Recreations of the Cave and Title themes from 2008's Spelunky Classic! These tracks were composed by George Buzinkai, and have left a lasting impact on Spelunky players.

I started my recreations back in 2023 after recognizing the PxTone instruments used in the soundtrack. After chipping at it for months and building a skillset to properly dissect the music, I reached a point where they matched the originals perfectly. It feels great to finally hear these tracks in high quality without any looping issues, but I also think it's a huge milestone to preserve these incredible compositions.

Cave turned out to be surprisingly simple, using the default instrument volume and tempo settings of PxTone. The middle section was the hardest to transcribe as the pulse wave goes low and mixes in with the bass, but I was able to get it done once I was able to isolate the bass out of the original audio.

I was able to finalize this recreation pretty quickly once I found a copy of the original string sample. There's a bass tone that's pretty hard to hear; I trial-and-error tested like 30 different OrgMaker voices but somehow missed the actual one for a long time...

Recreation of the credits theme is already part-way through! The timpani drum sample is still yet to be found, so it may not reach 100% accurancy. But otherwise, it's looking good.