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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[1] 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

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

Additional Information

Notes

  1. not included in Hopeless Masquerade OST