Episode 37 - Every Drop You Drink, or The Contractually-Obligated Halloween Castlevania Episode

Shujin Academy VGM Club

It’s spooky season, so I’m doing a whole episode full of Castlevania’s greatest hits! And come back soon for a bonus episode containing a whole bunch of deep cuts I didn’t have time for on this episode!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing amazing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.
• Save Point Sam for voicing Lamenty the gravestone
• Generous show patron Rick L., who suggested the idea for this episode and also gave me a huge amount of money to do it. Well, he suggested the idea. He didn’t actually give me any money at all, but I’m still doing it because I’m all about the fans.

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h

• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

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During the show, I mentioned my April Fool’s 2023 episode. You can find that at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-duvyd-13ce7bd, although I warn you that 1) you are listening at your own risk and also 2) it’s an April Fool’s Day show, so things may be a little different than normal and also also 3) it features me singing at the end, so you’re REALLY listening at your own risk.

If you want to find the OC Remix Vampire Variations compilations mentioned in the outro, you can find them at the following links:

https://ocremix.org/album/67/vampire-variations-a-musical-tribute-to-castlevania

https://ocremix.org/album/68/vampire-variations-volume-ii

https://ocremix.org/album/69/vampire-variations-volume-iii

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:09 - Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES) - Within These Castle Walls (composers: Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima, and Kouji Murata)

00:53 - Talk Segment I

03:00 - Castlevania (NES) - Stalker (Armory) (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)

06:00 - Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES) - The Silence of the Daylight (composer: Kenichi Matsubara)

07:05 - Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (Famicom Disk System) - Mad Forest (composers: Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto)

08:40 - Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (Famicom Disk System) - Deja Vu (Vampire Killer) (composers: Hidenori Maezawa, Jun Funahashi, and Yukie Morimoto)

11:38 - Talk Segment II

12:32 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Vampire Killer (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)

13:39 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Wicked Child (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)

15:28 - Vampire Killer (MSX) - Black Knight (composers: Kinuyo Yamashita and Satoe Terashima)

16:12 - Talk Segment III

16:45 - Castlevania: The Adventure (Game Boy) - Battle of the Holy [Stage 1 BGM] (composers: Shigeru Fukutake, Norio Hanzawa, and Hidehiro Funauchi)

19:43 - Castlevania 2 - Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy) - Psycho Warrior [Rock Castle] (composer: Hidehiro Funauchi)

23:02 - Talk Segment IV

24:35 - Super Castlevania IV (SNES) - Simon’s Theme (Stage 1-2 BGM) (composers: Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo)

28:17 - Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis) - Iron-Blue Intention (composer: Michiru Yamane)

30:15 - Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) - Bloodlines (composers: Tomoya Tomita, Masanari Iwata, Harumi Ueko, and Masahiko Kimura)

33:23 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Overture (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito)

34:27 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine CD) - Picture of a Ghost Ship (composers: Akira Souji, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, and Mikio Saito)

36:52 - Talk Segment V

39:42 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - The Tragic Prince (composer: Michiru Yamane)

43:46 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSX/Saturn) - Crystal Teardrops (composer: Michiru Yamane)

45:47 - Talk Segment VI

47:23 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) - Awake (composer: Sotaro Tojima)

49:53 - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) - Successor of Fate (Juste Belmont’s theme) (composer: Soshiro Hokkai)

52:14 - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) - Clock Tower (composer: Michiru Yamane)

55:11 - Talk Segment VII

56:21 - Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Dracula's Tears (composer: Michiru Yamane)

1:00:00 - Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (DS) - Equipment Discussion [Shop] (composer: Masahiko Kimura)

1:01:50 - Castlevania Order of Ecclesia (DS) - Chapel Hidden in Smoke (composer: Michiru Yamane)

1:05:13 - Talk Segment VIII

1:06:36 - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Theme Of Bloodstained (composer: Michiru Yamane)

1:09:36 - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night (multiplatform) - Exorschism (composer: Keisuke Ito)

1:11:54 - Outro Talk Segment

1:15:21 - Vampire Variations II (OCREMIX) - Season of the Witch (Together Forever) (composer: Michiru Yamane; arranged by Brandon Strader)