BALLAD THE FEATHERS
BALLAD THE FEATHERS
Song Information
Original Version
Artist: S.S.D.FANTASICA feat. Naomi Koizumi
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Arata Iiyoshi
Vocals: Naomi Koizumi
BPM: 132
Length: 1:41
Genre: CELTIC REEL
VJ: 松田慎一郎
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
Other Music Game Appearances:
Chinese Version
Artist: SHIN SOUND DESIGN feat. 罗斓
Composition/Arrangement: SHIN SOUND DESIGN
Lyrics: Weng Beibei
Vocals: Luo Lan
BPM: 132
Length: 1:44
VJ: 松田慎一郎
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X2
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Japanese
The pray has flown away in their way... 暮れゆく空に 鳥のざわめき 旅ゆくものに 憂いはない 見果てぬ空に去り行く 還らぬ人よ... 儚い想いは 詩にのせた 見上げた空に 幾千の羽根 小さな祈りを乗せて 舞い上がれ 飛び立つ者よ、今誇らしく 小さな祈りを乗せて 高らかに舞い上がれ
Romaji
The pray has flown away in their way... Kure yuku sora ni tori no zawameki Tabi yuku mono ni urei wa nai Mihatenu sora ni sari yuku kaeranu hito yo... Hakanai omoi wa uta ni no seta. Miageta sora ni ikusen no hane Chiisana inori wo nosete maiagare. Tobitatsu mono yo, ima hokorashiku Chiisana inori wo nosete takaraka ni maiagare.
English
The pray has flown away in their way... In a darkening sky, the sound of a bird In an ongoing journey, no sorrow. A man who will head into the endless sky, never to return... A fleeting thought that was put in a song. In the sky we looked unto, a thousand wings. Say a tiny prayer and soar away. You who leap to action, be proud now. Say a tiny prayer and soar away to the sound.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long, re-arranged, version of BALLAD THE FEATHERS, titled BALLAD THE FEATHERS －Another －, can be found on S.S.D.FANTASICA's first album, FANTASCAPE - Act.1. The vocals in this version are credited to Emi Ogawa.
- A Chinese cover of BALLAD THE FEATHERS, titled 羽之谣 and credited to SHIN SOUND DESIGN feat. 罗斓, can be found in DanceDanceRevolution X2.
Trivia
- BALLAD THE FEATHERS marks Arata Iiyoshi's debut on BEMANI.
- In the DanceDanceRevolution series, BALLAD THE FEATHERS' artist is credited to SHIN SOUND DESIGN feat. Naomi Koizumi.
- BALLAD THE FEATHERS and Crazy Control are the only new DanceDanceRevolution X2 songs without Freeze Arrows on any of their charts.
- BALLAD THE FEATHERS appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the beatmania IIDX Song Pack 2.
- Excluding mobile releases, BALLAD THE FEATHERS has never been on a CS release of DanceDanceRevolution.
- 羽之谣 has never been on any CS BEMANI release.
Song Production Information
Untranslated.
Video Production Information
Untranslated.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and Textage.cc.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Normal | Hyper | Another | Normal | Hyper | Another | |
| Notecounts | 199 | 367 | 554 | 764 | 357 | 560 | — |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→16 EMPRESS | — | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | — |
| beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS→Present | — | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | ↑8 | — |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | — |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 71 / 0 | 130 / 0 | 200 / 0 | 279 / 0 | 180 / 0 / 22 | 123 / 0 | 198 / 0 | 276 / 0 | 183 / 0 / 24 |
| DanceDanceRevolution X2→Present | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 |
| DanceDanceRevolution S+ | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |