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.

#56

Lots of people love the Chrono Cross soundtrack. It’s not bad. I liked the famous opening when it first came out, but now I find the soundtrack a little thematically uneven. This is mainly here because I’m forcing myself not to include every single Chrono Trigger track in this list.

To be fair, this is one of the tracks that has always stuck with me from this game. It’s got a heroic sound that reminds me of some of the music from Yasunori Mitsuda’s previous masterpiece. It’s not as soaring and melodic as Frog’s theme, but it has echoes of the glory of a bygone age, much like the rest of this whole game.

Track: “Dragon Knight” (YouTube Link)
Game: Chrono Cross (PS1, 1999)
Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda