Offense and Defense【Symphony of the Night Arrange】- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

Looped version - I arranged eight HoD tracks in the style of Symphony of the Night, full playlist here: bit.ly/Harmony...
A.K.A. the Marble Corridor theme. Symphony of the Night was half recorded live and half recorded using Roland sound modules most likely (so there's no "Symphony of the Night soundfont"). I don't have access to those so I used E-MU sound modules to get as close as I can. I extracted the drum sounds from Yamane's original SotN compositions using mvsep to isolate them and made samples to use. Guitar and bass also real however tried to go for that vintage PS1 VGM production sound.
Since the gameplay style of HoD was always going for that SotN feel it made sense to me to give the soundtrack that same treatment! I considered doing Aria's GBA soundfont/style but opted for this experiment instead for the added challenge and sound quality.
GEAR USED ON THIS PROJECT:
E-MU Proteus 2000
E-MU Virtuoso 2000
E-MU Orbit-3
Korg MonoPoly
Korg M1
SGM.sf2 Harpsichord
Ample P Bass Lite
My guitar deliberately run through poorly set up amp for the sound
Mvsep (Drum Sample Isolation)
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Music composed by Soshiro Hokkai
Arranged in SotN-ish style by Sebastian Kingsley
MIDIs ripped from original Harmony of Dissonance game.
#Castlevania #HarmonyofDissonance #SotN

[@blancblackstudios]

🏰 This is definitely one HoD's strongest tracks and I wanted to make that intense drive the track has pop out even more while also conserving it's beautiful side. You know, the harmony in the dissonance (sees myself out). Jokes aside a blast making this one, balancing the levels was pretty tricky, didn't want to overdo it. 🦇 This is the individual upload of 'Offense and Defense', originally shared through my Harmony of Dissonance arrangement project you can find here! - bit.ly/HarmonySotNArrange

[@kaioforte8761]

Why hasn't anyone made a rom hack using those arrangements, the game needs it so much

[@Son6of6Tredis]

I love how the original bass line is actually the "Heavenly Doorway"'s bass line from SOTN.

[@Mech-Gouki]

A very powerful arrange. May The Dark Lord be with you! 😊

[@jpablogonzalez7668]

Esa puta banda sonora es una joya, lastima que el sonido de esa entrega no haya Sido nada bueno,le hiciste la justicia que merece

[@Castoriahusband]

Este juego debió salir también para ps2 o mínimo para ps1. Tiene muy buenas piezas

[@OkMakuTree]

I really enjoyed this take on Offense and Defense! I’ll have to check out your other rearrangements, I’m always happy to see HoD get some love

[@Dorda098]

Whoa, you managed to catch the dissonance of the OST, nicely done!!! This feels *really* good

[@blancblackstudios]

Thank you! I've always enjoyed how this game's music mixes that chaotic oppressive feel with some pretty sounding classical inspired runs for well, the harmony found in dissonance haha

[@IlliaRieka]

Out of curiosity, did you have plans to do the rest of the soundtrack at all? With as good as these are, I'd love to hear the full OST. Play these while I play.

[@blancblackstudios]

As of now I had only planned to do the eight tracks from HoD I did, I didn't do Shrine of the Apostates and Aqueduct of Dragons because of not wanting to overexert myself at the time but I should at some point. I was maybe considering also doing the final boss theme, Name Entry 2K2 and VK2K2 but we'll see! It would be nice to be able to have the full OST at some point 🦇 (Also may try some Aria tracks in the future, no promises though)

[@velahtielredfang9417]

@@blancblackstudios 1 year later and I am still shaking in antici......pation.

[@keyspirits95]

​@@velahtielredfang9417 Same 😂