It’s spooky season, so I’m doing a whole episode full of Castlevania’s greatest hits! And come back soon for a bonus episode containing a whole bunch of deep cuts I didn’t have time for on this episode!
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During the show, I mentioned my April Fool’s 2023 episode. You can find that at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-duvyd-13ce7bd, although I warn you that 1) you are listening at your own risk and also 2) it’s an April Fool’s Day show, so things may be a little different than normal and also also 3) it features me singing at the end, so you’re REALLY listening at your own risk.
If you want to find the OC Remix Vampire Variations compilations mentioned in the outro, you can find them at the following links:
https://ocremix.org/album/67/vampire-variations-a-musical-tribute-to-castlevania
https://ocremix.org/album/68/vampire-variations-volume-ii
https://ocremix.org/album/69/vampire-variations-volume-iii
Track Listing:
00:00 - Show Tagline
00:09 - Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES) - Within These Castle Walls (composers: Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima, and Kouji Murata)
00:53 - Talk Segment I
03:00 - Castlevania (NES) - Stalker (Armory) (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)
06:00 - Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES) - The Silence of the Daylight (composer: Kenichi Matsubara)
07:05 - Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (Famicom Disk System) - Mad Forest (composers: Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto)
08:40 - Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (Famicom Disk System) - Deja Vu (Vampire Killer) (composers: Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto)
11:38 - Talk Segment II
12:32 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Vampire Killer (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)
13:39 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Wicked Child (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)
15:28 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Black Knight (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)
16:12 - Talk Segment III
16:45 - Castlevania: The Adventure (Game Boy) - Battle of the Holy [Stage 1 BGM] (composers: Shigeru Fukutake, Norio Hanzawa, and Hidehiro Funauchi)
19:43 - Castlevania 2 - Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy) - Psycho Warrior [Rock Castle] (composer: Hidehiro Funauchi)
23:02 - Talk Segment IV
24:35 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Simon’s Theme (Stage 1-2 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo)
28:17 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - Iron-Blue Intention (composer: Michiru Yamane)
30:15 - Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) - Bloodlines (composers: Tomoya Tomita, Masanari Iwata, Harumi Ueko, and Masahiko Kimura)
33:23 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Overture (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito)
34:27 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Picture of a Ghost Ship (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito)
36:52 - Talk Segment V
39:42 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - The Tragic Prince (composer: Michiru Yamane)
43:46 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Crystal Teardrops (composer: Michiru Yamane)
45:47 - Talk Segment VI
47:23 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - Awake (composer: Sotaro Tojima)
49:53 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) - Successor of Fate (Juste Belmont’s theme) (composer: Soshiro Hokkai)
52:14 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) - Clock Tower (composer: Michiru Yamane)
55:11 - Talk Segment VII
56:21 - Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Dracula's Tears (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:00:00 - Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Equipment Discussion [Shop] (composer: Masahiko Kimura)
1:01:50 - Castlevania Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Chapel Hidden in Smoke (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:05:13 - Talk Segment VIII
1:06:36 - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Theme Of Bloodstained (composer: Michiru Yamane)
1:09:36 - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Exorschism (composer: Keisuke Ito)
1:11:54 - Outro Talk Segment
1:15:21 - Vampire Variations II (OCREMIX) - Season of the Witch (Together Forever) (composer: Michiru Yamane; arranged by Brandon Strader)
Episode45 - Chilly McFreeze V: Baron Von Ruthless
Episode 44 - Rando Calrissian and the Perilous Pippin Plot
A Special Message for Spotify Listeners
Episode 43 - Rose-Colored Pixels 3: Professor Tom's Happyland Vacation!
Episode 42 - Jazzy SAVC '24
Episode 41 - A Sad Girl in the Snow
Episode 40 - Movin’
Episode 39 - Four Short Episodes of Shujin Academy VGM Club
Episode 38 - The Not-So-Contractually-Obligated After-Halloween Mixtape
Bonus Episode 3: Every Drop You Drink II, or The Spooky Castlevania Leftovers
Episode 36 - Holy
[RE-UPLOAD] Episode 11 - What Could Go Wrong
Episode 35 - Rose-Colored Pixels II: Back to Happyland!
Episode 34 - Gotta Go Speed
Episode 33 - Rando Calrissian
Episode 32 - Masters of VGM 2023:Tough Girls, Stiff Drinks, Coffee Cups, Bibles
Episode 31 - Add Three More Mana
Episode 30 - Add Three Mana
Episode 29 - Catch a Groove
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