BabeL ~Grand Story~
BabeL ～Grand Story～
Song Information
Artist: Ako Atak
Composition/Arrangement: Tsugumi Kataoka
Guitars: PON, 96
BPM: 163
Length: 2:06
pop'n music Genre: SPIRAL STAIRS (スパイラルステアーズ)
pop'n music Character: the TOWER [19-1P]
pop'n CG design: shio
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET
Other Music Game Appearances:
- pop'n rhythmin ポップンチュンストパック1
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- BabeL ～Grand Story～ is part of the BabeL series of songs, with BabeL ～Next Story～ and BabeL ～roof garden～.
- All three BabeL songs are combined together into BabeL ～Stairway to Heaven～, a 10:22 extension of the song by BPO featured on the pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET original soundtrack.
- A rearrangement of BabeL ～Grand Story～ by Ako Atak Quintet, titled Downward Spiral Stairs 下降螺旋階段, can be found as a bonus track on the remasterized version of Tsugumi Kataoka's Princess Piccolo Original Soundtrack album.
Trivia
- BabeL ～Grand Story～ marks the first time that Tsugumi Kataoka composes a purely instrumental song which has its EX chart rated 42 (or 48 on the 1 to 50 difficulty scale).
- BabeL 〜Grand Story〜's artist, Ako Atak, is reverse for "kata oka", or "Kataoka", referencing Tsugumi Kataoka.
- BabeL 〜Grand Story〜 can be unlocked in Town Mode for 100 TP, but only after all 29 songs in Town Mode before it are unlocked.
Music Comment
Untranslated.
Song Production Information
Untranslated.
Character Information
Untranslated.
Difficulty & Notecounts
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. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
pop'n music
| Game | Standard | Battle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Button | Normal | Hyper | EX | Normal | Hyper | |
| Notecounts | 284 | 324 | 823 | 1536 | 284 | 324 |
| pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET→20 fantasia | 15 | 17 | 33 | 42 | 11 | 13 |
| pop'n music Sunny Park→Present | - | 23 | 39 | 48 | 11 | 13 |
pop'n rhythmin
| Game | Difficulties | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hyper | EX | |
| Notecounts | 182 | 303 | 486 |
| pop'n rhythmin | 3 | 7 | 10 |