Super Castlevania IV Intro - "Dracula's Theme" Orchestrated
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- One of my favorite tracks from one of the best video game soundtracks. Just a personal project. Except for a few additions, I stuck with the original arrangement (because the original was just about perfect). Thanks for listening. Track can be downloaded for free here: nigelsimmons.bandcamp.com/tra...
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That's sounding good! I'm a composer myself and I always thought since I was like 16 that I wanted to make the credit's theme orchestrated for my funeral haha
This is a perfect adaptation. You elevated the original. If not for hardware limits it would sound like this and you captured it and we get enjoy because of you. What i am trying to say simply is: fucking wonderful job dude. thank you for making this.
That last paragraph always confused me. If Dracula came back every one hundred hears, and Simon Belmont gets called upon “once again” to destroy Dracula, has Simon Belmont been dead for one hundred years too and I’m playing an undead version of Simon? This thought, as a 9 year old, made this game so much better for me.
That's an excellent point. Did Simon acquire some kind of extended lifespan at the end of CV2, maybe? I haven't looked into the canon of that game, so maybe.
But I really like your idea here. Why can't the Belmonts have the same resurrection magic as ol' Drac? It would also explain why the Belmonts are never just turned into vampires.
@@RedSpade37They don't have that same power because some of Dracula's powers come from the entity known as Chaos. His ability to resurrect through human malice is one of those powers bestowed upon him by Chaos.
@@nightzephyr248 Sorry for the late response, but you're exactly right!
They misplaced the Period after Countryside, should of been after "Once Again" Period... Then start the Paragraph with Simon Belmont, if that makes sense...
Yes, it was a mistranslation from the Japanese version as the previous poster alluded to. Simon Belmont was only called upon once in his generation. Well, technically twice, but that was only a couple of years apart for castlevania 1 and 2. Basically, Super Castlevania IV is sort of a retelling of Castlevania 1 on NES.
Preciosa versión para uno de los mejores juegos de la historia
Greatest version of this theme.
It keeps getting more sublime every time I hear it. Definitely better than the original, and that’s saying something considering how amazing the original is.
I've just uploaded a remake of "Dracula's Theme" from Castlevania IV to my channel. Come check it out. I think you'll enjoy this.
Sublime. I remember reading somewhere about witnessing sunrise in hell. This music fits perfectly.
HOLY FUCK MAN!!! THIS IS FANTASTIC! HOLY LORD BRO!!! ! is my favorite track of castlevania 4!!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS!
I've just uploaded a remake of "Dracula's Theme" from Castlevania IV to my channel. Come check it out. I think you'll enjoy this.
This sounds like God composed this himself..or maybe the Devil 🔥🔥🔥 great job!
Also getting some Vangelis vibes from this one
Thank you! I'm happy you enjoyed my interpretation ... and it was definitely the devil. ;)
So it was Vangelis with the DEVIL...
Exactement, en mieux, déjà que le morceau original on dirai que c'est la résonnance de tout l'Univers et de tout les Multivers c'est je dirai même plus grand que l'Omnivers tout entier, ce morceau c'est Dieu et toute la franchise Castlevania aussi 🙏🏻
Awesome!
Best Dracula battle music in the series and I hated the fact it was never used in its entirety ever again in any another castlevania game!
Thank you! Agreed, there were so many great tracks in IV that weren't ever used again in subsequent games, a real shame.
My top 5 Dracula's themes:
1.- prologue/Dance of the Holy man (Super Castlevania IV)
2.- Overture/Big battle (Castlevania III)
3.- Sons of Satan (Castlevania 2 Belmont's revenge)
4.- Dance of illusions (Rondo of Blood)
5 Nothing to lose/Black night (Castlevania)
They overused the Rondo of Blood one that it became annoying.
They should have used this theme more often in the series.
Yeah, they briefly alluded to it in one of the tracks in Lament of Innocence, but the full track is legendary.
Majestic. I imagine a choir of angels beckoning Sime Belmont to arrive and slay the great evil that is Dracula.
Hi! I just want to say that your interpretation is my personal favorite. It keeps the dark and ominous atmosphere of the theme. The other ones are also really good in technical terms, but none in my opinion matches the terrifying concept of having to defeat the literal incarnation of evil. Great work.
The original did a great job of this, so I tried to stick with it as much as possible and not add too much. Thank you!
Amazing. Best VG song ever
I love the original this is immaculately well done
This song always gave me mixed emotions. It sounds like it will be an epic final showdown theme like many before but it actually takes a somber and depressing tone which is imo what makes this theme stand out when compared to say, Ridleys Theme from Metroid or Bowser from Mario Bros. And this remix stayed true to that feeling, cheers to you. 🤜🤛
This is definitely the best orchestration I've heard so far. I especially love the 1:50 transition that you borrowed from the second theme without outright copying it. It relieves tension without "spoiling" it. Replacing the english horn? Bassoon? on the second theme with the horn section was a really good decision too--it really makes you feel that peril of witnessing an old evil come to life. My only real gripe might be how muddy the organ gets, but that might just be a VST thing.
It didn't need to be the epic Hans Zimmer ostinato kind of thing that a lot of mainstream composers like to do and you showed what you could do without it. A lot of people seem to think that an intro to an action game should make us feel excited to kick the bad guy's ass, but Dracula was always meant to symbolize something deep and perverse within ourselves that we can only face with the greatest courage. I think what people forget about the original series is that Dracula is equal parts tragic and terrifying, both an object of horror and of pity. Of all the renditions, this doesn't lose sight of that feeling.
Thank you! Appreciate your comments. I agree, the organ does get lost in the mix, and drove me crazy while mixing. I ultimately just decided to let it go, as it sounded more natural letting it get lost at times. Giving it more prominence in the mix made it more monotonous and ostinato-y, which is fine in the original mix, but didn't work as well with more realistic sounds and a natural hall setting.
wow… well said
Im 44 years old. I was a teenager during the Super Nintendo era. Super Castlevania 4 has been dear to my heart ever since. This Dracula theme has always been my favorite of the Castlevania series. I'll never forget the first time i turned the game on and heard this. It stuck with me! This has to be the best rendition of this song i have ever heard. Well done man! I'm floored! 👏
Dude, same here. This comment actually sounded so much like me that I thought this came from some doppleganger(40)'s keyboard (pun intended, haha!) 😆 Well, only 42 years tbh
Close enough, same generation! It's certainly an amazing piece!
got chills around the 2 minute mark when the chorus entered. i hope we can see a properly remade version that captures the awe and dark, and sublime atmosphere of the original.
Yes, same here. This is a masterpiece of the original!
hermoso como si fuera el fin de los tiempos...
This is really beautiful!
Thank you!
That was like watching night on bald mountain for the first time. Horrifying and incredibly badass im in love with it. Makes me want to fight dracula
Exquisite, better than the original.
And that’s a lot to say!
perfection
this is gold
Nice version, congratulations
I made a multi tracked version using only a modular synth, like Wendy Carlos (started a "switched on super famicom" project, that I never finished, maybe someday...)
You smashed this one!🤩
This is such a great listen
masterful
I must be two dozen of the views at this point, haha.
Powerful music!
Thank you! There is a free download link in the description if you ever want to download it.
The end omg!!!!!
This is amazing... but starting 2:07 is simply godlike
This, this right here, is amazing. Outstanding job!
Oh my god it’s very cool 😎 if i See the new Games 😢we are lost
Fantastic version,best remix of this theme,they should use this theme in more future Castlevania game
Imagine this theme playing when your fighting Dracula in a castlevania/dark souls cross over!
Would be brilliant!!
And yes I have been hoping and praying for a dark souls castlevania collaboration for ages!
@@Paulsie85 Good idea but i would prefer a Metroid/Castlevania crossover or a Castlevania/Bloodstained crossover
@@Paulsie85 I would consider Blasphemous to be closest game to what you're describing. Definitely check it out if you haven't already, it's one of my favorites.
This is incredible man. Great work!
Thank you!
For me, this is THE Dracula theme, in everything
It's Kilar's "Bram Stoker's" soundtrack for me, but Castlevania IV comes in a close second.
@@nigelsimmons Second for me is BBC's Dracula theme
@@vanillabatcave5677 I have not heard that soundtrack yet. I will have to check it out.
@@nigelsimmons Also check out Popol Vuh's songs for Werner Herzogs' Nosferatu if you haven"t
CastleVania (2022)
💎
the elegant yet vicious live action film based on the classic Gothic videogame
🔮
the latter UE5 film-game hybrid
🎃
In the year 1691, an ambitious enclave of evil sorcerers use magick rituals of blood & spells of enchantment, babbled in contempt for nature -- to open up a gateway to a parallel reality ruled by a single dark lord.
Lord Dracula (Robert Pattinson), master of vampires & black magick -- he is the emperor of the dimension known only as CastleVania!
⛪🏫🏰⛪
As Earth & CastleVania merge, Dracula's forces spread -- the parallel timelines, the realities of Transylvania & CastleVania blend -- monsterous creatures appear -- the bonds of life & death begin to blur!
A war between Earth and CastleVania convenes!
The physics & rules of CastleVania envelop Europe.... soon the entire planet!
🔗
The dead rise -- gruesome rotting corpses moaning for living flesh! Ghosts materialize in full body apparitions! Poltergeists!
Demons! Mutant chimera animals born from merging realities! Demons rampant! Death (William Dafoe) incarnates! All Hell breaks loose on Earth! Fallen angels, unholy Carmilla (Margot Robbie) unveils herself!
Dracula's Army of Evil clashes with the Catholic Church and the armies of Europe, the civilized world too who respond to the ominous threat spreading toward their lands!
🔗
Led by Simon Belmont -- the Belmont bloodline intertwined by prophecy in both the destinies of Earth & CastleVania -- a brave group of talented warriors, inventive sages, & holy clerics renown in the arcane arts -- they come together, from around the world to meet either their own destiny or.... demise confronting Dracula -- sealing away CastleVania!
Starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson @therock as
Simon Belmont
🔗
Starring Robert Pattinson as Dracula
🔗
Starring Anya Taylor-Joy @anyataylorjoy as Estelle Belnades
🔗
Starring Takuya Kimura as
Hondo Naganuri
@takuya.kimura_tak
🔗
Starring Winston Duke as
The Pharoah
@winstoncduke
🔗
Directed by Zack Snyder
🔗
CastleVania I: Elegy of the Night
written by me, Michael Charles
⛪🏰💒
#castlevania #castlevaniathemovie #castlevaniaelegyofthenight #therock #robertpattinson #anyataylorjoy #takuyakimura #winstonduke #williamdafoe #margotrobbie #zacksnyder #konami #gothic #horror #comedy #adventure
I can easily see this fitting in with the Lords of Shadow reboot or Netflix series adaptation.
Thank you! The soundtrack indeed has great source material, and it's unfortunate that it never gets utilized.
@@nigelsimmons, the soundtrack for CastleVania the Movie features several classic music pieces from the series, I don't want to spoil you too much since its currently being written....
Picture this theme playing during the Invasion of CastleVania as the armies of Europe lay siege to Dracula's growing territory-- our heroes make a break in horse carriage through the line past the castle gates after Japanese Priest Samurai Hondo takes horseback & single handedly fights off charging Death using his family's enchanted Demon Slayer katana -- they make it in....
CastleVania (2022)
💎
the elegant yet vicious live action film based on the classic Gothic videogame
🔮
the latter UE5 film-game hybrid
🎃
In the year 1691, an ambitious enclave of evil sorcerers use magick rituals of blood & spells of enchantment, babbled in contempt for nature -- to open up a gateway to a parallel reality ruled by a single dark lord.
Lord Dracula (Robert Pattinson), master of vampires & black magick -- he is the emperor of the dimension known only as CastleVania!
🔗
As Earth & CastleVania merge, Dracula's forces spread -- the parallel timelines, the realities of Transylvania & CastleVania blend -- monsterous creatures appear -- the bonds of life & death begin to blur!
A war between Earth and CastleVania convenes!
The physics & rules of CastleVania envelop Europe.... soon the entire planet!
🔗
The dead rise -- gruesome rotting corpses moaning for living flesh! Ghosts materialize in full body apparitions! Poltergeists!
Demons! Mutant chimera animals born from merging realities! Demons rampant! Death (William Dafoe) incarnates! All Hell breaks loose on Earth! Fallen angels, unholy Carmilla (Margot Robbie) unveils herself!
Dracula's Army of Evil clashes with the Catholic Church and the armies of Europe, the civilized world too who respond to the ominous threat spreading toward their lands!
🔗
Led by Simon Belmont -- the Belmont bloodline intertwined by prophecy in both the destinies of Earth & CastleVania -- a brave group of talented warriors, inventive sages, & holy clerics renown in the arcane arts -- they come together, from around the world to meet either their own destiny or.... demise confronting Dracula -- sealing away CastleVania!
Starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson @therock as
Simon Belmont
🔗
Starring Robert Pattinson as Dracula
🔗
Starring Anya Taylor-Joy @anyataylorjoy as Estelle Belnades
🔗
Starring Takuya Kimura as
Hondo Naganuri
@takuya.kimura_tak
🔗
Starring Winston Duke as
The Pharoah
@winstoncduke
🔗
Directed by Zack Snyder
🔗
CastleVania I: Elegy of the Night
written by me, Michael Charles
🔗
#castlevania #castlevaniathemovie #castlevaniaelegyofthenight #therock #robertpattinson #anyataylorjoy #takuyakimura #winstonduke #williamdafoe #margotrobbie #zacksnyder #konami #gothic #horror #comedy #adventure
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I'm genuinely surprised they didn't use this theme during the height of his depression and his fight against his son.
This theme really reflects both the shadow and light within Dracula's soul.
A brilliant reimagining of Dracula's Theme from SCVIV. Love the orchestral samples as well ❤, What DAW and orchestral vst's you use from back then to now, SCVIV is celebrating it's 30 year anniversary this Halloween 🎃💀👻. So you wouldn't mind remixing Demon Castle Dracula, Simon's Theme and Ending.
I've just uploaded a remake of "Dracula's Theme" from Castlevania IV to my channel. Come check it out. I think you'll enjoy this.
brutal simplemente brutal mi piel de gallina
Play all castlevania 4 sounds please!! Forest of monsters!
My gawd absolutely epic!! Got chills listening to this. They gotta redo this game on all current gen systems with this kind of sound.
I've just uploaded a remake of "Dracula's Theme" from Castlevania IV to my channel. Come check it out. I think you'll enjoy this.
Hello my friend. It's been a while since we last chated to each other. How have you've been doing, I bet you doing great. I'm planning to be a VGM Remixer / Composer one day. But i need to get the music equipment for that to happen, So here is my music equipment, DAW, and VST's.
Instruments:
M-Audio Oxygen Pro 61
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32
Alesis VI25
Gear:
MOTU M2
Korg KP3
Akai MPD226
Yamaha Pacifica (Metallic Blue)
DAW:
Cakewalk (BandLab)
Mixcraft 9 Pro Studio (Acoustica)
VST:
Komplete Start (Native Instruments)
Nucleus Lite Edition
Layers Orchestral Tools
Spitfire Audio Labs
BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover (Spitfire Audio)
MPC Beats
SSD 5.5 (Steven Slate Drums 5.5)
Odin 2
Vital
Ozone 9
FUN FACT: The main hook in this was briefly used in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. You can hear it in the penultimate stage just before you face the final boss. Perhaps it suggests that Dracula himself wasn't always a bad guy?
Was not aware of that. Will check it out!
its not at all. CV4 music shits on lament/sotn. stop comparing. those aren't even close. The motif isn't even the same anywhere, its just a similar sounding instrument
@naup8816 it's the same motif, intentionally used as it's the game where we are shown Dracula's beginnings
This series should dare to return to it's Gothic horror roots.
Simon is needed once again. The anime style that slowly took over after SOTN isn't something I despise. It's just gone on too long at the expense of the horror elements that the series could show.
I completely agree. Funny, I was just thinking about this while playing Elden Ring, because that game reminds me of the great old Gothic Castlevania at times.
@@nigelsimmons funny how that works haha. It's an incredible rendition of the song btw I'm addicted to it.
@@Th3BigBoy Thank you, much appreciated!
You missed a lot of vibratos. Great execution otherwise. remember the details.
You know? That's actually a really good point.
This is a great version, but now that you point that out, it does lack a bit of oomph because of it.
one of most horrorful soundtracks for me
I've just uploaded a remake of "Dracula's Theme" from Castlevania IV to my channel. Come check it out. I think you'll enjoy this.
@@GamingNostalgiaRemastered i did