- For the Dracula's Curse and Portrait of Ruin theme, see Overture.
"Divine Bloodline"[1] (乾坤の血族 Kenkon no Ketsuzoku?, lit. "Blood Relations of Heaven and Earth"), also commonly known simply as "Blood Relations", is a music theme composed by Akiropito originally introduced in the 1993 NEC PC Engine game Castlevania: Rondo of Blood as the background theme for Stage 1, as well as the background theme for Stage 1 in the 1995 Super NES remake/reimagining Castlevania: Dracula X.
There are five major variations:
- Overture, which comes with a faster tempo, is the music for the intro animation before Stage 0 in the game. It is marked as Richter Belmont's theme in the soundtrack.
- Ending theme of Castlevania: Dracula X.
- "The Outcasts"[2] (異形の血族 Igyō no Ketsuzoku?, lit. "Monstrous Blood Relations"), which was introduced in the 1997 Sony PlayStation game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night as the music for the battle against Richter Belmont. In The Dracula X Chronicles version, the song also plays during the battle against Maria Renard. This version is arranged by Michiru Yamane and is also known as "Strange Bloodlines" or "Blood Relations".
- "Sign of Blood Relationship" (血脈の印 Ketsumyaku no Shirushi?), which was introduced in the 1999 Nintendo 64 game Castlevania as the intro music of the game.
- "Bloodlines Bequeathed"[3] (-継承- 乾坤の血族 Keisyō Kenkon no Ketsuzoku?, lit. "The Succession: Blood Relations of Heaven and Earth"), which was introduced in the 2006 Nintendo DS game Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin as the music for the battle against the Whip's Memory.
Song Data
| Song Data: Divine Bloodlines | |||||||||
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| Image | Track No. / Name (Japanese Name) | Game / Soundtrack | Composer | Usage | Notes / Links | ||||
| Overture | |||||||||
| 1. Overture (Overture) | Castlevania: Rondo of Blood / Akumajō Dracula X | Akiropito | Intro animation | Links: YouTube | ||||
| 13. Overture | Castlevania: Rondo of Blood / Castlevania 20th Anniversary Deluxe Music Collection | Akiropito | Notes: Echo version Links: YouTube | |||||
| 1. Overture (Overture) | / Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles Original Soundtrack, Disc 2 | Akiropito | Intro animation | Links: YouTube | ||||
| 1. Overture (Overture) | / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 4 | Akiropito | Intro animation | |||||
| Divine Bloodline | |||||||||
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| 3. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] | Castlevania: Rondo of Blood / Akumajō Dracula X | Akiropito | Stage 1 | Links: YouTube | ||||
| 12. Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PCE) (PCE版 「悪魔城ドラキュラX～血の輪廻～」) | / Dracula Music Collection | Notes: The track features 'Divine Bloodline'. | ||||||
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| 3. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] | Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles / Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles Original Soundtrack, Disc 2 | Akiropito | Stage 1 | Links: YouTube | ||||
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| 2. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] | / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 4 | Akiropito | Stage 1 | Links: YouTube | ||||
| Divine Bloodlines | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate / Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Original Soundtrack | Yasushi Asada (arranger) | Links: YouTube | |||||
| Minor variations | |||||||||
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| 14. Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) (SFC版 「悪魔城ドラキュラXX」) | Castlevania: Dracula X / Dracula Music Collection | Notes: The track features the SNES version 'Divine Bloodline'. | ||||||
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| 4. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] | Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles / Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles Original Soundtrack, Disc 1 | Masanori Akita (re-arranger) | Stage 1 | Links: YouTube | ||||
| 4. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] | Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 14 | Masanori Akita (re-arranger) | Stage 1 | Links: YouTube | ||||
| 30. Divine Bloodlines Ver. 511 (乾坤の血族 Ver. 511) [alt] | Pachislot Akumajo Dracula / Pachislot Akumajo Dracula Original Soundtrack | Takeshi Kuramochi (re-arranger) | Dracula Battle Spiral Staircase Stage | Links: YouTube | ||||
| 8. Divine Bloodlines Ver. 511 (乾坤の血族 Ver. 511) [alt] | Pachislot Akumajo Dracula II / Pachislot Akumajo Dracula II Original Soundtrack | Takeshi Kuramochi (re-arranger) | Notes: Recycled directly from Pachislot Akumajo Dracula Links: YouTube | |||||
| 3. Divine Bloodlines (乾坤の血族) [alt] | Akumajō Dracula: The Arcade / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 17 | Masayuki Maruyama and/or | Stage 1 | |||||
| 38. Divine Bloodlines (乾坤の血族) | Castlevania: Harmony of Despair / Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Original Soundtrack | Yasushi Asada (re-arranger) | Bonus track from DLC Music Pack 2 | Notes: Bonus track from DLC Music Pack 2 | ||||
| Blood Relations | |||||||||
| Track 28; 29 (Japanese release). Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt] | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night / Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Original Soundtrack | Michiru Yamane (re-arranger) | Battle against Richter Belmont | Links: YouTube | ||||
| 16. Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt] | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night / Lament of Innocence Music Sampler | Michiru Yamane (re-arranger) | Battle against Richter Belmont | Links: YouTube | ||||
| 28. Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt] | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 6 | Michiru Yamane (re-arranger) | Battle against Richter Belmont | Links: YouTube | ||||
| Sign of Blood Relationship | |||||||||
| 1. Sign of Blood Relationship (血脈の印 Ketsumyaku no Shirushi) [alt] | Castlevania (N64) / Castlevania: The Original Game Soundtrack | Masahiko Kimura, Motoaki Furukawa, Mariko Egawa | Introduction | Links: YouTube | ||||
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| 1. Opening - "Sign of Blood Relationship" (オープニング - "血脈の印") | Castlevania (N64) / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 7 | Opening movie | ||||||
| Bloodlines Bequeathed | |||||||||
| 21. Bloodlines Bequeathed (-継承- 乾坤の血族) | Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin / Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Original Soundtrack | Battle against Richter Belmont | Links: YouTube (DS Arrange) | |||||
| 21. Bloodlines Bequeathed (-継承- 乾坤の血族) | Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 13 | Battle against Richter Belmont | Links: YouTube | |||||
| Arranged versions | |||||||||
| 15. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] | / Akumajō Dracula MIDI collection | USP (arranger) | Links: Music | |||||
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| 16. Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt] | / Akumajō Dracula MIDI collection | USP (arranger) | Links: Music | |||||
| 5. Strange Bloodline | / MIDI Power Pro6 | Hiroshi Ebihara (arranger) | Links: YouTube | |||||
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| 28. Divine Bloodlines (Airwave ver.) (乾坤の血族 (Airwave ver.)) | Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles / Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles Original Soundtrack, Disc 1 | Masanori Akita (re-arranger) | Bonus track | Links: YouTube | ||||
| 8. Divine Bloodlines | / Akumajō Dracula Tribute Vol. 1 | Konami Kukeiha Club (composer) Yousuke Yasui (arranger) | Links: YouTube | |||||
Notes
- "Divine Bloodline" is sometimes known as "Opposing Bloodlines".
- "Blood Relations" is sometimes known as "Strange Bloodlines" or "Cursed Bloodlines".
References
- ↑ Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles Original Soundtrack
- ↑ Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Original Soundtrack
- ↑ Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Original Soundtrack
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