Castlevania Bloodlines Music - Iron blue intention (Stage 4)

Original Soundtrack

[@TheSteakJustice]

As a kid, hitting stage 4 was the thing I looked forward to the most because I loved this track so much. Hearing it in Portrait of Ruin gave me such a rush of nostalgia.

[@no-relic]

How the hell they managed to get this kind of quality on the Genesis chip is insane.

[@alex-roe]

+Mitch Grenke This isn't actually the version in the game, look up a playthrough of Bloodlines stage 4 and you'll hear it's not quite as upgraded as it is here (with reverb etc)

[@MasterLinkuei]

A lot of games released for the Mega Drive/Genesis surpass Castlevania Bloodlines on technical terms and sounds even better (clean and quality terms) Examples of maximum quality/use of the YM2612 soundchip: Midnight Resistance, Vapor Trail, Verytex, Batman, Mega Turrican, Thunderforce III e IV, Elemental Master, SOR1 2 3, etc... Bloodlines use FM SNARES and sounds amazing. Now just imagine if they had used a powerful and Clean PCM SNARE like on the Mega Turrican...

[@shikaijin5433]

It's the original one in the game, exactly the same as I played this game 10 years ago with my friend.

[@davidbowie2331]

+Alex Roe This is the original... You played Pal version? Pal music is slower. I played NTSC.

[@Siepher83]

Michiru Yamane is such a brilliant composer I'm sure it wasn't hard

[@SodsBlade]

I loved that level. And the music was incredibly good at setting the mood. This was THE level if you enjoyed killing skeletons.

[@CWizzy-nf1yt]

this shit goes hard

[@EndlessDream]

by far one of my all time favorite songs in the Castlevania games!!

[@user-jd5rs9qf2e]

我也是

[@monikagates7614]

The song that this was played in was in the Germany stage and it's my favorite song from the game. I also have a little bit of German in me.

[@xxxdieselyyy2]

Tbe game really needed skeletons shooting machine guns at u wearing ww1 Kaiser helmets and a gas mask along with shades.

[@JackBond1234]

Wow. I've known this song for like 15 years and never even knew it was a Castlevania song. I love this song.

[@vfruz]

I know this song from way back in time, but just now learned that it´s the John Morris theme.

[@OlgaG18]

@@vfruzI thought it was Lecarde’s theme.

[@DemianLecardeBlaiddyd]

@@OlgaG18it is indeed Eric’s theme

[@csutortok]

HOLY SHIT!!! I JUST REALIZED! THE BASE MELODY OF THIS IS Symphony No. 5 by the composer Schostakovich!! How awesome is that? :D

[@asianslayer555]

It is quite a long composition? Any part where I can hear the castlevania reference?

[@Thedarksnw]

Definately my most favourite Castlevania track.

[@V.e.r.a.]

Honestly I think this is the root of my childhood where I got my taste for the German Industrial feel.

[@r.9158]

Huh? This song is baroque inspired...?

[@V.e.r.a.]

@@r.9158 you realize there's a connection here, right? Also, really random comment response.

[@r.9158]

@@V.e.r.a. can you please elaborate?

[@V.e.r.a.]

@@r.9158 well, if we go with baroque as you pointed out, it has connections and is influential for modern rock and similar genres. It's not a coincidence that they chose this style of music for an industrial building in Germany. The skeleton soldiers/workers, drum beat and even sound effects in the level support the connection. It's fine if you don't agree but for me, I can see and hear it.

[@r.9158]

@@V.e.r.a. You're skipping like 200+ years of music in between the Baroque period and early rock. Worth noting, rock comes from the blues, which comes from more of a soul-type of music African Americans would make with singing to a rhythmic clapping... Which in turn comes from traditional styles of music they heard in Africa. Certainly some rock artists have taken inspiration from the Baroque period - so have metal musicians... And pop... And synth... And pretty much everyone else. So I'm not sure what you heard, but if you were able to relate it to something you liked them that's not particularly surprising. I just think it was a coincidence however. Good for you for discovering a music genre you like though!

[@MagnumWave]

I'll never stop loving this song ='

[@alexgodzillafan3328]

God!!! I love how the drums kick in at around 0:07. Thankyou for posting.

[@milanmalfait9914]

Eric Lecarde's theme.

[@seovania9601]

Owyeah !

[@xinfr4z893]

R.I.P Eric Lecarde

[@BIastProcX]

What about John Morris?

[@TranceCore3]

the remix in portrait of ruin was so good

[@stuff5499]

@@BIastProcX his theme is Reincarnated soul

[@DanielNoronha86]

Man, look at that bunch of chords at 0:53

[@solar464]

ah i remember my first impression of this very clearly. *at the map* why the hell am i going to some random military base in germany??? *stage starts* BECAUSE THE MUSIC IS AWESOME OF COURSE!

[@Lestatcame1st]

this is my favorite song of the entire game! i love it! i grew up watching my cousin play this game but my grandmother gave away the sega genisis and all of the games to the goodwill last year i was so sad :(

[@dyrroth2127]

Charlotte: Stop the damn train, Jonahatan!

[@zooropah82]

This. is. one. of the. best.vg.soundtacks.ever. ( IF NOT THE BEST) . PERIOD.

[@Bylerkiam]

Yay! one of the best OST of castlevania *0*

[@Vengeance19]

That tower part was really frustrating, but as soon as this theme came up, i wasnt complaining anymore :D

[@shujinco2]

OH GOD THE NOSTALGIA!

[@user-dn7pe6ii7t]

best ost ever

[@DeadWombat1421]

Ah.... I always thought this was an original song from Portait of Ruin. That rendition is really good. Obviously I never played Bloodlines...

[@zero-one2585]

I kinda like this one better it sounds sharper

[@pengwin_]

Getting the genesis to sound like this is black magic.

[@chewyuanqiang]

I may have not played the game myself but watching playthroughs, seeing the detail in the levels and interpreting them was fun. I like how James and his friends from Angry Video Game Nerd made fun of the skeletons wearing helmets in the stage, but to me it made sense because that stage was a munitions factory and there would be plenty of leftover weapons for those skeletons to take. Also the game took place in World War 1 which was important in the game's plot, so a weapons factory in Germany fit the theme.

[@dylans.1741]

In 1994, boys played Super Castlevania IV while men played Bloodlines

[@Jordan3DS]

Say what you will, but Castlevania IV is a better game than Bloodlines

[@silentvoice6737]

@@Jordan3DS no u

[@jesstavares6843]

@@Jordan3DS nope

[@LoneWolf81684]

Other way around

[@ramongiovane]

Best song of the game. By far.

[@Rubberman202]

This song's being added to super Smash Bros. Ultimate!

[@ghostflask]

you have good taste

[@mochico88]

Holy crap...that's crazy and awesome.

[@Gillmaninthehouse07]

That's a bleedin' awesome level tune!

[@maichelaragao7117]

Que Show!

[@kaebeezle]

The arrangement in PoR really can't compare to this. There's something sinister in the Genesis FM chip that comes out in this song-- the metallic, hollow percussion is in perfect context for the setting of a German munitions plant.

[@Dorda098]

I still play this game... I still lose on the Tower of Pizza.

[@MrGabou06]

best castlevania song ever !

[@MisterRON]

And to think the composer actually RUSHED this for the games release date.

[@ManiacalForeigner]

I don't think that's true, actually. The soundtrack was released alongside the Rondo of Blood OST in late 1993, about 4 months before Bloodlines itself came out in March 1994.

[@Lestatcame1st]

thanks i got it working

[@jamesytez6639]

Michiru Yamane ❤

[@Jazzypants2007]

@Lestatcame1st IMO, it's a VERY close second, right behind Reincarnated Soul, which has become my favorite theme in Castlevania history.

[@Hambrack]

I used yo listen to Shostakovich's 5th while going to sleep when I was a kid (not being pretentious, I just really liked it), so when I heard this track I was floored with feelings.

[@jolachgh]

i Love castlevania!!!!! ist Awesome

[@andorhalier]

so true mate

[@Thormaturgy]

PoR can kiss my ass. This is where it's at.

[@seovania9601]

+RandomHero95 Except that PoR got a better version of this OST.

[@milanmalfait9914]

But a factory level in POR would have been great!

[@seovania9601]

Yup !

[@Wakkajakka]

@csutortok Hadn't heard it before, thanks for the word up.

[@AlekTheNerd]

@kaebeezle I agree, there's just something subtle about this version which gives it a sinister feel which, although being sinister probably wasn't the goal with PoR's version, isn't matched in PoR.

[@toxicitzi357]

It's in the finale of Symphony No. 5. It does sound almost alike, not note for note but just the base.

[@DO0nline]

Amen to that!

[@weglarz]

@Redfield67 Yeah. Plenty of amazing genesis games. Phantasy Star 2-4, Bloodlines, Sonic1-3 and Knuckles, Sword of Vermillion, and the Shining Force series took up a LOT of my childhood time.

[@WhatKindOfCake]

Best Castlevania imo and fucking awesome music

[@user-kq3vy8ml8s]

ギャラリーオブラビリンスで初めて聞いたけど、原曲もいいですね

[@Thedarksnw]

coolness

[@TheKrustaceox]

@csutortok Yes. Michiru Yamane did her homework very well. She is a genius and i really do not doubt that she studied every goddam classic ( and many others ) compositions of the world.

[@izzi122]

epic song

[@SiegfriedM]

Iron Blue Intention kicks ass in every version.

[@Lucardsan]

fockin greatest song of all time.

[@Madchaskon]

the most badass song in castlevania series

[@TetsuNideji]

@jacksprat1990 Forgot about Contra Hard Corps, but it shows just how much Konami could actually push a system to its limits back in the day.

[@Demonskunk]

@kaebeezle Totally agreed. The genesis has one of the best sound chips. it's a shame no recent retro games have been inspired by it's sound direction

[@TetsuNideji]

@Redfield67 Agreed. Bloodlines was possibly one of THE games that made the Genesis a legend. There were many games just as awesome as Bloodlines, but in my opinion, nothing captured the system's abilities more than Bloodlines. And to those who never owned one, sucks to be you, don't it?

[@xxxCRAZYLOVExxx]

this game owns i never played it but the music is just wow....

[@lamegag]

@TetsuNideji Contra Hard Corps was probably the game that really showed off the systems power. But no matter, the Mega Drive kicked major arse.

[@Aqua1222]

Portrait of Ruin's version of Iron Blue Intention was awesome. I personally like this one better though.

[@shoooshify]

@MasterLezard yes i felt so happy used the lecarde spear with no partner and jump the gaps just like in bloodlines it was so happy four me

[@InquisitorSinCross]

best version of Iron-Blue Intention

[@Lestatcame1st]

this is the best song of the entire game

[@breakingbenjaminguy2]

@Redfield67 true dat i have a ps2 and a 360 and i still love this game

[@alexgodzillafan3328]

I used this for my art movie project. Castlevania ftw!!!

[@shutupandmarmalade]

Apart from... I'm pretty sure in Order of Ecclesia, they imply that the townsfolk from the village are the only remnants of the Belmont clan left at that time. Perhaps I interpreted it wrong, but at the time I had beat it, I had never been more disappointed by a plot twist in a video game.

[@Kamireru16]

the game is so good as well as this song.

[@MetalSonicEX]

True that.

[@PhatsouL87]

i need this game again! havent played since i was 6!! i love this game and the music is killa! is this the stage with the leaning tower?

[@Mr3a5y]

i still have this game with my genesis console at home :-)

[@Ninja07Keaton]

It's worlds beyond what we have now.

[@KingofRogues]

If you can track down a copy yes it is definitely worth playing. Just remember that it's pre-symphony era so it's old school tough.

[@mochico88]

@TetsuNideji haha, I still have my Genesis. Didn't know until recently that there was a Castlevania game for it. I definitely have to get this.

[@indiaownsyou]

Plain awesome No pickles , No onions

[@JDragon272]

This version of tune... it's origin, is better than it's Portrait of Ruin version. Also, it's awesome to finally play this... I've been searching for this game in stores for about 6 and a half to 7 years.

[@SodsBlade]

Never heard one, but seems like it would make a nice violin song.

[@Nightyoshi12]

Castlevania is freaking awesome

[@samitamimi9714]

You're goddamn right.. This comment is from 11years ago, I hope you're still alive

[@SpriterGorsal]

The truth is that there is no 'BEST' videogame console. SNES and Genesis had their great games and their shitty games, so this means they both could have good or bad music too. This is an example of many music in Genesis that are great. The quality of the sound will depend on the composer's skill.

[@HunkTheReploid]

Agree :)

[@InquisitorSinCross]

@laseren68 his name is Eric Lecarde

[@Gensolink]

@thatotherfilipinoguy for some reasons the Tool Assisted Speedruner found a way to run straigth trough those blades xD

[@thatotherfilipinoguy]

that last rotating blade pissed me off (you know the only one that went in reverse) XD

[@koopakape]

You should play it, it's one of the best classic Castlevanias. I hope they put it on Virtual Console sometime.

[@Utubesuxmycock]

@csutortok wtf? im gonna check that out later i love that dude piano concerto number 2 in F. the andante is consummate beauty

[@aryinc]

@TheMilfman7 true this complments the genesis in everyway.this is where sega genesis had to have it from if they took this for a satrt who knows how good every genesis game would have sounded.

[@TheGundamDude8045]

The German munitions factory level.

[@yusukeelric]

This is MAKE A GOOD USE OF THE GENESIS SOUND CHIP

[@TetsuNideji]

@mochico88 Have to? No. You NEED to. This game, in my opinion, is a part of GAMING HISTORY.

[@virgogaming6488]

I get a Sonic the Hedgehog feel from this stage and track.

[@Swaggernaut64]

Oh ok, I got off lucky then I just got it on Christmas one day during the mid-nineties.

[@somasaysmeep8281]

Eric LeCarde \._./

[@noVva555]

soma emmm how its going with you and mina .3.

[@ImperatorGrausam]

+SomaSaysMeep edraceL cirE

[@toxicitzi357]

Almost, but still close enough. :)

[@kaebeezle]

@Kirbyluver2 The sound quality is better sure, since there's more room for instrumentation, but what I find best about the Bloodlines version is the context in which it's placed. It's clear that the song was written specifically for the level it appears in here, whereas it's just re-arranged and placed into PoR. To me, it loses some of its depth when it's taken out of its original context.

[@supersmashbro596]

awesome music. awesome stage. one part i hated was the balancng scales thingies towards the end. =/ other than that... AWESOME!! ^^

[@KiraFlametail]

@laseren68 Eric Lecarde, and the guy with the whip is John Morris i believe, played as em both but i prefer Lecarde's spear to Morris's whip, dont get me wrong i enjoy playing as both but i've always prefered the thrust-jump with the spear to the whip's ability to grapple on to things.

[@issac90]

@csutortok Good eye, I mean good ears lol. I just heard this during my music final and thought the same thing.

[@laseren68]

This is my most favorite castlevania music EVER also.... crap i forgot the spear guys name he was awesome.

[@zero-one2585]

Wind

[@SatoruMasamune]

Eric Lecarde, born 1892 in Segovia, Spain.

[@Nin_tony]

@Redfield67 i never owned one and i love it

[@BruceLeeroy94]

Did it ever accur to you ya'll that gabriel calls himself dracul? which was draculas father. So hes not dracula. hes his father. which could explain why belmonts and kill dracula.