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General Information

Areas Played: Cathedral, Guardia Castle, Guardia Forest, Hero's Grave, Magic Cave
Composed by: Yasunori Mitsuda
Original Japanese Title: カエルのテーマ / Kaeru no Theme
Time Signature: 4/4 (triplets imply 12/8)

The full Frog's Theme only appears on the Official CD releases below; it is not in Chrono Trigger. Yasunori Mitsuda was asked about the song's cut at Procyon-Studio; the question and response:

(This is slightly paraphrased because the Japanese is a little more redundant than is grammatically acceptable in English.)

クロノ・トリガー未収録曲[歌う山]ですが、あの曲がゲームの中に入っていないのがとても残念です。多分あの曲はク○ノが死んだ後のイベント死の山でしたっけか？　ク○ノを復活させる為の山に挿入予定だったのでしょ？　なんで没になったのでしょうか？　とても良い曲なのに (生楽器生声で一度聞いてみたい)。それと[カエルのテーマ]もゲームでは前奏が入っていなくてＣＤでは入っている。どうしてゲームでは前奏を入れるのをやめてＣＤでは、入っているのでしょうか？

About the not-yet-recorded Chrono Trigger song "Singing Mountain", it's really too bad it didn't make it into the game. Was the song for an event at Death Mountain after Crono dies? Was it planned to insert the song when going to the mountain to revive Crono? Why was it rejected? It's a very good song (I'd really love to hear it with live instruments and vocals). Also, the prelude to Frog's Theme wasn't included, but it was on the CD. Why was it in the CD, but not in the game?

（光田本人より）あの曲を使うダンジョンがあったのですが、別にそのダンジョンが無くてもゲームの進行上何も問題ないということで、カットされたのです。なので、曲も必然的にカットされました（泣）。カエルのテーマについては前奏が入っていない方がイベント的に盛り上がる、ということで途中から始まりますが、ＣＤではせっかくですので前奏から入れておきました。

(From Mitsuda himself) There was a dungeon where that song was used, but because the dungeon didn't contain much and there were no problems or anything that advanced the game, it was cut. So inevitably the song was cut with it (*sniffle*). About Frog's Theme, because the prelude was meant to rise up during an event, the song starts out partway through, but since we took great pains with the CD it started from the prelude there.

Thanks to JLukas for finding this and Arc Impulse for translating it.

Official Releases

• Chrono Trigger Official Soundtrack: Music from Final Fantasy Chronicles
• Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version
• Chrono Trigger - Orchestra Extra Soundtrack
• Chrono Trigger DS Original Soundtrack

Unofficial Releases

.spc Rips

• Chrono Trigger (Tracks 1-83) by ZeaLitY

.2SF Rips

• Chrono Trigger (Tracks 1-65, 84-87) by bxaimc

.psf Rips

• Chrono Trigger (Tracks 1-65, 67-87) by DarioEMeloD

Albums and Doujins

• 8 Bit Instrumental - The Number of the Bit
• Allkore - Arc Impulse
• Bauhouse - Bruit de la verite
• Dangerous Mezashi Cat - Weiβ Ritter
• Daniel Tidwell - Versus Video Games 2
• DJ RoboRob - Of Dubsnestep
• EtlanZ - Seiken Densetsu & Chrono Trigger Best Collection (Square Best Series Vol.3)
• FREEZEMOON - Chrono Trigger Famicom Sound Version
• Indolence - fragile
• John Allen - Life Begins with Nu and Ends with Nu
• Levo Lution - Prelude
• Mintjam - 1st GIG #Awake
• MTK2 - Electric Light Plaza
• OneUp Studios - CHRONOTORIOUS
• OneUpStudios - Time & Space
• Piano Forte - Chrono Trigger Arranged -Tsuyokute New Game-
• Piano Squall - GAME
• Poutrax - Influences
• Select Start
• SQ Chips
• Square Enix - Love SQ
• takrockers!! - Journey Through the Brilliant Days ~タイムマシンで行く時間一周旅行~
• Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphonic Fantasies Tokyo
• Video Game Orchestra - Awakening Concert in Boston
• WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne - Symphonic Fantasies
• White Rabbit Record - OuT-LaW

Concerts

• MegaDriver 2007-05-09 Third Annual GameWorld Awards, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Piano Squall Unknown
• PLAY! 2006-05-26 Rosemont, Illinois
• PLAY! 2006-06-14 Stockholm, Sweden
• PLAY! 2006-09-30 Toronto, Canada
• Select Start 2005-03-10 Mario Day, Gainesville, Florida
• Select Start 2007-01-16 Borders in Jacksonville, Florida

Remixes

Chrono Compendium

• 'Frog's Theme' by rushingwind
• 'Glenn's Awakening' by ResidentEvilFreak
• 'Kaeru's Theme for Flute and Harp Duet' by chi_z
• 'Timeless World' by opk

OCReMix

• '(and FF 9) KnightsComeMarchingHome' by Ailsean
  
• 'But the Future Refused to Change' by DrumUltimA
• 'Enter the Frog' by JigginJonT
  
• 'Sacratus Bellator' by GrayLightning
• 'The Frog Dance' by DJ Velly
• 'Theme of Frog's' by Select Start
• 'What Hath Thou Done with This' by Vicks Cornatto
  

VGMix

Stuff of Legends

• 'Atonement' by Darangen

Must-Haves

• 'Cyrus's Hopes and Dreams (Revisitation' by halcyon
• 'Frog's Intervention' by Ellywu2
• 'Passion of the Chrono - Lullaby' by TwiTerror
• 'The Knights Come Marching Home Again' by Ailsean

Good Stuff

• 'Enter the Frog' by JigginJonT

VGMix X

• 'ClubFroggin' by NeoS
• 'Legend of the Stone Frog' by Mattimeo

Other

Blake Robinson

• 'Frog's Theme Orchestra' by BlakeRobinson

Celestia

Celestia Square Enix Music Arrange Festival (2005)

• 'Run Through the Stream of Time' by kryptos

Celestia9 -Wish our Hope- (March 2011)

• 'Frog's Theme' by furikomi kan

Dan Goodale

• 'The Ballad of Frog'

Dwelling of Duels

December 2006

10tie: 'Frog's Tears' by Scaredsim

June 2008

9: 'The Righteous Path' by Harjawaldar

July 2008

13tie: 'Of Legends and Heroes' by VikingGuitar

April 2009

17: Final Frog by Power Tool Pursuit

December 2011

Alternate: 'Feel the Wrath of my Anthropomorphic Nutsack' by OmigaDrive, Rajdeep

MegaDriver

• 'Frog' by MegaDriver

MintJam

• 'Kaeru's Theme' by MintJam

OCR WIPs

• 'Frog Dance Revisited' by DJ Velly
• 'Frog's Theme' by DJ H3L10S

OCReMoved

• 'A Frog, A Sword, and a Spoony Bard' by Daknit, Bard of Tarot

OverLooked ReMiX

• 'Frog's Theme' by GneatGeek
• 'Merry Christmas, ChOLRy Brown' by Math Blaster

Personal Remixes

• 'Chrono Trigger Medley' by sbeast64
• 'Frog's Theme' by Leandro Foka

RPGamer.com

• 'Tin Frog' by Matt Ruso

VGMix WIPs

• 'CT Ambience' by JDPoZ
• 'What hath thou done with this?' by Vicks Cornatto

VGMix 1

• 'Frog's Theme Arranged' by Alastair

ViViX

• 'Kaeru's Theme' by ViViX

From: Music (Chrono Trigger)