Well, it’s going to be hard to write about this objectively. It’s friggin’ Castlevania, what do you want from me! Some of my earliest memories of playing games were the absolutely splendid (and horrifically hard) Castlevania III, and the fantastic Super Castlevania IV (still my all-time favorite platformer). Both Yamashita’s work on the NES games, the stuff by Masanori Adachi, Sotaro Tojima and various others on the SNES and PC Engine, as well as the modern tracks by Michiru Yamane (and others) have been completely etched into my mind and have become as much canon as anything else I can think of.
As a composer, there’s not a single track I make that has not been influenced by these works. So when a concert was announced, I couldn’t be more excited. And not only would Michiru Yamane be there (performing!), but Yamashita personally endorsed the concert with this adorable video message, supplied by none other than OSV’s Audun Sorlie for this concert!
Was it as good as I imagined in my head? Find out after the cut… (more…)
