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=== beatmania IIDX === | === beatmania IIDX === | ||
==== virkato ==== | ==== virkato ==== | ||
Virkato Wakhmaninov (1873-1974) was born in the Caucasus region to an average couple | Virkato Wakhmaninov (1873-1974) was born in the Caucasus region to an average matryoshka maker couple.<br> | ||
Virkato, who was named after | Virkato, who was named "male cat" after his father's wish "you're a male, you're surely male", grew up to be a brave sambo master as his name suggested, while learning piano from his mother, who was a music teacher, and his true femininity blossomed. However, the family's business collapsed due to the matryoshka market decline. His beloved Steinway was seized, so he practiced on the back cover of music textbooks. | ||
The concept of his | The concept of his memorable debut piano concerto "Sasoribi", was born from such despair and hopelessness. It was an ambitious work which tried new things at that time, including the fusion of a newly released mellotron with an orchestra. Originally, the composition was planned to be a standard piano concerto with three movements, but since its first performance was suddenly held using a large keyboard and disc, it was performed as a single movement of around two minutes. Therefore, the light and dark undulations of silence and motion are intense within a short time period, which was also influenced from the picture book "Yokatta ne Ned-kun".<br> | ||
Following the premiere, Virkato was satisfied with the result and excitedly said "those who bought the soundtrack will hear something more horrifying". Well, | Following the premiere, Virkato was satisfied with the result and excitedly said "those who bought the soundtrack will hear something more horrifying". Well, he should've stopped there.<br> | ||
After that, Virkato seldom talked about this variation with "a large keyboard and disc", but his last words during his final years were "it might be unreasonable to play this on a 7-key keyboard". It's too late to realize this now. | After that, Virkato seldom talked about this variation with "a large keyboard and disc", but his last words during his final years were "it might be unreasonable to play this on a 7-key keyboard". It's too late to realize this now. | ||
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=== pop'n music === | === pop'n music === | ||
"Piano kyousoukyoku dai 1 ban "Sasoribi" (for the nine round and colorful buttons)" is | "Piano kyousoukyoku dai 1 ban "Sasoribi" (for the nine round and colorful buttons)" is a variation of Piano kyousoukyoku dai 1 ban "Sasoribi" (for the large keyboard and disc)", a concerto composed by Virkato Wakhmaninov (1873-1974), for the nine round and colorful buttons game. | ||
Virkato was ahead of his time when his song "[[Ongaku]]", which was based on "Piano kyousoukyoku dai 2 ban "Jinsei iroiro"", could be played using the nine round and colorful buttons, but believing the rumors that advanced players considered the difficulty level of nine buttons songs to be far easier since "Ongaku", it's said he was determined to perform a variation of "Sasoribi" for the nine buttons game. Rumors are scary. | Virkato was ahead of his time when his song "[[Ongaku]]", which was based on "Piano kyousoukyoku dai 2 ban "Jinsei iroiro"", could be played using the nine round and colorful buttons, but believing the rumors that advanced players considered the difficulty level of nine buttons songs to be far easier since "Ongaku", it's said he was determined to perform a variation of "Sasoribi" for the nine buttons game. Rumors are scary. | ||
When asked about the increasing difficulty level in comparison to playing it with the original seven keys and disc, Virkato frowned and replied "it's nothing special in comparison to playing it with 14 keys".<br> | When asked about the increasing difficulty level in comparison to playing it with the original seven keys and disc, Virkato frowned and replied "it's nothing special in comparison to playing it with 14 keys".<br> | ||
Furthermore, when Virkato was asked "who wants charts like this? Who are these charts for?", he | Furthermore, when Virkato was asked "who wants charts like this? Who are these charts for?", he replied "... It's for you in the future, I guess...", freezing everyone there. | ||
With increasing momentum for the re-evaluation (and re-criticism) of Virkato's works in the 21st century, a reconstructed version of "Sasoribi" from Virkato's original music sheets by Osamu Kubota, a famous musician and Virkato researcher, is included in a CD. As of 2012, it's the closest thing to Virkato's envisioned song, and is a must listen, must buy, so anyways, please buy it. | With increasing momentum for the re-evaluation (and re-criticism) of Virkato's works in the 21st century, a reconstructed version of "Sasoribi" from Virkato's original music sheets by Osamu Kubota, a famous musician and Virkato researcher, is included in a CD. As of 2012, it's the closest thing to Virkato's envisioned song, and is a must listen, must buy, so anyways, please buy it. Commentators nowadays can't even do one stealth marketing strategy, damn it. | ||
Commentary: Kenji Kobayashi (who returned to his parent's home) | Commentary: Kenji Kobayashi (who returned to his parent's home) | ||
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I thought about creating a video with "lit candles forming the shape of Scorpio" from its song title "Sasoribi" and genre "DIRGE".<br> | I thought about creating a video with "lit candles forming the shape of Scorpio" from its song title "Sasoribi" and genre "DIRGE".<br> | ||
When I approached the composer Virkato Wakhmaninov,<br> | When I approached the composer Virkato Wakhmaninov,<br> | ||
<small>'''Born in 1873 and died in 1974!? | <small>'''Born in 1873 and died in 1974!? Huh, was he a ghost?... Oh well...'''</small><br> | ||
He immediately consented.<br> | He immediately consented.<br> | ||
There weren't many places where it was possible to film with ignition materials, so I | There weren't many places where it was possible to film with ignition materials, so I prepared a spray extinguisher and water buckets and filmed at my home, but at the end of the song, the mount where the candle fell was burnt, and the tatami mats underneath turned slightly black. Boo-hoo... | ||
=== F-FLY === | === F-FLY === | ||
I processed this video filmed by VJ GYO.<br> | I processed this video filmed by VJ GYO.<br> | ||
It's hard and heavy to process live-action footage, but I heavily layered them to try to make it feel more eerie and match this magnificent song. It's heavy (too heavy), which made me cry, but I enjoyed making this video. | |||
== Character Information == | == Character Information == | ||
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This was a big mess!<br> | This was a big mess!<br> | ||
Firstly, its length was too long, and the Chaku uta staff told me "the album version is too long, so we can't include it in Chaku uta!".<br> | Firstly, its length was too long, and the Chaku uta staff told me "the album version is too long, so we can't include it in Chaku uta!".<br> | ||
Since it's in Chaku uta, | Since it's in Chaku uta, we couldn't just cut the song off in the middle! | ||
It's also messy for gamers, since it has a Level 43 EX chart before the pop'n quest starts.<br> | It's also messy for gamers, since it has a Level 43 EX chart before the pop'n quest starts.<br> | ||
If something like this appears, isn't your stomach already full?!<br> | If something like this appears, isn't your stomach already full?!<br> | ||
Without saying these things, please enjoy | Without saying these things, please enjoy the subsequent quest songs. | ||
=== [[Masaru Nakamura|masaru]] === | === [[Masaru Nakamura|masaru]] === | ||
What song from wac's album would I be happy to unlock? I chose this song while thinking about this. I never thought the day would come where I can play this song in pop'n!! I'd be happy if you think about this.<br> | |||
I can't believe this is the highest difficulty song in pop'n!? I'd be happy if you were surprised by this. | I can't believe this is the highest difficulty song in pop'n!? I'd be happy if you were surprised by this. | ||
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I can finally play this song in pop'n!<br> | I can finally play this song in pop'n!<br> | ||
This song makes me remember my intense IIDX training.<br> | This song makes me remember my intense IIDX training.<br> | ||
I | I can't clear the EX chart. | ||
=== [[tokky]] === | === [[tokky]] === | ||
Huh, I can't believe this song | Huh, I can't believe this song is here! I tried to say something like this, but as a casual person, I didn't know that Wakhmaninov was the child of matryoshka makers. | ||
=== [[Shinjiro Otsu|Otsu]] === | === [[Shinjiro Otsu|Otsu]] === | ||
When I asked "what's Sasoribi? Is it a coined word?", it | When I asked "what's Sasoribi? Is it a coined word?", the reply was "it's not!", but even when I Google it, everything that came up was this song....<br> | ||
Is it a real word wa... virkato? | Is it a real word wa... virkato? | ||
=== [[Ryuta Tamura|TAMA]] === | === [[Ryuta Tamura|TAMA]] === | ||
I'm extremely delighted that Wakhmaninov appeared in fantasia with his passport, but I asked for them to not make this | I'm extremely delighted that Wakhmaninov appeared in fantasia with his passport, but I asked for them to not make this the pop'n 20 boss song. | ||
=== [[Chihiro Inoue|Chihi]] === | === [[Chihiro Inoue|Chihi]] === | ||
It seems Wakhmaninov was born | It seems Wakhmaninov was born into a family of matryoshka makers, and my house also~ had many matryoshka.<br> | ||
I'm running out of things to say now, but when I listen to this song while holding it in my lap, the unseen Caucasus land appears before my eyes... it didn't come to my mind. 43 is amazing! | I'm running out of things to say now, but when I listen to this song while holding it in my lap, the unseen Caucasus land appears before my eyes... it didn't come to my mind. 43 is amazing! | ||
=== [[Tomoko Shiono|shio]] === | === [[Tomoko Shiono|shio]] === | ||
I wondered which song would come~, and I was a bit surprised by this selection.<br> | |||
I pretended to know what Sasoribi meant "oh, isn't it by Kenji Miyazawa~?", but I'd like to commemorate this crossover by confessing that I mistook this song with "The Nighthawk Star" for a long time. | I pretended to know what Sasoribi meant "oh, isn't it by Kenji Miyazawa~?", but I'd like to commemorate this crossover by confessing that I mistook this song with "The Nighthawk Star" for a long time. | ||
Although the character's background is invisible, I mainly chose silent from his affinity with high EX difficulty levels. The animations look the same, so I wanted to slightly change the atmosphere of the illustrations and design it from scratch. I couldn't see much under the piano, so it felt fresh. | Although the character's background is invisible, I mainly chose silent from his affinity with high EX difficulty levels. The animations look the same, so I wanted to slightly change the atmosphere of the illustrations and design it from scratch. I couldn't see much under the piano, so it felt fresh. | ||
This song is included in a double sided album, which includes an orchestra side | This song is included in a double sided album, which includes an orchestra side with Sasoribi and various music genres. To those who haven't listened to it yet, it's too good! I recommend this album, so by all means, please listen to it. | ||
=== [[Yuki Shibata|Mameshiba]] === | === [[Yuki Shibata|Mameshiba]] === | ||
This Level 43 song already came out.<br> | This Level 43 song already came out.<br> | ||
About this song, I knew that it was a "very difficult song in IIDX called Sasoribi", but this is a magnificent Virkato-like song.<br> | About this song, I knew that it was a "very difficult song in IIDX called Sasoribi", but this is a magnificent Virkato-like song.<br> | ||
It's sad that pop'n doesn't have a scorpion character, and I thought about various things, such as Honey perhaps being a Scorpio woman, or OTOKO-MAN in a genre called SCORPION DEATH ROCK... | It's sad that pop'n doesn't have a scorpion character, and I thought about various things, such as Honey perhaps being a Scorpio woman, or OTOKO-MAN in a genre called SCORPION DEATH ROCK... but none of them were here.<br> | ||
It's silent room from the beginning!<br> | It's silent room from the beginning!<br> | ||
SCORPION DEATH ROCK... someday, [[Osamu Migitera|Des]] will create a rock REMIX... I don't know if he'll do it.<br> | SCORPION DEATH ROCK... someday, [[Osamu Migitera|Des]] will create a rock REMIX... I don't know if he'll do it.<br> | ||
Well, Sasoribi doesn't have anything to do with | Well, Sasoribi doesn't have anything to do with scorpions, right?<br> | ||
What day is it today? →Sasoribi! | What day is it today? →Sasoribi! | ||