Topic: 19-Disk Castlevania Soundtrack Collection

[narkolepsi]

Well, it's a Konamistyle special release, so don't expect to see it still available in the coming years.. but if it does pop up, i'm sure the asking price will be a lot.

Everytime I've seen something like this it's only available for pre-order. The DXC and OoE konamistyle editions were only available like that, which is why I got my Best Music Collection as soon as it was available for pre-order.

That's what I figured. I was a big collector for Pop'n Music, another Konami series. I have Konamistyle limited editions of two of the games - I preordered one and got the other as a gift, so I wasn't so sure about the timeframe for the latter. But I do know from experience that once a limited edition item is gone, it's gone, unless you want to ebay it for astronomical prices.

Will they ever print a normal release or is it going to stay exclusively konamistyle? I'm assuming the latter, because it's such a big collection, but I'm not sure.

[Abnormal Freak]

I'm just bummed I couldn't get ahold of the bundle with the ReBirth OST and drama CDs (and cute little pouch). The box and ReBirth OST I can get separately, but for the sake of collecting—even though they're otherwise completely useless to me because I don't know Japanese—I'd like to have the drama CDs.

Ohhhh well. Doesn't look like I'll ever be getting that. Did Play-Asia have a preorder for the bundle? I should have paid attention.

[Profbeanburrito]

I'm just bummed I couldn't get ahold of the bundle with the ReBirth OST and drama CDs (and cute little pouch). The box and ReBirth OST I can get separately, but for the sake of collecting—even though they're otherwise completely useless to me because I don't know Japanese—I'd like to have the drama CDs.

Ohhhh well. Doesn't look like I'll ever be getting that. Did Play-Asia have a preorder for the bundle? I should have paid attention.

Yeah Play-Asia had a pre-order, thats how I got mine.
I was really bummed because I got the collection, it came in the mail, then literally, a week later they were selling it with the 2 drama CD's, the Rebirth CD and the pouch for the same price I paid for just the Collection. I emailed them and asked if there was anything I could do to get them, but there wasn'.t

[Abnormal Freak]

That's what I mean is the bundle with the ReBirth OST and drama CDs. I didn't see that listed on Play-Asia until after the box set came out, and the listing still says "Preorders opening soon." So I'm guessing they never really had it available.

Oh well, the regular box I'll just be ordering from Otaku.com once the ReBirth OST is back in stock.

[Amos]

I'm listening to it now. There's 4-6 songs tho that are remakes and originals.

[Reinhart77]

The Arcade soundtrack is now available at the Castlevania Realm.  So is the The Medal (if you can call that a soundtrack).

http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/multi/mp3s5.htm#cvarcade

[Abnormal Freak]

lol, Konami incompetence. I bought the box set and am currently ripping all the discs to AAC (and tediously renaming all the tracks to their English titles), and on the Rondo/Bloodlines CD, they put "Slash" and "Op.13" in the wrong places. The track names are listed appropriately on the CD insert ("Slash" is Stage 4' and thus is after "Beginning", Stage 4; "Op.13" Stage 5', right after "Ghost Ship Painting", Stage 5), but the songs themselves are swapped. What the hell, really? Though I'm noticing these tunes are sounding a little juicier than even what's on the second disc of the DXC OST—again, just a bit of a levels boost, probably nothing more, likely done during disc mastering, but it makes the sound quality a little clearer.