Ken Hisuag

Real quick want to draw attention to @Teophyr's post on another thread. I'd never heard of this game, and its soundtrack is amazing.

I've got you:

Castlevania is among my favorite franchises for music, but it so large that I've only scratched the surface of what it has to offer. Other good pieces include Iron Blue Intention (also from Bloodlines), Clockwork (look for the Kirby Pufocia edit) and Bloody Tears (still waiting for the Netflix Season 2 OST).

While not technically part of the franchise, there is another soundtrack worth mentioning in connection with it.

On 4/30/2020 at 1:17 PM, buskerdog said:

I hope to see more Touhou from these guys in the future!

You know I love orchestral, and both the arrangements and performances are superb! I see they just released a Touhou 3 medley today, so the chances of their continuing are high.

Stumbled across the channel of Prismriver Orchestra this week. These are a few of my favorites from them so far.

Here's a more retro entry for y'all. I don't hear much about this game's soundtrack, except that it probably would have been more popular if it had come out earlier.

Also came across this randomly. I've encountered Princess Sylvysprit before; they're one of the better arrangers in the style of ZUN this side of Turkey.

why not turkey?

Cutting it rather close this time, aren't I?

I'm not big into rock in it's simplest form, but I love it when there's a showcase of creativity and skill.

XP Sounds Attempt

Original:

Better audio:

I found out this week that Sabotage Studios are working on an RPG prequel to The Messenger. Eric W. Brown (a.k.a. Rainbowdragoneyes) is returning to compose the soundtrack with contributions from Yasunori Mitsuda (yes, the Yasunori Mitsuda). My musical hype is immeasurable.

On 4/16/2020 at 12:05 PM, Drunken_Flower said:

imma just put this here

So . . . this exists. It's well done. I don't know how I feel about it, but it's well done.

Anyway . . .

Since there was a comment about Jun.A, I suggest this soundtrack as a good place to start.

1 hour ago, Drunken_Flower said:

thanks to Ken Hisuag (i guess it's him) for submitting this Rigid Parade from dbu in the Remix Tournament,

It's either Amamyia or J, cause it wasn't me. I'll try to make up for it, though:

That should do, I think.

Also forgot to say I love sfx remixes, so I very much appreciated that.

Slow techno trance? Melodic dubstep? I don't know, it's a very unique style (about what I'd expect from Raine). I found this, though.

I'm a day late, so Imma just carry over from DF.

Actually, this is rather fun! I believe that everyone has at least one song they'll like in any genre, and Stack's signature style working with the surf rock is a blend I can appreciate. Thank you for sharing!

I realize I've been listening to a lot of folk lately, so here's something to balance it out.

Happy Resurrection Day, y'all!

I've yet to find someone who can do mashup remixes as high quality as DJtheS. My personal favorite from him is Broken Champ. He also did a Touhou remix album; I'd recommend listening to Native Festival - Suwako.

This week, a remix from Touhou 14. I struggle with the stage 1-4 boss themes, which seem more intense and chaotic than Touhou normal is elsewhere. So I appreciate finding a remix that preserves that intensity while lessening the sinister feel.

I don't know if last week's "extra" was effective or not, but now seems as good a time as any to expound upon it. This was one of three soundtracks that started my obsession with VGM (the other two were Undertale and A Hat in Time).

I came across this soundtrack while searching for orchestral OSTs in indie gaming. The music led me to the game, which contests with the one above for my #1. Other than that, I'm not sure why I often find myself comparing these two soundtracks to each other.

That's amazing! For some reason, the idea of classical into Touhou has never occurred to me before, and I love the idea. For anyone who might need context:

This reminds me of a couple other instances where a Touhou-style piece is produced from an unrelated source. These may be either more or less impressive; the foundational motifs are very short, which means more work but more freedom (I'm inclined to think the Chopin adaptation was more difficult). Regardless, they're pretty spectacular.

Is this a thing, now? Don't worry, DF, I'll be patient.

These are a few of the flash games I used to play that stuck in my memory musically. In looking them up for this post, I found multiple cases where music used was not composed for the game, but nonetheless has become associated with it.

Orb
A Mind Too Demented for Eating - surfertmex

Diamond Hollow II
Handheld Hero - Wizwars

Duck Life 4
Swimming Training Theme - Peter Carr

In a lot of ways, these pieces represent my introduction to VGM, especially in the case of Duck Life 4 (underrated soundtrack).

YES! This is the original version of one of my favorite fan-made Touhou tracks!

The original artist wasn't happy with the piece (as seen by their comment on the original video), and decided to remake it. I get the impression Precision wanted a more boss-theme type track, but you can judge for yourself.

Sometime after that, someone else asked to remix the theme again. Having been granted permission, the Nenekonesha presented onto Precision a piece entitled, "Isolated Musical Phrases about a Girl that was Cut from Production by its Creator but Whose Resource References were not Commented Out from the Source Code either due to Development Oversight or Just Plain Trolling and was Picked up By Fans Because She looked Moe ~ Descending Pink."

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Thankfully, the title was shortened before release.

The looping version is better, but the only one available is a ten minute plus extended. Still worth a listen, though.

I'd love another remix tournament (especially since I missed the first one).

I've very much enjoyed contributing to the Other Game Music thread, and I'd like to start doing something similar with Touhou related music. This thread will be for the sharing of musical discoveries made in the Touhou fandom, whether they be remixes or original works in the style of Touhou. There's been a few threads like this already, but my hope is the more open-ended style of this will make it more accessible. If anyone hasn't checked the Remix Tournament and Monthly Music Sharing threads, there's some great music to be found there!

To start off, a comment on a LENK64 video led me to this circle. Apparently they do remixes in the styles of the games. For example, Bad Apple!!, but in the style of Touhou 11 ~ Subterranean Animism:

I've appreciated quite a few of their covers.

If there's a Touhou related piece of music anyone would like to share, please do! I'll commit to contributing once a week.

Well, we had to get to this eventually.

If there's anyone left in the world who hasn't heard this soundtrack, then that just reinforces the need to get it on this thread.

On the other hand, this older title deserves at least equal recognition.

I can't be the only one who sees the similarities between these two, right? The music, the stories, even the titles . . . But I haven't seen anyone make the comparison before. Maybe I've just missed it.

Apparently it's ZUN's birthday today. This may be cheating, but I can't let the opportunity pass up.

Someone will get it, I'm sure.

Courtesy of Spirit_Medium:

Maya's theme is probably my favorite track from these games.

Courtesy of GundamFan15:

I'm not as familiar with these ones, but I really liked what I found from Endless Duel.

Mario music is a far reaching subject, so it's difficult to pick out just a couple of tracks to represent it.

Today is the 25th Anniversary of Chrono Trigger! I had already posted some CT music before realizing this, so this week I will share a remix.

Additionally, Ori and the Will of the Wisps released today. The original was one of the most beautiful games I have ever seen, and I'm glad to see the sequel stands up to its predecessor in that regard. But this forum is about music, so here's a track from the original's OST.

This is becoming quite the collection, don't you think?

I've been listening to a lot of Shovel Knight recently, so I'll share some of that this week.

In addition, there's two soundtracks mentioned previously by others which are no longer available through the supplied links, due to the videos being taken down. I don't know much about these games personally, but I'd like to ensure they are available for those who may be interested.

I already know what I'm doing for next week; lots of exciting things happening.

One day I'd like to play Chrono Trigger. The reviews for the PC release have made me hesitant to invest in that direction, so I'm holding out for a Switch release (long shot, but one can hope).

This week, another turn-based RPG from much more recent times (but with an equally timeless soundtrack IMO).