MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | Undertale Ost: 098 - Battle Against a True Hero 

Megalovania, Jevil's theme, and just any Undertale/Deltarune boss theme really !! You should DEFINITLY check out Omori's ost too, the most popular ones are probably World's end valentine and Final duet, they're MASTERPIECES

Hopes and dreams and Megalovania

Field of Hopes and Dreams from Deltarune (another game by toby fox, it's like a parallel universe to Undertale) and from Undertale itself, Hopes and Dreams or the song called Undertale are the best imo

Maybe some tracks from Homestuck? That’s more of a collaborative effort of music by different composers but Toby Fox heavily contributed! Megalovania is actually a track that also featured in Homestuck and older projects where Toby Fox was involved! Other tracks of Homestuck by Toby Fox or in co-production with him that I recommend would be: Umbral Ultimatum Cascade (this one is definitely a joint effort) Descend Black Moonsetter Savior of the Waking World

Undertale is an amazing one, even though it's more relaxed than the usual I suppose, still amazing

Why did u write that shit like poem bro shut up 😭🙏🙏🙏

*in their world Don't forget that the entirety of Undertale is inside a cave.

@@mauro27279 true, but, that doesn't reflect the epicness of the music. lol

​@@mauro27279"You'll destroy them all, won't you? Monsters... Humans... Everyone..." "For the sake of the whole world... I, UNDYNE, will strike you down!" It was definitely not just THEIR world.

ah while i do love this one, i feel like your best nightmare works best with the gameplay and how it leads into finale, but it's definitely... a unique piece to listen to blind! 😂 edit: listening to it again, i really feel like your best nightmare + finale should be listened to back to back 🤔

​@@blupenguYES. You need one with the other to get the full experience.

I think you will like the video that comes out tomorrow. It was based on your suggestion. Thanks!

The game takes a turn at this point. Combined with the music, it just makes the impact that much harder. So good.

It's because it's at this moment that the game turns your perspective completely on its head. Before this moment, you'd essentially been playing a typical 'bad end' video game route. You're playing the same game as usual, but up until now, there's been few moments that make you feel the consequences of that. Toriel and Papyrus are 2 of the only exceptions, but the former plays out almost normally except after you attack and the latter is a rather brief moment of hesitation, and then the game continues on as normal. It's a lot like a game like GTA, where it doesn't matter very much if you're a paragon of goodness or a murderous psychopath. The consequences only last for the duration of however long you're in trouble, and then the game goes back to normal. Then you get to this fight. The lead-in alone is just as jarring as Papyrus if not moreso, with you ready to kill an unarmed, defenseless child who's been your pal up until that point, for no reason at all. Then, when you make the choice to attack him, even if you try and ignore the implications of what you're doing, the game FORCES you to face them by having Undyne intercept the attack. But she doesn't just shame you, though - she has her moment of epiphany then and there. In the normal game, you make her realize the error of her ways by showing her kindness. Here, you get her to reverse her entire life philosophy in moments because you hit her so hard, with such apathy and hatred, that she instantly realizes you're an existential threat to the entire world. And it's the music, in both name and in tone, that cements that. The game is telling you in no uncertain terms that you're no longer the hero, or even really the protagonist. SHE is the hero. SHE has become what you were SUPPOSED TO BE. You, the character, are the villain of this story, and are a worse one than even Flowey would become. You, the player, aren't experiencing a game anymore. Most of the puzzles are deactivated, and most of the character interactions are now lost to you. You're little more than an observer, moving Frisk around an increasingly empty map and occasionally hitting 'Fight' until you get to Sans. Papyrus may mark the moment that you become indefensible, but this song marks the moment that you become irredeemable. Papyrus is the choice; Undyne is the consequences of that choice.

​@@DaRkLoRdZoRcyou couldn't have explained it truer

@@DaRkLoRdZoRc the kind of discussions and comments are why I love Undertale, even to this day and even though I haven't interacted with it much since like 2017. I wish the fandom was all this and none of the toxic degeneracy that's there too

LOL I gotta lots of eyes wanting different things, haha

The wind is howling...

Asgore*

That's my favorite theme of the game, second that!

@@IvoryMadness. Dadsborgb

Bergentrückung Asgore

@@IvoryMadness.Asgore's*

Who and what?

​@@DrumRollTonyReacts "Touhou"(Toho) is game/music genre created by one man. In 1995, Japanese Zunya Ota started coding these "bullet-hell" games from scratch, including all art assets and composing the entire sound tracks with no musical training. Often super janky and quirky with uneven times, tempos, and dissonance everywhere, it's still often incredibly charming and catchy, and undeniably unique. He became an underground hit in Japan and, shockingly, "Touhou" gained a cult following worldwide, with the 19th title in the series being released this year. One nerd, extreme passion, endless determination... Zunya Ota is like the Mowgli of music, coming out of the jungle to make music, to everyone's amazement. He's kind of a hero to nerds.

@@kirktown2046Well that got me interested. Link me the first piece you think I should react to. Thx

@@DrumRollTonyReacts Yeah Touhou music is really unique, most notably for the composer ZUN's use of a trumpet instrument fans call the "ZUNpet". The reason I compared Touhou to Battle Against a True Hero is because this song utilizes a lot of ZUNpets and the developer of Undertale, Toby Fox, is also a massive Touhou fan, having played a piano cover of a Touhou theme at his local church when he was younger and having met ZUN in person. Here are some Touhou OSTs that utilize ZUNpets in a similar style to this song: Flight of the Bamboo Cutter ~ Lunatic Princess Gensokyo Millennium ~ History of the Moon Septette for the Dead Princess Bloom Nobly, Ink-Black Cherry Blossoms ~ Border of Life

@@ProxesHub Septette for the Dead Princess! One of my fav from TH6!

I second this, this is my number one favorite song in the game and its just really beautiful.

so nostalgic u-u

Is this the one??!?!?! Maybe!

also keep in mind some song like heart ache and asgore have refences to each other or go with each other, like "begentrucking and asgore". which is why some are so short. for example this song is meant to be pared with "but the earth refused to die" on top of 'battle against a true hero". since one is a lead up to the actual fight song.

He's still around making songs, just under a different name. He's a fan of Marine from Hololive and has produced a song for her. That song is I'm Your Treasure Box.

His biggest reason for not doing it is actually chronic wrist problems, he's had multiple surgeries on them already. He came out during an undertale orchestral performance in japan and was in pain halfway through performing one song. It's the main reason he has a team on his game now, at one point he had to go a few months barely able to touch a keyboard. He sometimes had someone help with the music by playing to his command when he's recovering from surgery and such (I seem to remember him saying it was his niece, but that's the one part I'm struggling to double-check.)

​@@XixisIIwhat????? really?? i love that song!!

2nd this

Zun is a genius, the amount of circles that were born, shit is incredible

More people drop into Touhou rabbit hole the merrier! Aya's theme with he piano extension is one of the best tracks Zun has ever created. Also Fate of Sixty years is another underrated track.

It is called the Mitsuda Lick and in game music is a homage made by the music composers for games to the composer of Chrono trigger. Thats amasing!!! (Did you know that?)

Welcome in

We All Lift Together and Sleeping in the Cold Below are in my gaming playlist along with Toby Fox stuff and a few other bits and bobs. Would totally love Tony to react to Warframe!

As well as other tracks from ultrakill

I mean... I think it's ok if you listen to the video while in another tab, in case there's gameplay in the video. I wouldn't read the comments, for extra safety, too.

Judging from previous video comments, there may not be many spoilers since the commenters usually do a good job at not spoiling. The top comments will likely have no spoilers. You can always revisit the comments if/when you play the game to avoid any potential spoilers though. If you listen to any other Undertale songs, be sure to not watch any videos that have gameplay attached. I did that years ago when I had not played the game yet, although I didn't pay too much attention nor did I remember much of the gameplay. Hope you get to play soon! The music really makes a good story 10x better.

The video is completely safe to watch, go ahead.

😅😅😅

Lol, savage.

undertale ost > ff

haha that is an awesome challenge. lmaoooooo I love the internet sometimes

I would love to see some DKC music, but he tends to do more recent stuff.

@@ballerdonk I don't see what that should matter. Back in SNES times composers were FORCED to be more creative than ever so I think it's more worth checking those tracks out than the new stuff tbh.

@@Velos3 LOL well no offense but you have 3 subscribers and no videos. I wouldnt expect you to think about RU-vid audiences and the life of a video or its impact on a channel. There are currently ONLY 3,783.2 sarches per MONTH for reactions videdos to that piece from DKC you suggeted. That is not exactly a topic being searched often. It could be a cool feature video on Patreon or maybe I take a chance on it and see how it performs. Musically I am sure its awesome.

@@DrumRollTonyReacts I just thought it deserves more recognition because it's very underrated and unknown that's why nobody even knows about it. David Wise the composer is seen as a genius and is very experimental. Fortnite for example was also unknown and is today one of the well known games ever. Not that David Wise has something to do with Fortnite.

@@Velos3 Wild comparison. Fortnite was leveled up globally by Twitch's top 1% at the time in that era. Also a huge social media era. I agree with you though, I'm sure the composition aspect I'd amazing. Maybe I'll try it.

it's just a fonk for those who don't understand music, like the original sans theme

Those are my two main instruments lol

I have a feeling ill be polling for Final Fantasy music soon

@@DrumRollTonyReacts Thats awesome to hear man, Nobuo Uematsu's music has always been a favorite of mine.

Final Fantasy really does well at having both beautiful music and absolute bangers.

I'm not sure why. Might be the link

@DrumRollTonyReacts thanks for the response Tony! Love your videos. I was hoping you'd consider reacting to the opening of Pet by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure. Hope I get to see your reaction in the future!