Opera singer breaks down “Fallen down (reprise)” from Undertale

[@MarcoMeatball]

Happily revisiting Undertale music

[@Keaton_Ambrose]

Happy to see you revisiting it!! The fangame Undertale Yellow has gotten me back into Undertale lately, it's SO good a full length game that took 7 years for the devs to complete, and the OST is incredible! Thanks for reviewing Fallen down :)

[@uvejota5451]

It was nice to revisit it with you watching the video, thanks

[@donttouchmeimsterile2351]

If you like Undertale's music then you'll definitely appreciate some of Homestuck's soundtrack as it was also created by Toby Fox! (Edit: He created the music, not Homestuck itself 😅)

[@KH0RNE]

I loved the parts where you vocalized the melodies of fallen down. You've still got opera singing down, as far as I can tell.

[@merlok1058]

hey Marco think you could check out tsb ult music feel like you would have fun picking at them

[@Marco_AFC4325]

When I see you listening to undertale's soundtracks the only thing that comes to my mind is "Man, he's just like Asgore", you have fun in a beautiful way.

[@richardmaia8732]

LMAO

[@Lugmillord]

oh my God, yes, that fits perfect. Well, I hope Marco doesn't have child corpses in his basement.

[@Yrrow]

One of my favorite tracks as well. I see the two background choir voices as male (Asgore) and female (Toriel), because their stories are connected to the humans who have fallen down. The music, just like their stories are suffocating melancholy that turns into hope and joy.

[@musicdude5738]

I showed Fallen Down to my piano professor once. Having never even heard of Undertale before, he compared the song to a carousel that used to be loved but is now old and broken

[@sheerviolence]

That is a very fitting description

[@Aki_279]

@@sheerviolence fr

[@TheRatInTheFloors]

i heard this song not long after a close family member passed away. I was in highschool at the time and undertale was just becoming big, I broke down and couldnt even stand without help because the emotions i felt were so strong from this. Its truly the best song in the OST in my opinion and a top 5 in all video game music for me personally

[@WebofHope]

I love chiptunes in general, but especially in modern music it's only used by conscious choice. It has its own function as an instrument that COULD be replaced by more 'traditional' instruments, but doesn't NEED to be. it holds its own thematic and emotional merits, moreso now that it isn't the only way to have music in games

[@Pufftarot]

Will you do vocal covers of songs at some point? Hearing your singing over Fallen Down just makes me want a full version honestly, your voice is beautiful.

[@Cepper1232]

I would really love to see you react to the Undertale Musical made by the Man on the Internet Crew. They made such a fantastic job in it and gave every Soundtrack a better understanding in their context. They made me cry enough to say that they made it beautiful

[@MarcoMeatball]

I know it’s good but I don’t do covers for a multitude of reasons

[@Cepper1232]

@@MarcoMeatball :D that's alright. Thank you for answering to my comment. I really appreciate your content a lot.

[@DanjinWW]

“However-“ BARK “That dog needs to stop.” LMAO 😂

[@silverxbanshee]

Marco! I'd love to see your reaction to some of the Madoka Magica OST!! it has some incredible tracks and i'd love to see what you think and/or feel when listening to some of the songs! i feel like you'd be fantastic at analysing the songs

[@IndustrialQueue]

Thanks for choosing to share the joy you find in this music. I needed this today. Thank you.

[@MarcoMeatball]

My pleasure!

[@wildfire6551]

Despite everything, it's still you...

[@Goodbyr]

Yaaaaaadadadadaaadaaaa i love that so much

[@dogepowercz9459]

Definitely one of my favourite tracks too. Hearing this kind of an emotional "recap" as you reunite with everyone again is absolutely perfect ❤

[@ProphecyHero]

"That dog needs to stop" could totally apply to Undertale too. *Glares at the Annoying Dog*

[@ranid0072]

*Toby appears * Who called me ?!

[@vevesumi]

i agree its such a great song. you feel like your journey is at an end. your friends are here. your filled with love.

[@maxan1324]

Another Undertale music breakdown by Marco! Let's go!!!

[@Ohmargod]

Fallen down reprise is my favorite song from the soundtrack. I learned to play it on piano (I can't play piano) just because it touches something in me that almost no song does.

[@kokodi01]

*Hearing this wonderful melody fills you with Determination!

[@AkairoKame]

Fun Fact: the section starting at 2:05 is actually referencing Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X

[@AE-lh6mo]

Something that i really love about the first half of this song is that we are introduced to four voices. The voices that, to me, represent the four primary characters in the story. Chara, Asriel, Toriel, and Asgore. It opens with the two voices dancing alongside one another, representing the two children. Both mirror eachother like siblings. Then, the two deeper voices come in representing the parents. Each pair is similar yet distinct, creating some mild tension and representing how we have these interconnected characters each causing change in ways that reflect their personalities. Then, with the reprise, i feel we get to hear a plethora of different voices that begin to represent the characters that get swept up in this story.

[@SCC-cy2ur]

I love your interpretation of this track, I think it's exactly the same.

[@shhteve]

Undertale music is always worth a revisit

[@ybk8bit995]

As a man that is suposedly musicaly inclined, I have not used it other than to enjoy music. But near the beginning an instrument leaves song for a little bit making it tell me a story of how you feel alone in the world then when he brings it to the 27 sec mark the "singing" part almost feels like a mother singing to her child informing you its okay and not to cry. Then near the end the song obviously gets more up beat. Idk if you cared but thats my take.

[@bear_trap107]

I love the waltz section of the song cause thats essentially what it is

[@Chara-yp6zj]

I happened to be rewatching the music letsplay yesterday. Lovely coincidence of an upload!

[@Quantum39Prime]

I want to hear you singing more, with the songs of the games Marco! is sooo beautiful, i love it! I deman it!! xD Do ot!! also, another song you might like, since is also has some heartearming, and calming theme, is Stardew Valley! :D

[@usualkhaos2576]

I have to agree with you, one of the most underrated songs in the game. The way it exudes that feeling of comfort in the moment of reuniting!

[@sirbobulous]

The chiptune vs orchestration thing is, I think, about approachability. An orchestra is dozens or more people all working on...well...concert...with each other. It's big and organised and special. But it's far from intimate with the amount of work that goes into just making it happen. A chiptune feels more intimate because it *feels* like there's less involved. It *could* be one person with a sound device making it all. It's stripped back, smaller and does not feel like a giant organisation was involved in making it. And thus more personal and achievable.

[@mannyfur6756]

Undertale is and will always be a gem. Such as you, Marco. 👍🏻

[@IvoryMadness.]

This was the first (and only) piece I learned to play in the piano! I mean... "learn to play" is a strong word, as I just pressed the notes in the correct sequence, but nonetheless, it was a nice experience!

[@joshuabowman4702]

That moment when you fall down (reprised).

[@catkillsagain105]

Oh my gosh, I was literally rewatching the Undertale playthrough last week! I actually kept coming back to the last episode afterwards because I loved seeing Marco's great and lovely reaction to this song, it's so heartwarming. Thank you for making this video

[@evanrichardson1655]

I am of the opinion that music when played in a different key has a different emotional effect. Hearing and playing Undertale and Deltarune for the first time and listening to their soundtracks, I was stunned by the...de-tuning of a lot of these tracks. It opened up a whole world for me and I can't get enough of it.

[@jonasquinn7977]

Something about Undertale’s music is so good at evoking nostalgia

[@Nexusslime]

don't pause at 5:47 i've warned you.....

[@unnamedx2]

I think the reason the chiptune works so well in this is it's simplicity reminding us of a simpler time in our childhoods, and that serves to elevate this simple but effective track into something much mure resonant than real instruments would be in this case

[@Hayantix]

Undertales OST is seriously some of the most beautiful, & impressive music that has ever been released for a video game. Especially impressive since this is an indie game, yet its music is on par with the finest in all of gaming

[@The_Renegade939]

I hope at some point you could consider visiting Undertale Yellows OST, it’s a fan game that’s quite literally a full game. (And it’s free) it’s a take on a prequel for Undertales story with a bunch of charming new characters that are almost on par with the Undertale cast. Also wanna mention the game took 7 years to be developed! “A mother’s love” has a permanent place on my playlist!

[@The_Renegade939]

Also a side note, most Undertale fans love the games story so much that they WANT it to be official cannon.

[@xen5558]

somehow i loved it more than the original game lmao, despite all it's issues.

[@faeyzaihsanulfikri9975]

I hope he does waiting to see what he thinks of mothers love and undertale yellow the soundtrack one

[@Kuragi_Kriada]

Toby Fox, like every musician who worked on Homestuck, is very very talented. If I may implore you, please listen to "Three in the Morning" by Clark Powell or "END of Friendvangelion" by James Roach.

[@monywehat]

i just would like marco to experience the full cascade suite (cascade / flare / savior of the dreaming dead / black hole, green sun). toby was responsible for editing it all i think, and tensei, clark powell and malcom brown did the tracks.

[@KH0RNE]

Marcomeatball, so far ive been lovign your insights and reactions to all the songs that you've listened to, and now i have the courage to give my own request. The guilty gear strive community recently got a new character, A.B.A, with an amazing theme called "symphony". I think youd love it, considering your reaction to all the other character's themes. Im begging you man. Would love some more guilty gear strive content. Dont have to, but please.

[@cosgrovev2794]

Bro got the asgore beard

[@AkaiAzul]

What I love about the majority of Undertale's OST is using simplicity to the maximum. The chiptune makes it emphasize of the core melody and carries the emotional weight through.

[@phustus7398]

So Undertale Yellow When? haha

[@ranid0072]

To be fair - its mostly remixes of original OST. Good ones, for sure.

[@Devson452]

@@ranid0072no it’s not? There’s 2 remix’s of the main themes in the entire game and they’re at the start of the game and the bad ending of the end of the game.

[@johnnychopsocky]

Through it all, many years later, the Undertale song I keep coming back to over and over more than any others is still 'Undertale'. It feels like a story being told to you at a campfire,a story of hope and desolation, of determination and woe. Just a beautiful, beautiful song.

[@oddfoxAki]

I think this is one of my very much loved songs in the Undertale soundtrack, there is something so... warm about it.

[@micahm2102]

Next check out undertale yellow’s OST!

[@mr.unicum]

My favourite from Undertale by far

[@stanisrafu5819]

React to Efisio Cross - If you fall i will carry you, if you haven't already, pretty, pretty pls. It's an equivalent of High -quality classical music and works so good in tandem with European -fantasy art of WLOP.

[@TomatoSauceGaming626]

The second half of the song almost sounds like you're swinging someone around with a hug

[@titoofficial7398]

My congrats go to you, i've always loved watching your underatle music analyses, you are the only one so far who truly understood toby fox's music the right way, complimenti Marco 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@adamosmani2845]

Always love an analysis of Undertale's OST, Toby Fox really has a way of setting tone and empowering story through music. Honestly one of the composers that has inspired me the most to learn music and composition. If you love Undertale I can't recommend OMORI enough, I think you will find a lot to love in the game's music and story, despite its heavy tone.

[@korean_batman_gg9137]

Remember: "After everything, it's still you."

[@dolanalod]

This moment will always hit me in my heart. I've been a (mental health) social worker and used this sentence a few times. People get very emotional reactions to it.

[@KoreanSpy1997]

On a sidenote, I'd love to watch him react to Undertale Yellow osts.

[@getrektnoob777]

Any time I listen to this song I just get a feeling that no matter how bad things get, everything will all be okay in the end

[@deathmetaldahlia]

I'm so glad that Undertale has stuck with you in the best of ways

[@rotomer7]

5:30 that was nice, it's like having that one uncle that's content and happy.😊

[@nosignal2240]

This song perfectly captures a one word that only exists in my native language, "saudade". Saudade is a complicated feeling, a mix of nostalgia and melancholy, a longing for a time long past, and a flood of warm memories from that era of your life.

[@logikkdoesmusic]

I freaking Love undertale… could you do the ARK OST? Gareth Coker’s style really is special and is pretty well known. Would be awesome to see your opinions, especially since you know about ARK.

[@NotSeregnar]

This is one of those songs that would often pop into my head towards the end of a busy shift at work. I'd have to be careful though, because just imagining that warmth at the beginning would sometimes be enough to make me choke up a bit.

[@jamieholland3380]

Marco, I would love for you to react to the Wild Hearts Main Menu music. The composer is the same guy in charge of FFXIII’s soundtrack.

[@Guirko]

Hey Marco! Have you ever played Returnal or listened to the Returnal OST? It's an awesome sci-fi game that takes inspiration from Lovecraft and Ridley Scott's Alien, and the soundtrack is haunting! Do give it a listen if you're interested 😊

[@JudgeofHeck]

Marco, you should check out keygen church new songs, like "La chiave del mio amor"

[@chanceclever3043]

Yo, Marco! I know this is from a long standing IP but it is a game none the less! The ost from Transformers fall of cybertron is truly epic and its composed by Troels Folmann! One of my personal favorite tracks is "Break Free" which is the theme of when Grimlock escapes captivity and goes on a rampage!

[@Missdreavus1]

What the dog doin- But yeah it's funny you posted this, I was just revisiting your playthrough the other day.

[@DoomsdayDuck_]

Interestingly enough, this song always felt sad for me. An intense feeling of longing and wistfulness fills the song. But the last few seconds of the song, where it resolves, paints a different story, as if reminiscing about a time with a long-gone friend, right before they appear in front of you, reuniting at last.

[@zomon3413]

This is my favourite song on the Undertale soundtrack, I'm glad youre explaining why it's so beautiful

[@biiill5259]

Toby fox is honestly one of the greatest musicians and storytellers of our time. Capturing pure emotion in song. And not just simple emotions like fear or happiness any decent musician can do that. but those complex intimate ones. love, nostalgia, melancholy, childhood friendship, safety, longing, playfulness. Feelings you can’t ever explain with words but Toby knows. He feels and through his music he lets us feel them too. I’ve always described undertale as the memory of a childhood adventure we had in a different life. Brand new places, new friends, a place to save and an innocence that nobody has to get hurt and everything can be alright if we just keep going. And listening to the music now as we get older feels like meeting all those friends we made on that adventure again. After life beat us down. Responsibility and drama and stress. We have these friends who we never knew but also know like family coming and making it all alright again. Reminiscing about the time the fish lady chased us with a spear or when the crazy robot made us do one of those cooking shows our parents watched. And of course the pie our mother baked when we got back from our crazy antics.

[@pokemongamer6021]

Ahh undertale.... truly a great game.... the music top notch and emotional.... Can you react to minecraft music Sweden and Mice on Venus its got a lot of nostalgic, emotional aspects that may not be present to first time listeners but to veterans it invokes a raw emotion of the good old days (plus minecraft is a really good game with tons of unique and awesome music) Shoutout to C418

[@cerulee]

Funny how there was an annoying dog in your Undertale video 😄

[@daresouma9616]

Hey MarcoMeatball, I just discovered your channel and I'm really liking your aproach and how you analyze the music and OSTs of videogames. I've beem glancing at the videos you've uploaded and there are a lot that I'm liking and I'm going to be watching them little by little. But what surprised me is that despite you having some Mass Effect and even some less known video games, you haven't done anything on Dragon Age, Ratchet & Clank or Kingdom Hearts, which at least I personally think it's a shame as I think they are ones of the best games even more on an OST and music perspective, and I think a lot of people would like to hear from you about them, and I would definetively love it xD. And if you haven't played them, absolute recommendation. But well, if for whatever reason you aren't interested, it is what it is. Still think your analysis are awesome, keep up the good work, really love how you appreciate the feelings ant intentions behind the music, as the happines and reunion you see here in "Fallen Down". And well, that's kinda it, hope you have a nice day.

[@triangel1401]

@MarcoMeatball Who is editing your videos?

[@attacknshine]

When that flute hits suddenly I'm a child all over again, there is nothing to worry just happiness

[@cyberspacecat]

Something about Undertale music tends to make me misty eyed. It instills a lot of emotion in its musical choices, helped tenfold by in-game context.

[@iruui2369]

Are you going to react to new Wuthering Waves trailer Saving Light ? That song is such a banger.

[@YouMayKnowMeAsNate]

5:02 always just leaves me wanting so much more (in a good way, not saying the song is unfinished)

[@ridwansetyonugroho3250]

"It's you..." "It's still you..." "Despite everything, it's still you..." "Its me..."

[@Mad_Peasant_King]

I hope for one day to see a reaction to attack on tarir from Guild Wars 2, kralkatorrik's theme guild wars 2 as well, and of course, never forget from Halo 3 On a side note, this song makes me happy and sad as it makes me remember my old but not forgotten cats

[@arturtle6300]

Im not gonna lie im waitng on a video or stream on the stellar blade demo

[@hoitem6500]

Damn, that beard grows FAST

[@rttundewie]

that's off-topic, but u should listen to 2 new songs from pgr, both are crazy and beautiful Edit: now it's 3 songs kekw

[@BenRitter]

I always thought that second phrase was an allusion to the victory fanfare from Chrono Trigger. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5vNh5mOa9OLq80

[@TulakHord-nt6jc]

Bro you gotta listen to Majinō 🙏