Sunday 21 December 2008

Top 10 Original Mega Man Tunes

Here's my top 10 list of the Original Mega Man music. This is a really hard one, except #1. That one was clear, but the rest...

10. Prologue Part 2 (Mega Man 4)
- One of the best tunes from Mega Man 4. However, MM4's tunes don't compare to MM2 and MM3. After MM4, it's like they ran out of imagination and just put together some random sounds. This Prologue theme has a cool vibe to it, similar to some of MM2's music.

09. Snake Man (Mega Man 3)
- Mega Man 3 had two boss names which you could horribly misinterpret - this is one of them and the other one is Hard Man... Yeah... Haha. Snake Man's music is awesome, it really clicks to me, but I don't think it's very popular amongst the majority which is a shame, cause I think it's really great.

08. Skull Man (Mega Man 4)
- While Mega Man 4 doesn't have many memorable tunes this is an exception though, cause Skull Man's theme is awesome! It's dark and not so uplifting. I also quite like that clapping sound that occurs in some parts of the song. Is it a clap? I don't know, but that's how I can best describe it.

07. Mega Man 3 Title Theme (Mega Man 3)
- This one would have been rated higher if it wasn't for the slow intro. The first part is quite dull, actually, but that second part kicks ass! I love, however, how the slow intro builds up into the explosion that is the second part! Catchy, like most of the music from the classics.

06. Crash Man (Mega Man 2)
- I hate the stage, I really do. But I love the music. It's another one of those catchy ones that lifts you up. Too bad I don't like the stage... :D

05. Mega Man 2 Title Theme (Mega Man 2)
- Catchy stuff! It gets you going, anticipates you for the action ahead (well, for the mere 2 seconds you'll listen to it before hitting "Start" :P). Stay and listen, it's a really cool tune. Reminds me a bit of the #1 on this list.

04. Spark Man (Mega Man 3)
- This sounds like some uplifting anthem! I wonder, whatever happened to the music after Mega Man 3? MM2 and MM3 both had wonderful music but after that, there's hardly any great tunes. Maybe it is because we played MM2 and MM3 most and the music stuck? But when I try to listen to the MM4-MM6 music I just find it to be very weird. How could they go so wrong, Spark Man's theme is an example of how it should sound - Catchy bleeps that captures you at once, but all that got lost after this game. Weird.

03. Flash Man (Mega Man 2)
- I think this one is a bit, I don't know, sad. Yes, sad. It's not so happy or driving but it's rather chilly and cool (yes, I know... the stage is made of ice). I love it, though. It sounds so different from a lot of the other tunes and this one also used to be my favourite stage when I was younger, so I think that's why I also love the tune. I loved everything about Flash Man. :D

02. Bubble Man
(Mega Man 2)
- Mega Man 2 has definitely got the best music of the series. This one is for Bubble Man's water stage. It's not so "right-in-your-face" like most of the other tunes, but it's kinda relaxed (and that doesn't mean it's a bad tune in the Mega Man-universe - quite frankly, the opposite, it's the second best ever). Bubble Man's (in my opinion) is the shortest stage in MM2, at least that's what it seems like to me, and he is not particularly difficult to beat. The biggest challenge is those spikes, ya know? :D

01. Dr Wily's Castle (First Half) (Mega Man 2)
- Epic! The ultimate Mega Man tune! It's cool. It's haunting. It's fucking awesome! This has to be heard to be believed and described.