ReMix: Mega Man 2 'Wind Shear'
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- Game: Mega Man 2 (Capcom, 1988, NES)
- ReMixer(s): AE
- Composer(s): Manami Matsumae, Takashi Tateishi, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi
- Song(s): 'Airman Stage'
- Posted: 2000-07-10, evaluated by djpretzel
AE is a god . . . we thank AE for his mixing skillz! The man loves MegaMan, and it shows, as every second of his MM mixes are bristling with loving attention to detail, great synth modulation, analog sweeping effects, etc, etc. I'm not sure if all of you are aware of what goes into some of this mixing, but from someone that knows a pretty good deal about things, i can say that I'm impressed by AE's work in a large way. This is his sliced, diced, and rockin' take on the Airman theme from MM 2.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the AE sure had loads of fun with this mix. Here he sprinkles stutter
and reverb left and right, maintains the sweeping wind ambience,
and even includes a couple of 8-bit basslines from the source,
among other things. Some of the leads sound really gummy and chewy
(and therefore tasty :P). I also welcome back-and-forth panning
sections like 1:41 - 1:43 because they sound awesome on both
headphones and speakers.
The mood takes a serious turn at 0:50, but the synths keep the rapidfire pace before it transitions back into the original "open skies" feel. You can almost read AE's thoughts as he worked on 3:05 - 3:24: "Let's cut half the synths first, okay, and then let's throw off the beat a little, yeah, and then the volume gets turned down and blasts back, then we'll finish with some uber-tite rapid percussion!" The ending's kinda creepy, kinda tense, especially when it goes mute all of a sudden. It's like the final blow to really "knock the wind out of me."
- Polo on April 15, 2009
The mood takes a serious turn at 0:50, but the synths keep the rapidfire pace before it transitions back into the original "open skies" feel. You can almost read AE's thoughts as he worked on 3:05 - 3:24: "Let's cut half the synths first, okay, and then let's throw off the beat a little, yeah, and then the volume gets turned down and blasts back, then we'll finish with some uber-tite rapid percussion!" The ending's kinda creepy, kinda tense, especially when it goes mute all of a sudden. It's like the final blow to really "knock the wind out of me."
- Polo on April 15, 2009
Exceptionally classy, especially considering this is a double digit
mix. Plenty going on, and even brings in the 'official' drum sound.
Panning transitions were excellent, and the energy on this was
great. The attention to detail on each part of this really has it
rise above. The mass stutters at the end remind me of fan blades;
pretty fitting ;-)
AE's reputation as a top-tier mixer is pretty well earned, i'd say. Fantastic work.
- OA on December 8, 2008
AE's reputation as a top-tier mixer is pretty well earned, i'd say. Fantastic work.
- OA on December 8, 2008
Really great remix. Lots of cool stuff going on, synth sounds very
cool and smooth, and the various effects used are used with taste.
Overall a great remix!
- Echo on May 8, 2008
- Echo on May 8, 2008
"Joe Redifer" wrote: Mega Man 2 'Airman WindShear'
I really like this mix. It's not much more than the NES track (only really beefed up) but it sounds great...
ditto. i mean, this is how this song should b, made almost like its NSF conterpart but adding some tidbits, like the big bass, synths and such. i heard it and was blown by the bass hits. definatly a classic here. A/E has done some pretty badass hits but i think this is one of his best. and I AM saying this because i am a big MegaMan fan.
- djheartbreak831 on March 2, 2006
Shwenk. wrote: AE is the big man.
He has many wives.
And many pigs.
'Nuff said.
Hmm.... seconded.
I like the sorta skipping effect near the end. Thats pretty cool, I wish I could emulate that someday. I liked the beat, and the instrument does sound close to the original, but I think thats what gives it more of a familiar edge, allowing anybody to sit down and enjoy this. 7/10 :D
|GX
- Goten X on January 24, 2006
This is neat. Airman´s stage wasn´t that hard to clear, but I can
still remember how it was jumping from one of the floating heads to
the other. This was clearly an updated vesrion, you can hear that
there is other synths. But did you really have to take synths that
sounds too much like the original?
Eh. It had good beats, that´s a unwrited rule for megamanremixes, AE knew that. Also good idea to put in some natural sounds in this one, the wind....
...eh, where was I? Oh yeah, cool remix AE.
- Bummerdude on November 12, 2005
Eh. It had good beats, that´s a unwrited rule for megamanremixes, AE knew that. Also good idea to put in some natural sounds in this one, the wind....
...eh, where was I? Oh yeah, cool remix AE.
- Bummerdude on November 12, 2005
This i think was one of ur best remixes ever...ur the best MM
remixers but lets see u do some other games...im sure u'd be
awesome at it
- Homestarmy6 on July 27, 2005
- Homestarmy6 on July 27, 2005
It made my head bob to the [i]original[/i] song... Is that
nerdy?
Anywho, freaking awesome mix; second favorite AE tune.
- DJ Skratch 'n' Sniff on March 2, 2005
Anywho, freaking awesome mix; second favorite AE tune.
- DJ Skratch 'n' Sniff on March 2, 2005
This excellent song has been on a loop in my head for a week now,
ever since I first heard it. And for once, a song being stuck in my
head is a good thing. A brilliant, wonderful remix with some great
feelings and changes of pace. Donwload it, now.
- Max Radical on February 24, 2005
- Max Radical on February 24, 2005
I was really impressed by just how good 1:01 to 1:15 transitions.
Overall a very good remix and Listener thanks you.
- Listener on January 10, 2005
- Listener on January 10, 2005
Wow... this is really incredible. Really, really great mix.
Incredible drum programming. Nice phase/modulation effects. The
breakdown around 1:50 as well as the nice pads (mixed kind of low)
that associate the main melody with a major key were very
effective. If anything, I thought the 3:20 effects showed AE's
skill, but took away from the songs momentum, but I know he must
have had a reason to put it there, and I respect his artistic
integrity.
- MrNemo on August 23, 2004
- MrNemo on August 23, 2004
Holy crap. I was going over every song in my ReMix Collection and
found this. I immediatly memorized the track and kept it in memory
(Which I only do with songs I REALLY friggin love, IE FF7-Rape Of A
Planet by mp, CT&Xenogears-Downwind, MM2-The tallest building,
and many more) I also thought the skipping was my CD Player, and I
started shaking it, then thought, 'OH CRAP! THIS GREAT SONG IS
SCREWED UP!' then I backtracked it on my server, and found that
THAT was skippy too, and I realized it was an awesome effect to
keep the song from getting bland! anyhoo, This mix is great in
100's of aspects, and I'm sorry for myself when I think that I
skipped listening to it because of a wierd intro! KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK!
- CobaltDelta on July 23, 2004
- CobaltDelta on July 23, 2004
This song is Awesome!
Yet another masterpiece from AE (who by the way is my God.)
I compare all of my mixes to AE's.
Definatly worth the download. :arrow:
- javina on January 6, 2004
Yet another masterpiece from AE (who by the way is my God.)
I compare all of my mixes to AE's.
Definatly worth the download. :arrow:
- javina on January 6, 2004
8O ...Oh my God ...this was the first thing I downloaded when came
to this website for the first time. Words can't describe how good
this. Keep it up.
- Negro_Jones on February 14, 2003
- Negro_Jones on February 14, 2003
