Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest is the property of Konami.

Hey folks, here is my new Castlevania cover. And of course I chose Bloody Tears because it’s an awesome theme and thought it would make an excellent classic metal cover. Originally I was going to try and put this together for Halloween but postponed it for the following reasons: A. I wasn't able to play it perfectly by then and B. I have had technical difficulties recently with my Ibanez, which was the guitar I wanted to use with this cover. I temporarily fixed in the past week, but I still think the guitar needs a proper upgrade with electronics being that it’s 13 years old and some of the components are starting to deteriorate as you would expect.

Because the original theme is quite short and repetitive, I recycled many sections of the original and re-harmonised them, those sections being the intro and the main melody. I arranged these new bits to be in the middle of the cover so when the first iterations have been played just like the original there is some variation to the structure but is still recognisable so as to not through listeners off. Originally I had planned to compose a little original peace for the middle 8 but when reviewing it it sounded too different to the main theme, so I scrapped the idea and went with recycling the main theme instead.

Overall I am very proud of what I have put together for this cover and look forward to sharing it with you guys.

I hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more VGM covers in future.

Equipment Used:

Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 USB Interface
DAW: Cubase LE 5
Drums: MT PowerDrumKit 2
Bass: Ibanez GSR180-BK
Bass amp sim: AudioAssualt Bassgrinder
Guitar: Ibanez GRG-270B
Guitar amp sim: Guitar Rig 5 Player
Pitch Shift Effect in Intro: Boss MD:200 Pedal (Overtone Effect)
Organ: Church Organ VST
Camcorder: Sony HDR CX-405, Panasonic HC-V270

Video Editing Software: VEGAS Movie Studio 14 Platinum


Audio can be found here:   / castlevania-ii-simons-quest-bloody-tears-c...