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It's a good Castlevania game to start on. Next, Imo, I'd recommend Castlevania 4, since that one is a bit more n00b friendly. That said, I suck at most NES games plus they were a bit before my time. But to each their own!! (edit) - oh you've played the DS ones! I own 'em, but saving for a rainy day so to speak. Got so many games on my backlog lmao...

(Dynamic and first PRC) entry submitted! I wanted to give this one a try (and, this time, had something of an idea). Even though I haven't played this Castlevania game either... I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's entries.

I've been really busy lately, I don't think I'll get something done in time, but we'll see!

Just off the top of my head, huge thanks to Joshua Morse, WillRock, zircon & Jill Aversa, Nostalvania, DDRKirby, Big Giant Circles, Flexstyle, Blind, posu yan, list goes on and on, for inspiring me to get into music production when I have time these days. If any of y'all see this, thank you so much.

To me Zircon, Sixto and WillRock, to name a few... I dig what they did (/do) and they inspired me to push myself and get my chops to a postable level in those early days. Even though I hardly interacted with them at the time (even though I did manage to bribe Sixto into a solo for reasons still unclear). Especially the composing streams by Zirc were great to get a glimpse of the chef in the kitchen, if you will. Also Eino Keskitalo for being open to collaborate with a newbie in the Shovel Knight team compo, where we did 2 lovely tracks and we still try and do some collabs every now and then. Sir_Nuts for being a fellow Italo/Synthwave enthusiast and the enjoyable chats and excellent mixing critiques and feedback. And, dare I say it, the entire judges panel? While I didn’t always agree with all feedback, each time a track was reviewed I got something useful out of it and learned my strengths and weaknesses and was able to improve, It probably helped that I didn’t see them as scary (as some people seem to do) but rather as helpful critical listeners. There are many many more, of course. Once I grew more confident and comfortable I collaborated with a lot of people from the community through the forums and Discord, and each collab was fun, interesting and a great experience. There’s too many to mention here, but know that you have my thanks for joining me on this ride and for being a cool person

I've often felt that the battle music of the Legend of Zelda series in general has been missing out some love, so I was excited to see this one! I think that there times when your higher frequency instruments run a little shrill or too loud (trumpet, flute/clarinets on some high notes), maybe take a look at that. That said, I like the journey of this. Perhaps I'm just a sucker for the battle themes of Twilight Princess, but I liked how you broke up the battle themes with some slightly more joyous themes. It keeps the mood from becoming redundant. Enjoyable progression, pretty tight orchestral elements (at least by a layman's standards.) I'd say this is a pretty great work with potential for world domination. Or something like that.

I don't think I've ever seen my music referenced in threads that I didn't start. It's a pretty cool feeling! Of the two, I agree that the original is a bit better. Mine feels like it's plodding along; it's not crisp like the original. I've thought about doing a whole JFG album using sample libraries, but that's not what you're looking for. What might be more realistic is having a university orchestra or a smaller ensemble record a few pieces. I wouldn't worry about licensing the music. From my understanding, it's not too hard obtaining licenses for most things. If you want to get a team together to take a crack at an orchestral JFG album (using sample libraries or real instruments), I'd be happy to help out.