With Music From:

YASUNORI MITSUDA
NOBUO UEMATSU
TSUYOSHI SEKITO
NORIKO MATSUEDA
TRACK LIST
DISC 1
1 Presentiment 予感 0:31

2a Chrono Trigger (Intro) クロノ・トリガー (イントロ) 2:31

2b Chrono Trigger (In-Game Loop) クロノ・トリガー (ゲーム内) 2:09

3 Morning Sunlight 朝の日ざし 0:41

4 Peaceful Days やすらぎの日々 2:52

5 Memories of Green みどりの思い出 3:55

6 Guardia Millennial Fair ガルディア王国千年祭 3:21

7 Gato's Song ゴンザレスのお歌 0:32

8 A Strange Happening 不思議な出来事 1:45

9 Wind Scene 風の憧憬 3:25

10 Goodnight おやすみ 0:10

11 Secret of the Forest 樹海の神秘 4:49

12 Battle 1 戦い 1:50

13 Courage and Pride ガルディア城 ～勇気と誇り～ 3:31

14 Huh! んっ！？ 0:07

15 Manoria Cathedral マノリア修道院 0:46

16 A Prayer to the Road that Leads 道行くものへ 祈りを・・・ 0:13

17 Silent Light 沈黙の光 2:26

18 Boss Battle 1 ボス・バトル１ 1:27

19a Frog's Theme (OSV Version) カエルのテーマ (イントロ) 1:52

19b Frog's Theme (In-Game Version) カエルのテーマ (ゲーム内) 1:21

20 Fanfare 1 ファンファーレ１ 0:50

21 Kingdom Trial 王国裁判 3:46

22 The Hidden Truth 隠された事実 1:01

23 A Shot of Crisis 危機一髪 1:58

DISC 2
1 Ruined World 荒れ果てた世界 2:40

2 Mystery of the Past 過去の謎 0:10

3 Lab 16's Ruin 16 号廃墟 1:37

4 People Without Hope 生きる望みをすてた人々 3:16

5a Lavos' Theme (Extended) ラヴォスのテーマ (拡張) 5:11

5b Lavos' Theme ラヴォスのテーマ 1:42

6 The Day The World Revived 世界最期の日 1:24

7 Robo Gang Johnny 暴走ロボ軍団ジョニー 1:46

8 Bike Chase バイクチェイス 1:12

9 Robo's Theme ロボのテーマ 1:34

10 Remains of the Factory 工場跡 3:11

11 Battle 2 戦い 2 1:32

12 Fanfare 2 ファンファーレ２ 0:09

13 Brink of Time 時の最果て 2:33

14 Delightful Spekkio 愉快なスペッキオ 2:51

15 Fanfare 3 ファンファーレ３ 0:07

16a Underground Sewer (With Water) 地下水道 (水音効果付き) 2:29

16b Underground Sewer (Without Water) 地下水道 (水なし効果音) 2:23

17 Boss Battle 2 ボス・バトル２ 2:43

18 Primitive Mountain 原始の山 3:11

19 Ayla's Theme エイラのテーマ 1:29

20 Rhythm of Wind, Sky and Earth 風と空と大地のリズム 1:56

21 Burn! Bobonga! 燃えよ！ボボンガ！ 1:37

22 Magus' Castle 魔王城 0:29

23 Confusing Melody 錯乱の旋律 1:47

24 Battle With Magus 魔王決戦 3:04

DISC 3
1 Singing Mountain 歌う山 2:09

2 Tyran Castle ティラン城 3:52

3 At the Bottom of Night 夜の底にて 2:36

4 Corridors of Time 時の回廊 3:04

5 Zeal Palace ジール宮殿 3:58

6 Schala's Theme サラのテーマ 2:48

7 Sealed Door 封印の扉 2:46

8 Undersea Palace 海底神殿 3:20

9 Crono and Marle - Far Off Promise クロノとマール ～遠い約束～ 1:57

10 Epoch's Theme シルバード ～時を渡る翼～ 3:23

11 Black Omen 黒の夢 3:03

12 Determination 決意 0:55

13 World Revolution 世界変革の時 3:52

14 Last Battle ラストバトル 3:47

15 First Festival of Stars 星の祝祭 2:48

16 Epilogue - To Good Friends エピローグ ～親しき仲間へ～ 2:29

17 To Far Away Times 遥かなる時の彼方へ 4:24

DISC 4
A1 Arrangement 1 Zerovos? Lavomus?! ゼロボス？ラヴォムス？！ 4:31

夢の岸辺に アナザー・ワー
A2 Arrangement 2 Dream of the Shore Bordering A New World 2:29
ルド

B1 PSX Bonus 1 After the Battle 3:18

B2 PSX Bonus 2 One Sunny Day When We Met 3:03

B3 PSX Bonus 3 Scattering Blossoms 3:10

B4 PSX Bonus 4 A Meeting with Destiny 3:41

E1 Extra 1 Rat-A-Tat-Tat It's-a...Mat-a-Tat-Tat and Mitsuda 0:08

E2 Extra 2 Time Gate 4:06

E3 Extra 3 When Are You Getting Back To FF7 Restorations?! 0:21

E4 Extra 4 Chrono Dreamer 1:42

E5 Extra 5 Dream's Creation 1:41

P1 Pre-Release 1 V-Jump Battle 2:04

P2 Pre-Release 2 V-Jump Choir Anthem 1:20

P3 Pre-Release 3 Boss Battle 2:41

P4 Pre-Release 4 The Keeper's Dome 1:42

RD
1 Radical Dreamers 1 Day of Summer 2:38
RD
2 Radical Dreamers 2 Under the Moonlight 4:21
RD
3 Radical Dreamers 3 Strange Presentiment 0:35
RD
4 Radical Dreamers 4 Sneaking Around 6:28
RD
5 Radical Dreamers 5 Gale 1:52
RD
6 Radical Dreamers 6 Viper Manor 3:00
RD
7 Radical Dreamers 7 The Girl Who Stole The Stars 3:33
RD
8 Radical Dreamers 8 Far Promise - Dream Shore 1:26
RD
9 Radical Dreamers 9 Requiem - Dream Shore 0:50
RD Radical Dreamers
10 10 Frozen Flame 2:57

RD Radical Dreamers
11 11 Portal to Open Grounds 2:52

RD Radical Dreamers
12 12 Facing 3:04

RD Radical Dreamers
13 13 The Final Confrontation 2:16

RD Radical Dreamers
14 14 Epilogue 1:44

RD Radical Dreamers
15 15 Ending 3:05
PREAMBLE
Oh hello! Welcome to the 4th iteration of Synthetic Origins. This time I am tackling Chrono Trigger and
Radical Dreamers (as you could probably tell). To reiterate what was said in the previous albums, I’ve
always wondered what Final Fantasy music would have sounded like if they used their original
instrumentation before they were edited down to Super Nintendo-edited samples. I saw a video on YouTube
once where FF6 was doing this, playing back from a Roland Sound Canvas player, and it blew me away. So,
about 6 years ago I went on a rompler hunt and started learning the sources of a lot of games’ samples. I
found out that there was a community on Discord for people like me named the VGM & Other Instrument
Sources where people would post not only the sources of some games’ instruments, but where to find those
samples as well.

And thus, Synthetic Origins was born.

The first edition came out about five years ago for Final Fantasy IV. Once FF5 and FF6 were completed, the
next logical step was Chrono Trigger. I did not initially plan on having Radical Dreamers as part of this
endeavor, but then I just..you know, kept finding its sounds everywhere. :)

Chrono Trigger’s samples are so masterfully crafted by the Square sound team that I had a hard time
deciding, what even IS a “restoration”? What even IS an “uncompressed” version? Well, like FF5 and FF6
before it, CT/RD is no different in that I had a hard time deciding which full instrumental patches and which
samples I would pluck from those patches.

A “restoration” using original samples edited the same way as the SNES is not interesting to me. It’s just
like, playing an SPC file at 44.1KHz. So this soundtrack will utilize a mixture of both. There are some
samples in the patches that some have commented on my YouTube channel videos as “dissonant”. An
example is the Sitar patch used in Corridors of Time, where a lower pitched sample sounded very off-
putting so I decided to scrap it in this version.
THE SYNTHESIZERS/ROMPLERS USED
-Roland S-550 (Yes! It was used on this album, just not as much as I’d had hoped)
-Roland S-760 with SCSI2SD emulating the Roland CD-5
-LCD-1 Disc
-Fairlight CMI III Library (There are a number of Fairlight sounds used like the Accordion, and the Conga
sample)
-Akai S1000 Library
-Akai CD 3000
-Best Services Giga Pack Vol 1 and Vol 2
-Invision Lightware Volume 1
-Bob Clearmountain’s Drums
-Kurzweil K1200 Pro 1
-Kurzweil K2000 with Orchestral and Contemporary ROMsets
-Korg M1
-Masterbits Climax Collection Vol. 2 Classic (For the Pizzicato Bass)
-Emulator EIII

There were a few samples that I could never find so I improvised. As far as I knew, the only unfound
samples were:

-Crash Cymbal – I just couldn’t figure out where it came from. Maybe it will be like FF6’s crowd mumble
sound where I find it randomly one day shortly after the album release
-Snare Drum – I actually scoured every library I could find in a date range before 1995. I even asked a
prolific game composer to ask Mr. Mitsuda where it came from. In the end, Mitsuda-san said that there were
a number of sounds he actually sampled.
-Tick Tock sound – I cheated. I’m using the game’s sample except upsampled.
-The Glassy Pad sound in the Future timeline music tracks are actually a sample from Giga Pack, however I
went one step further and recreated the sound from chipsynth OPS7, using parameters from the SY77, the
original synthesizer that created that sample.

ANALYSIS OF CHRONO TRIGGER'S MUSICAL STYLE

Here are some observations I made:

-This sound driver is newer than FF6’s, where the “drum mode” is actually used. Drums were way easier
this time around to reproduce.
-Nobuo Uematsu enjoys his legatos, and panbrellos in this soundtrack. :)
I would like to thank the following people

Yuzo Koshiro – Thank you for encouraging me and influencing me to buy some of the most amazing
vintage hardware!

My friends and family – Without you, I wouldn't have gotten this far. Thank you! I miss you mom!

Nobuo Uematsu and Minoru Akao – What can I say other than the obvious? Thank you for inspiring me
and generations to aspire to something greater!

MY AMAZING PATRONS – Without them I could not afford the Roland S-760 and other much needed
hardware-upgrade and VST plugin services that I’ve been using! THANK YOU ALL! You are amazing. I
truly appreciate you all. If you want to help support me on Patreon and help me continue working on this I
absolutely want to work on, please check out https://www.patreon.com/tssf

loveemu – For patching vgmtrans. I ended up remaking Phantom Train by ear but fixing vgmtrans helped
me get it right. Also adding FF7 support is going to make one of the next albums way easier to make. ;)

G-Boy – If it weren’t for you finding a lot of stuff I couldn’t find, then this wouldn’t be possible. Please check
out his spreadsheet here.

The owners and maintainers of NEWER VGM Sound Sources.

And you! – I never expected this album to do majorly well, but it is a passion project, and it is something I've
always wanted to do. If you read this far, that means you were interested and I thank you for all your
support! Please enjoy this release and look forward to more stuff down the road!

Mathew Valente [TSSF]

[email protected] · www.twitter.com/tssf · www.youtube.com/tssf · TSSF Sound.ca · www.patreon.com/tssf