Castle on the Moon
Castle on the Moon
Song Information
Artist: 青龍
Composition/Arrangement: Seiryu
BPM: 191
Length: 1:38
Genre: DANCE SPEED
VJ: VJ GYO (Lincle, PENDUAL→Present), F-FLY (tricoro→SPADA)
Jacket design: HES
First Music Game Appearance: REFLEC BEAT limelight
Other Music Game Appearances:
- beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle
- REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 24
- REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 20
Lyrics
None, but there are several soundbites in the song.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of Castle on the Moon, titled Castle on the Moon (Extended Mix), appears on Ryu☆'s fourth album, Sakura Luminance.
- This version samples a portion of Ultramarine (from his third album, Rainbow☆Rainbow) in the ending.
- Another long version of Castle on the Moon, titled Castle on the Moon (AO-∞ MIX), can be found on 青龍's second album, AO-∞.
Trivia
- Castle on the Moon marks the first time when Ryu☆ uses his 青龍 alias in the REFLEC BEAT series.
- It is also the first new 青龍 song in an AC game since 3y3s in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS.
- Castle on the Moon is the third FINAL ROUND song in REFLEC BEAT limelight. The prerequisites to make it available are:
- Complete Glass Stage 8-1 and 8-2.
- Unlock 万物快楽理論.
- Once having played Castle on the Moon several times in its FINAL ROUND status, it will be unlocked indefinitely.
- In REFLEC BEAT colette, it is unlocked by reaching the Goal of the Pastel Adventure (パステルアドベンチャー) limelight mountain.
- As of REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!. Castle on the Moon is playable by default.
- Castle on the Moon is the third song of Lincle LINK 5 to be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle or beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro. It becomes available once Q-pro Level 50 on beatmania IIDX has been reached.
- In beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA, it has been automatically unlocked as of May 14th, 2014 by using an eAMUSEMENT PASS.
- Castle on the Moon received a brand new BEGINNER chart in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
- Castle on the Moon is the only BEMANI song under Ryutaro Nakahara's 青龍 alias that does not appear in the album BLUE DRAGON.
- In REFLEC BEAT +, Castle on the Moon's artist was romanized as SEIRYU.
- An alternate, unused jacket for Castle on the Moon which misspells the title as Catsle on the Moon can be found on the REFLEC BEAT limelight data.
Song Production Information
None.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 13 from VOLZZA onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 121 | 328 | 837 | 1231 | 329 | 818 | 1305 | {{{8}}} | {{{9}}} |
| beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle | - | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 11 | {{{9}}} | {{{10}}} |
| beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 11 | {{{9}}} | {{{10}}} |
REFLEC BEAT
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | Special | |
| Notecounts | 147 | 370 | 519 | — |
| REFLEC BEAT limelight→Present | 3 | 8 | 10 | — |
| REFLEC BEAT plus | 3 | 8 | 10 | — |
| REFLEC BEAT + | 3 | 8 | 10 | — |
| Lincle LINK #5 | |
|---|---|
| beatmania IIDX songs | ビューティフル レシート - Flip Flap - Castle on the Moon - TITANS RETURN - quaver♪ |
| REFLEC BEAT songs | The Sampling Paradise - waxing and wanding - EXUSIA - 灼熱Beach Side Bunny - 天空の夜明け |
| Both games | HAERETICUS |