History AwesomeMusic / CaveStory

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl4zdG47qFk Plant]] (Yamashita Farm) is probably the most underrated track in the entire game, thanks in no part to the farm's only purpose being MrsExposition and a single [[HeartContainer Life Capsule]]. Yet Pixel chose to give the area unique music instead of recycling "Mimiga Town", and it's as beautiful as chiptune music can be. The gentle melody and rocking arpeggios underneath give it an lullaby-like quality that's appropriate for an early-game area before all hell breaks lose.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-aitfK7jRE The main theme]] is a cheery tune that plays over the title screen, setting you up for your fun adventure. [[spoiler:Until [[MoodWhiplash things go south]], of course. Even then, the song's unexpected reuse in the Plantation helps to bring the game full circle, and the amount of time spent there subverts LongSongShortScene--allowing you to hear the song briefly turn discordant just before it loops.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjdBEazKzZY Gestation]] plays when you are exploring the first cave, and it tells you that you have started an adventure full of emotions. But it's even better when you [[spoiler:return to get the Spur]], it sounds really nostalgic.

* [[https://youtu.be/1SgBffK9Phg Labyrinth Fight]], which plays within [[spoiler:Labyrinth M alongside Curly]] while destroying everything in your path.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNtnjrrXMDU Quiet]] is NightmareFuel, and that's the ''point''. It hammers home that terrible things are happening on the island, the areas that this track plays in [[spoiler:being forcibly vacated of their residents]] being one of them, with one of those areas being [[spoiler:Mimiga Village, which has been turned from a bustling Mimiga capital to a GhostTown]].

!!Fan remixes
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knNDHmjo-Tc "Cave Story & Kero Blaster Piano Medley"]] by cherushi1231 is an excellently done piano medley of most of Cave Story's Soundtrack as well as Pixel's other major game, ''Videogame/KeroBlaster''.
* [[http://kwixmusic.com/cavestory/ The remix project]], which managed to make them even more awesome. Some standout tracks:
** Grass Stains, a remix of the Grasstown theme with some awesome guitar.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x8MIdF9p-Y Island of Eden]], a medley of various songs with epic guitar.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAGuwrPB_Uo Ball of Ballos]], the already epic Sacred Grounds theme but even more awesome.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZywnyVRBPG4 Never Die]], the final boss theme made ''ridiculously'' awesome.
* The Last Battle Music/OCRemix [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk1GDKk_lQA Polar Star Overdrive]], while not on the Cave Story Remix Project, may be even ''better'' than Never Die.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvs1aMxm-DI This amazing OCRemix of Moonsong]].
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDnnZD2ZWpA Cave Story Medley]]. The pianist makes a few mistakes, but it didn't stop this from being a great listen. His rendition of Moonsong in the Medley is so emotional that he eventually redid it as a ''[[UpToEleven four hand version]]''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRpVQTsF1g8 Hear it here]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJsF9DbS1Dc Tsuki No Uta by Akineko]]: metal remix of ''Moonsong''. And it works.
* Someone named SBK made [[http://doukutsu.rdy.jp/stored/tsukinouta_trance.mp3 this cool trance remix]] of "Moonsong".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNiFIwkRDS3HgOvY91eGG-xZzUvM9dhlO This guy]] made an album's worth of ''Cave Story'' mashup songs. "Oppression vs. Genesis" and "Mimiga Town vs. Harder Faster Better Stronger" are the best.
* Leaf Xceed did some very cool metal remixes: [[http://rtnario.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/leaf-xceed-music-division-core-oppression/ "Core Oppression"]], [[http://rtnario.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/leaf-xceed-music-division-cave-story-war/ "Cave Story War"]], [[http://rtnario.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/leaf-xceed-music-division-winter-sunshine-contradanza-town-of-leaves-v2/ "Town of Leaves"]], and [[http://rtnario.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/leaf-xceed-music-division-huzzah/ "HUZZAH"]].
* [=DrellisSkiad=] thought that the Wii version soundtrack was atrocious. What better revenge than [[http://il.youtube.com/user/DrellisSkiad to recompose the entire soundtrack themself?]]
* We've mentioned Last Battle a couple of times. Now, there are three major versions of the soundtrack: the original, the Wii version, and the 3DS version. All three of Last Battle's versions have their strengths and weaknesses. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhZoe9oJPio Here are all three played together.]]
* Yet another Last Battle remix, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsNKq4g0W3w The Unbroken]]" from Music/OverClockedRemix, which sounds like Cave Story filtered through Music/{{Pendulum}}. And it's awesome.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnEKb3Sy3FY The Dark Side of The Wall]], by Plumegeist, is another amazing "Moonsong" remix.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv9GN4XIlVE All three main versions of Labyrinth Fight combined.]] Can anyone say ''epic jazz finale?''

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNtnjrrXMDU Quiet]] is NightmareFuel, and that's the ''point''. It hammers home that terrible things are happening on the island, the areas that this track plays in [[spoiler:being forcibly vacated of their residents]] being one of them, with one of those areas being [[spoiler:Mimiga Village, which has been turned from a bustling Mimiga capital to a ghost town]].

* ''Cave Story 3D'' has some pretty awesome remixes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp9nGccaPNE Last Cave]] was already a great piece on its own, but the ''Cave Story+/Cave Story 3D'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOK2ZJK7dO0 remastered version]] takes the track to whole new levels with an epic sax lead, truly embodying the sheer determination and resilience that was required from both Quote and the player to overcome the game's challenges, both story and gameplay-centric, culminating in a tense but empowering atmosphere leading up to the fight with the Doctor which makes dragging yourself through the Hidden Last Cave in particular so much more bearable. For your consideration
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBqE9xMJtMc On to Bushlands.]]** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVo7kqUOCM Plantation.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np8CYBL1DCs Last Battle]] is totally epic.

!!Official tracks

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZU_f3QaX68 Geothermal]] is pure awesome.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1VTkwllQ8Q Running Hell.]]
%%* [[https://youtu.be/4zW7Dmx9WYQ Last Battle.]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1GKfCyoRZY Living Waterway.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnMlebxoG4E Geothermal]], especially when you first hear it upon entering the Core.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynoKGz0IHdI Charge]] is one of the best boss themes you'll ever find in any game. It also happens to be ''less than fifteen seconds long''.

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xqA6nU2_Ok Take a gander at the new version of Egg Corridor.]]
* ''Cave Story 3D'' has some pretty awesome remixes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp9nGccaPNE Last Cave]] was already a great piece on its own, but the ''Cave Story+/Cave Story 3D'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOK2ZJK7dO0 remastered version]] takes the track to whole new levels with an epic sax lead, truly embodying the sheer determination and resilience that was required from both Quote and the player to overcome the game's challenges, both story and gameplay-centric, culminating in a tense but empowering atmosphere leading up to the fight with the Doctor which makes dragging yourself through the Hidden Last Cave in particular so much more bearable.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBqE9xMJtMc On to Bushlands.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVo7kqUOCM Plantation.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np8CYBL1DCs Last Battle]] is totally epic.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL3xqOexk6w Cave Story/]]

** The Last Battle Music/OCRemix [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk1GDKk_lQA Polar Star Overdrive]], while not on the Cave Story Remix Project, may be even ''better'' than Never Die.

* [=DrellisSkiad=] thought that the Wii version soundtrack was atrocious. What better revenge than [[http://il.youtube.com/user/DrellisSkiad to recompose the entire soundtrack her/himself?]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnEKb3Sy3FY The Dark Side of The Wall]], by Plumegeist, is another amazing "Moonsong" remix.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL3xqOexk6w Cave Story]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZU_f3QaX68 Geothermal]] is pure awesome.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1VTkwllQ8Q Running Hell]]
* [[https://youtu.be/4zW7Dmx9WYQ Last Battle]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1GKfCyoRZY Living Waterway]]

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xqA6nU2_Ok Take a gander at the new version of Egg Corridor]]

* ''Cave Story 3D'' has some pretty awesome remixes.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBqE9xMJtMc On to Bushlands]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVo7kqUOCM Plantation]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np8CYBL1DCs Last Battle]] is totally epic.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp9nGccaPNE Last Cave]] was already a great piece on its own, but the ''Cave Story+/Cave Story 3D'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOK2ZJK7dO0 remastered version]] takes the track to whole new levels with an epic sax lead, truly embodying the sheer determination and resilience that was required from both Quote and the player to overcome the game's challenges, both story and gameplay-centric, culminating in a tense but empowering atmosphere leading up to the fight with the Doctor which makes dragging yourself through the Hidden Last Cave in particular so much more bearable.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvs1aMxm-DI This amazing OCRemix of Moonsong]].