I’ve been wanting to do a music segment for a while now, and the first game that came to mind for music is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. The mp3 is nearly 13 minutes long, whereas I was shooting for 10-12 minutes, but given the number of songs I squeezed in, I’d say I did fairly well. If you’re interested in a sampling of some of Symphony of the Night‘s best music, give it a listen.
I should also mention the plethora of technical difficulties I experienced during this recording. Firstly, I was terrorized by (and subsequently smote) a massive bee. Secondly, my cat at one point jumped up onto my server and sat himself down on the intake fan. I jumped up to unseat the feline and my foot caught on the microphone cord – I thought I’d broken my USB condenser mike, but thankfully it survived.
Lungfishopolis MusicCast – Castlevania Symphony of the Night
I still need to pick up this soundtrack. Right now I have Valkyria Chronicles and Crisis Core: FFIIV on my MP3 player, both have beautiful scores.
[…] I played Symphony of the Night on my Playstation and was immediately blown away. Amazing game. The game’s music was better than anything I’d ever heard. And the addition of RPG elements such as leveling […]