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So the swag Konami gave us for preordering Portrait of Ruin is pretty damn sweet. I got a hard Castlevania case that holds two DS cards, a Castlevania stylus, a phenomenal art book with concept art from all the Castlevania games, a mini poster that has a Castlevania timeline on one side and a Portrait of Ruin poster on the other, and a soundtrack CD, all in a black linen box with a wax seal, that is actually held shut with Velcro. The set is not without its surprises though.

The CD is called “Castlevania 20th Anniversary Premium Music Collection” and here is the track listing. Careless, stupid typos have been corrected, because Konami still hasn’t learned how to localize these games or anything related to them.

Castlevania
1 – Prologue
2 – Vampire Killer
3 – Poison Mind

Simon’s Quest
4 – Bloody Tears
5 – A Requiem
6 – The Silence of the Daylight

Dracula’s Curse
7 – Prelude – Epitaph – Prayer – Beginning – Boss Battle – Ball of Light – Block Clear

Super Cv 4
8 – Theme of Simon Belmont
9 – Beginning

Cv Adventure
10 – Battle of the Holy

Bloodlines
11 – Castle Entrance – Reincarnated Soul
12 – Iron-Blue Intention

Rondo of Blood
13 – Overture
14 – Beginning
15 – Opus 13

Symphony of the Night
16 – Dracula Castle
17 – Golden Dance
18 – Marble Corridor
19 – Requiem of the Gods

Lament of Innocence
20 – Lament of Innocence – Leon’s Theme
21 – Admiration Towards the Clan

Curse of Darkness
22 – Abandoned Castle – Curse of Darkness
23 – Endless Sorrow – Long Version

Circle of the Moon
24 – Requiem
25 – Sign of Blood Pulse
26 – A Vision of Dark Secrets

Harmony of Dissonance
27 – Successor of Fate

Aria of Sorrow
28 – Ruined Castle Corridor

Dawn of Sorrow
29 – Pitch Black Intrusion
30 – Dracula’s Tears
31 – Demon Castle Pinnacle

Portrait of Ruin
32 – Hail from the Past
33 – Jail of Jewels
34 – Behind the Gaze
35 – Piercing Silence

Bonus Tracks
36 – Beginning – the Legend of Demon Castle
37 – Bloody Tears

OK, so all in all, a lot of music, and free, so it’s not fair to complain. But track 10, Battle of the Holy, is from The Castlevania Adventure, which was on the original Game Boy. And this track, like all the other music, is the original music from the game. Not an orchestral arrangement. It’s effectively the original midi that was converted for the game.

Of course, all the music from Rondo on sounds fantastic, because it’s the kind of stuff that was either on an optical disc or a high-capacity card, but I was somewhat disappointed that songs like “Reincarnated Soul” didn’t get an orchestral arrangement. They effectively did that already, as Cordova Town from Curse of Darkness was just a re-arrangement of that song anyway. No sign of that song on here, though.

I’m officially too picky.