Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Seven years after his victory against Dracula in the first Castlevania, Simon Belmont sets off on a new adventure tinged with epic music, here performed on the piano.
Music from the game Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (Dracula II: Noroi no Fūin in the original Japanese version), developed and published by Konami and released on the Famicom Disk System in 1987.
This theme is heard throughout the game's towns during the day.
Track titles: Message of Darkness & The Silence of Daylight
Composers: Kenichi MATSUBARA, Satoe TERASHIMA
Piano & arrangement: Gabriel Abbrugiati
Video recorded on March 2, 2025.
This arrangement is based on the original version but also borrows some ideas and harmonies from the following remixes:
- Ben Oz remix: "Simon's Epic Symphonic Quest": youtube.com/watch?v=TDfFmrW-uv8
- VG Music Revisited remix: youtube.com/watch?v=KQpMxgk00bk
- Nostalvania piano remix: "Simon Says: Let There Be Jazz": youtube.com/watch?v=-5NXpQj7rs0&list=PLWk40K1PeZwFyWUyrghpZimsgtZwe83U_&index=4
📃 Sheet music available at these addresses:
- Message of Darkness (Title screen): drive.google.com/file/d/1iBh0JtFfJanz00EBFcCWO6NBC3iX7vLC/view?usp=sharing
- Message of Darkness (Title screen) (simplified): drive.google.com/file/d/1rSFl_euo2lOzCygIQqqWsb-7kKr6Gnim/view?usp=sharing
- The Silence of Daylight (Town): drive.google.com/file/d/1TgqSio5Uh9hGpflZiblrQVDfFOBS7cgn/view?usp=sharing
- The Silence of Daylight (Town) (simplified): drive.google.com/file/d/1xRlHg1Gky8HfPc7IokhYhRuq09i6Qjm2/view?usp=sharing
🎹 Midi files here:
- Message of Darkness (Title screen): drive.google.com/file/d/1w1x1NIXayaOB9Dv5d3kBFGvRov58kT0E/view?usp=sharing
- Message of Darkness (Title screen) (simplified): drive.google.com/file/d/1OD2QHiPyqFs-RGIMEl81-i7gVFxnTgpr/view?usp=sharing
- The Silence of Daylight (Town): drive.google.com/file/d/1V_wS36YCWy4BfloajFN5e2WY0pdTQghv/view?usp=sharing
- The Silence of Daylight (Town) (simplified): drive.google.com/file/d/1g4foTfEM2vrezKHtQH5jksoy5todWdlG/view?usp=sharing
Chaptering:
00:00 Message of Darkness
00:30 The Silence of Daylight
Seven years after his victory against Dracula in the first Castlevania, Simon Belmont sets off on a new adventure tinged with epic music, here performed on the piano.
Music from the game Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (Dracula II: Noroi no Fūin in the original Japanese version), developed and published by Konami and released on the Famicom Disk System in 1987.
This theme is heard throughout the game's towns during the day.
Track titles: Message of Darkness & The Silence of Daylight
Composers: Kenichi MATSUBARA, Satoe TERASHIMA
Piano & arrangement: Gabriel Abbrugiati
Video recorded on March 2, 2025.
This arrangement is based on the original version but also borrows some ideas and harmonies from the following remixes:
- Ben Oz remix: "Simon's Epic Symphonic Quest": youtube.com/watch?v=TDfFmrW-uv8
- VG Music Revisited remix: youtube.com/watch?v=KQpMxgk00bk
- Nostalvania piano remix: "Simon Says: Let There Be Jazz": youtube.com/watch?v=-5NXpQj7rs0&list=PLWk40K1PeZwFyWUyrghpZimsgtZwe83U_&index=4
📃 Sheet music available at these addresses:
- Message of Darkness (Title screen): drive.google.com/file/d/1iBh0JtFfJanz00EBFcCWO6NBC3iX7vLC/view?usp=sharing
- Message of Darkness (Title screen) (simplified): drive.google.com/file/d/1rSFl_euo2lOzCygIQqqWsb-7kKr6Gnim/view?usp=sharing
- The Silence of Daylight (Town): drive.google.com/file/d/1TgqSio5Uh9hGpflZiblrQVDfFOBS7cgn/view?usp=sharing
- The Silence of Daylight (Town) (simplified): drive.google.com/file/d/1xRlHg1Gky8HfPc7IokhYhRuq09i6Qjm2/view?usp=sharing
🎹 Midi files here:
- Message of Darkness (Title screen): drive.google.com/file/d/1w1x1NIXayaOB9Dv5d3kBFGvRov58kT0E/view?usp=sharing
- Message of Darkness (Title screen) (simplified): drive.google.com/file/d/1OD2QHiPyqFs-RGIMEl81-i7gVFxnTgpr/view?usp=sharing
- The Silence of Daylight (Town): drive.google.com/file/d/1V_wS36YCWy4BfloajFN5e2WY0pdTQghv/view?usp=sharing
- The Silence of Daylight (Town) (simplified): drive.google.com/file/d/1g4foTfEM2vrezKHtQH5jksoy5todWdlG/view?usp=sharing
Chaptering:
00:00 Message of Darkness
00:30 The Silence of Daylight
