Final Count Down(MTO CRY BABY STYLE)
Final Count Down(MTO CRY BABY STYLE)
Song Information
Artist: dj TAKA feat. Jasmine
Composition/Lyrics: Joey Tempest
Arrangement: Takayuki Ishikawa
Vocals: Jasmine
Guitar: MTO
Mixing Engineer: GONTA KAWAMOTO
BPM: 164
Length: 1:57
Genre: METALLIC EURO
Movie: VJ GYO (overlays by GOLI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 4th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
We're heading for Venus and still we stand tall Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all With so many light years to go and things to be found (to be found) I'm sure that we'll all miss her so Final Countdown It's the final countdown It's the final countdown (countdown) Ooh
Song Connections / Remixes
- Final Count Down(MTO CRY BABY STYLE) is a cover of The Final Countdown by Swedish rock band Europe, which was also the name of their third album.
- A short version of The Final Countdown appears in pop'n music (Wii).
Trivia
- Final Count Down(MTO CRY BABY STYLE) had the longest run of a license in beatmania IIDX history with nine beatmania IIDX games in a row (4th style to HAPPY SKY) until it was surpassed by beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA licenses BLUE DRAGON(雷龍Remix IIDX), Dark Fall, バンブーソード・ガール, and 幻想系世界修復少女 in beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT.
- Final Count Down(MTO CRY BABY STYLE) marks Osamu Migitera's first musical appearance in BEMANI.
- Final Count Down(MTO CRY BABY STYLE)'s overlays feature Celica.
- These overlays were removed in beatmania IIDX 10th style.
- According to dj TAKA himself, both Final Count Down(MTO CRY BABY STYLE) and CONGA were originally planned for beatmania ClubMIX. However, both songs were moved to beatmania IIDX 4th style due to time restraints.
Song Production Information
dj TAKA
The story behind this song is that dj nagureo had originally planned to add the covers of "Final Count Down" and "CONGA" for "beatmania Club MIX", but the large volume of song requests and schedule conflicts led to their inclusion in "4th style" instead.
The arrangement emphasizes on the famous and impressive intro and solo, so I tried to finalize it with a Euro-styled hot rock spirit.
MTO played the guitar with a harder metal tone than how I would've played it, which gave the song a more metallic feeling.
Even as a rock fan since youth, it reignited my rock soul and I ended playing the guitar in the song's latter-half.
The vocalist, Jasmine, broke the record for becoming the youngest musician involved in IIDX.
I'll let you determine how old she really is.
Video Production Information
GOLI
GOLI here.
a-ha. Huh. (By the way, I'm sighing)
I thought it's a good song.
TAKA's heartwarming song is burning hot.
Ah, I really wanted to make a movie for it. a-ha.
Somehow, there were only two 16-color animation prototypes.
But, players, please disregard these minor details and enjoy playing this song.
I really like it.
After all, I'm playing on LIGHT7.
I can't clear it on 7KEY.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7 in 4th style, 1 to 7+ from 5th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onward.
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 410 | 791 | 838 | - | 411 | 686 | 838 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style | - | 5 | 7 | N/A | - | 5 | 7 | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 5th style→11 IIDX RED | - | 5 | 7 | N/A | - | ↓4 | ↓6 | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY | - | 5 | ↑8 | 9 | - | 4 | ↑7 | 7 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style CS | - | 5 | 7 | 7 | - | 5 | 7 | 7 | - |