Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Original Soundtrack
Japanese Name	悪魔城ドラキュラ Harmony of Despair オリジナルサウンドトラック
Catalog Number	LC-1960
Release Date	Jan 13th, 2011
Published by	Konami Digital Entertainment
Game	Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Composer	Yasuhiro Ichihashi, Tomoaki Hirono (Exclusive composers) Kinuyo Yamashita, Konami Kukeiha Club, akiropito, Michiru Yamane, Masahiko Kimura, Soshiro Hokkai, Yuzo Koshiro, Yasuhiro Ichihashi (Original composers) Akihiro Honda, Yasuhiro Ichihashi, Norikazu Miura, Sota Fujimori, Tomoaki Hirono, Atsushi Sato, Nobuyuki Akena, Yasuhisa Ito, Toshihisa Furusawa (Arrangers)
Number of Discs	1
Soundtrack Length	76:56
Number of Tracks	40
Price	2520 JPY
VGMDb profile	link
External Link	Konami Style, Castlevania Realm scans

The soundtrack for the X-Box Arcade game, Harmony of Despair. It was released on January 13th, 2011. The music was composed by Michiru Yamane, Masahiko Kimura (Dawn of Sorrow), Yuzo Koshiro (Portrait of Ruin) and Yasuhiro Ichihashi (Order of Ecclesia) and arranged by Yasuhiro Ichihashi, Norikazu Miura, Sota Fujimori, Tomoaki Hirono, Atsushi Sato, Nobuyuki Akena, Yasuhisa Ito and Toshihisa Furusawa. It contains original tracks and many arrangements from various Castlevania games.

Contents 1 Tracklist 2 More Information 2.1 Production Staff 2.2 CD Staff 2.3 Arrangements 2.4 Composers and Arrangers

TracklistEdit

1. Drone
2. Hymnus
3. Corpse's Gate
4. Purple Eyes
5. Ruined Castle Corridor
6. Into the Dark Night
7. After Confession
8. Phantom of Fear
9. Piercing Battle Fury
10. Gaze Up at the Darkness
11. Esquisse of Violence
12. Ebony Wings
13. Symphony of Battle
14. The Colossus
15. Order of the Demon
16. Dance of Illusions
17. Tanz mit einem Clown
18. Crimson Blood
19. Ein Weltherrscher
20. Hail from the Past
21. Piercing Silence
22. The Lost Portrait
23. Poetic Death
24. Castle Dracula
25. The Horde's Festival
26. Vampire Killer
27. Nothing to Lose
28. Go! Getsu Fuma
29. Ryukotsuki
30. Pitch-Black Intrusion
31. Pitiful Scion
32. Invitation of a Crazed Moon
33. The Hidden Curse
34. An Empty Tome
35. Heart of Fire
36. Aquarius
37. Slash
38. Divine Bloodlines
39. Simon's Theme
40. Tractus

More InformationEdit

Production StaffEdit

• Producer : IGA
• Director : Shutaro Iida
• Sound Producer : Nobuhiko Matsufuji
• Sound Director / Composer / Arranger : Yasuhiro Ichihashi
• Composer / Arranger : Tomoaki Hirono
• Arrangers : Akihiro Honda, Atsushi Sato, Nobuyuki Akena, Norikazu Miura, Sota Fujimori, Yasuhisa Ito, Yasushi Asada
• Illustration : Ayami Kojima
• Design : Asaka Tanji
• Special Thanks : Shinta "never dead" Nojiri

CD StaffEdit

• Mastering Engineer : quad (luvtrax)
• Artwork Direction : Ryosuke Tanimizu (grapache)
• Artwork Design : Kazuto Ohno (grapache)
• Artwork Coordination : Hiroshi Banno, Yukie Yamazaki
• Promotion : Shunsaku Shimizu
• Sales Promotion : Ryusuke Takae, Hideki Chosokabe
• Label Assistant : Tomomi Iitaka
• Director : Emi Okada
• Producer : Saori Amano
• Label Producer : Tetsuta Osono
• Executive Producer : Fumiaki Tanaka

ArrangementsEdit

• Tracks 1-4, 8, 17-19 and 40 are original tracks.
• Track 5 is from Aria of Sorrow.
• Tracks 5-7, 9 and 30 are from Dawn of Sorrow.
• Tracks 10, 11, 20, 21, 32 and 33 are from Portrait of Ruin.
• Tracks 13-15 and 34 are from Order of Ecclesia.
• Tracks 22-25 and 31 are from Symphony of the Night.
• Tracks 26 and 27 are from the original NES Castlevania game.
• Tracks 28 and 29 are from Japan-exclusive Konami game Getsu Fūma Den.
• Track 35 is from Haunted Castle, and arrangement is from Aria of Sorrow.
• Track 36 is from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.
• Track 37 and 38 are from Rondo of Blood.
• Track 39 is from Super Castlevania IV.

Composers and ArrangersEdit

Source from VGMdb.

• Yasuhiro Ichihashi: 1, 2, 17, 19, 40
• Tomoaki Hirono: 3, 4, 8, 18
• Yasuhisa Ito: 5 (only) [arrange]
• Atsushi Sato: 6~7, 12, 14 [arrange]^{[citation needed]}
• Nobuyuki Akena: 9, 11, 13, 15 [arrange]
• Sota Fujimori: 10 (only) [arrange]
• Akihiro Honda: 16 (reprise)
• Norikazu Miura: 20, 21 [arrange]
• Yasushi Asada: 22~39 [arrange]

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Playable Characters
Soma Cruz - Alucard - Jonathan Morris - Shanoa - Charlotte Aulin Julius Belmont - Yoko Belnades - Richter Belmont - Maria Renard - Simon Belmont - Getsu Fuma
Bosses
Starting Bosses
Gergoth - Puppet Master - Menace - Brauner - Death - Dracula
DLC Bosses
Astarte - Legion - Beelzebub - R. The Count - Ryukotsuki
Chapters
Starting Chapters
Ch1. Caught in the Cradle of Decay - Ch2. Lord of Unseen Strings - Ch3. The End of Chaos Ch4. Esquisse of Violence - Ch5. Song of the Unslakable Blade - Ch6. Come, Sweet Hour of Death
DLC Chapters
Ch7. Beauty, Desire, Situation Dire - Ch8. The One Who Is Many - Ch9. Lord of Flies Ch10. Origins - Ch11. The Legend of Fuma
Music
Drone - Hymnus - Corpse's Gate - Purple Eyes - Phantom of Fear - Tanz mit einem Clown - Crimson Blood - Ein Weltherrscher - Tractus - Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Original Soundtrack
Archives
Bestiary - Inventory - Achievements/Trophies