Beyond the Ocean

Beyond the Ocean

Song Information

Beyond the Ocean's pop'n music banner.

Beyond the Ocean's jacket.

Artist: WORLD SEQUENCE
Composition/Arrangement: Seiya Murai
BPM: 123
Length: 1:37 (KEYBOARDMANIA), 1:57 (pop'n music, ノスタルジア)
Genre: ASIAN (アジアン)
pop'n music Character: INARI [15-1P]
Movie: MORO
First Music Game Appearance: KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET
• ノスタルジア Op.2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of Beyond the Ocean appears in Seiya Murai's plug+program album.
  • The pop'n music series uses a cut of this version of Beyond the Ocean.
    • The ノスタルジア series uses a slightly different version of the pop'n music cut of Beyond the Ocean, featuring additional piano arrangement by Akhuta.

Trivia

• Beyond the Ocean is Seiya Murai's first song under his WORLD SEQUENCE alias in any BEMANI game.
• Beyond the Ocean is the first KEYBOARDMANIA crossover in pop'n music since Mighty Guy in pop'n music 16 PARTY♪.
  • According to Seiya Murai, pop'n music uses the plug+program version of Beyond the Ocean instead of the original KEYBOARDMANIA version, because he could not include the original song's sound source.
• Beyond the Ocean is one of the TOWN1 unlocks in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET's TOWN MODE.
  • Once unlocked in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET, Beyond the Ocean can be purchased in the TOWN MODE CD shop for 900 TP.
• Beyond the Ocean was removed from the BEMANI category in pop'n music Sunny Park.
  • It returned to the BEMANI category in pop'n music éclale.
• Beyond the Ocean is one of the unlocks of ノスタルジア Op.2's Hakuchuumu no suiheisen (白昼夢の水平線) event. It could be unlocked from May 9th to 23rd, 2019 by collecting 54 stamps.
  • It could be unlocked again from July 25th to August 7th, 2019.
  • It could be unlocked again from October 24th to November 7th, 2019.
  • In ノスタルジア Op.3, it can be unlocked from June 11th, 2020 from the ノスタルジアFORTE&Op.2 イベント section at the Episode selection screen.

Music Comment

pop'n music

A grand revival from KEYBOARDMANIA! The Eastern summer breeze carries the melody of an endless ocean.

ノスタルジア

From "KEYBOARDMANIA". Across the ocean

Song Production Information

KEYBOARDMANIA

The song of people crossing the ocean is placed on Asian-styled rhythms from other countries.

Seiya Murai

This song incorporates a bit of stateless Asian-styled rhythms. Personally, I like making songs that subtly intertwine these kinds of multiple rhythms, and this time, I'd like to excuse myself and expose my original musical style. It has nothing to do with recent music trends at all, but I'm sure there are people who'll love it. That's why this kind is also addicting to play in KEYBOARDMANIA, right?
The artist "WORLD SEQUENCE" is just a fictional name created by me. In the future, I'm sure it'll appear when I create instrumental songs with stateless Asian-styled rhythms. It's also planned to appear in pop'n 5, so by all means, please check it out there!

pop'n music

Seiya Murai

As some of you might know, this song was released in KEYBOARD MANIA (KEYMANI) 2nd. MIX, and had the misfortune of being deleted when it was shortly updated to 3rdMIX, so it was a song that has been less known and inactive for a long time.

I personally like this song, so after remaking and reviving it in my CD album "plug+program", released in 2008, people were able to know about it little by little, and I was told to "please cross it over, following this theme", so I turned it into a game again.

However, as I've mentioned before, since KEYMANI's sound production method is fundamentally different to pop'n, it can't be crossed over as is, and there's no longer any way to recreate the sound sources from back then without changes... so the new version included in "plug+program" was reorganized and recreated as a game-sized version.

At that time, I vaguely created this song in the image of an adventurer embarking towards the ocean on a sailing boat, but it was pointed out that it would fit~ the image of the oriental warrior "INARI", who appeared in "The Man from Far East", the true ending theme of "Mitsumete Knight", which was crossed over to pop'n 15, and I saw this song in a new light as an opening theme that's paired with the ending.

To those who'd like to listen to this song's long version, by all means, check out my CD album "plug+program" and BUY NOW!

Video Production Information

MORO

It's a currently trendy (?) healing song. It was difficult to plan this movie, but I personally like this song.
When I started creating it, I was addicted to Osa○○ Tezuka's "Phoe○○○", and when I wondered whether to make something like this, the sound was like a chirping bird, so I thought it was just right and created it.
I had trouble when I started using 3D tools, but I wanted the pictures to move little by little, so I created and edited the movie with 3D tools to show off its atmosphere from various angles.
I wanted to make it a story, so I added English letters with my junior high school level English knowledge.
To simply explain this, doesn't it feel like a bird loving old man who goes to see a birds-of-paradise that's never been seen before?

Character Information

None.

Staff Comments

masaru

It's been a while since a crossover from KEYBOARDMANIA appeared here.
There are many more masterpieces, so I wonder what songs will come this time?
Is Morning Music coming?

tokky

This song makes me want to go on a relaxing trip~.
I'd like INARI to join me.

Chihi

This portrait illustration makes me wonder~ if his face is like that. It's sharp.
INARI crosses the ocean towards a distant continent... and the journey continues... a slightly ethnic style is perfect!
I hope he encounters something more delicious than fried tofu.

Otsu

I'm sure there should be other people who read Aegean as "Asian".

shio

I consciously looked up ↑. Was the woman from the ocean~?! During 14, even though I commented that "I misheard it as wind from asia~", I already forgot about it. Asian is アジアン. Asia is エイジア. English is difficult.

I drew INARI as a sharp character. I was motivated to draw a fluttering coat with the image of a sea breeze when setting sail. By all means, please try to play "WARRIOR" too and check out the story's ending.

PON

This song's drifting oriental atmosphere was crossed over from KEYBAORDMANIA, and this is a game-version cut from my senior Murai's album "plug+program".
Although the pads and synths have a grand atmosphere, this is a newly arranged version with slap bass accents.
Listeners never get tired of listening to the anxious re-harmonized chords, and the sense of relief when they're freed from it.

wac

There are many masterpieces in KEYBOARDMANIA, but even when I think about KEYBOARDMANIA these days, that melody from this song comes to my mind.
I wonder if it played from the KEYBOARDMANIA cabinet at dawn while people were working throughout the night, back when daily routines were more carefree than now.
This song was fully packaged with those memories from back then.
I want to work on KEYMANI. Or rather, I want to simply make loud noises on a KEYMANI cabinet.

Mameshiba

It's nostalgic to those who fondly remember it, but to those who don't know it, nice to meet you.
It's a crossover from KEYBOARDMANIA.
This song somehow feels like an RPG field map.
The sorrowful scent of a lone wolf. Although it's a fox.

INARI will bring you this song when you turn a land plot or highway into earth terrain at a hardware store.
Since it's from KEYBOARDMANIA, please ask USAO-kun for a hint!

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.
ノスタルジア difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts from Pop'n Music Fever, BEMANIWiki 2nd, and KEYBOARDMANIA Wiki.)

KEYBOARDMANIA

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Light	Light+	Real	Light+	Real
Notecounts / Hold Notes	126 / 2	126 / 2	286 / 3	197 / 5	417 / 6
KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX	3	3	3	3	3
KEYBOARDMANIA II 2ndMIX & 3rdMIX	3	3	3	3	3

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	227	240	326	593	908	326
pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET→20 fantasia	11	18	27	35	13	19
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	24	33	41	13	19

ノスタルジア

Game	Level
	Normal	Hard	Expert	Real
Notecounts	161	568	972	-
ノスタルジア Op.2→Present	3	6	10	-
コナステ ノスタルジア	3	6	10	-