Beginning of life

Beginning of life

Song Information

BEGINNING-OF-LIFE's banner.

Artist: QUADRA
Composition/Arrangement: Hiroshi Watanabe
BPM: 110
Length: 1:18
Genre: AMBIENT
VJ: MiZKiNG (beatmania, beatmania IIDX), VJ GYO (beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX
• beatmania III
• DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON 2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• An extended version of Beginning of life can be found on the beatmania 2ndMIX complete album.
• A remix of Beginning of life, titled Beginning of life (THE GROUND PULSE MIX), appears in beatmania CORE REMIX.
• Anonther extended version of Beginning of life, titled Beginning of Life beatmania-DA!! Special Version, can be found in beatmania打!! and beatmania打打打!!.

Trivia

• Beginning of life received HARD charts in beatmania 3rdMIX, although these charts are duplicates of Beginning of life's NORMAL charts.
  • These charts do not appear in beatmania THE FINAL.
• In the DanceDanceRevolution series, Beginning of life's title is shown as BEGINNING-OF-LIFE.
• Beginning of life received a Single ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX substream.
• Beginning of life is one of the eight revived beatmania songs that can be found in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS.
  • Unlike the other beatmania revivals in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS, Beginning of life did appear in the arcade version of beatmania IIDX prior to its CS IIDX debut.
  • Beginning of life received brand-new NORMAL charts in beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS, along with new HYPER charts that replace its old charts.
• Beginning of life is the only song in beatmania that does not have scratches in the chart.

Song Production Information

beatmania 2ndMIX

Untranslated.

beatmania completeMIX English site

You'll become addicted to the mesmerizing samples of synth-beat.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 in 1st style and substream, 1 to 7 in 2nd style, and 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)

beatmania

Original Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	80	80	-	115	115	-
beatmania 2ndMIX	2	-	-	2	-	-
beatmania 3rdMIX→completeMIX	↓1	1	-	↓1	1	-
beatmania THE FINAL	1	-	-	1	-	-
beatmania III→THE FINAL	1	1	-	1	1	-
beatmania CS	2	-	-	2	-	-
beatmania for WonderSwan	2	-	-	-	-	-

GOLD CS Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	57	80	96	99	115	-
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS	1	2	3	1	2	-

beatmania IIDX

Old Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	-	80	96	-	-	115	-	-
beatmania IIDX	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
beatmania IIDX substream→2nd style	-	-	1	N/A	-	-	1	-	-

New Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	57	80	96	-	99	115	-	-
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS	-	1	2	3	-	1	2	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	83 / 0	131 / 0	167 / 0	- / - / -	90 / 0	167 / 0	- / -	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	2	4	6	-	3	6	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndReMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON vol.1	-	2	4	6	-	3	6	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	-	2	4	6	-	3	6	-	-