Piano Concertino No. 1 Scorpion Fire (ピアノ協奏曲第1番”蠍火”)

Sheet music:
Piano Concertino No. 1 Scorpion Fire (from Beatmania IIDX 11 IIDXRED)

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This song has quite a complex history, and too many names. Officially, it is known as ピアノ協奏曲第1番”蠍火” literally “Piano Concertino No. 1 Scorpion Fire”, although some translations including the LED marquee’s translations reference the name of the song as Anti-Ares, a reference to the star Antares, also known as Scorpii, and its red flame in the sky – the origin of the translation and more commonly used name “Scorpion Fire”. It is from Beatmania IIDX 11 IIDXRED​ (ビートマニア ツーディーエックス, Bītomania Tsūdiekkusu) from One More Extra Stage, known as hell.

The artist is Jun Wakita, one of Konami’s in-house composers, whose work is primarily for Beatmania IIDX and Pop’n Music. His alias for this composition is 脇田潤 (Wakida Zyun; “Virkato Wakhmaninov”). The pseudonym should have been a hint of the song’s true age; it’s a pun on the name of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. “Piano Concerto No. 1 ‘Anti-Ares'” is itself a pastiche of Rachmaninov’s piano concertos.

© 2004. Developed by Konami Computer Entertainment. Published and distributed by KCET as part of the beatmania IIDX & Bemani series for arcade and PlayStation 2.

This is the sheet music for the in-game cut of the song, ピアノ協奏曲第1番”蠍火”(大きな鍵盤と円盤のための), or Piano Concerto #1 “ANTI-ARES” (arrangement for a great keyboard and disc).

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatmania_IIDX_11_IIDXRED
• http://vjarmy.com/wiki/index.php/Piano_Concerto_No_1_ANTI_ARES#Music_Production_Info
• http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NewerThanTheyThink
• http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%84%87%E7%94%B0%E6%BD%A4
• http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/脇田潤
• http://bmf.i-revo.jp/artists/wac/index.html

Edit:
It’s been featured all over the place!