Battle with Magus

General Information

Areas Played: Black Omen, Magus's Lair, North Cape
Composed by: Yasunori Mitsuda
Original Japanese Title: 魔王決戦 / Maou Kessen
Time Signature: 3/4, then 6/8 (with some 7/8 and 5/8)

In 2009, Bandai featured this theme as part of a Super Robot Wars K song. Square Enix complained, and Bandai formally apologized. You can hear the usage here and see the apology in Japanese here.

Official Releases

• Chrono Trigger Arranged Version: The Brink of Time
• Chrono Trigger Official Soundtrack: Music from Final Fantasy Chronicles
• Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version
• Chrono Trigger - Orchestra Extra Soundtrack
• Chrono Trigger DS Original Soundtrack
• Chrono Trigger Original Soundtrack Revival Disc
• Chrono Trigger Orchestral Arrangement
• Square Enix Jazz - Chrono Trigger

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

Restorations

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.

• Mathew Valente - Chrono Trigger and Radical Dreamers (Synthetic Origins) (1.5 GB)

OrangeC Chrono Trigger Restorations

• 47 Battle with Magus

Albums and Doujins

• @ Inoue - A Ticking Sound ~Side Glenn~
• 13endcard - END TRIGGER
• Acoustic Arrangements
• B.G.M. - Live in Route16
• Bad Dudes - A Tribute to Yasunori Mitsuda
• Battle SQ
• Bau-hauss - Le Cercueil du Reve - Chrono Trigger Arrange
• Binal Cord - CLOISTER OF MEMORIES
• Blake Robinson - Chrono Trigger Symphony
• Careless Juja - Legend of the Boar Knight
• Carmina Lunae - Star of Dreams
• Chequer Chequer - Video Game Guitar Collection, Vol. 1
• Chris Baines - TofuMakoToro
• Chronicles of Time - A Premonition
• Chronicles of Time - Chronicles of Time
• Dacian Grada - VGM Covers, Vol. 2
• DJ Nerd42 - Chrono Tied
• EtlanZ - Game Music Battle Crisis
• Ferdk - RPG Battles Vol 1
• Ferdk - Videogames Covers 2011
• FREEZEMOON - Chrono Trigger Famicom Sound Version
• gametabs - The Boss Battle Album
• Heckxx - Sounds of Time
• Hiroyuki Iwama - Kaion Shugi 4: Square Volume
• insaneintherainmusic - Year 6
• JMMIDI - Best Hits 1
• JMMIDI Best Hits Battle Collection ~Complete Edition~ Ver.2005
• JMMIDI - Best Hits Battle Collection Complete Edition
• Levo Lution - Prelude
• Lunatic Gate - Battle Syndrome
• Materia Collective - Song Cycle - The History of Video Games
• Nielle dAGh - Violin Playing Game Vol. 2
• OCReMix - BadAss - Paragons and Renegades]
• One Winged Engel - Chrono Trigger - Suite for Piano
• OneUp Studios - CHRONOTORIOUS
• OneUpStudios - Time & Space (Green)
  
• OneUpStudios - Time & Space
• Osamuraisan - Osamuraisan Selection vol.4 ~Rokugen Monogatari~
• OverClocked Remix - BadAss Boss Themes Volume III
• Piano Mamenoki - Playing Leaves
• Piano Squall - GAME
• Pixel Mixers - Clockwork - A Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross Tribute Album
• Poutrax - Influences
• Project Majestic Mix: Squaredance Limited Edition
• Project Majestic Mix: Squaredance Standard Edition
• Repliforce - Distant Memories Once Lost (Bright and Dark Reflections)
• Right Stuff - Type-R 2nd - Side Chrono Trigger
• Sam Dillard - Chrono Cinematica
• SlashBib - Game Covers 2015 and 2016
• SQ Chips
• SUPER JOHN BROTHERS - CHRONO TRIGGER ~Playing the End of Time~ and APPEND DISC
• T.D.M. - Beyond Time
• takrockers!! - Journey Through the Brilliant Days ~タイムマシンで行く時間一周旅行~
• TERA - Mix Delta
• The Greatest Bits - Chrono Trigger
• The Specialist - Chronological Gangster
• Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphonic Fantasies Tokyo
• TPR - The End of Time - Melancholy Music from Chrono Trigger
• WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne - Symphonic Fantasies
• Zombies Ate My Music - Finally

Remixes

Chrono Compendium

• 'Battle with Magus' by Reuben Gingrich
• 'Battle with Magus' by HeartImpaled
• 'Battle with Magus 2015' by GaMetal
• 'CT Blues' by Schizophrenic Techno-Penguin #827
• 'Janus, Schala, and the Ocean Palace' by Counter-Colette

OCReMix

• 'A Battle across Time' by jnWake, Gamer of the Winds, Ivan Hakštok, Lucas Guimaraes
• 'Antimatter' by Beatdrop
• 'Atonement' by Darangen
• 'B.A.M.F. (Radio Edit)' by Dhsu, Mustin
• 'Blue Minded God' by Zeratul
• 'But the Future Refused to Change' by DrumUltimA
• 'Coming Darkness' by Chris Bess, FFmusic Dj, Geoffrey Taucer
• 'Flow of Time' by Richard Daskas
• 'Magus (Decay of Hope)' by Children of the Monkey Machine
  
• 'MagusTemporalRehab' by Children of the Monkey Machine
  
• 'Monstrosity/Abhorrence' by Magnetic Ether
• 'Neuga, Ziena, Zieber, Zom...' by Wiesty, The OC Jazz Collective
• 'The Dark Defender' by pu_freak
• 'Trigger Please' by Shnababula

VGMix

Stuff of Legends

• 'Atonement' by Darangen

Must-Haves

• 'Black Wind Rising' by Starblast
• 'Children of Zeal' by Dooleus
• 'Saving Time' by positive
• 'Sonic Blade Ultimate Medley, Part 1' by Black
• 'Omen of the Prophet' by Darangen

Good Stuff

• 'Castletop Scramble' by DJ Naptime

VGMix X

• 'Black Magic' by Dooleus

Other

CelestiaX -Square Enix Music Arrange Festival 3

• 'Schala's Theme' by masakariushi

Celestia14 -SQEX Festival:Altar-

• -ジャキジャキ刺さるやつ-.mp3 Confrontation with Magus' by scare96

Chrono Trigger Remake Project

• Battle with Magus by John
• Battle with Magus

Chrono Trigger Resurrection

• 'Battle with Magus' by tssf

Dan Goodale

• 'The Ballad of Frog'

Dwelling of Duels

June 2005

3: 'Atonement' by Darangen

November 2006

7tie: Shadow of the Mystic by Rexy

December 2006

7: 'Crossin Time' by Ashane

June 2008

13: 'There's Metal in my Spaniard' by Final Atomic Buster

February 2009

14tie: Facing Dark Eternal (Hang On!) by Skummel Mask

December 2010

2: 'Trigger Please' by Shnabubula (leitmotif)

October 2011

6: 'Battle with Janus's Persona' by Culden

April 2012

Alternate: 'Devotio Aeternus' by Darangen

April 2022

Alternate: 'Battle with Magus' by BadHairlineProductions

July 2022

Alternate 'Frogificator' by Unknown Pseudoartist, et. al.

July 2023

6th: 'A Battle across Time' by jnWake, Ivan Hakštok, Lucas Guimaraes, GameroftheWinds

September 2023

52nd: 'The Black Wind Howls at the Showdown with Magus' by The Rocket Knights, Travis Snowberger

Gekitsui King Contest

• Ability of the Dark Matter by Kle

Legend of Renegade Sega Genesis Arrangements

• 'Battle with Magus' by The Legend of Renegade

OverLooked ReMiX

• 'Magus Joins the Band' by Math Blaster
• 'Magus Takes a Dump on OverLooked ReMiX' by Math Blaster
• 'Poor Man's Magus' by ProjectSpam
• 'Working Man's Magus' by ProjectSpam

Personal Remixes

• 'Chrono Trigger Medley' by Opus.XERO

RPGamer.com

• 'Atonement' by Darangen

Unknown

• 'Magus'

VGMix 1

• 'Distortions from Dark Matter' by JonathonStriker
• 'The Fall of Zeal (Piano Arrangement)' by SonicBlade

Vincent7995

• 'Dreams Dying in the Ocean Floor' by Vincent7995
• 'Warlock Battle' by Vincent7995

From: Music (Chrono Trigger)