Touhou 6-8

Stage 1 theme.
The image of a midnight forest. As it's the first stage, I aimed for something a little energetic, so hopefully people would get into it.
But isn't it something a little more comical and hectic?

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Rumia's theme.
Not just this, but all the music this time is meant to be light.
This comes from an image of youkai in night
...or, at least, I hope so (^^;
It's fairly relaxed and a little silly.

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She is of no importance to the story, and isn't up to anything in particular in her life. The ribbon tied to her hair is actually a charm; she can't touch it even though there have been times when she wanted to take it off.

There is no evidence of her ability in the game, but in truth, places around her are always as dark as night.

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Stage 2 theme.
I thought of water and mist, and mixed an omen or two.
In many ways, it resembles the feel of older titles.
I don't really know why there's a Stage 2 anyway (^^;

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Cirno's theme.
I actually did think of a dim-witted girl for this.
However, I don't know if what came out can be considered bright or dark. The tempo is pretty fast, but...
Well, it's stage 2. (ha)

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Her intellect is not very developed. She's just a child. To Reimu and Marisa, she's nothing more than a plain idiot.

She likes playing tricks and often toys with frogs. She freezes them instantly, then watches them revive as they thaw in the water. She tends to fail one out of every 3 attempts, however, and the poor amphibian shatters to pieces.

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Stage 3 theme.
I intended to make it more Chinese, but it didn't quite work out. (^^;
However it's still Oriental, because I knew it would be hard to put Oriental songs past stage 4 (^^;
It's more New Age rather than Fusion, I guess?

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Hong Meiling's theme.
A hint of Europe, mixed with game music. (a 2:8 ratio)
It's strange that it's not more Chinese, but that's because it's composed with the image of the French settlement in Shanghai in mind.
But, Meiling looks like she's not human. Then what is she... (eh)

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Her clothing is colorful and somewhat traditional. She is the gatekeeper of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and prevents intruders from beyond the lake from reaching the mansion. She is by no means a special character, but she is the first character that has something to do with the main story. Even if that something happens to be merely mentioning the Mistress.

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Stage 4 theme.
From here, the game moves indoors, so it's composed with indoor atmospheres in mind. Its tone shifts to something more ominous halfway through the song, where you would normally meet the mid-stage boss.
Other than that, there's nothing special about this theme, but really, it's not a shooting game piece :)

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Patchouli Knowledge's theme.
Again with this sick feeling...
It's a dark song, without any light or bright moments, despite its quite fast-paced nature.
It could stand to be a little less heavy, as listening to this piece could drag someone down :)

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The 4th stage boss. She is the friend of the young mistress and is a witch who has lived for 100 years. The "One-week Girl".

Her weak constitution makes her poor at physical combat, but she makes up for for that with her sheer variety of magical attacks. Patchouli's ribbon is not a holy charm, but rather an accessory that boosts magic power.

Since she's a genuine witch, her magical power is terrifying. However, because of the asthma she was born with, she often cannot recite the spells. She also seems to have a vitamin A deficiency.

Maybe her windowless library room is dusty. No, obviously, it's very dusty. But, since she spends all her time near books she considers them a part of herself, and cannot stand to be separated from them. This is how she has spent about a hundred years.

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Stage 5 theme.
A very mysterious song. Its unusual beat toys with your sense of speed, sometimes seeming to go faster.
I was trying for a rock piece, but as I don't listen to rock much, it's quite possible that I have no idea what I'm doing (^^;

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Sakuya Izayoi's theme.
You can't have a maid without hard rock (j/k)
It's quite driving, fitting for the second-to-last stage.

...Guess I still don't know much about rock (^^;
Let's just say it's poetic rock, done my way.

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That power of hers distances her from the human race. She has given up trying to be friendly to ordinary people.
She does not care about honor or power; she thinks so long as it earns her dinner, being the Scarlet Devil Mansion's maid is fine.

She is the chief of the Scarlet Devil Mansion's maids and cleaning staff, and always takes advantage of her ability to stop time when working.
(If she cleans when time is stopped, it won't raise dust.)

Due to the nature of the mistress of the house, it is arguable whether she serves the role of maid or babysitter, but in any case, she is in charge of most of the affairs of the household.

Total of nine card attacks.

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Final stage theme.
The final stage themes have always been loaded, so I made it upbeat this time. As the final stage itself is quite short, I made this piece not as assertive.

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Remilia Scarlet's theme.
With this, I tried for a "This is the end!" feeling.
I didn't want it to be regal or ominous, which is normal for a final stage, so I made it Jazz-Fusion based with a hint of loli... wait, that's not any different than normal.
Its melody is easy for even me to get, so I like this song.

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Staff Roll theme.
The staff roll has always been dark and desperate, so I made it a bit more happy and hopeful this time. I think.
As the staff list is always short, I couldn't write a long piece.
I could have made it more magnificent, but it ended up a little dry. That was not my intention (heh)

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The final boss. She's been the mistress for about 500 years.

She doesn't clarify this herself during the game, but she is a vampire. She blanketed Gensokyo with a magic mist in order to prevent sunlight from reaching her. Although she has been alive for 500 years, her personality is that of a selfish child.

She is respected by most youkai, but her charisma doesn't stem from her personality; rather, it comes from the fear that they have for her kind. She has one younger sister; nothing else is known about her family.

She is a light eater. In other words, she can drink only a little blood at a time and must leave the rest behind, so the humans off of whom she feeds become a bit anemic, but usually stay alive. Due to that fact, she is never able to increase the number of her kind.
She often spills more blood than she consumes. The spilled blood dyes her dress a deep scarlet, which is what gives rise to her title, the "Scarlet Devil".

She swears that she is a descendant of Tepes, but nobody is certain whether she is truly related to the Vlad "Dracula" Tepes.
Well, let it be known that she is not.

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Ending theme.
As you can guess from its name, this is an arranged version of the title theme. So it's also in a Japanese style.
Well, not that there's anything wrong with that.

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Extra stage theme.
Sometimes it's Chinese, sometimes it's New Age. Why?
This is what happens after messing with my keyboard.
It's like an accumulation of my laziness. If you listen closely, there are many strange rhythms in this song. In other words, my toy-box.

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Flandre Scarlet's theme.
I liked this one the best out of the whole game. It depicts a devilish girl in an Oriental and mysterious way.
Loli-tastic melodies like this are what I'm best at, so I had a lot of fun composing this.

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She is a vampiric magical girl and has been the Scarlet Devil's younger sister for about 495 years. She's kind of nuts so she isn't usually taken out of the mansion. She also doesn't try going out.

She really respects her older sister Remilia, but her raw destructive power far exceeds that of her sister's. Although she is usually docile, her insanity makes it difficult for others to understand her.

When vampires attack humans, they generally try to take their prey alive so that they can suck its blood afterward, but Flandre has always been fed with cooked dishes, so she doesn't know how to properly attack a human. Whenever she tries to attack a human, she can't control herself and blows them away without leaving a spot of blood.

Perhaps she can't tell that her daily meals are made from living humans. Her meals look like such harmless foodstuffs as cake and tea, after all...

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