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** Final Attack (''Gradius'' Stage 7). | ** Final Attack (''Gradius'' Stage 7). | ||
** Historic Soldier (''Gradius'' ranking screen). | ** Historic Soldier (''Gradius'' ranking screen). | ||
* 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''. | * 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. | * 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. | ||
Revision as of 18:50, 11 January 2015
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).
- 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
Untranslated.
Video Production Information
Untranslated.
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 |