Nocturne (music)

Nocturne is a lullaby song composed by Michiru Yamane for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It can be listened to by finding the Fairy Card and activating its familiar. It was voiced by Hekiru Shiina in the Japanese version.
==Background==
The original Japanese PlayStation version of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night included a variant of the Faerie Familiar, called the Fairy Familiar. While both familiars behaved almost identically (just wearing differently colored costumes), the Fairy Familiar had the added ability to sing a song called "Nocturne" (composed by Michiru Yamane and performed by Hekiru Shiina). In order to listen to this song, Alucard would have to sit in any of the various chairs found in the game while the Fairy Familiar was summoned; after a while, he would fall asleep and the Fairy would then sit on his shoulder to rest and potentially start singing this lullaby song. Depending on the Fairy's level, she would be more prone to sing the song. This track was included in the original Japanese soundtrack of the game.
In the original English PlayStation version of Symphony of the Night, both the Fairy Familiar and the N Demon Familiar (a variant of the Devil Familiar) were removed from the game, so neither their dialogues nor the song were ported, making this version of the game lack "Nocturne" in any form.
The song did appear (or was restored) in the Sega Saturn version of Symphony of the Night, although the mechanic to listen to it was slightly changed. Instead of the Fairy Familiar natively being able to sing the song, the game featured an exclusive item called the Song Lyrics Card, which once obtained allowed the Fairy to sing the song like in the original Japanese version of the game.
The next major port of Symphony of the Night was the one included in the PlayStation Portable game, Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles, which included a completely new dialogue dub and restored things that had been removed from the first English version of the game, including the Fairy and N Demon Familiars. Like in the original Japanese version, the Fairy Familiar natively has the ability to sing "Nocturne", without the need of acquiring any other item; and likewise, she will be more prone to sing it depending on how high her level is. Furthermore, the English version of the game features a translated version of "Nocturne". The song is performed by Karen Strassman, English voice actress for the Fairy Familiar in the game.
==Appearances==
==Lyrics==
:女神は永遠の 幸せの中で
:Hear, the goddess of happiness cries an endless timeless lullaby
:嘆き続けては 歌う夜想曲（ノクターン）
:Sings a song of the dream she has, the sadness fills her eyes
:愛は 終わる 命もつきる、 それなら
:End of love, love is gone. No more dreams to dream about, so life is done
:同じ 時に 糸を切って
:If it's so, cut the thread, it's time to let it go
:神々の渇きが 海の音を消し
:Tears, they flow to the thirst of the gods, the ocean's roars drowned out by rain
:無垢な狼は 孤独に耐える
:Blameless wolf carries on alone, the silence now surrounds him
:夢は さめる 夜も明ける、 その前に
:Sooner than dreaming ends, morning of the dawn will bring another day
:違う 場所に 羅針盤（はり）を向けて
:Turn around, (and) you have found a different place to dream
==Videos==
Nocturne
Castlevania- Symphony of the Night - "Nocturne" (English Version w- Lyrics)
==See also==
*Faerie Familiar
*Song Lyrics Card
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Category:The Dracula X Chronicles Music Tracks
Category:Symphony of the Night Music Tracks