GRADIUS 2012

GRADIUS 2012

Song Information

Artist: Sota Fujimori
Composition: KONAMI Kukeihakurabu
Arrangement: Sota Fujimori
BPM: 180
Length: 2:09
Genre: KONAMI REMIX
VJ: HES
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• GRADIUS 2012 is a remixed medley based on various songs from the arcade version of Gradius. The tracks remixed are:
  • Beginning Of The History (Gradius pre-stage sequence).
  • Challenger 1985 (Gradius Stage 1).
  • Free Flyer (Gradius Stage 4).
  • Final Attack (Gradius Stage 7).
  • Historic Soldier (Gradius ranking screen).
• Other songs also based on songs from the Gradius series of games are:
  • Burning Heat! (Full Option Mix), which appears in beatmania IIDX 7th style.
  • A SHOOTING STAR, which appears in ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
  • TABIDACHI, which appears in GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3 CS.
  • GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-, which appears in pop'n music 11.
• The first, unreleased version of GRADIUS 2012, GRADIUS 2011, was played live by Sota Fujimori in various KONAMI-related events, such as KONAMI Arcade Championship 2011 and Lincle Soundtrack Release Party.
• A long version of GRADIUS 2012, titled GRADIUS 2012 -Extended Mix-, appears on the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album, which also includes Beat Back (Gradius Stage 2) and Blank Mask (Gradius Stage 3) in the medley.

Trivia

• Video footage from the original arcade version of Gradius is seen in the video, similar to GRADIUS -FULL SPEED-.
• GRADIUS 2012 marks the first appearance of DJ Robo in a video since ラクエン.
• The KONAMI Code appears in the BGA of GRADIUS 2012.
• According to Sota Fujimori, his favourite game is GRADIUS and its music is what impulsed him to compose songs.
• GRADIUS 2012 was one of the preliminary round songs in the KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 for beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro.
• In the U.S./EU iTunes version of the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 album, GRADIUS 2012 is spelled as Gradius 2012.

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd. Charge note amounts obtained from Textage.cc.)

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts / Charge Notes	—	465 / 25	869 / 36	1380 / 36	532 / 26	817 / 39	1459 / 41
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro	—	5	8	10	5	8	10
beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→Present	—	5	8	10	5	8	↑11