The Most EMOTIONAL Song in UNDERTALE

[@DaviVasc]

Hey, I've done a video on Deltarune music too, have you seen it? It's over here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4GlYWdvpcygrpo

[@numba2fromjojomista]

Thanks for reviewing the music from this game. If you want, you could create your own remixes/songs, I'd be down to see what this game inspires you to do!

[@jonathanluzgonzalez7510]

Hey I are you going to do an Undertale genocide route where you kill all monsters? I think you'd really enjoy it!! Also I love your videos and I like listening to your commentary, your also funny as hell

[@Jan-nl6kq]

Its been a while since you played undertale, why dont you visit it just too finish the genocide route, its kinda messed up but you definetly wanna see what happens. *Not a spoiler but important mechanic you need too understand if your interested: if you plan on doing that, you gotta run back and forth until you get a certain amount of encounters and defeat all enemies in the ruins, otherwise you fail the run and well gotta start over, make sure too "grind out" encounters like an traditional RPG its quite simple and interesting.

[@Jan-nl6kq]

@@jonathanluzgonzalez7510 SPOILER!: there is no spoiler but i think he will hate it, flowey has some devistating lines, this game holds a mirror in front of you and causes real doubt and emotions , rtealizing that you have no only become flowey and the exact thing you spent soo many of your playthroughs preventing really messes with you, you "wasted all that time" set everyone back and even ignored that flowey finnally turned good too do something not even he dared too do, the game trys too stop you so many times from going threw with genocide and you jsut dont do it, you tell yourself "i dont like this" "i just have too know what happens" is the exact thing flowey says too you towards the end, it is such an amazing reflection of you, and how you in the power possesion you are in, abusing you truly are. It left me thinking for a couple days ngl.

[@WDCBoi]

Can't wait for you to play Undertale's Genocide run

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

I love this song. "Despite everything, it's still you" is a message that got me through so many bad days.

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

If you check out the lyrical cover of this song by Man On The Internet, (or any of the Undertale Musical) the lyrics hit hard.

[@aguyontheinternet8436]

@@phictionofgrandeur2387 sounds like a cool guy

[@JakesFavorites]

I've seen that crocheted on a handbag.

[@magesticwafl]

I love this phrase

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

@@aguyontheinternet8436 "He was, in fact, not a cool guy."

[@nathanielkershner5904]

"i don't know what this means but i feel like somehow i understand it and it makes me feel things" that feels like such a summary of undertale.

[@magesticwafl]

Haha

[@ryannixon4138]

absolutely how undertale works

[@Iso20227]

Yeah, especially the part where Metaton cross dresses and drops you into a hole.

[@mathieul4303]

​@@Iso20227🤨

[@admiralensin.]

​@@Iso20227oh yeah that part

[@chargoal_games]

I love how you can't remember "His theme", but still accurately describe it as "I feel like somehow I understand it... and it makes me feel things"

[@ryannixon4138]

"His theme" was always nostalgic for me, even the day I heard it. It's transcendent in that way.

[@FellowInconsistent]

I also love how in deltarune, the song don’t forget is also strangely familiar.

[@Arthorium]

​@@FellowInconsistentit does have the same melody as friendship

[@penitente3337]

Honestly, my favorite line for this segment is the last Froggit saying "You're going to be free." It's an amazingly simple line, but it has so many meanings and is so powerful, especially when the song is ending after Asriel's story. What an amazing song and game.

[@KitsuneFaroe]

Honestly the first time I readed that just at the exact moment the music ended, I exploded internally. Is something invaluable, really.

[@ryannixon4138]

@@KitsuneFaroe same, the music lined up for me perfectly and hit me like a ton of bricks.

[@ryannixon4138]

What does the line mean to you? :)

[@penitente3337]

@@ryannixon4138 Other than the logical outcome of being free from the underground, I've always thought it could mean you're going to be free, as in from the world (or, in a way, responsibility), because the monsters know Asgore will win. Although now that I type it, it sounds a bit stupid, haha.

[@TraitorousHomeworlder]

@@penitente3337 I don't think it's stupid at all, in fact I've always felt like that was one of the interpretations you could draw from it

[@Tato4555]

every time I reach the other house, I go to the mirror just to see myself and get the dialog ''Despite everything, it's still you." great game and ost

[@phictionofgrandeur2387]

I used a label maker to make white letters on a black background saying that quote.

[@NottSaying]

After fighting the final boss of true pacifist but before going out the door to the surface, you can explore through the whole game, and if you go to the mirror in Ruins that originally says "It's you!", it'll say "Despite everything, it's still you, Frisk.". Also looking at the mirror in New Home during Genocide will have it say "It's Me!" in red text.

[@arekusu9476]

​@user-vk7ht7rt9b do u know the meaning of this ?

[@Inchiostro_]

​@@arekusu9476do you mean why it says “it's me!”? That's because the red text represents the spirit of the first fallen human (Chara) taking control of your thoughts, in fact every red message in the game uses the first person “I”

[@davidson1464]

If you go back to Toriel's house and interact with the mirror again, you'll be told something like "It's still just you, Frisk"

[@GlitchCrunch]

This song means alot to me. My dad passed away back in 2015, pretty suddenly though he had cancer for a long time. I remember not really feeling anything after his funeral and when I got back home I just didnt feel like doing anything. So I thought to play a game I have never played before, Undertale. I was having fun until this part. After listening to the music, going through HOME and hearing the monster's tale, I remember getting to the end, hearing what happened to Asriel and and just started to cry hard. I had to stop playing for a few hours because I just had a wave of emotions hit me thinking about my dad, what he had done and the memories of all the good times we had......and realizing I wont be able to make any more of them with him. To me, this song is more then emotional, its heartbreaking and to this day I still cry whenever I hear it.

[@boxingmariobrothers]

im sorry for ur loss 🙏

[@GoliathVenom]

I’m sorry for your loss 😢

[@veryboss8711]

Idk why, but your comment made me cry 😢

[@threadcoder19]

I'm so sorry for your loss, hope things get better

[@Zyvelteas]

You're absolutely right; I have to stop every time to prepare myself for it. It sends you forward with a notion that this isn't just a funny game about monsters, but the story of a broken family, a forgotten people, and what it means to be free.

[@Zyvelteas]

Didn't realize you liked my comment, oops~ Thank you for that! ❤

[@magesticwafl]

I love undertale, on the surface, just a goofy game about monsters, but underneath it’s a beautifully crafted story about deceit betrayal family and freedom and desperation

[@jmillart]

It’s the only track in game that was recorded with a live instrument. Little finger slides and sounds that make it have those tiny imperfections that make it sound real and emotional.

[@unknown_user4978]

Not really, There are live instruments present in the song "Hopes and Dreams" and "Save the World". However, there's a possibility that Toby Fox use FLStudio Software to get those live instruments sounds. FL Studio can do that after all. Though I'm not really sure.

[@PhantomGato-v-]

@@unknown_user4978 take a wild guess why

[@unknown_user4978]

@@PhantomGato-v- What? What do you mean by "take a wild guess why"? Could you clarify? I won't get it if you provide a half-baked statement.

[@PhantomGato-v-]

@@unknown_user4978 ah, I was simply saying that because both Hopes And Dreams and Save The World primarily use the undertale leitmotif, and likely have both sampled Undertale the song.

[@DaikoruArtwin]

The one thing I noticed is that Undertale is mostly using 16-bit musics and sounds, but the more emotional a moment is, the more real the music sounds like. And most of these musics also use leitmotifs you've already heard. Hearing the gap between a 16-bit song you're used to hearing and then the more realistic song suddenly starting up really helps boosting up the emotion you feel from it. I really love when games alternate between 16-bit and realistic musics, but there's so little that do it. The only one I clearly remember that did this was Nier Automata, though they do it the other way around (you play under realistic music most of the time).

[@alastor6853]

Undertale has changed me and my worldview. Toby Fox inspired me to learn to play the piano. His music is something incredible. I've never heard anything like it. This is the only game in my life that made me cry at the end. "Despite everything, it's still you."

[@magesticwafl]

Me too

[@Shrooblord]

[@Acoolnamme]

Song: raises and entire octive Dovi: DID YOU HEAR THAT?!

[@Gooberpotomous]

It's difficult to pick a favorite song from the game, but this one just barely takes the top spot for me. In a non-musician's view point, this one gives you all the emotions the game allows you to experience

[@Jmerithew87]

For me it has to be Fallen Down (Reprise) but this is a very very close #2

[@eeveelushon3855]

With undertales ost there are no bad songs just favorites and least favorites

[@Gooberpotomous]

@@eeveelushon3855 absolutely!

[@mariotheundying]

​​​@@eeveelushon3855 actually, and this is an objective fact, long elevator is the #1 track in Undertale, no other track beats it, and it also makes the other tracks trash in comparison, like it makes them all top 101

[@BUGHUNTER_]

​@@mariotheundying😂

[@itbetin230]

The leitmotif you were talking about at 4:56 is actually 'His Theme', or Asriel's theme... This song plays as the monsters tell the player their tragedy... and the story of two best friends, Arsiel and the first Fallen Human/"Chara". Considering the fact that this song consists of two main leitmotifs, one of the being Asriel's, my personal headcanon is that the other leitmotif, Undertale's opening cutscene/main theme, actually belongs to the first fallen human/"Chara".

[@Kayta-Linda]

That’s a pretty awesome headcanon. Mind sharing? :P

[@itbetin230]

@@Kayta-Linda I don't mind sharing at all! Here's more fodder: The Undertale main theme almost exclusively plays in places/cutscenes that relate to Chara. Like, - In the opening cutscene, which ends with Chara falling down into Mt. Ebott. - In the start menu, which shows Chara's name/save file, - In Toriel's home (OST: Home), - And of course, OST: Undertale I think the only exception to this rule is the fact that the Undertale main theme also plays in Metatton's hotel, which is why it's just a headcanon and not a full blown theory XD

[@Kayta-Linda]

@@itbetin230 Oh, that's fine, Mettaton is well known for taking past culture and changing it in his image! Just remember the memorial fountain in that very lobby! I'd say that completely checks out.

[@sheogorath6834]

@@itbetin230 Well, Sans theme plays in Napstablook snail farm. It's not like where the music (or leitmotifs) plays make always sense.

[@Missingno_Miner]

@@itbetin230 My interpretation of that choice of leitmotif has always been that it has to do with the memorial fountain Mettaton vandalized, which was likely a memorial specifically of Asriel and Chara.

[@itbetin230]

"Despite everything, it's still you." with the Undertale theme playing in the background always manages to make me cry. I find myself repeating the line while looking at myself in the mirror sometimes... I love this game so much, it changed my life. Thank you for covering this!❤

[@magesticwafl]

Relatable

[@rosevalety3408]

As someone experiencing depression frequently because of bipolarity, hearing this music during a down episode just makes me tear up, because yes, despite everything it's still me

[@InternetHydra]

Another musical career guy on youtube who does similar reviews, MarcoMeatball, played through the game this year and you could just see the emotional rollarcoaster this track and sequence spurred in him. He nearly broke down when he got to the mirror and it's message. Between you two especially I've gained so much more of an understanding and appreciation for how music is structured and design then I had before. Thank you for that.

[@luciferfaust]

I was gonna mention Marco too. I'm so glad he played and experienced the game. It seemed it came into his life at the right time

[@Svraoa]

This song truly carries a whole lot of melancholy... even more than nostalgia.

[@magesticwafl]

😌

[@naeonixion]

As much as we might like to, you can't go back.

[@ToasWower494]

You know, i like to say that this whole song is just nostalgia itself. No matter how much it changes No matter how diffrent it sounds It's still the same song, same melody. Just like you, No matter what you go through, In the end, It's just *You.* Despite everything, It's still *you*

[@inverser361]

I want you to know, reading this and saying the 2nd section out loud made me tear up all over again to this song

[@SirPogsalotCreates]

This song is what nostalgia sounds like. Given time, life can do a lot to you, but the things that made you who you are will always be there. And every time you reach back in time for that connection again, that bit of your soul that came from your childhood feels it, and loves it. That connection defines you. It shaped you once, and it became an immutable part of you, and now, despite everything, it's still you.

[@magesticwafl]

Man,

[@uncroppedsoop]

image of horse staring into the distance with impact font "MAN" at the top of the image

[@dysrhythmia]

Man I almost started tearing up a little when I saw how emotional you looked when 5:25 rolled around. What at amazing song

[@valalkuino3123]

This ost is the embodiment of “I’m finally here, through hardships, my mission is almost complete. All those good and bad memories, I will treasure them all” for me ❤

[@3mizuki_12]

The 5th Anniversary Concert rendition of this song gets me teary every time

[@colinstorm2892]

11:13 The "His Theme" leitmotif, basically Asriels melody. And it's used in this track because he is a part of the story told by the monsters at this point in the game where it plays

[@borzoilover4156]

Or characters talking about the past relating to the dreemurrs (undyne talking asgore whem she was little)

[@ati034]

This song, without even knowing the history of Undertale, comes to give you that feeling of nostalgia or hope, and if you listen to this song knowing what is happening, it hits harder.

[@clintelkins9630]

I can't tell if neutral or pacifist hits harder, you go thru far more in pacifist but the inevitability of your fight in the neutral run is just HEAVY

[@cristianbernal8009]

Undertale is such a somber, warm, sad, comfortable and yet hopeful song that it just breaks me everytime I hear it. I just start crying even though I'm smiling. That good pain hits hard with this song.

[@robertdavidblakely]

Just got home from work. No better surprise than some Vasc to unwind with 😊

[@DaviVasc]

Enjoy your rest!

[@sumgamesonmyphone9203]

Listening to this in game hits so hard because all the monsters are telling you if you're not happy because asgore is gonna take the human soul and help everyone out into the world. They are all literally telling you their hopes and dreams, while this song plays

[@TheSkyGuy77]

They're telling you what happened to the first fallen human and the prince of all monsters.

[@slendycandy8728]

@@TheSkyGuy77correctly, both of this

[@0rteku]

I think that something that add nostalgia is the fact that this song use "normal" instruments. It's like return to home, to the music you usually heard, after being in a extrange world, starting with a guitar that reminds to someone sit in a chair playing for fun.

[@alurkingislander]

I think you really put your finger on that in a way I couldn't quite grasp. That guitar makes my think of an old man sitting and playing at that perfect time of day where the sun is that golden shade, shining across a hardwood floor. Perhaps he is watching grandkids or something as he does it. But that may just be relatable to me. Or perhaps others who grew up in a country home with big windows and extended family.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

It sounds like an older person playing the guitar, recounting the past events. Both good and bad things happened. But, keeps moving forward anyway.

[@BIELOpdb]

I'd say this song is less artificial.

[@dragonsswarm1987]

The monsters showing up and telling you the story made this hit so hard in the moment.

[@dragonsswarm1987]

Also every time he mentions "remembering" something it makes me chuckle.

[@dragonsswarm1987]

"then... One day..." Synching up with the music made me tear up when I first played the game and got to "home".

[@Echo-Frisk]

"Despite everything, it's still you." - That one mirror in the NEW HOME house, where this song plays

[@Flipface4]

One of the songs that truly changed me. And why Undertale will forever be my favorite game. Legitimately every time I hear this song I can't help but cry.

[@Omonomogon]

This song gives you a hug and says, "Everything is going to be alright."

[@DaZoroMC]

I'm surprised there's too little comments about it, but yeah, the title of this song is "Undertale" The first time I heard it was after doing my first blind run where I couldn't listen to the OST since my headphones were damaged. So I listened to it after knowing so much more about the lore and story of the game and since it's so full of emotions, both positive and negative it always makes me tear up. This song pretty much reflects your whole travel and story through the underground, plus it's accompanied by the monsters telling you all the stories as you inch closer to the end of your journey where you know that someone has to die or a huge sacrifice has to be done, it truly is the end of the undertale

[@Rahim-gif]

This song carries a message to the player, every person who was suffering in the past that there's always a bright future at the end for him

[@ultra824]

I believe toby has mentioned that this song took him the longest to make the effort shows. The leitmotif you couldn't identify is "His theme" which is associated with Asriel. The first time it appears in a playthrough, i think, is the piano puzzle, where it emanates from a statue. It appears intermittently from then on, and show up a _lot_ towards the end of true pacifist. Notably, the main leitmotif, from the beginning of the game (known as "Once Upon a Time") is, in addition to being a core theme of the game, strongly associated with the Asriel's adoptive sibling (default name Chara). The track plays as you go through Asgore's house, with the monsters telling Chara and Asriel's story to you (note that it starts with Chara's theme alone and ends with Asriel's theme alone). This isn't a bombastic high-energy track like the boss themes, but it's possibly the most emotionally intense track i've ever heard in a game. It's so deeply _sincere_, too; the game's usual irreverent tone makes this moment hit all the harder.

[@ashleighlakomy9314]

Undertale (the song) tops my favourite 10 times over for best song from a video game Not only does the song hit all the right emotional beats, but the way Toby Fox implements it in the game is AMAZING, from when you first enter the basement how the song drops, to how the song ends right at the final Froggit when timed right and the song cuts out at "You're going to be free" which makes me cry EVERY TIME BECAUSE AT THIS MOMENT IT'S EITHER SACRIFICE YOURSELF FOR THE MONSTERS OR SACRIFICE THE MONSTERS FOR YOURSELF AND IT HURTS

[@sylvanhrowberry]

It's without a doubt, the most meaningful song I've ever heard. 100% agreed. Never have I questioned what I want in life more than the first time I took the time to listen through this song. I realized all I want is to be happy with what I have. It completely, no joke, changed how I look at life.

[@lordgenerias]

Undertale's soundtrack is one of those where every track evokes so much emotion. But when you've been through the moments, experienced the battles, or just walking through the places where they play, they hit so much harder. This song pulls at so many strings from my heart. This is song was made to remind you of the journey you went on, the people you've met, the battles you've fought, the trials you've faced, and everything youve done. The way it goes from bittersweet to more sweet and hopeful... It always, *always,* gives me goosebumps, and brings tears (of fond, happy memories) to my eyes. I think there's a version with lyrics out there that *really* lays into the heartstrings. I want to say Caleb Hyles sang it.

[@bluefish239]

I keep finding more and more leitmotifs shared around in undertale, particularly when humming the songs. I think my favorite one to notice a year or two ago was "Enemy Approaches", "Dogsong", and "Temmie Village" are basically variations of each other (cause the temmie shop apparently wasn't enough to help me figure that out in game lol). Undertale and Deltarune are the gifts that keep giving for me cause it's fun to eventually notice the little ties between the music, sometimes years after having last played the game.

[@valalkuino3123]

Man that key changed really made my tears drop. I was teary even from the start but the music made it drop on that key change. It also gave me chills and goosebumps. I will forever love you and your lessons in life Undertale, thank you so much…

[@aleqiqp1954]

Cant wait for him to react to other tracks from other Undertale related projects -Big Shot/The World Revolving (kinda want to see his reaction to the freedom motif) -Enemyr Retreating/Protocol and Remedy (Undertale Yellow players theme goes HARD and Marlet theme bcs Genocide boss lmao)

[@surge5185]

Memory+start menu+once upon a time+small shock

[@mehsayori]

This is my favorite song out of the entire OST. I'd also like to point out that there's an early version that was scrapped for feeling too melancholy. I'd recommend listening to it and the other early/unused songs. (especially early Spear of Justice)

[@SomeDome]

Finale. This Song ist a huge Part of Finale. Its all connected. The Song plays at the beginning of your journey and at the end.

[@the-chicken-mafia]

This song... this fucking song. I've never had a song move me to tears before this. Even listening to it now has me all choked up. This track simply cannot be summed up in a few words. It brings you on a ROLLERCOASTER of emotions; hope, home, happiness, love, loss, grief, despair, nostalgia, melancholy, longing for what is lost, looking back at happy times tinged with bittersweetness... God, I could go on forever. Toby Fox I'd a genius for making a song that resonates so deeply with so many people, and evokes so many emotions.

[@greenhydra10]

There are a very, very select few pieces of music that trigger a strong emotional reaction in me. This is one of them.

[@LeoNepeta]

Bro Undertale music is like a cheatcode to make me cry. Its so deeply emotional somehow.

[@bettyir4302]

I don't play games but am enjoying your break downs of the music.

[@edwinentertainment5063]

You are missing lots of things, buddy.

[@bettyir4302]

@@edwinentertainment5063 Wait, you're saying things have changed since the Tandyvision One Console, LOL?

[@AmeliaPond.]

Love this melody. I was just sitting and humming along. It really is the song for this game.

[@Lythiaren]

The big key change always makes my brain all tingly with serotonin. It's so good.

[@i0am0superBlast]

My eyes are getting watery listening to this again lol I remember this so distinctively, from my first playthrough of the game. I was attempting a genocide run (without actually knowing how to trigger it) and by the time I got here I truly felt like an asshole and just felt so terrible and also felt bad for all the monsters listening to the story. I was bawling my eyes out thinking more or less, "My god, what have I done?" Your take on reflection fits really well, and man was I reflecting out how awful I was in the game so hard during that section XD

[@angie3609]

Toby Fox really does something magical with this soundtrack that I couldn't quite put into words until I watched your videos. I wonder what your reaction to the soundtrack of Everything Everywhere All At Once would be (or heck, the whole film honestly)!

[@hannahshark8080]

This piece is such a beautiful, emotional and thoughful piece to help you reflect upon the story so far. There are so many notes and combinations that evoke emotions such as hope, reflection, sadness, regret, hopelessness, triumph, love and determination. This is my favourite piece of music from the game and it perfectly prepares you for the gut punch at the end of the Pacifist route. And it does it so well, it had me ugly crying.

[@Aya_Albion]

Amazing video as always! I feel so painful, and yet I feel like I'm being hugged warmly. I want to cry and smile at the same time. This beautiful track says everything I feel after playing Undertale. Thanks for the video, Davi. I want to learn more about Mitsuda Lick!

[@tricuspa]

Yes this is my favorite from the bunch just because it has so much of the loss and hope in it. Thanks for the deeper dive into it.

[@julianemery718]

the "melody you think you've heard before" is all over undertale, just remixed differently each time sometimes to the point you don't realise it's the same one.

[@Ozza22]

I feel all of this from the context of the game but it causes me to think of things past in my lifetime and what’s ahead. Makes me relive the emotional intensity of life.

[@ezergilechimekazikura6855]

This song might be the singular most important piece of work I've heard in my life. Undertale came around at some of the most conflicted times of my life, and I feel like, in it's totality, it allowed me to explore, express and expell something that was brewing within me, and not that I was particularly proud of. The lack of forgiveness was that thing. And exercising it in this domain allowed me to see clear pathway to, metaphorically speaking, hell itself, wherein lack of forgiveness inevitably leads the person and everyone around them. And that was a very important lesson to be had and not a moment too soon.

[@SilverAura]

I'm not sure if you touched on this yet, and I'm far from a music compositionist as I'm loving your content because I'm the one learning from you... however Toby Foxx intentionally used that exact melody you're so appropriately hung up on, as the template for just about every song in the game. It's masterfully woven into each song because no two songs use the melody the same way. So not only is it extremely powerful because you recognize it from the beginning of the game. It leaves you with an absolutely numb sensation of feeling pure nostalgia from such a simple tone... because it's literally been baked into your memory without you even realizing it.

[@Echo-Frisk]

5:06 You have. At the end of the Asriel fight, there's a theme that plays called "His Theme" which utilizes this melody. And then, after the fight, there's a soundtrack that's just this melody called "Memory."

[@serafinmacchioni8878]

I watched your Undertale videos all day today while at work trying to hold back the tears in my eyes. Because the way you just reveal every string and every note and all of your meaning

[@Koppu1doragon]

It's great that inspite of how old Undertale is and how many times I have heard this song coming back to this year old video can make me feel like I did the first time I heard this song.

[@sockatoo_]

i knew almost everything about undertale when i first played it about a year ago, just because how thoroughly the internet has dug through the game over the years. there's not a single thing that someone hasn't posted about somewhere in the bowels of a long-forgotten forum. and yet, no one has been able to truly explain how playing the game for yourself, and experiencing this moment of the game for the first time really feels. no one can tell you how it feels to hear this song after six or so hours of being immersed in the underground, and i think that's what good art is. good art can't be perfectly described with words. good art can't be perfectly defined in any sensible way. to know good art, you have to see it, hear it, watch it, touch it, even taste it; or in undertale's case, play it. to _know_ good art, you have to experience it for yourself, through the filter of _your_ life and experience in the world. otherwise you'll never have really learned what it has to teach. that's why _i_ love undertale, and this song in particular. almost everyone's first playthrough of the full game has given them something, whether it be an emotional breakdown or a simple "yeah, that was cool." i didn't know what i was missing until i fell into the underground myself.

[@stitcheraser4194]

Listening to this song for the first time reminded me of every single thing i have been through and what made me, me

[@swavii4337]

Stuff like this, music like this is what honest to god makes me super scared of forgetting undertale. I never want to forget anything about such a fun, emotional, and impactful game to me.

[@magpye5623]

This song always gives me chills

[@ziyedyusufayoub2548]

Remember the piano puzzle to the artefact? That's the leitmotif at 4:56. That's why it feels more familiar than the others, because you actually play it in the game. Love your energy and your videos!!

[@angel-flores-en1yb]

With undertale music you should see instrumentmanic as he as turned multiple undertale songs into real life so this puts more input into how they sound and the instrumentation

[@abigailfiltness4635]

One of my favourite Undertale tracks. It just keeps building and has so many layers and levels to it. It’s all those emotions that you feel in this game along with a feeling of resolution and a heartfelt goodbye. My favourite part of the true ending was going back to the start of the game and saying goodbye to all of the friends we met along the way. What a journey. Thanks Davi, now to crush my heart with genocide 😂

[@knightstormbringer]

This feels like a warm hug, and being told that everything will be ok.

[@martin_acj98]

the moment i saw it in my recommended, i said "I NEED TO SEE THIS!" "UNDERTALE" is my FAVORITE song of the OST, and i feel like it really describes the game in some way (ironic, since the song name is the exact same as the game's) i didn't expect this video man! Thank you for making this

[@milleniumonion7223]

I started getting into Undertale again at well.. the perfect time. My sister and I were really into it when it first came out, I helped her during the Mettaton fight by clicking the shoot button for her since she couldn't use both of her hands due to a brain tumor. I sorta fell out of interest with it for a long time... but I don't think she ever did. I started getting back into it as her cancer resurfaced and started taking the rest of her body away from her, and as of a couple days ago, it took her life too. Undertale's stories and themes, the stuff deep within it didn't exactly strike cord with me before... but the whole undergrounds theme of hope despite adversity, how your choices can bring forth the best ending... her favorite quote 'Despite everything, it's still you'... I think Undertale is forever going to be very important to me

[@phoenixtalon100]

i remember, the first and only time i played undertale, when I got to the scene where you hear this music, with the explanation of everything that happened... it made me cry a little. Then when you finally had that conversation with asreil after everything goes down... god i was bawling

[@Jkhorve]

Undertale ost hits like a truck now, hard to believe it's been 7 years since i played it. Also so close to 100k Davi 😃

[@Giantgrape999]

I love the depth in Toby Fox's music. It can make you feel so many emotions and when you break it down the composition is totally on spot!

[@MythicFox]

This song always takes me right back to the moment you learn the story of Asriel and... yeah. It perfectly captures that feeling of longing for a happier time and trying not to think about how that happier time ended. Something about that blend of nostalgia and melancholy really hits me hard, and this song anchors that so strongly for me it brings stuff to mind even outside of Undertale.

[@Patmax17]

I know nigh-zero about music theory (and that's why I like your videos a lot, because you explain everything in very simple terms), but I was thinking: the structure of the song with a constant buildup adding one element at a time with each loop, isn't it similar to Death by Glamour? Totally different mood, but the technique seems similar.

[@theheroingreen]

This song always makes me think of when i was a kid, and something would happen that’d make me cry because of how upset i was, but someone would be there comforting me. When i could feel the sadness still lingering in me, but at the same time my tears were drying and i knew i’d be ok.

[@mt2r-music]

At least once a month I think to myself „there won’t be a game like Undertale ever again“. I’m not even an insane fan or a member of the community at all. I’m just stating facts that this game is special. Gameplay, visuals, music, story, characters and overall feeling of your adventure to the throne room and after. For me, not even Deltarune came close to that. And the most impressive thing is that this was made by one person out of nowhere.

[@THUNDER_SPELL]

5:24 he is bamboozled. Amazed. Fully nostalgic. And even amused by how good this is

[@Cindrea6]

The very end of the song is part of "His theme"

[@dudepersonbroguy]

5:00 I never noticed until you played it hear, but it's a leitmotif of His Theme. The theme of Asriel at the end of Pacifist. It also plays in waterfall for the memory and the piano minigame (I don't remember where else it plays but it's definitely in more places than that).

[@robertadamsx2]

I tried rewriting ever intruments part for the song, so i'm acquainted with the ins and outs of the track. I love the song so much. It's just so powerful for something so simple. I wish i still had my work. Lost it all after an accident involving my phone being flooded.

[@SightScyTT]

I like how he figures out the story only by music

[@SinoteKGaminG]

You make me understand how amazing music is at telling a tale. Truly a work of art

[@theredwolf2433]

I honestly can never listen to this song without getting emotional because its just such a beautiful song in every way it can be and it also fits so well to be the song that plays leading you up to the end of your long journey throughout the underground and it is just genuinely amazing honestly one of the best songs ever made

[@Shatter3d_5528]

Undertale is not just a game, its an emotion, with much more depth than what you may think. Its honestly incredible how he really makes the music with so much depth and meaning that also fits the story. Its almost like hes really trying to get you to connect with the game, how your actions change the course of the game, and really tries to kind of like..... make it feel like you are in the game somehow. This is why this game is honestly my favorite. So much depth, lore, and emotion

[@harryhollas2004]

this is an amazing song because of the story aswell because it pretty much play throughout the entire game showing you that through everything you are still determined to do anything

[@Skull_the_skellyton]

Kind of a late comment but I really enjoy watching your reactions to hollow knight and undertale songs! How you are able to understand what’s going on without context is amazing.. I wonder if you’ll ever react to the ddlc soundtrack like the songs “sayo-nara” “I still love you” and “just Monika”

[@blacklab2k16]

I think the beauty of Toby’s music really is how universally understandable it is. As someone who couldn’t tell you the first thing about music or theory, I can feel all of the emotions put into these songs, and that’s another reason Undertale is such a wonderful game.

[@PotatoBeast-xg6om]

The way you can understand the story of an entire game through a soundtrack alone is just how genius Toby Fox was

[@nooneyouknow239]

Undertale music is incredible with the amount of Easter eggs, and little details. Also interesting how the music is so well done, that if you know music, you can understand what’s happening in the scene the song is playing in. As represented by Davi’s early videos on the game. Also all the songs are connected in someway. I’m still learning things about undertale and it’s music today. Such a masterpiece of a game. Undertale will probably always be my favourite game ever.

[@SuperJxl]

i just found your videos, more specifically the ASGORE one, and ive been watching through all the undertale ones. i cant wait to see what song you listen to next

[@ImYourCherryBomb]

One of the last gifts my mom got me before she passed was a bracelet that said ‘despite everything it’s still you’. She didn’t know where it was from but she liked the saying due to my childhood (I’m pretty much adopted) but now it sort of has a new meaning to me. A much sadder one, but still a good one.

[@mxniter]

you should do your best nightmare, its a mix of weird emotions when you listen to it amazing video btw 🎉

[@Misha-100]

Eh eh, can't wait (⁠ᵔ⁠ᴥ⁠ᵔ⁠)

[@kingmaple9252]

Gotta love how right after he said: “I can’t thing of any song more fitting as a main theme for undertale” the his theme leitmotif took center stage, almost as a response. (I know it’s asriel’s theme not the theme of the game as a whole, but being asriel’s theme, it ends up being used in other songs to represent the hope and (via hope) resilience of the monsters, as well as representing the dreemurr family. That along with asriel being both the main antagonist as flowey, and the main protagonist of undertale’s story, with the bonus of it being everywhere, leads it to being (at least for me) another solid choice, and it’s hilarious that came then as though it were a response to Davi.

[@DeltaDoUrden]

I don't know why is it, but this theme always brings me back to so many places, I don't even know the amount of time I must have spent listening to this track on loop for sometimes hours on end just looking off to the distance on my balcony or a bridge I like to go to. This track is just so beautiful and it makes me feel so many things that I can't quite identify... It's not quite sadness like Deep Stone Lullaby (destiny 2), nor is it uncertainty like the main theme of chronno trigger or happiness. This track makes me hopeful and dreadful about the fact nothing will ever be the same. It makes me both smile and tear upon what I had and promptly lost. Makes me look at my scars as the proof that I lost battles but ultimately I'm still fighting the war. It somehow makes me eager to bleed so that I can prove to myself that it will never let it be the last drop, for I know there is always hope, and if not, I shall forge my own.

[@fallenultra]

Yesss I love your breakdowns of the Undertale OST! Keep it up man! ❤

[@sauvagess]

My favorite song. Appropriately titled, as THE song of the game. I truly don't understand how Toby managed to pull this off to such a degree as he did, but... When I first played this game when it came out, I remember getting to this point in the game and coming to the realization over time that...despite Asgore's identity being rather obvious, the dread and anticipation being instilled upon the player in the story completely overshadowed the fact that he was, indeed, just Toriel's ex-husband. Upon approaching the house and seeing essentially the mirror image of Toriel's house, the realization finally hit me of just how all of it was connected. ...but somehow, from the moment of walking onto the first screen, exploring/reading every single interactable aspect within the home and then walking through the final corridor - I recorded my playthrough for personal archival purposes, and looking back over that section, it took me _exactly_ 2 minutes and 49 seconds to walk into the basement, continuing to 6 minutes and 25 seconds to walk off the final screen at the end of the hallway towards the save point, just as the song ended.

[@AceOfMidnightSpades]

11:36 "And it makes me feel things." Yup. Totally agree with you. This soundtrack just wakes up so deep feelings inside me that I was not aware. Very powerful song and beautifully composed

[@SketchingPandaRen]

The leitmotif is 'His Theme' or 'Memory'. It plays when you talk with kid Asriel, but it's also the music box puzzle, which is where you first hear it. And since it's a puzzle that little bit of music loges itself in your brain. Also the music box is being rained on, so that music is also already associated sadness.