Theme of Eastern Story

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 ZUN Soft intro sequence of Lotus Land Story and Mystic Square, 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.

PC-98

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

While the full version of "Theme of Eastern Story" appears as a bonus track on Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5, which is a collection of songs from Highly Responsive to Prayers, the song was not actually made for the game - ZUN explicitly calls it a new addition in the album's postscript. A part of the theme made its first appearance in 1998, but it's unknown just when it was actually composed (or if there even was a full rendition of it prior to Akyu's Untouched Score that ZUN referenced for its appearances).

Games

Game	Use	Song Title	Appearances	Presence
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 0:52-0:56	Side melody
Perfect Cherry Blossom	Ending theme	Dream of a Spring Breeze	0:15-0:30 & 0:45-1:00	Main melody
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 (+3 other times) 1:49-1:51 (+5 other times)	Main melody Short-lived 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	0:22-1:07	Main melody
Phantasmagoria of Flower View	Pre-boss	Mound of Shigan	Full song	Modified
Phantasmagoria of Flower View	Boss	Eastern Judgement in the Sixtieth Year ~ Fate of Sixty Years	0:00-0:36 1:02-1:38 2:04-2:18 2:29-2:42 2:42-3:19	Modified Side melody
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
Subterranean Animism	Ending theme	The Earth Spirits' Homecoming	0:00-0:06 (+3 other times) 0:34-0:40 (+3 other times)	Side melody Modified
Undefined Fantastic Object	Title theme	A Shadow in the Blue Sky	0:03-0:29 0:29-0:57	Side melody Modified
Undefined Fantastic Object	Ending theme	Youkai Temple	0:00-0:12 & 0:21-0:36 0:41-0:48	Side melody Modified
Ten Desires	Title theme	Spirit of Avarice	0:33-1:00	Main melody
Ten Desires	Stage 6 boss	Shoutoku Legend ~ True Administrator	0:00 - 0:33 1:00-1:02 (+1 other time) 1:03-1:06 (+1 other time) 1:12-1:40 2:26-End	Main Melody Side Melody Modified Main Melody Main Melody & Modified
Ten Desires	Ending theme	A New Wind at the Shrine	Full song	Main melody
Double Dealing Character	Title theme	Mysterious Purification Rod	0:15-0:28 0:34-0:36 1:06-1:13 & 1:21-1:28	Modified Short-lived Main melody
Double Dealing Character	Stage 3	Bamboo Forest of the Full Moon	0:46-1:16 & 1:48-2:18	Main melody
Double Dealing Character	Stage 4 boss	Illusionary Joururi	1:15-1:18 (+3 other times)	Main melody Short-lived Modified
Double Dealing Character	Stage 5	The Shining Needle Castle Sinking in the Air	0:01-0:37	Main melody Modified
Double Dealing Character	Stage 6	The Exaggerated Castle Keep	0:00-0:23 (+1 other time) 1:12-End	Modified Side Melody
Double Dealing Character	Stage 6 boss	Inchlings of the Shining Needle ~ Needle Princess	(to fill)	(to fill)
Double Dealing Character	Ending theme	Magical Power of the Mallet	0:55-1:22	Side melody
Double Dealing Character	Staff Roll	Mysterious, Mysterious Tools	0:14 & 0:28 0:48-0:59	Short-lived Main melody
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom	Title theme	The Space Shrine Maiden Appears	0:12-0:38 & 2:19-2:20 0:38-1:04 & 1:30-1:54	Main melody Side melody
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom	Stage 4	The Frozen Eternal Capital	0:46-1:06 1:42-1:46 (+3 other times) 2:06-2:29	Modified Side melody
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom	Stage 5	Faraway Voyage of 380,000 Kilometers	0:03-0:04 (+7 other times)	Short-lived
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom	Stage 6 boss	Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart	2:13-2:17 (+3 other times) 3:31-3:32	Modified Short-lived
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom	Ending theme	The Moon as Seen from the Shrine	0:00-0:14	Main melody
Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom	Staff Roll	The Space Shrine Maiden Returns Home	0:00-0:25 & 0:50-0:51 0:51-1:16	Main melody Side melody
Hidden Star in Four Seasons	Title theme	The Sky Where Cherry Blossoms Flutter Down	0:19-0:44 0:56-1:21	Side melody Main melody
Hidden Star in Four Seasons	Stage 6 boss	The Concealed Four Seasons	0:00-0:11 1:09-1:19	Main melody Main melody
Hidden Star in Four Seasons	Ending theme	Unnatural Nature	Full song	Main melody
Hidden Star in Four Seasons	Staff Roll	White Traveler	Full song	Side melody Modified
Wily Beast and Weakest Creature	Title theme	Silent Beast Spirits	0:23-0:35 0:35-1:00	Main melody Modified
Wily Beast and Weakest Creature	Stage 6	Electric Heritage	1:21-1:33 1:33-1:56	Main melody Side melody
Wily Beast and Weakest Creature	Stage 6 boss	Entrust the World to Idols ~ Idolatrize World	1:31-1:42 & 3:13-3:24 3:10-3:12 3:25-3:46	Main melody Side melody
Wily Beast and Weakest Creature	Ending theme	The Animals' Rest	Full song	Modified
Unconnected Marketeers	Title theme	A Rainbow Spanning Gensokyo	0:00-0:10 & 0:39-1:08 0:10-0:17 (+3 other times) 1:36-1:38 & 1:41-1:43	Main melody Side melody Short-lived
Unconnected Marketeers	Stage 3 boss	Smoking Dragon	0:11-0:33 & 0:58-1:20	Modified
Unconnected Marketeers	Ending theme	The Sunday After the Storm	Full song	Main melody
Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost	Main Menu	A Beast's Intelligence	(to fill)	(to fill)

Spin-offs

Game	Use	Song Title	Appearances	Presence
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
Double Spoiler	Title theme	Newshound	0:05-0:38	Main melody
Fairy Wars	Title theme	An Ice Fairy in Spring	0:00-0:05 & 0:32-0:56 0:10-0:12 (+7 other times)	Main melody Short-lived
Fairy Wars	Stage 1	The Refrain of the Lovely Great War	0:31-0:32 0:39-0:40 1:24-1:25	Short-lived
Fairy Wars	Stage 3	A Midnight Fairy Dance	1:28-1:32 & 1:41-1:45	Main melody
Fairy Wars	Ending theme	An Ice Fairy in Spring - Still -	0:00-0:06 & 0:37-1:06 0:12-0:14 (+3 other times)	Main melody Short-lived
Hopeless Masquerade	Intro theme	This Dull World's Unchanging Pessimism	Full song	Side melody
Impossible Spell Card	Title theme	Raise the Flag of Cheating	0:01-0:38 & 0:51-1:17	Main melody
Violet Detector	Wrong Week	Lunatic Dreamer	0:42-0:45	Main melody
Violet Detector	Story Theme 1	"Old Adam" Bar	0:34-0:35 (+7 other times)	Short-lived
100th Black Market	Title Screen	The Collector's Melancholy Afternoon	0:27-0:50 & 1:18-1:45 1:52-1:53	Main melody Short-lived

Music Albums

Album	Index	Song Title	Appearances	Presence
Changeability of Strange Dream	#6	Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night	0:04-0:37 & 1:34-2:07	Main melody
Immaterial and Missing Power OST	#14	Demystify Feast	2:04-2:06	Short-lived
Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red (CD)	#3	Flower Reflecting Mound ~ after Higan Retour	0:00-0:22 & 1:05-1:49 0:22-1:05	Modified Main melody
Retrospective 53 minutes	#3	Flight of a Bamboo Cutter ~ Lunatic Princess	0:17-0:28 & 2:27-2:39 1:24-1:25 (+3 other times) 1:50-1:52 (+5 other times) 4:53-4:54 (+3 other times)	Main Melody Short-lived Modified Side Melody
Retrospective 53 minutes	#10	Gensokyo Millennium ~ History of the Moon	0:12-0:21 & 1:25-1:35	Main melody
Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5	Bonus	Theme of Eastern Story	Full song	(nothing but)
Magical Astronomy	#3	Sleepless Night of the Eastern Country	0:52-0:53 1:28-1:30	Short-lived Main melody
Touhou Hisoutensoku OST	#1	Did You See That Shadow?	0:00-0:08	Side melody
Trojan Green Asteroid	#5	Ame-no-Torifune Shrine	0:41-0:42	Short-lived
Neo-traditionalism of Japan	#2	Led On by a Cow to Visit Zenkou Temple	0:11-0:31	Main melody
Neo-traditionalism of Japan	#4	Eastern Judgement in the Sixtieth Year ~ Fate of Sixty Years	0:00-0:56 1:22-1:59 2:25-2:39 3:04-3:41 4:31-end	Modified Side melody
Hopeless Masquerade OST	#1	This Dull World's Unchanging Pessimism ~ Shinkirou Orchestra	0:00-0:41	Side melody
Hopeless Masquerade OST	#2	Performer Selection	0:01-1:12	Side melody
Hopeless Masquerade OST	#13	Today's Front-Page Headline	0:00-0:04	Main melody
Dr. Latency's Freak Report	#2	The Frozen Eternal Capital	0:46-1:06 1:44-2:06 2:07-2:29 2:53-3:15 3:16-end	Modified Side-melody
Dr. Latency's Freak Report	#7	The Shining Needle Castle Sinking in the Air	0:01-0:37	Main melody Modified
Dr. Latency's Freak Report	#10	Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart	2:11-2:16 (+3 other times) 3:32-3:33	Side melody Short-lived
Dateless Bar "Old Adam"	#1	"Old Adam" Bar	0:34-0:35 (+7 other times) 1:41-1:42(+7other times) 3:23-3:34	Short-lived Modified
Antinomy of Common Flowers OST	#8	Yorimashi Between Dreams and Reality ~ Necro-Fantasia	0:04-0:06	Side melody Short-lived
Touhou Gouyoku Ibun OST	#1	Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow	0:28-1:12	Side melody
Taboo Japan Disentanglement	#1	Dawn Breaks on Tanabatazaka	1:08-1:12 & 2:55-3:02	Main melody
Taboo Japan Disentanglement	#4	Smoking Dragon	(to fill)	(to fill)
Taboo Japan Disentanglement	#7	Yorimashi Between Dreams and Reality ~ Necro-Fantasia	(to fill)	(to fill)
Taboo Japan Disentanglement	#10	The Concealed Four Seasons	(to fill)	(to fill)

Miscellaneous

This section list songs that were composed by ZUN that appeared on various media in which it features a Leitmotif of Theme of Eastern Story.

Album/Game	Index/Use	Song Title	Appearances	Presence
Shuusou Gyoku	Extra stage	Silk Road Alice	0:04-0:09 & 2:00-2:06	Modified
Seasonal Dream Vision	#13	Eastern Judgement in the Sixtieth Year	0:00-0:55 1:20-1:57 2:23-2:36 2:47-3:01 3:01-3:37 4:27-End	Modified Side Melody
8Bit Music Power Final	#12	Mysterious Shrine	0:11-0:41 & 1:00-1:30 1:31-1:46 1:46-2:00	Main Melody Side Melody Modified
Touhou Unreal Mahjong OST	#17	Curious old Shanghai tile	0:14-0:17 (+8 other times) 1:37-1:47 & 2:03-2:13	Short-lived Side Melody Modified
Touhou Otohanabi	#1	Every Day a Red Day ~ Folksy Touhou days.	(to fill)	(to fill)

Additional Information

• On March 31, 2014, Spaztique discovered that the in-game pause sound used since Perfect Cherry Blossom was, in fact, this melody played at a very fast speed (as seen in this video). It was also discovered independently on September 23, 2017 by Touhou music aficionado Romantique Tp (as seen in this tweet).