Game:

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (2001)

Duration: 1:57

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My latest VGM cover is also my entry in Soundole's Chillout 2023 competition! Vote for me! I'm not a crook!

This is one I have been wanting to do for a while. It took me a while to get the beat and vibe right but I am really happy with how it turned out. I really enjoy doing GBA titles because the sound chip is so grainy and compressed that it allows for me to interpret the songs differently than other people might, or I might come up with completely new instrumentation instead of what the GBA was producing.

Also, this song was originally on Castlevania: Bloodlines for the Genesis, but they brought it back for this game in quite a bit different style and arrangement. I tried to pay homage to both versions in this one but it definitely leans more towards the GBA version.

Thanks for clicking and checking it out! Keep a steady supply of holy water, too!

Gear Stuff

all "real" sounding instruments done with Yamaha MX49

all "synth" sounds done with Arturia Microfreak or Arturia Microbrute

Zoom MS70-CDR for effects on all synths

drums: grooove bpb drum plugin sequenced in Renoise tracker

all synths played by MT, mixed and recorded in Audacity for Windows 10.

No midi rips, soundfonts, piano rolls, etc.

Original song composed by Michiru Yamane, Sotaro Tojima and Hiroshi Mitsuoka according to google (I wasn't there, bro)

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