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Konami publishes Takarazuka Revue's Symphony of the Night soundtrack

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Konami publishes Takarazuka Revue's Symphony of the Night soundtrack
Konami has published Takarazuka Revue's Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Original Soundtrack in Japan, pressed on two compact discs.

The first disc of the album features composer Michiru Yamane's score from the 1997 PlayStation game, plus four popular in-game Castlevania series themes featured in the Takarazuka stage production. The second disc highlights live recordings of music from the stage production starring Sea Towaki as Alucard and Misaki Hoshizora as Maria Renard.

The soundtrack album ships domestically from distributor CDJapan.


Featuring scenario writing by assistant director Koji Igarashi, the expanded focus on exploration in Symphony of the Night helped define the "Metroidvania" genre, as acquiring new abilities allowed Alucard to access uncharted locations on the castle map.

The story directly follows the events of Rondo of Blood for PC Engine CD. When Dracula's castle unexpectedly materializes from out of the ether, the half-human son of Dracula follows vampire hunter Richter Belmont onto the castle grounds. There, Alucard encounters Maria, the maiden rescued by the Belmont clan years earlier.

Composed by Michiru Yamane, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Original Soundtrack is streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music Unlimited. Both Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night are included in PlayStation 4 compilation title Castlevania Requiem.


From the Takarazuka Revue website:
One day, Alucard comes across a young girl who is lost deep in the forest. In order to accompany her home, he decides to make an appearance among humans, something he has not done in a long while.

Alucard takes the girl to a village preparing for its annual festival during which spirits of the ancestors are said to return to earth. Alucard, in the middle of a crowd of people getting ready for the festivities, happens to meet Maria. She is one of the vampire hunters who brought down Dracula five years before. Maria is traveling about in search of Richter, the son of the Belmont family who helped her defeat Dracula, and her sister Annette, who is Richter’s sweetheart. It doesn’t take long for Maria to sense the dark powers Alucard has. As for Alucard, he quickly understands that Maria is no mere mortal.
CDJapan - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night & Flower Tourp Takarazuka Grand Theater Peformance "Castlevania Awakening in the Moonlight" ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Original Soundtrack - Apple Music / YouTube Music