#toshinori hiramatsu

[aranicar]

We have another metal arrange?  Oh yeah!  It’s time for some Song of the Night Sparrow rock!

My favorite part of Night Bird is the first piano melody (in this particular arrange this starts at around 1:16).  That’s the meatiest (pun not intended) part of Night Bird for me.  It emits a very complex emotion, like the remembrance of someone close to you which has since passed on.  After that, the feeling is like the strength to carry onward through the pain.

This particular arrange emphasizes the strength portion of Night Bird, though still contains that feeling of loss.  Because of this emphasis, and the fact that the bpm is high and it’s rock, it really helps me get pumped up to do something, to carry onward through the hardships I’ve been having that day or week.  I also like how he added in Deaf to All but the Song in the middle too.

One of the reasons why I wanted to post this arrange was to give Night Bird some exposure.  This and Illusionary Night ~ Ghostly Eyes are some of the most overlooked tracks in Touhou, I barely see any arranges for these two unless I specifically search for them.  This makes me a bit sad, because without these IN would be completely lackluster with only about two or three tracks I really like.  For some reason, I just can’t get much expression from IN themes.  Many of the tracks in IN also feel too repetitive for me and aren’t enjoyable to listen to.

I’ll try to find an arrange of Ghostly Eyes, but haven’t come across one that has hooked my attention yet.  I’ll be on a lookout for some great IN arranges however.  It only takes a couple really amazing ones to change my mind ;).

[vgjunk]

An excellent cover of "Awe of She" from Guilty Gear X by Sword of Justice / Toshinori Hiramatsu.

[ixsjolda]

looks at list...... songs by toshinori hiramatsu. idk if i wanna tag 'em, but he did a bunch of falcom arranges in the past and they're still really cool. i got 'em. sadly, some i can't upload sadly due to size limitations on tumblr (such as the ernst one and i think one from dinosaur which bums me as that one is rly good.)

[vgjunk]

Cover of the Shin Megami Tensei II battle theme by Sword of Justice / Toshinori Hiramatsu. It's pretty incredible.