arrangers:
- link: artist/1618
  names:
    en: Yasuhiro Ichihashi
    ja: 市橋康弘
- link: artist/1546
  names:
    en: Tomoaki Hirono
    ja: 広野智章
- link: artist/1617
  names:
    en: Akihiro Honda
    ja: 本田晃弘
- link: artist/196
  names:
    en: Atsushi Sato
    ja: 佐藤敦史
- link: artist/1549
  names:
    en: Nobuyuki Akena
    ja: 安慶名伸行
- link: artist/747
  names:
    en: Norikazu Miura
    ja: 三浦憲和
- link: artist/744
  names:
    en: Sota Fujimori
- link: artist/10055
  names:
    en: Yasuhisa Ito
    ja: 伊藤泰久
- link: artist/2872
  names:
    en: Yasushi Asada
    ja: 浅田靖
barcode: '4988602154993'
catalog: LC1960
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack, Arrangement
composers:
- link: artist/1618
  names:
    en: Yasuhiro Ichihashi
    ja: 市橋康弘
- link: artist/1546
  names:
    en: Tomoaki Hirono
    ja: 広野智章
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discs:
- disc_length: '76:56'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Drone
      English (Literal Transliteration): Drone
      Japanese: Drone
    track_length: '1:14'
  - names:
      English: HYMNUS
      English (Literal Transliteration): HYMNUS
      Japanese: HYMNUS
    track_length: '1:50'
  - names:
      English: CORPSE'S GATE
      English (Literal Transliteration): CORPSE'S GATE
      Japanese: CORPSE'S GATE
    track_length: 0:43
  - names:
      English: PURPLE EYES
      English (Literal Transliteration): PURPLE EYES
      Japanese: PURPLE EYES
    track_length: '1:03'
  - names:
      English: Ruined Castle Corridor
      English (Literal Transliteration): Ruined Castle Corridor
      Japanese: 荒城回廊
    track_length: '1:50'
  - names:
      English: Into the Dark Night
      English (Literal Transliteration): Dark Night Crash
      Japanese: 闇夜の激突
    track_length: '1:05'
  - names:
      English: After Confession
      English (Literal Transliteration): After the Confession
      Japanese: 懺悔の後に
    track_length: '3:57'
  - names:
      English: PHANTOM OF FEAR
      English (Literal Transliteration): PHANTOM OF FEAR
      Japanese: PHATOM OF FEAR
    track_length: '1:31'
  - names:
      English: Piercing Battle Fury
      English (Literal Transliteration): Sharp White Fighting Spirit
      Japanese: 尖白の闘志
    track_length: '2:07'
  - names:
      English: Gaze Up at the Darkness
      English (Literal Transliteration): Look Up, at the Darkness
      Japanese: 見上げよ、闇を
    track_length: '2:40'
  - names:
      English: Esquisse of Violence
      English (Literal Transliteration): Esquisse of Cruelty
      Japanese: 暴虐のエスキース
    track_length: '1:43'
  - names:
      English: Ebony Wings
      English (Literal Transliteration): Jet-Black Wings
      Japanese: 漆黒の翼
    track_length: '4:46'
  - names:
      English: Symphony of Battle
      English (Literal Transliteration): Fighting Spirit Rhapsody
      Japanese: 闘魂狂詩曲
    track_length: '1:32'
  - names:
      English: The Colossus
      English (Literal Transliteration): Gargantua
      Japanese: ガルガンチュア
    track_length: '1:38'
  - names:
      English: Order of the Demon
      English (Literal Transliteration): Symphonic Poem of the Satin Devil
      Japanese: 繻紗魔交響詩
    track_length: '1:38'
  - names:
      English: Dance of Illusions
      English (Literal Transliteration): Illusionary Dance
      Japanese: 幻想的舞曲
    track_length: '1:53'
  - names:
      English: Tanz mit einem Clown
      English (Literal Transliteration): Dance with the Clown
      Japanese: Tanz mit einem Clown
    track_length: '1:35'
  - names:
      English: CRIMSON BLOOD
      English (Literal Transliteration): CRIMSON BLOOD
      Japanese: CRIMSON BLOOD
    track_length: '1:27'
  - names:
      English: Ein Weltherrscher
      English (Literal Transliteration): One World Ruler
      Japanese: Ein Weltherrscher
    track_length: '1:28'
  - names:
      English: Hail from the Past
      English (Literal Transliteration): Hail from the Past
      Japanese: Hail from the Past
    track_length: '2:31'
  - names:
      English: Piercing Silence
      English (Literal Transliteration): Piercing Silence
      Japanese: 切り裂かれた静寂
    track_length: '1:56'
  - names:
      English: The Lost Portrait
      English (Literal Transliteration): Lost Painting
      Japanese: 失われた彩画
    track_length: '1:53'
  - names:
      English: Poetic Death
      English (Literal Transliteration): Death Ballad
      Japanese: 死の詩曲
    track_length: '1:38'
  - names:
      English: Castle Dracula
      English (Literal Transliteration): Dracula's Castle
      Japanese: ドラキュラ城
    track_length: '1:57'
  - names:
      English: The Horde's Festival
      English (Literal Transliteration): Festival of Servants
      Japanese: しもべたちの祭典
    track_length: '1:54'
  - names:
      English: Vampire Killer
      English (Literal Transliteration): Vampire Killer
      Japanese: Vampire Killer
    track_length: '1:13'
  - names:
      English: Nothing to Lose
      English (Literal Transliteration): Nothing to Lose
      Japanese: Nothing to Lose
    track_length: '1:32'
  - names:
      English: Go! Getsu Fuma
      English (Literal Transliteration): Go! Demon of the Lunar Wind
      Japanese: いけ！月風魔
    track_length: '1:04'
  - names:
      English: Ryukotsuki
      English (Literal Transliteration): Dragon-Bone Fiend
      Japanese: 龍骨鬼
    track_length: '1:17'
  - names:
      English: Pitch-Black Intrusion
      English (Literal Transliteration): Pitch-Black Attack
      Japanese: 漆黒の進攻
    track_length: '1:29'
  - names:
      English: Pitiful Scion
      English (Literal Transliteration): The Tragic Prince
      Japanese: 悲境の貴公子
    track_length: '3:37'
  - names:
      English: Invitation of a Crazed Moon
      English (Literal Transliteration): Invitation of the Mad Moon
      Japanese: 狂月の招き
    track_length: '1:40'
  - names:
      English: The Hidden Curse
      English (Literal Transliteration): The Forbidden Curse
      Japanese: 隠された呪禁
    track_length: '2:38'
  - names:
      English: An Empty Tome
      English (Literal Transliteration): Twilight Stigmata
      Japanese: 黄昏の聖痕
    track_length: '1:53'
  - names:
      English: Heart of Fire
      English (Literal Transliteration): Don't Wait Until Night
      Japanese: 夜まで待てない
    track_length: '2:26'
  - names:
      English: Aquarius
      English (Literal Transliteration): Aquarius
      Japanese: Aquarius
    track_length: '1:30'
  - names:
      English: Slash
      English (Literal Transliteration): Slash
      Japanese: Slash
    track_length: '1:34'
  - names:
      English: Divine Bloodlines
      English (Literal Transliteration): Blood Relations of Heaven and Earth
      Japanese: 乾坤の血族
    track_length: '1:47'
  - names:
      English: Simon's Theme
      English (Literal Transliteration): Theme of Simon Belmont
      Japanese: シモン・ベルモンドのテーマ
    track_length: '1:43'
  - names:
      English: Tractus
      English (Literal Transliteration): Tractus
      Japanese: Tractus
    track_length: '4:04'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/366
  names:
    en: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    ja: 株式会社コナミデジタルエンタテインメント
    ja-latn: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
  role: distributor
link: album/21877
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2010-11-09T03:41
  edited_date: 2023-12-16T15:05
  fetched_date: 2026-01-16T13:29
  freedb: 101
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 27340
name: 'Akumajo Dracula: Harmony of Despair Original Soundtrack'
names:
  en: 'Akumajo Dracula: Harmony of Despair Original Soundtrack'
  ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ ハーモニー オブ ディスペアー オリジナルサウンドトラック
  ja-latn: 'Akumajo Dracula: Harmony of Despair Original Soundtrack'
notes: 'Production Staff

  Producer : IGA

  Director : Shutaro Iida

  Sound Producer : Nobuhiko Matsufuji

  Sound Director / Composer / Arranger : Yasuhiro Ichihashi

  Composer / Arranger : Tomoaki Hirono

  Arranger : Akihiro Honda

                  Atsushi Sato

                  Nobuyuki Akena

                  Norikazu Miura

                  Sota Fujimori

                  Yasuhisa Ito

                  Yasushi Asada

  Illustration : Ayami Kojima

  Design : Asaka Tanji

  Special Thanks : Shinta "never dead" Nojiri

  CD Staff

  Mastering Engineer : quad (luvtrax)

  Artwork Direction : Ryosuke Tanimizu (grapache)

  Artwork Design : Kazuto Ohno (grapache)

  Artwork Coordination : Hiroshi Banno, Yukie Yamazaki

  Promotion : Shunsaku Shimizu

  Sales Promotion : Ryusuke Takae, Hideki Chosokabe

  Label Assistant : Tomomi Iitaka

  Director : Emi Okada

  Producer : Saori Amano

  Label Producer : Tetsuya Osono

  Executive Producer : Fumiaki Tanaka

  Contains rearrangements of music from throughout the Akumajo Dracula franchise.

  T01-04, 08, 17-19, 40: Original

  T05, 35: Aria of Sorrow (GBA, 35 is a mix of two songs from Haunted Castle (Arcade)
  and Castlevania (NES), respectively.)

  T06-07, 09, 30: Dawn of Sorrow (DS)

  T10-11, 20-21, 32-33, 38-39: Portrait of Ruin (DS, 38 is originally from Rondo of
  Blood (PCE) with elements of "The Outcasts" / "Strange Bloodlines" from Symphony
  of the Night (PS), 39 is originally from Super Castlevania IV (SNES).)

  T12-15, 34: Order of Ecclesia (DS)

  T16, 37: Rondo of Blood (PCE, 16 is originally from Dracula X Chronicles Original
  Soundtrack.)

  T22-25, 31: Symphony of the Night (PS)

  T26-27: Castlevania (NES)

  T28-29: Getsu Fuuma Den (NES)

  T36: Circle of the Moon (GBA, originally from Castlevania 3 (NES).)

  Tracks 17-19 are (currently) unused music that can be used as extra BGM.

  Credits (from Konami''s mobile site)

    Yasuhiro Ichihashi: 01, 02, 17, 19, 40 [compose], 06, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17,
  19 [arrange]

    Tomoaki Hirono: 03, 04, 08, 18 [compose]

    Yasuhisa Ito: 05 [arrange]

    Sota Fujimori: 10 [arrange]

    Atsushi Sato: 12 [arrange]

    Nobuyuki Akena: 14 [arrange]

    Akihiro Honda: 16 [reprise]

    Norikazu Miura: 20, 21 [arrange]

    Yasushi Asada: 22~39 [arrange]'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/2246
  names:
    en: KONAMI
    ja: KONAMI
    ja-latn: KONAMI
  role: label
- link: org/366
  names:
    en: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
    ja: 株式会社コナミデジタルエンタテインメント
    ja-latn: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
  role: publisher
- *id001
performers: []
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platforms:
- Microsoft Xbox 360
- Sony PlayStation 3
products:
- link: product/830
  names:
    en: 'Castlevania: Harmony of Despair'
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ ハーモニー オブ ディスペアー
    ja-latn: 'Akumajo Dracula: Harmony of Despair'
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2011-01-13'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2520.0
reprints: []
stores: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/21877?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Review:
  - link: http://squareenixmusic.com/reviews/don/draculaharmonydespair.shtml
    name: 'SEMO: Don''s Review'
