Buh?

I ain't complaining...The more Rockman 7 music they work in there, the better. Not going to let a little translation goof tarnish that potential.

And I retract most of my earlier, more pessimistic comments...I didn't see that this was going to be a strictly "rock" arrange and I was expecting the worst. Unlike Rocking Heart (which is much more of a variety album and WILL disappoint anyone looking for a straight rock album), I hope they just shred the f--- out of it from start to finish. That said, I'm not expecting miracles from the upcoming "techno" arrange...The doujin scene crapped out more than enough of those this year.

And the third one (the "rearrange") is anyone's guess.

I'll pass on the techno arrangements but this one sounds interesting. I have a soft spot for Rockman music (especially the chiptunes) and I think rock is probably the way to go.

Holy F*ck! My prayers have been answered!

Techno arrangements could be either very good or they could go very wrong, I'm not getting too excited about that, but I wonder what they mean by "re-arranged versions"...?

So they're going to do a "series?"

This is just getting better. I suppose this is the answer to arranging the gobs of tunes from 1~6 (and 7?); across three discs each with their own musical style(s). I'm relieved Guilty Gear players are signed on - I can't imagine anyone acing solid rock more.

My guess is re-arranged means other styles; orchestral, jazz, etc.?

Am I the only one dying for a Latin Jazz Mega Man arrange?  NYC Streets from SF3 was hot.

Dust Man's Stage always had a jazzy percussion to it, and I could imagine a saxophone lead in a Star Man arrange.

I have a feeling that the Rockman 7 mention by cdjapan was a mistake. The album title says 1~6, and likewise, that's the exact set of games covered by the OST. But as GoldfishX said, if there's 7, I'll be pleased.

The Guilty Gear guitarist is promising, but the music will only be as good as the arrangement. In the instance of GGX:HRT and GGXX, the arranger (Koichi SEIYAMA) and guitarist (Tohru Iwao) were separate people. But Isuka, for example, was both arranged and performed by Yoshino Kusano & Tetsuya Ohuchi. I'm hoping that one of the Guilty Gear arrangers will be handling this, or at least someone competent.

Wow if you pulled that off I would so buy it.

On a side note the only song that is an absolute must for me is Dr Wily theme from MM2.  I love the SSH arrangement of this song.  It has always been one of my all time favorite MM songs.  I've also used it as my cell phone ring tone for the past 7 hears.

BTW when does this release?  I havent bought any VGM recently but I think I might purchase this.

I'm glad this is being produced in Japan. It's my observation that Americans are too hung up over Mega Man 2 and its music.

Yeah, in the same way that we're too hung up over OXYGEN and its BREATHABILITY.

Actually, I'd say most of the doujin Rockman stuff I've seen was MM2. Almost never 4-7, some 1 or 3, plenty of 2.

If this turns out to be all MM2 with little else thrown in, I'll be perfectly happy.

There is no doubt Mega Man II is going to get some major spotlight, I would expect no less - still, as much as I love MM2 I have to give props to the entries that followed. The melodies on those soundtracks seem to extend somewhat beyond the simple yet effective core of those found in MM2. While Mega Man 1-6 come off as a unified front the composition after 2 simply seems more complex than it's forebearers.

If I am permitted a popular Internet Acronym: ROFLMAO.
That comment made my day.

Seriously though, I understand his point, cos Mega Man 2 is arranged to death by Western VGM fans, and the other ones hardly get any attention (except for 3), so I don't know if I could get really excited by hearing yet another arrangement, even if it is official this time. Still, MM2's Wily Stage seems pretty much like a no-brainer to me, since it might just be the number 1 popular Mega Man theme in existence.

Me, I wants me some MM4! Cossack stages please!

From my experience, it's rather the Cutman stage which deserves this mention.

Mega Man 1 does have classic value, but I don't see anything in that game being more popular than anything in MM2. Any instances you feel are contrary? Just curious.

Personally, my favorite soundtrack of the six is Mega Man 5. I've heard 2 & 3 to death, but 5 is also excellent and it still feels a bit fresh to me.

I kind of a agree with dma about Cut Man's theme being up there... if I was to take one track from MM1 and advertise it that's the track I'd pick (with Wily Stage 1 coming in a close second.) In the hands of a skilled arranger/remixer Cut Man's theme can shine more than it already does. Still, as Amazingu said, Wily Stage 1 from MM2 is easily the most recognizible MM song in existence... there really is no denying that.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some Cossack action, Diveman and Flameman. Seriously, how could you NOT arrange Flameman for rock? That main melody is just begging for a dual-lead.

PV (hero) set up GMR with some hot tracklist action:

01 Boss mix 
02 Cutman mix 
03 Metalman mix 
04 Dr.Wily 1 (Rockman2)mix 
05 Shadowman mix 
06 Get a Weapon (Rockman3) mix 
07 Dr.Cossack 2 mix 
08 Dr.Wily 2 (Rockman5)mix 
09 Yamatoman mix 
10 Tomahawkman mix 
11 Title mix 
12 Cutman original 
13 Metalman original 
14 Dr.Wily 1 (Rockman2)original 
15 Shadowman original 
16 Get a Weapon (Rockman3) original 
17 Dr.Cossack 2 original 
18 Dr.Wily 2 (Rockman5)original 
19 Yamatoman original 
20 Tomahawkman original

So, eleven arrangements, and nine of those originals are thrown in as well, which is cool I guess except for the part where they're wasting space that could be used for more arrangements come on now capcom what's the big deal

I'm guessing "Boss mix" and "Title mix" are medleys because they don't have originals and are ambiguous about which game they come from.

I'm disappointed that they are using disc space for the original versions. I liked that novelty with the Segarock CDs, but that's because I hadn't heard most of the original tunes before. At least Cutman and Dr. Cossack get some lovin'. I'm really curious to see the techno arrange tracklist now.

Also, just remembered that Shadow Man's from MM7, so I guess Kahori was right about the MM1-6 collection containing MM7 material.

Someone dropped the ball somewhere to let that one get through.

Shadow Man was in Megaman 3 though.

If this album contains original tracks, I have just removed this from my "buy" list.  I have zero interest in chiptunes.  I would have preferred that the original music be placed on its own disc, like the disc layout for Star Ocean Blue Sphere.

Ugh, Shade Man, right. DISREGARD

Would have loved to seen Bubbleman on the list, but there are some really good rock remixes of it out there.

And yeah, why waste space on originals? I'm would think most people interested in these albums would have the Rockman 1~6 box as it is.

And nice to see that Toru Iwao is doing the arrangement for this one. And the tracklist looks damn nice, hopefully originals are just some odd way to name tracks and they're not plain originals.

Edit: Althought, Nittoku Inoue would been my number #1 to arrange this album. His tracks from Wild Arms Rocking Heart still time to time rocks my randomly preferred media player.