Beginning of life

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Beginning of life

Song Information

 
BEGINNING-OF-LIFE's banner.

Artist: QUADRA
Composition/Arrangement: Hiroshi Watanabe
BPM: 110
Length: 1:18
Genre: AMBIENT
VJ: MiZKiNG (beatmania, beatmania IIDX), VJ GYO (beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

  • An extended version of Beginning of life can be found on the beatmania 2ndMIX complete album.
  • A remix of Beginning of life, titled Beginning of life (THE GROUND PULSE MIX), appears in beatmania CORE REMIX.
  • Anonther extended version of Beginning of life, titled Beginning of Life beatmania-DA!! Special Version, can be found in beatmania打!! and beatmania打打打!!.

Trivia

  • Beginning of life received HARD charts in beatmania 3rdMIX, although these charts are duplicates of Beginning of life's NORMAL charts.
  • In the DanceDanceRevolution series, Beginning of life's title is shown as BEGINNING-OF-LIFE.
  • Beginning of life received a Single ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX substream.
  • Beginning of life is one of the eight revived beatmania songs that can be found in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS.
    • Unlike the other beatmania revivals in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS, Beginning of life did appear in the arcade version of beatmania IIDX prior to its CS IIDX debut.
    • Beginning of life received brand-new NORMAL charts in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS, along with new HYPER charts that replace its old charts.
  • Beginning of life is the only song in beatmania that does not have scratches in the chart.

Song Production Information

beatmania 2ndMIX

A very popular song on the first stage, like REGGAE FUNKY MIX. This is the first time I've mapped slow-attack synth strings to buttons. Each button sound has its own presence and feels soothing.

beatmania completeMIX English site

You'll become addicted to the mesmerizing samples of synth-beat.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 in 1st style and substream, 1 to 7 in 2nd style, and 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)

beatmania

Original Charts

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Normal Hard Another Normal Hard Another
Notecounts 80 80 - 115 115 -
beatmania 2ndMIX 2 - - 2 - -
beatmania 3rdMIX→completeMIX ↓1 1 - ↓1 1 -
beatmania THE FINAL 1 - - 1 - -
beatmania III→THE FINAL 1 1 - 1 1 -
beatmania CS 2 - - 2 - -
beatmania for WonderSwan 2 - - - - -

GOLD CS Charts

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Normal Hard Another Normal Hard Another
Notecounts 57 80 96 99 115 -
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS 1 2 3 1 2 -

beatmania IIDX

Old Charts

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts - - 80 96 - - 115 - -
beatmania IIDX - - 1 - - - 1 - -
beatmania IIDX substream→2nd style - - 1 N/A - - 1 - -

New Charts

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts - 57 80 96 - 99 115 - -
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS - 1 2 3 - 1 2 - -

DanceDanceRevolution

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows - / - 83 / 0 131 / 0 167 / 0 - / - / - 90 / 0 167 / 0 - / - - / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2 - 2 4 6 - 3 6 - -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1 - 2 4 6 - 3 6 - -
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC) - 2 4 6 - 3 6 - -