東方Touhou [Orchestral/Traditional] Heian Alien

[@WandersNowherre]

Did anyone else notice the use of the whistle-call (I think it's a shakuhachi?) to simulate the cry of a bird? The original Nue monster was said to mimick the calls of the scaly thrush at night. NICE shoutout to the original mythology; this would make an excellent boss battle music for a Nue in a Nioh-type game, or even a tabletop D&D game.

[@BruhPK]

A group of professional Monster Hunters vs one Unknown entity. *Poor bastards.*

[@Magmatic_Agnaktor]

Je suis monté

[@kolonmelon8173]

I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens

[@ripsnip5336]

Mr Tsoukalos pls stop

[@nitrousoxide7500]

滲み出るオオナズチ感…！ イントロがまさにそれです

[@flowershroud]

this is what a extra boss theme should really sound like. i could just imagine the girls finally confronting nue, one of the puppeteers behind the events of UFO, and finally bringing down the alien that's been causing mischief since stage 1.

[@vyllix8546]

I think it's because i got too used to how zun's stuff sounds, but i actually imagine orchestra-like touhou music in game

[@JojobracChannel]

【 秘薬 が盗まれました】

[@rei-bu5tb]

アイコン草

[@greedthenyavaricious]

Here it is! My favorite Touhou arrangement, maybe ever... I replayed it to death in middle school and managed to make myself sick of it. Glad I went and relistened now that I'm in college. :')

[@rekcilyssupgaming8505]

This gives me the Chameleos vibe from Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. Astonishing work! This soundtrack is insane.

[@boralee1551]

This fits her character perfectly! What a fresh take on her theme...

[@Sueiga]

It would be great for a Sekiro's Boss Fight ''You're facing Nue Houjuu, Ancient Heian Alien''

[@evanunhinged5771]

The beginning is absolutely chilling...

[@spectrasoulfaire215]

You thought you were hunting Chameleos, but it was I, Nue!

[@valkyrion_ex1173]

Reminds me *greatly* of Chameleos from Monster Hunter.

[@XenoflareBahamut]

My thoughts exactly

[@HybridKnightVentura]

Finally I'm not the only one! XD

[@valkyrion_ex1173]

It even has than "DUN!" at the start, like you've been spotted. XD

[@MettanAtem]

Pretty sure the reason it sounds a bit like Chameleos's theme is because it samples it.

[@ZexiontheVIth]

+Aaron K. Agreed. From the the wood percussion and that sudden "WHAM" noise when a monster spots you. I guess its fitting since Nue is to be considered an isolated and unknown "monster".

[@Arothewinddragon]

Oh my god this reminds me so much of Monster Hunter Monster Hunter and Touhou. I have goosebumps iWi

[@Linkfan0001]

+Arothewinddragon I'm certain this is a mix between chameleos theme song and Heian Alien.

[@WatcherCCG]

Definitely a Monster Hunter or Dark Souls vibe, here. Could see Nue jumping between disguises while UFO familiars shoot at the player from the top of the arena, out of reach from any melee weapon, slashing with her trident when going into an attack pattern in her normal form.

[@Ittybritty196]

Chameleos's theme. The percussion specifically.

[@flightyrambler8650]

A gift of music that delights my ears! Thank you :D

[@pondrthis1]

The final boss downvoted this because Nue gave me a full power up in the last stage right before fighting her.

[@Zakal2]

2hus really out there with the Chameleos

[@roxalink4288]

This music... It sounds like Chameleos theme .

[@exd890]

Dat Chameleos Theme though

[@saturnenereza2728]

True.

[@rabeast1991]

dem legs tho

[@azumaterasu]

the best thing about this is that it samples a freelancer (the game) ost in the intro

[@dingdongpo]

Hey thanks for leaving this comment, it's very interesting to hear that sample used in another game. I know of this bit of music from Monster Hunter (tower ambience theme) but Freelancer came before, so both games must have gotten this sample from some other source. I have no clue where, but it sure is interesting to see that two wildly different games have it.

[@azumaterasu]

@@dingdongpo oh wait fr? yeah it makes sense it's probably some vst

[@czardonyx]

Sounds like a monster hunter soundtrack or two. but it's not entirely unfitting.

[@shyguyshyster1666]

Yeah it reallyy does! I can imagine this going on while fighting a giant beast of that series.

[@EOLhyene]

Yeah it reminds me the Chameleos theme.

[@reeses7839]

Czardonyx ok it uses many of the same things from the Chameleos theme. I actually think the beginning of the beat was ripped straight from it lol

[@illusion756]

Suppose you could say Sanae is a youkai hunter.

[@reeses7839]

illusion756 Remilia...? Uuh... I think you have your lore a bit twisted, friend...

[@darkbeetlebot]

Holy shit, it's the chameleos opening

[@Psydkik]

Absolutely terrifying. This is Heian Alien as horror movie.

[@pohatunuva3771]

I definitely hear the Chameolos in here, but I can't help but also hear some Bionicle influence

[@wanamingo]

Imagination Time! This music has inspired the following: Setting: southern lands. A small mine. Sun is setting behind a great ancient forest surrounding a mountain. The treetops cast longer and longer shadows along the ground, creeping up the cliffside, engulfing it until only the snowy peak is illuminated; it won't take long until the night rolls in. The mine overseer sat down on one of the overturned boulders in camp, stretching his legs after a long, hard day of work. A small group of laborers who were talking lively around the fire that Rison lit up with a snap of his fingers on a bet. Filling his pipe with tobacco, the overseer shook his head. Always showing off, Ris. The overseer lit his pipe and puffed out a cloud. It's been a surprisingly trying summer, despite new people coming in all the time. He supposed this could have been worse - most other mines were getting slave labor and condemned criminals. In this place, all of them were here because they wanted to, hoping to strike it big and never worry about money for the rest of their lives. Still, it was strange. By all counts, he saw crowds of people arrive here over the past few months, all eager to dig. His gaze wandered over familiar faces. Brothers Dot and Pot, cooks and hunters, second fall. Rat, scrawny git with an eye for ore veins, three months. Pergo, Vas, Darny, That Guy, Jon, one month, came in with a caravan and stayed. Getsin, Conros, Fool and Rison, two weeks. Lusco, Bassarak, Scandiano, Malkus-Da, one week. "Hey Rat! Is everyone accounted for?" - yelled the overseer. All in all, sixteen people. Out of how many? "Yeah boss! I think..." - he sounded confused. - "Guys, is anyone missing?" "I don't think so." "Uh... no?" "Think we're all here." "All right, carry on." - the overseer puffed out another cloud of smoke. Imagination? He rubbed his neck. The bauble that he traded from one of the mountain people was feeling hot to the touch. Probably body heat. The overseer irritably took the amulet off and stuck it in his pocket. Much better, should have done that sooner. He didn't even feel tired anymore. In an inspired moment, he yelled at those around the fire: "Hey bastards! I'm gonna go and dig up so much I won't have to see your ugly faces anymore!" "What! Hell, no, I bet I'll find more than you!" "It's on!" Within moments everyone has dropped whatever they were doing and ran into the mine, laughing. As the sun went down, the mountain peak was finally drowned in the sea of shadows. The fire died before midnight.

[@kevinli8000]

Plot twist, lizard named Chameleos ate them all :3

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

One of the Touhou fangames needs to use this ASAP....

[@toufuguy456]

0:28 keeps making me jump....

[@lutherloser5122]

Sounds like a chamelios theme

[@nokuto921]

Sounds like a remix of Chameleos theme, I like it !

[@matteste]

Sounds like something from Monster Hunter.

[@Barry864]

The song resembles alot like chameleos theme

[@pondrthis1]

Anyone else here think the intro sounds surprisingly like the intro to "Homeworld (The Ladder)" by Yes? You know, the ending theme to the old version of the recently-remade space RTS "Homeworld"?

[@vinylhabooski1861]

Somewhat an Earthbound Feeling....

[@edwardleo7321]

epic rearrangement with great details👍👍👍

[@Domined3]

That drop hit so damn hard I thought I was playin monster hunter holy shit.

[@WildRon]

0:34 WHERE IS IT?!?! I CAN'T SEE IT I'M OUT OF SONIC BOMB

[@ShadowOfOurHearts]

this sounds like it should be in shadow of the colossus it's great I love it.

[@poorpeopleinchina1297]

I fell in love too.

[@kyledilbert6424]

Arch Tempered Chameleos

[@ArcanistShion]

Amazing!!

[@meep6702]

Lo Wang vibes are real

[@TheUndergroundsonic]

makes me think of monster hunter + ori and the blind forest. i like it.

[@Meowcat2226]

This makes a good pokemon battle theme!

[@firstnamelastnamethirdname]

Monster Hunter? In my Touhou?!

[@user-iz4xs4jb4y]

モンハン×メタルギアみたいだなwww

[@Old-Akasaka]

それな

[@nitrousoxide7500]

モンスターハンターより「霞龍 オオナズチ」のテーマ「深い森の幻影」っぽくアレンジされている。それに加えエリアBGM、警戒から発見に至るまでのBGMもあるからモンスターハンター色が最濃 曲名の「平安京の幻影」からも読み取れる。

[@アドルフヒトラー-x7y]

MHFっぽくね？

[@raptorpeep2622]

i had it on max volume and wow i jumped when it became loud. its really good tho

[@marisanya]

Metal Gear

[@beltiazor8782]

WOOOW

[@hoangkakamigahara]

the moment when touhou became a souls-like game

[@MrFlox888]

Too epic.

[@Madguys101]

This has a nice Okami sound

[@frostbitecryo]

Chameleos was here

[@lampzeni]

Gonna use this, and credit will be given. (I love touhou XD)

[@alexmelik4030]

Gives me Kerrigan vibes

[@meridonmage9076]

How Strange, It's like Iv'e always Known ye.. My Dear..

[@messerschmitt855]

It looks like a song by Monster Hunter.

[@shiftingacrossrealms]

this sounds like something straight outta Tomb Raider

[@vampychu9898]

idk why this reminds me of Alien vs Predator

[@comdnoive]

this some Sekiro shit

[@vielvladimirvaldez6917]

zenith chameleos.

[@hammergon587]

Really nice remix here. Unfortunate that it is only 360p. I would love to listen this with better audio quality.

[@SkuddeOuo]

I had to rip it off a video with multiple arrangements so the quality suffered quite a bit. Maybe someone manages to get their hands on the album and uploads a HD version.

[@countrybluegrass]

hammergon587 ...360p refers to "360 pixels" being the vertical resolution of the video. Audio quality is not in any way affected by the resolution. Also this is an arrangement, not a remix.

[@hammergon587]

countrybluegrass Well thank you for correcting me on the remix thing. But the audio quality is tied to the video resolution Countrybluegrass (Nice name btw). You will notice a 144p video will sound different than what it is on 720p.

[@Neubulae]

SultanMusicVideos Unfortunately, this is both false and true(IMO), there arent many differences between 360p and 720p.

[@LucyKosaki]

I can confirm this. I checked the available audio streams for this video and youtube has a 96 kbit/s version and a 128 kbit/s version available. If you upload 720p or 1080p, while I do have seen some 152 kbit/s and 192 kbit/s streams before, often also top just at 128kbit/s. So the best audio on this video is essentially the same as on many other 720p and 1080p videos. If you want the best quality, maybe try to hunt down the CD or digital download it came from and try to get it in 320 kbit/s or some lossless format.

[@wallennn.1331]

Hermoso

[@Lpslirasipo2314]

HEY HEY HEY! AN ALIEN! (if you get what I mean)

[@XenoflareBahamut]

nice pan

[@lvfc_4786]

Really reminds me of the Distant Worlds soundtrack.

[@arigandhiwikananda9993]

Chamenuelos

[@omnitone]

0:28 earrape

[@shellspeed1545]

Another character on my hit list of characters to kill with my Z-saber. Nothing has lived after being cut in half with it.... not even gods....

[@TechShowCanine]

I wouldn't worry about a nue, they generally avoid humans, although they can prove to be dangerous making people fall ill with an incurable disease, however this is rare.

[@shellspeed1545]

A member of the Thalmor I hate to say it but you have not heard of the god of destruction. Google Megaman Omega

[@TechShowCanine]

Shell speed Ah, I see, I've actually never played a megaman game before. I'm more of a Sonic and Mario person when it comes to old side scrolling games.

[@ミリまた]

Get your Megaman out of here. Cross-Genre Roleplay is awful, and you should be ashamed for trying to do it. Besides, considering a nue can turn into wisps of black smoke, separate into the air, and then reform, a sword is probably the least dangerous thing to one.

[@junko4166]

I wonder how hard you would cringe after reading this comment almost 4 years later lol

[@georgetourloukis7194]

Reminds of dimentio's theme in paper Mario

[@MSDK_DARKDRAGON]

Just liked it but didn't had it in my Playlists... Why?

[@luxamandor6647]

Is it just me, or does Nue look a lot like 2B in this artwork?

[@apatheticshiro8238]

nioh meets touhou

[@ayashameimaru3805]

Miko disliked it

[@アドルフヒトラー-x7y]

MHF っぽいな。

[@라판도]

The sound that comes out after 30 seconds sounds the same as the BGM at the entrance of Maple Story's Van Leon Lion King's Castle. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4iyZpaHdtpmj68

[@Zellig]

Picture source please?

[@SkuddeOuo]

huaban.com/pins/150861434/

[@Zellig]

***** Thank you! ^_^

[@Zellig]

I don't like it... I LOVE IT...

[@nix3003]

What genre of music is the first 27 seconds? I really like it!

[@SkuddeOuo]

Probably falls into "ambient" if you ask me :)

[@nix3003]

Thanks!

[@dokomei1240]

sounds like Uncharted

[@konnernissen1661]

Why does this make me think of naruto?

[@eternalfinality154]

Nargacuga?

[@wulfo3375]

song name pls.....Darude sandstorm

[@TheUndergroundsonic]

+julian mariani Title: 塔頂部～遭遇～平安京の幻影 Arrange by: フィア

[@temmevannood7752]

+thedubnub Title: Sandstorm* Arrange by: Darude*

[@oliverbui4804]

NieR Automata 2B?

[@naif9464]

No. That’s Nue Houjuu, from Touhou 12 : undefined fantastic object

[@jamiehughes5573]

I like this music except I hate it literally steals a portion of chameleos theme including the hunter spotted wham!

[@SkuddeOuo]

"Steals" is the wrong word to use, as no doubt the artist used it as a reference. They are aware of their audience, and no one would publish a song with parts of famous game soundtrack and assume no one notices.

[@jeanegreene374]

"I like this music except I hate it"

[@rei-bu5tb]

どっちがパクったんやろか… スチームボーイ案件もあるしやはりモンハン側か…()

[@elyrium8745]

I hear you, Chameleos! ò3ó