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Castlevania

by Dusty Zahrt

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PapaBruno
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PapaBruno Never was able to complete this game and I've had it since it was originally released - haunts me to this day. Little did know about the holy water boss trick. Love the solid double bass, walking bass track and the guitar tracks...woooooo boy...awesomely haunting! Brings back so many fond memories and so many cursed deaths.
EDIT: Went back and finally beat the game! i.imgur.com/kHrD7ps.gif Favorite track: Poison Mind - Boss Fight.
Jack Gardiner
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Jack Gardiner One of the best video game soundtracks of all time lovingly recreated. Favorite track: Wicked Child - Outdoors.
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Life Lost 00:08
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Game Over 00:11
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The idea of this album was to create a true recreation of one of the best video game soundtracks in history. These covers are not heavily arranged; the original NES games (for the most part) utilized only 4 channels: two leads, a bass and a noise track used for drums. In the same spirit, these songs consist only of two lead guitars, a bass and drums and very few liberties were taken with the music (except the drums*)--the songs were even recorded in their original tempos (sometimes set to the thousandth of a beat per minute) so that they could seamlessly be played over the game.

I am not the original composer of these works; Yamashita Kinuyo is the incredible mastermind behind this soundtrack. I just wanted to pay homage to her and her wonderful music in the only way I know how.


*First and foremost, I am a metal drummer and when this whole idea started the first step was to record drums. As the capability of writing drums for NES games was fairly limited, I figured it might sound a little empty having real drums play such limited parts, so I jazzed them up a bit.

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released September 16, 2013

Yamashita Kinuyo - Composer
Dusty Zahrt - Drums, Guitars, Bass, Production, Mixing, Mastering

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Dusty Zahrt Guyton, Georgia

I make metal covers of NES soundtracks.

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