Topic: (Request) The best NES Soundfont Castlevania remixes available

[Neflyte]

I'll take the case!  **goes into Recording Mode**

Anything in particular?  I'll start with CV4.

Nice stuff indeed! Definitely without that high-pitched sound that I've found all over the place! Now as for requests, I have 4 in particular:

SCV4 - Mechanical Trick Tower
SotN - Tragic Prince, Pitiful Scion(whatever you call it, it's one of my favorites)
SotN - Wandering Ghosts
AoS - Clock Tower

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

SCV4 - Clockwork Mansion ... which part?  The 1st or the 2nd?  I've made the 1st but not the 2nd part.
I have no SotN pieces so I'd have to rely on downloads, so that might be hit-or-miss.
AoS's Clock Tower is damn awesome, and I'll upload it later.

[Inccubus]

Now now, I do use programs, y'know...
Anyway, here's some results.  This will be my Soundcloud Downmixing Project (revived?).
Note:  I did NOT cut down on the number of channels.  This just showcases what's possible.  I'd have to use up a lot more time arranging the tunes so that they only use three channels... though with VRC6, you technically have access to far more than just three pulses, a noise, and a DPCM.  So these are souped up-sounding NES-'style' tunes.

Enjoy!
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Super Castlevania IV's Long Library tune "Pillared Corridor", downmixed.

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Castlevania Bloodlines' First Stage tune "Reincarnated Soul", Downmixed.

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Rondo of Blood's "Opposing Bloodlines" ("Divine Bloodlines"/"Bloodlines of Heaven and Earth"), theme of Richter Belmont, Downmixed.

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This one sounds particularly Castlevania III-ish, Dawn of Sorrow's "Dracula's Tears", the Wizardry Lab theme.

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And look how Castlevania-ish this tune from Castlevania: Order of Shadows (Mobile) sounds!  First stage music, I believe...

Damn, Jorge! That's awesome!! Just the sort of stuff I'll need for my game. It would be a lot more than a handfull of tracks though. At this point it's more like 15+ songs in VRC6 style. The plus is because I'm thinking of implementing a sound assign mode. It would give me more stuff to put in chests and I'm sure people would appreciate it.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Just let me know what you need.
If I ever made an arrangement tune, I can make a Downmix of that tune.

[Neflyte]

SCV4 - Clockwork Mansion ... which part?  The 1st or the 2nd?  I've made the 1st but not the 2nd part.
I have no SotN pieces so I'd have to rely on downloads, so that might be hit-or-miss.
AoS's Clock Tower is damn awesome, and I'll upload it later.

I meant the first part, sorry about that. And as for SotN pieces, is there anything I could find and download for you that might be of assistance in downmixing?

[Inccubus]

Wow, my list is really long. I had never actually written out exactly what my game would need until now.
Here goes...

Castlevania/Vampire Killer (Amiga version has some minor arrangement stuff that would be a good alternative):
Introduction
Name Entry
Vampire Killer
Stalker
Wicked Child
Walking on the Edge
Heart of Fire
Out of Time
Nothing to Lose (preferably an extended remix, CVHD version is pretty good)
Black Night (preferably an extended remix)
Stage Clear
Game Clear
Voyager
Player Miss
Game Over

Haunted Castle:
No Return (Map)
Basement Melody
Clock Tower Beat
Don't Wait Until Night
Dracula's Room
Devil's Resurrection
Final Battle
Sent to the Devil's Requiem

Super Castlevania IV:
Demon Castle Dracula (Title)
Dracula's Theme
Theme of Simon
In the Castle
Entrance Hall + Chandeliers (merged into one song)
Pillared Corridor (Already done! Huzzah!!)
Cellar
Treasury Room
Map B (from castle interior)
Map D (from Vampire Killer stage)
Boss 2 (from castle battles)
Room of Close Associates
Dracula Battle
Ending Theme
Secret Room
Password
Konami Logo

Akuma-jou Dracula X6800:
Something Loopy (might make a good arrangement if mixed with "Name Entry")
Creatures in the Depth
You Goddamned Bathead
Load BGM (to be used in the credits, Mother Earth sounds more like a stage theme to me)

And for future consideration as part of the sound assign:
Thrashard in the Cave (CVX68K, Roland SC-55 version)
The Tower of Gears (CVX68K, Roland SC-55 version)
Moon Fight (CVX68K, Roland SC-55 version)
The Tower of Dolls (CVX68K, Roland SC-55 version)
Etude for the Killer (CVX68K, Roland SC-55 version)
Mother Earth (CVX68K, Roland SC-55 version)
Black Mass (CVX68K, Roland SC-55 version)
Forest of Monsters (SCV4)
The Cave (SCV4)
The Waterfalls (SCV4)
The Submerged City (SCV4)
Clockwork Mansion Pt1&2 (SCV4)
Bloody Tears (SCV4)
Beginning (SCV4)

Told you it was a huge list! 

[HeliosCentaur]

Wicked arrangements Jorge!  I need a downmix of the Long Library and Treasury Room from SCVIV for my project.  Do you have those?

[Claimh Solais]

Hey, guys, easy. Try not to bombard him with a bunch of request at once.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Wicked arrangements Jorge!  I need a downmix of the Long Library and Treasury Room from SCVIV for my project.  Do you have those?

B-but I just put up the Library music from CV4...

[Inccubus]

B-but I just put up the Library music from CV4...

You know, I used to call that stage the long library too until I got a good look at the layout and realized that in CV4 it's more like a wierd Z-shaped library... sorta.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Castlevania/Vampire Killer (Amiga version has some minor arrangement stuff that would be a good alternative):
Introduction
Name Entry
Vampire Killer
Stalker
Wicked Child
Walking on the Edge
Heart of Fire
Out of Time
Nothing to Lose (preferably an extended remix, CVHD version is pretty good)
Black Night (preferably an extended remix)
Stage Clear
Game Clear
Voyager
Player Miss
Game Over

Why do you need downmixes of tunes that are already in NES form?

[Inccubus]

Consistency. I want all the tracks to sound like they are on the same sound engine. I hate inconsistency in fan works.
If I use the nsfs of CV1 they'll sound different from your downmixes. Sometimes I wish I could just do it all myself in FamiTracker, but I haven't been able to make heads or tales of it.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

 Clock Tower - Castlevania Aria of Sorrow - DOWNMIX by Jorge D. Fuentes
AoS Clock Tower Music in NES-synth style.

Inccubus:
Ok, I was just wondering.
I have done some CV1 stuff, and the NEStification of it is indeed different than the original, except for Vampire Killer.  My Vampire Killer sounds almost 'exactly' like the NES version.  However, I can give you other Vampire Killer versions which would sound different.

[Claimh Solais]

Amazing piece, right there. I always loved AoS's clock tower theme.

And about Vampire Killer, the Judgment version would still be really cool to hear NES-style.

[Inccubus]

Sounds like a good deal, dude! Your downmixes match my NE/SX methodology perfectly too since they sound better than the original but are still distinctively "8-bit". Clock Tower sounds awesome! That's one of my favorite tracks from AoS. ^__^

Amazing piece, right there. I always loved AoS's clock tower theme.

And about Vampire Killer, the Judgment version would still be really cool to hear NES-style.

Jorge, if you were to 8-bit-ify the Judgement OST some day, I would have NO CHOICE but to make a game to go along with it!