Bloody Tears

nihongo|Bloody Tears|血の涙|Chi no Namida is the name of a traditional tune in the "Castlevania" series. The tune was composed by the team of Kenichi Matsubara, Masahiro Ikariko, Kazuhiko Uehara & T-San. Since then versions of the tune have been composed by various artists.

柴田直人プロジェクト (Naoto Shibata PROJECT)'s version of this tune is often incorrectly attributed to Cradle of Filth on various peer-to-peer networks, but can actually be found on an album featuring hard rock renditions of several classic Akumajō Dracula (Castlevania) themes.

Rap group Army of the Pharaohs also used a sample of the song as a background for their song Bloody Tears.

Castlevania games featuring "Bloody Tears"

* "" - composed by Kenichi Matsubara, Shinya Sakamoto, Kyohei Sada, Tonma Kun-No Papa.
* "Haunted Castle" - composed by Masahiro Ikariko, Kazuhiko Uehara & T-San.
* "Super Castlevania IV" - composed by Masanori Adachi, Sotaro Tojima.
* "Akumajou Dracula X Chi no Rondo" - composed by Mikio Saito, Kozo Nakamura, Akiropito, Sanoppi
* "Akumajo Dracula" (Sharp X68000) - composed by Kozo Nakamura.
* "" - composed by Michiru Yamane.
* "" (Known as "Castlevania V: Vampire's Kiss" in Europe) - composed by Tomoya Tomita, Masanari Iwata, Harumi Uekou and Masahiko Kimura.
* "" (Sega Saturn version) - composed by Michiru Yamane.
* "Castlevania Legends" - composed by Kaoru Okada and Youichi Iwata.
* "Castlevania 64" - composed by Masahiko Kimura.
* "" - composed by Masahiko Kimura.
* "Castlevania Chronicles" - Arranged version composed by Sota Fujimori.
* "" - One of the quotes of Bloody Tears can be heard by the end of credits.
* "" - composed by Masahiko Kimura. (Only accessible through Julius Mode)
* "" - composed by Michiru Yamane. (There's a trace of the melody in "Epilogue," the Ending 2 theme.)
* ""
* ""

Non-Castlevania games featuring "Bloody Tears"

*""
*"DreamMix TV World Fighters"
*"" (and subsequent releases)
*"Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 3"
*"Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2"(and subsequent releases)
*"Konami Krazy Racers"

References

* [http://www.songoftheweek.info/host/vgm_composers/ imperial_ubiqtorate's list of VG composers]
* [http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/features/whoswho.html Castlevania Dungeon]
* [http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/NewCV/cvlib-credits.htm VG Museum]