Undertale: A Soundtrack With "Determination"

Might be minor spoilers in here, Warned

Undertale is the most recent critically acclaimed indie game that the internet and myself have been obsessing over still even after its September 15, 2015 release. Undertale was created, written, designed and composed by Toby Fox with additional artwork done by Temmie Chang. The gameplay of Undertale is similar to two of Fox's favorite games Super Mario RPG and The Mother series. These games are all RPGs, if you didn't get that already, and Undertale is designed to look like these games did on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Undertale is the story of a human child who falls into the underground world of monsters where the child has to make a choice on how proceed through the underground. Undertale is so beloved because of its story and characters and how they interact and how the game changes up on how gamers traditionally play RPGs, which it was why it got the attention it deserves.

The most powerful aspect that Undertale that uses to enhance the gameplay is the soundtrack. Undertale has over 101 total songs on the soundtrack and each song was created by Fox. Each song on the soundtrack has a specific place that it was played in the game and in those moments you can feel joy, sadness, silliness, victorious, or fearful. The video game/pop culture site Kotaku named Undertale one of the best soundtracks of 2015. Since there are 101 songs, I will be covering a few that are mine and fan favorites.  

The first song that I will be talking about is titled "Bonetrousle." "Bonetrousle" plays in the boss fight of one of my favorite characters Papyrus. Papyrus is a skeleton who lives in the underground with his brother Sans. Papyrus is the goofy, flamboyant and very kind and all he wants to catch you so he can be promoted to Royal Guard. "Bonetrousle" has a very serious beat at first, but the rest of the song is bouncy and silly, much like Papyrus himself. An interview with Fox on website The Existential Gamer quoted Fox saying that "Bonetrousle" was composed before Undertale, but was absorbed into it because it fit so well.

The second song I will talk about is simply titled "Dummy!". This song the boss theme to a boss fight were you fight a possessed dummy call Mad Dummy. The music has a strong sound to the 1920's-1930's jazz swing sound to it. This song isn't just a song designed to loop over itself when over it is a true complete song which is slightly different than most of the songs on the soundtrack because most are about a minute song that can be looped forever and still sound great.

The last song I will be talking about is my favorite one on the soundtrack and it is "MEGALOVANIA." This song will play when you fight Sans, the brother of Papyrus. Sans is the complete opposite of papyrus, he lazy, likes making bad puns and can be eerily serious at times. This boss fight is the toughest in the game and the soundtrack shows that. The song has hyper rock music playing to keep the player on his toes because this part needs complete concentration. Fox, like "Bonetrousle", had created this song before Undertale, but unlike "Bonetrousle" he had used it in other places before. He used it in a game hack he made of EarthBound call "The Halloween Hack" and the game "Homestuck." 

Fox's soundtrack for Undertale has left its mark on the internet because if you search YouTube for a specific song will find that song covered in various styles ranging from metal to jazz. If you are interested in purchasing the soundtrack you can by it from bandcamp. 

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