Citta' del sole

Citta' del sole

Song Information

Citta' del sole's pop'n music banner.

Artist: Q-Mex
Composition/Arrangement: Yuki Kume
BPM: 140
Length: 1:48
Genre: VIVACE (ヴィヴァーチェ)
pop'n music Character: CECIL [12]
pop'n CG designer: あまもん。
Movie: shige
First Music Game Appearance: KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• pop'n music 12 いろは

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of Citta' del sole appears in the KEYBOARDMANIA full-sized collection album, and later in Q-Mex's album, THE Q-Mex Collection 〜pop'n music & KEYBOARDMANIA〜 『AROUND THE WORLD』.

Trivia

• Before pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ and in the KEYBOARDMANIA series, Citta' del sole's artist was capitalized as Q-mex.
• Citta' del sole is titled as Città del sole in both the KEYBOARDMANIA 3rd MIX Original Soundtracks and KEYBOARDMANIA full-sized collection albums.
  • Città del sole is Italian for "City of the Sun".
• Citta' del sole is one of the crossovers part of pop'n music 12 いろは's pop'n hiden ninpouchou (ポップン秘伝忍法帖) event. It could be unlocked through the HARU (春) scroll from March 2nd to April 13th, 2005.
• CECIL's animations are mostly taken from his pop'n music 10 counterpart, though his Citta' del sole counterpart has new WIN/LOSE animations, and a new color palette.
• Citta' del sole was available on 코나미 팝픈뮤직 as downloadable content from September 17th, 2009.
• Citta' del sole was removed from the BEMANI category in pop'n music Sunny Park.
  • It returned to the BEMANI category in pop'n music éclale.
• Citta' del sole is available in pop'n music Lively as part of the pop'n music Lively Selection Music Pack vol.1 (pop'n music Lively セレクション 楽曲パック vol.1).

Music Comment

A place where dreamers live, a city where the sun never sets

Song Production Information

KEYBOARDMANIA

A place where dreamers live, a city where the sun never sets

Seiya Murai

It's a beautiful song with matching accordion melodies and light rhythms. I asked for the production to have the image of a quite stylish route, but when the leader said "it sounds like a daytime drama theme song", my mind went blank... why? (laughs). It's absolutely not a daytime drama song!

pop'n music

Q-Mex

It's nostalgic, "City of the Sun" from KEYMANI 3rd. Has it already been four years now?
This is an Astor Piazzolla-styled song called "Soul of the Tango".

Yes, I did a lot of research on Libertango.
(Back then, Yo-Yo Ma's performance was often played more than the original)

"I'm not going to plagiarize~. I'm going to research it!"

(Well, to explain in a bit more detail, instead of copying superficial phrases, I'm imitating his methods, way of thinking, and spirit.
Is this a musician's fundamentals?)

There's a long version included in Q-Mex's album.
If you've first listened to this song in pop'n and liked it, by all means, please check it out.
(Note: Nataradin's long version is also currently trending a bit on the internet, and it's a big deal.)

Note: Search for "Nataradin flash"!

Video Production Information

shige

Mature and stylish... I tried filling this video with flowers, but YU○ said "hmm~ that's a bit weird~"....
I wonder if I also consciously had the image of a "daytime drama"...??

Character Information

Dad, mom, I was finally able to perform on this stage....

amamon.

When I was trying to think of a character to include, shio told me "here, use CECIL", and gave him to me.

His basic animations are similar to his previous ones, but I somehow changed his costume to make him feel just a bit more mature.
But, only his LOSE animation is new ＾＾；

When this kind of song is included next time, I think it'd be great if CECIL appears a bit more grown up.

Staff Comments

masaru

A bandoneon and violin harmony~
I hope an original song like this will come someday!

Chihi

The accordion is a really admirable instrument, right~?
But Chihi, who can't move both hands in different ways, was always in charge of playing the bass drum & cymbals (I don't really play much, so I'll play both). I'd like to play it smoothly like this~

wac

I've wanted to have a Children's Day event, and I also wanted to cross over both this song and the home version's TOYBOX, so I crossed them over. I didn't care at this point if the songs felt seasonal, so I called it the tango festival. I felt quite smart when I came up with the idea! That's what I thought then, but now that I think about it, it's OK in various ways. I didn't think about the consequences, so there ended up having just two songs for Children's Day. This store competition project is such a project. As usual.

Difficulty & Notecounts

KEYBOARDMANIA difficulty rated from 1 to 6.
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 Pop'n Music Fever and KEYBOARDMANIA Wiki.)

KEYBOARDMANIA

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Light	Light+	Real	Light+	Real
Notecounts / Hold Notes	215 / ?	238 / ?	340 / ?	? / ?	911 / 12
KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX	4	4	4	4	4
KEYBOARDMANIA II 2ndMIX & 3rdMIX	4	4	4	4	4

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	242	397	628	832	335	397
pop'n music 12 いろは→20 fantasia	10	21	29	35	13	15
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	27	35	41	13	15
pop'n music 12 いろは CS	10	21	29	35	13	15
pop'n music 13 カーニバル CS	10	21	29	35	13	15
pop'n music Lively	-	27	35	41	-	-

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