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== Song Connections / Remixes == | == Song Connections / Remixes == | ||
* A sequel to 嘆きの樹, titled [[G59]], appears in [[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]]. | * A sequel to 嘆きの樹, titled [[G59]], appears in [[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]]. | ||
* A long | * A long version of 嘆きの樹, arranged by [[Arata Iiyoshi]], appears in the [[CARDINAL GATE conclusion]] album, which was included with [[CS DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS]]'s special edition. | ||
* A jazz rendition of 嘆きの樹 by [[Osamu Kubota]], titled ''嘆きの樹 Arbre triste -a la viennoise-'', | * A jazz rendition of 嘆きの樹 by [[Osamu Kubota]], titled ''嘆きの樹 Arbre triste -a la viennoise-'', appears in dj TAKA's first album, [[milestone]]. | ||
* 嘆きの樹 is sampled in [[X-DEN]], from [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]]. | * 嘆きの樹 is sampled in [[X-DEN]], from [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]]. | ||
* A chiptune arrangement of 嘆きの樹 by yukkerom, titled ''嘆きの樹- 最終決戦 mix-'', appears in the [[CS ULTIMATE MOBILE|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE]] exclusive album [[BEMANI 8bit collection]]. | * A chiptune arrangement of 嘆きの樹 by yukkerom, titled ''嘆きの樹- 最終決戦 mix-'', appears in the [[CS ULTIMATE MOBILE|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE]] exclusive album [[BEMANI 8bit collection]]. | ||
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Nageki no ki | Nageki no ki | ||
None of my previous songs had such a difficult birth like this one.<br> | |||
No, I'm wrong. It wasn't that it was a difficult birth. I didn't know what kind of song I should create.<br> | No, I'm wrong. It wasn't that it was a difficult birth. I didn't know what kind of song I should create.<br> | ||
I've created many ONE MORE songs so far. I wasn't worried about it until now.<br> | I've created many ONE MORE songs so far. I wasn't worried about it until now.<br> | ||
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With all that in mind, what should I create?<br> | With all that in mind, what should I create?<br> | ||
Drum'n'bass? Should I go with happy hardcore? Or Baroque mixture? | Drum'n'bass? Should I go with happy hardcore? Or Baroque mixture? | ||
No matter what image it has, it's still | No matter what image it has, it's still just a king. Time merely passed without being connected to the king of kings. | ||
Existing styles won't work. It needs to be something unprecedented in the IIDX series. | Existing styles won't work. It needs to be something unprecedented in the IIDX series. | ||
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--- Something unprecedented. | --- Something unprecedented. | ||
From those words, I remembered a certain music. | From those words, I remembered a certain type of music. | ||
Atonal music.<br> | Atonal music.<br> | ||
Around the 1900s, some musicians who were tired of existing music concepts such as do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do, started studying to create completely new music which fundamentally overturned | Around the 1900s, some musicians who were tired of existing music concepts such as do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do, started studying to create completely new music which fundamentally overturned the existing musical concepts until then. Although this "experiment" received praise from a minority of music fans and continues to exist in various forms, many people's sensibilities made it difficult for them to accept, and it's extremely rare for it to be part of major music scenes.<br> | ||
By the way, there's a theory that minimal techno was developed from one of those techniques, the twelve-tone technique, but I'm going off-topic, so let's discuss this | By the way, there's a theory that minimal techno was developed from one of those techniques, the twelve-tone technique, but I'm going off-topic, so let's discuss this another time. | ||
I attempted atonal music from 100 years ago. Isn't this perfect for my current mental state?<br> | I attempted atonal music from 100 years ago. Isn't this perfect for my current mental state?<br> | ||
Having said that, I just vaguely remember these stories from music class, and I don't have any knowledge of contemporary music. However, I don't have time to learn this | Having said that, I just vaguely remember these stories from music class, and I don't have any knowledge of contemporary music. However, I don't have time to learn this now.<br> | ||
Relying on just my own senses, I created a barely unclear and uncomfortable sound. There are no chords or scales that you can think of when creating a normal song, which feels like adding pieces to a jigsaw puzzle. | Relying on just my own senses, I created a barely unclear and uncomfortable sound. There are no chords or scales that you can think of when creating a normal song, which feels like adding pieces to a jigsaw puzzle. | ||
However, the middle section became so difficult to figure out, that I couldn't understand it myself as a maniac, and since it clearly wasn't going to be accepted by many people, I added a Baroque-style development in the middle section, which completely incorporates the essence of video game music.<br> | However, the middle section became so difficult to figure out, that I couldn't understand it myself as a maniac, and since it clearly wasn't going to be accepted by many people, I added a Baroque-style development in the middle section, which completely incorporates the essence of video game music.<br> | ||
I made | This is the song that I made, named "Nageki no ki" together with GOLI, and that's how it was born. | ||
Come to think of it, this song probably wouldn't have been born if I didn't make a king of kings song.<br> | Come to think of it, this song probably wouldn't have been born if I didn't make a king of kings song.<br> | ||
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That lamentation fuels me. | That lamentation fuels me. | ||
It was quite difficult. | It was quite difficult. These animations might've been the most difficult to create....<br> | ||
A big boss which surpasses the Four Heavenly Kings. This song's contents are simply large in scale, so I needed to make them according to these contents. And I needed them to appear throughout this song for a long time without ruining its atmosphere. This was quite difficult. | A big boss which surpasses the Four Heavenly Kings. This song's contents are simply large in scale, so I needed to make them according to these contents. And I needed them to appear throughout this song for a long time without ruining its atmosphere. This was quite difficult. | ||
If it's already like this, even though this abstract image doesn't have a name like God, I thought about trying to pick up mentally ill humans with troubling emotions.<br> | If it's already like this, even though this abstract image doesn't have a name like God, I thought about trying to pick up mentally ill humans with troubling emotions.<br> | ||
Such related words flow underneath the cabinet's monitor. | Such related words flow underneath the cabinet's monitor. If you have free time, say them all. They're all just tiring words. | ||
These clustered emotions seem to be gathered as evil things in the present day. I tried to layer the animations with a "tree" image. That's spinning round and round in the depths.<br> | These clustered emotions seem to be gathered as evil things in the present day. I tried to layer the animations with a "tree" image. That's spinning round and round in the depths.<br> | ||
Those shapeshifting gods surrounding it... they're the respective Four Heavenly Kings that were defeated | Those shapeshifting gods surrounding it... they're the respective Four Heavenly Kings that were already defeated, and they have the image of a spirit revived by the "tree" of "lamentation" surrounding the present day.<br> | ||
I also tried to make "Nageki no ki"'s exclusive frame appear gold to match Kinjishi's name (Golden Lion).<br> | I also tried to make "Nageki no ki"'s exclusive frame appear gold to match Kinjishi's name (Golden Lion).<br> | ||
It has the image of useless, disgusting, and ominous debris left behind by greed. | It has the image of useless, disgusting, and ominous debris left behind by greed. | ||