cave story soundtrack remastered danny baranowsky

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Considering my previous experience with the series was limited to XX, I had expectations of a trend into heavy metal that were not met, nor to my dissatisfaction. I'd categorize this as a progressive rock collection (assuming I understand prog rock), and a creative one at that. I've heard a lot of praise for the music of last year's Guilty Gear Strive, and after listening to a few songs determined I could probably do it justice. That being said, I wanted to try stretching myself a bit by featuring a quality soundtrack that I may not personally enjoy. As such, I tend to avoid soundtracks that are mostly made up of English songs (SA2 is still waiting for a feature). Though not featured here, I would additionally recommend Labyrinth Fight and Balrog.Īs I've said before (but must say again because it makes for a convenient intro), I struggle to appreciate the majority of English vocal VGM, due to my habit of analyzing the message of the lyrics while listening. While I would rather they have committed more heavily to one or the other, the result is still appreciable for its successes on both sides. Conceptually, this compares with the other soundtracks reasonably well if the Remastered soundtrack excelled in production value, and the New in creativity, then Ridiculon balances out these two aspects. This is possibly the most unusual of the official soundtracks, utilizing an unintuitive style in a nonetheless skillful way. Due to the restrictive nature of Switch software, a properly mastered and edited version of this soundtrack is difficult to locate, but I've done what I could. The second soundtrack unique to the Switch port of Cave Story was a chiprock arrangement collections by the band 'Ridiculon.' This version is often incorrectly labeled as rock or heavy metal, but is in fact equal parts rock and chiptune elements. Cruyssen also built upon Amaya's countermelodies with layering changes and new countermelodies of his own, and the resulting album is quite the musical accomplishment. While this tends to hurt it in previously high-energy pieces, its low-energy pieces are often superior in setting the anticipated mood. With a softer tone overall, it strays farther from the original material to play the strengths of its unusual instrumentation. There has been at least one fanmade overhaul of this soundtrack ('Wii-Balanced' by SoloMael) ironically, this means there are three versions of this particular iteration.Ĭruyssen's soundtrack stands out from the others for its stylized creativity. While these problems were fixed later ('Wii-Fixed'), the soundtrack remained poorly perceived by the fandom, and continues to be somewhat controversial for some.

Upon initial release, the music did not play correctly in-game, with issues ranging from distorted sound to missing instrumentation (I like to refer to this version as 'Wii-Broken').

When Cave Story was ported to the Wii, it came with its own 'New' soundtrack arranged by one Yann van der Cruyssen (I've seen him referred to as Morusque, though I've yet to find official origin for the alias). That being said, it still remains my favorite version overall. I'd like to think this fit perfectly with the aesthetic of 3D, which is very different from the original against the visuals of Cave Story+, it doesn't always seem cohesive. I suspect a slight reverb effect was added to enhance the 'cave' atmosphere, though it tends to sound more stylistic.

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The result was a more modern and full sound, which worked especially well for higher energy tracks while retaining the musical integrity overall.įrom a purely listener's perspective, this version sounds exactly how its moniker implies, as an updated and improved form of the original. This 'Remastered' soundtrack stayed fairly close to the Organya in format while focusing on expanded instrumentation. Next up: Cave Story 3D, the 3DS remake of Cave Story, featured a remixed soundtrack from Danny Baranowsky (I am familiar with him through Crypt of the Necrodancer, but I expect most are more familiar with Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac).

Cave story soundtrack remastered danny baranowsky