Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (SAT)

Akumajō Dracula X: Gekka no Yasōkyoku

Platform: Sega Saturn Year: 1998 Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya Buy: Amazon

For other Castlevania games see Castlevania.

The Sega Saturn port of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was only released in Japan, thus retaining its original title Akumajō Dracula X: Gekka no Yasōkyoku. It is as much a port as it is an update to the original Playstation game, adding new music, entire sections with new enemies, items, as well as Maria as a new playable character. It does have a few drawnbacks over the Playstation version though, examples include longer loading times and worse transparency effects. Overall, it's the same game.

Screenshots

Title screen. Sound test menu. Richter doesn't have to be unlocked in this version. The surprisingly english opening scroll is now narrated over. Voice acting seems far less silly here compared to the english versions.

Music

In addition to the superb Playstation soundtrack, which was mostly composed by Michiru Yamane, this version features additional tracks in a broader variety of genres, branching out into Techno, J-Rock and Jazz and can thus be considered to be more upbeat as opposed to the more eerie and romantic nature of the original version. The new material was composed and arranged by Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima and Kaoru Okada, although the game's credits do not specify who did what. Most of these new tunes are remixes and medleys of classic Castlevania songs, some entirely new ("Guardian").

Master Librarian also gets a remixed tune, the reason for that being purely technical. Some of the original tracks loop sightly differently. Almost 2 hours of music are featured altogether in this game.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Size	Listen
01	Metamorphosis I	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:04	664 KB
02	Prologue	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:38	1.21 MB
03	Dance of Illusions	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:28	963 KB
04	Moonlight Nocturne	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:35	1.1 MB
05	Prayer	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	0:52	690 KB
06	Dracula's Castle	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:36	1.1 MB
07	Dance of Gold	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	3:22	2.12 MB
08	Marble Gallery	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:07	937 KB
09	Tower of Mist	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	2:41	1,7 MB
10	Nocturne	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	2:09	1.51 MB
11	Wood Carving Partita	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	4:51	3.17 MB
12	Door of Holy Spirits	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	0:53	660 KB
13	Festival of Servants	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:20	1.0 MB
14	Land of Benediction	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	0:17	190 KB
15	Requiem for the Gods	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	2:01	1.4 MB
16	Crystal Teardrops	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	3:33	2.4 MB
17	Abandoned Pit	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	2:08	1.5 MB
18	Rainbow Cemetery	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	2:32	2.1 MB
19	Silence	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	0:17	181 KB
20	Lost Painting	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:29	1.1 MB
21	Dance of Pales	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	2:14	1.5 MB
22	Cursed Sanctuary	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	2:06	1.4 MB
23	Demonic Banquet	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:57	1.3 MB
24	Wandering Ghosts	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	4:07	3.2 MB
25	The Tragic Prince	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	3:40	2.5 MB
26	The Door to the Abyss	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:46	1.3 MB
27	Heavenly Doorway	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	2:48	2.1 MB
28	Death Ballad	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	2:05	1.3 MB
29	Blood Relations	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:48	1.4 MB
30	Metamorphosis II	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	0:37	386 KB
31	Final Toccata	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	4:56	3.2 MB
32	Black Banquet	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	2:35	1.7 MB
33	Metamorphosis III	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	0:38	520 KB
34	I Am the Wind	Rika Muranaka, Tony Haynes, Jeff Lorber	Rika Muranaka, Jeff Lorber	3:20	3.0 MB
35	Moonlight Nocturne (with Narration)	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	1:35	1.1 MB
36	Master Librarian	Michiru Yamane	Unknown	0:45	608 KB
37	Guardian	Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima, Kaoru Okada	Unknown	1:01	764 KB
38	Vampire Killer remix.1	Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima, Kaoru Okada	Unknown	1:37	1.3 MB
39	Vampire Killer remix.2	Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima, Kaoru Okada	Unknown	1:25	1.0 MB
40	Vampire Killer remix.1	Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima, Kaoru Okada	Unknown	2:14	1.5 MB
41	Vampire Killer remix.2	Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima, Kaoru Okada	Unknown	2:14	1.7 MB
42	Beginning remix.1	Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima, Kaoru Okada	Unknown	2:34	1.9 MB
43	Beginning remix.2	Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima, Kaoru Okada	Unknown	2:20	1.8 MB
44	Chaconne C Moll	Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima, Kaoru Okada	Unknown	4:58	3.1 MB
45	Chaconne C Moll (short) part 1	Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima, Kaoru Okada	Unknown	2:15	1.4 MB
46	Chaconne C Moll (short) part 2	Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima, Kaoru Okada	Unknown	2:49	1.9 MB

Credits

• Ripper: Wurstwagen
• Recorder: Wurstwagen
• Game Credits:
  • Music By: Michiru Yamane, Tetsuya Ōsono, Junko Karashima, Kaoru Okada
  • Vocal: Kahori Yamane
  • Electric guitar: Takayuki Fujiki
  • Electric guitar: Nishimura Oh. Ya. Zi.
  • Mixing: Imohore Imai

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Albums

Akumajo Dracula X ~Gekka no Nocturne~ Original Game Soundtrack 1997/04/09

Releases

Japan Title: 悪魔城ドラキュラＸ月下の夜想曲 (Demon Castle Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight) Platform: Sega Saturn Released: 1998/06/25 Publisher: Konami Co., Ltd.

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