GRADIUS 2012

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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:
  • 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