Themes / Leitmotifs in the soundtrack for ULTRAKILL 

Is there a chance you might remake this now act 2 is out? will you do it after the second Prime Sanctum releases?

The spinal staircases leitmotif is probably the most unexpected one for me, and they make it feel like those levels up to Prime Sanctum 1 are basically yelling at you that prime minos is there. especially with the requiem leitmotif getting louder and stronger as you get to guts, then fading out/slowing down as you get further from P-1's enterance in Glory.

The requim leitmotif is badass yet somber

2:08 Fun fact: You can hear a spinal staircase in sanbox misty weather ambience when you make it go faster by %900

The leitmotif in “Order” is actually kinda cool, considering that King Minos ruled the second layer.

5:35 MINOS PRIME IS 100 METERS FROM YOUR LOCATION AND IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING

Imagine in like 10 years when this game will be considered as nostalgic, the requiem leitmotif and fire is gone will hit super hard

The requiem-order leitmotiv is beatiful, when i first noticed that theme from requiem in the Minos fight felt so epic but also melancholic, the shame in Minos soul because he failed to reform Lust

I was waiting for the V2 leitmotifs and didn’t realize this video is 2 months old lmao

Its insane how great this stuff is from a tiny indie dev, everything is so well made to fit together. This game is art.

The requiem motif is by far my favorite tune to hum and I'm super glad it's in so many places with a big dumb smile on minos. Also really like how you edited this video down to matching the visual style and slowly having the music ramp up so it doesn't blast out your eardrums.

The Fire is Gone shares a leitmotif with The Fire is Gone I would have never guessed. Thanks for making this and playing enough of Order to remember how good of a track it is.

The Requiem leitmotif kills me every time I hear it. It's desperation, majesty, power, and sorrow all wrapped up into one package. A powerful yet kind king, lost everything because he was diplomatic. What a terrible fate.

I love The fire is gone It's like... It's such an ironicly calm and remoniscent tune to a game about plowing down through hell without stopping. Like a calm party where everyone's head explodes and noone is weirded out for some reason

Eyo who made that sick as cover? Where are the credits?

hakita really outdid himself with this soundtrack, props to him

To think that one guy made the game and the music. Absolutely incredible and the reason why this game is by far the best ever made IMO

Pinos’s theme: ORDER, will always be the best.

People asking act 2 when and I haven't even accessed the perfect level yet ._.

God the Requiem part in Order gives me chills every time I hear it, Minos Prime is one of the sickest bosses I've ever fought

Good video, thanks. Act 2 only after all of the V1 bodypillows are sold.

Since lietmotifs represent an idea or theme in a piece of media, i personally thing that the requiem lietmotif represents the tradgety of the fall of minos

I absolutely cannot get enough of the Requiem leitmotif. Something about it and knowing Minos' background around Lust just makes it hit harder than THY END IS NOW

theres a reason why the entire lust layer is my favorite in the game, and this video very well demonstrates why. i love the story behind the lust layer and especially the music

Thank god you made this, I love music, but I am just dumb when it comes to this sort of thing. It really helps appreciate the kind of work that goes into the arrangement when you highlight something like this

it took me months to realize that Cerberus was actually Into the fire, while i listen to the sondtrack on a daily basis

For the "Act II When?" Part, in "Dune Eternal", you can hear V2's second fight theme in the background slightly, and vice versa

I'm pretty sure the bass from versus is a Leitmotifs for V2

ULTRAKILL rules.

It occurred to me while listening to this that, if I'm not mistaken, the chunk of "Glory" from 4:28 to 4:41 comes back as a leitmotif of its own in that bridge section of "Altars of Apostasy". Very neat, Hakita!

was hoping someone would make a video like this in case I missed any myself! good work.

the requiem leitmotif in ORDER is just a masterpiece in every way

Requiem is saddest lei motif because of the context seeing that it’s related to king Minos

i knew i thought there was something going on when i played bridgeburner again after prime.

Hakita managed to make a helluva game and an amazing soundtrack, kudos

Requiem leitmotif in Order has to be the best part of the entire soundtrack.

that was awesome and for some reason the video made me cry i don`t know why maybe because of how awesome the soundtrack is, it`s a masterpiece

Please, make a part 2 of this video with the act 2 OST and the P-2 OST. I really love the Sands of Tide leitmotif in WAR

The Requiem and Order motifs are just a simple reminder of who you're facing

man i L O V E Leitmotifs. what a fucking great game. what a fucking great soundtrack. Hakita for emperor of the world

the requiem/order leitmotif is insane

Forgot how awesome this game and soundtrack is. Everything about the music feels tragic.

felt like everywhere at the end of time, because there's recurring themes. fire album

UltraKeel when they listen to the music in 6-1: D:

i never heard those 3 notes in 1-1's "A Thousand Greetings" until I p-ranked it for the first time ever

Nice work! Didn't notice some of these.

I loved noticing these myself first set I discovered was requiems I put them in a Playlist because they were my favorite and it just made sense to me to have glory after requiem like an intro but I didn't know why, them I heard order and it all fit together

We can also hear (correct me if I'm wrong) a connection between requiem, cold winds and In the presence of a king with the drop sounding similar to each other, in the presence of a king for example has just a slowed down version of the requiem drop, the same thing applies to cold winds

4:35 oh hey Im from the future Wrath/Heresy update That's reused in Heresy's level as well

This video is really beautifully done, great job putting this together

Great editing and use of sound effects!

Great video. I love the presentation. Thank you for making a video about one of my favorite video games covering one of my favorite topics.

This is great content man, keep it up.

Really cool video. I like the way you made the visuals, with showing the level cover and the way you portray the leitmotiv

This is a REALLY well produced video! Just GREAT eork on editing it so it has the games style like this i rly like it :)

just wanted to say this is an excellently made video, the dedication and effort put into it really shows!!

I hope Hakita sees this

finally.... act 2 can be analyzed

This is great, the editing is great, the music is great, the everything is great

Solid content. Can't wait for the Act 2 video.

Nicely done! Wouldn't say no to some more in depth analysis of the ULTRAKILL soundrack tho

amazing video man, love Ultrakill

clicked on this video for the Requiem

Thank you for making this video, now I finally have a proper conclusion When I first bought the Ultrakill OST, I had listened to Minos Prime's theme on repeat, as I really enjoyed the song I was listening to it and then I heard Requiem and by god I felt as if I was just this close to solving a puzzle I JUST got involved in Thank you, dude

I don't actually play this game but my roommate loves it, thanks for the educational video

"Act II WHEN?" Funny thing that is going to release in 7 days xd

the BUILD UP to the Requiem Leitmof in Order is just PURE EMOTION

Thank you so much. Great video

If Im correctly the distorted sounds playing at the end of the spinal staircase should also include the leitmotif. You may not notice the first time, but the distorted sounds also have a melody.

sheeesh, the quality of the game and this video are on par!!

We need a video like this for act II, man

This is really really cool! If you could do more videos about other soundtrack's leitmotifs that'd be really awesome! I know that portal 2 has some really identifiable ones.

GOATED Video, the editing is inane.

Actually, cold winds - the brigdeburner, panic betrayer - sheer heart attack have a leitmotif in order

God this game and its music is so good

Cool write up!

“Leitmotif: Fourth” *CRANKS UP VOLUME*

Requiem is my favorite because of the memory from glory, fighting my way through the level late at night. I’ll probably never forget it it was just so fun.

yo i love ur editing style wtf

Great editing

castle vein and halls of sacreligous remains also share a leitmotif ;)

How is it that I took AP Music Theory for *_2 FUCKING YEARS_* and never learned what a Leitmotif was but a fucking Ultrakill video taught me. God dammit, the U.S education system is 🅱️roke.

Very nice

I can't wait to see the new version of this for act 2...

The fact that hakita did this all on his own is crazy

order and requiem are my fav songs

This video needs more views

Its like all the musics build up something even bigger lol

Underrated video

something I only recently noticed: during the famous leitmotif part of the calm version of Requiem, the same piano leitmotif as the one in Glory can be heard.

damn, good video

Fourth is so good. Requiem makes me very sad that a prospeous city died due to some angry dudes in heaven and that I didn't get to destroy it myself

damn glory be bussin

epic video :)

I love the Minos motif

cold winds is literally stage 3 dementia of spinal staircase

Good content 🙏

Order also has a small leitmotif to chaos on the background guitar sometimes, just listen and you will notice that it's just on another octave (and probably modal scale)

I like how you can tell that this wasn't exactly made by someone who Makes music, because the thousand greetings "leitmotif" (which is just sampling Hakitas own music, less than a leitmotif that creatively modifies or structures a melody in a similar yet unique way), the sample is pitched down, and is exactly the same, yet you didn't put a p, either you forgot or you didn't think it was the same because it wasn't the same pitch. There's a lot of examples in this that are just samples rather than leitmotifs, most of the records that play are samples, anything new is still sampleable by Hakita themself. HOWEVER, I will say that it seems that the reoccuring theme that plays in the lust layer, and then in P-1, is significant to minos prime and lust, as it seems to have to do with minos and the city as an overall theme.

dont get me wrong but i really really doubt anything beats the requiem letimotif in my book, id love to see P-2 if im wrong tho, still... requiem... the sadness, the struggle, the last glimmer of hope and sheer lust for the king to come back... man i love Minos Prime and i think its legit his "Theme Letimotif" if i can call it that