Castle Crashers
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Original Soundtrack
Positively bonkers
This game is insane. Not in the sense of insanely good, but insanely crazy. The story is simple: four knights work together to free a princess. But anyone expecting stories of brave warriors and noble battles will be disappointed by the comedic fireworks. In Castle Crashers fights with giant cats and deer with diarrhea are among the normal things. Entertaining brawling fun, accompanied by an even more entertaining soundtrack.
This was contributed by the community of the website Newgrounds , which was involved in the development of the side-scroll hack-and-slash. That is why there is not one composer, but 20 with different styles and genres. Trying to categorize this construct in any way is therefore relatively pointless - but I tried anyway. For this reason, I would like to take this opportunity to briefly list my notes up to the point where I gave up:
| 2 | Flutey (World Map) | tootling |
| 3 | Barracks Song | quirky, kazoo droning, squeaky, stupid, funny |
| 4 | Creepy Frog | gloomy, dangerous |
| 5 | Mudholes | driving mood |
| 6 | Spanish Waltz | guitars, nice melody |
| 7 | War Machine | "War Machine" call at the beginning, dramatic |
| 8 | Factory | powerful beats, cyber synths, techno party |
| 9 | Gold Grab | Gabba party |
| 10 | Race Around the World [Edit] | shortened version of Race Around the World |
| 11 | Jumper | good mood, upbeat |
| 12 | Space Pirates | spacy, good mood |
| 13 | The Show | rousing, little piano melody |
| 18 | Landfall | massive |
| 19 | Revenge of the Cyclops | okay, a little too pompous |
| 20 | Vain Star [Edit] | dramatic quakes, then beat |
| 21 | Totally an Active Volcano (Drumlift V2) | drums, military |
| 22 | Chaoz Japan | lots of wah-wah |
| 23 | (Please) Don’t | a bit of Zen |
| 24 | The Abduction (Alien Hominid Theme) | carefree, serious |
| 25 | Sand Castle Crashing | oriental, fast |
As you can see, things go haywire. The only thing inherent in all the compositions is a certain light-footedness and lack of seriousness. The music makers know the game principle of Castle Crashers and don't try to push it in a serious direction, but go 'with the flow', as they say. If you are looking for parallels to other scores, you will find in Vain Star [Edit] , for example, a little of the essence of the Need for Speed-titles, Jumper sounds like the later Sims-games and War Machine sounds like action films à la Rambo. A wild mixture of varying quality, but perfectly suited to this crazy couch co-op.
If you want to make up your own mind, you should definitely give it a listen - after all, this crazy soundtrack has made it into my Top 10 best indie scores . By the way, you can download a few of the tracks for free on the Newground homepage. Have fun!
Nostalgia warning
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Original Soundtrack
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Rating |
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| 01 | Four Brave Champions | DavidOrr |  |
| 02 | Flutey (World Map) | The Behemoth |  |
| 03 | Barracks Song | Dan Paladin |  |
| 04 | Creepy Frog | The Behemoth | |
| 05 | Mudholes | The Behemoth | |
| 06 | Spanish Waltz | Urbanus | |
| 07 | War Machine | The Behemoth | |
| 08 | Factory | CornandBeans | |
| 09 | Gold Grab | The Behemoth | |
| 10 | Race Around the World [Edit] | Waterflame | |
