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What's the best piece of music ZUN ever wrote and why is it Ran's theme?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul8UFl72KOY

>> No.15989758

Preferring Ran's theme pver Yukari's theme literally just means you prefer zunpets to whatever noise is in necrofantasia, right? The only other differences are minor

>> No.15989768

>>15989658

Hey....

Nice image, dude.

>> No.15989781

>>15989658
Alice Maestra

>> No.15989812

>>15989658
What's a slope?

>> No.15989983

>>15989758
But anon, Ran's theme is extremely epic and uplifting.
While Yukari's theme is simply a mess.

>> No.15990057
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ax84UepxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2lMcHdTKtA

>> No.15990068

>>15989983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNIPHL0Qy3Y
It might be a mess, but it's the best mess for the messiest youkai.

>> No.15990069

>>15989983
>extremely epic
Yukari's theme is even more

>Yukari's theme is simply a mess.
No. Your brain is just too slow to enjoy it.

>> No.15990078

I love every songe he has done. The Gensokyo the Gods Loved is my favorite though.

>> No.15990082

>>15990069
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRuSlr21XsY&
and the album version has accordion.
Impossible to not love it.

>> No.15990329

>>15989983
If you want an actual mess, check out Yukari's theme from SWR.

>> No.15990574

Kid's Festival ~Innocent Treasures is the greatest song ZUN ever wrote. Prove me wrong. You cannot.

>> No.15990655
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>>15989983
>epic

>> No.15991251

>>15989658
It's basically the original song to Yukari's, which is a remix.

>> No.15991372

>>15989658
Phantom Ensemble.

>> No.15991414

>>15989658
nah.
https://youtu.be/4k6lVKllNYw

>> No.15991468

I think that 天空の花の都 (Sky Capital of Flowers) is one of his best songs.

However, his best works tend to be on his CDs.

>> No.15991469

>>15989983
>While Yukari's theme is simply a mess.

It probably sounds like that on your shitty $10 speakers.

>> No.15991488

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIwNJJ37LHk

Still my favorite.
I don't know half of the 2hu songs though.

>> No.15991490

What's the best piece of music ZUN ever wrote and why is it Magical Girl's Crusade?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=demUHmy-uD0

>> No.15991719 [DELETED] 

>>15989758
lmao

>> No.15991935

>>15989983
I like listening to both, even though I actually have to turn down the volume on Yukari's theme a bit because it gets really fucking loud.

>> No.15991964

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywuUt98V_S4


I am not a Yukarifag but she deserved more a theme like this

>> No.15991984

>>15991372
This guy gets it.

>> No.15992013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bHEKSlc_AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA5zKtCVpv8
It's this, especially this time of year

Shanghai Teahouse is close though. Both in F#, coincidence?

>> No.15992158

>>15989781
Never expected to see Alice Maestra being mentioned. Such an underrated theme.
The MIDI version (on intended hardware) sounds great too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqcz_I6Pr_Q

>> No.15992189

I really like Eternal Shrine Maiden. In a perfect world it would be the series' theme

>> No.15992200

>>15992013
Underrated post, and underrated girl.

>> No.15992400

>>15989658
its not even very good
touhou music overall is very mediocre.

>> No.15992565

>>15992400
Here is your (You). Don't spend it all in one place.

>> No.15992589

>>15989658

The more i've listened to over the years, the harder that question becomes.

I might as well's just try to figure out what ZUN songs I don't like. Right now all that comes up is Kiene's stage and theme are pretty underwhelming.

>> No.15992602

>>15992589
>Kiene's stage and theme are pretty underwhelming

wow your taste is shit

>> No.15992721

Deaf to all but the song is pretty fucking rad.

>> No.15992734 [DELETED] 

>>15992589
Say that to my face and not online, nerd.

>>15992721
You're okay.

>> No.15993515

>>15992158
Speaking of MIDI versions, Romantic Children sounds wonderful as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI10yKmtKmI

>> No.15993581

...I think everybody's forgetting ZUN's actual greatest song...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A96s41YLj60

>> No.15993609

>>15993581
You even managed to post non CD version. Good job anon.

>> No.15993646

>>15992400
Shut up, Bones.

>> No.15993694

>>15993581

This song it's the ultimate nostalgia-bait. Makes you want to live the rising of Touhou back in 2002 and talk about it with your 2ch bros.

>> No.15993730

>>15989983
Ran gets me prepared for the battle.
Yukari pumps me up for the battle, even if it sounds like a robot shrieking into my headset at times.

>> No.15993741

>>15992589
I thought the entire first half was pretty slow paced, music wise.

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15993750

Might I interject the ZUNpets on 9.5? They're really strong, and "Tengu is watching - Black Eyes" took the cake for me.

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>>15993730
>headset
Well theres your problem lol

>> No.15993950

Last Occultism ~ Esotericist of the Present World and Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart have grown on me as of late.

But I can't really consider a single track to be my all time favorite. They're all great in their own ways.

>> No.15993956

>>15993897
It's a good song, so I don't really mind if it assaults my ears.

>> No.15993974

>>15989983
I've tried liking Night Falls ~ Evening Star . I can't do it.

>> No.15994007

>>15993950
The problem I find with his more recent stuff is the lack of colors and development. Pure Furies is a repeatfest and doesn't waver from the VI-VII-i pattern in any meaningful way, whereas in tracks like those in MoF, he'll often go to that lowered or raised VII or even down to the IV. Some of the stage themes in LoLK take some interesting turns but nothing really progresses as drastically or with a narrative arc like The Gensokyo the Gods Loved, Mystic Oriental Dream, or Centennial Festival for Magical Girls. I also think that his melodies don't function as well as sentences. The parallel period structure he's always used is still there, but there's less inflection in each phrase like you hear in Because Princess Inada is Scolding Me or Beloved Tomboyish daughter. It feels like he's in a transitional stage to a new style that's not quite fully formed yet.

>> No.15994014

>>15993974
It's good as a reflection of her chaotic side. The issue people tend to have with it is the way that the 3/4 melody goes off the rails at the end of each line and I tend to agree. That 3/4 melody is great up until that point, especially once it reaches the peak and skips down, so it's enough for me to like it.

>> No.15994099

>>15993581
I don't think it's the greatest, but it's certainly one of my favorites. When I first played EoSD, I had no idea why people praised Touhou soundtracks so much until I got to stage 3. Top ten for sure.

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>>15993694
What are you doing on /jp/, Grandpa?

>> No.15994358

Alice in Wonderland is definitely one of my favorites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZwOGMEAbQo

>> No.15995064

>>15993974
Night Falls ~ Evening Star doesn't even have any enjoyable peaks. It didn't feel like a proper battle theme, more like a stage 3 theme.

>> No.15995077

>>15994254

some oldfags go to gensokyo, others just stay and become wizards

and this one guy got stuck as a metapod

>> No.15996219

>>15994254

>makes you want
Not that i lived, i just wanted to live.

>> No.15996236

>>15995064
I'm not sure. Evening Star only has two distinct sections with the sporadic piano and the trumpet theme. That trumpet theme itself is much too heavy for a stage theme and not as lyrical and doesn't develop over long enough of an arc. Shanghai Teahouse has 3 distinct themes that transition into each other in different ways and with different timbres. The Gensokyo the Gods Loved likewise has 3 themes AND a brief solo section. Walking the Streets of a Former Hell has two, but also a solo section and a more developed introduction before any melody enters. Nostalgic Blood of the East has 3. Sky Ruin has 3. Doll Maker of Bucuresti has 4. The only one that has two and not much else is Let's Live in a Lovely Cemetery.

Evening Star only has the ghostly introduction, the piano, and the trumpet melody. It's only source of development is an unprepared transposition. These are typical boss theme things, so if you're talking about stage 3 bosses perhaps it's closer. But even among that selection the style of the line doesn't have a close match. It drives too strongly and deliberately to each new peak across the 3/4 in a manner of a stage 6 boss, although there have been no final boss themes in simple triple. The way the line disintegrates into random trumpet fuckery after the peak skipping down isn't quite final boss-like though. In any case, it's too structurally simple for a stage 3 theme and has too much bravado for a stage 3 boss.

>> No.15996242

>>15996236
And by unprepared transposition I mean modulation

>> No.15996382

>>15990574
I agree
It's literally ZUN's theme

Shame it doesn't do too well in the yearly 2hu music votes

>> No.15996385

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDNsk2UXYE4 is the best

>> No.15996605

>>15991488
I believe this one is my favourite as well.

>> No.15997867

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOBdSxmvH7k
I think Enigmatic Doll doesn't get the attention it deserves, it really meshes well with the 'dark' ambiguity of the PC-98 games

>> No.15998250

Doll Judgement.

>> No.15998290

Kancolle music > Touhou music

>> No.15999247

>>15994358
I still believe it's his best track. Little Princess is a close second.

>> No.16002588

>>15996385
i absolutely agree

>> No.16002710

>>15992013
>>15993581
>Shanghai Teahouse
CD version is best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMHgzHlK4GA

>> No.16002880

>>16002710
The structure gets fucked. The original is so tightly wound, it's marvelous. This one plods around too much and the sounds aren't as exotic and present, yet cohesive as in EoSD. The CD version sounds like a Wii Music cover, it's a mess.

>> No.16002886

>>16002880
look at this guy

>> No.16002929

Reverse Ideology is good

>> No.16003073

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAy3nlATLkk
Best Theme of best 2hu comming through

>> No.16003174

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEUPgf-rRTE

>> No.16003217

Stage 4 of all main games except ddc and LoLK are all super memorable. Ultimate truth will probably remain my favorite

>> No.16003237

>>16003217
Frozen Capital of Eternity is great don't talk shit.

>> No.16003856

>>15989658
TH8 music is ahead of its curve imo. It just felt out of place. ZUN seems first experimented with trance here, and returned composing "traditional" music on later games up until DDC.

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Come on now anons don't forget who's theme is really the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4gaWY5THh4

>> No.16004307

>>15989658
Anything from Seihou 1 is really great. "Herselves" is my favorite ZUN game ending song.
https://youtu.be/-ZfSh9wssQ4
I wish Erich's theme gets more remixes.

>> No.16004342

>>16004307
These are in much higher quality:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdQcm51guT9sNJnRGMMqsCGW6Tb4lnt-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BOcusb1ti4

>> No.16004381

>>15996382
I think not many people really buy the CD's or download it. What a shame, there is so much great music on them.

>> No.16004429

>>16004276
I always preferred her theme from Kioh Gyoku. I'd say it's the best piece of music ZUN ever wrote after Alice Maestra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O_KDiX3kkQ

>> No.16004477
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>>16004429
This theme makes my dick hard.
Some other good Seihou 2 stuff:

>Castle Explorer -in the Sky-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYF4s-Wsvu4

>Velvet Maiden Battle ~ Velvet Battle (MIDI original)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W9PDK4zZ0s

>> No.16004729

you mean you actually prefer necro fantasy over necrofantasia?

pleb

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best 2hu songs

non negotiable

>last remote
>desire drive
>suwa foughten field
>little princess
>locked girl
>necrofantasia
>satori maiden

>> No.16004752

>>15989658
The Captial City of Flowers In The Sky always gets me pumped
https://youtu.be/jQAliyNOVUo

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1BMuY26KO4
>tfw you're the only person who loves this theme

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>>16004791
I like both, Parsee's stage and theme song. I also like Parsee a lot!

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>>16004736
>Little Princess
Opinion discarded

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>>16004729
Necrofantasia uses an instrument twice as shrill as the ZUNpets and messes with my favorite part of the song (that starting at 1:59).

But the real crime is that, when Yukari got a standalone theme, it was terrible.

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Everyone complaining about Necrofantasia must have speakers like these

>> No.16005061

>>16003217
Wait...
Isn't Ultimate Truth a Stage 6 theme in TH07?

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>>16005036

>> No.16005069

>>16005036
I have middle-high end headphones. Still shrill, but better than trumpet imitator.

>> No.16005083

>>16005069
You gotta be fucking kidding

>> No.16005087

>>16005083
No, I'm not. It's probably me having the volume higher than what you probably have it at, though.

>> No.16005407

>>16004729
I like the build-up from the intro in necro fantasy better instead of the instant "oh shit" from necrofantasia.

>> No.16005410

>>15989658
Speed fox > Maiden's Illusionary Funeral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psL6xTIHDEA

>> No.16006633

>>16005407
I like the instant "oh shit". Tells you you're a dead miko if you aren't focused for the whole battle

>> No.16006674

>>16006633
Just my preference. I do think it fits really well after having cleared Ran. The two complement each other.
As individual songs, I think Necro Fantasy does build-up better but together I think Necro Fantasy is good for building up to Necrofantasia.

>> No.16008822

>>16005017
>night falls
>terrible
it's not as intense as necrofantasia, but I think the CD version is really good

>> No.16008904

I think that Necro Fantasy is perfect for a normal extra boss, which Ran is.

However, Necrofantasia is much more intense and exciting, not to mention that the instruments and sounds stray far from the conventional Touhou song. All of this makes Necrofantasia suited for an encounter for one of the most powerful and important characters in the series, and that's exactly who Yukari is.

I would have to say that Necrofantasia takes the cake here. Sorry Ran.

>> No.16009185

>>16003174
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9klRYpB-yMw

The amount of effort that was put in to making these never ceases to impress me.

>> No.16009671

What's the most calming song? Preferably not from R53M, I already know how chill some of those are.

Kinda stressed right now.

>> No.16009700

>>16002886
Nah, I have to agree with him, to an extent.
The original MIDI on proper hardware is the best.

>>16009185
Besides forced jokes, I don't see why anyone hates on the GiivaSunner team.

>> No.16009704

>>16009671
I've always enjoyed the title screens of 9, 10 and 12 if we're talking calm.
Most credits themes are nice too but I will always adore Returning Home From The Sky ~ Sky Dream for being the chillest.

Fires of Hokai is also nice, though a bit strong.

>> No.16009781

Best is hard, but the single most underrated song that is from a Windows Touhou Game has to be

>神は恵みの雨を降らす ~ Sylphid Dream
>The Gods Give Us Blessed Rain ~ Sylphid Dream
https://my.mixtape.moe/vhbvir.ogg

Because people only listen to the first 30 seconds and think it's the same old shit.

>> No.16009806

>>16009781
I honestly forget about that one from time to time, then it shows up on my mp3 player at random. It's always a nice surprise.

>> No.16009911

Literally it's actually Eternal Shrine Maiden

>> No.16009936

Nobody knows Natural History of the Childlike Duo? It's better than most game songs.

>> No.16009974

>>16009936
It's good. Best on the CD. Honestly pairing it with the rest of the CD makes me forget how good I is.

>> No.16009983

>>16009700
Shitposting is for children and lonely attention seeking retards.

>> No.16010064

>>16009671
I like to listen to The Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum when I want to calm down

>> No.16010156

>>16009700
>The original midi on proper hardware is the best
Not for Shanghai Teahouse. He's unable to exercise any control over the trumpets, and he does a lot with them in the WAV version. Game wav is the best version of it.

>> No.16010235

>>15991372
This and Locked Girl were what got me in to Touhou in the first place.

>> No.16010365 [DELETED] 

I like the original MIDI version of Locked Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMMEUzoP60

>> No.16010372

I like the original MIDI version of Locked Girl. Increase the volume a bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMMEUzoP60

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