arrangers: []
catalog: N/A
categories:
- Game
category: Game
classification: Original Soundtrack
composers: []
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discs:
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  name: ''
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  - names:
      English: Don't Deal With The Devil
    track_length: 0:42
  - names:
      English: Don't Deal With The Devil (Instrumental)
    track_length: '1:04'
  - names:
      English: Introduction
    track_length: '3:31'
  - names:
      English: Tutorial
    track_length: '1:40'
  - names:
      English: Elder Kettle
    track_length: '5:14'
  - names:
      English: Inkwell Isle One
    track_length: '3:15'
  - names:
      English: Botanic Panic
    track_length: '4:01'
  - names:
      English: Die House
    track_length: '1:36'
  - names:
      English: Elder Kettle (Piano)
    track_length: '5:11'
  - names:
      English: Threatenin' Zeppelin
    track_length: '3:28'
  - names:
      English: Treetop Trouble
    track_length: '2:54'
  - names:
      English: Ruse Of An Ooze
    track_length: '4:25'
  - names:
      English: Floral Fury
    track_length: '3:45'
  - names:
      English: Inkwell Isle One (Piano)
    track_length: '3:07'
  - names:
      English: Clip Joint Calamity
    track_length: '3:54'
  - names:
      English: Forest Follies
    track_length: '2:47'
  - names:
      English: Inkwell Isle Two
    track_length: '2:49'
  - names:
      English: Sugarland Shimmy
    track_length: '3:41'
  - names:
      English: Aviary Action
    track_length: '4:03'
  - names:
      English: Inkwell Isle Two (Piano)
    track_length: '2:49'
  - names:
      English: Carnival Kerfuffle
    track_length: '4:01'
  - names:
      English: Fiery Frolic
    track_length: '3:37'
  - names:
      English: Funfair Fever
    track_length: '2:19'
  - names:
      English: The Mausoleum
    track_length: '1:24'
  - names:
      English: Legendary Ghost
    track_length: '1:45'
  - names:
      English: Pyramid Peril
    track_length: '5:40'
  - names:
      English: Victory Tune
    track_length: '1:40'
  - names:
      English: Hurry Up
    track_length: 0:35
  - names:
      English: A Quick Break
    track_length: '1:11'
  - names:
      English: Coin-Op Bop
    track_length: '4:55'
  - names:
      English: High Score
    track_length: '1:05'
  - names:
      English: Funhouse Frazzle
    track_length: '3:09'
  - names:
      English: Inkwell Isle Three
    track_length: '2:54'
  - names:
      English: Honeycomb Herald
    track_length: '4:38'
  - names:
      English: Porkrind's Shop
    track_length: '2:15'
  - names:
      English: Shootin n' Lootin
    track_length: '3:47'
  - names:
      English: Dramatic Fanatic
    track_length: '4:57'
  - names:
      English: Perilous Piers
    track_length: '2:09'
  - names:
      English: Murine Corps
    track_length: '4:09'
  - names:
      English: Junkyard Jive
    track_length: '4:24'
  - names:
      English: Rugged Ridge
    track_length: '3:20'
  - names:
      English: High Seas Hi-Jinx
    track_length: '3:22'
  - names:
      English: Railroad Wrath
    track_length: '4:15'
  - names:
      English: Inkwell Isle Three (Piano)
    track_length: '3:22'
  - names:
      English: The Airship
    track_length: '5:07'
  - names:
      English: All Bets Are Off
    track_length: '1:36'
  - names:
      English: Inkwell Hell
    track_length: '2:46'
  - names:
      English: The King's Court
    track_length: '3:51'
  - names:
      English: Inkwell Hell (Piano)
    track_length: '2:43'
  - names:
      English: Chief Evil Officer
    track_length: 0:41
  - names:
      English: Admission To Perdition
    track_length: '3:47'
  - names:
      English: Ominous Interlude
    track_length: 0:10
  - names:
      English: One Hell Of A Time
    track_length: '3:02'
  - names:
      English: The End
    track_length: '1:21'
  - names:
      English: Winner Takes All
    track_length: '2:14'
  - names:
      English: Closing Credits
    track_length: '7:10'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/965
  names:
    en: Bandcamp
    ja: Bandcamp
    ja-latn: Bandcamp
  role: retailer
link: album/71570
lyricists: []
media_format: Digital
meta:
  added_date: 2017-09-17T13:47
  edited_date: 2022-09-15T12:11
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T05:28
  freedb: 15
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 9698
name: Cuphead Original Soundtrack
names:
  en: Cuphead Original Soundtrack
  ja: Cuphead Original Soundtrack
  ja-latn: Cuphead Original Soundtrack
notes: 'Also available as DLC for owners of the game "Cuphead" on Steam, or with "Cuphead
  - Deluxe Edition".

  ---

  All music and lyrics by Kristofer Maddigan

  Recorded at Canterbury Music Company, Toronto, Canada

  Engineered, mixed, and edited by Jeremy Darby

  Assistant engineer - Julian Decorte

  Mastered by – Peter Letros, Wreckhouse Mastering, Toronto, Canada

  John Herberman – contractor, conductor, midi programming

  Additional piano recorded by Brad Prosko at B-rad Studio, Southey, Canada, and the
  Maddigan living room, Regina, Canada

  Additional Editing and Recording – Adam King, Canterbury Music Company, Toronto,
  Canada

  [Big Band]

  Reeds

  - Vern Dorge - Clarinet, Alto Sax

  - Andy Ballantyne - Alto Sax, Clarinet

  - Alex Dean - Tenor Sax, Clarinet

  - Bob Leonard - Bari Sax, Clarinet

  - Alto Sax and Clarinet solos by John Johnson

  - Tenor sax solos by Alex Dean, Mike Murley

  Brass

  - Jason Logue - Trumpet

  - Dave Dunlop - Trumpet

  - Kevin Turcotte - Trumpet

  - Steve McDade - Trumpet, Flugelhorn

  - Alastair Kay - Trombone

  - Christian Overton - Trombone

  - Peter Hysen - Bass Trombone

  - Scott Irvine - Tuba

  - Trumpet solos by Steve McDade

  - Trombone solos by Alastair Kay

  Rhythm Section

  - Robi Botos, Jeff McLeod - Piano

  - Rob Piltch - Guitar, Banjo

  - Paul Novotny, Jim Vivian, Neil Swainson - Bass

  - Ted Warren - Drums

  - Kristofer Maddigan - Vibraphone, Percussion

  - Piano solos by Jeff McLeod

  - Vibraphone solos by Mark Duggan

  - Brazilian Percussion by Alan Hetherington

  [Ragtime Band]

  Woodwinds

  - Laura Chambers - Piccolo, Flute, Bass Flute

  - Sasha Boychouk - Clarinet

  Brass

  - Robert Venables - Cornet

  - Tom Richards - Trombone

  - Scott Irvine - Tuba

  String Quartet

  - Aaron Schwebel, Emily Hau - Violin

  - Moira Burke - Viola

  - Liza McLellan - Cello

  Rhythm Section

  - Elizabeth Acker, Jeff McLeod - Piano

  - Rob Piltch - Guitar, Banjo

  - Paul Novotny - Upright Bass

  - Kristofer Maddigan - Drums, Xylophone

  Ragtime - Solo Piano/Trio

  - Laura Chambers - Piccolo

  - Jonathan Dyck, Christina Faye, Liz Acker, Kristofer Maddigan - Piano

  - Kristofer Maddigan - Percussion

  Tap Dancer - Allison Toffan

  Vocals - Alana Bridgewater

  Barbershop Quartet: ''Shoptimus Prime

  - Tom Mifflin

  - Michael Black

  - Michael La Scala

  - Joel La Scala

  Additional

  Jonathan Dyck - Organ

  Kris Maddigan would like to thank

  -Mom, Dad, Shannon, Alison, Matt, Carolyn

  -Phill Albert, Emily Denison, Chris Gale, Ben Hognestad, and Jeff McLeod for their
  excellent playing on the trailers

  -Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, and everyone at Studio MDHR

  -John Herberman for basically teaching me how to write and orchestrate from scratch

  -Jeremy Darby, the hardest working recording engineer imaginable. Sorry for all
  the deadlines

  -SOCAN

  -Island Foods – best rotis in Toronto

  -Special thanks to Ben Bishop, Terry Clarke, Daniel Jameson, Noam Lemish, Jim Lewis,
  Terry Promane, Kevin Turcotte

  -All of the incredible musicians who played the shit out of these charts, your personalities
  shine through on every track

  Musical Influences on Cuphead

  JS Bach, Count Basie, Tom Brier (get well soon!), Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington,
  George Gershwin, Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson,
  Cliff Jackson, Scott Joplin, Gene Krupa, Jimmie Lunceford, Henry Mancini, Rob McConnell
  and the Boss Brass, Carmen Miranda, Yasunori Mitsuda, Jelly Roll Morton, Nicholas
  Brothers, Mário Reis, Joe Rinaudo and his American Fotoplayer, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez,
  Gunther Schuller, John Philip Sousa, Nobuo Uematsu, Richard Wagner, Chick Webb,
  Whitey''s Lindy Hoppers, John Williams, ''Washboard'' Kitty Wilson'
organizations:
- &id002
  names:
    en: StudioMDHR
    ja: StudioMDHR
    ja-latn: StudioMDHR
  role: publisher
- *id001
performers: []
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platforms:
- Microsoft Xbox One
- PC
products:
- link: product/5788
  names:
    en: Cuphead
    ja: Cuphead
    ja-latn: Cuphead
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related:
- catalog: 8BIT-8064
  link: album/68904
  names:
    en: Cuphead Deluxe Vinyl Soundtrack
    ja: Cuphead Deluxe Vinyl Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Cuphead Deluxe Vinyl Soundtrack
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/71731
  names:
    en: Cuphead CD Soundtrack Sampler
    ja: Cuphead CD Soundtrack Sampler
    ja-latn: Cuphead CD Soundtrack Sampler
  type: bonus
- catalog: 8BIT-8064-7
  link: album/72997
  names:
    en: Selections From Cuphead Original Soundtrack
    ja: Selections From Cuphead Original Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Selections From Cuphead Original Soundtrack
  type: bonus
- catalog: MCOL-0068
  link: album/73136
  names:
    en: PLUCKHEAD "A Cuphead String Album"
    ja: PLUCKHEAD "A Cuphead String Album"
    ja-latn: PLUCKHEAD "A Cuphead String Album"
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/75978
  names:
    en: The Cuphead Nightcore Album
    ja: The Cuphead Nightcore Album
    ja-latn: The Cuphead Nightcore Album
  type: doujin
- catalog: 8BIT-8107
  link: album/86091
  names:
    en: Selected Tunes From Studio MDHR's Cuphead
    ja: Selected Tunes From Studio MDHR's Cuphead
    ja-latn: Selected Tunes From Studio MDHR's Cuphead
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/147067
  names:
    en: Watch Out
    ja: Watch Out
    ja-latn: Watch Out
  type: game
- catalog: 8BIT-CD002
  link: album/101969
  names:
    en: 'Cuphead CD Set: Songs and Sketches'
    ja: カップヘッド / Cuphead『魅惑ノジャズ楽曲』
    ja-latn: 'Cuphead CD Set: Songs and Sketches'
  type: game
- catalog: N/A
  link: album/121446
  names:
    en: Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course Original So...
    ja: Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course Original So...
    ja-latn: Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course Original So...
  type: game
- catalog: 8BIT-8153
  link: album/123766
  names:
    en: TASTY TUNES FROM CUPHEAD in THE DELICIOUS LAST ...
    ja: TASTY TUNES FROM CUPHEAD in THE DELICIOUS LAST ...
    ja-latn: TASTY TUNES FROM CUPHEAD in THE DELICIOUS LAST ...
  type: game
release_date: '2017-09-29'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: USD
  price: 10.0
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077WG8B67/
  name: Amazon
- link: http://studiomdhr.bandcamp.com/album/cuphead-original-soundtrack
  name: Bandcamp
- link: http://www.gog.com/game/cuphead_ost
  name: GOG
- link: http://music.apple.com/us/album/1305353572
  name: iTunes
- link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/704710/Cuphead__Official_Soundtrack/
  name: Steam
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/71570?perpage=99999
vocals:
- names:
    en: Alana Bridgewater
votes: 0
websites:
  Interview:
  - link: https://art19.com/shows/the-annotator/episodes/90666450-b18c-4e6a-9c0a-f77a8fe75bd1
    name: 'The Annotator: Kris Maddigan - Cuphead'
  - link: http://www.vgmonline.net/kristofer-maddigan-interview/
    name: 'VGMO -Video Game Music Online-  Kristofer Maddigan Interview: A Jazzy,
      Ragtimey, Big-Band Score'
  Reference:
  - link: https://www.discogs.com/release/10937353
    name: Discogs
  - link: https://musicbrainz.org/release/c542a762-c78e-4684-9e64-8733f7967c87
    name: MusicBrainz
  Review:
  - link: http://www.vgmonline.net/cuphead-original-soundtrack/
    name: VGMO -Video Game Music Online-  Cuphead Original Soundtrack
