Which game has the best music?

[RainfallYoshi]

Once again stealing Garlyle's format because I'm lazy.

Title: Newshound (DS)
Stage 1: At the End of Spring (UFO)
Boss 1: A Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander (Nazrin, UFO)
Stage 2: The Bridge People No Longer Cross (SA)
Boss 2: Green-Eyed Jealousy (Parsee Mizuhashi, SA)
Stage 3: World of Empty Dreams (SoEW)
Boss 3: The Traditional Old Man and the Stylish Girl (Ichirin Kumoi/Unzan, UFO)
Stage 4: Fall of Fall (MoF)
Boss 4: Satori Maiden (Satori Komeiji, SA)
Stage 5: Cinderella Cage (IN)
Boss 5: Hiroari Shoots A Strange Bird (Youmu Konpaku, PCB)
Stage 6: The Young Descendant of Tepes (EoSD)
Boss 6: History of the Moon (Eirin Yagokoro, IN)
Stage X: Romance in the Night Sky (UFO)
Boss X: U.N. Owen Was Her? (EoSD)
Fighting: Legendary Fish (Iku Nagae, SWR)
Photo: The Mystery in Your Town (DS Photo Theme #1)
Phantasmagoria: Maniacal Princess (Kotohime, PoDD)

[DgBarca]

Title : Imperishable Night ~ Eastern Night (IN) My beloved one.

Stage 1 : A Soul as Red as a Ground Cherry (EoSD) It never bore me.
Stage 1B : Apparitions Stalk the Night (EoSD) Have a unique feeling to it.

Stage 2 : The Bridge People No Longer Cross (SA) \o/
Stage 2B : Beware the Umbrella Left There Forever (UFO) The ending is <3

Stage 3 : Walking the Streets of a Former Hell (SA) just beautiful !
Stage 3B : Spirit Battle ~ Perdition crisis (LLS) Wonderful, like the game.

Stage 4 : Alice Maestra (LLS) , Interdimensional Voyage of a Ghostly Passenger Ship (UFO), Alice Maestra go like a sin/cos cruve in my opinion.
Stage 4B :  Vessel of Stars ~ Casket of Star (LLS)

Stage 5 : The Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood  (EoSD) Such an underrated song...
Stage 5B : Sleeping Terror (LLS) YUKAYUKAYUKAYUKA

Stage 6 : Fires of Hokkai (UFO) Dream Land (LLS), *.*
Stage 6B : ALL ! ALL ! I SAID ALL !

Stage EX : The Centennial Festival for Magical Girls (EoSD)
Stage EXB : Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke (IN) Bell+Piano = WIN

Phantasmagoria : Fate Of 60 Years (PoFV) HAAAAAAAA !

IaMP/SWR/UNL : Oriental Memory of Forgathering Dream (the extended version); Onigashima in the Fairyland ~ Missing Power

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[GMOFucker: Makin' GMOs To Fuck 'Em]

Ehhhh

Title: Hisoutensoku Title With A Name I Forget
S1: A Soul as Red as a Ground Cherry
S1B: A Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander (Because really, most stage 1 boss themes are terrible.)
S2: The Fantastic Legend of Tohno (Not as spectacular as everybody says it it, but Stage 2 themes kinda suck too.)
S2B: Dark Side of Fate
S3: Walking the Streets of a Former Hell
S3B: Shanghai Alice of Meiji 17
S4: Heartfelt Fancy
S4B: Satori Maiden
S5: Lullabye of a Former Hell
S5B: Luna Dial (lol. Also I just realized I hate most Stage 5 boss themes. Now I feel kinda empty.)
S6: Voyage 1969
S6B: Cosmic Mind/Nuclear Fusion/Faint Dream ~ Inanimate Dream
EX: Tomorrow Will Be Sunny, Yesterday Was Not (No contest, not that the other EX themes are bad. Plus it sounds like a weather forecast.)
EXB: Hartmann's Youkai Girl
Phantasm: Charming Domination ~ Who done it? (Not very fair but I like this song enough to give it its own spot so :V )
PoFV: Flowering Night
Fightan: SWR!Evening Star. hatersgonnahate.jpg

Hooray, I have generic tastes.

[Naut]

Title: (IN) Imperishable Night ~ Eastern Night
S1: (MoF) A God That Misses People ~ Romantic Fall
S1B: (EoSD) Apparitions Stalk the Night
S2: (SA) The Bridge People No Longer Cross
S2B: (UFO) Beware the Umbrella Left There Forever
S3: (MoF) Gensokyo the Gods loved
S3B: (SA) A Flower-Studded Sake Dish on Mt. Ooe 
S4: (MoF) Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall
S4B: (IN) Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle
S5: (MS) The Last Judgement _{UFO's Esoterica almost got this}
S5B: (UFO) The Tiger-Patterned Bishamonten
S6: (IN) Voyage 1969
S6B: (SA) Sun Worship of Gnosis ~ Nuclear Fusion
EX: (SA) Last Remote
EXB: (PCB) Necrofantasia. _{MoF's Native Faith and IN's Immortal Smoke are excellent as well.}
PoFV: who cares all shit

MoF had the best music to listen to overall, SA had the best music to suit the game. UFOs was pretty good as well, but nothing stood out. IN had a few catchy dingles. Don't like PCB or EoSDs music as a whole, though there are a few decent songs. PC-98 is too boring to play so I don't know many of the songs.

[Formless God]

MoF had the best music to listen to overall, SA had the best music to suit the game. UFOs was pretty good as well, but nothing stood out. IN had a few catchy dingles. Don't like PCB or EoSDs music as a whole, though there are a few decent songs. PC-98 is too boring to play so I don't know many of the songs.

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[Esoterica]

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You know, aside from the fact that games 1-7 have some amazing music, 4-7 specifically having a large majority of my favorites.

[theshirn]

You know, aside from the fact that games 1-7 have some amazing music, 4-7 specifically having a large majority of my favorites.

This.

[Fenrir the Dusk]

Can't really say much, since I've only played three of the games, and one Phantasmagoria, so I'm limited to three games, pretty much.

Title - Don't know, haven't paid much attention to the Title Screen Music.
Stage 1 - Illusionary Night ~ Ghostly Eyes (IN)
Stage 1 Boss - Stirring an Autumn Moon ~ Mooned Insect (IN)
Stage 2 - The Road of the Apotropaic God ~ Dark Road (MoF)
Stage 2 Boss - Deaf to all but the Song (IN)
Stage 3 - The Gensokyo the Gods Loved (MoF)
Stage 3 Boss - Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's Kappa ~ Candid Friend (MoF)
Stage 4 - Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall (MoF)
Stage 4 Boss - Love-coloured Master Spark (IN)
Stage 5 - Cinderella Cage ~ Kagome-Kagome (IN)
Stage 5 Boss - Faith is for the Transient People (MoF)
Stage 6 - Cemetery of Onbashira ~ Grave of Being (MoF)
Stage 6 Boss - Septette for the Dead Princess (EoSD)
EX Stage - Extend Ash ~ Hourai Victim (IN)
EX Boss - Necrofantasia (PCB)

Do I need to play more games? Yes, and I will, bit busy with trying to 1cc something on Normal, though.

[Kanako Yasaka]

Title: PoDD
S1: Deep Mountain
B1: Lost Place
S2: Dimension of Reverie
B2: Beware the Umbrella Left for 10,000 Years (or whatever the hell it's called)
S3: Old World
B3: Plastic Mind
S4: Fall of Fall
B4: 3^rd Eye
S5: Rural Makai City Esoteria
B5: Faith is for the Transient People
S6: Ultimate Truth
B6: Suwa Foughten Field
EX: Alice in Wonderland
EXB: Cute Devil
Fighting Games: Bhava Agra as Seen through a Child's Mind (best song in the series)
Phantasmagoria: Fate of Sixty Years
Photo: Infinite Nightmare
Ending: MoF (can Player's Score count)
Credits: Sylphid Dream

[Infy♫]

I pick SWR.
Oriental evening sky, broken moon, darkening dusk, night falls ~ evening star, ridiculous game, flowering night, even locked girl. there's a variety of styles in that game, and the arranges all sound lovely to me, especially the ones I listed.
U2 knows how to make a bad song like flowering night sound good.

[Formless God]

U2 knows how to make bad songs like septette and locked girl sound good.

Fixed.

And yes, those you listed are also my favorites, though I'd like to give HMs to Fragrant Plants/Dancing Water Spray as well.
Wait, minus Evening Star as CtC's version is superior.

[Sen]

Okay, I'll list too, I guess :V

Stage 1 - Where Spring Ends (UFO)
Boss 1 - Sealed Youkai ~ Lost Place (Yameme, SA)

Stage 2 - Dark Side of Fate (MoF)
Boss 2 - Beware the Umbrella Left There for Ten Thousand Years (Kogasa, UFO)

Stage 3 - The Gensokyo the Gods Loved (MoF)*
Boss 3 - The Traditional Old Man and the Stylish Western Girl (Ichirin, UFO)

Stage 4 - Alice Maestra (LLS)**
Boss 4 - Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room (EoSD)

Stage 5 - Rural City Makai Esoterica (UFO)
Boss 5 - FAITH IS FOR THE TRANSIENT PEOPLE <3333333 (MoF)

Stage 6 - Ultimate Truth (PCB)
Boss 6 - Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind (UFO)

Stage EX - UFO Romance in the Night Sky (UFO)
Boss EX - Hartmann's Youkai Girl (SA)

Fighting Game - Dancing Water Spray (SWR), Silence (IaMP)

Phantasmagoria - Spring Lane ~ Colorful Path

Photo - Sleepless Night on the Eastern Country

_{*honorable mentions to Romantic Children (MS) and Doll Maker of Bucuresti (PCB)
**honorable mentions to Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall (MoF) and Interdimensional Voyage of a Ghostly Passenger Ship}

[Formless God]

Stage 1 - Where Spring Ends (UFO)
Boss 2 - Beware the Umbrella Left There for Ten Thousand Years (Kogasa, UFO)
Stage 3 - The Gensokyo the Gods Loved (MoF)* _{*honorable mentions to Romantic Children (MS)}
Stage 4 - Alice Maestra (LLS)** _{**honorable mentions to Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall (MoF) and Interdimensional Voyage of a Ghostly Passenger Ship}
Boss 5 - FAITH IS FOR THE TRANSIENT PEOPLE <3333333 (MoF)
Boss 6 - Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind (UFO)
Boss EX - Hartmann's Youkai Girl (SA)
Fighting Game - Dancing Water Spray (SWR), Silence (IaMP)
Photo - Sleepless Night of the Eastern Country

SEN HAS EXCELLENT MUSIC TASTE

[Chainsaw Guitar]

You know, aside from the fact that games 1-7 have some amazing music, 4-7 specifically having a large majority of my favorites.

I think the technical limitations in PC-98's music is what makes it better.

[ふねん1]

I know I already listed SA as my overall favorite, but seeing all these lists makes me want to sort my fav's out too. Only EoSD, PCB, IN, MoF, and SA apply.

-Stage 1: SA. Upbeat and has a good melody. A great way to start out the game.
-Stage 1 Boss: Tie between Letty's and Yamame's themes. Seems like all S1B themes fall around the average mark (or lower), and these two are close enough to consider equal.
-Stage 2: SA. The beat is catchy as hell, and matches the cave-atmosphere of Stage 2 to boot.
-Stage 2 Boss: UFO. Okay, I lied. I don't have UFO, but I've heard Kogasa's theme, and it's amazing. HM to Parsee's theme.
-Stage 3: MoF. Such a beautiful piece, no wonder we see it ranked so highly among fan polls.
-Stage 3 Boss: EoSD. Despite the game's bad instrumentation, it doesn't appear as much of a curse here, letting me get through to the nifty melody.
-Stage 4: SA. Another beautiful piece, and it progresses quite nicely throughout the stage, adding to its awesomeness.
-Stage 4 Boss: SA. The melody, the presentation, so good... *falls over*
-Stage 5: SA. I know it contrasts with the style of other Stage 5 themes, but that's partly what makes it good (obviously has a touching melody to back it up). Even more evidence of how atmospheric this game's music is, especially considering its near flawless progression across the level.
-Stage 5 Boss: IN. S5B themes don't tend to be excellent either, huh? Reisen's theme is pretty cool for what it's worth, though.
-Stage 6: SA. The only memorable S6 theme, if you ask me. All the others are too short (probably because ZUN knew he'd be composing them for short stages) and thus don't have much to give.
-Stage 6 Boss: SA. As if there was any competition for this spot. A song that practically screams "final boss" in its deliverance, and totally appropriate for Touhou's first true villain.
-Extra Stage: MoF. Yet another beautiful melody, with a Japanese flair to it. HM to Last Remote, which comes really close here.
-Extra Stage Boss: PCB (Extra). Necro-fantasy's main melody (you know, the trumpet) is GODLY. You may not like how high it goes (as ZUN's trumpets tend to do), but for some reason I think the high pitch suits a theme for a fox quite well. Oh, and HM to Koishi's theme for it's "disturbing" tone (matches the nature of Koishi's ability).

See? SA is too good. :V

[R-9A2 Delta]

1: SA, PCB, UFO
1B: UFO
2: PCB
2B: SA
3: MoF
3B: UFO, LLS (i feel weird for saying that)
4: UFO, PCB, SA
4B: PCB, SA, MoF
5: SA
5B: MoF
6: UFO
6B: SA, UFO
X: SA, UFO
XB: MoF, UFO, SA

[Grand Octopus]

Long overdue to post in here.

Title: Newshound
Stage 1: Illusionary Night ~ Ghostly Eyes
Stage 1 Boss: A Tiny, Tiny Clever Commander (HM: The Sealed-Away Youkai ~ Lost Place)
Stage 2: End of Daylight (HM: The Fantastic Legend of Tohno)
Stage 2 Boss: Green-Eyed Jealousy (HM: Scarlet Symphony ~ Scarlet Phoneme)
Stage 3: Shanghai Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea (HM: Romantic Children)
Stage 3 Boss: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend
Stage 4: Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall
Stage 4 Boss: Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye
Stage 5: Lullaby of Deserted Hell
Stage 5 Boss: Faith is for the Transient People
Stage 6: Fires of Hokkai
Stage 6 Boss: Septette for the Dead Princess (HM: The Venerable Ancient Battlefield ~ Suwa Foughten Field)
Extra Stage: Last Remote (HM: UFO Romance in the Night Sky)
Extra Stage Boss: U.N. Owen was Her?
Ending: An Eternity that is More Transient than Scarlet
Credits: The Gods Give Us Blessed Rain ~ Sylphid Dream
VS Shooters: Higan Retour ~ Riverside View
Photo Shooters: Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare
Fighting Games: Broken Moon

Overall: Mountain of Faith / Subterranean Animism

Though Koumajou Densetsu's Touhouvania's OST beats the danmaku out of both of them.

[Chainsaw Guitar]

Don't lie to yourself; Touhouvania's music isn't nearly as good as Touhou and ESPECIALLY not as good as Castlevania music.

[KrackoCloud]

Oh, there's a chart system thingy now?
So, I just list my top favorites. If there's any listed after, they're very close runner-ups.

Stage 1: IN, SA
Boss 1: UFO
Stage 2: IN
Boss 2: SA
Stage 3: PCB
Boss 3: PCB
Stage 4: PCB, SA, MoF
Boss 4: UFO, SA
Stage 5: IN, SA
Boss 5: MoF
Stage 6: PCB, IN
Boss 6: UFO, PCB, IN (Kaguya), EoSD
Stage Ex: IN, PCB (Ex)
Boss Ex: PCB (Phantasm), IN

[ark]

SA definitely is my favourite (of the Windows games; I'm not familiar with any of the PC98 stuff). I love it from beginning to end (well, except maybe Stage+Boss 3 and the ending and credits music), and overall it probably has the most fitting music. Stage 2, Parsee's theme, Stage 5, and Koishi's theme are probably my favourite ones. Satori's theme gives me shivers every time I listen to it.

MoF follows very closely, and PCB closely after that. Really depends on my mood though; MoF has much more energetic and lively music, while PCB's is overall more calm and beautiful. The next one, IN, is way down there.

Overall: SA > MoF > PCB >> IN > UFO > EoSD

Out of 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, I made a list for each stage/boss number; here are the top two for each. A lot of these are really close.

Title: PCB by far. (Second: SA)
Stage 1: PCB. (Close second: SA)
Boss 1: This one was really hard to decide on, since none of them really stand out from the rest. I'm going to make it a three-way tie between EoSD, IN, and MoF.
Stage 2: SA. (Second: PCB)
Boss 2: SA. (Second: PCB)
Stage 3: PCB. (Second: MoF)
Boss 3: PCB. (Second: MoF)
Stage 4: MoF. (Second: SA)
Boss 4: IN Reimu. (Second: SA)
Stage 5: SA. (Second: MoF)
Boss 5: MoF. (Second: SA)
Stage 6: MoF. (Second: IN)
Boss 6: MoF. (Second: IN Eirin)
Ex Stage: IN. (Second: SA)
Ex Boss: SA. (Second: a tie between IN and MoF)
Ending: MoF. (Second: PCB)
Credits: MoF is very nice. (Second: SA)

Funny how SA gets top in few of these, but it's still my overall favourite.

PoFV overall isn't that great, but Tewi, Aya, Sakuya, Komachi, and Shikieiki's themes are quite nice. (Listed in increasing order of niceness.)

Overall I don't really like StB's music, but there are a couple of nice ones. StB's title music is pretty good, as well as Wind God Girl. DS is better overall; I like all of the photo themes roughly equally (except the last one). The title music doesn't do it for me though.

[LHCling]

PoDD

Objectively Clearly, the best track is VICTORY DEMO. Every time you hear it in-game, you rejoice during that well-earned 10 second period.

[J.O.B]

Stage 1: UFO
Stage 1 Boss: UFO
Stage 2: UFO
Stage 2 Boss: IN
Stage 3: PCB
Stage 3 Boss: IN
Stage 4: UFO
Stage 4 Boss: SA
Stage 5: MoF
Stage 5 Boss: UFO
Stage 6: MoF
Stage 6 Boss: UFO
Extra Stage: UFO
Extra Stage Boss: All of them
Photo: DS
Phantasmagoria: PoDD

[ebarrett]

Objectively Clearly, the best track is VICTORY DEMO. Every time you hear it in-game, you rejoice during that well-earned 10 second period.

Love of Magical Chimes says hi

[Alice Fact]

magical astronomy

/troll

Seriously though, Greenwich is the Sky is amazing and needs to be in some game.

[Chronojet ⚙ Dragon]

Greenwich is the Sky is amazing and needs to be in some game.

Seconded.

Whoever disagrees is not a big enough Touhou fan.

[Esoterica]

magical astronomy

/troll

Seriously though, Greenwich is the Sky is amazing and needs to be in some game.

Why not all of them? :V

Yeah, I know what you mean though, and I wholeheartedly agree.

[Formless God]

Holy crap I love you

Time to replace Border of Life with NO REMORSE and those S5 themes with On the Verge of Ma(ry BV