Before Halloween, we reported on the release of the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night tribute album, Resurrection of the Night, to Bandcamp thanks to Materia Collective and arrangers Wayne Strange and Tim Stoney. Since the album’s release, a Kickstarter has been launched to help fund the album’s follow-up, Alucard’s Elegy. The follow-up hopes to continue producing high-quality orchestrated arrangements of both music from Symphony of the Night, as well as tracks from a few other Castlevania game titles in the series.
“We look forward to doing so much more with a live orchestra and choir, and the second volume will feature a new set of tracks that will become the second act–or inverted castle–of this midnight saga.”
Currently, the Kickstarter has a pledge goal of $30,000 to produce a secondary album with 10 tracks. Additional funds raised will add additional tracks to the album. Not only can you score both the original Resurrection of the Night album along with Alucard’s Elegy by pledging to the Kickstarter, you’ll also get a say in what tracks will be arranged on the new album. (As of yesterday’s update, “Crystal Teardrops” is in the lead by vote for getting the arrangement treatment.)
“Unlike the current voting, songs added to the album via stretch goal may be from ANY Castlevania game, so long as it’s a licenseable track. Yes, that means classic tracks such as Bloody Tears, Wicked Child, Beginning, Opposing Bloodlines, Simon’s Theme, Reincarnated Souls, etc… would ALL BE IN PLAY.“
The Kickstarter campaign for Resurrection of the Night: Alucard’s Elegy runs until November 26th. You can purchase the original 13-track Castlevania: Symphony of the Night tribute album, Resurrection of the Night, on Bandcamp for $13.
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