…and how in the world did she end up with this song?!?

Schala’s Theme (track from Chrono Trigger by Yasunori Mitsuda by SquareSoft )

This is perhaps the best track in Chrono Trigger—and arguably one of the most wonderful compositions in a video game—yet it couldn’t have been used less effectively. The sequence in all of its glorious mundanity can be experienced by watching a variety of videos on YouTube .

According to its placement within the game, you would expect that the song was about to end up on the cutting room floor. In actuality, assigning it to Schala, her temperamental little brother Janus, and her little brother’s rude kitty cat is more likely to be due to time constraints and poor planning than an inability to recognize potential.