An Opera Singer Reacts To The Undertale OST 

✨Timestamps✨ [100% done] [Took 4 hours] 0:00 - Waiting Screen 2:15 - Start of Stream 4:00 - Once Upon A Time 5:54 - Start Menu 6:46 - Your Best Friend 7:23 - Fallen Down 8:22 - Ruins 10:25 - Uwa!! So Temperate🎵 11:27 - Anticipation 11:50 - Unnecessary Tension 12:30 - Enemy Approaching 14:18 - Ghost Fight 15:42 - Determination 18:03 - Home 21:14 - Home(Music Box) 24:23 - Heartache 28:17 - sans. 29:14 - Nyeh Heh Heh! 30:35 - Snowy 32:19 - Uwa!! So Holiday🎵 32:50 - Dogbass 32:58 - Mysterious Place 33:42 - Dogsong 34:21 - Snowdin Town 35:45 - Shop 36:35 - Bonetrousle 37:33 - Dating Start! 39:31 - Dating Tense! 39:58 - Dating Fight! 40:34 - Premotion 41:36 - Danger Mystery 41:55 - Undyne 43:16 - Waterfall 45:23 - Run 45:51 - Quiet Water 46:24 - Memory 47:39 - Bird That Carries You Over A Disproportionately Small Gap 48:04 - Dummy! 51:22 - Pathetic House 52:02 - Spooktune 52:26 - Spookwave 52:51 - Ghouliday 53:05 - Chill 54:01 - Thundersnail 55:41- Temmie Village 56:40 - Tem Shop 58:17 - NGAHHH!! 59:49 - Spear Of Justice 1:01:36 - Ooo 1:01:50 - Alphys 1:03:17 - It's Showtime! [After Metal Crusher he had stopped Playing and will be talking more] 1:05:54 - Metal Crusher 1:06:57 - Another Medium 1:09:19 - Uwa!! So HEATS!!🎵 1:09:53 - Stronger Monsters 1:10:57 - Hotel 1:12:24 - Can You Really Call This A Hotel, I Didn't Receive A Mint On My Pillow Or Anything 1:14:40 - Confession 1:15:56 - Live Report 1:16:14 - Death Report 1:17:02 - Spider Dance 1:18:49 - Wrong Enemy !? 1:20:25 - Oh! One True Love 1:22:05 - Oh! Dungeon 1:22:38 - It's Raining Somewhere Else 1:25:31 - CORE Approach 1:25:42 - CORE 1:28:29 - Last Episode! 1:28:37 - Oh My... 1:28:52 - Death By Glamour 1:31:07 - For The Fans 1:33:05 - Long Elevator 1:33:26 - Undertale (THE best track) 1:42:12 - Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans 1:43:15 - The Choice 1:45:28 - Small Shock 1:45:42 - Barrier 1:46:13 - Bergentrückung 1:46:35 - ASGORE 1:49:57 - You Idiot 1:50:39 - Your Best Nightmare 1:54:41 - Finale 1:56:35 - An Ending 2:00:05 - She's Playing Piano 2:00:42 - Here We Are 2:02:48 - Amalgam 2:04:09 - Fallen Down (Reprise) 2:06:42 - Don't Give Up 2:08:43 - Hopes And Dreams 2:11:45 - Burn In Despair! 2:12:07 - SAVE The World 2:14:02 - His Theme 2:16:07 - Final Power 2:16:27 - Reunited 2:22:04 - Menu (Full) 2:22:38 - Respite 2:24:33 - Bring It In, Guys! 2:28:46 - Last Goodbye 2:31:02 - But The Earth Refused To Die 2:31:37 - Battle Against A True Hero 2:34:16 - Power Of "NEO" 2:35:21 - MEGALOVANIA 2:37:58 - Good Night IM DONE !!! IM FREE !!! I FINISHED THE TIMESTAMPS !!!! YIPPIEEEE !!!!! edit: ty for all the kind words I'm glad I could do this for the community altho its not much haha :]] hope yall having a lovely week, love yall

One of my favorite Undertale Facts(tm) is that Spear of Justice was originally slightly more mellow, but Toby rewrote it because, and I quote, "It didn't sound enough like being heroically punched in the face."

What I especially love about Dummy! is how it musically represents the Mad Dummy's vocal tic of saying things three times, three times, THREE TIMES! The melody often repeats or 'stutters' in sets of three.

I like your take on papyrus being annoying because I think everyone thinks that about him but it’s always able to be overshadowed by his type of genuine child innocence

When he got to one of Omega flowey's interludes and said "this sounds like a children's song" I never really noticed and it makes total sense

My favorite bit of seeing people listen to the Undertale ost is their reaction to how unbelievably hard Toby goes on "Death Report" for no reason at all

It almost feels like the soundtrack only *pretends* to be chiptune, only to break out whatever instrument it wants when it needs it. Seriously there's more variety in this OST than I've heard in my average radio station.

I feel like in “home” when the guitar skips beats it’s almost like someone playing the song for the first time for their mom. It’s really heartwarming, and I think the beats between notes give it that feeling.

his comment on 1:29:40 fucked me up because i never thought about it that way, with the lead as a voice, but considering the fact that it sounds _very_ similar to mettatons text noise im absolutely obsessed with the idea hes scatting over his own track jazz singer style, thats so friggin fun dude ugh i love him

Seeing your blind reaction to finding the recurring leitmotifs is golden

Wow, I never thought about Waterfall representing a funeral march. It works because right before, you had a chance to kill Papyrus. So there’s multiple layers, it could be representing the history of loss the Underground has suffered, and continues to march forward through Undyne’s courage; and the flip-side is you just ended what was probably Snowdin’s brightest light, so the mourning would be very intense.

Sometimes I rewatch this for that date night music.

1:45:28 Small Shock destroys me every time. You can hear all of the regret and sense of heavy unwanted burden mixed with the extremely out of place awkwardness given the severity of that moment all condensed into two repeating notes.

2:28:43 the fact that he said "uh oh, that's not good" shows how good Toby is at making the music feel the same as the game, and how good Marco is at understanding how it feels like

2:35:20 This piece is actually often regarded as Toby Fox's signature work - it's not specific to Undertale, and you can probably tell because it sounds different from every other track in the game. Ever since it first appeared in an EarthBound ROM hack, it's appeared in almost every game or piece of media he's worked on - even Homestuck has a rendition of it. It even appeared in an EarthBound fangame he didn't work on, but he gave them permission to do their own rendition. The only game he made that it hasn't appeared in is Deltarune, and that's probably because that game isn't finished yet. Anyway, apparently the story goes that in that ROM hack, Toby Fox wanted to use an existing track from another SNES game - Megalomania from Live A Live. However, he couldn't get it to work, and so he "belted out whatever" over the course of I think one or two nights? And created one of the most iconic pieces of video game music of all time. It already had a lot of notoriety in the EarthBound and Homestuck fandoms, but its appearance in Undertale is what made it as famous and recognizable to people as the Super Mario Bros theme.

7:23 there’s always been something about fallen down that i admire, one of my mates described it as “hopelessly optimistic” and i’ve never heard a better description of it.

No one else ever mentions that little alarm-like string in waterfall, thank you for talking about it. It’s my favorite part of the piece.

Thank you so much for coming to this livestream. We had a really great time. It meant a lot that you were here.

The one thing that make me disappointed in terms of the ost it that “So Cold” isn’t a song featured on the ost. Like the first time I heard that song my heart sunk and I was frozen in that battle for like ten minutes crying because of how broken and sad the music was. Otherwise, the Undertale ost is probably one of if not my favorite video game ost ever

Playing Toby Fox games is like having a cool talented friend who sometimes shares something cool, funny, stupid, beautiful or sad with you. It was a great stream Especially funny to see how the Undertale community tries to not spoil stuff. Truly exotic for me

Hopes and Dreams never fails to make me cry. It's truly the epitome of what music can do to move your heart.

Another Medium probably is the single most underrated song in this game. Glad you liked it!

The heartache is felt by toriel as another child is about to leave and likely die. And the determined attitude projected by the music is her determination to keep us here and keep us safe.

i just realized that EVERY time i hear Home i get chills. The emotional weight it carries on top of how soothing it is makes it magical

I'd highly recommend checking out the Deltarune OST (Chapters 1 & 2) if you enjoyed this, which it very much seems that you did. If no, completely understandable

*talks about how important music was and about dad* *Proceeds to play the most action packed track in the game right after* Good stuff man

Never played the game, but i did come across the 5th Anniversary Concert and it's one of my favorite soundtracks. The original is amazing(the 8-bit sound just hits different and i love it), but the arrangements for the orchestra are fantastic.

This OST means the world to me. I honestly feel like it sums up everything about my generation of gamers in an OST, containing everything we need. Other people may think about an album by their favorite band that released when they were teenagers. I think of this OST made by someone in my generational cohort who grew up playing the same games as me and who wanted to bring everything he loved about what game music could do into one soundtrack. It blows my mind.

The Undertale OST is an absolute Masterclass in the use of motifs. The way the same melodies come back in near-unrecognizable fashion…it’s like an Easter egg hunt to find them all!!

Belated comment since I missed the stream, so I will say this: Toby Fox approaches Soken levels in how he uses, integrates, and implements leitmotif. It's astonishing how well the entire OST works when you listen for the various themes given the limited tech at his disposal.

This video is a delight for all Undertale fans! Thank you very much for making this video, and I really hope you enjoy Undertale when you play it

“The static is really interesting because it sounds like we’re going into different rooms” it’s because you ARE! I’m so glad he caught on to that, the “Your Best Nightmare” flowey fight is one of the best fights in the game in my opinion.

The best part about Undertale's music is the entire thing *tells the story* along with the narrative. Every track is itself a piece of the narrative, and the narrative - and especially all of the characters - would not be remotely as impactful without it. I could go on forever on exactly how each track *informs* the story at the moment.

* Seeing the reach and impact that one little dog was able to singlehandedly make through music alone... * It fills you with *DETERMINATION* ❤️🧡💛💚💙💙💜🤍

15:29 fun fact the ghost’s voice originated from the game Earthbound! Toby Fox is a big fan of the game and includes music inspiration from it. In this case the sample is from an Earthbound character named Venus, she’s the lead singer of a jazz/blues group 2:02:57 oh and is also an Earthbound sample, though both sample the opening of the Beach Boys song Deidre

**SPOILERS** The fact that Marco was talking about his fathers death when the song ‘Undertale’ ended when it’s based on a father losing his son is genuinely heartbreaking.

Aw man the fact you spoke about your dad after listening to that song. Knowing the context of the game scene. Absolutely gutting. I'm glad you shared your thoughts about your dad. Very touching.

This music never fails to make me feel something. Absolutely beautiful and the fifth anniversary concert makes me cry like a baby

So someone wrote at the 2 hr mark roughly. That it was Toby playing piano. This is correct. But Toby not only made the game himself out of a challenge If he could take a prompt box language and turn it into a game which is madness enough and he succeded, he designed the characters (Temmi fleshed them out with art) the entire story plot, including a variety of endings and save file reprogramming, he composed the entire score to reflect on his own characters and plot. The game was released when he was 23, which means he wrote, composed an ost, had character art, reprogrammed a programming engine, and had the game in beta before he was 23. That is a level of actual genius I can't begin to comprehend. Also not only is the soundtrack rich and incredibly well done, there are tracks written in microtonal tuning. Age 23.

Talking about the wide variety of music in the game IMMEDIATELY before Temmie Village's theme sure was astounding timing.

It's amazing how Toby Fox alone managed to create such an amazing soundtrack through his own simple software. Everything that should hit you straight in the heart did hit, everything that should make you cry also succeeded. There's a few sounds that became the very definition of a lot of emotion I'm feeling in my life. Like.. when I feel down but think I should stay determined I hear music from Undertale and sometimes my brain just let me keep going just because it keeps on replaying the song in my head and I feel like "I can do it" thanks to this. I'm depressed so much and it's hard to keep on trying but this keeps me going. Music is really a balsam for the heart.

I just wanna say, this guy is an opera singer, right? One of the most classical types of music out there. And he really likes VGM. Just goes to show that there are some people out there who just don't like to open their mind. Love your reactions!

What makes undertales soundtrack special is Toby’s masterful use of leitmotifs, and how each motif thematically ties together characters through themes. Hearing “his theme” in “undertale”, hearing “heartache” and “determination” in asgore, all of it just lines up so well.

33:30 OMG I just realized when you said "Sounds like echolocation", that has a direct connection to an enemy you specifically get to fight in the place this music plays.

I feel it is important to point out that both piano segments in "Last Goodbye" are Toby Fox playing a live piano, and he said that it was his self expression, his heart, in a tweet soon after the game released.

Undertale's OST never disappoints. Your decision to stop livestreams of the game was the best one for reasons already pointed out by you and others, but it's nice that we still get to experience the soundtrack with you. Also, Happy early birthday!

OOH POG! Undertale is sitting at the middle of my core memories... This game and the story and the soundtrack has a special place in my heart and I'm glad you are also hearing the amazing compositions made for this game.

this is the best soundtrack reaction i’ve had the pleasure of watching so far. your voice is so perfectly inoffensive and it’s like your reactions are a companion to the soundtrack, not an interruption.

"Another Medium, "Core" and "Spider Dance" are absolute bangers and among my favourite game soundtrack songs

this ost gives me so much nostalgia and I will never get tired of it. toby did such an amazing job with everything, dude's a genius. it's always cool to see other people listen to the music and enjoy it and experience it since i love it so much myself, have fun with the rest of your playthrough!

i love your reaction to 'your best nightmare'. Always my favorite song to see people react to. Its the worried & confused grooving that gets me. 🤣

Yea, this game means the world to me, ever since I first found out about it 2 years ago. This was a delightful find, and It's great finding yet another new soul! I sincerely hope you enjoy your stay, and find continued pleasure throughout your journey!

God I just love this game and its soundtrack there’s just something so honest and genuine about it. And of course from playing it there’s also the emotional value I actually have the collectors edition of this game and it comes with a cute little locket with a music box inside that plays ‚his theme‘ and it’s my favorite extra goodie out of all the collectors/special editions of games I have

when you started talking about your dad, i felt the tears well up in my own eyes. my dad is a conductor (ballet, symphonic, and opera) and he introduced me to the world of music. he’d always go on and on about his favourite composers and jump at any opportunity to take me to performances. he introduced me to pavarotti and popp, tchaikovsky and strauss, chopin and debussy, he loves it all and wanted to share it all with me. he is one of my best friends, and music started that friendship. i’m so sorry for your loss. i can’t even begin to imagine what that feels like. but music will always be here for you, as it has been there for me. love the content, love your character, (love your voice btw), and love what you’re doing. keep it up man

I think it's safe to say that listening to this music beforehand will NOT dampen the emotional impact of things that happen when they play. I look forward to seeing how you react to the songs when you meet them!

I’m so sad I missed this live! I seem to keep missing your streams! Thank god for the VODs! Keep up the amazing work Marco!

Happy birthday, man, hope you're doing great. Love these takes of yours on how music steers you into certain feelings and mindsets (i mean, with a bit more nuance than just happy/sad song). Really looking forward to seeing you finish the playthrough, few games have evoked so much feelings.

Determination really feels like it has eulogy vibes. I can just imagine a ruler to their people say "This journey is over for me. But don't let my goodbye be a sad one. Live, move on, do not despair! For there is still hope for the future."

I've never noticed this about Home before. It really just does sound like the comfy sounds of someone who very clearly isn't perfect at it. But they don't need to be either, they just want to play for the people they care for. That feeling within music is very rarely captured from my experience.

mr meatball this video feels like a classical music station that will play a lovely little song and then someone with the most calming nice voice ever comes on to talk for a second while you drift off into thought and the next song comes on. thank you for this, you are very relaxing and nice to listen to

From the sound of it, you werent able to finish the game before hand and that's a shame, but Im so happy seeing you react to the OST. Defintely one of my big favs hands down!

Never played undertale, but damb I really liked that music my favorite was that creepy one that started on 1:50:40. NGL I got totally jump scared and I jumped out of my chair with that maniacal laughing 🤣. Had my headphones on at pretty high volume lol

Man I like your reactions to every music piece in Undertale, It has very interesting music and really harmonic in some areas. Love to see more reactions of music!

26:45 Well one has Heartache, so one is determined to go through even more hearthache to achieve the goal.

I honestly wouldn't mind watching another stream where you react to the rest of it once you have the context!

Bangers right after another. I'm so glad this game exist. So glad Toby still creates more stuff. Thanks for this stream! Can't hecking waiting for the concert!

Fantastic reaction, loved seeing your analysis and I hope you didn't get spoiled too much, it really is a one of a kind experience. Can't wait for that Hopes and Dreams reaction and the orchestra!!

Something about Home just gives me the feeling of someone learning a piano piece, messing up in a couple of places but still continuing the piece despite that, and being helped along by another person who is keeping on pace with their own part.

I love how after listening to Undertale, and talking about a very emotional thing concerning his dad, the most goofy shift in music takes place with the song that might play when you fight sans.

Marco, if you liked hopes and dreams I recommend giving the band Anamanaguchi a listen, especially their early work (anything 2006-2012). Hopes and dreams was directly inspired by it. it even goes full circle as a while back Anamanaguchi even did their own cover of "hopes and dreams"

2:06:20 is honestly the best description of that half of that song I've ever heard, it really is just a hug in song form (:

I absolutely love how Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans isn't even in the game and only exists to troll people doing exactly this

At the very least, getting through the soundtrack really kind of highlights just how HARD it is to sit still when there's still so much to go. From a music standpoint imagine having a friend who only listens to one track from an album every few days, and just having to bite your cheeks, clench your fists, and try to hold back from telling them how hype the sixth track is, or the eighth! How important that melody is in the reprise before the last track of the album, it ties the whole thing together! Maybe this is the sort of effect you get when a musician makes a video game, it's agonizing as much as it empowers your own passion.

Watching a grown man tear up to video game music really shows the food power of the internet

Thank you for the reactions Marco! I really love the way you explain the songs. I'm glad you enjoyed the OST!

Quiet Water is one of my favorite songs....where is happens and how it happens really give you the feels...I just love it... Some many renditions of the Main Theme, and I do enjoy most of them.

The tone shift from Undertale to Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans oh my god

Toby Fox composes in 24-tone system, which is why you'll hear microtones being used in some of the music.

1:55:21 I love the background tune going on here, that is super easy to miss before you realize its there but very noticeable after you hear it and has story implications.

I was watching one of your other videos, and then this one autoplayed, and the second I heard Home I just started sobbing, It's such a beutiful and emotional song, Toby & Temmie, and everyone else did an outstanding Job on this.

His reaction to the intro to Hopes and Dreams is remarkably similar to mine, it's exactly like getting to the initial top of a rollercoaster or log flume and suddenly dropping in.

Watching how you were listening the song named Undertale really got me. I mean, this song gets me every time I listen to it, but that time was special. I was crying, I was thinking about my whole journey of my life, of my parents, friends and relatives. And when you shared your emotions and feelings about your dad, it finished off me. I imagined that I, at some point, will lose someone of them. That's really terrible feeling and you have the same like almost the whole time after cancer diagnosis of your father. I feel really sorry about you and I hope that everything would be fine for you and you will overcome all the emotions. Thanks for the reaction, greetings from Ukraine.

Hey Marco I wanted to say thank you so much. Your section on your dad was heart wrenching. I just lost my mom this december and hearing your relate that song to you dad and how you feel about him really helped put to words exactly how Ive been feeling lately with her loss. Just in this one instance you helped me so much! Keep doing what your doing man! ❤️🤘

Thanks recommended, always love to find reactions like these.

So happy to see you enjoying this soundtrack. ASGORE's theme it one of the most important in my life. It was part of the reason I did not drop out of college. Much love brother.

the piano in Dating Start! is real live piano not just synths and samples

Listening to UNDERTALE (The song not the entire soundtrack), I will never get tired of it. To me it's a comfort song, a song to tell me that "Everything will be ok" and not in a cheap way. The first half all the way to the flute (favorite part) just makes me cry so much, it's comforting in a way and the flute really helps with that. Then the second half just makes me feel better and happy, I'm still here, I'm still me, I can keep going with my life. And that very last bit of the song where that 1 instrument finishes it off is just beautiful, it's the song saying goodbye to you, to go and live your life.

Thank you so much for making this i love an excuse to listen to the undertale soundtrack and im defenitly glad you're the one that reacted to it you made my day and i hope you keep making lovely videos like this.

I find it so strange how he thinks Nye-he-heh is annoying but Bonetrousle is good. The funny thing about the dating songs is that they're basically Ace Attorney references. Dating Start is basically the happy morning theme in the office (Could be either Maya or Ema) Dating Tense is Suspense and Dating Fight is essentially Pursuit Cornered

There were still some songs to be played, but wow, how beautiful to see someone who understands music reacting to something that marked my life. Only unfortunately I think I didn't understand some explanations well, since I'm Brazilian and I only saw it through the RU-vid caption. ❤=) Ainda faltou algumas músicas a serem tocadas, mas nossa, que lindo ver alguém que entende de música reagindo a algo que marcou minha vida. Só infelizmente acho que não entendi bem algumas explicações, ja que sou brasileiro e apenas vi pela legenda do RU-vid.

I like youre finding some lemotifs between music. Also your reaction makes me happy. Really can't wait for orchestra reaction video🙂

Man... Every single time I listen to "Undertale" when that piano hits, the tears just come out. I can't even control it, it's like some sort of primal reaction in me, I can't help it.

May be late, but god i love people hearing the ost of one of my favorite games. When you get towards the end of the game, bergentrückung and asgore make so much more sense and adds so much weight to the music

1:40:14 May your dad rest in peace. In the context of this game, it's also about the death of someone. Crazy how music can tell a story.

i love seeing people react to the undertale ost!!!! undertale as a whole is something that had a huge effect on me, every song in the ost hits me in different ways whether it be me jamming out or crying my eyes out, my fav game ost next to splatoon omori and miitopia

i love the 1+2, +3+, 4+ series of eighth notes whenever it shows up. (emphasis on the 1, + of 2, and 4 +) it's such an energetic rhythm. along with it's counterpart, dotted quarter+dotted quarter+quarter. (4/4) that feeling of moving forward is so good

Marco I wish you all success possible, hearing why the track "UNDERTALE" means a lot to you hit me hard in the feels, and I wish you all of luck! You are awesome, dude! 💙 Also happy birthday! :D

This game has a handful of moments that made me cry like a little boy when I first experienced it. This made me remember those moments. Also, thanks for your insightful analyses of game music!

Happened to watch while it's Marco's birthday in my timezone, apparenty. Happy birthday man, thanks for the insights!

I’ve watched about 5 minutes of this video and I enjoy it significantly more than the one by best music teacher. You stop and give commentary instead of just letting it happen. I’m subscribing.