History AwesomeMusic / TouhouPC98Era

** There's also a absolutely awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBtTL_IsZ5k orchestral version,]] courtesy of Cloudjumper. Pure beauty.

This page covers the music from ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'', ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'', ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream'', ''Lotus Land Story'', and ''Mystic Square''. The PC-98 games used [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_modulation_synthesis FM synthesis]] for music, the same kind of synthesis used by the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and thousands of arcade games.

** "Where do you go when you die in Hell? I guess when I get to you, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyK2QFbjkfc Time Will Tell]]". (T. Stebbins AKA Odyssey.)

* Reimu's classic theme "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SytVxfhN2bU Mystic Oriental Love Consultation]]" from ''Phantasmagoria of Dim Dream''. Both fighting games [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbk1j_IptSY have it]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBmH70LVk4 remixed]] and they still come out awesome. The ''Hisoutensoku'' version rocks out by only playing when the one-shot kill [[FistOfTheNorthStar Musou Tensei]] comes out in the last round. As they say, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE6yNmTQT7I you are already dead.]]

** Even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owFulRTR1Sc Cristina Vee]] has sung it!
*** And then takes it UpToEleven with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xz4NV0zsbY badass metal version]].

** PC98 arranges are quite rare as it is, but utter masterpieces like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orQqnfi0EKg Tutti Sound's rendition]] are even rarer.

** The remixers at NicoNicoDouga did a ''lot'' of "Bad Apple!!" remixes. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3i40X04Cg This]] one is done in ''a capella''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex64t8YWhTo As for this one]], if you didn't know it was a nico production, you might mistake it for an ''official'' ZUN arrange!

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTDwvMTmXo4 This]] one is a ''beautiful'' arrange done by some genius from NicoNicoDouga.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkL8UKsMFWY Magical Shop of Raspberry]]", an unused Extra Stage tune from ''Lotus Land Story'', gets a rockin' makeover from {{IOSYS}} for "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdVZ_xCAm7A Futatsu no Tsubasa]]". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePGH352-R3w Another group, known as kimino-museum, has also acknowledged]] this [[DummiedOut lost track's]] greatness.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd4svwo6dYg A bunch of players in the]] {{MMORPG}} Mabinogi have done a rendition of the {{IOSYS}} arrange.

** Silver Forest's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esyApHVqQc Holy My Reincarnation]]" turns "Reincarnation" into something Creator/NanaMizuki might bust out for ''LyricalNanoha''.

** [=FactoryNoise=]'s and AG's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKXTTRVzVjc remix of it]] is supremely well done, while being quite faithful to the song.

** The one by [=a-TTTempo=] proves to be able to hold its own as well.

* The midboss demo theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7A88jN0mQ Hitouitsu Mahou Sekai Ron]], Disunified Field Theory of Magic.

* The midboss demo theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8aI2GlwvtI Hitouitsu Mahou Sekai Ron]], Disunified Field Theory of Magic.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzYNAMeHjsg Iris]], the nice ending theme. Made awesome with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh0wrU_dENk this remastered version]]. It gets this rare [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9RTDm9GN2c remix]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5j33bKQLjo ZUN's arrangement of Iris]]

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZk4Qr9Ze1E Its remix]] from ''Concealed the Conclusion'' may help change this. And here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHe5Y64zNDI an EDM arrange]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGrHRxBvqQw ZUN's arrangement of Hakurei - Eastern Wind]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ybOrz-5rAU in-game MIDI version]].
* Rika's theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfBwznnUVHs She's in a Temper!]]". The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjKkCyjbQ_o Remastered]] version.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YaSwTSVMes The in-game MIDI version of She's in a Temper!!]]
* Another gem from ''Story of an Eastern Wonderland'' would be the Stage 2 theme "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQgffFQwwSs End of Daylight]]". Alstroemeria Records did such a [[http://youtu.be/e0pp2ebXT9k cool remix]] for it, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0pp2ebXT9k several]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v__Alk2Vo4A well]]-[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nSltdASVX0 done]] {{fanvid}}s have been made for it!
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51_t3agl5Js The in-game MIDI version of End of Daylight]].
* Meira's theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiQjJvI0jcM Power of Darkness]]".
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihe9yzz_3Dk The in-game MIDI version of Power of Darkness]].
* Here is "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJt8Ngw0sZQ World of Empty Dreams]]", the feel of which you can guess from its title. A [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AB2Uhz4e8Q Remastered]] version.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=688aCsfnfso The in-game MIDI version of World of Empty Dreams]].
* An intense track for the battle with the Five Magic Stones, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuuUNhHRsrk Bet on Death]]. Fitting for the only enemy to have scared Reimu.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut5D3uVyXDU The in-game MIDI version of Bet on Death]]
* The stage 4 music, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5BimnggJQs Himorogi, Burn in Violet]]". An epic tune... which everyone refuses to acknowledge because it's obviously a ripoff of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'''s boss theme. Because, you know, the first few bars have a vaguely similar melody. Somebody did a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFRWTnZ9UKU mashup]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dTBY4kFeMU The in-game MIDI version of Himorogi, Burn in Violet]].
* One of Marisa's original themes, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pax6R6We9VQ Love-Coloured Magic]]". It's so good, her current {{leitmotif}} "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ssmxWJftyo Love-coloured Master Spark]]" is a ''remix'' of it.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmIFrcZebK0 ZUN's arrangement of Love-Coloured Magic]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbrLg6lRfC4 in-game MIDI version]].
* The Stage 5 (Final stage in this game) theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZE-nRW3nhg Eastern Sealing Magic Record ~ A Phantom's Boisterous Dance]]".
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Z8Q6lI5wo The in-game MIDI version of Eastern Sealing Magic Record ~ A Phantom's Boisterous Dance]].

* The Extra stage theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RBiCUj-1YY Extra Love]]", does a good job of conveying a raid on a mechanical fortress. One of the Gods of Touhou's arranges, NEO of Tutti Sound, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaDgMZZggzU put his hands on "Extra Love"]]. The result is staggering.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRGK-7kgEvo The in-game MIDI version of Extra Love]].
* The Extra boss theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGAmyzIeolg The Tank Girl's Dream]]", reuses the same short motif over and over again in different keys for most of the song, but the intro is unique and well-done.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3t24tPYoLo The in-game MIDI version of The Tank Girl's Dream]].

* The nighttime ending music, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhKQcqykybo Eternal Full Moon]]". The ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXQ1ztK4Z8A Concealed the Conclusion]]'' remix shows why the old scores will never die.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFD039WrVKs ZUN's arrangemnt of Eternal Full Moon]].

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmIUeByDYHE Witching Dream]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4tTdu01z5U Selene's Light]]", the Stage 1 themes for Reimu and Marisa respectively.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI0BrX214o4 ZUN's arrangement of Witching Dream]].

* Marisa's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kaXK4ab95M Vessel of Stars ~ Casket of Star]]" is the counterpart to the original "Maiden's Capriccio".
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd645reohZ8 ZUN's arrangement of Vessel of Stars ~ Casket of Star]]

* The Menu theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLYx8XBm6Jo Wondrous Romance ~ Mystic Square]]", which sets the tone for the rest of the game.
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=781JdGkZO6Y Remastered]] version.

This page covers the music from ''Highly Responsive to Prayers'', ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'', ''Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream'', ''Lotus Land Story'', and ''Mystic Square''. The PC-98 games used [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_modulation_synthesis FM synthesis]] for music, the same kind of synthesis used by the SegaGenesis and thousands of arcade games.

* The very first ''Touhou'' game might've been [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness lacking]] in [[BulletHell danmaku]], but it wasn't devoid of awesome music. Check out "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlp7WLGJZ9E Strange Oriental Discourse]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x21zqGC4mOc Magic]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_LJcQfaOD0 Mirror]]".

** The same for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXGlqI9PEXI Strange Oriental Discourse]].

* What's better than PC-98 Touhou music? Updated remixes of it by ZUN himself, of course. Check out "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX-evH2Aj2c Oriental Bizarre Tale]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1NIAdwL7lk Eternal Shrine Maiden]]".

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omovtwa9xtY Hakurei - Eastern Wind]]" is good, but usually ignored in favor of unused track below. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZk4Qr9Ze1E Its remix]] from ''Concealed the Conclusion'' may help change this. And here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHe5Y64zNDI an EDM arrange]].
* Rika's theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfBwznnUVHs She's in Temper!]]". The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjKkCyjbQ_o Remastered]] version.

* Here is "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJt8Ngw0sZQ World of Empty Dreams]]", the feel of which you can guess from its title. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWMVuZlV6r0 Here's]] an alternate in-game MIDI version. And the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AB2Uhz4e8Q Remastered]] version.

* The Stage 5 (Final stage in this game) theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZE-nRW3nhg Recorded Sealing of an Oriental Demon ~ A Phantom's Boisterous Dance]]".

* The Extra stage theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RBiCUj-1YY Extra Love]]", does a good job of conveying a raid on a mechanical fortress. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRGK-7kgEvo ZUN's MIDI remix]] of the same song is also good. One of the Gods of Touhou's arranges, NEO of Tutti Sound, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaDgMZZggzU put his hands on "Extra Love"]]. The result is staggering.

* This game has a option of using the external MIDI (assuming you had the necessary hardware) instead of PC-98's soundcard. Besides the already mentioned "World of Empty Dreams" and "Extra Love", here's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51_t3agl5Js End of Daylight]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dTBY4kFeMU Himorogi, Burn in Violet]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3t24tPYoLo The Tank Girl's Dream]]". Unfortunately, there is no FM versions of unused themes.

** And of course, the updated version by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec8xHBW2S7E ZUN himself]]. And [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2UkoVmTve4 another]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbjMJm2dGLE Kana Anaberal's]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuAXwRcg-fU haunting]] "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7kVi_WCB2w Vanishing Dream ~ Lost Dream]]"! Her [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccYC1ea2pHc theme]] is very spooky and sad, and shows off ZUN's ability to awaken emotions within his fans. [[note]]There were some flame wars that ''Akyu's'' version is different from the ingame version. ''Akyu Untouched Score'' does use the game version, it is just that it was recorded at the highest settings (FM(86)), while those who complained heard the lower setting version (FM(26) and 11/22KHz) with fewer channels, which arguably makes some themes better, "Vanishing Dream ~ Lost Dream" being the prime example.[[/note]]

* Elly's boss theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR63JPBeWzQ Spirit Battle ~ Perdition Crisis]]" gets no love, being [[OvershadowedByAwesome overshadowed by Bad Apple]]. ''Gensou Shoujou Taisen'' (a ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' based fangame) gives us [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_RLrydScnI this remix]].

** Marisa's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kaXK4ab95M Vessel of Stars ~ Casket of Star]]" is the counterpart to the original "Maiden's Capriccio".

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K_OOnViIt4 Alice Maestra]]" (which has ''nothing'' to do with Alice at all) plays in the stage 4 (and where Reimu and Marisa fight it out), and when someone wanted to hear how it would sound in one of the newer games, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guQYfLocXPI this]] was the result.

* The Extra Stage theme "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OKt9K23I1g The Inevitable Forbidden Game]]" just swells with being a light hearted silly trek through untold barrages of bullets. Here's what it would sound like remixed for one of the fighting games: "[[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/music.php?file=RNL-Dreamworld.mp3 The Inevitably Forbidden Game ~ Icemilk Magic and Innocence]]", from ''Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou''.

** ZUN's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dInQZ_o41xE remixed]] version.

* The Stage 2 theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9-UdiZI-zY Dimension of Reverie]]". And the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWi6INm2PFE Remastered]] version.

* The Stage 4 theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec3C9yovlDs Maple Wise]]". And the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJb5RFW1KKc Remastered]] version.
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKYOw7F0AQA Forbidden Magic]]", the shared boss theme of Yuki and Mai. And the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ8lsTKkQqA Remastered]] version.
* Angry Yuki's theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsj7QloW5Zo Crimson Maiden ~ Crimson Dead!!]]". And the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU9MRcW4QUc Remastered]] version.

* Stage 5 theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=macGxMXKjI8 The Last Judgment]]".

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-dvBAhcJ3I Peaceful Romancer]]", the Extra stage's ending theme (and therefore, some of the very last songs of [=PC98=]), is absolutely beautiful. Likewise for this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV-Gn1kt2Vw remastering]].

* The Extra stage theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RBiCUj-1YY Extra Love]]", does a good job of conveying a raid on a mechanical fortress. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_O6Xtx2Okk ZUN's MIDI remix]] of the same song is also good. One of the Gods of Touhou's arranges, NEO of Tutti Sound, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaDgMZZggzU put his hands on "Extra Love"]]. The result is staggering.

* This game has a option of using the external MIDI (assuming you had the necessary hardware) instead of PC-98's soundcard. Besides the already mentioned "World of Empty Dreams" and "Extra Love", here's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVSKKtShoLY End of Daylight]]", "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyxdWhGWJUQ Himorogi, Burn in Violet]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGAmyzIeolg The Tank Girl's Dream]]". Unfortunately, there is no FM versions of unused themes.

** Zun's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heggjYl1peQ remixed]] version.

** Zun's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heggjYl1peQ remixed]] version.

* The Menu theme, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLYx8XBm6Jo Wondrous Romance ~ Mystic Square]]", which sets the tone for the rest of the game. And the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=781JdGkZO6Y Remastered]] version.

** Silver Forest's "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBDhpC-Z_B8 Holy My Reincarnation]]" turns "Reincarnation" into something Creator/NanaMizuki might bust out for ''LyricalNanoha''.