Dracula MIDI Collection
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KICA-7809
King
10/22/97
3200 yen

ORIGINAL ARRANGE
Track 1 - "Vampire Killer" (REMIX) from Castlevania
Track 2 - "Stalker" (REMIX) from Castlevania
Track 3 - "Wicked Child" (REMIX) from Castlevania
Track 4 - "Walking on the Edge" (REMIX) from Castlevania
Track 5 - "Heart of Fire" (REMIX) from Castlevania
Track 6 - "Out of Time" (REMIX) from Castlevania
Track 7 - "Nothing to Lose" (REMIX) from Castlevania
Track 8 - "The Silence of Daylight" (REMIX) from Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Track 9 - "Battle of The Holy" (REMIX) from The Castlevania Adventure
Track 10 - "Theme of Simon" (REMIX) from Super Castlevania 4
Track 11 - "Rainbow Cemetary" (REMIX) from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

GAMESOUND SIMULATION
Track 12 - "Vampire Killer" from Castlevania
Track 13 - "Out of Time" from Castlevania
Track 14 - "The Silence of Daylight" from Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Track 15 - "Bloodlines" from Dracula X: Rondo of Blood
Track 16 - "Wandering Ghosts" from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Track 17 - "Rainbow Cemetary" from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

PIANO ARRANGE
Track 18 - "Lost Painting" from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Track 19 - Stage 1 from Kid Dracula

KUKEIHA CLUB ARRANGE MIDI VERSION
Track 20 - "Beginning" (REMIX) from Castlevania 3: Dracula's Curse

There's a whole variety of stuff on this CD. The first 11 tracks are arranged versions done with high-quality MIDI syntheziers of various Castlevania tunes, mostly from Castlevania 1. I love all of these arrangements, and they're definitely the premier of the CD.

Next comes the "Gamesound Simulation", in which the MIDI syntheziers are programmed to make the music sound just like it did originally in the game. I have no idea why they did this, but personally many of the tunes (including the versions of the NES games) sound worse. After that there are two nice piano arrangements, and another remix of Beginning, which is a crappy version of the same tune found on the Dracula Best 1 and Dracula Music Collection CDs.

Additionally, you can find the music in MIDI format to be played on your computer (though they don't sound as nice as they do on this CD until you have a really expensive, high quality sound card) as well as a bunch of nice wallpapers.

Overall, for a single CD, it's a bit more expensive than usual, but the arranged MIDI tracks are worth it, and the bonuses are a nice touch too.