- Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2 Limited Edition Music Sampler
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Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 2 LIMITED EDITION MUSIC SAMPLER 
Soundtrack album by Various Artists Released November 18, 2004 Genre Various Genres Length 60 minutes, 0 seconds Label Konami Digital Entertainment of America Producer Konami Various Artists chronology Dance Dance Revolution Extreme Limited Edition Music Sampler (2004) Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2 Limited Edition Music Sampler (2004) Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 Limited Edition Music Sampler (2005) On November 18, 2004 Konami Digital Entertainment of America released Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 2 on the Xbox in the United States. To encourage sales, they released a limited edition music CD featuring songs from the game.
These "exclusive music sampler" are available only to those who reserve the game before its release, typically at a GameStop or EB Games retail outlet.[1] The CD contains tracks taken directly from the game as well as unique remixes done by Konami's in-house artists. Because of Dance Dance Revolution's musical nature the music found in the game and on the CD feature a broad range of musical styles.
Known to Konami as V-RARE SOUNDTRACK-4 USA, the V-RARE moniker had first been used by Konami to release similar albums in Japan to commemorate Bemani game releases there and still are to this date are. In Japan the music CDs are usually bundled with a given game upon release. To date Konami has released 13 V-RARE discs in the US to promote various Dance Dance Revolution game releases and has released them through various video game and non-video game vendors such as GameStop, EB Games, Toys "R" Us, and Burger King.
Contents
Track listing
Track Song Artist Genre 1 air DJ SIMON HOUSE 2 Skulk echo image DANCE POP 3 Starmine Ryu HAPPY HARDCORE 4 fly through the night Mr. T TRANCE 5 G2 Aya DRUM'N'BASS 6 Hit 'n' Slap Asletics HIPHOP 7 C Squared Alien#Six13 BIG BEAT 8 Midnight Special Love Machineguns SKA 9 GYRUSS -FULL TILT- JT.1Up ARCADE REMIX 10 In My Eyes(Midihead Remix) Midihead PROGRESSIVE TRANCE 11 Love Is Dreaminess L.E.D.-G vs GUHROOVY feat. Asuka HAPPY HARDCORE 12 Standing Still In Time Neuropa SYNTHPOP 13 ZERO-ONE Mr. T ELECTROSHOCK 14 THE BIG VOYAGER -INFINITE PRAYER REINTERPRETATION- L.E.D. GOA TRANCE 15 Baile Le Samba Big Idea SAMBA 16 I feel...(T.O.Y. Remix) T.O.Y. TRANCE 17 Make A Jam!(Dub/House) Big Idea DUB/HOUSE 18 Superstar(Neverakka Mix) Daybehavior ATMOSPHERIC TRANCE 19 MAX 300(Super-Max-Me Mix) Jondi & Spesh HARDCORE TECHNO/TRANCE EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKS 20 Skulk(Album version) echo image DANCE POP 21 GYRUSS(Original theme) Konami Classics ARCADE 22 Superstar(Neverakka Mix)(Album version) Daybehavior ATMOSPHERIC TRANCE 23 C Squared(Album version) Alien#Six13 BIG BEAT 24 In My Eyes(Midihead Supalong Mix) Midihead PROGRESSIVE TRANCE The Music
Of the tracks that comprise this CD the more notable ones are MAX 300(Super-Max-Me Mix) a remix of MAX 300 from the Japanese DDR MAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMIX arcade and is also one song of many that marks the first time Konami has allowed outside talent to remix their in-house music, and In My Eyes(Midihead Remix) which introduces Bemani fans to Midihead, an artist that also goes by the name Monolithic and has been well received by DDR fans for his unique vocals and song structure.
References
External links
- Konami.com, Konami's official website.
- Music In Every Direction, Konami's official Dance Dance Revolution and music game portal in America.
- Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 2, the game's official site.
Categories:- Video game music
- Dance Dance Revolution soundtracks
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