I did the same thing, i remember just taking my sweet time in Another Termina because that song just made me feel alive, and there on that town. It's so incredible....
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Which game had the better soundtrack: Chrono Trigger or Chrono Cross?
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I did the same thing, i remember just taking my sweet time in Another Termina because that song just made me feel alive, and there on that town. It's so incredible....
Chrono Trigger overall. There isn't a bad song in the whole thing. Cross has some great ones, but some snoozers too.
You dont have to be a Cross fan to appreciate its masterpiece of a soundtrack.
PSX Mitsuda was godlike and Xenogears and CC had two of the best VG soundtracks ever.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Chrono Cross was generally considered to be The Greatest Game Soundtrack of All Time™ by the gaming community-at-large for the entire decade prior to NieR's release. Did the past change while I wasn't looking?
And you being right is just your imagination, true!
Because the answer is obviously Cross.
Tough one, and IMO they're both different enough that I don't want to compare them lol. Both amazing OSTs as well. I'm gonna pick CC, but only because of its variance and instrumentation. CT is the originator of many of the melodies in CC. Honestly a toss up.
Chrono Trigger probably had the better overall soundtrack with Corridors of Time being the best song on either.
I'm the opposite, I can think of a Chrono Cross zone and the first thing that comes to mind is the exact music that plays. The music really sells the zones.
Cross has been my favorite ost of all time but Genshin Impact has definitely made a run as contender.
CC's soundtrack is so good that I'll give it the edge in spite of the most heard theme being so terrible (battle theme).
It's really hard to pick. Nitpicks about the gameplay aside, the "quality" argument is muddled by the fact that one game can use CD-quality audio/samples and the other can't in addition to being able to just have way more of it in general. As others have said, it's also hard to objectively parse Trigger for me as so much of that game is wrapped in the nostalgia of my childhood, wherein I literally developed most of my early musical ear and transcription skills by making midi's of the OST, and I never owned a playstation and didn't play Cross until my mid-late teens. That being said, Cross has some obvious marks of compositional improvement from Mitsuda, more widespread/consistent use of leitmotif and broader thematic development and instrumentation use (though Trigger was no slouch in that regard either). IMHO though, while Trigger has a better OST on average, the high's of Cross' are unbeatable. Time's Scar is just hair-raising.
I don't like Cross but the OST is without a doubt Mitsuba's best work.
You don't need to be a fan to appreciate a good soundtrack. If you're voting for Trigger just because you think it's the better game (which it is of course) then you're doing it wrong.
I played both.
I just find Chrono Trigger's just far more memorable. Time's Scar is the only Chrono Cross track that hits the highs of Chrono Trigger's for me.
The two soundtracks have very different styles, so it's hard to truly compare them since that's such a subjective thing. Saying someone could only like it more out of ignorance is a poor take.
Chrono Trigger's OST is excellent and brings back very fond memories, having played that game first...
...but Scars of Time has made me cry once. I think Cross wins.
(also Gale is fine as a battle theme, haters can leave)
...but Scars of Time has made me cry once. I think Cross wins.
(also Gale is fine as a battle theme, haters can leave)
I remember the first time me, my bro, and friend watched that opening.
We just sat there in silence a nice 3 seconds and someone went "...wow".
I've played it for non-gamers who think it's an absolutely amazing tune.
Both are fantastic but Cross wins for me. However...
If we include Brink of Time, that takes it. Absolutely love that album.
In October 2019 I went to Japan to see the Tokyo Philharmonic perform medleys of both OSTs.
I still like Chrono Trigger's music better, but Chrono Cross is nothing to scoff at. I think I feel this way because I associate the tracks in Chrono Trigger to specific characters and moments, whereas in Chrono Cross I only associate them with places.
Anyways, both rule.
I still like Chrono Trigger's music better, but Chrono Cross is nothing to scoff at. I think I feel this way because I associate the tracks in Chrono Trigger to specific characters and moments, whereas in Chrono Cross I only associate them with places.
Anyways, both rule.
It's Chrono Trigger. Chrono Cross's OST is massively overrated. 🤷♀️ Scars of Time is great, the rest is largely 💤