Nemo wrote:I was really disappointed with the PSP soundtrack to this game, the orchestral-infused style really doesn't work well with these tracks.
I suppose most people will like the original soundtrack better, partially because they're most familiar with it. Remakes usually leave me cold, but to my great surprise I found that I prefer the PSP remake's Dracula X score to the classic original. I like the original Dracula X score (although, as I mentioned above, its far from being my favourite in the series), but there was always that pop-element in the music that made it feel a little bit too groovy and un-gothic. I think the PSP remake's music fixes that flaw brilliantly, the music sounds epic and gothic, light-vs-darkness - 100% Castlevania.
I think most of the themes sound much more powerful now (especially "Beginning", which kicks the original Dracula X version's ass around the moon and back). They made a wise choice too when they replaced the mediocre boss theme "Dancing in Phantasmic Hell" with the new "Tues Deus Meus (in manibus tuis)", which must be one of the best boss battle themes in the entire series, and the new "Ending Theme" is much better than the old ones (especially Maria's). In fact the only composition I find better in the original is "Cemetery", and that one wasn't that special to begin with (the PSP version is pretty crappy, though). Also, it was a really bad choice to replace the rocking last stage theme "Den" with the crappy 68000 "Moon Fight".
The bonus arranges on the soundtrack CD were pretty good as well, especially the awesome "Airwave" version of "Bloodlines". Overall, I find the remake's soundtrack to be much better. (Although I feel I'm pretty alone in this... Anyone else feel this way?).