Beat the ghost

Banya Production was formed when the series' original in-house sound team went independent, and this track was one of their contributions starting from Pump It Up NX2. The piece is built around breakbeat, letting an electric guitar carry the entire arrangement while sharp scratch sounds cut through the mix. The guitar riff that serves as the interlude reuses material from "Guitar Man," another Banya Production submission in the same release; sources are not certain which of the two borrowed from the other. As a closing wink, the melody of the Christmas carol "Joy to the World" briefly plays after the song ends.

The BGA tells a compact story: an assassin infiltrates the mansion of an enemy general, pushes past the crossbow fire of his retainers, and finally clashes with the general in a one-on-one duel. The completion of this article marked the point at which every member of the Banya-P Guitar Remix lineup had been documented, giving it a bit of historical significance for series fans.

On PHOENIX the song offers Single levels S4, S11, S18 and S20, plus a Double D20. Both Single and Double feature unique patterns that don't appear in other charts. Most notably, several 24-beat check sections are scattered throughout the song, which quietly raises the scoring difficulty on the higher charts. The D20 is essentially the S18 expanded across both pads.