The general effect was one of extraordinary pallor. The chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin. For the rest, his ears were pale, and at the tops extremely pointed. These protruded over the lips, whose remarkable ruddiness showed astonishing vitality in a man of his years. The mouth, so far as I could see it under the heavy moustache, was fixed and rather cruel-looking, with peculiarly sharp white teeth. His eyebrows were very massive, almost meeting over the nose, and with bushy hair that seemed to curl in its own profusion. His face was a strong, a very strong, aquiline, with high bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils, with lofty domed forehead, and hair growing scantily round the temples but profusely elsewhere. I had now an opportunity of observing him, and found him of a very marked physiognomy. What music they make!"Īn extract from the novel, courtesy of Project Gutenberg: I suspect that the original "musical" inspiration may have come from Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, where the Count says "Listen to them, the children of the night. Your observations on the parallels between game and music structure in "Rondo of Blood" are interesting. A Nocturne is "an instrumental composition of a pensive, dreamy mood" Perhaps since this is a remix of Symphony, with more non-canon features in it, this counts as a dreamy romp through a title that was released before. And Dissonance is the opposite of Harmony, just as the two castles are in opposite dimensions or something. Much like the structure of HoD: going back and forth between two castles that are juxtaposed, or in Harmony with each other, you might say.
#Rondo of blood pc engine series
A harmony is a series of sounds that are pleasing, or notes played simultaneously that complement each other. Nismo got this one: Harmony of Dissonance. Just like the structure of the game, with the Reverce Castle and all. The second section of the first part must be a variation of the first (if the first is in the key of major, the second would be in minor, for example).
Oh, and lets not forget Virtual On: "Oratorio Tangram" Any ideas, guys? I'm currently trying to figure out the significance of "Symphony" of the Night, "Nocturne" in the Moonlight, "Harmony" of Dissonance, and White Night "Concerto" with relation to the games. Curst, curst cleverness, those Japanese programmers. You go through the game, following paths that branch off, but eventually return to the main path on your way to Dracula. I couldn't think of one specific piece in the game soundtrack that was a true "Rondo", until I realized that the word is used to describe the game itself. Which got me thinking about Dracula X: Rondo of Blood for the PC Engine Duo. Italian for "round", it defines a piece where the song structure varies but always returns to a main theme.
I'm learning all these new definitions, including one, "Rondo". So I'm sitting in Music class, learning about the differences between Romantic, Classical, Baroque etc.
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