What Mega Man II Should Have Sounded Like
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- čas přidán 15. 04. 2016
- The goal of this project was to recreate the Mega Man II soundtrack to make it more resemble the other Mega Man games on Gameboy. I arranged every song so that they are now at a reasonable pitch, so that they use the more refined bass instruments from the other Mega Man Gameboy games, and so that they many include other minor touches that make them sound much better than the original soundtrack. Since this was made in Famitracker, this is only Gameboy-style, not technically Gameboy compatible.
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This download contains every track in MP3 form (they loop and fade exactly how they do in the video), as well as the source FTM. If you like this project, I highly recommend downloading the FTM for yourself because you can experiment with the different bass instruments that I ripped directly from the various Mega Man Gameboy games.
Here's where I want to give thanks to those who (indirectly) contributed to this project. First to Phil Reed (aka the Save-State Gamer) for his great playthrough of the game. Without it I may have never been so fascinated by this game to begin with. Thanks to Warheart for explaining how to recreate the various bass instruments from the Mega Man Gameboy games in the comment section of his Mars video. Without it this project may have never been more than an idea! And finally, thanks to RushJet1, ZeroJanitor, and Jasper Valentine for their fantastic Mega Man II covers. Their renditions were inspiring, and I definitely took some of their flourishes when recreating the soundtrack myself.
And finally, I want to comment on every individual song to note the most significant changes that I made. Also, it is important to clarify that I didn't use any MIDIs when constructing this (unlike my first MMII cover project in OrgMaker). Since they were all done by ear, they should sound entirely accurate.
For some reason CZcams says my description is too long???? so here is a Pastebin entry with the changes I made: pastebin.com/dxB805N7 - Hudba
![FCP3: Mega Man 3 - Proto Man's Theme [MMC5 + VRC6]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/sYHnioVb56k/mqdefault.jpg)
0:00 Title/Final level
1:21 password
2:20 Stage select
2:51 Chosen
2:57 Metal
4:06 Air
5:40 Clash
7:20 Wood
8:32 Castle
9:27 Needle
10:39 Magnet
11:49 Hard
13:25 Top
14:37 Boss
15:39 Victory/Weapon get
16:37 Credits
17:55 Unused Credits
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Thanks !!
Thank you kindly!
@LucasRunner Yes, please do!! One NSF per track wouldn't hurt either!
Thank you so much.
Thanks
RIP Annotations
Will ALWAYS be missed.
I know, right? Good thing I was able to include them before they were deprecated 😂
Yeah, also, nice remixes!
No, wait, It doesn't end there!
Subscribed!
Because you're TpCOOL
-ok bad jokes away-
Is it just me or is GB Hard Man seriously one of the best tunes in all of Mega Man? Thanks for brushing up this hidden gem.
the pitch corrected literally makes this one of the best megaman osts imo cause what the HECK
Thank you - good compositions that were sabotaged by that horrible screeching sound font.
I thought it was fine personally.
@@daisycherry7242 some songs really just sound like they're a octave to high but yeah it's not that bad
horrible screeching?
I mean, it’s not really a sound font so much as the original Game Boy hardware…
Dude you did a fantastic job, my ears can now rest in peace.
Wood Man's theme isn't quite right but i have to agree
I can finally listen to Metal Man's theme without having ear bleeding...
+Masterbri Haha, ikr? His song is surprisingly good when arranged well.
the original of Metal Man's stage had a maniac tone to it, which I found charming, rather then annoying :)
Data I think Magnet Man's original sounded like ASS
XxN1TR0FUS1ONS all the song sounded like shit besides metal man
ultra gainde2000 I liked Clash man.
Metal man was bad.
Magnet Man's theme doesn't give me a headache anymore and it's still awesome
Isn't it about time someone used Mega Man Sunrise's engine to remake this god damn game and make it as good as it deserved to be?
These songs and the game's plot all have so much potential. LET'S MAKE THIS HAPPEN, PEOPLE!
Well technically Sunrise isnt very accurate with the physics (it does have some things down but its still rough around the edges).
Quint It's the best thing we've got. If you know a better MMGB engine, feel free to share.
Quint, look at RushJet1's video of Megaman 2 GB Remade
I've heard the whole track on his bandcamp (Which in my opinion i think its nice but i prefer this).
its ok
Oh my god Air Man, Stage Select, and Title theme are so amazing
The Game Boy MM2 soundtrack always did strike me as being the weakest, and now that I'm hearing it in a similar style to later games in the series I can finally see why the original kinda sucked; it's not that the compositions themselves were weak, rather it was the really lackluster utilization of the GB's "instrument" sets. For whatever reason (prob. deadlines) the devs went with the rawest possible interpretation of what the composer was going for, but this...this is just pure sex to the ears, man.
Thank you so much!!!!!! I think the generally agreed upon reason as to why they butchered it so much is because the person who transcribed the songs to the Gameboy wasn't too familiar with the hardware, thus why the compositions are good but the technical quality is so inferior.
According to TVtropes, they had like 5 months (maybe even less) to get this game from start to store. Deadlines had a lot to do with it.
Thethrashyone sex to my ears doesn’t sound too pleasant
@@leelduttis4086 How about 'Eargasm'?
Techno Knight either way it still sounds like it means a cock in my ear
You see, people, this is how awesome the soundtrack would sounded if the sound designers knew what they were doing.
Great job remaking this.
Obot Prime,they did know what they were doing,unless you can do better
Elijah Bradshaw no they didn’t. Explain why the OST was so shit and ear-rapey then
I thought it fine personally.
@@Spingerex The final product says otherwise, mate.
@@pikachu896 Well MATE,have I got something for *you...*
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Quint had so much potential, atleast 8bit deathmatch gave him a cool story
He also got his own game in the form of a pseudoremake to 2GB, Quint's Revenge. A sequel to that game is also in development
Talk about revitalizing cherished memories, the best incentive as a kid growing up was completing this game from beginning to end, bobbing my head to every theme, now a grown ass man who's still re-visiting this on my game boy color, many thanks to recreating those first few moments as if I heard each piece of music for the first time, truly amazing work you've done!
The soundtrack is actually so strong that it needed a stealth option.
Ah, another rendition of one of my biggest video game ost guilty pleasures. Excellent job sprucing these songs up. Can't say it's my absolute favorite version of this ost since RushJet1s rendition is eargasm inducing, but I really like how this approach tries to stay closer to what the songs would've sounded like on a actually gb if the instruments were less wonky. Really makes me stand by my belief that if the instruments in the MM2 GB were better it would be my favorite mainline Mega Man ost.
Finally boss theme is really good whitout those random loud noises in the middle of the song
You are the best person now and forever.
+samuraikarasu
I honestly loved the original soundtrack for this game but this also sounds amazing. Well done!
were talking about the game boy version here, you know that right?
Yeah, that's what I mean.
I honestly loved the original MM2 GB soundtrack.
me too honestly. Sure the pitch was quite high, but I had such nostalgic fondness for it.
@@ZPokemonfanA The songs are catchy as fuck even with the screechy soundfont
same
Who here has played Quint's Revenge?
Me!
I did.
meh.
me
Ayy all this is really sick. Just did a comparison with the originals and WOW you saved the songs dude.
This is the only video I could find that could really work for my playlist. Thank you for making it.
You absolutely nailed the corrections! Excellent work.
the definitive mega man II remake B)
Good shit, bro. I played the fuck outta this game when I was a kid and I'm glad people are out here fixing the OST.
Yeah, there is a surprising number of people who remake and remix this soundtrack. Gotta love the community for what they do for Mega Man music.
Yours is by far my favorite. Keep up the good work.
This game has my favorite credits theme in the series so bless your soul for making this, metalmans and hardmans themes so much better
Great job man. Haven't heard the credits and unused tracks yet. They sound pretty dope.
Thank you for this! Honestly I prefer this over RushJet1’s remixes, because this feels a lot more like an authentic NES soundtrack
*gameboy
@@mrtesticlease4638 my bad
:>
that magment stage is a banger
The music is actually a challenge for the Nes version of Megaman 2...amazing
RushJet1 fixed the problem, too, but with the use of glorious VRC6 style
Man, this is so good, especially that Air Man theme. Thank you for doing this!
And thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Oh boy the airman theme is so good. Thx for uploading.
OMG SUCH A JOY!
Excellent work, thank you!
This is brilliant! Thanks!
Where has this been all my life! I always loved and hated the music. Absolutely stunning work. You ought to #Megaman30 this one so it gets the recognition and admiration it deserves! There are many fans who would be thrilled to hear this!
Thank you
These sound amazing! I just wish each song was their own video.
Fantastic job man title theme sounds beautiful
:o i can't believe i haven't found this yet
respect
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I see now that this is the superior recreation of the GB II soundtrack. Way more canon than RushJet1's. Thank you for doing this.
Hey, this sounds really good! Have my thumbs up :)
I would've never thought it would be possible to make Quint's battle theme sound tolerable...
OMG THE STAGE SELECT SOUNDS AMAZING!!
I love when you select the robot master, its just really gets you ready
You are awesome for giving these compositions the potential they deserve, Hard Man and Clash Man being my faves
You know something? These tracks as heard on Mega Man Maker (the fan game that you can use to make Mega Man-style levels) are mostly on par with how they would sound on the NES/Famicom, but again, not being undercomposed.
God, man. I remember talking with you about this soundtrack some months ago, and now this! You've improved, I love it. Good fucking job.
EDIT: Also, that touch at the end of the normal loop completely makes the solo unnecesary. Again, good job.
That Credits music sounds so good now.
Great tune! Also it was used in MaGMML2 Quint Stage.
So much better sounding, thank you.
Very nice! I could tell from the get-go this was to be very true to the original and that it is being done on the sound engine of GBMM3 onward (or one very like it).
Title/final: Right on, sounds like a Wily stage (which it is) powerful intro captures the essence of the original without the high pitch--I like!
PassWord: Very good remix--although I cannot help but think of "old man" Irving Zissman up to his antics on Jackass and Bad Grandpa. Lol
Stage Select: I do like how you put your own creative spin on the melodies with the vibrato on the end of some melodies.
Selection: Very Nice! Very Nice!
MetalMan: Reminds me of SnakeMan a bit. Sounds sort of like something you'd hear in the first TMNT by Ultra games. Believable and what you'd expect for this sound engine.
AirMan: Sounds very regal and military, like the horns of Guile's theme on SNES SF2, and yet also like it could be on Metal Gear 1 or 2 by Ultra, again. Starting to sound like partial inspiration from Rushjet, and yet not. 2nd listen; Yeah! This one's gotta be my favorite of all your remixes.
ClashMan: This I could imagine hearing on GB, very true to the original--while it sound like a use of some Ultra games instrument like RushJet1, you kept it just like the original whereas RJ1 put a sort of 'funk' sound to it. Pretty damn good.
WoodMan: Okay, subdued and a change of pace. Sounds basically the same but just a different sound engine...could almost pass for NES era.
Castle: Reminds me of Zelda 2 a little.
NeedleMan: Okay now we're actually sounding like something we might hear from a Wily sub-stage with the vibrato, very good.
MagnetMan: Ah the asiatic sound! Ninja! And just a hint of SNES composure like the Sigma Stages.
HardMan: Ah sounds like capturing the rural rocky-mountain essence of the settings. A change from the to power sounding of the original. In contrast to the hurried or turbulent feel of the original. Believable enough to have been on game boy.
Top: Ah, sounds like I'd expect for a wily sub-stage. Definitely MM3GB sound.
Boss: Less droning than the original, but also kind of too tame for a boss fight. I guess the rolling smashing concussion instruments make a big difference though I also expect a boss battle to either sound menacing or powerful. I still give you credit for trying something different.
Victory: Very nice!
Weapon get: Okay THIS I like! Believable and a outstanding remix. Definitely what I'd expect.
Credits: You and Rushjet1, great use with the vibrato. Sounds again like what I'd expect and I do like it.
Unused: Ah bonus, I love bonus stuff! Yeah, the power percussion buildup, lovin' it. Has retention of that sort of power ballad sound for which it seems to be based. The vibrato sort of hinting at another bizarre defeat for Wily. Again another great use of Vibrato.
All in all, I like this album! Thanks for a good time!
Wow, thank you for the detailed descriptions! I'm very glad you enjoyed it.
ベースやノイズドラムの辺りがワールド3～5の音の特徴を再現しててすごいと思う。惜しむらくはGB音源ベースで作られてないこと、一部の曲は原曲のピッチを1オクターブ下げたのとあまり変わらない事か。
Our ears have been saved!!! Thx
Wow...when you tone down the pitch, the music sounds kick-ass instead of absolutely agonizing...who would’ve guessed?
Finding this made me day! Oh man!! :D
These songs are fine and I do not bleed my ears to hear them, as in the original version, Thank you.
(I write this comment while I download the zip)
This is awesome. Megaman 2 Gameboy has great tracks on paper, but definitely needed some pitch changes. You did a fantastic job!
Thank you so much! I definitely agree that the tracks are very solid composition-wise, but they need a more polished arrangement to really sound good.
You will forever be my hero.
This has got to be the best rendition of that hideous OST.
I heard RushJet's, but (however great) it didn't _feel_ right. You completely nailed it!
Thank you, that's a huge compliment!! RushJet's remixes are very well done, although I have to admit the style they're done in doesn't always match my tastes. The goal of each of our projects were different, with his being more of a remix and mine erring more towards a faithful recreation, so I think it's natural that both won't be received the same way by everyone. But that's great, because I love that fact that so many people decide to remake/remix this soundtrack in the first place.
I feel like RushJet tries so hard to make theme 8 bit completely not caring about atmosphere of the stage
Thank you for restoring this soundtrack to what it should sound like! I always thought the compositions were headbanging, but that soundfont, ugh.
Wow......
Thanks a bunch!!
Erichi Mira agreed
Tpcool By the way, my favorite themes of all is #5 Wood Man Stage, #4 Needle Man Stage, #3 Dr. Wily Stage 1, #2 Hard Man Stage and #1 Air Man Stage. These are my bests and your arrangement pushes more awesomeness.
Glad to see another fan of the Air Man theme! It's definitely my favorite song of the soundtrack also. I wish I could have made it sound even better though.
Ive always liked Air man & needle mans theme.
I agree with the title
Nice work! Sounds much better than the original for sure!
+Bramble Thanks man, glad you like it. Also it was cool seeing you on those forums :)
Hardman never fails to disappoint
Awesome!!
Genuinely, on my first playthrough of this game, I got freaked out by just how bad the high pitched part of air man's theme is.
I was too focused on the fact that I sucked so badly I couldn't finish any of the levels for the longest time to be thinking about the music lmao
@@Bro-cx2jc Damn, thats rough. 2 on gameboy is one of the easier ones even.
@@watereagleplays7472 I was a kid and pretty new to it. I began to think that each level was deliberately designed to be unbeatable XD
But after a few years I got so good that I was just using Hard Knuckle to glitch the hell out of the game since beating it got boring. Did everything from climbing up walls to clipping back to the beginning of levels to slowing the whole game down and turning the music into a freaking chainsaw lmao
The oldest games have the best glitches
@@Bro-cx2jc True. As a kid I also thought mega man was pretty much impossible. And now I can even beat games like Mega man unlimited with not much difficulty.
@@Bro-cx2jc wait,you can clip through walls and stuff in MMII? How?
This is very good. Start to finish.
I have to say though, my ears will never be the same after hearing MET do a complete playthrough with live instruments. His metal version is worth a listen.
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@@whiteraven7777 Oh that's sick! Thanks for showing me. I love hearing more covers of this OST.
No problem. As a musician, I am down with promoting musical excellence. And MET is cranking out amazing stuff (not to diminish this work - it is a beautiful rendering, and perfection for all the 8 bit purists.)
Rip that one part of the Boss Theme
I always knew that the Air Man music from this game could have been amazing, and I was right!
Air Man theme is amazing
Thank you for your 2nd half boss theme rendition without the original dizzying screeches
Hell yeah, glad you like the more derivative arrangement.
I subscribed to your channel!
9:50 I can’t help the feeling that this song reminds me of Earthbound’s Mother
Game Boy Top Man was such a banger.
Quint theme? _WHERE?!_
*I’d like to listen without my ears bleeding*
Rushjet1 will be proud
In that time I remember pausing the game put the gameboy speaker near my ear and hear the music. My first Megaman and if remember well the 2nd or 3rd game of my all life!
Same, my first Mega Man game ever and my second game for my Game Boy.
@@Bro-cx2jc That's a very cool coincidence.
the castle drove me insane
Fairly underrated game for GB. Even though, it wasn't developed by Capcom themselves.
Weapon theme always awesome
I know I’m late, but I’ll do it anyway.
CAN SOMEBODY JUST EXTEND THE STAGE SELECT THEME FROM THIS ALREADY?!
The Metal Man one is amazing!
This is the first time I've heard this, it's pretty much as good as you can get without going into technicalities and aproximate recreations of other games' music styles that the composer (Kenji Yamazaki) worked on.
If any of you guys wanted to listen to Kenji Yamazaki's later works, look up the soundtrack for the NES version of Taiyou No Yuusha Fighbird (which also has a GB port which sounds just as bad as MMII, also developed by Biox), and Superman for the Sega Genesis (which is both a collaborative effort and AMAZING).
The real culprit behind the way MMII's soundtrack turned out to sound like is most likely the audio programmers at Biox for using a rather crummy audio engine: Kenji Yamazaki only provided the sheet music.
Awesome info. I never thought to look for his other works, so those will be a fascinating listen. Thanks for providing!
Good job.
awesome!
As a huge Mega Man fan, I played Mega Man Wily's Revenge as a kid and was really turned off of gameboy games entirely to be honest, but a few years later someone showed me Mega Man V and I really enjoyed it. I never got to the other games in the series until yesterday, but I really fell in love with the GST of Mega Man 2, and hearing it improved in this way has been great. I think these compositions are actually incredible and were only held back by the sounds used. This is easily now one of my top Mega Man osts.
ACESpark made Quinty's revenge, an incredible Mega Man II GB remake with new twists and was hoping for a composer for the soundtrack. You should totally reach out and allow this soundtrack to be used! Great job, btw.
Thanks! To be honest, I don't know much about Quint's Revenge. What's the current soundtrack, just the original MMII music? I once saw rushjet1 upload a video on it and assumed his VRC6 covers were the new soundtrack.
Tpcool a sequel was made that was actually composed by rush jet but the original was a slightly rearranged mm2 soundtrack that wasn't much better than the original and was supposed to be temporary. I am just so impressed by your arrangement. You deserve more props for this because this was one of my first gameboy games. So many people hate on it but it had a really good soundtrack, just poorly programmed. I mainly wanted to say thank you.
Thank you so much! I definitely wouldn't have remade it if I didn't love the original soundtrack myself. It makes me happy that I can help so many people appreciate the original soundtrack more.
Can I use some of these tracks in a video defending the merits of this game? I'll obviously credit you. If not I totally understand. :)
Absolutely! And make sure to link me that video once you've made it, the game itself is pretty fascinating to watch other people talk about too. 😉
Wood Man's theme has sounded like Top Man in MM3 NES
i was half expecting air man to be a can't beat airman joke,
good remixes regardless!
I was expecting woodman's box to say "nice"
I can finaly listen to the entire soundtrack of mm2 for the gameboy without having my ears bleeding or getting deaf for 2 weeks
I'd like to ask: is it okay if I use these in a remake of MMII GB I'm currently working on? I'll give you full credit in the disclaimer, of course.
awesome work would be realy cool if it sounded like this
Thanks! I wonder how hard it would be to hack the game to include this music. 🤔
@@Tpcool Let's just say this game's sound driver probably can't handle it. Hell it can't even handle when sound effects, all on channel 2, override the duty cycle for the channel. I'm not even sure if they can be changed mid-song. It's an extremely basic and rather poorly programmed driver.
Importing the sound driver from another Mega Man GB game, like 4 or 5, on the other hand, would make this soundtrack a lot easier to replicate, though you'd need to recreate the songs to run in that engine. It's not impossible at all, though; Vast Fame used that sound engine for almost all of their bootlegs, even their GBA ones!
I'll probably try to do it in the future. Right now, I'm going to have to deal with the crappy one while I work on a mod to try to put that other pitch-corrected soundtrack by MrCaerbannog in there + some other minor changes. I don't know if I have the skill to finish it or can finish it, but it's still a good learning experience.
@@DeskoDev LMAO I noticed so many times when the sound effects were overriding the duty cycle. I had no idea that issue was linked to the sound driver, though. I know next to nothing about sound drivers, but it doesn't surprise me that the one in MMII was poorly programmed. It's absolutely sick that you're willing to go through the effort to make some of the revised soundtracks work in the original game; MrCaerbannog's is literally just a pitch shift of the original, so I imagine that would be pretty easy once you work out all of the sound driver-related kinks. Let me know if you ever finish that project.
When GB to Famicom conversion done right! :D
This is some good shit. There are some things I don't quite agree with, but this is still a vast improvement over the originals. Well done.
+Russell Royer (iYamWhatIYam) Thanks a bunch dude! What in particular irks you? I kept a lot of the original note placements so I have to assume that's the issue, lol.
I feel that the use of vibrato is a tad excessive, especially in the stage select, where it slightly "wonks" the sound. That's my main issue. Other than that, it sounds pretty damn nice.
+Russell Royer (iYamWhatIYam) Ooh, I gotcha. Thanks for pointing that out!
Absolutely no trouble. I especially appreciate you taking that ear-rape section out of the boss battle. (who thought that segment was a good idea at all tbh)
PRAYERS FUCKING ANSWERED. MM3, MM4 and MM5 used the same squares, bass/triangle channel synth from Bionic Commando GB, this dude got it right down to the point! Thank you. It should've been used for MM1 and MM2 GB
Can someone please make a repro of this game and exchange with this music?
Needle man theme is goddam catchy~
NES 2A03+2C33
2C33 Sound Chip Is Used On Famicom Disk System
This project used the N163 sound chip. I didn't know the FDS chip is called the 2C33 chip though so that's cool.
It's Used FDS 2C33 Sound Chip. FDS 2C33 Sound Chip Silmars To Game Boy PCM. FDS 2C33 Is Used On Zelda No Densetu - The Hyrule Fantasy (Japan), SMB: The Lost Levels (Japan) & Other
I like the original soundtrack, i dont know why people complain. I only had megaman 1 and 2 on gameboy tho.