OCR00866 - Mega Man 6 'Master of Flame'

[DarkCecil13]

Mega Man 6 'Master of Flame'

Having never played Mega Man 6 (shoot me, I'm not the biggest Mega Man Fan.) Overall, this is pretty darn happy ReMix. It's definitely groovy. Though, sonically, it doesn't meet my standards. It could definitely use some panning. You won't believe how much panning helps increase the enjoyability of a ReMix (atleast for me). Regardless, it's still enjoyable to listen to. There are a few instances of clipping. The mastering could have been excuted a little better. Try limiters, or maybe a compressor. Limiters tend to be more effective for less energetic music, but they're good overall. Compressors are typically good for really energetic music. If you don't have access to any of the above, work on avoiding clipping just by simply adjusting volume levels. Though, it may not always be the best solution. Depends on what your going for.

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I'm really keen on this mix. At first, I wasn't thrilled with it, but I gave it a few plays before hitting the delete button on it.

Thankfully, it's staying on my hard drive.

This is definately a very different type of techno. It's kinda happy, kinda groovy, kinda funky. The thing that I dig the most is that voice sample. I think it kicks and is extremely well used. Never really played the Mega Man series, so I'm going to go ahead and assume it's the Blue Bomber himself, but I'd love to know what it is he's saying. If anyone can help me with that...

Overall, like I said, the more I listened to it, the more I appreciated the arrangement. It does have it's problems though. I really do feel better samples could have been used. The whole mix seems kinda... muffled. I felt these sounds should be jumping out at us. It would have brought me into the mix a lot quicker if everything sounded a little crisper.

Is there a clearer version available?

Overall, I dig it. And that voice sample is really super cool. It's funky, it's techno but it's different and it's definately worth a listen (or two or three ;) )

[Johnathan]

To be honest, Flameman's theme is my favorite MM song. I remember putting the game on pause and bobbing my head. I'm glad this song finally got ReMixed. EvilHorde's awesome.

[[sXe] Space Man]

This is the best megaman remix i've heard in a long time. I just got finished playing all of the megaman games last month, and while i was playing MM6 I thought a remix to Flame Man's stage would be cool, so check OC and there was none. Wich was like last month, then i check the site today and there's a remix to Flame Man's stage. And to top it off its and awesome remix. umm thats about all i have to say. heh

[Ko Digga]

This is really good. I mean really really good. I don't really like most of the techno ReMixes I hear but this is incredible. Sorry I have nothing more intelligent to say - I'm just speechless.

[Dalton]

Err... I find this quite bad... and I ain't no small fan of techno. Everything sounds so muffled, especially the breakbeats, which are drab and uninspired. The ones at 0:45 sound like drum-loop samples, and really clash with the rest of the mix. The lead is also lacking; it kinda sits in the background, never taking authority over the song. Flame Man's tune was my favorite from Mega Man 6, but this mix is a major disapointment.

[frobnitz]

I thought it was alright, the idea behind it was pretty good, but it wasn't brought on strong enough really. The instruments sounded too weak and 'synth-like', if you know what I mean. The voice helped a little bit, but at 3:08 after that short pause and the voice says "higha" (I think thats what he says) didn't work for me, that was really the only part with the voice I didn't like


3/5 - good, not great but with the same style but better synth it could be a 4.5/5 easily

[Avatar82]

i think the voice sample says "turn the flame higher" and indeed it is a really cool voice sample. really liked the song even though it does have a muffled sound, maybe it couldn't be helped in the recording, maybe it was on purporse. but the "music" is there regardless of condition of the music. wow thats a good phrase, someone quote me.

[Zeo]

This is one of the best Mega Man remixes I've ever heard with an incredibly catchy chorus (nice little vocal) and I love the space at 3:08. Good stuff! 5/5

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i think the voice sample says "turn the flame higher" and indeed it is a really cool voice sample. really liked the song even though it does have a muffled sound, maybe it couldn't be helped in the recording, maybe it was on purporse. but the "music" is there regardless of condition of the music. wow thats a good phrase, someone quote me.Consider yourself quoted.

And it does sound like "Turn the flame higher". Thanks. :)

[EvilHorde]

Hey thanks everyone for the feedback! It´s very nice to get it (even if its bad). :)
The thing with the sound quality is that I sample almost everything. This particular song features lots and lots of samples from indian instruments. Even the chorus lead-sound, that seems to be titled as a "synth" here, is really an indian-sounding guitar, that´s sampled from a source that had quite a bad quality. Plus its looped like hell.
Maybe someone who is better at mastering would´ve managed to make the sound quality better, but I´m still learning in that particular area. And I think that this kind of breakbeat (or whatever) music has a tendency to bad quality. Usually its ok ´cause the track is well mastered but in this case.. well... you be the judge. I myself am quite fond of Lo-Fi stuff..
And yes, maybe the track could use some more layers on the background but I´m still working on that area too.. Its quite dull to just add a string chord on the background and leave it that way... I NEED SAMPLES, SAMPLES, SAMPLES and SAMPLES! :)

And yes, the vocal sample says : "Turn the flame higher.." :twisted:

[Thumati]

I didn't play MM6 until after I downloaded this song, so I never heard the Flame Man theme, which I think is great. I think it's a solid mix, but I only wish you gave the main riff (or whatever the one that comes in for the first time at :43 is) a lot more punch or perhaps made the intro to it a bit more dramatic. It sounded a ltitle flat to do it proper justice, to me.
If someone is planning on doing another version of this theme, I think something cinematic and less 'techno' would work very well with that main riff.

[ScytheML]

I want everyone to know that since the very first time here, I always had a burning desire for someone, ANYONE to make a MM6 Remix. I think that MM6 had the best tunes of all the NES Megamans, and I was surprised that no one put anything out there.
...
That said, I think this song is sensational. I cannot get over the voice, the... ok. Maybe I'm just over-reacting because I love MM6 and I love the voice. The song is demoted to a really good song. However I still believe that EvilHorde is god, and that I am glad he made this mix

[Straziante]

One thing made me listen to this song over and over again. The vocal samples. Those just gave it one of those feel-good shake-your-ass club song kind of feel. I've always liked what The Evil Horde has done for Mega Man. This remix is just awesome. It's catchy, and sounds great. I recommend this one highly. And for the record, I would disagree and say Mega Man 2 had the best music.

[ScytheML]

I've listened to the song a couple of times, and I have changed my mind a bit. When I first heard the song, I thought it was a little weird having the Lo-Fi, however I now realize that it is pretty cool. The voice rizz I think is sensational. The coice of instruments is interesting, and I think I heard some anchient instruments- ¿is that southwest asian?- mixed with some fantastic choices of leads. (And is that a fire I hear in the background?) The backG is OK, but I believe this is probably the weakest part of the song. Needs another layer. The transitions are very smoothly done, something you no longer see that often in mixes. I do think a little slower on the intro was neccesary, but not critical. The song is very strong musically. However, the song also is a great testiment to Mega Man; I keep flashing to jumping those lava pools in the beginning of Fire Man's board. It sticks close enough to the original, but mixes quite nicely.

:wink: Oh, and by the way, I still believe that while MM2 did has some excellent material, MM6 is still the best tracks to hear raw.

[Rychan]

my favorite remix in a month or so, very groovy :)

[Strider Kyoden]

Now this mix right here is some crazy sh*t. I love it, I just wanna start dancing to it. It's so freaking cool. I just love how it keeps moving so lfuidly, I also love the MegaMan like Audio Clips, If they aren't actually from MM. It sounds so darn cool. This is an absolute must for anyone!

~*~Strider~*~

[SPFiredrake]

Truly an interesting piece :)

It begins really peppy, and gets even more intense around 0:42. Really enjoyed how this was put together, especially the voice sample's used :)

Good stuff to be listenin to :)

[Woffester]

Ear Candy. Awesome. More like dis.

[Newfie]

Personally I absolutely LOVED the beginning, gave ya a good feeling, and thats the first step to a good song, a parky beginning... But not to perky.. ;) Now as I went on and listened to the rest of the song, I didn't get bored and did not want to turn it off. You also made the song change around a bit, which is best choice number two! Keeping the song the same the whole way through would of been a bad choice.. And Finally good choice number 3 was.. Keeping the song at a reasonable length.. Thus your song is probaly one of the best ones here on OC.

[Spiffy]

This MP3 is very good! When first hearing this remix, it blew me away. Now I tend to listen to daily...

As a fan of MM6, I played it a lot when I was a child, I believe there is much more to be remixed from MM6!

[Fiyaitup]

loved, it listened to it over and over, and went and played Megaman 6 just to see what the original sounded like, i think the reason this mix is so good is because it kept the megaman sound while increasing the quality of the song as compared to the nintendo, and nice voice sample, eheh, and though i saw that some people complained about the pause, that was one of my fav. parts, i duno, anywho, i liked it, nice work, how about a remastered version as you learn more?

[EvilHorde]

I´m VERY pleased that people seem to like this remix. I would´ve never believed that it would be this "popular". Thanks guys. :oops:

how about a remastered version as you learn more?

Well, propably not, because I´m very satisfied with the song altough it has some flaws. And I guess DJP wouldn´t be too happy if I sent him the same song again.
But you never know... It´s my favorite megaman song, and I just might get back to it later. Maybe I could send it to the message boards.. Don´t get your hopes up though..

[M Sipher]

I was wondering when someone was going to delve into the latter MM games. There's good music in there... pity more people don't work on tunes from them.

Any chance of, say, TomahawkMan or WindMan remixes?


M "Or Tunes From MMV For The Game Boy... Yeah..." Sipher

[Cpt_Zach]

I like that song, Evil hoard. The song has a cool baseline that you expanded on very well.

[Vesh]

Hmm... diggin up an old review here, but oh well. Why not? =]

I'm in the same court as John here - Flame Man will forever be my favorite MM theme. This is the song that made me go back and play all the MegaMan games from the beginning. The intro-waves just had such a cool dynamic on the little NES. I remember re-starting the stage over and over just to hear that pseudo-chorusing. And c'mon - the rest of the tune is just too groovy to deny. I'm glad EH took the good time to remix it.

Overall, this remix does justice to the original, and stands alone as pretty good if enjoyed as lo-fi. Even with the sample quality, the sprinkle of ethicity does the mix well. My only problem with the track is that it doesn't have much of that crossing (maybe even kinda dissonant) harmonization [hope that's the correct term, my music-speak is rusty as hell] that made the original so cool.

Bottom lines: Great mix for an awesome original. And I'm glad I'm not the only person that loves this song and MM6 in general. I'm used to being lambasted for loving the game and its tracks so much. =P

[Clumsy.]

I was very happy to see the song on OCR, and even happier when I listened to it ... just like most of the people who posted, I was blown away by Flameman's theme when I first heard it (at my birthday party).

Thank you, EvilHorde, for making such a splendid remix. You know, the first time through, I wasn't too sure about the vocals, but now I really dig it.

I second M Sipher's request for Windman. ^_^

[MegaManFan]

No matter where in the order I upload the song to my MP3 player, or what download of the song I use, it always goes berzerk at 3:33 in the song and skips to the end. Is there some codec fracturing going on that a few of the MP3's haven't been properly ripped for use on the site, or that the files got slightly corrupted somehow?

[Zelinko]

No matter where in the order I upload the song to my MP3 player, or what download of the song I use, it always goes berzerk at 3:33 in the song and skips to the end. Is there some codec fracturing going on that a few of the MP3's haven't been properly ripped for use on the site, or that the files got slightly corrupted somehow?

It's on your end. I just listened and had no problems. Check your system

[Incronaut]

megaman 6 was the first megaman game i played and i loved the raw tracks of all the songs... once i heard some nice zelda 64 OC ReMixes, i went straight to megaman 6 to check em out.

i only saw flame man (which has a good raw track), listened, and loved... the beats sorta weak... but after getting used to it, and listening to so many hardcore stronger songs, it was a nice setback to listen to... i love the beat change at around 2:55 and the vocals freaking RULE!!!!!!

the pause at the end, omg, at first, i was like wtf.. then i hear HIGHER! and im like ?? and then it busts out again, it was tiiiiite! i love this remix, it was well done and definately one of the better ones. and once i got used to the pause at the end, the suspense it adds is great!

:D :D :D

[Axnollouse]

I really enjoy this track a lot. Just got it and it keeps playing int the background :)

[glassdomino]

my gf loved this mix and that alone is reason to DL it.
shes a stern critic and she loves it ALMost as much as I do. truely one of my favorite Mega Man remixes 8/10

[Bummerdude]

This remix is HOT.

Ok, with that bad joke out of the way, I can now concentrate on the remix. It was good. EH kept the arabic feel that the original had, my only question though is if he kept the synths too. I can't really say for sure, my ears apparently likes to play tricks on me, but they sounds very familiar. It feels like the synths give off some NES sounds to thr remix, but yet they sounds different, cause I know that the original wasn't better than this. Since EH was so kind to give this remix some cool beats and drums, he gave the original more than a face-lift. He pimped its style too into something that makes me think of hiphop and car pursuits, and that's one fine improvement in my opinion.

The input of voice samples might been a good idea. I couldn't hear what it said though, but now when I now it says ”Turn the flame higher”, it actually makes some sense, AND adds some more extra material to this remix.

After several listens, I finds it OK. It's up to oneself to decide if the synths bugs you or not, but I feel that EH's changes in the arrangement stilol makes it worth to download. Flameman has now a greater flame to show off, and all I can do is to dig into this music. Awesome EvilHorde.

[Jimstander Drago]

Love it, Love it, Love it. Thanks for this amazing piece of melidious musical megaman mastery. Flame man would be proud.

[Goten X]

Yes he would. I like the techno feel of this song. To tell the truth, when I heard this song (while playing the game), I would have never thought that it could be remixed, or at least not this good. And that "Turn the Flame Higher" is awesome! 7/10 from me.

|GX

[Chickenwarlord]

This remix has a certain charm that come from the low quality synths. It really has a catchy beat and main melody. Though it doesn't sound at all professional or well mastered, threre's just something about it that makes it entertaining and enjoyable.
I'd check it out if I were you. Yes, you.

[KogeJoe]

That being said, Flame Man was my most favorite track. Centaur Man's pretty cool, but his is pretty short.

I like the melismatic effect given to the lead instrument, as it adds to Flame Man's middle-eastern look and feel.

[OA]

The mix really gets going in the chorus- the synth is a little strange, but it is effective in giving the track a unique sonic signature. The mix could use a little more punch as well, but in it's current state, it's still very charming and catchy. I even like the vocal clip! *shock*

[TheFluffySatan]

What I love about this remix is that it gets to the actual song! I've seen far to many remixes that wait until two minutes to get the actual rhythm of the song! Not only that, but it's a fairly catchy tune, and I love the style.:)!!