Recent content by Ken Hisuag

Exceptionally late this week, so I'll try to be quick. I was quite excited to see Look Outside's soundtrack finally come to streaming services over a year after the game's release. A common factor in whether or not I cover a particular soundtrack concerns the convenience with which I can listen...

ChocoFan - FOLKLORE ILLUSION Ironically ChocoFan is commonly at the top of search results for many pieces; the only reason this wasn't initially is because it wasn't published through the circle's official channel. This one in particular reminds me of a "Plain Asia" remix from CrazyBeats...

Gonna get this out ahead of today's probable focus (happy Cirno day btw). In yet another case of a long awaited passion project I hadn't heard anything about until it finally came out and hit it big, I was made aware of Endacopia via its widespread coverage on Youtube. Initially, it was the...

CielArc - Kanshou Memorize Topic channel uploads are often automatic, and lack the usual keywork metadata that my usual tactics rely on. I'm especially glad to cut down on unrepresented variants of the "possession blossoms" motif. The obvious question behind them is, why a particular one over...

Y'all remember Bomb Rush Cyberfunk? Via its feature here, I experienced funk more directly than I had previously, and it became my primary reference for what the genre had to offer. Even so, I don't listen to many of its tracks often; as more of a radio compilation than a properly coordinated...

Flattered as I am by the insinuation, my finger is not so firmly fixed upon the pulse of the fandom's musical production line as to be capable of such analysis. I only really started paying attention in 2020, and my reputation stems more from my persistence in seeking things out than habitual...

HertzDevil - Last Word Unleashed This album was in my library before I embarked on this venture; how did I not dig it up when initially searching for it? In any case, this is the only arrangement TouhouDB has on record for the track. Anything I've said about HertzDevil in the past still applies...

One of the three big ones; the other two are Other Game Music and Musical Discoveries in Touhou Fandom, though they get less varied traffic by virtue of shrine visitors opting to post here instead. There's also Odd Music Discovery and National Music, but they're significantly less populated...

Halo 3's OST is not to be confused with Halo 3: ODST (this has annoyed me for some time, but I recognize it was likely unintentional), but it is worth comparing thereto. Both share the same track formatting, whereby multiple distinct compositions are compiled into individual tracks; while the...

Well, I clearly missed the boat here (that's what I get for last-minute-ing OGM and not having time to check out shrine activity), but I figure I'll throw in my two-cents. Genre-based suggestions can be tricky; in my experience, a given genre gets executed in various ways, and the terminology...

Pearls Before Swine - Dissatisfied Happiness Another that must have slipped through the cracks (or else I wasn't searching well enough; it's been years now, can't be sure). Something about the language blend stands out to me more in this performance; while far from the first example I've come...

For Halo 3's OST, O'Donnell and Salvatori traded the "suite" classification out for unmarked amalgam tracks containing two or three separate arrangements with loose transitions; the uploads I found appended additional titles for each movements, but I couldn't verify the authenticity thereof. As...

Masashi Okagaki & Friends - Untitled-03TS Proof that the most obscure tracks of the franchise can still become foundations for impressive arrangements. For that matter, I'd argue the artists that dare to seek inspiration in the less popular tracks demonstrate their skills all the more poignantly...

I found Halo 2 a much more difficult soundtrack to investigate. The OST, again jointly credited to O'Donnell and Salvatori, is split into two volumes; the first is an imposing blend of early 2000's rock and experimental performances mixed in with tracks more reminiscent of the first game, while...

The end approaches . . . Comfique Harmony - Transient Resonance What a fitting contrast to the "Unchanging Daily Life" remix! Perhaps a bit short, but makes good use of its time. Might share more from this circle later to give a better impression of what they've got. IshiNoUra (Inami &...