Crunchy, amped-up guitar arrangements that reimagine classic Castlevania themes for a Wii fighting game. Castlevania Judgement from 2009 might have been a weird spinoff, but the soundtrack goes unreasonably hard. "Vampire Killer" gets this heavy rock treatment that makes the original NES melody feel like it was always meant for electric guitar.
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"Beginning" rips through with the same energy. "Iron Blue Intention" carries over from Bloodlines with all its intensity intact. "Dance of Illusions" does the final Dracula confrontation justice with layered, aggressive instrumentation.
"Darkness of Fear" sets the tone from the jump and then gets its own arranged version later. The game was divisive but the music never was. If you want classic CV themes with the distortion cranked, this delivers.