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>>13947662
It's just that there are so many bullets being fired that it drowns out the music.

Also, because the boss music needs to loop endlessly, there are things ZUN can't do with the music because of that requirement. Normally he times the game around the length of the song but he can't do that if you keep dying 200 times.

Stage 1, 2 and 3 have good music. Junko's theme is probably one of my favorite songs. Other than that, you can really tell that the OST for the non-demo portions of the game was rushed out to make the release date.

I like the extra stage theme.

Ameriloli's theme is great but the stage not so much. Most well composed overall to me is Ringo's though her stage theme sucks probably the hardest.
Best balance between the two is probably stage 3+doremi as both sound fitting.

>>13947809
>Ameriloli's theme is great but the stage not so much
No way, Faraway Voyage of 380 000 Kilometers is great. That music together with the frantic nature of the stage (notice the forced unfocused sections) is great.

Touhou 14 had an amazing soundtrack that was right behind Imperishable Night in quality, both of which are easily above PoFV's OST.
I haven't even heard anything from Touhou 15 yet and I say you're a cynic.

>>13947662
You probably are just being cynical.
Doremi and Ringo's themes are already classics, you can tell it has the same melancholy from his previous work.
Sagume's theme is a trowback from his use of weird scales, for me it was really good and fitting.
Clownpice theme has a lot of western and circus like tones in the melody, fitting the character too.
For me Junko's theme was dissapointing. It had a good buildup but then it drops it at the middle of the song.
Hecatia has a more serious theme, even thought most people don't like it i think it was still good.
Not to mention that most of the music for the stages are top notch.

>>13947662
No. This OST is a lot more exciting than DDC was for me. A lot of loud ZUNpets and strong melodies. I also like the spacey-atmosphere.

>>13947744
Nah. Maybe stage 6 + the boss theme cause they're kinda the same, but no. DDC did the same thing.

>>13948150
This.

i'm going to hear doremy and clownpiece's themes in my nightmares

>>13948150
>Normal
Whaaaaat!?

>>13947662
Overall, I like the soundtrack, it could be better, some themes was Perfect, others were rather lacking.

The final boss theme was... Not so great, it could have been much more epic, but the biggest let down
was the Extra Boss theme, the music itself isn't so bad, but hell, it's the Extra Boss, not Stage 2~3 Boss...

...Hear it just makes me sad and wanting to hear older themes like Reach for the Moon or Heian Alien, that's the real stuff.

>>13948230
I think that TH15 overall has a better OST (the game as whole), but TH14 Final Boss and Extra Stage/Boss themes are much betters,
Raiko theme isn't that good, but over the time it starts to grow in you, I just can't see this happening with Hecatia theme.

I think point-device mode is negatively affecting people's judgement on the new soundtrack. Even music that is universally thought to be great (shitposting aside) like Emotional Skyscraper or Septette would become nauseating if listened to it 2 hours straight while building a headache by concentrating on danmaku so long.

>>13948330
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>>13948330
touche, that's actually a pretty good point..

>>13948330
THe music was the only thing keeping from smashing my controler. Id say he outperformed himself this time.

I made this OC.

>>13948330
This, I liked how in some games the music would sync up with the level and the song would approach the end right as the level ended

>>13948330
I don't know, after finish the game I went to the music room hear the tracks a bit better (because Sound Effects and Adrenaline),
and I could hear some details better, that is true, but it isn't THAT mind changing.

This game is like a fusion of Shoot the Bullet (in which you hear A LOT of the same songs for hours) and Traditional Danmaku, it was intended to you die many and many times, because there's no penalty in doing so.

>>13948401
That last character is your OC?

>>13948419
Yes. She's a party girl.

There's a lot of shit themes out there, always have been.
Not every song's going to be Emotional Skyscraper, but that's the one you remember.

>>13948318
>Heian Alien
>epic

I haven't liked an extra boss theme since SA, and this one hasn't changed that. Raiko's was okay though. Everyone before and including Koishi's was amazing though.

>>13948416
I don't know man. I thought Pure Furies was totally forgettable at first, but after going back and listening to it in the music room I think it's amazing.

>>13948483
Oops, not sure where I read epic, I'm gonna get some sleep.

>>13947662
I don't see how it's worse than IN or PoFV soundtracks. I guess these were more fitting for their games and less loud "upbeat slightly-ominous Zunpets" style like almost every LoLK theme.
I like Ringo's theme, stage 3, stage 6 is great, and Pandemonic planet has grew on me. Everything else is catchy enough except for stage 1 and boss themes.
DDC also has wonderful tracks like Shining needle castle sinking in the air, Thunderclouds of magical power, Primordial Beat, Bamboo forest something, Mist Lake(although it's not very popular but I love it).
Personally I find DDC and LoLK tracks more interesting to re-listen than IN ost. Pandemonic planet kinda sounds like a stage theme rather than boss theme, but the extra boss is a joke too.

Stages 3, 5 and 6 have amazing music and I don't hate any of the songs in LoLK from listening to them for too long. I've probably listened to each theme in the main shmups from EoSD to UFO hundreds of times by now and I still love the OSTs for each game. Personally, I love Junko's theme as much as Emotional Skyscraper and I was stuck on her in Lunatic Pointdevice for at least 2 hours.

Coincidentally, they're also the stages I play the most because they have the funnest danmaku. LoLK as far as I'm concerned is a huge success and brought my interest back into the series.

I tend to reserve judgment on a game's music for a little while until I listen over the OST a few times. Often though I can tell right away what I like and don't like though, but sometimes miss some subtler things about the tracks until I do some more concentrated/careful listening.

For all it's worth I really liked a lot of the music in Ten Desires and DDC so I think he's been doing just fine. A lot of his older stuff is laden with those horns kind of spammed nonstop and I find them grating/cheap sounding too often to like them. The more synth-y stuff (like Desire Drive) is much better, maybe because it reminds me more of his PC-98 music which I fucking absolutely adore to this day.

>>13947662
Touhou music was best whenever you got into Touhou and worst whenever the most recent release was.

I was expecting Clownpiece to be a terrifying boss and I was correct as soon as I heard her theme start. Those first few seconds against her for the first time legitimately felt scary. Can't say I dislike any of the music except maybe Sagume's theme and the extra stage themes.

I think the music is very solid, good etc. It's not amazing and instantly memorably like some older songs because of course Zun has much less time on making the game and the music. It takes a heighten state of mind to find and create great melodies and with commercial projects and family at his hands it's understandable that Zun is not doing as much as before. It doesn't necessarily mean he's worse than before but I'm sure the time he puts in one game these years are not as much as the time he put in EoSD or IN.

In the long run I think the best for Touhou is if Zun is able to hand it partially to a Doujin group which he advises and guides. He already cooperate so much with Tasogare it's not really a big deal if they make some of the main games as well. I mean, who would really complain if Moe does the next game's art?

>>13949007
no

>>13948330

I still can't get Clownpiece's theme out of my head. Good thing I actually like it though.

>>13948401
Cool! How'd you make it?
i like the glint as they spint

>>13948330

Yes and no. LoLK's boss songs are longer to compensate for this fact, apart from Clownpiece and Junko this isn't really an issue, and those two songs are pretty good (though Pure Furies is nowhere near Little Princess).

The biggest problem is not that people have been forced to listen to the songs for long periods of time (extra bosses have always done this), the problem is that stage songs keep getting restarted. Faraway Voyage is a fantastic piece and it syncs incredibly well with the stage but Stage 5 is so fucking brutal that you'll be restarting the song dozens of times, diminishing its value.

Anyway OP is being a cynical. A lot of things have changed since the "classics" but ZUN's music quality never lost its touch. Not even in TD.

>>13947662
>I don't think I really like any track in LoLK at all, apart from maybe Junko's theme.

That pretty much shows how pointless it is to discuss taste. In my opinion, the boss themes got worse since UFO, and LLC is no exception. The whole point of the boss themes, escpecially of the final bosses, is being 'catchy', and neither TD nor DDC nor LLC have a boss theme that has a part which really gets me. The stage themes, on the other hand, got better since UFO. I like the stages of TD, DDC and LLC much more than those of UFO or SA.

Overall, UFO had the worst music, with Cosmic Mind standing out. I do consider UFO the worst Touhou game so far. Compare it to the 1st stage music in TD or to TD's stage 3 and Desire Drive.

>>13949007

If anyone but ZUN did it, it wouldn't feel like Touhou anymore. It'll be a something completely different but sharing the same name. Besides, ZUN doesn't make it for the money or fame. He even said he'll continue to keep making Touhou even if it lost all of its popularity. In the end, he makes Touhou because he can't find any games -he- likes to play. He makes the games for himself. That's why he doesn't cater to anyone but himself.

>>13949128

What the fuck are you talking about. Little Princess is incredibly catchy and that is not what makes boss themes good.

>>13949128
>to TD's stage 3 and Desire Drive.
* That's supposed to by stage 4.

>>13949141
Nah, I agree with him, Touhou boss themes are well-known for their powerful melodies. The final boss is when all subtlety should be stripped away in favour of power and raw emotion. That's why so many people are iffy about True Administrator in particular.

>>13949189
Wasn't True Administrator being kinda chill the point, though? Miko'd already won, there were no high stakes.

>>13949141
This, i don't know how people don't like Little princess, is the point of explosion with the build up of stage 6. It's both catchy and menacing.
True administrator was good too, is the prime example of a final boss battle for a video game since it's a remix of the main theme.
Up until now all games in the series had very climatic final boss battles, except Junko in my opinion.

>>13949210
If we're saying the boss theme is supposed to fit the fight, Junko's theme doesn't sound like a climactic battle because she's already surrendered. She knows she can't win and essentially gives up. You fight her just for the sake of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWf63PIrZaE

>>13947662
Can someone explain to me the recent emergence of this American anime chick? I like it.

>>13949260
I'm saying both, so far all themes have been climatic, catchy and fitting. Junko's theme is fitting but is not that memorable or catchy like you said. The beggining of her song and the part before the loop are really good but it seemed like it could have been much better. Thought this song had a lot of potential to be both climatic and fitting is still a really good composition for what it is.
Thought considering that you are expected to hear the song for a really long time i think being too climatic would lose its impact anyways.

>>13949273
new official touhou character

>>13949302
Thanks. I will be sharing this with /b/. This is awesome.

>>13949305
congrats man XD

>>13949273
Moon people hate American people. Conquerer of moon people decide to wear American colors during the conquest.

Why is Junko's stage theme Stairway to Heaven?

>>13949311
lel

>>13947662
What a slut.

>>13949139
>He even said he'll continue to keep making Touhou even if it lost all of its popularity. In the end, he makes Touhou because he can't find any games -he- likes to play. He makes the games for himself. That's why he doesn't cater to anyone but himself.
>2015
>still believing this crap

Honestly saying this back then when he started was understandable, but not anymore, as how rushed LoLK felt i can also assume he wasn't making the game for himself but to make happy his fans, if the Touhou Project loses its popularity i'm sure ZUN will quit because there are more important things to him to attend now in his life, the only possible reansons to keep making touhou are: having a free agenda, being motivated and his fans and/or if he feels doing so. Its not going to be surprising if he quits in some years.

>>13949573
being motivated by his fans*

>>13948150
I'm with you there.
It's actually been stuck in my head more than any other song from Lolk.

>>13949573
>as how rushed LoLK felt i can also assume he wasn't making the game for himself but to make happy his fans

This is so wrong it hurts. The game introduced two characters that made the entire fanbase flip out. It introduced a really annoying mechanic in a mainline game just because he liked the concept of "i wanna be the guy". He also made it so difficult that the fans actually complained about it to him before the full game was out, and he didn't care about it.
He's clearly still doing whatever he wants, and he's still doing it because he loves it.

I thought LoLK's OST is bretty gud to be honest. Especially the 1-2-3 themes.

>>13949605
>and he didn't care about it.
Yeah, nerfing most demo patterns and introducing the piss-easy Life Piece and Bomb collection sure shows he didn't care about it.

>>13949615
Anon please.
The nerfing was a rebalance and the bomb and life collection was gonna be a mechanic since the beggining, also i don't see your point complaining about it since you can only abuse it on the highger difficulties. Remember that you are talking about the very first demo. Things were obviously gonna change/get added, this has happened on almost every demo already.
Also that doesn't change anything of the other facts that i claimed.

>>13949605
>B-but ZUN did nothing wrong

The motivation to do it for his fans doesn't strictly come along with how it is going to do the games. If he really was doing it because he loves his product, then probably we couldn't be complaining about Hot topic, the ez legacy, the inconsistency of how everything happened, and probably we wouldn't have murica 2hu.

>>13949634
anon please.
Did you ever made routes to farm these pieces? You only need brains and some skills to full your life bar and bomb the shit out of the spell cards that you can't handle, previous Touhou games weren't like this. The balance thing is b.s. it traded skills for farm strategy.

>>13949651
I didn't said that he did anything wrong you fuckward i said the opposite, he literally did the same thing he does every year. If you think that Clowpiece was made to pander fans you are out of your mind since most of the fanbase is not western.
As for your complaint about routes, you don't get enough of them on Normal and easy as in Lunatic or Hard, something tells me that you are just parroting what other idiot are saying.
>previous Touhou games weren't like this
Another wrong claim, have you forgotten how you could literally cheese through subterranean animism by spamming bombs? You didn't even had to farm anything because the resources were everywere.

Also let me give a suggestion, greentexting memes won't make a better argument, it only makes you look like a retard.

please don't fight

>>13949675
>If you think that Clowpiece was made to pander fans you are out of your mind since most of the fanbase is not western.
No, i didn't imply that he made Clownpiece for the fandom, in fact Clownpiece feels really like a rushed character along with the rushed plot.

>As for your complaint about routes, you don't get enough of them on Normal and easy as in Lunatic or Hard.

Normal is enough, try Sanae or Reisen then post results.

>have you forgotten how you could literally cheese through subterranean animism by spamming bombs? You didn't even had to farm anything because the resources were everywere

SA:1 piece for midboss/boss non-spell and spellcard, if you die you lose it.
LoLK: 4-5 pieces per stage + the abovementioned mechanic, but this time is for graze and doesn't matter if you die, graze is counted anyways. 1 life = 3 bombs enough for 1 or 2 spellcards you can't handle per level, then you can get pieces in the next level and probably profit 1 life more if you did good.

>Also let me give a suggestion, greentexting memes won't make a better argument, it only makes you look like a retard.

Afraid of being burned by greentext memes? I wonder where we are.

>>13949707
>No, i didn't imply that he made Clownpiece for the fandom, in fact Clownpiece feels really like a rushed character along with the rushed plot.

A rushed character? Please lets not start with this, even thought touhou has some forguettable characters (the Tsukumo sisters) none of them are actually that constructed at the release of the games.

>Normal is enough, try Sanae or Reisen then post results.

No thanks, i don't like overpowered bombs nor bombs that make your hitbox unable to capture spellcards.

>SA:1 piece for midboss/boss non-spell and spellcard, if you die you lose it.

You didn't read my post did you? In SA you can literally bomb in any section without major penalty, not to mention that in SA the bosses give you the lifepiece bonus even if you bomb through the spellcard, as opposed of LoLK were you don't get most bonus if you bomb trough if them because you don't graze as much bullet if you clear the screen.

>Afraid of being burned by greentext memes? I wonder where we are.
It was a legit suggestion, if you are gonna come all high and mighty with your wrong opinions trying to make an argument at least try to not sound like a meme master if you want people to take you seriously.
Specially here in /jp/ because if becomes really obvious that you are from either /v/ or /a/.

>>13949679
I'll fight for you bb

>>13949751
wow i didn't know this board behind the endless waifuposting, circlejerking and the people that never fact-check before posting was in some way more mature than any other board, wow such high standars /jp/ follows that we're recognized for being such educated people.
I laugh at how people feel so high for being "muh board" and fanatize it despite that almost all the boards dedicated to entertainment topics holds the same cancer wheter is a crossie or not.

>tsukumo sisters
i might add Raiko too, also
>implying DDC wasn't taken out the pocket

>No thanks, i don't like overpowered bombs
Thanks for proving my point.

I remind you that SA actually had patterns you could analyze and create routes for it's spellcards, bombing in SA means you didn't have a strategy in mind or you caught in surprise, not like LoLK where a decent number of spellcards are so dense that you don't relly entirely or mostly by your skills, even if you manage to create a strategy for it there is a small gap that you will be cornered and forced to bomb, that, aside from the graze system.

>wrong opinions
gee, i wonder if that exists. My opinions are as wrong as yours also.

>at least try to not sound like a meme master if you want people to take you seriously

this is 4chan, that doens't have any weight since i don't aknowledge your identity/profile or you aknowledge mine, of course, unless you're planning to be some name-fag forced e-celeb on /jp/, poor creature.

>>13949812
>I laugh at how people feel so high for being "muh board" and fanatize it despite that almost all the boards dedicated to entertainment topics holds the same cancer wheter is a crossie or not.
Hahaha, are you stupid? this is not about "muh board" or about "beign mature" is about having a conversation without having a post filled with memes to make you sound smarter, in fact, that's the really the only laughable thing about this conversation

>Thanks for proving my point.
Sure, whatever you say honey.

>not like LoLK where a decent number of spellcards are so dense that you don't relly entirely or mostly by your skills

LoLK was clearly designed to be played in point device mode, is supossed to be a way to figure the patterns based in your countless failures. SA having fair patterns is besides the point since you claimed that Legacy was easy because it gaves you so many resources, even thought, you know, SA had that problem too.

>My opinions are as wrong as yours also.
Sure, thought if you look carefully at my posts the only opinions that i have made have been about Sanae's and Reisen's bomb.

>this is 4chan, that doens't have any weight since i don't aknowledge your identity/profile or you aknowledge mine,

Of course, this is an anonymous imageboard, but you know, just because you are in 4chan it doesn't mean that you have to act like every board is /v/ /b/ /a/ or /tv/.
You think that just because 4chan is underage meme central you can act like a fool in every interest board there is. Even in something as simple as a conversation about a shmup about little girls is better to not spout memes every five words like an underage retard, and before you try and say it again is not about "board culture" or "being mature" is about having a simple conversation between two persons.

But sure, you can keep making implications out your ass and using that damage control up if you want.
Cheers.

I don't get all this criticism about the extra boss theme not sounding extra-ish. Are you seriously telling me that this : https://youtu.be/A93Tk5X21N0?t=2m38s doesn't sound like one? It's the first good one since UFO in my opinion.

>>13950012
That bass is sweet as HELL.

>>13950012
>It's the first good one since UFO in my opinion.
In my opinion Mamizou theme was funny and catchy and i really liked Pristine beat because it had a strong focus on the drums and the taiko sounds. Thought i agree with you, Pandemonic planet is really good, it feels serious and unerving.
The extra stage had good music too.

>>13947662
UFO's music was one of the best in the whole franchise. From there on it's plain shit.

>>13949917
The tactic of:
>aff!, i'll not use memes because it make me sound ridiculous and that may help me gathering other people for my argument

doesnt have anything to do if you actually provide a valid point or are counted with one.

>is about having a conversation without having a post filled with memes to make you sound smarter
> to make you sound smarter
even if your argument is completly wrong.
> having conversation without having a post filled with memes.
Some boards where created with a concept so that was intent to be minimized, but hey, it's not happening, if you want to have a mature discussion you came to the wrong site.

>Sure, whatever you say honey
You should make some memorization exercizes, but well...

> SA having fair patterns is besides the point since you claimed that Legacy was easy because it gaves you so many resources, even thought, you know, SA had that problem too.

i wonder, why SA having that mechanic is still considered difficult.

Once again, behaving like a meme master as you said, is completly optative but behaving like an "being educated is being superior" aristochrat cuck doesn't help you either since (i already told you) doesn't matter your manners, a "meme master" can still shred you.
also:
>implying only /v/, /b/, /a/ or /tv/ behaves like this

>Even in something as simple as a conversation about a shmup about little girls is better to not spout memes every five words like an underage retard

you must be the only imbecile that actually think that matters and more ironically when talking about enternainment subjects.

>and before you try and say it again is not about "board culture" or "being mature" is about having a simple conversation between two persons.

Most social platform isn't projected with that objetive? But wait, i wonder why 4chan was created inspired from 2chan, and it can't be only because it was intended to a platform where everyone behaved like educated people where 2chan failed. Please, back to Facebook.

>>13950040
Nah, SA and IN had the best.

>>13950058
Hahahaha, holy shit so you still don't understand what i'm talking about do you? this time i don't even gonna quote all your post since is a total clusterfuck.
Now i want you to take a good look at this thread, everyone here is having a good conversation about the game even if some people like you are getting mad, do you see any of the waifuposting/meme posting/pointless green texting (before you appeared)? no? it's because in this thread people want to disscuss things, is not some kind of code, is just people trying to disscuss something. You can argue all you want that /jp/ is filled with waifuposters and memes and all that but if you actually put a little bit of attention all of those are contained in their own thread.
I don't care if you spout memes like a retard because most people do, i was giving you advice, you trying to make argument while spouting words like "cuck" makes me laught and instantly think that you are retarded. The advice is for you, not for me.
I'm sorry you have such a big inferiority complex to think that i'm acting like some aristocrat or whatever for calling you out on an anime imageboard, believe me when i'm saying that you are the only one taking this too seriously.
Also
>a "meme master" can still shred you
Hahahaha this line cracked me up.
This is the most fedora line that i have read today and i've been browsing /fit/ for the past hour.
It's alright m8, you can keep responding to my posts like an idiot, but seriously. Hahaha oh wow.

>>13948198
I feel the opposite for Junko. The buildup is boring compared to other final boss themes and it only gets good when two melodic lines start interacting.

>>13950108
>being this cornered
>everyone here is having a good conversation about the game even if some people like you are getting mad
Correction: before some cuck raged over that ZUN is not doing the games entirely for his love to the Touhou Project. And oh irony, that cuck was the only one to nerd-rage about that post.

>taking this too seriously
I though i was the one making fun on you because the same subject, cornered indeed.

>waifuposting contained in their own thread
the board is 60% waifuposting. L M A O.
>/fit/
>hahahaha
you must be sweating, don't you? ayy

i got a gift for you. see pic, have a nice diet.

>>13950040
>UFO's music was one of the best in the whole franchise.
Even though UFO is my favourite Touhou game, even I could tell you this simply isn't true. Out of all the tracks in the game, only Cosmic Mind is particularly standout as a standalone track, while Heian Alien manages to perfectly capture Nue's character and the feel of an EX boss fight. Other than those 2, only Nazrin and Kogasa's themes are worth listening to over again.

>>13950220
>this damage control
>thinking i was getting mad just because i called you a retard

Anon the irony in your post is fucking gold, you cannot make this shit up.
The image you posted fits you perfectly.
*Teleports behind you*
*Shreds you*
Pshhh well meme'd my friend.

>>13950241
At some point this cuck had to bend to the claimed meme faggotry. I guess you can't hide your true nature.
>thinking i was getting mad just because i called you a retard
>>Correction: before some cuck raged over that ZUN is not doing the games entirely for his love to the Touhou Project. And oh irony, that cuck was the only one to nerd-rage about that post.

>>13950271
anon pls stop shredding me :o

But seriously thought, your post doesn't even makes sense.
Thanks for the laughts anon.

>>13950289
>But seriously thought, your post doesn't even makes sense
something like an underage 16 years old would say.

You're welcome newfrend, glad you liked it.

>>13950223
Stage 5 theme and Byakuren theme are simply fantastic.

>>13950223
Byakuren's theme is generic and repetitive. UFO's strength is in the stage themes and early boss themes.

>>13950223
>>13950331

You guys are crazy, UFO has an excellent Stage 4 theme along with a very pumped boss fight too.

The only weak parts of that game is Stage 2 and 3.

>>13950223
That's subjective nigga. I like Fires of Hokkai, Interdimensional Voyage, Makai City Esoteria more than Cosmic Mind.

>>13948309
Welcome <3 Hell

>>13947662
No, music was forgettable. Designs were shit. 2hu is kill.

>>13950369
>along with a very pumped boss fight too
Thanks anon. My stomach was hurting, but after throwing up I feel better.

UFO has good melodies, I think the problem is the Soundfont, is very... Piercing to hear.

>>13950864
I think people are forgetting the fact that most of the time ZUN has incredible composition but chooses the worst possible instruments in order to show it off.

>>13950877
His instrumentation was excellent in PC-98 era. EoSD is odd and eclectic in his choices but wonderfully varied and appropriate for each track. I would say the same for PCB. The VSTs or whatever he's been using since SA have weakened his instrumentation, but I think LoLK has returned some of the logical variety. There's still too much low ZUNpet.

>>13950877
I agree, if you look at EoSD musics, they have very simple melodies, but the instruments somehow feels more natural and melodic.

The instruments can drastically change the perception of a music.

>>13948980
What if LoLK is the game that got you into Touhou?

>>13950877
I like his choices of instruments when Im actually playing the games. It seems good then.
But if I want to just listen to the music for the music I usually prefer to find a relatively faithful pure piano arrange of it. Like, an arrangement for piano that changes as little as possible about the original song, save the instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/

>>13953057
oh fucking firefox why did I not check my post before sending
https://youtu.be/VUMCRqnfPK8

>>13952789
Then it's the alpha and omega of Touhou music.

>>13948330
It's the opposite for me, my favorite part of ISC was listening the BGM for the first levels for a few hours because I got stuck on the banki. The only annoying thing about that aspect of the music on LoLK for me is how it doesn't work for stages, so you keep going back to parts of the BGM and kind of ruining it until you grab the OST or the music room.
Although I have to admit that listening to Clownpiece's theme for two hours is kind of hellish. Then again maybe that's the point.

>>13954449
The stage themes are synchronized with the enemies, so the effect would be ruined if it kept on playing.

>>13954501
And I love that part of Touhou, but it's also the only thing I disliked about LoLK. I don't think a game without synchronized stages would sound as good though.

>>13947721
Boss music has always looped endlessly, and the stage music resets in this game when you die.
Speaking of which, the stage music in this game is fantastic.

>>13948980
First game I played was EoSD and PoFV is my favorite soundtrack. Least favorite is TD, which was ~4 years and 2 main series games ago.

>>13954501
>The stage themes are synchronized with the enemies
They are? I never really noticed because it doesn't seem to be to the extent it is in games like Hellsinker.

>>13955514
It's always been the case. A pretty good example is MoF stage 2, you can notice the synchronization instantly when it starts.

>>13955514

How can you not notice this? When I first started playing the series 6 years ago it was immediately obvious to me in EoSD stage 2 when the fairies came timed with the song.

It is one of the special charms of Touhou.

>>13955526
Stage 5 SA and Stage 4 DDC also come to mind.

>>13948150
Agreed I ve had that one stuck in my head as well, great fucking song

Is there a pastebin or something for the plot of this game?

>>13958309
Sorry, but there's none because it's ZUN's orders.

I don't know honestly, at first LoLK's soundtrack felt pretty iffy to me. After listening to the soundtrack away from the game though it's definitely grown on me, putting it above UFO and around DDC tier currently. The themes that striked pretty good chords with me were actually the stage 5, stage 6 and Junko's theme. Junko's theme just reminds me of Little Princess but with a mix of Emotional Skyscraper, not holding the emotional parts of the songs but the regalness and the pure epic-sound to them. Aside from those, not gonna lie Hecatia's theme has grown on me greatly too, that bit at 2:35 pretty much regrew my interest in her theme completely. But eh my favorite ost's DDC out of all the games so I might not be the best to judge.

>>13947662
The music dosen't wow me, but I do like Clownpiece's theme, Junko's theme and the extra stage theme.

The extra stage final boss theme, sounds out of place, maybe it i because I don't know who she is, but is sounds more like a stage 2-4 theme for a murderous ghostly boss, not a final boss.

As for most of the music, It is no very memorible, but is pretty standard for a touhou game, just lacks a song that will wow me like "Solar Sect of the Mystic Storm Nuclear Fusion", "Septete for the Dead Princess", "Necrofantasia" or "Love-Colored Master Spark".

>>13958991
>The extra stage final boss theme, sounds out of place, maybe it i because I don't know who she is, but is sounds more like a stage 2-4 theme for a murderous ghostly boss, not a final boss
As >>13958974 said, the part at 2:35 makes it perfectly fit for an extra boss theme.

>>13958974
well fuck, I didn't actually listen that far. That bit alone redeems the song a fuckton

>>13958974
For some reason I can't stop looping Frozen Capital of Eternity. It's not a terribly standout track, it just makes me feel really good to listen to.

I like it

LoLK had some of the best stage music in the series, I think.

>>13959296
Frozen Capital of Eternity is probably my favorite song from LoLK, it's pretty great.

>>13969916
Great nonetheless, but I think the best one is Faraway Voyage of 380,000 Km https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWOP5XNN12M

>>13972134
I love that one.

>>13958974
>and around DDC tier
That's not exactly a high bar to clear.

>>13959098
its still not as good as other boss themes

How is SOUND-HOLIC/709sec's Desire Driver album not up yet?