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* After being removed from the initial release of [[AC RB Reflesia|REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア]], Presto was revived on August 16th, 2018.
* After being removed from the initial release of [[AC RB Reflesia|REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア]], Presto was revived on August 16th, 2018.
* Presto 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.
* Presto 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.
== Music Comment ==
A solitary baroque fusion beloved by the century and the world


== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
=== beatmania IIDX ===
=== beatmania IIDX ===
==== [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] ====
==== [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] ====
Long before we had received this work from an acquaintance of the musician, Osamu Kubota had already proven himself as a very skilled musician. Even though the length and experience of his career far outweighs that of mine, we've still managed to become close friends.<br>
Osamu Kubota is a musician I've known as an acquaintance before I was involved in the beatmania series, and although he has a far longer career than me, we've become close friends.<br>
His music production primarily involves a lot of orchestra and jazz taste, and he's become quite famous, acting as a musical director for a certain famous TV drama and other such things.<br>
His music production mainly has an orchestral and jazz taste, and he's quite a famous composer, serving as a musical director for a certain famous TV drama among others.<br>
Now, Kubota's music has cultivated a completely new, fresh genre in beatmania. It's very unique in its essence, much more than what I asked from him. With that, this sole song became a symbol of the direction of 3rd style.<br>
This time, Osamu Kubota's song has pioneered a completely new, fresh genre in beatmania, which should've been quite unique, but he provided more than what I asked from him, and the result is a song that symbolizes the direction of 3rd style.<br>
Isn't it such a wonderful piece of music? The harpsichord, classical piano, church organ and so on, all of the elements give off a very baroque feeling. Everyone, please enjoy this magnificent fusion of styles to your heart's content.
Isn't this such a wonderful song?<br>
Everyone, please enjoy the brilliant fusion of Baroque elements and techniques in beatmania IIDX, such as the harpsichord, classical piano, and church organ.


=== KEYBOARDMANIA ===
=== KEYBOARDMANIA ===
A song crossed over from BMIIDX. I wonder if there are people who can play this.
A song crossed over from BMIIDX. I wonder if there are people who can clear this.


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
=== beatmania IIDX ===
=== beatmania IIDX ===
==== VJ GYO ====
==== VJ GYO ====
Beginning like an old movie with scratches on the film, this movie is the kind of movie you're used to seeing IIDX in on a regular basis. Even the staff was like, "Ooh! It's a progressive world with a whole new medieval flavor.
This movie begins like an old movie with scratches on the film, and has a completely new medieval scent with an expanding progressive world, which caused the usually unfazed IIDX staff to say "wow!".<br>
From the beginning, we had planned to collaborate with the designers, but we hit a dead end when GOLI and I were only able to prepare one piece of material each.
We planned to collaborate with the designers from the beginning, but we hit a dead end when GOLI and I were only able to prepare one material each.<br>
 
This situation continued until just before production was up, and I thought I came to a situation where "I might not finish on time!", but [[Yuji Takahashi|VJ YUZ]] did a brilliant job of editing the production materials in only one day, working on it at an impossibly fast speed.<br>
It stayed that way until just before production was up, and I thought, "I might not make it! I've come to a situation where I can't make it, but I've been able to create and process materials, and VJ YUZ did a great job with the editing in just one day.
The movie is created with exactly a "Presto" style (one of the tempo indications in music terminology "which means very fast"), but it also visually conveys the passionate, fast-paced development of the song.
The movie is created in a very presto style (a speed motto in music terminology, meaning "very fast"), but it also conveys the passionate, fast-paced development of the song's visuals.


=== KEYBOARDMANIA ===
=== KEYBOARDMANIA ===
==== [[Yuji Takahashi|VJ YUZ]] ====
==== VJ YUZ ====
I made some changes to the IIDX Presto movie.<br>
I made some changes to Presto's IIDX movie.<br>
It's unrelated, but the director of the IIDX team, [[Tadao Kageyama|KAGE]], sits next to me, and often gives me mini ramen and drinks.
It's unrelated, but the director of the IIDX team, [[Tadao Kageyama|KAGE]], sits next to me, and often gives me mini ramen and drinks.


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[[Category:beatmania IIDX Songs with Unique Videos]]
[[Category:beatmania IIDX Songs with Unique Videos]]
[[Category:beatmania IIDX Songs Never Removed]]
[[Category:beatmania IIDX Songs Never Removed]]
[[Category:KBM Songs]]
[[Category:KEYBOARDMANIA Songs]]
[[Category:NOSTALGIA Songs]]
[[Category:NOSTALGIA Songs]]
[[Category:NOSTALGIA BEMANI Songs]]
[[Category:NOSTALGIA BEMANI Songs]]

Latest revision as of 20:13, 13 May 2024

Presto

Song Information

Presto's jacket.

Artist: Osamu Kubota
Composition/Arrangement: Osamu Kubota
BPM: 136
Length: 1:40
Genre: PIANO AMBIENT
Movie: VJ GYO (2-D art by GOLI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 3rd style
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

Trivia

  • Presto marks Osamu Kubota's debut in BEMANI.
  • Presto has an extensive "making of" on the artist's site [1].
  • Presto is the only BEMANI crossover in KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX.
  • Presto is the only song without Double charts in the KEYBOARDMANIA series.
  • Presto received a slightly modified video in beatmania IIDX 8th style.
  • Before beatmania IIDX 9th style, Presto's BPM was shown as 135 BPM.
  • Presto received a different BEGINNER chart in beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS, replacing its old one.
  • Presto could be unlocked in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper as part of the 4th Set (Ryu☆'s SELECTION) of the BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS unlocking system.
    • From September 17th, 2015 onwards, it could be purchased from the REFLEC Shop for 3800 Refle.
    • In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA, it could be purchased in the Garage for 20 VOLZZA KEYs.
    • In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, it was playable by default.
  • After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, Presto was revived on August 16th, 2018.
  • Presto 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.

Music Comment

A solitary baroque fusion beloved by the century and the world

Song Production Information

beatmania IIDX

dj TAKA

Osamu Kubota is a musician I've known as an acquaintance before I was involved in the beatmania series, and although he has a far longer career than me, we've become close friends.
His music production mainly has an orchestral and jazz taste, and he's quite a famous composer, serving as a musical director for a certain famous TV drama among others.
This time, Osamu Kubota's song has pioneered a completely new, fresh genre in beatmania, which should've been quite unique, but he provided more than what I asked from him, and the result is a song that symbolizes the direction of 3rd style.
Isn't this such a wonderful song?
Everyone, please enjoy the brilliant fusion of Baroque elements and techniques in beatmania IIDX, such as the harpsichord, classical piano, and church organ.

KEYBOARDMANIA

A song crossed over from BMIIDX. I wonder if there are people who can clear this.

Video Production Information

beatmania IIDX

VJ GYO

This movie begins like an old movie with scratches on the film, and has a completely new medieval scent with an expanding progressive world, which caused the usually unfazed IIDX staff to say "wow!".
We planned to collaborate with the designers from the beginning, but we hit a dead end when GOLI and I were only able to prepare one material each.
This situation continued until just before production was up, and I thought I came to a situation where "I might not finish on time!", but VJ YUZ did a brilliant job of editing the production materials in only one day, working on it at an impossibly fast speed.
The movie is created with exactly a "Presto" style (one of the tempo indications in music terminology "which means very fast"), but it also visually conveys the passionate, fast-paced development of the song.

KEYBOARDMANIA

VJ YUZ

I made some changes to Presto's IIDX movie.
It's unrelated, but the director of the IIDX team, KAGE, sits next to me, and often gives me mini ramen and drinks.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 in 3rd and 4th style, 1 to 7+ from 5th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards. beatmania (2006) difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
KEYBOARDMANIA difficulty rated from 1 to 6.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア.
ノスタルジア difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and KEYBOARDMANIA Wiki.)

beatmania IIDX

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts 173 273 498 508 - 274 508 - -
beatmania IIDX 3rd style→11 IIDX RED - 3 7 N/A - 3 7 - -
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present - 3 ↑8 8 - 3 ↑8 - -
beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS - 3 7 7 - 3 7 - -
beatmania IIDX 5th style CS ※2 3 7 7 - 3 7 - -
beatmania IIDX 6th style CS ※2 3 7 7 - 3 7 - -
beatmania IIDX 8th style CS ※2 3 7 7 - 3 7 - -
beatmania (2006) ※2 3 7 7 - 3 7 - -
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS 2 3 8 8 - 3 8 - -
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST 2 3 8 8 - 3 8 - -

※ This chart is different from its later console appearance (total notes: 222).

KEYBOARDMANIA

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Light Light+ Real Light+ Real
Notecounts / Hold Notes 227 / 5 238 / 5 429 / 5 - -
KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX→3rdMIX 6 6 6 - -
KEYBOARDMANIA II 2ndMIX & 3rdMIX 6 6 6 - -

REFLEC BEAT

Old Charts

Game Level
Basic Medium Hard Special
Notecounts 108 249 501 -
REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper→VOLZZA 2 3 7 10 -
REFLEC BEAT plus 3 7 10 -


New Charts

Game Level
Basic Medium Hard White
Hard
Notecounts 134 300 551 -
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア 5 9 12 -


ノスタルジア

Game Level
Normal Hard Expert Real
Notecounts 216 445 755 -
ノスタルジア Op.3→Present 4 7 12 -
BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS
1st Set (DJ TOTTO's SELECTION) ABSOLUTE - CHOCOLATE PHILOSOPHY - LOGICAL DASH - era (nostalmix)
2nd Set (TAG's SELECTION) DROP THE BOMB - AXIS - fellows - MAD BLAST
3rd Set (Des-ROW's SELECTION) 大見解 - Funky sonic World - BE LOVIN - CURUS
4th Set (Ryu☆'s SELECTION) GENOM SCREAMS - Presto - JET WORLD - Go Beyond!!
5th Set (TOMOSUKE's SELECTION) I'M GONNA GET YOU! - the keel - LOVE IS ORANGE - Gamelan de Couple
6th Set (kors k's SELECTION) Flash Back 90's - White Eve - HELL SCAPER - starmine
7th Set (Users' SELECTION) 明鏡止水 - Pink Rose - sync - Beyond The Earth
8th Set (PHQUASE's SELECTION) COSMIC COWGIRL - BOBBY SUE AND SKINNY JIM - 男々道 - Spica
9th Set (wac's SELECTION) PULSE - GRADIUSIC CYBER - Nova emoção - 踊るフィーバーロボ
10th Set (dj TAKA's SELECTION) ♥Love²シュガ→♥ - Lucy - GUILTY - V - V₂
CONTENTS SELECTION ZERO-ONE - MAKE A JAM! - Ping×Pong×Dash - DAY DREAM