[東方] Knix6593 - Akyuu's Desolate Score | Touhou Piano Arrangement

A neglected arrangement that I did not get around uploading, dated 05 November, 2023
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Title: Akyuu's Desolate Score
Arrangement: Knix6593
Original: Original: Child of Are | 阿礼の子供 + Hartmann's Youkai Girl | ハルトマンの妖怪少女
(Touhou: Histories by Hieda ~ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense | Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism)
Score: drive.google.c...
Art by Moe Harukawa (see touhouwiki entry for akyuu)
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An attempt at an unsettling piano arrangement using major-minor extended chords. Akyuu's theme is well.... somewhere lol. Koishi also makes a cameo appearance
The MIDI is rendered in MS4, using the upright piano from muse sounds. I also added external reverb and a bit of tape simulation using izotope's ozone. Very surprised with how great it sounds for being a free piano library!
#東方 #touhou #piano

[@kureo-liam]

As promised, here are my results! (Part 1, I did two versions of this)
Methodology:
I had a account with no watch history, and made a playlist of every touhou original arrangement from this channel, and then pressed shuffle on it, immediately switching tabs afterwards. I checked with the watch history afterwards. *Please note that not all of the pieces were heard, this is just a selection of them*
guess: song of the night sparrow
answer: Nazrin's theme (unfinished)
guess: Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle
answer: a maiden's resplendent joy
guess: Candid Friend
answer: faith is for the transient people
guess: the loudest part melody recongizable, but on the tip of my tongue
answer: the idyllic memories of japan the girl remembered
guess: Koishi's theme, I adore the harmony, the melody is seamlessly incorporated
answer: Koishi's soundscape
guess: Kaguya's theme, I got it from the very beginning. I think it is because it's one of my favorites on the piano so I got a lot of exposure.
answer: kaguya in space
guess: ultimate truth
answer: ultimately, this is truly a chromatic descent
guess: I've definitely heard this one many times before, but I always treat it as a totally seperate piece. Despite this, the melody is one of the most distinctly touhou out of them all. There's a section that sounds pretty identical with the original.
answer: shinra-bansho
Evaluation: Well, that was embarrassing. I thought I knew better, but alas. Out of the 7 pieces, I got 4 correct, and I highly suspect RUclips was sending me the ones I heard the most. This is why I believe the methodology was flawed from the beginning. Next time, I will ask a friend to make one in random order - that may be more accurate of a test. I think I'll send the second part next time, as this comment is way too long lol (sorry for yapping)

[@Knix6593]

You actually went and did it holy 😂

[@kureo-liam]

@@Knix6593 heh, what are touhou fans if not dedicated?