Castlevania: The Original Game Soundtrack
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| Castlevania: The Original Game Soundtrack |
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| Soundtrack by Masahiro Kimura, Motoaki Furukawa, Mariko Egawa | ||
| Released | March 26, 1999 | |
| Genre | Minimalist Ambient |
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| Length | 73:22 | |
| Label | Konami Music Entertainment | |
| Producer(s) | Shigeru Fukutare Takaharu Ikeda |
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Castlevania: The Original Game Soundtrack (悪魔城ドラキュラ黙示録 Original Game Soundtrack Akumajō Dorakyura Mokushiroku Orijinaru Gēmu Saundotorakku?, lit. "Demon Castle Dracula Apocalypse Original Game Soundtrack") contains the music from Konami's 1999 video game Castlevania. It was released in Japan on March 26, 1999 at a retail price of 2,234 yen (approximately 19 United States dollars). The soundtrack was also released in Europe.
Tomoya Tomita was the game's sound producer and director; Masahiro Kimura, Motoaki Furukawa, and Mariko Egawa composed the music. Their score is predominantly Minimalist and Ambient in composition. It features a wide variety of electronic instrumentation, ranging from the period harpsichord to contemporary beat synths. A notable exception is the violin solo in "Introduction", which was studio-recorded. The piece was performed by Tomokuni Katayama and is featured prominently at the game's title screen.
Although many of the songs from Castlevania are featured on this album, some background music and most of the incidental music from the game did not make it onto the soundtrack. A few of the prominent missing songs include a variation of the boss theme "Shudder", as well as the background music that plays during scenes in which the hero converses with Renon or Charles Vincent.
[edit] Track listing
Many of the track titles were poorly translated from Japanese. In the following chart, tracks whose names differ significantly from their English counterparts have been translated in parentheses below the original title.
| No. | Japanese title | Official English title | Usage | Length |
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| 1 | オープニング - "血脈の印" (Opening - "Bloodlines") |
Introduction | Title screen | 1:46 |
| 2 | セレクト (Selection) |
Setting | File select menu | 1:10 |
| 3 | プロローグ | Prologue | Prologue | 1:04 |
| 4 | 戦慄 | Shudder | Boss theme 1 | 1:06 |
| 5 | 侵入 | Intrusion | Level 1 event | 0:48 |
| 6 | 見張り塔 | Watchtower | Level 2 | 1:57 |
| 7 | 別館 - "静かな狂気" | Annex - Silent Madness | Level 3, Villa | 2:48 |
| 8 | 村人 (Villagers) |
Hamlet People | Level 3 event | 1:04 |
| 9 | ローゼ (Rosa) |
Rose | Level 3 event | 1:12 |
| 10 | 迷路庭園 | Maze Garden | Level 3, Maze | 1:36 |
| 11 | 秘密の棺 (Secret Casket) |
Mysterious Coffin | Level 3 event | 0:52 |
| 12 | 闘争 (Fight) |
First Struggle | Boss theme 2 | 1:05 |
| 13 | 地下水路 - "深緑の罠" (Culvert - "Deep Green Trap") |
Underground Waterway | Level 4 (Carrie) | 2:46 |
| 14 | 地下坑道 - "Invisible Sorrow" (Tunnel - "Invisible Sorrow") |
Underground Tunnel | Level 4 (Reinhardt) | 4:59 |
| 15 | ローゼの悲しみ (Rosa's Sorrow) |
Lamented Rose | Level 4 event (Reinhardt) |
0:46 |
| 16 | 本丸～メインテーマ | Dungeon - Main Theme | Level 5 | 2:47 |
| 17 | マルスの異変 (An Incident with Malus) |
Malus Reappears | Level 5 event | 1:17 |
| 18 | アクトリーセ | Actrise | Level 8 event | 0:57 |
| 19 | サイファ (Sypha) |
Cipher | Level 5 event (Carrie) |
0:48 |
| 20 | プラネタリウム | Planetarium | Level 5 event | 0:43 |
| 21 | 予期せぬ出会い | Unexpected Encounter | Level 5 event | 0:46 |
| 22 | 決闘塔 | Duel Tower | Level 6 (Reinhardt) | 2:18 |
| 23 | 科学塔 | Tower of Science | Level 6 (Carrie) | 2:40 |
| 24 | 処刑塔 | Tower of Execution | Level 7 (Reinhardt) | 2:07 |
| 25 | 魔法塔 | Tower of Sorcery | Level 7 (Carrie) | 2:11 |
| 26 | 闘争 2 - "獄幻界乱舞" (Fight 2 - "Dancing in Phantasmic Hell") |
Second Struggle | Boss theme 3 | 1:17 |
| 27 | 歯車 (Gear) |
Toothed Wheel | Level 9 | 2:01 |
| 28 | 暗雲階段 (Dark Cloud Stairway) |
Stairway to the Clouds | Level 10, part 1 | 1:18 |
| 29 | 闘争 3 - "幻想的舞曲" (Fight 3 - "Illusionary Dance") |
Third Struggle | Boss theme 4 | 1:36 |
| 30 | 短い静謐 (Brief Tranquility) |
Moment of Silence | Level 10 event | 0:55 |
| 31 | 天守からの脱出 (Escape from the Keep) |
Castle Escape | Level 10, part 2 | 0:44 |
| 32 | 闘争 4 - "異次元狂想曲" | Fourth Struggle - Concert of Another Dimension |
Behemoth/Final boss theme | 1:38 |
| 33 | 青い墓標 - キャリー Good Ending (Blue Grave Marker - Carrie Good Ending) |
Carrie's Good Ending | Good Ending (Carrie) |
1:51 |
| 34 | 誓いとその影 - Bad Ending (Shadow Oath - Bad Ending) |
Bad Ending | Bad Ending | 1:51 |
| 35 | 再会 - シュナイダー Good Ending (Meeting Again - Schneider Good Ending) |
Schneider's Good Ending | Good Ending (Reinhardt) |
2:45 |
| 36 | スタッフロール (Staff Roll) |
Credits | Credits | 4:20 |
| 37 | Melodies of CastleVania | Castlevanian Melodies | Remix of track 16 | 3:38 |
| 38 | Invisible Sorrow | Invisible Sorrow | Remix of track 14 | 4:52 |
| 39 | A night in peace and quiet | A Night of Peace and Quiet | Remix of track 33 | 2:43 |
[edit] Miscellanea
- "Introduction" (1999) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Part of the composition is a remix of the song "Overture" from Rondo of Blood.
- Problems playing the files? See media help.
- Tracks 1, 26, and 29 are remixes from Rondo of Blood.
- The soundtrack's Japanese catalog code is "KICA 7942".
- The soundtrack was not released in North America.
[edit] References
- English soundtrack booklet at Mr. P's Castlevania Realm.
- Japanese soundtrack booklet at Mr. P's Castlevania Realm.
- Japanese album information
