Brazilian Rhyme

Brazilian Rhyme

Song Information

Artist: Satoru Shionoya + Satoshi Tomiie
Composition/Lyrics: Maurice White
Arrangement: Satoshi Tomiie
Vocals: Harumi Tsuyuzaki
Piano/Synths/Chorus: Satoru Shionoya
Album: Brazilian Rhyme (1999)
BPM: 126
Length: 1:59
Genre: HOUSE
Movie: None
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 2nd style
Other Music Game Appearances: None

Lyrics

Can you feel my love?
Can you see the flames?

Song Connections / Remixes

• Brazilian Rhyme is a house cover of the original Brazilian Rhyme, originally written by Earth, Wind, and Fire in 1977.
• A different cut of Brazilian Rhyme, Brazilian Rhyme [House Mix], appears on Satoru Shionoya's 1997 album, SALT III.

Trivia

• Brazilian Rhyme's 7KEYS/14KEYS charts were made by wac, as noted in the song commentary of FANTASY.
• According to the manuals for DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX and DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-, Satoshi Tomiie is one of dj TAKA's favorite music producers. This might be the reason why Brazilian Rhyme was around until beatmania IIDX 5th style, while every other license introduced in 2nd style was removed by 4th style.
• The salt shaker miss overlay in Brazilian Rhyme is a reference to Satoru Shionoya's SALT III album.
• Brazilian Rhyme's BPM is incorrectly shown as 127 in beatmania IIDX 2nd style, and is also shown as 127 in the song selection screens of beatmania IIDX 3rd style and its CS counterpart.
• Brazilian Rhyme received LIGHT charts in beatmania IIDX 3rd style.
• Brazilian Rhyme cannot be found on any beatmania IIDX soundtrack.

Song Production Information

dj TAKA

When you first hear this song, it might give you goosebumps. The jazzy classical piano sound of Satoru Shionoya is combined together with Satoshi Tomiie's house music to make a very exquisite song. To not ruin such a good song, I aimed for the finest finishing point in the limited space for songs we have. Also, if the player misses during the song, you'll see something interesting happen.

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

I used and re-edited the original promotional video to a game-sized version.
The video is centered around cuts of Shionoya playing the grand piano, with his figure reflected on the water's surface using special effects, which feels like it responds to the song's light rhythms with continuous shaking and ripples, right?
Songs that you want to listen to in the morning aren't intense like making you suddenly feel tired, but are bright like making you want to open your eyes, feel exciting as the air on a plateau, and feel lively like making you want to move your body, don't they?
I also heard that dj TAKA listened to the song every morning when coming to work, and I think it's just the perfect song.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 from 2nd through 4th style, and 1 to 7+ in 5th style.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	426	525	-	-	479	693	-	-
beatmania IIDX 2nd style	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-
beatmania IIDX 3rd style→4th style	-	4	5	-	-	4	5	-	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style	-	4	5		--	↑5	↑7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS	-	4	5	-	-	4	5	-	-