Cave Story + Soundtrack, Custom Album Covers

Hey there guys!  So, I'm not sure about you guys, but I frequently buy the Humble Indie Bundle, because it's usually such a good deal, and there's such great games in there.  If you're reading this blog, you'd be right to assume I'm pretty OCD when it comes to having album art for my music collection as well.

So, when they released the Cave Story + Soundtrack through Humble Bundle, and it didn't have any Album art, or proper tags, I set out to resolve this. However, it turns out that they never released that album anywhere besides there! There isn't any official album art, so I decided to put some together, featuring some Cave Story art.

Anyway, I wasn't able to decide on a single cover for the front, since I found two that I REALLY liked, so I'm giving you two alternate front covers.  Let me know in the comments which one you like best!

The first front cover's art is the same as the Japanese Cave Story 3D box art, which was handled by Zanpan.  You can find more of his art here: http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=290991

Front 1

Front 1 (Clean Version)

This second version is also done by Zanpan, I believe this art was done for the 3DS version's instruction manual, but I thought it would look really nice as an album cover.

Front 2

Front 2 (Clean Version)

For the back cover, I knew I wanted to make a clean version without any tracks listed, but I also was wondering which names I should use for the tracks. Unable to decide, I just made two versions, one with the translated titles (based on the other cave story soundtracks) and one with the original titles (based on the filenames). If you ask me which one I prefer it would be version 1, but I'm sure some people would get upset if I didn't include one with the official file names, instead of the actual titles.

Anyway, I also found this awesome piece of art by Derek Yu. When I saw it, it was literally the perfect size, and the composition was just right for the back cover. I knew it would look great with a tracklist next to it.

You can find more of Derek Yu's artwork here: http://www.derekyu.com/

Back (Version 1)

Back (Version 2)

Back (Clean)

A big thanks to the incredibly talented artists. These covers wouldn't be the same without you guys!