Even though Zun openly admitted that he didn't get a proper/traditional training in music like some other video game composers like Uematsu/Mitsuda/Soule, the PCB soundtrack firmly cemented him in our minds as one of Gaming's Great Composers.
At almost 2 decades old, this is still one of my favorite game soundtracks of all time. The tunes are immaculate and endlessly remix-able, there isn't a single bad song, and most of the tracks on here have become pretty much iconic. It's elegant, it's emotional, and it captures the exact vibe of the first cherry blossoms overcoming the coldness of the retreating winter to make way for springtime.
2000s was honestly the doujin era. Everything you needed to make anything was ready for you. Everything compatible with Windows 2000 and XP. Touhou is the greatest example of this. If the internet was as centralized as it is today, nobody (who speaks english) would know what the hell Touhou is.
Not really. As someone who's been gaming since the 90s and into game development as of late, there's absolutely no better nor bigger time to doujin/indie than now. Indie has been on the spotlight for around a decade now. ZUN just happened to have been making Touhou games for at least seven years up to this point - he made the first five games on much older, lower level hardware.
@@SpiralPegasus A big thing that helped Touhou was word of mouth and close knit communities, which doesn't really exist anymore. In some interviews ZUN himself has said Touhou probably only got big because of the time it came out and how the internet and online communities were exploding. There were websites for everything. Now in this age where everything is run off algorithms, social media and clicks, only the big name indies which reviewers and youtubers highlight blow up, while word of mouth and communities don't exist anymore. Forums basically don't exist, and discord servers only capture a fraction of what communities back in the day used to be. Games like Hollow Knight, Undertale, Hades etc only blow up because 100m subscriber youtubers and kotaku makes content about them. 90% of indies nowadays are barely heard of or talked about and get like 2000 total steam downloads. The way popularity and the internet works in general is vastly different now, so much is based off metrics and stats than actual human beings naturally creating interest in these games and talking about them without any external factor prompting them to other than their own love for the game. The big names get bigger while the small gems become more obscure and never get the attention they deserve. The scales are extremely unbalanced, where you sink or swim with no in-between. Things just aren't the same.
Necrofantasy and Necrofantasia are the same song, but that's not a bad thing. Necrofantasia has all those high pitched synths that pierce through your brain though.
That's actually a really clever trick, you warm up the melodies in the player's brain without annoying them, only to use them in the bossfight with their full potential. Familiar sounds are always more enjoyable than completely new ones.
To this day, many of the songs from 7 are some of my favorite pieces of music. Absolutely fantastic stuff Stage 1 is an amazing "start of journey" song, and the way that Stage 4 is set up so that the song loops as you finish the stage and get some calm before the boss fight is beautiful.
8:44 CHEEEEEEEENNNNN Seriously, i love this bit so much that when i wake up the first thing that got in my mind was this bit. I'm not joking, the only reason i came here was to find this exact theme
4 new PCs later, this is the first game I always bring over from a trusty ol' USB key. What a timeless classic, gameplay, addictive bullet hell and these rockin' tunes. Hope this stays uploaded for everyone to listen and enjoy!
This music makes me feel like a kid again, when my brother first showed me touhou (it was my introduction to japanese culture in general) and it opened the whole world for me. PCB will always have a special place in my heart for how it touches my nostalgic heart and makes me remember those simple days with my brother and me. Thank you ZUN for making this masterpiece and everything that followed.
How long have you been playing Touhou franchise? I mean if you only started recently, it's not that bad, if you are playing for longer, well...nobody is perfect, but glad you are enjoying the series! Also it's been 10 months...can you do Easy (or maybe higher ones?) now?
one of the best, cool, awesome, nostalgic, emotional game and music between the touhou community... perfect cherry blossom is the best game ever made with best storyline and very good character, almost all of them are my favourite and has the coolest boss fightings
radamanthium i agree about difficulty. PCB was such a pain in the ass to 1cc hard because of frame rate, hitbox sizes, and patterns. SA wasnt as bad as long as you bombed optimally
You have good taste, dear sir. I especially like the music of Blazblue/Guilty Gear series, but I like the fact that Touhou's music is made by just one man, almost like a craft.
radamanthium not even close to being the best for me, but that's okay - tastes are different. I can hear the appeal of it, but often it sounds like "cheap" midi soundfonts, which it actually is, if I am not mistaken and lacks depth for me. I do like some compositions though and with proper instrumentation some of these titles could sound amazing.
This entire OST is absolutely beautiful, but I have yet to find any other song that has made me feel quite the same way that Japanize Dream does. By far my favourite from the OST, and maybe my favourite from any of the games.
whenever i lose my patience for trying to beat extra/phantasm mode, i go to the character select screen and attempt to play a rhythm game with the menu music in the background
I have decided to reply to your comments on the other osts... of games that of played so 3 (not including eosd since well, I already replied there, enjoy notifications) Best stage theme: Deep Mountain, The Doll Make of Bucuresti is actually my least favorite (still not bad) Best boss theme: We have similar boss music opinions
Now this soundtrack is very good. It’s like I’m being spoiled with good music. I liked nearly every track from the game. It sounds sad and grim like the PC-98 games, but great. Necrofantasia was good, but could have been done a LITTLE better. Other than that, I actually prefer this OST over EoSD’s, which I have been praising a lot! Now that’s a huge feat. So far, in my opinion, in terms of soundtracks, 7 > 6 > 5 >= (slightly) 3=4 > (not by much) 1=2 Weird flex, but I have listened to every one of these at least twice so they’re glued into my head for future analyses, LOL Time for Touhou 8’s soundtrack (, also known as “Imperishable Night”, which is a sick title. I prefer referencing the games by numbers though as it’s easier to remember, haha). Anyway, HOLY MOLY. I can’t believe we made it this far. Now EVERYTHING after this will be a completely BLIND experience for me. I literally haven’t listened to ANY track from ANY game after this, so let’s see how this journey will play out. Here. We. Go. Wait, actually, after double-checking, the next one is actually 7.5’s OST, not 8.. LOL! Anyway, Let’s. do. this.
im trying to make an original touhou composition so i'm going through the entire windows collection ost, except EoSD because it has a weird filter i would never be able to grasp
What is that fucked-up glitchy sound in the right ear in letty's theme? (It is not the hi-hats, it appears at after the chorus section has played once)
