Thor's Hammer

Thor's Hammer

Song Information

Thor's Hammer's jacket.

Artist: ユニバーサル度胸兄弟
Composition: Niccolò Paganini, Franz Liszt
Arrangement: Universal Dokyou Kyoudai
BPM: 150
Length: 1:46
Genre: TRANSCENDENTAL ETUDES
VJ: ? (overlays by チャーム・シスターズ （あねじゃ))
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
Other Music Game Appearances:

• jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) beatmania IIDX pack 1
• jubeat saucer

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• Thor's Hammer is based on Franz Liszt's Grandes études de Paganini Étude No. 3 in G sharp minor, La Campanella.
• A previous L.E.D. and wac collaboration song, DIAVOLO from beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle, is also based on a Franz Liszt song.
  • Both songs also have similar overlays.

Trivia

• Thor's Hammer is the UNKNOWN boss song of LEGEND CROSS in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro. To unlock it, you must get all the boss crystals, then access the LEGEND CROSS folder and press the effect button to select Thor's Hammer.
  • When Thor's Hammer is played as a boss stage in LEGEND CROSS, the arcade LED ticker displays "RED BOSS 11".
  • As of November 7th, 2012, all the charts are accessible.
  • From December 19th, 2013 onwards, Thor's Hammer is playable by default.
• In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and also hallowing, healing, and fertility. Thor's hammer is named Mjölnir.
  • According to the song comments, the song title was inspired by one of the materials used to build Mjölnir itself, which were pieces of church bells; bells in Italian is translated to "campana" or "campanella", which recalls the name of the original Franz Liszt song.
• The design of the bosses in Thor's Hammer's overlays, the ユニバーサル度胸兄弟 (Universal Brothers of Courage), are based on the aliens from the overlays of DIAVOLO. Their element is Yang and in one of the event cutscenes they're introduced as sun gods.
  • When you miss a note, the bosses will breathe fire toward the screen simultaneously.
• Thor's Hammer was added to jubeat saucer as part of the Café de Tran unlock system. It is the 5th unlockable song for that game.
• In the U.S./EU iTunes version of the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 album, Thor's Hammer artist is now shown as Universal DOKYOU brothers.

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	491	945	1641	516	1015	1670	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present	-	5	10	12	5	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	312	517	810
jubeat saucer→Present	4	8	10
jubeat plus	4	8	10
jubeat plus (Android)	4	8	10

LEGEND CROSS
CS Crossovers	Time to Empress - mnemoniq
Boss Songs	SYNC-ANTHEM - ΕΛΠΙΣ - S!ck - rumrum triplets - CONCEPTUAL - Thor's Hammer
ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE	Plan 8