Sakura
This page is for the beatmania IIDX 8th style song Sakura. For other songs titled Sakura, please see Sakura (disambiguation).
For the beatmania IIDX DJ Sakura, please see Sakura (character).
桜
Song Information
Artist: Reven-G (beatmania IIDX, DDR X2-present), RevenG (DDR EXTREME-DDR X, REFLEC BEAT)
Composition: NAOKI MAEDA, Japanese folk song
Arrangement: NAOKI MAEDA
BPM: 13-320 (beatmania IIDX), 14-320 (DDR EXTREME-DDR SuperNOVA), 20-320 (DDR SuperNOVA2-present), 320 (REFLEC BEAT)
Length: 1:40
Genre: SPIRITUAL
VJ: VJ GYO (IIDX 8th style-IIDX 19 Lincle), Unknown (IIDX 20 tricoro-present; DDR EXTREME2, DDR SuperNOVA-present)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 8th style
Other Music Game Appearances:
- DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME
- DanceEvolution AC
- DanceMasters / DanceEvolution
- REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- 桜 is a remix of a traditional Japanese folk song called Sakura Sakura (often just shortened to Sakura).
- pop'n music 10 song 明鏡止水 also samples Sakura Sakura, as does beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS song Anisakis -somatic mutation type "Forza"- and GUITARFREAKS 8thMIX & drummania 7thMIX's ツミナガラ... と彼女は謂ふ.
- A remix of 桜, titled 桜 -DAM LA MIX-, can be found on the DanceEvolution V-RARE EX SOUNDTRACK.
Trivia
- The name "Sakura" refers to the cherry blossom tree that blossoms during the springttime.
- 桜 is beatmania IIDX 8th style's EXTRA STAGE song. When accessed as such, the music select BGM changes to a sample of 桜, and the background changes to cherry blossom petals.
- In the arcade version of beatmania IIDX 8th style, 桜 had its own unique splash screen, with the text in pink. This was not carried over to any CS beatmania IIDX game.
- As of beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro, 桜 has its own dedicated video from DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2.
- The aforementioned video has been revised for beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
- 桜 is the second FINAL ROUND song of REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-.
Song Production Information
The cherry blossom is the the flower in the heart of the Japanese people. When you listen to this melody, you feel a strange sense of nostalgia welling up inside you; it is if something is awakening within our genes. The rhythm is based on that of MaxX Unlimited, and is generally refined and customized into what it is now. I was able to mix in the use of traditional instruments as I pleased thanks to today's synthesizer technology.
We've recently made a lot of songs that have at their foundations classical Japanese traditions and musical ideas, but more and more the Reven-G name is looking more towards Europe for its ideas.
Video Production Information
When you think about it, it's really amazing that people from different countries can all understand the same feelings communicated by a musical instrument and the melodies they create. I don't find it too surprising. Music has made lots of different evolutions as it's scattered across the world. I think that's one of the charms of dance music. On the other hand, there are songs that stimulate new musical progress as they themselves improve.
Among the people you see on the dance floor with nondescript clothing, a beautiful woman dancing alone in a splendidly colored kimono would attract lots of attention! (Maybe battle armor if it was a guy ... )
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX through 9th style difficulty rated from 1 to 7+, 10th style from 1 to 8, IIDX RED from 1 to 8+, HAPPY SKY onwards from 1 to 12.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty from 1 to 10+. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Normal | Hyper | Another | Normal | Hyper | Another | |
| Notecounts | 302 | 541 | 819 | 1123 | 605 | 819 | 1047 |
| beatmania IIDX 8th style→9th style | - | 5 | 7+ | N/A | 6 | 7+ | N/A |
| beatmania IIDX 10th style | - | 5 | 8 | N/A | 6 | 8 | N/A |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED | - | ↑6 | ↑8+ | N/A | ↑7 | ↑8+ | N/A |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present | - | ↑7 | ↑10 | 12 | ↑8 | ↑10 | 12 |
| beatmania IIDX 8th style CS | - | 5 | 7+ | 7+ | 6 | 7+ | 7+ |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
REFLEC BEAT
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | |
| Notecounts | 84 | 316 | 584 |
| REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring-→Present | 4 | 7 | 10 |