Regulus

Regulus

Song Information

Artist: DJ.W
Composition/Arrangement: Jun Wakita
BPM: 120-128
Length: 1:54
Genre: INSTRUMENTAL
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 5th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• Regulus is an instrumental version of OVER THE CLOUDS, also from beatmania IIDX 5th style.
• Regulus is part of wac's Zodiac series of songs, representing Leo.

Trivia

• Regulus is one of the beatmania IIDX 5th style hidden songs. To unlock it, you must get at least 192,939 points (without bonus) on a song. Regulus will appear on the next stage.
• Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky, lying approximately 79 light years from Earth.
• Similar to patsenner and several beatmania IIDX 2nd style songs, Regulus was not released on its corresponding game's original soundtrack. It was instead included on the History of beatmania IIDX album, released almost a year after the beatmania IIDX 5th style Original Soundtracks CD came out.
• According to Jun Wakita, he only planned to write charts for beatmania IIDX 5th style, but dj TAKA asked him to create a new song for the game [1].
• Unlike OVER THE CLOUDS, Regulus was not removed in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS.
• Regulus is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from November 6th, 2019, after purchasing its NORMAL, HYPER, and ANOTHER charts with BITs.

Song Production Information

DJ.W

"A staircase and I"
My grandfather was an art teacher in Hokkaido.
He passed away in March, right before I graduated from high school.
There was still deep snow in Hokkaido.
As my grandfather was receiving medical treatment at home, he used all his remaining strength to get up from his sickbed and finish his final artwork.
It depicted a large snow staircase located inside a garden.
Was the staircase, which led to heaven, a sign he sensed his own death?
He was a devout Christian believer who followed the Lord after 3 days.
As a blood relative of my grandfather, I promised myself to someday create my own staircase to climb during my life.

There's a staircase in this song! It's not from the above story.
Then what was written above? Hmm, it's a nice story.
As a keyboard player, I like the staircase note chart, so it turned out like this.
I like bending my fingers because it feels like a musical performance.
Even if it's a staircase note chart, strong players can compete against each other! When I enthusiastically went to the arcade to watch them play, they used the random modifier, which devastated me.

To be honest, I couldn't make it on time to listen to the song's vocal recording, so I "inserted" the instrumental version in the location test. It's a strange song made early in development which was "retained as a bonus song", but there are people who say it's their favorite, which I find bittersweet.

As a side note, the title Regulus isn't related to the composer's Zodiac sign or baseball. Probably.
Forgive me for the long message. Did you win against VJ GYO?

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

By the way, what does DJ stand for?

It's generally abbreviated from Disk Jockey, isn't it?
They are active in places such as radio stations, clubs, and discos, but they commonly observe the environment or "select the songs and playback" to steer towards their intended direction.

However, in the case of W, he has completely different intentions.
It's disappointing that I can't freely write about his hopes (He clearly disproves of expressing this), but it shouldn't mean anything bad.

I remember every IIDX staff member being impressed by the song's high quality and potential measure, that they shouted in unison.
Also, this "Regulus (OVER THE CLOUD)" is said to contain one of the longest production stages in IIDX history (Our main job is being occupied with other things).

When the IIDX staff(?) saw him as a wise and patient composer, they took the effort to buy ○○○... No, one side of W's kind(?) face gap is too wonderful. (laughs)

DJ's two sides and appearances are unique to his abbreviated name, and have a double meaning.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ from 5th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onward.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	322	551	788	881	-	545	805	1065	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style	-	6	7	N/A	-	6	7+	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 6th style→7th style	-	6	↑7+	N/A	-	6	7+	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style	-	6	7+	N/A	-	6	7+	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 10th style→11 IIDX RED	-	6	8	N/A	-	6	8	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present	-	6	↑9	10	-	6	↑10	11	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style CS	3	6	7	7	-	6	7+	7+	-
beatmania IIDX 7th style CS	3	6	7+	7+	-	6	7+	7+	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	6	9	10	-	6	10	11	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	6	9	10	-	-	-	-	-

wac's Zodiac series of songs
ストレイ・マーチ (Aries) - BEEF (Taurus) - murmur twins (Gemini) - moon_child (Cancer) - Regulus (Leo) - Spica (Virgo) - アストライアの双皿 (Libra) ピアノ協奏曲第1番"蠍火" (Scorpius) - 牧神笛吹きて (Capricornus) - Ganymede (Aquarius) - アルレシャ (Pisces)