Source & Reference Breakdown
1) 0:00-2:42 = Modified/expanded version of "Ludwig, the Accursed's" first few bars of its melody line and chords, stretched to become the intro and building operatic landscape for the piece
2) 1:24-2:05 = "Father Gascoigne" bass stabs w/"Ludwig" solo violin & chiptune melody
3) 2:19-2:42 = repeated pulsing arp piano & string hits [spicc & stacc] are reminiscent of and take inspiration directly from the theme of the movie Halloween; the sound palette of the keyboard synth hits & chiptune plink-plonk are a reflection of the same motif used in the original Nightmare on Elm Street theme
4) 2:32-3:03 = "Father Gascoigne" rising horn section present as a transition assist
5) 3:04-5:41 = "Ludwig, the Accursed", in full
6) 3:52-4:34 = "Vordt of the Boreal Valley" choir present (from phase 2 of his original boss fight source); starts out being heard by the soft choir synth growing louder and louder, and then becomes the organs, timpani & percs (marimbas, xylophones & hand bell hits) as part of the larger swelling, ebb-and-flow orchestra set; other instruments, tubular bells, and chimes, continue the remainder of "Ludwig, the Accursed" up until the source's transitional break
7) 4:56-5:42 = "Ludwig's" cutscene/transition interlude
8) 5:24-5:42 = "Cleric Beast" choir present; crescendos in-behind the Dracula lines, and the rising tension, chattering strings as part of the "Ludwig" transition into phase 2, "Holy Blade"
9) 5:42-end = "Ludwig, the Holy Blade", in full [switches up to a brief +3 semitones up/minor key change @ 8:33-8:48]
10) 7:36-8:05 & 8:12-8:52 = "Cleric Beast" choir chords return as the trancey, pulsating, zappy synth stings, which are paired with the synth choirs as part of the finale
All VOs [except the Dracula VA insert] come from Bloodborne and its DLC, The Old Hunters, by the following characters: - Micolash, Host of the Nightmare; Vicar Amelia; Father Gascoigne, the Hunter; and Ludwig, the Accursed.
Remix Influences & Inspirations:
* 1980s slasher flicks (Halloween & Nightmare on Elm Street, specifically -- you can hear it in the intro's keyboards/piano, chiptune and staccato/spiccato strings hitting the fast, bouncy plucks as countermelodies/counterharmonies to the mains @ 2:19)
* Phantom of the Opera (e.g. the pipe organs)
* Hammer horror (Dracula, specifically -- lines and FX of VO utilizes Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula [1992] dialogue and wolf howls @ 5:21)
* Castlevania (N64/GBA-era), ex:
1) Castlevania 64 - "Opposing Bloodlines" (Opening Theme)
2) Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness - "The Art Tower [The Sinking Old Sanctuary]"
3) Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - "Nightmare"
4) Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - "Incarnation of Dark"
* Goosebumps / Are You Afraid of the Dark? (90s references & vibes)
* Old 1930s-50s radio plays, cinematics and horror/sci-fi dramas (e.g. War of the Worlds, hence the voice acting and VO FX)
* Black Violin
Funny Brainstorming / Original Title Stuff: "2nd Symphony, Op. 7 - Une Chanson et Une Danse Macabre (A Song and A Dance of Death)": Mvt. I - "A Prayer and a Toast to the Beasts Within Us All", Mvt. II - "Glory Unto the Hunter, Glory Unto the Hunted" & Mvt. III - "...To Bask in Holy Moonlight"