- 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") is a song introduced in the 1993 NEC PC Engine game Castlevania: Rondo of Blood as the music for Stage 1, as well as the Stage 1 from the 1995 Super NES game Castlevania: Dracula X. The song is composed by Akiropito.
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 Richter Belmont.
Song Data
| Song Data: Divine Bloodlines | |||||||||
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| Image | Track No. / Name (Japanese Name) | Game / Soundtrack | Composer | Usage | Notes / Links | ||||
| Overture | |||||||||
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4. Overture (Overture) |
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) / Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) |
Akiropito | Intro animation | |||||
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1. Overture (Overture) |
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) / Akumajo Dracula X (1993) |
Akiropito | Intro animation | |||||
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1. Overture (Overture) |
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) / Castlevania 20th Anniversary Deluxe Music Collection (2006) |
Akiropito | Intro animation | |||||
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1. Overture (Overture) |
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) / Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles Original Soundtrack, Disc 2 (2008) |
Akiropito | Intro animation | |||||
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1. Overture (Overture) |
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 4 (2010) |
Akiropito | Intro animation | |||||
| Divine Bloodline | |||||||||
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8. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] |
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) / Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) |
Akiropito | Stage 1 | Links: YouTube | ||||
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3. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] |
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) / Akumajo Dracula X (1993) |
Akiropito | Stage 1 | Links: YouTube | ||||
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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) / Dracula Music Collection (1997) |
Notes: The track features 'Divine Bloodline'. | ||||||
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3. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] |
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) / Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles Original Soundtrack, Disc 2 (2008) |
Akiropito | Stage 1 | Links: YouTube | ||||
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2. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] |
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993) / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 4 (2010) |
Akiropito | Stage 1 | 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 (1995) / Dracula Music Collection (1997) |
Notes: The track features SNES version 'Divine Bloodline'. | ||||||
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4. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] |
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (2007) / Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles Original Soundtrack, Disc 1 (2008) |
Masanori Akita (Re-arranger) | Stage 1 | Links: YouTube | ||||
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4. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] |
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (2007) / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 14 (2010) |
Masanori Akita (Re-arranger) | Stage 1 | Links: YouTube | ||||
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30. Divine Bloodlines Ver. 511 (乾坤の血族 Ver. 511) [alt] |
Pachislot Akumajo Dracula (2009) / Pachislot Akumajo Dracula Original Soundtrack (2010) |
Takeshi Kuramochi (Re-arranger) | Dracula Battle Spiral Staircase Stage | Links: YouTube | ||||
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8. Divine Bloodlines Ver. 511 (乾坤の血族 Ver. 511) [alt] |
Pachislot Akumajo Dracula II (2010) / Pachislot Akumajo Dracula II Original Soundtrack (2010) |
Takeshi Kuramochi (Re-arranger) | ? | Links: YouTube | ||||
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3. Divine Bloodlines (乾坤の血族) [alt] |
Castlevania: The Arcade (2009) / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 17 (2010) |
Masayuki Maruyama and/or Goh Fujiwara |
Stage 1 | |||||
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38. Divine Bloodlines (乾坤の血族) |
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (2010) / Castlevania: Harmony of Despair Original Soundtrack (2010) |
Yasushi Asada (Re-arranger) | Bonus track from DLC Music Pack 2 | Notes: Bonus track from DLC Music Pack 2 | ||||
| Blood Relations | |||||||||
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Track 28; 29 (Japanese release). Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt] |
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997) / Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Original Soundtrack (1997) |
Michiru Yamane (Re-arranger) | Battle against Richter Belmont | Links: YouTube | ||||
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16. Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt] |
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997) / Lament of Innocence Music Sampler (2003) |
Michiru Yamane (Re-arranger) | Battle against Richter Belmont | Links: YouTube | ||||
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28. Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt] |
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997) / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 6 (2010) |
Michiru Yamane (Re-arranger) | Battle against Richter Belmont | Links: YouTube | ||||
| Sign of Blood Relationship | |||||||||
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1. Opening - "Sign of Blood Relationship" (オープニング - "血脈の印") |
Castlevania (N64) (1999) / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 7 (2010) |
Opening movie | ||||||
| Bloodlines Bequeathed | |||||||||
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21. Bloodlines Bequeathed (-継承- 乾坤の血族) |
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (2006) / Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Original Soundtrack (2007) |
Battle against Richter Belmont | Links: YouTube | |||||
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21. Bloodlines Bequeathed (-継承- 乾坤の血族) |
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (2006) / Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX, Disc 13 (2010) |
Battle against Richter Belmont | Links: YouTube | |||||
| Arranged Versions | |||||||||
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15. Divine Bloodline (乾坤の血族) [alt] |
/ Dracula Midi Collection (1997) |
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17. Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt] |
/ Dracula Midi Collection (1997) |
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5. Blood Relations (異形の血族) [alt] |
/ Midi Power Pro Vol. 6 (1998) |
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28. Divine Bloodlines (Airwave ver.) (乾坤の血族 (Airwave ver.)) |
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (2007) / Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles Original Soundtrack, Disc 1 (2008) |
Masanori Akita (Re-arranger) | Bonus track | Links: YouTube | ||||
Notes
- "Divine Bloodline" is sometime known as "Opposing Bloodlines".
- "Blood Relations" is sometimes known as "Strange Bloodlines" or "Cursed Bloodlines".