I’ve put together a list of 60 tunes that have stuck with me through the years, inspired by Jeffrey Canam (@GrahfMetal)’s Twitter rundown of his top 100 favourite video game tracks. I’ve attempted to limit myself to a couple songs per game, but there are exceptions.

I’ll post them here and on Twitter every Tuesday and Thursday using the hashtag #KongsTdayTunes.

#29

Yasunori Mitsuda’s Chrono Trigger work is legendary, widely considered one of the best overall video game soundtracks of all time. Despite making hard cuts and narrowing down my list to only one song per game as much as possible, there are three Chrono Trigger songs in the top 30. Here’s the second one. The third won’t be making its appearance for a few weeks yet…

“Frog’s Theme” is a one of the tunes from this game that stuck with me, partly because of the great, memorable hook, and partly because it was so well integrated into the game. Heroic music at a climactic moment in the story feels glorious.

Track: “Frog’s Theme” (YouTube Link)
Game: Chrono Trigger (SNES, 1995)
Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda