{"id":885112,"date":"2026-10-17T04:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T04:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/885112\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T04:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T04:12:15","slug":"castlevanias-most-iconic-song-should-chain-whip-me-to-death-not-put-me-in-a-thousand-year-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/885112\/","title":{"rendered":"Castlevania’s Most Iconic Song Should Chain Whip Me To Death, Not Put Me In A Thousand Year Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I continue my way through Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse (now blessedly disentangled from the platforming challenge<\/a> that hemmed me up earlier this week), I find myself really vibing with the game\u2019s soundtrack. The sound team at Evil Empire chose to go with an eclectic downtempo collection of work that feels in tune with the current musical zeitgeist, obsessed with the Lofi Girl<\/a> and her many musical siblings.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a good fit that makes the game stand out sonically in much the same way that it does mechanically and visually while still feeling good to listen to. It\u2019s not obnoxious in the way some soundtracks can be, where louder, busier songs can burrow into your brain and become mercilessly stuck, like the harpsichords blaring in the Long Library<\/a> in Symphony of the Night. I could play the Belmont\u2019s Curse soundtrack in the background during a work day and be quite relaxed with the resulting ambiance.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m particularly fond of \u201cBone March,\u201d<\/a> a track that plays during your exploration of the Paris Catacombs, and \u201cIron Clock,\u201d the theme for the Clock Tower<\/a>. And though the Talos boss fight itself gave me heartburn and some severe hand calluses, \u201cStone Tyrant,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0his boss theme, is actually quite funky.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s one significant exception to my general enjoyment of Belmont\u2019s Curse soundtrack: The way it treats \u201cBloody Tears\u201d is kinda tragic. That song is the iconic theme song across the franchise. It\u2019s up there with Dr. Wily\u2019s Castle Theme<\/a> from Mega Man 2, the kinda shit that when you hear it, it makes you want to run through a brick wall. And previous<\/a> \u201cBloody Tears\u201d<\/a> themes understood that particular assignment. Hell, even the \u201cBloody Tears\u201d arrangement for the Castlevania Dead Cells DLC is a bop.<\/p>\n

But in Belmont\u2019s Curse, the song feels like a pulled punch. There\u2019s a build-up with the familiar run of notes that lets you know, \u201cYeah, the good shit you remember is coming,\u201d but when it\u2019s time for the beat drop after all that intense buildup, the song fades into almost nothing. It\u2019s too orchestral, lacking the edge that I\u2019ve come to expect from my \u201cBloody Tears\u201d arrangements. It blends into the background.<\/p>\n

\u201cBloody Tears\u201d should get you hype. It should match the energy required to fight and defeat Dracula. This version, sadly, puts me into a thousand years\u2019 sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As I continue my way through Castlevania: Belmont\u2019s Curse (now blessedly disentangled from the platforming challenge that hemmed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[216907,74],"class_list":["post-885112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-castlevania-belmonts-curse","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}