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CASTLEVANIA GAMES FEATURING "VAMPIRE KILLER"

'' Vampire Killer '' and '' Castlevania '' This is basically the original track. The NES (''Castlevania'') version is more musically complex than the MSX (''Vampire Killer'') version, and the latter suffers from hardware limitations that cause some notes to be out of tune.

'''' Known as "Deja Vu" in the game sound test and album release. The track is basically the same as the original, and is used very late in the game.

'' Super Castlevania IV '' - composed by Masanori Oodachi and Sotaro Tojima ( Souji Taro ). As in ''Castlevania III'', used very late in the game--the last level, in fact.

'''' - Used in the second level of the game, which happens to be a remake of the first level from the original ''Castlevania'' where the song was first heard.

'' Akumajo Dracula '' (on the Sharp X68000 , this game is a remake of the first Castlevania game)

'''' - composed by Michiru Yamane .

'''' in Europe) - composed by Tomoya Tomita , Masanari Iwata , Harumi Uekou and Masahiko Kimura . Used in the second level of the game.

''/ Goth remix and a Rock remix.

'''' - composed by Masahiko Kimura . A quote from "Vampire Killer" is heard at the beginning of the music for the first level, Foggy Lake. In Cornell 's quest only, the song is heard when encountering Dracula's coffin.

'''' - composed by Hiroshi Mitsuoka and Sotaro Tojima . Used in the last major area of the game to be explored by the player--the Observation Tower.

'' Castlevania Chronicles '' - Playstation version, arranged version composed by Sota Fujimori .

'''' - composed by Michiru Yamane . This acts as the music for a special version of the Boss Rush mode.

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In addition, several other Castlevania games are associated with "Vampire Killer":

'' The Castlevania Adventure '' has a track (track #5) which has the basic Structure and nearly the same Harmonies as does "Vampire Killer".

'' Castlevania Legends '' uses a track that begins with a quote from "Vampire Killer" as the final battle music.

'''', a cancelled Castlevania game intended for the Sega Dreamcast , was to feature a techno remix of the song. This track was discovered when MP3 s of the game's soundtrack were leaked onto the internet by its developers via the Castlevania Dungeon website {Link without Title} .

'''', one of the quotes of "Vampire Killer" is used in the track of Cordova Town.

NON-CASTLEVANIA GAMES FEATURING "VAMPIRE KILLER"

'' Wai Wai World '' - the song is played for the background music whenever the player chooses Simon Belmont .

'''' - the song can be heard on the second act of the final stage, which takes place in Dracula's castle.

'''' has a full remix of the song called, "Simon 1994 AD", that is played when fighting a secret boss which resembles Simon Belmont. The song can also be heard in the game's sound test. Notably, this soundtrack was written by Michiru Yamane , herself famous for several Castlevania-series soundtracks.

'' Sexy Parodius '' the track used for the castle stage (Stage 3B) called "Chu Chu Polka", quotes the beginning of "Vampire Killer" but quicky turns into the "Clarinet Polka".

REFERENCE(S)

http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/Features/whoswho.html Listing of "who's who" in the development of the Castlevania series.