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A Jazz Tribute to Chrono Trigger

Chronology is the 60th free community arrangement album and the first all-jazz album released by OverClocked ReMix, featuring the musical stylings of the OC Jazz Collective as they travel through time on a musical journey paying homage to one of the greatest games & game soundtracks ever!

Hop in the Epoch and explore past, present, & future with eight vibrant jazz arrangements of music from composers Yasunori Mitsuda & Nobuo Uematsu!

Director

Dylan Wiest (Wiesty)

Artwork (Logo)

Andrew Luers (OA)

65,000,000 B.C.

"Way Before the Day Before Yesterday"

Sources

"Burn! Bobonga! Burn!"; "Lavos's Theme," "Rhythm of Earth, Wind, and Sky" (cameo)

Artists

Dylan Wiest (Wiesty) - arrangement, drums
Joe Zieja (XPRTNovice) - alto/soprano saxophones
Anthony Lofton - tenor saxophone
Jordan Etienne (Sir Jordanius) - trumpet
Brian Fratto (Fratto) - trombone
Markus B. (Nostalvania) - piano
Doug Perry (DrumUltimA) - vibraphone
Jay Yaskin (audio fidelity) - bass

Artwork

Max Nolan

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"Triggernometry"

Source

"Chrono Trigger"

Artists

Doug Perry (DrumUltimA) - arrangement, vibraphone
Jonny Allen - arrangement, drums
Sam Suggs - arrangement, bass

Artwork

RurouniZel

12,000 B.C.

"Time's Seal"

Source

"Sealed Door"

Artists

Markus B. (Nostalvania) - arrangement, piano
Joe Zieja (XPRTNovice) - soprano saxophone
Anthony Lofton - tenor saxophone
Jay Yaskin (audio fidelity) - bass
Dylan Wiest (Wiesty) - drums

Artwork

Schwarzer Alptraum

600 A.D.

"Neuga, Ziena, Zieber, Zom..."

Source

"Magus Confronted"

Artists

Dylan Wiest (Wiesty) - arrangement, drums
Joe Zieja (XPRTNovice) - alto/soprano saxophones
Jorik Bergman (Bowlerhat) - flute
Anthony Lofton - tenor saxophone
Jordan Etienne (Sir Jordanius) - trumpet
Brian Fratto (Fratto) - trombone
Markus B. (Nostalvania) - piano
Jay Yaskin (audio fidelity) - bass

Artwork

Schwarzer Alptraum

1000 A.D.

"Dream of Green"

Sources

"Secret of the Forest"; "Chrono Trigger" (cameo)

Artists

Dylan Wiest (Wiesty) - arrangement, drums, keyboards
Anthony Lofton - tenor saxophone
Jay Yaskin (audio fidelity) - bass, guitar

Artwork

Glauber Lopes

1999 A.D.

"Fight or Flight"

Source

"The Epoch - Wings of Time"

Artists

Markus B. (Nostalvania) - arrangement, piano
Joe Zieja (XPRTNovice) - soprano saxophone
Anthony Lofton - tenor saxophone
Doug Perry (DrumUltimA) - vibraphone
Jay Yaskin (audio fidelity) - bass
Dylan Wiest (Wiesty) - drums

Artwork

RurouniZel

2300 A.D.

"When Hell Freezes Over"

Sources

"A Desolate World," "Yearnings of the Wind"

Artists

Dylan Wiest (Wiesty) - arrangement, drums
Joe Zieja (XPRTNovice) - alto saxophone
Anthony Lofton - tenor saxophone
Jordan Etienne (Sir Jordanius) - trumpet
Brian Fratto (Fratto) - trombone
Markus B. (Nostalvania) - piano
Doug Perry (DrumUltimA) - vibraphone
Andy Pearce (AndyP) - guitar
Jay Yaskin (audio fidelity) - bass

Artwork

Glauber Lopes

∞ (The End of Time)

"Driftwood"

Source

"At the End of Time"

Artists

Brian Fratto (Fratto) - arrangement, trombone/bass trombone
Dylan Wiest (Wiesty) - arrangement, drums
Joe Zieja (XPRTNovice) - alto/baritone saxophones
Anthony Lofton - tenor saxophone
Jordan Etienne (Sir Jordanius) - trumpet
Markus B. (Nostalvania) - piano
Doug Perry (DrumUltimA) - vibraphone
Jay Yaskin (audio fidelity) - bass

Artwork

RurouniZel

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Director's Comments

Dylan Wiest (Wiesty)

"I first played Chrono Trigger when I was seven years old . It was my introduction to JRPGs, anime, and most importantly, video game music. I can vividly remember watching my brother play this game... or was it a movie? It certainly wasn't Super Mario Bros. or Donkey Kong Country. It had complex writing and intricate characters put into a vast and colourful world accompanied by music you might expect to hear in a film. As I learned to play the game, it consumed me. I would rent the game every weekend for what seemed like years. It didn't matter how many times I had completed it because I could restart and it would seem like a new adventure every time. Needless to say, I have a bit of an addictive personality. Over the years, I would go on to obtain many new obsessions and interests that would come and go. Chrono Trigger, however, did not. I am 25 now and, after nearly two decades of playing the game, I can honestly say that it still remains an important part of my life and that every time I play it, I look at it with the same wide eyes and enthusiasm as when I was seven.

I explored Chrono Trigger through all of its facets whether it was trying to copy Akira Toriyama's art (and learning that I'm not very good at drawing), discussing the more intricate plot features on the forums at Chrono Compendium, actively awaiting the English dub of Radical Dreamers so that I could further my knowledge in the Chronoverse, or attempting to learn Yasunori Mitusda's score on piano. I believe at one point I had just about the entire soundtrack learned and it was this that nudged me in the direction of the video game music community and, eventually, OverClocked ReMix.

Fast forward another half-decade and I decided to pitch the idea for a jazz based Chrono Trigger album. It seemed like this was going to be an impossible task to accomplish given the genre restriction and general interest from other arrangers at the time so move ahead another couple years and the OC Jazz Collective was born. Through some fluke, I was able to assemble my own "dream team" of musicians and arrangers on OC ReMix who all shared a passion for jazz and video game music. I felt Chrono Trigger would be an ideal candidate for our first release given the game's quickly approaching 20th anniversary and the fact that Mitsuda's music lends itself so well to jazz and improvisation. The musicians and artists on this album have put in countless hours of practice and recording to produce an album which I think sounds authentic and natural. Jazz is a social music best captured in the moment... and while the production process of this album was anything but "in the moment," I think the album's sound and cohesiveness will speak for itself. It has been an honour getting to know and work with these talented artists from different parts of the world. Each of them brings their own unique sound and nuances to the album and without each and every one of them this album would not have been possible. I hope that our devotion to detail will be apparent in the music and that you will enjoy Chronology: A Jazz Tribute to Chrono Trigger. "

"I would rent the game every weekend for what seemed like years."

"Through some fluke, I was able to assemble my own "dream team" of musicians and arrangers on OC ReMix who all shared a passion for jazz and video game music."

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Artists

Music

The OC Jazz Collective

Wiesty

Dylan Wiest

AndyP

Andy Pearce

Anthony Lofton

audio fidelity

Jay Yaskin

Bowlerhat

Jorik Bergman

Fratto

Brian Fratto

Nostalvania

Markus B.

Sir Jordanius

Jordan Etienne

XPRTNovice

Joe Zieja

Triplepoint Trio

DrumUltimA

Doug Perry

Jonny Allen

Sam Suggs

Artwork

OA

Andrew Luers

Glauber Lopes

Max Nolan

RurouniZel

Sean Lozier

Schwarzer Alptraum

About OverClocked ReMix

Founded in 1999, OverClocked ReMix is an organization dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form. Its primary focus is ocremix.org, a website featuring thousands of free fan arrangements, information on game music and composers, resources for aspiring artists, and a thriving community of video game music fans.

OCRは１９９９年に創立されて、ゲーム音楽への感謝、保存、演出に専念するための組織です。OCRの主要な活動は ocremix.org で見つかるインターネットサイト。このサイトに数百のゲーム音楽好きに作られたリミックスのMP3と、ゲームの音楽と作曲家の情報と、音楽家を熱望している人のための供給源と、にぎやかなゲーム音楽のファンがいっぱいいます。

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