Horatio
Not to be confused with oratio.
Horatio
Song Information
Artist: OR-IF-IS
Composition/Arrangement: Dave L
BPM: 165
Length: 1:28
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- Horatio is one of the songs featured in the medley Xmix5 (Overcrush) from DanceDanceRevolution X.
Trivia
- Horatio is one of the default ENCORE EXTRA STAGE songs of DanceDanceRevolution X.
- As of July 2nd, 2009, Horatio has been unlocked for normal play.
- Horatio's CHALLENGE charts are different between the American release of DanceDanceRevolution X CS and arcade versions. The arcade version has no 16th notes leading to Shock Arrows.
- Horatio's arcade CHALLENGE charts are used in DanceDanceRevolution X CS (Japan).
- Horatio and on the bounce are the only boss songs from DanceDanceRevolution X with no BPM changes or stops.
- Horatio is Dave Levison's first use of his OR-IF-IS alias in an arcade release of DanceDanceRevolution.
- Not counting returning songs, the Single EXPERT chart of Horatio and the EXPERT charts of SABER WING (Akira Ishihara Headshot mix) were the first charts to be rated Level 15.
- Horatio has its own video, which is played full-screen and eliminates any on-screen dancers (except in DanceDanceRevolution S+).
- Horatio appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the DDR X Mega Hit Pack.
- Horatio is used as background music in a mission on the KONAMI arcade game ROAD FIGHTERS (ロードファイターズ).
Song Production Information
OR-IF-IS
"OR-IF-IS channels Spanish forefathers while falling down a wormhole. Upon landing in the Mission district of San Francisco and witnessing a flamenco challenge to the death, this requiem was born."
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
AC Charts
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 75 / 1 | 128 / 4 | 244 / 14 | 503 / 12 | 436 / 12 / 37 | 124 / 10 | 211 / 11 | 422 / 3 | 382 / 3 / 43 |
| DanceDanceRevolution X→X2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 14 |
| DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 15 | ↑5 | 8 | 14 | 14 |
| DanceDanceRevolution X CS JP | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 14 |
| DanceDanceRevolution S+ | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - |
CS US Charts
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 75 / 1 | 128 / 4 | 244 / 14 | 503 / 12 | 441 / 12 / 65 | 124 / 10 | 211 / 11 | 422 / 3 | 382 / 3 / 49 |
| DanceDanceRevolution X CS US | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 15 |