Reaching for the Stars

Reaching for the Stars

Song Information

Reaching for the Stars' jacket.

Reaching for the Stars' pop'n music banner.

Reaching for the Stars' DanceEvolution ARCADE jacket.

Artist: serena
Composition/Arrangment/Fender Rhodes Mark-V/Other Instruments: Tomosuke Funaki
Guitars: Kozo Nakamura (DanceEvolution, GF/DM), PON (pop'n music)
Lyrics/Vocals: serena
Recording Engineer: Miho Toyoda
BPM: 188
Length: 2:15
pop'n music Genre: ACID JAZZ (アシッドジャズ)
pop'n music Character: Mary [15-1P]
Movie: 上田バロン + はぐ
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceEvolution ARCADE
• GITADORA (Mobile)
• GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE SILVER
• GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live
• pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET

Lyrics

Game Size

Walking down through the street
Heading to the wind with pride
To begin another busy day and meet the world

Give me
Challenges to take
Puzzles to be solved
Decisions to be made
All done so perfectly with case

Like a breeze
The secret of success is mine

When the days is over for the night (and the lights are darkened out with ink)
And the moon's in charge of the sky (you can see the stars so sparkling)
I'm gliding down the road up high (and it feels so much like flying)
To recharge my energy and soul (for another day)

Into the night
Come with me to set yourself free
Into the night
Why not dance the night away
Into the night
Don't forget to believe in yourself
Into the night
Life is reaching for the stars

Long Version

Walking down through the street Heading to the wind with pride To begin another busy day and meet the world Give me Challenges to take Puzzles to be solved Decisions to be made All done so perfectly with case Like a breeze The secret of success is mine When the days is over for the night (and the lights are darkened out with ink) And the moon's in charge of the sky (you can see the stars so sparkling) I'm gliding down the road up high (and it feels so much like flying) To recharge my energy and soul (for another day) Into the night Come with me to set yourself free Into the night Why not dance the night away Into the night Don't forget to believe in yourself Into the night Life is reaching for the stars Into the night Come with me to set yourself free Into the night Why not dance the night away Into the night Don't forget to believe in yourself Into the night Life is reaching for the stars

Song Connections / Remixes

• A downtempo remix of Reaching for the Stars by DJ Yoshitaka appears on TOMOSUKE's marble album.
• The pop'n music version of Reaching for the Stars has the guitar re-performed by pop'n music sound director PON, since the original guitar data by Kozo Nakamura was lost.

Trivia

• Reaching for the Stars was performed at THE GITADO LIVE event in 2007.
• Reaching for the Stars is available in GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 as part of the Group Wai-Wai Campaign (5/23/2011) for groups consisting of at least 4 members.
• Reaching for the Stars is one of the TOWN1 unlocks in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET's TOWN MODE.
  • Once unlocked in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET, Reaching for the Stars can be purchased in the TOWN MODE CD shop for 900 TP.
• According to staff member PON, he had to re-perform the guitars of Reaching for the Stars for pop'n music, because Reaching for the Stars' guitar sound data was lost.
• Reaching for the Stars was supposed to appear in the cancelled game カラオケレボリューション BEMANIシリーズセレクション.
• Reaching for the Stars is the CHALLENGE6 unlock of DanceEvolution ARCADE's CHALLENGE category (CHALLENGEカテゴリー) unlocking system.
  • It received a different jacket in DanceEvolution ARCADE.

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

DanceEvolution difficulty rated from 1 to 5.
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceEvolution

Game	Level
	Light	Standard	Extreme	Master
Dancer	デイジー(CLUB) / デイヴ(POP)
Choreographer	(unknown)
Notecounts	41	59	124	206
DanceEvolution ARCADE	4

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	424	791	1043	448	449	449	271	271	-	448	449	449
GF11/dm10→GF/DM V2	24	55	75	36	48	67	31	39	-	37	50	69
GF/DM V3→V8	24	55	↑80	36	48	67	31	39	-	37	50	69
GF/DM MASTERPIECE SILVER	24	55	75	36	48	67	31	39	-	37	50	69

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	423	807	1059	-	289	448	449	-	187	271	271	-
GF/DM XG2	3.60	5.50	7.40	-	2.20	4.80	6.55	-	1.50	4.30	5.80	-
GF/DM XG3	3.60	5.50	7.40	-	2.20	4.80	6.55	-	1.50	↓4.20	5.80	-
GITADORA→Tri-Boost	↑4.30	↑6.00	↑7.70	-	↑3.10	↑5.40	↑7.00	-	↑2.35	↑4.90	↑6.30	-
GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE→Present	↓4.15	↑6.20	↑7.75	-	↓2.70	↓4.80	↓6.40	-	↑2.50	↓4.35	↓5.75	-
GITADORA (Mobile)	4.30	6.00	7.70	-	3.10	5.40	7.00	-	2.35	4.90	6.30	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	259	419	824	1224	299	502
pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET→20 fantasia	13	19	31	37	11	18
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	25	37	43	11	18