Time & Space - A Tribute to Yasunori Mitsuda

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Time & Space

Tribute album by OneUp Studios
Released	October 7, 2001 June 17, 2003 (Blue version)
Recorded	2001 2003 (Blue version)
Genre	Video Game Music
Length	60:58 62:35 (Blue version)
Label	OneUp Studios
Producer(s)	Dale North
Official PlayStation Magazine (Favorable) Animerica (4/4) Gamingredients (NR) Jan. 19, 2002 (Green) SquareHaven (B+) Feb. 9, 2003 (Green) RPGFan (NR) Green Chudah's Corner (9.4/10) Green Lynne Music (Very Favorable) Blue
OneUp Studios chronology
	Time & Space (2001)	The Very Best of SEGA (2004)
Alternative cover

Cover of Blue/revised version.

Time & Space - A Tribute to Yasunori Mitsuda is an album of 18 remixes in a comteporary style arranging material from various Squaresoft video game soundtracks, the music of which having been composed by Yasunori Mitsuda.

A fan-made production, OneUp Studios licensed the use of the original music arranged for the album from Square. The album's catalog number is OUS-001. After feeling the production quality of the first album could have been improved, a second version of the album was issued in 2003, colloquially known as Time & Space (Blue) for its new blue CD art. The original release of the album subsequently gained the informal nickname of Time & Space (Green).

Aside from production improvements, the most notable difference in the Blue version was the removal of all music and mention of Dan "Vampire Hunter Dan" Barnaba, replaced with entirely new arrangements as well as a remade version of his collaboration with Dale North, "To Good Friends." Barnaba has stated that he was never informed that his material was to be removed from the album's reissued version, with the first version no longer listed in OneUp Studios' catalog or official discography.

On January 7, 2006, Mustin of OneUp Studios announced a reprint of the second version of the album.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Green
- 1.2 Blue
2 Personnel
- 2.1 Green
- 2.2 Blue
3 Trivia
4 External links and references

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Green

Time

"[Time]" (uncredited) - :15
"Scars Left by Time'" (Sean Stone, Dale North) – 3:06
- originally "Time's Scar" from Chrono Cross
"Parallelism" (Matt Pollard) – 3:23
- originally "Frozen Flame" from Chrono Cross
"The Boy Feared By Time" (Sean Stone) – 2:31
- originally "Warlock Battle" from Chrono Trigger
"A Hero's Judgment" (Matt Pollard, Sean Stone, Dale North, Roy McClanahan) – 2:55
- originally "The Trial" from Chrono Trigger
"The Girl Forgotten by Time" (Mark Porter) – 4:01
- originally "Sara's Theme" from Chrono Trigger
"Wings of Time" (Dale North) – 3:31
- originally "Silvard: Wings That Cross Time" from Chrono Trigger
"To Times Once Forgotten" (Dan Barnaba) – 3:59
- originally "Wind Scene" from Chrono Trigger
"Terminacousta" (Dan Barnaba, Mark Porter) – 1:54
- originally "Termina ~ Another" from Chrono Cross
"Song of Feeling" (Dan Barnaba) – 2:20
- originally "Ephemeral Memory" from Chrono Cross
"Good to be Home" (Dale North) – 3:46
- originally "Voyage ~ Homeworld" from Chrono Cross
"Journey for Her Thoughts" (Dan Barnaba) – 4:25
- originally "The Girl Who Stole the Stars" from Chrono Cross
"To Good Friends" (Dan Barnaba, Dale North) – 2:50
- originally "To Good Friends" from Chrono Trigger
Space
"[Space] " (uncredited) - :16
"The Fighting Priest" (Sean Stone) – 2:08
- originally "Ship of Regret and Sleep" from Xenogears
"June Mermaid" (Dale North) – 3:35
- originally "June Mermaid" from Xenogears
"Navigation is Key!" (Matt Pollard, Dale North) – 2:16
- originally "Tamusu, Man of the Sea" from Xenogears
"Gentle Wind" (Dale North) – 3:55
- originally "The Valley Where Wind is Born" from Xenogears
"Star of Hope" (Dale North, Mark Porter) – 3:29
- originally "Gathering Stars in the Night Sky" from Xenogears
"Shake the Heavens" (Mark Porter, Matt Pollard, Dale North) – 6:14
- originally "Omen," "One Who Bare Fangs at God," and "Awakening" from Xenogears

[edit] Blue

Time

"Scars Left by Time" (Sean Stone, Dale North) – 3:06
- originally "Time's Scar" from Chrono Cross
"Star Stealing Girl" (The OneUp Mushrooms featuring Miss Sara Broome) – 3:36
- originally "The Star-Stealing Girl" from Chrono Cross
"A Hero's Judgement" (Matt Pollard, Sean Stone, Dale North, Roy McClanahan) – 2:55
- originally "The Trial" from Chrono Trigger
"Parallelism (The Frozen Flame)" (Matt Pollard) – 3:24
- originally "Frozen Flame" from Chrono Cross
"Guardian of Time" (Mustin featuring Greg Kennedy) – 2:47
- originally "Frog's Theme" from Chrono Trigger
"The Boy Feared by Time" (Sean Stone) – 2:31
- originally "Warlock Battle" from Chrono Trigger
"The Girl Forgotten by Time" (Mark Porter) – 4:04
- originally "Sara's Theme" from Chrono Trigger
"Wings of Time" (Dale North) – 3:31
- originally "Silvard: Wings That Cross Time" from Chrono Trigger
"Good to be Home" (Dale North) – 3:48
- originally "Voyage ~ Homeworld" from Chrono Cross
"Dream of Another Time" (Mustin) – 3:05
- originally "Dream of the Shore Bordering Another World" from Chrono Cross
"Fields of Time" (mellogear Vs. Mark Porter) – 4:24
- originally "Time's Grasslands - Home World" from Chrono Cross
"To Good Friends" (Dale North, Tim Sheehy) – 3:30
- originally "To Good Friends" from Chrono Trigger
Space
"The Fighting Priest" (Sean Stone) – 2:11
- originally "Ship of Regret and Sleep" from Xenogears
"June Mermaid" (Dale North) – 3:35
- originally "June Mermaid" from Xenogears
"Navigation is Key!" (Matt Pollard, Dale North) – 2:21
- originally "Tamusu, Man of the Sea" from Xenogears
"Gentle Wind" (Dale North) – 3:54
- originally "The Valley Where Wind is Born" from Xenogears
"Star of Hope" (Dale North, Mark Porter) – 3:30
- originally "Gathering Stars in the Night Sky" from Xenogears
"Shake the Heavens" (Mark Porter, Matt Pollard, Dale North) – 6:14
- originally "Omen," "One Who Bare Fangs at God," and "Awakening" from Xenogears

Assorted demo samples of the Blue album are free and available for download at the OneUp Studios website.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Green

Dan Barnaba ("Vampire Hunter Dan") - arranger
Roy McClanahan - arranger
Mustin - director
Dale North - arranger, mixing, producer, director
Matt Pollard ("mp") - arranger
Mark Porter ("Kae") - arranger
Jon Schnake ("Flamesan") - album design
Sean Stone ("Ailsean") - arranger

[edit] Blue

Sara Broome - vocals
Jon Delvaux ("mellogear") - arranger
Greg Kennedy ("Horpipe2") - violin
Wing Yun Man (of Wooti) - logo design
Roy McClanahan - arranger
Mustin - arranger, album design, director
Rik Nicol (of Wooti) - logo design
Dale North - arranger, mixing, producer, director
Matt Pollard ("mp") - arranger
Mark Porter ("Kae") - arranger
Tim Sheehy ("Kaijin") - arranger
Albert Skiles - photography
Sean Stone ("Ailsean") - arranger

[edit] Trivia

There are a few notable pieces of trivia about this album, mainly in the form of what most would refer to as "Easter eggs" within some of the tracks. These include:

The general style and instrumentation of "Star of Hope" was largely drawn from the song "Hopeful Weeds", which was a track composed by Yasunori Mitsuda and released privately to his fan club, of which Dale North is a member.
The flute introduction to "Scars Left By Time" is a tribute to Yoko Kanno's The Vision of Escaflowne movie soundtrack, specifically the second track, "First Vision".
Within the middle section of "The Girl Forgotten By Time", when the piano begins to play, the melody used is the same as the piano line found in "Chronopolis" (Disc 3, Track 2 of the Chrono Cross Original Soundtrack).
The intro for the "blue" version of "To Good Friends" was written by Tim Sheehy as homage to the Japanese composer Yoshiki, and a similar motif can be heard in his song "Tears".