Blueberry Stream
Blueberry Stream
Song Information
Artist: dj TAKA
Composition/Arrangement: Takayuki Ishikawa
BPM: 138
Length: 1:41
Genre: HOUSE
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 6th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- Blueberry Stream is a house remix of Tangerine Stream, from beatmania IIDX 3rd style.
Trivia
- The airplane pictured in the movie for Blueberry Stream is an Airbus A310-200.
- Blueberry Stream can be unlocked from June 6th, 2016 on beatmania IIDX INFINITAS' Akashic Explore event.
Song Production Information
dj TAKA
This is a HOUSE REMIX of 3rd style's ending theme, Tangerine Stream. In 3rd style, we wanted to go in a new direction for IIDX. We wanted music like Presto and Tangerine Stream to be on the song list along club music, which was a huge deviation of what we normally have done in the past. These two attempts were a great success (?), and have become the standard genre of IIDX.
This year, without thinking, I was playing Tangerine Stream's intro on my keyboard. Suddenly, a four-beat rhythm popped into my head, and that is how the remix was made. The movie was a lot of work, though...
Speaking of remixes, I have recently heard remixes and covers of famous songs from the past in commercials. People have many different interpretations of one single melody, and I want to listen to what people have to create from this melody.
That kind of remix will not amount to much by itself, but perhaps with promotion it will show remarkable ability. A remix which can be made perfect if possible, will be looked back on as something of a good nature.
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
The concept is to create a music video about a fictitious airline called Blueberry Stream Airlines, and then produce a fictional corporate PR video for them.
The image of the original song, "Tangerine Stream", depicted an airplane flying through the sunrise, so those who knew this may have grinned.
It was a tough job, starting with the logo and design mark, to making the boarding pass and the airplane, which took more prep work than any of the movies I produced so far.
... However, I really love aviation-related designs, from airplanes in the airport, to printed material, so I was able to persistently make a replica "mock-up", and had some fun (it also made my dreams come true).
The song's progression consists of a comfortable tension before boarding, a sense of security and openness after takeoff, and a sense of anticipation and relief after landing... As it's a dramatic development based on the movement of the passengers' heart, I didn't worry at all about the movie's structure, with the plot depicting "an airplane still on the way to a southern land during a blueberry-colored early morning".
From the boarding pass displayed in the introduction, only the motion typography with motifs is not from the passengers' perspective, and even TAKA said "Do you not understand (what a boarding pass is)?", but I had to use it because it was an idea that I had been working on before I heard the song (laughs).
Moreover, the detailed scenes and designs of the destination were included in a short time, but they are complemented in the movie of "Summer Vacation(CU mix)" (VJ YUZ's idea!), so please play both songs consecutively!!
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 6th 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 | 309 | 429 | 770 | 846 | - | 598 | 817 | 868 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 6th style→11 IIDX RED | - | 4 | 7 | N/A | - | 6 | 7 | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→18 Resort Anthem | - | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | ↑7 | ↑9 | 10 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle→Present | - | ↑5 | 7 | 8 | - | 7 | 9 | 10 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 6th style CS | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | 7 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 7th style CS | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | 7 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 7 | 9 | 10 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | - | 7 | 9 | 10 | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 5 | 7 | 8 | - | 7 | 9 | 10 | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 5 | 7 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |