Music, Touhou 3 posted:

Title Screen theme
A Dream Transcending Space-time

This is the title music. Suddenly it
doesn't seem too Touhou-like, right?
Even if I do say so myself, for someone
who's made music with such an unsuitable
atmosphere I don't look too worried,
I've been thinking lately.
But lately, maybe it's because
I've become accustomed to such an
atmosphere, or maybe I actually am
in this kind of atmosphere. I feel my
game has to be like this or it's no good.
In any case, right from the beginning
I'm already talking about music like this.
Oh no!

Character selection
Selection

What should I talk about for this song? *g*

It's a pretty heavy song, isn't it?
Why is the character select song for a
game with such a silly story like this?

Oh well, it's pretty short ...
(The song, the development time, and the comments.)

Reimu Hakurei's theme
Mystic Oriental Love Consultation

The game's main character also happens to be
a shrine maiden, but ...
Is this really a shrine maiden's song?
Well, uh. That's. You see.
But, I do like it. And it does have a rather
oriental feel to it, and the melody is pretty
nice. Right? (Begging)

Mima's theme
Reincarnation

For those who don't know Mima, she was the
last boss from the last game, Story of Eastern
Wonderland.
This time, she's not a boss or anything, just a
normal character, so I tried not to make her theme
song too bad-ass ...
You know, I just don't get her personality at all.
(Even though she's my own character *sweatdrop*)
Well, what about the song. The melody for the main
chorus part is very simple, but feels really nice ...
Doesn't it? (Maybe because it's simple?)

Marisa Kirisame's theme
Dim. Dream
Dimensional Dream

I feel like this character's personality has
changed since the last game ...
In the last game, you know, she seemed more childish,
didn't she? (And her hair was a different color *g*)
The song seems pretty cool somehow ...
Well, maybe "cool" isn't quite the right word for
it. Let's see, how to say, how to say. Ummm (^^;
Oh well, I really do like a lot of the songs in
this game.
What do you all think? Well, let's overlook how it
doesn't match the character for now (^^;

Ellen's theme
Tabula rasa ~ The Empty Girl

Yeees. The composer is not too good at cute songs.
This song doesn't seem very cute, does it?
(If anyone knows the comic Ellen came from ... sorry,
it doesn't match her very well, does it?)
Well, anyway, this song is actually a song I wrote a
loooooong time ago to practice MIDI; I rewrote it
all in FM.
It was one of my favorite original songs, but it was
completely Oriental-style, and ... (I think this song
is, too ...) I don't know how it ended up being a foreign
girl's theme.

Kotohime's theme
Maniacal Princess

She's a strange character. It's a strange song. Yes.
What to say, what to say .... yeah.
Well, I guess the high-speed xylophone-like sound is
the main attraction for this song.
Anyway, the melody's pretty weird. Do you all think
so too? I knew it.

Kana Anaberal's theme
Vanishing Dream ~ Lost Dream

She isn't human, either ...
When I'm making up characters, I'll write down a
bunch on paper, and just choose some. This character
has a pretty loli feel about her, but ...
The song is unusually cool.
I said this before, but I'm not that good at making
cute songs. This song turned out the same way ...
A cuter song would have been nice for this character ...

Aahhhh, all the songs feel kind of half-assed~
(It's cool, but it's got kind of girly instrumentation
in it ... ) Oh, well, it's okay.
I guess I like this kind of song, after all.

Rikako Asakura's theme
Visionary Game ~ Dream War

I like this song quite a bit, I really do,
but it doesn't really fit the character at all,
does it (^^;
Oh well. This song's loop is pretty long, but
it's pretty repetitive.
Let's see, but, aside from the bosses, isn't it
the coolest of the seven characters' themes?
(Especially the main part, and even the intro)

Round 7 CPU Battle theme
Decisive Magic Battle! ~ Fight it out!

This song doesn't play in VS mode. Who the 7th
is depends on which character you picked, but this
song plays no matter who that was.
So, if it's someone like Ellen, then this song
will be totally out of place (^^;
I was going for a boss feel, not a last boss feel,
but ...
The main melody is almost the same as Reimu's theme.
The main part is pretty cool ... ... right?
Well ... maybe it's kind of odd?

Chiyuri Kitashirakawa's theme
Sailor of Time

This is the theme for the mid-boss who I don't
know why she's there (^^;
I was also going for a boss theme, not a last
boss theme, but. Ummm.
This is the only song in the game that's sycned up
with the STAGE 8 START display. Did you notice?
Well, anyway, that's a real sailor uniform.
Er, ahh~

Yumemi Okazaki's theme
Strawberry Crisis!!

Well, I guess this is the last boss theme.
I had a hard time with this one. Well, it
turned out, so I guess it went well in the end.
Since all the other characters' songs were pretty
cool, I worked hard at this one. I ended up using
a guitar-like sound, which I don't do often.
And, the main part(?)'s melody was supposed to be
really high-class, but. Maybe it's not?

Midboss Demo theme
Disunified Field Theory of Magic

The demo is a little too long, isn't it?
Honestly, since this song is so short, it has to
loop a few times.
Well, it seems like all the songs in this game
are strangely cool ...
By the way, if you press ESC during the demo,
you can speed through it. If you press it twice,
you can skip through it. Since it's a pretty pointless scene.

Yumemi Demo theme
Love of Magical Chimes

This is pretty short. Still, I tried to
give it that certain feeling.
Well, that's about it.

Common Ending theme
Dream of Eternity

It's very ending-ish, but does it really
match the ending scenes?
Well, it's short.

Daytime Ending theme
Eastern Blue Sky

The song that plays during daytime endings.
It definitely makes me think of shrines. Actually,
this is the most shrine-maiden-ish song here, isn't it?
See, doesn't this kind of song always play for
shrines and shrine maidens in eroge? *g*

Nighttime Ending theme
Eternal Full Moon

The song that plays during night-time endings.
All the endings have a particular oriental feel
to them. Hooray!

Staff Roll
Maple Dream...

Somehow it doesn't seem to fit the game at
all either ... oh well.
Still, I think this song works well as a staff
roll song.
It's cool, isn't it? Even if I'm the only
member of the staff *g*

Maybe I put in too many weird parts~

Name Registration
Ghostly Person's Holiday

Victorious Demo theme
Victory Demonstration

Game Over
Game Over

Unused
Winds of Time

I used this as I was building the game system
before I made any characters.
There weren't any characters that really fit
this song, so I tossed it.

Unused
Starbow Dream

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!)

Unused
Phantasmagoria

For some reason, this song that actually has a
pyramid feel to it got tossed.
I wonder what kind of character would go with this
song?