Hey, I've done a video on Deltarune music too, have you seen it? It's over here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d7ZyY5dq1c3RqGw.html

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

"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.

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"

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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

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".

"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!❤

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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*

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 ❤

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Very slashy track. Always hurts to listen.

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

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

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

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)

DESPITE EVERYTHING… *…ITS STILL YOU.*

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…

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.

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.

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

This song always gives me chills

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

"Despite everything, It's still you."

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.

I like how he figures out the story only by music

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.

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

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."

"Despite everything, .. it's still you ."

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

the way i feel about this song is that your sad that its ending, but your more happy that it happened.

I love how the lead guitar at the beginning sounds like it's whispering the melody to you.

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

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

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

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.

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.

This is the only Undertale song that causes me to cry

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)

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)!

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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

This song almost made me cry once when I listened to it after 2 or 3 years. It does nostalgia well.

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

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.

'wrong enemy' is also a nice one to hear from time to time.

Everything in it has lots of emotion in it, that's what I love about this, and the flute made me almost cry man- if that isn't proof, I don't know what is.

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.

One of my favourite songs of all time

I'm surprised he didn't cry

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

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.

Ayy im on time for once! Love your stuff man!

This song genuinely makes me tear up every time I hear it, I consider it a genuine masterpiece

This song gets me emotional every time, it sounds so simple compared to most songs in the game but it’s so impactful.

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.

This music make ms cry because it's just beautiful. I fill like everything I lived wasn't in vain, even the bad things. And that everything I lived built me. "Despite everything, it's still you"

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 😃

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 😂

man, when i first got to new home and this song started playing, i started crying so much, i guess it did a really good job in being emotional lol

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!

1:00 The character thought these might be gardening tools. In fact, they are tools for working with the fireplace…adjusting the burning wood, tools for sweeping up and disposing of the ashes when they’re cooled, etc.

this song is so good, i can't even put it into words

To me An Ending is more emotional due to its placement in the neutral endings, and the inevitable feeling of incompleteness. At the end of every neutral route at least 2 people are dead, Asgore always, and someone else to differentiate from pacifist. Sans can call you and it could be just him and Papyrus, or it could be everyone but Papyrus. It’s the theme of the entire underground persevering, and the fact that it is a modification of Ruins is important because of 3places it appears, one being the ruins, of course, the next being in waterfall, and finally in new home. Those are important because who lives in those places? Toriel, Undyne, and Asgore, the royal family and second highest leader. An Ending is not only the theme of an underground inevitability in grief but also of a new leader taking up the responsibilities of the fallen king. Looking at the phone calls you get in each ending it’s very important that Sans calls you first, Sans being the arbiter of the underground in the judgement hall and him contacting you is him holding you accountable for anything you did, showing you the consequences, before letting the others get all emotional, and it digs deeper especially if you read into the more depressive aspects of Sans’ character where he is only in the position of arbiter because it’s the only thing he can do, and that desperation is shared bythe king you slay, and the population of the underground that no matter what will be incomplete, shown in the song by being in a more minor sounding key as opposed to ruins. To me that ever present feeling of un-whole-ness is what makes An Ending the most emotionally charged song in the entire ost. I’d love to see your take on it please do a video on it.

Despite everything, it's still you.

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.