UFO Nazrin's Theme: A Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander [RE-EXTENDED] 

It`s pretty funny how impeccably "mouse-styled" this theme is. Like, i think most mouse interpretation in music go with the same well-known and recognizable palette - polyphony of strings and piano with fast tempo and restless rhythm. The very first association I personally have is Tchaikovsky`s "The Nutcracker" ballet and its scene of mice-tin soldier battle. Yes, that music is more march-styled, where trumpets play much bigger role than piano, but that antsy strings really make same mice vibe. Like, give it more "fight dance" rhythm, add some ZUNpets, and ta-da, you have music of Mice King who got gapped into Gensokyo and now fights for the mice prestige with Nazrin. Great music, very mouse

Re:Description This theme was composed when ZUN used Virtual Guitarist for his guitar sounds, which only had sounds for guitar rhythms and chords iirc. He has since upgraded to Electri6ity which first appeared in DDC/HM, but he didn't do away with it until HSiFS/ULiL (Little Princess still used it). It has only become more noticeable because he uses it a *lot* now, using it for rhythms and as leads (Battlefield of the Flower Threshold and Deep-Mountain Encounter). His guitar usage is a lot more versatile now, but it sounds raunchy af. It's not that Electri6ity is a bad library by any means; more like it's probably hard af to use. Like, as someone who composes every now and then, electric guitars have been single-handedly the hardest instrument to work with especially because I have never played with one before and chances are ZUN probably hasn't either. It takes a lot of work to humanize guitars unless you want to go for the "this is obviously fake but at least it sounds super cool" route of Mega Man X and early S.S.H. I think the addition of guitars has varied his composition greatly in modern days. The change is good IMO, he just needs a lot more experience with it... a lot (reiterate) because combined with Elementic, almost the entirety of HSiFS gives me misophonia ^^; but luckily we have arranges to bring out what ZUN was trying to do! * random tangent: He used guitars in Luna Dial from the SD-90, I didn't know how to bring this up but uh...yeah! I don't recall hearing SD-90 guitars again, I think they fall under the "this is fake but sounds cool" category like most of EoSD instruments with purposefully nuked instrument quality

Shou is not nazrin’s master. Nazrin is a high-ranking youkai dispatched by the god Bishamonten. She was sent to god's new disciple, Shou Toramaru, to be a helper and also to keep an eye on her.

I like how Nazrin's theme being both serious and playful is kinda mirrored in her fight. Play it on normal difficulty and you'll have a nice time, but the moment you choose hard or lunatic she can kick your ass with her last spell.

Nazrin's theme is a very catchy and just... fun, theme! It still holds up as one of the best stage 1 themes, imho. Also... CHEDDAR.

So basically, she's a very sm0l commander.

Wouldn't you expect a theme of mice vs men to be intense?

[The Little Dowser General] NAZRIN Race: Mouse youkai Ability: Finding sought-for items A natural-born dowser. They say she controls a great number of field mice to find what she's looking for. However, if it's food, the mice will eat it all up before they can get it to her. She is cunning and will flee from a fight as soon as she sees an enemy stronger than herself. She went to and from looking for the two things Shou entrusted her to find. One was the fragments of Flying Storehouse that were being called the flying treasure. The other was the jeweled pagoda of Bishamonten. ZUN's comment about the track: "This is Nazrin's theme. Isn't the song boss-like? Never mind how she looks. Once, a long time ago, a mouse climbed into the kotatsu with me. It even bit me. The bleeding wouldn't stop, so I had to stay home from school. Mice are actually pretty strong, so they're dangerous. Never mind how they look."

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The most popular stage 1 boss! …Well besides Yuyuko but I mean like…

Maybe is just the overall difficulty of UFO But Nazrin is to me one of the most strong stage 1 boss, also this theme is really cool, both serious and playfull well after all mice tends to be really Smart i Guess it makes sense

Funny Rat in Touhou 19! 🎉🎉

SHE'S BACK!!!!

i’m excited for nazrin in touhou 19!

Always love the tiny rat yoki Though I believe you’ve got the desc wrong about the artist, NSFW warning and link is right but the artists name is wrong

Damn we are getting more new arts

My favorite character , happy to see her being a meme icon. And this must be one of the most epic 1st boss themes

At first I wasn't a huge fan of her theme, but damn the piano intro hits me hard and I ended up loving it.

Just like the other Stage 1 theme, this one is paced fast and short. What I really like about this theme is that it's tone is menacing, but because it's the first stage, there's still a cute vibe to it. It's like a playful but frightening kinda vibe, which I really like! :)

isn’t Nazrin like. the MEANEST stage 1 boss of all mainline games in whichever mode? even worse than Seiran Lol-Kay?

Nazrin is a cute rat

Your uploading as fast as this song is intense, I'm gonna lose my streak... But uhm, thank you! Video streak thanking you for your extensions Current Streak: 9

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Quite wonder if Nazrin has an army of mouses at her side. How adorable would that be.

Touhou is forever ~

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Ah, there's a pastry supply shop in a place like this.

rat time

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Le Nazrin! Fun theme

1:17 oh wait it was this one

I like this theme

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My top tier of stage 1 boss themes from favorites to less liked: 1: Jelly stone 2: Fortunate kitten 3: Positive and negative 4: A tiny, tiny, clever commander 5: Decoration battle 6: She's in a temper!! 7: Mermaid from the uncharted land 8: Ghost lead 9: Midsummer fairy 10: The sealed away youkai 11: Crystalized silver 12: The rabbit has landed 13: Mooned insect 14: Princess inada is scolding me 15: Magic square 16: Aparittion stalks the night

Mi ratoncita preciosa 😍

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Mickey mouse: loli edition

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In this Nazrin I remembered her fully in Touhou Lost Word JP

Nyon ruined her fandom perception, I bet if not for cookie she would as irrelevant as minoriko

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She lives!

Very nice

SFF is back :D

the first hell

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NYN

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Why reupload?

Ah yis

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I can find anything you desire, from riches and power to nights of fire. I can find anything in the world, except for the one thing i seeeeeek

The crystal looks like the sixth angel from evangelion

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