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
Movie: 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

One belief I have is to be pop, and one absolutely essential element is to be OK with a melodious tune during the song production process. While prelude is instrumental, it's a trance interpreted song which is overall melodious.
This song was originally created as the full version of "STARS★★★", so from its prelude I created as a motif, I therefore named this newly created song "prelude".

Video Production Information

F-FLY

I like this song for its solid composition and development, and speed...
Also, it was very easy to create this mov because I liked it.
When I heard this song, a general vision immediately came to my mind...
And its theme~ is "something IIDX-styled".
I wanted to try creating something that IIDX designers often do well at, so I added blue sky, sea, and natural objects to it.
(I personally like it... I wanted to imitate them)
I still can't create it as well as other people, but I wanted to do my best.

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	-	-