this is not entirely the cave story wiiware soundtrack, while some tracks seem to be from the original, others seem to be from the fanmade album cave story wii-balanced. so someone should probably go fix that and get proper rips of the soundtrack.
Haven't played the game myself, but apparently the editors severely messed up the files. The musician explains here: https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=11757.msg357985#msg357985
On the wiki for the game there is a link to the MIDI master files: https://cavestory.fandom.com/wiki/Soundtrack
They also point out that you need a specific soundfont for the files to sound correct.
Good ripping job, but this was never my preferred version of the Cave Story soundtrack to be honest. Even as a wee little child I thought the original tracks sounded better, and this Wii version was my first introduction to this game too. I never knew the freeware version existed until a couple years ago. I mean, some tracks are fine, but nearly all of them I prefer the original.
Personally I'd rate the soundtrack a 5/10 as it's not terrible but they aren't really earworms as much as the originals were.
The Sketchhog
02:39 Jan 24th, 2025Offline