Castlevania Chronicles OST

Catalog #: KMCA-104/5
Publisher: Konami
Release date: 5/23/2001
Price: 3059 yen

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The Castlevania Chronicles features two discs, with four versions of each tune from the X68000 Dracula game. Quite honestly, the soundtrack of this game really wasn't that good - other than a handful of remixed songs, most of the new music was rather lacking.

The first group of songs are the ones used in the Playstation arrange. A handful of the songs have been drastically redone - Vampire Killer and Wicked Child have a electronic/techno sound to it, while the previously hard-rock Thrashard in the Cave is now a lot more mellow and atmospheric. First time playing the game, I found these a bit too drastic, although they've grown on me over time. Many I've talked to find them irritating, however. Others tracks, such as Bloody Tears and Moon Fight are merely upgraded versions of their original song (although with its orchestral tone, The Tower of the Dolls is now the best piece in the whole game.)

The second version is the original X68000 FM synth. The sound quality is approximately a step or two higher than a Sega Genesis. The second CD contains slightly rearranged versions especially for two different sound synthesizer modules. They're distinctly different, though it's entirely up to personal preference in deciding which is actually better. Take note that the Roland SC-55 songs are the same ones used on the MIDI Power Pro 3.0: Gradius 3/Akumajou Dracula CD.

There are also two additional tracks - a medley of songs from the original Castlevania (Vampire Killer, Heart of Fire and Out of Time) done in the electronic style of the Arrange version tracks. The second is a rather peculiar arrangement of Bloody Tears which, on a whole, is not that special.

There seems to be two printings of this CD. Early versions contained a misprint, where the game title was misspelled as "Castlebania". However, this seems to have been corrected in later releases.

Disk One

Playstation Version OST
Track Song Title Location Used
1 Black Mass Opening
2 Something Loopy Name Entry
3 The Bathead Start Demo
4 Vampire Killer Level 1
5 Creatures of the Depth Boss Battle Theme
6 Stage Clear Stage Clear
7 Thrashard in the Cave Level 2
8 Wicked Child Level 3
9 Bloody Tears Level 4
10 The Tower of Gears Level 5
11 Moon Fight Level 6-1
12 The Tower of Dolls Level 6-2
13 Etude to the Killer Level 7
14 Simon's Theme Level 8
15 You Goddamned Bathead Dracula's Battle
16 Last Stage Clear All Clear
17 Mother Earth Ending
18 Game Over Game Over
19 Player Miss Player Miss
20 Ending Movie Ending Movie

X68000 Version OST
Track Song Title Location Used
21 Black Mass Opening
22 Something Loopy Name Entry
23 The Bathead Start Demo
24 Vampire Killer Level 1
25 Creatures of the Depth Boss Battle Theme
26 Stage Clear Stage Clear
27 Thrashard in the Cave Level 2
28 Wicked Child Level 3
29 Bloody Tears Level 4
30 The Tower of Gears Level 5
31 Moon Fight Level 6-1
32 The Tower of Dolls Level 6-2
33 Etude to the Killer Level 7
34 Simon's Theme Level 8
35 You Goddamned Bathead Dracula's Battle
36 Last Stage Clear All Clear
37 Mother Earth Ending
38 Game Over Game Over
39 Player Miss Player Miss
40 Load BGM Loading

Disk Two

Midi Roland CM-64 Version OST
Track Song Title Location Used
1 Black Mass Opening
2 Something Loopy Name Entry
3 The Bathead Start Demo
4 Vampire Killer Level 1
5 Creatures of the Depth Boss Battle Theme
6 Stage Clear Stage Clear
7 Thrashard in the Cave Level 2
8 Wicked Child Level 3
9 Bloody Tears Level 4
10 The Tower of Gears Level 5
11 Moon Fight Level 6-1
12 The Tower of Dolls Level 6-2
13 Etude to the Killer Level 7
14 Simon's Theme Level 8
15 You Goddamned Bathead Dracula's Battle
16 Last Stage Clear All Clear
17 Mother Earth Ending
18 Game Over Game Over
19 Player Miss Player Miss
20 Load BGM Loading

Midi Roland SC-55 Version OST
Track Song Title Location Used
21 Black Mass Opening
22 Something Loopy Name Entry
23 The Bathead Start Demo
24 Vampire Killer Level 1
25 Creatures of the Depth Boss Battle Theme
26 Stage Clear Stage Clear
27 Thrashard in the Cave Level 2
28 Wicked Child Level 3
29 Bloody Tears Level 4
30 The Tower of Gears Level 5
31 Moon Fight Level 6-1
32 The Tower of Dolls Level 6-2
33 Etude to the Killer Level 7
34 Simon's Theme Level 8
35 You Goddamned Bathead Dracula's Battle
36 Last Stage Clear All Clear
37 Mother Earth Ending
38 Game Over Game Over
39 Player Miss Player Miss
40 Load BGM Loading

Bonus Tracks
Track Song Title Song Type
41 Bloody Tears RMX Remix
42 Dracula Medley Medley

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