Salamander Beat Crush mix

Salamander Beat Crush mix

Song Information

Salamander Beat Crush mix's banner.

Artist: NITE SYSTEM
Composition/Arrangement: NITE SYSTEM
BPM: 134
Length: 1:21
Genre: KONAMIX
Movie: MiZKiNG (beatmania, beatmania IIDX (generic video and overlays)), VJ GYO (overlays by MiZKiNG) (beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX
• beatmania III
• DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• The beginning part of Salamander Beat Crush mix samples STARFIELD from the KONAMI shoot'em up Salamander, a.k.a. Life Force, which is a side series of GRADIUS.
• A remix of Salamander Beat Crush mix by DECADES, titled Salamander Beat Crush mix ～CRASH MIX～, appears in beatmania CORE REMIX.
• An 8-bit arrangement of Salamander Beat Crush mix by Takeshi Iwakiri appears in beatmania GB.
• Salamander Beat Crush mix shares a vocal sample with Y31, from beatmania IIDX 6th style.

Trivia

• Salamander Beat Crush mix's charts were moved up to the HARD difficulty in beatmania completeMIX.
  • beatmania CORE REMIX and the beatmania III series have duplicates of Salamander Beat Crush mix's HARD charts for its NORMAL charts.
    • It received proper NORMAL charts in beatmania THE FINAL.
• In beatmania GB, Salamander Beat Crush mix runs at 140 BPM.
• In beatmania European Edit, Salamander Beat Crush mix's genre is RETRO REMIX.
• Salamander Beat Crush mix received a Single ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX substream.
• Salamander Beat Crush mix received LIGHT charts in beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS.
• In the DanceDanceRevolution series, Salamander Beat Crush mix received a Double MANIAC chart in DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX. However, it's the same chart as its Double TRICK chart.
• In DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX, Salamander Beat Crush mix's title was written in the songwheel as Salamander(Beat Crush mix).
• In DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX, Salamander Beat Crush Mix reuses FURUHATA'S THEME's background animations.
• Salamander Beat Crush mix also appears on KONAMI SHOOTING COLLECTION, a 10-disc collection of tunes from various KONAMI shooters.

Song Production Information

beatmania 2ndMIX

This song was put together with sound samples from Salamander. It's interesting how the characters on screen synchronize with the button controls. The combination of synth backing and vocals looks complicated, but shouldn't be difficult once you get the timing down.

beatmania completeMIX English site

Get into this techno dance mix.

DanceDanceRevolution

This is a hard trance song with the motif of "Salamander", one of KONAMI's first shooting games. The intro part exactly recreates the original sound of that era, and its unthinkable "virtual image with a cool future sense" transcends that era. "KONAMIX" is another label from Konami Music Entertainment, which successfully fuses video games with deep dance music found in the British underground scene. At first glance, the attempt to include video game music and underground sounds is seen as contradictory and risky in the industry, but you should also pay attention to it from now on.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 in 1st style and substream, 1 to 7 in 2nd style.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)

beatmania

Original Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	171	171	-	177	177	-
beatmania 2ndMIX	4	-	-	4	-	-
beatmania completeMIX	-	4	-	-	4	-
beatmania CORE REMIX	4	4	-	4	4	-
beatmania III→III THE FINAL	4	4	-	4	4	-
beatmania CS	4	-	-	4	-	-
beatmania GB	※4	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania European Edit (prototype)	4	-	-	4	-	-
beatmania European Edit	4	-	-	4	-	-

※ Denotes chart has been changed from the original chart (total notes: 153).

THE FINAL Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	147	171	-	172	177	-
beatmania THE FINAL	3	4	-	3	↓3	-

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	157	171	171	-	173	177	-	-
beatmania IIDX	-	-	3		--	-	3	-	-
beatmania IIDX substream→2nd style	-	-	3	N/A	-	-	3	-	-
beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS	-	2	3	N/A	-	2	3	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	153 / 0	166 / 0	193 / 0	- / - / -	152 / 0	166 / 0	166 / 0	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	4	5	7	-	4	6	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON 1	-	4	5	7	-	4	6	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	-	4	5	7	-	4	6	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX	-	4	5	7	-	4	6	6	-