Ishtar

Ishtar

Song Information

Ishtar's jacket.

Artist: 劇団レコード
Composition/Arrangement: Konami Amusement (Gekidan Record)
BPM: 156
Length: 1:48
Jacket design: square_head
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution A
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• Ishtar is DanceDanceRevolution A's EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LEVEL 7 song. It was added on February 13th, 2017, and can only be played on EXTRA STAGE LEVEL 2.
  • As of EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LEVEL 8 (March 15th, 2017), it was moved down to EXTRA STAGE LEVEL 1, making it always available on EXTRA STAGE.
  • As of EXTRA EXCLUSIVE LEVEL 9 (April 20th, 2017), Ishtar is available to play on the FINAL STAGE.
  • Ishtar can be unlocked for normal play on the RINON'S ADVENTURE III event, which started on July 13th, 2017.
    • By unlocking it for normal play, its CHALLENGE charts are automatically revealed.
  • As of DanceDanceRevolution A20, it is available by default.
• Ishtar is Tomoaki Hirono's first original composition in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
• Ishtar is the Mesopotamian East Semitic goddess of fertility, love, war, sex, and power.
• Ishtar reuses BOOM RED, Samurai Shogun vs. Master Ninja's background dance stage.
• Ishtar's CHALLENGE charts are the first to have all five GROOVE RADAR values above 100 since DEAD END ("GROOVE RADAR" Special), back in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2.
• Ishtar is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from February 20th, 2023, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.15 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.15).

Song Production Information

Gekidan Record

Gekidan Record's first song in DDR! Its name is "Ishtar".
U1-ASAMi asked me "What do you think about mixing ethnic music with EDM!?"
It was an interesting proposal that I have never tried before.

...So the important part of this song is the crossfade part of "ethnic music with raw instruments" and "EDM with synths", and how natural can it be when you listen to it.
U1-ASAMi and I liked it.

Please enjoy this new frontier of Gekidan Record!

Jacket Design Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	82 / 5	153 / 14	306 / 25	399 / 23	481 / 58 / 56	159 / 14	305 / 25	390 / 23	489 / 63 / 71
DanceDanceRevolution A→Present	3	5	11	14	16	5	11	14	16
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX	3	5	11	14	16	5	11	14	16