Divine Bloodlines

"Divine Bloodline" (乾坤の血族 Kenkon no Ketsuzoku, literally "Blood Relations of Heaven and Earth") is a song introduced in the 1993 NEC PC Engine game Castlevania: Rondo of Blood as the music for the the stage 1 as well as the stage 1 from the 1995 Nintendo SNES game Castlevania: Dracula X. The song is composed by Akiropito.

There is 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" (異形の血族 Igyō no Ketsuzoku, literally "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" (-継承- 乾坤の血族 Keisyō Kenkon no Ketsuzoku, literally "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 Richter Belmont.

Song Data

Song Data: Divine Bloodlines
Image	Track No. / Name (Japanese Name)	Game / Soundtrack	Composer	Usage	Notes / Links
Overture
File:Dracula x (j) front.jpg	4. Overture (Overture)	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)	Akiropito	Intro animation
	1. Overture (Overture)	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)	Akiropito	Intro animation
	1. Overture (Overture)	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)	Akiropito	Intro animation
	1. Overture (Overture)	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)	Akiropito	Intro animation
	1. Overture (Overture)	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)	Akiropito	Intro animation
Divine Bloodline
File:Dracula x (j) front.jpg	8. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt]	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)	Akiropito	Stage 1	Links: YouTube
	3. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt]	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)	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～」)	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)			Notes: The track features 'Divine Bloodline'.
	3. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt]	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)	Akiropito	Stage 1	Links: YouTube
	2. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt]	Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993)	Akiropito	Stage 1	Links: YouTube
Minor Variations
	14. Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) (SFC版 「悪魔城ドラキュラXX」)	Castlevania: Dracula X (1995)			Notes: The track features SNES version 'Divine Bloodline'.
	4. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt]	Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (2007)	Masanori Akita (Re-arranger)	Stage 1	Links: YouTube
	4. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt]	Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (2007)	Masanori Akita (Re-arranger)	Stage 1	Links: YouTube
	30. Divine Bloodlines Ver. 511 (乾坤の血族　Ver. 511) [alt]	Pachislot Akumajo Dracula (2009)	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 (2010)	Takeshi Kuramochi (Re-arranger)	?	Links: YouTube
	3. Divine Bloodlines (乾坤の血族) [alt]	Castlevania: The Arcade (2009)	Masayuki Maruyama and/or Goh Fujiwara	Stage 1
Blood Relations
	Track 28; 29 (Japanese release). Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt]	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)	Michiru Yamane (Re-arranger)	Battle against Richter Belmont	Links: YouTube
	16. Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt]	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)	Michiru Yamane (Re-arranger)	Battle against Richter Belmont	Links: YouTube
	28. Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt]	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)	Michiru Yamane (Re-arranger)	Battle against Richter Belmont	Links: YouTube
Sign of Blood Relationship
	1. Opening - "Sign of Blood Relationship" (オープニング - "血脈の印")	Castlevania (1999)		Opening movie
Bloodlines Bequeathed
	21. Bloodlines Bequeathed (-継承- 乾坤の血族)	Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (2006)		Battle against Richter Belmont	Links: YouTube
	21. Bloodlines Bequeathed (-継承- 乾坤の血族)	Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (2006)		Battle against Richter Belmont	Links: YouTube
Arranged Versions
	15. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt]
	17. Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt]
	5. Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt]
	28. Divine Bloodlines (Airwave ver.) (乾坤の血族 (Airwave ver.))	Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (2007)	Masanori Akita (Re-arranger)	Bonus track	Links: YouTube

Note

• "Divine Bloodline" is sometime known as "Opposing Bloodlines".
• "Blood Relations" is sometime known as "Strange Bloodlines" or "Cursed Bloodlines".