GRADIUS 2012
GRADIUS 2012
Song Information
Artist: Sota Fujimori
Composition: KONAMI Kukeihakurabu
Arrangement: Sota Fujimori
BPM: 180
Length: 2:09
Genre: KONAMI REMIX
VJ: HES
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- GRADIUS 2012 is a remixed medley based on various songs from the arcade version of Gradius. The tracks remixed are:
- Beginning Of The History (Gradius pre-stage sequence).
- Challenger 1985 (Gradius Stage 1).
- Free Flyer (Gradius Stage 4).
- Final Attack (Gradius Stage 7).
- Historic Soldier (Gradius ranking screen).
- Other songs also based on songs from the Gradius series of games are:
- Burning Heat! (Full Option Mix), which appears in beatmania IIDX 7th style.
- A SHOOTING STAR, which appears in ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
- TABIDACHI, which appears in GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3 CS.
- GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-, which appears in pop'n music 11.
- The first, unreleased version of GRADIUS 2012, GRADIUS 2011, was played live by Sota Fujimori in various KONAMI-related events, such as KONAMI Arcade Championship 2011 and Lincle Soundtrack Release Party.
- A long version of GRADIUS 2012, titled GRADIUS 2012 -Extended Mix-, appears on the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album, which also includes Beat Back (Gradius Stage 2) and Blank Mask (Gradius Stage 3) in the medley.
Trivia
- Video footage from the original arcade version of Gradius is seen in the video, similar to GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-.
- GRADIUS 2012 marks the first appearance of DJ Robo in a video since ラクエン.
- The KONAMI Code appears in the BGA of GRADIUS 2012.
- According to Sota Fujimori, his favourite game is GRADIUS and its music is what impulsed him to compose songs.
- GRADIUS 2012 was one of the preliminary round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 for beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
- In the U.S./EU iTunes version of the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 album, GRADIUS 2012 is spelled as Gradius 2012.
Song Production Information
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Video Production Information
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Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd. Charge note amounts obtained from Textage.cc.)
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Normal | Hyper | Another | Normal | Hyper | Another | |
| Notecounts / Charge Notes | — | 465 / 25 | 869 / 36 | 1380 / 36 | 532 / 26 | 817 / 39 | 1459 / 41 |
| beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro | — | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→Present | — | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 | ↑11 |