Music Theory: Undertale's Undyne Themes

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A look inside the music theory of Undertale's Undyne Themes.
Audio
0:01 & 1:40 & 3:06 & 3:46 & 6:46 & 12:21
“Undyne”
Composer: Toby Fox
1:18
Bullfighting Theme
From “Bull Fight”
Composer: Sega
1:34 & 3:01 & 6:33
“Danger Mystery”
Composer: Toby Fox
2:38
“Cave 3 / Twisty Tunnels”
from Croc (PS1)
Composer: Justin Scharvona (et. al?)
3:32
“Jaws” Main Theme
From Jaws: The Computer Game
Composer: John Williams
4:01 & 4:53
“Run!”
Composer: Toby Fox
4:34
“Escape”
from Super Metroid
Composer: Kenji Yamamoto
7:04 & 7:53 & 8:33 & 10:20 & 12:33
“Spear of Justice”
Composer: Toby Fox
7:37
Santana’s “Oye Como Va” (Arrangement)
Original Composer: Tito Puente
8:10
“Man in the Mirror” (Arrangement)
Originally by Michael Jackson
Original Composers: Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett
10:02
Andalusean Cadence (Arrangement)
in the style of “Gerudo Valley”
from Zelda: Ocarina of Time
11:38
“Determination”
Composer: Toby Fox
12:05
“Heartache”
Composer: Toby Fox
12:14
“Bonetrousle”
Composer: Toby Fox
12:45
“In My Way”
Composer: Toby Fox
12:54 & 13:52
“Battle Against a True Hero”
Composer: Toby Fox
13:25
Miniboss Theme, Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Composer: Sega
13:38 & 14:56
“ASGORE”
Composer: Toby Fox
14:36 & 14:45
“Your Best Nightmare”
Composer: Toby Fox
15:14
“Bring It In, Guys!”
Composer: Toby Fox
16:11
“She’s Playing Piano”
Composer: Toby Fox
Clips
1:01
Naples Mountain
By WmCheez
commons.wikime...
1:12
Naples Alley
Mstyslav Chernov
commons.wikime...
1:18
“Bull Fight” Gameplay
By Conga Line Monkey
• Bullfighter - Arcade
2:22 & 2:35
Theremin Performance
by Carolina Eyck
• The theremin - A short...
2:27
Theremin Performance
By Peter Pringle
• THEREMIN - Over The Ra...
2:30
Sheldon Theremin
From “The Big Bang Theory”
By Chuck Lorre / Warner Bros. / CBS
• Sheldon's Theremin
3:30
NES “Jaws” Gameplay
By NintendoComplete
Jaws (NES) Playthrough - RU-vid
11:10 & 11:15
Bull Spears
Footage by The Humane Society
• Bullfighting: Cruelty,...
12:52 & 13:51
Undyne Fight - Bad Behavior Route
Footage by Full Gameplays
• Undertale (Genocide Ru...
14:28
Power of Friendship
from Sonic Frontiers
14:30
Power of Tears
From Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back

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@solidgamer6160 Год назад

I’m so ridiculously happy you’ve branched into Undertale music. I really hope you do more

@xuko6792 Год назад

We getting closer, yay!

@moadot720 Год назад

Fixed the 118 likes.

@MemeinAndDreamin Год назад

I hope not

@knoxdafoxtv7678 5 месяцев назад

I hope you like ur new basketball coach usc fan

@JojoJere Месяц назад

he wont

@jacksonpekny431 Год назад

one thing to point out: the Ruins theme is also remixed for the Waterfall theme, so it's more likely that Spear of Justice is meant to reference that version!

@FrostFire425 Месяц назад

I love how you'recalling him “the Composer” rather than just saying “Toby Fox”... Feels like giving him the respect he deserves.

@AlexYardZone Месяц назад

Yeah, some people thought it was disrespectful, imagine that. In these videos I generally try not to keep saying the composers name because it takes you out of the immersion and makes you aware of a person just clicking notes on their computer screen. In addition to Tobs being a private person. I always intended to give Toby at least some kind of composer spotlight in a future video, as was done for Koji Kondo in the Dire Dire Docks video.

@jellywillreturn Месяц назад

This was Ground Zero for Alex’s psychotic break…

@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt Месяц назад

@@jellywillreturn Real!!!

@erkanerkan3643 26 дней назад

he made a video about this

@BraviaGames Год назад

Dude, this is NUTS! Seeing Alex play the theremin was my favorite part! The rest of the video is not far behind either.

@Yuti640 Год назад

Huge respect for talking about Undyne instead of the obvious fan favourite character She’s cool

@CyberDucke 5 месяцев назад

Well he only has 3 songs

@ihaetschool3361 4 месяца назад

@@CyberDucke 4, actually

@CyberDucke 3 месяца назад

@@ihaetschool3361 which one?

@CyberDucke 3 месяца назад

@@ihaetschool3361 oh yeah I forgot about it’s raining somewhere else

@inkywright Год назад

Something about NGAHHH! really works with its military chords and sudden orchestral hits, like, it just makes Toby an absolute genius with his subtle progressions and rises of power with each new incarnation of the song. Please do more Undertale, it needs even more discussion of its brilliant compositional showpieces. I absolutely adore your work, Alex, keep it up.

@Pirateyware Год назад

Another aspect of Undyne's character you didn't touch upon in the video is a slight undercurrent of piratey-ness. She's a sea creature, she has an eyepatch, and "Spear of Justice" is in 6/8 time, a classic "piratey" rhythm.

@Gemini053 3 месяца назад

I hear Spanish flamenco influence too. Especially in the scrapped version. EDIT - (9:58) Nevermind, he brought that point up too.

@imveryangryitsnotbutter Год назад

13:00 - Minor nitpick: Undyne is the hero antagonist, and you are the villain protagonist.

@thehermit8618 Год назад

You could argue Undyne does become the protagonist as what this fight means for her is larger than whatever it might mean for you as a senseless killer. That fight is her moment, her ascend into the spotlight to be the hero she was trained to be for all monster kind

@m3gapixel878 Год назад

@@thehermit8618 the protagonist is the one you follow throught the game/movie, purpose does change the hero/villain, but not the protagonist/antagonist, at least this is what I think it is.

@Jeremy-ld9wt 11 месяцев назад

Friendly reminder that the protagonist is not the good guy, just the main character, evil or not!

@sunscraper1 8 месяцев назад

@@thehermit8618think about Death Note for a moment.

@Kat-Kobold 6 месяцев назад

@@thehermit8618 definitionally, Undyne is still an antagonist on the genocide route, since she's trying to maintain the status quo, while Frisk/Chara is the protagonist, since they're trying to enact change.

@1no1. Год назад

I'm sorry if this comes off as strange or anything, but, like, THIS IS SO UNBELIEVABLY GOOD?! LIKE. OMG?! I cannot stress enough how much I absolotely love this! AGAIN sorry if I seem really odd or anything but it's just, as someone who is very interested in this game's lore SPECIFICALLY about Undyne as I feel that she has NEVER gotten the recognition she deserves, seeing something so new and in-depth as this has quite simply BLOWN ME AWAY. THANK YOU for making this video (and I apologise if this is strange)

@JojoJere Месяц назад

cringe emo reaction to undertale

@1no1. Месяц назад

@@JojoJere crings

@JojoJere Месяц назад

@@1no1. I fixed it grammar nerd.

@gammaguyyt Год назад

ive always been a large fan of the chord structure in the chase theme, happy you covered it

@psyphon3 Год назад

Never did I think you'd treat us to an Undertale music theory. Please do more this was great!

@Zsaber64 Месяц назад

Alex, this was a really good video. More of this. Not simply positivity for its own sake, but videos that are coherent, enjoyable, entertaining, and showcase your talents and ear for analysis and editing. Even the humor, while not knee slapping or anything, is actually understandable and decent enough. Opinion, conjecture, accusation, debate, and controversy are not your strong points and are not what anyone wants from you or your channel. You're probably not going back to Undertale like this ever again, which is a shame, but hopefully you do.

@OwlManlololhesofunne6655 29 дней назад

Not only is he not gonna go back to undertale, but i'll be surprised if he ever stops talking about the drama he went through

@Ah2o5b 26 дней назад

Cry me a river toby is a theif

@Tran3x72 17 дней назад

@@Ah2o5bit's "thief" Since you cannot spell something that a third grader can, how do you think you can have a say on that? And also, have you ever heard of "inspiration" I know, i know, you're like 5, you don't even know what that means.

@Mortimer_RS 10 дней назад

@@Ah2o5b obvious bait

@Tran3x72 5 дней назад

@@Mortimer_RS fr tho i fell for it maybe I'M the stupid one

@dayzlove4994 8 месяцев назад

I like how Undyne has 6 track and They're ALL bangers. You could make a whole CHANNEL out of this game. There's so much, there's even one for that bird that carried you over a disproportionately small gap.

@chriscooper420 Год назад

Both your channel and this game have become near and dear to my heart, it's wonderful to see them combined! I really hope you continue with Undertale in future videos

@klonpa Год назад

the editing on this one is so good!!!! the end of asgores theme lining up with the end of the fight in footage was a really nice touch, and the segment talking about the credits theme doubling as the actual video credits is a really smart usage of time!! you crammed so much information into this video without making it any longer than your average videos its amazing ^0^

@chuchu9649 Год назад

The editing on this video (like all of your videos) is superb and really helps your explanations. 😊 Great stuff as always!

@iNelaphim Год назад

Alex, you're evolving every video and I'm here for it bud. Keep up the amazing work!

@mettaton1669 Год назад

Nice, love when people take the time to appreciate Undertale's soundtrack. I'd love to see some analysis on Mettaton's music

@ak47dragunov Год назад

Undertale/Deltarune are an absolute goldmine for music theory analysis. Hope you revisit this series ASAP

@Hamond1989 Год назад

Yay, hope you'll do more Undertale in the future :) ty for making all these by the way, I'm fascinated by music since a long time, but my brain has a hard time grasping and understanding it but your videos help me quiet a bit to understand and slowly build up the courage to one day finally try and learn one the instruments I'm fascinated by

@gigithehedgehog8469 Год назад

Wow! I never expected you to do Undertale music theory. Amazing as always!

@Terionic 8 месяцев назад

very great video, i do hope you come back to undertale sometime soon! i would personally like a video going over how the themes in the true lab are built, those are some of my favorites

@jcoxeye9200 8 месяцев назад

14:02 I know this is sort of adjacent to the point, but I'd like to note that this isn't entirely the case: The first half of the 'Ruins' motif *is* present in Battle Against a True Hero, but in a modified form, as heard at timestamps 0:44-1:35. The same modified 'Ruins' motif also appears in An Ending (1:01-3:21), Don't Give Up (0:00-2:00), and Respite (0:33-1:47). In any case, it's a modified version of the motif that appears in Spear of Justice, in conjunction with the second half during timestamps 0:36-1:20, and on its own during timestamps 1:20-1:53 (and for reference, appears in Waterfall during timestamps 0:27-1:08).

@dewotm8 Год назад

Fun fact: in battle against a true hero starting at 0:45 there is a leitmotif of tavros theme(desperado rocket chairs, another song composed by Toby.) from Homestuck. I assume the connection being that they are both bullfighter inspired Speer users who have some focus on bravery.

@RikouHogashi 5 месяцев назад

Ahh the 3 Major themes of Undyne she's also a Pianist herself it seems not to mention Waterfall's theme being a variant of one of them

@hodgepodge8438 Год назад

Oooh, nice!! I've always wanted to see some more analytical stuff about Undertale's music, as, despite working with it a lot, I don't really know music theory at all.

@jsels777 Год назад

I don't know why, but undertale feels like a natural extension of this channel's content past sonic 3, and this was a really great video to start with!

@Mystic_Apollo Год назад

Alot of people go on about "use this chord progression for this emotion" and babble on yet all their examples pieces have no emotion behind them. THIS though is a perfect analysis of how these different progressions work and how to use them and their emotional context while actually having emotion behind them! So I guess good work and thank you? I now finally understand the uses of neopolitan chords and andelusian cadence

@brawlmasterjoelstudios Год назад

Also the instrumentation is great The harpsichord, making you think of a medival knight's armor, and the theramin making you think of the otherworldly monster that wears it

@zekeram129 Год назад

Fun Fact! Undyne's the first major boss that can actually kill you in normal circumstances. Toriel's attacks will stop hitting you at 2 HP, but you can finangle your way into getting killed if you're skilled enough, which will treat you to a split second of Toriel staring in shock and horror as you die. Papyrus, however, cannot kill you. It is literally impossible to die to Papyrus. He's just that cool.

@ignaciobarron2931 Год назад

Man im just discovering your content and its amazing, really helps in getting into music in more detail in a fun and interesting way with the tunes i grew up listening to, please keep up the great work, also hate to be that guy but could you make one about metallic madness?

@gerniyy5579 Год назад

More undertale/deltarune please your analysis videos are top tier.

@lurkathon 4 месяца назад

The Eggman Cadence at the end much more feels to me like a final heroic push, where you know you can win against the evil if you persevere.

@Green-3c34y65vrbu Год назад

WOOO UNDERTALE!! love the video c:

@ShowWithNoName 3 месяца назад

The more you learn about the music theory of Undertale, the more you realize that Toby Fox wanted to create as few ideas as possible and reuse them in as many ways as he could.

@Yuti640 Год назад

9:48 I don’t know if that blurry background footage lining up to the music was intentional or not

@prismaux5168 Год назад

Incredible video! very nice editing :)

@pixeldemon6173 8 месяцев назад

Interesting note: in undertale all the main female characters have odd time signature themes while all males have even time signature

@JestroGameDev Год назад

This is amazing, and it’s great to see you continue to make music theory videos. Could I request a video on metallic madness from sonic CD?

@zinklebob3650 Год назад

3:25 I have played undertale 6 times and not once did I realize you can just not save monster kid

@unsmart42069 Год назад

14:03 there's also a part earlier in the song, where it takes the variation of the other ruins melody and puts it into 4/4. same variation at 15:45, actually. come to think of it, this variation is actually heavily related to undyne. It plays when she's dying in the neutral route, it plays in her scene in the credits, it plays the first time she is dying in the genocide route, and it plays in her boss theme in the genocide route. damn.

@j_ravioli6154 Год назад

Incoming requests for big shot? Jokes aside, very very nice analysis and I'm just happy for any content lmao

@TrevinAdams Год назад

Fantastic break down! Thank you very much!!!

@thealandude9146 Год назад

Oh wow I didn't even know you did an Undertale one now

@leonl1559 Год назад

Thanks for your content ❤

@callumsparrow4379 Год назад

Toby Dorian Fox honestly has a nice ring to it.

@BillyAW Год назад

Have you thought about reviewing Kirby music from the SNES era? I think Kirby Super Star and Kirby's Dream Land 3 have insanely well composed tracks, and I would love to see you pick them apart!

@YARGGG_GG Год назад

ooh, that was great :) very insightful and thorough. wouldn't mind more undertale stuff.

@Eliasdbr Год назад

I never realized Undyne was playing Alphy's song on her piano until now

@poppyfrancis7338 5 месяцев назад

I can't believe I never noticed that she's playing piano is alphys's theme, I recognized it from somewhere but couldn't place my finger on it

@corruptedteka Год назад

A delight as always !

@graysongdl Год назад

I hope you do more of these! As much as the Sonic fan in me wants to learn more about some of my favorite Sonic games, the Undertale fan in me wants to know exactly what went into all of these songs to make them so good. Especially since Undertale is a much more personal experience, being largely from the mind of one guy. And that's best seen in the music, considering it was one of the aspects of the game that he was 100% responsible for.

@djanatyn Год назад

beautiful, thanks so much, now i can understand and appreciate these songs even more

@aykarain 5 месяцев назад

3:04 the theremin just makes it scarier for me tho :P

@tailpig6417 Год назад

The middle section of Battle Against A True Hero is a slightly changed Ruins motif

@TheRealHotVanilla Год назад

Please do more Undertale music theory!

@sirozen8133 Год назад

Really cool to see both my favourite games with fire music sonic and undertale!Can't wait to see more

@vasilef3500 Год назад

I feel like I wait for it my entire life

@HKG4 Год назад

Hopefully he talks about Ghost Fight, Mad Dummy, and Spider Dance

@GabrielAraujo-qm3hc Год назад

Dont know if you plan on doing it further down the line, but could you analyse the Dark gaia themes (part 1 and 2) from sonic unleashed and how they manage to convey their message

@bubblewiz120 Год назад

Hi there Alex Yard & Knuckles, great job on this video! Could you make a video called “Music Theory: Sonic 2's Hill Top Zone and Sonic 2006's Crisis City”? Could you also give it a part where the “Hill Top Zone” theme from “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” and the “Crisis City” theme from “Sonic the Hedgehog 2006” sound similar to each other?

@theultimategamertr2353 Год назад

What’s next ? Death By Glamour ? Megalovania ? sans. ? Bonetrousle ?

@denmarine7925 Год назад

Thanks for the video, you're cool

@NGO9000 Год назад

Actually, speaking of battle against a true hero, I made a comment on Davi vasc's video reacting to it, and commented on key parts of the timestamps, giving thought on what was going on during the track.

@SonicntZane Год назад

Will you cover Flowey/Asriel's themes any time soon?

@SpringySpring04 4 месяца назад

I don't associate with Undertale very much anymore, but this was a really interesting format and analysis of the music. If you get a chance, could you try to analyze Touhou music at some point?

@boks02_ 3 месяца назад

Toby Dorian Fox is my favorite composer

@DJ3592 4 месяца назад

1: Undyne doesn't become the protagonist. 2: There's two more themes "NGAAHHHH!!!" (Plays before you fight undyne) and "Undyne's end" (Plays after killing undyne in pacifist/neutral)

@shadowspecter862 Год назад

You forgot about Undyne's theme that plays when you fight her on pacifist route. Nice vid tho!

@1no1. Год назад

That's spear of justice. He talked about that.

@PhantomII-cc8cj 7 месяцев назад

I wouldn't consider this a neapolitan chord. I'd classify it as usage of the Phrygian scale

@uraynuke Год назад

WHAT it actually happened?! you're doing UNDERTALE!? EDIT: upon viewing this, it appears you forgot to mention that Battle Against a True Hero has Alphys' theme in it!

@markymar Год назад

It does?

@ruskah0307 Год назад

i will kill for more undertale analysis's

@kurtiskurt1 3 месяца назад

Can you please do the same thing with Flowey?

@Dfz_scythe Год назад

Next vid you should do chemical plant zone and it’s variations

@Syper7 Год назад

Lets goooo content!

@sanicmaniac Год назад

0:40 that should be a semitone higher on the piano lol

@AlexYardZone Год назад

Yeah, I put a text disclaimer in text at the bottom of the screen at that part.The. Reason Why I transposed It Visually to a minor is because it gives a much better visual impression of where the neapolitan chord is compared to the tonic.

@sanicmaniac Год назад

@@AlexYardZone Oh I didn't see

@gravez666 3 месяца назад

thanks steve buscemi

@lightingthehedgehogthehedg8494 Год назад

Hey can you do stardust speed way next please I liked the video

@stufathing Год назад

hey can you do pizza tower ost?

@virtualashez Год назад

Deltarune*

@tomdrawsstuffs6092 Год назад

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NEW ALEX VID :0

@The_Ninja_Tree Год назад

Yeah more of this plz lol

@Tiptup300 Год назад

Castlevania Sotn please!

@4ny7h1n9 Год назад

i was just gonna sugest undertale

@TheRealBatabii Год назад

It sounds like you said "torielle"

@radwolf76 Год назад

The only thing that would have made this better would be to mention that cats sometimes play the theremin.

@batbrain55 Год назад

Do analysises of Homestuck music, Alex Yard. Do it.

@maxstarhash Год назад

YOOOO UNDERTALE MUSIC THEORY LET'S GOOOOO

@syedaarizhuq Год назад

YOOOOO

@Alibaba-id4dw 11 месяцев назад

No mention of ZUNpets? I'm disappointed.

@jerppursh7570 Год назад

Secret lmao

@michaelsbasement 9 месяцев назад

i love you lol

@askeleton6240 Год назад

so when do we talk about local famous funny skeleton man Sans Undertale?

@waizroblox Год назад

@Mimikins 9 месяцев назад

Undyne isn't a bad lady. She's just doing her job and isn't fully trusting of hoomans yet.

@Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi 9 месяцев назад

Considering the war, can you blame her?

@JojoJere Месяц назад

I can't take you seriously when you say "hoomans" like that. You sound like a cringe therian

@sybiliminalSyntax 8 месяцев назад

i love how you say "the composer" as if we don't all know who toby fox is

@jellywillreturn Месяц назад

As it turns out, this was foreshadowing for some truly strange and ill-founded conspiracy theories Alex holds.

@Yoshikid4070 Год назад

If this is gonna be the next game you analyze music for then I cannot wait for Alphys, so then you would have to find a way to contextualize the leitmotif in "Bird That Carries You Over A Disproportionately Small Gap"

@MasteredRealm Год назад

I was initially a bit disappointed with the themes you chose to analyze because I never really liked the tense segments these themes were used in. But, man! you just made me like the soundtrack even more! You never disappoint, Alex! This is brilliant

@reziinicoo 9 месяцев назад

What do you mean

@warlloverespanol2897 Год назад

Heya i maybe late, but ¿we can get a metallic madness music theory? It may be long and hard but i want to know more about the zone and music that (we) love!