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ZUN's Strange Works

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ZUN's Strange Works (その他の作品 ~ ZUN's Strange Works) are a group of six songs composed by ZUN during the time between the PC-98 and Windows Touhou games.

They can be downloaded in MIDI format from ZUN's MIDI site.

Commentary

(Taken from the .txt files found in each song's archive.)

zun001.lzh
宵闇の魔術師 Magician of the Twilight

なんていうか、まぁゲームミュージック風です。(つーか、自分的に標準)
RPGや(自分的にはSTGの)ボス戦闘シーンなんかをイメージして作ってみました。

ちょっと、昔に創ったのですが、今と変わりません(笑)

オリジナル曲ってあるけど東方の曲とかも、自作なんでオリジナル曲なような・・・
オリジナルというより未使用曲ですね(笑)
いずれ、違う形でゲームに使えるようになったらいいな~、と。

It's, well, game music-ish. (To my self standards)
I imaged an boss fight theme for something like an RPG game (well, shooter in my case).

I made it some while ago, but it doesn't differ from my recent ones. (Laughs)

I do have 'original' works, but since the touhou musics are also my original stuff, it kinda feels like 'original' music all the same...
Well, I guess more like unused tracks rather than original music. (Laughs)
I hope that some day I can use it in my games in some other way.

zun002.lzh
Magic of Life

ちょっと前に作った曲を引っ張り出してきました。
自分の得意な(好きな)、アリスミュージックです。アリスミュージックとは、【 夢消失 ~Lost Doream 】(東方夢時空)、【 アリスマエステラ 】(東方幻想郷)、【 不思議の国のアリス 】(東方怪綺談)、あたりの西洋風な曲のことです。

この曲は、かなり切ない感じでいいですね。

でも。こんなんばっか創ってると、かなり・・・

まぁ作者、少女趣味ですが(核爆)

たま~に、こういう曲もいかがでしょうか(^^;;

I pulled out one of my old music tracks.
It's what I do best (and what I like); Alice music.
Alice music refers to [Yume Shoushitsu ~ Lost Dream] (Phantasmagoria of Dim Dream),[Alice Maestra](Lotus Land Story), [Alice in Wonderland](Mystic Square),
and those such songs that have a western touch to it.

I like this song because it sounds very sad.

But. I fear that if I keep on making stuff like this....

Well, as the maker, I already have very feminane preferences (Nuke lol)
Well, how would you like songs like these once in a while?

zun003.lzh
Plastic Space

この曲は、後輩が制作中の Win用STG の、99年度鳩祭バージョンの一面に使用した曲です。今はストーリーも決まって、結果この曲は使わなくなったのでここで聴いてもらおうかと(^^; いまはまた、東方なにがしのような曲を制作開始してます(^^;;

で、この曲は私の中では珍しい部類の曲で、お気に入りでもあります。まぁ、東方なにがしにはあいそうもないけど、昔のSTG の曲っぽくてわりと(^^)

あと、ボリュームが大きいので気を付けてくださいね(笑)

This was the song used in the prototype of a Win game released in the 1999 Hato Matsuri1 that my junior was making.
Since the story was decided on after that, this song was taken off, so I thought I should let people hear it here. (^^;
Right now, I started making songs for touhou related things again.(^^;;

This song is a strange one, but is also one of my favorites. Well, it doesn't sound like it'll go with Touhou at all, but it has it's retro shmup feel to it, which I like.(^^)

Oh, and be careful when you listen to it since the volume's quite high.(laughs)

Notes: Used as Stage 1 theme in the Shuusou Gyoku prototype.
1Hato Matsuri refers to the Tokyo Denki University Hatoyama Campus's university fare (a.k.a. Hatoyama Matsuri). ZUN studied at this university.

The origins of Shuusou Gyoku (Project Gian) was first released in the Hato Matsuri of Year 98.

zun004.lzh
Inventive City

更新が途絶えて申し訳ない(涙)あと、もう少しなんで(^^;; ちょっと、お茶を濁すようですみませんが、ちょっと前に創った曲をです。 ちょっとレトロなゲームっぽさがちょっとアレな感じでちょっといいですよね(笑)

それにしても、もう少ししたら活動を再開するのでしばしの間ご勘弁をm(_ _)m

I'm sorry I'm not updating as regularly (tears) I'm almost done, so just a bit longer(^^;
I might be spoiling the mood and all, but this song is one of my older works.
Isn't the retro shmup-ish part kinda nice?(laughs)

I'll be back to usual in just a bit more, so please excuse me till then. m(_ _)m

Notes:

Used as Stage 2 theme in the Shuusou Gyoku prototype.

zun005.lzh
夢幻回廊 Infinite Corridor

立て続けに、ちょっと昔のストックからひきだしてみたり(^^; 超珍しくスローテンポの曲です。

RPGとかにぴったりの(嘘)しっとりした曲を作ってみました。 たまには、こんな曲も作ってるよってアピールしとかないとなんだしね(^^;;;

でも、割と癖が強すぎて、いつもと大差がないようなアレですが(汗)

Here I am pulling out another old song from my stockpile.(^^;
It's a really slow song, which is very rare for me.

A soft and moody song perfect for RPGs! (lies)
Well, I need to tell people that I make these sort of songs to, once in a while(^^;;;

But then again, since it has a really strong taste, it might not be too different from what I always make. (sweats)

zun006.lzh
蓬莱幻想 ~ far East Hourai Illusion ~ far East

おもいっきし東風に仕上げようと・・・、したのはいいんですが、STG曲としてはノリがいまいちだったので没。

曲自体は最初のイメージに近い感じになってよかったのですが・・・
ってことは、最初のイメージの時点でSTG向きじゃなかったのね(笑)
でも、曲は割と好み。

イメージ的には、イージーリスニングからジャズフュージョンに移行していくような感じです。和製ジャズってのも(外人の曲を真似しようとしなければ)格好いいものも多いですよね。

ちなみに、エキストラがこの曲だったときは中ボスの攻撃が避けれなかったです(^^;; やっぱり、ノリ? 曲無しでプレイすると弾避けられないしね。

I tried my best to give it an eastern touch... that went well, but then it didn't really sound like a song for shooters, so I took it out.

The song it's self wasreally close to the image that I originally had...
But that means, the image that I had wasn't fit for an shooter in the first place.(laughs)
But it's rather to my likings.

I imaged moving from an easy song to a jazz-fusion sort of song. There are lots of good Japanese made jazz out there too (unless they try to mimic songs from other countries.)

On a side note, when I used this song as an Extra stage track, I couldn't dodge the mid-boss's attaacks(^^;
I guess it's my feeling? I can't dodge in the first place if there is no music.

Notes:

Planned to be used as the Extra Stage theme in Shuusou Gyoku.

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