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^{[citation needed]}. 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.