Raw MIDI renditions of Castlevania bangers stripped down to their melodic bones. This 1997 collection pulls tracks from across the entire classic Castlevania lineup, spanning Famicom through PS1. Vampire Killer shows up twice with different arrangements, and hearing Heart of Fire reduced to pure MIDI notation somehow makes the composition feel even more impressive.
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Lost Painting from Symphony of the Night sits next to NES-era cuts like Wicked Child and Stalker. The contrast is wild. Beginning closes things out and still hits hard even in bare MIDI form. There is a weird charm to hearing these without all the production polish, just the raw melodies doing all the work...
Grab this if you want to hear why Castlevania music works at a fundamental level.