BALLAD THE FEATHERS

BALLAD THE FEATHERS

Song Information

Original Version

BALLAD THE FEATHERS' jacket.

Artist: S.S.D.FANTASICA feat.Naomi Koizumi
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Arata Iiyoshi
Vocals: Naomi Koizumi
BPM: 132
Length: 1:41
Genre: CELTIC REEL
Movie: 松田慎一郎 (produced by KAZUYA TAKAHASHI (IMAGICA DC21))
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution X2

Chinese Version

羽之谣's jacket.

Artist: SHIN SOUND DESIGN feat.罗斓
Composition/Arrangement: SHIN SOUND DESIGN
Lyrics: Weng Beibei
Vocals: Luo Lan
BPM: 132
Length: 1:44
Movie: 松田慎一郎 (produced by KAZUYA TAKAHASHI (IMAGICA DC21))
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X2
Other Music Game Appearances:

• 狂熱節拍IIDX

Lyrics

Japanese

The pray has flown away
in their way...

暮れゆく空に 鳥のざわめき
旅ゆくものに 憂いはない

見果てぬ空に去り行く 還らぬ人よ...
儚い想いは 詩にのせた

見上げた空に 幾千の羽根
小さな祈りを乗せて 舞い上がれ

飛び立つ者よ、今誇らしく
小さな祈りを乗せて
高らかに舞い上がれ

Romaji

The pray has flown away
in their way...

kure yuku sora ni tori no zawameki
tabi yuku mono ni urei wa nai

mihatenu sora ni sari yuku kaeranu hito yo...
hakanai omoi wa uta ni no seta.

miageta sora ni ikusen no hane
chiisana inori wo nosete maiagare.

tobitatsu mono yo, ima hokorashiku
chiisana inori wo nosete
takaraka ni maiagare.

English

The pray has flown away
in their way...

In a darkening sky, the sound of a bird
In an ongoing journey, no sorrow.

A man who will head into the endless sky, never to return...
A fleeting thought that was put in a song.

In the sky we looked unto, a thousand wings.
Say a tiny prayer and soar away.

You who leap to action, be proud now.
Say a tiny prayer
and soar away to the sound.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long, re-arranged, version of BALLAD THE FEATHERS, titled BALLAD THE FEATHERS －Another －, appears in S.S.D.FANTASICA's first album, FANTASCAPE - Act.1. The vocals in this version are credited to Emi Ogawa.
• A Chinese cover of BALLAD THE FEATHERS, titled 羽之谣 and credited to SHIN SOUND DESIGN feat.罗斓, appears in in DanceDanceRevolution X2.

Trivia

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• BALLAD THE FEATHERS marks Arata Iiyoshi's BEMANI debut.
• In the DanceDanceRevolution series, BALLAD THE FEATHERS' artist is credited to SHIN SOUND DESIGN feat.Naomi Koizumi.
• Prior to DanceDanceRevolution WORLD, BALLAD THE FEATHERS's music video is shown in the background of the WHITE MOVIE dance stage and is not full-screen.
• 羽之谣 could be played on the DanceDanceRevolution series by playing BALLAD THE FEATHERS' CHALLENGE chart.
  • As of DanceDanceRevolution A, BALLAD THE FEATHERS will be played instead.
• BALLAD THE FEATHERS appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the beatmania IIDX Song Pack 2.
• 羽之谣 has never been on any CS BEMANI release.
• BALLAD THE FEATHERS is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from December 4th, 2019, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
• BALLAD THE FEATHERS also appears as one of the background music selectable to play during Accel Rave Time (アクセルレイブタイム) in SEVEN'S BEAT (セブンスビート), a KONAMI medal redemption game.
• BALLAD THE FEATHERS is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from December 19th, 2022, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.12 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.12).
• In DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX, BALLAD THE FEATHERS received its difficulty change from DanceDanceRevolution WORLD on July 3rd, 2024.

Song Production Information

S.S.D.

Hello everyone, good evening. Nice to meet you, thank you.

This is a dark, sweet, whimsical, and slightly sad story by [S.S.D.], the greatest delusional person this century, and a misunderstood guy rarely seen in human history...
It doesn't feel like I'm inviting you this time to

~ Ballad The Feathers ~

Its concept is precisely "folk and traditional oral epic"

A single feather shows a faint fantasy and fleeting hope to a poet.
This is a sad ballad with a high quality movie and emotional vocals.

... I hope this small story reaches your heart.

Or rather, listen to it! Play it! Feel it! The cosmos of a loving heart!!!

Naomi Koizumi

.゜☆☆Everyone♪ Hello~☆☆゜. ('-^)o The diva [naomi] has appeared~!!

This time, [BALLAD THE FEATERS] is.. colored with the pure and sweet singing voice of *Naomi world*~☆

The fleeting and slightly sad story is thrilling... and exciting...☆ After all, it's delivered with my Emotional vocals..!!♪
By all means, please try and listen to it♪

Thank you for supporting me~♪(*^ ・^)ノ⌒☆

Video Production Information

Ichiro Matsuda

Hello hello. I'm emotionally attached to this song's lyrics.
The word ballad, which is also used in this song's title, is as a musical term, but it also has many other meanings.
It seems to mean something like a simple folklore story.
When I created this video, I wanted to express that kind of story in it.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and TexTage.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	199	367	554	764	-	357	560	-	-
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→16 EMPRESS	-	4	6	8	-	5	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS→Present	-	4	6	8	-	5	↑8	-	-
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS	2	4	6	8	-	5	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	4	6	8	-	5	8	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	71 / 0	130 / 0	200 / 0	279 / 0	180 / 0 / 22	123 / 0	198 / 0	276 / 0	183 / 0 / 24
DanceDanceRevolution X2→A3	1	4	7	10	8	4	7	11	8
DanceDanceRevolution WORLD→Present	↑2	4	7	10	8	4	7	11	8
DanceDanceRevolution S+	1	4	7	10	-	-	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX	2	4	7	10	8	4	7	11	8