Vienna

Song Information

Artist: Osamu Kubota
Composition/Arrangement: Osamu Kubota
BPM: 115
Length: 1:37
Genre: PIANO AMBIENT
VJ: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 4th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

Song Production Information

Osamu Kubota

A musical phrase that occurred to me while strolling down the sparkling streets of Vienna at the end of the century is now resurrected now in Tokyo. It's full of a romanticism that scatters about, chilling me to the bone with excitement. Though the signature goes to 6/8 thanks to the jazz and swing elements I used as a base, this song is really a waltz at its core. It becomes a triumphant(?) fugue in the middle, but at the end its passion returns with a fury than no-one can withstand!

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

Vienna, the capital of Austria, has lent its name to this song. Unfortunately, I've never been to Vienna, so I could only assemble indirect material for a movie. I remember talking to dj TAKA a lot, trying to figure out what I should do. Since the name of the song was a name of an actual place, I felt that I should try to find some fitting scenery images. When I gave it some more thought, I realized it might be better to assemble something that captured the spirit of Vienna in a less direct fashion. Struggling along with thoughts of what sort of things wouldn't express the changes in spirit that define this city, I had the idea of replacing the concept of "the soul" with water to take advantage of its constant motion to convey these ideas. I experimented using various processes to align this abstract form with the spirit of the song. I'm very pleased with the form of presentation that opened up this new circumstance, and I think the result was magnificent. I think it would be good to play this song surrendering your body to the light and sound.

Difficulty & Notecounts

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

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
Notecounts 286 315 432 - 315 432 -
beatmania IIDX 4th style - 3 5 - 3 5 -
beatmania IIDX 5th style→7th style - 3 5 - ↑4 ↑6 -
beatmania IIDX 10th style - 3 5 - ↓3 ↓5 -
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED - 3 5 - ↑4 5 -
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY - 3 5 - 4 ↑6 -
beatmania IIDX 4th style CS - 3 5 - 3 5 -
beatmania IIDX 5th style CS 2 3 5 - 4 6 -