Chrono Cross "Garden of the Gods" Orchestral Arrangement: "The Fairy and the Water Dragon"

Download high quality version here: https://rebeccatripp.bandcamp.com/track/the-fairy-and-the-water-dragon "Garden of the Gods" is one of the first pieces of video game music I fell in love with. It is everything I crave in a soundtrack and more- which is sort of true of the entire Chrono Cross OST (originally composed by Yasunori Mitsuda). I made a cover/remix of this track many years ago (here it is for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kvRWdZaewk ) but I felt that I couldn't do it justice. I decided to try again later on- here is the result! Between the art and sound, I wanted to convey the essence of the water dragon's role as a (mostly benign) creator. He's kind of like a "spiritual administrator" who attempts to keep reality in check, while still allowing a degree of flexibility/free will to exist in reality's inhabitants. All of the dragons are motivated to slightly different ends and are corruptible in their own ways, but they mainly just wish to protect their own existence; the worlds they create are a reflection of that desire. I perceive the blue dragon from Chrono Cross as a wellspring of pure life/existence, whereas the green dragon is the embodiment of instinct and animal concerns, the black one is an embodiment of pure self interest, the white one enforces order/certain cosmic laws, the red one embodies strength and the yellow curates matter/physicality. The dragons have godlike power- but they are not all-powerful (at least not in their divided, conflicted state); the universe they govern is an imperfect and fragile one. In this music, I attempted to convey the virtuous aspects of the dragons. I do not own any of the images I used to make that photo collage! ?Buy me an ice cream: https://ko-fi.com/rebeccaetripp ?Become a monthly subscriber: https://www.subscribestar.com/rebeccaetripp ?Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvokeSeagull ?Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrystalEchoSound/ ?Playlist of every Chrono series remix I've done: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhsnNwoLVWWOsP2bqp53knt0t_wkxbBmQ ?Playlist of every VGM medley I've done: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhsnNwoLVWWNj7e7PqxLh8zCjsHw19F3i ?Playlist of every VGM arrangement I've done: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhsnNwoLVWWON9zRaW-KZKRwBHKeLZ_V7 ?Playlist of some of my origial work: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhsnNwoLVWWMYg7N8Z4xVogVAMe8NOH-8