All the Undertale leitmotifs. ALL OF THEM.

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  • @xboydubose7254
    @xboydubose7254 Před 4 lety +2366

    Undertale in Undertale
    *Ah yes, the floor here is made out of floor.*

    • @cinguloapathy
      @cinguloapathy Před 2 lety +150

      his theme in his theme
      couldn’ta ever guessed

    • @sirthisisawendys9030
      @sirthisisawendys9030 Před 2 lety +31

      Lol I was browsing through the comments to make no one else said it before I did and here it is 😂

    • @quiddlydiddster3197
      @quiddlydiddster3197 Před 2 lety +22

      The one that annoyed me was Papyrus's theme in Papyrus's main theme and also the intro to Papyrus's main theme. Yes, of course.

    • @yoshi_705
      @yoshi_705 Před 2 lety +20

      yes in undertale the leitmotif undertale plays in the song undertale near the end of undertale

    • @hoitem6500
      @hoitem6500 Před 2 lety +16

      Undertale in Undertale, within a game called Undertale.

  • @redblue5474
    @redblue5474 Před 8 lety +5909

    For anyone wondering, the full title for 'You Really Call This A Hotel Etc.' Is 'Can You Really Call This A Hotel, I Didn't Receive A Mint On My Pillow Or Anything'

    • @redblue5474
      @redblue5474 Před 8 lety +35

      ***** xD Exactly

    • @underfan1384
      @underfan1384 Před 6 lety +39

      when you reply to your own comment

    • @buttery_gooch6
      @buttery_gooch6 Před 6 lety +278

      @@underfan1384 But....he didn't reply to his own comment.

    • @sw-hs1pt
      @sw-hs1pt Před 5 lety +200

      Can you really call this a hotel I didn't receive a mint on my pillow or anything
      Best name ever

    • @katsuover
      @katsuover Před 5 lety +38

      I didn't recieve any mint too.

  • @dinonid1234
    @dinonid1234 Před 8 lety +3483

    Ok but Death By Glamour is just a fusion of leitmotifs fabulized

    • @leswason
      @leswason Před 7 lety +93

      Dinonid123 faaaaaaaabulous explanation darling!!!!

    • @txrizzy3014
      @txrizzy3014 Před 7 lety +34

      Dinonid123 OOH YEEEEESSS

    • @acidix_games
      @acidix_games Před 4 lety +59

      I mean, he did say your last moments were going to be ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!

    • @llxcllxcllxc6663
      @llxcllxcllxc6663 Před 4 lety +16

      It still sounds neat after mixing tho

    • @mimikyufan291
      @mimikyufan291 Před 4 lety +22

      @@llxcllxcllxc6663 Yeah, the It's Showtime part of Death by Glamour is my favorite phrase in the entire OST

  • @GibusWearingMann
    @GibusWearingMann Před 3 lety +2247

    The fact that the battle music appears in "Dogsong", "Temmie Village", and "Tem Shop" makes me think it's more of an "innocent monsters" theme

    • @blevz3969
      @blevz3969 Před 2 lety +235

      Oh man that makes genocide route so much worse

    • @L0rdOfThePies
      @L0rdOfThePies Před 2 lety +82

      Silly monsters theme

    • @egrumblybus7792
      @egrumblybus7792 Před 2 lety +41

      “Face of god” theme

    • @rain7320
      @rain7320 Před 2 lety +71

      Now I’m imagining a band of Temmies lead by the Annoying Dog playing the ost everywhere you go.

    • @MattTOB618
      @MattTOB618 Před 2 lety +15

      @@rain7320 Great, now I wanna make a comic about that...

  • @birtycle2042
    @birtycle2042 Před 5 lety +652

    "Determination in Asgore" and "Heartache in Asgore" are a deeper meaning behind these songs

    • @marcushughes4697
      @marcushughes4697 Před 2 lety +50

      Heartache doesn’t have ASGORE in it, but ASGORE has heartache, he still regrets his decisions that led to their split and wants to correct it and toriel doesn’t

    • @RGC_animation
      @RGC_animation Před rokem +8

      @@marcushughes4697 Imagine if a heartache had an Asgore.

  • @theinternetspacepirate3235
    @theinternetspacepirate3235 Před 8 lety +3343

    *Asgore misses Toriel.
    *...
    *It's giving him a heartache.

  • @QweRinatrtY
    @QweRinatrtY Před 8 lety +1778

    dang, heartache in asgore made me feel bad

    • @inklessquill4854
      @inklessquill4854 Před 8 lety +158

      Yeah it does... represents how much Ashore still cares for Toriel.

    • @inklessquill4854
      @inklessquill4854 Před 8 lety +89

      Asgore. Autocorrect.

    • @nicoanony
      @nicoanony Před 8 lety +12

      +Derin Becel lmao

    • @MinerKitten
      @MinerKitten Před 8 lety +55

      So I guess you could say it...
      Made your heart ache?
      *insert awkward pun Steven Universe face*

    • @nicoanony
      @nicoanony Před 8 lety +10

      Miner Kitten​ *blank garnet stare*

  • @mikeallevesque18
    @mikeallevesque18 Před 8 lety +4494

    Many people use leitmotifs. It's basically so that your brain recognizes the leitmotif (even if you don't notice it) and remembers a certain thing. That's why the Undertale OST is so powerful. And Requiem For A Dream's soundtrack does that too. Both awesome OST's.

    • @josephb.4640
      @josephb.4640 Před 4 lety +73

      Yes, John Williams used a lot of leitmotifs when he composed the music for Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

    • @nstar6412
      @nstar6412 Před 3 lety +19

      This is requiem

    • @theyoutubedunces
      @theyoutubedunces Před 3 lety +7

      The halo soundtracks do this too

    • @UUdoubleU
      @UUdoubleU Před 3 lety +9

      Well except 'oh! Dungeon,' 'for the fans,' and 'oh! One true love,' you notice it pretty easily

    • @brisking
      @brisking Před 3 lety +12

      @@nstar6412 wha- wha- wha- wha- wha- wha-

  • @f0llowtheluc4rioaustriosre99
    @f0llowtheluc4rioaustriosre99 Před 7 lety +2140

    How Toby created the OST:
    "Here are some leitmotifs"
    "Here is Hopes and dreams"
    "Now I'll remix Megalovania again ..."
    "Done."

    • @ayumiarkan1777
      @ayumiarkan1777 Před 7 lety +2

      F0llow the Luc4rio (Austrios Region) #Mangaká okay?

    • @breakfastboi3344
      @breakfastboi3344 Před 5 lety +52

      “...Awesome! Megalovania is a meme...”

    • @user-bn6ym3qb2i
      @user-bn6ym3qb2i Před 5 lety +60

      Somehow, a white little dog made lots of songs with barking.

    • @CosmicFox2007
      @CosmicFox2007 Před 5 lety +14

      And remix megalovania AGAIN

    • @cato3277
      @cato3277 Před 5 lety +2

      and I wouldn't have it any other way.

  • @goosander6728
    @goosander6728 Před 5 lety +1543

    Coming back after deltarune, it’s easy to see why Toby’s such a genius.
    This isn’t laziness, a leitmotif is used to creat a feeling of familiarity, it lets you subconsciously associate parts with familiarity and ***determination***, and it creates the feeling that undertale gives off. Toby’s mastered the art of the leitmotif, and that’s why he’s hailed as such a genius.

    • @daftcinderss
      @daftcinderss Před 2 lety +34

      come back, chapter 2 is done

    • @nozar6950
      @nozar6950 Před 2 lety +3

      yes

    • @FaelumbreProject
      @FaelumbreProject Před 2 lety +38

      With good timing too, because there's a song in ch2 that uses like 3 leitmotifs from Undertale to make a lore connection with barely a word

    • @minervoionni36
      @minervoionni36 Před 2 lety +8

      @@FaelumbreProject Technically untrue, there are some words there. “NOW’S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A BIG SHOT” and whatnot, y’know.

    • @Gh0st9323
      @Gh0st9323 Před 2 lety +6

      It’s makes sense that asgore’s theme has hints of heartache and determination because
      A. He was married to toriel and that’s he’s also a boss monster
      B. He’s the voice that talks to you when you die

  • @marcobott8210
    @marcobott8210 Před 8 lety +3767

    Meanwhile at TOBY FOX'S house
    Toby: Im gonna make all the UNDERTALE OST's today!
    *Makes 7 songs
    Toby: IT IS DONE!!!

    • @planktonep5245
      @planktonep5245 Před 8 lety +26

      =]

    • @fernandopugaquintanilla3345
      @fernandopugaquintanilla3345 Před 7 lety +100

      Marco Bott Correction: Hussie's basement

    • @ayumiarkan1777
      @ayumiarkan1777 Před 7 lety +6

      Marco Bott

    • @pirame1068
      @pirame1068 Před 6 lety +5

      Fernando Puga Quintanilla someone else know it , i'm not alone .

    • @bonnet7666
      @bonnet7666 Před 5 lety +48

      Seriously. How do people think it’s SEVEN SONG.
      Once Upon a Time
      Fallen Down
      Ruins
      sans.
      Bonestrousle/Nyeh heh heh!
      Snowy
      (the start of)Spear of Justice/NGAHHH!!!
      Battle Againts a True Hero
      Alphys
      Metal Crusher
      Another Medium
      (Most of) CORE
      Small Shock
      ASGORE
      You’re Best Nightmare
      AND NO, MEGALOVANIA IS NOT INCLUDEDNFOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

  • @hecklife6636
    @hecklife6636 Před 8 lety +2096

    Finale had got to be the most hyped up song in the Neutral End.

    • @darkraizable
      @darkraizable Před 8 lety +40

      isn't finale neutral route?

    • @mdude3
      @mdude3 Před 8 lety +3

      +ZoomyCorn C: Yes.

    • @hecklife6636
      @hecklife6636 Před 8 lety +45

      ZoomyCorn C: Oh yeah, you're right. I was thinking of how one can get the True Pacifist after triggering something, and that the Neutral was like what you get before TP.

    • @MillerAva
      @MillerAva Před 8 lety +4

      +Emily Tran I think you meant Hopes And Dreams / SAVE The World for True Pacifist

    • @hecklife6636
      @hecklife6636 Před 8 lety +47

      No, I meant Finale. Hopes and Dreams/SAVE the World was cool, but not as awesome as Finale in my opinion. The horn tied it all together.

  • @alicebnuuy6155
    @alicebnuuy6155 Před 2 lety +397

    "Gee Mettaton, how come Toby lets you have four motifs?"

    • @cinguloapathy
      @cinguloapathy Před 2 lety +82

      the legs

    • @safecyn8688
      @safecyn8688 Před 2 lety +12

      @@cinguloapathy sounds about right

    • @prynxeofdarkness
      @prynxeofdarkness Před 2 lety +24

      He's a star all across the underground. Why *wouldn't* he?

    • @liamwhite3522
      @liamwhite3522 Před 2 lety +15

      Toby gave him 3 themes, and then he stole one from Noisemaster.

    • @LeafBladeFox
      @LeafBladeFox Před 2 lety +5

      Mettaton! Mom said it's my turn with the leitmotifs!!!

  • @galloviking4766
    @galloviking4766 Před 2 lety +201

    I still can't get over the fact that Undyne the Undying is "The heroine", making you "The monster".

    • @veggiedragon1000
      @veggiedragon1000 Před 2 lety +55

      Yeah I always liked how Undyne is kind of a dick in the pacifist/neutral routes but in the genocide route she turns into "A True Hero" and comes into her full potential against the ultimate evil only to die. The lietmotifs also lend credence to the whole, "Megalovania is the player's theme, not Sans's theme" because obviously Sans's battle theme would have the Sans lietmotif in it, like "Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans" does.

    • @20arnavdeshmukh28
      @20arnavdeshmukh28 Před 2 lety +2

      @@veggiedragon1000 Sorry for replying late but very nice comment but very less likes, you should post it in the comments of the video before anyone copies it.

  • @baubleBeee
    @baubleBeee Před 7 lety +1125

    A while ago I came to the realisation that related characters/places often had the same leitmotifs in their songs. The funny thing was that I was always like "Why don't Asgore and Toriel have the same/similar leitmotifs?" They totally do, but I never realised it. :>

    • @joje90aj17
      @joje90aj17 Před 4 lety +14

      dude its obvious

    • @beebs56
      @beebs56 Před 4 lety +86

      That's what a leitmotif _is_ it's so your brain recognizes that multiple things are in common, maybe not right away.

    • @spedy71
      @spedy71 Před 3 lety +39

      some leitmotifs dont match up like how the duck in waterfall has a theme similar to the theme in alphys’s lab which to my knowledge is unrelated

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 Před 3 lety +7

      Because the duck theme is a duck Alphys and Undyne enjoyed at some point?

    • @qwerty67893
      @qwerty67893 Před 3 lety +7

      @@joje90aj17 even if they didn’t then it kind of would have made sense considering toriel wants to distance herself as much as she possibly could from asgore and she resents him for the things he did in the past.

  • @andrasfogarasi5014
    @andrasfogarasi5014 Před 8 lety +1754

    Here is how Toby created the Undertale soundtrack:
    1. He wrote Hopes and Dreams.
    2. He played it on 20 different instruments.
    3. He cut it all together.
    4. Done.

    • @LSeba91
      @LSeba91 Před 8 lety +35

      noice,but hear this,toby maked undertale (the song) and used another songfonts and added megalovania and undertale maked 8)

    • @greentea4498
      @greentea4498 Před 8 lety

      Lol

    • @tonyblackwell7194
      @tonyblackwell7194 Před 8 lety +5

      Maybe so, but it's interesting to see how the different character's themes appear together

    • @-silv3r-419
      @-silv3r-419 Před 7 lety +12

      *exept for megalovania.gaster's theme,and your best friend/nightmare

    • @-silv3r-419
      @-silv3r-419 Před 7 lety +2

      *oh and I saw that someone else said this but it's true amalgam doesn't REALLY have any similarities with the exemption of the barrier and before you ask your best friend has nothing to do with your best nightmare and hopes and dreams (watch Silva gunner to know what I mean)

  • @jeremycapuder6684
    @jeremycapuder6684 Před 2 lety +404

    My favorite thing ever is how the Game Over music is used by Asgore’s theme. It’s not only a plot twist when we learn that the voice we hear on the Game Over screen is Asgore’s but it’s also so badass that the “final boss” is using the game over music, like “yeah, you’re gonna die now”

    • @kitmacneil1867
      @kitmacneil1867 Před 2 lety +18

      i didn’t know it was asgore’s voice!!! does that imply that every time you die in a timeline, there’s an world where asgore takes your soul and breaks the barrier? at least when you die before he does ...

    • @Keirioscotifysant
      @Keirioscotifysant Před 2 lety +48

      @@kitmacneil1867 spoilers for true pacifist route:
      Asgore said those words to the first human (Asriel's adopted sibling) as they are lying on their death bed.

    • @melodii4872
      @melodii4872 Před 2 lety +9

      I thought I was the only who noticed. His goal is to kill you. That’s why the killing sound is used! Brilliant!

    • @RundownSD
      @RundownSD Před 2 lety

      Except he isn’t the final boss

    • @ryeyumi
      @ryeyumi Před 2 lety +5

      @@RundownSD quotation marks on final boss are there for a reason

  • @henrycgs
    @henrycgs Před 8 lety +578

    leitmotif is such a weird word.
    leitmotif

  • @gamerbot2202
    @gamerbot2202 Před 2 lety +382

    - “Ruins” is in almost every area theme because it ties the Underground together
    - It’s Undyne’s main battle motif because she protects the Underground
    - It doesn’t play in Hotland/CORE cause Undyne can’t go there without overheating

    • @radimgabaj4263
      @radimgabaj4263 Před rokem +4

      How does she go to capital then? The only way there is through Hotland

    • @amantyde
      @amantyde Před rokem +17

      @@radimgabaj4263She overheats in armor. She didn't have her armor on.

    • @radimgabaj4263
      @radimgabaj4263 Před rokem +3

      @@amantyde Oh I'm stupid

    • @existenceispain_geekthesiren
      @existenceispain_geekthesiren Před 8 měsíci

      I feel like it's probably more monsters, actually, given it's used on the surface.

  • @05ISMAD
    @05ISMAD Před 3 lety +242

    The ‘but nobody came’ one being floweys theme is pure genius, cuz flowey wants you to kill everything, well done Toby

  • @Yeah-eu5cp
    @Yeah-eu5cp Před 2 lety +356

    It just occurred to me that the ruins leitmotif represents the monsters as a whole. Undyne fights for the people of the ruins so her themes reflect that and with don't give up that's all of the underground supporting Frisk 🥺

    • @teraspeXt
      @teraspeXt Před 2 lety +3

      The Ruins is all of the Underground /j

  • @beth5627
    @beth5627 Před 3 lety +695

    Why does no one appreciate the Uwa!! Soundtracks? Its so simple to oversee all of them and they're nowhere else in the game. They're completely awesome

    • @rinnnnnnnnnnrin
      @rinnnnnnnnnnrin Před 2 lety +44

      @@colbyboucher6391 yeah theres very little reason to besides text speed, especially since you cant have the cool borders the switch and ps4 versions have, on pc

    • @averagechannelname9969
      @averagechannelname9969 Před 2 lety +10

      I honestly had no idea where these played in game until now

    • @Trikip_
      @Trikip_ Před 2 lety +3

      I just know learned where to hear those in game from this comment

    • @thatoneguy9582
      @thatoneguy9582 Před 2 lety +1

      are they really nowhere else?
      I swear at the very least i’ve heard So Temperate somewhere else many times

    • @uranioanioanio
      @uranioanioanio Před 2 lety +3

      Yes they are so comforting! I was listening to the soundtracks on shuffle and a couple Uwa!! songs showed and i didn't remembered where they were from, but theyre so nice to listen :))

  • @dusttheotter4000
    @dusttheotter4000 Před 3 lety +269

    It’s funny seeing people complaining about “Undertale in Undertale” and “His Theme in His Theme” when it’s just showing what part of the song has the leitmotif.

    • @dreamer_drmr
      @dreamer_drmr Před 2 lety +39

      I don’t think people are actually complaining, just pointing out that it’s funny

    • @Galaxy-dw8lg
      @Galaxy-dw8lg Před 2 lety +1

      Sans in Sans
      SAAANS… I DIDNT KNOW YOU WERE IN YOURSELF!!

    • @tear959
      @tear959 Před 2 lety

      It isnt a complain, they are just pointing out because it is funny

  • @rbxq
    @rbxq Před 3 lety +219

    I like how the hopes leitmotif is spread across the entire game, so when you hear it in hopes and dreams and reunited it’s reminiscent of your entire journey.

  • @chewy1921
    @chewy1921 Před 2 lety +65

    Whenever I hear “hopes and dreams” it feels like I’m thrown violently through a window in like the best way possible

  • @penholmes688
    @penholmes688 Před 8 lety +845

    This video actually helped me hear them. I tend to have trouble pinpointing exactly how they're similar and it bugs me. lol

    • @wayne3295
      @wayne3295 Před 6 lety

      Pen Holmes but it's so obvious

    • @lolerionark186
      @lolerionark186 Před 5 lety +104

      @@wayne3295 Some people hear differently than others. That's just that.

    • @KawaiiCrazyMSP
      @KawaiiCrazyMSP Před 3 lety +11

      @@lolerionark186 replying so I can keep up the yearly tradition

    • @moon_river330
      @moon_river330 Před 3 lety +4

      @@KawaiiCrazyMSP breaking the yearly tradition

    • @antimemeticsdivision0055
      @antimemeticsdivision0055 Před 3 lety +10

      I read this comment right as they showed the Undertale leitmotif in Hotel and just then realized that it was there

  • @thomashart22
    @thomashart22 Před 2 lety +50

    8:44 I constantly find myself humming the Undertale OST and when I start humming Dummy it will eventually transition into Spider Dance, now I know why.

    • @lamxdblessed3383
      @lamxdblessed3383 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Same thing here with Ghost fight and mad mew mew as well
      Also the GHOST leitmotif is the miniboss leitmotif, as it's in most minibosses (doggamy doggaressa, blooky, mad dummy and mew mew, and muffet)
      If i'm not mistaken in deltarune spamtom and jevil have some of It too

  • @KaizerIzanagi
    @KaizerIzanagi Před 8 lety +563

    Spoiler Alert!
    If you save in temmie village and leave your game for too long (*I.E 5 Days*)
    You will get a lot of temmie flakes!
    But it will delete your stuff too...

    • @zulkiflemohdamin4035
      @zulkiflemohdamin4035 Před 8 lety +9

      lel

    • @KaizerIzanagi
      @KaizerIzanagi Před 8 lety +74

      Zulkifle Mohd Amin
      happened to me once...
      was NOT Worth it!

    • @KaizerIzanagi
      @KaizerIzanagi Před 8 lety +94

      Mah Kookie
      It will Fill everything with temmie flakes
      You will lose equip items and almost everything you bought for idk? 360 gold?
      If you upset temmie...
      thats the consiquense

    • @yincheri1421
      @yincheri1421 Před 8 lety +72

      If you leave metal gear running for a couple of weeks everyone will die after your 90th year in a coma. Goes to show what happens when you leave tem flakes in your Metal gear game disk.

    • @KaizerIzanagi
      @KaizerIzanagi Před 8 lety +22

      Yin Pokècherri
      Tell Me About It! Its hard if games actually use real life time (Shorter Than Normal Actually)
      To Take The Time To Do Something Random Like Increase The Difficulty Or Give A Punishment For Not Being In action Like What I and you said!

  • @nero4151
    @nero4151 Před 4 lety +71

    some people call it laziness, i call it brilliance.

    • @sparky6757
      @sparky6757 Před 3 lety +2

      Not one person calls reusing motifs laziness

    • @jevils_
      @jevils_ Před 2 lety +2

      Lazy, but brilliant

  • @bucketofcalzones457
    @bucketofcalzones457 Před 2 lety +31

    I never realized undyne is playing alphys’ leitmotif on piano, that’s neat

  • @juanbacilio8329
    @juanbacilio8329 Před 8 lety +434

    Muffet is a ghost CONFIRMED

    • @undyneonpigfarts2401
      @undyneonpigfarts2401 Před 8 lety +2

      Lol

    • @ToastGhost26
      @ToastGhost26 Před 8 lety +5

      +Juan D Baci HELP I CANT LIKE COMMENTS!!!

    • @GardenGD
      @GardenGD Před 8 lety +44

      she's spooky, nonetheless

    • @GHRAN111
      @GHRAN111 Před 8 lety +52

      +Roy Andrey Villanueva Cruz I think it is meant to be a reference to the fact that each of the fights with this leitmotif are "mini-bosses"

    • @0mi
      @0mi Před 8 lety +45

      In napstablook's house you can find bunch of spiders in corner
      Eh? EEEEH?

  • @lev2066
    @lev2066 Před 2 lety +37

    i like to think of the "Ruins" leitmotif as the "The Underground" leitmotif, as in the world the monsters live in, and it appears in Undyne's theme because she defends the underground

    • @lev2066
      @lev2066 Před 2 lety +3

      or like "The Monsters" leitmotif, something like that

  • @no99558
    @no99558 Před 8 lety +139

    8:00 They're snoring with determination.

  • @ivanchu06
    @ivanchu06 Před 3 lety +145

    5:30 That transition between your best Nightmare and FINALE is INCREDIBLY PERFECT.

    • @faerubee
      @faerubee Před 2 lety +1

      OMG

    • @MFDY_99
      @MFDY_99 Před 13 dny

      Real

    • @MFDY_99
      @MFDY_99 Před 13 dny

      Хочется песню с этим переходом

  • @acebee46
    @acebee46 Před 5 lety +144

    Dang it’s so cool that you can hear his theme so faintly in the back of finale that’s so... creepy?

    • @ExtraSpace62
      @ExtraSpace62 Před 2 lety +22

      Yeah, when you say it that way it is creepy. Asriel is still in there deep down, but his voice and crys can't be heard over the chaos and power of Omega Flowey

    • @Galaxy-dw8lg
      @Galaxy-dw8lg Před 2 lety

      I am now slightly unsettled

    • @RundownSD
      @RundownSD Před 2 lety +1

      @@ExtraSpace62
      Not possible because Asriel IS flowey, same exact character not even like alter egos or anything they’re just the same character

    • @user-sp5su6ll8i
      @user-sp5su6ll8i Před 2 lety

      @@RundownSD but flowey doesnt have a soul

    • @KazuichiSoda.
      @KazuichiSoda. Před rokem

      Noticed it the first time I heard the song and just went 'yooooooooo'

  • @ludoprieur6240
    @ludoprieur6240 Před 8 lety +281

    Kings of Leitmotifs :
    John Williams
    Toby Fox

    • @mercury2157
      @mercury2157 Před 8 lety +6

      Harry Gregson Williams and Marty O'Donnell, as well

    • @joaolucasms
      @joaolucasms Před 5 lety +13

      Lin-Manuel Miranda

    • @emperordalek102
      @emperordalek102 Před 5 lety +2

      Murry gold

    • @AtlanticGiantPumpkin
      @AtlanticGiantPumpkin Před 4 lety +4

      I mean also Wagner but he was a racist asshole so

    • @jjbeets8129
      @jjbeets8129 Před 4 lety +1

      I’m not sure if this comment thread is dead or not, but Michael Giacchino (hope I spelled that right) is pretty great too

  • @Teengohan42
    @Teengohan42 Před 8 lety +617

    9:51
    these two are definitely my favorite leitmotifs in the whole game. they symbolize so much and it hits right in the heart.

    • @samuelhuila2
      @samuelhuila2 Před 8 lety

      +pearlmethystwhore T-T

    • @halo4224
      @halo4224 Před 8 lety +19

      i have no idea if that was supposed to be a pun or not

    • @amaice
      @amaice Před 8 lety +1

      ...

    • @nacho0970
      @nacho0970 Před 8 lety +3

      You're right my friend, heartache..

    • @ethanotoroculus1060
      @ethanotoroculus1060 Před 8 lety +90

      Note that heartache is in ASGORE, yet ASGORE isn't in heartache.
      Toriel is a part of his life, but he isn't a part of Toriel's...

  • @sitron7224
    @sitron7224 Před 2 lety +38

    can we just take a moment to appreciate the genius of how "his theme" is just sort of sprinkled into moments you feel are important but don't understand how (the statue, the empty home), only to give you the full, actual score when you learn Asriel's story, hitting you right where it hurts and making you cry? The way it's used makes you feel like at some level you already know this story, you knew this kid, even though this is the first time you hear it, because you already know his theme. Plus the fact that Asriel's story is the last missing puzzle piece you needed to make sense of why everyone you've met act the way they do. his death affected all of them on some level, and in turn, that's affected how they've treated you during your adventure and-.... I've gone off track. point is: this game had no reason to be this good but it was and still is and I can't stop thinking about it.

  • @tyronosourus
    @tyronosourus Před 4 lety +228

    asgores theme seems like a more advanced version of heartache

    • @OChan263
      @OChan263 Před 2 lety +53

      heart attack

    • @teraspeXt
      @teraspeXt Před 2 lety +24

      heart failure

    • @noone3708
      @noone3708 Před 2 lety +12

      Total organ failure

    • @emsiyes
      @emsiyes Před 2 lety +5

      Death.
      Not by glamour, just death.

    • @BlufireTheifprince
      @BlufireTheifprince Před 2 lety +1

      Kinda sad that you don't have the heartache leitmotifs in any of asriel's themes

  • @scarletshroud83
    @scarletshroud83 Před 2 lety +63

    You forgot to mention for the sans leitmotif, that “the song that might play when you fight sans” is also apart of that leitmotif. It’s so mind blowing that the song was actually created off of sans overworld theme!

    • @didiercollard
      @didiercollard Před 2 lety +9

      Papyrus's, too. I think it was left out because while "the song that might play when you fight sans" is on the OST, it's not in the game. Though tbh it would have been funny to put it in here with a screenshot of sans's fight.

    • @MTR.1499
      @MTR.1499 Před 3 měsíci

      Papyrus song leitmotifs
      Nyeh heh heh
      Bonetrousle
      STMPWYFS
      Pacifist credit idk the name

  • @sushi3447
    @sushi3447 Před 8 lety +563

    undertale
    in
    undertale
    mind
    fuckin
    blown
    to
    smithereens

  • @_niyabella
    @_niyabella Před 3 lety +139

    17:58 I don’t recall the context of this part but that’s so cute how alphys’ theme is playing outside of Undynes house.

  • @bobthemouse6668
    @bobthemouse6668 Před 2 lety +52

    I never knew why Hopes and Dreams hit quite as hard as it did until now. Its literally the culmination of everything you've done up to that point

  • @nsgames24
    @nsgames24 Před 4 lety +225

    I heard some folks say that Heartache was in Asgore's theme, but I literally didn't hear it UNTIL this video. No joke.
    Such a depressing theme and a honestly depressing fight that I never thought to reach deep into it and find it for myself.

    • @thesquishedelf1301
      @thesquishedelf1301 Před 2 lety +12

      I never played the game, so I'd only heard it in Asgore. I had no idea it played during Toriel's fight and it hits way different with that knowledge...

    • @thatdemoninthecar
      @thatdemoninthecar Před 2 lety +4

      I heard heartache in asgores theme the moment the part played, i didn't hear the second part of heartache though

  • @weesalikesmilktea4829
    @weesalikesmilktea4829 Před 4 lety +75

    I love how "Can You Really Call This A Hotel, I Didn't Receive A Mint On My Pillow Or Anything" is just so long that C J actually wrote half of it and then "etc"

  • @athena8401
    @athena8401 Před 8 lety +150

    "sans." is also in "Song that might play when you fight sans"

    • @wu_rnln1454
      @wu_rnln1454 Před 8 lety +2

      That's not even in the game files

    • @athena8401
      @athena8401 Před 8 lety +20

      but in official soundtrack

    • @FG-nd3ue
      @FG-nd3ue Před 8 lety +17

      a part of "sans." appears in Heartache for 2 seconds

  • @heliotropei
    @heliotropei Před 8 lety +352

    I never noticed His Theme was in Finale before. Neat!

  • @Eliz_Creates
    @Eliz_Creates Před 2 lety +15

    “She’s playing piano” is undyn playing alphy’s song hi I’m about to start crying?!??

  • @krorcweini7776
    @krorcweini7776 Před 4 lety +400

    There are some leitmotifs missing for instance in the genocide run: The beginning of "Battle against a true Hero" (Undyne's fight) is the melody of "Power of NEO" (Mettaton NEO)

    • @kluocduoc9835
      @kluocduoc9835 Před 2 lety +1

      Any others?

    • @jettaspop
      @jettaspop Před 2 lety +40

      @@kluocduoc9835 there's also "an ending" which is basically an extended version of ruins

    • @impossiblehanley2732
      @impossiblehanley2732 Před 2 lety +26

      @@kluocduoc9835 Add, "battle" is in "stronger monsters"

    • @Cyros2006
      @Cyros2006 Před 2 lety +14

      "Area Theme Intro" (Or Another Medium Intro in the time stamp) is also in "Death by Glamour."

    • @snickerbobble
      @snickerbobble Před 2 lety +9

      @@kluocduoc9835 The ending of Battle Against a True Hero has Alphys in it.

  • @TheAdvertisement
    @TheAdvertisement Před 5 lety +166

    Glad I’m not the only one to notice Alphys in BTCYOADSG. I wonder how that bird came to be so determined...

    • @bongosbongos
      @bongosbongos Před 2 lety +39

      I was so confused with the acronym until you mentioned a bird

    • @AcrylFesta
      @AcrylFesta Před 2 lety +7

      That is indeed a long, long acronym.

    • @hoitem6500
      @hoitem6500 Před 2 lety +21

      If I remember correctly, that acronym stands for: Bird That Carries You Over A Disproportionately Small Gap.
      I don't know if I got that right, but if I did, I'm gonna pop off.

    • @bongosbongos
      @bongosbongos Před 2 lety

      @@hoitem6500 Yeah you did

    • @TheAdvertisement
      @TheAdvertisement Před 2 lety

      @@AcrylFesta It's for a long, long name lmao.

  • @KimiraDreams
    @KimiraDreams Před 7 lety +43

    I think it's genious to have many leitmotifs in adventure games, because it adds a sense of familiarity, so it makes the journey more emotional.

  • @cinguloapathy
    @cinguloapathy Před 2 lety +32

    I love how hopes just slowly gets more funky until it gets depressed again
    and then back to funky and then funky depression

  • @LetsSewIt
    @LetsSewIt Před 8 lety +99

    the snore symphony is so hysterical XD

  • @Hunterb0t12
    @Hunterb0t12 Před 2 lety +101

    Me Before playing Undertale: “His theme sounds sweet”
    Me after: *cried every time it’s heard*

  • @spoopadoop5694
    @spoopadoop5694 Před 3 lety +60

    This just shows how flexible musical motifs can be

  • @seacrystal6189
    @seacrystal6189 Před 2 lety +43

    Undertale is a perfect example of how to cleverly use your limits to your advantage. It was mostly made by one man and it would be way too time consuming to make every single song completely original. So he used leitmotifs both as a shortcut and to connect songs to each other in a beautiful and emotional way

  • @jg-7780
    @jg-7780 Před 8 lety +529

    Cool!
    Some Leitmotifs you missed:
    -The other four souls in Your Best Nightmare
    -Enemy Approaching/Anticipation

    • @294Fan
      @294Fan Před 4 lety +36

      That's another *5* Souls but okay

    • @wiowowowo
      @wiowowowo Před 3 lety +8

      @@294Fan the comment is 4 years old, probably no chance of them replying to you

    • @wiowowowo
      @wiowowowo Před 3 lety

      @Darkened CrazE - yeah right

    • @rachelo_xuxu4592
      @rachelo_xuxu4592 Před 3 lety +28

      @@wiowowowo actually there's also gaster's theme, which shares a minor leitmotif with every song in the ost

    • @wiowowowo
      @wiowowowo Před 3 lety +1

      @@rachelo_xuxu4592 did you reply to the wrong person

  • @alyssashane5569
    @alyssashane5569 Před 8 lety +46

    undyne's leitmotif can also be found in the very end of asgore
    hear for yourself and take a listen

  • @HeyItsNovalee
    @HeyItsNovalee Před 2 lety +54

    Bro the way I didn’t even realize half of these were leitmotifs but they were like my favourite parts of the songs 😭
    This isn’t just reusing the same song over and over, this is masterfully weaving it into other songs in ways that are hardly recognizable but still familiar enough to make an impact. Toby fox is an actual genius

  • @GippyHappy
    @GippyHappy Před 2 lety +41

    It's kind of weird that ruins starts in the...ruins, but then is way more heavily used in waterfall and with undyne specifically.

    • @mrwyatt6006
      @mrwyatt6006 Před rokem +1

      I feel like its the theme for the underground.

  • @mevrouwroos
    @mevrouwroos Před 8 lety +8

    "His theme" is such an emotional tune/song

    • @GCM1969
      @GCM1969 Před 4 lety

      I veryyyyy much agree

  • @deezznuts5396
    @deezznuts5396 Před 8 lety +71

    It would have been so cool if all the leitmotifs appeared in hopes and dreams

    • @Galaxy-dw8lg
      @Galaxy-dw8lg Před 2 lety +3

      True, cause asriel had all of the monster souls and 6 human souls, so what if it’s actually there but it’s really faint?

    • @rustyjones7908
      @rustyjones7908 Před 2 lety

      Ff14 did something like that for their Endwalker expansion, they used the leitmotifs of all the previous expansions in both the trailer and the final battle.

  • @trashyalphys
    @trashyalphys Před 8 lety +214

    If you take the first two notes out of the beginning line of Megalovania, it's the exact same thing as the first line of Dogsong.

    • @trashyalphys
      @trashyalphys Před 8 lety +3

      ***** Yeah, I found this out on accident. xD

    • @trashyalphys
      @trashyalphys Před 8 lety

      ***** :D

    • @trashyalphys
      @trashyalphys Před 8 lety +15

      ***** Exactly. Pretty sure Toby did that just to troll us.

    • @Aeistheticism
      @Aeistheticism Před 8 lety +1

      +trashyalphys AHHHHHHH WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TOBY!?

    • @trashyalphys
      @trashyalphys Před 8 lety

      Joshua Kyle Isidro I know! I flipped my shit when I figured out!

  • @dunno6161
    @dunno6161 Před 2 lety +47

    I love that 6 entire years later this music still pulls waves of intense emotion out of me

  • @dyrpyn96
    @dyrpyn96 Před 5 lety +17

    I love how connected waterfall/undyne and hotland/alphys are in terms of leitmotifs

    • @DarkEclipse78
      @DarkEclipse78 Před 5 lety +2

      Btw the ghost one has a new connection with the mad mew mew theme

  • @TimelineGoddess
    @TimelineGoddess Před 8 lety +273

    This may sound like a stretch, but IF one were to speed up "Your Best Friend", it would create a melody simliar to the F.U.N song from spongebob. '-'

    • @danabell122
      @danabell122 Před 8 lety +2

      Slow it down by 600 instead m8

    • @TimelineGoddess
      @TimelineGoddess Před 8 lety +1

      +Clorox Bleach (insert holy spotlight under bleach here)

    • @greentea4498
      @greentea4498 Před 8 lety +32

      O my god it does ....
      F IS FOR FRIENDS WHO DO STUFF TOGETHER U IS FOR YOU AND MEEEEEE

    • @olivianorrgard4691
      @olivianorrgard4691 Před 8 lety

      Zoey Pocrnich Lol

    • @feathersneed1543
      @feathersneed1543 Před 7 lety +4

      TimelineGoddess He Did That Purpose.

  • @supermollyo64
    @supermollyo64 Před 8 lety +362

    So if His Theme is in Undertale...
    Does that mean every version of Undertale has His Theme?
    0-0
    Someone help me

    • @Aeistheticism
      @Aeistheticism Před 8 lety +25

      ...........AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!? Toby Fox, this is a TRUE MASTERPIECE!

    • @jackywong9504
      @jackywong9504 Před 4 lety +13

      no, as an unused version of Undertale uses the last part of Once Upon A Time instead

    • @thevioletskull8158
      @thevioletskull8158 Před 3 lety +1

      Omg

    • @TrulySomeone
      @TrulySomeone Před 3 lety +7

      5 years late but by “Undertale”, they mean the SONG UNDERTALE, not the actual game!!

    • @vintage-radio
      @vintage-radio Před 3 lety

      @@TrulySomeoneits a joke

  • @lucidaimonia4472
    @lucidaimonia4472 Před 8 lety +140

    "Sans in sans."

  • @ImGonnaFudgeThatFish
    @ImGonnaFudgeThatFish Před 5 lety +23

    Alphys' theme being played by Undyne is a really good small detail that is easily missable. My favorite motif of this.

  • @Musikur
    @Musikur Před 2 lety +36

    3 observations:
    1- I never realised that The Choice is literally the undertale track slowed down
    2- I guess the ruins is more the theme for monsters, or the underground as a whole, since it's used by Undyne as the true hero.
    3- You got the battle the wrong way around, it's the battle which borrowed it from the dogs ;)

  • @aintnobodylikewarmmilk7913
    @aintnobodylikewarmmilk7913 Před 8 lety +62

    I remember when I first heard Hopes in Dating Start, on my second playthrough. Surprised me so hard I choked on my drink.

  • @oblongbirb
    @oblongbirb Před 7 lety +150

    Because I've been more into Homestuck lately, I haven't been active in the Undertale fandom for a LOOOONG while, and coming back to listen to some Undertale music just makes me wanna cry tears of joy. Wow.

  • @Astoundinhades
    @Astoundinhades Před 8 lety +54

    This game is such a masterpiece. The music is a big contributor to that.

    • @Aeistheticism
      @Aeistheticism Před 8 lety +8

      The humor, dialogue, needed skills, and animations also count.

  • @bongwater1856
    @bongwater1856 Před 2 lety +10

    Why is it that so often this game's music & story fill me with melancholy

  • @user-gp5yz5yz4x
    @user-gp5yz5yz4x Před 2 lety +20

    yall say its lazy but theres no denying that the OST for this game absolutely slaps

  • @LoneWanderer101
    @LoneWanderer101 Před 8 lety +1125

    Toby is a Musical Genius!!!!!!!
    or lazy...

  • @gatubraz9425
    @gatubraz9425 Před 7 lety +30

    "Leitmotif undertale in undertale"
    Yep , i wasnt sure of this but you confirm all my suspicions

  • @Josbird
    @Josbird Před 2 lety +10

    his theme in finale has gotta be one of the sneakiest ones

    • @Gyrokun
      @Gyrokun Před 7 měsíci

      My mind was effing blown when I finally made that connection

  • @BigR.O.B.
    @BigR.O.B. Před 2 lety +42

    I like to think of the ruins one as a sort of Mt. Ebott/monster race theme since it only appears in larger overworld areas and moments that have significance to all monsters.

  • @nathanhavey1
    @nathanhavey1 Před 2 lety +19

    this video is SO eye opening. i was aware of all the similarities between certain tracks but this really helped me notice some of the obvious leitmotifs in songs i just thought of as their own identities.

  • @VerdanaTwo
    @VerdanaTwo Před 8 lety +87

    You got "NGAHHH!!" and "Spear of Justice" backwards, though I don't blame you. They're not exactly polar opposite songs...

  • @MCRAVENATOR2222
    @MCRAVENATOR2222 Před 8 lety +35

    There's both hope and despair motifs. 10/10.

  • @Blackern5000
    @Blackern5000 Před 2 lety +15

    With all the deltarune stuff, I forgot how much of a masterpiece undertale is.

  • @juliogomesdesouza9035
    @juliogomesdesouza9035 Před 2 lety +24

    I have to say, I love how toby creates two songs, remixes them a million times and they don't even sound similiar. The guy has mad talent.

  • @sapphireclawe
    @sapphireclawe Před 2 lety +5

    Something I noticed was that Bergentruckung was ALSO an Undertale leitmotif, making ASGORE have it too by extension.

  • @kotnkandy
    @kotnkandy Před 8 lety +65

    I think Bergentruckung has undertale in it. Just listen.

    • @Aeistheticism
      @Aeistheticism Před 8 lety +5

      That theme also has ASGORE, and Heartache in it.

    • @Maybe-Sunny
      @Maybe-Sunny Před 8 lety +14

      ASGORE also has Undyne right at the end, I believe.

    • @itchypaper6683
      @itchypaper6683 Před 8 lety +9

      I finally found somebody who knows its not Spear of Justice.

    • @FG-nd3ue
      @FG-nd3ue Před 8 lety

      i heard it

    • @Catmomila
      @Catmomila Před 7 lety +1

      More like His Theme.

  • @yaboiguzma7506
    @yaboiguzma7506 Před 7 lety +97

    Heartache is in Heartache
    Wow!
    Never would have known

    • @merin9357
      @merin9357 Před 7 lety

      Shannon Deonier seems legit

    • @leswason
      @leswason Před 7 lety +1

      i can feast once more DOUBLE HEARTACHE MEANS TWICE THE PAIN!!

  • @mrpedantic
    @mrpedantic Před 8 lety +62

    Your Best Friend and Your Best Nightmare are the same leitmotif, as has been pointed out. Therefore, there's at least one more connection to be made.

    • @Circlejourney
      @Circlejourney  Před 8 lety

      +jtheyellow oh, I didn't realise. do you have a video that demonstrates that?

    • @coolblobfish1799
      @coolblobfish1799 Před 8 lety

      That's obvious tho

    • @Circlejourney
      @Circlejourney  Před 8 lety +4

      Are we thinking of the same things? The main melodic motif of Your Best Nightmare (the dissonant, creepy one) doesn't play in Your Best Friend (to my knowledge).

    • @coolblobfish1799
      @coolblobfish1799 Před 8 lety

      +Circle Journey who are you replying to?

    • @Circlejourney
      @Circlejourney  Před 8 lety +3

      both, I suppose. I'm trying to figure out where the connection is (or what you define as one), and you both seem to know.

  • @grammasloth1773
    @grammasloth1773 Před 5 lety +18

    The fact that but nobody came sped up is floweys theme is terrifying plus the fact it sounds echoed in a small place

  • @waiyumunching8357
    @waiyumunching8357 Před 7 lety +296

    Toby made less than 10 tracks, and just remixed them. :)
    Still, we haven't solved the mystery to whether Toby is lazy, or just an insane genius.

  • @SanicStudios
    @SanicStudios Před 8 lety +23

    Undertale in UNDERTALE, Sans. in Sans. And His Theme in his Theme.....
    REALLY, SHERLOCK BONES????

  • @emeliamarie7291
    @emeliamarie7291 Před 8 lety +42

    I love the style of this video holy crap

  • @StrawberryHat
    @StrawberryHat Před 2 lety +12

    20:17 'Oh my...' is just the very beginning of Shakira's song 'Whenever, wherever'
    Either funny accident or obscure reference, parts of the lyrics do add on mettaton's character and him beginning to be a popstar. That Shakira song was her global breakthrough after all.

  • @VVen0m
    @VVen0m Před 2 lety +11

    *Casually watching this in 2021 despite the fact that I've already known about all of these for like 5 years*

  • @Rurru232332
    @Rurru232332 Před 7 lety +21

    Leitmotif Papyrus is too in Song That Might Play When Fight Sans

    • @matthewchatelain2848
      @matthewchatelain2848 Před 7 lety +4

      The desc says they aren't using songs that are not in the actual game.

  • @CallMeElwis94
    @CallMeElwis94 Před 8 lety +128

    It is a well known fact, that Undertale OST is made out of just one entirely long song, that was later cut into smaller bits, and these were later cut into smaller ones that got remixed.
    That's what I at least assume.

    • @hoarse4610
      @hoarse4610 Před 8 lety +1

      +Elwis From Poland Megalovania

    • @CallMeElwis94
      @CallMeElwis94 Před 8 lety +1

      Ginger Show Yeah, except maybe that one.

    • @hoarse4610
      @hoarse4610 Před 8 lety +1

      Elwis From Poland btw most of the soundtrack has Undertale in it.

    • @mclovin2024
      @mclovin2024 Před 8 lety

      its all made out of 9 songs.

    • @azhart_4369
      @azhart_4369 Před 2 lety +23

      "it is a well known fact" ..... "thats what I atleast assume"???????

  • @robrod7120
    @robrod7120 Před 8 lety +48

    where's bring it in guys!? it would add like 30 mins to this vid but

  • @N1ght_377
    @N1ght_377 Před 3 lety +25

    Fun fact: the but “nobody came..” soundtrack is called “too_much” in the game files. So technically the most official name for it is Too Much.

  • @asrielgramurr4141
    @asrielgramurr4141 Před 8 lety +62

    I think I heard "Memory" in "Finale."

    • @matthewchatelain2848
      @matthewchatelain2848 Před 7 lety +13

      Yeah, it's there. Pay attention to the bells.

    • @fredylanes20
      @fredylanes20 Před 5 lety +1

      @@matthewchatelain2848 Its called *His Theme* sorry of this is offensive.

    • @thomasmaxwell6197
      @thomasmaxwell6197 Před 5 lety +1

      Ferdinand Llanes well in final it is actually memory

    • @BlueMoonSys
      @BlueMoonSys Před 4 lety +3

      To be fair, "his theme" and "memory" are the same thing. "Memory" is just played using a glockenshpeil (probably spelled wrong) to get the calm and somber feeling of the dead child

    • @launchbase4944
      @launchbase4944 Před 2 lety

      his theme and memory are the same motif, I don't know why there's a need to have a distinction

  • @thetrump9974
    @thetrump9974 Před 2 lety +7

    Imagine how different the undertale sound track would be if Toby didn’t come up with that one undertale melody lmao