Soundtrack

This article covers the many soundtrack variations present in different ports of Cave Story.
== Original ==
Otherwise known as the 'Organya' soundtrack, the original soundtrack was composed by Pixel using ORG Maker and is used for the freeware release, the DSiWare port and the 3DS eShop port. It was also included as an optional soundtrack for the WiiWare port and Cave Story+..
=== Discography ===
Track 	Location(s) played	Audio
Access 	
*Cutscenes when Kazuma and Sue are messaging each other on computers	
Gestation 	
*First Cave
*Shack
*Labyrinth Shop
*Dark Place	
Mimiga Town 	
*Mimiga Village 	
Plant 	
*Yamashita Farm 	
Balrog's Theme 	
*Most cutscenes with Balrog	
Gravity 	
*Most boss fights:
**Balrog (first, second, and fourth encounters)
**Igor
**Curly Brace
**Rabid Toroko
**Puu Black
**Sisters
**Ma Pignon
**Red Ogre
**Ballos (Phase 1)	
Cemetery 	
*Cemetery 	
Safety 	
*Arthur's House
*Chako's House
*Santa's House
*Sand Zone residence	
Mischievous Robot	
*Egg Corridor
*Second portion of the end credits	
Pulse 	
*Egg No. 00
*Waterway Cabin
*Arthur's House (upon return from the Waterway)	
On to Grasstown 	
*Bushlands main area	
Eyes of Flame 	
*Some boss fights:
**Balfrog
**Omega
**Monster X
**Misery
**Ballos (Phase 2)	
Meltdown 2 	
*Sand Zone main area	
Tyrant 	
*Most cutscenes with the Doctor	
Run! 	
*King's entrance in the warehouse
*Ironhead boss fight
*Leaving the Balcony after defeating the Undead Core	
Jenka 1 	
*Jenka's House
*Labyrinth I and H	
Jenka 2 	
*Labyrinth W 	
Labyrinth Fight 	
*Labyrinth M (with Curly Brace)	
Geothermal 	
*Core (location) 	
Oppression 	
*Core boss fight 	
Living Waterway 	
*Waterway 	
Quiet 	
*Mimiga Village, Chako, Santa's houses and Sand Zone residence after returning from the Waterway.	
Scorching Back 	
*Egg Corridor? 	
Moonsong 	
*Outer Wall 	
Hero's End 	
*Bad ending after flying away with Kazuma	
Cave Story 	
*Default title screen
*Plantation	
Last Cave 	
*Last Cave
*Last Cave (Hidden)	
Balcony 	
*Balcony
*Prefab Building before defeating the Undead Core	
Charge 	
*Muscle Doctor boss fight	
Zombie 	
*Undead Core cutscene
*Part of the cutscene in the "Best" ending	
Last Battle 	
*Undead Core battle
*Ballos (Phases 3 & 4)	
Break Down 	
*Part of the cutscene in the "Normal" ending	
Running Hell 	
*Blood Stained Sanctuary	
Seal Chamber 	
*Seal Chamber 	
The Way Back Home	
*First part of the end credits	
== Remastered ==
The soundtrack was later remastered by indie game music writer Danny Baranowsky and Dustin Kulwicki. It contains remastered/remade music pieces from the original soundtrack, with mainly electronic instrumentation. This soundtrack was used for Cave Story 3D, and was also included as the default soundtrack for Cave Story+.
== Cave Story+ ==
This is an arrangement of the soundtrack by Yann van der Cruyssen, used as the default soundtrack in the WiiWare and Switch versions. Some criticisms include straying too far away from the classic melodies, lack of bass, and weird pitch and looping in the tracks. However, according to the website Tiny Cartridge, these problems were due to improper editing on the game tester's part. Yann himself has also lamented the final version of the soundtrack in a TIGForums post. This soundtrack is included as an optional soundtrack for Cave Story+ on Steam (called "New" in that version), and as an optional soundtrack for the Wiiware version (in the Wiiware version it is selected as the default soundtrack on start up). The MIDI masters of all Cave Story+ tracks can be found here (or a earlier version here with minute differences and can be considered a mirror). You need the Cave Story.dls soundfont for the tracks to sound correct.
== Famitracks ==
A cover of the original Cave Story soundtrack made to sound like something on a NES made by RushJet1. Included as an optional soundtrack in Cave Story+.
== Ridiculon ==
This is an arrangement composed by metal band Ridiculon for Cave Story+ on the Nintendo Switch. These tracks feature heavy guitar and drums. It's interesting to note Ridiculon also preformed the soundtrack for four other indie games, The End is Nigh, Super Meat Boy (2015) , The Binding of Isaac Rebirth and its subsequent DLCs and The Legend of Bum-Bo.
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