arrangers:
- link: artist/36225
  names:
    en: Stemage
- link: artist/12091
  names:
    en: The Dual Dragons
- link: artist/14815
  names:
    en: Magellanic
- link: artist/49325
  names:
    en: Viking Guitar
- link: artist/11430
  names:
    en: Dj Mokram
- link: artist/13816
  names:
    en: Guifrog
- link: artist/7192
  names:
    en: Brandon Strader
- link: artist/17628
  names:
    en: Daemon9623
- link: artist/12350
  names:
    en: BONKERS
- link: artist/11801
  names:
    en: Chernabogue
- link: artist/14816
  names:
    en: Super Guitar Bros
- link: artist/59699
  names:
    en: Hat
- link: artist/61145
  names:
    en: Omigadrive
- link: artist/15021
  names:
    en: Existence Zero
catalog: OCRI-0006
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Arrangement
composers:
- link: artist/1270
  names:
    en: Kinuyo Yamashita
    ja: 山下絹代
- link: artist/11441
  names:
    en: Satoe Terashima
    ja: 寺島里恵
- link: artist/334
  names:
    en: Michiru Yamane
    ja: 山根ミチル
- link: artist/2744
  names:
    en: Kenichi Matsubara
- link: artist/1618
  names:
    en: Yasuhiro Ichihashi
    ja: 市橋康弘
- link: artist/3021
  names:
    en: Masanori Adachi
    ja: 安達昌宣
- link: artist/325
  names:
    en: Taro Kudo
    ja: 工藤太郎
- link: artist/55542
  names:
    en: Akira Souji
    ja: 荘司朗
- link: artist/3087
  names:
    en: Keizo Nakamura
    ja: 中村圭三
- link: artist/7088
  names:
    en: Tomoko Sano
    ja: 佐野朋子
- link: artist/1557
  names:
    en: Mikio Saito
    ja: 斎藤幹雄
covers: []
discs:
- disc_length: '41:28'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Prolapse (Prologue)
    track_length: 0:53
  - names:
      English: Flames of Passion (Heart of Fire)
    track_length: '2:55'
  - names:
      English: Swamp Ripples (Stalker)
    track_length: '7:07'
  - names:
      English: Enough Time to Dance (Out of Time)
    track_length: '3:54'
  - names:
      English: Heartbeat Shift (Medley)
    track_length: '3:34'
  - names:
      English: Wild Night (Stalker)
    track_length: '3:27'
  - names:
      English: Vampire's Kiss (Vampire Killer)
    track_length: '5:06'
  - names:
      English: What a Horrible Night... (Black Night)
    track_length: '3:08'
  - names:
      English: The Gate of Nightmares (Medley)
    track_length: '11:24'
- disc_length: '39:23'
  name: Disc 2
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Underworld Pulse (Underground)
    track_length: '3:02'
  - names:
      English: Of Whips and Strings (Medley)
    track_length: '6:01'
  - names:
      English: At the Gates (Prologue)
    track_length: 0:45
  - names:
      English: Ballad of Gears (Out of Time)
    track_length: '5:29'
  - names:
      English: Heartburn to Death (Heart of Fire)
    track_length: '3:19'
  - names:
      English: Children of the Wicked (Wicked Child)
    track_length: '3:29'
  - names:
      English: Edge of Darkness (Walking on the Edge)
    track_length: '4:32'
  - names:
      English: Veneficus Mens Mentis - Variations on a Theme of Simon (Poison Mind,
        Simon Belmont's Theme)
    track_length: '5:24'
  - names:
      English: '''And Now, the Finale'' (Nothing to Lose)'
    track_length: '3:51'
  - names:
      English: Path of the Voyager (Voyager)
    track_length: '3:31'
link: album/55491
lyricists: []
media_format: 2 Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2015-10-30T21:09
  edited_date: 2025-08-06T09:57
  fetched_date: 2026-01-11T10:54
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 4973
name: 'Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania'
names:
  en: 'Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania'
  ja: 'Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania'
  ja-latn: 'Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania'
notes: 'Re-issue of KNGIA-0002 with new artwork.

  Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania

  Album freely available at http://ocremix.org

  It is with an immense pleasure and honour that I am able to present to you Vampire
  Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania.

  Vampire Variations was created to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Konami''s
  landmark series, Castlevania. Twenty musicians to arrange the mythic soundtrack
  of the original NES game that started it all. Andrew Warwick as visual artist to
  recreate the unique atmosphere of the demon''s lair known as Castlevania. A wide
  variety of musical genres going from rock and orchestral to jazz and electronic
  music, including various references to other titles from the series.

  It has been a true honour and a privilege to create, direct, and contribute to a
  such project. I would like to thank everyone who supported this venture, and to
  all people involved be they musician or visual artist.

  Now, be prepared for an Aria of Sorrow, a desperate Rondo of Blood to this Symphony
  of the Night! The Lord of Shadows rises from his grave and only one man can stop
  him...

  ...What a horrible night to have a curse!

  -Alexandre Mourey

  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  01. Stemage feat. Chris Dlugosz - "Prolapse"

  Source: "Prologue (Start BGM)"

  02. The Dual Dragons - "Flames of Passion"

  Source: "Heart of Fire (Dracula''s Castle Main Building BGM)"

  03. Viking Guitar - "Swamp Ripples"

  Source: "Stalker (Tower BGM)"

  04. Magellanic - "Enough Time to Dance"

  Source: "Out of Time (Clock Tower BGM)"

  05. Dj Mokram - "Heartbeat Shift"

  Sources: "The Silence of the Daylight (Town Stage BGM)" - Castlevania II, "Heart
  of Fire (Dracula''s Castle Main Building BGM)," "Ecclesia" - Castlevania: Order
  of Ecclesia, "An Empty Tome" (I) - Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

  06. Guifrog - "Wild Night"

  Source: "Stalker (Tower BGM)"

  07. Brandon Strader - "Vampire''s Kiss"

  Source: "Vampire Killer (Breaking into the Castle BGM)"

  08. Daemon9623 - "What a Horrible Night..."

  Source: "Black Night (Last Boss BGM)"

  09. BONKERS feat. Viking Guitar - "The Gate of Nightmares"

  Sources: "Poison Mind (Boss BGM)," "Nothing to Lose (Last Stage BGM)," "Heart of
  Fire (Dracula''s Castle Main Building BGM)," "Out of Time (Clock Tower BGM)," "Black
  Night (Last Boss BGM)," "Bloody Tears (Street-day time-Stage BGM)" - Castlevania
  II: Simon''s Quest, "Vampire Killer (Breaking into the Castle BGM)," "Name Entry
  2K2" - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, "Player Miss," "Voyager (Ending)," "Wicked
  Child (Outdoors BGM)," "Stalker (Tower BGM)," "Poison Mind" - Castlevania: The Dracula
  X Chronicles, "Stage Clear"

  10. Chernabogue - Underworld Pulse"

  Sources: "Underground (Naming BGM)," "Clock Tower" - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow,
  "Walking on the Edge (Underground BGM)"

  11. Super Guitar Bros. - "Of Whips and Strings"

  Sources: "Prologue (Start BGM)," "Vampire Killer (Breaking Into the Castle BGM),"
  "Poison Mind (Boss BGM)," "Heart of Fire (Dracula''s Castle Main Building BGM),"
  "Voyager (Ending)"

  12. Daemon9623 - "At the Gates"

  Source: "Prologue (Start BGM)"

  13. Viking Guitar - "Ballad of the Gears"

  Source: "Out of Time (Clock Tower BGM)"

  14. Hat - "Heartburn to Death"

  Source: "Heart of Fire (Dracula''s Castle Main Building BGM)"

  15. BONKERS - "Children of the Wicked"

  Source: "Wicked Child (Outdoors BGM)"

  16. The Dual Dragons - "Edge of Darkness"

  Source: "Walking on the Edge (Underground BGM)"

  17. Omigadrive feat. Viking Guitar - "Veneficus Mens Mentis (Variations on a Theme
  of Simon)"

  Sources: "Poison Mind (Boss BGM)," "Simon Belmont''s Theme (Stage 1-2 BGM)" - Super
  Castlevania IV, "Bloody Tears (Street-day time-Stage BGM)" - Castlevania II

  18. Chernabogue - "''And Now, the Finale''"

  Sources: "Nothing to Lose (Last Stage BGM)," "Black Night (Last Boss BGM)," "Illusionary
  Dance Music (Stage 8 · Dracula''s Theme)" - Akumajo Dracula X: Rondo of Blood, "Player
  Miss," "Poison Mind (Boss BGM)"

  19. Existence Zero - "Path of the Voyager"

  Source: "Voyager (Ending)"'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/47
  names:
    en: OverClocked ReMix
    ja: OverClocked ReMix
    ja-latn: OverClocked ReMix
  role: publisher
performers:
- link: artist/36225
  names:
    en: Stemage
- link: artist/16906
  names:
    en: Chris Dlugosz
- link: artist/12091
  names:
    en: The Dual Dragons
- link: artist/49325
  names:
    en: Viking Guitar
- link: artist/7192
  names:
    en: Brandon Strader
- link: artist/17628
  names:
    en: Daemon9623
- link: artist/12350
  names:
    en: BONKERS
- link: artist/14816
  names:
    en: Super Guitar Bros
- link: artist/59699
  names:
    en: Hat
- link: artist/61145
  names:
    en: Omigadrive
- link: artist/15021
  names:
    en: Existence Zero
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/19/55491/55491-1446268601.png
picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/19/55491/55491-1446268601.png
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/19/55491/55491-1446268601.png
platforms:
- NES (Famicom)
- Nintendo DS
- Nintendo Game Boy Advance
- Sega Saturn
- SNES (Super Famicom)
products:
- link: product/812
  names:
    en: Castlevania
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ
    ja-latn: Akumajo Dracula
- link: product/813
  names:
    en: 'Castlevania II: Simon''s Quest'
    ja: ドラキュラII 呪いの封印
    ja-latn: 'Dracula II: Noroi no Fuuin'
- link: product/815
  names:
    en: Super Castlevania IV
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ
    ja-latn: Akumajo Dracula
- link: product/816
  names:
    en: 'Castlevania: Rondo of Blood'
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラX 血の輪廻
    ja-latn: 'Akumajo Dracula X: Chi no Rondo'
- link: product/820
  names:
    en: 'Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance'
    ja: キャッスルヴァニア 白夜の協奏曲
    ja-latn: 'Castlevania: Byakuya no Concerto'
- link: product/821
  names:
    en: 'Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow'
    ja: キャッスルヴァニア 暁月の円舞曲
    ja-latn: 'Castlevania: Akatsuki no Minuet'
- link: product/826
  names:
    en: 'Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia'
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ 奪われた刻印
    ja-latn: 'Akumajo Dracula: Ubawareta Kokuin'
- link: product/830
  names:
    en: 'Castlevania: Harmony of Despair'
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ ハーモニー オブ ディスペアー
    ja-latn: 'Akumajo Dracula: Harmony of Despair'
publish_format: Doujin/Indie
publisher: *id001
related:
- catalog: KNGIA-0002
  date: '2011-10-31'
  link: album/29154
  names:
    en: 'Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castle...'
    ja: 'Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castle...'
    ja-latn: 'Vampire Variations: A Musical Tribute to Castle...'
  type: doujin
release_date: '2015-10-31'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Free
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://vampire.ocremix.org
  name: vampire.ocremix.org
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/55491?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: http://vampire.ocremix.org
    name: 'VAMPIRE VARIATIONS TRILOGY: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania | OC ReMix'
