MOON RACE
MOON RACE
Song Information
Artist: ELEKTEL
Composition/Arrangement: ELEKTEL
Scat: Cokeshi
Guitar: Tatsh
BPM: 147
Length: 1:56
Genre: FUTURE HOUSE
Movie: MARS
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of MOON RACE, titled MOON RACE -CBN EXTENTED MIX-, appears in the cyber beatnation 1st conclusion album.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- MOON RACE marks ELEKTEL's debut in BEMANI.
- The note patterns on measures 22 to 29 of MOON RACE's Double HYPER chart form the image of a rabbit.
- MOON RACE was removed from beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE on December 27th, 2019.
- It was added back on April 7th, 2022. It can be purchased from the SHOP for 10 MM.
- MOON RACE is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) from March 2nd, 2022 after purchasing its charts with BITs.
Song Production Information
ELEKTEL
Originally, "moon race" meant "the developing American-Soviet moon race", so we had an image of a "nostalgic future".
We tried to combine 4-beat rhythms with 2STEP~FutureJazz-styled elements to make "FUTURE HOUSE", but we wonder if there are other songs in that genre.
Actually, we don't really know...
Cokeshi, who also participated in ELEKTEL's 2nd album that was just released a few days ago, performed the scat, while Tatsh, who guided this song's direction, performed the guitar featured in the intro.
There are various sounds here which don't include any of ELEKTEL's familiar 2step, House, Techno, and Club Jazz (although BMII fans have heard of this for the first time), with a rapid development, fast BPM, and melodious melody, so we included elements that players will seem to enjoy as "beatmania IIDX music", which is slightly different to "ELEKTEL's usual sound".
Video Production Information
MARS
Nice to meet you, my name is MARS, who's in charge of MOON RACE's movie.
As someone who played IIDX since the days when 1 play was 300 yen, I'm deeply moved to create this movie. However, as this was my first time making a movie like this, I was continuously worried every day since I took this role.
One night, when I listened to this song while walking and looking at the moon, I saw a figure of girl with rabbit ears doing a somersault, instead of a rabbit pounding mochi.
That's how I came up with the person seen in this video.
Technically, I'm not there yet, but I intended to do everything I could just with what I had, so I'd be happy if you can even slightly enjoy it.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 116 | 434 | 598 | 957 | - | 433 | 598 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY | - | 5 | 7 | 9 | - | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD | - | 5 | 7 | 9 | - | 5 | ↑9 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD→Present | - | 5 | 7 | 9 | - | 5 | ↑10 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | - | 5 | 10 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 5 | 7 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) | - | 5 | 7 | 9 | - | 5 | 10 | - | - |