Line #55 SuspiciouslySimilarSong/MegaMan


1	Do note that the series is known as Rockman in Japan, and thus intentionally has rock music in its soundtrack. Therefore, similarities to rock songs are to be expected.
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3	* ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'':
4	** In ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'', the music in Elec Man's stage is pretty similar to "All the Right Friends" by REM.
5	** Electman's theme strongly resembles Bon Jovi's 'She don't know me', Paul Laine's ' Dorianna', and Laura Branigan's 'Spanish Eddie'.
6	** More blatantly, it also resembles "Faithfully" by Journey, which was written not long before the REM song. "Faithfully" may be the more likely source, as "All The Right Friends" was a very obscure R.E.M. song at the time and had yet to appear on any official releases. It further resembles the intro theme to the Saturday morning cartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}''
7	*** The chorus of the Eurobeat song "Back to 80's" by Mega NRG Man and Domino also sounds like those.
8	*** It sounds similar to Music/CheapTrick's "Way of the World" as well.
9	*** Elec Man's theme sounds like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApZ1aD8nYEk several]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZR8wzNjD_w different]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgzoAun4tE8 melodic]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhjYssltbvM rock]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5-YOQBU9M songs.]]
10	*** This was finally put to rest when [=YouTube=] channel Gaijillionaire [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GSx_0yMuXo asked the original composer, Manami Matsumae, if the song was a homage to Journey]]. Turns out, Journey was not on Matsumae's mind when she composed the music for Mega Man. The video chalks this up to the phenomena that two people can independently create or discover something at the same time, listing various examples.
11	*** There are many songs using that four note jingle, some of which predate Journey. A small list [[https://www.destructoid.com/blogs/PhilsPhindings/phils-game-pop-music-similarities-77-journey-s-end-573810.phtml can be found here]].
12	** Also in the first game, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAeIMQierX4 Cut Man's theme]] is similar to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9CyKNT8d-w 1978 theme]] of ''Anime/LupinIII''.
13	** As mentioned earlier, Flash Man's theme bears similarities to Metallica's "Seek and Destroy" (which, in turn, has similarities to "A Means to an End" by Music/JoyDivision. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PSg9ooQ3j8 Here's the two played on top of each other for comparison]]. There are also some similarities to the Spencer Davis Group's "I'm a Man."
14	** The music in the first part of Dr. Cossack's castle in ''4'' resembles the Russian folk song "Katyusha" by Matvey Blanter & Mikhail Isakovsky.
15	** Hard Man's theme from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' sounds a lot like Depeche Mode's People are People.
16	*** Cossack Castle's second theme sounds a lot like''VideoGame/BionicCommando'''s BootstrappedTheme (Area 1). In turn, it the second Skull Castle theme in the same game is in turn a Suspiciously Similar Song.
17	*** [[ButWaitTheresMore Then]], ''5'''s Skull Castle theme was suspiciously similar to ''that'' version.
18	** Slash Man's theme is reminiscent of "Magical Sound Shower" from ''VideoGame/OutRun'', as well as Quick Man's theme from [=MM2=] and Wave Man's theme from [=MM5=].
19	*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd2O6mbhCLU Wave Man's theme]] itself resembles Music/MichaelJackson's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"]] in certain parts.
20	** A riff from Cut Man's theme from the original sounds very similar to the character select screen music from ''X-Men: Children of the Atom''.
21	** The infamous Dr. Wily Castle - Stage 1 theme from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' opens with nine notes that are remarkably similar to Music/MichaelJackson's 'Beat It.' This same string of notes would go on to show up in ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' in the music that plays during the 'Natural Killer Cyborg' fight.
22	*** Strangely, it also bears a very close resemblance to Elton John's "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That", which only came out a few months before Mega Man 2 was released.
23	*** Also in Mega Man 2, Crash Man's theme resembles "Love Roller Coaster" by The Ohio Players, as well as "Chinese Way" by Level 42.
24	*** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHZFJ2kfHko Stage Select music]] is highly reminiscent of the opening chords of Music/{{ACDC}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLsXJitaiVo Big Gun]]. ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' would later do something similar for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlWDSvNSzlA E2M1, I Sawed the Demons]].
25	** The Intro Stage Underground music in ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'' is reminiscent of the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' underworld music.
26	*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egyYnWM9yQ8 Search Man's theme]] resembles the below-mentioned Underground Resistance "Jupiter Jazz" song.
27	** Also in ''3'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpVIM8de2xw Snake Man]]'s theme sounds alot like the forementioned Stage 4 theme from ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius'', although it was released just a month after that game.
28	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DBNRClTb20 game over/password theme]] for ''3'' sounds remarkably similar to the start of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVVxsZoXn_c the ending theme]] for the 1981 ''Manga/DrSlump'' anime.
29	** Some of the BGM's in ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' are suspiciously similar to songs from older games, for example, Concrete Man's theme is similar to [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Wood Man]]'s theme, and Plug Man's theme has elements of [[VideoGame/MegaMan6 Knight Man]]'s theme.
30	** The middle part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7qcJwJfyyk Splash Woman]]'s theme resembles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6QMRKjnFVw "Angel's Legend"]] from ''VideoGame/TouhouReiidenHighlyResponsiveToPrayers'', while the first and last parts are similar to the chorus of the Eurobeat song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8I0bR4N9Uw "Looka Bomba"]] by [=Go2=], featured in ''Manga/InitialD''.
31	** ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmB9hDZtxhY title theme]] sounds incredibly similar to the climax of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ7hNc_BcHY "Armored Bane"]] from ''VideoGame/YsVITheArkOfNapishtim''.
32	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhGEQITcEPk Cloud Man's theme]] from ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' is suspiciously similar to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF32DRg9opA Moon theme]] from ''VideoGame/DuckTales''.
33	** The intro of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J5cN87c2yM Spark Man's theme]] is similar to the main riff in Music/{{Europe}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw The Final Countdown]].
34	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxSWjJmz1Dk Shademan's Theme]] from ''Videogame/MegaMan7'', sounds too similar to a fragment of Mexican Mariachi song ''[[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22como+quien+pierde+una+estrella%22 Como Quien Pierde Una Estrella]]'', sung by Alejandro Fernández.
35	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-z1HLxLJto Skull Man's]] stage theme sounds suspiciously similar to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz07qH_aW1E Pearlmont Wink (Stage 1)]]" from the PC-88 / MSX version of ''VideoGame/{{Valis}} II.''
36	** A few notes of Skull Man's theme briefly sound like the ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' theme.
37	** Bomb Man's theme is similar to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21yhUi1prw8 Stage 4]] music from the original ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''
38	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfnBnU4KA7c arranged version]] of Hornet Man's theme from ''Videogame/MegaMan9'' uses a riff that's identical to the main riff of Led Zeppelin's ''Immigrant Song''.
39	** The intro of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dgtHw-uAxY Top Man]]'s theme is nearly identical to the riff from Music/DeepPurple's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCnebZnysmI "Burn"]].
40	** Clown Man's [[https://youtu.be/WWZPpUwjz04 stage theme]] sounds alot like Scott Joplin's "[[https://youtu.be/ZRrl8FbP-A4 Searchlight Rag]]".
41	** The intro of Strike Man's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhsNZrcvBpU stage theme]] sounds similarly to the intro of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE8vKLEK6A8 ''Punch-Out!!'' for NES]]. Organ part also sounds like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOSLr_r4YSQ Opponent Down also from ''Punch-Out!!'' for NES]]. Main melody sounds like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBLp-3Rw_u0 ''In the Finale'' from ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]].
42	** Solar Man's theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnRgCt94EaU (at 0:36-0:44)]] uses a very similar progression to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lTqovgwya8 SRW OG 2's Inspector From a Malevolent Star (0:28-0:39)]]
43	* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'':
44	** In ''VideoGame/MegaManX3'', the music in Neon Tiger's stage bears a remarkable similarity to "My Michelle" by Music/GunsNRoses. (But the ''MMX'' designers are probably GNR fans, considering [[ThemeNaming the bosses of X5 are named after the band members]], and the latter installments have a character named Axl). [[note]]Although said bosses originally had SomethingPerson-esque names in the original Japanese version (and were left untouched in the US version's manual for some reason)...[[/note]]
45	** Also from ''VideoGame/MegaManX3'', Crush Crawfish's theme sounds similar to the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' theme.
46	** From ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'': compare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja5QUTlgZ3Y Armored Armadillo's theme]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6q9nBusrq8 "That Smell" by Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. There's no way that's ''not'' intentional.
47	** The ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'' intro stage theme sounds somewhat like "From Out of Nowhere" by Faith No More.
48	** Also from ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GgPjOKvc6g the theme]] for the third stage of Sigma's fortress sounds like the ''Series/PeterGunn'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GgPjOKvc6g theme]].
49	** The ''VideoGame/MegaManX1'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc-AsFOVYy4 stage select theme]] sounds like the intro to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKmceKAyuA0 "Eternal Loneliness"]], the second theme song for ''Anime/TekkamanBlade''.
50	** The main riff of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTsdtsoMfgM Spiral Pegacion (The Skiver)'s theme]] from ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' sounds similar to the main riff of Music/{{ACDC}}'s ''If You Want Blood (You Got It)''.
51	** The last part of ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'''s FinalBoss [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzuwzD1jBmc theme]] sounds similar to "The Final Countdown".
52	** The unused ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' song "Armageddon" sounds very similar to Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing".
53	** The unused Duff [=McWhalen=]/Tidal Whale [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy-roJyyYW8 theme music]] in ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' has similarities to "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Music/TearsForFears.
54	** In ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvm1aR8FrNg Infinity Mijinion's stage theme]] contains synthesizer riffs reminiscent of Music/{{Europe}}'s aforementioned "The Final Countdown".
55	** Also in ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'', the first theme for Gate's Lab sounds like Nirvana's hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
56	** In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero2,'' part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-YL7Lxv1tQ "Gravity"]], the music from Phoenix Magnion's stage (the Power Room), sounds similar to the main riff of Led Zeppelin's ''Kashmir''.
57	** The first final boss theme "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjMwPiXWgTk Supreme Ruler]]" uses a guitar riff [[note]]Riff 32a from Sonic Foundary's Methods of Mayhem: Industrial Toolkit[[/note]] 14 second in which is also prominently used in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8chx5xvmwGs "Germany" (Schifter)]] and 1:03 in for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJY5AFWw2ik Menu]]'' (Monster Truck Madness).
58	** In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'', there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwAiG4qGSE0 "Reborn Mechanics"]] which is reminiscent to Michael Jackson's ''Beat It''.
59	*** Also in the same game, the FinalBoss theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9_KLdeaijs "Cannonball"]] sounds similar to ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbIkaWrzx4 first boss theme]].

Context SuspiciouslySimilarSong / MegaMan