Secret of the Forest
Contents
General Information[edit]
Areas Played: Cursed Woods, Guardia Forest, Lost Sanctum (Great Southern Swamp, Southern Glade)
Composed by: Yasunori Mitsuda
Original Japanese Title: 樹海の神秘 / Jukai no Shinpi
Time Signature: 4/4
Mitsuda recounted: [About "Secret of the Forest"] Although the song only plays for a split second in the game, it's actually quite long for a game. At the time, ideas for the development were popping up one after the other and I couldn't stop writing. I just thought, "Oh well, let's just keep going," and one loop ended up being this long. [Yasunori Mitsuda]
[About "Secret of the Forest"] "When you slide the conga, it makes a sound like an owl’s cry. I guess that’s when I started to like owls. 😀"
Official Releases[edit]
- Chrono Trigger Arranged Version: The Brink of Time
- Chrono Trigger Official Soundtrack: Music from Final Fantasy Chronicles
- Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version
- Chrono Trigger DS Original Soundtrack
- Chrono Trigger Original Soundtrack Revival Disc
Unofficial Releases[edit]
.spc Rips[edit]
- Chrono Trigger (Tracks 1-83) by ZeaLitY
.2SF Rips[edit]
- Chrono Trigger (Tracks 1-65, 84-87) by bxaimc
.psf Rips[edit]
- Chrono Trigger (Tracks 1-65, 67-87) by DarioEMeloD
Alpha Tracks[edit]
Restorations[edit]
Restorations attempt to take compressed, low-quality sampled music (as found on video games, such as Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross) and "restore" them by tracking down the original samples and recreating the songs, as they would've sounded like to the composers before being subject to hardware limitations.
OrangeC Chrono Trigger Restorations
Albums and Doujins[edit]
- 130Grit - Let's Play - The Cover Collection Vol.2
- 5-4 Takepod - Chrono Corridor
- 5-4 Takepod - SII
- 8 Bit Instrumental - The Number of the Bit
- Ace - Art - Chrono Trigger Arrange
- Alex Roe - Chrono Ark Original Soundtrack
- Alex Roe - Chrono Crisis Original Soundtrack
- Allan Näslund - What the Forest Taught Me
- Beethovenboy - Game Over
- Blaine McGurty - Retro Remix Revue: Volume 2
- Blake Robinson - Chrono Trigger Symphony
- Chronicles of Time - A Premonition
- Chronicles of Time - Chronicles of Time
- Compromised Productions - The Chrono Trigger Mixtape Vol. 1
- DJ Nerd42 - Chrono Tied
- efMusic - VGSArena 2014
- Heckxx - Sounds of Time
- Ian Martyn - 12-4 - The Final 70 - 30
- JMMIDI Best Hits -Relaxation Tracks- ~Natural~
- JMMIDI Best Hits -Relaxation Tracks- ~Prelude~ '05 M3 Edition
- Jokabi - Chilltendo
- Joshua Morse - Chip Funk
- Josiah McDaniel - VGM Opus 1
- JPS - Nidhoggr
- Justin St. Charles - Chrono Trigger Reflections
- Kirby's Dream Band - The Pink Album
- Laura Intravia - Through Time and Space - Chrono Piano Album
- Levo Lution - Clsade
- Levo Lution - Reconstructor
- Materia Collective - Repose - A Music Box Collection
- Mustin - The World Is Square
- One Winged Engel - Chrono Trigger - Suite for Piano
- OneUp Studios - CHRONOTORIOUS
- Pixel Mixers - Clockwork - A Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross Tribute Album
- Pixel Mixers - Heartwood
- Pokerus - Infection Live at La Batuta
- Project Majestic Mix: Squaredance Limited Edition
- Project Majestic Mix: Squaredance Standard Edition
- Qumu - Year 5
- Right Stuff - Type-R 2nd - Side Chrono Trigger
- Sam Dillard - Chrono Cinematica
- Smooth McGroove - Smooth McGroove Remixed
- SUPER JOHN BROTHERS - CHRONO TRIGGER ~Playing the End of Time~ and APPEND DISC
- TERA - Mix Delta
- The Greatest Bits - Chrono Trigger
- The OneUps - B-Sides
- The Runaway Four - Live at Columbia Theatre
- The Specialist - Chronological Gangster
- TPR - The End of Time - Melancholy Music from Chrono Trigger
- Undefined Field - TimeLess
- Wiesty and Others - Chrono Trigger OSV Remake Project
- Yetee Records - Guardia - The X-Strike Sessions
- Zephyr Cradle - Bifrost - Way to Chronos
Remixes[edit]
Chrono Compendium[edit]
- 'OUT OF TIME Track 1 Chronological Woods' by Tyler Bryan
- 'Secret of the Forest Superloop with Rain Sounds' by Retro Revue
OCReMix[edit]
- 'Ambience of the Forest' by jnWake, Emunator
- 'Cosmic Whispers' by DrumUltimA
- 'Dirty Secret' by mv
- 'Dream of Green' by Wiesty, The OC Jazz Collective
- 'Echoes of the Forest' by AeroZ
- 'Elements of Time' by Andrew Thompson, Fernando Valencia, Kristy Mezines
- 'Flow of Time' by Richard Daskas
- 'Guardia Forest Spirits' by mp
- 'In the Green Gloom' by Argle
- 'Joyful Forest' by RebeccaETripp, Bassoonify, Gamer of the Winds
- 'Oh, Traveler from an Arcane Land' by Homeslice
- 'Predestination' by ABG
- 'The Depetrification of the Submerged Forest' by Zisotto
- 'The Secret Was Clarinet' by Multiplayer Big Band
- 'Tree Hopper' by Detuned Logic
VGMix[edit]
Stuff of Legends
- 'Guardia Forest Vibe' by Joshua Morse
Must-Haves
- 'Autumn in Yesteryear Guardia' by Protricity
Good Stuff
- 'Storming Castle Guardia' by Sharkma
VGMix X
- 'Chrono Trigger Travel Companion' by Trenthian
- 'The Secret of the Forest A Premonition' by Disasterpeace
Thasauce[edit]
- 'Autumn in Yesteryear Guardia' by Protricity
Other[edit]
Blue Planet
- 'Secret of the Forest -Eremite-' by AD794
Catacomb Entrance
- 'Secret of the Forest ~P forest mix~' by Ianaso
Celestia
Celestia: Square Enix Music Arrange Festival'
- 'Dive to Blue' by Daijin
Celestia8 -SquareEnix Festival 2nd Stage- (2011)
- 'Secret of the Forest' by yuzpon
Chrono Trigger Mixtape
Volume 1
Chrono Trigger Remake Project
Dwelling of Duels
December 2006
7: 'Crossin Time' by Ashane
April 2009
9: Chrono 1/2: Hard Battle by Juja
October 2010
2tie: 'Continua' by Ergosonic
October 2014
13: 'Secret of the Forest' by Milesssy
April 2020
6th: 'The Secret of the Forest' by Ian Martyn
July 2023
Alternate: '書っかでも着けどこ' by Ian Martyn
June 2024
2nd: 'Ambience of the Forest' by jnWake, Emunator
March 2025
23rd: 'The Forest and the Trees' by The Rocket Knights, Mattmatatt, DeLuxDolemite, Extrinzic
ALT: 'Soul of the Forest' by Mustin
Legend of Renegade Sega Genesis Arrangements
- 'Secret of the Forest' by The Legend of Renegade
OCReMix WIPs
- 'Forest Refuge 2011' by CC Ricers
- 'Secret of the Forest 0.7' by Light_of_Aether
- 'Secret of the Forest Final' by Light_of_Aether
- 'Secret of the Forest' by Light of Aether
- 'Secret of the Forest Piano and Flute Cover' by DCapo89
- 'Tree Hopper 10' by FroZeNspAce
- 'Secret of the Forest 18 Mix' by G. Zarapanecko
Smooth McGroove
- 'Corridors of Time' by Smooth McGroove
VGMIx WIPs
- 'Forest (fusion) secrets' by DrumminDan
Zephyr Cradle
- 'Dive to BLUE' by Zephyr Cradle
From: Music (Chrono Trigger)