The song is filled with loud orchestra blasts, followed by flute and string melodies that sound horrific and dissonant. The boss music, entitled ' Dancing in Phantasmic Hell,' is uncanny for it's ability to keep you uncomfortable and frightened for the entire battle. Yet, the song is uncanny for its loud 8-bit noises that keep you irritated and uncomfortable right before the intense fight music associated with the ultimate boss battles. I think it's called 'Dark Desires.' The song always will remind people that this is still a sequel to an long-lasting video game which used to settle with tinny beeps and blaps.

It keeps them from making Richter die a horrible, bloody death.Īlthough this was an incredible soundtrack, there were noticable songs, such as the song before the boss battles, that still kept that old, 16-bit feeling. The realistic sound makes even the most courageous gamer feel like they are stuck in a thrilling horror game. The scariest part about all this music, though, is that the instruments sound very close to actual instruments. The big entrance into the main chapel of Dracula's castle had to have an epic sound, so the composers embellished this awesome track with a spooky church organ intro, a fast drumbeat and a sweeping melody with a synthesized string section. Take ' Bloody Tears' from Super Castlevania IV, for example. However, the music has a much more urgent tonality. There are quite a few melodies that are rehashed versions of old Castlevania songs. Songs such as ' Cross a Fear' even include the Final Fantasy electronic trumpet melody that would give Richter that heroic energy that is necessary to triumph over undead enemies. Many of beautiful songs that follow Chapter 1 are clearly intended to pump Richter up for the upcoming battles against skeletons, zombies and giant undead yaks. It opens with the sound of a shamisen-like string instrument before the electric guitar plays the soulful melody.

Oddly enough, it sounds more like a samurai's call to arms. The tragic opening song, ' Divine Bloodlines,' is a dark minor key song that adds to the urgent purpose of Richter's mission. When he arrives at his destination, the village is engulfed in flames. Richter Belmont engages in a simple, mysterious battle with Death, who leaves shortly after shooting a giant skull fireball at him.

The prologue chapter of the game is a quiet horse carriage ride through the forest.

The music made for a completely different atmosphere that was truly a moving experience. It was the first Castlevania game to truly embrace CD-quality music as an essential component of a video game. The entire world of Castlevania reached an epoch when composer Masanori Akita and the Konami KuKeihei Club first decided to add in a CD-quality soundtrack into Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.

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