Thieves of Fate
Yes, that’s right. Two posts on the same day ! And this time, it’s to bring you some music for the long evenings of this cold month of january. And what’s best : it’s free music. So, as I can sense you’re all dying to know what is this music I’m talking about, let me introduce “Thieves of Fate”.
This album is made of 15 tracks (and 2 bonus not listed on the official tracklist) that are new versions of tracks taken from the (kinda old) video game “Radical Dreamers”. You may not know this game, as it was only released in Japan, but you may know Chrono Trigger. Chrono Trigger is a really great roleplaying game, and it’s music has been composed by Yasunori Mitsuda. And as it happens, Radical Dreamers is like a sequel to Chrono Cross. Or, more exactly, it’s even more like a prequel to Chrono Cross. The good news is that Mitsuda has been responsible for the music of all three games, and that the scores (and stories for that matter) for Radical Dreamers and Chrono Cross share many similarities.
If that doesn’t convince you that this disc is worthy of your attention, let me add this fact : Chrono Cross has some of the best music ever composed for a video game. Yes, it’s that good. So you can imagine how delighted I was when I saw, yesterday, that this remix album was released by OverClocked ReMix. If you’re familiar with the site, you know the quality of the music that’s usually posted there. And if you’re not, please go and have a look: OC ReMix brings together really talented musicians that take songs coming from various video games and reinterpret them in usually very different ways.
Now that you’re aware of where the album comes from, let’s get to what really matters, I mean the music itself. It’s not the first album of this kind released on OC ReMix (there have been aroud ten albums so far), and this album share a common trait with some of its predecessors : the styles used by the different artists are really varied. The first track (one of my favorite) blends a violin into what could have been a track by a math-rock group like toe or LITE (albeit less technical), whereas “Sexy Boy” has a r’n'bish feel woven into a melody not unlike the work of Kashiwa Daisuke (use of “glitches” to break the structure of a sample). There’s also a track which uses only wind and brass instruments, and more conventional rock or electro tracks.
But on the whole, this is really some great music, as expected from guys like Geoffrey Taucer, Darangen or Christian Pacaud, who are amongst my favorite remixers. It was also really fun to hear what better musicians than me could do with “Strange Presentiment”, a track I once tried to do a remix of myself, but never got around to finish. To be honest, it even made me want to try again some time in the future. Who knows…
So, it doesn’t matter if you like video game music or not, if you’re used to instrumental music or not (most of the track are vocal-less), or if you even know Yasunori Mitsuda, Chrono Trigger or Radical Dreamers : give Thieves of Fate a chance, you won’t regret it. And it’s free !
Where to find it :
Official site
Torrent or streaming on OC ReMix
Tracklist :
01 Days of Summer V2 (Days of Summer) 4:46
02 Thieves of Fate (Days of Summer) 6:49
03 Fury and Tears (Gate) 4:50
04 starbright (Under the Moonlight) 2:55
05 Loneliness (Strange Presentiment) 5:37
06 Sexy Boy (Strange Presentiment) 4:00
07 Thrash’s Snakebone Pit (Snakebone Mansion) 4:29
08 Scar Sealing Girl (The Girl Who Stole the Star) 6:20
09 Running After You (Distant Promise) 5:00
10 Requeim for Another World (Requiem) 4:46
11 Fuego Frío (Frozen Flame) 2:51
12 Hallucinogenic (Facing) 3:54
13 Confronto Finale (Final Confrontation) 5:56
14 Summer’s Dream (Epilogue) 7:42
15 Le Trésor Interdit (Ending ~ Le Trésor Interdit) 3:57
B1 Bipolar Popsicle WIP (Frozen Flame) (Bonus Track) 1:46
B2 Cold as Hell WIP (Frozen Flame) (Bonus Track) 5:08
Total time : 80 minutes


