GTV Japan | The Mega Man 1 Elec Man Stage Music Coincidence @GTV-Japan | Uploaded February 2018 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
I asked composer Manami Matsumae if Elec Man was inspired by Journey or just a coincidence. (More Below!)
Episode information
GTV 44 "Do Stop Believing " Season 3 Episode 3
Original Airdate: February 20, 2018
Produced February 12-17, 2018
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my new (at the time) MacBook Pro
with, of course, pirated versions of Final Cut Pro and Photoshop
Why not check out all the Mega Man / Rockman videos from GTV?
A Classic Rockman Collection youtu.be/aV2cNK7GejU
Mega Man 30th Anniversary youtu.be/HFzo9Y77asY
Elec-Man VS. Journey youtu.be/7GSx_0yMuXo
Mega Man Box Art youtu.be/BYWotFHxc-Q
Mega Man Lightbulbs youtu.be/aQTF2mMX81k
Mega Man X 30th Anniversary youtu.be/ny_sJqDkuAM
The Story of Mega Man 9 youtu.be/6feZKqE7SYs
Mega Man Rejected Robots youtu.be/HDcRBiO9v8Q
Take some time to relive these classic Mega Man games, in manga form!
Mega Man Manga youtu.be/irqYNCBaxR4
Mega Man 2 Dr. Wily’s Revenge Manga (Part One) youtu.be/hYvzP7AmCOs
Mega Man 2 Dr. Wily's Revenge Manga (Part Two) youtu.be/rrLizQB-8tM
Mega Man 3 Protoman’s Rebirth (Part One) youtu.be/a2P9QtnabUI
Mega Man 3 Protoman’s Rebirth (Part Two) youtu.be/8MnI91aSrPk
Mega Man 4 Dr. Cossack’s Ambition (Part One) youtu.be/Lf15xKmOfJU
Mega Man 4 Dr. Cossack’s Ambition (Part Two) youtu.be/QeFOMkWE3Uc
Mega Man 5: Protoman’s Trap: (Part One) youtu.be/nhKT65gPtGY
Mega Man 5: Protoman’s Trap: (Part Two) youtu.be/J5ydoFAJEQ0
Megaman, also known as Rock Man has had a long rich history. It recently passed the 30 year mark, and thanks to Megaman 11, the series may never end. But let’s rewind back to the first game for a bit. Upon release, one of the key features of the game was the ability of the players to choose the order of stages in whichever way they liked. In essence there was no “Stage 1” and at the same time “Stage 1” could be anything you wanted. To go along with that, each stage was designed around the central theme of the Robot Master’s ability. And the music was set to match that theme as well.
Though it’s near unanimous that everyone’s favorite stage music is Dr. Wily Stage 1 from Megaman 2, the music in the first Megaman holds its own and the clear standout track from that game is Elec Man. In interviews, The director of the game, Akira Kitamura has disclosed that one of his instructions given to composer Manami Matsumae aka Chanchakorin was the set the music according to the theme of the Robot Masters and their weapon’s powers. In Elec Man, you can certainly feel that as there are pulses, beeps, and charges, that carried that feeling through music as best as possible.
After the first game, Rockman took off as a series and as the games got more popular and gamers grew older, some fans started to notice something in that little game from way back when. That the stage music from Elec Man bore a strange resemblance to a song by Journey.
Journey, which had gone through different incarnations in the 1970s reached superstar status by the beginning of the 1980s with the hit songs Don’t Stop Believing and Open Arms dominating radio and their 1981 Album “Escape” becoming the first video game / rock crossover.
In 1983, the follow up “Frontiers” peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart and eventually sold over six million copies. The second single from the album was “Faithfully.” A touching ballad about a musician who is always on the road, but remains faithful to his family at home.
But could Faithfully have actually been an influence on Chanchakorin’s Elec Man theme?
In fact the Elec Man coincidence isn’t the only one associated with Faithfully. Comparisons of Faithfully and Purple Rain are sometimes made. Prince even ran the song by Journey before it was released to make sure there wasn’t any legal trouble. Jonathan Cain who wrote the song, gave it the all clear.
And then there’s REM. The contributed a song for the Vanilla Sky soundtrack in 2001 called All The Right Friends, which sounds just like Faithfully and Elec Man.
So there you have the case laid out before you. A lot of songs seem to sound just like Faithfully. It is a simple song and there are only so many sounds the ear can register, so what is the answer to the burning question you’ve had all this time....? Is Elec Man inspired by or flat out stolen from Faithfully?
Game footage taken from various trailers, promos and play through where the owner has declared its usage isn’t an issue, such as World of Longplays. Megaman 1-2 footage by Bluey Lewis
If somehow a mistake was made, please alert me and I will amend this and give credit to anyone who asks for it.
I asked composer Manami Matsumae if Elec Man was inspired by Journey or just a coincidence. (More Below!)
Episode information
GTV 44 "Do Stop Believing " Season 3 Episode 3
Original Airdate: February 20, 2018
Produced February 12-17, 2018
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my new (at the time) MacBook Pro
with, of course, pirated versions of Final Cut Pro and Photoshop
Why not check out all the Mega Man / Rockman videos from GTV?
A Classic Rockman Collection youtu.be/aV2cNK7GejU
Mega Man 30th Anniversary youtu.be/HFzo9Y77asY
Elec-Man VS. Journey youtu.be/7GSx_0yMuXo
Mega Man Box Art youtu.be/BYWotFHxc-Q
Mega Man Lightbulbs youtu.be/aQTF2mMX81k
Mega Man X 30th Anniversary youtu.be/ny_sJqDkuAM
The Story of Mega Man 9 youtu.be/6feZKqE7SYs
Mega Man Rejected Robots youtu.be/HDcRBiO9v8Q
Take some time to relive these classic Mega Man games, in manga form!
Mega Man Manga youtu.be/irqYNCBaxR4
Mega Man 2 Dr. Wily’s Revenge Manga (Part One) youtu.be/hYvzP7AmCOs
Mega Man 2 Dr. Wily's Revenge Manga (Part Two) youtu.be/rrLizQB-8tM
Mega Man 3 Protoman’s Rebirth (Part One) youtu.be/a2P9QtnabUI
Mega Man 3 Protoman’s Rebirth (Part Two) youtu.be/8MnI91aSrPk
Mega Man 4 Dr. Cossack’s Ambition (Part One) youtu.be/Lf15xKmOfJU
Mega Man 4 Dr. Cossack’s Ambition (Part Two) youtu.be/QeFOMkWE3Uc
Mega Man 5: Protoman’s Trap: (Part One) youtu.be/nhKT65gPtGY
Mega Man 5: Protoman’s Trap: (Part Two) youtu.be/J5ydoFAJEQ0
Megaman, also known as Rock Man has had a long rich history. It recently passed the 30 year mark, and thanks to Megaman 11, the series may never end. But let’s rewind back to the first game for a bit. Upon release, one of the key features of the game was the ability of the players to choose the order of stages in whichever way they liked. In essence there was no “Stage 1” and at the same time “Stage 1” could be anything you wanted. To go along with that, each stage was designed around the central theme of the Robot Master’s ability. And the music was set to match that theme as well.
Though it’s near unanimous that everyone’s favorite stage music is Dr. Wily Stage 1 from Megaman 2, the music in the first Megaman holds its own and the clear standout track from that game is Elec Man. In interviews, The director of the game, Akira Kitamura has disclosed that one of his instructions given to composer Manami Matsumae aka Chanchakorin was the set the music according to the theme of the Robot Masters and their weapon’s powers. In Elec Man, you can certainly feel that as there are pulses, beeps, and charges, that carried that feeling through music as best as possible.
After the first game, Rockman took off as a series and as the games got more popular and gamers grew older, some fans started to notice something in that little game from way back when. That the stage music from Elec Man bore a strange resemblance to a song by Journey.
Journey, which had gone through different incarnations in the 1970s reached superstar status by the beginning of the 1980s with the hit songs Don’t Stop Believing and Open Arms dominating radio and their 1981 Album “Escape” becoming the first video game / rock crossover.
In 1983, the follow up “Frontiers” peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart and eventually sold over six million copies. The second single from the album was “Faithfully.” A touching ballad about a musician who is always on the road, but remains faithful to his family at home.
But could Faithfully have actually been an influence on Chanchakorin’s Elec Man theme?
In fact the Elec Man coincidence isn’t the only one associated with Faithfully. Comparisons of Faithfully and Purple Rain are sometimes made. Prince even ran the song by Journey before it was released to make sure there wasn’t any legal trouble. Jonathan Cain who wrote the song, gave it the all clear.
And then there’s REM. The contributed a song for the Vanilla Sky soundtrack in 2001 called All The Right Friends, which sounds just like Faithfully and Elec Man.
So there you have the case laid out before you. A lot of songs seem to sound just like Faithfully. It is a simple song and there are only so many sounds the ear can register, so what is the answer to the burning question you’ve had all this time....? Is Elec Man inspired by or flat out stolen from Faithfully?
Game footage taken from various trailers, promos and play through where the owner has declared its usage isn’t an issue, such as World of Longplays. Megaman 1-2 footage by Bluey Lewis
If somehow a mistake was made, please alert me and I will amend this and give credit to anyone who asks for it.
