(Aight my turn has come, I've been away for a week now, and I assume that I'm dead in the shrine)
Nutshell for ones that doesn't have the time to read all this: cough* cough* my non official fav is this.
My favs from Pc-98 era although I put 'em in ranks doesn't mean I don't like the other 97 tracks; I'm also very fond of 'em also and the ones in rank.
1.The Legend of Kage, Shrine of the Wind, Touhou Yumejikuu ~ Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream - 24 - Phantasmagoria
2., Himorogi, Murasaki ni Moe, Hi Ochite
3.Tabula rasa ~ Kuuhaku Shoujo, Selene's light, Reincarnation
4. All of the tracks from Touhou Pc-98 era itself
PC-98
I can't honestly choose it's perfect for me since I've grown up watching Pc-98 games and it's themes are marvelous, something that I love, those retro vibes, you can't help but feel nostalgic about it. All of the old games tracks have these ancient feeling yet so much weight behind 'em. (Reminder: Pc-98 has no spell cards rules, so, your foes are actually trying to kill you and being a shrine Maiden is a very hard job since Reimu was given the power by her god; she really has changed nowdays, hasn't she? Ah, This era really is lore heavy mind you but the the same time very memorable and boy there're a lot of stages in this era, Reimu is not not paid enough for this)
Touhou 1: I can't with this, there're a lot of varieties here, slow, fast, heavy you guess it all in one buffet. This is one of the tracks that got me interested since
Haja no Kodachi, at the start sounds a bit like broken moon and got a mysterious tune yet soothing. Hey do you want to know my favorite "non boss" theme in all of Touhou? Here it is
The Legend of Kage got you covered. It sounds so good 'cause you're fully in the immersion of nearing the end, like "you're going to see the light one last time so do enjoy it" with Reimu fighting Saerial and her going full in to the darkness of Makai to once again beat the trouble maker butt. (Side note: I really enjoy this unused track:
Shrine of the Wind it's very catchy and groovy but it does sound like a generic japanese traditional song but this song fill me heart)
Okay, moving on, (No worries Marisa got red hair, Reimu's purple and Mima has a odd hand position) It makes me tear up since these old soundtracks deeply reminds me of Ninja Giden and all the good 'ol stuff.
Touhou 2:
She's in a temper!! got me good since I just got jump by a tank.
Genmukai is unique the slow piano from the starting point and goes back to our Zun style but this one has all my attention
Himorogi, Murasaki ni Moe, it's fused with nostalgia, epicness of finale boss theme. Red Colored-
Koi-iro Magic Spark! Hehe.... first marisa theme later referenced in IN. Aye, on the topic of that
Sensha Musume ga Miru Yume's beginning sounds like Nostalgic Blood of the East. Recommended by me Gou for this unused track
Hi Ochite it's one of the most inspiring theme for me.
Aight,
Touhou 3: Aye, Zun loves to put foreshadowing on his work, for example
this bad boy has a part of Invisible Full Moon in 37s in and holy shit
Reincarnation is really good and Zun knows how to handle Midi arranges.
Tabula rasa ~ Kuuhaku Shoujo is one of my contender for all time favs of Pc-98 era but this is my personal favorite from PoDD:
Yume Shoushitsu ~ Lost Dream. And this one makes me hype
Mahou Kane Ai since Yumemi actually sounds like she's trying to give Gensokyo a Chernobyl experience. (Also this
Kuon no Yume sounds a bit like a certain roll and speaking about roll
Maple Dream has hand down the best of the best staff roll theme) Truly, there're a lot but this one speaks to my soul directly and
Makes me tear up honestly.
Bloody right mate!
Touhou 4: I can't really say much about this one since I started the series with LLS and here one of my favs
Selene's light and
Rei Ikusa ~ Perdition crisis is too good as it's Elly's theme and not bad apple aye, I can't decide the ones here so, I'll leave it to you lads.
Finally, the finale,
Touhou 5: - Mahou Jin ~ Magic Square - I really love this one and but here is my absolute fav from once again, the Pc-98 era: Ms really here in my heart standing with HRtP. Still this is also charming to me:
~ Mystic Square - 6 - Romantic Children . One last push as it's time to end this, the road has been paved by the accentors and we shall wave goodbye to Pc-98 as the last song hit me as hard as a hashihime whom wasn't given a chance at her past life and I feel the same as her but this time I'm beside her as her friend.
(Whew that was a lot aye here's the
Playlist if you want to listen to 107 of Pc-98 touhou excluding some unused themes. Yeah, anyways
@Isaac, I'll tell you how I feel about Parsee in part 2 of window era if you guys want to hear it)
Also I honestly prefer the stage theme than the boss theme that follows...