Mad Maestro!

Mad Maestro!
Developer(s) Desert Productions
Publisher(s)
Director(s) Hiroyuki Kotani
Producer(s) Tomikazu Kirita
Designer(s) Jun Chuma
Junichi Suchiro
Composer(s) Jun Chuma
Yuji Takenouchi
Mayuko Kageshita
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, PlayStation Network
Release date(s)

PlayStation 2

  • JP October 11, 2001
  • NA March 12, 2002
  • EU March 28, 2002

PlayStation Network

  • JP May 20, 2015
Genre(s) Music
Mode(s) Single-player

Mad Maestro!, known in Japan as Bravo Music (ブラボーミュージック Burabō Myūjikku), is a classical music rhythm game for the PlayStation 2 (PS2). It was developed by Desert Productions and released in Japan by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI) and abroad by Eidos Interactive under their "Fresh Games" label. The game features classical songs, such as Swan Lake, Hungarian Dance No. 5 & 6, and Night on Bald Mountain.

Gameplay

Typically rhythm games rely on timed input according to on screen cues and tempo. Mad Maestro features this style of gameplay, with the additional layer of pressure sensitivity. Utilizing the pressure sensitivity with the DualShock 2, the player must conduct an orchestra by tapping correlating buttons with varying degrees of pressure. There are three levels of pressure; light, medium and hard. The Japanese release featured an optional Baton peripheral.

Characters

Music list

The list of pieces of music in the order they appear on the game.

1. Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major - Johannes Brahms

2. Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G major - Johannes Brahms

3. Slavonic Dance No 7 - Dvořák, Antonín

4. Thunder and Lightning - Johann Strauss

5. Finale from Carnival of the Animals (Finale Carnivale des Animaux) - Saint-Saëns, C.

6. The Marriage of Figaro - W. A. Mozart

7. Scene from Swan Lake

8. Toreador from Carmen

9. Baba Yaga's Hut from Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky

10. 9th Symphony-4th Movement - L. V. Beethoven

11. Entry of the Gladiators

12. Marche Militaire - Franz Schubert

13. March from the Nutcracker

14. Trepak from the Nutcracker

15. 40th Symphony K550-1st movement

16. Orpheus in the Underworld Overture

17. Flight of the Valkyries, Richard Wagner

18. Night on Bald Mountain

19. Dance of the Four Swans from Swan Lake

20. Morning Mourn from Peer Gynt

21. William Tell Overture - Rossini

22. Rakoczi's March - Franz Liszt

23. 5th Symphony-1st Movement

24. Radetsky March - Johann Strauss

25. Csikos Post

26. Toy Symphony

27. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart

28. Dance of the Reed Flutes from the Nutcracker

29. Algerian Suite from French Military March Music

30. Flight of the Bumblebee

31. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks from Pictures at an Exhibition

32. Divertimento No. 1 in E flat major K113

33. L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 from Farandole

34. In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt

Reception and legacy

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic65/100[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer9/10[2]
Famitsu30/40[3]
Game Informer7.5/10[4]
GamePro[5]
Game RevolutionD+[6]
GameSpot6.3/10[7]
GameSpy64%[8]
IGN6.5/10[9]
OPM (US)[10]

The game received "mixed or average" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[1] The use of pressure sensitivity in addition to standard rhythm game play mechanics was considered by some to be overcomplicated. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 30 out of 40.[3]

According to Dengeki Online, the Japanese edition of Mad Maestro was the 195th best-selling video game of 2001 at 54,794 copies.[11] Mad Maestro! was followed by three Japan-exclusive sequels, all for the PS2: Bravo Music Christmas Edition (ブラボーミュージック Christmas Edition) on November 22, 2001; Bravo Music: Chou-Meikyokuban (ブラボーミュージック 超名曲盤) on January 17, 2002; and Let's Bravo Music (Let’s ブラボーミュージック) on December 12, 2002.[12][13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mad Maestro! for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  2. Bye, John "Gestalt" (April 15, 2002). "Mad Maestro". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "プレイステーション2 - ブラボーミュージック". Famitsu 915: 89. June 30, 2006.
  4. Leeper, Justin (April 2002). "Mad Maestro". Game Informer (108): 77. Archived from the original on February 23, 2005. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  5. Major Mike (April 10, 2002). "Mad Maestro! Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 14, 2005. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  6. Liu, Johnny (April 23, 2002). "Mad Maestro Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  7. Davis, Ryan (March 20, 2002). "Mad Maestro! Review". GameSpot. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  8. Padilla, Raymond (April 11, 2002). "Mad Maestro". GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 12, 2004. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  9. Smith, David (March 14, 2002). "Mad Maestro". IGN. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  10. "Mad Maestro!". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 101. May 2002.
  11. IGN staff (January 11, 2002). "Dengeki Online Top 200 Of 2001". IGN. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  12. Sony staff. "ブラボーミュージック Christmas Edition" (in Japanese). Sony Computer Entertainment. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  13. Sony staff. ブラボーミュージック 超名曲盤(限定版) (in Japanese). Sony Computer Entertainment. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  14. Sony staff. "Let’s ブラボーミュージック" (in Japanese). Sony Computer Entertainment. Retrieved April 3, 2012.

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