A Fifth of Beethoven

A Fifth of Beethoven

Song Information

A Fifth of Beethoven's jacket.

Artist: Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band
Composition: Ludwig van Beethoven
Arrangement: Walter Murphy
Production: Thomas J. Valentino
Album: A Fifth of Beethoven (1976)
BPM: 110
Length: 1:47
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A Fifth of Beethoven is a disco arrangement of the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op. 67.
• Other arrangements of Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 have appeared in BEMANI:
  • An arrangement by Waldeus von Dövjak appears as part of the medley Chaos Age, from pop'n music CS.
  • Another arrangement, titled 交響曲第５番「運命」, can be found in ポップンミュージック.
  • A remix by No.5 Orchestra, titled 運命, first appeared in jubeat plus as a preview song for jubeat Qubell.
  • A piano arrangement, titled 交響曲第5番第1楽章"運命", can be found in ノスタルジア Op.3.

Trivia

• Although Walter Murphy performed almost every instrument for A Fifth of Beethoven himself, Private Stock Records felt the song would be more commercially successful if credited to a band rather than an individual. The label credited the song to the fictitious Big Apple Band, not realizing that this was already the name of an actual disco group (which later changed its name to Chic).
• Walter Murphy now works as a television music director and composer. He was the main music director for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. More recently, he has worked as a composer for animated shows including Family Guy, Channel Umptee-3, and American Dad.
• A Fifth of Beethoven does not run at a constant 110 BPM. The tempo fluctuates throughout the song, ranging from 103 to 114 BPM.

Song Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	51 / 4	109 / 4	265 / 12	356 / 22	- / - / -	108 / 7	265 / 17	322 / 13	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3	N/A	3	7	9	-	3	7	9	-

Other charts not shown on the above table:

• DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3 Double BEGINNER chart: Total notes: 51 / 4.