Block 9: Akumajou Densetsu (Castlevania 3) Music

[wyatt8740]

"and i'm proud to be an american..." people would say that they prefer the result of the technically inferior expansion chip capacities of the NES. I'm american, I live with the NES in my home, but I still can't see how the american version is better. THE ORIGINAL AND TRUE RENDITION IS THIS ONE. THE AMERICAN ONE HAD TO BE CUT IN HALF DUE O FEWER SOUND TRACKS.

[Bowserian]

Riddle!

[UNBTFFAN]

This level is rough!

[DullVivid]

I like how this is Dracula's final boss music in Castlevania Rebirth

[Mrguy891]

Eh NES sounds better. This sounds like space invaders sound effects on crack.

[NosferatuD]

I will admit that this version of "Riddle" does, in my opinion, sound better than the American version. Overall, I still prefer the American soundtrack to the Japanese.

[TrevorCBelmont]

this is one track I prefer the famicom version of simply because its crazier sounding than its NES counterpart.

[Xskills16]

You can thank the Famicom's FM synthesizer for that.

[rippinkorpse]

damn i wanna learn this on the guitar! fuuck! anybody have the tabs?

[SomaEvil]

ha! riddle in a really hard stage and is the same on order of ecclesia: a remix of this sound and a fucking hard cavern but entertaining level i needed to usae volaticus in the entire stage xD

[TweeterMan287]

Why didn't we get that extra chip! Damn our NES's lack of support for extra hardware! *shakes fist at sky*

[spartandroog]

nvm...found it its called: Riddle

[spartandroog]

anyone know the actual name of this track?

[MaxExpert94]

Wow!I love the song!:D But it was HARD to fight The Evil Clone! XD Anyway,still I can get past!Lucky,because this level is behind the final level,Fighting with Dracula! :D

[jdonvance]

Seems a little fast.

And I like 0:34 - 0:41 too.

The piercing "cry" is cool, too.

This is the first one I've heard so far that isn't overly cluttered with regards to the American version. Funny how the NES's limitations made this music clearer.

[NeoSonicStrike]

That's because the American version is simply better.

Good to see people coming to grips with that reality.

[Tonytambe]

@NeoSonicStrike You really don't have a taste with music! So try listening to the Rebirth version, that is like the best version of this song.

[GweeGwee]

0:34 to 0:41 was my favorite part

[kdreamland]

love these.

[OgnarPliskin]

I love this creepy music. This is what Castlevania is all about!

[Zolpidex]

Another difference is that the first section is repeated in the Japanese version, while it goes straight into the turnaround in the American version.

[zxbass]

this song is in order of ecclesia =D

[OgnarPliskin]

I know, totally. I realized that when I got to this stage in CV3 last night!

[redfalconxx]

at which part

[OgnarPliskin]

I forgot. It's somewhere in Dracula's Castle, though, but I do know that it plays in the Large Cavern, the secret area.

[juxtapositioning]

@zxbass All of them are.

[Jazzypants2007]

@zxbass And it's AWFUL in that game.

[MadDoctor04]

its also longer too.

[djfakt]

No...Something is a little weird with these. Something is off....I know these like the back of my hand.

[HighMagister]

Yeah I notice it too.

[the0vermind]

thats because this is the jap verison superior sound track

[CitanKainUzuki]

The Japanese version had a special sound chip...The American version (NES) did not...

[djfakt]

"thats because this is the jap verison superior sound track "

Well, "superior" is subjective. It had more sound channels but I tend to think that some of the tracks are a bit cluttered on the Famicom version.

And the reason I thought this was the NES version is because the screen up above has the NES start-screen instead of the Japanese one...

[Markell1991]

And it says "Licensed by Nintendo of America" lol.

[JokinJoe]

I was quoting someone who said the American version sounded better but it seems as if the comment was erased

[NeoSonicStrike]

Uh, the NES is better.

That's really not a debate.

[JokinJoe]

Haha, you really are retarded.

[NeoSonicStrike]

Based off of what, exactly?

[NeoSonicStrike]

You got Destroyed, kid.

Quit while you're behind and walk it off, let out the tears if you must, RoFL.

[JokinJoe]

ad hominem, eh?

I may be wrong, but you are too.