Castlevania - Wicked Child/Heart of Fire remix - "This Wicked Heart of Mine"
48Arrangement, production by Jorito.
Lyrics by Blake Inc. and Jorito.
Vocals by Blake Inc.
Guitars by Tuberz McGee.
This track takes place after the events of Castlevania and tells the story of Simon Belmont as a schizophrenic lunatic whose only salvation lies in killing Dracula, the bringer of his curse. So essentially the storyline of Castlevania 2 with a twist :)
Originally this track started out as an entry for the Castlevania Cacaphony of Incarnation on OverClocked ReMiX, but it has seen a lot of revisions since. I went for a rock song and was able to start quickly by reusing an intro I did for another remix that seemed to work well with Heart of Fire. Of course a rock track needs guitars, and fortunately I was immensely helped by Callum (Tuberz McGee), who was able to record the guitar parts on short notice and brought it to life. Fun fact: the demon voice is actually me, turns out having a bad cold can be great for such recordings :)
Fast forward to 9 months later. I was never fully satisfied with what I finally submitted to the compo, and most of that had to do with the vocals I added at the last moment. Apart from uninspiring lyrics, I also had to sing it myself, which is not a good idea. So I asked around and met Mario (Blake Inc.) on the #ocremix IRC channel by happenstance. Turns out he’s a heck of a rock singer and also was happy to collab. Together we shuffled the arrangement around, wrote the lyrics and Mario belted out a performance that he described as 'my personal best vocal performance’. I think it shows :) Very fun collab to do, very happy with how it came out, and I hope you enjoy it!
Original music available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7PFm7mrdVY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGCrWJ5g2j0
Lyrics:
This wicked heart of mine
The chaos inside my mind
Tearing me up inside
There’s a man
In the mirror that’s not me
With bloodshot eyes
On the brink of sanity
A thousand lost souls
Calling out for me
I hear their voices everywhere
They call my name
Their wicked game
“Surrender yourself
To the darkness in your mind”
“Give yourself up
To the turmoil deep inside“
Seven years
Then a maiden spoke to me
An angel's voice
In the haze of lunacy
"You bear the curse
of a man you sought to slay
Rip out his heart
And the madness goes away”
A dark encore
It cries for more
And from the ashes of your twisted mind you'll be
Reborn anew
With a heart so true
Unless the evil from inside devours all
This wicked heart of mine
The chaos inside my mind
Tearing me up inside
[ Demon speech ]
Wicked Child
With your heart of fire
Give into fear
And your dark desire
In his lair
The demon waits for me
The final fight
To regain my sanity
Weapons flash
In the struggle to survive
This night shall bring
Redemption to my strife
He calls my name
Our wicked game
“Surrender yourself
To the darkness in your mind”
“Give yourself up
To the turmoil deep inside“
A dark encore
It cries for more
And from the ashes of your twisted mind you'll be
Reborn anew
With a heart so true
Unless the evil from inside devours all
Now death awaits
At heaven's gates
The voices fade and still this wicked heart of mine