Beginning of life

Beginning of life

Song Information

BEGINNING-OF-LIFE's banner.

Artist: QUADRA
Composition/Arrangement: Hiroshi Watanabe
BPM: 110
Length: 1:18
Genre: AMBIENT
VJ: MiZKiNG (beatmania, beatmania IIDX), VJ GYO (beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX
• beatmania III
• DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON 2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• An extended version of Beginning of life can be found on the beatmania 2ndMIX complete album.
• A remix of Beginning of life, titled Beginning of life (THE GROUND PULSE MIX), appears in beatmania CORE REMIX.
• Anonther extended version of Beginning of life, titled Beginning of Life beatmania-DA!! Special Version, can be found in beatmania打!! and beatmania打打打!!.

Trivia

• Beginning of life received HARD charts in beatmania 3rdMIX, although these charts are duplicates of Beginning of life's NORMAL charts.
  • These charts do not appear in beatmania THE FINAL.
• In the DanceDanceRevolution series, Beginning of life's title is shown as BEGINNING-OF-LIFE.
• Beginning of life received a Single ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX substream.
• Beginning of life is one of the eight revived beatmania songs that can be found in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS.
  • Unlike the other beatmania revivals in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS, Beginning of life did appear in the arcade version of beatmania IIDX prior to its CS IIDX debut.
  • Beginning of life received brand-new NORMAL charts in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS, along with new HYPER charts that replace its old charts.
• Beginning of life is the only song in beatmania that does not have scratches in the chart.

Song Production Information

beatmania 2ndMIX

A very popular song on the first stage, like REGGAE FUNKY MIX. This is the first time I've mapped slow-attack synth strings to buttons. Each button sound has its own presence and feels soothing.

beatmania completeMIX English site

You'll become addicted to the mesmerizing samples of synth-beat.

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, and 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
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	80	80	-	115	115	-
beatmania 2ndMIX	2	-	-	2	-	-
beatmania 3rdMIX→completeMIX	↓1	1	-	↓1	1	-
beatmania THE FINAL	1	-	-	1	-	-
beatmania III→THE FINAL	1	1	-	1	1	-
beatmania CS	2	-	-	2	-	-
beatmania for WonderSwan	2	-	-	-	-	-

GOLD CS Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	57	80	96	99	115	-
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS	1	2	3	1	2	-

beatmania IIDX

Old Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	-	80	96	-	-	115	-	-
beatmania IIDX	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
beatmania IIDX substream→2nd style	-	-	1	N/A	-	-	1	-	-

New Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	57	80	96	-	99	115	-	-
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS	-	1	2	3	-	1	2	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	83 / 0	131 / 0	167 / 0	- / - / -	90 / 0	167 / 0	- / -	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	2	4	6	-	3	6	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1	-	2	4	6	-	3	6	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	-	2	4	6	-	3	6	-	-