguel.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-IJV93FQZc battle against the Dragon God]], as well as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsARKjhuT70 Fate - The God of Destiny]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm9GLeK3syk The Girl Who Stole the Stars]]. The absolutely perfect theme for Kid.
** On the subject of Kid, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3_8Y1pz5ok Burning Orphanage]], which is only played once, in a completely optional dungeon.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMkzhO-oKXw Fortress of Ancient Dragons]], the [[DiscOneFinalDungeon Fort Dragonia]] theme.
** Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMntblDX0Bg The Dream that Time Dreams]], the music that plays during the demo movie, and climactic song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVq_ioK0Bjg Life: The Distant Promise]].

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* Mitsuda also worked on an obscure and somewhat mediocre title called Tsugunai: Atonement. You are not likely to have heard [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiUInHLbf_Q this song]] from that game, but you may have heard it from the playthrough vids of the ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' fangame ''VideoGame/CrimsonEchoes''. It's a pretty kickass song either way.
* He also worked on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2S2h24xuZI this awesome track]] for ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''; it's just epic.
* He also had an album called ''Sailing to the World'', which is loaded with awesome. The standout would be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9VhdKtaT5Y Melody of Aqua]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QgUjqMxeXo World Revolution.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJtwEpQe6w0 Schala's Theme]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hELte7HgL2Y Wind Scene]]. [[http://youtu.be/wN85h3H0Sdk?t=59s The tragically unused Singing Mountain]]. It'd be quicker just to list the merely good tracks.
*** How could Singing Mountain get any more beautiful and [[EarWorm stick in your head]] even more? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2BbsSbX0IY Put words to it.]] Seize the day!

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ntkan7F_Qw The Black Omen theme]], now orchestrated!

** This one's meta. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmY2wf7T428 Robo's Theme]] is a beautifully awesome track, giving you a good bit of inspiration about the little robot that won't ever give you up. Never let you down. Wait a second. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ Goddammit.]] So. Square's got seniority on [[{{Rickroll}} that one]].

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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W69r1-tfY20 Home World - Fields of Time]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRxmApO9gFg Another World - On The Beach of Dreams]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuxmHz0eUxs Chronomantique]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVbucCyqK_U Radical Dreamers - Unstolen Jewel]]. Mere words are useless.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJFZzvvPklc The Girl Who Stole the Stars]]. The absolutely perfect theme for Kid.

** Also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMntblDX0Bg The Dream that Time Dreams]], the music that plays during the demo movie, and climactic song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5aMM88_64 Life: The Distant Promise]].

** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-IJV93FQZc battle against the Dragon God]], as well as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iIJ88ANKyA Fate - The God of Destiny]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTq-zfrk878 Terra Tower - Dragon's Prayer]].

** An often-overlooked but truly unforgettable song is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=homHQJvt09k&t The Frozen Flame]], a carryover from ''VisualNovel/RadicalDreamers''. And speaking of which...

** An often-overlooked but truly unforgettable song is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=homHQJvt09k&t=126s The Frozen Flame]], a carryover from ''VisualNovel/RadicalDreamers''. And speaking of which...