Yasunori Mitsuda - 20 minutes of his best music (Chrono Trigger/Cross/Xeno)

The legendary composer of Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, Xenosaga (episode 1) and more.
Mitsuda claims to compose by "just fooling around on my keyboard" and letting the melodies come to him. He also sometimes comes up with songs while asleep, including the ending theme to Chrono Trigger and "Bonds of Sea and Fire" from Xenogears, though his main inspiration is visual items, "paintings or other things". His music is frequently minimalistic, and he has cited Minimalism as an influence. His final battle themes for Chrono Trigger and Xenogears are based on only a few chords each, with the latter containing only two. Mitsuda has listened to a great number of musical genres throughout his life, which he learned from his father, and is especially inspired by jazz music. He is also inspired by Celtic music, and has created two albums of music in that style. His soundtrack for Chrono Trigger also shows the influence of Asian music, including the sounds of Japanese shakuhachi flutes, Indian tabla drums and the sitar. He has cited Maurice Ravel, J.S. Bach, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy, Robert Schumann, Antonín Dvorák, and Gustav Holst as his favorite Classical composers, claiming that his modern influences are too numerous to name as he listens to so much music.
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the songs portrayed on this video. All rights reserved to Square Enix. Showcase purpose only.

[@micaholson7293]

I hold Yasunori Mitsuda in higher regard than I do for even Nobuo Uematsu. He's my personal favorite video game music composer.

[@RaikenZauraus]

Highly agree. Nobuo is still one of the greatest video game composers out there, but Mitsuda's work just hits different.

[@j.carvajalv]

Me too ❤️

[@AmonsRealm]

Same here hes best imo i put him over umatsu, meguro, sakurabi and go shina

[@panacelixir]

ah..men of culture

[@a-terrible-fate532]

indeed -tips fedora-

[@thom2331]

main composer for Dungeon Meshi anime LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Trhow]

Thanks for the playlist, I love Chrono Trigger

[@a-terrible-fate532]

for me chrono cross is my favorite and trigger follows they are both legendary jrpgs with the best of video game soundtracks

[@wickedfreestyle5824]

In this new age it is good to see people for who they actually are. This music helps in so many different ways… edit: five months later life has completely toppled over on its head, and I still come back here to find solace. This music never gets old

[@aehrasyt]

Mitsuda's music is just too incredible, he literally inspired me to compose my own stuff. All my music is on my YT if anyone is interested!

[@ClassiKaynan]

thank you for this!

[@sauronguitar]

Wow thanks!!

[@samanthaargueta1582]

Sublime 🤩

[@marcusviniciusdesiqueirasa7084]

A versão de 'Corridors of time' ficou épica

[@てすと-k3x]

もしまた光田さんの曲集を作る機会があったら、是非アナザーエデンや、sea of starsの曲も取り入れてほしい

[@ChickenatorJr]

genius

[@NoxLegend1]

Can’t wait for his new music in sea of stars

[@wickedfreestyle5824]

Funny how we are all listening to this so close to the opening of that

[@giovannimaldonado2275]

@@wickedfreestyle5824 true

[@joel-uw2lg]

I would like to add one more coral cascades sea of stars

[@karasushiro2636]

i find the lack of Shadow Hearts tracks sad. very sad.

[@kojoseybeats]

9:19

[@frozynuer]

Sa T Raditz aka Azis anak Om sgeng

[@DrNoBrazil]

He peaked at Xenogears... And don't listen to his guest BGM in Sea of Stars... Just terrible. Well, he was good in the 90s, like Yuzo Kushiro.

[@VoxDeserta]

Terrible take 😂

[@Evilriku13]

but did you listen to Stella Glow? I think it was a very solid OST of his, along Chrono Cross!