The only theme I feel worth mentioning in Mega Man X7, and where this list starts to get difficult for me. Is it the experience or is it the song? I don’t know but still to this day I dread going back to the first Mega Man X game I had played because of it. And it’s whenever I listen to that boss theme that the feeling of helplessness and inferiority comes back to me.
Yet as the song gets higher…I start to realize that Gate is getting further and further out of my reach as my inability to defeat his boss battle still hovers over me to this day. The first moment I heard this theme I began to get a bit jittery, I began to realize that I was close to beating the game. It is a tad bit repetitive, kind of like his battle mind you, but even then it engrained itself into my mind as a child. There is something about Gate’s theme that I could never get out of my head. You feel like you are locked in a fight to the death with whichever maverick you fight. A lot of the boss themes in Mega Man X games are good but not memorable, X8’s theme creates an intense mood straight from the beginning and continues throughout the fight. This is the only normal boss theme I have on my list and that is because it is the only boss theme with an appropriate guitar riff and mood to sell me on being intimidated by what’s in front of me. The Shadow Devil, much like its predecessor, is a decently tough boss fight for the uninitiated and this theme easily reminds you from the get go what you will be up against. The organ composition is intoxicating as this harmoniously somber theme plays over a battle of endurance and reflexes. Immediately hearing the music you realize that indeed darkness has returned.
Shadow Devil is a remake of the Yellow Devil from the original Mega Man games. Even though these should be well known by now, might as well put out a precaution because I’d rather not get “Oh I didn’t know you fight “insert villain here””. So let’s get to my top 10 Mega Man X Vs themes! WARNING that there will be spoilers for the Mega Man X series. The boss battle music to me is a crucial part of why some bosses are memorable and Mega Man X has a great selection of music for that very purpose. And what is pivotal in getting you into either a sense of dread or excitement when facing a boss? Well it’s true that the gameplay and pattern is a factor, but it’s also the music. One could actually say that is pretty much most of what the formula for a Mega Man game is. Boss music often leaves us with a sense of courage or dread as we enter into that moment where our skills will be tested like none before and Mega Man X is a series filled with bosses mind you. They become the rallying cry of your journey to vanquish your foe or the faint whispering in the back of your head that you may be out of your league. Ah boss themes…the climax of any given playthrough of a game.
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