arrangers:
- link: artist/161
  names:
    en: Konami Kukeiha Club
    ja: コナミ矩形波倶楽部
barcode: '4988003220518'
catalog: KICA-7901
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack, Arrangement
composers:
- link: artist/161
  names:
    en: Konami Kukeiha Club
    ja: コナミ矩形波倶楽部
- link: artist/1270
  names:
    en: Kinuyo Yamashita
    ja: 山下絹代
- link: artist/11441
  names:
    en: Satoe Terashima
    ja: 寺島里恵
- link: artist/2744
  names:
    en: Ken-ichi Matsubara
    ja: 松原健一
- link: artist/6704
  names:
    en: IKA-chan
    ja: イカちゃん
- names:
    en: T
- link: artist/3229
  names:
    en: Hidenori Maezawa
    ja: 前澤ヒデノリ
- link: artist/1765
  names:
    en: Jun Funahashi
    ja: 船橋淳
- link: artist/2242
  names:
    en: Yukie Morimoto
    ja: 森本ゆきえ
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discs:
- disc_length: '64:11'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Distant Triumphant Return (Beginning) —From Akumajo Densetsu—
      Japanese: 遥かなる凱旋 (Beginning)—悪魔城伝説より—
    track_length: '3:22'
  - names:
      English: Bloody Tears —From Dracula II—
      Japanese: 血の涙—ドラキュラIIより—
    track_length: '1:19'
  - names:
      English: New Determination
      Japanese: 新たなる決意
    track_length: '6:01'
  - names:
      English: Battle with the Will to Die
      Japanese: 決死の対戦
    track_length: '6:22'
  - names:
      English: Ralph's Crisis!
      Japanese: ラルフ危機！
    track_length: '3:36'
  - names:
      English: Darkness and Tension
      Japanese: 暗黒と緊迫
    track_length: '4:17'
  - names:
      English: Escape from Underground
      Japanese: 地下からの脱出
    track_length: '2:31'
  - names:
      English: The Last Battle
      Japanese: 最後の戦い
    track_length: '7:52'
  - names:
      English: Ending
      Japanese: エンディング
    track_length: '2:30'
  - names:
      English: Message of Darkness (Naming BGM)
      Japanese: Message of Darkness (ネーミングBGM)
    track_length: 0:43
  - names:
      English: Within these Castle Walls (Castle BGM)
      Japanese: Within These Castle Walls (城BGM)
    track_length: 0:45
  - names:
      English: Bloody Tears (Roads by Day BGM)
      Japanese: Bloody Tears (昼の道BGM)
    track_length: '1:05'
  - names:
      English: The Silence of the Daylight (Town by Day BGM)
      Japanese: The Silence of The Daylight (昼の街BGM)
    track_length: 0:59
  - names:
      English: Dwelling of Doom (Mansion BGM)
      Japanese: Dwelling of Doom (館BGM)
    track_length: 0:59
  - names:
      English: Monster Dance (By Night BGM)
      Japanese: Monster Dance (夜のBGM)
    track_length: 0:58
  - names:
      English: Last Boss (Last Boss BGM)
      Japanese: Last Boss (最終ボスBGM)
    track_length: 0:37
  - names:
      English: Game Over (Game Over)
      Japanese: Game Over (ゲーム・オーバー)
    track_length: 0:05
  - names:
      English: A Requiem (Ending)
      Japanese: A Requiem (エンディング)
    track_length: '2:00'
  - names:
      English: Underground (Naming BGM)
      Japanese: Underground (ネーミングBGM)
    track_length: 0:30
  - names:
      English: Prologue (Start BGM)
      Japanese: Prologue (スタートBGM)
    track_length: 0:08
  - names:
      English: Vampire Killer (Castle Infiltration BGM)
      Japanese: Vampire Killer (城内潜入BGM)
    track_length: '1:15'
  - names:
      English: Stalker (Tower BGM)
      Japanese: Stalker (塔BGM)
    track_length: '1:15'
  - names:
      English: Wicked Child (Outdoors BGM)
      Japanese: Wicked Child (屋外BGM)
    track_length: '2:07'
  - names:
      English: Walking on the Edge (Underground BGM)
      Japanese: Walking on the Edge (地下BGM)
    track_length: '1:43'
  - names:
      English: Heart of Fire (Dracula Castle Main Hall BGM)
      Japanese: Heart of Fire (ドラキュラ城本館BGM)
    track_length: '2:13'
  - names:
      English: Out of Time (Clock Tower BGM)
      Japanese: Out of Time (時計台BGM)
    track_length: '1:21'
  - names:
      English: Nothing to Lose (Last Stage BGM)
      Japanese: Nothing to Lose (最終ステージBGM)
    track_length: '1:33'
  - names:
      English: Poison Mind (Boss BGM)
      Japanese: Poison Mind (ボスBGM)
    track_length: 0:32
  - names:
      English: Black Night (Last Boss BGM)
      Japanese: Black Night (最終ボスBGM)
    track_length: 0:57
  - names:
      English: Voyager (Ending)
      Japanese: Voyager (エンディング)
    track_length: 0:56
  - names:
      English: The Silence of the Daylight (Town Stage BGM)
      Japanese: The Silence of the Daylight (Town Stage BGM)
    track_length: '1:14'
  - names:
      English: Bloody Tears (Street -day time- Stage BGM)
      Japanese: Bloody Tears (Street -day time- Stage BGM)
    track_length: 0:49
  - names:
      English: A Requiem (Ending BGM)
      Japanese: A Requiem (Ending BGM)
    track_length: '1:37'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/1251
  names:
    en: King Record Co., Ltd.
    ja: キングレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: King Record Co., Ltd.
  role: distributor
link: album/4586
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2007-09-13T07:59
  edited_date: 2024-03-10T02:55
  fetched_date: 2026-01-15T10:21
  freedb: 85
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 20209
name: Akumajo Dracula Best
names:
  en: Akumajo Dracula Best
  ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ ベスト
  ja-latn: Akumajo Dracula Best
notes: 'Tracks 01~02: Arrange Version

  Tracks 03~09: Castlevania III: Dracula''s Curse Original Game Soundtrack

  Tracks 10~18: Castlevania II: Simon''s Quest Original Game Soundtrack

  Tracks 19~30: Castlevania Original Game Soundtrack

  Tracks 31~33: NES Version

  Composer breakdown:

  Kinuyo Yamashita, Satoe Terashima (Castlevania)

  Kenichi Matsubara (Castlevania II: Simon''s Quest)

  Kenichi Matsubara, IKA-chan, T (Haunted Castle) [see notes]

  Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, Yukie Morimoto (Castlevania III: Dracula''s Curse)

  =STAFF=

  Producer: Fujio Sakai

  PRODUCE, COMPOSITION & ART DIRECTOR: Konami Kukeiha Club

  DIRECTOR: Jun Otsuki

  RECORDED & MIXED AT: STUDIO YOU (Suita, Osaka)

  ENGINEERS: Shigeru Yamamoto (YOU), Takao Suga

  MASTERING ENGINEER: Akira Ando

  DESIGNER: Yoshinobu Yamaguchi (works D)

  SPECIAL THANKS TO: Akira Yamashita, all Konami fans

  =========

  Note: In the original printing, there was a spelling mistake on the back scan for
  track 22 that was corrected in the subsequent reprinting. This mistake is reflected
  in the tracklist for KICA-1005. Also note that the misspelling exists in the booklet
  tracklist in all printings.

  Note: although the first two tracks are presented as "Arrange", in truth only the
  first, "遥かなる凱旋" is an original arrange by Kukeiha Club. Track 2 comes straight from
  the arcade Akumajo Dracula (Haunted Castle). It''s called "arrange" since it''s
  a new version of Bloody Tears which was originally composed for Simon''s Quest.

  Track 1 can also be found in: KICA-1131, VX010-J1, KMUS-0001.'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/2246
  names:
    en: KONAMI
    ja: KONAMI
    ja-latn: KONAMI
  role: label
- names:
    en: KONAMI O-TA-KA-RA GAME MUSIC COLLECTION
    ja: KONAMI O-TA-KA-RA GAME MUSIC COLLECTION
    ja-latn: KONAMI O-TA-KA-RA GAME MUSIC COLLECTION
  role: label
- link: org/72
  names:
    en: Konami Co., Ltd.
    ja: コナミ株式会社
    ja-latn: Konami Co., Ltd.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers: []
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platforms:
- Arcade
- NES (Famicom)
- Nintendo Famicom Disk System
products:
- link: product/812
  names:
    en: Castlevania
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ
    ja-latn: Akumajo Dracula
- link: product/813
  names:
    en: 'Castlevania II: Simon''s Quest'
    ja: ドラキュラII 呪いの封印
    ja-latn: 'Dracula II: Noroi no Fuuin'
- link: product/832
  names:
    en: Haunted Castle
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ
    ja-latn: Akumajo Dracula
- link: product/814
  names:
    en: 'Castlevania III: Dracula''s Curse'
    ja: 悪魔城伝説
    ja-latn: Akumajo Densetsu
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related:
- catalog: KICA-1005
  date: '1990-03-21'
  link: album/121
  names:
    en: Akumajo Dracula Famicom Best
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ ファミコン・ベスト
    ja-latn: Akumajo Dracula Famicom Best
  type: game
- catalog: KITA-1005
  date: '1990-03-21'
  link: album/5771
  names:
    en: Akumajo Dracula Famicom Best
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ ファミコン・ベスト
    ja-latn: Akumajo Dracula Famicom Best
  type: game
release_date: '1998-09-23'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 1980.0
reprints:
- catalog: KICA-1005
  link: album/121
  note: ''
stores: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/4586?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Review:
  - link: http://www.originalsoundversion.com/soundtrack-of-the-month-1012-akumajo-dracula-best/
    name: 'OSV: Patrick''s Review'
