The soundtrack to The World Ends with You was composed and produced by Takeharu Ishimoto.[46] The game's music encompasses many genres, combining rock, hip hop, and electronica, designed to fit the various moods of Shibuya.[27] The song appearing during the credits of the game is "Lullaby for You" by Japanese pop artist, Jyongri. Vocal artists featured in the game include Sawa, Makiko Noda, Leah, Ayuko Tanaka, Mai Matsuda, Wakako, Hanaeryca, Cameron Strother, Andy Kinlay, Nulie Nurly, and Londell "Taz" Hicks.[47] The developers used CRI Middleware's Kyuseishu Sound Streamer, a compression algorithm normally used for voice-overs, to compress the soundtrack and fit more songs on the game media, while replacing full motion video cutscenes with Flash-style animations to save more space. The soundtrack on the final version of the game takes up approximately one-fourth of the game media.[27]
The official soundtrack of the game, The World Ends with You Original Soundtrack (すばらしきこのせかい ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Subarashiki Kono Sekai Original Soundtrack, meaning "It's a Wonderful World Original Soundtrack") was released in Japan on August 22, 2007[47] and is on sale in most English-language iTunes Stores.[48] This release, however, does not include the four tracks unique to localizations outside Japan and is simply a digital version of the Japanese soundtrack.
| The World Ends with You Original Soundtrack | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "It's So Wonderful" | 1:39 | |||||||
| 2. | "Twister" (vocal by Sawa) | 1:17 | |||||||
| 3. | "Underground" (vocal by Nulie Nurly) | 0:49 | |||||||
| 4. | "Long Dream" (vocal by Makiko Noda) | 3:12 | |||||||
| 5. | "Calling" (vocal by Leah) | 3:25 | |||||||
| 6. | "Despair" | 0:27 | |||||||
| 7. | "Hybrid" (vocal by Sawa) | 3:04 | |||||||
| 8. | "Fighting For Freedom" | 2:06 | |||||||
| 9. | "オーパーツ" ("Ooparts"; vocal by Ayuko Tanaka & Mai Matsuda) | 3:34 | |||||||
| 10. | "Forebode" | 0:28 | |||||||
| 11. | "Give Me All Your Love" (vocal by Wakako) | 4:21 | |||||||
| 12. | "サムデイ" ("Someday"; vocal by Sawa) | 3:40 | |||||||
| 13. | "Satisfy" (vocal by Ayuko Tanaka) | 4:01 | |||||||
| 14. | "Someday" (vocal by Hanaeryca) | 3:39 | |||||||
| 15. | "ツイスター" ("Twister"; vocal by Mai Matsuda) | 3:38 | |||||||
| 16. | "Let's Get Together" | 0:17 | |||||||
| 17. | "Slash and Slash" (renamed "Slam Brothers" in the international game release) | 1:03 | |||||||
| 18. | "Amnesia" | 0:49 | |||||||
| 19. | "Rush Hour" | 0:34 | |||||||
| 20. | "imprinting" | 1:07 | |||||||
| 21. | "オワリハジマリ" ("Owari-Hajimari," Japanese for "Ending-Beginning"; vocal by Cameron Strother) | 2:17 | |||||||
| 22. | "psychedelic" | 2:24 | |||||||
| 23. | "Game Over" (vocal by Andy Kinlay) | 2:50 | |||||||
| 24. | "Dancer In The Street" | 0:34 | |||||||
| 25. | "ハイブリッド" ("Hybrid"; vocal by Nulie Nurly) | 3:05 | |||||||
| 26. | "Detonation" (vocal by Londell "Taz" Hicks) | 2:33 | |||||||
| 27. | "Black Market" | 0:33 | |||||||
| 28. | "Junk Garage" | 1:27 | |||||||
| 29. | "It Is Fashionable" | 0:34 | |||||||
| 30. | "Noisy Noise" | 2:14 | |||||||
| 31. | "Economical Shoppers" | 0:28 | |||||||
| 32. | "Shibuya" | 2:08 | |||||||
| 33. | "Make or Break" (vocal by Hanaeryca) | 4:08 | |||||||
| 34. | "Twister-Remix" (vocal by Mai Matsuda) | 4:32 | |||||||
| 35. | "Emptiness and" (unnamed bonus track; the title is taken from the game) | 3:03 | |||||||
| 36. | "Twister-Gang-Mix" (vocal by MJR; bonus track on the iTunes Store release) | 3:31 | |||||||
Square Enix, however, released the digital 6-track EP Subarashiki Konosekai + The World Ends with You (すばらしきこのせかい + The World Ends with You Subarashiki Kono Sekai + The World Ends with You, meaning "It's a Wonderful World + The World Ends with You") on June 25, 2008 through the Japanese iTunes Store. This release contains the four songs unique to the international version of the game, along with the English version of "Owari-Hajimari" and a remix of "Twister". A 19-track version of the album was given a physical CD and iTunes release on July 30, 2008.[49]
| Subarashiki Konosekai + The World Ends with You – EP | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Déjà Vu" (vocal by Joanna Koike) | 4:07 | |||||||
| 2. | "Three Minutes Clapping" (vocal by J.D. Camaro) | 3:10 | |||||||
| 3. | "The One Star" (vocal by Cameron Strother) | 3:26 | |||||||
| 4. | "Owari-Hajimari" (vocal by Cameron Strother) | 2:23 | |||||||
| 5. | "Transformation" (vocal by Andy Mitchell) | 3:21 | |||||||
| 6. | "Twister -The Twisters-" (vocal by MJR & Sawa) | 4:10 | |||||||
| Subarashiki Konosekai + The World Ends with You (album version) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Twister -Original ver-" (vocal by Sawa) | 2:14 | |||||||
| 2. | "Calling -1960s-" (vocal by Leah) | 4:04 | |||||||
| 3. | "Give Me All You Love -All my love-" (vocal by Wakako) | 4:19 | |||||||
| 4. | "Long Dream -1980s-" (vocal by Makiko Noda) | 3:37 | |||||||
| 5. | "サムデイ -Unplugged-" ("Someday"; vocal by Sawa) | 4:37 | |||||||
| 6. | "Make or Break -Black box-" (vocal by Hanaeryca) | 4:10 | |||||||
| 7. | "Game Over -Busy Dizzy and Lazy-" (vocal by Andy Kinlay) | 2:53 | |||||||
| 8. | "オーパーツ -Give me a chance-" ("Ooparts"; vocal by Ayuko Tanaka and Mai Matsuda) | 3:59 | |||||||
| 9. | "ハイブリッド -New born-" ("Hybrid"; vocal by Nulie Nurly) | 4:09 | |||||||
| 10. | "Twister -That Power is Yet Unknown-" (vocal by Sawa) | 3:56 | |||||||
| 11. | "Déjà vu" (vocal by Joanna Koike) | 4:10 | |||||||
| 12. | "Transformation" (vocal by Andy Mitchell) | 3:26 | |||||||
| 13. | "Three Minutes Clapping" (vocal by J.D. Camaro) | 3:15 | |||||||
| 14. | "Twister-Gang-Mix" (vocal by MJR) | 3:35 | |||||||
| 15. | "The One Star" (vocal by Cameron Strother) | 3:35 | |||||||
| 16. | "Owari-Hajimari" (vocal by Cameron Strother) | 3:30 | |||||||
| 17. | "Three Minutes Clapping -Live-" (vocal by J.D. Camaro) | 3:22 | |||||||
| 18. | "Transformation -Transformed-" (vocal by Andy Mitchell) | 3:45 | |||||||
| 19. | "Déjà vu -Discoteque-" (vocal by Joanna Koike) | 4:49 | |||||||
