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(big edit. this is a complete makeover of this page made to accommodate for more and more discoveries of this melody in the future. i hope you enjoy it, i worked hard. this keeps all the data from the old page, fixes some links and adds some more. <3)
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{{nihongo|'''Theme of Eastern Story'''|テーマ・オブ・イースタンストーリー|Tēma obu īsutansutōrī}}, named as such in ''[[Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5]]'', is a song composed by [[ZUN]] which serves as the title screen theme in most [[Windows]] ''[[Touhou Project]]'' games. It's thought to be the main theme for the series itself due to the number of times it appears throughout the series. The first physical appearance of the melody appears in the intro sequence of ''[[Lotus Land Story]]'', and would later be used in the [[Shuusou Gyoku/Music#Extra Stage Theme|extra stage theme]] of ''[[Shuusou Gyoku]]''. Later on it appears in the title screen of almost every Windows game, as well as various other songs.
{{nihongo|'''Theme of Eastern Story'''|テーマ・オブ・イースタンストーリー|Tēma obu īsutansutōrī}}, named as such in ''[[Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5]]'', is a song composed by [[ZUN]] which serves as the title screen theme in most [[Windows]] ''[[Touhou Project]]'' games. It's thought to be the main theme for the series itself due to the number of times it appears throughout the series. The first physical appearance of the melody appears in the intro sequence of ''[[Lotus Land Story]]'', and would later be used in the [[Shuusou Gyoku/Music#Extra Stage Theme|extra stage theme]] of ''[[Shuusou Gyoku]]''. Later on it appears in the title screen of almost every Windows game, as well as various other songs.


==Appearances==
Do note all pieces of information in the "Game", "Use" and "Song Title" columns are clickable links.
===In the main melody===
*"[[Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5|Theme of Eastern Story]]", track 15 from ''[[Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5]]'' (bonus track on the album - ''not'' an unused track from ''[[Highly Responsive to Prayers]]'')
*"[[Shuusou Gyoku/Music#Extra Stage Theme|Silk Road Alice]]", extra stage theme from ''[[Shuusou Gyoku]]'' (not part of the ''[[Touhou Project]]'', but composed by [[ZUN]])
*"[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil/Music#Title Screen|A Dream More Scarlet than Red]]", title screen theme  of ''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]''
*"[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil/Music#Ending theme|An Eternity More Transient than Scarlet]]", ending theme  of ''[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]''
*"[[Imperishable Night/Music#Title screen|Eternal Night Vignette ~ Eastern Night]]", title screen theme  of ''[[Imperishable Night]] (The first track to almost exclusively use the melody throughout the song)
*"[[Imperishable Night/Music#Ending theme|Evening Primrose]]", ending theme  of ''[[Imperishable Night]]''
*"[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View/Music#Title Screen theme|Flower Reflecting Mound ~ Higan Retour]]", title screen theme  of ''[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]''
*"[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View/Music#Pre-Battle Conversation theme|The Mound where the Flowers Reflect]]", pre-battle conversation theme  of ''[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View]]''
*"[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red (CD)|Flower Reflecting Mound ~ after Higan Retour]]", arranged version distributed in ''[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red (CD)|Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red]]''
*"[[Shoot the Bullet/Music#Title and Menu theme|Tengu's Notebook ~ Mysterious Note]]", title screen theme  of ''[[Shoot the Bullet]]''
*"[[Mountain of Faith/Music#Title screen|Sealed Gods]]", the title screen theme  of ''[[Mountain of Faith]]''
*"[[Subterranean Animism/Music#Title screen|Awakening of the Earth Spirits]]", title screen theme  of ''[[Subterranean Animism]]''
*"[[Undefined Fantastic Object/Music#Title screen|A Shadow in the Blue Sky]]", title screen theme  of ''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]''
*"[[Undefined Fantastic Object/Music#Ending theme|Youkai Temple]]", ending theme  of ''[[Undefined Fantastic Object]]''
*"[[Double Spoiler/Music#Title and Menu Theme|Newshound]]", title screen theme  of ''[[Double Spoiler]]''
*"[[Fairy Wars/Music#Title theme|An Ice Fairy in Spring]]", title screen theme  of ''[[Fairy Wars]]''
*"[[Fairy Wars/Music#Ending theme|An Ice Fairy in Spring - still -]]", ending theme  of ''[[Fairy Wars]]''
*"[[Ten Desires/Music#Title screen|Spirit of Avarice]]", title screen theme  of ''[[Ten Desires]]''
*"[[Ten Desires/Music#Ending theme|A New Wind at the Shrine]]", ending theme  of ''[[Ten Desires]]''
*"[[Hopeless Masquerade/Music#Intro theme|This Dull World's Unchanging Pessimism]]", intro theme of ''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]''
*"[[Hopeless Masquerade#Disk 1|This Dull World's Unchanging Pessimism ~ Shinkirou Orchestra]]", arranged version distributed in [[Hopeless Masquerade OST]]
*"[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Title screen|Mysterious Purification Rod]]", title screen theme of ''[[Double Dealing Character]]''
*"[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Staff Roll theme|Mysterious, Mysterious Tools]]", staff roll theme  of ''[[Double Dealing Character]]''
*"[[Impossible Spell Card/Music#Title and Menu Theme|Raise the Signal Fire of Cheating]]", title screen theme of ''[[Impossible Spell Card]]''
*"[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Title screen|The Space Shrine Maiden Appears]]", title screen theme of ''[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom]]''
*"[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Staff Roll theme|The Space Shrine Maiden Returns Home]]", staff roll theme of ''[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom]]''
*"[[Hidden Star in Four Seasons/Music#Title Screen|The Sky Where Cherry Blossoms Flutter Down]]", title screen theme of ''[[Hidden Star in Four Seasons]]''
*"[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Title Screen|Silent Beast Spirits]]", title screen theme of ''[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature]]''


===Partially present===
==PC-98==
*"[[Perfect Cherry Blossom/Music#Stage 6 theme|Ultimate Truth]]", stage 6 theme from ''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]''.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; max-width:1200px;"
*"[[Imperishable Night/Music#Stage 4 theme|Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night]]", stage 4 theme from ''[[Imperishable Night]]''.
! width="23%" | Game
*"[[Imperishable Night/Music#FinalA Boss - Eirin Yagokoro's theme|Gensokyo Millennium ~ History of the Moon]]", [[Eirin Yagokoro]]'s theme in ''[[Imperishable Night]]''
! width="10%" | Use
*"[[Shoot the Bullet/Music#Photo theme 3|Sleepless Night of the Eastern Country]]", third theme of ''[[Shoot the Bullet]]''
! width="40%" | Song Title
*"[[Touhou Hisoutensoku/Music#Title Screen theme|Did You See That Shadow?]]", title screen theme of ''[[Touhou Hisoutensoku]]''
! width="17%" | Appearances
*"[[Fairy Wars/Music#Stage 3 theme|A Midnight Fairy Dance]]", stage 3 theme of ''[[Fairy Wars]]''
! width="15%" | Presence
*"[[Changeability of Strange Dream|Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night]]", an arrangement of ''[[Imperishable Night]]'''s stage 4 theme in ''[[Changeability of Strange Dream]]''.
|-
*"[[Hopeless Masquerade/Music#Post-battle theme|Today's Front-Page Headline]]", post-battle theme of ''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]''
|[[Lotus Land Story|<span style="color:black;">Lotus Land Story</span>]]
*"[[Hopeless Masquerade/Music# Character Select Theme|Select Performer]]", character select theme of ''[[Hopeless Masquerade]]''
|Intro
*"[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Stage 3 theme|Bamboo Forest of the Full Moon]]", stage 3 theme of ''[[Double Dealing Character]]''
|style="background: #d4d4d4; color:white"|Unnamed
*"[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Stage 4 Boss - Benben Tsukumo's and Yatsuhashi Tsukumo's theme|Illusionary Joururi]]", [[Benben Tsukumo|Benben]] and [[Yatsuhashi Tsukumo]]'s theme in ''[[Double Dealing Character]]''
|style="background: #d4d4d4; color:white"|Full song
*"[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Stage 5 theme|The Shining Needle Castle Sinking in the Air]]", stage 5 theme of ''[[Double Dealing Character]]''
|style="background: #d4d4d4; color:#cacaca"|(nothing but)
*"[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Stage 5 theme|Faraway Voyage of 380,000 Kilometers]]", stage 5 theme of ''[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom]]''
|-
*"[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Stage 6 Boss - Junko's theme|Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart]]", Junko's theme in ''[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom]]''
|[[Mystic Square|<span style="color:black;">Mystic Square</span>]]
*"[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Ending theme|The Moon as Seen from the Shrine]]", ending theme of ''[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom]]''
|Intro
*"[[Dr. Latency's Freak Report|Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart]]", an arrangement of [[Junko]]'s theme from ''[[Dr. Latency's Freak Report]]''.
|style="background: #d4d4d4; color:white"|Unnamed
*"[[Antinomy of Common Flowers OST#Arrange Disc|Yorimashi Between Dreams and Reality ~ Necro-Fantasia]]", an arrangement of [[Yukari Yakumo]]'s theme from ''[[Antinomy of Common Flowers OST]]''.
|style="background: #d4d4d4; color:white"|Full song
*"[[Dateless Bar "Old Adam"|Old Adam Bar]]", track 1 of [[Dateless Bar "Old Adam"]].
|style="background: #d4d4d4; color:#cacaca"|(nothing but)
*"[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage 6 theme|Electric Heritage]]", stage 6 theme of ''[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature]]''.
|}
*"[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage 6 theme|Entrusting this World to Idols ~ Idolatrize World]]", Keiki's theme in ''[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature]]''.
This track is not part of any official Touhou OST and can be heard [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZukMBXLJBk here].<br>
While "[[Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5|Theme of Eastern Story]]" appears as a bonus track in [[Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5]], which is a collection of songs from [[Highly Responsive to Prayers]], it's unclear whether or not the song was ''intended'' for the soundtrack of [[Highly Responsive to Prayers]].


===Present in modified form===
==Windows First Generation ==
*The intro sequence of [[ZUN Soft]] in ''[[Lotus Land Story]]'' and ''[[Mystic Square]]''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; max-width:1200px;"
* The pause jingle from the shooter games [https://twitter.com/Romantique_Tp/status/911623655083380737 is a sped up version of the main theme notes].
! width="23%" | Game
*"[[Perfect Cherry Blossom/Music#Title Screen theme|Ghostly Dream ~ Snow or Cherry Petal]]", title screen theme  of ''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]''
! width="10%" | Use
*"[[Perfect Cherry Blossom/Music#Ending theme|Dream of a Spring Breeze]]", ending theme of ''[[Perfect Cherry Blossom]]''
! width="40%" | Song Title
*"[[Imperishable Night/Music#FinalB Boss - Kaguya Houraisan's theme|Flight of the Bamboo Cutter ~ Lunatic Princess]]", [[Kaguya Houraisan]]'s theme in ''[[Imperishable Night]]''
! width="17%" | Appearances
*"[[Trojan Green Asteroid|Ame-no-Torifune Shrine]]", track 5 of ''[[Trojan Green Asteroid]]''
! width="15%" | Presence
*"[[Neo-traditionalism of Japan|Led On by a Cow to Visit Zenkou Temple]]", track 2 of ''[[Neo-traditionalism of Japan]]''
|-
*"[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Ending theme|Magical Power of the Mallet]]", ending theme of ''[[Double Dealing Character]]''
|[[Shuusou Gyoku|<span style="color:black">''Shuusou Gyoku''</span>]]
*"[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Stage 4|The Frozen Eternal Capital]]", stage 4 theme of ''[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom]]''
|[[Shuusou_Gyoku/Music#Extra_Stage_Theme|<span style="color:black">Extra stage</span>]]
*"[[Violet Detector/Music#Stage Theme 2 - Wrong Week theme|Lunatic Dreamer]]", Wrong Week theme of ''[[Violet Detector]]''
|[[Shuusou_Gyoku/Music#Extra_Stage_Theme|<span style="color:black">''Silk Road Alice''</span>]]
*"[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage 2|Lost River]]", stage 2 theme of ''[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature]]''
|0:04-0:09 & 2:00-2:06
*"[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage 3|Everlasting Red Spider Lily]]", stage 3 theme of ''[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature]]''
|Modified
|-
|[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil|<span style="color:black">Embodiment of Scarlet Devil</span>]]
|[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil/Music#Title_Screen|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil/Music#Title_Screen|<span style="color:black">A Dream More Scarlet than Red</span>]]
|style="background: #d4d4d4; color:white"|Full song
|Main melody
|-
|[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil|<span style="color:black">Embodiment of Scarlet Devil</span>]]
|[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Ending theme</span>]]
|[[Embodiment of Scarlet Devil/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">An Eternity More Transient than Scarlet</span>]]
|0:00-0:29<br>0:29-0:52
|Main melody<br>Side melody
|-
|[[Perfect Cherry Blossom|<span style="color:black;">Perfect Cherry Blossom</span>]]
|[[Perfect Cherry Blossom/Music#Title_Screen_theme|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Perfect Cherry Blossom/Music#Title_Screen_theme|<span style="color:black">Ghostly Dream ~ Snow or Cherry Petal</span>]]
|0:00-0:36 & 1:05-1:28<br>0:36-0:51
|Main melody<br>Modified
|-
|[[Perfect Cherry Blossom|<span style="color:black;">Perfect Cherry Blossom</span>]]
|[[Perfect Cherry Blossom/Music#Stage_6_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 6</span>]]
|[[Perfect Cherry Blossom/Music#Stage_6_theme|<span style="color:black">Ultimate Truth</span>]]
|0:00-0:18
|Modified
|-
|[[Perfect Cherry Blossom|<span style="color:black;">Perfect Cherry Blossom</span>]]
|[[Perfect Cherry Blossom/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Ending theme</span>]]
|[[Perfect Cherry Blossom/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Dream of a Spring Breeze</span>]]
|0:15-0:30 & 0:45-1:00
|Main melody
|-
|[[Immaterial and Missing Power|<span style="color:black;">Immaterial and Missing Power</span>]]
|[[Immaterial and Missing Power/Music#Hakurei_Shrine_.28Feast_Day.29|<span style="color:black">Feast theme</span>]]
|[[Immaterial and Missing Power/Music#Hakurei_Shrine_.28Feast_Day.29|<span style="color:black">Demystify Feast</span>]]
|2:04-2:06
|Short-lived
|-
|[[Imperishable Night|<span style="color:black">Imperishable Night</span>]]
|[[Imperishable Night/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Imperishable Night/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Eternal Night Vignette ~ Eastern Night </span>]]
|style="background: #d4d4d4; color:white"|Full song
|Main melody
|-
|[[Imperishable Night|<span style="color:black">Imperishable Night</span>]]
|[[Imperishable Night/Music#Stage_4_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 4</span>]]
|[[Imperishable Night/Music#Stage_4_theme|<span style="color:black">Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night</span>]]
|0:04-0:36
|Main melody
|-
|[[Imperishable Night|<span style="color:black">Imperishable Night</span>]]
|[[Imperishable Night/Music#FinalA_Boss_-_Eirin_Yagokoro.27s_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 6A Boss</span>]]
|[[Imperishable Night/Music#FinalA_Boss_-_Eirin_Yagokoro.27s_theme|<span style="color:black">Gensokyo Millennium ~ History of the Moon</span>]]
|0:13-0:22 & 1:26-1:36
|Main melody
|-
|[[Imperishable Night|<span style="color:black">Imperishable Night</span>]]
|[[Imperishable Night/Music#FinalB_Boss_-_Kaguya_Houraisan.27s_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 6B Boss</span>]]
|[[Imperishable Night/Music#FinalB_Boss_-_Kaguya_Houraisan.27s_theme|<span style="color:black">Flight of the Bamboo Cutter ~ Lunatic Princess</span>]]
|0:16-0:28 & 2:25-2:37<br>1:24-1:26 (+5 other times)
|Main melody<br>Modified
|-
|[[Imperishable Night|<span style="color:black">Imperishable Night</span>]]
|[[Imperishable Night/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Ending theme</span>]]
|[[Imperishable Night/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Evening Primrose</span>]]
|0:12-0:30 & 0:48-1:24<br>0:30-0:48
|Main melody<br>Side melody
|-
|[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View|<span style="color:black">Phantasmagoria of Flower View</span>]]
|[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View/Music#Title_Screen_theme|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View/Music#Title_Screen_theme|<span style="color:black">Flower Reflecting Mound ~ Higan Retour</span>]]
|style="background: #d4d4d4; color:white"|Full song
|Main melody
|-
|[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View|<span style="color:black">Phantasmagoria of Flower View</span>]]
|[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View/Music#Pre-Battle_Conversation_theme|<span style="color:black">Pre-battle</span>]]
|[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View/Music#Pre-Battle_Conversation_theme|<span style="color:black">The Mound Where the Flowers Reflect</span>]]
|0:22-0:43<br>0:43-1:07
|Side melody<br>Main melody
|-
|[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View|<span style="color:black">Phantasmagoria of Flower View</span>]]
|[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View/Music#Pre-Boss_Conversation_theme|<span style="color:black">Pre-boss</span>]]
|[[Phantasmagoria of Flower View/Music#Pre-Boss_Conversation_theme|<span style="color:black">Mound of Shigan</span>]]
|style="background: #d4d4d4; color:white"|Full song
|Modified
|-
|[[Shoot the Bullet|<span style="color:black">Shoot the Bullet</span>]]
|[[Shoot the Bullet/Music#Title_and_Menu_theme|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Shoot the Bullet/Music#Title_and_Menu_theme|<span style="color:black">Tengu's Notebook ~ Mysterious Note</span>]]
|0:03-1:27
|Side melody
|-
|[[Shoot the Bullet|<span style="color:black">Shoot the Bullet</span>]]
|[[Shoot the Bullet/Music#Photo_theme_3|<span style="color:black">Photo 3</span>]]
|[[Shoot the Bullet/Music#Photo_theme_3|<span style="color:black">Sleepless Night of the Eastern Country</span>]]
|0:52-0:53<br>1:28-1:30
|Short-lived<br>Main melody
|}
 
==Windows Second Generation==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; max-width:1200px;"
! width="23%" | Game
! width="10%" | Use
! width="40%" | Song Title
! width="17%" | Appearances
! width="15%" | Presence
|-
|[[Mountain of Faith|<span style="color:black">Mountain of Faith</span>]]
|[[Mountain of Faith/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Mountain of Faith/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Sealed Gods</span>]]
|0:20-0:41
|Main melody
|-
|[[Mountain of Faith|<span style="color:black">Mountain of Faith</span>]]
|[[Mountain of Faith/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Ending theme</span>]]
|[[Mountain of Faith/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Shrine at the Foot of the Mountain</span>]]
|0:40-0:42 & 1:22-1:24<br>0:52-0:54 (+3 other times)
|Short-lived<br>Modified
|-
|[[Subterranean Animism|<span style="color:black">Subterranean Animism</span>]]
|[[Subterranean Animism/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Subterranean Animism/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Awakening of the Earth Spirits</span>]]
|0:01-1:16
|Modified
|-
|[[Undefined Fantastic Object|<span style="color:black">Mountain of Faith</span>]]
|[[Undefined Fantastic Object/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Undefined Fantastic Object/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">A Shadow in the Blue Sky</span>]]
|0:03-0:29<br>0:29-0:57
|Side melody<br>Modified
|-
|[[Undefined Fantastic Object|<span style="color:black">Mountain of Faith</span>]]
|[[Undefined Fantastic Object/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Ending theme</span>]]
|[[Undefined Fantastic Object/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Youkai Temple</span>]]
|0:00-0:12 & 0:21-0:36<br>0:41-0:48
|Side melody<br>Modified
|-
|[[Touhou Hisoutensoku|<span style="color:black">Hisoutensoku</span>]]
|[[Touhou Hisoutensoku/Music#Title_Screen_theme|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Touhou Hisoutensoku/Music#Title_Screen_theme|<span style="color:black">Did You See That Shadow?</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Double Spoiler|<span style="color:black">Double Spoiler</span>]]
|[[Double Spoiler/Music#Title_and_Menu_Theme|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Double Spoiler/Music#Title_and_Menu_Theme|<span style="color:black">Newshound</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Fairy Wars|<span style="color:black">Great Fairy Wars</span>]]
|[[Fairy Wars/Music#Title_theme|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Fairy Wars/Music#Title_theme|<span style="color:black">An Ice Fairy in Spring</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Fairy Wars|<span style="color:black">Great Fairy Wars</span>]]
|[[Fairy Wars/Music#Stage_3_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 3</span>]]
|[[Fairy Wars/Music#Stage_3_theme|<span style="color:black">A Midnight Fairy Dance</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Fairy Wars|<span style="color:black">Great Fairy Wars</span>]]
|[[Fairy Wars/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Ending theme</span>]]
|[[Fairy Wars/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">An Ice Fairy in Spring - Still -</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Ten Desires|<span style="color:black">Ten Desires</span>]]
|[[Ten Desires/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Ten Desires/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Spirit of Avarice </span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Ten Desires|<span style="color:black">Ten Desires</span>]]
|[[Ten Desires/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Ending theme</span>]]
|[[Ten Desires/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">A New Wind at the Shrine</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Hopeless Masquerade|<span style="color:black">Hopeless Masquerade</span>]]
|[[Hopeless Masquerade/Music#Intro_theme|<span style="color:black">Intro theme</span>]]
|[[Hopeless Masquerade/Music#Intro_theme|<span style="color:black">This Dull World's Unchanging Pessimism</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Hopeless Masquerade|<span style="color:black">Hopeless Masquerade</span>]]
|[[Hopeless Masquerade/Music#Post-battle_theme|<span style="color:black">Post-battle</span>]]
|[[Hopeless Masquerade/Music#Post-battle_theme|<span style="color:black">Today's Front-Page Headline</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Hopeless Masquerade|<span style="color:black">Hopeless Masquerade</span>]]
|[[Hopeless Masquerade/Music#Character_Select_Theme|<span style="color:black">Char. selection</span>]]
|[[Hopeless Masquerade/Music#Character_Select_Theme|<span style="color:black">Performer Selection</span>]]
|
|
|}
 
==Windows Third Generation==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; max-width:1200px;"
! width="23%" | Game
! width="10%" | Use
! width="40%" | Song Title
! width="17%" | Appearances
! width="15%" | Presence
|-
|[[Double Dealing Character|<span style="color:black">Double Dealing Character</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Mysterious Purification Rod</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Double Dealing Character|<span style="color:black">Double Dealing Character</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Stage_3_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 3</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Stage_3_theme|<span style="color:black">Bamboo Forest of the Full Moon</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Double Dealing Character|<span style="color:black">Double Dealing Character</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Stage_4_Boss_-_Benben_Tsukumo.27s_and_Yatsuhashi_Tsukumo.27s_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 4 Boss</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Stage_4_Boss_-_Benben_Tsukumo.27s_and_Yatsuhashi_Tsukumo.27s_theme|<span style="color:black">Illusionary Joururi</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Double Dealing Character|<span style="color:black">Double Dealing Character</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Stage_5_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 5</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Stage_5_theme|<span style="color:black">The Shining Needle Castle Sinking in the Air</span>]]
|
|
|-
|[[Double Dealing Character|<span style="color:black">Double Dealing Character</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Ending theme</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Magical Power of the Mallet</span>]]
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|[[Double Dealing Character|<span style="color:black">Double Dealing Character</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Staff_Roll_theme|<span style="color:black">Staff Roll</span>]]
|[[Double Dealing Character/Music#Staff_Roll_theme|<span style="color:black">Mysterious, Mysterious Tools</span>]]
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|[[Impossible Spell Card|<span style="color:black">Impossible Spell Card</span>]]
|[[Impossible Spell Card/Music#Title_and_Menu_Theme|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Impossible Spell Card/Music#Title_and_Menu_Theme|<span style="color:black">Raise the Signal Fire of Cheating</span>]]
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|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom|<span style="color:black">Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Title_screen|<span style="color:black">The Space Shrine Maiden Appears</span>]]
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|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom|<span style="color:black">Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Stage_4_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 4</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Stage_4_theme|<span style="color:black">The Frozen Eternal Capital</span>]]
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|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom|<span style="color:black">Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Stage_5_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 5</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Stage_5_theme|<span style="color:black">Faraway Voyage of 380,000 Kilometers</span>]]
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|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom|<span style="color:black">Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Stage_6_Boss_-_Junko.27s_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 6 Boss</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Stage_6_Boss_-_Junko.27s_theme|<span style="color:black">Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart</span>]]
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|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom|<span style="color:black">Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">Ending theme</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Ending_theme|<span style="color:black">The Moon as Seen from the Shrine</span>]]
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|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom|<span style="color:black">Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Staff_Roll_theme|<span style="color:black">Staff Roll</span>]]
|[[Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom/Music#Staff_Roll_theme|<span style="color:black">The Space Shrine Maiden Returns Home</span>]]
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|[[Hidden Star in Four Seasons|<span style="color:black">Hidden Star in Four Seasons</span>]]
|[[Hidden Star in Four Seasons/Music#Title_Screen|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Hidden Star in Four Seasons/Music#Title_Screen|<span style="color:black">The Sky Where Cherry Blossoms Flutter Down</span>]]
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|[[Violet Detector|<span style="color:black">Violet Detector</span>]]
|[[Violet Detector/Music#Stage_Theme_2_-_Wrong_Week_theme|<span style="color:black">Wrong Week</span>]]
|[[Violet Detector/Music#Stage_Theme_2_-_Wrong_Week_theme|<span style="color:black">Lunatic Dreamer</span>]]
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|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature|<span style="color:black">Wily Beast and Weakest Creature</span>]]
|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Title_Screen|<span style="color:black">Title theme</span>]]
|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Title_Screen|<span style="color:black">Silent Beast Spirits</span>]]
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|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature|<span style="color:black">Wily Beast and Weakest Creature</span>]]
|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage_2_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 2</span>]]
|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage_2_theme|<span style="color:black">Lost River</span>]]
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|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature|<span style="color:black">Wily Beast and Weakest Creature</span>]]
|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage_3_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 3</span>]]
|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage_3_theme|<span style="color:black">Everlasting Red Spider Lily</span>]]
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|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature|<span style="color:black">Wily Beast and Weakest Creature</span>]]
|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage_6_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 6</span>]]
|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage_6_theme|<span style="color:black">Electric Heritage</span>]]
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|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature|<span style="color:black">Wily Beast and Weakest Creature</span>]]
|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage_6_boss_-_Keiki_Haniyasushin.27s_theme|<span style="color:black">Stage 6 Boss</span>]]
|[[Wily Beast and Weakest Creature/Music#Stage_6_boss_-_Keiki_Haniyasushin.27s_theme|<span style="color:black">Entrusting this World to Idols ~ Idolatrize World</span>]]
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==Music Albums==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; max-width:1200px;"
! width="23%" | Album
! width="10%" | Index
! width="40%" | Song Title
! width="17%" | Appearances
! width="15%" | Presence
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|[[Changeability of Strange Dream|<span style="color:black">Changeability of Strange Dream</span>]]
|[[Changeability of Strange Dream|<span style="color:black">#6</span>]]
|[[Changeability of Strange Dream|<span style="color:black">Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night</span>]]
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|[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red|<span style="color:black">Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red</span>]]
|[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red|<span style="color:black">#3</span>]]
|[[Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red|<span style="color:black">Flower Reflecting Mound ~ after Higan Retour</span>]]
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|[[Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5|<span style="color:black">Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5</span>]]
|[[Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5|<span style="color:black">Bonus</span>]]
|[[Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5|<span style="color:black">Theme of Eastern Story</span>]]
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|[[Trojan Green Asteroid|<span style="color:black">Trojan Green Asteroid</span>]]
|[[Trojan Green Asteroid|<span style="color:black">#5</span>]]
|[[Trojan Green Asteroid|<span style="color:black">Ame-no-Torifune Shrine</span>]]
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|[[Neo-traditionalism of Japan|<span style="color:black">Neo-traditionalism of Japan</span>]]
|[[Neo-traditionalism of Japan|<span style="color:black">#2</span>]]
|[[Neo-traditionalism of Japan|<span style="color:black">Led On by a Cow to Visit Zenkou Temple</span>]]
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|[[Hopeless Masquerade OST|<span style="color:black">Hopeless Masquerade OST</span>]]
|[[Hopeless Masquerade OST#Disc_1|<span style="color:black">#1</span>]]
|[[Hopeless Masquerade OST#Disc_1|<span style="color:black">This Dull World's Unchanging Pessimism ~ Shinkirou Orchestra</span>]]
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|[[Dr. Latency's Freak Report|<span style="color:black">Dr. Latency's Freak Report</span>]]
|[[Dr. Latency's Freak Report|<span style="color:black">#10</span>]]
|[[Dr. Latency's Freak Report|<span style="color:black">Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart</span>]]
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|[[Dateless Bar "Old Adam"|<span style="color:black">Dateless Bar "Old Adam"</span>]]
|[[Dateless Bar "Old Adam"|<span style="color:black">#1</span>]]
|[[Dateless Bar "Old Adam"|<span style="color:black">"Old Adam" Bar</span>]]
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|[[Antinomy of Common Flowers OST|<span style="color:black">Antinomy of Common Flowers OST</span>]]
|[[Antinomy of Common Flowers OST#Arrange_Disc|<span style="color:black">#8</span>]]
|[[Antinomy of Common Flowers OST#Arrange_Disc|<span style="color:black">Yorimashi Between Dreams and Reality ~ Necro-Fantasia</span>]]
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==Other==
On September 23, 2017, Touhou music aficionado [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5NAstdwtl2UY158U9C-E9w Romantique_Tp] discovered that the classic in-game pause sound used since [[Perfect Cherry Blossom]] was, in fact, this melody "played really fast" (as seen in [https://twitter.com/Romantique_Tp/status/911623655083380737 this tweet]).




[[Category:Official Music]]
[[Category:Official Music]]
[[ru:Theme of Eastern Story]]
[[ru:Theme of Eastern Story]]

Revision as of 16:03, 17 August 2019

For other uses, see Theme of Eastern Story (disambiguation).

Theme of Eastern Story (テーマ・オブ・イースタンストーリー Tēma obu īsutansutōrī), named as such in Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5, is a song composed by ZUN which serves as the title screen theme in most Windows Touhou Project games. It's thought to be the main theme for the series itself due to the number of times it appears throughout the series. The first physical appearance of the melody appears in the intro sequence of Lotus Land Story, and would later be used in the extra stage theme of Shuusou Gyoku. Later on it appears in the title screen of almost every Windows game, as well as various other songs.

Do note all pieces of information in the "Game", "Use" and "Song Title" columns are clickable links.

PC-98

Game Use Song Title Appearances Presence
Lotus Land Story Intro Unnamed Full song (nothing but)
Mystic Square Intro Unnamed Full song (nothing but)

This track is not part of any official Touhou OST and can be heard here.
While "Theme of Eastern Story" appears as a bonus track in Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5, which is a collection of songs from Highly Responsive to Prayers, it's unclear whether or not the song was intended for the soundtrack of Highly Responsive to Prayers.

Windows First Generation

Game Use Song Title Appearances Presence
Shuusou Gyoku Extra stage Silk Road Alice 0:04-0:09 & 2:00-2:06 Modified
Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Title theme A Dream More Scarlet than Red Full song Main melody
Embodiment of Scarlet Devil Ending theme An Eternity More Transient than Scarlet 0:00-0:29
0:29-0:52
Main melody
Side melody
Perfect Cherry Blossom Title theme Ghostly Dream ~ Snow or Cherry Petal 0:00-0:36 & 1:05-1:28
0:36-0:51
Main melody
Modified
Perfect Cherry Blossom Stage 6 Ultimate Truth 0:00-0:18 Modified
Perfect Cherry Blossom Ending theme Dream of a Spring Breeze 0:15-0:30 & 0:45-1:00 Main melody
Immaterial and Missing Power Feast theme Demystify Feast 2:04-2:06 Short-lived
Imperishable Night Title theme Eternal Night Vignette ~ Eastern Night Full song Main melody
Imperishable Night Stage 4 Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night 0:04-0:36 Main melody
Imperishable Night Stage 6A Boss Gensokyo Millennium ~ History of the Moon 0:13-0:22 & 1:26-1:36 Main melody
Imperishable Night Stage 6B Boss Flight of the Bamboo Cutter ~ Lunatic Princess 0:16-0:28 & 2:25-2:37
1:24-1:26 (+5 other times)
Main melody
Modified
Imperishable Night Ending theme Evening Primrose 0:12-0:30 & 0:48-1:24
0:30-0:48
Main melody
Side melody
Phantasmagoria of Flower View Title theme Flower Reflecting Mound ~ Higan Retour Full song Main melody
Phantasmagoria of Flower View Pre-battle The Mound Where the Flowers Reflect 0:22-0:43
0:43-1:07
Side melody
Main melody
Phantasmagoria of Flower View Pre-boss Mound of Shigan Full song Modified
Shoot the Bullet Title theme Tengu's Notebook ~ Mysterious Note 0:03-1:27 Side melody
Shoot the Bullet Photo 3 Sleepless Night of the Eastern Country 0:52-0:53
1:28-1:30
Short-lived
Main melody

Windows Second Generation

Game Use Song Title Appearances Presence
Mountain of Faith Title theme Sealed Gods 0:20-0:41 Main melody
Mountain of Faith Ending theme Shrine at the Foot of the Mountain 0:40-0:42 & 1:22-1:24
0:52-0:54 (+3 other times)
Short-lived
Modified
Subterranean Animism Title theme Awakening of the Earth Spirits 0:01-1:16 Modified
Mountain of Faith Title theme A Shadow in the Blue Sky 0:03-0:29
0:29-0:57
Side melody
Modified
Mountain of Faith Ending theme Youkai Temple 0:00-0:12 & 0:21-0:36
0:41-0:48
Side melody
Modified
Hisoutensoku Title theme Did You See That Shadow?
Double Spoiler Title theme Newshound
Great Fairy Wars Title theme An Ice Fairy in Spring
Great Fairy Wars Stage 3 A Midnight Fairy Dance
Great Fairy Wars Ending theme An Ice Fairy in Spring - Still -
Ten Desires Title theme Spirit of Avarice
Ten Desires Ending theme A New Wind at the Shrine
Hopeless Masquerade Intro theme This Dull World's Unchanging Pessimism
Hopeless Masquerade Post-battle Today's Front-Page Headline
Hopeless Masquerade Char. selection Performer Selection

Windows Third Generation

Game Use Song Title Appearances Presence
Double Dealing Character Title theme Mysterious Purification Rod
Double Dealing Character Stage 3 Bamboo Forest of the Full Moon
Double Dealing Character Stage 4 Boss Illusionary Joururi
Double Dealing Character Stage 5 The Shining Needle Castle Sinking in the Air
Double Dealing Character Ending theme Magical Power of the Mallet
Double Dealing Character Staff Roll Mysterious, Mysterious Tools
Impossible Spell Card Title theme Raise the Signal Fire of Cheating
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Title theme The Space Shrine Maiden Appears
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Stage 4 The Frozen Eternal Capital
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Stage 5 Faraway Voyage of 380,000 Kilometers
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Stage 6 Boss Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Ending theme The Moon as Seen from the Shrine
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom Staff Roll The Space Shrine Maiden Returns Home
Hidden Star in Four Seasons Title theme The Sky Where Cherry Blossoms Flutter Down
Violet Detector Wrong Week Lunatic Dreamer
Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Title theme Silent Beast Spirits
Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Stage 2 Lost River
Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Stage 3 Everlasting Red Spider Lily
Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Stage 6 Electric Heritage
Wily Beast and Weakest Creature Stage 6 Boss Entrusting this World to Idols ~ Idolatrize World

Music Albums

Album Index Song Title Appearances Presence
Changeability of Strange Dream #6 Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night
Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red #3 Flower Reflecting Mound ~ after Higan Retour
Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5 Bonus Theme of Eastern Story
Trojan Green Asteroid #5 Ame-no-Torifune Shrine
Neo-traditionalism of Japan #2 Led On by a Cow to Visit Zenkou Temple
Hopeless Masquerade OST #1 This Dull World's Unchanging Pessimism ~ Shinkirou Orchestra
Dr. Latency's Freak Report #10 Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart
Dateless Bar "Old Adam" #1 "Old Adam" Bar
Antinomy of Common Flowers OST #8 Yorimashi Between Dreams and Reality ~ Necro-Fantasia

Other

On September 23, 2017, Touhou music aficionado Romantique_Tp discovered that the classic in-game pause sound used since Perfect Cherry Blossom was, in fact, this melody "played really fast" (as seen in this tweet).