Every Version of Castlevania "Dance of Illusions" ever

[@castlevaniamusicforever]

Join the Discord Server: discord.gg/uWV7qzX Timestamps for mobile users: 00:00 Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo (PC Engine) 01:12 Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) 02:27 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX) 03:40 Castlevania/ Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (N64) 05:02 Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) 06:45 Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (NDS) 08:04 Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (PSP) 11:19 Castlevania: Judgment (Wii) 15:15 Castlevania: The Arcade (Arcade) 18:56 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch)

[@xBlaster]

Actually, I just found out that the version used in both Smash Ultimate and Grimoire of Souls is ths OST version of Judgement. For some reason they removed the choirs and some instruments, maybe it was too noisy...

[@castlevaniamusicforever]

So that's what it is! I just thought it was a toned down version used specifically for those games, not something coming from the official OST

[@sonicstar917]

The first one is also known as _Castlevania: Rondo of Blood,_ right?

[@Joyc_Lol_8430]

@@sonicstar917 yes

[@keldrongemini2422]

A Belmont kills you: Panik You'll resurrect in a century: Kalm Another Belmont will fight you again: Panik

[@lucarius2810]

You'll ressurect again for eternity: kalm Julius fucking Belmont: PANIK

[@theultimatederp3288]

You resurrect a thousand years later, now you have to save the world from Satan and his children: Pani....wat?

[@byonemesis]

@@theultimatederp3288 Albeit this time, it's a different Dracula. You're talking about Lords Of Shadow Dracula, Gabriel Belmont. The one everyone are referring to is Mathias Cronqvist/Dracula, the original from the original tineline (Lament of Innocence) and his reincarnation Soma Cruz (Aria and Dawn of Sorrow)

[@verybigcvfan]

@@lucarius2810 you get reincarnated: kalm he is pure hearted: panik

[@epicsheep9004]

@@verybigcvfan He rocks high-schooler swag: *Stonks*

[@menslady125eif2590]

Roses are red. Violets are blue. But enough talk! HAVE AT YOU!

[@ashkirby8896]

Lol, nice one!😆🤣😂

[@Chris-gx1ei]

Come at me... Julius... BELMONTAAARGH!

[@SerraPontosSoc]

The 3 people that disliked this are miserable little piles of secrets

[@menslady125eif2590]

But enough talk! HAVE AT THEM! (play video)

[@sonicstar917]

Or cesspits of hatred and lies, if you go by the PSP version.

[@rj_man_]

youtube: what is the dislikes?!

[@YouOpaOpa]

Those illusions sure know how to dance

[@testeuberslz]

😂

[@エルフェンリート-l3i]

They sure have to have the stamina to keep dancing for over 30 years now 😅

[@Adriiian-san0414]

Best fitting theme song for Drac

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

Dawn of Souls with the Soma fight definately gets your blood flowing. credits to the VA for that. "Julius... BELMONDO!" "Get Ready... ALUCARDU!"

[@irfanafendi4837]

Soma Cruz is voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa, the same guy who voiced the coolest anime character of all time, Mr. Sakamoto! 😎

[@IrvinMenezes]

@@irfanafendi4837 the cat?!

[@Gazing-09]

You forgot "... Belunandesu"

[@godzillayaz]

err Dawn of Sorrow not souls

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

@@godzillayaz i think i had dark souls on the brain or something, I didn't see that until now; thanks.

[@lorashmorgrath5016]

*"What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets"* *-Vlad Dracula Tepes*

[@darkmessengerofanotherworl2840]

But enough talk. Have at you!

[@zennitio9569]

Don't know the HYPE about this sentence... It's just a poorly translated version of the japanese original script. OROBIO !!!

[@sonicstar917]

@@zennitio9569 It's become a meme.

[@ShinobiPhoenix-YT0]

Straight up, when this song's version plays during Julius Mode of Dawn of Sorrow, it's actually really emotionally jarring because you grow to love Soma and then the music tells you exactly what he is now.

[@LucaszSchmitz]

is Dawn of Sorrow after or before Aria of Sorrow? I played Aria, and on it Soma fights back against Chaos and free himself of the evil parts of it or something on the good ending...is that not canon? True ending is the one where Soma becomes Dracula and fights Julius?

[@ShinobiPhoenix-YT0]

@@LucaszSchmitz It's after. Did you not play it then? The game does a small "it's been this long since the events of the last game" thing. They just have a second Julius Mode. And Soma IS Dracula inside (it's why he looks like Dracula's original identity: Matthias Cronquivst). You can't free that. Soma only killed the thing that was going to force him to be Dracula against his will by fate. (spoilers) . . . . . . . . . . . Julius Mode unlocks if you do things that trigger the Bad Ending.

[@LucaszSchmitz]

@@ShinobiPhoenix-YT0 Yeah, I havent played Dawn, only Aria ages ago haha...I remenber theres like 3 endings, 1° you just go normaly through the game and beat some wannabe dracula dude, 2 ° you collect all souls and defeat chaos in the end and 3 ° you collect all souls and gets defeated by chaos and at the end theres a scene with you ready to fight Julius at Dracula room

[@MaskedGuyCh]

Well, Julius Mode is not canon, it's a 'what if' scenario. But yes, I do appreciate the use of this song in that fight.

[@ShinobiPhoenix-YT0]

@@MaskedGuyCh What exactly does that have to do with anything being discussed, Mr Necroposter? It's not canon? It's canon that Soma is DRACULA, which is the point of the song being used. He doesn't stop being Dracula just because you got the good ending. Nor does it take away the emotional impact of why they are using the song. It means he's absolutely truly lost and the good man he was is buried and dead, EXACTLY like Dracula's original identity (of which Soma is a designed MIRROR of), Mathias Cronqvist.

[@asagiriasagi6243]

Dracula's National Anthem.

[@caedavch.9883]

“It is not by my own power that I am resurrected. It is the greed of humanity which calls me back. And thus, by might, I rule.”

[@elisaacgs]

dawn of sorrow the best version 06:45

[@boymancinder2000]

Kuru gaii, Julius... BERUMUNDOOOOOOO

[@boymancinder2000]

@ corrected too late. I already knew about that.

[@boymancinder2000]

But cotm one is a good contender with DoI:DoS edition for the first place. But if what your referring to is best "Dracula theme" and not best "Dance of Illusion", it's definitely proof of blood.

[@BeeLy1011]

For me it's either Circle of the Moon or DXC

[@zephyr_855]

I 100% agree with you

[@RoyalRoseTrue]

Dracula X Dracula goes *HAHAHAHAHhahahaha* "You like pit falls?"

[@mariosonicfan8312]

Symphony of the Night is my favorite version.

[@santana7827]

Mine is rondo of blood

[@empgkrazer_5124]

mine is both symphony and rondo

[@cosmicreaper2023]

Mine is Dawn of Sorrow's

[@heavymetalmixer91]

It somehow feels darker than the other ones, right?

[@knightofarkronia9968]

Mine is the Dracula X Chronicles version!

[@kinnikuboneman]

It's funny that the only good thing to come from Judgement is the soundtrack

[@myriadmediamusings]

A testament to the power of CV music when it succeeds despite the rest of the game.

[@xBlaster]

some designs were neat tho... (except Carmilla, fuck Carmilla, why does Konami like to ruin female characters?)

[@BeeLy1011]

The game is actually decent imo...though I admit it has many glaring issues

[@captainb1049]

I think the character designs are pretty cool

[@aaronlong0831]

What about Aeon

[@Alias_Anybody]

"Soma... It's time I fulfilled my promise to you." "Juliussss... BELMONT!!!!" ... "Arghhh" "Forgive me"

[@Larserr]

as much as I don't care about soma, the delivery of that line was pretty good

[@davicom2d]

"Yuruse"

[@lane5686]

The 64 version is my favorite with its gothic aesthetic tone. That game captured Castlevania so well with the haunted forest, haunted house, and Dracula’s massive castle that blends science and magic. The whole game felt like a mix between Tim Burton and Stephen King.

[@t24moore]

It's really not given the credit it deserves honestly and would be a killer remake today. The atmosphere was off the charts! From how dark it would get when attacked by hell hounds to the lady vamp watering the flowers with blood. The music fit every stage perfectly as well! This was one of my favorite 64 games as a teen!

[@BeeLy1011]

Want me to ruin the DXC version for you forever? At 9:00 it sounds like the choir is chanting "Soap! Soap! Soap! Soap!"

[@FallenangelLeon]

I hate and love you for that

[@MrThorne522]

I ain't afraid of no soap!

[@neopolitan2826]

Looks like Bowser and Dracula share that in common.

[@OhrCompendium]

Super Castlevania Galaxy Vampires in Space

[@CyberDragon10K]

Judgment's official soundtrack release dropped (?) a lot of the flourishes that made the in-game version so grand. The choir and extra instrumentation lent it a sense of... finality, that would have made it a perfect fit for a hypothetical 1999 game. My personal vote still goes to the rendition from The Arcade as the best, even if the choir is mostly saying "He has a penis!"

[@KarlSturmgewher]

Scrooge McDuck: I cannae believe I was duped by Magica into reviving a monster like you... Count Dracula Duck: But enough talk... HAVE AT YOU!

[@exxor9108]

I just realized something... this theme also sounds like it has lament and sorrow within it. Like the song is attached to a person who is lashing out at the world in their grief. Probably has a lot to do with Dracula having lost Lisa because of the lynch mob having killed her because they thought she was a witch.

[@Mikemic2218]

Not Lisa. But also Elisabetha. His first wife when he was human. He was once Mathias cronqvist. He was friends with Leon belmont.

[@hexified8655]

Also at beginning of dance of illusion you will hear drum and

[@Wrulfy]

"Lament" "Sorrow" You just didn't do that.

[@zephyr8072]

Soma loses it and embraces darkness if he thinks Mina was killed for long enough, which is a consistent theme that Dracula is driven by his passion for his loved ones and rage when he can't save them.

[@heavymetalmixer91]

The SOTN one is still my favorite to this day.

[@yeremiapatuan4877]

ASOBIWA OWAREDA!!! WARE NI CHIKORO!!! (PLAYTIME IS OVER!!! GIVE ME POWER!!!)

[@TheBanishedWind]

Asobi wa owari da. Ware ni chikara o!

[@Phoebe5448]

"PLAYTIMES OVER!! GRANT ME POWEEERRR!!"

[@diegordi1394]

遊びは終わりだ！我に力を！

[@sablebranwen2539]

For some reason, I love Dracula's Japanese laugh in Rondo and I hear it everytime I listen to this song.

[@Phoebe5448]

This track... "HERE IS TRUE POWER!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@OraOraOraOra910]

The best is pc engine version

[@Darri3n]

I get people don't like Judgement, but that person on the harpsichord went hard and I'm a sucker for some passionate harpsichord.

[@SparemintThe93rd]

Once upon a time not so very long ago, I Definitely thought that this was one of the more intense soundtracks of Castlevania. The End.

[@Shft-T4b]

6:45 At last, I finally found the version of this banger that Act Man used in one of his videos on Blizzard.

[@mr.stichable1299]

What video?

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

I love this song. Makes for an epic climactic battle theme.

[@dr.arielfinch4316]

I think Judgement's has to be my favorite of the more modern tracks, whereas Legacy of Darkness' is my favorite of the older tracks. Judgement has this awe-inspiring, bombastic feel to it, especially at 12:36-13:11 where it sounds as if they're caught in a power struggle and the player just barely breaks through. LoD's combined with the image paints an image of a captive musician doing their best to capture the truly awful sight of the battle between Dracula and the player through the notes.

[@BR-dj1bo]

You face the embodiment of Darkness, Evil and Hell as one mighty figure, Dracula!

[@D_SMILE101]

Dracula X version sounds very strong for midi!

[@DaedalosC9]

Circle of the Moon has one of the best

[@AquyllysX7144]

As melhores versões 0:00 Castlevania Rondo of Blood 1:12 Castlevania Dracula X 2:27 Castlevania Symphony of The Night 3:40 Castlevania Legacy of Darkness 5:02 Castlevania Circle of The Moon 6:45 Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow 11:19 Castlevania Judgment

[@Facade953]

The Judgment version is the best by far!😆 P.S. Congratulations for another great video!😄

[@castlevaniamusicforever]

I 100% agree with you!

[@OHG_Fawx]

It really is. I had no idea the music was so good in that game

[@cosmicreaper2023]

@@OHG_Fawx yeah, the game might be bad the music slaps

[@dayseMendes-e1x]

02:27 those who keep restarting this game remember this song if they see the beginning

[@eudesxavierniaouetakouo425]

The best theme of Castlevania ever thanks bro

[@TheHarmonicaMusician]

If Castlevania was Attack on Titan 15:16

[@MSRMK2013]

15:15 How disappointing... A magnificent version in an arcade game

[@OrkishEngineering]

And it's one only in japan.

[@DGneoseeker1]

@@OrkishEngineering Come to think of it, shouldn't there be a Castlevania Pachislot game's version of this too? Or was that the same arcade game? I thought there was one where you get a whip but it's basically a light gun game...

[@samflood5631]

My favorite versions of Dance of Illusions Dracula X Legacy of Darkness Dawn of Sorrow Arcade

[@KennyisLB]

Feel like the PC Engine version of Rondo of Blood is better for the CD/synth quality over the than the Dracula X SNES MIDI in this instance. PCE one is "lacking range" somewhat---the organ and drums are clear, just not enough strength due to limitations of the PC Enigne sound chip? It just feels too dulled/quiet. The SNES one is flawed, even with a more powerful Sound Chip it is limited by the samples from the cartridge and comes off dirty synth. (SNES one was my first exposure to Dance of Illusions) C64/Legacy of Darkness has that slower pace that builds which matches the slower paced gameplay due to the transition to 3-D they were attempting to enter. (2nd/3rd to Dance of Illusions, SotN in some order) Dawn of Sorrow is the best mix of both Rondo of Blood and Dracula X. They learned how to maximize the sound processing in the DS system. Circle of the Moon's version is too fast paced sounding and due to the limits of the GBA's sound chip just doesn't hit right either (it feels like some Old Western adventure carriage chase instead of a Boss Battle in a Castle). Also, the reason SotN version doesn't seem to hit right, I can only attribute to limited recording of the instruments used at the time. 🤷‍♂ The Arcade version is the final mix of all of the other's strengths in tempo, additions, and sounds more robust overall. Still feel like the drums are too low to make it top tier. 😅

[@GenyaArikado]

The original is amazing but SOTNs version of it is a masterpiece!

[@superbonniecarter6226]

Does anyone else think that the arcade version sounds like it's saying tooth decay

[@The-Zer0th-Law]

BEHOLD MY TRUE FORM AND THIS PEEEEAAAARRRR!!!! 🍐

[@macblink]

Hahahaa 😂

[@locutus442]

08:04 This theme was also used in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair for Xbox 360 and Ps3.

[@castlevaniamusicforever]

Not only there, but also in nearly every pachislot game!

[@duanepetersen1654]

this song dracula X chronicles bring nightmares when i keep on dying by dracula :(

[@boymancinder2000]

Cotm one my fav

[@birkinstv4565]

The forst one is the best for me give me gosebump evrytime❤

[@giorgegi4060]

I refuse to believe a Pachinko or how they called has the best castlevania music, and not in just Dance of Illusions. Yes, im talking about The Arcade

[@eduardoramos3096]

As minhas versões favoritas são Dracula X e Circle of the moom, elas tem um ritimo perfeito e acelerado

[@elie917]

Thanks for doing that video your the best

[@doorknob5223]

When the illusions are dancing!💃

[@jacobjackson8017]

All of the Dance of Illusions are good in their own ways. Judgment is my favorite, but I can also agree the instrumentation in symphony of the night is better, Everyone has their own opinions and I love Judgment so much because I grew up playing that, so it's mostly Nostalgic for me.

[@mattasay2359]

N64 and it's not close

[@lifecore04]

What happened to Castlevania? Why don't we have more games? I mean I remake of legacy of Darkness for ps4 would be nice or Order of ecclesia for Switch. 😔 I really miss these characters and would like to see them in a higher resolution. 😕

[@GenyaArikado]

Konami are to lazy!

[@byonemesis]

@@GenyaArikado Furthermore, there are 2 Catlevania games they could have done (not official title, but title based from the events) : Akumajou Dracula : Demon Castle War (Dracula's last struggle against Belmonts, Alucard and many other allies including the Hakuba Shrine in 1999) Akumajou Dracula : Kabuchi no Tsuisokyoku (Set after Dawn of Sorrow, 1 year exactly after the events of the game)

[@staysharp2453]

It should be clear to you that Konami doesnt respect castlevania since the moment they didnt let Iga make a proper game and forced that Lords of Shadows trilogy upon us.

[@sonicstar917]

The answer? Konami stopped giving a damn, and nowhere is this more evident than the Netflix adaptation written by someone who doesn't respect the source material.

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

Castlevania games have never sold well. Lords of Shadow is the best selling game in the franchise, and barely sold over 1 million copies.

[@frenchfrey65]

why couldn't they use the Arcade version for smash? that shit's gold

[@boymancinder2000]

I need to know what instruments they used on the cotm one

[@macblink]

Yo.. I'd have LOVED this song on Super Castlevania IV 🥺

[@Gyrokun]

Only way that would've happened was if IGA was working on it, probably 😅

[@Jvnc-qe3tv]

Illusionary Dance

[@douglassheridan8497]

Final Boss: Dracula

[@MegaAstroFan18]

Hm, DXC version doesn't really do the intro section, despite it being in the original Rondo. Interesting.

[@eudesxavierniaouetakouo425]

Play Time is over give me power

[@LughDeFhomhar]

is it just me or the dawn of sorrow version feel a bit like the dracula X chi no rondo arrangement

[@Uberskull]

Don't you just hate it when you are having a crackin' wedding ceremony and a Dracula swoops in and kidnaps your bride?

[@ShotokanEditor]

No joke, n64 is the best for me

[@meathir4921]

Oh, strange. I thought the Smash version WAS the Judgement version, but it’s not exactly the same.

[@dustinprewitt]

Behold my true power AND DESPAIR

[@thenewguyinred]

My favorite version is the one from Dracula X Chronicles.

[@chadpeterson5698]

I think that they should have put the Dracula X Chronicles or Arcade versions of this theme instead of making a worse version of Judgements version

[@castlevaniamusicforever]

And to make it worse, that I've done this with Grimoire of Souls too. I don't really know why they cut the choir...

[@chadpeterson5698]

@@castlevaniamusicforever yeah and just so you know I was talking about Smash Bros but your also right

[@castlevaniamusicforever]

I also thought about Smash Bros. Immediately (as far as I know, SSBU and Grimoire of Souls are the only games having the Judgment Version)

[@chadpeterson5698]

@@castlevaniamusicforever the former also having a terrible choice for the final DLC character in fighters pass 1 and the next pass should be all fan requests even though if there is one thing that Nintendo is good at it's ignoring fans when it comes to DLC and even ignoring fan requests in the base game like Hades being the should be villain of Smash Ultimate but instead we got Discount Thanos and Discount Darkseid

[@castlevaniamusicforever]

If I remember correctly, all the DLC's were decided back in 2018, making it useless to ask about characters now. I too think that Byleth shouldn't have been the last character of the pass (perhaps make it 3rd or 4th, so that the last one is hype), but now all is done and we only have to wait until the next DLC is announced.

[@mihaidavidgirdea5880]

I like the castlevania the arcade version

[@kinnikuboneman]

I can see this being used for the drac fight in the Richter Netflix show

[@sonicstar917]

I find it funny that you expect fidelity from Netflixvania given that the show writer gleefully admits he never played any of the _Castlevania_ games.

[@somefries3101]

​@@sonicstar917 wasn't the writer fired after allegations of sexual harrassment?

[@sonicstar917]

@@somefries3101 Wait, WHAT?!

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

@@sonicstar917 Warren Ellis was fired once Season 4 of the original Netflix show finished. Clive Bradley is the current writer for Castlevania Nocturne, and it's very apparent.

[@testeuberslz]

SNES version > all

[@Agent.RoboGamo]

Please tell me we gonna get this for nocturne because this is the theme comes to mind when I think of Richard

[@c4_kadalmen]

one Dislike is from Dracula himself

[@Vlad-mp7ce]

Lols. why would dracula hate his own theme?

[@c4_kadalmen]

@@Vlad-mp7ce Because he remembered about his candles that being destroyed by Belmont. Also some pork chop that he hid in the wall.

[@BeeLy1011]

@@c4_kadalmen "Belmont! You stole my dinner! HAVE AT YOU!!!" (Sorry, this was the first thing that came to my mind when I read this)

[@bennel3588]

@@c4_kadalmen Weren't there other characters besides the Belmonts that destroyed his candles?

[@bennel3588]

Maria Renard destroys Dracula's candles. Maria: Do not forget I also destroyed his candles. Alucard destroyed Dracula's candles. Alucard: I was there too, destroying Dracula's candles.

[@VeriAka]

Eternal "WHAT IF A MAN!!?" ;)

[@FallenangelLeon]

Oh my, who’s the cutie next to the vampire hunter on the cover of Castlevania Arcade? Also why does art look like the cover for a Yu-Gi-Oh starter deck?

[@castlevaniamusicforever]

I....don't actually have an answer for that. But I agree that it looks like Yu-Gi-Oh.

[@DamascusTest]

"The Lady Gunner". One of the 3 playable characters with the Vampire Hunter, and the Little Witch (not displayed as she's meant to be a secret char).

[@FallenangelLeon]

@@DamascusTest ah thank you

[@bigbossiswatchingyou4624]

What is a man?

[@mariosonicfan8312]

A miserable pile of secrets, but enough talk! Have at you!

[@Joyc_Lol_8430]

But a miserable pile of secrets (Gabriel Belmont/Dracula)

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

Give me POWER! ROOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRR

[@Jaggedfire]

Well crap I didn’t see this ty

[@kaydakitty3566]

I don’t get why everyone hates the second form of Dracula in Dracula X all I did was spam axes and he died in two seconds

[@fungo6631]

The sotn version is the best

[@OHG_Fawx]

Man, the Judgment version deserves a WAY better CV game.

[@Gyrokun]

the 1999 one to be precise

[@jaleramos21]

Castlevania 64 is the best!

[@kirimusse]

Underrated version; so ominous...

[@robinthedragonhunter64]

Dawn of sorrow has the best version of this song by far in my opinion But the weakest one in my opinion is the Dracula x chronicles version not saying that it’s a horrible song but it just sounds a bit over done

[@E-102GammaMKII]

Versions ranked from least favorite to most favorite; #10: _Dracula X_ #9: _Dawn of Sorrow_ #8: _64/Legacy of Darkness_ #7: _Circle of the Moon_ #6: _Dracula X Chronicles_ #5: _Rondo of Blood_ #4: _Super Smash Bros. Ultimate_ #3: _The Arcade_ #2: _Symphony of the Night_ #1: _Judgment_

[@hashamkhalid5767]

SOUL STEEL

[@altaykilic2142]

2:27 where's my iwbtg gang at

[@cisco1655]

This is what you hear when you enter the wrong room in your school

[@FatefulhylianZX]

Impossible no this time

[@ryanpolitowski45]

Oh no Castlevania on Wii oh god motion was not good but soundtrack hits hard but I'm a 25 year old boomer that play symphony of the night on PS2 and dies repeatedly to first boss I no longer have the game tho is the disk snapped rip

[@juanlopez8603]

Snes best version

[@tisaacs4487]

_Ahahahahahahaha!!!_

[@akutokun7498]

Ay wey!

[@joaozinhogameplays3128]

What is a man

[@theraymunator]

You forgot the Castlevania 64 version.

[@castlevaniamusicforever]

3:40

[@theraymunator]

@@castlevaniamusicforever mb g