CASSANDRA
CASSANDRA
Song Information
Artist: 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾
Composition/Arrangement/Trumpets/Other Instruments/Drum Programming: Hideyuki Ono
Guitars: Toshio Sakurai
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Pianica: Mokky sasamoto
All Saxophones/Trombone: Jimmy Weckl
Kimochi: Kazuya Anderson
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
BPM: 190 (GF/DM, KEYBOARDMANIA), 84-192 (pop'n music)
Length: 1:23 (GF/DM, KEYBOARDMANIA), 1:43 (pop'n music)
Genre: SKA (スカ)
pop'n music Character: Mr.T.BONE [8]
pop'n CG designer: tera
Movie: MOCHY
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- According to Hideyuki Ono, CASSANDRA is actually Ska Ska No.2, part of his Ska Ska series of songs.
- A long version of CASSANDRA can be found on the GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX Soundtracks and GUITARFREAKS & drummania INSTRUMENTAL COLLECTION albums.
- The pop'n music version of CASSANDRA is an extended cut taken from the album's long version.
- A rearranged long version of CASSANDRA can be found on the 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾 featuring MAKI album.
- A medley of 七福神, Ska Ska No.4, and CASSANDRA, titled 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾メドレー（七福神～Ska Ska No.4～CASSANDRA）, was performed at THE GITADO LIVE -BEMANI 10th Anniversary memorial event- concert in 2007.
- Part of CASSANDRA is heard in the medley Jake in the Box in GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 RockxRock.
Trivia
- CASSANDRA is the first song credited to 亜熱帯マジ-SKA爆弾.
- CASSANDRA is one of the songs available for MultiSession GDK play.
- In the KEYBOARDMANIA series, CASSANDRA uses a generic video instead of its GuitarFreaks & DrumMania video.
- Cassandra is the 16th song unlock of Sugoroku de 8 (すごろく de 8) in pop'n music 8. It can be unlocked from July 17th, 2002 through August 28th, 2002 by directly landing on the city Sendai on your first trip around the board, or by passing it on your second trip around.
- Cassandra's character rival, Mr.T.BONE, can be unlocked by directly landing on Sendai on your fifth lap around the board, or by simply passing it on your sixth trip.
- Mr.T.BONE is the former mascot of the drummania series.
- Cassandra's character rival, Mr.T.BONE, can be unlocked by directly landing on Sendai on your fifth lap around the board, or by simply passing it on your sixth trip.
- Along with the other BEMANI songs crossed over to pop'n music 8, Cassandra displays ♪♪♪♪♪ as the artist. This has never changed.
- From pop'n music 8 to 11, Cassandra's BPM was shown as 68-192.
- Cassandra is one of the first songs from GUITARFREAKS & drummania that was crossed over to pop'n music, along with JET WORLD.
- CASSANDRA's title is capitalized as Cassandra in pop'n music.
- Cassandra received a brand-new EX chart in pop'n music 9's Gambler de Z (ギャンブラーZ) unlock event. It could be unlocked from February 13th, 2003 through March 12th, 2003 after unlocking ABSOLUTE and clearing Cassandra's EX chart, or failing it enough times until it's automatically unlocked.
- As of March 12th, 2003, this chart is playable by default.
- The pop'n music cut of Cassandra was not released on its corresponding game's original soundtrack. It was instead included on the pop'n music SUPER BEST BOX compilation set.
- CASSANDRA is available in GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX with an e-AMUSEMENT account.
- CASSANDRA has been made automatically available in Standard mode as of GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V.
- CASSANDRA is one of the SET LIST Revival Songs in GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3.
- To unlock Cassandra in pop'n music 12 いろは CS, you must have GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V CS data on your PlayStation2 memory card.
- If you don't have GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V CS data, you must enter a code to temporarily unlock both Cassandra and JET WORLD.
- CASSANDRA is available in コナステ GITADORA as part of the コナステ GITADORA HISTORYパック vol.2.
- CASSANDRA also appears in some of KONAMI's franchises, including THE☆BishiBashi (ザ☆ビシバシ) and GRANDCROSS PREMIUM.
Music Comment
That popular drummania song makes its appearance in pop'n!
Song Production Information
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania
Hideyuki Ono
The Jimmy/Ono horns are blowing strongly again. Also, Mokky Sasamoto played the pianica. I went a little overdrive and distorted it.
This would make the pianica sound pretty cool, wouldn't it? In the long version, I further featured the pianica. After all, ska is fun.
Musician's Room 2
It's a very nice song, isn't it? CASSANDRA is a prophet from Greek mythology. The horns are again blasting out to the 190 BPM ska rhythm. Don't miss the guitar and keyboard solos!
pop'n music
Hideyuki Ono
Hello.
This is Ono from Anettai Maji-SKA Bakudan.
I'm glad to hear that this song, which is well-known in Gitadora and KEYBOARDMANIA, will be ported to pop'n too.
The chorus of the solo part of this pop'n version is a little different from that of Gitadora and KEYBOARDMANIA.
Please play it more and more, and enjoy the Maji-SKA!
Video Production Information
None.
Character Information
Mr.T.BONE can help you with all things drumming! He says he sometimes has a problem with his bucket slipping out of place due to his intense playing.
tera
As "tapping" games, maybe drummania and pop'n are like siblings? So, for P8, we borrowed not only the song, but also the character. Thanks, GF&DM team!
Here's a secret bonus story about his production. Actually, we didn't have a name... for Mr. Bucket (alias)... The pop'n team was in an uproar when the GF&DM team asked us to "name him whatever you want". We ended up naming him "T-BONE" based on our self-contained interpretation mix of "bucket = a certain kind of tub" and "name of a certain steak". That's why the pop'n team are the godparents of the name "T-BONE".
Difficulty & Notecounts
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
KEYBOARDMANIA difficulty rated from 1 to 6.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd, Pop'n Music Fever, and GITADORA Rating Sources.)
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania
Original Series
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | Open | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 308 | 465 | 619 | 240 | 240 | 240 | 227 | 227 | 277 | - | - | - |
| GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5 | 38 | 55 | 78 | 38 | 53 | 60 | N/A | N/A | N/A | - | - | - |
| GF11/dm10→GF/DM V2 | ↓26 | ↓50 | ↓62 | 24 | 38 | 49 | 19 | 31 | 42 | - | - | - |
| GF/DM V3→V8 | 26 | 50 | ↑64 | 24 | ↓36 | 49 | 19 | 31 | 42 | - | - | - |
| GF/DM V3 CS | 26 | 50 | 64 | 24 | 36 | 49 | 19 | 31 | 42 | - | - | - |
XG & GITADORA Series
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | |
| Notecounts | 243 | 424 | 619 | - | 229 | 240 | 240 | - | 199 | 227 | 227 | - |
| GF/DM XG3 | 2.20 | 4.20 | 5.50 | - | 3.00 | 4.10 | 5.50 | - | 2.20 | 3.60 | 4.70 | - |
| GITADORA→Tri-Boost | ↑3.10 | ↑4.90 | ↑6.00 | - | ↑3.90 | ↑4.80 | ↑6.05 | - | ↑3.10 | ↑4.35 | ↑5.35 | - |
| GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE | ↓2.80 | ↓4.50 | ↑6.05 | - | ↓3.50 | ↓4.25 | ↓5.30 | - | ↓2.10 | ↓3.60 | ↓4.60 | - |
| GITADORA Matixx | ↑2.85 | ↑4.70 | ↑6.20 | - | ↑3.80 | ↑4.65 | ↑5.60 | - | ↑2.25 | ↑3.85 | ↑4.95 | - |
| GITADORA EXCHAIN | ↑2.90 | ↑5.15 | ↑6.60 | - | ↓3.75 | ↓4.55 | ↓5.45 | - | ↓1.90 | ↓3.70 | ↓4.75 | - |
| GITADORA NEX+AGE | 2.90 | ↑5.20 | ↑6.65 | - | ↑3.80 | ↑4.60 | 5.45 | - | ↑1.95 | ↑3.75 | 4.75 | - |
| GITADORA HIGH-VOLTAGE→Present | ↑3.10 | ↑5.25 | ↓6.60 | - | ↓3.75 | ↑5.05 | ↑5.80 | - | ↓1.85 | ↑3.95 | ↑5.15 | - |
| GITADORA (Mobile) | 3.10 | 4.90 | 6.00 | - | 3.90 | 4.80 | 6.05 | - | 3.10 | 4.35 | 5.35 | - |
| コナステ GITADORA | 2.90 | 5.20 | 6.65 | - | 3.80 | 4.60 | 5.45 | - | 1.95 | 3.75 | 4.75 | - |
KEYBOARDMANIA
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Light+ | Real | Light+ | Real | |
| Notecounts / Hold Notes | 171 / ? | 265 / ? | 393 / ? | ? / ? | 936 / 50 |
| KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| KEYBOARDMANIA II 2ndMIX & 3rdMIX | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
pop'n music
| Game | Normal Mode | Battle Mode | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Buttons | NORMAL | HYPER | EX | NORMAL | HYPER | |
| Notecounts | 183 | 394 | 693 | 928 | 183 | 402 |
| pop'n music 8 | 9 | 18 | 33 | - | 9 | 20 |
| pop'n music 9 | ↓7 | 18 | ↑34 | 40 | 9 | 20 |
| pop'n music 10→20 fantasia | 7 | ↑20 | 34 | 40 | 9 | 20 |
| pop'n music Sunny Park→Present | - | 26 | 40 | 46 | 9 | 20 |
| pop'n music 8 CS | 7 | 18 | 34 | 40 | 9 | 20 |
| pop'n music 12 いろは CS | 7 | 20 | 34 | 40 | 9 | 20 |
| すごろく de ８ | |
|---|---|
| Lap 1-2 | まっさら (Shizuoka) - Seal (Nagoya) - Lover's High (Osaka) - MOBO★MOGA (Kobe) - EL DIA FELIZ (Kochi) - Feux d'artifica (Hiroshima) beAchest beAch (Kagoshima) - 出会う時・・・下関。 (Shimonoseki) - A LOVE WE NEVER KNEW (Tottori) - Sci-Fi Girl (Kanazawa) cat's Scat (Niigata) - Wall Street Down-sizer (Aomori) - しりとり (Sapporo) - JET WORLD (Abashiri) - BoaBoaLady! (Hakodate) Cassandra (Sendai) - maritare! (Mito) - CANDY♥ (Tokyo) |
| Lap 3-4 | 321 STARS (Hachiojima) - Manhattan Sports Club (Okinawa) - Linus (Sado) |
| Expert course unlocks | INNOVATION (Des-ROW course STAGE 1) - 大見解 (Des-ROW course STAGE 2) - Shock of Love (kiddy course STAGE 1) Spell on me ～魅惑の呪文 (kiddy course STAGE 2) - BICYCLE (payapaya course STAGE 1) Cherry&Raquel (payapaya course STAGE 2) - Midnight Yoghurt（女SPY☆お色気ゴーゴー脱出大作戦） (Simon course STAGE 1) SLOW DOWN (Power course 2 STAGE 2) |
| ギャンブラーZ | |
|---|---|
| PATH A | 翔べない天使 - 321 STARS (EX) |
| PATH B | Inflation! - Manhattan Sports Club (EX) |
| PATH C | I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU - 永遠という名の媚薬 (EX) |
| PATH D | ABSOLUTE - Cassandra (EX) |
| PATH E | Secret tale - ブタパンチのテーマ (EX) |
| END | はばたけ、ザ・グレートギャンブラー (HYPER/EX) |
| CS crossovers | Get on that train - Candy Blue - coastline - くちうるさいママ - penta-mode - 悲しいね - キミに届け - ATTITUDE - Twilight Gloom |
| Hidden charts | LOVE FIRE (HYPER) - 宇宙船Q-Mex (HYPER/EX) - Tap'n! Slap'n! Pop'n Music! (HYPER) - ostin-art (HYPER/EX) - HONEまで♡トゥナイト (HYPER) - TOON MANIAC (HYPER) - Cry Out (HYPER/EX) - 映画「SICILLIANA」のテーマ (HYPER) - クチビル (HYPER/EX) - In a Grow (HYPER/EX) - WITHOUT YOU AROUND (HYPER/EX) - power plant (HYPER/EX) |
| Expert course unlocks | ステテコ捨てて行こう (Suwa course STAGE 1) - 今夜、森をぬけて (Sana course STAGE 1) - お天気とチョコレート (Parquets course STAGE 1) - それから (Parquets course STAGE 2) - Streams (Classic course 2 STAGE 1) - The tyro's reverie (Classic course 2 FINAL STAGE) |
| 小野秀幸's Ska Ska series of songs | |
|---|---|
| Ska Ska No.1 - CASSANDRA - Ska Ska No.3 - Ska Ska No.4 | |
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