Style: video game music
Primary Emotions/Themes: the vampire has risen once again
Thoughts: The Castlevania series is home to one of my all time favorite games: Symphony of the Night. Everything about that game is a timeless classic and in my personal opinion the best game in the Metroidvania genre. A bold claim yet one I will stand by.
The games that came after Symphony though are... a bit lacking. The series tried to go in several different directions at once. Some of them did well, namely the ones in the handheld category. The 3D ventures however were not nearly as good... some may even say that they are bad games. Lament of Innocence is one of those 3D games.
The game itself may be lacking... but what about the music? Well... I hate to say this but it's lacking as well. The music feels like it's all over the place. The majesty that made some of the earlier soundtracks memorable is here is small doses (See Garden Forgotten by Time)... but most of the album feels lost.
You have techno tracks, some drum n bass influenced tracks. Some odd ambient music, some weird nearly pop music thrown in. Only a handful of tracks have that majestic Castlevania feel to them, they are so far and few between that I am surprised when one does come on. I forget I'm listening to a Castlevania soundtrack.
Lament of Innocence is just that... a lament. I wish that this game was better, I wish that the music was better. I wish so many things... they will remain just that though: wishes.
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