Horatio

Not to be confused with oratio.

Horatio

Song Information

Horatio's jacket.

Artist: OR-IF-IS
Composition/Arrangement: Dave L
BPM: 165
Length: 1:28
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• Horatio is one of the songs featured in the medley Xmix5 (Overcrush) from DanceDanceRevolution X.

Trivia

Horatio's banner.

• Horatio is one of the default ENCORE EXTRA STAGE songs of DanceDanceRevolution X.
  • As of July 2nd, 2009, Horatio has been unlocked for normal play.
• Horatio's CHALLENGE charts are different between the American release of DanceDanceRevolution X CS and arcade versions. The arcade version has no 16th notes leading to Shock Arrows.
  • Horatio's arcade CHALLENGE charts are used in DanceDanceRevolution X CS (Japan).
• Horatio and on the bounce are the only boss songs from DanceDanceRevolution X with no BPM changes or stops.
• Horatio is Dave Levison's first use of his OR-IF-IS alias in an arcade release of DanceDanceRevolution.
• Not counting returning songs, the Single EXPERT chart of Horatio and the EXPERT charts of SABER WING (Akira Ishihara Headshot mix) were the first charts to be rated Level 15.
• Horatio has its own video, which is played full-screen and eliminates any on-screen dancers (except in DanceDanceRevolution S+).
• Horatio appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the DDR X Mega Hit Pack.
• Horatio is used as background music in a mission on the KONAMI arcade game ROAD FIGHTERS (ロードファイターズ).

Song Production Information

OR-IF-IS

"OR-IF-IS channels Spanish forefathers while falling down a wormhole. Upon landing in the Mission district of San Francisco and witnessing a flamenco challenge to the death, this requiem was born."

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

AC Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	75 / 1	128 / 4	244 / 14	503 / 12	436 / 12 / 37	124 / 10	211 / 11	422 / 3	382 / 3 / 43
DanceDanceRevolution X→X2	3	4	9	15	15	4	8	14	14
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present	3	4	9	15	15	↑5	8	14	14
DanceDanceRevolution X CS JP	3	4	9	15	15	4	8	14	14
DanceDanceRevolution S+	3	4	9	15	-	-	-	-	-

CS US Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	75 / 1	128 / 4	244 / 14	503 / 12	441 / 12 / 65	124 / 10	211 / 11	422 / 3	382 / 3 / 49
DanceDanceRevolution X CS US	2	4	9	15	16	4	8	14	15