Castle on the Moon
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Castle on the Moon
Song Information
Artist: 青龍
Composition/Arrangement: Seiryu
BPM: 191
Length: 1:38
Genre: DANCE SPEED
VJ: VJ GYO (Lincle, PENDUAL→Present), F-FLY (tricoro→SPADA)
Jacket design: HES
First Music Game Appearance: REFLEC BEAT limelight
Other Music Game Appearances:
- beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle
- REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 24
- REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 20
Lyrics
None, but there are several soundbites in the song.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of Castle on the Moon, titled Castle on the Moon (Extended Mix), appears on Ryu☆'s fourth album, Sakura Luminance.
- This version samples a portion of Ultramarine (from his third album, Rainbow☆Rainbow) in the ending.
Trivia
- Castle on the Moon marks the first time when Ryu☆ uses his 青龍 alias in the REFLEC BEAT series.
- It is also the first new 青龍 song in an AC game since 3y3s in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS.
- Castle on the Moon is the third FINAL ROUND song in REFLEC BEAT limelight. The prerequisites to make it available are:
- Complete Glass Stage 8-1 and 8-2.
- Unlock 万物快楽理論.
- Once having played Castle on the Moon several times in its FINAL ROUND status, it will be unlocked indefinitely.
- In REFLEC BEAT colette, it is unlocked by reaching the Goal of the Pastel Adventure (パステルアドベンチャー) limelight mountain.
- As of REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!. Castle on the Moon is playable by default.
- Castle on the Moon is the third song of Lincle Link 5 to be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle or beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro. It becomes available once Q-pro Level 50 on beatmania IIDX has been reached.
- In beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA, it has been automatically unlocked as of May 14th, 2014 by using an eAMUSEMENT PASS.
- Castle on the Moon received a brand new BEGINNER chart in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
- Castle on the Moon is the only BEMANI song under Ryutaro Nakahara's 青龍 alias that does not appear in the album BLUE DRAGON.
- In REFLEC BEAT +, Castle on the Moon's artist was romanized as SEIRYU.
Song Production Information
None.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
REFLEC BEAT difficulty rated from 1 to 10+. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Normal | Hyper | Another | Normal | Hyper | Another | |
| Notecounts | 121 | 328 | 837 | 1231 | 329 | 818 | 1305 |
| beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle | — | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
REFLEC BEAT
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | Special | |
| Notecounts | 147 | 370 | 519 | — |
| REFLEC BEAT limelight→Present | 3 | 8 | 10 | — |
| REFLEC BEAT plus | 3 | 8 | 10 | — |
| REFLEC BEAT + | 3 | 8 | 10 | — |