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Which game do you think has the best overall soundtrack? I'm going with PoDD, because it's all incredible. Every track. And it has Reincarnation.
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definitely MOF, I cannot mention another game because MOF remains the only album of original ZUN music I keep, the rest I don't. I also have a detailed stored collection of all MOF remixes and doujin music, so yeah.
Love Sanae's theme the most btw.
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Overall, MoF. Every soundtrack except PoFV and possibly SoEW is generally good though.
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MoF.
I liked PoDD's, IaMP's and SWR's too.
Stage 2 is that rare type of song that is so catchy that I hear the whole song ringing in my ears.
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I had to choose between MS, MoF, and PCB, but in the end I chose PCB.
I'll explain later when I get home though. I'm going now.
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Shoot the bullet has some pretty boring bland music too IMHO.
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It's ridiculously close between PCB, MoF and SA. Probably SA > MoF > PCB if you held a gun to my head.
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PCB/SA
I can't pick both... I guess I'll go for SA, 'cos the Neutral album (darkness) really made it shine for me.
Now whenever I play that game I find myself humming all the way through.
I've only played the windows games, so I can't comment on the '98.
MoF is a close runner up.
And of course almost all the games have great music as it is.
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SWR/SA are closely tied, but I picked SA only because I enjoyed the Darkness Album more than the SWR Orchestral one.
Either way I love all touhou music, they are all awesome in their own special way.
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PCB
Yukarin for the win.
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Choosing between my favorites SA, PCB, and MoF, I'll have to pick SA.
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It was either IN or MoF for me; I've got 11 tracks I've kept from each. SA is close behind with 10, and PCB only has 8 for me. I went with IN, mostly because of Mokou.
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PCB/SA
I can't pick both... I guess I'll go for SA, 'cos the Neutral album (darkness) really made it shine for me.
Now whenever I play that game I find myself humming all the way through.
SWR/SA are closely tied, but I picked SA only because I enjoyed the Darkness Album more than the SWR Orchestral one.
Please, PLEASE, don't ever use arrange albums to help you choose one over the other. They're not originals, and therefore not ZUN's music. Anyone with great musical talent could make an awesome arrange of a terrible song.
Keeping this in mind, I chose PCB because I really liked the music in it overall. Most of the songs there are easily remembered by one mean or another, and I could to most of these songs many times and probably never get bored of it. It has many of my favourites such as The Fantastic Legend of Tohno, Phantom Ensemble, Border of Life, Ancient Temple, and many others. Also, it was a HUGE step compared to EoSD, which IMO was pretty bad in terms of instruments used.
MS had pretty good music as well. The are composed so well, it's a pity that they only exist in the PC-98 games. It's so nostalgic. I really love The Grimoire of Alice and Romantic Children though. Probably two of the best songs I've heard in the entire series.
MoF was also in the list because many of the songs are well composed that felt somewhat optimistic. Makes me feel positive and all. It also has one of my favourites, The Youkai Mountain ~ Mysterious Mountain. The instruments used were also well done. It also gave some old-fashioned folklore sense, but not in a nostalgic way.
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Please, PLEASE, don't ever use arrange albums to help you choose one over the other. They're not originals, and therefore not ZUN's music. Anyone with great musical talent could make an awesome arrange of a terrible song.
This. This. A thousand times this.
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Imperishable Night, obviously. The entire soundtrack is beautiful. Which is to say, I love regularly listening to *every single song* in the game, which is better than every other game, where I only love regularly listening to some songs.
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I am not worthy of voting becaus I have only listened to the EoSD / PCB / IN / MOF tracks. And even then I still cannot pick the best set of tracks, but I think PCB comes extremely close as choice. IN would be following up tight if Cinderella cage and Voyage were bit more interesting.
What simply made me love this game is the music which perfectly fits the stage or character. It doesn't matter if the spellcard is redicliously hard or easy. I just love music in our world as humans and also love how ZUN succesfully made music for Touhou.
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If arranges counted, I might have switched to SA too; nazz-can's stuff is OBSCENELY good. Then again, dBu's Pure in Asia wipes the floor with EVERYTHING as far as I'm concerned, so perhaps not.
Which game do you think has the best overall soundtrack? I'm going with PoDD, because it's all incredible. Every track. And it has Reincarnation.
Meh. Strawberry Crisis, Vanishing Dream, Maniacal Princess, and maybe even Tabula Rasa were all better than Reincarnation, IMO.
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I chose Perfect Cherry Blossom. It's the only game where I enjoy every tune as much as the next.
I'm surprised MoF got so many votes. The music in that actually annoys me at times, but then again, so does the game itself.
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I prefer Mountain of Faith, but I was tempted to vote SA.
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LLS for its music overall.
Followed closely by SA. And then EoSD.
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I have to go with PCB, although it's painful choosing between PCB, MoF, and SA. I never really played the PC-98 games that much, so I can't comment on those though.
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Pefect Cherry Blossom. It's the only one where I can remember most of the music.
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Very hard to just choose one, but since we have to, I'm going to go with MoF. Denying the greatness of that soundtrack is a crime; from Hina onward, every song is anywhere from good to absolutely awesome.
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Imperishable Night for me. Themes like Eirin's are just too memorable to ever forget.
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I'm always torn between PCB and MoF. I think MoF has the more consistent soundtrack, and I don't think there's one bad track on the whole album. But, I find that MoF doesn't have an incredible song. PCB has some hit or miss songs, but the ones that do work I enjoy more than MoF's songs, and it has some incredible tracks. It probably depends on the day, but I think I lean slightly more towards PCB.
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Lets see...
- SoEW has LCM, Complete Darkness, and Rika's EX boss theme
- PoDD has Kana's theme, Strawberry Crisis, and Reincarnation
- LLS has Maiden's Capriccio, Vessel of Stars ~ Casket of Star, Sleeping Terror, and Gengetu's theme
- MS has Doll of Misery,Infinite Being, Alice in Wonderland, Dream Express and Grimiore of Alice
- EoSD has Patchy's theme, Sakuya's theme, Septette, Centennial Festival, and UN Owen
- PCB has Phantom Ensemble, Stage 5 music, Yuyuko's theme, and Necrofantasy/asia
- IN has Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle, LCMS,Lunatic Princess, and Immortal Smoke
- PoFV has Yuka's theme, Higan Retour, Reimu & Marisa's themes, and THE TITLE
- MoF has Nitori's theme, Aya's theme, Stage 5, Sanae's theme, Suwa Foughten Field, and Native Faith
- SA has Satori's theme,Yaname's theme, Last Remote, Hartman's Youkai Girl, Stage 5, Okuu and Orin's themes
- UFO has Tiny Tiny Clever Commander, Umbrella left for 10 thousand years, Sky Ruin and Ichirin's theme
- IaMP has Broken Moon, Evening Star, Suika's theme, and THE TITLE
- SWR has Iku's theme and pre-battle theme, and Tenshi's theme and last spell theme
...Don't make me choose. ;_; If I were to say one, I'm just going to go with SA. Almost chose MS, LLS, EoSD, or MoF though. UFO seems set to beat SA if it keeps up the awesome boss themes, and good stage themes.
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PCB has been one of my favorites for a long time. I like both of stage 4's music, Capital City of Flowers in the Sky and Phantom Ensemble; and most of the track sounds somewhat... orchestral, if I had to put it into words. Following that, I also like IN's tunes, and recently SA really stepped in with some strong music like Satori's and Utsuho's themes.
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Please, PLEASE, don't ever use arrange albums to help you choose one over the other. They're not originals, and therefore not ZUN's music. Anyone with great musical talent could make an awesome arrange of a terrible song.
Nono, that's not what I meant when I said the arranges made it shine... it's more like the arranges brought to my attention the best bits of the tracks.
I don't mean I like the SA arranges more than the PCB tracks, and that therefore the SA tracks are better. That would be silly.
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Oh wow, now that I think about it, I think my choice is PoDD. o_O
The title theme.
Lost Dream
Reincarnation
STRAWBERRY CRISIS!!
MOLC
Fight it out!
Sailor of Time
Wow, I forgot I loved this soundtrack so much.
Of course every other soundtrack is great too.
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its a hard decision, because very game has excellent tracks, but ultimately, i'm gonna have to go with SA, because of Nuclear Fusion alone.
sorry Necrofantasia, Suwa Foughten Field, Reincarnation, Mysterious Mountain, Doll judgeme.....
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The thing I disliked about SA is that the stage music in general are pretty bad compared to the other games.
Last Remote is an exception though.
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The thing I disliked about SA is that the stage music in general are pretty bad compared to the other games.
Whaaaaat
SA is my pick, everything straight from Stage 2 to Orin is awesome. Too bad SA is so hard ;_;
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SA had my absolute full attention the moment the stage 1 theme kicked in, but a part of me does feel that the soundtrack is much more enjoyable to listen to while you're in the game itself - though this could be said for every game soundtrack out there, some soundtracks or songs will benefit much better within the context of the game than others.
The only song that didn't stand out to all that much was Hellfire Mantle, but it does feel fitting.
The only song in PoFV that bores me is Ancient Temple. The song itself is fine in PCB and fits really well, but in PoFV it just makes a match feel rather droll. Till When would have probably been a bit too hard and fast for PoFV's atmosphere, though ZUN really should have made a different theme for Youmu's stage much like how he did Flowering Night for Sakuya.
EoSD sounds old and crusty now. While some of the arrangements themselves are very good - especially Chinese Tea - and are perfectly listen-able, it just doesn't hold much charm to me because the instruments also sound old and a bit crusty. What I really mean is that EoSD feels very rough around the edges. Old is good when it's refined; it's how it lives through the ages and holds an air of nostalgia and charm. Something that's old and feels rough just ages and looks, feels and sounds outdated.
PCB is pretty enjoyable, but I must be one of the few people who don't regard PCB's soundtrack as highly as most others. I find Legend of Tohno and Withered Leaf really boring to listen to, I prefer The Doll Maker of Bucuresti way over Doll Judgement and I like Phantom Ensemble more than Capital City because it's noisy and loud. Ancient Temple proves to be nice and fits the stage perfectly, and Till When made me think 'fuck yeah' the instant it started. I also prefer the second version of Border of Life over the first. The first time I heard it was like the first time I finally beat the Elite Four in Pokemon Red only to find that Blue was now the champion: a resounding 'oh shit' in the back of my head. Both Phantasm themes grate on me after a while.
MoF is nice, but most of it I don't bother listening to outside of the game, or find thoughtlessly humming to myself. Dark Road and Native Faith are probably my favourites here. Grave of Being is awesome too.
IN is a pretty similar case to MoF. Reach for the Moon will forever be ingrained into the deepest recesses of my mind, periodically playing at times when I have no other thought in my head. I also found Night Bird and Cinderella Cage really enjoyable.
I prefer SWR's soundtrack over IaMP's, though there are a few cases where IaMP is better than SWR; namely Evening Star. I just prefer how SWR's soundtrack gives a much more lively atmosphere. The Ground's Colour is Yellow was an instant favourite for me.
Anyway, I'm droning on. I'm not going to say anything for the PC-98 games beyond: fuck yeah Inanimate Dream and Alice in Wonderland.
TL;DR: Opinions thread.
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IaMP has my favorite iterations of Voile, the Magic Library and Septette for the Dead Princess. That's reason enough for me to make it my favorite.
Though, if you forced me to pick a game that had entirely original music, then I'd have to pick Perfect Cherry Blossom. I whistle parts of Border of Life all the time.
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Its close between MoF, IN, and SA, but I am going to say MoF. Especially the stage 6 theme and Faith is For the Transient People
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I prefer The Doll Maker of Bucuresti way over Doll Judgement
Wish I'd noticed this before I posted. I think you're the only person I've seen, other than me, who has this preference. Given how popularized Doll Judgment is, it's kind of surreal, honestly.
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Urrrrrrgh! Why does everyone like Capital City of Flowers Dancing in the Sky so much?! That track is boring, boring, BORING! Even Fall of Fall is better, and I don't like that either. Stage 4 themes never seem to do it for me; Catfelt Fancy is about the closest I can get to really liking one.
Stage 4 bosses, on the other hand, are all really good.
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I agree, Imperishable Night has great music. But I love the music in Mountain of Faith as well, from Stage 3 onwards. And really, anything from the PC-98 games, such as "Romantic Children". They all just have the greatest sound - gives me a feeling of nostalgia for some reason.
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It's either going to SA or MoF. IN is close though, and PCB is what fights IN for second (third). EoSD brought us U.N. Owen Was Her, but that's about it for good songs, and even then I prefer remixes of that song. PoFV would probably be in third (fifth), despite having really good, catchy music, the tracks were (understandbly) too short.
And, from SA, my favorite song is somewhere between Yuugi's theme and Hell's Lulluby.
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IaMP, too many good remixes to pass up
PoFV would be next simply because of siki's\yuka's\marisa's\medicine's themes
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Mountain of Faith takes God tier for, in order:
-Native Faith
-Suwa Foughten Field
-Gensokyo the Gods Loved
Gody all around soundtrack.
Though Imperishable Night gets an honourable mention for:
-Eastern Youkai Beauty
-Immortal Smoke
-Love Coloured Master Spark
Quite the soundtrack, but nothing incredibly awesome. Mostly catchy tunes that I can't get out of my head, like Voyage 1970.
Perfect Cherry Blossom gets a last minute pick for:
-Necrofantasia
-Border of Life
Decent soundtrack, I may remember everything but I can't say I listen to it regularly.
And I would kill myself if I didn't mention Subterranean Animism for Last Remote. I didn't enjoy most of SA's music, but Last Remote is in my top three songs -- easily. Sadly, it doesn't bring SA up in the list.
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PCB for me i just love the songs and IN as my 2nd choice
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Hard question, maybe MoF and MS
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I'd probably have to go for SA on this one, actually.
- Lost Place was the first Stage 1 theme I really cared about, though it probably isn't as good as Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander.
- Green Eyed Jealousy was also great, though for a very different reason. It was calm and hinted slightly at the disturbing, which was a nice touch.
- 3rd Eye is almost undoubtedly my favourite song of the whole damn series. Take the eerie from GEJ and crank it up to 13, then add the mental connection with one of the best fights in Touhou and you have a winner on your hands.
- Hell's Lullaby was surprising the first time I heard it. 'Come on, I'm walking through the flames of hell, the last thing I should be getting is calm, serene music- wait, actually, this song's kinda nice. Really nice, in fa- OH SHIT IT'S THE FUCKING CAT AGAIN'
- Nuclear. Fucking. Fusion. Enough said.
- Last Remote is the only Extra theme I give a crap about besides Centennial.
- Hartmann's Youkai Girl first seemed like it had been crushed and opened out again, wrinkles and all, but eventually I realised that it was taking the disturbing tones from 3rd Eye and cranking them up to 20.
Top songs from other games:
- Didn't really pay much attention to HRtP
- Darkness of the Cherry Blossoms (?) (SoEW)
- Strawberry Crisis (PoDD)
- Nothing really stands out from LLS, actually. :/
- The Grimoire of Alice (MS)
- Locked Girl (EoSD)
- Till When (PCB)
- Missing Power (IaMP)
- Immortal Smoke (IN)
- Wind God Girl (PoFV/StB)
- Sleepless Banquet (StB)
- Native Faith (MoF)
- Wonderful Heaven (SWR)
- Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander (UFO)
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Right now, the only ones I can think of off the top of my head are IaMP's theme for Suika and SWR's arrange for Patchouli's theme.
Patchouli's SWR theme is simply inspiring. It really gets you moving, and it strangely contrasts with Patchouli's usual quiet and calm hikikomori tendencies. Odd.
Hmm, I suppose I'll come back to write more. I wish I had survived stage 5 of EoSD on normal just once to hear Remilia and Flandre's theme in-game....
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From best to worst.
PCB
SA
LLS
SoEW
MS
EoSD
IN
HRtP
PoDD (Mostly misses, but the hits it has are on LLS level)
PoFV
MoF
UFO
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EoSD
You're not missing much =/.
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You're not missing much =/.
Luna freakin' Dial wants a word with you.
It's not the best song in Touhou, but it's by far my favorite.
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PCB > MoF > EoSD = SA > IN > PoFV
PCB and MoF are the most consistently good soundtracks in my opinion, though I think PCB is just a tiny bit better. Very few forgettable tracks, with a lot of great highlights. Capital City of Flowers happens to be my favorite ZUN piece of all time.
EoSD has wonderful boss music(Septette is the best final boss music in the series imo), but the stage music is pretty lacking. SA, on the other hand, has great stage music, but mediocre boss music (Third Eye is oh so overrated), though I really like Hartmann's Youkai Girl for some reason.
IN is pretty inconsistent. I like the music for the last two stages (Except for Lunatic Princes), and 1970 is some of the best 1 1/2 minutes ZUN has ever written. However, the music of the first half and extra never really jumped out at me.
PoFV... um... Flowering Night and Higan Retour are okay I guess...
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Luna freakin' Dial wants a word with you.
It's not the best song in Touhou, but it's by far my favorite.
...yeah you're not missing much.
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Luna freakin' Dial wants a word with you.
It's not the best song in Touhou, but it's by far my favorite.
Which is why the IaMP version exists.
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Bah, you all suck. :P And I think the original is the best version.
C'mon, though: EoSD has Cirno, Patchy, Stage 5, Sakuya, Stage 6, Remilia, Centennial Festival and Flandre. I think that's fairly respectable.
While I'm at it: PCB has Withered Leaf, Doll Maker, Doll Judgment, Phantom Ensemble, Ancient Temple, Ultimate Truth, Border of Life and Necrofantasia.
IN: Illusionary Night, Song of the Night Sparrow, Deaf to All But the Song, Old World, Plain Asia, Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle, LCMS(included grudgingly; it's overrated as hell), Invisible Full Moon, Voyage 1969/70, History of the Moon (which I used to deplore as pathetic but has really grown on me), Lunatic Princess, and IMMORTAL SMOKE.
PoFV: Spring Lane (one of the most underrated songs in Touhou), Marisa's theme (which I cannot remember the name of), Flowering Night, Higan Retour, Fate of Sixty Years.
MoF: Dark Road, Dark Side of Fate, the Gensokyo the Gods Loved, Candid Friend, Mysterious Mountain, The Primal Scene of Japan (another underrated one), Faith is for the Transient People, Grave of Being, Suwa Foughten Field, Tomorrow Will Be Special, Native Faith. Oh, and the main menu theme is also nice (Sealed Gods, I think).
SA: The Dark Blowhole (mostly for the part when Kisume shows up), The Bridge People No Longer Cross (highly underrated), Green-Eyed Jealousy, Third Eye, Lullaby, Hartmann's Youkai Girl. And the ending theme is nice (the Earth Spirits' Homecoming, or something like that).
Everything from UFO is good except maybe the first two stage themes.
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It's SA for me. MoF's tracks took a long time to grow on me while I fould SA's extremely catchy and memorable. I remember thinking "holy shit" when I heard Satori's and Utsuho's themes for the first time, and I was addicted to the stage 3 theme when the demo was out.
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SA. Definitely SA. It hitted me like a ton of der brick thingies from the start. MOF has best three first stagemusics+bossthemes IMO, but overall it's SA for me.
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UFO might have my vote instead of SA when it comes out. ;D
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I have a soft spot in my heart for EoSD's soundtrack. And SA's. And UFO's.
I'd have to say SA, EoSD and then UFO if you put a gun to my head.
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I'm torn between LLS and MS.
LLS: the best title screen theme of the series, Selene's light, Break the Sabbath, Perdition crisis, Sleeping Terror and Inanimate Dream. Maiden's Capriccio is also better than its IN incarnation.
MS: Dream Express, Dimension of Reverie, Romantic Children, Plastic Mind, Alice in Wonderland and the Grimoire of Alice.
The newer soundtracks (MoF, SA and especially the UFO demo) don't do anything for me. Nothing stands out. Although lately I've been warming up to SA, even to Hartmann's Youkai Girl. Well, excluding Hellfire Mantle and Nuclear Fusion. Those two don't qualify as music to me. They're more like background noise.
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Tie between IN and SA. EOSD has 3-rd place.
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Clear choice: SA.
Komeiji sisters FTW!
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SA - Lullaby of Deserted Hell and Last Remote are some of the most amazing stage themes in the series, and all the boss themes fit the character you're fighting.
UFO - From what we've heard so far, TTCC is the best Stage 1 boss theme ever. All the other songs are pretty good, too.
MS - Dream Express, Plastic Mind, Judas Kiss, Infinite Being, Alice in Wonderland... Wow.
runner ups are PoDD, MoF, and SWR
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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.
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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.
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I like the music in UFO
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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.
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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.
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Going to have to go with Necrofantasia and Necro-Fantasy.
HINT HINT
But yeah PCB.
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UFO
Seriously, it's all amazing.
Honorable Mention to SA for Lullaby of Deserted Hell and Nuclear Fusion.
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BlazBlue. :V
Undefined Fantastic Object, with an honorable mention to Imperishable Night.
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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
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At the end of spring doesn't suck. :V
Distinctly false. It's one of the worst S1 themes. Sky Ruin is all right.
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At the end of spring doesn't suck. :V
Yes. By that I meant both are great :V 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
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Yes. By that I meant both are great :V 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.
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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?
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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.
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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 :*
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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
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probably MoF and SA
but
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67wmWAHNCHY&fmt=18
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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.
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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. :D
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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. :D
Forgot about StB. Sleepless Night and Retrospective Kyoto are both amazing.
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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.
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I'm not the biggest fan of ZUN's music, but I like IN music the best.
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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
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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.
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PCB by far. Probably because it was the first one I played, but it's just awesome as a whole.
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PoDD, of course. PCB for the Windows series.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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I...cannot grasp the true form of Gigyas's attack your taste in music. Not even close.
It's simple. First-time impression is very important in Touhou. For example, At The End of Spring and Cosmic Mind are the first songs that made me go wow (I started with UFO, mind you), so they instantly became the best S1 and S6 themes, respectively :V
I guess I'm the only person who likes Retrospective Kyoto though...
o/
Retrospective Kyoto is easily one of the best songs ZUN has ever composed.
Fate of Sixty Years, Higan Retour, Wind God Girl, Oriental Dark Flight, and... well, not a whole lot else :V
Lord Usa's Elemental Flag :V
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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.
I never really cared for Lullaby of a Deserted Hell, but I liked this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPhQCQ5NVwg) remix.
The beginning reminds me of Top Gun, though :/
Fate of Sixty Years, Higan Retour, Wind God Girl, Oriental Dark Flight, and... well, not a whole lot else :V
I really like White Flag of Usa Shrine. It's a fun, playful song that always made me want to run into Tewi every time I was in story mode.
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I really like White Flag of Usa Shrine. It's a fun, playful song that always made me want to run into Tewi every time I was in story mode.
I was going to say that but wasn't sure if I was going into "too unpopular" territory.
I guess we can throw Colorful Path in. It's not a spectacular song, but it helps me relax and enjoy getting walled in.
Thankfully remixes have been very kind to Flowering Night <.<
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Not every thing in the first two stages of MoF was bad.
I quite like apropatic god-dark road.
then again I feel I am less picky with my music
heck give me anything other than rap and I'll probably like it
That remix of Lullaby is great.
it gives the feeling of the epic entrance of a dictator. Slowly walking down the main road surveying all she sees, and utsuho said it was good. Then on the 7th day she rested.
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Favorite here is from Mystic Square, PoDD, and UFO.
StB had some nice tracks, but after hearing them OVER AND OVER AND OVER...
And I'm liking Double Spoiler's tunes too, but I'm already starting to feel the same way with them as StB.
[gah, that last sentence feels jumbled to me...]
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Fate of Sixty Years, Higan Retour, Wind God Girl, Oriental Dark Flight, and... well, not a whole lot else :V
Well, it's not that I really dislike PoFV's music, it's just that I think it's a weak entry in the series with Wind God Girl being the only song in it I truly like. I guess it's just generally bland and repetitive in comparison to the other games. Wish I could put it in better words because I think I need to present proper justification, but it's not like I have much going for me in the way of muzak terminology knowledge.
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For what it's worth, you're not really supposed to be listening to PoFV music - it's supposed to be background filler; it doesn't sync to anything like. You wouldn't hear Colorful Path in one of the "real" games, for instance.
Also, Flowering Night and all of the remixes earn the overall soundtrack lots of negative points.
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PoDD, PoDD, PoDD.
Seriously, it's the only game that I love every single track of. There's not a single track from PoDD that I dislike.
My #1 track from PoDD would definitely be Visionary Game ~ Dream War. Yeah, I said it. Bet you didn't expect that one.
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A tough question.
For me, IN and SA contain the best overall music, but in terms of individual songs, PCB is the best.
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My #1 track from PoDD would definitely be Visionary Game ~ Dream War. Yeah, I said it. Bet you didn't expect that one.
I wouldn't put it above Kana's theme and I'm not sure where it fits with Reincarnation, but Dream War is definitely in my top three.
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Also, Flowering Night and all of the remixes earn the overall soundtrack lots of negative points.
But that gave us SWR's Flowering Night, which is (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299/Barrakketh/Emoticons/Emot-awesome.gif)
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Maybe I should include Double Spoiler, now that the game's already released ;)
Modern Youkai Colony and Infinite Nightmare are so much eargasmmmmmmmmm hnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggg <3
Oh, about that IN Stage 1, I think I know the reason now.
I curbstomped Wriggle on my first try. Normal, Hard, Lunatic. That means I only got to listen to the theme once, and Spell Practice eliminated my needs to do the stage again :V
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But that gave us SWR's Flowering Night, which is (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t299/Barrakketh/Emoticons/Emot-awesome.gif)
Very true. SWR's version was an instant favorite.
IN Stage 1
^^Needs to listen to more Ghostly Field Club^^
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I'm probably going to get shot down for this but...
Necrofantasia gives me a serious migraine. The reason why anyone likes this song is beyond me.
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Maybe I should include Double Spoiler, now that the game's already released ;)
Modern Youkai Colony and Infinite Nightmare are so much eargasmmmmmmmmm hnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggg <3
Agreed, Infinite Nightmare in particular is fearsomely good. Like, move-over-childhood-favourites good. :)
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I'm probably going to get shot down for this but...
Necrofantasia gives me a serious migraine. The reason why anyone likes this song is beyond me.
but at least it's not necro-fantasy amirite
Have you heard the Magical Astronomy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxkq7oNp0iY) arrange?
If nothing else it's not deliberately louder than everything else your computer plays.
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why is necrofantasia so fucking loud
and by loud I mean tasty
I don't want to adjust the volume every single fucking time I get to Yukari
/rant
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So where's all the "MODERN YOUKAI COLONY SOUNDS LIKE U.N. OWEN" ranting that we got with Heian Alien?
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So where's all the "MODERN YOUKAI COLONY SOUNDS LIKE U.N. OWEN" ranting that we got with Heian Alien?
...it doesn't sound anything like UNO...
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UFO, hands down.
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PCB. Of course.
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UFO, hands down.
PCB. Of course.
:V
First-time impression
Now I know it exists.
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Ingame since I don't remember the ending ones well
Chinese Tea, Locked Girl, Lunar Clock, Septette, Centennial Festival
Fantastic Legend, Doll Maker of Bucuresti ,Doll Judgment, Phantom Ensemble, Hiroari Shoots a Strange Bird~ Till When?, Ultimate Truth, Border of Life, Necrofantasy
Deaf to all but the Song, Plain Asia, Maiden's Capriccio, Love-Colored Master Spark, Lunatic Eyes, Voyage 1969, Gensokyo Millennium, Flight of the Bamboo Cutter~ Lunatic Princess, Voage 1970, Immortal Smoke, Eastern Youkai Beauty
Oriental Dark Flight, Gensokyo, Past and Present, Wind God girl, Higan Retour, Judgement of 60 years
Dark Side of Fate, Gensokyo the Gods Love, Candid Friend, Youkai Mountain, Primal Scene of Japan, Faith is for the Transient People, Suwa Foughten Field, Tomorrow will be Special, Yesterday was Not, Native Faith
Everything starting from Stage 3, also the stage 1 theme.
Tiny, Tiny Clever Commander, Beware the Umbrella Left There Forever, Traditional Old Man and the Stylish Girl, Captain Murasa, Tiger-Patterned Vaisravana/Bishamonten UFO Romance, Heian Alien
SA wins in terms of number of songs I like. For best songs, I can't really choose between UFO's boss themes, MoF's boss themes, PCB's boss themes, or EoSD'd boss themes. The music is all so good.
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Well, I don't know, EoSD is the game where I like ALL the tracks but in the other there is ones that I don't particulary like, but some that I LOOOOOOOOOVE, like PCB :
Doll Maker of Bucuresti and Doll Judgment are by faaaaaaaaaaar overrated I don't like them much (I don't like Alice either, don't know why), but I LOOOOOOOVE Ancient Temple and Border of life.
But yeah, I would say EoSD because it doesn't even have a track that I don't like, even the menu, even the Stage 1 theme, The Maid and the Pocket Watch Of Blood being one of my fav with Septette, Centennial Festival and U.N Owen (it seems that this song was too overrated that it became underrated)
IN is pretty high rank for me too.
For PC-98, I would say LLS, but this is too subjective...I just totally love this game.
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PC-98
LLS
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I'm changing my vote to EoSD, as I just remembered a good portion of everything that isn't stage 2 is among my list of favorite Touhou songs.
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I'm probably going to get shot down for this but...
Necrofantasia gives me a serious migraine. The reason why anyone likes this song is beyond me.
I feel the exact same way about Border of Life. God, MIDI trumpets at their worst.
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I feel the exact same way about Border of Life. God, MIDI trumpets at their worst.
Without disagreeing with you, I raise you Lunatic Princess.
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MoF, PCB and SWR/UNL are my favorites by far, but SA and IN aren't too far behind. But one of my favorite -if not most favorite- individual song is... Electric Universe of Wheelchair, which doesn't appear in the actual games. :V
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I never really cared for Lullaby of a Deserted Hell, but I liked this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPhQCQ5NVwg) remix.
The beginning reminds me of Top Gun, though :/
The whole thing does for me, but its still absolutely fucking epic. Great find. Strange thing is the uploader was right, did feel a bit welling up in the middle and I dunno why lol. But hold it in like a man lol.
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No love for Shuusou Gyoku ITT? :ohdear:
For Touhou, MS has grown on me like crazy since I last posted. It's probably tied with PCB (and SG) for my favorite.
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SSG *does* have Silkroad Alice, as well as a crapton of other awesome themes, I'd easily put it in my top 3. Favourite is still PCB, though.
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SSG has Stage 2, Antique Terror, Slik Road Alice, The Witches' Ball ~ Magus, and Dichromatic Butterfly ~ Anicients. Respectable, but it doesn't match up against ones like PCB or MoF.
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SSG has Stage 2, Antique Terror, Slik Road Alice, The Witches' Ball ~ Magus, and Dichromatic Butterfly ~ Anicients. Respectable, but it doesn't match up against ones like PCB or MoF.
And Erich's theme and all three of Vivit's themes (how'd you manage to miss those, they're only the best themes in the game). Stages 1 and 4 are pretty sexy too, especially with updated (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM76IGdjc3E) instruments. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLTESTWZubA):*
To be honest, MoF only has about three songs that I'm really crazy about. The rest are solid but never did much for me.
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And Erich's theme and all three of Vivit's themes (how'd you manage to miss those, they're only the best themes in the game). Stages 1 and 4 are pretty sexy too, especially with updated (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM76IGdjc3E) instruments. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLTESTWZubA):*
To be honest, MoF only has about three songs that I'm really crazy about. The rest are solid but never did much for me.
Illusory Science ~ Doll's Phantom > Magical Girls' Crusade > Dream Machine ~ Infinite Power > Girl's Divinity ~ Pandora's Box. Just try and prove me wrong :V
Incidentally, have a piano remix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8YSriTkOHk&fmt=18) of the second one (sadly, it's a remix of the Goastly Field Club version, and not the original, but it's still better than nothing :P). This is a really well-done remix of the original version, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hx64Y6l7es&fmt=18) but the audio quality sadly is awful.
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And Erich's theme
Am I the only person who's played SSG and didn't care for Magical Girl's Crusade? I thought S5's theme was better, honestly...
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I never really cared for Lullaby of a Deserted Hell, but I liked this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPhQCQ5NVwg) remix.
After looking up who made this, I found this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VEVKcFyRXw
How... This song... so joyous!
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After looking up who made this, I found this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VEVKcFyRXw
How... This song... so joyous!
Dangerous Mezashi Cat does some good stuff.
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Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare is growing on me.
Sad that my touhou skills prevent me from ever getting to that point in the game.
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Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare is growing on me.
Sad that my touhou skills prevent me from ever getting to that point in the game.
I mentioned it before, but it does sound like BAD Apple!! in a way. Doesn't it?
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Huh ... Not at all.
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Huh ... Not at all.
Bah, you just don't have a good enough imagination.
EDIT: Typo, wtf.
EDIT: Also, Heartfelt Fancy. Doesn't Infinite Nightmare sound like Heartfelt Fancy?
EDIT: Youkai Modern Colony and Tomorrow with be Special, Yesterday was Not.
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It has the overall feel of Heartfelt Fancy to be exact.
The only two Touhou songs I've found to sound similar to each other are Septette and Capital City.
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Border of Life sounds kind of like Ho-oh's theme in HGSS. If you don't agree with me you don't have a good enough imagination.
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-goes to listen to Ho-oh's theme-
On the topic of similar songs, the fast piano parts in Nemesis's Stronghold kind of resemble Treacherous Maiden ~ Judas Kiss, and Youkai Modern Colony reminds me of Captain Murasa. Double Spoiler music is neat in general, it has this dark/jazzy feel to it. (The game with my favorite soundtrack is probably MoF or MS, since they have lovely melodies in the stage themes and consistent quality.)
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...it doesn't sound anything like UNO...
Yeah it does. Certainly a lot more so than Heian Alien.
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^ It's either the different instruments or my lousy imagination but I can't find any similarities between the two :<
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While Yokai Colony and UNO have some similar melodies, they have different instrumentation and don't really stand out from the song as a whole. Compare that to Heian Alien/UNO, where the main similarity is a similar melody played with the lead instruments combined with the similar tingling bell sequences that stand out in both themes.
On the other hand, after listening to Infinite Nightmare for a while, I began to see fairy maids dressed in blue emerging from the red-carpeted ground. Despite not having that strong similarities, it sounds strangely like Alice Maestra.
On the topic of most annoying ZUN trumpets: MoF music room, Candid Friend climax, two minutes into the theme. Luckily the song never gets that far when you fight Nitori...
On the topic of favorite soundtrack, well, you see...
ZUN's soundtracks are like a box of chocolates. There is too much awesomeness to choose a favorite.
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Why do we keep arguing over which Touhou track is the best? It's a moot argument. They're all stupidly incredibly amazingly epicly godly full and made of win.
BV
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Let's look at my favorites...
Best Title: Tengu's Notebook ~ Mysterious Note (StB)
Best Stage 1: At the End of Spring (UFO)
Best Stage 2: Song of the Night Sparrow ~ Night Bird (IN) Honorable mention to Fantastic Legend of Tohno
Best Stage 3: The Gensokyo The Gods Loved (MoF) Honorable mention to Doll Maker of Bucuresti and Romantic Children
Best Stage 4: Heartfelt Fancy (SA) Honorable mention to Voile Magic Library
Best Stage 5: Kagome-Kagome (IN)
Best Stage 6: Fires of Hokkai (UFO) Honorable mention to Ultimate Truth
Best Extra Stage: Charming Domination ~ Who Done it? (PCB)
Best Stage 1 Boss: A Tiny Tiny Clever Commander (UFO) Honorable mention to The Positive and Negative
Best Stage 2 Boss: Diao Ye Zong ~ Withered Leaf (PCB) Honorable mention to Dark Side of Fate
Best Stage 3 Boss: Plain Asia (IN) Honorable mention to Doll Judgement and Shanghai Alice of Meiji 17
Best Stage 4 Boss: The Youkai Mountain ~ Mysterious Mountain (MoF)
Best Stage 5 Boss: Corpse Voyage ~ Be of Good Cheer! (SA) Honorable mention to Faith is for the Transient People
Best Stage 6 Boss: Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being (MS) Honorable mention to Suwa Foughten Field
Best Extra Stage Boss: Necrofantasia (PCB) Honorable mention to Heian Alien and Grimoire of Alice
Best 2P Game Themes: Touhou Judgement in the Sixtieth Year ~ Fate of Sixty Years (PoFV), Higan Retour ~ Riverside View (PoFV), Visionary Game ~ Dream War (PoDD)
Best Fighting Game Themes: Onigashima in the Fairyland ~ Missing Power (IaMP), The Ground's Color is Yellow (SWR)
Best Photo Themes: Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare (DS), Sleepless Night of the Eastern Country (StB)
Best Ending: No favorites :V
Best Credits: Energy Daybreak ~ Future Dream... (SA)
Best Album Song: Welcome to Moon Tour
Best Misc. Song: An Ordeal from God
And thus, my conclusion is...
Best Soundtrack: ???
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I like Onthenet's chart method to this. Lessee...
Best Title: Awakening of the Earth Spirits (SA)
Best Stage 1: At the End of Spring (UFO)
Best Stage 2: Fantastic Legend of Tohno (PCB)
Best Stage 3: Romantic Children (MS)
Best Stage 4: Heartfelt Fancy (SA) Honourable mention to Interdimensional Voyage of a Ghostly Passenger Ship
Best Stage 5: Lullaby of Deserted Hell (SA)
Best Stage 6: Hellfire Mantle (SA)
Best Extra Stage: Last Remote (SA) Honourable mention to UFO Romance in the Night Sky
Best Stage 1 Boss: A Tiny Tiny Clever Commander (UFO)
Best Stage 2 Boss: Green-Eyed Jealousy (SA)
Best Stage 3 Boss: Doll Judgement (PCB)
Best Stage 4 Boss: Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye (SA)
Best Stage 5 Boss: Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial (EoSD)
Best Stage 6 Boss: Septette for the Dead Princess (EoSD)
Best Extra Stage Boss: A toughie, but going to Heian Alien (UFO)
Best 2P Game Themes: Touhou Judgement in the Sixtieth Year ~ Fate of Sixty Years (PoFV)
Best Fighting Game Themes: Demistify Feast (IaMP)
Best Photo Themes: Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare (DS)
Best Ending: I dunno...
Best Credits: The Eternal Steam Engine (Hisoutensoku)
Best Album Song: Greenwich in the Sky
Best Misc. Song: Wind God Girl
Best Soundtrack: Subterranean Animism
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Oh, nice. I'll
steal borrow that chart of yours then :V
(one song and one HM, because I just can't pick one favorite for each field)
+ Best Title:
Evening Sky (SWR)
Tengu's Notebook ~ Mysterious Note (StB)
+ Best Stage 1:
At the End of Spring (UFO)
Dream Express (MS)
+ Best Stage 2:
The Sealed Cloud Route (UFO)
The Road of the Apotropaic God ~ Dark Road (MoF)
+ Best Stage 3:
Sky Ruin (UFO)
Romantic Children (MS)
+ Best Stage 4:
Interdimensional Voyage of a Ghostly Passenger Ship (UFO)
Maple Wise (MS)
+ Best Stage 5:
On the Verge of Madness (Futari) Mystic Oriental Dream ~ Ancient Temple (PCB)
Lullaby of a Deserted Hell (SA)
+ Best Stage 6:
Voyage 1969 (IN), hands down
Fires of Hokkai (UFO)
+ Best Extra Stage:
Tomorrow Will Be Sunny, Yesterday Was Not (MoF)
Last Remote (SA)
+ Best Stage 1 Boss:
Element Daughter (Daifukkatsu) A Tiny Tiny Clever Commander (UFO)
Stirring an Autumn Moon ~ Mooned Insect (IN)
+ Best Stage 2 Boss:
Beware the Umbrella Left There Forever (UFO)
Dark Side of Fate (MoF)
+ Best Stage 3 Boss:
Candid Friend (MoF), you heard me :V Surely the opening was awful, but the rest isn't that bad.
Plain Asia (IN)
+ Best Stage 4 Boss:
Ghostly Band ~ Phantom Ensemble (PCB)
The Youkai Mountain ~ Mysterious Mountain (MoF)
+ Best Stage 5 Boss:
The Tiger-Patterned Vaisravana (UFO)
Corpse Voyage ~ Be of Good Cheer! (SA)
+ Best Stage 6 Boss:
Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind (UFO)
Voyage 1970 (IN) (could've been Border of Life if it weren't for loltrumpets)
+ Best Extra Stage Boss:
Hartmann's Youkai Girl (SA)
Native Faith (MoF)
+ Best 2P Game Themes:
Tabula rasa ~ The empty girl (PoDD)
Higan Retour ~ The Riverside View (PoFV)
+ Best Fighting Game Themes:
Broken Moon (IaMP) (SWR's version is raep to my ears)
Fragrant Plants / Dancing Water Spray (SWR)
+ Best Photo Themes:
Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare (DS)
Retrospective Kyoto (StB)
+ Best Ending: (and wow ... there are a lot of good tracks than I thought)
The Earth Spirits' Homecoming (SA)
THE REST (no, seriously)
+ Best Credits:
Returning Home from the Sky ~ Sky Dream (UFO)
Crimson Belvedere ~ Eastern Dream ... (EoSD)
+ Best Album Songs: (3 entries here)
Hiroshige No.37 ~ Neo Super-Express
Maidens' Sealed Fraternity
G Free (I keep thinking "Half-Life" for some unknown reasons)
+ Best Misc. Songs:
Catastrophe in Bhava-agra ~ Wonderful Heaven (SWR) (I don't know why this goes into Misc., but meh)
A Drunkard's Lemuria (SSiB)
My conclusion is ...
+ Best soundtracks:
Undefined Fantastic Object
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
+ Best tracks :
Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind (UFO)
Broken Moon (IaMP)
You can never grasp the true form of my music taste :V
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Moar compact. Also, order doesn't really matter
+ Best Title:
Kaeidzuka ~ Higan Retour (PoFV)
+ Best Stage 1:
Dream Express (MS)
False Strawberry (SSG)
+ Best Stage 2:
The Bridge People No Longer Cross (SA)
+ Best Stage 3:
Shanghai Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea (EoSD)
+ Best Stage 4:
Interdimensional Voyage of a Ghostly Passenger Ship (UFO)
Illusionary Sputnik Night (SSG)
+ Best Stage 5:
Rural Makai City Esoteria (UFO) [IN's, MoF's, and SA's are close =V]
+ Best Stage 6:
Fires of Hokkai (UFO)
+ Best Extra Stage:
UFO Romance in the Sky (UFO)
Alice in Wonderland (MS)
Silk Road Alice (SSG)
+ Best Stage 1 Boss:
A Tiny Tiny Clever Commander (UFO)
+ Best Stage 2 Boss:
Beware Of the Umbrella Left There Forever (UFO)
+ Best Stage 3 Boss:
Shanghai Alice of Meiji 17 (EoSD)
+ Best Stage 4 Boss:
Vessel of Stars ~ Casket of Star (LLS)
+ Best Stage 5 Boss:
Sleeping Terror (LLS)
+ Best Stage 6 Boss:
Depends
+ Best Extra Stage Boss:
The Witches' Ball ~ Magus (SSG)
Dichromatic Lotus Butterfly ~ Ancients (SSG)
+ Best 2P Game Themes:
Vanishing Dream ~ Lost Dream (PoDD)
+ Best Fighting Game Themes:
Broken Moon (IaMP)
+ Best Photo Themes:
Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare (DS)
+ Best Ending:
Eternal Full Moon (PoDD)
+ Best Credits:
The Eternal Steam Engine (Hisoutensoku)
+ Best Album Song:
Greenwich in the Sky (Magical Astronomy)
+ Best Misc. Song:
Magical Shop of Raspberry (LLS)
+ Best Soundtrack:
Going by numbers here, UFO, and then SSG.
+ Best Track:
:V
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probably MoF and SA
but
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67wmWAHNCHY&fmt=18
I have learned better than this; I have left the PC-98 games to rot, shame on my house
I have no favorite
lgb is np: Oriental Dark Flight - ZUN - Touhou Kaiedzuka ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View
:x
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I made that topic a while ago, people. But fine.
Title: Gensokyo ~ Lotus Land Story
S1: Illusionary Night ~ Ghostly Eyes
S1B: ATTCC
S2: Song of the Night Sparrow ~ Night Bird
S2B: Deaf to All But the Song
S3: Romantic Children
S3B: Doll Judgment ~ The Girl Who Played With People's Shapes
S4: MAPLE WISE GTFO
S4B: Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle (HM to EVERYTHING ELSE, why are the S4B themes so good)
S5: Lullaby of Demonic Hell
S5B: Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial, don't even have to think about it
S6: Fires of Hokkai
S6B: The Venerable Ancient Battlefield ~ Suwa Foughten Field
Ending: The Earth Spirits' Homecoming
Staff Roll: Arcadian Dream, HM to Flower of Soul and The Eternal Steam Engine
Extra Stage: Centennial Festival for Magical Girls, HMs to Alice in Wonderland, Last Remote, Silk Road Alice
Extra Boss: The Witches' Ball ~ Magus, HMs to Hartmann's Youkai Girl and Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
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Nya, why not.
Title: Sealed Gods (MoF) HM Mystic Dream ~ Snow or Cherry Petal (PCB)
St. 1: At the End of Spring (UFO)
Boss 1: A Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander (UFO) HM Erasure ~ Always (LOL)
St. 2: Night Bird ~ Song of the Night Sparrow (IN) with HMs in UFO, SA, and LLS, in that order
Boss 2: Deaf to All But the Song (IN)
St. 3: The Doll Maker of Bucuresti (PCB) HM The Gensokyo the Gods Loved (MoF)
Boss 3: Doll Judgment: The Girl Who Played With Peoples' Shapes (PCB)
St. 4: Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall (MoF)
Boss 4: Maiden's Cappricio ~ Dream Battle (IN) HM Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room (EoSD)
St. 5: Mystic Oriental Dream ~ Ancient Temple (PCB)
Boss 5: Invisible Full Moon (IN) HM Doll Story ~ Doll of Misery (MS)
St. 6: Fires of Hokkai (UFO) HM Dream Land (LLS) and Voyager 1969 (IN)
Boss 6: Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind (UFO) HM Septette for the Dead Queen (EoSD)
St. X: Last Remote (SA) with HMs in UFO, MS, and MoF
Boss X: Hartmann's Youkai Girl (SA)
Staff Roll: Sakura, Sakura (PCB) HM Returning Home from the Sky ~ Sky Dream (UFO)
Phantasmagoria: Touhou Judgment in the 60th Year ~ Fate of Sixty Years (PoFV) HM almost all of the PoDD tracks, Higan Retour ~ Riverside View, Wind God Girl, Oriental Dark Flight
Fighting Games: Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial (IaMP), Flowering Night (SWR), Onigashima in the Fairyland (IaMP)
Pictures: Modern Youkai Colony (DS) HM Retrospective Kyoto, Sleepless Night in the Eastern Country, Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare
Stuff People Haven't Heard Of: Future Universe of Wheelchair, all of CoSD except for the first two tracks
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Shamelessly stealing u?'s template~
Title: Mystic Dream ~ Snow or Cherry Petal (PCB)
St. 1: Uh...pass? :x
Boss 1: Because Princess Inada is Scolding Me (MoF). HM to Apparitions Stalk the Night (EoSD)
St. 2: The Road of the Apotropaic God ~Dark Road (MoF)
Boss 2: Dark Side of Fate (MoF)
St. 3: The Doll Maker of Bucuresti (PCB). HM to Chinese Tea (EoSD)
Boss 3: Perdition Crisis (LLS). HM to Plain Asia (IN)
St. 4: Himorogi, Burn In Violet (SoEW)
Boss 4: Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room (EoSD). HM to Judas Kiss (MS) and 3rd Eye (SA)
St. 5: The Primal Scene of Japan the Girl Watched (MoF)
Boss 5: Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial (EoSD). HM to Doll Story ~ Doll of Misery (MS), Complete Darkness (SoEW), and Faith is for the Transient People (MoF).
St. 6: Ultimate Truth (PCB)
Boss 6: Septette for the Dead Princess (EoSD)
Extra Stage: The Centennial Festival for Magical Girls (EoSD)
Extra Boss: Necro Fantasy (PCB). HM to Grimoire of Alice (MS)
Phantasmagoria: Lord Usa's Elemental Flag (PoFV). HM to Forsaken Doll (PoFV) and Colorful Path (PoFV).
Fighting Games: Unknown X ~ Unfound Adventure (UNL)
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Title: Newshound
St. 1: Dream Express (MS)
Boss 1: A Tiny Tiny Clever Commander
St. 2: The Fantastic Legend of Tohno
Boss 2: Deaf to All but the Song / Beware the Umbrella Left There for Ten Thousand Years
St. 3: The Doll Maker of Bucuresti
Boss 3: The Flower Studded Sake Dish on Mount Ooe
St. 4: Heartfelt Fancy
Boss 4: Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye
St. 5: Lullaby of Deserted Hell
Boss 5: Lunatic Eyes ~ Invisible Full Moon*
St. 6: Ultimate Truth
Boss 6: Flight of the Bamboo Cutter ~ Lunatic Princess
Extra Stage: Charming Domination
Extra Boss: Heian Alien
Phantasmagoria: Reincarnation (HM to "Poison Body ~ Forsaken Doll")
Fighting games: The Scenery of Living Dolls**
* Fell in love withi it after an encounter with GF3a.
** Gives me Pokemon Mystery Dungeon flashbacks.
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Title: A Shadow in the Blue Sky (UFO)
Stage 1: Paradise ~ Deep Mountain (PCB)
Boss 1: Because Princess Inada Is Scolding Me (MoF)
Stage 2: Dimension of Reverie (MS)
Boss 2: Beloved Tomboyish Girl (EoSD)
Stage 3: Romantic Children (MS)
Boss 3: Plain Asia (IN)
Stage 4: Voile, the Magic Library (EoSD)
Boss 4: Forbidden Magic/Judas Kiss (MS)
Stage 5: The Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood (EoSD)
Boss 5: Faith is for the Transient People (MoF)
Stage 6: Ultimate Truth (PCB)
Boss 6: Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being (MS)
Extra Stage: Alice in Wonderland (MS)
Extra Boss: Native Faith (MoF)
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Fightan Gaems:
Remix: Maiden's Capriccio (IaMP)
Original: Drunk as I Like (SWR)
Quick question; am I the only one who prefers stage themes to boss themes? took me forever to fill out this list because I had a hard time thinking up of a few favorite boss themes. Oh well, at least this template made it easier to decide; MS. Though, that would have most likely been my answer anyways. :V
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Time for a list here too.
Title: Tengu's Notebook ~ Mysterious Notebook (StB)
Stage 1: The Dark Blowhole (SA)
Boss 1: A Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander (UFO)
Stage 2: The Road of the Atropaic God ~ Dark Road (MoF)
Boss 2: Green-Eyed Jealousy (SA)
Stage 3: The Doll Maker of Bucuresti (PCB)
Boss 3: The Traditional Old Man and the Stylish Girl (UFO)
Stage 4: Interdimensional Voyage of a Ghostly Passenger Ship (UFO)
Boss 4: Satori Maiden ~ 3rd Eye (SA)
Stage 5: The Last Judgement (MS)
Boss 5: Faith is for the Transient People (MoF)
Stage 6: Ultimate Truth (PCB) or Fires of Hokkai (UFO)
Boss 6: Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind (UFO)
Stage X: Alice in Wonderland (MS)
Boss X: Necrofantasia (PCB)
Fighting: Onigashima in the Fairyland (IaMP)
Photo: Nemesis' Stronghold (DS)
Phantasmagoria: Touhou Judgement in the Sixtieth Year ~ Fate of Sixty Years (PoFV)
Overall, I do tend to prefer the newer era soundtracks due to instrument quality.
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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)
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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
Worst Music post (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=5433.msg290310#msg290310)
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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.
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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.
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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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You know, aside from the fact that games 1-7 have some amazing music, 4-7 specifically having a large majority of my favorites.
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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.
This.
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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.
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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: 3rd 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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
I think the technical limitations in PC-98's music is what makes it better.
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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
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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
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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.
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Don't lie to yourself; Touhouvania's music isn't nearly as good as Touhou and ESPECIALLY not as good as Castlevania music.
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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
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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.
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PoDD
Objectively Clearly, the best track is VICTORY DEMO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MNVzhdmI0g). Every time you hear it in-game, you rejoice during that well-earned 10 second period.
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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
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Objectively Clearly, the best track is VICTORY DEMO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MNVzhdmI0g). Every time you hear it in-game, you rejoice during that well-earned 10 second period.
Love of Magical Chimes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2T8gtFtGDs) says hi
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magical astronomy
/troll
Seriously though, Greenwich is the Sky is amazing and needs to be in some game.
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Greenwich is the Sky is amazing and needs to be in some game.
Seconded.
Whoever disagrees is not a big enough Touhou fan.
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magical astronomy
/troll
Seriously though, Greenwich is the Sky is amazing and needs to be in some game.
Why not all of them? :V (http://www.gensokyo.org/archives/88)
Yeah, I know what you mean though, and I wholeheartedly agree.
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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