Favourite version of "Bloody Tears"

Bregalad · Post by **Bregalad** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:44 am

What is your favourite version of this song ?

Mine is probably the Dracular X version - but I like NES and FDS too.

EDIT : Post links to songs :
Original FDS version
NES "celtic" version
Super Casltevania IV "jazz" version
Dracula X - "dramatic" version
Synphony of the night "hevy metal" version
Dawon of sorrow "rock" version

Other verisons arround :
Castlevania bloodlines (FM-synthetis based)
Haunted Castle (btw this may be the "original" instead of the FDS I'm not sure) (FM-synthetis based)
PC Engine version
Sharp X68000 version, agian FM-synthetis based
...probably a few others I'm missing.

Of course I'm also a big fan of other casltevania songs (especially simon's theme) but this is the one with the most different versions I've ever seen.

phazmatis · Post by **phazmatis** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:19 pm

I'm going with DoS for this one, with NES as a close second.

tokumaru · Post by **tokumaru** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:46 pm

You could've posted some YouTube links for people like me that are not familiar with the song. I can't vote for now, so I'll see if I can find some of them.

Dwedit · Post by **Dwedit** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:06 pm

It's the song that plays when you're outside of towns in Castlevania 2 during the daytime.

naI · Post by **naI** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:14 pm

Believe it or not, I prefer the Akumajou Dracula XX version of Bloody Tears over the original Dracula X version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNVl9_1LCKI

tokumaru · Post by **tokumaru** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:55 pm

Frankly, I didn't like the song much. It has this great organ build-up, like something awesome is about to come, and then some simplistic catchy melody shows up, kinda disappointing IMO. Not a bad song, but the intro makes me expect something else.

Post by **Memblers** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 2:25 pm

The one in Haunted Castle is pretty good too, complete with very 80's-sounding drums.

Celius · Post by **Celius** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:17 pm

I voted "other", because I love the version on the X68000 version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KsKgfoAQS8

And I also love the version on the PS1 re-release, the arranged version that is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne869ZiSJAE

I think even though Castlevania Chronicles has techno-ish remixes of all the songs, I really like them! I also didn't know that there was a version of bloody tears on Symphony of the Night? Where does this play?

EDIT: For those of you who have not played the original X68000 version, don't mind the horrible mock-up display shown on the first video; I don't know what that's all about.

ccovell · Post by **ccovell** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:27 pm

I'll always love the CV4 version of the song, though the SOTN version is damn good (bridges are a little cacphonous).

UncleSporky · Post by **UncleSporky** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:54 pm

tokumaru wrote:Frankly, I didn't like the song much. It has this great organ build-up, like something awesome is about to come, and then some simplistic catchy melody shows up, kinda disappointing IMO. Not a bad song, but the intro makes me expect something else.

Me too, actually. One of the first CV games I really played was Dawn of Sorrow on the DS, and I remember this forum I visit was all hyped that it had a remix of Bloody Tears. I finally heard this iconic Castlevania song and was sort of let down. It just doesn't grab me.

"Beginning" from the first level of Castlevania 3 is my favorite CV theme! This video compiles most of its versions out there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh9MzR-5kM0

The one at 5:18 is pretty epic. But my favorite version ever is this remix, I'm not usually into hard rock but it's really well done:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p56GDEpJCPE

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:58 pm

they all sound more of less the same too me

Zepper · Post by **Zepper** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:32 pm

- The NES version, of course. ^_^;;

phazmatis · Post by **phazmatis** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:55 pm

I prefer vampire killer. Others I like are:

The Tragic Prince from SotN.
Eneomaos Clock Tower from CoD
Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab from LoI
Abandoned Castle
Theme of Simon - Man, this one really sets the theme for Castlevania IV. You know the game is going to be awesome.

Bregalad · Post by **Bregalad** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:02 am

I've edited my origial post to add links to songs (what I have been missing heh stupid me) so that people can make themselves an opinion.

Yeah of course I also like the songs you mentionned phazmaztis. The big beef I have with the guy who makes those collections is that he didn't understand that the Famicom version of CV2 and CV3 had completely different music form their NES version.

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:36 am

I now chane my vote, to the hevy metal version