Crucial Track for January 15, 2026

"Undertale" by Toby Fox

#365songs (15 / 365)

I was just doing the Scylla fight in Hades 2 and it got me thinking about video game music that I especially like. With apologies to Supergiant Games: it doesn't have lyrics, that's for sure. The Undertale soundtrack is highly regarded, and with good reason, but while it's got a lot of Bangers on it, this placid, uplifting and vaguely Pachelbel's Canon-esque tune is one of my favorites. It's another song where I can't really pinpoint what's so good about it. The melody is pretty but simple, almost childish (like a lot of Undertale), the build is moving but pretty standard. If I hadn't heard this in the (quite powerful) context in which it appears in Undertale, would I have such affection for it? An unanswerable question. The fact is I did hear it in that context, and I do love it.