The hero of Gradius is named James Burton. I like to think that he is the descendant of Barry Burton from Resident Evil. Barry's fighting soul lives on.
Your intro/description is seriously eloquent. I luuuhhhh it. ;D ;D Also, this is one of the greatest jams in all of the DDR discs. It makes me happy to dance it! Still DDR'ing every day. NEVER STOP, carry that torch! DDR 4 lyfe
It is from GRADIUS. You can tell from the 8-bit MIDI sample at 1:10. That, and you might also recognize the ship design if you're an old-school gamer... ^_~
It's from Gradius II (Released for the arcade and famicom, no official US release.) from the second part of the first stage with the giant suns and fire snakes.
It would have been kind of the DDR machine I used to play to tell me this was Gradius music. I guess I enjoyed it for a reason. I wonder if a single track in those games is NOT just a remix of something?
XD! Yeah, Burning heat had a HUGE jump from Standard to Heavy. Standard, mostly quarter notes with the occasional slow triplet. Heavy: Triplet Gallops and fast triplets (but MEGA fun when you get good at it.)
"but the only song based in a video game is Twin Bee from KONAMI" Incorrect, Gradiusic Cyber, Burning Heat! (3 Option Mix), Akumajo Dracula Medley, and a few others are video game remixes (Konami games of course, but stil...) Before others ask, I don't count Salamander Beat Crush Mix because the first 6 seconds really is the only part from the song, the rest doesn't feel anything like a remix.
@Angsc09 I guess you might be jumping out too quickly on conclusions, for I am Canadian (well, Quebecer but indeed Canadian) and I absolutely love Gradius. And I know a massive amount of people in Quebec who actually loved that game as well, so I don't know where it all came from, but got somewhat of a contradiction, if any.
@Kingmerik999 When there were still arcades where I'm at, hell ya I played DDR. I was nervous about sucking at first, but then I just learned to enjoy it. I actually did pretty well at some songs, considering I'm *way* too fat to play the higher levels. This is a favourite of mine. ^^
Wait, like you played it on Standard to prep yourself for Heavy? Because this song isn't exactly easy on Heavy. It's pretty intensive on stamina for most casual DDR players.
