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There have been a few Crash albums, mostly in Japan. Some contain high-quality in-game music, others contain songs about the bandicoot. None are particularly easy to find, and they're mostly not for sale in stores anymore.

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Crash Banjy-Kyusuu
A Japanese release that features the well known hit song from the Crash Dance in Japan, as seen in certain commercials. The song has 3 versions: the album version, the original karaoke version and the "Dance CM" version. There is also a 4th track which is a remix of the aforementioned song, making it sound like a mix of J-Pop and Rap.

 

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Crash Banjy-Kyusuu ~Carnival 2000 Mix~
Another Japanese release, related to Crash Bandicoot Carnival (Crash Bash in other continents). The album has a Samba-oriented mix of the song from the previous album and it comes in 4 different versions: normal, Rev Up Mix, Short Version and Karaoke.

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Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced OST
N-Tranced got a limited special edition in its release day that came inside a case (USA only). The case contained the game, an N-Tranced poster, a student's booklet (entitled Student Planner) and the N-Tranced Official SoundTrack, as shown above. It featured most of the in-game music in high-quality, though it had some Warped re-makes in the mixture (perhaps intended to be used in potentially deleted levels). Themes included: N-Tranced Main Theme, Warp Room, Arabia, Egypt, Volcano, Jungle, Motorcycle ("Warped") and Future ("Warped"/"The Huge Adventure or XS").

Crash Twinsanity OST
- By Spiralmouth
Though it never had a commercial release, the Official SoundTrack for Twinsanity is legally and freely available for download here (122.6 MB). It features all of the game music except for High Seas Hi-Jinks and the boss themes for N. Gin, Dingodile and Madame Amberly. It does, however, contain 4 bonus tracks to make up for it: an actual Ice Climb theme; an alternate version for Boiler Room Doom and Classroom Chaos; a laughless version of Academy of Evil.

All of the music is A Cappella, which means that no instruments other than the singers' voices were used. All files come in high-quality MP3 format (256 kbps, 44 khz). Performed by Spiralmouth, this a gorgeous soundtrack and an absolute must-have.

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Game Music Collection
The Crash Bandicoot song by SCSZIPS is featured on Sony Computer Entertainment Japan's "Game Music Collection", along with other memorable songs from PlayStation games.

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Crash Tag Team Racing Original Game Music Score
Released on the 6th of March 2007, the official soundtrack for CrashTTR is available for purchase on iTunes. You can purchase it here if you live in the USA. The soundtrack offers 15 songs from the game, namely the ones from the racing tracks (any others aren't included, sadly). Composed and performed by Marc Baril and, although not credited, Spiralmouth.

This soundtrack later became available at the Zune Marketplace, at a cost of 79 Microsoft Points per track (or 880 Microsoft Points for the entire soundtrack).

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Crash of the Titans Original Game Music Score
The second of Marc Baril's soundtracks was released on the 11th of November 2007. It contains 32 music tracks from Crash of the Titans, and can be purchased in iTunes or the Zune Marketplace (2291 Microsoft points for the entire soundtrack).