This is "Magus Confronted" from the classic RPG Chrono Trigger, written by Yasunori Mitsuda and reorchestrated by me. 

I'm not actually sure I'm done with this, but I've been working on it for waaaay too long. I wanted to play with more mixing, but honestly I think I need to just post it and move on at this point. Besides, if it sounds a little extra "raw" I think it works well for this track.

This is another piece of music that I've wanted to hear a modern version of, but all the versions out there are either too liberal or too unfaithful to the original. I'm confident that this is one of the most accurate reconstructions of this great music. That said, I definitely had to get creative to make some of the instrumentation to translate into non-SNES sounds. Even the repeat structure sounded too rushed when the sounds got fuller.

The original can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-UNgi8kmaY

Reclarification: This is a reorchestration. I did not write the original music, I just rearranged and resequenced it.

This piece uses a number of samples from FreeSound. Those are:

Sound 158684 by alex@vsi-tv [CC-A]: https://freesound.org/people/alex@vsi.tv/sounds/158684/
Sound 210220 by ERR0 [CC-0]: https://freesound.org/people/err0/sounds/210220/
Sound 186674 by katdhamphir [CC-0]: https://freesound.org/people/katdhamphir/sounds/186674/
Sound 17645 by Cyril Laurier [CC-A]: https://www.freesound.org/people/Cyril%20Laurier/sounds/17645/
Sound 26729 by Leady [CC-A]: https://www.freesound.org/people/leady/sounds/26729/
Sound 155633 by gabemiller74 [CC-A-NC]: https://www.freesound.org/people/gabemiller74/sounds/155633/
Sound 98382 by The Baron [CC-A]: https://www.freesound.org/people/the%20baron/sounds/98382/
Sound 267639 by BrainClaim [CC-0]: https://www.freesound.org/people/brainclaim/sounds/267639/
Sound 250148 by debsound [CC-A-NC]: https://www.freesound.org/people/debsound/sounds/250148/

Chrono Trigger - Magus Confronted (Reorchestrated)

I'm a composer. I grew up in St. Louis, went to the UMKC Conservatory in Kansas City, and now live back in the St. Louis area. Most of the music I write is either for marching groups or video games. I played with the Madison Scouts for three years (2009, 2010, 2012) and Gateway Indoor Percussion for four years (2010-2013), playing keyboards in the front ensemble for both groups. I'm pretty friendly and passionate about music, but also terrible at responding in a timely manner. :)

Chrono Trigger - Magus Confronted (Reorchestrated)

Joshua Link