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OCR00317 - Chrono Trigger & Final Fantasy IX "Knights Come Marching Home"


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Whoo-HOO!

This is another of those soul-catapulting remixes that made me fall for the Chrono Trigger/Cross sections of this site. The Marching Ants startup is a great way to slide in fairly subtly, before EXPLODING into yummy FROGNESS! Frog's theme is my favorite song from Chrono Trigger, and I'm sad that there aren't more remixes of the piece, but what there is here is wonderful, and Ailsean, who I first heard of with "Nikki Learns a Song," outdoes himself with this rendition.

I don't recognize the FF9 piece, probably because I never played it, but it fits in seamlessly with the other guitary goodness on this song.

I can't believe it; I'm headbanging by the return of the Glenn theme, and I'm a Backstreet Boys fan. O_O

10/10, along with a vote for MORE FROG REMIXES!

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After being a member of these boards for goodness knows how long I'm finally posting a review. I'm a lazy slack-bitch, yes I know but better late than never.

What better way to start than giving my most awesome rating to Ailsean's Remix of not one, not two, but three songs; When Johhny COmes Marching Home/Frog's Theme/Losing Me Is Not An Option.

FF9 was never my favorite FF, but it had a great score because lets face it, Uematsu is a god. But like I heard someone else state on these boards before, you're in for a great treat when you mix CT and FF soundtracks together. ANd indeed they were right.

This definitely goes down as one of my favorite remixes of the site. I'm not some technical instrumentation guy. I'm just a guy who likes good muic that would have it's place in a great movie or a video game. I could definitely see this in a game.

Two thumbs up, 10/10, 5 stars...whatever. This song kicks many an ass.

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Truely a great mix. The guitar is high-quality, and the flute (at least I'm pretty sure it is a flute) does a nice job keeping the same mood as the guitar. My favorite part is with Steiner's theme, when the guitar kicks in for the first half. It's a solid yet very rough sounding guitar, which is just the way I like it. My only complaint is just a preference one, and it's the fact that sometimes the guitar sounded a bit too 'soft' in my opinion, meaning it seemed to roll more than hit. I don't know if that made sense however.

Anyway, this mix gets a rating of 9/10, -1 for the parts the guitar seemed to get soft. :P

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One of my personal favorites, since it contains (in my humble opinion) the best Frog's Theme remix on the whole site.

Could have done without Steiner's Theme though. I woulda preferred to use another Chrono Trigger theme, say, Guardia Castle: Courage and Pride, but then again I'm not good enough to make my own music, and thus have to rely on the efforts of others. :cry:

Still, two thumbs up all the same. :D

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I'm glad for all the positive responses this song has garnered since I made it. I like knowing I've made some people happy :) Thanks!

Also, I wanted to link to the update, so people can hear that version as well, so here's a copy/paste of my post from the "in-progress and completed" forum:

Normally I wouldn't go spamming a new release on messageboards, but I still get e-mail from people who like the old version of this song, and they rarely know there's a "completely re-made-from-scratch-and-much-better" version because it wasn't handily available for download for very long. So I figured I'd link to the updated version.

The Knights Come Marching Home... Again

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I really liked that piece that you made there and was wondering what music program you used for it? Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger are considered master pieces. You only added to its perfection to which I applause to.

The way the base kicks in at the beginning of the song is great and nice drum work too. :)

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I stand corrected. Well maybe I was gushing a bit.

Hm. Compare eh?

To be perfectly honest, if it aint broke, don't fix it. The new version is fancier, and it does have better sound quality as well as more creative arrangement. However, when the flute and strings changed so dramatically, I found that the bass and guitar, which were at least similar to the originals, felt slightly out of place. This may be because I'm used to the first version, but yeah, just seemed a little akward.

Now, the new version is better, no denying it, but not by much.

Still, good work. Cheers.

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I love this! This is great... I'd just like to mention the fact that the FF9 song in the Remix is NOT Steiners Theme, it is "Protecting my Devotion" also known as "Beatrix and Steiner". (I know, minor technicality, but y'don't wanna confuse those who have never played it.)

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This is one of those mixes that really sticks in my head for days on end whenever I listen to it. Very well done.

This is very true. I decided to put it on my mp3 player and SHABLAM!! I can't get that damn little tune at the first and the end outta my head.

Very entertaining remix.

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I downloaded this one a while ago, and just started my posting account today...

As far as this song goes, I was blown away the first time I heard it. The woodwind at the beginning (not too good on identifying those) was an excellent intro. The next part hit my heart as I my strongest backgrounds are British and Irish... I think those were bagpipes... right? Anyway, that was COOL!

As the Guitar broke out, I had my speakers turned up loud, as I usually do, and I had one of the most spasmic cases of shivers rack my spine.

My GOD! I LOVE this Remix.

~Falcis Umbrae~

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Since when did Frog and Steiner march with Jonhy? When Johmy comes marching home, I didnt expect him to need an escort...However, it makes a really good song...only wish it was longer though...that seems to be the bad part of a lot of songs though...not long enough. But this is really good. Its up there with so many other songs. Just really good.

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