How the song "Undertale" Hits Home
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2017
- A single instrument makes for the most memorable moment in Undertale. I take a look at the title track from Undertale and how it uses an acoustic guitar to achieve the game's goal.
UPDATE: I failed to recognise in this video that the acoustic guitar is not the ONLY live recorded in the entire soundtrack. There is a piano played in the track Last Goodbye. I don't think this detracts from my point too much, as it comes much later in the game (the end of a second play-through), isn't the focus of the track and there are already some rather realistic piano samples on the soundtrack so isn't used to the same effect.
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"An Examination of Leitmotifs and Their Use to Shape Narrative in UNDERTALE", by Jason Yu:
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"Undertale & the Power of the Predominant | Ongaku Concept: Video Game Music Theory"
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Thank you to Joshua Taipale for chatting with me about some of the theoretical things in the music.
Here is a link from Toby Fox's tumblr about the original, unused version of the track.
undertale.tumblr.com/post/1503...
Thank you to 8-Bit Music Theory for providing me with the transcriptions seen in this video.
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Thank you to Into The Score, for providing the footage from Final Fantasy VI. He will soon have a video up about the track "Terra" from FFVI!
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Thanks to Writing on Games for chatting and helping me put some thoughts together.
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All music in this video is from the game Undertale, composed by Toby Fox, unless otherwise stated below. In order of appearance:
Long Elevator
Undertale
Enemy Approaching
Shop
Chill
Memory
Hotel
Home
Once Upon a Time
Mother Earth - Mother - Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka
Fallen Down
Oh! One True Love
Aria Di Mezzo Carattere - Final Fantasy VI - Nobuo Uematsu
Snowy
Bergentrückung
Undertale (unused version) - Toby Fox
It's Raining Somewhere Else
You can buy Undertale's soundtrack straight from Toby Fox's bandcamp page:
tobyfox.bandcamp.com/album/un...
Games shown in this video, in order of appearance:
Undertale (2015)
Mother (1989)
Final Fantasy VI (1994)
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Also not to mention, the last line of New Home is "Aren't you happy? Aren't you excited? *you're* going to be free" they talk to you like you're one of them
Until now, I always assumed that they thought you were a monster too. For some reason. Oops.
@@npc_blob1609 The same thing happened to me :P
Also, hi, fellow DW member ;)
@@npc_blob1609 I think you're right in that regard. Otherwise I'm pretty sure they would attack you
I thought they were talking about death, you would die by Asgore’s hand. Which is freedom, as your soul gets freed from your body.
Why did you highlight *you're*
Undertale
0/10
Can't see the screen through my tears.
*that's your fault, isn't it?
Same. I actually had to pause while I was watching this video, because damn was I feeling overwhelmed when it was mentioned how it hit "Home". It... made my emotions overflow. This is what Undertale does to one.
@@Tiara1551 "despite everything, it's still you" Damn the tears were welling up
@Jake Bauman
That line. I don't think Toby thought about how quotable that line is when he was making it.
This is gay
The music sets up the shot, but Froggit saying "You're going to be free" always delivers the death blow for me. There's always just so much I feel in that moment.
yeah, the music can just stop at this moment as somebody mentioned
Than, genocide route tried to start.
*toriel remembered you of something
*you screw genocide
They think youre a monster, and that hits hard
"Aren't you happy? Aren't you excited? You're going to be free!"
@@dgavinin Exactly!
Those words-
I think I'll always remember them.
"the answer...is with an acoustic guitar..." *His Theme starts up.* *me through the tears*: yep...that'd do it
Yup
It's literally in the fucking title, idiot.
The theme is called Undertale.
@@powerfulberry237 are you okay dude? They aren't wrong, that part is just his theme with a guitar
@SleepyWolf Memory is the correct name of the leitmotif, "His Theme" is also a variation of Memory.
Especially walking by that damn mirror
You can tell Toby did a helluva job making an emotional game when the second that damned acoustic guitar started I started to cry
Blacklight Chicago damn, same
Same.
Yeah.
IKR? It’s like a Pavlovian response at this point.
I could write bibles worth of discussion over everything New Home made me feel and how it did it, I love this game
Two years later and the track "Undertale" still makes me emotional.
3 Years and still kills me
Yeh...
Don't worry. The emotion you feel for it will last for just FOREVER.
@@KaizerAeon551 That's accurate
@@zeuromaker9068 Deltarune has a pretty good soundtrack but after returning to the Undertale soundtrack and listening to this track, I still get emotional and sadly deltarune didn't get me nearly as emotional as Undertale. One if the greatest games of all time...
Toby fox is a Leitmotif _god?!_ I mean, he did do homestuck music
ofc, he got his leitmotif experience FROM homestuck
413th like babey!
probs
@@asocksual4910 612th :o)
I was 777, get owned nerd 😎
"It totally hits home" - was that a pun?
watch the editing
you get your answer
_SANS!_
yeah it's literally the last line, very intentional
It is.
And it's the best kind- because for some reason it feels sincere and heartwarming, rather than simply being light and silly.
Maybe it's the music.
*papyrus scream in horror in background *
When this game came out, everyone fell in love with the boss tracks. But I just couldn't love anything more than this track. It was what made me tear up and fall in love all over again with a game I already loved. It's buildup with the story behind it destroyed me.
Yeah..
Me too.
This is my favourite too. 2 and 3 are the boss themes of Finale and Hopes and Dreams.
This is, why I love undertale so much: the overall graphics are bad. Battles excluded as well as Facepictures.
But the music!
When it came on, I purged my whole save file out of remorse for Toriel.
The soundtrack is what gave this game such a big fanbase. It established an atmosphere very well and people became emotionally invested in the story, I think?
That bit at the end made me bawl my eyes out, I couldn't help it. That part is really what made the game for me. I mean, It wasn't really a game in the end then was it?
Niko
2 years... 2 years and I still turn into "Asriel Hyperdeath God" whenever I hear this theme. ( and by that I mean I squirm, growl and fail MISERABLY at concealing my emotions and admiration for the theme)
New Home made the game for me, even though I was already completely invested and immersed in it.
he forgot to talk about the flute part.
I failed to recognise in this video that the acoustic guitar is not the ONLY live recorded instrument on the entire soundtrack. There is a piano played in the track Last Goodbye. I don't think this detracts from my point too much, as it comes much later in the game (the end of a second play-through), isn't the central focus of the track and there are already some rather realistic piano samples on the soundtrack so isn't used to the same effect.
Isn't "She's Playing Piano" a live recording as well?
Also it's not a "single instrument" track as reported.
Piano is used alot lol
@@SamsUndertale Piano is a sampled instrument. Almost never recording "live", like out of actual acoustic piano.
If you listen to Megalovania, it _kind of_ sounds like Sans, or Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans, like a sped up version of it with a few notes here and there
Something I want to point out that also helps the somber music is that, if you have decided to play the game's pacifist run, throughout the game you are told that you have to kill Asgore, that there is simply no other way. So once you reach this point, you know what you must do and that you are nearing the end. However, the monsters in this section believe that you are willingly letting yourself die for their freedom when it's really the other way around; you are killing their leader, their only chance of survival, to have yours. It really does its job of preparing you for this boss fight along with giving you the right amount of background to understand the motives of the boss as well. All in all, this particular part of the game is certainly one of the best moments in the game, and one of my favorites in any game.
I was doing Neutral my first time (only killed Goat-mom :( ), and by the time I had finished this song, I was so ready to just die and be the 7th soul to set the monsters free.
That's what I love about the fight with Asgore. No one wants to kill the other, but both know that one has to die.
@@jemandetwas1 yeah, this game has teaching you, there is some fight that we cant avoid no matter what.
@@doxazo5512 Same here. I literally let myself die to him only to discover that that didn't unlock any additional ending. I kept trying a few times too, until I finally gave in and started attacking him to keep moving the story along.
One other noteworthy aspect of this song is that it ends up timing out about perfectly over the story of the monsters at various different reading speeds. There's only one break (the first section in the house); the 2nd section plays in full, but will just be satisfyingly wrapping up at the right time for almost every player.
It will be timed perfectly to the text on the screen... assuming the player moves forwards to read the next bit, whenever allowed, which if they're fully invested, they almost certainly will be.
To this day, I cannot listen to this OST without being invaded by those pesky feels, man.
It's sad it seems impossible to let ppl understand the beauty of Undertale without spoilers
Great Video Thanks!
Same with the longer tobyfox work, h-h wait, homestuck!
It this point we all have played it
Fun fact... I replayed Undertale shortly after my dog died and just started bawling at this scene even though I knew it was coming. This is my favorite part of the whole game.
I associate this song with my dog nowadays, but I've listened to it so much that it's lost its spark. I wish it wasn't like this.
And I can never relive that first time I experienced it.
I'm so glad that it's different for you, though, and I'm sorry for your loss 💜
The end of the pacifist ending credits has toby playing the piano himself, listen closely enough and you can hear slight breathing.
I remember hearing a 'sigh' at the end. I was freaked out because I didn't know Toby was playing live. Not until I found this video and ya'll correct the guy.
0:31 I legit did a double take when I heard that. I'm so connected to Undertale... It's the only game that has made me legitimately cry. I haven't ever cried like I did at the very end of the Pacifist run, and I don't think I ever will again. This is a game that I'll show my kids. I already know that, and I'm only 15. I remember the time I tried a genocide run. I had to intentionally break my immersion and tell myself that it's just a game to attack Toriel. Even with that, I still couldn't bring myself to finish it. I couldn't bring myself to kill the final boss. I actually couldn't press the button. That's how strongly I feel for these characters.
I still love this game even 6 years later. Toby Fox really knows how to get people attached to these characters.
What an interesting idea you touched upon; though I'm familiar with leitmotifs I have never thought to strip a soundtrack down to find the tracks that DON'T contain any recurring themes or consider why this might be!
I am SO glad I found your channel :)
Fantastic work yet again!
Yeah, I actually talked about that in my video about You're Not Alone from FFIX too. Leitmotifs are really cool, but sometimes it's even cooler when it's a totally brand new melody.
I just finished watching that one (such a wonderful track); Final Fantasy seems to utilise leitmotifs a lot... A LOT a lot, which is kind of insane considering how huge and sprawling the soundtracks often are.
I'll try isolating tracks with my favourite scores, I think!
Looks like "Wrong Enemy !?" is the only major song that's disconnected from the rest--which makes sense, given that it's an easter egg about a character supposedly from somewhere very far away.
also MEGALOVANIA
Man, this video brought back some emotions.
camycamera same. Some manly tears ran down my face. Lol. But srly this game is the best❤✨
Music in undertale is supposed to remind you of things you have done before. Such as in the fight with Undyne. We can hear the ruins theme in Spear of Justice. That is the place where Toriel tells us “Fight or run away!” Which is exactly what you need to do with undyne. Run.
Hearing Bonetrousle when battling Papyrus reminds us of when we first met him with Nyeh Heh Heh
But themes like Megalovania have no leitmotif because they have nothing to go off of. You never fight Sans before the judgment hall. It plays a completely new theme because it’s a completely new event that happens. Though STMPWYFS and Megalovania share a drum beat.
They are also have the same bpm!
Amazing how a simple five-pitch melody can be so powerful. His Theme is phenomenal in that regard
What a great video, i'm lost for words, wow
Excellent stuff as always. One of my favourite game soundtracks - and now I have some understanding why.
+GAMESD One of mine too, for so many reasons. Definitely more than one video can cover.
I did - th-cam.com/video/LkUW5g7_7uM/w-d-xo.html
GAMESD go play final fantasy, xeno blade, and kingdom hearts to hear godly music ma boi
@@firstnamelastname4808 you spelled Underhero, Super Paper Mario, Little Big Planet 2 and Earthbound wrong
Wasn't a fan of Undertale itself but when the title song kicked in I couldn't help but get a little bit emotional, it hit so hard. You nailed exactly why that was. Good shit man. But also stop releasing videos when I get into bed it's not fair.
no
Me too. I've always loved the soundtrack even though the game wasn't really my thing.
HeartBeast How can one have good yet shit taste?
If it wasn't for the music, I would not have given the game a chance to tell me its "Undertale"...
never played undertale and i ugly face cried a bit whenever the song came up. nearing the end when the mirror 'said' "despite everything, it's still you" i sobbed soooo much omg
Does Toby Fox say the piano at the end of Good Night in the OST was played by him directly?
This was an amazing video, very interesting!! As a music student I find this sort of stuff fascinating.
It was Last Goodbye, actually. You can even hear him sigh right at the end.
I'm glad someone who is actually qualified to talk about music finds it interesting. Thanks. :)
Game Score Fanfare haha I'm not qualified yet, still learning, but this makes learning more applicable and interesting, and you did a great job :)
Game Score Fanfare You're not qualified?! That's a laugh. :P You pick up on all this music stuff way better than actual music students like myself. You're more than qualified dude. :)
Oh, hey, I recognize you from MoTI's undertale the musical, thats pretty cool
“Oh My…” has the intro of “Death by Glamour”
“Small Shock” uses samples from “Undertale”
“Barrier” has the breathing sounds from “Amalgam”
Part of “Megalovania” is used in the Papyrus/Sans part of “Bring it in, Guys!”
The piano part in “Last Goodbye” was played live by Toby Fox
A thing worth noting: you listed 'barrier' as a song without a leitmotif, but, while I'm not precisely sure which one it is, Barrier is actually a super slow echoey version of another Leitmotif as well. So even then you could not escape from that! :P In fact, I would be entirely unsuprised if other ambient tracks were like that too.
Furthermore, that theory of the music of the New Home being that of the monster's emotions, possibly remains true even during a Geno run. After all, a very popular theory about Megalovania is that it is the *protagonist's* boss theme...
True! "Barrier" is a stripped down, slowed down version of "Amalgam" or the other way around, Amalgam contains the barrier-sounds, connecting Alphys' experiments with the wish to gain freedom by breaking the barrier.
.... What's the Leitmotif in heartache though o0 (and pls feel free to add one or two other tracks sharing it, since I am incapable of hearing Leitmotifs unless they are shoved to mi face!!!
@@TheSchokodragon Not really no.
Both Amalgam and Barrier use the Giygas breathing sound sample from Earthbound.
@@astrisperspecto4130 Heartache is used again in ASGORE.
@@DarkHeroAkutare thank you :)
I haven't even entered high school, but I could feel their emotions, People might say that you're weak for crying over fake, pixelated characters, but when they need that empathy, and you give it to them, it's the most wonderful feeling, helping others by feeling their pain for them, so they don't have to suffer. And music carries that beautifully.
Edit: I have been in high school for a short while and have returned to this video. My perspective has changed slightly. Yes, carry their burdens, but teach people how to hold them on their own. Be there for people, don't just help them and move on. Be a pillar, a pillar for everyone else. Support others, and hope someone out there will also support you.
Im late but well said
(undertale spoiler warning, for those who still care) I think a big part of how the tragety of undertale's ultimate ending is so effective ties into how 'his theme' is used as the leitmotif in those comforting, safe places, yet the subject of the song is ultimately unable to be safe, putting the players previous associations with the song in conflict with the final, tragic impossibility.
exactly, it’s such a lighthearted song until you realize it symbolizes a character and a story that is so tragic. a little kid who was too kind to harm anyone, and paid for it with his life, taking hope away from the entire kingdom.
Fun fact: Undertale is a bedtime story, the soundtracks start with "Once Upon a Time"
And end with "Goodnight!".
That sound really stupid, having account that the one before Good night is Megalovania
"And then, the fallen child killed the skeleton, the king, the flower, and destroyed the world. The end"
@@andygiraldo7898 I don't mean literally but that the soundtrack makes it seem like one.
And _Undertale_ sounds like _Home_ , which plays in the beginning of the game, against an exact copy of New Home, with Toriel, and then it's greyscale, and...
You say that the player's emotions at endgame might be sad and heavy, given that you're about to face the final boss, but...
All you learn through the entire game up to that point is that by using your heart and showing love to these strangers, even in really dreadful times, you can make everything okay again.
The heaviness of the monsters' story and my own presence as the last key _did_ create tension, but if anything, i really did feel that Determination of hope and love, only wanting to make everything right and everyone okay for what would (supposedly) be the penultimate time. I didn't feel like I was walking off to go die, I felt like I had something to offer that could heal everything as it always had throughout the game... and it did. As you learn Asriel's story, your heartache to make everything better only increases and becomes more urgent. And "Undertale" encapsulated that perfectly.
I couldn't possibly have said it better. 💜
That’s why the game is sooo good. Everything is leading up to one of the most epic- and sad ending.
It's weird. I have never played through an RPG besides Undertale and now it's barely 2 and a half years which can be seen as pretty young still. So why is it that this game just makes me feel so nostalgic? Or gives me this wholesome feeling that nothing in my life has never done before? Even looking back at games that I played as a very young child, I don't have the same feeling from as Undertale. The music, the characters, story, jokes, atmosphere, memories, just all of it. It all accumulates into something that I can't explain but it's a sort of comfort that I could never get anywhere else. I can't explain it, but this game does something to me.
For a game so easily spoiled on accident, you have done a fantastic job of hiding the spoilers inherent to this game while still ensuring your point is made. Well done. :)
Every time you come out with one of these videos about a game I've never played, or heard if before, at the end I always say to myself "I want to have that experience too!"
My plan to bankrupt you is in full swing. 😉
Me with every video essayists.
Toby Fox: *Inhales*
TH-cam commenters: HMMM 🤔
Toby Fox: Exhales
TH-cam commenters: OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!1
*Exhales
@@izrrr4785 OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!1
Theorists:what could it mean
So true
‘His theme’ is my favourite part of undertales score, along with hopes and dreams. It brings me chills and just a massive feeling of nostalgia.
"You're a dead man walking"
*Heathers trash activates*
Pinksie Heartwishes Y o U N e E D A J e L l O S h O t
As usual, a fantastic video from you. I noticed especially with this one that you balanced music theory jargon and making a real point. Love giving purpose to that kind of information. I see how this video is blowin up. Proud of you brotha.
Once upon a time there were two races, humans and monsters, one day... THEY ALL DISAPPEARED
Here's a touching story... THE END
WITHOUT A TRACE.
The switch is currently turned OFF
How dare you season blue
goat boi wanted to make a world, but alas he had no imagination
I'm by no means a music expert, which might be why I was never sure why Undertale was my favorite song in the entire game. Now with all of the subtleties revealed it makes mroe sense to me. It always felt like the pinnacle of expressing what the game was supposed to be about to me and I guess thats because when you read into it, thats exactly what it is.
Undertale was one of my biggest inspirations. This sequence is the one thing that holds me back. It's so beautiful, and I feel like the simplicity in the story thus far makes it really emotional. I feel like I can't do that. In the game I'm currently working on, there are multiple party members, so a scene like this is impossible. Despite this, I remain hopeful that I can make something worthwhile. "I don't think I can ever make you feel 'that way' again. However, it's possible I can make something else" - Toby Fox, 2018
Ya know, a lot of people say that the final scene of the game would be less awesome or cliche without the music when talking about the worst parts of Undertale. And I agree with those people. The whole game would be so dumb looking without the soundtrack. Like, seriously, if you have the game at home, or you can watch a play through, just turn off the sound, and you have a stupid indie game with weird characters. Therefore, playing Undertale without the soundtrack is like playing only half the game. As when listening to the soundtrack alone, you may feel the intensity of a fight when playing the game or the comfort of home, but what if you've never played the game before? They are still great songs, but only that, nothing more. You loose the nostalgia, the feelings behind it.
After that wall of text, I give you, The Conclusion. The soundtrack of Undertale is just as conveying as to what you see as what is on the screen, and, vice versa, the context/story is just as conveying of emotions as the soundtrack.
One cannot be without the other.
This has long been my favourite track from Undertale's soundtrack, largely for the reasons you stated. Your analysis makes me appreciate it even further.
Oh hey, fancy seeing you here.
Then my job here is done! Thank you!
I think the song “undertale” really evokes a sort of bittersweet feeling, and that’s why it’s such a great song
Melancholy
I don't disagree with your theory, but even without the context of when Undertale plays, it still gives me just an overwhelming sense of crying. For me, I feel, when the track begins and you see the area, it brings you back to the start. Not only the beginning of the game, but the beginning of you. Your childhood memories, everything that has led up to this moment, it all just comes flooding back. As if you've gone back home.
Now excuse me while I go dry my face.
his theme always makes me think about memories and I get a bit sad sometimes
I listened to the music long before I played the game. I fell in love with the piano version of hopes and dreams.
See, with most other games, I'd say "Yeah, no way, you're reading too deep"
But I believe in Undertale, steller game.
I remember getting to this part of the game and how I just started to cry... I would even tell myself to get myself together but the tune really managed to hit me. Even when the song started on your video I felt a knock in my chest. You did a great job analyzing this piece, and it's an interesting topic. Hadn't really thought about why it hit me the way it did until now. Thank you very much for this piece, I can't wait to see more from you!
In the meantime, I'm gonna go give that song another listen...
The fact that the first “enemy” you encounter is froggit, then froggit is the one that says “You’re going to be free” at the end of new home was always the most emotional part for me.
"Only live recording of an instrument on Undertale's soundtrack"
Last Goodbye is offended
He didn't know until y'all told him.
YES!! I remember the first time I got through this scene, and I was so shaken by how emotional the whole scene had made me feel, I knew the music had played a HUGE role on that and I'm glad I finally understand why!! Thank you for making this video! Undertale truly has one of the best music AND music design I've seen, perhaps ever, in any kind of media!
Undertale has made me feel comforted, happy, sad and honestly it brings me so much comfort and joy.
i have so much love for this video, your content and you, but i just have to express this (out of all the things):
whenever the song "undertale" plays i get filled with such strong different emotions that i'm just so close to crying. and like everytime the video came back to that, it happened.
but what made it even more strong, was your thoughts and words about it. they really struck through so greatly, and you really pointed out great things i really agree with about undertale's soundtrack, music, games and emotion in general.
that really is something special with you and your content, you articulate such strong and good ideas about so much, not only music. what i am trying to say is, i am just so wowed and awed and inspired by all that you say, all that is you that you share! and thank you so much for that.
it inspires me to continue to learn and create, and to reach a future where i can create good things that might invoke feelings such as this with others. and, it inspires me to continue on thinking, and creating, and just.. continueing on really. for it is hard to feel emotion a lot, even more so positive emotion, with the states of things. so thank you for being such a great force in making me want to continue.
I love this so much. You really get what I'm trying to do with these videos. You've made my day with this comment, thank you. :)
'Undertale' the theme always makes me feel nostalgic and safe... like it's an old friend, giving me a hug. It's childhood memories of crying over the ending to Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and a sense of belonging all wrapped into the knowledge that this brief moment in time can't last forever.
In short, it's some seriously powerful stuff that Toby Fox has managed to condense into OST form. And that fucking guitar is right at the center of it.
You earned yourself a subscriber for making the video I've been needing for two years
undertale in general was a powerful game for me when it came out. i can remember playing through the pacifist run four different times and crying every single one. i still cant bring myself to go full genocide and have yet to go back to play completely through undertale again, but i have always gone back to the music in the game and i have continued to love undertale. its an amazing song and thank you so much for doing this video
Every time I hear undertale, I start tearing up and cant help it
you know when song hits you and you start to cry because of the song itself its a master piece in its own rights
Haven't played it, but I totally get the idea of empathy evoked by such intimate instruments, like acoustic guitar. The only recent parallel I can draw is with Life is Strange. When Max was at home, or better, when she put up headphones with acoustic song playing, during walk through a school, you felt like you are with character. Thanks for a video. Great stuff! :)
One of my absolute favourite parts of Life Is Strange was Max laying on her bed listening to Lua by Bright Eyes. I let the whole song play out.
I also get a sense of unity from "UNDERTALE"... Especially in orchestrated covers of in this song, you really get the feeling that "Everyone's *HOPES* , and Everyone's *DREAMS* , are about to become a reality, and reading as the monsters tell you their story as you wander though "NEW HOME" just drives the emotions and understanding of others that is unique to sympathy *HOME* . All in all Toby Fox's Video Game Official Soundtrack "UNDERTALE: OST", is a masterclass in how to write great Video Game music for a retro styled game.
I don't think any moment I've had playing a video game has ever quite compared to hearing the first bars of this song and seeing the first monster appear to tell me their story. Chills, every goddamn time.
The mirror at the start of the game: "It's you!"
The mirror at the very end: "Despite everything, it's still you."
Just this little detail is enough to make me bawl my eyes out, specially knowing what happens in a different timeline.
fantastic video, you've earned one subscriber more. keep it up!
cheers!
the moment the song played, the tears just wouldn't stop
im so happy u made a video on this. this had always been my fav track in the soundtrack. everything you said in the video u said perfectly puts it all into words. ur amazing.
3 years later and I'm still listening to the Undertale-songs and still getting emotional, that's how much of an impact they've had on me.
great video man hope you will make more
now if you mind ill cry now
+Otaku Doctor it's alright, get it all out.
when undertale came out i was 11 and was in love with the game, now im 17 and im in love with deltarune, im just so fucking glad that i got to know these games and these characters
i still listen to the soundtrack a lot because it just feels like home and family to me
i played undertale a lot of times and i just couldn't bring myself to do a genocide run even once till this day, its just amazing how toby fox created these characters
even side characters are totally memorizable
undertale is flawless
I love the perspectives explored in this. Great job.
it takes genius to strip a soundtrack down and analyse each part of it and its effect. you deserve more recognition.
It hits New Home, amirite?
You're right lad
This vid is very greatly made and this is now one of my most appreciated vids of all time
this was actually an incredibly riveting discussion about one of my favorite tracks in the game. i didn't skip ahead at any point in time, which i've done on literally every other video i've watched.
good job.
You mentioned Mother, something to add to that is Toby's work could be seen in the 20 tracks of an Earthbound Fan Album back in 2012 called "I Miss You" which actually is used in Undertale. I realized it when I heard Toriel's song and knew I heard it before. It was from Fallen Down in the album.
Randomly stumbled across your channel and immediately fell in love with it! Love VGM analysis videos and you do such an amazing job describing and explaining your theories
I’ve watched this video like, 3 times over a span of a few months and it’s still sooooo good. Good work, my dude!
I'm rally thankful you took my suggestion into account and actually put a substantial amount of time into making a brilliant video about the brilliant and one of my absolute favourite games, Undertale.
Cheers mate and keep up the good work. ;)
7:20 that is actually false, the credits song uses recording of toby fox on a real piano
Even now, hearing Undertale, His Theme, and Home gets me emotional
Damnit. I have teared enough through the song as it is. I didn't need an amazing analysis of the song to make me cry even more for it. Thanks.
you studied this so nicely!! It's so appreciated
I honestly felt that the song he had originally planned sounded extremely serious, but more suspenseful than sad. I like the newer one better, but at the same time, I can't bring myself to pick out sorrow from the original track.
10:04 at this part of the game i was almost crying
I'm a year and change late to this video but this one alone sold me on your channel. Undertale's music is something that people -sort of- talk about as good, maybe leitmotifs get mentioned, but generally nothing this in-depth. This breakdown puts into words a bunch of things I've felt about this game since the first time I played it, and you did an incredible job explaining just what it is about this track in particular that's so compelling.
Thank you so much Mathew, you made me cry. Thank you.
I never thought that the musical with Mettaton was a reference to FFVI I'm shook
and that is why I cry every time
So glad I found this Channel! Great content, * goes of to watch all the videos * can't wait to se more!
Excellent analysis, I learned so much about my favorite song from my favorite game and just what makes it so powerful. Thank you!
I'm so glad I could do that for you!
This game will forever be in my heart and soul. It's such a lovely story, I could do the pacifist route over and over and I'll still love the characters and little secrets.
I'll hold this game in my soul for as long as I live.
Finally, this song gets the "Rrrecognition!" it deserves. It's my favorite song on the soundtrack
Thank you very much for helping me with my future games, your analysis of games is rlly useful.
Incredible stuff. Glad to find another video game music theory channel! Will be watching more
2:39 Actually Barrier uses the same breathing sounds as in Amalgam.
7:22 The piano part in Last Goodbye is actually played by Toby himself live.
you're getting me through the second week of college #blessed
i love undertale as a game. everything was executed well and the emotional build up was perfectly timed. i also love the long elevator and the long silent that the player has to go through, just to clear their minds before getting hit by the "undertale" soundtrack. it's a good detail, to be honest.
but this video put it to words, and i'm really grateful for that.
I started crying as soon as the first few notes of the song played.
And I cried throughout the whole video.
Very well done.