Touhou 07 / 東方妖々夢 ～ Perfect Cherry Blossom OST

[@usuallydead]

Even though Zun openly admitted that he didn't get a proper/traditional training in music like some other video game composers like Uematsu/Mitsuda/Soule, the PCB soundtrack firmly cemented him in our minds as one of Gaming's Great Composers.

[@zip7781]

Uematsu is self taught too. He doesn't have formal music education

[@DevilRockso]

I know it's gonna sound "something-cist" but it may be because he is Japanese so it's also like in him the feeling he gave to this perfect music

[@bunnycat24]

@@DevilRockso that's not racist it just might make you come across as a weeb

[@amiserablelittlepileofsecr856]

i think there is a certian thing called EoSD

[@lib6194]

@@amiserablelittlepileofsecr856 I think there's a thing called IN. And DDC. And LoLK. And WBaWC

[@MasterBomer]

3:45 when cirno appears out of nowhere, say "1+1 = 9" and flies away

[@lucramichiamo]

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[@Doom_Slayer_919]

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[@DISTX-]

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[@realperson9951]

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[@punic4045]

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[@KoKoKen]

2000s was honestly the doujin era. Everything you needed to make anything was ready for you. Everything compatible with Windows 2000 and XP. Touhou is the greatest example of this. If the internet was as centralized as it is today, nobody (who speaks english) would know what the hell Touhou is.

[@Hejeheihihi]

Too Young to understand old Internet

[@SpiralPegasus]

Not really. As someone who's been gaming since the 90s and into game development as of late, there's absolutely no better nor bigger time to doujin/indie than now. Indie has been on the spotlight for around a decade now. ZUN just happened to have been making Touhou games for at least seven years up to this point - he made the first five games on much older, lower level hardware.

[@Xrelent]

Imo late-2000s to mid-2010s was doujin era for Touhou. Majority of bangers and active circles were from that era

[@Deadflower20xx]

@@SpiralPegasus A big thing that helped Touhou was word of mouth and close knit communities, which doesn't really exist anymore. In some interviews ZUN himself has said Touhou probably only got big because of the time it came out and how the internet and online communities were exploding. There were websites for everything. Now in this age where everything is run off algorithms, social media and clicks, only the big name indies which reviewers and youtubers highlight blow up, while word of mouth and communities don't exist anymore. Forums basically don't exist, and discord servers only capture a fraction of what communities back in the day used to be. Games like Hollow Knight, Undertale, Hades etc only blow up because 100m subscriber youtubers and kotaku makes content about them. 90% of indies nowadays are barely heard of or talked about and get like 2000 total steam downloads. The way popularity and the internet works in general is vastly different now, so much is based off metrics and stats than actual human beings naturally creating interest in these games and talking about them without any external factor prompting them to other than their own love for the game. The big names get bigger while the small gems become more obscure and never get the attention they deserve. The scales are extremely unbalanced, where you sink or swim with no in-between. Things just aren't the same.

[@spaghettiking7312]

So true. Touhou is the greatest embodiment of the true power of the free internet.

[@pokemonkarma]

3:01 I don't know why, but this even more than the title theme seems SO nostalgic to me. It really sets this game's OST very well.

[@Hejeheihihi]

Same, maybe because Th 7 was my first Touhou game

[@coffeedvdrw]

@@Hejeheihihi damn

[@sikkableeat5614]

It's the start of the journey.

[@mareubondad5005]

Here's the Timestamps for the mobile version if it doesn't work: 0:00 - 妖々夢　～ Snow or Cherry Petal (Mystic Dream ~ Snow or Cherry Petal) 3:00 - 無何有の郷　～ Deep Mountain (Paradise ~ Deep Mountain) 5:39 - クリスタライズシルバー (Crystallized Silver) [Letty Whiterock] 7:50 - 遠野幻想物語 (The Fantastic Legend of Tohno) 12:05 - ティアオイエツォン(withered leaf) (Diao Ye Zong(withered leaf)) [Chen] 13:53 - ブクレシュティの人形師 (The Doll Maker of Bucuresti) 17:56 - 人形裁判　～ 人の形弄びし少女 (The Girl who Played with People's Shapes) [Alice Margatroid] 23:26 - 天空の花の都 (The Capital City of Flowers in the Sky) 31:26 - 幽霊楽団　～ Phantom Ensemble (Phantom Ensemble) [Prismriver Sisters] 36:03 - 東方妖々夢　～ Ancient Temple (Mystic Oriental Dream ~ Ancient Temple) 40:52 - 広有射怪鳥事　～ Till When? (Hiroari Shoots a Strange Bird ~ Till When?) [Youmu Konpaku] 44:30 - アルティメットトゥルース (Ultimate Truth) 46:22 - 幽雅に咲かせ、墨染の桜　～ Border of Life (Bloom Nobly, Cherry Blossoms of Sumizome ~ Border of Life) [Yuyuko Saigyouji] 50:52 - ボーダーオブライフ (Border of Life) [Yuyuko Saigyouji] 52:50 - 妖々跋扈 (Charming Domination) 57:29 - 少女幻葬　～ Necro-Fantasy (A Maiden's Illusionary Funeral ~ Necro-Fantasy) [Ran Yakumo] 1:04:34 - 妖々跋扈　～ Who done it! (Charming Domination ~ Who done it!) 1:09:15 - ネクロファンタジア (Necrofantasia) [Yukari Yakumo] 1:13:47 - 春風の夢 (Dream of a Spring Breeze) 1:15:51 - さくらさくら　～ Japanize Dream... (Sakura, Sakura ~ Japanize Dream...)

[@ComradeAtSpace95-Antarean]

0:00 is actually doesn't work, it's better to be 0:01 instead.

[@feelshowdy]

At almost 2 decades old, this is still one of my favorite game soundtracks of all time. The tunes are immaculate and endlessly remix-able, there isn't a single bad song, and most of the tracks on here have become pretty much iconic. It's elegant, it's emotional, and it captures the exact vibe of the first cherry blossoms overcoming the coldness of the retreating winter to make way for springtime.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

yup, YES! (:

[@TranceCore3]

Necrofantasy and Necrofantasia are the same song, but that's not a bad thing. Necrofantasia has all those high pitched synths that pierce through your brain though.

[@LiveErrors]

but Necrofantasy has the cool climax

[@seonjuseo7270]

Actually ZUN tried to make the same song has Necrofantasy with a higher beat, but the result was Necrofantasia

[@pokemonkarma]

But holy hell are those synths super cool though

[@DevilRockso]

I kinda noticed that when I was playing, that gave me a certain feeling of danger closing up..... I was right btw

[@theultimateevil3430]

That's actually a really clever trick, you warm up the melodies in the player's brain without annoying them, only to use them in the bossfight with their full potential. Familiar sounds are always more enjoyable than completely new ones.

[@HistoMagouri]

_aaaahhhhhhh why i missss yoooouuuu a looot foreveeeeerrrrr_

[@KilharaKomeiji]

shit i know these lyrics

[@alex-gm2pf]

She stole something from you. She stole your heart!

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

Lupin III: Castle Caliostro?

[@aronnecroman]

oh why why why why why do i miss you a lot foreeeeveeeerrr????

[@ryanmcgowan2204]

@Propane Tank xx v vç FCC

[@JcDizon]

Some of these themes feels so emotional to me, this game is like the most emotional out of all the Touhou games, especially the fight against Yuyuko

[@seireiart]

5:50 THIS OST IS AWESOME

[@leavemealone545]

SeireiART it's called Crystallized silver

[@galcha51]

My favorite Touhou Soundtrack, so many iconic themes ! Gotta love 'em

[@teamfortresspewp6453]

Why did I read "so many ironic memes" from that?

[@touhouyamax2755]

This game has the best soundtrack after EoSD IMO

[@mikaelsza]

For Smartphones... 0:00 - 妖々夢　～ Snow or Cherry Petal (Mystic Dream ~ Snow or Cherry Petal) 3:00 - 無何有の郷　～ Deep Mountain (Paradise ~ Deep Mountain) 5:39 - クリスタライズシルバー (Crystallized Silver) [Letty Whiterock] 7:50 - 遠野幻想物語 (The Fantastic Legend of Tohno) 12:05 - ティアオイエツォン(withered leaf) (Diao Ye Zong(withered leaf)) [Chen] 13:53 - ブクレシュティの人形師 (The Doll Maker of Bucuresti) 17:56 - 人形裁判　～ 人の形弄びし少女 (The Girl who Played with People's Shapes) [Alice Margatroid] 23:26 - 天空の花の都 (The Capital City of Flowers in the Sky) 31:26 - 幽霊楽団　～ Phantom Ensemble (Phantom Ensemble) [Prismriver Sisters] 36:03 - 東方妖々夢　～ Ancient Temple (Mystic Oriental Dream ~ Ancient Temple) 40:52 - 広有射怪鳥事　～ Till When? (Hiroari Shoots a Strange Bird ~ Till When?) [Youmu Konpaku] 44:30 - アルティメットトゥルース (Ultimate Truth) 46:22 - 幽雅に咲かせ、墨染の桜　～ Border of Life (Bloom Nobly, Cherry Blossoms of Sumizome ~ Border of Life) [Yuyuko Saigyouji] 50:52 - ボーダーオブライフ (Border of Life) [Yuyuko Saigyouji] 52:50 - 妖々跋扈 (Charming Domination) 57:29 - 少女幻葬　～ Necro-Fantasy (A Maiden's Illusionary Funeral ~ Necro-Fantasy) [Ran Yakumo] 1:04:34 - 妖々跋扈　～ Who done it! (Charming Domination ~ Who done it!) 1:09:15 - ネクロファンタジア (Necrofantasia) [Yukari Yakumo]

[@potatopotato-lf1ns]

Thank you

[@user-uo5ig4ly9w]

概要欄にあるのにわざわざ作ってて草

[@salvere4425]

あざすぅ

[@aronnecroman]

8:44 CHEEEEEEEENNNNN Seriously, i love this bit so much that when i wake up the first thing that got in my mind was this bit. I'm not joking, the only reason i came here was to find this exact theme

[@TheKrustaceox]

Necrofantasia. Nuff said. Probably the craziest boss theme i've ever heard in a game.

[@Rumcake256]

To this day, many of the songs from 7 are some of my favorite pieces of music. Absolutely fantastic stuff Stage 1 is an amazing "start of journey" song, and the way that Stage 4 is set up so that the song loops as you finish the stage and get some calm before the boss fight is beautiful.

[@nostalplant]

i love how similar 33:08 and 48:18 sound between. edit 1: i've come to the realization that these may be possible leitmotifs

[@Khahnan]

The Fantastic Legend of Tohno

[@rawrss]

4 new PCs later, this is the first game I always bring over from a trusty ol' USB key. What a timeless classic, gameplay, addictive bullet hell and these rockin' tunes. Hope this stays uploaded for everyone to listen and enjoy!

[@Bissemandk]

This music makes me feel like a kid again, when my brother first showed me touhou (it was my introduction to japanese culture in general) and it opened the whole world for me. PCB will always have a special place in my heart for how it touches my nostalgic heart and makes me remember those simple days with my brother and me. Thank you ZUN for making this masterpiece and everything that followed.

[@ShadowZZZ]

I love that fast part, which descends away and has runs at 12:40 to 12:45 idk why but it feels so emotional, so passionate...

[@radamanthium]

The game with the best soundtrack ever, not just in the Touhou series.

[@simunator]

really? over SA?

[@radamanthium]

Yeah, this one is my weakness. And also, one of the hardest games I've ever played, along with SA, and again, not just in the Touhou series.

[@simunator]

radamanthium i agree about difficulty. PCB was such a pain in the ass to 1cc hard because of frame rate, hitbox sizes, and patterns. SA wasnt as bad as long as you bombed optimally

[@radamanthium]

You have good taste, dear sir. I especially like the music of Blazblue/Guilty Gear series, but I like the fact that Touhou's music is made by just one man, almost like a craft.

[@AwesomeAxolotlt]

radamanthium not even close to being the best for me, but that's okay - tastes are different. I can hear the appeal of it, but often it sounds like "cheap" midi soundfonts, which it actually is, if I am not mistaken and lacks depth for me. I do like some compositions though and with proper instrumentation some of these titles could sound amazing.

[@spaghettiking7312]

The nostalgia here is infinite. The beauty and resonance Touhou's songs bring to me only increase with time.

[@syauqeeee]

I can't even clear Easy, but love the OSTs!

[@Hejeheihihi]

I was like you now I cleared 1cc normals all chars in Th6, 7, 8 and 18

[@jermfanaccount]

haha, i can only clear easy...

[@Silent_Patchouli]

How long have you been playing Touhou franchise? I mean if you only started recently, it's not that bad, if you are playing for longer, well...nobody is perfect, but glad you are enjoying the series! Also it's been 10 months...can you do Easy (or maybe higher ones?) now?

[@kotostrieb]

Play as Sakuya, makes things WAY easier

[@CarlosBernardo3600]

Thank u I was searching for necrofantasia

[@pharfaduke]

Best stage theme: The Doll Maker of Bucuresti Best boss theme: Necrofantasia

[@turtlelord6697]

I have decided to reply to your comments on the other osts... of games that of played so 3 (not including eosd since well, I already replied there, enjoy notifications) Best stage theme: Deep Mountain, The Doll Make of Bucuresti is actually my least favorite (still not bad) Best boss theme: We have similar boss music opinions

[@thanhtungpham7238]

I like Necro fantasy more

[@davidlewis6728]

i really liked the capital city of flowers in the sky, but it is honestly a difficult question. necrofantasia is definitely my favorite boss theme.

[@housevsdubstep7218]

to me Best Stage Theme: Either Deep Mountain, The Fantastic Legend of Tohno, or The Doll Maker of Bucuresti Best Boss Theme: Doll Judgement

[@recallsmall4779]

好！

[@pikishouse]

one of the best, cool, awesome, nostalgic, emotional game and music between the touhou community... perfect cherry blossom is the best game ever made with best storyline and very good character, almost all of them are my favourite and has the coolest boss fightings

[@oscriadocomandosancto2898]

best touhou soundtrack

[@unigoatgames2306]

8:45 is my favorite part of the whole ost

[@amiserablelittlepileofsecr856]

19:55 WHY why why why Don't i miss you a lot forever?

[@yuk_ichi52]

Necrofantasia truly sounds like a final boss, wait holy shit is that Yukari spiriting away

[@egas4679]

46:45 literally ascends into a higher state of being this is so good

[@wintermaestra]

i love this ost so much man

[@mar15115]

One of the best soundtracks of all time

[@pigglywigglyjelly89]

This entire OST is absolutely beautiful, but I have yet to find any other song that has made me feel quite the same way that Japanize Dream does. By far my favourite from the OST, and maybe my favourite from any of the games.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Chrono Trigger OST :D

[@felipeivanmedina8738]

I don't like so much the stage 2 themes, but this is a whole musical masterpiece. My side of musician and my side of games enjoyer said the same.

[@davidlewis6728]

you don't like chen's themes? heretic! i will admit they are a bit overshadowed by most of the others, but every theme in this soundtrack is amazing.

[@abellsatime378]

3:00 love it

[@phatass4833]

yeah deep mountain is one of the best stage themes imo

[@IkaraPopsicle]

What is that fucked-up glitchy sound in the right ear in letty's theme? (It is not the hi-hats, it appears at after the chorus section has played once)

[@likeok4]

I love Letty Whiterock.

[@GloomDev]

Unbelievably good.

[@realperson9951]

whenever i lose my patience for trying to beat extra/phantasm mode, i go to the character select screen and attempt to play a rhythm game with the menu music in the background

[@simunator]

i juggle between osu and touhou whenever I'm burnt out by one

[@badbunny6008]

31:23 good ost

[@lolly5617]

Idk why but this soundtrack sounds familiar to me, probably because my family had a pc back then so they must have been playing this ^^

[@scarlet7960]

Maybe, Id be curious to hear how one of your family members got into touhou way back when

[@oscriadocomandosancto2898]

also,reeding feng shen ji listening this masterpiece

[@someonethationceknew]

My favorite is Border of Life

[@BiggieChungulus]

Major merody: 1:10:28

[@kerokero_furogu]

Overrated -.-

[@starflash7076]

@@kerokero_furogu no touhou song can be overrated, all of them are amazing man

[@ephraimium6755]

@@starflash7076 cough *Sepette for the dead princess* and *U.N Owen was her* cough

[@Megin035]

23:36

[@selami32]

An arrange version of that track. it's also awesome >kzbin.info/www/bejne/omSwlX2EYsaZhdU (東方ボーカル 幽閉サテライト - 仮想の君の都)

[@OldDistantHermit]

3:00 ...memories of feeling good about this attempt...probably reset by 3:15 though. I miss this game a lot.

[@Arebus27]

you can still play PCB

[@smugcu3073]

definitely the best soundtrack

[@BGDMusic]

i counteract this with imperishable night

[@Ostsol]

I remember trying to get a friend to play this game. After a few attempts, he finally concluded: "I think you have to be Asian to play this." XD

[@Hynet1]

Please tell me you told him about the shift button

[@Ostsol]

@@Hynet1 Pretty sure I did! :)

[@mikelgonzalez-etxabarri1102]

i got a friend into touhou and he pretty much liked it, he even beated touhou 6

[@firemayro]

im trying to make an original touhou composition so i'm going through the entire windows collection ost, except EoSD because it has a weird filter i would never be able to grasp

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

Now this soundtrack is very good. It’s like I’m being spoiled with good music. I liked nearly every track from the game. It sounds sad and grim like the PC-98 games, but great. Necrofantasia was good, but could have been done a LITTLE better. Other than that, I actually prefer this OST over EoSD’s, which I have been praising a lot! Now that’s a huge feat. So far, in my opinion, in terms of soundtracks, 7 > 6 > 5 >= (slightly) 3=4 > (not by much) 1=2 Weird flex, but I have listened to every one of these at least twice so they’re glued into my head for future analyses, LOL Time for Touhou 8’s soundtrack (, also known as “Imperishable Night”, which is a sick title. I prefer referencing the games by numbers though as it’s easier to remember, haha). Anyway, HOLY MOLY. I can’t believe we made it this far. Now EVERYTHING after this will be a completely BLIND experience for me. I literally haven’t listened to ANY track from ANY game after this, so let’s see how this journey will play out. Here. We. Go. Wait, actually, after double-checking, the next one is actually 7.5’s OST, not 8.. LOL! Anyway, Let’s. do. this.

[@SuperBuildsInMC]

How to make a touhou song! Step one: use a fuck-ton of arpeggios

[@patricklewis9787]

These games are so awesome

[@Megin035]

31:27

[@mothhh2114]

wtf didnt even realise i listened to this all the way

[@Octavio-mk5mv]

finaly i can listen to this whitout grazing bulets by pure luck

[@darrenkoh89]

51:58

[@BrownCake69]

Do i am apple? people thinks that im really bad. 16:15

[@stardustmotion]

14:45

[@PaukKsta]

MY first game, my first adventure..

[@maxengine6277]

im need to come back to the touhou

[@snackyberry]

I feel like Chen's theme is the equal to "No thoughts, head empty"

[@weegeelord1337]

til when? is soooo goood!

[@user-td5kr6hi8z]

それな！！ it is very good

[@MarisaKirisame-iv7vx]

500.000 now jackalman now!

[@selami32]

36:03 𝕊𝕆𝕌ℝℂ𝔼 𝕆𝔽 𝔸𝕃𝕃 𝕄𝕐𝕆ℕ𝕊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnOWYpx6jLRoosU

[@2007ser]

54:15 من شغال هستم و توهو را دوست دارم!

[@rjmantis]

Mine was in the midi form but it was still good

[@CrystaTiBoha]

7th Project Shrine Maiden Shooting Game of Ghastry Dream hahahaha

[@stevengruner4885]

Ok thats whats on the boxart

[@tintinquirit8732]

Touhou soundtrack are perfect for playing Nier automata

[@KnightsToFear]

Is it possible for a download link?

[@alpha210]

just go in the url bar and replace "you" of youtube.com by "hook"

[@Hejeheihihi]

Moriya shrine website has all OTS's

[@LiveErrors]

ohh hi attack sounds

[@CC-fi3pp]

I'd rather listen to zun then Mozart.

[@Top_Weeb]

how do i into touhou fandom

[@angelwater8987]

th6-th12 FAM

[@nostalplant]

start with games (th6 is highly recommended to start with), listen to some tracks, research on characters!

[@stevengruner4885]

Start with pcb and try to beat it

[@LegendKingY2j]

but i played since touhou 1 and it was pretty awesome

[@EasternStory]

@@LegendKingY2j you have a pc98 emulator? th1 has very different gameplay compared to the rest

[@vranakrik88]

My theme is the best, and İ am the best

[@meepmerp1562]

but you were beaten by mere humans. so sad, after you mocked them so much

[@ThatCannedTuna]

you just got beaten by Pad Maid :v

[@phatass4833]

Hiroari shoots a strange bird is the best theme no doubt

[@koyavoid5840]

23:32