Not to be confused with the unrelated WORLD SEQUENCE song Beyond the Ocean, first introduced in KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX and later put in pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET.

BEYOND THE EARTH

Song Information

Beyond The Earth's pop'n music banner.

Artist: 猫叉Master
Composition/Arrangement: Naoyuki Sato
BPM: 140
Length: 2:13
beatmania IIDX Genre: WORLD/ELECTRONICA
pop'n music Genre: CONTEMPORARY NATION (コンテンポラリーネイション)
pop'n music Character: Yima [CS10]
VJ: SYO-jy
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 10 CS
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

BEYOND THE EARTH is the first song in the CONTEMPORARY NATION series of songs.
A long version of BEYOND THE EARTH appears on the pop'n music 12 いろは ♥ CS pop'n music 10 original soundtrack as well on 猫又Master's first album, Raindrops.

Trivia

BEYOND THE EARTH marks the first appearance of Naoyuki Sato in BEMANI.
In beatmania IIDX and REFLEC BEAT, BEYOND THE EARTH's title is spelled as Beyond The Earth.
In the older versions of pop'n music 10 CS (SLPM-65769 or SLPM-65770), and the arcade releases of pop'n music 13 カーニバル and pop'n music 14 FEVER!, BEYOND THE EARTH's artist was misspelled as 猫又Master.
- In "KONAMI the Best" version of pop'n music 10 CS (SLPM-66210), BEYOND THE EARTH's artist was corrected to 猫叉Master.
- It was also misspelled as 猫又Master in Beyond The Earth's REFLEC BEAT jacket.
In pop'n music 13 カーニバル, BEYOND THE EARTH's songwheel genre was misspellt as コンテンポラリーネーション.
On the iTunes page for Raindrops, BEYOND THE EARTH's title was capitalized as Beyond the Earth, while the artist was romanized as NEKOMATA-Master.
BEYOND THE EARTH was added to the BEMANI Category folder in pop'n music Sunny Park.
Despite that its sequel, サヨナラ・ヘヴン, made its arcade beatmania IIDX debut in beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS, Beyond The Earth didn't appear in an arcade beatmania IIDX game until beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, unlockable in the Chrono Seeker event.
- Upon its debut in the arcades, Beyond the Earth set a record for the longest time before a CS beatmania IIDX song made its arcade beatmania IIDX debut, at over nine and a half years.
- Beyond The Earth uses a wide video frame with black borders even though the video is in pre-tricoro ratio.
Beyond The Earth received a new set of Double charts in beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, including a brand-new Double ANOTHER chart with Charge Notes.
Beyond The Earth was added to REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper on March 27th, 2015, as the secret song of the 7th Set (Users' SELECTION) of the BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS unlocking system. It can be unlocked after unlocking the other songs of the BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS' 7th Set.

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in beatmania IIDX 9th style CS, and 1 to 12 from beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY and beyond.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
pop'n rhythmin difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 10+. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Old Charts

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
Game	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts	—	668	1102	1646	789	1237	—
beatmania IIDX 9th style CS	—	5	7+	7+	6	7	—

New Charts

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
Game	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts / Charge Notes	—	668 / 0	1102 / 0	1646 / 0	748 / 0	1214 / 0	1493 / 33
beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL→Present	—	5	10	11	6	9	10

pop'n music

Game	Standard				Battle
Game	5 Button	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
Notecounts	303	469	960	1325	493	933
pop'n music 10 CS	14	20	35	40	18	34
pop'n music 11 CS	14	20	35	40	18	34
pop'n music 12 いろは CS	14	20	35	41	18	34
pop'n music 13 カーニバル→14 FEVER!	14	20	35	40	18	34
pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE→20 fantasia	14	20	35	↑41	18	34
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	26	41	47	18	34

pop'n rhythmin

Game	Difficulties
Game	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	219	290	525
pop'n rhythmin	2	6	9

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
Game	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	157	323	670	896
REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper→Present	4	7	10	10+

猫叉Master's CONTEMPORARY NATION song series
BEYOND THE EARTH - サヨナラ・ヘヴン - Echoes - Tree in Lake ～消えたチチカカの木～ - The Sky of Sadness - 砂塵カゲロウ - Journey - 祭ノ痕、君ヲ憶フ。

Chrono Seeker
New Songs	COLOSSEUM - ろぴかる倶楽部 - Light My Fire - 時空トラベローグ - Symmetry - NEO GENERATOR SEVEN - Broken Sword
Revivals and CS Transplants	in motion - tripping contact - IXION - Beyond The Earth