Castlevania: Rondo of Blood OST
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Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo) PC Engine - Music, Original Soundtrack.
Музыка из игры Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine).
00:00 - Requiem
01:38 - Overture
02:43 - Divine Bloodline (Stage 1)
06:05 - Vampire Killer (Stage 2)
07:53 - Cross a Fear (Stage 2')
10:30 - Bloody Tears (Stage 3)
12:16 - Cemetery (Stage 3')
14:57 - Beginning (Stage 4)
17:27 - Slash (Stage 4')
21:08 - Picture of the Ghost Ship (Stage 5)
23:45 - Op. 13 (Stage 5')
25:11 - Den (Stage 7)
28:29 - Preparation for Boss Fight / Stage 6
29:20 - Dancing in Phantasmic Hell (Boss Battle)
31:03 - Poison Mind (Stage 6 Bosses / Finale)
31:29 - Illusionary Dance (Dracula Battle)
33:55 - March of the Holy Man (Richter's Ending)
35:50 - Mary Samba (Maria's Ending)
37:42 - Stage Clear
37:50 - All Clear
37:56 - Player Death
37:59 - Game Over
38:06 - Cross Your Heart (Unused Track)
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Platforms: PC Engine, Virtual Console
Release date
PC Engine:
JP - October 29, 1993
Virtual Console:
JP - April 22, 2008
NA - March 15, 2010
PAL - March 19, 2010
Composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, Mikio Saito
Использование в музыке Castlevania: Rondo of Blood уже существующих раннее композиций: • Use in Castlevania: Ro...
"Vampire Killer" + "Stalker", "Poison Mind", "Stage Clear", "All Clear", "Player Death" и "Game Over" - из Castlevania
"Bloody Tears" - из Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
"Beginning" - из Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
"Den" - используются мотивы "Wiched Child", "Vampire Killer", "Bloody Tears" и "Beginning"
"Cross Your Heart" (трек в игре не использовался а вышел только бонусом на официальном саундтреке) - из Haunted Castle (1988) - เพลง
this entire soundtrack is no less than a masterpiece in today standards...and to think this was released in 1993 is unbelieveable.
It was always a masterpiece. And it will always be
miss this kind of feeling on nowdays games , the music has such a great power on games that its unbeliveble
PC games had a lot of awesome music back then, too. Especially LucasArts and Sierra adventure games.
Standards used to be higher
Fuck. Yes.
Man this game seems like an underrated technical marvel for the time. Full voice acting, CD audio, animated cutscenes, and fantastic gameplay + soundtrack, all in 1993!!
It's more about the system it was released on. PC Engine/Turbografx-16 was a much more advanced system than SNES or Genesis, and much closer to an arcade cabinet. It just had better hardware to work with. I mean, it had 2 16bit graphics processors running at 7.4 mHz on top of a 8bit cpu. It was the console that did arcade ports justice.
You can also say that about Ninja Gaiden on the NES in 1988. Minus the voice acting. Ninja Gaiden was way ahead of even this game.
"animated"
Even for PC Engine CD, this was a technical marvel, indeed. But it also comes to artistic talent and design choices. This game is absolutely perfect. the best castlevania ever, that pays like the classic ones at least. I remember seeing it at a game rental store, in the 90s, and being in shock at how much better than even Neo Geo games this was. People undervalue good, well done, old pixel art-based games. But in my opinion, great 2d from the 90s are far more imnpressive than the crappy 3d the first 3d consoles did
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This game wasn't made by Marvel.
The first song "Requiem", if you've ever wondered what she is saying, well she's saying "Kyrie, eléison" which is Greek for "Lord have mercy". She is chanting it, meaning with no musical accompaniment, which is how it is sung in the Orthodox Church. She even repeats it 12 times which is something we also do as Orthodox Christians. However, the style of her chant isn't really a thing in the Church that I know of. It is nice and quite beautiful, certainly stylized with the chamber echo effect, but it doesn't really match what you hear in the Church.
For a comparison, here is an authentic Orthodox Christian chant of "Lord, have mercy":
th-cam.com/video/L1ryVj9MiD4/w-d-xo.html
wow that's beautiful
Makes sense that they would use something in the style of the Eastern Orthodox Church, since Transylvania is in Romania
Awesome fact. Thanks for that.
I already knew about "Kyrie Eléison", but I honestly didn't recognize it. It's probably the accent.
Thank you so much for this explanation, i would never had found out what it meant until you explained it. So many thanks and be safe
Next year is Rondo of Blood's 30th anniversary. And still to this day, this is a very epic and solid soundtrack. And that's saying a lot considering this was made way back in 1993.
Well Happy New Year!
@@PumpedAaron I'm sure you mean "Happy Anniversary" for Rondo of Blood.
@@MatthewTheWolf2029 lol yeah. No biggy
2023 now. Truly an amazing classicvania game. Really hoping Konami has a change of heart and makes a new REAL game...
0:00 - 41:08 absolutely the best one
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Hi kuro ❤️❤️❤️ i'm elie nice to meet you
That's a lot of best ones
Dude! That's my favorite part too! ❤️
@@officersquarehead No way, that's also my favourite part!
That little trumpet-like synth melody at 08:36 is soooo amazing. :D
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is the best classicvania, in my opinion. They nailed basically everything: good level design, detailed art style and graphics, great characters, awesome gameplay mechanics, the best player physics for a Belmont character in a Castlevania game and, of course, an amazing CD quality soundtrack. The game still has a few small flaws, but almost none of the other classic Castlevania games came this close to being so amazing. It’s too bad Rondo of Blood took so long to be properly localized for other audiences, but I am glad it happened nonetheless.
When you've lived in SCIV awhile, you might think it's tops too...from the OST to the gothic beauty. Just saying--I haven't played Rondo!
@@erikkoski6021 I played SCIV as well. It's really good too, great atmosphere and interesting level design. But I just think it's way too easy of a game and some of it's mechanics are busted. Rondo of Blood has better balancing in general, and I am personally biased for Richter Belmont's Street Fighter-esque character design and his overall control.
Personally I prefer SCIV’s belmont physics, but think Rondo’s level design, music, bosses, atmosphere and cutscenes make it the better of the two.
Rondo of Blood was a huge missed opportunity to port the game to the SEGA/MEGA CD, if that happened, it would’ve been localized sooner.
@@mr.tie-rex9577 Back then they missed out on that, but great news actually, the demo of a proof-of-concept done by fans! th-cam.com/video/Rif6F-wQN9U/w-d-xo.html
The artistic expression of chip tunes finally manifested into cd quality audio, the best time for music in video games.
I found this after searching up Castlevania soundtracks. Honestly one of the best game soundtracks I've ever heard and is really fun to draw while listening too!
The game is also IMHO by far the best of the classic (non-Metroidvania) Castlevanias. It's a shame it was unreleased outside of Japan for such a long time.
@@forbjok For me it's the second best. Super Castlevania 4 just beats it out for me a little bit more.
I first played this game 2 years ago when I got castlevania requiem for the PS4, I liked the game so much that I ended up completing the game 100%. Is nothing short of a masterpiece and I recommend anyone that likes old school games to try it out. The soundtrack as you may think was the first thing it stuck with me till the very end
touche, but all my stuff started looking like simon belmont.
Rondo of Blood's soundtrack holds a special place in my heart to this day. It has a timeless charm to it that holds up even to this day, 30 years after its official release.
This game's version of Vampire Killer has to be the best in any Castlevania game.
It's not half bad! I still prefer the one from Castlevania 4 though. It's just so exciting and uplifting.
@@enjoyer2227 from what I've seen, that is a very hot take
as well as beginning
This is the ultimate 90s/anime sounding soundtrack of all time. It perfectly encapsulates how badass everything used to be in happier times.
00:00 - Requiem
01:38 - Overture
02:43 - Divine Bloodline (Stage 1)
06:05 - Vampire Killer (Stage 2)
07:53 - Cross a Fear (Stage 2')
10:30 - Bloody Tears (Stage 3)
12:16 - Cemetery (Stage 3')
14:57 - Beginning (Stage 4)
17:27 - Slash (Stage 4')
21:08 - Picture of the Ghost Ship (Stage 5)
23:45 - Op. 13 (Stage 5')
25:11 - Den (Stage 7)
28:29 - Preparation for Boss Fight / Stage 6
29:20 - Dancing in Phantasmic Hell (Boss Battle)
31:03 - Poison Mind (Stage 6 Bosses / Finale)
31:29 - Illusionary Dance (Dracula Battle)
33:55 - March of the Holy Man (Richter's Ending)
35:50 - Mary Samba (Maria's Ending)
37:42 - Stage Clear
37:50 - All Clear
37:56 - Player Death
37:59 - Game Over
38:06 - Cross Your Heart (Unused Track)
Super smash ultimate!
Thank you
Bloodlines, Vampire Killer, Bloody Tears, Beginning, Picture in a Ghost ship and Opus. 13 *
Thanks ;)
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This video deserves no dislikes. Not even Dracula can bring himself to dislike this amazing soundtrack
You had to open your mouth...
@@ualarga You know it was Dracula who disliked it multiple times just to make it worse.
@7MGTESupraTurboA no
Burn the Non-Believers!
The sound track stands out on it's own as well composed music. I wouldn't consider it weakened by any means. It can do stuff that the systems they themselves can't do on their own without additional hardware. I bet the composers were happy that they had freedom and room to produce excellent music. This is not to say that the cart music was terrible, those are masterpieces in their own right. Redbook really opened it up. This is one of those games I wish that the US had gotten originally on CD.
This is the peak of Castlevania OST, there is nothing that compares to this
Moon fight from Chronicles is awesome too
"Symphony of the Night"... Or the DracBat arranged albums.
@@Sashimiburger for SURE! this is wonderful, but symphony of the night is very strong as well!
SOTN looks mad at you for obviously false statement
- EHEEEEEMMMMM -
Castlevania Bloodlines is best end of discussion great composure with a even greater sound chip expertly utilized.
Been playing Castlevania for 25 years. I just discovered this gem. I was right all along.
This Castlevania is one of the best and this soundtrack is simply marvelous.With Halloween right around the corner it¨s the best time to listen to it.
21:08, man, I love that track
Me too, man
It’s otherworldly
Me too. Perfect balance of calm, tense, and energetic, and perfectly fits the game and setting.
Best Castlevania song to me.
Give me this track over Bloody Tears any day.
Pueden creer que todos los días sin falta escucho todo el ost en el trabajo
Me relaja mucho
No lo dudo, yo guardo una copia de la música en la guantera de mi Tacoma.
Te creo a mi me ayuda y también el de castlevania curse of darkness
+1 yo tambien
Cross a Fear makes me feel like an 80's action hero
Hell yeah!
Richter was also jacked in this game.
It's still day light but he stills walks into the darkness with christ in his heart and a whip full of blessings
The best version of beginning ever.
Man that backbeat with those hi-hats makes it so nervous. And the synth at 15:59 makes it glorious.
Yeah it's really good
11:44 - 12:14 I have never heard of anything so angelic. Such perfection!
Bloody Tears is just one those songs that is so well written that it's next to impossible to have it sound bad. I love how it can it light, upbeat and powerful feeling or have a darker, more sinister undertone as if Dracula himself had a hand in composing it
I'm listening to this game's OST right now on the month of Halloween. And what a great way to enjoy this, as 2023 is this game's 30th anniversary. 30 years have gone by, but this game and its soundtrack are both solid and timeless.
Since I played Circle of the Moon first, it was quite the flashback to hear Requiem now that I'm playing Rondo on PS4
The Super Castlevania IV soundtrack will always be my favorite game soundtrack of all time, but this is absolutely amazing. Konami did some great work in the 90s.
Castlevania IV's soundtrack is great, but I don't like how subdued it is in a lot of parts. I feel like Castlevania has never really been about atmosphere (SotN's soundtrack is among my least favourite honestly) and it's why I love this game's soundtrack so much because it just goes ham and never lets up.
Are you not aware of Konami existing in the 1980s? Akumajou Dracula (1986), Dracula II: Noroi no Fuuin (1987), Akumajou Densetsu (1989). There's also Gradius, Contra, and a host of others from that decade. They did some phenomenal work in the 80s.
Yes, Castlevania IV has some sort of creepy sounding medieval type tunes in it. Well, at least in my opinion, some songs sounded like that. Like the Banquet hall theme, and a few boss fight themes. …and yes, I love the Castlevania IV soundtrack too. Beautiful game!!
@@Y00bi Not for me, sotn soundtrack was good stuff. And always kept me wanting to go further in the game.
@@gohanangered9650 SoTN has some fucking banger tracks. I just don't like Castlevania going for atmospheric music.
Why does Castlevania music sound so ahead of its time on every retro system back then!?!?🤯👍
Because it was. Konami back in the day had some thought and put extreme attention to the themes in their games. sci-fi for gradius, action intense for contra, espionage for metal gear. konami knew what proper instrumentation was as well for their games.
Well the pc engine/turbographx16 also wanted to flex the CD sound quaility compared to other 16 bit consoles.
Most likely to keep competitive in a land scape where 3D was the new thing. They prolly thought, "well we can't beat 3D gfx but we can carry a beat." The same thing also happened with SoTN. Minimal 3D but amazing music to compensate.
@@elitalianoverde Pretty much. I mean, from what I heard, SoTN did damn well compared to both the N64 titles.
@@elitalianoverde 3D graphics were still easily beaten in 93. They weren't ubiquitous yet for a few years.
This soundtrack is an unrivaled masterpiece. I throw it on whenever I go on a jog in fall and I feel nothing but sheer determination.
I legit listen to this everyday while at work. It pumps me up and makes me more efficient.
00:00 First time I heard it was on Castlevania: COTM, such a good song
6:57 Oof watch out for that stray bass slap
Dracula's true weakness; superb bass tracks, not holy weapons
@@zombied3stroy3r9gaming4 What is a bass track!? a misserable little pile of low notes! but enough jamming, have at you!
@@wallymeatson4430 *Illusionary Bass intensifies*
Welcome to Smash Bros. Richter Belmont!
yo, welcome you are my second main after Wario :)
And Simon Belmont the real OG of Castlevania.
Now we just need Alucard, Maria Renard and maybe Dracula.
Fuck your stupid game.
Any rendition of Bloody Tears is a masterpiece. You cannot ruin that original composition in any way possible.
Dracula: I fear no man, but that little girl... 35:51
Maria: Hi
7:31 reminds me of Ozzy Osbornes song "Mr Crowley" right before the solo hits.
Just recently started playing the PC Engine CD version of this game & It is by far my favorite Castlevania game of all time
Konami thank you for these classics though you guys have forgotten how legendary you were back in the days.
They abandoned their most loyal fans to make Pachenko lol I hope they redeem themselves soon after hearing all these rumors and leaks
@@ironbirdshredder77 what rumors? care to elaborate?
I love slash stage 4. That song fuking rocks. Super understated and obscure. Has a kicking 4 to the floor beat and awesome synth lead
I feel the 90s just oozing out of this OST.
but in a good way, instead of a shitty Europop way.
certainly the most 90s sororities ever heard in a game OST , like the ones of Symphony of night, Half-life 1 , Sonic racing, and Super Mario 64
I think this game has the best version of Bloody Tears !
Thank you for uploading this, ITS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!
Do not underestimate that killer bass. 23:45
F u n k a l i c i o u s ‼️
This soundtrack is so 90s and I love it.
Reminds me a lot of soundtracks like Jazz Jackrabbit 2 which is still a personal favorite of mine. Just something about the kind of instruments used during that era of gaming continues to appeal strongly to me to this day.
i miss that style
I F****g love the sound of the electric guitar riffs in Slash from stage 4'
35:50 Is what I think castlevania is all about.
Also I know both sotn and rondo don't share the same composer but it really does sound like rondo really influenced sotn Of course the high quality sound doens't hurt, which is quite literally orgasmic.
RoB influenced SotN a lot more than you think. It literally used most of the enemies and sprites from that game. If you play Richter Mode in SotN, you'll notice that he looks and plays similar to RoB Richter, not to mention has almost the same health bar.
@SuperPlayer EX well, SotN is Rondo's sequel after all
Energetic. Engaging. Beautiful.
This is so f*'^ing amazing! Thank you so much for posting it!
This along with Lament of Innocence and Symphony of the night are the best soundtracks in the Castlevania franchise.
Appreciate your upload very much dude
This is art, my friends.
Just playing through Rondo Of Blood for the 1st time now and MY GOD, just got up to level 3 and man this soundtrack is immaculate. Almost feels wrong listening to other tracks as I feel I should experience them in game first
It only took me 437 save states but I beat it too!!
Cross a Fear = legendary
Such a timeless masterpiece.
"Divine Bloodline" and "Cross a fear" are my favorites from this Game.
I love how Preparation for Boss Fight (28:29) suddenly switches over to the -Turbografx's- PC Engine's own PSG channels in lieu of Redbook CD music. I wonder if there's an MS-DOS game whose soundtrack does exactly the same thing.
Some games will even stream some instruments and use hardware synth for others.
I don't know about DOS, but the Sega CD did something similar with Sonic CD, the set of songs for levels in the past using the Genesis's sound chip instead of recorded tracks.
@@lewstherintelamon1377 I remember that! It was awesome! I liked Palmtree Panic's past song the most! :D
Still haven't found a good MS-DOS example though. The closest I know of is 3D Lemmings (where the player could select Redbook CD _or_ hardware synth in the setup).
Not exactly a mid-gameplay switch like 28:29, but hey, it's something.
@@ActionGamerAaron Can you name any examples? I'm fairly sure Super Mario Galaxy did something like that.
@@lewstherintelamon1377 No they were all recorded, but some were compressed PCM files where as others were Redbook. They didn't use the Megadrives YM2612 synth AFAIK.
Man, I love Castlevania's soundtrack and this one is an early entry of what we could expect of the masterpiece soundtrack from SOTN
How have I only now found this version of bloody tears!? My favorite track's best version was here the whole time and I've only just now found it!
I remember the first time I played/heard this masterpiece: Goosebumps then, goosebumps now.
3 bone throwing skeletons dislike this
Actually, 5 spear fucking guards
@@expendable6373 31 fleamen
@@kvltofpersonality Seems one of the fleamen was vanquished.
They are 30 now, they must be multiplying themselves.
@@toyvania oh jesus it 36 armored fleaman
It is a masterpiece, and the thing is I don't know who did it. The credits name 4 composers: Keizo Nakamura, Akira Souji, Tomoko Sano and Mikio Saito. I guess each one of them made like 5 tracks or so, maybe 2 rearranges and 2 originals, but the thing is there is common theme through out the tracks so who was in charge? My guess is Saito a.k.a Metal Yuhki he was the oldest and the most experienced for his work in Tecmo... If anyone know this for sure (from a book ) leave me a reply plz. We all come back here from time to time :)
A real gem both game and soundtrack
Even "Preparation for Boss Fight" feels expertly crafted to convey the feeling that you're living a nightmare in a 80s horror movie. Reminds me of Dawn of the Dead for some reason. I even skipped forward just to hear it again!
Just got into the series like a week ago and this was the first Castlevania I beat. Even got it to 100% today. Honestly loved it, wish it wasn't so short, but I guess that's to be expected from games that are literally older than I am lol. I'll definitely try the other Classicvanias as well, maybe I'll even end up liking them more than the Metroidvanias.
This OST, blown away.
Amazing!!
Such a masterpiece!
You can hear bits of what will be in the end credits song of Metal Gear Solid in the opening track.
AWESOME soundtrack !!!
My great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, grandmother played a very big part in this. 💖
Oh man, I haven't played this in forever. Absolutely wonderful piece of gaming history, with (sans rose-tinted spectacles) some of the most iconic music within the franchise. The overall sound-design was simply finetuned to make the audible experience of the game, constantly caress your ears, whilst embarking on your quest. LOVE it~
Dude thats like 8 fucking greats how old is your mother
@@wulfulk1000 _(pssst, just joking about Maria being a distant relative, btw~)_
@@DanielRenardAnimation Holy shit I just realized your second name being Renard, that's awesome!
@@DanielRenardAnimation oooooooh
Lmao
35:50 How can you not like this track? It's cute, just like Maria! 🥰
😭😭😭😭😭qué pena crecer y volverme un adulto....tengo a Castlevania en la sangre....adoro todas sus sinfonía...y la principal del héroe
Cross your heart is so good i wish it was used :O
woah I never knew this game had a version of Cross Your Heart, I wonder where it was going to be used :O
This OST makes you feel like such a badass while playing.
And then the terrible controls and slow, clunky animations make you feel like a pathetic wimp lol
One of the best memories of my youth!
This soundtrack is so great
Every single track is a fucking banger
PC Engine CD games had the best soundtracks....
AWESOME
I love the game and the soundtrack equally!
Great soundtrack.
@ 8:37 When you KNOW Japanese geeks LOVE Prog Rock
I thought Rondo and Dracula X were exactly the same until recently. Oh how I've missed out.
Me too. I haven't had a proper look into the series until this year. Castlevania sucked me right in afterwards, and since then I have played tons of amazing games.
These Latin choirs are giving me the shivers.
Me too !
They are Greek, actually 🇬🇷 .
Man, this soundtrack is incredible, but going from Den, one of the best tracks on the whole thing and going into Preperation for Boss Fight is total whiplash. It sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the rest of the tracks.
The music is perfect to even make an OVA, imagine one with that 90s style, man that woul have been cheesy but also epic as hell
an CV anime based about Rondo wouldve be nice... wait they already prepare a animated series?!
@@darassylmoniakam yep, it's in process
@@DaedalosC9 too bad they will not probably retake these musics , Konami copyright i guess
@@darassylmoniakam they kinda did with the last series, who knows if Konami gets easier with the music rights since it brought back to life the saga and brought many new fans as well
00:00, the first time I heard this song was on Circle of the Moon, little i know that It was first used on Rondo. Magnificent song, loved when I heard it
Me too, oddly enough.
While SC4 had amazing ambience and the soundtrack tried to go for a more epic aproach, Rondo certainly had more style, catchyness and felt very groovy and up-beat. At least that's the way I see it.
I personally say they are even in terms of what they acomplish. Best Classicvanias in the franchise imo.
I started the game yesterday, and the soundtrack is unbelievable! Crazy good game!
The greatest stage soundtrack ever
Divine Bloodline it's just ♥
How have I never heard of this Castlevania game?! I have been gaming since i was 3 ('89) and I have never even in passing heard of this game. I know it did not come out in the US, but damn. this OST is glorious. I have been listening to Scourge of 1691 almost exclusively at work. Looks like I will be adding this to my repertoire
Exclusive Japanese sale of this game at the time of its release. 1993.
You may have heard of this game through its western version's name, Dracula X but it had some changes compared to Rondo of Blood. I prefer Rondo becauee it's definitely a lot more fluid and the ost sounds less compressed.
Crazy how the SNES port goes toe-to-toe with this on the soundtrack, and is in some cases cleaner sounding.
Crushing grind!
listening to this is like watching my childhood in flashbacks...
SLASH !! Mindblowing :D
Song fuking rules. Super underrated
Easily the definition of an "Underground Gem"
Veri NIce Soundtrack.
killer soundtrack
"vampire killer" soundtrack :D
De mis soundtracks favoritos. :)
Fucking LOVE this soundtrack. Thank you for the video!