Bloody Tears - Castlevania Piano Cover

Update: 20th March 2020
I am creating an uploading Live Piano Covers played by ear once again, and I'll focus on Anime and Video Game themes, as you guys have overwhelmingly chosen them in a poll I put up.
In other news, I've started uploading Piano Vids again! My latest "test" video is a piano cover of a popular Mandarin Pop song that I like (although the genre isn't really my cup of tea, despite being of Chinese ethnicity myself). Please do support it if you can, but be on a lookout for new stuff coming up soon. I'll try to upload AT LEAST once or twice a week.
This is an Original Arrangement, and my personal interpretation of the track "Bloody Tears" from Castlevania II, which I decided to record after listening to it few times. It's definitely one of my favourite compositions from the series!
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#BloodyTears #Castlevania #Piano

[@Aventura.out.]

December 2023 and still the best rendition on KZbin.

[@saukete6257]

Best bloddy tears version so far. More than 10 years here, listenting and....

[@katwilliams2950]

It's the cellphone at the end that is chef's kiss ! Lol its absolutely my fav for sure. Been coming back every so often for over a decade 😂

[@saukete6257]

@@katwilliams2950 phone's ringtone at the is is absolutly a part of this marterpirce, indeed!!❤️❤️

[@Ayden43v3r]

december 2024 and still 🔥

[@ResurrectedElvenMonk]

@@Aventura.out. 2025 and so far it's still top tier.

[@nKe.]

Cant believe its been 14 years since you uploaded this. This is still my favourite rendition of Bloody Tears.

[@aurora6685]

But its not the one from Simons quest. Everyone is just playing the awful version and not the ingame one.

[@Joseph6798-t6p]

@@aurora6685 thats why is called rendition. Musically wise, this is perfect.

[@StevenRPictures]

Mine too

[@jeffjohnson8624]

well played. very nostalgic. ☮️🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@LighthouseHorror]

same!! I can actually remember where I was the first time I watched this video. A shitty hotel job! lol time flies...

[@sandruz87]

Please play it again and record in HD. This is awesome.

[@Muhlum24]

yes please!

[@MilkywaysMostWanted]

+sandruz87 This is the best piano version of Castlevania on the net.

[@MrGamerTH]

Lmao that phone ring at the end😂

[@Aderianu]

And with a better microphone =3

[@RobyJohnGeorge0]

ikr?? I've been waiting for an HD version for forever :/

[@kimjongun2946]

17 years later and still pull this up from time to time

[@sedenzespiritu2678]

I always listen to this since i was 9 yrs old. And now i'm 21... I can't believe i'm still listening to this piece

[@JeffJohnson-db2nd]

keep listening. KZbin provides music on demand. Demand this piece. ☮️🎶

[@JinTeutonic53]

I Just discovert this😵

[@primefrank]

It doesn't matter how many people upload their own versions of "Bloody Tears"... this one will ALWAYS be the BEST! You sir did a version for the ages. For more than a decade I keep coming to this video every once in a while to remember your greatness. Thank you for the wonderful memories.

[@frqnco9916]

yes!!!

[@MidnightBlue608]

Same lol

[@jakealan6985]

All these years and I still come back to your version because you played it so well.

[@Silverxvi]

I'm not even a Castlevania fan, I just heard this in Fesh Pince of Blair and thought "hey that's a nice piece of music". Took me a while to find the source, but I'm really glad i did because this is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.

[@krismover]

would you make me a sandwich...

[@FoHrage]

The slightly out of tune piano actually makes this more haunting and beautiful in my opinion.

[@QuantaviusBinklebottom]

Piano covers of songs always hit

[@rey187]

4,000,000 views! Achievement Unlocked! Thanks everyone for all your support and love all these years. Although I may have been inactive ever since college and career got in the way, I'm finally at a point in my life where I feel able to resume music-making again. As an avid gamer, I also hope to start putting up gaming content too, but music will always be my primary focus. Cheers!

[@LrdVnm]

Totally worth the 4mil. Can't wait to see new stuff!

[@MickaelBNeron]

And thanks you too. I came across that video when I was in college, so around 2008-2009, and I still listen to it from time to time. I love it, and I'm happy to read you'll resume music-making. Keep it up!

[@isaiashitokiri4844]

is that you playing? You are awesome!!!! Congratulations from Brazil. I love the theme, i love this game! WOW!!

[@motodengtrailbikers1427]

It has been years but still. I get the time to listen to this. One of a kind! Thumbs up bro. Wish you could share your play to us!

[@alexmartinez205]

te digo yo q yo habre sido la persona q mas a reproducido este video

[@MrSmith_]

17 years and still just as amazing as ever. It's crazy to think that 17 whole years have passed.

[@ProlificPianist]

Man I remember watching this back when it was first uploaded by you. To this day this is my favorite rendition of Bloody Tears ever and easily beats out the official songs. Amazing how it was good enough to hold up to today.

[@sirius6583]

+Joshua W Good music never gets old :D

[@Dhaos620]

+Joshua W this song is epic. and this is the best performance i've ever seen up to this day, such feeling... amazing indeed! I'm looking foward to an HD version o/

[@GhostLisaPT]

Agree, it's perfection.

[@KofRadamanth]

I'd pay over 30 USD for an HD version.

[@unrealconcept1948]

get the sheets and rent someone to play it, record it and send it to you done!

[@blackcitadel37]

11 years old and still the best Bloody Tears cover on piano i ever watched.

[@teoman9990]

Definetily

[@Darkstrider2333]

I dont know if you are still here or gonna read this, but I remember watching this around 2007 and I was mesmerized by this great interpretation. I think that day, deep down I decided to learn piano someday. This year I finally started learning piano, and it's been 6 months and I am really enjoying it. Thank you for being an inspiration to me.

[@1247111]

was here 3 years ago. its beauty remains the same

[@Raveyboi]

Was here 2 years ago when I saw your comment. Its beauty still remains the same.

[@dylanreed2951]

was here in 2018 it's beauty remains the same

[@cxmu0391]

And now your comment is 3 years old

[@thenewguy7527]

@@cxmu0391 5 years old now

[@na6967-w4e]

@@thenewguy7527 hell yeahğhğhğhğh best fucking friends forever

[@Ifritlordofire]

My God I don't know how much time has passed since I watched this video. Maybe 6 years. It still gives me goosebumps with its beauty.

[@SeriouslyWhyDoINeedAHandle]

Right? I come back every year or so and listen to it like 10 times on repeat. I remember hearing it for the first time and being brought to tears it was so beautiful!

[@PorcupinePunched]

+Randy Dickered I'm glad I'm not the only one that gets that feeling on this video. By far, the best cover of this song that I've run across.

[@sillyxo]

what a horrible night to have a curse

[@GothicXlightning]

yes.. from were originally this master piece song comes from, the true real 1st MetroidVania styled classic

[@akinadownhillace]

What a timely coincidence.

[@redstonespuuunge6695]

Black dahlia Murder

[@Scout-9301]

Im Circles YES!!! Ah I love Castlevania

[@dredged344]

the curse of being stuck in this shitty game!

[@LeBrinqueOfficial]

16 years in the going WE NEED A NEW EDITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im always coming back to this one!!!! such an AWESOME job!!!!!!!! Rey youre the king! please do another one!!!

[@aic8326]

I keep coming back to this video. It still blows my mind how the darkness in this song can be portrayed as beauty. It is an incredibly beautiful song ESPECIALLY in this rendition. Thank you i love it

[@ermac81]

I first listened to this probably ~10 years ago and I've come back to it after watching the first season of Castlevania: Nocturne (S2 comes out in 2 days) and one of the reasons I like the cover so much that I could never put my finger on in the past is the echo. The slight echo really creates the perfect vibe for this song.

[@snakekaos]

Sincerely this is the best version that i heard on youtube of bloody tears. Everyone else plays it different slow and not brings the essence of the song. Respect.

[@MunteeBuntee]

17 years now and still my favourite version of Bloody Tears

[@PatrickHenry1989]

I would purchase this if it was uploaded for iTunes. Best version I’ve heard, no other has the emotion that is put into this.

[@katwilliams2950]

Yep. And you gotta keep the ringtone going off at the end!!!!! 😏😂

[@paschalisantoniou974]

Still hearing it, its been over a decade. Probably the best version of Bloody Tears out there.

[@MakotoMonokuro]

That phone ringing at the end was God calling him to tell him that only he’s allowed to create perfection.

[@nuculaisvoidwalker5866]

*The morning sun vanquishes the horrible night.*

[@nucleor7268]

Nicolás Moreno What a horrible night to have a curse.

[@kind2311]

@@nucleor7268 After Castlevania, I warned you not to come back.

[@wapaha]

This never gets old. I always find myself coming back.

[@varenneduvar2062]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJqTfIejgLh9ebc✨🌷✨

[@S24Ultra-mt2bg]

17Y and still the best rendition of this song. Masterpiece.

[@mike8147]

I don't think anyone realized the amount of emotion/dedication you can see on Rey187's facial expression from the reflection of the Piano. This is truly a work of art in motion here. Beautiful job Rey187.

[@orome9793]

I watched this when it first came out and still find myself coming back to it all these years later. There is so much emotion in this one performance.

[@thomasjefferson8965]

I felt the same!

[@doctorlove6077]

Its awesome how even other musicians use this version’s opening as a motif in their own covers. Truly an amazing cover through and through.

[@cheetahkun8939]

MAAAAAN I NEED A REMASTERED VERSION OF THIS PIECE OF ART. Every year i listen it. Love it dude

[@AndréVilaFranca]

I've heard this 14 years ago and it's still the best Bloody Tears rendition I've heard. Just beautiful.

[@luciangbm]

i always come to watch this masterpiece since 2010 or earlier

[@RetroChaos]

I come back to this video every few months since it's so beautiful. It's nice that the creator still keeps in touch with the audience. I wish all the best to him

[@BrittGardner-g5u]

I have listened to this more times than I can count over the course of these past 17 years since it was initially posted. This is a beautiful interpretation of a piece of music that I already thought was otherworldly. I feel gratified to have had this marvelous piece of music, interpreted in this way, to have been a part of my life. It has inspired me, calmed me, been my companion on many a lonely night, What you have done here is spectacular, and pays fine homage to its source material. You should hold your head high and feel proud of that.

[@Mered2]

7 years have passed and this is still the best Bloody Tears piano I´ve ever heard. Keep on this amazing work

[@carmillaplumsmaster8792]

I still can't believe Carlton is dead

[@hananeblanton5129]

This was one of my cousins favorite video games. His daughter played it at his funeral today .

[@parasitesundinism]

My condolences

[@daregaming7521]

F

[@oldmanstan-brickhill5057]

F to pay respects R.I.P

[@las4gna84]

F (-_-)>

[@justindaigle146]

F

[@ZygomaticArch1993]

I was 14 years old by when you released this piece of art. My brother shown me this & i fell in love completely with this. I've grew older but this is still my favourite songs of all times, is my fragment of youth memories. Thanks for holding it up so long!

[@SpiritSnake1]

This was nine years ago and it's still really good.

[@MarvTheMosquito]

Good music doesn't get old my friend

[@SpiritSnake1]

+Marvin You would be correct my friend, wouldn't have tried to word it better than you just did.

[@looq5984]

11 and counting

[@AlexInF1]

LooQ yep

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

14 years. Still amazing.

[@NarratorAza]

I first found this video 8 years ago. Today I listened to it again and its still my favorite piece of music on youtube. Thank you Rey for bringing me back to the nostalgia of my youth.

[@gabrielnieves3972]

this is beyond the amount of incredible and beutiful I can express in words

[@GothicXlightning]

don't need to expressed , just feel it

[@rey187]

+rupert kiler (destroier07) Thanks, it's from a long time ago, but I'm happy people still enjoy it.

[@nedivanov3231]

We love it, dude! It's on my playlist at work and we listen to it almost everyday. I gotta check out some of your new videos as well, but this classic is just superb! I wish someday I could play like you.

[@desilie2702]

+Rey187 (Sorath) perfectly played. Thank you for this piece. :)

[@Xanadu216]

Quite so indeed.

[@carlosshin9095]

An extended version of it please! It's only 3 minutes long. I keep replaying it over and over! A true piece of art!

[@KeithPhillips]

Still the best playing on KZbin in what...14 years? WOW

[@evieisleavie]

You have the best cover I can find of this theme. I've never even played the game, that's the thing. This one's just part of my childhood, and I keep coming back to it again and again... Why do you think you have millions upon millions of views and only 500 dislikes?

[@egoleo6693]

I like how this is pretty much the definitive version of bloody tears. It would be really cool to see konami use this in a new castlevania game

[@xx_lvrn_xx4302]

This is closest version to the game,and its so awesome

[@galactic1555]

More like a new 2D non-Metroid-Vania Castlevania game

[@wanghongyuwu2954]

When I join a volunteer work in Australia, I can’ forget the day that young man play this song in my home stay.

[@pablovindas9955]

After 16 years still the best

[@actualzafra]

More than 10 years and this is still my favourite Bloody Tears cover on youtube.

[@beantwnbeatdwn]

i could have this on repeat ALL DAY

[@MallyPureSmooth]

Not only is this one of the best video game music renditions that I've ever heard, but it's also a testament to just how good Castlevania's music already is. If only Konami invested in concerts for it

[@FadedUnknown000]

2024 anyone??

[@richardkan7118]

Yes, still listening. 😊

[@miguelchavez2048]

Forever.

[@dj_koen1265]

Ofc

[@lil9mike9]

Yeah still listening this beautiful art..!

[@Matman_03]

here i am

[@OneTrueBelmont]

At least your phone had the decency to ring AFTER you were done.

[@foxtrotelite8766]

OneTrueBelmont Hahahahaha. xD

[@brunobb1]

This is one of my all-time youtube classics.

[@errmack3004]

Dame, after all this time, this video pop up in my head because ive finally have the capability to learn this amazing instrument. Thank you for your dedication.

[@thedustwhispered]

i remember watching this years ago and i was just so amazed by your arrangement/performance. it was what prompted me to pick up piano again, 8 years after i'd stopped taking classes. relearning was hard, and i've probably since forgotten everything, but i had so much fun with it, on this song especially. hope everything is well with you!

[@evieisleavie]

Still gives me chills...

[@luislozano3849]

It is 2019 and I'm still watching this. Unbelievable cover.

[@panzfaust9812]

2024 and still best rendition out there bar none. Something about the piano and reverberation

[@HeinrichKonig]

I first watched this when I was about 13/14, I'm now 21 and this is still one of my favourite musical performances.

[@Angiepremo]

I have always loved this song, ever since I played the Castlevania games I've heard many versions on youtube of others playing this, and yours by far takes the top spot, there is so much depth of feeling in this it literally makes me cry every single time I hear it. And I say this will make the 1,001 time I've watched this lol You put your soul into this, and it will always be my favorite :)

[@isaiashitokiri4844]

wonderful words.

[@jacksonmoon9835]

I love this, I'm a big fan on classical music. Especially piano music. This was performed beautifully and thank you for making this video. :3

[@nettorizo1735]

Every time I think of Bloody Tears I think of this version. All these years later it still sticks with me. You are incredibly talented - thank you so much for sharing this piece with all of us.

[@juanmanuelaraujo7399]

I was 23 when i heard this now im 37 la mejor interpretación de bloody tears de todos los tiempos

[@supermariobro93]

0:08 (Carlton saying “Would you make me a sandwich?” echoing in the background)

[@jeremiahbuck2450]

Love your version of Bloody Tears , that piano sounds great too. I see other versions on KZbin that were clearly inspired by your version.

[@rey187]

Yes, many have messaged me over the years saying that they're "ripping off" my arrangement. Well, I consider it a compliment, BUT it would be nice to get credited. :)

[@shamimixx]

I remember watching this video over and over again when I was a child. I was a huge fan of castlevania at the time. I'm 24 now and this video is still stuck in my head

[@michaelmusic6296]

You inspired me to become a better composer and piano player!

[@Totema1]

What a horrible night to not have a sandwich.

[@Youknowwhatkillsmysoul]

Or joint

[@machado5765]

IT NEVER GETS OLD, AND I'M ALWAYS COME BACK. TAHNK YOU.

[@Shadowdancer777]

Absolutely beautiful. Makes me sad because my youth is gone, but this song still kicks ass.

[@jenyuchiha2790]

Your play reached my soul. It was so awesome! I can't say it in words it took my breathe away

[@billyboy10011001]

This is so fucking awesome. Epic version of a childhood memory. Thank you 4 uploading this

[@Trid3nt861]

Hey dude, keep being amazing. Don't let the depression win, you can overcome it.

[@varenneduvar2062]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJqTfIejgLh9ebc ✨🌷✨

[@gabrielabezerra3434]

This never stops giving me goosebumps. There’s something about this performance that makes me feel understood. Idk how to explain. Still, one of my fav videos on youtube.

[@thenexva]

“Geoffrey, would you make me a sandwich?” “(Wheezing laughter) yes…DIE!!!”

[@flamebroken8576]

Carlton: "Would you make me a sandwich?" Geoffrey: *chuckles without breath* Geoffrey: "Yes." Geoffrey: *begins to strangle him* "DIE!" 0:00

[@lizzardborn2645]

glad i wasn’t the only one who thought of that

[@gregoryschaiberger3573]

wooooooulllddddd youuuuu maaakeee meeee a saannndddwiicchhhh :(((((

[@mizuhonova]

We need you back on the piano, Rey!

[@marylennon5530]

My brother and I found this like four years ago and I still watch it at least three times a month. This is by far my favorite video of Bloody Tears.

[@_VEKTA]

I rarely play piano, but my goal before I die is to be able to play this whole song. About half way there! good start lol

[@snineHD]

Vekta I have gone more than half the song with right hand

[@xsoulz2945]

Vekta can you play it now?

[@deadaccountlol9189]

“Would you me a sandwich?…” - Carlton: Carlton (That’s CARLTON)

[@mariaandrino4322]

i think i ust cannot stop listening to this

[@ZeroStako]

I can't even begin to describe how much this video means to me. Thanks to sharing this around, I became close with people who would end up being some of my bestest of friends. I started loving a franchise, where I'd find my favorite game of all time. This is the sound of some of the best times I've ever had. Even the ringtone in the end. Man, this brings me back. Thanks, dude.

[@TheLoremasterNojah]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@renanmachionescudeiro4213]

Still the best in 2024 and forever will be...it seems like the Dracula himself is playing the piano mourning his dead beloved wife👏

[@douaaalaoui2901]

I ve been playing this video since ( windows XP) era , pure gold

[@DrikitaQ]

Totally agree... It's my favourite version 'till today

[@pingamalinga]

Beautifully done.The cartoon on Netflix is pretty sweet so far, and in Episode 1, after Dracula loses Lisa, he literally cries blood and THEY DIDNT GIVE US A VERSION OF BLOODY TEARS!!!! I couldn't believe it. That would have been epic. Just a simple piano lick like you've done at the 25 second mark would have had all audiences going berserk.

[@W0lf3n65]

pingamalinga they did now!!

[@carlosorozco6019]

All these years later...and I still love this arrangement, and am emotionally moved by it. I do hope you are well, and thank you so much for sharing this with all of us

[@reheaven5334]

Your phone ringing. Probably your neighbour want to say "TURN THAT SHIT UP"

[@johnathanlannister8516]

damn 9 fucking years, I remember when i heard it just before new years of 2008, I was in 7th grade back then and now I am in college.... how time flies

[@JP-dm5nq]

Esto simplemente me hace llorar de lo bueno que es.

[@Fierysaint1]

It's 2021 now. Been replaying this song for over a decade now and have heard it countless times. I'll be replaying this for another decade more. Some songs are just too beautiful to get sick of.

[@Kematotheone]

Just perfect.

[@killwitchs]

Espectacular

[@Magarenko]

would be cool if he had Dracula teeth in that reflection

[@therealtruth3012]

lol

[@amspook]

Plot twist Dracula compose Bloody Tears

[@pestermint]

Magarenko everyone knows Dracula doesnt show up in mirror images

[@annonym418]

Magarenko Then there wouldn't be a reflection.

[@terranceparadise868]

Anno Nym stop obviously stealing comments

[@lasirisfallgrove3212]

16 years and still the best version of this song to date hands down i could listen to this song on reapeat for a long time

[@JotaP1n]

What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse!!!!

[@XxlololalalexX]

Lol ikr

[@admiralackbar6490]

José Luis .P STOP FREEZING MY GAME, YOU LIL MSG BOX PIECE OF SHIT!!!

[@curryming2490]

I fell in love again ..

[@Federall15]

As have I...

[@gamingmelvolio8959]

Heavenly :)

[@Sephittaja]

When I think about Bloody Tears, I hear this version in my head. Been like that for over 10 years now, cheers!