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Castlevania and Double Dragon arrangements by Bit Brigade up on vinyl now

On Bit Brigade’s most recent tour they brought records of their Castlevania and Double Dragon arrangement albums and now they’re available online for all to purchase.

Castlevania is a single LP on red translucent with black swirl colored vinyl. It is housed in a single-pocket jacket with artwork by Noah McCarthy.

Double Dragon is a single LP on orange translucent colored vinyl. It is housed in a single-pocket jacket with artwork by Noah McCarthy.

They are priced at $30 each and are both in hand and ready to ship. They can be ordered from Hello Sir Records here.

Bit Brigade: Castlevania - Front & Vinyl
Bit Brigade: Double Dragon - Front & Vinyl

Complete 1986-2010 Castlevania soundtracks up for preorder in massive vinyl box set via Materia Collective

Materia Collective are now taking preorders the biggest ever video game music release on vinyl as all Castlevania soundtracks between 1986 to 2010 gets its own massive box set.

It will include the music from Castlevania (Disk System, NES, MSX, X68000 CM-64, X68000 SM-55), Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (Disk System, NES), Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, Castlevania: The Adventure, Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge, Kid Dracula (Famicom, Game Boy), Castlevania Legends, Haunted Castle, Super Castlevania IV, Dracula X, Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood, Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon, Castlevania (N64), Castlevania: Legacy Of Darkness, Castlevania Chronicles, Castlevania Judgment, Castlevania: The Arcade, Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, Castlevania Symphony Of The Night (PlayStation, Saturn), Castlevania: Bloodlines, Castlevania: Lament Of Innocence, Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance, Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow, Castlevania: Dawn Of Sorrow, Castlevania: Curse Of Darkness, Castlevania: Portrait Of Ruin, Castlevania: Order Of Ecclesia, and Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair.

Several of the recordings will be newly sourced for this release.

The release will be a 46LP set. It will be house in two outer boxes all housing individual jackets all with new artwork by Johnny Dombrowski. It will include liner notes by Jeremy Parish for each game. It will be limited to 500 individually numbered units.

It is priced at $550 and is scheduled to release in Q1 2025. It can be preordered via Materia Collective here.

Castlevania: Black & Red - Box 1
Castlevania: Black & Red - Box 2

Joystick Jazz Vol. 2 arrangement album available from iam8bit now

iam8bit are now taking orders for the second volume of Joystick Jazz – a collection of jazz arrangements of video game music performed by The Blueshift Big Band. This album contains music from Grim Fandango, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Kingdom Hearts III, Bomberman Hero and Castlevania.

The release is a single LP on black vinyl. It will be housed in a single-pocket jacket with new artwork by Mark Borgions and comes with a printed inner sleeve with liner notes.

It is priced at $32 and is in hand and ready to ship. It can be ordered via iam8bit here.

EU folks can also preorder from Black Screen Records here.

Joystick Jazz Vol. 2 - Front
Joystick Jazz Vol. 2 - Back

13 new Konami Famicom music compilations now available to preorder

Universal Music Japan have announced no less than 13 new vinyl compilations consisting entirely of Famicom and Disk System music from Konami games. The series is titled “Music From Konami Antiques ~Family Computer~” and was also recently released as a CD box set.

Vol. 1 will include music from Gradius, Salamander, Gradius II, and Cosmic Wars.

Vol. 2 will include music from Ganbare Goemon! Karakuridouchuu, Ganbare Goemon 2, Dragon Scroll: Yomigaerishi Maryuu, and Risa No Yousei Densetsu.

Vol. 3 will include music from Konami Wai Wai World, Ai Senshi Nicol, and Wai Wai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Jou.

Vol. 4 will include music from Rush’n Attack (Green Beret), Contra, Jackal (Final Command: Akai Yousai), and Super Contra.

Vol. 5 will include music from TwinBee, Stinger (Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon-hakase Wo Sukue!), and TwinBee 3: Poko Poko Daimaou.

Vol. 6 will include music from Castlevania, Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, Moai-kun, and Kid Dracula (Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula-kun).

Vol. 7 will include music from Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, and Quarth (Block Hole).

Vol. 8 will include music from Lagrange Point, and Falsion.

Vol. 9 will include music from Esper Dream, and Esper Dream 2: Aratanaru Tatakai.

Vol. 10 will include music from Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ougon Kiseru, and Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2: Tenka no Zaihou.

Vol. 11 will include music from Meikyuu Jiin Dababa, Exciting Billiard, Getsu Fuma Den, and Arumana No Kiseki.

Vol. 12 will include music from Parodius! From Myth To Laughter (Parodius Da!), Yume Penguin Monogatari, and Crisis Force.

Vol. 13 will include music from Crackout (Nazo No Kabe: Block Kuzushi), Exciting Soccer: Konami Cup, The Adventures Of Bayou Billy (Mad City), Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Majou Densetsu II: Daimashikyou Galious, and Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa.

There are currently no cover artwork or details about the packaging announced, although it appears that orders placed through Amazon Japan will also include a 10″ print of the jacket art of the respective release.

They are priced at ¥4400 each and are all scheduled to release on March 27, 2024. They can be preordered via Universal Music Japan here (domestic shipping only) or CDJapan here.

Castlevania piano arrangement album from Materia Collective now available on vinyl

Materia Collective are now taking vinyl orders for a new Castlevania series piano arrangement album titled simply “Piano Collections: Castlevania”.

The release is a 180g 45RPM 2LP set available in two color variants – a “blood” red translucent with black swirl colored vinyl variant (Materia exclusive), and a black vinyl variant.
It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with new artwork by Boris Moncel.

It is priced at $40 and scheduled to release in Q1 2024. It can be ordered from Materia Collective here.

UPDATE: When orders for this first opened it was not listed as a preorder, but the Materia store page was since updated with an estimate of Q1 2024.

Piano Collections: Castlevania - Front, Red Vinyl
Piano Collections: Castlevania - Gatefold

Limited Run Games ready with Castlevania Game Boy Advance vinyl soundtracks

Limited Run Games are releasing the soundtracks to the three Castlevania games made for Game Boy Advance on vinyl – Circle Of The Moon, Harmony Of Dissonance, and Aria Of Sorrow.

Circle Of The Moon will be a single LP available in two color variants – a green and black split variant, and a green and black swirl variant (Konami Shop exclusive). It will be housed in a jacket with game art.

Harmony Of Dissonance will be a single LP available in two color variants – a red and black split variant, and a red and white swirl variant (Konami Shop exclusive). It will be housed in a jacket with game art.

Aria Of Sorrow will be a 2LP available in two color variants – a white and black split variant, and a white and black swirl with black splatter variant (Konami Shop variant). It will be housed in a jacket with game art.

Circle Of The Moon and Harmony Of Dissonance are priced at $30 and Aria Of Sorrow at $40 (although each is an additional $5 on the Konami Shop). The Limited Run variants are available as an open preorder from now and until September 10, 2023. They are all scheduled to release 8-9 months after preorders close.

Circle Of The Moon can be preordered from Limited Run here, Harmony Of Dissonance here, and Aria Of Sorrow here.

The Konami Shop variants are available here.

Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon - Front, LRG Variant
Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon - Vinyl, Konami Variant
Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance - Front, LRG Variant
Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance - Vinyl, Konami Variant
Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow - Front, LRG Variant
Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow - Vinyl, Konami Variant

Castlevania III Genesis-style arrangement Segakumajou Gensetsu up for vinyl preorder now

Respawned Records have opened up preorders for the vinyl release of Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse arrangement album “Segakumajou Gensetsu”, which reimagines the soundtrack as if it had been released on a Sega Genesis.

The release will be a single LP available in three color variants – a “vampire bite” red, black and grey swirl variant, a purple and black “galaxy” swirl variant, and a “whip” red with red splatter variant.
It is housed in a jacket with new artwork. It is a total pressing of 500 copies.

It is priced at $33 and is in-hand and scheduled to start shipping around December 1, 2022. It can be preordered from Respawned Records here.

EU folks can also preorder from Black Screen Records here.

Segakumajou Gensetsu - Front, Swirl Variant
Segakumajou Gensetsu - Vinyl, Purple Variant
Segakumajou Gensetsu - Vinyl, Splatter Variant

Super Castlevania IV arrangement Devil’s Curse up for vinyl preorder via Cartridge Thunder

Cartridge Thunder have opened preorders for a vinyl release of the Super Castlevania IV arrangement album Devil’s Curse.

The release will be a 2LP available in two color variants – a limited “Cross” clear and silver metallic pinwheel variant, and a blue and grey marble colored variant.
It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with new artwork by Alex Pei.

It is priced at $46 although it is available at $40 from now and until September 30, 2022. The “Cross” variant will only be available to order in this period as well.
It can be preordered via Cartridge Thunder here.

Please note that they only offer direct purchases to US customers and non-US customers will be able to preorder from October, 2022. If you’re outside the US and want to make sure to get a “Cross” variant you will have to contact them via the e-mail address on the store page.

Devil's Curse - Front, Cross
Devil's Curse - Back, Marble

Castlevania hiphop/grime album The Belmont Tapes up for vinyl preorder

Noir Grime are releasing the recently Indiegogo-funded Castlevania-themed hiphop/grime album The Belmont Tapes by Shubzilla and Bill Beats on vinyl.

The release will be a single LP on black vinyl. It will be housed in a regular LP jacket with artwork by Melissa Butler.

It is priced at $30 and is scheduled to release in April, 2022. It can be preordered via Bandcamp here.

The Belmont Tapes - Front

Ship To Shore ready with preorders for Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth

Ship To Shore PhonoCo. is now ready with preorders for their next Konami title – the soundtrack to Castelvania: The Adventure ReBirth. You cannot buy the game, but you can get its soundtrack on vinyl!

The release will be a single LP available in four different variants. A crystal clear retail variant, a red with black splatter variant exclusive to Ship To Shore, a clear with black smoke variant exclusive to Debug Records (and limited to 125 copies), and a red and black split variant exclusive to Black Screen Records.
It will be housed in a regular LP jacket with new artwork by Drew Wise. It also includes a heavy card stock insert with the cover artwork and liner notes by Jeremy Parish.

It is priced at $25 and is scheduled to begin shipping in late November/early December, 2019. It can be preordered from Ship To Shore’s store here, and from Debug Records here, and later today from Black Screen Records.

Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth - Ship To Shore Front
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth - Debug Front
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth - Black Screen Records Front