Mad Maestro!, known in Japan as Bravo Music[b], is a rhythm video game developed by Desert Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2.

[3] Despite mixed critical reception in the west, the game was sold well and received positive reviews in its native Japan.

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.

By playing well and increasing their score, the player can reach Bravo Mode, which is required to beat the stage.

The Japanese release featured an optional Baton peripheral[citation needed].

Prior to the date however, a fairy and overall guardian to the hall named Symphony awakens.

She flies over to Takt's house, who tells him that the concert hall was around for a very long time, and that if it does get demolished, music could lose their power.

After recruiting a couple, a clown and her lion partner, a fashion designer and a model, a reporter and some aliens, as well as a young flute prodigy and a long-forgotten-about composer, the new Bravo Youth Orchestra compose at the hall, which convinces the town to keep the hall as everyone returns to their life, and Symphony goes back to becoming the guardian of the Concert Hall.

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In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt - Edvard Grieg The game received "mixed or average" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.

[4] The use of pressure sensitivity in addition to standard rhythm game play mechanics was considered by some to be overcomplicated.

[9] According to Dengeki Online, the Japanese edition of Mad Maestro was the 195th best-selling video game of 2001 at 54,794 copies.