Pure NES pulse waves that somehow carry more emotion than they should. Castlevania II: Simon's Quest is the 1987 oddball of the trilogy, and its soundtrack is one of the strongest on the entire console. "Bloody Tears" is the track everyone knows.
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That main melody is permanently burned into gaming DNA. But "Monster Dance" is the real mood piece, this frantic nighttime theme that made every sunset in the game feel like genuine panic. "Dwelling of Doom" takes the mansion crawls and gives them this eerie, methodical pulse.
Only nine tracks total and every single one does work. "The Silence of the Daylight" is weirdly peaceful for a game about hunting Dracula's body parts. If you've somehow never heard "Bloody Tears," fix that immediately.