Memorable Music

As I stated briefly a bit ago, the music of Mega Man II has stood the test of time and is remembered worldwide. Major remixes like Okkusenman and I Can’t Beat Airman were inspired by Mega Man II (even getting some to believe Wily’s Theme is really called Okkusenman). Having an energy rarely seen in the NES era, the music of Mega Man II was at times fast paced and pushed you trough the stage.

The song starts off like your typical wooded-area theme. And then it just throws all that out for a fast-paced driving beat. It does seem slightly out of place, but it doesn’t matter. The song it just awesome.

Almost immediately you’re introduced to the intro melody. After a while, you can’t help but just hum along to the theme. The verse, in a interesting move, houses a short solo for the major instrument before hitting the chorus.

And while yes, Wily’s Theme is memorable and I could talk about it, I’d rather pass on that to talk about another memorable theme (to me anyway).

Those aquatic-sonar-like sounds. It perfectly utilized the echo-trick sometimes seen in other NES soundtracks. Of course you can hear the echo get dropped when the verse starts. But the dropped channel makes a comeback as a secondary melody in the chorus. I had this song in my daily playlist for quite a while. I eventually switched it for a remix of it. It took two years for me to finally remove all traces of the theme out of my playlist.

After the success of Mega Man II, Capcom continued the franchise and still made Mega Man games on the NES while the SNES was being sold. After Mega Man 6, they finally made the console jump to the SNES with Mega Man 7, and made another jump with Mega Man 8. After over a decade, Mega Man 9 went back to its 2D 8-bit roots and was released on all major platforms. The series also spawned other Mega Man franchises, including Mega Man X, Mega Man Legends, Mega Man Battle Network, Mega Man Zero, and Mega Man Star Force. While Capcom hasn’t really done much with the franchise besides cancel games, we all still remember the good times with Mega Man. And so raps up Mega March (well, a week later).