The Musicless Village

I really like it being silent

- I appreciate the music more.
- Music or not, its a powerful communication. Village is a serious matter. Lack of music make it feel more destructive and interesting.

This has already been done before in castlevania games like order of ecclesia on Nintendo DS. Before shanoa enters Dracula’s castle, you have the desolate barren environment silence for the next 3 rooms and then kicks into music once you are inside the castle. It is also done to emphasize music. The previous gameplay videos had miso. In this area but could be music is still being worked on, change of direction etc.

Remove enemies or add some music, would this help?

or add in heavy winds?

An interesting point, and one I had forgotten about.  There was also one in SotN in the room where you meet Death at the start.  I think part of the issue here is the enemies jar people and you are going through it so much.

Honestly, it reminds me of Dark Souls when visiting that area. All atmosphere and no music.

I'm okay with the silence. I think it adds to the gloominess and the tension.

Yeah I wasn't sure if that was a bug or not. Glad to hear though that it's intentional.

I think there should also be the occasional sound of cawing crows/scavenger birds.

I do agree that the simple lack of sound is not very good. Some background ambiance like the wind rustling, fires crackling and structures crumbling would make it feel way better.

However, I think the bigger issue here is that there's no music there on return trips either. The sense of loss and the emphasis on castle music has already happened and then the village just feels unfinished. The middle shopkeeper area in particular feels very empty despite being the center of activity in the village, in a sense.
It makes thematic sense too. Having the village be initially burning and crumbling would be a very jarring sight and be a good "initial incident" for story purposes. But after the initial trek to the castle, the flames have died out and everything that would crumble, has. The shock has come and gone and while the sense of loss is there, anger and rage are growing against the sheer injustice of it.

Side note, I hope Lindsay's immediate presence and thirst for revenge in the central area are demo shenanigans. It makes way more sense for Miriam to rescue her from either the burning village or the castle and her quests to start shortly afterwards, after she's mourned a bit and the shock has left her. Same thing with Anne, minus the revenge quests.