Eternal Shrine Maiden (MIDI ver)
194Make by ZUN (Real name Jun'ya Ota), MIDI ver by ZUN
Levels 1-4, Hell Levels 16-19 theme of Highly Responsive to Prayers
ZUN's comment (from Mystic Square): This melody had quite an impact on me. Even now, I'll find myself playing it when I compose music.
ZUN's comment (th1_01.txt): Thank you for downloading this song.
This is "Eternal Shrine Maiden" from Highly Responsive to Prayers. Meaning, everything started with this song. So I decided to revive this song from ancient times. I planned to arrange it quite a bit, while still leaving in the dark glumness from the original piece.
That said, I tried to take most of the influence for the arrangement from a famous jazz pianist and composer, Keiko Matsui (around the shocking piano part). Though there might be some of her influence in there, in the end it doesn't really differ from my stuff at all (^^;;
Even so, even though it's supposed to resemble the other songs, you can feel an out-of-place darkness in this song... I guess it's the representative work from the Dark Ages (mystery). But still, it's a special song for me. As the starting point.
Well then, let us meet again in the next song, shall we? ZUN