I have a deeper appreciation for Harmony of Dissonance's music. Apparently the team sacrificed quality sounding music for better graphics and that led to the music sounding really distorted and more like a Game Boy game than a GBA one. But weirdly enough, this fuzz and grittiness to the soundtrack adds a likely unintentional layer of dread to every song. It makes the atmosphere feel really heavy to me, like there's something much darker going on and I really like that. I don't know, man, it really just kind of hits for me.

@fluffyninja3467

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed my guy, couldn't have said it better myself

@majin_mood9952

3 жыл бұрын

same

@Dequerk

3 жыл бұрын

same

@-dunn5305

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree, unintentional dissonance in their harmonies... I love it

@TheEmperius

3 жыл бұрын

@@-dunn5305 How do you know that was unintentional... the game title is Harmony of DISSONANCE.

Juste. The only Belmont that can *FORWARD DASH* .

@sure6754

5 жыл бұрын

that's debatable

@antonio.3432

5 жыл бұрын

And what about Richter? Not only that, but he can do it in the air.

@kevincusbaXD

4 жыл бұрын

@@antonio.3432 Is a special move. The Forward dash of Juste is a normal move.

@TheTariqibnziyad

4 жыл бұрын

@@antonio.3432 Richter is a whole new level, he was so bored that he ressurected Dracula just for having fun...amazing

@RichterBelmont2235

4 жыл бұрын

Horey shet!

Unwritten rule of Castlevania: First area and clock tower music are always amazing.

@shishmerf

9 жыл бұрын

With the exception of wood carving partita from symphony of the night which was later in the game.

@f.g9698

9 жыл бұрын

I agree on Clock Tower. Aria, Harmony and Symphony had good starting themes.

@Gorlokk666

9 жыл бұрын

flavio gjoni Circle of the Moon, Portrait, and Dawn had good starting themes as well imo. Ecclesia has a great soundtrack but I don't think the starting theme is up to par with any of the others though.

@AlfonsoSRT

9 жыл бұрын

Gorlokk I thought both Prologue and An Empty Tome were great, in particular the second one but maybe not as good as the others. About on par with Portrait.

@AlfonsoSRT

9 жыл бұрын

***** Yes, I disagree with that too. I don't like them nearly as much as the Entrance themes.

*Dashing intensifies*

@maniadesonic1225

3 жыл бұрын

Castlevania: Harmony of Dash

"Harmony of Dissonance's soundtrack is terrible" This song: "Am I a joke to you?"

@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist

4 жыл бұрын

Also Chapel of Dissonance, which is probably my favorite track in any Castlevania game

@atbtrendy9932

4 жыл бұрын

The songs themselves are fantastic, the quality Is horrible

@theotakuguy8957

4 жыл бұрын

This song sounds like a weird inbetween of gameboy and gba with some nes added and I sorta dig it

@redninja0078

3 жыл бұрын

The Otaku Guy It sounds like Shovel Knight...I LOVE SHOVEL KNIGHT!

@GamePlayMetal

3 жыл бұрын

@@atbtrendy9932 The quality is fantastic. Using simple waveforms is an aesthetic choice and it works great here.

I'll never understand why people despise this game. Sure, it's a bit too easy, it lacks many "new" gameplay elements, and has a confusing dual-castle gimmick, but the two castles are well-designed, the spritework makes this look like an early DS game, and the music is spectacular, even if the instrumentation is a bit on the retro side. It's easily my favorite of the GBA trilogy.

@arekromanowicz8537

5 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@nimboss

5 жыл бұрын

Abusing the magic system was one of the most fun things to do in this game. People hate it because of the patchy quality it has (graphics look too blocky, music is too chiptune), but Harmony of Dissonance is more about the sum of its parts than having individual notable qualities.

@MrMrFreddy

5 жыл бұрын

The atmosphere is absolutely haunting in this title. Along with the OST that is very bold, this game is unique among the IGAvanias. I like it a lot.

@TheTariqibnziyad

4 жыл бұрын

This was amazing, never met someone who disliked it

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

4 жыл бұрын

@@nimboss I agree. The graphics and music have an almost crude quality to them, but it still makes a very good presentation with them.

Overlooked OST from an overlooked gem.

@wheatleythebrick2276

5 жыл бұрын

^

@gjtrue

5 жыл бұрын

I think Christopher Belmont's theme "Battle of the Holy" is even more overlooked... 😭😭

@Murf_Workshop

4 жыл бұрын

Vetuyasha sad but true 😭

@edgelord8337

4 жыл бұрын

Juste belmont.

There are Castlevania songs that grow on me gradually the more I keep playing. This is not one of them, I just fell in love with it immediately.

@Despatche

7 жыл бұрын

Successor of Fate is one of the best "you have entered the castle" themes in the entire series, right up there with Theme of Simon and Dracula Castle.

@PeyserConlee

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed. =)

@wiiztec

5 жыл бұрын

I liked the melody immediately but my like for the song had to grow to overcome my dislike for the gameboy quality sound

@zack1140

5 жыл бұрын

PeyserConley X nice one hahaha. Same with me dude. It's breathtaking how good music was with old games. Musicians like these must've been geniuses. Castlevania, Pokemon, Final fantasy and a few others.

@Yamchadb414

5 жыл бұрын

@@Despatche and Vampire Killer theme as well and bloody tears

Cannot be happier, he returned. Would love to see him in his Harmony of Dissonance era for the series. To know Lydie and Maxim's fate... well, that hurt.

@bruhmoment11111

9 ай бұрын

I had to pause it for 5 minutes to catch my breath. Absolute legend.

@javiervasquez625

9 ай бұрын

No reason for them doing that other than to ruin poor Juste's life. Can't understand why Lydie couldn't be Juste's wife living far away in England or something.

@g0lddustt29

9 ай бұрын

@@javiervasquez625 If I had to guess, they were trying to paint a parallel of Richter's to show him what NOT to do - just simply give up & accept evil after the death of a loved one.

@javiervasquez625

9 ай бұрын

@@g0lddustt29 Pretty random "reason" by making arguably the most underrated Belmont in the series getting wasted like that in order to deliver a "character arc" for Richter. It's like if Powerhouse and Netflix were going full edgy with this characters with completley apathy towards their personal lives to tell an edgy and over the top story... not liking where this is going for poor Juste.

@dyrr836

9 ай бұрын

@@javiervasquez625 Eh, I'd say Christopher qualifies more for that role than Juste. I do wish Maxim and Lydie survived though, I'd have liked to see them make appearances. Hell maybe they still will, imagine how hype it would be if we all thought they were dead, then old man Maxim shows up tossing shurikens to save his buddy's hide.

God, those jazzy ass chords get me every time.

*whipping intensifies*

People may call this a poor title in the series, but I actually liked playing through it (when I figured out what to do...)

@rakedos9057

7 жыл бұрын

Me too. I find it well done especially for a GBA game.

@gabienikekerov9012

7 жыл бұрын

Rake Dos It was just really confusing... I couldn't continue past Luminous Caverns B until I defeated the Minotaur in Top Floor B, but that was confusing, and I was stuck for a few years when I never played it.

@Corvus922

7 жыл бұрын

I played this early in the 2000's where even if it was a bad game, I still played it for hours on end because one, I was a little kid that didn't care that much, and two, there was nothing else to play since my parents were poor. Most of my games like this one were given to me by my cousin.

@DracosCommet

7 жыл бұрын

I know that felling too. Except I borrowed my (well the stores) GBA game from Game Stop.

@xGolbezx

7 жыл бұрын

This game certainly has some "what the fuck do I do now" moments, but honestly that made it very memorable for me, especially doing Hard Mode immediately after.

I think that Dissonance is one of the more fancy Castlevanias. The Shakespearean music, the designs of the characters, the art. It just screams "I'm a play!"

This is, in my opinion, the best track on the Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - soundtrack.

@DNAHCKR-eo9nd

3 жыл бұрын

Agree with you Double! We both are characters of Dark Secrets aren't we?

The most underrated Belmont.

@harrycepeda4660

3 жыл бұрын

False

@zero-one2585

3 жыл бұрын

@@harrycepeda4660 right christopher is more underrated

@harrycepeda4660

3 жыл бұрын

@@zero-one2585 He almost got 3 games, for me is Sonia.

@popipopi4112

2 жыл бұрын

He got a very cool coat

My favorite of the GBA versions. Yes, I like it better than "Aria of Sorrow" or "Circle of the Moon".

@f.g9698

9 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@Echidnai

5 жыл бұрын

I liked dashing. I didn't like the plot: it was too simple.

@hiphopstrongman

4 жыл бұрын

I would actually rank this at the bottom of the 3 GBA titles, personally, but I still had a lot of fun with this title and don’t really have too many bad things to say about it. All three games have perfect “first stage” music though.

@user-yc3bx9ox5r

4 жыл бұрын

@TouchyBanana Did you mean the magic seals?

@nadyx4351

4 жыл бұрын

I need to play circle of the moon

I miss this game. This is probably my favorite GB game ever.

@Jnort707

10 жыл бұрын

Get yourself an gba emulator, and re-live those days man.

@elchistosoII

7 жыл бұрын

buy a 3ds and hack it with the new 3ds you can play old games and ps1 games we are gods with this console

@Miridia

7 жыл бұрын

Hey man, I actually speedrun this game! If you'd like to check it out, mind checking out my channel? It's a super broken run with Maxim, and right now I'm learning Juste haha!

@MaestroStefanoPetrini

4 жыл бұрын

metroid fusion

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jnort707 Putting a GBA game on a big screen, plugging in a USB gamepad, and leaning back somewhere comfortable, is a pretty good way to play. I played the GBA Castlevanias like crazy on my GBA SP and DS, I had a great time, and it was just as fun on an emulator years later.

even though the music in this game sounds outdated, i think its because of the retro sound that this song is so catchy.

@shanekilleenoreilly3265

10 жыл бұрын

I think it's more to do with the main melody of the song being so good.

@deathcador

10 жыл бұрын

the composer of this music is, Michiru Yamame, and this music is heavily classical with many part heavily effected by Bach fugue. Michiru Yamame, for me as a composer just after Bach, after her there are Chopin, Bethoven, etc, but first Bach then Michiru Yamame.

@shanekilleenoreilly3265

10 жыл бұрын

Haroon Rancak Nice, interesting comparisons. You can definitely hear them within in this track. Amazing that artists from centuries ago still influence the sounds of today. Long live music!

@Despatche

7 жыл бұрын

The vast majority of HoD was not composed by Yamane, but by Soshiro Hokkai, who also did some AoS tracks. in HoD, Yamane was only responsible for two obscure tracks that play at very specific times (I forget where, boss rushes?), and the Simon Boss Rush remix of Vampire Killer.

@stuff5499

4 жыл бұрын

the reason why the music sounds Famicom-y is due to low memory most of the memory was used to enemy data, castle layout and enviroment, which took up too much space the rest of sprites was as done in lower quality and the music had to use the short, retro sounding OST

Imagine if castlevania was still going, when people call things like overwatch and fortnite dead they don’t get the pain of a truly dead series

@yukiq

Жыл бұрын

@@Jhony6436 i mean, the anime isn't a failure. If it was, they probably wouldn't be doing another season. Also, i know some few people that got into Castlevania by the anime. It's complicated to compare a single player game (With an "old" fanbase) to a game with an online multiplayer that involves a lot of money transaction, but at least we have a lot of Castlevania games and inspired ones to have fun with. Hope you got my point.

@ssppeeaarr

Жыл бұрын

lords of shadow killed it n konami as well supporting that trash. iga partially as well since he was into it... but to make into a castlevania was terrible decision. should have been its own separate IP. we miss the old cv n metroidvanias. the anime fandom of castlevania is split. i say its good exposure for new fans and could be good to revive the series again. the classic series. since a new season is coming n based around the highly iconic popular sotn n rondo.

@gustavoaraujopenha8463

Жыл бұрын

I mean, you can still play any of the 20+ titles Castlevania launched, when an server in an online game is closed it can literally impossible to play the game forevermore.

Soooooooooooo good. I love this song. One of my favorites from the franchise

Playing this in my mind has gotten me through life or death situations before. It just exudes FEARLESSNESS... And that mode of thought is very crucial when it's crunch time.

This song clearly says "Hurry up, time passes quick and there are many things to do."

@marcellosilva9286

9 жыл бұрын

...Collecting furniture included?

@fearfulharmonycddrama6216

9 жыл бұрын

+Marcello Silva sure :)

@marcellosilva9286

9 жыл бұрын

Ghoul's B¡z4rre Corporation Off-topic (maybe), but I love how Juste's after-images change colour if you have certain cloaks equipped. Alucard's capes only changed their transparency.

@supratitokhelo2005

4 ай бұрын

​@@marcellosilva9286really? 😲

And so Juste Belmont, grandson of Simon Belmont, heads into the castle with Maxim Kischine to search for their friend Lydie, and to destroy Dracula and his remains...

Of all the songs to be included in Ultimate, this one not being among them probably hurts the most... :(

Seriously this song is beautiful. It's so sad and grim, it truly feels as if we're in a real cursed castle! Of course I love the more usual approach in the series when it comes to the first area's music, i.e. more epic and catchy I guess, but I love how different this entrance song is. And not only this song, I really enjoy the whole mood of this game. Funny thing, I feel this whole Castlevania entry as if it would have a more Soul Reaver kind of approach, in terms of mood and atmosphere (And I can't tell you enough how much I love Soul Reaver!!!).

@dennisdeez123

4 жыл бұрын

This song IS epic tho

@nrgentertainmentartist8668

4 жыл бұрын

@@dennisdeez123 Yeah, a different kind of 'epicness' I guess :)

@MaskedGuyCh

2 жыл бұрын

Always nice to see Soul Reaver mentioned in unexpected places. Love that game, and I agree with you that this game gives a similar vibe.

I really like this

Cara como eu AMO essa música!!! me arrepia, me engrandece, me faz sentir bem! cara!!

@another_dust_biter3212

5 жыл бұрын

Na verdade

@september64

4 жыл бұрын

esse castle ai é bem fraco comparado aos outros de gba e DS mas mesmo assim é um puta jogo e só essa música q é boa na soundtrack o restos é um negocio gótico meio ruim

@Anonim-nd6vy

4 жыл бұрын

@@september64 Pra mim todas as musicas do harmony são boas

@maissonkennedy8747

2 жыл бұрын

muito mano é boa demais essa música

All white haired protagonist in castlevania are cool sl. We got juste, soma, and hector.

@EvilEliNLV1

9 жыл бұрын

You forgot Alucard ;-;

@AlfonsoSRT

9 жыл бұрын

fahim chowdhury You forgot Alucard, the most recognized....

@MilesEdgeworth129

8 жыл бұрын

+Alfonso ST ...And the most badass!

@samus_arantes_do_nascimento

7 жыл бұрын

Whitechvpel Gaming no love for Nathan

@somacruz7759

6 жыл бұрын

Alucard is blonde haired actually xD

Through its melancholy, this track embodies the curse of being a Belmont. The family is condemned, so to speak, to live and die fighting evil. They are no different than the whip each of them carry; they are only an instrument of destruction, very much like Dracula, which makes the Belmont clan having no real choice over its own fate.

@javiervasquez625

8 ай бұрын

Leon commited his bloodline to forever fight Dracula across the centuries out of _penance_ for his actions in Lament of Innocence been partly responsible for the Count's creation so it's not in anyway a condemnation of his descendants's happiness anymore than a burden out of responsibility for his mistake in allowing Mathias to become a vampire in his emotional outburst against God and Humanity following his loss of faith. None of the Belmonts have ever "died fighting evil" as each one of them managed to live long and enjoyable lives past their confrontation with Dracula. The Belmonts fight Dracula out of duty and commitment to Leon's values of honor and chivalry which is why they all follow in their ancestor's oat to forever hunt the night until Leon's sins are finally cleansed with Dracula's final defeat (1999 Demon Castle War).

Y'all are still sleeping on this track right smack dab in 2020

cuando escucho esta medolia me recuerda cuando jugaba en mi game boy en mi casa y en la calle lloviendo

@jaimesuarezgomez5420

8 жыл бұрын

+nazzareth garcia muñoz Jajaja que recuerdos :D

@alexanderperez3280

2 жыл бұрын

Yo tengo muchos recuerdos con mi GameBoy advance viajando en el metro de la ciudad y el transporte público jugando este título sin parar y sin temor a ser asaltado . Mi única preocupación era tener baterías y que hubiera luz ambiental buena

i kinda miss this entrance song beacuse it reiminds me of my teenager life...... i love it

This has become my second favorite castlevania, underrated IMO. Music is phenomenal

good lord did I abuse that two-way dash

One of my favorite games. One of my favorite themes.

One of the best belmonts, the fact that he can dash and use magic just like his ancestors from the belnadas clan, juste is amazing one of my fav belmonts fasho

@conradojavier7547

2 жыл бұрын

The Belmonts before & after Juste want to stick to Traditions.

The music in this game was something else.

Who’s here after Nocturne 💯

that shit slaps

This is one of my favorite first stages in Castlevania, not just the music. The context of Maxim and Juste together at the beginning, followed by that giant armour chase before this song starts just makes this song that much more powerful imo

This game is awesome with the recolor, is like playing a mini symphony of the night.

The classic 'first part of the castle theme is a slap'.

All GBA Castlevania games have kickass music. This just emphasizes that FACT! Agreement in thumbs up, btw.

thank you for thiss

BEST VIDEOGAME SONG EVER

That's part of it's charm, because it really brings you back to the great games of old to the series. I always like games that add nostalgic values like this.

My favourite song of the game, thanks for the upload! :3

My favorite! Thanks for uploading this.

I've taken the time to extract the MIDI and play it back with the original soundfonts on PC, which removes some of the fuzz and grittiness (muddiness) that comes with playing it through the GBA. It sounds "cleaner", but the original game sounds much better. There's no doubt that the music was composed for the limitations of the instruments, you can tell by how percussive the tonal "instruments" are, which is very common for soundtracks on the NES and similar consoles. But... I think this music was also composed based on the limitations of the GBA sound hardware itself, which results in the muddiness of everything coming together. When you remove that muddiness, it loses a lot of cohesiveness/mixing of the sounds. Most game soundtracks for the GBA suffer for low-quality sound fonts. As an example, the Sonic Advance series has incredible music, but would sound better with higher quality samples. This 'chiptune' style of music really uses the instruments as best they can given the limitations on the GBA. Additionally, these compositions are musically incredible (ex: take a look at some of these pieces transposed to piano) and honestly no other game that I'm aware of has come close to trying to do what they've done with this soundtrack.

@Skellotronix

2 жыл бұрын

It's like the Sega Genesis, there is a raw grit that when removed, removes what made it unique in the first place. I wish there were more console manufacturers today even though a lot of tech is shared between all the big consoles now, it would still be fun to see which console pushes for the top in which spot. Now SNES on the other hand. I've recently been replaying the DKC trilogy and found the remasters of those soundtracks phenomenal!

HOD needs a remaster honestly. This game is an underated gem. I also wish we had an official remastering of Successor Of Fate.. Also I know I'm being selfish for saying this, but I feel like they should have also included Successor Of Fate somewhere in the Smash Bros music library because we would have been closer to having every single Belmont theme throughout the main timeline games. (I mean even "Nathan Drake's theme" (Awake) was added in).

@lemonviper

2 жыл бұрын

* Nathan Graves

MY BOY MADE IT INTO THE ANIME!!!!!!!!!!

melhor tema pra castlevania n tem como

@flame7573

8 жыл бұрын

ahan

My favourite track in this whole game!

This might just be the best Castlevania song ever!

I find it the most atmospheric Castlevania game. Castlevania games aren't really scary or very creepy, but Harmony of Dissonance is the first Castlevania game that made me felt unease or atleast a little creeped out.

@joelpatatah7820

10 ай бұрын

this game visuals and soundtrack together make a creepy and unique experience, one of the most memorable soundtracks ever imo

I'm just happy he appeared, even if it's the worst ending posible in the game I don't care, I just wanted to see Juste again

@javiervasquez625

9 ай бұрын

No reason for them to do that like seriously couldn't they have Lydie be Richter's grandmother who's living in England or something safely away from any danger? Like Powerhouse just decided it fair to make Juste's life miserable for _no reason_ whatsoever.

The start of that track has always been the best to me. I like the entire OST but I really like the first track the most.

i love this song!!! OMG

This was my favorite ost hands down

Back when I played this, I would just stand around in the opening area for minutes at a time in awe at this theme.

Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance, the Castlevania that gave me a headache when I streamed it

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MATERPIECE

@MaskedGuyCh

2 жыл бұрын

Soshiro Hokkai is the composer of this masterpiece :)

@GothelGrigore

2 жыл бұрын

@@MaskedGuyCh thank you

I downloaded a GBA emulator on my phone AND this game only for listen this amazong music while DESTROYING R BUTTON

The most underrated Castlevania game possibly my favorite in the series along with Dracula x

This game deserves a remake

This song is just CRYING for an insaneintherainmusic arrangement. just listen to it!!!

Its a very good game and the OST is awesome

This entire soundtrack is underrated

Used to not want to move to the next area because I loved listent to this so much

Amazing theme

Thank you very much!

My favorite castlevania

Im gonna say this right now, I prefer this and Aria of Sorrow over the DS Games.

I better hear this remixed in the next Smash game.

"The Sound of Madness"

2 dislikes could be Dracula and Death Edit: now 8

@icouldntcomeupwithanorigin2688

5 жыл бұрын

Dracula's Wraith and his organs disliked

One of my favorite entries into the series personally, mainly because it was the first metroidvania I've ever played

Classic

Juste Belmont and Soma Cruz...those 2 guys are badass.

I had to come back to listen to this gem after some spoiler I witnessed yesterday. 😊

This should be in Smash Ultimate :(

@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG

5 жыл бұрын

Juste and Maxim should be in SSB. Melee.

Of the GBA era, honestly, this is the only song I can remember.

@maniadesonic1225

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, this is a Game Boy music

HES BAAAAAAAAAACK

Love this!!!

My childhood 😁❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Anyone here after the Nintendo Direct?

damn we need anoher game with Juste.

This is probably my favorite castlevania after curse of darkness, it feels so magical and powerful and music is awesome, juste is a super baddass Belmont simply love the art of this game and how dark it is compared to aria

been calling glory holes the 'succ of fate' for years now

Tremendo tema!...great song!.

marcou!!! pode falar, nao precisar ficar timido/a, marcou demais, o inicio de uma nova era!

Best GBA Castlevania!

michiru yamane hace magia aunque le dejen el audio jodido.

@Razuberyl

9 жыл бұрын

jose luis vargas figueroa Es justamente lo que pienso, puede agarrar cualquier canción en 8bits y hacer una obra sublime...

@yabukiman4273

9 жыл бұрын

jose luis vargas figueroa Michiru Yamane no compuso este tema, ella hizo el mix de Vampire Killer para el Modo Simon y nada más, el compositor aquí es Soshiro Hokkai.

@Razuberyl

9 жыл бұрын

Miguel Andrés Moya Rojas Está diciendo un hecho, independientemente de quien haya compuesto este tema... Y sí, Soshiro Hokkai, Akihiro Honda, Masanori Akita, etc., Konami Kukeiha Club en general son muy buenos compositores también, ¿por qué no?

@alejandropardo4891

8 жыл бұрын

+jose luis vargas figueroa No es de Michiru Yamane.

@pepewiicho

8 жыл бұрын

quien es el compositor ?

Castlevania Nocturne spoilers: HE RETURNS!

Not even Smash gave the soundtrack a chance. Damn, that's sad.

Well it was one of the first Castlevania games I ever played and the first one I actually completed.

i think aria of sorrow is not that much better than this game. to be fair tho as a kid i had the double cartridge that had both of these on it and i think i opened this game first and was like "wtf is this retro bs, is this game from 1999 or what" but after i finished aria of sorrow i tried it out and liked it just as much.

Juste: the only Belmont to... star in a Metroidvania?? That can't be right...

@apollojustice5338

3 жыл бұрын

Julius Belmont. Nuff said.

@flyinyoku3543

3 жыл бұрын

@@apollojustice5338 I meant starring as in being the main character. You can play as Richter in SotN and PoR, but he's not the canon protagonist. Julius Mode is a bonus setting like Richter Mode in those games, or Maxim in HoD.

wow que súper ost de castlevania me gustan todas sus canciones

I liked this one most of the portable titles, because it was simple but incredibly fun. The other ones where much more complex but also not as tight as this one.