Music, Touhou 5 posted:

Title screen theme
Wondrous Romance ~ Mystic Square

As usual, the title theme.
This is the song that really determined
the direction of the rest of the game's music.
Not bad, huh? (^^

Stage 1 theme
Dream Express

This is a fairly rhythmical song.
How unusual (^^; I thought of it while imagining
what makes Touhou what it is.
I hope you'll enjoy the rushing feeling of the
Dream Express during the main part.

Stage 1 Boss - Sara's theme
Magic Formation ~ Magic Square

This song really cements the
image of the songs this time.
It's kind of cool (^^; and has a kind
cute atmosphere about it. (I hope)

It kind of feels like the color of
Gensokyo comes through in the melody ...

Stage 2 theme
Dimension of Reverie

I wanted it to have a good rhythm ...
Listening to it, I wonder if the melody is cool.
Well, the stage 1 song had a good rhythm, right?
So I wanted the stage 2 song to match the stage
and have a sense of speed, but this is how it
turned out.


Stage 2 Boss - Luize's theme
Spiritual Heaven

This is the theme song for the boss who
has no reason to be around (^^;
This is too cool *g*

More like this would be nice ...

Stage 3 theme
Romantic Children

It has a pretty good "demon's world"
feel about it, doesn't it?
The stage 1, 2, and 3 songs all have a nice feeling of speed to them, don't they?
Since it's the spirit world, I think it
feels more Western ... yeah.

Stage 3 Boss - Alice's theme
Plastic Mind

If you listen earnestly(?) it's pretty dark ^^;
I think the third stage boss of a shooting game
is a significant turning point, so I put some
extra spirit into the making of this song.
(Well, it's not like I was taking the other
songs easy or anything ... (^^;;;

Stage 4 theme
Maple Wise

This song really settles down suddenly
compared to the others. (You think?)
This was a pretty hard song to finish.
Still, it came out pretty cool, I think.

Stage 4 Boss - Yuki and Mai's theme
Forbidden Magic

I was aiming for something straightforward, yet
cool in this song.
This is closest to the songs from last time.
It was really easy to finish compared to
"Maple Wise" (^^;;

Stage 4 Boss - Yuki's theme
Crimson Maiden ~ Crimson Dead!!

The melody is somehow like a demon ward.
All I can really remember is before I knew it,
the song was done.
It's kind of like something from my older games.

Stage 4 Boss - Mai's theme
Treacherous Maiden ~ Judas Kiss

The particularly musical piece for the
partner of the "Crimson Maiden".
I figured she should be strong, since it's the 4th
stage, so the song feels that way too. (What way's that?)

Stage 5 theme
the Last Judgement

I think I managed to make it feel very
end-of-game this time.
Yeah, it's pretty cool, isn't it?
I really like it (^^)

Stage 5 Boss - Yumeko's theme
Doll Story ~ Doll of Misery

This was a tough one. This has
the most complex chord progressions I've ever
done. This song is like a new start for me.
I wanted to make this song pretty dark, so this
is how it came out.
I like this song a lot, so I hope you'll all
listen to it.

Final Stage theme
End of the World ~ World's End

This song is just for a stage to let you
get some more items before the boss, so it's short.
Actually, I wanted to try to do this with just a
heartbeat sound, but this isn't that kind of
game *g*

Final Stage Boss - Shinki's theme
Legendary Illusion ~ Infinite Being

This is the last boss theme. Of course,
I really put a lot of spirit into it.
I was aiming for a song that had the right blend
of coolness and cuteness.
The main melody is pretty easy to remember,
so the song has a nice feel to it.
It's a pretty good song.

Extra Stage theme
Alice in Wonderland

Fairy-tale-esque and generally cool
is what I was going for this time.
Well, it's probably not fairy-tale-esque,
but it's pretty cool~
You have to dodge lots of bullets in the game,
so you probably can't listen too close, though *g*

Extra Boss - Alice's theme
the Grimoire of Alice

Compared to my other extra stage boss
themes, I paid close to the rhythm this time.
No matter how cheap the attacks coming are,
we can always emerge victorious with a superiour
groove (^^;

Bad Ending theme
Shinto Shrine

It sounds like all my other good
endings, but it's the bad ending *g*
Well, I guess that's just because all my
good endings were kind of dark.

Good Ending theme 1
Endless

We've got unusually strong ending
themes this time *g*

But it's very shrine-like (^^;

Good Ending theme 2
Eternal Paradise

I wanted to make something like a piano
solo, but ... yeah *g*
Well, it totally ends right in the middle ...


Staff roll
Mystic Dream

It's a very short song.
Still, it's because I wanted to match what
was happening on the screen with the music.
In other words, it means there isn't much
staff (and the staff roll is short)*laughs*

Ed.: It's longer than some of the stage songs this time ...


Extra Ending theme
Peaceful Romancer

I figured I'd do a nice, rhythmical
Japanese piece while trying to get better.
Well, the rehabilitation was a failure *g*
But the song turned out really nice (^^)
I guess I just really like this kind of
song (since I can only make this kind)

Name registration
Soul's Resting Place

This is very Japanese.
I think it would be nice if there were
more Japanese style songs like this in this
game ... *laughs*

*NOTE: Mystic Square's music room also has numerous tracks from other games/ remakes of the older games' songs, make sure to check them out!