PoDD Unused Track: Starbow Dream

[@bluppo6]

For a moment I thought Reimu was giving us the finger, then I noticed she was just holding an amulet.

[@Mettalus]

Reimu: Go away...I'm trying to sleep-danmaku... *reveals the middle finger holding amulet technique*

[@remikakuzatou]

Viola Nightray Lmao

[@ThornHailsnap]

I looked up the meaning of Starbow and found out that it "represents ambition, independence, strength, reliability, determination and professionalism". Dream meanwhile can mean vision, fantasy, muse, and contemplate. I don't know the Touhou universe very well, but when laid out like that, the only person that comes to mind is Hakurei Reimu.

[@BlazeMaster]

Believe me you have no idea

[@ethirium4389]

The kanji 夢 (mu) in Reimu's name literally means dream

[@alasonic1281]

Everyone hears something different in terms of similarities, 10 years later i'm here thinking: "yeah this is cute devil ~ innocence"

[@caseydewitt6236]

Me too!

[@jangeunwoo2204]

me too

[@Kromiball]

Personally, I think it sounds more like "Lotus Love" than "Cute Devil ~ Innocence".

[@notatypicaluser]

1:06 yea, and more like sleeping terror

[@TheThesnake689]

I hear a bit of Whereabouts of the heart in this

[@Bravidunno]

Cloud Strife 0:00

[@MimasWife]

*Whereabouts of me son*

[@wong.mattie.4440]

1:05 I also hear Cute Devil Innocence in this

[@mjdxp5688]

i hear the flintstones theme

[@cipeentity463]

that's theme trash tho

[@MLG288]

1:05 cute devil references...

[@kijushiro]

1:20 sleeping terror o,o

[@shunsiya1350]

imo, it sounds like it would've been for Mima. Just listening to this part 1:05 sounds like a part of reincarnation. it does have some sort of "charm" to it though through that intro as if something grand is being introduced

[@Fey_Yoshida]

Or Yuuka due too the sounds of what seems to be her second theme.

[@quirkyturtle2625]

Still sounds a lot like Inanimate Dream.

[@rubyfish]

Sounds like gengetsu

[@MsZsc]

Grand, You say?

[@Pokemonlegend247]

@@schuylersmith8168 Well this would been used a baseline direction for Inanimate Dream or even be even used instead.

[@ArceusShaymin]

Hmm... a mentioning of starbows. It seems that ZUN has at least a small fondness of space.

[@nanairokirakira2848]

who doesnt?

[@threemays]

I can see Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart coming from this...

[@LucidGenociderDespairByDay]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN *THIS* WAS UNUSED?

[@remikakuzatou]

Heian eln it's not used as a bgm in any level but used in credits roll

[@hanamakura]

Oh my god! I love how much you can hear Cute Devil ~ Innocence at 1:05. It's amazing to see that the melody spawned here, and that ZUN liked it so much that he incorporated it into LLS.

[@lisarinnamm]

1:05 I heard a bit of Gengetsu's theme

[@niajohnson5741]

1:31 I'm definitely digging it.

[@ShadyChibinko]

Reminds me of the old Ninja Turtle games by Konami on the NES. The chorus especially.

[@alienspacebat5218]

The very beginning makes me think of the title theme to Robo Warrior.

[@lubieplackixd9223]

@@alienspacebat5218 I'm pretty sure these are exactly the same notes

[@TheLugiaSong]

Why is sleeping terror in there though? I wonder what this would have been used for.

[@haniyasukookina]

ZUN Scrapped it in Touhou 3,but reused at Touhou 4

[@marisakirisame867]

ZUN literally glues up every songs' part from other songs into this and changes the instrument.

[@alexanderlowery1471]

Sounds like its a theme for an unfair fight. I’d imagine that could be used as chang’es stage theme. Her power could be that she gets stronger the more individuals she fights. Or something along that line. Royalty does have its perks. And her now deceased husband threw a sun onto kaguyas son. Course it can’t be permanent.

[@shakzass]

Oh, this is Rayowa's theme, the Storm of Unchanging Miseria ~ Starbow Dream. I liked this song when I was a child. Well... now it's a little bit repetitive, still amazing.

[@shakzass]

***** I think there is :S

[@TheLugiaSong]

+Lid CrystalFax Rayowa? Unchanging Miseria ~ Starbow Dream? But none of that exists... Well, Starbow Dream does, this. But Rayowa?!

[@halgee8229]

@@TheLugiaSong I forget her dialog, but she had blonde hair and a shiny bow (the archery kind, not a ribbon). One of her attacks I remember liking was where she shoots three arrows that stick at random points on the screen border, a triangle forms between them, she shoots loads of bullets into it and they bounce around for a few seconds before the triangle disappears and they fly everywhere. She was described as "making a hobby of unfortunate spaces", whatever that means.

[@TheLugiaSong]

@@halgee8229 I feel like I've fallen into an alternate dimension, I have not the faintest idea of who that is still.

[@mrrp405]

Multiversal collapse theory part two. You're from the dimension where they called what we call the Berenstain Bears, the "Berenstein Bears" aren't you.

[@pdaangsakti21]

so there's plenty of unused tracks.. i wouldn't know if nobody upload these. thanks, now i know more about touhou and ZUN

[@dustmitesp8766]

well, there's some of them in music room in mystic square, but again, _some_ of them

[@IERServer]

How much I wish it was able to at least mute the background music and not the whole sound of the game so I can have this playing during a fight without fully depending on my eyes to dodge the bullets ;-;

[@NY-Buddy]

how is this unused!!? it's too good

[@yumemisstrawberryjam6759]

ZUN's comment about the track: "A very spacey(?) song. I don't make many songs like this one. It's the only one that really seems like it's a STG song, but (because of that?) I tossed it. (Because there aren't any characters that fit this song!)"

[@ruukotopresents]

I hear Grand Dad ._.

[@rinnosukemorichika1196]

lol wut

[@MelodiiMilmshake]

now I can't unhear it

[@barrysteakfriessimp_real]

holy shit, with such big clothing like that you could use it as a blanket.

[@reimu98hikase28]

Why is this music unused in the game, it's really cool

[@pandakekok7319]

ZUN said the song sounded too much like a STG (shooter game), which was probably the reason why he scrapped it. STGs of the time were those futuristic space shooters, and Touhou is supposed to be a parody of the genre, not yet another STG. :P

[@theinvisibleskulk4563]

I'm thinking this would fit great if Touhou had a caravan stage.

[@Mylotusve]

Maybe this was too epic so Zun made it unused so he could save it for another theme called “Cute Devil ~ Innocence”

[@emathyst9]

Looks like I'm the only one who thought this was an unused staff roll theme because it has dream in it and some of the Touhou staff roll themes do

[@reimu98hikase3_touwinxrider]

It makes me feel like I'm flying into space, I like it and it's a pity it's not used

[@spaghettiking7312]

I can hear that Len'en may have got some inspiration from this.

[@battlnerd2128]

hmmmm yes staff roll theme

[@munyan-asahinomahoko4587]

Starbow Break!

[@fuzzbearplush4453]

This theme would work very well with Kotohime

[@buzzybola]

Should ROMhack Yuuka into PoDD and give her this theme, lol

[@GabrielLopes-yu3dt]

I feel Cute Devil vibes in this theme. Yay

[@FlandresOldWorld]

There's a link on my channel to all the pictures.

[@Mix_1247]

I hear MAPLE DREAM

[@RosettaForgetta]

Hmmmmmmmmmm...This could fit Marisa.O3O

[@TheDemonx2000]

robo warrior?

[@washingdeezsheesh231]

Me: xsoo.. ZUN throw this..? and anyone can used it..?" ZUN: "NO..!!'' Me: (lol..)...XD

[@keithonB]

Perhaps this theme could belong to Kongara or Meira

[@jjwebb232]

Beloved Tomboyish Daughter***

[@starsnicomoon7623]

What, why doesn't ZUN use it, it's really cool but I don't know what character it's suitable for

[@pandakekok7319]

Well that's the thing, this theme won't fit any Touhou character lol. Touhou is supposed to be a parody of shooter games (which were typically those in a futuristic setting in space), just like how the Earthbound/Mother series is a parody of RPGs (which were typically those in a medieval setting). This song sounded too space-y, which was probably why he scrapped it. :P

[@giuseppepepe4404]

this was probably for rikako

[@rebeccascarlet4305]

who is rikako

[@fthinoporofylla]

@@rebeccascarlet4305 Rikako Asakura

[@hisaroki5934]

I wonder if this song's melody is good but it's not used

[@jjwebb232]

It's fine xD

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Good lol

[@rebeccascarlet4305]

Why is her chin that pointy?