Three recent Castlevania games are getting physical and digital soundtrack releases

by: Russell - posted: 9/29/2013 9:54:00 AM

If you've played any of the Castlevania games over the past 27 years, one of the best things about the games are their soundtracks.  Heck, I actually took the time a while back to hunt down the soundtracks for the three NES games.  However, Konami has recently announced a partnership with Sumthing Else Music to bring official soundtracks to three recent Castlevania games in both digital and physical forms.

Both Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate will be getting soundtracks on October 29th, and Lords of Shadow 2 will get its soundtrack sometime in the first quarter of 2014.  In addition, the Lords of Shadow soundtrack will have two versions: an "Ultimate Edition" as well as an "Extended Cut" that has twenty unreleased tracks.  These albums will be available in North American and European retail outlets as well as through iTunes, Amazon MP3, and other digital music sites.

KONAMI PARTNERS WITH SUMTHING ELSE MUSIC WORKS TO RELEASE CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW SOUNDTRACKS    Lords of Shadow and Mirror of Fate Original Score Albums Available on CD and for Digital Download from October 29

New York (September 27, 2013) - Sumthing Else Music Works, the premier record label dedicated to licensing and distributing video game soundtracks, today announced that it has entered into a multiple-title licensing agreement with Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., to release the original soundtracks from the critically acclaimed action-adventure video game series, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.  ​ Featuring the original musical score from the best-selling title in Castlevania franchise history, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Ultimate Edition Soundtrack is scheduled for a physical release on October 29, 2013 to North American and European retail outlets through Sumthing Else Music Works, and simultaneously for digital download at iTunes, Amazon MP3 and other digital music sites. An extended version of the album, the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Director's Cut, includes twenty previously unreleased tracks which will be available exclusively from www.Sumthing.com. The partnership announced today also includes the upcoming album release for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate Original Soundtrack, available digitally on October 29 followed by a CD release in November, and the highly anticipated Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Original Soundtrack (Q1 2014). Developed by Mercury Steam in association with Kojima Productions Studio, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010) is a dark and vivid new re-imagining of the Castlevania mythology. The epic original score, composed by Oscar Araujo and recorded with the 120-piece Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, received numerous accolades including 2011 'Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media' from the International Film Music Critics Association. For more information on the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow series, please visit: http://www.konami-castlevania.com/.   For more information on Sumthing Else Music Works and its complete catalog of video game soundtracks, visit www.sumthing.com, like us at Facebook.com/SumthingElseMusicWorks and follow us on Twitter @SumthingDigital. About SUMTHING ELSE MUSIC WORKS Since its creation in the late 1990s by the world-renowned songwriter, musician and record producer, Nile Rodgers, Sumthing Else Music Works has become the acknowledged industry leader in licensing and distributing video game soundtracks. Possessing full in-house services worldwide, from retail marketing and sales through physical and digital distribution, Sumthing is partnered with the world's leading video game developers and publishers including BioWare, Bungie, Capcom, Crystal Dynamics, Crytek, Deep Silver, Eidos-Montreal, Epic Games, Gearbox Software, Konami, Microsoft, Sega, Sony and Square-Enix. Their catalog of titles includes the best-selling video game soundtrack of all time, Halo 2: Volume One, as well as award-winning and critically acclaimed titles including: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Saints Row IV, Company of Heroes 2, Tomb Raider, Gears of War: Judgment, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Dragon's Dogma, Jet Set Radio, Journey, Borderlands 2, Darksiders II, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Gears of War 3, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, Halo: Reach, Fable III, God of War III, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Dark Void, Borderlands, InFamous, Resident Evil 5, Street Fighter IV, Halo Wars, Halo Trilogy, Gears of War 2, Fable II, Crysis, Advent Rising, Fable, Gears of War, Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 Volume Two, Halo 3, Hitman: Blood Money, Hitman: Contracts, Jade Empire, Kameo: Elements of Power, Mass Effect, Red Steel, Freedom Fighters and many others. Sumthing Else Music Works and Sumthing Distribution logos are copyright of their respective companies. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. About KONAMI GROUP Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami's titles include the popular franchises METAL GEAR SOLID, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. KONAMI CORPORATION is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by Konami can be found at http://www.konami.com.