Which game has the best music?

[Tengukami]

Hm, you know, after just today getting as far as Orin's final spell card, I'm going to have to say that every single song in Subterranean Animism from Stage 3 onwards is just amazing.

So add that to my original list of MoF (from Stage 3 onwards), UFO, IN and any PC-98 game.

[stargroup]

Out of all of the newer Touhou games, I'd have to say my personal preferences would be:

- Imperishable Night
- Perfect Cherry Blossom
- Mountain of Faith
- Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
- Subterranean Animism
- Immaterial and Missing Power

(didn't play SWR enough to judge)

IaMP's music isn't bad per se, but it's not very active, making it much more appropriate as background music, while the other games have more memorable melodies.

My top choice is Imperishable Night simply because of how powerful the themes are. Especially History of the Moon, which is probably the most epic Touhou song yet. Imperishable Night also seems to have a lot of atmospheric effects in the music, giving it a full feeling as you play thoughout. (ironically, this is my least favorite gameplay-wise)

Second choice, and I do believe most people would pick this one as top choice, is Perfect Cherry Blossom because the melodies are incredibly memorable and is essentially the standard "flavor" of Touhou. No other games compare to the classic melodies found in PCB, that's for sure.

[J.O.B]

I like the music in UFO

[Zengeku]

I like the music in all the Touhou-games. Even if i hate UFO Lunatic, i can't deny that the game has awesome music.

My favorite soundtracks are MoF and PCB. UFO is great but hampered greatly by super-bland stage themes in S2, S3 and S6.

[Formless God]

S2 and S6 are bland, but I think Sky Ruin is on par with At The End of Spring :<
I dunno ... I find Shou and Nue's stage themes to be more bland.

[Lybydose]

Going to have to go with Necrofantasia and Necro-Fantasy.

HINT HINT

But yeah PCB.

[Helion]

UFO

Seriously, it's all amazing.

Honorable Mention to SA for Lullaby of Deserted Hell and Nuclear Fusion.

[lumber_of_the_beast]

BlazBlue. :V

Spoiler:

Undefined Fantastic Object, with an honorable mention to Imperishable Night.

[Zengeku]

S2 and S6 are bland, but I think Sky Ruin is on par with At The End of Spring :<

At the end of spring doesn't suck. :V

[theshirn]

At the end of spring doesn't suck. :V

Distinctly false.  It's one of the worst S1 themes.  Sky Ruin is all right.

[Formless God]

At the end of spring doesn't suck. :V

Yes. By that I meant both are great :V

Spoiler:

And At the End of Spring is the best S1 ever, fyi

Distinctly false.  It's one of the worst S1 themes.  Sky Ruin is all right.

IN Stage 1. I couldn't remember its name, let alone what it sounds like :V

[Zengeku]

Yes. By that I meant both are great :V

Spoiler:

And At the End of Spring is the best S1 ever, fyi

Of course you did. Maybe i just don't like Sky Ruin because i like all its S3 Stage theme competitors much more.

To be honest, i really don't think there is a bad song in UFO. Except for S6 - That one just misses me so much. I know a lot of people like it a lot but i can't appreciate it. That's part of the reason i don't play against Byakuren much. If i could just start off right at the boss i would probably play her a lot more. She must be good for improving skills.

[Esoterica]

I had to choose between MS, MoF, and PCB, but in the end I chose PCB.

This.

MS and MoF have some stellar tracks, but everything from stage 3 on in PCB is mind-blowing, particularly Necro Fantasy, Ultimate Truth, The Doll Maker of Bucuresti, and Necro Fantasy.

No, that wasn't a typo.

IN Stage 1. I couldn't remember its name, let alone what it sounds like :V

IN stage 1 had music?

[theshirn]

IN Stage 1. I couldn't remember its name, let alone what it sounds like :V

That...is easily the BEST windows S1 theme.  Easily.

I...cannot grasp the true form of Gigyas's attack your taste in music.  Not even close.

[Zengeku]

That...is easily the BEST windows S1 theme.  Easily.

I totally love that song. Every time it reminds me of the very first time i played Touhou. Reminds me of dying to Wriggle Nightbug Easy. All that stuff. Its lovely :*

[Barrakketh]

I totally love that song. Every time it reminds me of the very first time i played Touhou. Reminds me of dying to Wriggle Nightbug Easy. All that stuff. Its lovely :*

It's memorable, and Sound Sepher did an awesome remix on their album "Cradle".

That said, I'm pretty sure I got kicked by Wriggle my first time playing IN :V

[Alice Fact]

probably MoF and SA

but

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67wmWAHNCHY&fmt=18

[Kinzo the Astro Curious]

Lets see...

• PoDD has Kana's theme, Strawberry Crisis, and Reincarnation
• PCB has Phantom Ensemble, Stage 5 music, Yuyuko's theme, and Necrofantasy/asia

PoDD has lost dream and reincarnation? I know which PC-98 game I'm gonna try and get hold of first then. You reminded me as well that I had an album I hadn't unzipped yet, "depth of phycoligy and unconciousness" with a brill lost dream mix on there. Which I just listened to now lol.

PCB is the best for me. SA and MoF are great, And in UFO Byakurens stage's atmosphere built with the music I think is incredible. (but otherwise, the themes have not stuck in my mind.) PCB however it all comes together brilliantly, its all memorable, personally think the whole games a work of art. once or twice nearly shed a tear at the end of yuyuko's stage, and I think the music alongside the soul chucking out everything its got left is what does that.

Dunno what the deal with IN is, all I remember from that is mokou's theme - and I've never even got to the extra stage playing the game  :V thinking on it though deaf to all but the song is good.

[TheMasterSpark]

Of all the games, I think that Shoot The Bullet takes the top spot for me pretty much due to "Sleepless Night of the Eastern Country" alone. After that I would rank Phantasmagoria of Flower View as the second highest, with Shikieiki's, Komachi's and Marisa's themes all being top-notch.

Of course, if you'd also count Uwabami Breakers as fair ground it would take the top spot. Nothing beats the Lemuria. 

[Esoterica]

Of all the games, I think that Shoot The Bullet takes the top spot for me pretty much due to "Sleepless Night of the Eastern Country" alone. After that I would rank Phantasmagoria of Flower View as the second highest, with Shikieiki's, Komachi's and Marisa's themes all being top-notch.

Of course, if you'd also count Uwabami Breakers as fair ground it would take the top spot. Nothing beats the Lemuria. 

Forgot about StB.  Sleepless Night and Retrospective Kyoto are both amazing.

[ふねん1]

SA for sure. Yuugi's theme is the only track I don't like - I can easily listen to the others in a "playlist sequence" and enjoy every minute of it. Also helps that Nuclear Fusion is my favorite Touhou track of all time.

The only other games that come close are EoSD (once you get past the horrible instrument choices, that is) and MoF. The others that I've played have their fair share of good ones, but also have too many songs I either hate or feel indifferent towards.

[sammy t coleridge]

I'm not the biggest fan of ZUN's music, but I like IN music the best.

[Shizzo]

Well, songs DO leave good impressions on the first time they're heard, and I gotta say that the ones that sync with the danmaku are the ones that I like the most~

There are so many good ones, I can mention Nazrin using Busy Rod, Wriggle using her first spellcard during the BB, Gorgeous Sweet Flower.. Ohh, the memories~~ <3

[mew77]

MY favorite music comes from MoF

The best blend of music to stage in my opinion in MoF Stage 3.

Fighting cowboy faeries to the Gensokyo to gods loved is quite enjoyable.

Aside from that SA's music has had an influence on me

I can find tracks from each game that I like.

[N-Forza]

PCB by far. Probably because it was the first one I played, but it's just awesome as a whole.

[ebarrett]

PoDD, of course. PCB for the Windows series.

[Reddyne]

Tough to choose, as I like the PC-98 series music too. Between Reincarnation and Grimoire of Alice, I have some fave FM synth tunes. Still, it's harder to find a Windows game WITHOUT a couple of my favorites from the series as a whole.

EoSD has Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial and U.N. Owen.
PCB has The Capital City of Flowers in the Sky and both Boder of Life tunes.
IN has Nostalgic Blood of the East and Gensokyo Millenium.
MoF has The Gensokyo the Gods Loved and Suwa Foughten Field.
SA has Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye and Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom.
UFO has Captain Murasa (or just all of level 4) and Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind.
PoFV has...

Stepchild discovered.

[Sen]

Sleepless Night of the Eastern Country is god-tier, but it's also the only good song from StB. Wind Tour is nice, I guess.


For PC-98, PoD.D by far. Reincarnation, Oriental Love Consultation, Tabula Rasa, Lost Dream (overrated song, but still quite nice), and Fight It Out! are all wonderful. Honorable mention to LLS, just for Alice Maestra.

For Windows, MoF definitely. I like...well, just about everything that's not Candid Friend! Special mentions to Dark Side of Fate, Gensokyo the Gods Loved, Fall of Fall, and Faith is for Transient People (by far the best song in the series).

Candid Friend is fucking awful though.

[mew77]

Candid friend isn't that bad!

What tends to happen though is that if I don't enjoy the original song I will end up enjoying one of it's remixes.

[?q]

I have to say UFO.  The only really meh track is Ichirin's theme, which makes sense because lolIchirin.

Candid Friend could have been done better, but it's still better than everything in the first two stages.  The tracks MoF did do right are very good, though.

Sleepless Night of the Eastern Country is god-tier, but it's also the only good song from StB. Wind Tour is nice, I guess.

Wind Tour would be a decent battle theme for a Touhou RPG. 
I guess I'm the only person who likes Retrospective Kyoto though...

PoFV has...

Stepchild discovered.

Fate of Sixty Years, Higan Retour, Wind God Girl, Oriental Dark Flight, and... well, not a whole lot else :V