Touhou Hakurei Shrine Grounds Remix
124A new Touhou PC-98 GarageBand composition is here, and it’s the unused stage 1 theme from Story of Eastern Wonderland: Hakurei Shrine Grounds!
Title: Touhou Hakurei Shrine Grounds Remix
Music arranged by: me (MarioGm734)
Original Title: Hakurei Shrine Grounds
Original music composed by: ZUN
Source: Touhou 2: Story of Eastern Wonderland
All Original Touhou series, games, music, books, and art all belong to Team Shanghai Alice/ZUN.
Fan-art picture by: fangxingdeyinxue (方形的银雪)
Source: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/94208777
Special thanks to fangxingdeyinxue for the wonderful fanart of Reimu. I wanted to find a picture of Reimu with the shrine gate behind it but it was difficult to find. So I had to settle for this one. It still looks beautiful.
My note:
Why did ZUN not choose this stage theme over Hakurei Eastern Wind? I honestly think Hakurei Shrine Grounds is more appropriate and it has a lot of emotion too. Anyways, I was unsure if the instrumentation was good enough. I was a bit skeptical when I made this composition, but after listening to how powerful it sounds, it made such a great impact. With the Japanese vibe and other hint music in place, it really stood out so well. But, if there are any minimal mistakes, let me know.
Thanks for your patience everyone! I was really tired after playing Nuclear Fusion so I was unable to post music last month… At the same time, I need to fight off my terrible laziness so I can at least gather better ideas and not neglect my music duties! I’ll upload the next Touhou PC-98 song sometime later this month, and then it’s straight back to the continuation of my 500 subscriber specials! In which, the next Windows era song will be Old Yuanxian!