METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme

METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme

Song Information

Artist: ESPACIO BROTHERS
Composition: TAPPY
Arrangement: Hiroyuki Togo
BPM: 140
Length: 1:37
Genre: BIG BEAT
VJ: Hajime Yashiro (beatmania), ? (beatmania (2006))
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania (2006)
• beatmania 3rdMIX
• beatmania III

Lyrics

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Solid Snake
Solid Snake
Solid Snake
Can you hear what I'm saying?

All this time to kick 'em at it, watch your back
I'm gonna kick your ass, beat 'em, kill 'em all

Don't know what I'm gonna do,
Don't-don't know what I'm gonna do,
Don't know what I'm gonna do,
Don't-don't
Ah!

I didn't think it'd be like this

Metal Gear

Song Connections / Remixes

• METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme is a remix of the main theme from the KONAMI game METAL GEAR SOLID, released in September 1998.
• An 8-bit arrangement of METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme appears in beatmania GB.

Trivia

• In the beatmania series, METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme's title was METALGEAR SOLID ～Main Theme.
  • beatmania BEST HITS shows its title as METALGEAR SOLID ～MAIN THEME.
  • In beatmania (Europe), METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme's title and genre were METALGEAR SOLID ～Main Theme～ and THEME TUNE, respectively.
    • beatmania THE FINAL also shows the title as METALGEAR SOLID ～Main Theme～.
  • The beatmania III series displays METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme's title as METALGEAR SOLID -Main Theme-.
• In beatmania GB, METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme runs at 149 BPM.
• METALGEAR SOLID Main Theme's beatmania (2006) video includes scenes from METAL GEAR SOLID, including Snake's battle against Hind, and releasing Baker and the others.
• METALGEAR SOLID ～Main Theme received new NORMAL and HARD charts in beatmania 3rdMIX.
  • It lose its NORMAL charts in beatmania completeMIX.
  • It received new NORMAL charts in beatmania THE FINAL, different from the old charts.
• METALGEAR SOLID ～Main Theme received new charts in beatmania (2006).
• In the Nintendo Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, one of the unused songs was titled in the data "snd_bgm_S09_BEATMANIA", between other METAL GEAR SOLID songs.
  • This suggests that METAL GEAR SOLID Main Theme was to be in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Song Production Information

beatmania 3rdMIX

"Infiltrate the enemy base!" This song remixes the theme from the PlayStation hit "METAL GEAR SOLID" with a BEMANI aesthetic. Did you like it? The song's melody brings out a sense of urgency with its distorted guitar riffs, as well as alert sounds and voice samples to make it even cooler! Play this song well enough, and you can brag to your girlfriend about it.

beatmania completeMIX English site

A must for Metal Gear fans, this song features a pulsing beat and funky synth vocals.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania GB difficulty rated from 1 to 5.
beatmania (2006) difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB.)

YebisuMIX Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	175	-	-	176	-	-
beatmania APPEND YebisuMIX	5	-	-	5	-	-

3rdMIX Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	179	179	-	182	182	-
beatmania 3rdMIX	4	4	-	4	4	-
beatmania completeMIX	-	4	-	-	4	-
beatmania III→THE FINAL	4	4	-	4	4	-
beatmania APPEND 3rdMIX	-	4	-	-	4	-
beatmania for WonderSwan	4	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania BEST HITS	5	-	-	5	-	-
beatmania (Europe)	4	-	-	4	-	-

GB Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	191	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania GB	3	-	-	-	-	-

THE FINAL Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	164	179	-	170	182	-
beatmania THE FINAL	3	↓3	-	1	↓2	-

beatmania (2006) Charts

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	170	-	-	173	-	-
beatmania (2006)	4	-	-	4	-	-