BEYOND THE EARTH

Not to be confused with the unrelated WORLD SEQUENCE song Beyond the Ocean, first introduced in KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX and later put in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET.

BEYOND THE EARTH

Song Information

Beyond The Earth's pop'n music banner.

Artist: 猫叉Master
Composition/Arrangement: Naoyuki Sato
BPM: 140
Length: 2:13
IIDX Genre: WORLD/ELECTRONICA
pop'n music Genre: CONTEMPORARY NATION (コンテンポラリーネイション)
pop'n music Character: Yima [CS10]
VJ: SYO-jy
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 10 CS
Other Music Game Appearances:

• Beat'n Groovy
• beatmania IIDX 9th style CS
• beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL
• pop'n rhythmin 猫叉Masterパック1

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of BEYOND THE EARTH appears on the pop'n music 12 いろは ♥ CS pop'n music 10 original soundtrack as well on 猫又Master's first album, Raindrops.
• BEYOND THE EARTH is the first song in the CONTEMPORARY NATION series of songs. The other songs in the series include:
  • CONTEMPORARY NATION 2, サヨナラ・ヘヴン, which appears in pop'n music 11 CS.
  • CONTEMPORARY NATION 3, Echoes, which appears in pop'n music 16 PARTY♪.
  • CONTEMPORARY NATION 4, Tree in Lake ~消えたチチカカの木~, which appears in pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE.
  • CONTEMPORARY NATION 5, The Sky of Sadness, which appears in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET.
  • CONTEMPORARY NATION 6, 砂塵カゲロウ, which appears in pop'n music Sunny Park.

Trivia

• BEYOND THE EARTH marks the first appearance of Naoyuki Sato in BEMANI.
• Despite that its sequel, サヨナラ・ヘヴン, made its arcade beatmania IIDX debut in beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS, BEYOND THE EARTH didn't appear in an arcade beatmania IIDX game until beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.
• In the beatmania IIDX series, BEYOND THE EARTH's title is spelled as Beyond The Earth.
• Before pop'n music 12 いろは CS, BEYOND THE EARTH's artist was misspelled as 猫又Master.
• On the iTunes page for Raindrops, BEYOND THE EARTH's title was capitalized as Beyond the Earth, while the artist was romanized as NEKOMATA-Master.
• BEYOND THE EARTH was added to the BEMANI Category folder in pop'n music Sunny Park.
• Beyond The Earth was added to the arcade beatmania IIDX series in beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, unlockable in the Chrono Seeker event.
  • Upon its debut in the arcades, Beyond the Earth set a record for the longest time before a CS beatmania IIDX song made its arcade beatmania IIDX debut, at over nine and a half years.
  • Beyond The Earth uses a wide video frame with black borders even though the video is in pre-tricoro ratio.
• Beyond The Earth received a brand-new Double ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.
  • Unlike the rest of the charts, this one has Charge Notes.

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in beatmania IIDX 9th style CS, and 1 to 12 from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY and beyond.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
pop'n rhythmin difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts / Charge Notes	—	668 / 0	1102 / 0	1646 / 0	789 / 0	1237 / 0	1493 / 33
beatmania IIDX 9th style CS	—	5	7+	7+	6	7	—
beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL→Present	—	5	10	11	6	9	10

pop'n music

Game	Standard				Battle
	5 Button	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
Notecounts	303	469	960	1325	493	933
pop'n music 10 CS	14	20	35	40	18	34
pop'n music 11 CS	14	20	35	40	18	34
pop'n music 12 いろは CS	14	20	35	41	18	34
pop'n music 13 カーニバル→14 FEVER!	14	20	35	40	18	34
pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE→20 fantasia	14	20	35	↑41	18	34
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	26	41	47	18	34

pop'n rhythmin

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	219	290	525
pop'n rhythmin	2	6	9