EBONY & IVORY

EBONY & IVORY

Song Information

EBONY & IVORY's LIGHT/NOVICE jacket.

EBONY & IVORY's MEDIUM/ADVANCED jacket.

EBONY & IVORY's BEAST/EXHAUST / jubeat / pop'n music / ノスタルジア jacket.

EBONY & IVORY's NIGHTMARE jacket.

EBONY & IVORY's pop'n music banner.

Artist: OSTER project
Composition/Arrangement: OSTER project
BPM: 170 (all games except SOUND VOLTEX), 113-170 (beatmania IIDX LEGGENDARIA charts, SOUND VOLTEX)
Length: 1:42
Genre: RAGTIME CHIPTUNE
pop'n music Character: BisCo [LT]
pop'n CG designer: とっきー
Movie: タカハシサンとにゃん (Shutsuen: タカハシサンとにゃん, Douga: 菌類ともとこ)
First Music Game Appearance: BeatStream
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL
• jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) Qubell pack 7
• jubeat prop
• pop'n music ラピストリア
• SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS
• ノスタルジア Op.3

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• EBONY & IVORY shares several soundbites with CARTOON☆RagHour, from pop'n music peace.

Trivia

• EBONY & IVORY was first revealed during the BeatStream finals at The 4th KONAMI Arcade Championship. It was later added on February 19th, 2015.
  • Its NIGHTMARE chart can be unlocked from the same date via BEAST HACKER.
• EBONY & IVORY marks OSTER project's first appearance in the BeatStream series.
  • It was also, along with パ→ピ→プ→Yeah!, one of the first KONAMI originals in the BeatStream series since ビビットストリーム.
• EBONY & IVORY is OSTER project's first BEMANI song with its own unique video.
• EBONY & IVORY is one of the unlocks of the Kaitou BisCo no yokokujou!! (怪盗BisCoの予告状!!) event. It could be unlocked from June 17th to December 21st, 2015.
  • In beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, it is one of the panel unlocks of the beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL Museum.
    • In beatmania IIDX 23 copula, it could be purchased with PULACO tickets from February 3rd, 2016.
    • As of beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ, it is available by default.
  • In jubeat prop, it can be unlocked after the jubeat prop Museum is completed.
    • EBONY & IVORY can appear randomly as WEEKLY BONUS MUSIC since February 11th, 2016.
    • In jubeat Qubell, it was one of the Garnet unlocks of the dig dig Qubell unlocking system.
    • From February 23rd, 2017 in jubeat Qubell to jubeat festo, it was available by default for e-AMUSEMENT PASS users.
    • In jubeat Ave., it is one of the CONCIERGE unlocks of the LIGHT CHAT unlocking system from August 17th, 2022.
    • From jubeat beyond the Ave. onwards, it is once again available by default with an e-amusement pass.
  • In pop'n music ラピストリア, it is one of the panel unlocks of the pop'n music ラピストリア Museum.
    • Since January 14th, 2016, it could be purchased in pop'n music éclale's Star Factory for 550 lumina.
    • As of pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢, it is available by default.
  • In SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS, it is one of the panel unlocks of the SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS Museum.
    • It can be purchased on the SDVX Station since December 21st, 2015.
  • The crossover of EBONY & IVORY to pop'n music and SOUND VOLTEX marks OSTER project's first appearances in those series.
• In the beatmania IIDX and pop'n music series, EBONY & IVORY's artist was originally capitalized as OSTER Project. This was fixed in pop'n music ラピストリア on July 7th, 2015, and in beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL on July 8th, 2015.
• In SOUND VOLTEX, EBONY & IVORY uses its BeatStream LIGHT, MEDIUM, and BEAST jackets for its NOVICE, ADVANCED, and EXHAUST jackets, respectively.
  • EBONY & IVORY's BeatStream BEAST jacket is used as the jubeat, pop'n music, and ノスタルジア series jacket.
• In pop'n music, instead of displaying its character's portrait, EBONY & IVORY displays its jacket (with the 怪盗BisCoの予告状!! banner on top of it) when selected.
• pop'n music character ししゃも makes a cameo in BisCo's MISS animation, on top of Takahashi-san (タカハシサン), the cat clerk in EBONY & IVORY's video, itself a reference to the store in EBONY & IVORY's video.
• Despite debuting in the jubeat series in prop, EBONY & IVORY did not appear in a jubeat plus pack until the Qubell pack 7.
• EBONY & IVORY received LEGGENDARIA charts in beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ. These charts can be unlocked from June 22nd, 2017 by clearing the COLORS EXPERT course.
  • Unlike EBONY & IVORY's regular charts, the LEGGENDARIA charts slow down to 113 BPM in the middle of the song.
  • As of beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS, these charts are available by default.
  • These charts are available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) since July 26th, 2023.
• EBONY & IVORY is one of the unlocks of ノスタルジア Op.3's Toki wo meguru ongaku-sai Vol.II (時を巡る音楽祭　Vol.II) event. It could be unlocked from February 22nd to April 1st, 2021.
  • It could be unlocked again from June 3rd to July 22nd, 2021, from September 8th to 22nd, 2022, from February 22nd to March 23rd, 2023, and from February 22nd to March 21st, 2024.
• EBONY & IVORY received a Real chart in ノスタルジア Op.3 on June 3rd, 2021.
• EBONY & IVORY is available in コナステ ノスタルジア as part of the Konasute NOSTALGIA Music Pack vol.6 (コナステ ノスタルジア 楽曲パック vol.6).
• EBONY & IVORY was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) on January 5th, 2022 as part of the January 2022 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
  • From January 4th, 2023, it can be purchased with BITs.
• EBONY & IVORY's jubeat (2021) ratings were adjusted to its jubeat festo ratings on March 7th, 2022.

Music Comment

None.

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

None.

Character Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
BeatStream difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and from 1 to Kami (神) in アニムトライヴ.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH to III GRAVITY WARS difficulty rated from 1 to 16, and 1 to 20 from IV HEAVENLY HAVEN onwards.
ノスタルジア difficulty rated from 1 to 12 for Normal to Expert charts. Real charts rated from 1 to 3 diamonds (◆). (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and SOUND VOLTEX @ wiki.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes	-	557 / 0	890 / 0	1520 / 0	1887 / 13	594 / 0	900 / 0	1575 / 0	1878 / 13
beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL→23 copula	-	6	9	12	-	6	9	12	-
beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ→Present	-	6	9	12	12	6	9	12	12
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	6	9	12	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)	-	6	9	12	12	6	9	12	12

BeatStream

Game	Level
	Light	Medium	Beast	Nightmare
Notecounts	153	310	547	913
BeatStream	2	7	9	10
BeatStream アニムトライヴ	2	↑8	↑10-	↑10+

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts / Holds	306 / 6	640 / 16	752 / 14
jubeat prop→clan	4	9	10
jubeat festo→Present	4	↓8	10.5
jubeat plus	4	9	10
jubeat plus (Android)	4	9	10
jubeat (2021)	4	8	10.5

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	EASY	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	144	436	678	1020	366	632
pop'n music ラピストリア→Present	10	29	38	46	19	29

SOUND VOLTEX

Game	Level
	NOVICE	ADVANCED	EXHAUST	MAXIMUM	EXCEED
Max Chain	530	876	1363	-	-
Effected By	SCバイオメトリクスR	SCバイオメトリクスR	SCバイオメトリクスR	-	-
Jacket Artists	タカハシサンとにゃん	タカハシサンとにゃん	タカハシサンとにゃん	-	-
SOUND VOLTEX III	5	11	15	-	-
SOUND VOLTEX IV→Present	5	11	↑17	-	-
SOUND VOLTEX III コナステ	5	11	17	-	-
SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR コナステ	5	11	17	-	-

ノスタルジア

Game	Level
	Normal	Hard	Expert	Real
Notecounts	202	552	1009	1349
ノスタルジア Op.3→Present	4	8	12	◆3
コナステ ノスタルジア	4	8	12	◆3

External Link

• EBONY & IVORY's official video

怪盗BisCoの予告状!!
beatmania IIDX Unlocks	パ→ピ→プ→Yeah! - EBONY & IVORY - それは花火のような恋
BeatStream Unlocks	Element of SPADA - ジュピターガンズノベル - Ha・lle・lu・jah - FLOWER - ヤマトなでなで♡かぐや姫 魔法のたまご ～心菜 ELECTRO POP edition～ - さよならトリップ ～夏陽 EDM edition～ - 蛇神 - 海神 怪盗BisCoの予告状！！
DanceDanceRevolution Unlocks	ビビットストリーム - 爆なな☆てすとロイヤー - 突撃!ガラスのニーソ姫! - ドーパミン
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania Unlocks	水面静かに大地の烈日わたらせて　-Remaster- - 炎のDiargos - Sand Blow - 狂鬼村正
jubeat Unlocks	ビビットストリーム - パ→ピ→プ→Yeah! - EBONY & IVORY - ミライプリズム(collaboration ver.)
pop'n music Unlocks	EBONY & IVORY - 打打打打打打打打打打 - DIAVOLO - ミライプリズム(collaboration ver.)
REFLEC BEAT Unlocks	パ→ピ→プ→Yeah! - 爆なな☆てすとロイヤー - 童話回廊 - 音楽 - ミライプリズム(collaboration ver.)
SOUND VOLTEX Unlocks	EBONY & IVORY - パ→ピ→プ→Yeah!