Dream of love
dream of love
Song Information
Artist: Kaori Nishina
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Yasuhiro Abe
Vocals: Kaori Nishina
BPM: 114
Length: 1:46
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Dream of love, for you and me I can see it in your eyes blessed with the moonlight You and I form a dream of love And you'll be you and me Fly away From a lot of memories In this place we once said goodbye Do you still love me? Can you prove it in your own way I'm still there finding a way out of it Too late, too late I just cannot let it go off of my mind But I'm gonna give it a try Dream of love, for you and me I can see it in your eyes blessed with the moonlight Truth of love, for you and me I can see it in your eyes so full of tears (You and I form a dream of love) Wanna be with you I found myself I'm still in love (And you'll be you and me) A dream of love We can't end this thing now
Song Connections / Remixes
None.
Trivia
- Both dream of love and volcano mark Yasuhiro Abe's debut in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
- dream of love also marks Kaori Nishina's first original song in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
- dream of love appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the DDR SuperNOVA 2 Pack.
- dream of love is currently the only song sung by Kaori Nishina still present in any BEMANI arcade series.
Song Production Information
Yasuhiro Abe
For this song, I took a specific approach to create its fusion sound. I combined a "dance" beat with a "Koto", which is a Japanese traditional instrument, and used them as the key sounds. In addition, I contrived its melody to have a feeling of oriental melancholy. I also use repetitive, catchy, phrases so the song definitely lends itself to dancing! The R&B sound has become much more popular among the Japanese music scene and has often been used in games. In the DDR series, we usually polish and arrange the sounds in a way that satisfies the desires of the user and makes the song more familiar for the product.
As an example, for this song I strengthened each of the five snares and adjusted their attack time in order to make the sound thicker and heavier. Plus, I used an Access Virus, a plug-in for ProTools, to emphasize the bass part of the attack and to add more volume to the song as a whole. If I have a chance to make a full version of this track, I would accentuate the Koto part by arranging it with other Japanese instruments. This would be my dream and I'm hoping to release it someday in the future.
CS Information Data
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 CS (America)
"dream of love" creates a musical landscape where your dreams can come true. Journey into a funky, soulful world and enjoy this beautiful work by Kaori Nishina.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 64 / 0 | 84 / 0 | 184 / 8 | 199 / 37 | - / - / - | 132 / 8 | 179 / 12 | 228 / 2 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | — | 3 | 5 | 7 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution X→Present | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | — | 5 | 7 | 8 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA2 CS | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | — | 3 | 5 | 7 | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution S+ | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |