@@calejenkins2657 hmm yes how about shut? people can be scared by whatever makes them scared,it's up to them to chose,not you and he wasn't even saying it is scary bruh.
Actually, this track isn't 100% the same as the rendition used during the final portion of that battle. Listen to the two together you will notice that the one that plays during the Dracula battle is faster paced at the beginning, but once it gets to the main notes, they become identical.
Pamonhas De Piracicaba It's interesting and awesome that they did that! Also noticed the intro music plays faster in the Japanese version- the same speed as the Dracula fight music. In the US version, we know the intro is really slow compared to the Drac fight version. Apparently the game's director alone did the work for the International version, and slowing down the intro music was an amazing choice alongside changing the whip sound! Sounds way better when slowed down for an intro
Just as hype as when Jotaro is fighting Dio and suddenly towards the end of the battle they play THE VERY 1ST THEME FROM PART 1 IT WAS SO HYYYYYPE!!! I wonder if this inspired that idea!
Still are! Definitely agree for back then more though. Whenever you hear a bad sounding SNES or especially Mega Drive game, you can easily tell it was developed by western developers. SNES games would sound overly muffled while MD ones used awful sound drivers like GEMS.
@@solarflare9078 Weren't consoles basically an Asian thing back then when it came to games? Westerners were mostly doing PC and consoles were reserved for small children.
Games back then were truly something special. Idk, you see nothing as climactic today as when Samus fought Ridley in Super Metroid or fighting Dracula in Castlevania IV and watching him teleport with lightning bolts everywhere and hearing this theme. Games back then were more “blunt” when they decided to be epic and we need that feeling back.
That organ almost sounds like a real one. Really shows the strength of the SNES sound chip. And this is coming from someone who prefers Genesis, but I do like both!
The YM2612 was Sega's way of cheapening the system so that it could be marketed at the right price. If Sega used a YM3812 or a YM2151 (both commonly used in arcade game hardware), the sound would have been a lot better and would have gave the SNES sound chip a run for their money.
This game... and this soundtrack inspired me to visit Transylvania... twice (2015, 2019 during Halloween) . I had this track slamming as I walked through medieval towns and cemeteries.... can't quite put into words the feelings on those walks.
Take a moment to appreciate how the bass supports the synth organ at 0:48. That's one of the best lines I've ever heard in my life, it's so technical that it's clear that the composer spent months of his life on it.
Completely agree. I really like the bass that comes right in the middle of the main riff and continues to back it up to finish out the riff loops. That’s my favorite part of the main riff without a doubt
There's a LOT of gems in (particularly) SNES games that you can tell the composer went to great lengths to write, which sadly do not receive the attention and recognition they deserve.
Always loved how Japanese composers, especially with nes, snes, sega, utilize bass. If I ever decide to get off my ass and learn an instrument, it’ll 100% be bass first 😅
I like how this track was also used during the final stretch of the battle against Dracula; this really made it feel as if the game itself was rooting for the player.
It's not often that you can pinpoint the exact date you first heard a song. But for this one, I know the date was December 25th 1991. Got it with my super nintendo on christmas. I remember loving this song then and still do!
Let me set the stage for how I first remember this game when i first got it. It was 1992 when I got it for my 5th birthday from my parents I popped this sucker in and got past the first draw bridge when this song starts. Those first 15 seconds sent a chill down my little spine and I thought "oh yeah.....this is gonna rock"
how can i feel nostalgia for a game i only started to play 6 years ago? i really want to thank James Rolfe for introducing castlevania to so many people. who ever decided to put the first stage music, Simon's own theme as the final stage of the Dracula boss is a genius! litterally owning The Count saying "i'm going to beat this game to my own theme!"
I had never heard of castlevania until I was like 17. I envy you guys that discovered it as kids and have fond memories of the games. Given how difficult they are, I know there's almost no way that I'm ever going to enjoy them as much as you guys do. Still, thanks to James Rolfe, I find myself coming back to these games and their soundtracks very frequently, and know a lot more than I should about them
Same, I played this one in a SNES that my parents bought me when I was like 15. I never actually understood the story behind Castelvania and I feel a lot of envy for those who can say it was their childhood.
There's something so daring and wild about that ost, mixing organ with drums and bass, all of it in a super complex yet precise rythm, i wanna give that japanese composer a big hug !
I agree, but I have one caveat: overall, soundtracks are the only thing that resisted the mercenary that most games today have adopted. that is, even today we have very striking songs in games.
I remember playing this game when I was 4 or 5 years old, I always sucked and never beat it, but when it released on steam in the anniversary collection I came back when I was 17 and nearly a grown adult and came back and finally beat it around thanksgiving last year for the first time, how I felt was really beyond words. This game and this song is my earliest gaming memory, and I will cherish it until the day I die and beyond.
I bought this game on March 13, 1992 with my birthday money. It was the first SNES game I paid for totally on my own, and greatness like this song is the reason I have never, ever, regretted that purchase, even for a second.
words aren't enough to decribe how awesome this theme is, many years have past since the game has been released and it is still awesome, no wonder we enjoyed the gameplay then and still today :) :) great things are made once and hard to repeat again
I was 5, or 6 years old, when I first played this game. The soundtrack was printed in stone on my memory then. I'm 37 now, and I still have to come back and listen to the soundtrack until I get an ear worm for the rest of the day.
A while ago I found my old snes under my bed as I was cleaning my room, and I was super pissed because I thought I had lost it, and I had sold all the games... but there was a cartridge still in it... it was castlevania XD
I adore the fact that the game both starts and ends with this theme. Dracula is a very tough opponent but then when you've finally got him on the ropes this song kicks in and screams to you "YOU'VE GOT THIS MAN! FINISH THE JOB!".
That moment when you discover Simon can moonwalk up and down stairs.....
rofl
the track name is no coincidence
Larry the Gamer Guy i couldnt stop doing it
...is the moment when your life is complete.
Larry the Gamer Guy xD the angry video game nerd sad that too xD
This music is immortal.
+Seo Yoma Je t'ai spotted
Mdr
Ouais t'as vu il est chelou l'autre
Epicly immortal!!!
This song has never been done this well since.
When I was 9, my mother forbade us to play because it was so scary. My stepdad played it secretly with us 😁
You have a cool dad
When ur dad is better then ur mom
Same with me. My dad called the game demonic in front of our mom but then played it with us haha
@@joannecarnival6411 bruh if you think castlevania is scary you a bitchboy. imagine if you seen silent hill or something
@@calejenkins2657 hmm yes how about shut?
people can be scared by whatever makes them scared,it's up to them to chose,not you and he wasn't even saying it is scary bruh.
dat feel when Dracula is low on health and this track starts playing
Actually, this track isn't 100% the same as the rendition used during the final portion of that battle. Listen to the two together you will notice that the one that plays during the Dracula battle is faster paced at the beginning, but once it gets to the main notes, they become identical.
Pamonhas De Piracicaba It's interesting and awesome that they did that! Also noticed the intro music plays faster in the Japanese version- the same speed as the Dracula fight music. In the US version, we know the intro is really slow compared to the Drac fight version.
Apparently the game's director alone did the work for the International version, and slowing down the intro music was an amazing choice alongside changing the whip sound! Sounds way better when slowed down for an intro
That moment was epic!
Just as hype as when Jotaro is fighting Dio and suddenly towards the end of the battle they play THE VERY 1ST THEME FROM PART 1 IT WAS SO HYYYYYPE!!! I wonder if this inspired that idea!
that's the moment when you doubt you can't do it, but this track kicks in, and then you whip the hell out of him, ahhh the memories :'(
For me, THIS is the Castlevania theme. I can't think in the franchise without this in my mind.
This and Castlevania Symphony of the Night
had the best BGM OST
either this or bloody tears
Divine Bloodlines too.
@@gabrielvillanova5408 Rondo of Blood had that vibe too
Dracula's curse intro son with the old timey movie reel thing . I'm chuffed
Japanese composers back there were on point.
Still are! Definitely agree for back then more though. Whenever you hear a bad sounding SNES or especially Mega Drive game, you can easily tell it was developed by western developers. SNES games would sound overly muffled while MD ones used awful sound drivers like GEMS.
Have you ever played Ace Combat? They are still very much on point.
@@jayive34 No but they sure are. I've been meaning to play Ace Combat. Things like Mario Odyssey prove to me how good they still are.
KartKing4ever Also Mario RPGs
@@solarflare9078 Weren't consoles basically an Asian thing back then when it came to games? Westerners were mostly doing PC and consoles were reserved for small children.
this will be forever the best castlevania song
Along with Vampire Killer and Bloody tears.
The most epic beginning to any classic game ever
100th like! Ooh yeah!!
Or hearth of fire
Slash??
When this kicked during the final phase of Dracula's fight you knew this song was legendary.
Just as good as Samus' theme after she obtains Hyper beam and about to smack Mother Brains ass down. Time to die!
Games back then were truly something special. Idk, you see nothing as climactic today as when Samus fought Ridley in Super Metroid or fighting Dracula in Castlevania IV and watching him teleport with lightning bolts everywhere and hearing this theme. Games back then were more “blunt” when they decided to be epic and we need that feeling back.
One of the most heroic-sounding songs in video game history. A song that says, "I'm here to kick ass and get hearts. And I'm all out of hearts."
👌😎
Duke Belmont
Nada said it first @@artansadiki3244
nukem belmont
They Unlive
And since 1991 this song has been in my head. I still play this game. It's gold, both the game and the soundtrack.
Still the best rendition of this song that there has ever been. I highly doubt it will ever be topped.
*Dracula X is n’t that bad you guys!!* ⭐️
@@afriend9428 Dracula X was but a poor SNES imitation of Rondo of Blood...
@@dboymax1 *it was better than nothing and the CD track running on a 8M SNES cartridge is quite amazing don’t ya think?!* 💡
This game is amazing, the music was waaaaayyyyyyyyyy ahead of it's time.
*I can sit the whole half hour beating this game for sure* ⭐️
Konami were way ahead of their time. maan it went so wrong.
The Central Scrutinizer *The idiots fired Metal Gear Kojima for crying out loud!?!*
The track is great but "ahead of its time?
Fucking how?
@@5uomalainen Probably for being such an epic track in 1991 gaming.
This music shows the true capability of the super Nintendo
I agree, it’s a damm fine system still to this day.
Mega Man X1.
@@jaretco6423 No. Great OST but it is extremely below the SPC700's true capacities.
Thank Sony for that
Secret of mana, Secret of mana 2?!
That organ almost sounds like a real one. Really shows the strength of the SNES sound chip. And this is coming from someone who prefers Genesis, but I do like both!
It’s like James Rolfe said
The sound is better from SNES but certain things just sound better on Genesis
SNES was supreme and remains one of the best and most influential systems of all time. Genesis is up there, but it was never on par with the SNES
You might like to check out this killer cover by The Consouls czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
The YM2612 was Sega's way of cheapening the system so that it could be marketed at the right price. If Sega used a YM3812 or a YM2151 (both commonly used in arcade game hardware), the sound would have been a lot better and would have gave the SNES sound chip a run for their money.
Bloodlines has the better version.
Love playing this game on rainy weekends when i'm home alone.
#goals xD
😐
This game... and this soundtrack inspired me to visit Transylvania... twice (2015, 2019 during Halloween) . I had this track slamming as I walked through medieval towns and cemeteries.... can't quite put into words the feelings on those walks.
Not sure how you did not start smashing tombstones and wrecking the place.
@@Inaluogh it was on my mind constantly
Did you whip any candles while you were there? ;)
@@civilwildman yes and old walls looking for chicken
He visited castlevania
The moment when you realize your character is the final boss.
Simon Belmont. Freaking legend.
Dashie:WHO WAS IN THE STUDIO!!!!
“I NEED TO DM THE COMPOSER IF THEY’RE STILL ALIVE!”
@@JesseHOH classic dashie
Take a moment to appreciate how the bass supports the synth organ at 0:48. That's one of the best lines I've ever heard in my life, it's so technical that it's clear that the composer spent months of his life on it.
Completely agree. I really like the bass that comes right in the middle of the main riff and continues to back it up to finish out the riff loops. That’s my favorite part of the main riff without a doubt
There's a LOT of gems in (particularly) SNES games that you can tell the composer went to great lengths to write, which sadly do not receive the attention and recognition they deserve.
I Wana make something like this. Anyone else like making music?
Always loved how Japanese composers, especially with nes, snes, sega, utilize bass. If I ever decide to get off my ass and learn an instrument, it’ll 100% be bass first 😅
its just the car from mario paint
This game is truly legendary!
*Bigger than Barnie Stinson alright*
This was my mom's favorite for the SNES. I've been in love with this song for YEARS
When this track plays you get the chills cause you know this game is going to be awesome.
i don't care the generation....this remains one of the greatest tracks ever in a game...thanks for posting.....
"THEY DESTROYED THAT!"
-DashieXP
I thought was the only one here because of him
kinkleXberry Yes! A Dashie fan!
kinkleXberry that's where I found this too
I know who was in the studio with this one. It was a band called Konami Kukeiha Club
WHAT UP IT'S YA BOY SIMON
0:57 I’ve always appreciated those few notes in the background.
SIMON BELMONT IN THE NEW SMASH VOTES UP
Indeed!
Simon Belmont vs Link vs Ganondorf vs Math = EPIC
***** Nah, the math wouldn't add up.
Sixstreem LOL I mean MaRth
He is in the new Smash! With Richter as a Echo Fighter!....
Man did they open up the game STRONG with this track. Amazing.
I like how this track was also used during the final stretch of the battle against Dracula;
this really made it feel as if the game itself was rooting for the player.
I love that this plays at the end against Dracula too. It's like saying "Bitch, I'm Simon Belmont, and I'm WINNING this fight!"
Facts, that was a brilliant idea
This Castlevania IV song is immortal.
And The Consouls have more than done it justice czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
Unlike Dracula once 1999 hit.
@@torrent9666 a Julius Belmont killing (finally) Dracula for good comment..............savage!! Lol
It's not often that you can pinpoint the exact date you first heard a song. But for this one, I know the date was December 25th 1991. Got it with my super nintendo on christmas. I remember loving this song then and still do!
this song always reminds me of really early mornings, because I always used to play this before I went to school.
30+ years later and this is still a legendary track that defines how good SNES music was
THIS IS MUSIC
I saved up all of my cans and bottles to purchase my super Nintendo and this game when it first came out.
Nunca consegui zerar ele mas vi um amigo meu zerando e geral estava assistindo... coisa que a galera dd hj em dia nunca entenderia
Somebody in the studio is fucking killing it bro!
my childhood :)
same here
Ayy I'm subbed
This music is legendary
So are The Consouls czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
Let me set the stage for how I first remember this game when i first got it. It was 1992 when I got it for my 5th birthday from my parents I popped this sucker in and got past the first draw bridge when this song starts. Those first 15 seconds sent a chill down my little spine and I thought "oh yeah.....this is gonna rock"
👍
how can i feel nostalgia for a game i only started to play 6 years ago? i really want to thank James Rolfe for introducing castlevania to so many people. who ever decided to put the first stage music, Simon's own theme as the final stage of the Dracula boss is a genius! litterally owning The Count saying "i'm going to beat this game to my own theme!"
I had never heard of castlevania until I was like 17. I envy you guys that discovered it as kids and have fond memories of the games. Given how difficult they are, I know there's almost no way that I'm ever going to enjoy them as much as you guys do. Still, thanks to James Rolfe, I find myself coming back to these games and their soundtracks very frequently, and know a lot more than I should about them
Same, I played this one in a SNES that my parents bought me when I was like 15. I never actually understood the story behind Castelvania and I feel a lot of envy for those who can say it was their childhood.
Good. I should be envied.
I love the bassline of this song... Sound so beautiful
Agree! Also fantastic played on a double bass in this brilliant cover by The Consouls czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
You're so beautiful. I want you to be my bassline minus the b.
@@trollingisasport🤨
This sounds like the word "Heroism" turned into a song.
the best ost ever, and i am not a retro freak .
it gives great Halloween vibes!
This may be one of my favorite video game character theme songs ever
It's amazing what composers at the time were able to do with such limitations. This is a frickin banging tune!
The Consouls got rid of those limitations czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
There's something so daring and wild about that ost, mixing organ with drums and bass, all of it in a super complex yet precise rythm, i wanna give that japanese composer a big hug !
Here is a lifehack:
Play this while Randy Marsh battles Bat-dad.
I love when this plays after you've halfway beaten down Dracula.
*Back when they put their entire soul together, to make themes for games.*
I agree, but I have one caveat: overall, soundtracks are the only thing that resisted the mercenary that most games today have adopted. that is, even today we have very striking songs in games.
wdym backthen? have you not heard the legendary ost-s out there?
They’re still incredible today
@@thegrob8892They are forgettable these days, with some exceptions.
all dae has to doing wath: taek somma claire's-haire's n smoekm dem buttbeird.DUH!
A Quintessential Banger
When a monster comes along, you must whip it!
You do know what I'm referencing, don't you?
swwwegamelover
That old song, right? Whip it by Devo.
+swwwegamelover Meh, I prefer Adam's reference.
+AriochStarr What is he referencing?
swwwegamelover
Symphony of the Night's dialogue.
The nostalgia that I feel when I hear this song is indescribable!
You might enjoy the cover by The Consouls czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
Dude, this song is hella amazing. Dashies reaction to it is frickin amazing
This cover by The Consouls also amazing czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
"Simon Jackson"
This had got to be one of the best game songs in existence.
This music brings me back. I feel so much younger whenever i hear it.
I listened to this song
Now I can moonwalk up and down stairs
I have never played a castlevania game.
I now need to play this castlevania game.
Play it “3d Castlevania games are better” hell no
This is the perfect one to start with. Buy the collection on modern consoles if you can.
That bassline!!!
Also epic on accoustic double bass czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
I am convinced there is no way to not feel
like a badass when you listen to this.
dashie dancing to the beat of nostalgia
Team Skull grunt me too as soon as he did
I remember playing this game when I was 4 or 5 years old, I always sucked and never beat it, but when it released on steam in the anniversary collection I came back when I was 17 and nearly a grown adult and came back and finally beat it around thanksgiving last year for the first time, how I felt was really beyond words. This game and this song is my earliest gaming memory, and I will cherish it until the day I die and beyond.
When I first played this game, I wasn't expecting a music this epic at the very beginning of the game, it took me by surprise!
definitely my favorite track
I'll never forget how pumped up I got when this started playing during the Dracula fight. So simple, yet so epic.
Not so simple cover but every bit as epic czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
Best goddamn music in videogame history
Jman757605. True. what about golden axe for sega megadrive. Also great.
absolute 100 %
play persona 5 then you’ll understand
@@dodgerman1152 Persona 5's ost is fucking great, but arguing with a 2 year old comment won't help much
@@dodgerman1152 just no... lol ... comparing persona 5 to an all time legendary ost... shame on u
I bought this game on March 13, 1992 with my birthday money. It was the first SNES game I paid for totally on my own, and greatness like this song is the reason I have never, ever, regretted that purchase, even for a second.
damn shame how i can still hum this whole tune and love it after so many years
Love when that Bass kicks in at 0:50
Demonkai Mugen My favourite part: 0:32.
Omg Konami was killin’ tracks in the early 90s.
A very iconic song. My personal favorite of the saga
Why haven't I gotten this with me to the gym? Wtf?
Ethan Michell castlevania music makes for great gym inspired tracks to push your mind beyond its limits :D
Best Castlevania's Soundtrack ever
They were in the studio jamming. I love this sound track
Definitely,.bass player gets down on this song
@@deannamarie3746 Facts
The Consouls literally in the studio jamming czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
@@cooldebt Thanks for sharing this. They are talented and this version is so calm and soothing 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I wish Simon Belmont is in a Smash game
+Saif Albelooshi Too bad it did not happen.......
Saif Albelooshi man my comment is late but it happened...Y E S !
Congrats!
and now you get two Belmonts in a smash game
Ur wish has been granted
As Dashie would say “WHO WAS IN THE STUDIO?!”
words aren't enough to decribe how awesome this theme is, many years have past since the game has been released and it is still awesome, no wonder we enjoyed the gameplay then and still today :) :) great things are made once and hard to repeat again
There are many who agree with you as proven by this killer cover by The Consouls czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
@@cooldebt thank u for the comment :)
if you listen to this song and get chill, goosebumps and very emotionally overwhelmed, thumbs up. brings a tear to the old eye.. miss those days
First time ever listening to this, this music is so cool
Con: I blow chunks at this game
Pro: I get to listen to this funky music more.
When the horns come in, I get brought back to my childhood.
I was 5, or 6 years old, when I first played this game. The soundtrack was printed in stone on my memory then.
I'm 37 now, and I still have to come back and listen to the soundtrack until I get an ear worm for the rest of the day.
This music is a MASTERPIECE !!
When that music plays, the monsters in the castle already know they are worth a damn. One of the best games of the classic SNES.
I discover this song yesterday and it's a fucking masterpiece🙏🙏🎶
Also has a masterpiece of a cover by The Consouls czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
Why is Castlevania music always so atmospheric while also being very funky
The nostalgia is too strong... I would kill to go back to 1991.
2021 cover by The Consouls is pretty good though! czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
You really feel like Simon Belmont with this music running. Talk about escapism. Wow!
Simon is the most chad Belmont
Julius is up there too ngl
A while ago I found my old snes under my bed as I was cleaning my room, and I was super pissed because I thought I had lost it, and I had sold all the games... but there was a cartridge still in it... it was castlevania XD
Wow! Have you started playing it again since?
They was in the studio KILLING this shit
This whole album is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is one of the best opening stage songs
I like it done by The Consouls czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
I adore the fact that the game both starts and ends with this theme. Dracula is a very tough opponent but then when you've finally got him on the ropes this song kicks in and screams to you "YOU'VE GOT THIS MAN! FINISH THE JOB!".
The horns!!!...bring me tears in my eyes man....cause it remaind me my childhood having nothing but this game
LEGENDARY!!!
If I had played this game as a little kid, I probably would have been blown back by how incredible the music is, more so than I am now
This music + the cartdrige box (that one in the video) = Pure epicness
This cover by The COnsouls is also pretty epic czcams.com/video/4VNlTSm2PPE/video.html
24 Medusa heads and Dracula dislike this video 🔥 💀
lol...
But i always thought that Medusa heads liked music?
They even move in wavy patterns just like how they show the frequency of sounds! :P
Also an Axe Knight.
Does that mean Death likes this song...?
*Those idiots don’t know good classical music and good adventure games all about*
I've had an eargasm!
This game is embedded in my ❤ . I always come here to listen to the music.
That intro is chills beyond this world🥶
Next to SOTN, one my most favorite soundtracks.
such a happy tune, the player totally unaware of the darkness to come.