[Touhou Style Album] 東方散時獄 ~ Paradoxical Esoterica (Mike)

Paradoxical Esoterica is an album based in the style of a touhou fangame. The music was heavily inspired by Touhou, Castlevania, Metroid, and other of my favorite soundtracks in games.
Here, spirits have started appearing in the world of the living. As if it wasn't enough, fluctuations in space time are also causing various distortions. Our protagonist, Reimu, Marisa and Takako investigate.
I am not really great at editing videos but I do sure you all enjoy this!
Booklet: drive.google.com/file/d/1MGgzvjrdAxxpqcPrqiEv2WQpNN00XYku/view?usp=sharing
Bandcamp for the album: popcat.bandcam...
Credits:
Story: PopCat, ‪@brokenmoon3300‬ / oborochi1
Music: PopCat (Mike)
Character Art: ‪@King_of_Fools‬
Cover Art: ‪@AzuRemilia‬
Trailer Video: ‪@benji_tunez‬
Melody idea in stage 3 boss: ‪@Unreliably‬

[@plazzap6499]

Timestamps: Title Theme (Reminiscent Memories of Souls) 0:07 Stage 1 Theme (Recollections of Miscellaneous Articles) 2:26 Stage 1 Boss (Minuet of Wisdom) 4:18 Stage 2 Theme (Garden of Evermore Desires) 6:35 Stage 2 Boss (Lonesome Maiden of Flowers) 9:01 Stage 3 Theme (Overture of a Neverending Nightmare) 10:52 Stage 3 Boss (Justice For the One and Only) 13:43 Stage 4 Theme (Frozen Lamentation ~ Sub Zero Furnace) 16:24 Stage 4 Boss (Unwound Ticking Clockworks) 20:01 Stage 5 Theme (Purity Bought From Scorching Deals) 22:50 Stage 5 Boss (Scorned Fate ~ Irresistible Existence) 25:55 Stage 6 Theme (Unyealding Bell) 29:32 Stage 6 Boss (Última Presto) 32:53 Stage EX Theme (Rain that Cries Out for Someone) 37:40 Stage EX Boss (Esoteric World ~ Sinful Entreaty) 41:36 Ending Theme (An Inevitable Paradox) 44:57 Staff Roll Theme (Boundaries of Parallel Possibilities) 47:23

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

ok

[@hoyitsmiguel]

I love the connection between the final boss being able to control space, with the ex boss being able to control time, the classic time-space duo (like Palkia and Dialga)

[@Frchan1_25]

32:53 ちゃんとオリジナル曲なのに、どこかピュアヒューリーズっぽさもある6ボスの曲が凄いスルメ曲で好き！ 33:59 35:24 鳥肌過ぎて二次でこんなハマったの久々

[@azureempyrean64]

Wow the character designs are badass fr

[@fantouhoumusic-2188]

I didn't expect for this! Congrats! :D Hopefully I could do something like this in the future~ Keep it up!

[@popcioslav]

"Esoteric World ~ Sinful Entreaty" is a really beautiful composition, mixing in both EoSD-like style with post LoLK fonts, giving it a sense of time and space travel within the song. Really hope this and your other works will get more views.

[@Delulu0610]

This is really great, very very nice job Mike! Heres a little theory i came up with while listening. (?) i feel like the vocals in Rain that Cry out for Someone reference the fact the rain isnt just crying, it's crying for someone. it could emphasize the fact that it's yearning for attention

[@crimsonfenrir2334]

Great album! Yakari Kaneko got one of the best boss battle theme ever!

[@crimsonfenrir2334]

My god, I really love Kaneko's theme and I think I'm addicted! I would love to have an extended version of her theme, or I could try to make the extended version if it's okay for me to do it?

[@plazzap6499]

really impressive album! stage 1 boss and stage 6 theme are among my favorites

[@plazzap6499]

coming back to this album and i have to say the stage 4 theme is also really lovely

[@JungéShikisanki]

I love the fast piano in Yakari’s theme

[@jostarmoonsweety]

Ahhh nose como me pude perder gran obra maestra! Gracias a KZbin que me la recomendó es muy buena!

[@MaverickTsuki]

Ok, I'll be honest, this is actually pretty cool! Good job!

[@evrimklc7433]

wow this is pretty cool

[@dofuspowa10]

ULTIMA PRESTO THOUGH!!! 🔥🔥Great work the whole way! I find it kinda crazy how we have so many talented musicians in the Touhou fandom ^^

[@tannenboom]

I didn't make it to the premiere but I just finished listening, really great work! Loved stage 4 and extra boss especially!

[@sweetiepie7290]

I swear I reconize the stage 1 boss theme from somewhere, but idk what. anyways nice ost guys and great album!

[@WscieklyKoziol]

13:01 groovin hard

[@Orangeblugt]

very nice! a solo album ! i love it :D pop cat will be POG CAT!

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

I freaking love Yakari's theme XD

[@_overdesire_854]

三面ボスの曲良いな...

[@youdonotcare]

I'll finish this comment later because I don't have the energy to get through a full album rn The title theme is pretty cool and has a nice variation on the toes (I swear there's also the one something from danganronpa 1's title theme)

[@abarette_]

the "something from danganronpa" is actually used quite a bit in DDC. Most notably in "Exaggerated Castle Keep"

[@youdonotcare]

@@abarette_I knew that but it took listening to this album to notice it was basically the exact same as in thh's opening. It's usually not as similar either idk

[@Tulipia5]

Yooooo! La Patasola is in this! Anyways, the designs are simple but pretty, I like it. But who's Takako?

[@rsg5314]

What is doing la patasola here 😂, who knows la llorona DESERVE to appear in an official game, is there is a well known legend, is allá llorona

[@MysteriousRainbowMarkets]

I wonder if they will showcase the drawings like how they did with Heart of Sacred Singularity

[@maovo1750]

Maybe

[@Se--Se]

I can't explain it, but this album feels like the backrooms of touhou

[@momsaccount4033]

Danganronpa is that you at the beginning????

[@oroy137]

khelecterS dazigN😱😱😱😭😭😭😭😍😍😍🤑🤑🤑

[@locusmomus]

The menu theme made me think I was hearing a Touhou x Danganronpa song XD

[@StinkBugWizard]

I still wonder who Takako is

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

ok

[@usamatsu2275]

たかこってあの嘘偽話のキャラのことかな？