It's great experiencing the themes in-game, but listening to them on their own in the case of non-boss themes usually lets me appreciate them more. Especially stage 1 themes like this.
Subterranean Animism is like a musical adventure. From beginning to end, it is loaded to the top with sheer epic and perfectly-melding mood changes. This song sets the stage for a truly fantastic journey.
So many memories of this stage whenever I hear this song. 0:01 You start off shooting fairies; the 101 basics of Touhou. 0:18 Everything goes calm and the wind starts blowing. You are now shooting off crumbling boulders and a hoard of fairies. 0:36 Other comments have pointed this out: Kisume. 0:55 Kisume's defeat. Blazing your way through another fairy onslaught. 1:32 It's around here that you encounter and face Yamame Kurodani. The Sealed-Away Youkai ~ Lost Place plays.
Kisume comes more from a japanese story where the bucket in the well actually leads to hell and whatever you drop down there or collect from with the bucket is from hell. Which is somewhat related to Subterranean Animism, where you enter hell/underworld.
I started taking a Music Theory class to figure out how songs like this can be so motivating with what seems like a simple chord progression. 1:00 ~ 1:36 is my favorite part.
Q: How do you get 100 babies into a bucket? A: With a blender. Q: How do you get them out again? A: With Doritos. Q: What do you call a baby on a stick? A: A Kebabie. Q: What do you call a baby on a pike? A: A lolipop. Q: What do you call a baby with no arms and no legs in the middle of the ocean? A: Fucked. Q: What's the difference between 100 babies and a pile of sand? A: You can't move a pile of sand with a pitchfork. I'm a bad person even if I don't make jokes specifically about the title. :D
I have to say this is my favorite stage 1 theme, and it ranks highly out of the overall stage themes as well. It perfectly sets the mood for the epic adventure about to take place.
This was the game where the phrase “git gud” really hit me hard. It took me 200+ hours to get my first 1cc on normal mode. I have no doubt it will always stand to be one of the absolute best games I have ever played.
kisume is my 2nd favourite character (other than eiki lol) and there's this inside joke between me and my online friends that she is secretly eiki's daughter, so I call her eiki jr.
This theme gives off a nice comfortable feeling to the stage being very relaxed (excluding the bullets) The deeper notes make you feel that you are headed into unknown territory and almost sounds mysterious. At the part where the notes go higher, you enter the *dark blowhole* and see what has been long forgotten by society and you get the excitement of continuing your journey to the former hell. At the Kisume encounter, you get a sudden drop of atmosphere that makes you focus more on what’s in front of you, a bucket. During the rest of the theme, you lightly continue exploring the place all while exterminating fairies, returning to the relaxed atmosphere.
Funny thing, in the part where Kisume approaches, the time signature changes from 3/4 to 4/4. Its very subtle, and i didnt notice it at first, but its there. It changes back when it gets back to the main theme.
How could one not like this track? It has a catchy melody & beat, but it's also a showcase of complex instrumentation & emotions. I want to meet ZUN some day, discuss music & lore with him, and of course have a few beers together. :y
@nightwolfindiean She's a type of Youkai who hides in a bucket and in a really dark places and attacks any people she sees. I forgot what her type name was. Most of what ZUN's character was based on something like Kogasa which is based on a Karakasa(an umbrella ghost) and such.
@momokun90 shes a tsurube-otoshi that means a bucket dropper that live on the tops of treesand when a human coms a bucket or a severed head drops down and eats them. Cute huh?
@JapanForSale Ah, I would do that too, but it's hard to find a song that I can play that is both worthwhile and within my range of skill (low). Those two are amazing, but I can never play their songs :P I haven't gotten that far into the theory yet, just basic theory on composition. At most I can say something about the motion of parts of the melody (something about 1:06 ~ 1:09 clicks and I really like it), but i still can't explain why I like it.
@Riceboy569 Amazing how a simple 2D game involving bullet dodging can inspire so many people to do so many amazing things, huh? I'm going to practice piano like hell, all because of Marasy (and kylelandry too). So, what have you learned and figured out so far? I took a music class too and I don't think it helped any. :P
I keep seeing this kind of music from something, yet i don't know what it is, i assume it's a game by the "BOSS THEME" parts of some of the titles, but can anyone tell me exactly what this is from please?
bouteille d'eau 1 I meant Age of Empires in the general sense. So what you're saying is, all the regular recruit-able units will be fairies, but what about the Youkai (I believe that's what they are)? Would they be the special hero units (I'm going off of AoE II's system)
Never played AoE II -__- Also I forget to mention youkais and I apologize for that (even though its not necessary). Maybe, they'll go as a cavalry as they are more resistants. Also, not a true expert.
I've never played AoE III, so I believe we are equal. Also, nevermind about the youkai, apparently these "Fairies, vampires, tengu, and nekomata" fall under that, and Youkai is just a broad term for magical beings. My bad.
...Why does this theme sound so perverted? Maybe Zun implemented it as false hope...when you got up to Satori. Satori: eww...Eww...EWW JUST GO TO STAGE 5 ALREADY AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS OUT OF MY RADIUS...*vomit*
Every single stage 1 must have a beautiful theme
Agustin Tejerina Every Touhou theme must be good
a bad Th theme is not a Th theme lel
Yes like touhou 10
and final stage
Kisume: This is bucket.
Reimu: My (Hakurei) God!
Kisume: Wait there's more! *Throws danmaku*
Reimu: Noooo...
JacomeFelg REFERENCES
AMIRITE?
COME'RE, CUPCAKE!
*explodes*
farewell Rick may, may you rocket jump around the heavens
tf2 reference
It's great experiencing the themes in-game, but listening to them on their own in the case of non-boss themes usually lets me appreciate them more. Especially stage 1 themes like this.
*Sees title*
THAT'S WHAT-
Subterranean Animism is like a musical adventure. From beginning to end, it is loaded to the top with sheer epic and perfectly-melding mood changes. This song sets the stage for a truly fantastic journey.
Patchouli: Hey Marisa, watch out for that bullet-
Marisa: SHUT UP PATCHY.
So many memories of this stage whenever I hear this song.
0:01 You start off shooting fairies; the 101 basics of Touhou.
0:18 Everything goes calm and the wind starts blowing. You are now shooting off crumbling boulders and a hoard of fairies.
0:36 Other comments have pointed this out: Kisume.
0:55 Kisume's defeat. Blazing your way through another fairy onslaught.
1:32 It's around here that you encounter and face Yamame Kurodani. The Sealed-Away Youkai ~ Lost Place plays.
Kisume comes more from a japanese story where the bucket in the well actually leads to hell and whatever you drop down there or collect from with the bucket is from hell. Which is somewhat related to Subterranean Animism, where you enter hell/underworld.
The part starting at 0:36 is just awesome.
Agreed.
0:36
I started taking a Music Theory class to figure out how songs like this can be so motivating with what seems like a simple chord progression.
1:00 ~ 1:36 is my favorite part.
I have not taken any music theory classes, would you be willing to explain what you found if you are able to answer?
I have not taken any music theory classes, would you be willing to explain what you found if you are able to answer?
I have not taken any music theory classes, would you be willing to explain what you found if you are able to answer?
I have not taken any music theory classes, would you be willing to explain what you found if you are able to answer?
I have not taken any music theory classes, would you be willing to explain what you found if you are able to answer?
If you make a joke about the title, you're a bad person.
Shadow dolphin?
Q: How do you get 100 babies into a bucket?
A: With a blender.
Q: How do you get them out again?
A: With Doritos.
Q: What do you call a baby on a stick?
A: A Kebabie.
Q: What do you call a baby on a pike?
A: A lolipop.
Q: What do you call a baby with no arms and no legs in the middle of the ocean?
A: Fucked.
Q: What's the difference between 100 babies and a pile of sand?
A: You can't move a pile of sand with a pitchfork.
I'm a bad person even if I don't make jokes specifically about the title. :D
@@GrahamChapman You monster.... ):
@@aronnecroman Hey, it wasn't _my_ babies!
@@GrahamChapman ohhhh... my bad, i can see the- *hold up*
I can't believe Louchan did not include this in "The Best of Touhou" list. One of my favourite stage BGMs, and an awesome way to start a game.
This song gives me nostalgia to my days of trying to beat this damn game.
Actually, it could be PTSD I'm feeling.
You can go back time tho
I have to say this is my favorite stage 1 theme, and it ranks highly out of the overall stage themes as well. It perfectly sets the mood for the epic adventure about to take place.
This was the game where the phrase “git gud” really hit me hard. It took me 200+ hours to get my first 1cc on normal mode. I have no doubt it will always stand to be one of the absolute best games I have ever played.
0:36 Kisume enters!
Lolis in a bucket.
I think we are all satisfied.
You should be grateful with ZUN for that.
This track is quite energizing indeed. I love especially the short part of 0:22 to 0:26.
All the good themes are always in the shorter periods of time, or are given to bosses that will be defeated easily!
The FUCKING SUFFERING begins here.
I had my friend play touhou 11, he's still on stage 1.
that friend still on stage one?
that firend still on stage 1?
Legend has it that his friend is still on Stage 1, dodging falling rocks and battling Kisume until this day.
what is the difficulty. i stuck at stage 3 in normal ;-;
had any progress?
cute picture.
cute theme.
such a beautiful song....
Damn that bass guitar in the beginning though... It's so beautiful..
I can't get enough of that piano.
my favorite stage 1 theme i love it so much Subterranean animism is such a good touhou game
SO fast! So awesome! That beat.... Iam always in love with touhou music! 1:00 oh god yes yes YES!
This picture is soooooo cute.
It's me or is there a bit of Necrofantasia in this theme?
I appreciate this a lot more after hearing it ingame about a thousand times :P
kisume is my 2nd favourite character (other than eiki lol) and there's this inside joke between me and my online friends that she is secretly eiki's daughter, so I call her eiki jr.
Kisume and Yamame look damn adorable in this picture holy crap
This theme gives off a nice comfortable feeling to the stage being very relaxed (excluding the bullets)
The deeper notes make you feel that you are headed into unknown territory and almost sounds mysterious.
At the part where the notes go higher, you enter the *dark blowhole* and see what has been long forgotten by society and you get the excitement of continuing your journey to the former hell.
At the Kisume encounter, you get a sudden drop of atmosphere that makes you focus more on what’s in front of you, a bucket.
During the rest of the theme, you lightly continue exploring the place all while exterminating fairies, returning to the relaxed atmosphere.
this is one my favorite touhou song!!!
probably the most exciting stage 1 in existence i wouldnt know ive only played up to 11
best stage 1 theme
Funny thing, in the part where Kisume approaches, the time signature changes from 3/4 to 4/4. Its very subtle, and i didnt notice it at first, but its there. It changes back when it gets back to the main theme.
the beginning of the best windows game ever in touhou series
ehhh thats the title screen
@@Kromiballstill, they aren’t wrong, this is the best windows game
My favorite stage 1 theme
I feel like im in heaven
0:18-0:36 makes me so sleepy; It sounds like something a mother would sing to her child.
@Wobuffet3 Maybe.
the two biggest stereotypes of both fandoms combined: Lolis (Touhou) and Buckets (Homestuck)
stop that's obscene ;-;
Homestuck? What happens in homestuck????
HOMEEEEESTUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
I'm glad I was able to invoke a positive response :P
How could one not like this track? It has a catchy melody & beat, but it's also a showcase of complex instrumentation & emotions.
I want to meet ZUN some day, discuss music & lore with him, and of course have a few beers together. :y
Beware the bucket!
ngl i think this is one of the most if not THE SINGLE most underrated track in all of touhou
That's what she said
@momokun90 I think Kisume is a Tsurube-otoshi (well spirits that drop on unsuspecting people's heads)
@nightwolfindiean She's a type of Youkai who hides in a bucket and in a really dark places and attacks any people she sees. I forgot what her type name was. Most of what ZUN's character was based on something like Kogasa which is based on a Karakasa(an umbrella ghost) and such.
The Retry Stage If You Fail 1CC
This is Stage ONE of this game! STAGE ONE, and it's this awesome? The first song in the game proper! This is so good it should be illegal!
zun must be very random to have a strange girl in a bucket to come and attack for no reason at all
"The Dark Blowhole" sounds like a euphemism for something...
typical! Stage 1 themes are so catchy in Touhou! But this one sounds pretty dark for a stage 1 theme :)
I mean it is subterranean lol
Stage 2 of SA is darker
+Shalashaska Ocelot idk I love them all, the deeper the darker. with te exception of stage 3 lol
Last Remote is my fav
well, the title is dark
@MHLifeful
I didnt mean the theme itself, but the name.
"The Dark Blowhole?"
Think Koishi and Embers of Love. What did that look like?
Oh thanks for reminding me of health class >.
When the advertisement came out , the music was playing. Bitch , nothing can stop Touhou :3
Admit it, you smiled when you saw the title.
@momokun90 shes a tsurube-otoshi that means a bucket dropper that live on the tops of treesand when a human coms a bucket or a severed head drops down and eats them. Cute huh?
....Kisume-chan is cute, not a creepy clown.... :|
Don't talk about her like that, unless you'd like to be our dinner~
0:37 Me: Eat lead Kisume
The term "kick the bucket" has to be emphasized now...
why am i hearing the powerup noise at 00:16 am i crazy
to quote a certain Luiz: "Ohmygoditsabucketloli!"
2:45 Has that 'flutter' that's in the menu theme in the back.
Omg this theme is just so... Nice :3...
@GentlemanAeon777
Perverted...? WAIT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN!? D:
Me: *Playing SA*
Orin: Hey welcome to 5th stage boss.
Me: oh crap...
*restart*
*repeats every freaking time*
@JapanForSale Ah, I would do that too, but it's hard to find a song that I can play that is both worthwhile and within my range of skill (low). Those two are amazing, but I can never play their songs :P
I haven't gotten that far into the theory yet, just basic theory on composition. At most I can say something about the motion of parts of the melody (something about 1:06 ~ 1:09 clicks and I really like it), but i still can't explain why I like it.
0:36 enter of the bucket
@Riceboy569 Amazing how a simple 2D game involving bullet dodging can inspire so many people to do so many amazing things, huh? I'm going to practice piano like hell, all because of Marasy (and kylelandry too).
So, what have you learned and figured out so far? I took a music class too and I don't think it helped any. :P
Oh my gawwwwwd why is Kisume so dname cute.
Tanya its you?
@C0deSlasher yes it is, in my opinion its the hardest touhou!
lol name of teh song
the pic way to cute for words
The dark WHAT??
eeehhhh.... idk.. it's feels wrong without the falling rocks :/
@MikuKonataMoon Touhoutaliastuck is my favorite.
c:
Spider woman and the bucket loli
@atfyntify So... It is pretty much like Pokemon?
@strangecommentboy they'll call nitori to fix it.
O-okay Parsee... I'll tell her later on qnq
0:36 Kisume appear's :x
@MegaG58tehfirst Exactly what I imagined her saying in this picture xD
That facial expression is almost like: "U jelly?"
y the little gril is on a bucket? she don't have legs?
buckethead zombie go brr
I keep seeing this kind of music from something, yet i don't know what it is, i assume it's a game by the "BOSS THEME" parts of some of the titles, but can anyone tell me exactly what this is from please?
@GentlemanAeon777 LOL, now that you mention it, it's true lol ^^U
@MegaG58tehfirst This is the meaning of Touhoustuck.
Lolis and buckets.
W-why did you come here .. This is my Yamame.. QnQ
This song would go well with Age Of Empires as your preparing your army.
Someone should totally make a Touhou mod for AoE and use this song. Not sure how the game would work though xD
*****
Everyone will be a fairy except in AoE 3.
bouteille d'eau 1 I meant Age of Empires in the general sense. So what you're saying is, all the regular recruit-able units will be fairies, but what about the Youkai (I believe that's what they are)? Would they be the special hero units (I'm going off of AoE II's system)
Never played AoE II -__-
Also I forget to mention youkais and I apologize for that (even though its not necessary). Maybe, they'll go as a cavalry as they are more resistants. Also, not a true expert.
I've never played AoE III, so I believe we are equal. Also, nevermind about the youkai, apparently these "Fairies, vampires, tengu, and nekomata" fall under that, and Youkai is just a broad term for magical beings. My bad.
@zorthehedgehog Nah. She's just shy.
Yamame: I has loli in a bucket :)
ok so is it just me or does zun seem to make a lot of but jokes
for instance sanaes spell gods wind divine wing dark blow hole im sorry xD
Kisume is an example of the two fandoms' biggest stereotypes: Lolis (Touhou) and Buckets (Homestuck).
Dark blow hole lol... I don't get it o-o
...Why does this theme sound so perverted?
Maybe Zun implemented it as false hope...when you got up to Satori.
Satori: eww...Eww...EWW JUST GO TO STAGE 5 ALREADY AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS OUT OF MY RADIUS...*vomit*
Bro wtf is this theme name
I hate rocks
Dang these comments and there dirty jokes
@pixiefairy10
LEVEL UP.
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