Episode 4-1: The RPG Maestro, Yasunori Mitsuda

Very Good Music: A VGM Podcast

Greetings, Gamers, and welcome to Season 4! This season is all about composers! Some of the folks we'll discuss this season may be new names for you, and a few will be very well-known. Our first focus is a special one, though. Yasunori Mitsuda is possibly most well-known as the composer of the phenomenal soundtrack to the equaly phenomenal Super Nintendo RPG classic, Chrono Trigger. But that was just the beginning.

This episode explores a lot of Very Good Music, as always, and ventures into realms of this maestro's discography that surprised even the two of us, who have long counted him among our favorite composers! We can't think of a better way to start this new phase of our VGM road trip, and we're excited to have you along for the ride!

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Playlist:

Intro: A Premonition - Chrono Trigger

4:32 - Wings of Time (Epoch) - Chrono Trigger - Square - SNES - 1995

18:36 - Store Keeper - Front Mission: Gun Hazard - Square - Super Famicom - 1996

23:38 - Village Pride (Our Village Is Number One!) - Xenogears - PS1 - Square - 1998

30:42 - Scars of Time (Time's Scar) - Chrono Cross - PS1 - Square - 1999

36:41 - Battle with the Devil - Tsugunai: Atonement - PS2 - Sony/Cattle Call - 2001

44:48 - Blue Moon - 10,000 Bullets (Tsukiyo ni Saraba/Moonlit Farewell/Moonlit Shadow) - PS2 - Taito/Blue Moon Studio - 2005

49:53 - Activate! Burning Phase - Inazuma Eleven - Nintendo DS - Level-5 - 2008

57:58 - West Tumbara (Night) - Lime Odyssey - PC - Aeria Games - 2009

1:02:24 - Main Theme (Soul Melody) - Soul Sacrifice - PS Vita - Sony/Marvelous AQL - 2013

1:11:13 - To the Top: A New Beginning - Revolve8 - Sega - Mobile - 2018

Blooper Reel - Goodness Gracious! - Soukou Kihei Armodyne - Soy/Omiya Soft - PS2 - 2007

Special thanks to our Patrons:

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