Kindred Souls - Commentary Kindred Souls - Commentary
Kindred Souls - Commentary Kindred Souls - Commentary
Album released 9/15/2025.
7.5k words across 115 entries.
Kindred Souls Kindred Souls (album commentary) Listen on: Bandcamp
Kindred Souls is totally UMSPAF's latest MSPA fan-album. The UNDERTALE and DELTARUNE guy made a bunch of music for Homestuck, after all.
The Fall Listen on: Bandcamp
Fan spaces like to theorise on the reason Frisk climbed Mount Ebott. One of the more common headcanons—and the one that shaped this song—is that it was a suicide attempt. While obviously not the only interpretation, this reading compels me because of its deep resonance with not only my own life but also the themes of the game. Beginning from a hopeless space sets Frisk's journey in contrast—as an arduous climb back home, along which they save the Underground by steadfastly choosing mercy and life over vengeance and death.
To be saving others' lives even while struggling to save one's own—I hoped to capture just a sliver of that sentiment here. The song is situated in the moment Frisk falls into the Underground, told like a future vision of everything they are and could become. I wanted to play with different sense of "falling": a regression, an escape from despair, a leap of faith?
Recently, I've come to adore Frisk as a character. Regardless of their reason for climbing Mt. Ebott, their journey through the Underground is marked by a prevailing sentiment of determination. That powerful determination, whether it's used for nice or not-so-nice reasons... that dichotomy was what I hoped to depict.
Legend of Tenna: Dark Awakening Listen on: Bandcamp
JUST LIKE YOU REMEMBER FROM [vido game] !!
You were used up
Enemy Taking A Very Long Time To Approach Listen on: Bandcamp
There's an 'Enemy Approaching' but they kind of aren't feeling it, and they've heard the human's pretty chill, so they're just going to slowly make their way over because they're not in a real rush to start the battle or anything.
Watch out... here he comes... oh no... he's on his way... you'll never be able to defeat him... he's almost here... any second now... prepare yourself... anytime now... uh oh... get those mitts ready... for a brawl like the world has never seen before... any moment now... do you see him on the horizon... be careful... he's about to attack... it's time... for a good boy... his appetite for pets can never be satiated... look out...
My signature 3D stuff here is actually pretty basic, but, for the first time in one of my trackarts, I have at last managed to perform the ancient ritual known as "drawing". I am truly unstoppable now.
Monster Kid's Theme Listen on: Bandcamp
What if monster kid had a character theme?
Frisk and Monster Kid playing at the waterfall!
Playfight!! Listen on: Bandcamp
What if monster kid had a battle theme?
I thought it might be fun if Monster Kid had some Undyne-like arrow attacks.
Waterfall March Listen on: Bandcamp
The colour palette is actually reused from the art for Twilight Reverie ~ Penumbra Phantasm. There's no reasoning behind it beyond "I'm lazy," but it's nice that they visually complement each other.
THUNDERTALE Listen on: Bandcamp
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this one might be a bit wacky. i hope you guys think the concept of thundersnail being scaled up to giant snail dragsters and fish-shaped armored cars fits this track as well as i thought it did.
Undying Energy Listen on: Bandcamp
This was an attempt at any dnb/breakcore type song to demonstrate my music to a friend but it quickly became battle against a true hero and I thought 'well shit guess its undertale now' and comitted.
undyn.
Echo Flowers Listen on: Bandcamp
Echo Flowers was written for the 2025 fan music album Kindred Souls, published in September 2025 by the Unofficial MSPA Fans in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the video game UNDERTALE by Toby Fox. The piece depicts the above conversation from the game, overheard by the protagonist in passing through titular echo flowers amidst the deep blacks and shining teals of the Waterfall area. The conversation is one of yearning, of wanting freedom, of wanting a better life for you and your loved ones; it is one of hope, of imagining a better life, of imagining a world that has moved beyond war and beyond strife; and it is one of connection, of vulnerability, of sharing your hopes and dreams with those you love.
This tone poem is in three sections. First, an atmosphere of resignation is established. Yearning is present, but it has no release, leaving it to first softly groan before building to a great pained wail. Then, hope emerges, and the passersby’s imaginations bloom into a beautiful world beyond the gloomy caverns of Waterfall. This middle section briefly transforms into fear and despair at the thought of such a world never coming to fruition, but hope ultimately perseveres. The final section is solemn once again, a return to reality, though it is not without one final note of hope, indomitable and ever present hope.
It should be noted that the themes in Echo Flowers are based on those in the UNDERTALE soundtrack, composed by Toby Fox.
It was a privilege to illustrate this piece! Waterfall is one of my favourite areas of the game and I feel this tone poem gives it a lot of depth. I wanted to illustrate a piecefull of flowing lines and whirling clouds over a field of flowers to evoke the piano cadenzas and the piece's melancholy yet hopeful atmosphere.
Rising Heat Listen on: Bandcamp
ruby:
Another Medium is such a special track to me. it's a very unique track in the undertale soundtrack. I just wish it was longer, which is why I made this remix longer than the original. this is actually an older remix that I overhauled for this album, fixing errors and improving the mix.
Another Medium has always been my favorite Undertale track, since before I even knew the context of the name. I don't know what about it has always given me this grand, adventurous sense of wonder. It must be magic. Or that you hear it for so long while doing the arrow puzzle that it melds with your brain.
CORE [BRUTALIZED] Listen on: Bandcamp
Jebb:
I really like Carpenter Brut's stuff. Like, it's REALLY good. At the time of writing this commentary, i have semi-recently checked out all of their non-soundtrack albums. A big reason for me doing that was because when this album rolled around, "CORE but in the style of a Carpenter Brut track" was one of the ideas i had come up with. This was the result.
I felt like Brut's heavy, electronic, very rhythmically straightforward style fit Core - it's a track for a "final stretch battle gauntlet" after all, the area putting you up against the underground's toughest monsters, so it makes sense for it to fit an intense style.
(Actually, that being said, i feel like EnderSlime's wonderful cover art made for this track reflects that idea very much! A literal wave of enemies isn't something to scoff at.)A lot of the effects and practices were actually taken directly from a previous Brut-styled track i did for an mspfa. I assume this is a thing that a lot of composers do frequently, definitely was a new thing for me though.
I actually intended on using one of the basslines for a different track which may or may not come out at some point, even considering cancelling this track to focus on that one instead. However i felt like this track was close enough to being finished compared to that one for it to not be worth cancelling this one. Glad that i didn't! Not like there can be enough Undertale tracks for the Undertale anniversary album.
Lastly, i wanted to say thanks to Zumi's vgmdb CORE midi for assisting me with putting together a lot of the foundation for this track!
And, as always - Beware of the man who speaks in hands.
Carpenter Brut is… it's weird. I've never played a single game he's ever done music for. But one day my best friend, my friend group's longtime DM, had a brand new combat playlist for us, and it was filled with the coolest tracks we had ever heard. We were all instantly obsessed. She uses it for particularly straining or important battles, so it's special and memorable when we hear his music. It's strange having someone's work affect you so much, completely separated from the context in which it was made. So here I am, making track art for an Undertale remix that emulates his style. Ship of Theseus type shit.
TRUE POWER OF "NEO" ~ Last Stand Listen on: Bandcamp
ruby:
* Stage lights are blaring.
What started as a simple transcription and recreation of the scrapped, longer Power of NEO Toby worked on for DELTARUNE, turned into an 11 minute-long anthem for an exhausting fight between an immovable object and an unstoppable force. Basically, "What if Mettaton NEO actually put up a fight?"
The fight drags on, tension rises. Those who remain watch on in fear and amazement. The fate of the world is at stake.
00:00 - As the smoke dissipates, the silhouette of the robot becomes visible.
00:39 - Action! The fight is on. KILLER ROBOT vs. UGLY LITTLE CREATURE
02:25 - It's not even clear anymore whether this is a fight to the death or a dance battle.
02:52 - The fight gets more and more intense, Mettaton NEO blocks the monster's attacks, the monster perfectly dodges Mettaton NEO's attacks.
03:58 - They are perfectly in sync. Like a well-oiled machine. But the robot knows exactly what is at stake.
04:51 - Now it's time to get serious. With the power of those who failed to stop you, Mettaton NEO's attacks intensify!
06:50 - Over in the capital, a skeleton is watching the broadcast. It'll be a bad time if Mettaton fails now...
07:17 - Mettaton slips up! He makes one wrong move, the monster immediately takes advantage and finally lands a hit.
* ...
07:40 - Lights start flashing in sync with the beat.
* ...
* Didn't...
* Didn't you know...?
* DIDN'T YOU KNOW NEO IS FAMOUS FOR ITS HIGH DEFENSE!?
08:06 - Despite everything, Mettaton NEO persists. More determined than ever. He can't give up now, everyone is counting on him. He is the star.
10:20 -
huge thanks to yuuDii for allowing me to use her Super Killer Robot track! when i thought i got everything out of Power of NEO that i could get, she dropped it and told me i could use it for my track if i wanted to. i ended up making an entire extra phase!
also thanks to EnderSlime for helping out with the song title, in addition to the awesome art!
I like Mettaton. We all know this about me.
Foundation Listen on: Bandcamp
CORE.
CORE .
I was imagining one of those establishing shots when you enter a new area in a game and the camera pans across the scenery.
Extremely Dangerous Checker Dance Listen on: Bandcamp
Jas:
I havent played deltarune so I hope and pray this works in context. Dance on Checkerman.
Soar Like an Ego Listen on: Bandcamp
Jebb:
So, tell me for a second. WHY is Glyde THE only one of the Kickstarter bosses to not have a boss theme? Muffet has one! I mean, even So Sorry has one! Why does Glyde for some random reason not get a boss theme when all the others do?? Like, his spawn location gets a completely unique atmospheric track (Mysterious Place) but his actual fight doesn't? What?? Why?? Glyde is COOL and RADICAL and he does NOT deserve this injustice!!!
I decided to fix that.
Anyways. The inspiration for this track was in big part GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) and Catswing. You can hear the GameBro inspiration most in the duty cycle and the Catswing inspiration in, well, the completely unaltered Catswing motif.
Actually, i remembered that i was advised to at least tweak the motif a bit to not make it blatantly Catswing but i completely forgot to do that. Whoops, oh well. Let's just pretend that Catswing actually originated in Undertale as part of Glyde's totally real boss theme. Yeah.Also, said Catswing motif is played by SGM's Comp Clav, which is the same instrument that plays the "sans." lead. You figure out the lore implications.
I tried to make the track more "sleazy gamer cool" than "jazzy villain" coo (thus the GameBro inspiration) but the muzes lead me more into the 2nd direction. Must say, i don't regret it! I feel like it channels enough of both energies to work just fine.
I am a big fan of how the drums ended up sounding in the last part of the track, the additional percussion layered on kicks and snares adds some very nice texture to it.
Additionally, thanks a lot to star-nomad for making track art for this literally like half a week before the deadline! It's the same idea i was envisioning doing for the piece, just so much better executed than if i were to try to do it myself. Also thanks to Tavvy for coming up with the wonderful wordplay for the track's name. If not for him, it would have possibly still been called glyde2.
inspired by that one crown zenith lumineon alt art. if you know, you know. (also you're very welcome, jebb- this one was a ton of fun to do and i really wanted this track to not be stuck in art limbo. i'm glad we had the same idea for it)
Berdly Unleashed Listen on: Bandcamp
"How many times can this guy draw Berdly?" At least once more. — I was deeply inspired by a YouTube speedpaint titled KYARY by HEARTMUSH, depicting wacky music video personas bursting from a singer's brain. Combining that with Berdly's patented Expressions™ really invokes a self-aggrandizing explosion of ego. Thank you to my fellow artists for picking the final version of the "UNLEASHED" text & thank you to my MacK for cautioning me against using fart green for the clouds.
Shibuya Dating Listen on: Bandcamp
literally an extended version of the dating start section from my old undertale anniversary medley from 2018 lol
Inspired by old vintage Western sunday newspaper comics. I wanted it to feel like a piece that was recolored for a comic book cover, or was painted on paper and scanned in again. There's just something so sweet and nice about this music that reminds me of the classics.
Waltz in the back of your mind Listen on: Bandcamp
this was going to be closer to my normal style but i wanted to do something a little weird looking. hence this experimental default krita brush nightmare.
FRIEND INSIDE ME (Torrent Mix) Listen on: Bandcamp
A farewell to Woody Theory! Whether or not it's truly in chapters 3&4 we have yet to know (as of the writing of this commentary), but we sure had a hell of a time nonetheless. Ride like the wind, partner!
There is a friend contained within me. My idea for this artwork was inspired by A Fistfull of Dollars, specifically the scene where Clint Eastwood's character has a bullet proof vest fashioned out of a sheet of metal. I did something similar, but also tied that to the green soul with it's shielding aspect.
bangin sermon man Listen on: Bandcamp
MacK:
Father Alvin, the hammer's anvil, priest of Hometown, and all around hunky dory swell guy has always fascinated me deeply. Something about the tragedy of a priest who doesn't write his own sermons for fear of tarnishing his predecessor's legacy just resonates strongly, even if I never learn to understand the feeling.
My challenge for this piece, besides an especially long track, was to try and come up with a medley of melodies that best succinctly express moments from Undertale and Deltarune I treasured most, while evoking the feeling of a sort of 'teaching moment' that escalates and carries throughout the piece - exemplified no better than the 4 second transition to Jackenstein a good friend of mine, Terra of terra firma helped concoct. Thanks, buddy. You learnt me something new. And that's kind of one of the best parts about Deltarune, really. It's been a chance to learn. A sort of mentor to mentee who was never meant to be mentored kind of vibe permeates throughout a lot of relationships. I love this series quite a lot, and am eager to see where it's headed! Lots of LOVE.
I have been listening to this track get worked on for actual months. — BEHOOOOLD! The reason I joined this project! My partner is my musical muse in every sense. Been a cheerleader for every stage of this track. ...Partially because listening to the full process has really improved my ear for leitmotifs. As for the art itself: I watched Karate Kid and Kung Fu Panda many times in youth, so Gerson fully unlocks that part of my memory. Basically the whole thing boils down to a fundamental adoration for storytelling in illustration. I also think old men are hot. In case anyone was wondering about that. Just thought you should know.
THE ORIGINAL Listen on: Bandcamp
I aimed for the feeling of accidentally triggering a boss fight with an angel. Or a demon. Whatever Starwalker wants to be. I wanted to capture that sinking feeling that you are too under-leveled to fight this enemy.
Levc:
As a shy composer and producer involved in many fandoms, undertale/deltarune always struck me as one of the coolest because of their HONORABLE TRADITION in making fan songs that could fit in its source. This is my take at something like that, but with a joke character that people would only give a song as a joke or an elaborated shitpost. There’s no irony tho, just an actual attempt to give starwalker an actual song.
I think this is the only thing I could do to celebrate undertale. To this day, I don’t believe to be good enough to make a cover or arrangement of an undertale track and not make it sound like a cheap copy. So an original theme about a character that gets no music is a good place to work with. It only has the freedom motif because that’s funny… Wait I said there’s no irony, fuck.ANYWAY, point is. THIS COMMENTARY IS PISSING ME OFF…. IM
Battle for the World Listen on: Bandcamp
Heavily inspired by Separate Ways (World's Apart) by Journey. I wanted to have a sort of epic hard vibe to it, and that track just stuck in my head. I think the new tone the track brings to the general vibe of "Battle Against a True Hero" is not just the normal one of fighting against all odds, but moreso "I'm going to best your ass and look cool while doing it"
Weeping Glass Shard Freedom Into Your Bloodied Hands Listen on: Bandcamp
A nero's day at disneyland/lauren bousfield inspired secret boss remix that i am desperately struggling with. I have like 6 version of this and they're all different and all bad. I tried to cook and destroyed my kitchen. Truly I am just like Undyne (from that game undertale.)
UPDATE; NEVER MIND i am a MUSICAL GOD and i have it ALL figured out in life, this is the best thing i have and will ever made/make.
wanted the art to emulate the perfect unsettling feel of gryotharian's work, so i hope i did the piece justice. (also love nero's day at disneyland so that helped)
Elevator Music Listen on: Bandcamp
I... dunno man. I just wanted to do something with long elevator as a joke, and this is what came out of it. DDP did some fantastic art that my track feels underserving of.
DDP:
ah yes the elevator. the most liminal of spaces. sometimes your reflection is only yours by osmosis btw did you know that.
デルタルーン Listen on: Bandcamp
ruby:
I originally intended to touch up an old remix of the DELTARUNE main theme I had done back in 2022.
Then, the DELTARUNE Nintendo Switch 2 trailer dropped, which used an arranged version of the piano demo. I've always been a huge fan of the main theme demo, and a little disappointed it never made it past the demo stage, so hearing a more produced version for THE DELTARUNE release date trailer, it definitely gave me some feelings.
So, instead of including an old remix, I re-transcribed the song, including the additional strings and EarthBound piano.
(someone bug me whenever this commentary makes it onto the wiki, I can include some wips and screenshots.)
at some point, I decided to increase the tempo, add guitars, basically make it way more J-Rock-like. I really liked how it sounded so I kept working on it.
I decided I wanted to make it a full-lenght song, and even write lyrics for it. Great ideas, but let's first try to finish a demo.I had the full structure in my head, I knew I wanted to use the lyrics of Don't Forget. then, I knew I wanted to have cool imagery in the lyrics, some lyric concepts I wrote down in the moment made it to the final song even!
I really had a concrete vision, at the time I literally said:
"I can't stop thinking about it, all I know is i have to make this song a reality. now I know how Toby felt after his fever dream, but I was awake when I conjured this concept. I need to make it.........."After Chapters 3+4 released, I did end up updating the bridge section to include the GUARDIAN melody. Before, the bridge always felt like it was missing something. The overall arrangement was done, I could focus on writing guitar parts, and mixing.
I'm not a guitarist, but I tried to make it realistic, something Jun Senoue-like or something.
As the lyrics were slowly reaching completion (there were a lot of lines where I couldn't think of anything and they only really came together last minute lol), Jebb was just like:
"Ok but consider
Miku for vocals.
Or teto."now, I hadn't done much vocaloid or synthv stuff before, I had only played with Miku a bit earlier this year, but it was the perfect suggestion. I also had been listening to some Jamie Paige music with my partner, specifically Constant Companions, which has Teto on various tracks. so, I decided I would just try it...
and it... worked!
so the last month of working on this song was me finishing the guitars, finishing the lyrics, and programming Teto.
that's awesome and everything, I am very proud of what I managed to achieve with this song. there are parts of the production I think are lacking, but considering I also had to put time into stuff like writing lyrics, I think it was a fair trade-off.
maybe some day I will make a version with live vocals, or maybe guitar or something... that'd be cool!
despite all this, I still didn't have a title. I just called it the "deltarune anime opening", which isn't really a satisfying title for a track with this much effort lol.
so then I saw the final art by SelanPike, which said it...
デルタルーン
it's just the Japanese name for deltarune, but that's just perfect for a hypothetical anime opening for the game, so I adopted it as track title too.
I really hope you enjoy the track! and, if you read through all this, I hope this was a neat insight into the song's creation!
PS as the title is デルタルーン, if you want to translate or "localize" it to English... as it's just the Japanese name for the game, it's just "DELTARUNE" lol
Originally I was going to do the usual jokey UwU school anime thing, but the more I looked through inspo images, the more I wanted to base it on 90's fantasy anime. In the end, I based this image heavily on a specific manga illustration from Magic Knight Rayearth, which was a huge inspiration to me when I was a kid.
UNALTERED Listen on: Bandcamp
My take on what an extended version of "The LEGEND...?" could sound like. The title not only comes from the fact that "UNALTERED" is an anagram of "DELTARUNE," but also from "The LEGEND...?"'s name in the game files, "legend_altered.ogg."
From the beginning star-nomad and I knew we wanted to do a collaborative piece together, but we weren't sure which track. The second we heard unaltered though, we both knew immediately that we wanted to work on this piece together. Star and I hopped into a call together and started sketching immediately. star-nomad drew the rough, and then I was handed the file to work on. Stained glass art isn't something I've ever done before. I must've spent hours just looking at stained glass pieces, seeing how glass worked. As I went I progressively added more and more glass windows. What started as five windows quickly became more. Throughout the whole thing I was gettting feedback from star. After nearly 3 days of constant work I finally handed off the piece to Star, finishiing my role in the piece.
man this album's really been testing my painterly skills, huh? i was blown away by the finished stained glass, so naturally i had to attempt to match her top tier work!
Nocturne Listen on: Bandcamp
Based on Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 in E Flat Major by Fryderyk Chopin
Jas:
Froggit looking at a starry night
Fallen Down Short and Sweet Mix Listen on: Bandcamp
arguably, the most important part of frisk's journey is falling into the underground, otherwise they never would have made so many friends. thus, i wanted there to be a lot of light and comfort. while i've discovered i really don't like doing flowers, i've lucky found out i do like drawing things with a golden color palette!
Thread the Needle Listen on: Bandcamp
Jebb:
Oh Seam, our dear old grandthey. Such a mysterious character they are, with plenty of skeletons in the closet (not those skeletons and not that closet).
This track was an attempt to make a boss theme for Gerson-type Seam bossfight - perhaps a semifriendly spar of Seam testing the Fun Gang.
This was the latest addition to the album by me, but also one of the ones that i am the most proud of. I really felt like "Seam boss theme" is a track idea that hasn't been explored nearly enough by the fandom.
The arrangement directly borrows a lot of instruments used in Rude Buster, which i referenced heavily in this track considering Seam's theme, Lantern, is a variation on that track. (Actually, did you ever think about the fact that we have heard Lantern in more chapters by now than we have heard Rude Buster?)
The strings take a much more of a backseat in the track after their initial appearence in the first part for no particular reason. This track has a full part dedicated to referencing Jevil, since we know how much of a connection Seam has to him. I think this is one of the very few tracks on this album which is referencing the other part of The World Revolving and not the freedom motif.
I really like that little ending part. I made it while messing around and decided to keep it in for the final version of the track.
Thanks a lot to DDP for the wonderful colorful track art! It turned out super well! Great to see the Seam Ripper, his definitely very iconic weapon that appears nowhere other than the official cross stitch book, visualised.
DDP:
sure, we already got an old man secret boss. but what about the second old man secret boss. btw, a special thanks to Jebb for the inputs and making me aware of the official undertale cross stitch book. the seam ripper idea is fantastic.
A concert just for me Listen on: Bandcamp
while the sketch and shading guide were made by me, the piece was really brought to life with lines and color by glubtier! with the initial sketch, i really wanted to capture the vision of noelle listening to kris play the piano. and i don't blame her. kris can play a mean piano
Amidst the Snowswept Forest Listen on: Bandcamp
fun fact: for this one, i literally just did a random number generator from 1 to 101 (the number of songs in the undertale ost) and picked the first track that wasn't already being covered lol
always love to draw forests in winter. frisk trudges through the snows of snowdin.... or possibly the snows of winters from earthbound as the sky runner swoops overhead....
Ice Skating Listen on: Bandcamp
Snowdin Lake.
I don't usually paint but this wonderful track motivated me to. A solitary monster enjoying the snowy night.
Le Palais des Glaces Listen on: Bandcamp
Welcome to the latest installment of "tee-vee gets too many ideas and just glues everything together".
GLACEIR is my favorite deeper cut from the latest chapters soundtrack, it's simple yet haunting and it really gripped me when it started playing where it appears in game. I tried to capture some of that feeling with instrumentation from different styles that could convey similar feelings to me, with grimey chamber orchestration, dungeon synth... synths, sludgy doomy guitars and beeg reverb. I then got the idea to take advantage of the kinda baroque pedal point composition to do something else entirely as a second section
I had a vision of Kris and Noelle lost in a mirror maze. Kris is trying to break free from the player and get to the real Noelle, but they keep getting turned around in the ice corridors.
FOUND HER Listen on: Bandcamp
Jebb:
DON'T YOU SEE? THE MISSING SISTER. WE HAVE FINALLY FOUND HER.
...WHY AREN'T YOU SMILING..?
This track (my last track on this album) was very much inspired by the undead "true form" Dess design made by euclicide and all the various other interpretations of the concept that have followed. After the long search, the Roaring Knight is finally revealed to be the lost girl. However, she isn't quite herself.
I liked the concept a lot, and it ended up spawning this track. I wanted to translate the unsettling fear of seeing something such as that concept while also keeping the high octane metal nature of Black Knife (she IS still The Knight after all (probably)). Additionally, i wanted to add a lot of tragic over/undertones to the track, though the Raise Up Your Bat part also carries a slight bit of hope/heroism - perhaps the last remnants of Dess which still remain in there, somewhere.
The track samples Carol's theme(?), which isn't a Dess motif, no, but i felt like it sounded really good as ambience and worked narratively, so why not.
The ending of this track also ends on a little piano resolution, just like Thread The Needle, though i don't mind it since i think it also sounds really neat. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, i suppose.
Thanks a lot to dreadedender for the great art (with tweaks by Tavvy)! It turned out really good and ominous, matches the vibe a lot.
I am hyperfixated on Dess right now and getting to draw her horrifically was a dream! Thank you to Tavvy for making the final edit for it!! It is perfect now!
KNIGHTMARE'S NIGHT Listen on: Bandcamp
* The Lost Girl is found.
Silent Knight Listen on: Bandcamp
Accidentally was playing some muddled version of the chase and silent night on the piano, decided to turn it into a track, then got really carried away. Dess/Knight song. We'll see about that theory.
If the unused text from each chapter is Dess and the Knight is her, perhaps she's not even aware of her condition. That girl sure does haunt the narrative. Go check out the Cutting Room Floor for the text by the way. It's interesting stuff.
[S] Alterior Motif-ment Listen on: Bandcamp
One of the initial ideas I had for this album was "hey, what if I did Descend, but I crammed in as much of Deltarune's incidental motifs as possible, instead of any main motifs?". Wouldn't that be a fun throwback, I thought. Wouldn't that be so silly.
And then the anime news dropped and it was like well okay fine, this HAS to happen now.
Anyway, I'm sure none of these random motifs will turn out to be anything really important later or anything. What would the chances be of that!
Thanks to the folks that put up with pestering about mixing and mastering, and Sartorially for the track art!
"Upward Movement but make it Deltarune?" By the Divine Hogs, thy will is done. — This is a somewhat important illustration for me! Originally, this WAS going to be a redraw of Dave ascending the stairwell, featuring Kris! But I realized that it felt like an ever-elevating escape from the narrative of Deltarune itself—a Susie's Idea if you will. Plus... Let's be honest: replacing Lil Cal with Kris just made so much sense,and adding Noelle / Ralsei / Lancer just made MORE sense. This piece is striving to illustrate Susie's unbreakable will, her sense of justice, and her hope pushing through the narrative veil. Ganbatte, Susie!
If you wanna die so much... Listen on: Bandcamp
ruby:
I think everyone can agree Vs. Susie is too short of a song. This is an improved version of an older remix, I overhauled the mix, and the original guitarist came back to record additional riffs. He's a great friend of mine, we help each other out with each other's music from time to time, and we're slowly chipping away at an original music project together! His solo at the end of the song still sounds so awesome, please send him some love and check out his music!
Also thanks to MacK for the song title!
Back when I played chapter 1 for the first time,and before anyone knew what was to come after, Susie's fight with Lancer evoked a lot of emotions. I wanted to capture what I envisioned during that scene.
[The Smooth Taste Of] NEO Listen on: Bandcamp
Basically what I wanted to go for was "what if 'Power of Spamton' was refined and used as the final version of his theme?" I decided to include more things relating to Big Shot, and other Spamton related themes. I also included some aspects of the unfinished Power of NEO, but I didn't want to lean to heavily on that and end up having it detatched from Spamton.
You want a [BIG SHOT]? I got your [BIG SHOT] right here! Goes down [Smooth]!
The National Spamton Listen on: Bandcamp
God bless Spamton!
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silence Listen on: Bandcamp
This is based mostly on the MIDI version from the Spamton Sweepstakes, used in the alternate "Silence" ending. Hence the name, of course.
spamton is very near and dear to me, daresay even my favorite character of all time, so any chance to draw him had me excited. the way his backstory and personality is presented to you is PEAK. i wanted to make something that matched the melancholy tone of the track, thus the decision to draw this in sepia tone. so if you feel sad, GOOD
All The World's a Cage! Listen on: Bandcamp
ruby:
I originally made this remix running on only a few hours of sleep. It was the morning after the 6th anniversary stream, the one where they announced Chapter 2. I was watching the stream earlier that night, but due to timezones I really had to stop and go to sleep. The first thing I did after waking up was watching the rest of the stream. I hadn't slept much, and the hype of Chapter 2 coming soon inspired me to make this remix which, if I remember correctly, was done in a single day.
Now, 4 years later, I basically made a director's cut version of the remix or something lol, adding an extra intro and adding more variation on the second loop. I really like how it turned out! It really feels like this old remix has been given new life.
Thanks to Vortexius for the song title!
DDP:
I'm not stuck in there with you. You're stuck out here with me :0)
Cagematch Listen on: Bandcamp
Originally titled “Get Homunculous!” in homage to a certain LCD Soundsystem song, Cagematch is my attempt at imagining a “Kris VS Goner Vessel” battle theme. Kind of serendipitously, it started following a similar arc to the Mother 3 final boss music, where it gets less and less battle-y until the loop comes back around.
DDP:
technically, the vessel IS a homonculus, if you think about it. anyway hey kris i think you have too much blood. also also, at first this track reminded me of a dress up game. which we technically also play immediately, if we consider body parts as part of a dress up game. i <3 violence
Flashback Remix Listen on: Bandcamp
Hart:
I wanted to make a remix of Flashback (Excerpt). the 30 second version hits hard and has a really good and unique sound. I had a vision for a fuller version of the theme, though this obviously isn't remotely what the official full version would sound like.
Since the concept was a bit ambiguous when I first began the artwork, I decided that I would make it so there was a relationship between the vessel and Kris. So the "Flashback" in this sense refers to a sort of remembrance of Kris's potential past and origin.
Darkest Place Listen on: Bandcamp
i really loved the scene where this plays in chapter 4. it actually moved me to tears. i really wanted to capture how i felt during the scene, and also make it longer cause 45 seconds was Not Long Enough for me lol.
At first, my idea with this track art was going to be something basic. Just an image of the Delta Rune (with a heart replacing the Angel's circle) and the Fun Gang reaching towards it. Even though it didn't really work out, I thought the idea of the Angel with a SOUL at its center would be a really potent symbol. In Chapter 4, this scene really got to me. Sure, the player has ostensibly been helping Kris, Susie and Ralsei on their quest this whole time, but you're practically just a passive voyeur to their adventure. During this scene, however, you're a part of the group. You're lighting the way. You're a beacon of hope. You're their guardian angel.
Black Light Listen on: Bandcamp
I wrote this (and my other track) right after Chapter 1 came out, because THE HOLY was really underappreciated at the time (or at least I thought it was). Later I deleted my SoundCloud because I was worried (perhaps excessively) about AI training. Unfortunately, while I saved the tracks, I forgot to note whether this or Kingdom of One was released first, so I have no idea which one the bassline originated in.
Yo who put they heart in the water this is NOT okay bruh!
For the Love of the Game Listen on: Bandcamp
JOHN MANTLE
JOHN MANTLE
HERE COMES ANOTHER IMAGE_FRIEND
DDP:
kris im gonna need you to get major eyestrain for this. i really like the concept of hero_sword being the only pixellated thing both inside and outside of the game. something abt the extension of one's being. im never drawing pixels by hand again after this.
Off With Your Heads! Listen on: Bandcamp
I fell in love with the original theme that Toby Fox did for Queen, along with the art that he did for when Queen was originally supposed to be a lot more serious, so this was a track I've wanted to cover for a long time.
Potassium.
I was delighted by the idea of expanding on Queen's beta design. At first, I considered going a Medusa route, but once I started tinkering with some designs involving circuit board patterns, I ended up settling on a spidery "World Wide Web" theme. Here's a fun fact: this song originally only had Queen and Berdly's motifs. Noelle's motifs were added after I finished the art, where I'd included a mind controlled Noelle to preserve symmetry. I am very humbled by this.
𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖔𝖘 Listen on: Bandcamp
Remix of the unused version of chaos king. Loved that opening and wished it was a full song, though I understand why toby went with something else. Made this in 2022 or 3.
Did you know that the background image in Jevil's fight is a mirrored carousel in grayscale? — So... This piece... How to explain this piece... Initially, I'd wanted to have a reflection of Kris in the scythe. Drawing them is fun, and this IS the first secret boss, so it felt right. However! What I really wanted to play with was Jevil's natural duality. The funny jester turns into a scythe with TEETH?! That's fun! Unfortunately: I spent way too long drawing Jevil, so covering him up later was a great personal sacrifice.
THE ROARING FINALE Listen on: Bandcamp
koba:
there is no way dess holiday is not the roaring knight, NO ONE would pose like an edgy teenager like the knight does dude it’s impossible they love to aura farm like crazy
The snow was unintentional at first, but I liked it so it stayed.
THE DRAGON'S BLADE Listen on: Bandcamp
The EARTH, drawing her final breath,
Refused to die.
The true heroine appears.
The girl with hope crossed on her heart.
SUSIE, THE SAVIOR
Susie, in my mind, could take on a sort of "Undyne the Undying" type roll later in the Weird Route. I designed her based off of her usual outfit, took some aspects from Gerson's armor, and the general vibe and asthetic from the Undyne the Undying fight. So it's basically, you've monumentally fucked up, and she's gonna be the one to stop you.
Twilight Reverie ~ Penumbra Phantasm Listen on: Bandcamp
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Torrent 64: (translated)
WELL.
HOW VERY.
VERY.
INTERESTING.THE EXPERIMENT IS ALMOST
AT COMPLETION.AFTER ALL OF THIS TIME.
YET
YOU WANT
TO STOP?ON THE EVE OF OUR
GRAND ACHIEVEMENT?FOOL.
YOU CANNOT STOP
THE ECLIPSE
ON THE HORIZON.BUT
I’M A GOOD SPORT.I’LL HUMOR YOU.
GIVE ME YOUR
BEST SHOT.FOR THOSE LITTLE PIXELS
YOU CARE SO MUCH FOR.
"Fun Gang Standing There All Cool And Stuff" is a broad category of Deltarune fanart that I've been trying to draw since, like, right after the first chapter came out. For one reason or another, though, it never quite worked out. I drew it and redrew it and scrapped it and deleted it and inevitably restarted and yet it still never looked right, so I gave up every time. There's at least seven failed versions of this piece in my files going back to 2018. Probably more. Then I actually made this piece, for this song, and didn't realize until after I was done that I actually did the same drawing that I had been attempting for years and years and years. It's real now!!
Wishful Thinking Listen on: Bandcamp
Vaguely inspired by Kevin Penkin's soundtracks for Made in Abyss and Tower of God, specifically Counterpoint of Abyss off the former and Megaladon [sic] off the latter. As an only tangentially related aside, god do some of the other songs from those oftentimes feel like Plato's cave versions of Steve Reich's pieces.
I love Ralsei and I wanted to follow the musician's vision for the wonderful piece.
An Ordeal of the Dreaming Listen on: Bandcamp
ruby:
I started this one back in July of last year. I didn't have a goal in mind, but EVENTUALLY this project rolled around, giving me the perfect excuse to finish it up and release it. The song sat nearly-finished for a while, I just had a few soul phases left to make.
Even when it was finished, figuring out a good title took a while. Thanks to help from Sartorially and MacK, we finally settled on this one, wow! so menacing.
This is all just a bad dream!
AND YOU'RE NEVER WAKING UP!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Retribution Listen on: Bandcamp
ruby:
This one obviously just had to come after the last track. In fact, they were the same project! They were the same project all along!!! Even back when I first started working on An Ordeal of the Dreaming, Retribution was made alongside it!! It too sat nearly-finished for a while, I just had to find a way to conclude the song. I hope I did it in a satisfying way, Finale is originally meant to loop into eternity after all...
I am SO PROUD of the part right before the drop. the way the breaks, the synths, the bass, everything just comes in muaaaaahh perfect.
No!! NO!!!!! You can't do that!!! You're supposed to obey ME!!
ruby:
the seven
K I N D R E D SOUL s:
Your Friend, For 999 Years Listen on: Bandcamp
Styled after the beautiful track "The Shepherd's Boy" by Murray Gold for series 9 of Doctor Who. After listening to the full track 'Undertale' I figured they would mesh very nicely.
something something Chara/Clara, was gonna have Asriel mourning Chara in place of the doctor but Heaven Sent's time loop stuff fits flowey's reset loops much better. Still mourning Chara. After all, he's so excited to have you back in genocide, isn't he? track is a doctor who reference so art is too.
Kingdom of One Listen on: Bandcamp
I made this (and my other track) right after Chapter 1 was released, which means I was doing weird time signatures in Deltarune music before it was cool. 😎 Also, like I said in my commentary on my other track, I don't know which of them came first, so that bassline might have come from either of them.
Jas:
kris in empty town
1 Left Listen on: Bandcamp
An extended and remixed version for the slowed down version of "Anticipation" heard in the Genocide route. Tried to make it feel similar to "Deal Gone Wrong" in terms of vibes. I also wanted to have it almost act as a bridge between the Genocide route in Undertale and the Snowgrave route in Deltarune by also including "d.ogg" in the latter half of the track. Having other Snowgrave related motifs and sounds also aided in creating this bridge.
It's the end. Listen on: Bandcamp
ruby:
Thanks to MacK for the song title!
I am just getting started...
My eyes genuinely hurt making this dawg we are suffering.
MIKE, roll the credits! Listen on: Bandcamp
Conceived initially as a counterpart to ruby's "j-rock anime opening" idea (デルタルーン on this very album), the track went on to go through some extensive retooling in the wake of Chapters 3 and 4's release.
This feels like how Chapter 3's credit song should have been instead of reusing Chapter 2's. Your guess is as good as mine as to how it’s all gonna turn out but I really hope they don’t end up doing any more repeats.
But I digress. The end of Chapter 3 was great and this track is a bop.
Kindred Souls
Main Album (1–60)
Bonus Tracks (61–64)