ReMix: Mega Man 3 'Magnet Man Goes West'
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- Game: Mega Man 3 (Capcom, 1990, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Disco Dan
- Composer(s): Harumi Fujita, Yasuaki Fujita
- Song(s): 'Magnet Man Stage'
- Posted: 2003-12-10, evaluated by djpretzel
This is just crazyfunstuff, that's all there is to it. Mr. Cabrera has taken the Magnet Man theme and turned it into a sugar-sweet dance track with some excellent, shufflin' snares, a great kitschy guitar lead that actually often sounds a bit more Hawaiian than it does "Western" but rocks out with the heavy melodic emphasis, harmony, and pitch bend magic. This is a bit more flagrantly "happy" than Dan's other pieces. Not that they're macabre in any sense of the word, it's just that this is pretty flamboyant and jolly work, with roots, conscious or not, in the synth-pop factions of Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, New Order and the like. I'm definitely into what Dan's doing with his recent submissions, blending non-synth instruments like banjo and guitar into an otherwise electro-mix and making that work. Sometimes that sort of transplantation will just end up sounding out of place, but with this and his previous mix, he's blended such timbres in seamlessly. There's a bit of repetition in the five or so minutes this ReMix consumes, but some of that is addition/subtraction overtop what is a sturdy enough percussive groove to hold interest and energy. This is definitely the type of piece that gets in your head and stays there... which sorta sucks as far as timing goes, because I need to write a take-home essay for a final tomorrow, and I know as I write about the subtle intricacies of how Tolstoy deals with notions of democracy when compared with Sand and Stendhal, I'm gonna stop writing mid-sentence and start humming this. I blame Dan. At any rate, I think this mix captures something about the happy-go-lucky, melodycore nature of Capcom's NES tunage in general, esp. for the Mega Man games. Recommended.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the - rfgiusti on February 14, 2013
I like how there is an extended drum break near the end of the song, it really isn't in a hurry to go anywhere (must be that laid back west coast attitude ;-), and then like a beautiful sunset (that sets in the west, of course), it gradually fades away.
Nice synths, a good beat, and a catchy and upbeat theme make this a great track.
- OA on May 4, 2010
- joetheatheist on March 18, 2010
and even if this one and (the all famous) Triforce Majeure were posted so far back i still can't stop listening to them.. iPod, winamp, foobar .. they're everywhere ^^
- Platonist on September 29, 2008
Anyhow, I had to re-DL pretty much everything, and came across this again. Oh man, it's so happy. I love it; it's one of the best. ^_^
- Clumsy. on February 11, 2007
- Steve1 on February 25, 2006
1. There isn't much depth. The sound field is not filled and thus not as exciting as it could be. There are some strings but, not until the very end.
2. It sounds more Hawaiian than anything. I suppose Hawaii is west...
3. Dance has been done. Change the beat up or shorten the song's length.
4. There hasn't much changed from the original.
- meccaneer on October 2, 2005
- Bummerdude on September 23, 2005
- BobTheDog on December 10, 2004
- jordex on November 22, 2004
Clumsy. wrote: I like this piece, but the quality of it really gets on my nerves ... there is so much clipping :? it should've at least been dusted off before being posted on OCR. My 2 cents.
Rock on Disco Dan.
You must listen to your music too loud alot or something. I listen to this remix on a regular basis and I can assure, there is no clipping.
Seriously, this is Disco Dan we're talking about. You really think he'd submit a low quality mix. I think you'd lost your bloody mind.
No offense. :)
- Flare4War on July 15, 2004
Clumsy. wrote: I like this piece, but the quality of it really gets on my nerves ... there is so much clipping :? it should've at least been dusted off before being posted on OCR. My 2 cents.
Rock on Disco Dan.
There is no clipping. I've listened to this with three different sound systems (mp3 player and two computers) with headphones, earplugs, and speakers, and I simply didn't hear any. It's probably you :D
- zircon on July 14, 2004
It should be said that one the most enigmatic songs out of [i]Mega Man 3[/i] is Magnet Man's stage. The stage itself is break-your-controller hard, and features a villian that is both mad-looking and just plain mad (like when he uses his magnetism ability -- :twisted: )It comes as a surprise, therefore, that the music for the stage is so giddily happy.
Disco Dan's superb remix for this song comes as a surprise as well. Instead of merely taking the original song and filtering it through another medium, he comes out with a tune that [i]actually enhances[/i] the way the original feels.
- Royal Sovereign on July 14, 2004
