For me, it feels… fitting @@zero-one2585, the strongest Belmont, the one who finally ends their night hunt has both the song of one of the original OST and the…. _second black sheep of the series_ because he failed to get married to someone and combine it together Also, I like how Castlevania all have ok to good to great to fucking legendary levels of games and then there’s… Legends… and Order of Shadow… and Haunted Castle… yeah, those 3 exception kinda ruin the series nearly perfect track record
@@keelanbarron928 yes, they added a lot of music from HD into Smash, sadly this one doesn't play on Julius' spirit battle and you don't even fight Richter with the Julius costume. What a waste of material...
Let's see, we have: Heart of Fire Heart of Fire with reverb Heart of Fire but layered Don't Wait Until Night It tried to be Heart of Fire It did its best to be Heart of Fire Heart of Fire Genesis Heart of Fire Game Gear Calm Heart of Fire Julius Belmont Heart of Fire midi(?) Rocking Julius Belmont
i wanna give a special shoutout to the DOS speaker version. of course it doesnt sound very elegant, but making it sound as convincing as that with only a single square wave is impressive.
I agree. You can even feel how it's trying real hard to simulate the original song, and it shows how insightful the creators are in tackling hardware limitations.
Julius theme in Aria of Sorrow has a part of the theme "Don't Wait Until Night" from Haunted Castle, a part of the theme "Heart of Fire" from the first Castlevania, and and own part in the middle of both themes.
@@castlevaniamusicforever the DOS version of castlevania was the closest anyone with PC only could get to playing CV without NES ... and even then the performance is so-so for the PCs back then ... ie, 286/386 era ... but the gameplay is very identical - just not as solid as the original ...
@@HarbingerYT I went and check the particular song in question.....despite being on a better hardware, literally sounds COMPARABLE to that version of Heart of Fire, instruments and all. And even that he's right, the MS-DOS version of Heart of Fire does sound better than Central City.
I remember the first time I heard harmony of despair/aria of sorrow’s version I was skeptical. I thought “the actual song is only 1/3 of it” but its grown on me and now I love how it builds up and “dont wait til the night” is an excellent song in itself
Aria of sorrow is my favorite version! When the BGM starts, you will feel energized, and ready to beat anyone. The most beautiful part starts from 21:36.
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All version rated (because this is a mashup of 2 separate songs so i rated each version and a mixed version): * Heart of Fire + NES - FDS: Very nice, and i suprised that both are the SAME track + MSX2: Very good, and almost same as the original + Commodore: PLEASE FIX THE SOUND PLEASE COMMODORE! + DOS: When MIDI rises... (PC speaker sound weird, Tandy even WEIRDER, AdLib save the day...) + OoS: Very nice soundfont... * Don't wait until Night + Haunted Castle: ABSOLUTE BANGER!!! * Julius Belmont's Mix + Aria of Sorrow: Good song but GBA need to have a soundchip... + Harmony of Despair: Wow, this is very epic, but... Aquarius is already my favorite in this game...
I prefer the haunted castle version, the connection between DWUN and heart of fire dosent fit very well in my opinion (but all the versions still incredible awesome tho)
9:44 - Hola me estaba preguntando si podrían pasar esa canción otra vez + Mmmm cuál canción viejo? - La que dice bi bu bu bu bi bi + No, te refieres a bi bubu bop bubu bop
Did this song not appear in Castlevania chronicles, or that computer game it was an enhanced port of? I think that was a reimagining of Castlevania 1, so I'd be surprised if it didn't appear. I think the PS1 game even let you chose different versions of the OST based on the different soundcards
I DID not put the Dracula Battle Perfect Selection, rather than forgot. Essentially I don't count versions coming from the albums when doing these compilations. If I did, then I'd miss a lot of songs for other themes too
I don't know if it's really inspired or if it's just a coincidence, but the Abandoned Castle theme from Curse of Darkness has a part that sounds very similar to a certain part of Heart of Fire. Check it at the 1:50 mark of that song.
the part you're talking about can also be heard in several other songs throughout the series, not just abandoned castle. it's a pretty common motif in the series
