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Topic	Para ranks every classic Mega Man stage theme
Paratroopa1 03/21/21 8:05:16 AM #5:	180. Dr. Wily 3 (Mega Man 8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnycZAyBTy8 "FRANK! HEY, FRANK! CAN YOU TURN DOWN THE FUCKING AIR CONDITIONER, I'M TRYING TO RECORD A WILY STAGE THEME HERE! GODDAMNIT FRANK! ALRIGHT, FUCK IT, I'LL JUST USE IT. IT'S AMBIENCE, OKAY. MEGA MAN IS SNEAKING AROUND DR. WILY'S FORTRESS AND DR. WILY HAS THE AIR CONDITIONING TURNED UP REALLY LOUD. NO, IT'S FINE. THIS IS MY CREATIVE VISION NOW." 179. Needle Man (Mega Man Soccer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klENMlMbmF8 I do not even know how to begin describing Mega Man Soccer's soundtrack, but I will over the course of this list attempt to use the english language to do so anyway. It's not very good - the sound quality is obviously a big step down from even Mega Man 7 - and it's weird as all fuck. And yet, it will occupy spots on this list far higher than it has any right to. This is, somehow, probably the least weird track of the bunch, which means it must not have accomplished what it was setting out to do. 178. Aqua Man (Mega Man 8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oujCjVisaNY Jesus christ it's like the musical version of Ambien. It's by no means unpleasant, and I'm game for the idea of a chill, lo-fi Mega Man beats to relax to kind of track, but there's so little meat on this bone - it sort of meanders and never really hits on a fully formed idea. I feel like I could actually die of understimulation listening to this, and I'm someone who finds silence a welcome friend. 177. Buster Rod G (Mega Man: The Wily Wars) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLiYaJfI3Ko Can we talk about the Genesis's sound chip for a second? Now, I'm not someone who ever owned a Genesis, so maybe this sort of thing just doesn't tickle my nostalgia brain in the same way it does for others, but I think only a few games really mastered the use of the Genesis's FM synthesis-based chip. Ristar did. Sonic got by. There's a few other examples here and there. Wily Wars is not one of them, and the instrumentation really does the game no favors anywhere in its soundtrack - it's all very loud and grating and it kind of drowns itself out half the time somehow. I'm using Buster Rod G to raise this complaint since I don't have a lot to say about it otherwise - I can kind of see what the composer was trying for here, but it's bland. 176. Proto Man (Mega Man Soccer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daYN7AiIcME For a track named for Blues, this one is vaguely bluesy for all of about two seconds before becoming kind of boring for a while and then ending in some sort of triumphant march. Have I mentioned that Mega Man Soccer is an intensely weird soundtrack? Yeah it's uh... it's all like this. Harsh chiffer leads and no real bass to speak of is going to be a recurring theme. 175. Cut Man (Mega Man Soccer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0rp_tmKu0U Ranking all of the Mega Man Soccer themes was a mistake. 174. Sword Man (Mega Man 8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG_3QzauhiM File this one under "I understand WHY the theme sounds like this, but that doesn't mean the end result is great". Yeah, it's a creepy theme for a spooky temple full of traps, but I dunno why you'd create a robot master as cool as Sword Man and give him a theme this dinky. Alright for what it is, I suppose, but not a whole lot here to really talk about, and it doesn't particularly drive the action in this stage. The ascending notes at :23 are a little silly, and the bass at :30-:43 is REALLY ugly. 173. Mega Man (Mega Man Soccer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDPFzxroR94 This is the only track in the entire series that belongs to a stage that the Blue Bomber can call his own! It's somewhat memorable, but not especially great. Oh well! 172. Endless Stage (Mega Man 10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoyTqyEtLZg Another theme that is largely here for completionist value - I don't recall ever actually playing the endless stage in Mega Man 10. This theme's not terrible but it's a little more repetitive than I'd like out of something of this nature. That 'whistle' in the opening isn't doing a lot for me and this song sure uses it a lot. Couldn't hum any part of this for you but NES-style stuff tends to get a premium at the bottom of this list. 171. Tengu Man (Saturn) (Mega Man 8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p1J2rXfzwU Yeah, for some reason, Mega Man 8 has two different versions of this theme, one for the Saturn version of the game, and one for the PS1 version of the game. Did you even know there was a Saturn version of Mega Man 8? I did! This is the worse take on the theme. There's a spirited enough attempt here to create something exciting and iconic, but it's completely undone by Mega Man 8's insistence on using horrible horn and string samples. Could've been better but the end result is sloppy, kinda like... uh, most aspects of Mega Man 8. <cite>Paratroopa1 posted [p:951944996] in Para ranks... [t:79360411]...</cite> <quote>180. Dr. Wily 3 (Mega Man 8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnycZAyBTy8 "FRANK! HEY, FRANK! CAN YOU TURN DOWN THE FUCKING AIR CONDITIONER, I'M TRYING TO RECORD A WILY STAGE THEME HERE! GODDAMNIT FRANK! ALRIGHT, FUCK IT, I'LL JUST USE IT. IT'S AMBIENCE, OKAY. MEGA MAN IS SNEAKING AROUND DR. WILY'S FORTRESS AND DR. WILY HAS THE AIR CONDITIONING TURNED UP REALLY LOUD. NO, IT'S FINE. THIS IS MY CREATIVE VISION NOW." 179. Needle Man (Mega Man Soccer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klENMlMbmF8 I do not even know how to begin describing Mega Man Soccer's soundtrack, but I will over the course of this list attempt to use the english language to do so anyway. It's not very good - the sound quality is obviously a big step down from even Mega Man 7 - and it's weird as all fuck. And yet, it will occupy spots on this list far higher than it has any right to. This is, somehow, probably the least weird track of the bunch, which means it must not have accomplished what it was setting out to do. 178. Aqua Man (Mega Man 8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oujCjVisaNY Jesus christ it's like the musical version of Ambien. It's by no means unpleasant, and I'm game for the idea of a chill, lo-fi Mega Man beats to relax to kind of track, but there's so little meat on this bone - it sort of meanders and never really hits on a fully formed idea. I feel like I could actually die of understimulation listening to this, and I'm someone who finds silence a welcome friend. 177. Buster Rod G (Mega Man: The Wily Wars) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLiYaJfI3Ko Can we talk about the Genesis's sound chip for a second? Now, I'm not someone who ever owned a Genesis, so maybe this sort of thing just doesn't tickle my nostalgia brain in the same way it does for others, but I think only a few games really mastered the use of the Genesis's FM synthesis-based chip. Ristar did. Sonic got by. There's a few other examples here and there. Wily Wars is not one of them, and the instrumentation really does the game no favors anywhere in its soundtrack - it's all very loud and grating and it kind of drowns itself out half the time somehow. I'm using Buster Rod G to raise this complaint since I don't have a lot to say about it otherwise - I can kind of see what the composer was trying for here, but it's bland. 176. Proto Man (Mega Man Soccer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daYN7AiIcME For a track named for Blues, this one is vaguely bluesy for all of about two seconds before becoming kind of boring for a while and then ending in some sort of triumphant march. Have I mentioned that Mega Man Soccer is an intensely weird soundtrack? Yeah it's uh... it's all like this. Harsh chiffer leads and no real bass to speak of is going to be a recurring theme. 175. Cut Man (Mega Man Soccer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0rp_tmKu0U Ranking all of the Mega Man Soccer themes was a mistake. 174. Sword Man (Mega Man 8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG_3QzauhiM File this one under "I understand WHY the theme sounds like this, but that doesn't mean the end result is great". Yeah, it's a creepy theme for a spooky temple full of traps, but I dunno why you'd create a robot master as cool as Sword Man and give him a theme this dinky. Alright for what it is, I suppose, but not a whole lot here to really talk about, and it doesn't particularly drive the action in this stage. The ascending notes at :23 are a little silly, and the bass at :30-:43 is REALLY ugly. 173. Mega Man (Mega Man Soccer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDPFzxroR94 This is the only track in the entire series that belongs to a stage that the Blue Bomber can call his own! It's somewhat memorable, but not especially great. Oh well! 172. Endless Stage (Mega Man 10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoyTqyEtLZg Another theme that is largely here for completionist value - I don't recall ever actually playing the endless stage in Mega Man 10. This theme's not terrible but it's a little more repetitive than I'd like out of something of this nature. That 'whistle' in the opening isn't doing a lot for me and this song sure uses it a lot. Couldn't hum any part of this for you but NES-style stuff tends to get a premium at the bottom of this list. 171. Tengu Man (Saturn) (Mega Man 8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p1J2rXfzwU Yeah, for some reason, Mega Man 8 has two different versions of this theme, one for the Saturn version of the game, and one for the PS1 version of the game. Did you even know there was a Saturn version of Mega Man 8? I did! This is the worse take on the theme. There's a spirited enough attempt here to create something exciting and iconic, but it's completely undone by Mega Man 8's insistence on using horrible horn and string samples. Could've been better but the end result is sloppy, kinda like... uh, most aspects of Mega Man 8. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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