Board 8 > Wickle ranks the Songs of the Undertale OST (OST #1)

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#35. Amalgam
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71u0i6J-Qes" data-time="

Amalgam is a really cool tune, it has its really odd points but it's fitting since it's the battle music for fighting experiments of fusing monsters together. I don't often compliment this, but I really like the ending to this song too, while given most scenarios outside of this game I'd dislike this sort of tune, here it really solidifies just how... unusual these fights are.
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#34. Bergentrckung
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YivzBeEwzWI" data-time="

The final introduction song of this list, it plays before such an excellent scene, makes you think "okay, just one boss fight away from the end of the game, I hope I can spare him." As the text is saying the same and you're getting ready for this fight. It's just a nice tune for Asgore too.
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#33. Stronger Monsters
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnmHqWU0z5M" data-time="

A cool song that I've never heard. Not much to say besides that, I don't care that much to play hard mode. Kind of wish Toby made a DLC of continued Hard Mode along with everything.
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#32. Finale
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWjavxcGfqM" data-time="

Does plenty of cool things, and is an especially good counter song on this fight from the normal theme of the fight. From the creepiness of Your Best Nightmare to the heroics of Finale... it's a great contrast that tells you what's going on in the fight. But it's also... kind of off at spots.
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#31. Dating Fight
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ8bpWkoC7A" data-time="

Now, where Dating Start failed in some points of how I viewed it... having never played a Phoenix Wright game so the sequence's references weren't found by me... Dating Fight succeeded. It gives a feel of MMBN and keeps it in a battle tune, it connects a few different tunes as well in a pretty excellent way. Hell, it was meeting all of my standards.
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But can it make spaghetti?
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#30. Here We Are
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y49b8aiQVBg" data-time="

This song is pretty well built. Starts off just as background noise, beat box kicks in, and then a piano melody kicks in. It's especially cool when it shifts the melody once the primary melody starts to get dull, and closes off really well to head into the loop. It's a really good atmospheric song, and the area it played in couldn't be more perfectly fitting.
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#29. Another Medium
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLsuam9o9BA" data-time="

I like this area theme, it's a bit odd at points and isn't one of the greatest songs, but it fits the area well. It makes the area a bit less bleak than it appears, and fits with all the machinery, and it's still a fun tune.
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I didn't think any of the area themes were especially great, they fit the area they were in well though.
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#28. Oh! One True Love
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlKHChbEcps" data-time="

The FFVI song and scene. Okay fine, it's based off of it and a disambiguation. Uh... I'm at a loss of words on continuing the song. I listened to Aria di Mezzo Carattere in the middle of it and spaced out on things to say about this song now.
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#27. Run!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPapt88_3aU" data-time="

Smooth loop, tense song... and really outdoes itself with just the piano part during it, being only a couple chords. It's a cool song for a fun sequence.
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#26. Dummy!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3epEVMNJdY" data-time="

Ghost Fight but with gimmicks. The broken and wild music is kind of odd, but also fun. It's an enjoyable fight as well.
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Dummy! out at 26?

Foolish.
Foolish!
FOOLISH!
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so catchy
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Dummy! is my favorite Undertale battle theme ngl

rip VGMC dreams
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#25. Shop
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCQ_5Gj6jlg" data-time="

Very good shop song. I got nothing to say past that.
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#24. Bonetrousle
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdeZwAk6ULE" data-time="

God this song is so fun... and it makes me feel blue to eliminate it, but a dog ran off with it and forced it to be eliminated here. Wait... Why am I making that kind of joke? It's a really good song, but so is everything else around.
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#23. ASGORE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMa4hZQbrms" data-time="

It's such a great song, though most of its melody actually is bland. The beginning and at 1:30 are the major points where this song is great, and then 1:50 is a fantastic part that goes back to a great piece. It's that middle that keeps it from top 20 pretty much.
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WickIebee posted...

#24. Bonetrousle

WickIebee posted...

#23. ASGORE

:<
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WickIebee posted...

#23. ASGORE

Riot
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time to kill whatever following song we deem unfit to be above ASGORE
..which may not be much anyway
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Asgore is overrated. I agree with this placement.
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#22. Ruins
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyPR77rg1to" data-time="

The mysterious nature, and yet the charm of this song represents the ruins well, and is a great start to this game. The song gradually gets weaker as it goes on, but the piano is just so good.
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Alright, one last song before the top 20. Sadly busier days didn't let me do this sooner and now either I have a two song day (or three song day depending on activity)... I know there hasn't been a list of updated songs that are left... but take a guess, what'll be the next to fall? Of course, I don't blame you if you don't guess, not exactly an easy way to check what's still in after all, just the obvious songs that you wish don't fall.
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eh, maybe fallen down or dogsong. dogsong hasn't shown up yet, I think?
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I'm still surprised Your Best Nightmare hasn't shown up so I'll guess that.

(Unless it has and I missed it? I went on vacation for a few days and wasn't closely watching this in the meantime)
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Also Bonetrousle is great I'm salty
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I'm glad somebody else appreciates dogsong but top 25 is kind of pushing it
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Im thinking Your Best Nightmare. Its perfect for its context but not something I would want to hear voluntarily.
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Ah I'll just eliminate it now. Even now I was still debating between it and the one that was placed in spot #20, but the sound system is just really dorkish. So time to fall.

#21. Dogsong
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woPff-Tpkns" data-time="

Okay, I love this song. I randomly swap over to listen to versions of Undertale songs with this sound system. I even had it top 10 at a point. But I sat down and listened to other songs more and eventually realized... DEAR GOD WHY DO I HAVE THIS SONG RANKED IN THE TOP 10!? I still adore it, but it's not THAT good. It's short overall, it's the same melody over and over, but it's catchy as hell and I love it.

It also feels good to not have it in my top 20, so there's that, even though I really like the song. Still debatable which should be higher between this and #20, but whatever, the deed is done.
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And there we have our top 20. Haven't done a list of songs as of yet, here we finally get one.

Fallen Down
Ghost Fight
Snowy
Snowdin Town
Waterfall
Memory
NGAHHH!!
Metal Crusher
Spider Dance
Death By Glamour
Undertale
Your Best Nightmare
An Ending
Fallen Down (Reprise)
Hopes and Dreams
SAVE the World
His Theme
Reunited
Battle Against a True Hero
Megalovania
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>dogsong not in top 20

this list is trash
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Good top 20, but needs more Papyrus.
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Two post top 20 comments...
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It is a mostly expected top 20, though I am surprised at the lack of Bonetrousle and Ruins
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I dunno, I see some stuff in there that wouldn't have made my list. And there's definitely some things that got cut that I don't agree with. I admittedly don't know the back catalog of the Undertale OST very well, though.
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ya go my Battle Against a True Hero, Megalovania, and Hopes and Dreams
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bump
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#20. Memory
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eijdNQMYikY" data-time="

Similarly to Dog Song, it's really only the same melody repeated, and liking that melody is why both of these songs lasted so long. My long debate between 21 and 20 was simply... Memory is a music box, and while I didn't care for home's music box, I love Memory's. That is all.
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that was definitely the odd man out
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Helps that said melody is pretty damn important.
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#19. Ghost Fight
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz1bfhtKsHM" data-time="

Where Dummy fails is its randomness gets weird and isn't as fun of a song to listen to outside of the battle, Ghost Fight just has that jazzy feel that tells you... Well, that I was just not up to doing any rankings yesterday. It's good jazz-like tune that made me in the mood for it, unlike the song that was eliminated a lot earlier.
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funny how its the exact opposite for me
Ghostfight is good, but Dummy fight just has more energy to it

(also the randomness is less random when you realize it has the same gimmick as Dummy's speech pattern)
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#18. Fallen Down
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B69GfSqEZEs" data-time="

This song is good, and then the bass piece kicks in and it's just an ambiance that really makes it a great song.
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#17. SAVE the World
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZRP7nQkfrM" data-time="

There are times I wonder if this made it too high, since it's basically just different pieces of Hopes and Dreams. But I also can't dislike it. I really love 0:46
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I mean
it's literally the climax of the Pacifist route
but yea, I can see it getting knocked a bit for the rehash
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but what if traveled backwards in time? Then Hopes and Dreams becomes the rehash!
The track does at least warrant existing alongside it
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I essentially agree with the fact that it does warrant existing, there are some songs that don't, but SAVE the World is not one of those.

#16. An Ending
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3sJ79C1Zyo" data-time="

Credits, takes the Ruins song and steadily tosses more into it. It's normal credits music, I like what it did more than Bring it in, Guys... definitely. The other one just tossed an extra melody into the mix of boss themes and this one just gives a more 'informative' feel to Ruins.
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#15. Your Best Nightmare
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUcThHVbrXY" data-time="

Yes, it's not exactly the best song to listen to outside of the game, it's not bgm I would listen to just anywhere, but remembering fight, hearing the song constantly change, you just remember everything about what's going on in this fight. And even hearing Flowey's theme constantly, and the sound system used to play his song occasionally too. It's just a cool concept. It fits the final boss fight well enough to make it this far.
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context really helps that song yeah
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