"Wicked Child" from Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula on the Nintendo Entertainment System / Family Computer Disk System & various rereleases and ports (1986 - 2005)
Composer: Kinuyo Yamashita (James Banana)
Album: Demon Castle Dracula Best
Label: Konami
Developer: Konami
What I love about "Wicked Child" is that I have such fond memories of this song despite the fact that this stage is usually where I really start dying a lot and either end my run in Castlevania or have to continue more than once. Something about that driving drum beat when the level starts and you find yourself outside of the castle with a brighter color palette from the previous stage just makes for a great start to the level. Then you get jumped by a Hunchback and all hopes of making it to the parapets without taking damage is just as quickly dashed. And then to say nothing of the crows that blend in with the statuary then swoop in to knock you back into the bottomless void while trying to jump a gap. Despite all of the annoyances in the stage, to say nothing of the Mummy fight when you don't have the Holy Water equipped, I love this track.
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