arrangers:
- link: artist/11801
  names:
    en: Chernabogue
- link: artist/7192
  names:
    en: Brandon Strader
- link: artist/16893
  names:
    en: Jorito
- link: artist/3427
  names:
    en: Rexy
- link: artist/13328
  names:
    en: HoboKa
- link: artist/16927
  names:
    en: BMC_WarMachine
- link: artist/16910
  names:
    en: Sbeast
- link: artist/2757
  names:
    en: goat
- link: artist/14889
  names:
    en: Mak Eightman
- link: artist/16909
  names:
    en: Slimy
- link: artist/12083
  names:
    en: Eino Keskitalo
- link: artist/11532
  names:
    en: Sam Dillard
- link: artist/15021
  names:
    en: Existence Zero
- link: artist/16372
  names:
    en: PirateCrab
- link: artist/14844
  names:
    en: timaeus222
- link: artist/12648
  names:
    en: Aensland
- link: artist/16928
  names:
    en: Audio Sprite
- link: artist/59089
  names:
    en: Tuberz McGee
catalog: OCRA-0054
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Arrangement, Drama
composers:
- link: artist/3021
  names:
    en: Masanori Adachi
    ja: 安達昌宣
- link: artist/325
  names:
    en: Taro Kudo
    ja: 工藤太郎
covers:
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  medium: https://media.vgm.io/albums/39/55493/55493-1446274675.png
  name: Front
  thumb: https://media.vgm.io/albums/39/55493/55493-1446274675.png
discs:
- disc_length: '48:46'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: A Dark and Eerie Night (Akumajo Dracula, Prologue)
    track_length: '2:08'
  - names:
      English: Bringing Out the Dead (Simon Belmont's Theme)
    track_length: '5:28'
  - names:
      English: Selva Oscura (Forest of Evil Spirits)
    track_length: '7:23'
  - names:
      English: Heart of Limestone (Limestone Cavern)
    track_length: '5:01'
  - names:
      English: Reflections (Waterfall)
    track_length: '2:58'
  - names:
      English: Submerged (Submerged City)
    track_length: '3:19'
  - names:
      English: Whipped into Shape (Rotating Room)
    track_length: '3:37'
  - names:
      English: La Danse Macabre (Boss Theme)
    track_length: '2:16'
  - names:
      English: Song of Terror (Ascension to the Castle)
    track_length: '3:57'
  - names:
      English: Nevermindia (Knight Corridor)
    track_length: '3:12'
  - names:
      English: Deadly Furniture (Banquet Hall)
    track_length: '4:31'
  - names:
      English: Damned from the Outset (Dracula's Theme)
    track_length: '4:56'
- disc_length: '51:08'
  name: Disc 2
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Endless Tomes (Library - Collection Space)
    track_length: '6:43'
  - names:
      English: Dark Cellar (Cellar)
    track_length: '6:24'
  - names:
      English: Candles Galore (Secret Room)
    track_length: '3:44'
  - names:
      English: The Harbinger of Death (Treasure Room)
    track_length: '3:25'
  - names:
      English: In the Master's Name (Boss Theme 2)
    track_length: '2:22'
  - names:
      English: This Blood Don't Run (Bloody Tears)
    track_length: '4:29'
  - names:
      English: Dracula Is Our Vampire! (Vampire Killer)
    track_length: '4:12'
  - names:
      English: Stairway to Perdition (Beginning)
    track_length: '3:26'
  - names:
      English: Dracula's Secretaries (The Attendants' Rooms)
    track_length: '7:23'
  - names:
      English: The Night King's Lament (Dracula's Room)
    track_length: '4:55'
  - names:
      English: Simon Triumphant (Dracula's Death)
    track_length: 0:34
  - names:
      English: Live by the Cross (Ending Theme)
    track_length: '3:31'
link: album/55493
lyricists: []
media_format: 2 Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2015-10-30T22:48
  edited_date: 2022-10-23T14:04
  fetched_date: 2026-06-07T05:47
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 4594
name: 'Vampire Variations: Volume III'
names:
  en: 'Vampire Variations: Volume III'
  ja: 'Vampire Variations: Volume III'
  ja-latn: 'Vampire Variations: Volume III'
notes: 'Vampire Variations: Volume III

  Album freely available at http://ocremix.org

  This is the end of a grand adventure. Looking back five years ago, I didn''t expect
  I would end up finishing an album trilogy in 2015. I wasn''t a posted remixer and
  not well-known in the VGM scene, and I know I improved a lot since. It started all
  out as a simple tribute to Castlevania''s 25th anniversary, and we''re now celebrating
  its 30th with the final volume of the Vampire Variations trilogy. Once again, Dracula
  rises as humans wish to pay him tribute.

  This last album''s production started after several people encouraged me to do it.
  Plus, when you already have two albums out, you cannot quit before doing a third
  one. After thinking about which game we should cover, and discussing it with djpretzel
  himself, I decided to choose Super Castlevania IV for its classic, yet under-remixed
  soundtrack. As the final volume had to be the most epic, I also decided that all
  tracks should feature orchestra instruments in order to create a somewhat cinematic
  experience.

  I cannot thank enough all the artists who helped me and dedicated their time to
  create those albums. I truly hope we have been able to do justice to the Castlevania
  series with this trilogy, and that people will appreciate our hard work. I am far
  from being good at writing such notes, so I''ll keep it short: enjoy, and thank
  you for everything.

  -Alexandre Mourey

  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Artwork

  Speaking of delivering, Andrew really succeeded in bringing to life the universe
  of Castlevania. His style captured the atmospheric essence of Super Castlevania
  IV and fitted my epic cinematic goal for the project. A great album should (must!)
  have some great artwork to accompany it, and I couldn''t be happier with Andrew''s
  art. A truly gothic companion to our music!

  -Alexandre Mourey

  Super Castlevania IV has always been about atmosphere. Right from the opening demo;
  when the sun sets on Dracula''s grave, we know that all sorts of things will creep
  out of the darkness into the fog-enshrouded landscape of Transylvania. Its soundtrack,
  sound design and graphics all have a sultry, dark and creepy mood that oozes foreboding,
  that rightfully makes it one of the most popular Castlevania games. For Vampire
  Variations Volume III, it was necessary that the album''s artwork reflect that evocative,
  all-encompassing sense of dread; the near-hopelessness of Simon Belmont''s quest
  to rid his homeland of raw, unbridled evil that is so prevalent in the original
  game. That is what I wanted to express.

  My thanks go to Chernabogue and his stalwart ensemble of talented musicians for
  the opportunity to work on this project. The brief snippets of music I was fortunate
  enough to listen to early in the project really helped the ideas flow, and I can
  only hope that the visuals have done the album -- their album -- justice. The kind
  only a Belmont can deliver.

  -Andrew Warwick

  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1-01. Chernabogue feat. XPRTNovice - "A Dark and Eerie Night"

  Sources: "Akumajo Dracula (Title including Password)," "Prologue (Stage 1-1 BGM)"

  1-02. Brandon Strader - "Bringing Out the Dead"

  Source: "Simon Belmont''s Theme (Stage 1-2 BGM)"

  1-03. Jorito feat. Tuberz McGee, Furilas - "Selva Oscura"

  Source: "Forest of Evil Spirits (Stage 2 BGM)"

  1-04. Rexy - "Heart of Limestone"

  Source: "Limestone Cavern (Stage 3 BGM 1)"

  1-05. HoboKa, Chernabogue - "Reflections"

  Source: "Waterfall (Stage 3 BGM 2)"

  1-06. BMC_WarMachine - "Submerged"

  Source: "Submerged City (Stage 3 BGM 3)"

  1-07. Sbeast - "Whipped into Shape"

  Source: "Rotating Room (Stage 4 BGM 1)"

  1-08. Chernabogue - "La Danse Macabre"

  Source: "Boss Theme (Boss 1 BGM)"

  1-09. goat - "Song of Terror"

  Source: "Ascension to the Castle (Stage 5 BGM)"

  1-10. Mak Eightman - "Nevermindia"

  Source: "Knight Corridor (Stage 6 BGM 1)"

  1-11. Slimy - "Deadly Furniture"

  Sources: "Banquet Hall (Stage 6 BGM 2)," "Beginning (Stage 10 Dracula''s Tower 2
  BGM)"

  1-12. Eino Keskitalo feat. Tuberz McGee, XPRTNovice, Jorito - "Damned from the Outset"

  Source: "Dracula''s Theme (Opening Demo)"

  2-01. Sam Dillard - "Endless Tomes"

  Source: "Library - Collection Space (Stage 7 BGM)"

  2-02. Existence Zero - "Dark Cellar"

  Source: "Cellar (Stage 8 BGM)"

  2-03. PirateCrab - "Candles Galore"

  Source: "Secret Room (Bonus BGM)"

  2-04. timaeus222 - "The Harbinger of Death"

  Source: "Treasure Room (Stage 9 BGM)"

  2-05. Aensland - "In the Master''s Name"

  Source: "Boss Theme 2 (Boss BGM 2)"

  2-06. Existence Zero - "This Blood Don''t Run"

  Source: "Bloody Tears (Stage 10 Clock Tower BGM)"

  2-07. Jorito feat. BMC_WarMachine - "Dracula Is Our Vampire!"

  Sources: "Vampire Killer (Stage 10 Dracula''s Tower 1 BGM)," "Beginning (Stage 10
  Dracula''s Tower 2 BGM)"

  2-08. Audio Sprite - "Stairway to Perdition"

  Source: "Beginning (Stage 10 Dracula''s Tower 2 BGM)"

  2-09. Slimy - "Dracula''s Secretaries"

  Source: "The Attendants" Rooms (Stage 11 BGM)"

  2-10. Sam Dillard - "The Night King''s Lament"

  Source: "Dracula''s Room (Final Stage BGM)"

  2-11. Chernabogue - "Simon Triumphant"

  Source: "Dracula''s Death (Dying Theme)"

  2-12. Tuberz McGee - "Live by the Cross"

  Source: "Ending Theme (Ending)"'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/47
  names:
    en: OverClocked ReMix
    ja: OverClocked ReMix
    ja-latn: OverClocked ReMix
  role: publisher
performers:
- link: artist/14618
  names:
    en: XPRTNovice
- link: artist/7192
  names:
    en: Brandon Strader
- link: artist/59089
  names:
    en: Tuberz McGee
- link: artist/15096
  names:
    en: Furilas
- link: artist/3427
  names:
    en: Rexy
- link: artist/16927
  names:
    en: BMC_WarMachine
- link: artist/16910
  names:
    en: Sbeast
- link: artist/2757
  names:
    en: goat
- link: artist/14889
  names:
    en: Mak Eightman
- link: artist/12083
  names:
    en: Eino Keskitalo
- link: artist/15021
  names:
    en: Existence Zero
- link: artist/16929
  names:
    en: Bloodaxe
- link: artist/16372
  names:
    en: PirateCrab
- link: artist/14844
  names:
    en: timaeus222
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platforms:
- SNES (Super Famicom)
products:
- link: product/815
  names:
    en: Super Castlevania IV
    ja: 悪魔城ドラキュラ
    ja-latn: Akumajo Dracula
publish_format: Doujin/Indie
publisher: *id001
related:
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/48458
  names:
    en: Super Castlevania IV - The Remix Album
    ja: Super Castlevania IV - The Remix Album
    ja-latn: Super Castlevania IV - The Remix Album
  type: doujin
- catalog: MOND-074
  link: album/69057
  names:
    en: Super Castlevania IV Original Video Game Soundt...
    ja: Super Castlevania IV Original Video Game Soundt...
    ja-latn: Super Castlevania IV Original Video Game Soundt...
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/126740
  names:
    en: Super Castlevania IV Medley (remix & remaster)
    ja: Super Castlevania IV Medley (remix & remaster)
    ja-latn: Super Castlevania IV Medley (remix & remaster)
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/132967
  names:
    en: Super Castlevania IV
    ja: Super Castlevania IV
    ja-latn: Super Castlevania IV
  type: doujin
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/116450
  names:
    en: Super Castlevania IV OST Revamped - A Saeculum ...
    ja: Super Castlevania IV OST Revamped - A Saeculum ...
    ja-latn: Super Castlevania IV OST Revamped - A Saeculum ...
  type: doujin
- catalog: CT-008CD
  link: album/133385
  names:
    en: Devil's Curse
    ja: Devil's Curse
    ja-latn: Devil's Curse
  type: game
- catalog: CT-008
  link: album/122898
  names:
    en: Devil's Curse (Music from Super Castlevania IV)
    ja: Devil's Curse (Music from Super Castlevania IV)
    ja-latn: Devil's Curse (Music from Super Castlevania IV)
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/148211
  names:
    en: Super Castlevania IV Soundtrack for Famicom
    ja: Super Castlevania IV Soundtrack for Famicom
    ja-latn: Super Castlevania IV Soundtrack for Famicom
  type: doujin
release_date: '2015-10-31'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Free
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://vampire.ocremix.org
  name: vampire.ocremix.org
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/55493?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: http://vampire.ocremix.org
    name: 'VAMPIRE VARIATIONS TRILOGY: A Musical Tribute to Castlevania | OC ReMix'
