World's End 東方 Touhou Unplugged/Classic 138 & 139

First Song: the Day of collapse
Second Song (from 4:47): 環状七号線 ～Cosmic Line

Artist: パポス
Circle: Sound.AVE
Album: Lotus～ロータス～
Originals: 法界の火 (Fires of Hokkai) & 感情の摩天楼　〜 Cosmic Mind (Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind)

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Wait for it....
Wait for it....
Oh the tears...

Holy Mother of....

moma....

I download this album, and get welcomed with a violin Beethoven ripoff, oh mother...
I love it when somebody totally unknown to me pops out of nowhere and brings one of the most epic songs I've ever heard in my life.

The arranges are perfect, by that I mean it, I cannot spot flaws (if you do then it's probably 100% intentional). The drumming, the progressions, the pianos, the trumpets, every single instrument's job is executed flawlessly. The progression at 1:38/2:21... they are beautiful... I don't even know how to express my love for this song...
This is how Fires of Hokkai should really be, this is the real "essence" of this song, パポス really managed to pull it out. This is how a pre-final battle stage should sound like. Seriously, it almost sounds like a song from Star Wars...

パポス is one of the greatest Touhou orchestra directors/arrangers my ears have been blessed to hear. He even beats Kitsune Workshop's yuki and Oriens' Rei, 100 to 0. Maybe even MORRIGAN.
The guy doesn't just "cover" the songs "a la" orchestra (best example is Scarlatto di Levante, who practically "covers" songs on orchestra), he adds a whole new feeling into them, I mean, just listen to that Cosmic Mind. THAT INTRO. OH GODD!! The piano, it's perfect, although it might sound a bit strange on first glance, believe me, I cannot think of a better way to help the progression of the song. The song really does scream "This is the LAST BATTLE!" "Give up, you can't win, pal. It's GAME OVER" That's why I picked this image, since it's the most evil image of Byakuren I could muster. This wins the most epic Cosmic Mind in my book, I doubt anyone will be able to best it, yes, I mean it. Not even MORRIGAN. パポス, marry me damn it.

I'm in tears.
I never thought I'd actually lay my ears on this... perfect song... god bless パポス.

.... Thank you, all of you, for watching. And yes, this is from C77.
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EDIT: Video title edited, this sounds like the fucking end of the world, perfect way to end the year, this is NOT New Year's video though.

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[KakashiMr]

Even now, after 7 months both of these songs still take my breath away.

[SarkenHS]

That, because of song like this, that i'm happy to live, when i see the universe of touhou, and it's whole fanbase, i'm just happy to see such wonderfull music,fangame, story, for a game that are buyable only on net... Touhou is not a game, not a music genre... Touhou is a new whole world for me. You could though that i'm just crazy, but touhou is just perfect for me.

[Abner528]

@SarkenHS Im sure you are not crazy, and you are not alone I think the same way about touhou. <3

[LuiG0001]

nice break from the crap ISOYS ships out

[xXTouketsuXx]

This gives me a mixture feel of Soul Calibur, Final Fantasy, a some Kingdom hearts....

I LOVE IT ;___;

[TheKiosk94]

@KageTori12 Still you can't deny the fact that the music is still pretty good, compared to most of the music I hear about these days.

[wisefelipe]

@kemekoiscool

There are some parts in the song second, like this for example: 5:37 that do remind me of something from Final Fantasy, maybe the mission song from Final Fantasy VIII or something like that... I'm not too sure. It's a very energezing beat so it would make sense.

[TomomiChan1]

to me, this sounds like the world starts to exist xD

[VZA72]

@SarkenHS same feelings here!

[KageTori12]

I just came from the skyward sword Zelda symphony CD...

I really, REALLY hate to admit it... but this makes it look... not... that... great... D=

[olAlolilo]

very nice song~!

[kemekoiscool]

this song kind of reminds me of the good old days when i was playing final fantasy 10