Prelude

Not to be confused with Prelude-Hereafter-.

Prelude

Song Information

Artist: NAOKI underground
Composition/Arrangement: NAOKI MAEDA
BPM: 135-140
Length: 2:00
Genre: TRANCE
VJ: F-FLY
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 9th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• According to NAOKI, Prelude was born out of the original full version of STARS★★★.

Trivia

• Prelude is the only Naoki Maeda song to feature a video done by Hotaru Matsuzaki.
• Prelude is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) from March 2nd, 2022 after purchasing its charts with BITs.

Song Production Information

NAOKI MAEDA

I popped this in as part of one of the melodious tunes of my music production process. I said to myself that I would put out one essential element in the creation of this song; a prelude to install the system, while also keeping the overall melody to interpret the songs to fill up this transformation. The reason this song is called Prelude is because it was originally to be used as the opening to the full version of STARS★★★ while I was in the process of making new songs.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onwards.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	442	707	1034	-	441	707	-	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style→11 IIDX RED	-	5	6	N/A	-	4	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→19 Lincle	-	5	6	10	-	4	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style CS	-	5	6	6	-	4	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)	-	5	6	10	-	4	6	-	-