Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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シンデレラケージ ～ Kagome-Kagome
Stage 5 theme from 東方永夜抄 ～ Imperishable Night
ZUN's Touhou and Seihou MIDIs they way he intended them to be heard: shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,18989.0.html

th08_11.mid

Recorded on a real SC-88Pro. ® ZUN / 上海アリス幻樂団
The MIDI music in Perfect Cherry Blossom, Imperishable Night and Phantasmagoria of Flower View were all made for the SC-88Pro, but unlike Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (in EoSD the 88Pro MIDIs are the originals) they were only included as a quick bonus. In other words they wont sound as good as they could. In some cases, the MIDI versions may be based on earlier versions of the WAV tracks.

東方永夜抄 ～ Imperishable Night on SC-88Pro playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzdQcm51guT8MxYK7JCLpoPEC_tfOaNhr

ZUN's comment:

The Japanese Cinderella's hidden cage is such that no matter how hard you try, you
cannot force the princess out. That's the fault of the Kagome.
However, one word from a celestial opens all the doorways.

This is the Stage 5 theme.
Asian, Western, old, new-- This song isn't one or the other. The boss seems that way, too, but the stage itself is based in Japanese horror.
Each song has a theme, and this one's is based on the song "Kagome, Kagome". It's not an arrangement, just composed with a similar theme.
I didn't want to get caged in on a theme for this one.
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　　日本のシンデレラを隠す檻は、無理に連れ出そうとしても、絶対に姫
　　は出て来ない。それは篭目の所為である。
　　しかし、天人の一言で全ての扉が開かれてしまう。

５面のテーマです。
東洋風なのか西洋風なのか、古いのか新しいのかはっきりしない曲です。ボスもそんな感じ。でもステージ背景は和風ホラー風。
いつも曲にはテーマがありますが、この曲のテーマはかごめかごめ、つまり曲です。アレンジではなく曲のテーマを曲にする。
表現のテーマは檻に囚われてはいけないと思う。
魔理沙のテーマ曲は５曲あるんですけどこれが一番それっぽいかな。