Original Title: 水は低きに彷徨う
Composer: 権太夫 (Gondayu)

The Stage 4 boss, Houran Senpaku's theme.
Houran, you poor thing. 
You suppose she's got the Murakumo hidden in that cannon? I think one of her profiles mentioned delivering the Sacred Sword to Tokuko, but that doesn't help narrow things down when there's two Sacred Swords in play during this incident...
People seem pretty divided over how this theme sounds. I think it's alright.

Original description:
船魄 彷蘭のテーマです。

さまよえるオランダ人がはるばる日の本の国までやって来ました。
運命の乙女求めてそんなにさまようなんて相当な少女好き……
ワーグナーも女好きだから仕方が無い。勿論、お酒も大好きです。
亡靈の叫びが聞こえます。

Touhou ~ Heavenly Gathering of Clouds

HGoC OST 09: The Water Wanders Under

Original Title: 空へ潜る抜け道
Composer: た人 (Tahito)

The Stage 5 theme.
Loophole? What?
Oh, right, the title has a double-meaning, so you'll see it translated differently across uploads. 
Diving upwards into the water must be a weird experience. 
I never got my black band as a kid, so I couldn't go into the deep end of the pool during swim time. Not that I ever planned on diving, anyway...

Original description:
5面のテーマです。

水中な雰囲気、たまにふわとした感覚に襲われます。
抜け道と言えばトトロですが、ここではもうちょっと物騒な気配。
ところで空の水に飛び込むってどんな気分なんでしょうか……
そんなことを考え始めると夜も快眠です。

HGoC OST 10: A Secret Passage Diving Into the Sky

Original Title: 旋風の悪七兵衛
Composer: yosiyosi

The Stage 5 boss, Kiyome Hirakage's theme.
She was the blueprint. General Set who? Kikyou who?
Kiyome isn't actually Kagekiyo, but rather his daughter, as it turns out. I think.
There's so much comedic potential with her character. Her being stubborn as all get-out is perfect, too.

Original description:
平景 清眼のテーマです。

父讓りの武士の執念のみならず、実は一騎打ちが楽しくて
思わずロ元がニヤリとしている自分に気付かない。
そんな清眼を想像しながら、ちよっと重たくもかっこいい曲にしてみました。
ひっさつ旋風剣！ イヤアァァァァ

HGoC OST 11: Wicked Seventh Guard of the Whirlwind

Original Title: 水鳥かく語りき
Composer: こむぎ (Komugi)

The Stage 6 theme.
I got goosebumps the first time I listened to this.
It really does feel like you're on the cusp of something incredible, doesn't it?
I pray that the HGoC game comes out sooner than I expect it to. 

Original description:
6面のテーマです。

水底に都があったらさぞロマンテイックなんでしょうね。
でも今回は少し不気味というか恐怖感を煽る感覚が欲しかったんですよね。
洞窟のような神秘的であり危ない感じ、それにしても洞窟いいね。

HGoC OST 12: Thus Spoke the Waterfowl

Original Title: いにしへのわらべ唄　～ 蛍
Composer: リュウオウ (Ryuuou)

The Stage 6 boss, Tokuko Amaginomiya's theme.
A grandiose, whimsical theme for a grandiose, whimsical child.
I always imagine various characters playing the other instruments of this song, while Tokuko herself leads with the flute sections.
Houran on the trumpet, Kiyome on the piano, Nagamitsukiri on the guitar...

Original description:
天岐宮 徳子のテーマです。

幼くして入水し、そのまま命を絶った德子。
昔口ずさんだ童歌は、今も彼女の記憶に残っているのかも？
ボスとしての強大さや偉大さを削ぎ落とした楽しい曲です。
子供と遊ぶのは疲れます。育兒のつもりで頑張りましょう。

HGoC OST 13: Ancient Children's Song ~ Firefly

Original Title: 鳴動
Composer: リュウオウ (Ryuuou)

Tokuko's second/Last Spell theme.
A terrifying, imposing theme for a terrifying, imposing child.
And her pet Orochi head, too. 
The spellcard associated with this is titled "Three Sacred Treasures," but she's only got two swords? Is she stupid?
(Maybe the jewels are the bullets, and you're the mirror...)

Original description:
プレイヤーを焦らせるためだけの嵐のような童ビート。
これ以上無いくらい、幼く、強く、速く。
日本人だからなのでしょうか。太鼓の者を間くと
何故か無性に興奮してきちゃうね。

HGoC OST 14: Rumbling

Original Title: ロマンティックツアー・壇ノ浦
Composer: samidare

The Extra Stage theme.
Power move to name your stage theme after where your half-sister drowned.
Tokuko even shows up as a midboss here. What the hell, Akiko??
-But anyways, this theme is very good. It kind of feels like you're approaching royalty...

Original description:
EX面のテーマです。

さあさあこの先は、小難しい话は抜き抜き、みんな大好きエキストラステージだよ！
ということで、本編の流れは綺麗に忘れて爽快な曲を目指しました。
軽快だけど少しシリアスで、楽しげだけどちょっぴり切ない、
そんな弾幕シアーがまた、始まります。

HGoC OST 15: Romantic Tour — Dan-no-ura

Original Title: 水鳥の郷帰り
Composer(s): まっきー (Makky), こむぎ (Komugi)

The ending theme.
What a pleasant romp through terrible weather! A shame it couldn't rain forever. 
I actually like so-called "dreary weather." There's nothing better than an early spring shower, I say. 
So, be glad I wasn't put in charge of solving this incident. Nothing would have happened.

HGoC OST 17: Waterfowl's Return to the Country

Original Title: 菊紋の太刀
Composer: 桐生 (Kiryuu)

The Extra Stage boss, Akiko Amaginomiya's theme.
Now let me show you...
BEHOLD! The TRUE THEME of the EMPEROR!!
I like to imagine that Akiko still clings to her "emperor" title long after death. Yet another reason for her insane desire to find the Kusanagi.
In contrast to Tokuko's theme, this theme makes me envision Akiko playing the trumpet, while an armory of 1,000 golden swords clash and grind against each other to make up the rest of the song. You can hear it too, can't you?
(Despite everything, she's still covered in shadow in some uploads...)

Original description:
天岐宮 顕子のテーマです。

武士の時代に在位した人物が乇チーフになっています。
高潔かつ野心的な皇に相応しく勇ましい曲にしてみました。
中々手に入らない物ほど喉から手が出るほど欲しくなるものですが
実際はつまらない物だったりするのでがツカリしないよう注重が必要です。

HGoC OST 16: Longsword of the Chrysanthemum Crest

Original Title: 海龍行々　～ Princess's smile
Composer: まっきー (Makky)

The Staff Roll theme.
Ahh! A re-arrange of the title theme!! (squeal)
This might be my favorite track in the entire album, but there's so many to choose from...
Wait, track #18 already?? It's over so soon?? But I haven't even talked about my lengthy speculations and headcanons about the cast of characters! Why is the music fading o

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