Th18/Music in English

Translations taken from "Unconnected Marketeers/Music" on Touhou Wiki.

Music titles translation

No. 1 A Rainbow Spanning Gensokyo
@ This is the title screen theme. A track that's refreshing, but still leaves a slightly lazy feeling. The rain may have lifted, but that doesn't make it any easier to get up and start being active, does it?

No. 2 A Shower of Strange Occurrences
@ This is the Stage 1 theme. A track for flying over a forest in a downpour. When it comes to rainy music, the impression it gives flips by 180 degrees based on whether you make it feel damp, or give it a sense of speed. This track is in the latter category, befitting of Stage 1.

No. 3 Kitten of Great Fortune
@ This is Mike Goutokuji's theme. When you think of floods of customers and prosperous business, you think of the maneki-neko. I think this track's melody feels sort of Japanese, or sort of Chinese-- it's got an Oriental vibe of sorts. A bouncing, cat-like track. Cute, don't you think?

No. 4 The Cliff Hidden in Deep Green
@ This is the Stage 2 theme. A track with a strong otherworldy feel to it right off the bat. The far reaches of a mountain are an Otherworld from a human's perspective, you know? Even with satellite photography showing us the whole world nowadays, mountain crags covered in deep forest are as alien as ever.

No. 5 Banditry Technology
@ This is Takane Yamashiro's theme. She's one of the yamawaro, the mountain youkai that serve as counterparts to the kappa. As befits an intellectually-leaning youkai(?), this track came out with the feeling that she's fighting you as if playing a game. It's an interesting track, with a nostalgic mood to it somewhere.

No. 6 The Perpetual Snow of Komakusa Blossoms
@ This is the Stage 3 theme. I pictured a high, just slightly broad plateau atop a mountain. Since these kinds of flat plateaus are hard to reach, people long ago often called them hidden villages for the Taira or ninjas, didn't they? I don't think there's any truth to it, of course, but it's certainly romantic.

No. 7 Smoking Dragon
@ This is Sannyo Komakusa's theme. She's called Komakusa-Dayuu thanks to how she dresses, and the pipe she holds in one hand. I composed a track with a strong, straightforward sense of individuality to it. I did try to make something more yakuza-ish, though. What's up with this "midboss" feeling...? Well, she is just serving as the gatekeeper; she's a midboss through and through.

No. 8 The Obsolescent Industrial Ruins
@ This is the Stage 4 theme. Mining used to be such a big industry that towns were built around it. Roads and railways were developed for its transportation, and it was the sustenance of Japanese industry. Today, however, all but a few mines have been closed. This song gives off a feeling of nostalgia for such mining sites.

No. 9 Ore from the Age of the Gods

@ This is Misumaru Tamatsukuri's theme. I composed this track with an image of being confronted in the depths of a dungeon by a mysterious individual who may be an enemy or a friend. That's basically it (*laugh*). Now then, Izanagi Objects suddenly came out of nowhere, but they show up in the music CD of the same name that I made, so please take a look at that as well. Essentially a mysterious substance.

No. 10 The Long-Awaited Oumagatoki

@ This is the Stage 5 theme. The initial image is that of a fantastic view from the mountains, followed by the world suddenly becoming more familiar once a tengu appears. As the world becomes narrower, your heart becomes lighter... that's the sort of feeling this track has. As a nice contrast to the suffocating feeling of Stage 4's Rainbow Dragon Cave, this stage is lighthearted and fun, with a boss who's easy to understand.

No. 11 Starry Mountain of Tenma
@ This is Megumu Iizunamaru's theme. As befits an important tengu, this theme is melancholic while still retaining a jokey feel. The main phrase of the theme is nostalgic for me personally, and for some reason it makes my eyes tear up. I wonder if it's because we rarely see themes with game-like phrases like this anymore.

No. 12 Lunar Rainbow
@ This is the Final Stage theme. I set a light rhythm to the fantastical night sky. Come to think of it, when I was a child, I used to see my shadow cast clearly onto the ground by moonlight. Have I stopped seeing it because everything around you is so bright nowadays? Or had it been a youkai's doing?

No. 13 Where Is That Bustling Marketplace Now ~ Immemorial Marketeers
@ This is Chimata Tenkyuu's theme. She's a market god. A rainbow is a place where Otherworlds intersect with ours. Those very places where different things cross paths are her territory. Her theme likewise became one where two sections intersect: a fun and lively section with a light rhythm to it, and a powerful section that might somehow sound like wailing.

No. 14 The Great Fantastic Underground Railway Network
@ This is the Extra Stage theme. I envisioned Reimu and co. heading out on their mine-exploring journey with no reservations, thanks to the magatama (oxygen tank) they've obtained. They've been yanked back and forth all over the place up until now, but now their counterattack begins... or at least, it was supposed to. Who would've thought that they'd get yanked around even more?

No. 15 The Princess Who Slays Dragon Kings
@ This is Momoyo Himemushi's theme. She's a centipede princess. Y'know, no matter how much I like insects, centipedes are... yikes. They're hideous, poisonous, fairly familiar, and low-rarity. They're packed with nothing but detestable qualities, and yet, I still hate them. Her theme, however, turned out to be supremely fun, and just as cool as centipedes are. Maybe I do like them after all.

No. 16 The Sunday after the Storm
@ This is the ending theme. I long for Sundays where I can relax and do nothing with a beer in my hand.

No. 17 A Rainbow-Colored World
@ This is the staff roll theme. I dream of the day when the world's markets will be smiling and bustling again.