First off, "Ruined Castle Corridor" has that distinctive sound that comes from games developed for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance system. Something about the semi-low-fi and staticky under-noise (or whatever the actual term is called). Sadly, when I read reactions to the music from Aria of Sorrow, it feels like it gets lumped in with the music from the previous game, Harmony of Dissonance, which had notably less developed music to utilize processing power/memory/whatnots for the graphics. A lot of the reactions are not positive, but to me, it sounds like what we now hear as classic Castlevania music through a system that doesn't have the greatest sound. It's probably too late for Konami or even Michiru Yamane to release a lossless version of her music from the Game Boy Advance platforms (.... actually, let me check.... ehh, likely not.)
"Ruined Castle Corridor" does have its own charm, though, one that screams 2003 Game Boy Advance music. It's a product of its time, and I'm here to say that I'm okay with that. The track still sounds very much in line with other songs in the later Castlevania titles, like "Awake" and "Invitation of a Crazed Moon," a feeling of exploration and adventure. And to me, that's what half of all Castlevania games are all about.
And 100%ing the map.
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