Where the original focused on elegance and a folk feel, here there is more power. There are some notable changes the grungy guitar opening is now harp with some nice piano trickles, and the later lead violin melody is at first replaced with a simplification for brass. Given that the original already used live instruments, this one feels largely inessential, even though in itself it is still a formidable track. The album begins appropriately with “Chrono Cross -Scars of Time-“. The arrangements are thus kept very close to Yasunori Mitsuda’s originals, preserving what made the originals special but bringing little new to the table. ![]() ![]() It releases simultaneously with an equivalent album for Chrono Trigger, and is available additionally as part of a box set, following the release pattern set by the NieR orchestral albums from the previous year. The arrangements are shorter-form arrangements focusing on just one or two tracks, and even the coupled tracks keep the two halves very separate. Chrono Cross Orchestral Arrangement is the first official orchestral album for the game, though there have been other official arrangement albums in the past.
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