RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX)

RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX)

Song Information

RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX)'s banner.

Artist: Mr.T
Composition/Arrangement: Tomoyuki Uchida
Guitar: MTO
BPM: 180
Length: 1:48
Genre: POWER FUSION
Movie: VJ YUZ with NEW-3
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 5th style
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX) is a remix of Ride on the Light, from KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX.
• A remastered, extended version of RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX), titled RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX) -2020 Re:build-, was uploaded by Tomoyuki Uchida to his YouTube channel.
  • An earlier video on his channel detailed the production of RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX) -2020 Re:build-.

Trivia

• RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX) marks Tomoyuki Uchida's first musical contribution to beatmania IIDX. He had earlier served as a sound data analyzer and sound director in previous games.
• In beatmania IIDX, RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX)'s title card contains a mustache below the artist name, a reference to Mr.T's real-life mustache.
  • This detail was removed in beatmania IIDX 9th style, but was eventually restored in beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED. It also did not carry over to beatmania IIDX 7th style CS.
• RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX)'s beatmania IIDX video is a heavily modified version of the original Ride on the Light's video.
• In DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 and Dancing Stage Unleashed2, RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX) is titled as RIDE ON THE LIGHT HI GREAT MIX.
• RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX)'s DanceDanceRevolution graphics were made by Chris Won.
• RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX) received a proper Single BEGINNER chart and a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE, which is based on its original DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 animations.
• RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX) received LEGGENDARIA charts in beatmania IIDX 23 copula.
  • RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX) may have been chosen to receive LEGGENDARIA charts with Hell Charge notes because the original Ride on the Light appeared in the KEYBOARDMANIA series, the first BEMANI series to have held notes of any kind.
• RIDE ON THE LIGHT (HI GREAT MIX) is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from November 6th, 2019, after purchasing its charts with BITs.

Song Production Information

Mr.T

As some of you probably already knew, this song was originally made for KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX.
At first I thought about leaving it intact, but I wondered if it was interesting~, so this time I made this IIDX version through trial-and-error.
With a powerful guitar sound provided by MTO, Mr.T is also very satisfied with this power fusion.

Video Production Information

VJ YUZ

RIDE~ was reborn as a super upper song.
I had the idea of giving it a live feeling (?) like manipulating a video in real time, which I created by roughly cutting and pasting NEW-3's materials from KM2nd on the spot without any particular plan or groove.

The number in the last cut = "rebroadcast"...

NEW-3

The previously produced KM2nd song RIDE~ appears in IIDX with a significant power-up.
VJ YUZ's passionate sense of overwhelming speed in weaving the harmony, caused him to undertake an enchanting transformation into "Kappa" and grow a subliminally magnificent "beard".
IIDX is wonderful.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ from 5th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2 rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and TexTage.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Hell Charge Notes	218 / 0	452 / 0	548 / 0	862 / 0	931 / 103	469 / 0	616 / 0	904 / 0	1010 / 106
beatmania IIDX 5th style→10th style	-	4	5	N/A	-	4	6	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	4	5	N/A	-	4	↑7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→22 PENDUAL	-	4	5	8	-	↑5	↑8	9	-
beatmania IIDX 23 copula→Present	-	4	5	8	10	5	8	9	10
beatmania IIDX 5th style CS	2	4	5	5	-	4	6	6	-
beatmania IIDX 7th style CS	2	4	5	5	-	4	6	6	-
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS	2	4	5	8	-	5	8	9	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	4	5	8	-	5	8	9	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	4	5	8	-	-	-	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	142 / 7	195 / 16	275 / 29	360 / 18	- / - / -	213 / 14	280 / 28	337 / 6	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2	⁂N/A	4	6	8	-	4	7	8	-
DanceDanceRevolution STR!KE	2	4	6	8	-	4	7	8	-

⁂ Denotes that no proper chart data actually exists.