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Recital - Awake, Castlevania: Circle of the MoonFiled Under: Music, Videos

Here’s another song I’ve played some time around 2006. Circle of the Moon is the first Castlevania game for the Game Boy Advanced handheld console.

I believe this is one of the best original songs ever composed in the game’s soundtracks.

The basics of the song are simple. It’s an A minor song (C major range chords) and it somewhat plays out easily on piano. The video above is played based on my own interpretion of what it should or shouldn’t be inside the treble and bass clefs.

To know more about the chords in detail,

These chords are arranged accordingly to changes, not tempo. You’ll have to know the song itself to play them correctly. The easily way of course, is to just listen to the song a few times and get used to the song before trying.

Starting rift:

Am G D/F F G Am
Am G D/F  F G A
Am Am Amb5 Amb5
Am Am B7 B7

Verse:

Am D  Dm G Am, D
Am D B/Eb E
Am D Dm G Am D
Am D B/Eb E Dm7 E E7
Am D  Dm G Am, D
Am D B/Eb E
Am D Dm G Am D
Am D B/Eb E Dm7 E E7

Chorus:

Dm E Am G/B C A/C#
Dm E Am G C D E

Ending Verse:

Am D  Dm G Am, D
Am D  Dm G Am, D
Am D  Dm G Am, D
Am D  Dm G Am, D

Continue from the Verse if you wish to play the loop.