Professor Layton and The Diabolical Box - Audio

Audio

All the music featured in the game were released on an album titled Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako Original Soundtrack, in Japan only. The ending theme song "Iris", sung by Salyu, was omitted from the CD; the instrumental version of it heard in the international versions is also absent, as it hadn't created until the game was released in those countries.

Like the previous game, the music has European influences. Its instrumentation is rather influenced by Spanish music, like the recurring use of the accordion and violins. Just like the one of the previous game, the main theme is influenced by tango rhythms and melodies. Overall, the original sound track of the game is very melancholic and rather sad. Only the ending theme leaves space for some lighter mood even though it stays quite sad and ends with an open cadence, signifying that this is not yet the end of the story.

The album scored slightly better than the previous one. Squareenixmusic.com gave it a 7 out of 10, criticizing that "there are no masterpieces on this score, even though the variety and entertainment is much more enhanced ."

The music of the game was composed by Tomohito Nishiura.