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What touhou song most effectively epitomizes shit getting real?

Once you hear it you know some serious shit's about to go down.

Judgment in the 60th year does it for me (Yamaxanadu's stage theme in PoFV).

Close runner ups are Okuu's and Byakuren Hijiri's themes. I guess Kanako's and Flan's themes put you in the final-boss moods pretty well too.

Septette for the Dead Princess might be the best song Zun's ever made, but it doesn't emphasize being threatening so much as it does being classy.

tl;dr: We talk about Zun's musical prowess.

>> No.5088814

Necrofantasia

all the way

>> No.5088829

>Flan's theme
Not really, it's really loli-ish and it puts you in a playfull mood, not a "shit just got" real mood, kinda like native faith.

but I definitely have to agree with okuu's and shikieiki's themes.

>> No.5088833

Fires of Houkai for stage, Solar Sect of Mystical Wisdom for boss.

>> No.5088840

nuclear fusion gives me chills

>> No.5088844

No mention of Border of Life? That seems odd.

>> No.5088853

>>5088809
depends on the situation - uminekos dance of the moon rabbits i pretty cheerful, but I associate it with imminanat extreme violence.

as for touhou, dunno, have to mull it over.

>> No.5088857

Flowering Night is god tier

>> No.5088864

>>5088809
>>5088829
Shikieiki's theme is the only final stage in which the bullet patterns aren't 100 percent preset.

You go into Hijiri knowing you'll get omen in purple mist first, and to bomb on two of her non-spell cards but PoFV is naturally all improvised.

>> No.5088874

Luna dial

>> No.5088878

voyage 1969

>> No.5088882
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5088882

Hartman's Youkai Girl.

>> No.5088901 [DELETED] 

tongue out and drool i like, but for some reason i find the runny eyes a turnoff.

>> No.5088900

>>5088864
Most spellcards have a factor of randomness too.

>> No.5088904

>>5088840
This one used to be cool when she wasn't the easiest stage 6 boss ever. Sure she might have seen like the hardest but her cards are all smalltime compared to the likes of even Kanako

>>5088814
lol, more like duplicates Ran's spells with slight derivatives (slower but more bullets for instance). I just can't take it seriously.

Oddly enough Mokou has the hardest spells of all EX bosses but her theme pumps me up the least. Even Suwako's theme is rapid, energetic, and fun (albeit not threatening).

>> No.5088916

Border of life, Voyage 1970
Native Faith in a more playful way

>> No.5088924

Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle

technically it should be the song that everyone hears before getting their ass kicked

>> No.5088936

>>5088924
Dat clap.

>> No.5088941

Flight of the Bamboo Cutter (about 20 seconds in, shit gets real)
Hiroari Shoots A Strange Bird - Till When?
Lunatic Eyes - Invisible Full Moon
Venerable Ancient Battlefield

>> No.5088944

>>5088924
Whoever's theme plays is destined to lose in the end.

Reimu is canon nigh-invincible except on the one level her song plays and is subsequently defeated by Remilla/Sakyua

No one uses Marisa/Alice in IN, so don't even think of going there.

>> No.5088975

>>5088944
Marisa/Alice isn't that bad of a combo, at least not as bad as Yuyuko/Youmu.

>> No.5088982
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5088982

God tier: A Drunkard's Lemuria
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgAdvvUoxI&fmt=18

Megaman tier: VIVIT's theme from Seihou 2
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PanqTQGgkL8

Real deal boss tier: Kanako's theme

>> No.5088988

>>5088975
False, Ghost team is second only to Border team.

SDM team is only slightly over whatever the hell Alice/Marisa is.

>> No.5088994

The Tiger Patterned Vaisravana.

>> No.5089005

>>5088988

Glitched team?

>> No.5089010

>>5088988
Lesbian te-OH WAIT.

>> No.5089020

>>5088941
>Flight of the Bamboo Cutter
nop, sorry, EVERY time I fight kaguya, I can't help but think of this flash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULvue9XggBk

>> No.5089025

>>5088809

Flan's theme is too cheerful. The semi-remix of it better known as Heian Alien is better.

>> No.5089026

Voyage 1970 and Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom are the only two that spring to mind. ZUN doesn't really do a lot of BRACE FOR IMPACT music. Bit of a shame to be honest.

>> No.5089040 [DELETED] 

>>5089020

You have really bad memory association then. That's Eirin's theme.

>> No.5089032

Judgement in the 60th year, yeah, and then Okuu and the combination of Fires of Houkai and Cosmic Mind -- I also think that the combination of Last Remote and Hartmann's Youkai Girl is pretty pumping as well. Kanako's stage theme and her theme are also great.

>> No.5089053

>>5088904
>Mokou has the hardest spells of all EX bosses but her theme pumps me up the least
You are not human.

> The Tiger Patterned Vaisravana.
Actually, yeah, I really like the effect that song has, too. Faith is for the Transient works kind of okay, but not as well, I think. Border of Life (the Saigyou Ayakashi version) is really great, except I don't like some of the instrumentation at *all*.

>> No.5089057

>>5088988
Ghost team sucks balls.

Youmu solo is scoring hax.

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5089072

Murasa and the tiny-tiny clever commander not mentioned once?

I'm so dissapointed.

Even stage 4 in UFO is high strung action-paced.

>> No.5089073

Beloved Tomboyish Daughter.

>> No.5089091

>>5089072

The stage 4 theme of UFO sounds too dance-y until CAPTAIN MURASA MOTHERFUCKING MINAMITSU shows up...and even then her theme is too upbeat for a girl who attacks you by throwing fucking anchors at you.

>> No.5089112

>>5089091
>>5089072
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaRn1WCVIlY&feature=related
Stage 4 UFO always reminded me of this, ever since the VERY first time I played it

It was incidentally my first Touhou game ever.

>> No.5089154

Night of Nights always makes me brace for impact.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OCiVstQwmY

>> No.5089145

>>5089112
>>5089112

Damn now I want to play that game again

>> No.5089164

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y61OsbWQZis

On the discussion of themes, this mix REALLY makes a point of why Satori's doesn't seem to fit in a Touhou game. This sounds like it was lifted from something like Castlevania.

>> No.5089188

>>5089164
It's because the song has a simple structure and rhythm

>> No.5089214

>>5089188

Name a Touhou song that DOESN'T have that to some extent.

>> No.5089226

JAZZ HIJACK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S1g5GKQ9XU

>> No.5089228

>>5089214
>to some extent.

Well they all do. To some extent. This isn't 'to some extent' the entire song has a solid rhythm throughout, most ZUN tracks don't.

>> No.5089244

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlASfquJH34&feature=related

>> No.5089275

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhxH5E3bwr4&feature=related

>> No.5089303
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5089303

Youkai Jesus Theme. After a stage where the BG music have heartbeats to build tension, when Emotional Skyscraper begins playing I always get some chills...

>> No.5089320

>>5089303

I really like that one too, and somehow stumbled upon the EWI playover of it...the animation is bawwww-worthy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzheDE8lsGE

>> No.5089355

>>5089320
still awesome

>> No.5089373

>>5088904
>Oddly enough Mokou has the hardest spells of all EX bosses

Seriously?

>> No.5089453

HOLD IT BITCHES.
EASTERN YOUKAI BEAUTY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCS42csSTbk&fmt=18

>> No.5089482

Shit just got real, you say?

I don't think anything really beats "Till When"

>> No.5089494

>>5089482
Til When is a 12 note loop piece of shit.

>> No.5089516
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>>5089494

It's funny cus' it's true!

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>>5089494
Ahaha
Fuck you, till when is fucking awesome.

From the ominous opening going straight into that chaotic tune....shit's amazing.

>> No.5089567

>>5089494
It's intense, focused, sharp, and deadly.
Just like Youmu.

>> No.5089566

>>5089275
Hardcore motherfucker.

>> No.5089588

>>5089567

But...it's not soft.

And isn't Youmu soft?

>> No.5089599

>>5089588
No, she's not.

>> No.5089606

>>5089599
Yes, she is, at least when she's fighting.

>> No.5089619
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Border of Life, Necrofantasia, Touhou Judgment, Lunatic Princess and Nuclear Fusion all do an excellent job setting the tone for their respective fights.

But for me, the most 'boss music' sounding song is actually Tiger Patterned Vaisravana. There's a great build up of energy and it stays intense the whole time.

It's one of the reasons I didn't really like Suwa Foughten Field; it starts with this awesome intensity and then noticeably loses it about a minute and a half in. Not that it's a bad song, but it could have been so much better.

>> No.5089665

>look through thread
>see no "plasticmind", "judas kiss", "doll of misery", "infinite being", or "sleeping terror
;_;

>> No.5089677

Ancient Temple has and probably always will be the song that goes "shit just got real." I love how the stage is choreographed around the song. Youmu shows up to kick your ass just as the extra layers of arrangement start up.

Kind of wish more stages were built around the arrangement/rhythms of their respective stage music.

>> No.5089680

>>5089619

Someone likened it to a Pokemon theme once. It sort of fits, as Kanako's theme could easily replace the evil group leader's fight music or a legendary fight music.

"Sky Goddess Kanako wants to fight!"
"A wild KANAKO appeared!"

>> No.5089689

>>5089677

Most usually are, with the midboss coming in at a crescendo. Ancient Temple is just a really good example of it.

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>>5089680
I suppose that's one way to look at it.

I was just a little disappointed when the song seemed to run out of steam.

>> No.5089707

>ZUN
>musical prowess

>> No.5089716

>>5089705
I hear you, man.
I could really use some epic music during her last card ;_;

>> No.5089724

>>5089707

The remixes by various groups are infinitely better than what ZUN makes (mostly), but you have to give the man some credit for coming up with catchy songs with nothing but a synth and constant BAC above 5.

>> No.5089748

>>5089482
Till When is just a less awesome version of Luna Dial.

Just like Youmu is a less awesome version of Sakuya.

>> No.5089916

>>5089724
ZUN's composition skills are pretty good, especially considering the volume that he puts out single-handedly. Pretty sure he's a programmer by nature, not a musician or artist. Has he even had much in the line of musical teaching?

The arrangement, on the other hand, isn't the greatest. But to change that now would be to change the sound that we've come to expect out of a touhou game. I say let ZUN do his thing, and the rearrangers theirs.

>> No.5089971

>>5089916
>pretty sure he's a programmer by nature
Didn't he start making games so that he could put his game music somewhere? That's what he said in the interviews. He seemed to just teach himself programming and art.

>> No.5090093

>>5089665
I dunno, LLS >>> MS for me, music wise. MS has an awesome stage 1 theme, though.

Actually, I really like almost all of LLS' music. Sleeping Terror would qualify here, but it just doesn't quite have enough energy once it gets going.

>> No.5090549

>>5090093
Grimoire of Alice doesn't do it for you?

>> No.5091059

Kanako's (absolutely best in my list), Alice's, beginning of Youmu's.

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