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OST Focus – VS Xeno Ridley

Today on OST focus we have something I completely forgot about. While I announced last week that we’re going to change to another series, the latest tune from Super Mario: Vanishing Existence, the animated series created by VanishingSVST, is still waiting for its spotlight. It’s the theme of Xeno Ridley, basically a mechanized Portal version of Ridley.

As of now, the song has only been teased in the “trailer” for the 4th episode of Super Mario: Vanishing Existence, but it might not take too long until that episode is finished, so you better stay tuned for some top class action scenes! The video features the battle scene from the trailer along with some artwork for Xeno Ridley:

The tune is supposed to sound both robotic and epic. For this purpose, it includes the Serris battle theme from Metroid Fusion and quite naturally Ridley’s theme. It’s one of the newest songs for this series and perhaps also one of my best yet. If you like it, there’s quite a bit more like that on the OST page!

As for our voting, it looks like Suwa Foughten Field (Kanako’s theme) is going to make it. I’ll look into the ones which got a lot of votes as well, I’m actually rather interested in Strawberry Crisis!! and it seems quite a few people wanted to hear Eternal Shrine Maiden and Tank Girl’s Dream (and Bad Apple!!, but that was quite obvious anyway), so that’s a thing. Too bad Dimension of Reverie didn’t get that many votes, I really like that theme~

Next time on OST focus, we’re switching to another animated series by VanishingSVST, this time for real: The Masters of Pokemon, Divine Entity. I’m also pretty much done with my thesis so far, so I can likely work on regular mixes again. You can expect the Touhou/Castlevania crossover featuring Rumia and some classical Belmont tunes next Sunday!

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OST Focus – Shadow Dial

Today on OST focus we have a look at Shadow Dial, another tune from Super Mario: Vanishing Existence, the animated series created by VanishingSVST. It serves as the theme of Shadow Sakuya, the first Shadow created by Shadow Entity by using the DNA he found on one of Sakuya’s knives and a strand of her hair.

The song’s first appearance was in the third episode of Super Mario: Vanishing Existence, when Shadow Sakuya was created. The video features some nice artwork, as well as the moment of her creation.

Shadow Dial was meant to illustrate a dark, yet elegant character. Like all Shadows, it includes the Battle theme from Persona 2 and a theme representing the character herself, in this case: Luna Dial. If you like it, there’s quite a bit more like that on the OST page!

Next time on OST focus, we’re switching to another animated series by VanishingSVST. We’ll have a look at The Masters of Pokemon, which features some really interesting tunes. To start off we’ll look at one of the most epic tunes already: Divine Entity. I’m making progress with my thesis, but can’t exactly tell when it’s going to be finished. I hope next week or so, but I can’t guarantee anything.

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Vote for a Touhou song!

Ack…at the moment I’m preoccupied with important stuff, so forgive me that I can’t finish the next crossover right now…instead, I let you do something. Sounds fair? To me it does~

So, let’s try this again, for real this time! Let’s have a poll, you can choose up to three themes, the one with the most votes by the end of September wins and will be made! There’s one more or less memorable song from every main series Touhou game. You might want to listen to the themes first as I doubt you know all of them, for this purpose I’ve added YouTube videos for all the songs. The actual poll can be found below. Happy voting!

Here are the contestants:

The one song which started it all. It even sounds nostalgic.

This tune is an insider tip, you should give it a shot if you don’t know it yet. Especially the part around 0:48.

Yumemi’s tune might sound a bit repetitive at first, but I’m certain it would make for a great techno/trance/house mix. Think about the possibilities!

That is easily the most popular tune of the PC-98 era and has been remixed to death already. Well, it’s a really catchy tune, so I’m not surprised.

I personally love this tune, it’s so upbeat. For me, it’s even catchier than Bad Apple.

The Extra Stage theme is something from that game I haven’t tackled yet. This might be the most interesting stage theme of Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil. My favorite is still Rumia’s Stage theme though.

The first stage theme of Perfect Cherry Blossom let’s you dream of a snowy winter wonderland.

An upbeat battle theme with a bug. The first battle theme of Imperishable Night has quite some potential I would think.

Pretty much the theme of Gensokyo’s reaper. Not as grim though, neither in sound nor appearance. But the tune is quite epic, especially around 0:41.

Certainly one of the most epic Touhou themes. You’re challenging a god after all, that certainly isn’t every day’s business, not even in Gensokyo.

The stage 5 boss is what drives people more crazy in that game than the actual final boss. To honor that fact, her theme is among the contestants.

The stage 5 boss with the tiger-pattern and the curvy lasers has one of the most interesting tunes of Undefined Fantastic Object in my opinion, only bested by Heian Alien.

Yuyuko’s theme in Ten Desires is so damn catchy, after quite some thinking I chose her tune to be worthy of representing that game. It’s a bit short, but a remix has the option of overcoming that fact. Could naturally feature a bit of Border of Life as well.

The most recent and the most ominous of the contestants, a theme with certainly great potential.

Finally, here’s the poll, choose wisely:

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Next week we’ll have another OST Focus featuring Shadow Dial. I can’t say how much time this “important thing” will still take of me, but I might not be able to finish the next song anytime soon.