UFO Stage 5 - Provincial Makai City Esoteria

[@JacomeFelg]

This has that PC-98 vibe, probably since this is the reintroduction of Makai.

[@aphreytheelite8287]

1:11 Nazrin appear 2:27 Shou appear

[@AdenMayo]

5:26 Next Video appear

[@saulgoodman3389]

@@AdenMayo After 5 years...

[@miscsb]

@@saulgoodman3389 ...

[@BuruKyu]

@@miscsb ...

[@TimypimS]

​@@BuruKyu !!!

[@faby6515]

DAMN!! This sounds just way TOO good just to be the stage music

[@zosyn6432]

Welcome to The Touhou Project

[@都将为大家死呢0371]

a lot o stages sound better than the bosses

[@tuckvison]

all ya'll arguing about the time signature when I'm sure ZUN probably never even notated it himself lmao

[@cdg670]

jajajajaja that's probably true if we consider how drunk he likes to be xDD

[@BrayPlaysNin10do]

I just noticed the ascending choir towards the beginning

[@metaknightmare1234]

Just like how heartfelt fancy is never quite the same with the "MEEOOOOWWWW."

[@zerukan]

This stage is the bane of my existence

[@miscsb]

better than most stage 5s imo

[@musicman273]

I noticed (old) time signature discussion, and I felt the need to point out what it actually is here. The chorus lines are in 5+6/4 time (5/4, 6/4, 5/4, 6/4, etc.), while the verses are in 6+5/4 time (6/4, 5/4, 6/4, 5/4, etc.). It might be possible to write this out with an irregular time signature (5/6 or something), but I'm not certain, and I don't want to take chances. Because there's not much software that can even cope with irregular time signatures in the first place, you may as well write it out in a regular manner.

[@leovu8500]

i thought it was 3/4 and 2/4

[@leovu8500]

@Thundercloud's Studio no, i thought it was like 3/4 2/4 3/4 3/4 and repeat

[@prismriverorchestra440]

eh when i remix it, i just make it 11/4, same goes with imperishable night stage 4

[@zelder7409]

So would that make it constantly 11/4?

[@mami.quiere.mequetrefe]

Eh? I thought it went 5/4-3/4, 5/4-3/4,

[@Ervo]

I still hear the spawn sound of the damn yin-yang orbs in the 0:44

[@clarkg.]

Bzzmmm

[@MrBones-my5wm]

_Pichuun~_

[@sofowalde]

those fucking yin yang orbs

[@Absolbr]

Another fantastic theme. It just sounds like you're on a fantasy land of some sort, and it just give me magical feels. Once the ZUNpets kick in though, pure masterpiece.

[@Gamesmarts194]

I'm going to sound all music-nerdy here... I like how ZUN can make a magnificent piece while simoultaniously switching between 3/4 and 2/4 time signatures! Amazing! Now to exit snap out of my nerdiness...

[@Choinkus]

He most iconically used 11/4 in the stage 4 theme from IN

[@dan_man3087]

That's 11\8, that was splitted in 5\8&6\8 for the main melody and in 6\8&5\4 for the chorus. Any odd signature can be splitted in different bits for different effects in the melody. If you try to count, it's actually easy to cound fast to 5 then to 6 up until 0:13. After that it's in reverse - count to 6, then to 5 until 0:43. Then it will reverse counting again. And this switching continues thoughout the song. ZUN didn't only cleverly used pretty hard 11\8 in the melody, but he also made constant switches of the accents and rythms, which is very hard to perform naturaly and properly.

[@PopcornBunni]

11/8ths isn't an entirely unusual time signature, especially for a Lament, Romantic (emotional, not sexual) Ballade, Serenade, or other such emotional piece of music. It isn't very common, but there's nothing unusual about it by any means especially in a moving theme like this.

[@jackestripador01]

since i saw nazrin i started to love mice xD

[@patricklewis9787]

Cheesed to meet you

[@madokalover]

Most underrated track in the whole series.

[@aelsye2675]

This theme always gets me super hyped for last stage. Until the curvy-lasers start streaming in. Oh god, the lasers.

[@zosyn6432]

fuck those curvy lasers, man

[@SauruKakera]

Has anyone else noticed that every Stage 5 Theme is the best Stage theme in the games? EoSD: (Some thing about a Pocket-Watch and blood... I know, I failed miserably) PCB: Mystic Oriental Temple IN: Kagome-Kagome MoF: The Primal Scene of Japan the Girl Saw SA: Lullaby of [a] Deserted Hell UFO: Provincial Makai City Esoteria Anyone see a pattern?

[@Lopuzal]

I also love stage 1 themes

[@IceWrenSolstice]

Nice rhythm. It's either a 11/8 time or it keeps switching between a 5/8 and a 6/8 time

[@Geoff69420]

+Synthmusic Solstice I don't hear 5/8 and 6/8, to me it sounds more like three 3/4 and one 2/4 parts in each 11/4 bar (with one riff being 3-3-3-2 and the other being 3-2-3-3)

[@TheDirectMessenger88]

xof49 it's 5+6 and the second part is 6+5

[@leafyxcrowy4eva]

@hjt091 Just felt like adding in my own opinion - EoSD: Either Locked Girl or Septette for the Dead Princess. PCB: Border of life (final). I just love it so much. IN: Extend Ash or Love-Coloured Master Spark. MoF: Sanae or Kanako's theme. SA: Probably Lullaby of a Deserted Hell, but Last Remote comes really close. UFO: This, Captain Murasa and Heian Alien. TD: From the ones we've seen now, the stage 1 theme is my favourite.

[@Veranek]

Just imagine if a progressive band did a cover of this song. It'd be amazing!!!

[@Ouvii]

Funny you say that, because the rhythms in this song are very similar to those in renaissance dance music!! Usually if you think "dance music" today it has very simple rhythm. It took about 300 years for us to see these awesome rhythms again xD.

[@Kourann]

1:11 zunpets

[@LimeyLassen]

zunpets best pets

[@onyxvega7369]

remember when Shou was hard boss?

[@alejomakevids]

+Marth Lowell every stage 5 boss lol

[@onyxvega7369]

true true somehow every stage 5 boss has that one thing that ruins your life

[@hajansoru]

touhou 6 : time shit touhou 7 : STOP SLICING ME touhou 8 : illusion shit touhou 10 : there's nothing wrong here touhou 11 : ok it's a cat bitch it's a bitch but not a dog, it's a cat!!! touhou 12 : CARVEY WALLLASERS AAAAAA touhou 13 : reserruction shit with a boat like where did they get the boat and how is it floatng touhou 14 : get ready to put on flip-flops and flip ur breakfast pancakes touhou 15 : LASER AFEHGJEKHGAJKWEJHKJRHGKJHERGKJE

[@SilverGinnyGin]

On 15, don't forget that FUCKING. MOON. BULLSHIT. SPELLCARD. That shit's the reason i haven't gotten past her... I can't find any damn way past that spellcard.

[@onyxvega7369]

Alkarym Kaymes Pray Praying is the only strategy

[@kienphucnguyen2001]

0:00 sounds like U.N owen was her? with drumbeats

[@kbnet_yt]

I keep on forgetting how delicious that funky time signature is in this piece.

[@zergy23]

man, this is another masterpiece from ZUN >_< i like it, no, i love it, no I ADORE IT =D

[@yoshimario40]

Oh hey yeah, you're right. There was this one piece I heard that kept switching between 5/4 and 6/4, to make it sound as if you're walking casually through an art gallery or something.

[@SatoshiSeCogeASerena]

Como olvidar cuando el geiser fue en su canoa astral a nuevos universos

[@NocheTenebri]

...I freaking love you now.

[@Linterna2401]

I thought this place wouldn't exist anymore!

[@dowsernazrin12]

Ohoho, look at that shining jeweled pagoda~

[@ethirium4389]

11/4 3/4 2/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 2/4

[@Ephitap]

F U C K

[@theqwertyman9309]

Thanks

[@PopcornBunni]

11/8; Opening/refrain is 5/8 then 6/8 verses are 6/8 then 5/8;

[@brandonsantisteban9626]

A L Hernandez adivinare "top canciones más raras de Touhou" :v

[@LuckySmash9]

Looking at the comments again, it's pretty interesting to see how different everyone's tastes are. All of the Stage 5 themes are fantastic in one way or another, but its fun to see how varied people are in their tastes. I've seen people prefer this the most, or SA's, or EoSD's, or PCB's. I'm one of the few who favors Kagome-Kagome the most, even. One of the reasons you have to love Touhou, everythings so varied, yet so good.

[@Awesomeguy1352]

I'm not a hater. I've been a touhou lover since 2006 thank you very much :)

[@BishamontenTiger]

*sighs* ...Lost my pagoda again. Oh Nazrin~! *defeated frown*

[@Strowels]

SHOU!!!!!

[@verysoftwares]

this is a weird but oddly lovable stage 5 theme.

[@dowsernazrin12]

Looks like Shou and the others succeeded in breaking that seal. Long time no see!

[@PWAAproduction]

I LOVE YOU SHOU! .... omg i said it.

[@Absolbr]

lowkey same

[@Hitokirifelix]

11/4, but yeah. 5s and 6s.

[@hjt091]

@SauruKakera I agree with some of these... EoSD: The Maid and the Pocketwatch of Blood is the name (and it's the best) PCB: The Dollmaker of Bucuresti (Stage 3) or Charming Domination-Who Done It? (Phantasm) IN: Song of the Night Sparrow (Stage 2) or Voyage 1969 (Stage 6) MoF: Cemetery of Onibashira~Grave of Being (Stage 6) SA: Lullaby of a Deserted Hell is awesome, but so are Heartfelt Fancy (Four) and Last Remote (Extra) UFO: oh yeah, this is epic

[@Skittlezfiend1990]

One of the bestest songs in the game!

[@yevonator88]

Damn it ZUN, why did you have to show off your perfect timing skills again!

[@leafyxcrowy4eva]

I find myself conducting with my tablet pen to this...

[@Patrick11nf]

I guess this symbolizes the return of a lost land?

[@nicolodelucia8743]

i think this is a new Makai

[@nutritiousq]

If you pay attention, this song is basically in 11/4 time. It's like 5+6/4 for the chorus and 6+5/4 for the middle part.

[@bilagetknudsen]

Zoltan Akkanen And Bilaget Knudsen is that you Hands Girls is the summer time Down😊

[@azureforceM]

Hey! The mouse is back! Uh oh, she got a bit of an upgrade.

[@TuucciZ]

0:43 sounds... Empty. I'm too used to the "WWOOONG" of the spawning enemies.

[@Kanbisushi]

Nightmares.

[@abraveastronaut]

And then Nazrin declared that I was not allowed to progress any further in the game.

[@shymin12356]

@RafaGeass Mima is in the Hakurei Shrine She doesn't want to come out... Since its Makai its Shinki they all got excited for I'm sill happy though ZUN Left us this

[@kiwi__1011]

That key change tho

[@legefy]

Smiling laser beams are not as happy as they look.

[@MegaG58tehfirst]

@SauruKakera I think the best characters were introduced in those stages too. Sakuya, Youmu, Udonge, Sanae, Orin and now these two.

[@VVatDeHeck]

My Jam.

[@SauruKakera]

@MegaG58tehfirst Yeah, I noticed that to! ZUN Must love Stage 5.

[@Kopoane]

This track just screams "YATTA! YATTA!"

[@JamminDjango]

Unless your ears are on your nose, which is probably how waffle looks

[@Danomnomnom]

@theHCHL It's almost a general rule. The 5th stage song is always awesome, and it's also usually as hard/harder than the 6th stage. =3

[@TatharNuar]

That's a good question. What makes 11/4 time different from 11/8 time? For that matter, why aren't we using additive time signatures here, considering we already know the measures are divided differently for the two main parts of the piece?

[@hjt091]

Tathar 11/4 is eleven quarter notes in a bar, 11/8 is eleven eighth notes.

[@TatharNuar]

hjt091 I meant in terms of how they're played differently.

[@kikones34]

+Tathar Well, there's no difference in playing, you could make the song 4/4 and it would play exactly in the same way, just the measures would be fucked up, specially if represented in musical notation.

[@bilagetknudsen]

Finished!!

[@bilagetknudsen]

Naysayers Natan’s (San unmissable meaningfully) $ Teachable Funny

[@bilagetknudsen]

Technically you can’t get the Go’ll Sea now ‘ s

[@bilagetknudsen]

Zuallererst möchte gerne wissen ob dAufnahme läuft alles in cGunmin

[@bilagetknudsen]

Aerial view!

[@bilagetknudsen]

Tryouts will Techlate Know bout.

[@Zeldara109]

Is there any way to tell the difference between /4 and /8? I didn't think there was, without something like sheet music (which doesn't officially exist for Touhou music as far as I know).

[@viizionz624]

For /4, each quarter note is one beat, whilst /8, each eighth note is one beat. This song is 11/4, split into 5+6/4 and 6+5/4. But it’s really hard (if you were only to listen) to recognize whether it’s in 11/4 or 22/8. The drums might give a sign tho.

[@shadooooo2532]

@@viizionz624 Isn’t 8 time also grouped into three semiquavers, while 4 time has groups of 2 or 4? You might be able to figure it out by listening to the accents

[@InfiniteDrillWorks]

this feels like a stage 6 theme

[@hjt091]

@leafyxcrowy4eva I was talking about stage themes, not boss themes, otherwise I would have added Luna Dial, Doll Judgment, Deaf to all but the Song, Lunatic Princess, Suwa Foughten Field, Native Faith, Third Eye, Nuclear Fusion, the Tiger Patterned Vaisravana, and Missing Power to the list

[@nimbuscapitalsolution]

@Bazzralic Seriously, This post deserved more likes!

[@jackestripador01]

@Mewkyuu idk. i think UFO harder because always when i die is because i was trying to get a certain collor of UFOs xD, it always kill me...

[@Zeldara109]

It seems more like 11/8 (divided sometimes into 3-3-3-2 and other times 3-2-3-3) to me-- try counting alternately from 1 to 6 and 5 while you listen.

[@gyppygirl2021]

UFO's soundtrack is hardly bland at all - it's stylistically different from most of the series, which I believe is what people perceive as bland. It can sometimes be hard to accept change, and that is a fault. This song seems a bit laid-back to me. Kind of... classy, almost. Am I alone?

[@hijiribyakuren6482]

0.0 Nazrin??? It's been AGES :3

[@VitaumM22]

NAZRIIIIIIIIIN

[@Tyuzinhuh]

Makai... WHERE'S MY MIMA-SAMA?

[@Hijijiriri]

Sanae "Oh look, it's the human eating mouse" Nazrin "I hope you're the hungry one this time" Sanae "Whatlolwhy?" Nazrin "GET READY TO EAT MAH LASERS SHOOP DA WOOP" Sanae "FFFFFF--"

[@winthelottery4685]

that comment is like history itself, like some prehistoric insect preserved inside a crystal.

[@NezumiUke]

Wow Cinderella Cage is probably one of the prettiest Touhou bgms out there what are you smoking

[@romantisanon4647]

Good song, but it really puts me on edge when I hear it...not sure why.

[@cdg670]

Curvy lasers PTSD?

[@matissavard5032]

Very nice music. I wonder what it feel like to play at this stage (if i could found where to buy the game).

[@MrMakoto2]

its on steam :P

[@matissavard5032]

@@MrMakoto2 😳 really?!? I have to look

[@MrMakoto2]

@@matissavard5032 here friend store.steampowered.com/app/1100160/Touhou_Seirensen__Undefined_Fantastic_Object/

[@uvyist]

@@matissavard5032 How was it?

[@bilagetknudsen]

Dein’t healp municipality two new leaders

[@kaedeennead4140]

This song kinda reminds me of the Sun God's boat in Egyptian Mythology.

[@Amperschwa]

This song This song is in 11/8 D:

[@gsrules34]

@VeryNiceBoii in te beginning..

[@Arvalorn]

@azureforceM she got a LIGHT bow to the pagoda of Vaisravana* ! *sounds like kind of vodka xD

[@angelbrained]

what the fuck is that rock organ though

[@SauruKakera]

@gyppygirl2021 My personal Favorite is "The Primal Scene of Japan the Girl Saw"

[@LuckySmash9]

I wouldn't call it the best Stage 5 song in the series, especially considering Stage 5 usually has some of the best stage themes out there. This is still pretty impressive though, and anyone who says the whole UFO soundtrack is bland has to have a better listen

[@gyppygirl2021]

@SauruKakera I'd probably pick "Lullaby of Deserted Hell" myself :P

[@IshisulovesL]

@SauruKakera Don't agree with the pattern. :P EoSD: 3rd stage theme is the best one imo PCB: debatable, I like 6th stage as much as 5th. IN: Extra stage theme without a doubt. MoF: 3rd stage theme. SA: also debatable, I love 6th stage theme and extra stage theme as much as 5th one. UFO: 6th stage theme here for me. And possibly 4th. I'd say that 5th, 6th and extra stages have the best music, not only 5th ones to be fair.

[@TheTeff007]

@glaive21842 You mean Lullaby of Deserted Hell right? and it´s sounds kinda similar...

[@hjt091]

@LuckySmash9 it's near the top in my opinion only Rin and Sakuya's stage themes beat this one in terms of awesome

[@flashtirade]

Enlighten me as to how one smells a sound :U

[@aidanfilson5190]

The beginning reminds me a little of end of the world (stage 6 touhou 5)

[@bilagetknudsen]

2:24 Underfined is the summer

[@bilagetknudsen]

I’m coming home returning 🎉 Now Night

[@bilagetknudsen]

Beginning of god! Sounds really (A) Season 3

[@bilagetknudsen]

ATU in Dlooded 6

[@jackestripador01]

@Kirby1ver lol, agree xD. anyways, i saw many ppls saying that touhou 13 sucks.... i didnt agree with that ¬¬"

[@Patrick11nf]

How can you not like kagome-kagome?

[@Lordgalex]

@Feno900 Wait, even better than EoSD's one? That's blasphemy.

[@SoldadoCatolico]

NYN&ICG

[@SauruKakera]

@IshisulovesL That's true. I was wrong. XP

[@hijiribyakuren6482]

It has been awhile, but im back :D

[@gyppygirl2021]

I didn't really like the stage 5 themes in EoSD-IN (Ancient Temple was decent, but I preferred Till When), but MoF-UFO make it so hard to decide which is my favorite...

[@Mewkyuu]

@jackestripador01 TD is harder than UFO. Yet people say TD is the easiest??

[@arceu32]

LOL...., I really Laughed at this, But still, She seems Kind Like Kogasa :U

[@Kanbisushi]

I cant smell sounds.

[@IshisulovesL]

@SauruKakera It's okay, I'm just weird with my music taste. xD Though idk if you admit that I think Shou's stage theme is better than her own. ._.

[@JamminDjango]

@SoulOfRandomness i didn't mean it that way :P