This was requested from a user who commented on the Weapon Get song on TikTok.

For years, I thought the music in the classic Mega Man series took a dive after 3. The compositions weren't as memorable as they were in 1, 2, and 3. But after listening to and transcribing Tomahawk Man to sheet music, I've gained a new appreciation of the music of these games. Learning that the song is supposed to be a spaghetti western song really helped me understand what the song was going for. Most Mega Man songs are interpreted from its NES chiptunes as basic rock music, but as it turns out there is variety in there!

Speaking of sheet music, click the image for the full sheet music!

Only the YM2612 was used, no PSG, and all FM patches were made from scratch. Ordinarily, I would use the sample channel for drums, but this time I wanted to use it for acoustic guitar! I had to create drum sounds from FM patches and it was very challenging to get a decent kick and snare sound. Even now, I'm not fully happy with them. The guitar samples were taken from Reason 10. The same process from the Weapon Get cover of converting the DefleMask file into a ROM and playing it on my Mega Sg for DAC simulation was used. The results are interesting. If anyone wants a cleaner direct export from DefleMask, let me know!

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COMPOSER

Yuko Takahara

ARRANGER

Alexander Emenheiser

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