[東方獣王園] Touhou 19 OST - 逸脱者達の無礙光 ～ Kingdam of Nothingness (final boss theme)

[@諸行無常な例のアレ]

コーラス神主が歌ったとか海外ニキ言ってんの草

[@yabe_chikoku]

・〇した人の数で競い合う戦乱の世に、霊ならば食ってもOKじゃんと霊を食って鬼と化す ・幻想郷に戦乱が起きないよう、刺客を差し向け最小限の争いで食い止める この二面性こそが残夢なんだよな

[@kagummi]

ZUN sings well, what a beautiful voice

[@Kanakou_DX15]

It only took him 14 pints to get his voice like this

[@sircheez9533]

I remember i saw people said ZUN's wife sing this

[@mr.tremolomeasure9290]

its Yoko Ono.

[@isidrotorrescamacho9113]

@@mr.tremolomeasure9290 :0

[@mmyr8ado.360]

It's the missus?

[@Ellie_Zinnia]

Really loved it when Zun went “aaaaa🎺🎺🎺aaaaaaa🎺🎺🎺”

[@kaya_leo_lou]

バックでコーラス風に流れるこの音、楽器とも人声とも取れない、子供、女性、老婆の声とも取れない、この掴みきれない声色が曲の不気味さに拍車をかけてるね。 またこの声が、戦乱の世の人間時代の残夢が出す、救いを求める叫びだと考えれば声と曲全体のエモみが増す。

[@きっすぃ]

戦国時代の血みどろの争いを経験して無常を悟っているからか、残無に相応しい、色濃い無常感を前面に出したメロディではある。が、一方で、未来を目を向け、より良い世界を作るというのが残無の内なる願いであるからか、サビにかけて段々と雰囲気が明るくなるという人の可能性は無限大だぜ激アツポイントも控えている。この二面性が感じ取れるのも、二胡の不思議で美しい音がなせる技か。

[@ムスペ]

言葉だけで地獄を操ったり旧地獄を作ったり、ヤベえやつなのに過去の自分に似てるからって理由で幻想郷を霊夢に委ねるの熱い

[@流しま]

最初に聴いた時は地味な曲ぐらいにしか思わなかったけれども、3ヶ月経ったらいつの間にかクソ好きになっていた

[@星を詠む人]

今この曲聴きながらチャルメラについて調べてたら分かった 十中八九チャルメラ(スオナ)だなこれ。 中国の泣き女とかにも使われるラッパってこともあって、やっぱそうゆう叫びとか悲鳴の表現としても使われる楽器だ。 逸脱者達の無礙光においても、現世を憂いだ残無自身の叫びでもあるのかな？ その表現として、ZUNペットではなく、チャルメラで表現してそうだし、最後の方の高音のチャルメラもそうゆう叫びとか、僧侶のオームに近いイメージに聞こえる。

[@bot-oy6dl]

戦乱の時代換算でも現代基準でもかなり頭の湧いたことをしていた 日白残夢が常識人みたいなえがかれ方してるのが面白すぎるんだよな

[@義龜]

ヤバい雰囲気が漂うのと、和風ホラーな感じの曲が大好き

[@PerlDrop]

This is such a COOL departure from traditional ZUN instruments I love it!!!!

[@MidnightStriked]

Yooo, PerlDrop. Glad to see you here my guy and I have to agree fullheartedly.

[@blue_the_boy_kisser]

Mongalian Throat Singing's bussin

[@BinglesP]

Same!

[@snekgregory]

Oh hi Perl very cool

[@はりぃたん]

最初は「メロディー凄く好きなのに音少なくて寂しいな、、」って思ってたら、聞けば聞くほどちゃんとベースの音聞こえてきて今や偶像と同じぐらい好きになった

[@iGZ5enWl0]

最近の東方原曲あるある、俺みたいにスマホ使ってKZbinで原曲聞くレベルの音質ザコ環境では高音域に低音域が潰されて重要な音が聞こえなくなりがち ZUNの鼓膜が老化で作曲中に高音を聞きづらくなってる可能性もあるし作曲に使ってる機材が良くなりすぎな可能性も否めないんだよな

[@bot-oy6dl]

傾奇者として知られて大衆には白い目で見られていた日白残夢が 救済を目的として魂を吸い込むのはまあわかるとして鬼になるプロセスがよくわからなかった 妖怪になるとか鬼になるってところにこれからは焦点が当たっていってほしいですね

[@bot-oy6dl]

常陸坊海尊こと残夢上人なので東方で源平合戦の真相を切り開く準備がいよいよできるようになってしまった

[@JustSomeoneWhoLikesBears]

Zun flexing his rhythm skills, he make one of the most intimidating themes of Touhou This game's plot must be crazy, the game feels so melancholic, I mean we're in hell, but Touhou 17 felt more savage than... Sad I'm in so much love with this theme, it feels so menacing

[@corbeauwrite]

Yes it feels melancholic, then powerful with hints of melancholy?

[@HyperVanilo]

From what other said, Zanmu basically did what Rin does during SA event but on bigger scale

[@pinkfluffycute]

​@@HyperVaniloits even more interesting that we get to play as orin and beat zanmu with her lol

[@護衛隊ナンバー15]

座ってるキャラ全員強い説

[@Ninohe_Touhou]

座ってても問題ないぐらい余裕があるってことかなって()

[@かせん-k6f]

摩多羅隠岐奈　饕餮とか

[@しん-v8c1p]

戎瓔花...

[@m3r137]

靈夢

[@山城たかね]

牛崎潤美

[@spacemmd8064]

改めて、ZUN氏の音楽への造形の深さに畏れ入る…

[@rsg5314]

One of the most intimidating and loneliest themes I ve ever heard is like if an horror story wanted to have a happy ending

[@merefailninja953]

Playing as orin and having this theme play was probably the greatest and most chaotic experience i ever had in touhou.

[@usamatsu2275]

2:48　6:18　ここから好き

[@popcioslav]

Actually legit surprised there weren't that many more fanmade Touhou-style songs using erhu before. What a beautiful instrument.

[@aclearbluesky2003]

Probably because ZUN never used Erhu in his themes before from what I've seen so far, Erhu is definitely not a common instrument in a typical Touhou theme, you only see it in Traditional Japanese style remixes

[@ultimate.funkypunky]

I wonder where did he get it from, it sounds so cool. maybe from a sample pack, if it's a plugin it's so realistic...

[@f.u.m.o.5669]

Are you implying this is fanmade? Or just mentioning fanmade themes?

[@prizmastarz742]

you would think wanwan use this instrument first but nah it's Zun

[@popcioslav]

@@f.u.m.o.5669 just mentioning

[@Compact_Youmu]

Zun is such a genius, he evolved the zunpet to have vocals.

[@blue_the_boy_kisser]

Holy hell ZUN went insane on this song's instrumentation. Actually wild.

[@helutrope]

Zanmu's theme is incredible. I can't really tell if that ominous melody is from chanting or erhu, either way it's so, so good. ZUN really went all in with this one! Can't wait to learn more about this character in future works, I bet we're in for some treats judging by music alone!

[@PORIetiren]

髪が相当伸びているところから地獄勢の中でもかなり古参 畜生界3人組とは違って全く慈悲もない冷徹な様はさすが戦乱の世を生き延びたまである 地獄の管理者からすればかなり厄介な存在で間違いなかろう

[@bot-oy6dl]

日白残夢は源平合戦以前から生きている常陸坊海尊と同一人物と仮定するとおよそ900歳以上ですね 新地獄、畜生界のスマート化にも関係しているので単なる鬼の範疇にはとどまらない強ポジかと

[@星を詠む人]

なんて言うか、この曲の二胡の部分2:26の辺りからのは、より高音になったことで、尼僧の読経の『ォオーム』みたいなニュアンスにも取れるのいいね。 元ネタが元ネタだからかな？

[@obamakiske]

this goes crazy actually

[@Skywalker2016GD]

Crazy? I was crazy once

[@EternityLarva]

@@Skywalker2016GD They locked me in a room.

[@TheHanako]

@@EternityLarva a rubber room. A rubber room filled with Nazrins.

[@blue_the_boy_kisser]

​@@TheHanakofumo

[@taikentweek5948]

​@@TheHanakoNazrins made me crazy

[@barneecalhoungaming]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE ANIMAL REALM WITH THIS ONE🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@vo13nto40]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF GENSOKYO WITH THIS ONE 🎺🎺🎺🔥🔥🔥

[@hoyitsmiguel]

Really love when erhu is incorporated, especially seeing it outside of Chinese traditional music which is where it's most often seen, super cool

[@williewillus]

So everyone knows 2:03 is the Good Spot where the ZUNpets drop, but is anyone else obsessed with the piano countermelody underneath the trumpet and vocal there? It's so classical ZUN, that piano countermelody and the chord progression sounds like something you'd hear in IN, like IN Extra or something. This countermelody gets its own solo moment at 2:48 too. Such a complex and interesting theme.

[@Snow1482]

the stuff going on behind the ZUNpets is always the best

[@きのこのこのこ-j5h]

神曲やぁ…荘厳さの中にラスボスとして相応しい熱量を感じる。 ミニオンの雄叫びが所々に入ってる気がするの気のせい？

[@シオラ餮]

たしかにミニオンwwww

[@lapisfengari2428]

I really like how weird all the new music in this game is, really just goes to show what ZUN can do when he branches out from what's more standard for the series

[@AzurBarnitzke]

Can't wait to imagine how Touhou 20 will shape out. Considering we have an erhu-styled theme now.

[@ebiru-zeru]

Can't wait for an otomotone version. But seriously this song is so out of left field and I'm so glad for it. Just amazing

[@crystaljon]

Zanmu Nippaku =King of the Silent Bliss of Nirvana= Species: Human-oni Ability: Capable of manipulating nothingness An oni who's reached the absolute pinnacle of eccentricity. She was originally a corrupt monk who distanced herself from all the ways of this world. She lived through the Sengoku period, and remembers all the cruelty and stubbornness of the world. As a monk, she was forbidden from killing, but sensed a strong disconnect between that and the Sengoku-era culture in which one boasted about the number of heads one had killed. She thought that if they were spirits instead of physical bodies, it'd count as salvation instead of slaughter, and started absorbing phantoms and beast spirits. She also absorbed some beast-youkai spirits, thus discarding her life as a human, but she was wise enough to venture into Hell herself before she fell into it. After falling to Hell, her unparalleled abilities and mesmerizing eloquence gained her the trust of the oni. She herself had transformed into an oni already, but perhaps that only helped things along. In contrast to most haughty and overpowering oni, she became an intelligentsia oni who ruled over Hell via dialogue. She was also the one who proposed that they separate Former Hell, given its age and how paralyzed its functions were, and create a new Hell. As a result, there's nobody in Former Hell who doesn't know Zanmu's name. While it may be possible to control unintelligent evildoers with just an overpowering attitude, evildoers with cunning take more finesse. She was very good at pacifying them at such times. Modern Hell functioned very well as a safety net for evildoers, and it had her fine sense of balance to thank for that. Now, several hundred years later, the Animal Realm's beast spirits have set their sights on taking over the surface world. And then-- whether by coincidence or by necessity-- a particular event returned the surface land's ownership rights to nothing. It'd only be a matter of time until the beasts got wind of this, and began to march up to the surface. The Hell oni who saw this as a threat began to consolidate their forces, as if getting ready to wage war at any moment. If a war between oni and beasts occurred on the surface, it'd quite literally be Hell on Earth. Zanmu remembered the era of warring states. Gensokyo surely had no need for such cruelty. She submitted a request for the oni to wait, in exchange for her taking care of the situation. Then, from behind the scenes, she goaded each beast spirit leader into deploying their troops at the same time. Her plan was to put the groups into a three-way deadlock, have them divide and conquer, and ultimately claim them all for herself. She was well aware of each beast's thoughts. It was simple to make them act exactly as she wished. But she didn't know that there was a human in Gensokyo who'd gathered support from the youkai. That certainly changed things. There was no reason to give it to those measly beasts. She'd leave Gensokyo in the hands of that human. That human not unlike herself, who had gathered support from all the oni and beasts.

[@55alegria]

Ooooh! Interesting. So her involvement was just to stop the 3 matriarcs from conquering the human realm (that explains a lot). I guess she must be one of Eiki's superiors. I wonder what is her relationship with Hecatia, since the latter is the Goddess of Hell and likes anarchy. Perhaps Hecatia also likes Zanmu? I feel like they have a lot in common, even if Hecatia doesn't like the burocracy of Modern Hell.

[@4bitsvideos326]

​​@@55alegriafrom what I heard, Zanmu isn't really that affiliated with Hell, just influences them. In a way, she's like a politician, but she actually does good for Hell residents that they like her

[@55alegria]

@@4bitsvideos326 I mean, that's basically it

[@nazumi012]

are you telling me reimu solved like 20+ incidents around gensokyo and other areas and zanmu has not heard of her

[@4bitsvideos326]

@@nazumi012 she's from hell, and I don't think she have been to the surface. Also, she's too busy dealing with the Hell Onis and sinners down there

[@ComeflywithusComediewithus]

2:48 If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of mallets being used (on what I assume is a xylophone).

[@Sodaextreme1]

2:03 and beyond is incredible

[@DarknessInStraya]

Is it just me or does part of the main melody sound like a melody from Immemorial Marketeers (the melody is in the first choir segment before the climax halfway through the song)? It's only like three rising notes but they sound identical. Since Chimata basically caused 19's incident, and Chimata and Zanmu have similar abilities (Zanmu controls nothingness and Chimata can make one relinquish ownership, which is to say the abillity to return ownership to nothingness) I think it's an intentional reference. Zanmu throughout 19 is basically resolving an incident that revolves around a land whose ownership has returned to a primeval nothingness. As a being that manipulates nothingness, her manipulation of the game's events is, in a sense, just an extension of her ability. She says in-game that her ultimate goal is to obtain the future, and the future, unlike the past and present, can only be represented as nothingness, since it is the symbol of possibility. She's very clearly supposed to be a dark Buddha, and no one (like Sun Wukong in the story) can escape from the palm of her hand. By controlling nothingness she controls the future, and so controls you. Instead of the nothingness of nirvana, her nothingness is the nothingness of the empty expanses of hell. She's also like a hell's version of Reimu (their names are even similar) and controls the balance of hell through her genius intellect, as opposed to Reimu who preserves Gensokyo's balance largely through intuition. Only Reimu who can fly above reality can truly escape from the hand that controls nothingness, which is I think part of the reason why in the end Zanmu entrusts Gensokyo's future to her.

[@y-ndere]

This is the most final boss theme ever. Holy shit dude.

[@CerealKiller]

This is a Certified Final Boss Theme

[@TrueRyoB]

イントロのかっこよさが異常

[@kag2576]

Man why is it any touhou theme that's got creepy vibes a certified banger. This is a theme I fell in love with instantly, those vocals just bring such a unique vibe in conjunction with everything else. They sound like departed souls crying out from a bygone era. The whole thing has a creepy and pretty melancholy feel. Idk any backstory but this theme adds so much flavour to Nishiro's character.

[@Carlosk12]

This theme goes hard as hell

[@dirtyrat7181]

this theme is so compositionally wild for a final boss. it's literally just a single buildup+chorus repeated over and over, but somehow it totally works. i love it

[@cat_88caliberYT]

修正パッチにてkingdamからkingdomに誤字修正

[@theturtwig50]

ZUN went hard AF for this song. The chanting fits her character very well imo.

[@wasted2842]

Kingdam

[@marcar9marcar972]

I love how as soon as the song ends it immediately transitions into an ad about enlarged prostates

[@トゥバンサノオ-h3w]

虚無感や無常観が感じ取れる

[@cchieffkiefbeff]

i still find it kinda odd how the rest of the themes in udoalg are kinda empty (ha zanmu power go brrr) and yet the girl with the power of nothingness has the most full theme of them all with at least 3 instruments playing per section, not complaining though, zun is at his best when there are more instruments than you can count in a song, just still not over st.strings being rare and not used in stage or boss themes anymore, made them more full and melancholy especially this one

[@55alegria]

Ok, so apparently her power of nothingess is not only "controlling the void of hell", but she can take some emotions and leave you empty... She can make people depressed! She is a little like Yuuma or Kirby (reencarnation of the Void god): she can absorb things such as feelings and souls

[@かななは-d7y]

RTA巫女霊夢に惚れた鬼の曲

[@samcheer_7711]

my gosh, every last stage theme really did make my neck shiver

[@yoosapkid69]

Zun voice really soothing

[@Sodaextreme1]

Dude this is actually fire

[@gigablast4129]

damn vocals

[@rynalice8751]

謎の声、本当にコーラスだった。

[@TrueRyoB]

久しぶりに聴いたらやっぱかっこいい！

[@izayoikizu]

Probably one of the most repetitive tracks ZUN's made recently (and most of them are quite a bit) but this is actually good here. The instruments are so unique for him, especially the weird vocal and it builds up quite nicely as well, I really like the harmonies in the 2:25~ section. Also, this is probably because of how similar the structure and melodies of ZUN's tracks are, but I can hear hints of Old Yuanxian and Memento of All Organisms here and I think that's cool, works well within the track.

[@TheLugiaSong]

The repetition feels like more of a return to form, I feel ZUN's recent style is a lot more freeform than older tracks, and personally the lack of repetition of bars or patterns has made a lot of tracks less recognisable. It is nice to see that style back here!

[@hux0rd]

I could also hear a bit of a similar melody to Extend Ash~ Hourai Victim, nearing the end of the loop 2:49

[@aclearbluesky2003]

It's repetitive, but it serves pretty darn well as a final boss theme, the final boss themes we've had in recent times are complex, and it might take a little longer to digest what is going on in the themes, this theme is simpler and get you hooked right away, it reminds me of Flowering Night, The grimmoire of Alice, which are similarly repetitive but still sound great

[@kagome4028]

これZUNさんが歌ってるらしい

[@nico1520]

This theme is extraordinary, however I feel like it needed a few more touches in order to reach PERFECTION. With that I mean that I'm missing something like an additional, more developed bridge section between climaxes, because as it is, it can be a little repetitive (though the melody it's repeating is absolute fire 🔥). That and maybe make the ending go a little harder. Even then, this is some of the best things ZUN has ever composed. Instant classic. I can't wait to listen to the arrangements this gem is going to inspire. ❤

[@デウスミーア]

最近の東方曲はよりゲームらしくなった感じする。

[@octagb1707]

besides the song being TOP TIER, i can't wait for Demetori to make a metal cover of it, hope they keep the erhu

[@abrahamrangel2326]

Chorus and voices in touhou music? Chimata's theme mindblowed me when i heard the chorus, i want more!

[@blue_the_boy_kisser]

Kingdam ☺

[@NotQuiteHere]

WE GETTING OUT OF STAGE 6 WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥

[@trysafrog]

Really curious as to why ZUN decided to actually use "Kingdam" instead of "Kingdom" There's no way he forgot that given one of his games has the word correctly spelled (being: Legacy of Lunatic *Kingdom*) ...then again it's ZUN we speak of.

[@marinhaalternativa3829]

Kingdamaku - King Damaku pun is my head canon

[@えるるあ]

この曲東方ラスボスの中でも異質な気がする

[@はりぃたん]

異質というかサビのメロディーは激しく裏の音はおっとりしてるからから今までのラスボス曲とは違うように聞こえるのかも。 個人的には格ゲーのラスボスぽい曲と感じた

[@user-supermukimukiwai]

キングダムブチギレニキ大量発生で草

[@rsg5314]

Need a cupcakke remix of this. That Ahhh ahhh has potential to slay 💅

[@cobiandiego5896]

it actually exists now btw and it slays. check out this link in which someone made the cupcakke remix www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Vw41197gi/?spm_id_from=333.999.0.0

[@czfclone6929]

Good af the erhu gives me shivers man, really like when ZUN tries new things with his music and somehow always aces it.

[@Plasmy271]

Oh wait theres an erhu in here too? Satsuki is everywhere in the new themes!

[@Akira_Nishikiyama_reaction]

Zun is turly the Banger of Nothingness,he can't create Theme without leting it be a banger

[@wolvekrome2475]

How long has it been since we've had a final boss theme that sounded like a final boss? This would still fit even if it was a RPG final boss, its that good

[@Octav2000]

Approximately 1 game

[@elzer1998]

For Touhou, ever since Keiki in 2019 actually. Chimata's theme was kind of weak.

[@Octav2000]

@@elzer1998 yuuma

[@Arfadoz]

@@elzer1998 Toutetsu has TWO banger themes.

[@okboi5723]

Toutetsu first theme is deff final boss worthy But second theme is more like epic duel battle tbh between her and flan

[@thekawssay2384]

King damn

[@JungéShikisanki]

The first official Touhou song with vocals!

[@CapriciousTrout]

Vocals in touhou songs date back to DDC extra stage theme, though they weren't as prominent as here.

[@JungéShikisanki]

Shush! *Aaaa ooo aaa uuuu aaaahhh!* @@CapriciousTrout

[@eyescoldlemonade]

One of the most emotional final boss themes for sure

[@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917]

This is right up there with Junko, Shinmyoumaru and Kokoro in term of Emotions

[@BinglesP]

@@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917Some remixes of Byakuren’s theme try to sell the emotion too, I’ve observed

[@toyohimeyeswatatsuki6917]

@@BinglesP oh yeah i forgot about Byakuren, started out powerful but getting emotional as it's goes on

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

Really like the voice effects in this. Really gives out some vibes of Chinese Opera.

[@Flowery0]

The dam of kings

[@caseydewitt6236]

The dwarf yodeling really adds depth to the song.

[@m3r137]

残無の辞世の句 無間に堕在し 五逆雷を聞く 喝下の瞎驢（かつろ）死眼豁開（かっかい）

[@bot-oy6dl]

なお棺から飛び出す模様

[@星を詠む人]

改めて聞いていたけど、この曲に使われてるの二胡？ それともチャルメラ？どちらも中国の楽器だけど、あの感じチャルメラかなぁ。 仮にあの音ほんとにチャルメラならついにZUNペット第2号が生まれたことになる。 ZUNペット ZUNペット(中国) みたいな

[@nekonekodx]

二胡なのかコーラスなのか区別が難しい

[@젤다공주]

2分27秒以降がコーラスじゃない？

[@AdamChan318]

Maybe this is mandela effect, but wasn't Zanmu pre-emptively mentioned as the human the oni respect in one of the manga?

[@analienmango8756]

The Erhu parts make this theme have an almost..... ....lovecraftian feeling.

[@山城たかね]

残無のスペルカード 獣王園 「純霊弾」 「無心純霊弾」 「亡羊のキングダム」

[@dehydratedyaoifan]

my friend gives me this music and oh my god what were they on when they were making this ITS SO PEAK!!!!!!!

[@TheLugiaSong]

I don't like the mellow style of the UDoaLG, I would _love_ to hear this theme with more of a battle style to it. It would go so hard.

[@TrueRyoB]

未だに漢字の読み方がわからんと言うwww the deviants' unobstructed lightって英語名で検索しとるわ

[@はりぃたん]

いつだつしゃたちのむげこうです

[@TrueRyoB]

@@はりぃたん 本当にありがとう...pixiv大百科行ったけど読み方なくって困ってたからめっちゃ助かった

[@undertaco7120]

This song gives me vibes to "Enigma".

[@TempoDub721]

This final boss theme grown on me somehow

[@renkofr]

this goes so hard

[@TrueRyoB]

神曲

[@proximaeon]

I'm still not sire if the voices are just another case like Reisen's theme in 15.5

[@jusa8250]

妖怪の山、天界、旧地獄、魔界、神霊廟、城、宇宙、後戸の国、畜生界、洞窟、地獄 次はどこが舞台ですか？（紅〜花までの4作品はわからん）

[@TrueRyoB]

旧魔界とか？（適当）

[@流しま]

海が残ってると思ったけど幻想郷の立地的にありえないか

[@bot-oy6dl]

幻想郷が海になった？？ 儚月抄と三月精の比良坂真琴先生の幻想水没譚がオススメです なんで儚月抄かといったら・・・まあ見てからのお楽しみですな

[@yunama0718]

風神録と虹龍洞は同じ妖怪の山が舞台 もう一回同じ場所が来るかも 月と魔界かな？

[@はりぃたん]

来年は20作の節目かつ東方30年(厳密には26年だけど)だからここでまた月関連の異変が起きそうだなぁと

[@はるはる-u8h8g]

東方獣王園！

[@youdonotcare]

Warning extra attack

[@erdtroll7010]

POV: youre fighting your way out of the timeout corner