Famitracker Bits – The Sea Where the Home Planet is Reflected (Touhou 15) [VRC6]

The calm before the storm.

DL Folder: https://mega.nz/#F!551SzarQ!xDCh749cUJxYkc4a1gjlmg

Hands down, this is my favorite final stage theme in any Touhou game. The sheer, raw emotion from its simplistic main melody and chords, combined with the quiet, peaceful synth-piano notes at the beginning, also combined with the waves and sounds you'd expect from an empty ocean, all brought together by the way the level it's used in is designed make the buildup to Junko one of the best I've seen in any shmup. It's for this reason I think Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, despite all the issues I have with it and despite how brutally difficult it is, is one of my favorites in the series.

As for the cover, I wanted to experiment with twinkling notes across all-channels to make it seem more bright, combined with blank instruments in the lead melodies having sweeping volume. I also snuck in a bit of Pure Furies, which I think is fair because the main melody of THIS track was also used for Junko's boss theme.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by ZUN
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