History AwesomeMusic / ChronoTrigger

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMppPNosckc "Zeal Palace"]] has got to be one of the most pants-shittingly ''teriffying'' songs in the game. It first canonically plays in the game long ''before'' the titular palace, during a flashback scene when Magus and Ozzie brutally murder Cyrus in front of Glenn's eyes before transforming the latter into a humanoid frog. When the song reappears much later on when you enter the titular Zeal Palace, you ''know'' something is very wrong and that things are going to get really, ''really'' bad.

* [[https://youtu.be/BXo3DrXHY8w "Corridors of Time"]] will always be remembered by fans as one of the absolute best songs in gaming history, being a mystical, yet foreboding track that represents in full Zeal's hidden skeletons. The [[https://youtu.be/TdB89l4DmtY vocal version]] sung by ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' composer Creator/LauraShigihara happens to be even ''more'' beautiful.

* [[https://youtu.be/6YFCjtX2qvM "Kingdom Trial"]] is one of the most complex songs in gaming history, using multiple soundfonts on the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] at once that don't normally overlap, and having a composition that's straight out of a ProgressiveRock song. Paints a light on how stacked the KangarooCourt made against Crono actually is.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM52DGB3i64 "Sealed Door"]] tugs the heart-strings right from the start, and after learning of Balthazar's
backstory it becomes even more of a TearJerker as you can hear his sense of loss and longing after being trapped in 2300 AD, knowing [[YouCantGoHomeAgain he can never go home]].

* [[https://youtu.be/n_gvV1vN5jI?si=8VYUUw99cZnpCMT9 “To Faraway Times”]] the ending theme. In all of its 16 bit glory, [[https://youtu.be/GzjHvtdYUHE?si=98zuqwFZEfBeVIXw Orchestral glory]]
%%* Here it is again [[https://youtu.be/-3hfLIEzeQE?si=3ue0RVh43g8lB_GU OC Remix glory]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM52DGB3i64 "Sealed Door"]] tugs the heart-strings right from the start, and after learning of Balthazar's backstory it becomes even more of a TearJerker as you can hear his sense of loss and longing after being trapped in 2300 AD, knowing [[YouCantGoHomeAgain he can never go home]].

* [[https://youtu.be/n_gvV1vN5jI?si=8VYUUw99cZnpCMT9 “To Faraway Times”]] the ending theme. In all of its 16 bit glory!
%%* To Faraway Times [[https://youtu.be/GzjHvtdYUHE?si=98zuqwFZEfBeVIXw Orchestral glory]]

%%* [[https://youtu.be/GzjHvtdYUHE?si=98zuqwFZEfBeVIXw Orchestral glory]]
%%* [[https://youtu.be/-3hfLIEzeQE?si=3ue0RVh43g8lB_GU OC Remix glory]]

%%*[[https://youtu.be/GzjHvtdYUHE?si=98zuqwFZEfBeVIXw Orchestral glory]]
%%*[[https://youtu.be/-3hfLIEzeQE?si=3ue0RVh43g8lB_GU OC Remix glory]]

* 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]]. Or so it seems, as Mitsuda [[WordOfGod confirmed]] that he had never heard of the song before composing the game's soundtrack, so it turned out to be a ''really'' strong coincidence. And just like Frog, Robo also managed to have his theme played at the 2020 Olympics, this time for Australia's March of Nationa.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyjNbPdhQRg "Battle with Magus"]]. A more epic music for a battle there never was, especially since it was the most critical fight in the game up until that point.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKRRXt8J5YU "Battle with Magus"]]. A more epic music for a battle there never was, especially since it was the most critical fight in the game up until that point.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTocv2h10BM "Last Battle"]] is (and forever will be) pure and utter ''amazement''. Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeNkqEOQ15I "Battle 1"]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsj5xjoLXtE "Corridors of Time"]] will always be remembered by fans as one of the absolute best songs in gaming history, being a mystical, yet foreboding track that represents in full Zeal's hidden skeletons. The [[https://youtu.be/TdB89l4DmtY vocal version]] sung by ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' composer Creator/LauraShigihara happens to be even ''more'' beautiful.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsj5xjoLXtE "Corridors of Time"]] will always be remembered by fans as one of the absolute best songs in gaming history, being a mystical, yet foreboding track that represents in full Zeal's hidden skeletons. The [[https://youtu.be/TdB89l4DmtY vocal version]] sung by ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' composer Laura Shigihara happens to be even ''more'' beautiful.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pX-Om-k1ag "Lavos' Theme"]] plays not only during [[EldritchAbomination events involving the titular world-devouring parasite]], but also [[DarkestHour during the worst soul-shattering moment in the story]], making it not only tension-inducing, but ''more than worthy'' of TearJerker material as well...

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QgUjqMxeXo "World Revolution"]] is a heart-pounding track that calls to attention the urgency of needing to take out Lavos as fast as humanly possible. It was so beloved that, even with it being the second song of three for the final boss, it ended up being used as the theme for the TrueFinalBoss of the [[UpdatedReRelease DS port]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpaJulksCik "Last Battle"]] is (and forever will be) pure and utter ''amazement''. Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeNkqEOQ15I "Battle 1"]].