Topic: Favorite Metroidvania (except SotN) Soundtrack

[darkwzrd4]

I guess my favorite is DoS.  Of that soundtrack, my favorite song is Condemned Tower.  After you vote, please state what you favorite song is on that soundtrack.

[crisis]

hmm...

[K.G. Morder]

Aria of Sorrow.

Favorite Track: Ohh boy. Where to start... Dark Chapel, Underground Reservoir, Clock Tower, Top Floor, Heart of Fire/Julius' theme, Dracula's Fate.

TL;DR, the whole soundtrack. I really cant pick a favorite out of them all.

Also, I like to think of Castle Corridor as Soma's theme.

[Chernabogue]

Aria of Sorrow.

Favorite Track: Ohh boy. Where to start... Dark Chapel, Underground Reservoir, Clock Tower, Top Floor, Heart of Fire/Julius' theme, Dracula's Fate.

TL;DR, the whole soundtrack. I really cant pick a favorite out of them all.

Also, I like to think of Castle Corridor as Soma's theme.

Same here. AoS' soundtrack is so underrated. Glad HoD arranged it.

[Dark Nemesis]

Arria of sorrow for me!!! Favorite track, clock tower!!! Only 4 tracks are arranged from this game, i wish that there was a album with all the tracks arranged, because the arranged versions, are kick ass!!!!

[Pemburu Vampir]

All of them had good soundtracks.

[K.G. Morder]

Hmm I guess if I HAD to choose ONE from Aria it would be the Clocktower. it is just so perfect. the beginning part just... SOUNDS like clockwork! It has bells, and even a background ticking, which is more than can be said for many Clocktower melodies. And the rock part afterward is a worthy successor to The Tragic Prince IMO.

[Alutwon]

Idk why everyone loves Aria so much. Don't get me wrong there are a few awesome tracks, Inner quarters for one, but the rest seems bland

[K.G. Morder]

Aria's soundtrack I feel, just couldn't be done justice by the GBA's sound capability. That could be why it feels bland. I mean, i think it sounds great even on the GBA, but a few of the tracks really could have sounded better had they had more options on sound. (and perhaps a disc)

I mean, compare

these,

Castlevania Aria of Sorrow - Castle Corridor

Castlevania Aria of Sorrow - Top Floor

with these 2 remixes included with what was it, Lament's OST I think?

(2nd track starts at 4:00)
Castlevania Bonus Tracks from Lament of Innocence

And HoD doesnt do them justice either. it just turned them into the same rock sound as the rest of the game's music.

[Dark Nemesis]

Or this one:

Original
Chapel

Arranged
Requiem for the Dark Souls - Castlevania Lament of Innocence OST

[Puwexil]

Harmony of Dissonance - Old Enemy. The rumbling percussion is the star of the show here. Arrestingly intense throughout, it momentarily swells and then pulls back again, seemingly measuring up the listener. It's caught me off-guard more than once and made me jump.

Order of Ecclesia - Welcome to Legend. Sometimes the simplest tracks are the most affecting ones. Ichihashi manages to invoke the touching sentimentality and longing that's at the heart of Ecclesia without branching out to overt sappy melodrama (see: Yamane's Portrait ending themes).

[Chernabogue]

Order of Ecclesia - Welcome to Legend. Sometimes the simplest tracks are the most affecting ones. Ichihashi manages to invoke the touching sentimentality and longing that's at the heart of Ecclesia without branching out to overt sappy melodrama (see: Yamane's Portrait ending themes).

Each time I listen to this one, it reminds me the melody of Super Metroid's theme.

[Harrycombs]

I think I'd go with DoS. Into the Dark Night, Subterranean Hell, and Pinnacle, were especially great.

[Alutwon]

 
wow Flame and Dark Nemesis, you guys sold me. Never heard these mixes

[K.G. Morder]

or this one.
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow Music - Inner Quarters


(Ignore the random speech, its actually completely irrelevant to anything)
Phantom Palace Fontaine


AND they are all OFFICIAL remixes.