"Cut Man Stage" from Mega Man on the Nintendo Entertainment System (1987)
Composer: Manami Matsumae
Album: Mega Man Official Soundtrack
Label: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
I thought that since Mega Man 11 was officially announced this week, that featuring a track from the original Mega Man might be a good idea. Additionally, it looks like we have not used the first game in the series for a MIDI Week Single, so again, this seems like the perfect time.
What I really like about "Cut Man Stage" is that it incorporates a lot of what I personally associate with the Mega Man franchise.
First off, the music is just super catchy in both the A and B sections. Second, in the A section, there is the sound effect that comes in pairs (at 0:03, 0:06, 0:16, 0:19) that sounds a lot like a combination of Mega Man's jump, gun fire, and transportation sound. Basically it is just a "b'd't" sound. I do not think that it is there to confuse the player, just something incorporating a bit of Mega Man into the music perhaps? Lastly, there is the B section where the whistle-like instrument that comes in around 0:29 and plays a new melody until the song repeats. The whistle tone is something that I associate with sounding like a song you would find in a Mega Man game.
Talk to a handful of people and you will probably get a handful of answers as to what their favorite song from the entirety of the Mega Man series is, and "Cut Man Stage" just happens to be one of mine.
~JWfW/JDub/Jaconian
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