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Title: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on January 09, 2011, 02:18:02 AM
We may all have different opinions on what a good Castlevania game is, but I think I speak for the majority of the people in here when I say that Castlevania music rocks! :D I thought it would be a good idea to make a thread about video game music (or "real" music) that sounds like it could've been in a Castlevania game. I love this style of music - especially Yamane (when she was at her best) and would really like some recommendations to stuff that sounds like it.

I'll start :D

Deathsmiles (Xbox360). It's a schmup and it's made by Cave. This is stage 1, I think. Very Castlevaniaesque and quite good too.

Best VGM 797 - Deathsmiles - Burning Halloween Town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2AhfGXAPtk#ws)

King of Fighters XIII (Arcade, and soon consoles). The upcoming KoF has a rather boring soundtrack IMO, but then I stumbled upon this and was completely blown away. It's the song that goes with the Elisabeth theme, and it would make a damn fine Castlevania song if you ask me.

The King of Fighters XIII Soundtrack: Each Promise [Elisabeth Team Theme] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHY-YOrQMU8#)


Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Mr.Bushido on January 09, 2011, 02:36:11 AM
Quote from: shelverton. on January 09, 2011, 02:18:02 AM
Deathsmiles


Oh yeah that's a shitty game right there =P


Well I think this sounds something like Castlevania, not so much though

J.S. Bach~ Keyboard Concerto in F minor BWV 1056 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVtA2F8A9zc#)


Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Kingshango on January 09, 2011, 02:41:16 AM
Oh I like threads like this.

From shatterhand, a NES gem from the early 90's
Best VGM 617 - Shatterhand - Area C (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVCQ-kau7gs#ws)
Sounds really similar to Heart of Fire, especially at 0:52.


From the anime Bleach.
bleach ost 16 - shadow's masquerade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygXscTCucV8#)
If you played this to me and told me it wasn't from a Castlevania game, you would have fooled me.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Mr.Bushido on January 09, 2011, 02:45:53 AM
Well, if you realized, all music similar to bach sounds like Castlevania xD
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: DragonSlayr81 on January 09, 2011, 02:50:44 AM
The main theme from "Return to Salem's Lot"(1987)[Note: Everytime I hear this song, SCV4 pops in my mind]:
♪ A RETURN TO SALEM'S LOT - THEME FROM A RETURN TO SALEM'S LOT ♪ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcTVadldjIs#)

The main theme from "The Howling V":
The Howling V: The Rebirth Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ADrTKV6XJY#)

The main theme from "Puppet Master":
Puppet Master (instrumental) Main Titles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPttmTm2f_0#)

The main theme from "Phantasm 2":
Phantasm 2 theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LrsLvHMGAA#)

The main theme from "Subspecies":
Subspecies theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycp39h4OJBw#)

"Crystal Prison" from Splatterhouse 2:
Splatterhouse2 soundtrack - Crystal Prison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz4dm7bdTUQ#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on January 09, 2011, 02:52:18 AM
Ah, Shatterhand. That game had a great soundtrack, and yes - I definitely hear similarites with Heart of Fire! Never noticed it before.

And while we're talking classical music and Bach, I might as well post this. It's from Dance Dance Revolution. Remix of some Chopin piece. It could've easily been taken from Lament of Innocence;

[DDR] Kakumei - dj TAKA with Naoki (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xin9wO6Ig08#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Abnormal Freak on January 09, 2011, 03:50:45 AM
There's the obvious Malice Mizer. I haven't listened to them in ages, but I felt around when it came out that their album Bara no seidou sounds very Castlevania-esque. Then there are their visuals (particularly with the post-Gackt frontman) which are very reminiscent of Ayami Kojima's style of the series.

Malice Mizer - Saikai no Chi to Bara (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUHYrkGixK4#)

Malice Mizer - Mayonaka Ni Kawashita Yakusoku PV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwPVhUnFuAY#)

Malice Mizer - Kyomu No Naka De Yuugi PV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wPK4GytLk#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: corneliab on January 09, 2011, 08:01:15 AM
Quote from: DragonSlayr81 on January 09, 2011, 02:50:44 AM
The main theme from "Return to Salem's Lot"(1987)[Note: Everytime I hear this song, SCV4 pops in my mind]:
♪ A RETURN TO SALEM'S LOT - THEME FROM A RETURN TO SALEM'S LOT ♪ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcTVadldjIs#)

This track is just perfect.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 09, 2011, 03:55:09 PM
FUNFACT about Malice Mizer- mana likes Castlevania (unsurprising considering he's a horror fan) and would love to make music for a game. He apparently wrote a piece for a cell phone version of harmony of Dissonance I think, but it was never used.

think he also had an interview with IGA once.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: thernz on January 09, 2011, 04:22:47 PM
I think that song became a promotional cell phone jingle.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: whitedragon_nall on January 09, 2011, 04:57:54 PM
I always think of Castlevania when I hear this song. It doesn't sound incredibly similar to Castlevania, but it plays in The Abandoned Mine area in Ys: Oath in Felghana....which is very dark and almost Catacombs-like. Guess I always made a connection because of that.

Ys: The Oath in Felghana "Snare of Darkness" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgyDu16OrIw#)

The whole OST for Ys: OiF in filled with awesome, upbeat tracks.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 09, 2011, 09:20:34 PM
Quote from: thernz on January 09, 2011, 04:22:47 PM
I think that song became a promotional cell phone jingle.
Speaking of which, I forgot to mention it before, but lets not forget that Mizer DID also make their own Dracula film.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: X on January 09, 2011, 09:23:27 PM
I always for Ys III (Oath of Felghana) to be similar to CV just cause. But ya know, with all those horror themes play'n why not just make a classic CV game that uses these themes? I think it'd kick @$$!

-X
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: whitedragon_nall on January 09, 2011, 10:18:55 PM
Yes! A 3D vania using and engine similar to Ys: OiF would be rad. Fun combat? check. Platforming? check. Memorable, upbeat music? check. Make it happen Konami!!!

Sorry for the slight thread derail. Carry on....
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on January 09, 2011, 10:49:17 PM
Hell, YsIII FEELS like a very very early version of Symphony of the Night.  The interconnecting maps, the castle stage, the enemies, the swordsman hero.
And yeah this tune (even back in the SNES and PCEngine "Ys III : Wanderers from Ys" bersion) feels very CV-like, as do other tunes from that entry.

Oath in Felghana is in 3D Overhead, but the old Ys III was a sidescroller (in case people didn't know).
Ys III PS2 Playthrough (Part 3) Boss 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C_3MQdXaew#ws)
Here's the latest version of the Sidescrolling Ys III (PS2).

I love "Be Careful", the track in Tigray Quarry.  And there's like five different awesome versions of the tune (my fave is the old PCEngine CD-ROM version).
Ys III Wanderers from Ys - Be Careful (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49DkO17LNok#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: whitedragon_nall on January 10, 2011, 01:46:15 AM
'Be Careful'. One of my favorite songs as well. The whole soundtrack is made of pure win. I prefer all the redone music in OiF compared to other versions of Ys 3, but really....the old isn't bad either. Falcom Sound Team JDK are masters at what they do. Like Castlevania, the Ys series has a whole slew of amazing tunes. If I remember correctly, Yuzo Koshiro did the music for Ys 1 and 2 as well as some of the music in PoR. That gives Castlevania a small connection to Ys! :)

Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: X on January 10, 2011, 04:06:51 AM
What also attaches Ys III to CV is the Valanstien castle area with the clocktower! Hell yeah!!

-X
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on January 10, 2011, 08:48:19 PM
Quote from: whitedragon_nall on January 10, 2011, 01:46:15 AM
'Be Careful'. One of my favorite songs as well. The whole soundtrack is made of pure win. I prefer all the redone music in OiF compared to other versions of Ys 3, but really....the old isn't bad either. Falcom Sound Team JDK are masters at what they do. Like Castlevania, the Ys series has a whole slew of amazing tunes. If I remember correctly, Yuzo Koshiro did the music for Ys 1 and 2 as well as some of the music in PoR. That gives Castlevania a small connection to Ys! :)

Yuzo Koshiro also did the music for Actraiser, which is a swordsman sidescroller (and awesome town simulation God game) on the SNES, which came out around the same time as Super Castlevania IV.

If you compare CV4's "The Cave" and Actraiser's "Northwall", they also share a few similarities... but the games' gameplay and action/platform genre are even more similar.
Actraiser - Northwall - Act 1 (Tundra)
Northwall - Northwall Act 1 - Tundra - Actraiser (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoytZwDcQg#)

Super Castlevania IV - The Cave (Stage 3-1)
Super Castlevania 4 OST - The Cave (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HAENWDiKu4#)

Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: whitedragon_nall on January 10, 2011, 09:16:05 PM
Wow! It almost seems like Koshiro was pre-destined to eventually work on a Castlevania title. Which reminds me, I've always wanted to play Actraiser.... Lemme check virtual console.


And there it is!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on January 11, 2011, 02:12:22 AM
The first stage of Actraiser, "Fillmore" has music that is very similar to "The Gears Go Awry" from PoR.  Koshiro made both tunes, and it shows.  Actraiser is known for the quality of its soundtrack, but the game itself is pretty damn awesome, as it's one of the few "Hybrid" games (it's half Action/Platform, and half Simulation/CityManagement).
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Dremn on January 11, 2011, 02:32:22 AM
Morrigan Aensland's stage from Tatsunoko vs Capcom, it's begging for a Castlevania/Darkstalkers crossover.

Aensland Castle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5_PGx6RoyY#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: crisis on January 11, 2011, 03:04:06 AM
This theme should be used when Julius Belmont enters the Keep for the final showdown in 1999

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R33yzF3JBhk
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 11, 2011, 06:54:07 AM
Tell me you couldnt picture a Dracula battle to this.


Or hell, maybe even this.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MwmwPQJHII] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuKT47KDCW4)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Munchy on January 11, 2011, 07:52:53 AM
It's funny you guys mention Mega Man stuff. I always thought the Final Battle themes of X5 and PoR sounded eerily similar.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Gunlord on January 11, 2011, 07:59:43 AM
Whoah, check this out (main theme from a horror movie from a famous Italian director :o)

The House by the Cemetery ost main theme 1981 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UuPESGDLwk#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Munchy on January 11, 2011, 08:03:04 AM
Very nice! Someone mentioned an Italian horror film composer who had great influential music for Castlevania.

The PS2 Rygar had a beautiful orchestrated soundtrack (with good composition to boot!) that, while not always like Castlevania's style, is nonetheless a good example of orchestra music working in the context of a game.

Rygar(PS2) OST Elysion Shrine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O45yZ35sKs8#)

Also, Onimusha, while not a series I'm terribly familiar with, has some similarly haunting and sorrowful music.

Onimusha 3 OST - Let the eternal light shine on me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0I4wo5bk6Q#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Alukard on January 11, 2011, 02:33:57 PM
This. Screams. Castlevania. Throughout.
It comes from the visual novel "Umineko no Naku Koro ni"; a lot of the soundtracks in this game tie in well with Castlevania because the visual novel has its little hints of horror and mystery. Sets the tone quite nicely.

Umineko BGM - Mirage Coordinator  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq5YSqzX6Jk#)

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Anime OST - Aka Ikutsu Nise   (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Uf5QpLfE4#ws)

I also recommend the song "happiness of marionette" from the OST, there a lot of good ones related to this franchise, way too many to post. I can't believe nobody mentioned these yet.

Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: darkwzrd4 on January 11, 2011, 04:36:54 PM
I'm loving all this music.  A lot of it can and should be considered for use in future CV games.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 11, 2011, 04:40:08 PM
Ok, how exactly do I post 2 videos in my post? because only 1 actually shows up as a video, the other as just the url...

Also, how bout' Imperial Garden, from Star Ocean 3's Shrine of Kaddan?
 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PwnB2NJSno)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on January 11, 2011, 07:53:21 PM
Quote from: Alukard on January 11, 2011, 02:33:57 PM
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Anime OST - Aka Ikutsu Nise   (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Uf5QpLfE4#ws)

That could totally be some crazy epic battle against a major boss character, like Elisabeth Bartley, Carmilla, Death or even a final boss battle against Drac :)

Also, this thread needs the "Gothic Neclord" boss battle from Suikoden 2. Love the game, love the battle, love the song. Cause it has the Castlevania vibe. No wonder, Neclord's a vampire! Also, this song could easily be put into a future Castlevania game since Konami made Suikoden too. T'would be fun :D

Suikoden II OST - Gothic Neclord ~ Battle against Neclord (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXuJ2cHx7Aw#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 11, 2011, 07:57:14 PM
You know what else goes well with Castlevania?

Guile's theme.

it goes with everything.



XD Sorry. I had to.  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swyEIakyt7s)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on January 11, 2011, 08:10:05 PM
If someone musically gifted would remix Guile's theme with typical Castlevania-esque instruments (violins/organs/whatever) I would literally die. :D Also, the track needs to be a little faster but yes - it goes with everything :D

*cough*Jorge*cough*

 ;D
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 11, 2011, 08:19:45 PM
Quote from: shelverton. on January 11, 2011, 08:10:05 PM
If someone musically gifted would remix Guile's theme with typical Castlevania-esque instruments (violins/organs/whatever) I would literally die. :D Also, the track needs to be a little faster but yes - it goes with everything :D

*cough*Jorge*cough*

 ;D
Lol, indeed. Indeed... IF only someone would...

*Looks Jorge's way*
*waves*
:D
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: darkwzrd4 on January 11, 2011, 11:03:55 PM
Quote from: Flame on January 11, 2011, 08:19:45 PM
Lol, indeed. Indeed... IF only someone would...

*Looks Jorge's way*
*waves*
:D

Yeah, Jorge.  You should.  Your other CV remixes are great!!!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: crisis on January 11, 2011, 11:12:45 PM
Jorge stopped remixing ever since he lost his ability to love.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: X on January 12, 2011, 12:02:03 AM
That was cool! It does seem that Guile's theme goes with everything.

-X
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 12, 2011, 12:44:38 AM
Quote from: Crisis on January 11, 2011, 11:12:45 PM
Jorge stopped remixing ever since he lost his ability to love.
I'm certain Guile's theme can fill that too! After all, its multi purpose!

Aside- I believe Im missing something.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Gunlord on January 12, 2011, 01:02:58 AM
Splatterhouse also has some very castlevania-y music, again, fitting for a horror game I suppose. :)

Splatterhouse -The saint comes marching in (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx8WfsrthvM#)

Also, check this out, it really reminds me of Bloody Tears in a couple places:

Splatterhouse2 soundtrack - The final fight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVopjmQIoDg#)

specifically around 1 minute in :O!!!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on January 12, 2011, 02:17:11 AM
Guile - Super Street Fighter II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI2E7nsWSe4#)
I had already done Guile's Theme... but I have NOT tried it with Castlevania-style instrumentation.
All I've got to offer for now, is this, based on the SNES Super SFII version.
And yes, it does go with everything. ;)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VampirehunterB on January 12, 2011, 02:24:47 AM
Bach - Harpsichord Concerto No.1 in D Minor BWV 1052 - 1/3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqm1hxgH-w#)

reminds me of woodcarving partita.wonderful!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Gunlord on January 12, 2011, 02:35:31 AM
Dat's a jawesome arrangement, Jorge 8) You really should do it with CV instruments sometime :D
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VGuyver on January 14, 2011, 08:08:06 AM
Sounds like an intro music like the one from SotN. The intro sounds a bit off from castlevania, but oce you get 40 seconds in it feels entirely like castlevania.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xweRl4LZlmo

Beserker from the Fate Zero Image album (the entire album as some incredible music. This is more of a cutscene with Dracula or Death.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e6Rog9FK9w

Lancer theme from the same series... it's actually got a similar feel to that of Leon's theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiXr1AgiTFU&feature=related

The utterly creepy music. If you want something to haunt you for the rest of your life... this is the song to listen to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhT18ZT6hxw&feature=related

Sorry, this will be the last one from the fate zero series I will post. Just fits for a boss music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EgbXu5RJ_w&feature=related

Had to post Tragedy of Enzyme II. Yeah I know, Guyver isn't a series you'd normally expect to fit Castlevania, but it has it's strenths. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqlIOyMzV38

Devil May Cry is not a series who's music normally makes you think Castlevania, but every so often you find a wonderfull peace that does. Though I have to admit, I don't like the song past the intro much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwvC2-xwNGQ

The Last one I will post is from God Eater videogames. Well not the game itself, but it's Drama XD "God Eater Burst". It really fits the Castlevania well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwa1qargv3k
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Abnormal Freak on January 14, 2011, 06:08:42 PM
Quote from: Gunlord on January 11, 2011, 07:59:43 AM
Whoah, check this out (main theme from a horror movie from a famous Italian director :o)

The House by the Cemetery ost main theme 1981 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UuPESGDLwk#)

Ah, there we go. :) Watching the film, the music never really struck me as very Castlevania-y, but listening to this tune now, it definitely has that sort of vibe.

I've posted this before, but there are some Claudio Simonetti (of Goblin) songs used for the film Opera that I feel are a bit Castlevania-esque.

OPERA Soundtrack 02 Crows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YQxeMPN87g#)

Has that rockin' flavor of Rondo of Blood type stuff.


OPERA Soundtrack 03 Impending Danger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_eVPa_mkDQ#)

I could also see this as an underground or dungeon level theme.


OPERA Soundtrack 05 Confusion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67glg_6jSSI#)

This song reminds me of Castlevania if for no other reason than it has similar instrumentation to the X68000 Arranged tracks at the end of the second disc of the original Dracula X OST. :p Like this "Simon Belmont's Theme" remix:

Simon Belmont (Arranged Version2) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFKgWh7sryU#)

Oh, and there's also a further Castlevania-esque reprise of the above song.

OPERA Soundtrack 10 Confusion Reprise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWXT71czV9Q#)

Kinda reminds me of the Tower of Sorcery in the '64 games.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: KaZudra on January 15, 2011, 12:30:43 AM
*edit Fix'd
Moi Dix Mois - Ange ~D Side Holy Wings~

Moi DIx Mois - Ange ~D Side Holy Wings~ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVrA2WiRias#)

Eve of Destiny - Garden for a Zealot

Eve of Destiny - Garden for a Zealot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MHc53xpxMs#)

Blazblue OST - White Requiem (Ragna vs. Rachel)

Blazblue OST - White Requiem (Ragna vs. Rachel) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1sTfDggiTo#)

Persona 3 - Dual Battle for Everyone's Souls (P3 and P3R)

Persona 3 - Dual Battle for Everyone's Souls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b07ZIP8xCks#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 15, 2011, 03:36:26 AM
Yeah, most of Malice Mizer and Moi Dix Mois work fits right in with Castlevania. Especially Malice Mizer, since they were more on the classical music side of the spectrum. (ESPECIALLY most of the songs in Bara No Seidou)

a few were mentioned on the first page of the topic, but heck, ill list a few more.

Malice Mizer - Chinurareta kajitsu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9ji6e9RWl0#)

Malice Mizer - seinaru toki Eien no inori(gothic) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcy2lqKavzI#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Abnormal Freak on January 15, 2011, 04:20:39 AM
Now I feel like revisiting Bara no seidou after all these years. I should go steal my friend's copy (as well as his cartridge of Dracula X), since he's a loser stoner and drunkard now anyway and likely wouldn't notice it missing. I remember the packaging being a suede-bound book or something.

Though I always dug their album merveilles the most.

MAYBE it's about time I buy copies of my own, and perhaps of X Japan as well. Hmm... Depends on how much I still dig 'em, I guess. D:
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: KaZudra on January 15, 2011, 04:51:43 AM
Its all cool because Mana is a open fan of Castlevania, and did a cell phone song for them... but never made it, Honestly If Mana ever did the music to a castlevania game it would be too awesome.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Pemburu Vampir on January 15, 2011, 06:26:35 AM
Quote from: Abnormal Freak on January 15, 2011, 04:20:39 AM
Now I feel like revisiting Bara no seidou after all these years. I should go steal my friend's copy (as well as his cartridge of Dracula X), since he's a loser stoner and drunkard now anyway and likely wouldn't notice it missing.

You're not a good friend.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 15, 2011, 02:13:27 PM
Lol yeah thats a rather terrible thing to say about your friend... XD

From what Ive seen, (don't actually have the album, though Id LOVE to) it was blue with a cathedral. I couldnt say if it was suede though. but looking at this pic, it definitly looks like it could be suede and book bound.
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Richter on January 15, 2011, 03:16:18 PM
Mr Vampire is full of it, but I can't find the music only so this trailer will have to do (From 1:32)

Mr Vampire - Original HK Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TOOAlZ8nlc#)

Oh and this too

A Chinese Ghost Story Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLKmkUwSOUw#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Abnormal Freak on January 15, 2011, 07:09:22 PM
I wouldn't really do that. :p Buuut, he is a bit of a douchenuggeteer these days. Never returns calls, never wants to hang with anyone who doesn't smoke pot or drink alcohol. Just turned into a total dick one day and has remained ever since. :O Now he's basically homeless but crashing with his brother and girlfriend, and they're pretty sick of him.

I did once borrow Dracula X from him for several months, and when I brought it back, he mentioned not even being aware I had it. :p He forgot he lent it to me, aaand forgot he even had it. Hence why I could probably take it and it'd never be missed. :p

But I was kiiiddiiiiiiiiing. I'm no thief. Honest. :o I have the superior Super Famicom version anyway—I just can't tell what the text says.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: X on January 15, 2011, 07:49:35 PM
Why does that pic bare a striking resemblence to CoD's St. Garibaldi temple where you first meet St. Germain? Did IGA borrow the design?

-X
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Vampire Killer on January 16, 2011, 09:26:50 AM
The beginning of this song always reminded me of Castlevania.

Machines of Loving Grace -- Butterfly Wings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcrsEXxnzI0#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Chernabogue on January 16, 2011, 10:48:28 AM
Guys, you should take a listen to this: Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond the Sun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK0rvReE-4c#) (around 0:30) // Castlevania II - Dwelling of Doom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dw5kfLskbw#)

It seems the Konami Kukeiha Club has some good inspirations, haha.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: uzo on January 16, 2011, 06:13:31 PM
Quote from: Chernabogue on January 16, 2011, 10:48:28 AM
Guys, you should take a listen to this: Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond the Sun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK0rvReE-4c#) (around 0:30) // Castlevania II - Dwelling of Doom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dw5kfLskbw#)

It seems the Konami Kukeiha Club has some good inspirations, haha.

Oh wow! Nice find.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VGuyver on January 17, 2011, 01:15:59 AM
Castlevania dungeon's and this forum have talkign about that endlessly in the past. I thought everoyne knew at this point. XD
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: uzo on January 17, 2011, 05:11:16 AM
Guess I missed the memo. Well, now I know I guess.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 22, 2011, 05:04:03 PM
Mega man is actually a franchise not unfamiliar with Castlevania-y tunes either.

What? Castlevania? in MY Mega Man?

Its more likely than you think.

Mega Man X5 had the theme for the Shadow Devil, (which is in turn, a remix of the original fortress boss theme from the first Mega Man game)
Mega Man X5 OST, T22: Shadow Devil (Dr. Wily Stage Boss) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MwmwPQJHII#)


Mega Man X8 had a pretty interesting biblical theme going for it, so naturally, it comes down to Sigma looking like something Demonic, and Lumine, (The -OMG PLOT TWIST- final boss) looking all angelic and such, and of course, the music matches with the theme.
Mega Man X8 OST, T59-e: Oncoming Generation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6q_q55ZCTI#)

Mega Man X8 OST, T29: VS Lumine ~ The First Form (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40R_MQzEvJ8#)

Mega Man X8 OST, T30: VS Lumine ~ The Second Form (Intro) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-L6Zk64CSo#)


Aaaand Mega Man Legends. It also has sort of that similar vibe that X8 has, (hard to explain it)
so it comes complete with eerie organ music!
Megaman Juno Battle (Little Fugue) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu-JQC_EaSg#)

The rest of the eerie music is more "heavenly" sounding instead of Castlevania sounding though, Juno's theme is all that really fits sort of.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Pemburu Vampir on January 22, 2011, 10:38:44 PM
From Melty Blood:

Melty Blood Actress Again OST - Noble Mind (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KmRTsZYQ4I#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Munchy on January 23, 2011, 12:26:22 AM
I do find that the Shadow Devil boss theme and Poison Mind sound eerily similar.

Also, the Orbital Elevator theme in X8 reminds me a lot of Don't Wait Until Night.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: narkolepsi on January 23, 2011, 01:18:28 AM
Pino Donaggio's work on Carrie is spellbinding.

"For The Last Time We'll Pray"
Pino Donaggio - For The Last Time We'll Pray (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yTPeZ3ru8Y#)

"Mother at the Top of the Stairs" (slow to begin but intense.)
Pino Donaggio - Mother at the top of stairs (Carrie) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lRnEA0oBok#)

And being my favorite musician, Emilie Autumn has several amazing instrumentals of note...

"Unlaced" (I can imagine this one as a clock tower theme.)
Emilie Autumn - Unlaced (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn5RaYO4e9M#)

"Organ Grinder" (From the European Saw III soundtrack)
Emilie Autumn - Organ grinder (Saw III) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjWx1VCm3KI#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 23, 2011, 03:35:20 AM
Quote from: Munchy on January 23, 2011, 12:26:22 AM

Also, the Orbital Elevator theme in X8 reminds me a lot of Don't Wait Until Night.
haha, I can see what you mean. It DOES have an almost similar melody.

Mega Man X8 OST, T21: Jakob (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnSQItdHIfM#)

Actually, it could maybe pass as a Belmont theme.

On that note, two tracks from a flash RPG called "Epic Battle Fantasy 3" that could pass as Castlevania.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 Music: Organ Jaws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv53bUo00Eo#)
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 Music: Divine Madness (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYk3jum1Xcg#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: bucky on January 24, 2011, 12:03:24 AM
Arumana no Kiseki is a Famicom Disk System game with music composed by Kinuyo Yamashita, the composer of CV1.
It may sound a bit different in how the melodies are programmed (mostly because of the extra FDS audio), but there's no mistaking that classic Castlevania sound. You can especially hear it in the triangle wave and noise channel--

Arumana no Kiseki - Stage 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfNm0fNfiIU#)

Arumana no Kiseki - Stages 2 & 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHM-9Kf4UU#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Chernabogue on January 24, 2011, 07:27:45 PM
This dude totally looks like Indiana Jones.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: X on January 25, 2011, 05:08:29 PM
there were other action heros that came out prior to Indian Jones that looked almost alike so it wouldn't surprise me if this game was based on one of those movies. That second tune from Arumana no Kiseki is more akin to Phantasy Star then CV from some of the notes that i was hearing.

-X
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 26, 2011, 03:37:55 AM
Last Mega Man one- (for now...) but this one from Mega Man Zero 3 definitely fits.

Megaman Zero 3: Apocalypse Now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Q12EfJqrc#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: crisis on April 21, 2011, 07:06:36 PM
i call this track "Belmont Descends into the Night"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8xy7r79IBs

for it is their destiny...
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Kingshango on April 21, 2011, 07:35:44 PM
Ah I was gonna bump this thread cause I was gonna post this:

Skullgirls Music Sampler: New Meridian (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV8uYpvMYWQ#ws)

Sounds alot like a song from Order of Ecclesia. (As it should since Michiru Yamane is doing the soundtrack)

Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Chernabogue on April 22, 2011, 01:40:44 PM
Yeah, it totally sounds like bits of OoE's soundtrack.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Renonsgoods on April 22, 2011, 05:12:27 PM
I always thought this track from Killer Instinct sounded like something straight out of Castlevania (hope it's not a repost)

Soundtrack - Killer Instinct - Spinal Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T5RqkQP7O4#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Successor The Cruel on April 23, 2011, 07:41:30 AM
Has anyone mentioned Gothic Neclord yet?

Suikoden II OST - Gothic Neclord ~ Battle against Neclord (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXuJ2cHx7Aw#)

This song is dope o____ob
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on April 23, 2011, 02:33:40 PM
Spinal's Theme is damn awesome.  I always thought of him as the virtual incarnation of the Skull Knight.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: paulstanley on April 23, 2011, 05:36:06 PM
youtube com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA

Parts of this sound totally like Stalker. I'll bet Kinuyo Yamashita was actually inspired a lot by classic rock and such, since it shows in her MMX3 soundtrack too.

I can't believe this wasn't posted:

youtube com/watch?v=ZEHsIcsjtdI

Removed the http // www and dots because the forum is being bad and telling me not to post links.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on April 23, 2011, 07:00:52 PM
It won't allow n00bs to post links until three posts.
I'll turn them into videos for you, but it's a safety measure to stop the one-post spambots.

It's for your own good.

Here's what "Paul Stanley" posted:
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The Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA#)

Parts of this sound totally like Stalker. I'll bet Kinuyo Yamashita was actually inspired a lot by classic rock and such, since it shows in her MMX3 soundtrack too.

I can't believe this wasn't posted:

Michael Jackson - Thriller - Thriller (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEHsIcsjtdI#)
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Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Vampire Killer on April 23, 2011, 08:03:33 PM
Very surprised no one posted this yet (that I could see anyway).

You know how you sometimes DL music, but don't listen to it for awhile because you're busy, and then you forget about it for various reason. Well, during some awesome sex with the wife the other night we had Daft Punk playing in the background. Not a particular mix mind you, just iTunes playing through their albums one by one. At one point the song Veridis Quo came on, and it hit me that it sounded a heck of a lot like a Castlevania song (the wife agrees), which kinda turned me on to be having sex to Castlevania music.

Anyway, the Daft punk song Veridis Quo REALLY sounds like a Castlevania song (you can have sex to). Even the video appears to be pretty heavily inspired by CV (especially the castle part). The mountains in the beginning of the vid really remind me of the mountains in the background of the Clock Tower area in SotN. Check it out.

Daft Punk - Veridis Quo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZaHf8RP6g#)


Here's a few remixes that I enjoyed....

Famitracker - Daft Punk - Veridis Quo (8-Bit Remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddi9ZD1nliQ#ws)

Hexagram - Veridis Quo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMPbwrDZTLo#)

Daft Punk - Veridis Quo (Supa Crush Remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gLD8UouKlU#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on April 24, 2011, 04:14:26 AM
Going back to Deathsmiles, Im surprised nobody mentioned the final boss theme, Which is really just Bach's Toccata and Fuge.

Death Smiles OST - Hell's Emperor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1v4RfZCCNQ#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Munchy on April 24, 2011, 04:51:46 AM
Quote from: paulstanley on April 23, 2011, 05:36:06 PM
I'll bet Kinuyo Yamashita was actually inspired a lot by classic rock and such, since it shows in her MMX3 soundtrack too.

Ugh... I like Yamashita's music, but with few exceptions I found MMX3's soundtrack to be all kinds of ear splitting. I think one of the few good songs was Gravity Beetle.

But what the hell. Every good composer is entitled to a sub par work every once in a while. Like Hitoshi Sakimoto's early work on Captain Novolin.

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Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on April 24, 2011, 11:16:46 AM
Gravity Beetle and Zero's Theme are awesome, but yeah in MMX3 she was 'encouraged' (read: almost forced) to use heavy rock and those damn awful Electric Guitar synths, which are pretty different than the more metallic/synthy sounds of MMX1 and MMX2.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on April 25, 2011, 02:40:33 AM
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in MMX3 she was 'encouraged' (read: almost forced) to use heavy rock and those damn awful Electric Guitar synths,
DAT GRUNGE GUITAR.
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lol, anyway, I totally forgot to mention this one, but have you guys heard of Nox Arcana? they make instrumental albums, in which they tell a story through the music. Well, their Album "Transylvania" is most definitely Castlevania music.

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Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on April 25, 2011, 02:41:22 AM
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Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on May 05, 2011, 09:59:36 PM

Speaking of MMX music (albeit a while ago), I found the soundtrack in MMX2 to be the weakest of the SNES trilogy. It's just downright weird and unhummable with very few exceptions. MMX3 uses some awful instruments but the actual tunes were more memorable to me.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Nycterida on May 06, 2011, 07:02:19 PM
The music of Vernian Process is an obvious example. After all, they did a whole "album" of cover versions to CV tracks.

http://www.youtube.com/user/VernianProcess (http://www.youtube.com/user/VernianProcess)

Some of their original material I really like

Vernian Process - Unhallowed Metropolis (official LP Mix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnUD_4Bxma8#)

Vernian Process - The Alchemist's Vision (official LP Mix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cmVxXTm4K8#)

Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Pedrith on June 12, 2011, 09:50:31 PM
I'm surprised nobody mention the music from the anime called Shiki.  It has a number of tunes that would work in the Castlevania universe.

Cheers,

David
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on June 12, 2011, 10:00:09 PM
Quote from: shelverton. on May 05, 2011, 09:59:36 PM
Speaking of MMX music (albeit a while ago), I found the soundtrack in MMX2 to be the weakest of the SNES trilogy. It's just downright weird and unhummable with very few exceptions. MMX3 uses some awful instruments but the actual tunes were more memorable to me.
I thought the same, but it has really grown on me tbh. Its much better than X3's horrible grunge guitar.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: crisis on August 09, 2011, 01:45:58 AM
this theme is used when Julius Belmont enters the Cursed Dungeon underneath the Catacombs, alone

Altered Beast Music - Level Theme 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUnHCdnMTUo#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Deko21 on August 09, 2011, 02:45:25 AM
I'm surprised no one mentioned rosenkreuzstilette's music

specially these 3, which sounds quite CVish.
RosenkreuzStilette OST - Sepperin Stage I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmIPWwPwcQM#ws)

RosenkreuzStilette OST - Sepperin Stage III (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHjG5tt8ZOw#ws)

RosenkreuzStilette OST - Sepperin Stage IV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ2_wYLOFaU#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: crisis on August 09, 2011, 03:42:57 PM
this theme is used when Ezra Belmont first approaches the Keep, right before he confronts Gabriel "The Dragon"

Doom 64 Soundtrack - Watch Your Step (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDZzbkEvJeo#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on August 09, 2011, 05:33:59 PM
Quote from: Crisis on August 09, 2011, 01:45:58 AM
this theme is used when Julius Belmont enters the Cursed Dungeon underneath the Catacombs, alone

Altered Beast Music - Level Theme 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUnHCdnMTUo#)

I love that song.  I remember good ol' Altered Beast. :)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Neobelmont on August 10, 2011, 06:23:41 AM
If we are talking Cvlike music here are two variations: Suikoden I OST - Passacaria ~ Neclord's Castle Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLUUhtoQ-Bs#) and Suikoden II OST - Passacaglia with Chorus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHyQTJx3nI#) and for a remix Suikoden II - Gothic Neclord (Guitar/violin version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztXB5chKCaE#) ;D

Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on August 10, 2011, 01:04:04 PM
Lol, Gothic Neclord has been mentioned three times now. I think we can agree that it's very CVlike. Also, Neclord needs to be in a future Castlevania game, complete with that track!

EDIT: Holy crap, that was a remix. It sounds even more CVlike than the original. Thanks for posting!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: crisis on August 11, 2011, 04:13:38 AM
this theme is used as the intro cutscene to Demon Castle War 1999

Final Fantasy VII -DIRGE of CERBERUS - Trigger Situation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5B39Vs621E#)

Imagine the beginning as Julius approaches the Castlevania, then friends attacking several monsters as the middle is playing (Alucardo, Mr. Hakuba & Ms. Belnades), then at the end a message says, "finally, after 1,000 years, it ends... TONIGHT."
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on August 11, 2011, 05:29:57 AM
Quote from: shelverton. on August 10, 2011, 01:04:04 PM
Lol, Gothic Neclord has been mentioned three times now. I think we can agree that it's very CVlike. Also, Neclord needs to be in a future Castlevania game, complete with that track!

EDIT: Holy crap, that was a remix. It sounds even more CVlike than the original. Thanks for posting!
Speaking of Gothic Neclord remixes, here's one that wouldn't sound too out of place in Lament of Innocence:
Gothic Neclord (Suikogaiden Remix) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4VsYDumBo#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Pemburu Vampir on August 11, 2011, 07:06:07 AM
Oh, Hi VladCT, glad to see you finally showed up here. :)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on August 11, 2011, 10:07:28 AM
Nice to see you too, I had thought this would be a good time to stop lurking and start to hopefully make some new friends.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on August 11, 2011, 10:25:49 AM
Welcome! :)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on August 11, 2011, 12:46:42 PM
Quite an honor to be greeted by you, Jorge. Your reputation as a fan arranger preceeds you.
I know that it's only my first day here, but may I request a more orchestral arrangement of Gothic Neclord from you?
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on August 11, 2011, 01:37:54 PM
I'd love to oblige, but I'm super-swamped with Castlevania songs to work on before I get into other series.
That would have to be put on hold for a while, I'm afraid.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on August 11, 2011, 01:43:17 PM
Eh, it's okay. I can wait.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Neobelmont on August 12, 2011, 12:29:35 AM
It is cool yet funny at the same time that Neclord's music has been metioned four times it is an incredibly good song :), but enough of vampires it is now time for : BlazBlue Continuum Shift - "Howling Moon" (Theme of Valkenhayn) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y6SkBbT140#ws) Dang it Konami make arc systems work on a fighter that is actually awesome or please somekind of crossover Valkenhayn vs Cornell would be incredible  ;D
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Odile Kuronuma on August 12, 2011, 02:57:01 AM
Quote from: Neobelmont on August 12, 2011, 12:29:35 AM
It is cool yet funny at the same time that Neclord's music has been metioned four times it is an incredibly good song :), but enough of vampires it is now time for : BlazBlue Continuum Shift - "Howling Moon" (Theme of Valkenhayn) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y6SkBbT140#ws) Dang it Konami make arc systems work on a fighter that is actually awesome or please somekind of crossover Valkenhayn vs Cornell would be incredible  ;D
hmm i'm more interested in slayer vs dracula.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Neobelmont on August 12, 2011, 04:28:48 AM
Quote from: Odile Kuronuma on August 12, 2011, 02:57:01 AM
hmm i'm more interested in slayer vs dracula.

 For any reason would this lively bunch of slayers be the ones you are talking about ;): slayers intro reena y gaudy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q0Hgc5op7c#)

Also for some odd reason I just have this song stuck into my head for eerieness or maybe it is just the creepypasta :-\  Pokémon Red/Green v1.0: The Original Theme of Lavender Town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZOd_gFld9c#)  pokevania replace wygol with lavender could it work :o.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on August 12, 2011, 02:24:17 PM
SLAYERS rules! :D
I had not heard of the binaural beat (or 'antibinaural'?) caused by the 'plings' of the Lavender Town music.  It's all interesting stuff.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Odile Kuronuma on August 12, 2011, 07:18:08 PM
Quote from: Neobelmont on August 12, 2011, 04:28:48 AM
For any reason would this lively bunch of slayers be the ones you are talking about ;): slayers intro reena y gaudy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q0Hgc5op7c#)

Also for some odd reason I just have this song stuck into my head for eerieness or maybe it is just the creepypasta :-\  Pokémon Red/Green v1.0: The Original Theme of Lavender Town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZOd_gFld9c#)  pokevania replace wygol with lavender could it work :o.
lol I was talking about a video game character.... and I hate Slayers.Sorry Jorge ;D
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on August 12, 2011, 08:24:11 PM
It's alright, I'll still be your friend. :P
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Odile Kuronuma on August 12, 2011, 10:05:11 PM
Well thank you  :)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on August 14, 2011, 12:23:55 AM
While Koumajou Densetsu (http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Koumajou_Densetsu:_Scarlet_Symphony) may be a CV clone doujin game series, it instead opts to use a variety of styles for its soundtrack. This one, I believe, is the closest to the Castlevania style compared to the other tracks from the games.
麗しき紅の城主 The Beautiful Scarlet Lord of the Castle - Koumajou Soundtrack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akQ46yzDtvQ#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Gunlord on August 15, 2011, 12:55:36 AM
Like I've said before, I hate Touhou, but these games are really good. That said, this song is pretty much a rendition of Richter's theme from Rondo of Blood:

【東方】 Koumajou Densetsu Scarlet Symphony DEMO - Trial Stage Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbHNULpx12k#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Neobelmont on August 16, 2011, 09:25:58 PM
No one has put any new music lately so here is Real Elfen Lied World [Lilium long version] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jKia1xZR_4#)  :'(

and Elfen Lied Lilium real music box (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd0R0AurtOc#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Chishannicon on August 31, 2011, 01:39:16 AM
This piece of music from Revolutionary Girl Utena definitely makes me think of Castlevania.  Probably because of the organ and obvious Bach influence.

Utena OST1 - Densetsu - Kami no Na ha Abraxas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vw6_ARIC0I#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on August 31, 2011, 08:49:15 PM
Oh man, you really took me back to my college days with Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Thy Gory Rory on September 15, 2011, 03:57:33 AM
Most here probably already now of the rather obscure Japanese PC-98 game "Rusty". Along with everything about it being blatantly similar to Castlevania, the music especially strikes that familiar chord. I believe there never was an official released soundtrack but here's a good quality complete fan-made rip I found: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H032QF7W (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H032QF7W)

There's not many tracks up on youtube but this one is pretty badass:
Rusty BGM ： QUEEN IN THE DARK NIGHT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqNZ_tdylIA#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: crisis on October 01, 2011, 08:52:08 PM
excellence (https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv119%2Fc0mbat%2Fxyxthumbs.gif&hash=1adba4a9c22696e14a01a3c8bb671e0eb6dfa096)

Bloodrayne: Betrayal - Peaceful Moon (NES - OST) [HD AUDIO] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX8LQgrd5Qs#ws)

Bloodrayne: Betrayal - Poisoned Halls (NES - OST) [HD AUDIO] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz3x2TW8Z4M#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on October 02, 2011, 12:48:57 AM
Just encountered this while playing Star Ocean 3, and it made me think of Castlevania a bit.

Star Ocean 3 Music Soundtracks - Do Evil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UjcErzXQOA#)

also this.
Star Ocean 3 Music Soundtracks - Powerbroker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRvnA1Z6xmc#)

also, DEFINITELY this one.
Star Ocean 3 Music Soundtracks - Like Squashing Grape (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhDDQYEZPQk#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Perturabo on October 03, 2011, 05:07:46 AM
This song reminds me of Castlevania's underground areas:
Ehrgeiz Soundtrack - Dungeon 6 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEE587aLcDI#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: uzo on October 03, 2011, 09:06:56 PM
Don't know if this has been posted before but it reminds me of Castlevania music, specifically the Pachislot OSTs.

Ikki Tousen DD - Soundtrack: Teni no Theme (Sanbika) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePnLvuy36fw#)

Picks up at 0:45.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Esco on October 03, 2011, 11:26:01 PM
Quote from: uzo on October 03, 2011, 09:06:56 PM
Don't know if this has been posted before but it reminds me of Castlevania music, specifically the Pachislot OSTs.

Ikki Tousen DD - Soundtrack: Teni no Theme (Sanbika) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePnLvuy36fw#)

Picks up at 0:45.

That is an excellent track; I may end up using it.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: crisis on October 06, 2011, 12:06:17 AM
This track is used in the final confrontation of Julius Belmont vs. Dracula

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger OST/PE, T2-10: Awakening The Chaos (v-13's Theme Song) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVwFLsZJzS8#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Neobelmont on October 06, 2011, 06:26:53 AM
This truly deserves the title of I can't believe it's not castlevania music



Army of the Pharaohs - Bloody Tears AOTP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGK0UR5h0cM#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Phil Belmont on October 06, 2011, 08:27:16 AM
Quote from: Chernabogue on January 16, 2011, 10:48:28 AM
Guys, you should take a listen to this: Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond the Sun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK0rvReE-4c#) (around 0:30) // Castlevania II - Dwelling of Doom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dw5kfLskbw#)

It seems the Konami Kukeiha Club has some good inspirations, haha.

Yeah ! I did a video about Castlevania and Metal Bands ;)

Metal Bands and Castlevania (Update) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOwjCG0v3GU#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: KaZudra on October 06, 2011, 08:56:10 AM
Quote from: Phil Belmont on October 06, 2011, 08:27:16 AM
Yeah ! I did a video about Castlevania and Metal Bands ;)

Metal Bands and Castlevania (Update) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOwjCG0v3GU#)

heh, there was a reason I loved Mr. Crowley and now I know why...
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Inccubus on October 24, 2011, 07:03:34 AM
OK, I don't feel like rummaging through 8 pages of post, so I apologize if this was already brought up, but...

Nox Arcana Should be hired to do the music for the next CV game.

From the album, "Transylvania", "Dracula's Castle":

Nox Arcana. Transylvania 7 - Castle Dracula (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tqB09ma2hU#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on November 14, 2011, 02:11:25 PM
I would love to hear a remix of this New Super Mario song, done Castlevania style. Maybe change the tempo a little and add a Michiru Yamane beat to it. You'd have a clocktower tune right there. It's so damn epic  :D

New Super Mario Bros Music - Boss Castle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSXklScpkx4#)

Oh, and this must've been meant for a Castlevania game. It just HAS TO, especially between 0:40 and 1:10-sih;

Bloodrayne: Betrayal - Dusk Falls (NES - OST) [HD AUDIO] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eh38BafDBI#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Ryan7556 on November 14, 2011, 08:15:58 PM
These two tracks from Demon's Souls seem like they could fit in a Castlevania game.

The first track, "Old King Allant", could work as a Dracula battle theme.

Demon's Souls Soundtrack - "Old King Allant" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGDY4r951Zc#ws)

Demon's Souls Soundtrack - "Maiden Astraea" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPJUQg_U5HY#ws)

There also some ones from Dark Souls that could fit as well but I think I'll link to them later.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: TheouAegis on November 15, 2011, 02:33:14 AM
WTF Bloodrayne is chiptuned?
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on November 15, 2011, 05:09:37 AM
There's a hidden OST with all the tunes chiptuned, so it's a bonus.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on November 15, 2011, 09:54:02 AM
Question about Bloodrayne Betrayal's bonus NES tracks: Can the NES hardware really handle that? I'm no expert, but there seem to be too many instruments playing at the same time compared to an actual NES track.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on November 15, 2011, 06:08:56 PM
While some developers used special chips in their NES/Famicom games (Sunsoft and Konami in particular) I doubt that the songs from Bloodrayne Betrayal could be recreated through real NES hardware. They're much too complex. I've heard that even the songs from Mega Man 9 and 10 would sound slightly different/simplified had they been on a real NES.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on November 15, 2011, 07:23:56 PM
Quote from: shelverton. on November 15, 2011, 06:08:56 PM
While some developers used special chips in their NES/Famicom games (Sunsoft and Konami in particular) I doubt that the songs from Bloodrayne Betrayal could be recreated through real NES hardware. They're much too complex. I've heard that even the songs from Mega Man 9 and 10 would sound slightly different/simplified had they been on a real NES.
Im not too sure about the 9 and 10 songs, they seem pretty legit. The colors and effects used in 9 and 10 though definitely. For one, they use more color variations that the NES couldnt use. (notice Mega man himself is different shades than his NES sprites) And Tornado Man's stage has that spinning platform thing
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: narkolepsi on November 15, 2011, 07:47:55 PM
Quote from: Inccubus on October 24, 2011, 07:03:34 AM
OK, I don't feel like rummaging through 8 pages of post, so I apologize if this was already brought up, but...

Nox Arcana Should be hired to do the music for the next CV game.

From the album, "Transylvania", "Dracula's Castle":

Nox Arcana. Transylvania 7 - Castle Dracula (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tqB09ma2hU#)

I love Nox Arcana! I actually had that song on my iPod a while back. They also have a song called "Ordo Dracul, Ave Dracula."
Artesia is another great band along those same lines.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: uzo on November 15, 2011, 09:51:09 PM
Akumajou Densetsu's (CV3 Jap) RC7 chip might be able to produce that song. It's a tough call though, and I'm sure they aren't specifically targeting an RC7 standard for the songs. It is indeed too much for the stock NES sound chip to produce though.

MM9 and MM10 notes: MM10's OST has some tracks that use timings that no NES chip could do. As for graphics, the games didn't use NES standard palette structures either. Megaman 9's boss select screen goes above the limit, and you can notice a 5th palette (at least) in MM10 when you freeze and enemy using the ice weapon.

There are other things too but those are just the more noteworthy examples.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on November 15, 2011, 10:23:01 PM
I can totally hear this going for a Dracula battle. It's certainly epic enough.

Monster Girl Quest - Boss Battle 1 - もんむすくえすと　ボス戦１ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea9TbPhDcoQ#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on November 15, 2011, 10:35:35 PM
Quote from: Flame on November 15, 2011, 10:23:01 PM
I can totally hear this going for a Dracula battle. It's certainly epic enough.

Monster Girl Quest - Boss Battle 1 - もんむすくえすと　ボス戦１ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea9TbPhDcoQ#)
If you've been lurking around the seedier parts of the internet, you can see why this is a bit wrong. :P
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on November 15, 2011, 10:40:16 PM
Quote from: VladCT on November 15, 2011, 10:35:35 PM
If you've been lurking around the seedier parts of the internet, you can see why this is a bit wrong. :P
What? It's a really fun game. H parts aside, it's still got a good (if cliche) engrossing story, and good music.

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Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on November 15, 2011, 11:07:44 PM
Quote from: Flame on November 15, 2011, 10:40:16 PM
What? It's a really fun game. H parts aside, it's still got a good (if cliche) engrossing story, and good music.

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Still, it was kinda surprising to see that here of all places. I almost did a spit take when I saw that. -_-
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on November 15, 2011, 11:08:47 PM
lol I figured someone would say something like that
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: TheouAegis on November 16, 2011, 04:02:00 AM
Dracula's Curse was VRC6. VRC7 was for Larange Point (and Tiny Toons, but only Larange used the channel).

And I kinda doubt Konami would have let Capcom use their chip, as much as Capcom would have loved to, I'm sure. The VRC7 sounds more like a Genesis than a Famicom, to me. The US NES was supposedly unable to use added sound channels, so any Virtual Console game that has more than 2 squares, a triangle, a noise and a DPCM playing at the same time is strictly Japan-only (maybe Europe too, not sure).

Japan had all the cool stuff. :(
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: uzo on November 16, 2011, 12:55:16 PM
Ah yes, that's right, my mistake.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on December 01, 2011, 01:45:34 PM

This song is from Legend of Kage 2. It could've easily been a level theme in Order of Ecclesia or Portrait of Ruin. I'm surprised Michiru Yamane didn't compose it.

影の伝説 (NDS) 08 - 夕差す黄昏 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b25WxeYTkI#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 01, 2011, 04:40:03 PM
Hahaha, the intro to that tune sounds like Aquatic Ruin Zone.
Sonic 2 Music: Aquatic Ruin Zone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhHa7ph5GLg#)

Sorry, random aside.

Anyway, here's one:
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Castle Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP0nFpV_fd8#)
Castle
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on December 04, 2011, 04:25:51 PM
Nox Arcana has a new Album out, "The Dark Tower", and in true Nox Arcana style, is TOTALLY Castlevania worthy.

Heres a few tracks.

The Dark Tower - Nox Arcana (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5zad1Am1EI#ws)

Nox Arcana - Born of the Night (New album - The Dark Tower) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzeJ-8FG1ic#ws)

Nox Arcana - Darkness Rising (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8U94mNx6S0#)

Nox Arcana - Nightwatcher (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5F-9QaDUJM#ws)

Man, I would give all of my money for Nox Arcana to visially and Artistically direct a Castlevania game even harder than for Mana to.

I mean shit, they've already have their "Transylvania" album which shows just how kickass they render Dracula and his mythos musically and Artistically.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: DragonSlayr81 on December 04, 2011, 07:38:00 PM
Nobuo Uematsu did this one for FFXIV. The beginning reminds me of approaching Dracula's keep, for some reason, and the after the song picks up, it reminds a haunted ballroom that could be in Dracula's Castle.

Final Fantasy XIV OST ~ Track 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9hjxAjFJhk#)

This one also reminds me of CV for some reason:

Final Fantasy XIV OST ~ Track 20 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBWrC8hwy40#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on December 11, 2011, 09:34:14 PM
So I've been listening to some Chaos Legion soundtrack, and this one stood out as being the most CV-esque to me:
Chaos Legion - monks (Stage ~Forest~) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjV-bdxABHA#ws)
Doubly so for the Legion Mode segment, even if it's pretty short. Maybe if the music were to shift whenever you're in critical health? It does give that sense of urgency somewhat for some reason.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Dark Nemesis on December 28, 2011, 06:38:46 PM
I don't know if they have been posted again, but i'm playing through Fire Emblem Path of Radiance and i came across these two pieces!!!

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance -- Power-hungry Fool (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiUC4aXtC3Y#)
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance -- A Messenger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMVEthy2vFg#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Mooning Freddy on January 22, 2012, 03:21:19 PM
Sorry for resurrecting the thread mods, BUT THIS IS TOO AWESOME NOT TO BE HEARD

I was listening to random Blind Guardian music when I found this:

Blind Guardian - Weird Dreams (Instrument only) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr7tibpx0dY#)

If this isn't CV music then I don't know what is.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 22, 2012, 05:44:42 PM
Maybe for a Clocktower theme? Other than that, it is actually a bit too fast paced.

Castlevania Dungeon, I think you will be able to appreciate this.

Watcher At The Gate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol9a2n_yw6I#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Svart on January 23, 2012, 03:09:33 AM
Knights in the Nightmare ost- Desperate Ambush (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZbNXPhyNFs#)

Knights in the Nightmare PSP - Battle in the Abandoned Church (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fXEF4NWT30#ws)

Knights in the Nightmare ~SoS -28- Lord of Oblivion~ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPPjQ49GNCc#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: TheouAegis on February 12, 2012, 05:17:36 PM
What's a Castelvania forum without a thread that gets resurrected every 100 years?

Like most modern music, you'd have to mix and match different songs from these guys to make a CV song, perhaps with the exception of Uber Den Horizont although it might be a bit short. They fall somewhere in between KKC and Yamane's music. Most of their songs aren't suitable for a CV game, but I've always thought industrial or darkwave can make good CV music.

Blutengel - Über den Horizont (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KquTFWUyboA#ws)
Blutengel- Reich mir die Hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1G-9WUgptY#ws)

more...
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Theme for Carmilla?
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Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Dark Nemesis on February 12, 2012, 06:22:54 PM
Ah..........blutengel, one of my most favorite bands!!!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on April 07, 2012, 11:53:31 PM
Dunno about you guys, but I think Magaki's theme from KoF XI would fit pretty well in a CV game.
The King of Fighters XI - An Improvised Concierto "Magaki's Theme" (Arranged) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZUjLI6z2CY#)
Oh, and the limit before this counts as thread necromancy is 4 months, right? I think it's only been 2 months or so after the last post, so this should be legitimate. Great threads like this shouldn't be allowed to die anyway.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on April 08, 2012, 12:29:57 PM

I think it's perfectly fine to resurrect a thread like this every once in a while cause the topic is sort of time-less, and we all love music that sounds Castlevania-ish. This way we have an entire archive of Castlevaniaesque music instead of having to start a new thread each time we find a new cool song.

(also, it's my thread so I approve of resurrection  ;D )

Here's a song from Lunar Knights, which could've been in a Kid Dracula game or something. :D

Lunar Knights soundtrack Hunting mansion Forecount (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLAdFKXaZDo#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on April 08, 2012, 04:48:33 PM
This topic is timeless for another good reasons:  New games/bands/groups may come out with music that has that same Castlevania flavor.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on April 08, 2012, 06:16:17 PM

This goes without saying. Guess who composed it? It's veeeery obvious:

OZ/The Sword of Etheria Original Soundtrack - Overcoming Sadness ~Beginning the Journey~ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ-O1TEqU58#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Dark Nemesis on April 09, 2012, 07:47:25 AM
Quote from: shelverton. on April 08, 2012, 06:16:17 PM
This goes without saying. Guess who composed it? It's veeeery obvious:

OZ/The Sword of Etheria Original Soundtrack - Overcoming Sadness ~Beginning the Journey~ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ-O1TEqU58#)

I have the game and i really like the music.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VGuyver on April 19, 2012, 04:28:28 PM
Quote from: shelverton. on November 15, 2011, 06:08:56 PM
While some developers used special chips in their NES/Famicom games (Sunsoft and Konami in particular) I doubt that the songs from Bloodrayne Betrayal could be recreated through real NES hardware. They're much too complex. I've heard that even the songs from Mega Man 9 and 10 would sound slightly different/simplified had they been on a real NES.

I believe it can be done, though you'd need a co processor chip in the cartridge. A good example is the Double Dragon II NES game. It had a chip inside that essentially made the game a 16bit. That should be be enough power to process those chiptunes.

Also of special note, while making that particular Bloodrayne soundtrack, they were in fact using Sotn music as a stand in. Our buddy, Jake Kaufman himself is a Castlevania fan who was a tester for the game. Jake convinced the staff to give him a shot at making a soundtrack Castlevania style, and pulled it off pretty damn well.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on April 23, 2012, 03:01:26 PM
Quote from: VGuyver on April 19, 2012, 04:28:28 PM
I believe it can be done, though you'd need a co processor chip in the cartridge. A good example is the Double Dragon II NES game. It had a chip inside that essentially made the game a 16bit. That should be be enough power to process those chiptunes.

Also of special note, while making that particular Bloodrayne soundtrack, they were in fact using Sotn music as a stand in. Our buddy, Jake Kaufman himself is a Castlevania fan who was a tester for the game. Jake convinced the staff to give him a shot at making a soundtrack Castlevania style, and pulled it off pretty damn well.
thats pretty neat. It WAS fairly obvious they wanted more to do a Castlevania than a Bloodrayne game.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on May 07, 2012, 07:20:06 AM
You know, these two tracks have led me to believe that OZ served as Yamane's transition between LoI and CoD:
OZ/The Sword of Etheria Original Soundtrack - Magnificent Battle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaPzlzSApSA#)
OZ Sword of Etheria-Versus OZ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgLP4TmEEIg#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Dark Nemesis on May 08, 2012, 05:34:25 PM
Not exactly from a game, but i find it so awesome and creepy. Also it reminds me Bram Stoker's Dracula game from super nes and genesis.


Fate/Stay Night OST All Evils of the World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MF1AAwZEbk#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Neobelmont on May 08, 2012, 06:11:55 PM
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Music - Ganon's Tower (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S4h1gcCMBc#ws)



Zelda: Ocarina of Time Music - Shadow Temple (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8H5DFyv4s4#ws)




Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance -- Power-hungry Fool (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiUC4aXtC3Y#)

They feel cv like to mee in one way or an other
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on May 31, 2012, 08:53:10 AM
While Jorge had mentioned Fillmore from ActRaiser a while back, he didn't actually link to the music itself, so I'll do the honors, including the arrange from our beloved admin:
ActRaiser Music: Filmore - Stage 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9Pym-sdbs#)
Fillmore - Fillmoa - Act 1 - Actraiser (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tumvf3Wfn2E#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Omegasigma on May 31, 2012, 05:23:14 PM
ive said this before: could be dirct to AoS's floating gardens, of CV AoS was SNES that is
The Adventures of Batman and Robin SNES - Fowl Play (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EBYpJolw-Y#)

New super mario Bros Castle Orch:
Fortune Street Music - Bowser's Castle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7OiALdc1fY#ws)

Megaman Legends, Juno battle one, the one previewsly posted is juno battle 2, the actual OST doesnt have this song:
Rockman Dash OST - Bureaucratic Model-Juno (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ihkBOVa2Yc#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: cmdood on June 01, 2012, 07:14:31 PM
Necro Fantasy (MOST IMPOSSIBLE PIANO SONG) - John L. Sinneslöschen Version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SShe5AUKxak#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on July 08, 2012, 09:08:00 AM
Skullgirls Music: Grand Cathedral Stage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTT-Do0nXlQ#)
Skullgirls Music: The Skullgirl vs Bloody Marie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc18S-USkBs#)
...Yeah, by now you'd notice I'd take any excuse to bump this thread. :P
Also, is it just me or am I hearing familiar notes? :-X
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Omegasigma on July 11, 2012, 03:50:35 PM
This song would fit into Lords of Shadow as a great boss tune in my opionion:

06 "Sorrow" Resident Evil Darkside Symphony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PnJwUY_v4s#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Johnny Alucard on July 12, 2012, 04:32:02 PM
Here's something no doubt few are familiar with: It's a shmup for the DSiWare library that thematically is Aria of Sorrow meets Gradius. You can hear the Castlevania influence in the first stage music here:

G.Gシリーズ DARK SPIRITS （ジージーシリーズ ダークスピリッツ） (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ293yRHSEI#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: uzo on July 12, 2012, 04:44:53 PM
Quote from: VladCT on July 08, 2012, 09:08:00 AM
Also, is it just me or am I hearing familiar notes? :-X

Not sure if serious...
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on July 12, 2012, 09:57:00 PM
Huh, must be my ears playing tricks on me then.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: uzo on July 12, 2012, 11:12:33 PM
Try checking her discography sometime, since you apparently haven't seen the millions of posts about it here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiru_Yamane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiru_Yamane)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: DragonSlayr81 on July 28, 2012, 05:36:01 AM
I've been listening to Nobuo Uematsu's work for FFXIV, and after heartin Nail of the Heavens, I think the melody from 0:34 and onward has a Castlevania-esque feel to it. I can see it in one of the side-scrolling games, Belmont pushing his way through enemy forces, climbing staircases and whipping candles:

http://youtu.be/ymQKJAnf4OY?t=34s (http://youtu.be/ymQKJAnf4OY?t=34s)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Johnny Alucard on August 15, 2012, 07:11:00 AM
This has quite a Castlevania-y feel to it, at least in my opinion, especially around the 2:45 mark

Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] OST: La Cloche (Extended) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWrHtBwIUn0#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Chernabogue on August 15, 2012, 07:15:16 AM
Wow, it sounds a lot like CV muSIC. Shimomura delivered with this soundtrack.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on October 06, 2012, 04:44:05 AM
Dust : An Elysian Tail Soundtrack - #29 Vintage Sorrowing Meadows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODyrRK3hwAk#ws)
EDIT: Goddammit, it's been taken down? Oh well, at least you know which one to look for when you grab the full OST later. Trust me, it's fan-fucking-tastic.
EDIT 2: Oh wait, official stream link here. (http://hyperduck.bandcamp.com/track/vintage-sorrowing-meadows) Sadly I have no idea how to embed Bandcamp's MP3 player.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Beaumont_Belmont on October 07, 2012, 07:56:03 PM
This one's from Zombies Ate My Neighbors (also published by Konami, but developed by LucasArts). The intro is kind of reminiscent of some of the stuff in SCIV. This music features in the Castle set-levels, where one encounters the obvious shoutout vampire Vlad Belmont. And LoS thought it was being so original making a Belmont a vampire...

Composed by George "Fatman" Sanger, who also did music for the 7th Guest and Ultima Underworld.

http://youtu.be/eCzEzBpjiNg (http://youtu.be/eCzEzBpjiNg)


Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: TheouAegis on October 07, 2012, 08:45:00 PM
Don't consider his music to be Castlevania-esque. But Dr. Tongue's theme is certainly one of the best from that game. I love the tempo changes in it, especially when Dies Irae harmonizes back in. I wish ZAMN's songs were longer, though.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Beaumont_Belmont on October 07, 2012, 09:01:11 PM
That one was the only one I thought was CV-esque at all. It still had some of that Surf/Funk vibe that the rest of the soundtrack had, though.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: LoneChild on October 08, 2012, 05:15:35 AM
This is a tricky one, because it´s actually a little Castlevania homage inside Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (the best platformer ever made for PC). I posted it long time ago, so I guess it´s ok to link it again in this thread.

http://youtu.be/vB7MWKViUq0 (http://youtu.be/vB7MWKViUq0)

Donwload link: http://modarchive.org/data/downloads.php?moduleid=44950#haunted.it (http://modarchive.org/data/downloads.php?moduleid=44950#haunted.it)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Eärendil on October 09, 2012, 03:57:45 AM
Opeth's Reverie as it weaves into the melody of Harlequin Forest is absolutely Castlevania music. And the main track is aptly themed. Mikael Åkerfeldt is the Count! The Vlad Țepeș shirt (such a narcissist) he wore when I saw him perform... it all just makes sense now. 

Anyway, enjoy...

Reverie / Harlequin Forest (http://tinyurl.com/9mr8xtm)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Johnny Alucard on October 09, 2012, 07:13:10 PM
Guys, check it out, it's Vampire Killer

raiden 3 music electric resistance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4aUkFIQX1s#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Dark Nemesis on October 25, 2012, 04:39:35 PM
Rogue Galaxy Severe Voyage

Rogue Galaxy OST Disc 1 - 10 Severe Voyage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvlP-EybiFE#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: uzo on January 02, 2013, 09:00:31 PM
Revival!

The King of Fighters Maximum Impact Regulation A - Unbreakable Stained Glass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeYe9UtqzVc#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 07, 2013, 04:58:56 AM
Chopin - Revolutionary Etude (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpuROwy_8mg#)

Leon's theme? Is that you?
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Oralox on January 07, 2013, 08:25:10 PM
This sounds like it could fit into Lament of Innocence or Curse of Darkness
Catherine OST Track 9 - Chopin Revolutionary Etude (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbV1awjnNm8#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on January 08, 2013, 03:25:00 AM
yeah, that was the joke, Leon's theme is, at least in part, a remix of the Revolutionary Etude.

it definitely sounds more like Leon's Theme with the added instruments in the background.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Chernabogue on January 16, 2013, 05:27:26 PM
The intro of Helloween's "Chruch Breaks Down" sounds so much like a tune from CV I was wondering if I didn't changed the CD I was listening to!  :o Listen to the sample here: http://www.amazon.com/Church-Breaks-Down/dp/B00ANW2ND2 (http://www.amazon.com/Church-Breaks-Down/dp/B00ANW2ND2)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: A-Yty on January 17, 2013, 10:57:04 AM
Luis Lastra - I'll kill you and the night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mvaa4NCpoU#)

Especially fitting, considering the title (don't know if referencing CV was the composer's intention). I could imagine this being the theme of some church / graveyard area.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Pfil on January 19, 2013, 06:45:59 AM
I think Dusk Falls from Bloodrayne: Deliverance is the most Castlevania-ish theme ever!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Maedhros on February 08, 2013, 02:53:38 PM
This shit here is amazing:

The Music Of Soul Sacrifice - Yasunori Mitsuda (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMgeZuELEMI#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: KaZudra on February 08, 2013, 03:35:31 PM
Quote from: Oralox on January 07, 2013, 08:25:10 PM
This sounds like it could fit into Lament of Innocence or Curse of Darkness
Catherine OST Track 9 - Chopin Revolutionary Etude (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbV1awjnNm8#)

I swear to god, the Japanese love this fucking song, I've heard this more in their media than anything else
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Chernabogue on February 08, 2013, 03:56:56 PM
Just listen to the intro, even if the song is truly amazing too.

Helloween - Church Breaks Down (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZCrkjtpsz0#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Gecko on February 08, 2013, 04:43:45 PM
Quote from: Chernabogue on February 08, 2013, 03:56:56 PM
Just listen to the intro, even if the song is truly amazing too.

Helloween - Church Breaks Down (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZCrkjtpsz0#ws)

Yes! This song is awesome!

Live Now has really grown on me. At first I wasn't too impressed by it, but now it's one of my favorites from the new album. The only song I don't like is Asshole, only because the chorus seems too silly and ridiculous to me (and not in the good way). Otherwise, I think all the songs are fantastic. It's really hard for me to choose any one song as my absolute favorite from the album.

I've liked this one a lot since release though: Make Fire Catch The Fly!
Helloween - Make Fire Catch the Fly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phctq5o31Y4#)

EDIT:
Lol, sorry to derail the topic.

Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on March 19, 2013, 06:15:04 AM
Hmm, 'tis been awhile...
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages1.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20070501033031%2Fyugioh%2Fimages%2F1%2F14%2FMonsterRebornSYE-NA-C-1E.jpg&hash=b103521a1bcdb0cad13f295b8ff304c7f5ee3988)
Now then, I suppose this is what the music would sound like if Castlevania took a turn towards heavy rock:
Guilty Gear X Heavy Rock Tracks OST, T04: HOLY ORDERS (BE JUST OR BE DEAD) ~Ky's Theme~ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROiiXUwM5R8#)
Guilty Gear X Heavy Rock Tracks OST, T17: BLOODSTAINED LINEAGE ~Testament's Theme~ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Kb-f6x5MI#)
(Yeah, these might be a bit of a stretch, but hey, excuse to bump thread. :P)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on March 19, 2013, 09:30:18 AM
Quote from: Oralox on January 07, 2013, 08:25:10 PM
This sounds like it could fit into Lament of Innocence or Curse of Darkness
Catherine OST Track 9 - Chopin Revolutionary Etude (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbV1awjnNm8#)

It's funny how this song keeps showing up every once in a while. I actually posted the same one on the very first page of this thread, but in a more techno-ish remix. It's also the final boss music for Namcos 'Eternal Sonata'. I wonder what Chopin would've said...
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on March 19, 2013, 04:35:19 PM
Quote from: A-Yty on January 17, 2013, 10:57:04 AM
Luis Lastra - I'll kill you and the night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mvaa4NCpoU#)

Especially fitting, considering the title (don't know if referencing CV was the composer's intention). I could imagine this being the theme of some church / graveyard area.
That's just fucking awesome.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Neobelmont on March 19, 2013, 07:02:24 PM
Quote from: VladCT on March 19, 2013, 06:15:04 AM
Hmm, 'tis been awhile...
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages1.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20070501033031%2Fyugioh%2Fimages%2F1%2F14%2FMonsterRebornSYE-NA-C-1E.jpg&hash=b103521a1bcdb0cad13f295b8ff304c7f5ee3988)


Reborn The monster!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on March 19, 2013, 07:10:35 PM
Quote
Especially fitting, considering the title (don't know if referencing CV was the composer's intention). I could imagine this being the theme of some church / graveyard area.
I'll Clarify after reading the comment on the Vid.

Quote
Cada ente representante del tan subjetivo bien y mal tienen sus antagonistas, cada noche posee un día, cada muerte entrega una vida. Este tema representa a León, primer guerrero del Clan Belmont, cazadores de vampiros por excelencia y su nombre está tomado literalmente de las últimas palabras que pronuncia este personaje a Walter Bernhard antes de su batalla final.
"Every existing representative of the subjective battle of good and evil have their antagonists, every night possesses a day, every death gives a life. This theme represents Leon, the first warrior of the Belmont Clan, Vampire Hunters by excellence/excellent Vampire Hunters (not sure which way to translate that) and it's name is taken literally from the last words said by this character to Walter Bernhard before their final battle.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Pfil on March 19, 2013, 07:42:41 PM
Quote from: Flame on March 19, 2013, 07:10:35 PM
Vampire Hunters by excellence/excellent Vampire Hunters (not sure which way to translate that)

It means "Vampire hunters by excellence".
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Lelygax on March 19, 2013, 07:49:03 PM
Yeah, thats correct. =3
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on March 19, 2013, 11:54:59 PM
Works for me.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Lelygax on April 01, 2013, 04:57:50 PM
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Anime OST - Aka Ikutsu Nise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Uf5QpLfE4#ws)

I always had hesitation in posting it, dont ask me why.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on April 06, 2013, 02:26:43 PM
Nox Arcana - Born of the Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzeJ-8FG1ic#ws)

Fucking love these guys. They totally scratch my itch for this kind of music.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: ommadawnyawn on April 12, 2013, 10:55:27 AM
Might've been posted but oh well, Jewel Master is worth mentioning more than once:
Jewel Master - Jewel Master [Genesis] Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaOlDwRyjjI#)

Jewel Master - King Turtle [Genesis] Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2mOsPWCE3g#ws)

Fish Out Of Water - Jewel Master SEGA Mega Drive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYwXNfLD18g#)

Jewel Master - Time to Kill [Genesis] Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6WPZs24xz0#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Lelygax on April 12, 2013, 08:30:43 PM
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fretromedia.ign.com%2Fretro%2Fimage%2Farticle%2F849%2F849407%2Fjewel-master-20080204041152015.jpg&hash=39afa4f992f2fe9b1d55b664dc64183caefe2bf3)


Now I can't believe that it's not a Castlevania game lol
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Flame on April 13, 2013, 04:59:30 AM
Richter? That you?
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: b-rizzy on April 16, 2013, 09:55:07 AM
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Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Pfil on April 17, 2013, 07:05:50 AM
@Lelygax: What's that game you posted a screenshot? I'm really curious about playing it!

PS: great music from Jewel Master!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Lelygax on April 17, 2013, 02:51:43 PM
Its from Jewel Master, I searched on google and it shocked me that the game itself looks like CV too. This screenshot remember me of Haunted Castle.

Welcome back. ;D
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Pfil on April 18, 2013, 06:13:02 AM
I will try it, thanks!
Thanks for the welcome! Work's been hard these last weeks, and also life has. But it's nice to share an online space with kind people who shares my passion for Castlevania.
I will play Jewel Master this weekend  :)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Mooning Freddy on May 06, 2013, 03:49:05 PM
Incredible similarity.... Or were the composers Yingwie fans?  ;)

(if this is known than at least I didn't)

Far Beyond The Sun - Yngwie Malmsteen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK0rvReE-4c#)

Castlevania 2 - Dwelling of Doom Guitar Metal Medley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYAFmianXVY#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on May 06, 2013, 06:36:32 PM

This doesn't have a whole lot to do with this thread, except maybe for a few notes here and there, but it's still interesting because it's clearly a tribute to the Castlevania series. They're not exactly singing about any particular game I can think of, but the overall theme is definitely there... it can't be a coincidence when you look at the title and listen to the lyrics...

Baumer - The Belmont Curse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v94dAWfdkQ#)

Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: TheouAegis on May 26, 2013, 04:28:49 AM
Considering the NES's limited sound range, something like this might be good for a NES-style fan game:

Moon Trance - Lindsey Stirling (Original Song) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dfZ9BXaNyE#ws)

Elements - Lindsey Stirling (Dubstep Violin Original Song) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6LD2B_kDQ#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: zeroomegasoul on June 15, 2013, 09:39:55 PM
from an old filmation cartoon no less
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1WzTG06Cbs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1WzTG06Cbs#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: deadsanto123 on June 16, 2013, 10:13:34 PM
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5,Bernstein (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogJFXqYEYd8#)

This had to infulence iron blue intention.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Lelygax on August 02, 2013, 11:26:40 PM
Someone knows more musics to put here?

There is a Jewel Master remix
Jewel Master - Remix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRAIbYG4Iak#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Dark Nemesis on August 03, 2013, 12:59:40 PM
It's a remix from Link's Awakening, but it sounds so much like Castlevania music......
Zelda: Link's Awakening - Face Shrine Remix (dungeon 6) ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RibphbMy5V4#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Pfil on August 04, 2013, 09:41:08 AM
Wow, that Zelda theme is so beautiful!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Lelygax on August 12, 2013, 01:24:08 AM
Umineko no naku koro ni Chiru BGM - JUSTICE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaB_UXnMMQw#)

Someone agrees? I'll not change my opinion (at least not about that from above), but would like to hear some thoughts anyway :P

Umineko ep 4 BGM - Mortal Stampede (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4j4hw9sJ-Y#)

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru EP6 BGM - rog-limitation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO6NSc0MO5U#)

Dreamenddischarger - Umineko (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWaqaayiVYw#)

This one is like a mega upgrade from the the above music:
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru EP8 BGM - lastendconductor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AomkWFmv_8A#)

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru EP6 BGM - battle field (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNFS_JybaNs#)

Umineko BGM - Dread of the Grave (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tICKoZ18zHk#)

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru EP6 BGM - 嬰児クインビー (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbl6ysbQh6o#)

Umineko BGM - u2_黒のリリアナ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FlMue9BHp4#)

Bernkastel's theme - The Executioner. (Umineko No Naku Koro Ni Chiru EP7 BGM.) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_UHO60tkdg#)

P.S.: My love for Umineko can blind me sometimes, so I really need opinion from someone else. They range from Castlevania to Donkey Kong to Phoenix Wright to Parasite Eve, that one of the things that I like in Umineko, they have a HUGE variety that suits every scene like a glove. These musics renovated my soul (again) so Im thankful even if people dislike them,
Title: Songs that could fit in Castlevania
Post by: Grethor on September 13, 2013, 09:11:59 AM
I recently stumbled across this bonus track by one of my all-time favourite bands, and grinned from ear to ear at 2:15...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0C_APGljY&feature=player_detailpage#t=131 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0C_APGljY&feature=player_detailpage#t=131)

Which immediately made me think of whipping candles, flinging axes, and general Castlevania-ness!

Anyone else have a track that could fit right in to Dracula's abode? Could just be a solo, a coda, a bridge, or just the right note at the right time!
Title: Re: Songs that could fit in Castlevania
Post by: Lelygax on September 14, 2013, 04:26:34 PM
Really fits Castevania (without the singers/screamers) :)
Title: Re: Songs that could fit in Castlevania
Post by: Flame on September 14, 2013, 06:50:24 PM
We have this topic already
http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,3098 (http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,3098)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Gunlord on September 14, 2013, 09:29:22 PM
Merged the topics :D Anyways, cool song, Grethor!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Johnny on September 23, 2013, 04:47:59 AM
http://bossastudios.bandcamp.com/album/deep-dungeons-of-doom-original-soundtrack (http://bossastudios.bandcamp.com/album/deep-dungeons-of-doom-original-soundtrack)

The track A Deep Dungeon to me sounds very Castlevania-like. Zakkum Tree as well.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Pfil on September 23, 2013, 03:54:13 PM
Nice sound!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Johnny on September 23, 2013, 03:59:35 PM
Quote from: Pfil on September 23, 2013, 03:54:13 PM
Nice sound!

I really loved the soundtrack to that game. Also it was one of the few Ouya games along with Saturday Morning RPG that I really liked.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Pfil on September 23, 2013, 04:11:36 PM
I'll check them when I got the chance!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Johnny on September 28, 2013, 12:03:25 PM
Splatterhouse 3 (GENESIS) Music - David Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPygaEJBE-0#)

That theme resembled Solieyu's theme from Belmont's Revenge:

Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge Music (Game Boy) - Soleiyu's Room (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LnuuJjl71M#)

Makes you wonder if the people who made Splatterhouse 3 were inspired.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Lelygax on September 28, 2013, 03:30:46 PM
Soleiyu's Room theme is based in a old classical music IIRC, I think thats why they are similar :)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: JILost on October 06, 2013, 08:45:46 PM
http://youtu.be/XXt303E2Om0 (http://youtu.be/XXt303E2Om0)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Perturabo on October 19, 2013, 09:55:29 PM
Flash Man, Mega Man II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsW3oYwD2oM#)

For comparison, Mad Forest, Castlevania III (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYL857xgt30).
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: theplottwist on January 19, 2014, 03:39:00 AM
Okay so I scrambled through the forum to find a topic suitable for posting this without having to open yet another one, since there is no "Awesome Soundtracks That You Definitelly Should Give an Ear" sticky. I hope this doesn't count as topic necromancy :|

Here are some of the most badass themes I ever heard, and comes from an almost Castlevania game. Koumajo Densetsu, AKA Touhouvania. So it's only natural that there are tracks that are almost note-by-note copies of the originals, but with their own spins and liberties taken:

This one is meant to be a "Moon Fight" doppelganger; I love it.
Full Moon Duel - Koumajou Densetsu Scarlet Symphony Soundtrack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Kumhia4v8#ws)

This one is original, and is very very short, but I REALLY like how it makes you feel the burden of the impending final battle:
Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony OST: Silence [Stage 8] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy9eUfFFC7I#)

One of the most badass boss battle themes I ever heard. It screams "That Castlevania battle where you have to defeat your friend/brother/partner being controlled by darkness":
Koumajou Densetsu: Scarlet Symphony OST: The Scarlet Devil Castle [Vs Remilia] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dBcYTQe5po#)

This one makes me really wet, even though it doesn't sound like a Castlevania thing. Sound more like a Final Fantasy theme:
紅魔城伝説Ⅱ Koumajou Densetsu II Stranger's Requiem: Remilia OST (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgXZP0bPxVE#)


Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Eärendil on January 19, 2014, 04:17:56 AM
Yeah, Frontier Aja's Scarlet Symphony is basically his love for Castlevania poured into a game that's as Metroidvania as anything that's been released by Konami. Terrific stuff.

That track The Scarlet Devil Castle [Vs Remilia] would fit in any of the Metroidvanias.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Grethor on January 20, 2014, 08:24:09 PM
I thought this was worth a mention if just for the name, Leaves' Eyes - Symphony of the Night

Leaves' Eyes - Symphony Of The Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AOVC030DoY#)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: DragonSlayr81 on March 28, 2014, 05:28:05 AM
Just thought of this one today.


Silver Bullet - 08 - Looking for Mr. One Eye (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUvaDLovBo8#)

I actually think something like this could be used for more ambient areas in a more cinematic CV game. There really isn't one RIGHT way to do a score. Music like this prove that not all movies actually have "movie-like" scores either. What "works" works. You can have ambience without silence.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Anglachel on April 07, 2014, 10:20:12 AM
Edge of Night (Pippin's Song) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY9dQ8hUi7U#)

Even though it wouldn't work in the game itself, this song kinda reminds me of what a hero of Castlevania feels like, leaving his home to trek to Dracula's Castle.

Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: The Most Curious Thing on September 01, 2014, 01:39:51 AM
Hatsuki Yura makes me think of this thread! More people should probably listen to her  :)

「Amadeus ~God Bless Ver~」 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1D49w02EFA#)

GOTHIKA2 ～御伽影牢館～ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLOJVMFvVNs#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Capt_Blakhelm on September 01, 2014, 12:09:17 PM
I'll definitely have to remember this thread next time I hear a "that sounds kinda like Castlevania!" track. Watch me never find another track like that/forget about this thread.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Sean Noonan on October 02, 2014, 11:15:20 PM
This thread has been powering my work days - thanks for all the good finds :)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Mike Belmont on October 10, 2014, 11:03:47 PM
I don´t know if anyone posted this, but playing Lollipop Chainsaw lately, I heard the first boss theme: Zed. Only the first part reminds me a Castlevania track a lot: Theme of Simon, specifically the SCIV version.

Music: Zed Boss Battle (From Lollipop Chainsaw) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvGCtilIApU#ws)

Yes, only the first part. The rest of the track is not very Castlevania-ish :P.

Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: VladCT on November 01, 2014, 04:13:21 AM
Yeah, I know it's already been told that Actraiser's Fillmore theme sounds like Castlevania music, but this official YM2608 version almost sounds like it'd outright fit Castlevania 3.
Actraiser - Fillmore(Sound Board II Soundtrack) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRXtUOW-qUE#ws)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on November 01, 2014, 04:29:51 AM
I can never get enough of Fillmore. It's quite simply one of my favorite VG songs ever. It's just sick. That remix is totally Dracula's Curse too!
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Lelygax on November 01, 2014, 05:32:44 AM
Quote from: VladCT on November 01, 2014, 04:13:21 AM
Yeah, I know it's already been told that Actraiser's Fillmore theme sounds like Castlevania music, but this official YM2608 version almost sounds like it'd outright fit Castlevania 3.

Or Bloodlines.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: TatteredSeraph on November 01, 2014, 06:25:09 PM
Quote from: Grethor on January 20, 2014, 08:24:09 PM
I thought this was worth a mention if just for the name, Leaves' Eyes - Symphony of the Night

If you're going down that route, there is also Malice Mizer's Gekka no Yasoukyoku:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC5xmmiKn9o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC5xmmiKn9o)

This is the song which led me to discovering jrock/visual-kei.  Here, the vocalist, Gackt, is cutting a rather Death-like figure.  However, this isn't the closest he's come to looking like a Castlevania character.  For his first solo song, Mizerable, he was pretty much cosplaying Alucard, especially in the accompanying photobook: http://worldjapan.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gackt-3503.jpg. (http://worldjapan.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/gackt-3503.jpg.)

Then there's Versailles's song Aristocrat's Symphony, which is a little Castlevania-ish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU0uLZWqRdE. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU0uLZWqRdE.)
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on November 02, 2014, 09:07:58 AM
^ Yup yup. Gackt and a lot Visual-kei artists love Castlevania.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: shelverton. on November 02, 2014, 04:02:47 PM
I had no idea who Gackt was until I played this PS2 game called Bujingai. The main character was supposed to be modelled after him or something? It was a pretty fun game too, stylish combat... reminded me of things like Otogi (Best action game I played on the original Xbox) and Shinobi/Nightshade (another pair of underrated PS2 gems). Anyway. So, yeah: Gackt.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Mike Belmont on November 03, 2014, 08:21:34 PM
Quote from: shelverton. on November 02, 2014, 04:02:47 PM
I had no idea who Gackt was until I played this PS2 game called Bujingai. The main character was supposed to be modelled after him or something? It was a pretty fun game too, stylish combat... reminded me of things like Otogi (Best action game I played on the original Xbox) and Shinobi/Nightshade (another pair of underrated PS2 gems). Anyway. So, yeah: Gackt.

Indeed, Gackt gives his performance and also makes motion capture to the game Bujingai. In the videos that comes inside the game you can see some footage like interviews with him.

PD I love too Bujingai. Since its cool intro to the crazy last boss fight.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Lelygax on November 03, 2014, 09:26:52 PM
I first heard about Gackt because of Kamen Rider Decade.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: TatteredSeraph on November 04, 2014, 07:36:33 AM
He's involved in a lot of stuff - music, tv, theatre, games, and films.  He was in the film Bunraku alongside Josh Hartnett a few years ago or so, and has been in the drama Fūrinkazan as Uesugi Kenshin, a role he's reprised in festival parades.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on November 04, 2014, 08:15:33 AM
I loved Bunraku. And Gackt gets to speak in English that doesnt sound awkward. Hehehe.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Super Waffle on June 28, 2015, 04:17:41 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_V07_UPtCc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_V07_UPtCc)

Did this get mentioned yet?
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: X on June 28, 2015, 02:21:03 PM
Quote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_V07_UPtCc

Did this get mentioned yet?

That game has one of the best soundtracks of and NES title to date! I can definitely see some of these tunes being in castlevania.
Title: Re: I can't believe it's not Castlevania music
Post by: Oniros on June 25, 2019, 07:06:25 PM
Charlotte's theme in the new Samurai Shodown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KyTKdT_aPU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KyTKdT_aPU)