Red Nikita
Red Nikita
Song Information
Artist: Osamu Kubota
Composition/Arrangement: Osamu Kubota
BPM: 140
Length: 1:29
Genre: LATIN SWING
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 8th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- The beatmania IIDX 8th style Original Soundtrack version of Red Nikita sounds very different from the in-game version, removing the vocal speeches.
- This version is used in beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS.
Trivia
None.
Song Production Information
Osamu Kubota
People say that Latin means hot.
It doesn't simply mean that chili sauce is spicy (hot). I think it's actually from the several dramas hidden in the quick Latin groove.
I placed concepts such as being betrayed by a loved one, fear of aging, and regrets, into a melancholic melody, without stopping to cry.
The bpm accelerates as your emotions gradually release.
The salsa piano that appears in the middle of the song is a common Cuban groove called montuno.
I'm playing it here even faster than a typical salsa. This is also a Latin technique performed in four beats, but briefly sounds like an odd time signature.
When you play through Nikita's sadness and anger, your heart will also be released.
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
You need to immediately see this when it's released! After playing the intro while remembering your excitement, as if you're watching an exciting movie trailer, you'll enter a dramatic and thrilling large-scale world developed in a movie, as if you're travelling down a stream which occasionally become rapids and waterfalls.
That's why the song's difficulty level is also high, but after you successfully cleared this song, you will feel an irreplaceable satisfactory feeling, as if you completely empathized with the protagonist when you finished watching a masterpiece.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 8th and 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 | 220 | 350 | 684 | 739 | - | 350 | 673 | 820 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 8th style→9th style | - | 4 | 7+ | N/A | - | 3 | 7+ | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 10th style→11 IIDX RED | - | 4 | 8 | N/A | - | 3 | 8 | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY | - | 4 | 8 | 9 | - | 3 | 8 | 9 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD | - | 4 | 8 | 9 | - | 3 | 8 | ↑10 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 8th style CS | - | 4 | 7+ | 7+ | - | 3 | 7+ | 7+ | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 3 | 7 | 8+ | - |