Music


Nuclear Throne's soundtrack has a total of 35 unique tracks mainly for every area/boss. These were all composed by Jukio Kallio who has repeatedly worked on Vlambeer projects amongst other things, all listed on his website.

Any music in-game can be easily replaced on PC versions using the music editing guide.

There are multiple obscure themes in the game that only play under certain conditions. Many of these are known as B-Themes which has some conditions to make it infrequently heard;

B-Theme Tech

B-Themes are alternative themes that play in place of normal themes if certain conditions are met.

Any area that has a Vault Statue on its second level has a chance to use B-Themes. This includes Scrapyards and Frozen City in preloop, and also includes Desert and Palace in loop. Upon entering those areas there is always a 5% chance for their respective B-Theme to play, or is guaranteed to play if at 1 HP. (Or at 0 HP, during those rare circumstances).

Once 3 vaults are visited in a run they will no longer spawn, meaning that B-Themes no longer have a chance to play. Palace B-Theme is absurdly rare as a result of this.

As weekly runs spawn vaults in their destroyed state, B-Themes have a chance to play throughout the entire run.


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OST Title OST Length File Name File Length Category Plays At
Legend of the Throne 2:07 musThemeA
musThemeB
0:48
1:25
Main Menu Normal Menu Themes
Fläshyn 1:27 mus1 1:08 Normal Area The Desert
Biggest Bandit 1:30 musBoss1 1:07 Boss Theme Big Bandit
Groundwork of the Past 2:17 mus2 1:36 Normal Area The Sewers
Mt. Rubble 1:35 mus3 1:12 Normal Area The Scrapyards
Dogs 1:34 musBoss2 1:13 Boss Theme Big Dog
After Bloodshed 1:03 musBossDead 1:04 Boss Defeat Defeating Any Boss
(Besides Thrones)
Crystallized Fear 2:21 mus4 1:49 Normal Area The Crystal Caves
Frozen City 2:37 mus5 2:18 Normal Area Frozen City
The One They Left Behind 1:28 musBoss3 1:08 Boss Theme Lil Hunter
Where They Were Changed 1:59 mus6 1:52 Normal Area The Labs
Place of Power 2:34 mus7 2:22 Normal Area The Palace
Nuclear Throne 2:09 musBoss4A 1:40 Boss Theme The Nuclear Throne
This Is It 1:21 musBoss4B 1:07 Boss Theme Throne II
Beyond the Portal 2:35 mus106 2:12 Secret Area IDPD HQ
Captain 1:36 musBoss8 1:22 Boss Theme Captain
Kings and Queens of Wasteland 4:30 musCredits 4:30 Credits End Credits
Campfire 1:02 musThemeP 1:03 Main Menu Easter Egg
A Way 2:25 mus1b 2:03 B-Theme The Desert
Lament of a Mother 1:29 musBoss5 1:16 Boss Theme Mom
Secret Entrance 1:51 mus3b 1:22 B-Theme Scrapyards
Mind Killer 1:49 musBoss6 1:36 Boss Theme Hyper Crystal
Vault 1:32 mus100 0:54 Secret Area Crown Vault
Guardians of the Crown 1:46 mus100b 1:16 Secret Area Crown Guardians
Ode 2:09 mus5b 1:51 B-Theme Frozen City
Machine God 1:37 musBoss7 1:18 Boss Theme Technomancer
Come so Far 1:59 mus7b 1:59 B-Theme Palace
The Place I Once Called Home 1:22 mus106b 1:13 Secret Area IDPD HQ as Rogue
Cursed Killer 1:50 musBoss6B 1:36 Boss Theme Cursed Hyper Crystal
Under Water 2:18 mus101 2:03 Secret Area Oasis
What's That Smell 1:37 mus102 1:30 Secret Area Pizza Sewers
Venus Mansion 2:48 mus103 2:42 Secret Area YV's Mansion
Is This Happening 2:28 mus104 2:02 Secret Area Cursed Crystal Caves
So Green 2:13 mus105 1:58 Secret Area Jungle
Where The Guns At 2:20 mus107 0:42 Secret Area YV's Crib