After getting used to make so much of intense battle music, it becomes REALLY hard to make "happy" sounding music. Agan, not a lot to say for this one, enjoy!

003 - Your Best Friend

For this one, while I wanted to keep some of the nostalgic feeling of the original, I went for something more melancholic for the second half. One of my favourite themes to make!

004 - Fallen Down

I'm not sure if this one's as effective as the original, but I had a lot of fun composing it, gave me a chance to try out new stuff.

005 - Ruins

I tried to go for something more intense and battle-like for this one. Not that the original wasn't, but I wanted something that felt a little more epic, if that makes sense.

009 - Enemy Approaching

The beta version of this track was something much more EDM-like, but I thought it wouldn't fith either Napstablook or the fight overall, so I decided for something more Jazz-like.

010 - Ghost Fight

That offkey chord is completely intentional, just in case. If you know the context behind the original song, then this one will make sense... sort of.

012 - Home

At first I was worried that this was too fast-paced, but as the theme developed I started to like it more and more, to the point it's one of my favorites so far. Hope you like it as much!

014 - Heartache

I tried a different approach for this one, and instead of going for something that sounded lazy, I tried to make it sound like the theme of a careless prankster. Then I deleted instruments to make it sound lazy because I didn't like how intense it was sounding.

015 - sans.

tfw the thumbnail takes you longer to make than the actual song.
So this one was pretty fun to make. I wanted to do a mix of "cool and goofy". Also wanted to play around with FM instrumentation.

016 - Nyeh Heh Heh!

Is it weird that i kinda feel nostalgic over a song that I made myself?

017 - Snowy

Now I can reveal that basing this off Egg Dragoon Mk II was my plan all along!
In all seriousness, seeing the feedback for Nyeh heh Heh, I tried to make this theme a little more goofy and fitting for Papyrus, along with trying to do something a bit more original than just adding heavier drums to the existing track.
Shoutouts to [REDACTED] for recording Papyrus' voice.

024 - Bonetrousle

So as you may have already noticed, I also plan on including some of the unlisted tracks of Undertale, which may make some changes on the song list order.
About the track itself, I was mostly inspired by Bully's soundtrack (With a hint of Pepsiman). I wanted something that sounded both angry and angsty but also upbeat and "funny"...? (I can't think of a better term for it). Hope you like it!

037 - Dummy!

First of all, I would like to thank you all for +600 followers! We finally have more than https://soundcloud.com/eyeless-dash!

Now in all seriousness, I really appreciate the support this project has had. I hope to continue sharing my ideas with you guys!

For this track the inspiration once again was very anime-ish, and what better inspiration than Dragon Ball Z? This track is particularly inspired in the old Budokai Tenkaichi games, with a hint of pirate.coded sections to better fit Undyne. I really hope you enjoy this track.

047 - Spear Of Justice

Oh boy it's Mettaton time!
I was really looking forward to show this track. I tried to go for a more "cynical show host" vibe, and got a little bit of inspiration from Studiopolis Zone. All in all, it was a fun track to do, and now we're exactly in the middle of the OST, right?

...right?

050 - It's Showtime!

This one was very fun to work with, specially since I had the chance to go wild with more synths and drums and stuff. I kinda wanted this track to have a similar feeling to the original, where it focuses more on the super tech side of Hotland rather than, well, the heat, but I still wanted to evoke a feeling of head by using some instruments from Super Mario 64. As always, hope you like it!

052 - Another Medium

This one was fun to work on but also probably the one that took most of the time. I've been feeling a little bit uninspired these days, but I was able to get this one done. I really like the end result, I'd even say it's one of the best tracks I've shown for this project so far.

Also yeah that heavily modified motif at the end is what you think it is.

054 - Stronger Monsters

Finally, one of my favorite tracks on the original game. For this one, at first I tried using something that focused more on string instruments, such as violins or harps, but structurally and composition-wise it was way too similar to the original version, so I started again, trying to use the same focus, but with a twist. I was recommended using the classic Spider-Man theme as a reference, and by mixing it with heavy rock and synths, I think I reached something interesting enough. But anyways, I hope you like this one.

061 - Spider Dance

This track was one of my favs to work on, mostly because of how iconic the original track is. I was thinking for a while on how to make this one stand out, but eventually went on going for a more bossa-nova style, inspired mostly by AZALI's style (in fact, the intro is pretty much just taken from one of their songs), and changing the pianos on the original for acoustic guitars. 

In other news, the next few tracks were already completed beforehand, so things should run a lot faster for a while now. Enjoy!

065 - It's Raining Somewhere Else

Finally, here it is! This track was pretty fun to work on. Considering how good the original track is, I wanted to make something that stood out, and considering the "tech"-ish nature of the CORE, I decided to try using .mod and Keygen music as a reference. I also had some inspiration from Pizza Tower for the composition. 

Well, I think that's it, hope you enjoy.

067 - CORE

With Undertale Alternate, one of the "rules" i decided to impose to myself was to give each character a respective tone key. For instance, most of Sans' themes would be in C minor, for Papyrus it was F# minor, and so on. As the soundtrack progressed and I worked more on it, I decided to break that rule more often because at times it would make most character themes sound repetitive, and that might be something you'll notice if you re-listen to the soundtrack.

For Mettaton, most of his character themes were on G# minor, but i decided to tune DbG down 2 semitones because it just sounds much better in this pitch. As for the track itself, it draws a lot of inspiration from Sonic music, specially Stardust Speedway and Metallic Madness. Having said that, enjoy!

070 - Death By Glamour

"071" is one of my favorite tracks in the original game. It's inexplicable how it can convey so much emotions at once; expectancy, sadness, hope. It is a really special track and it earns its title by how it conveys what makes Undertale truly unique. 

Because of that, I really wanted to do justice to this track. It actually went through many different versions, but this one is the one that really struck with me. While it may be shorter than the original track, I feel actually proud of how it's composed, the way it remixes the main theme, and so many other things. Just the same, I hope you like it.

073 - Undertale: Alternate

Yup, another unlisted song that I add to this soundtrack. This one is for the bells that sound right at Sans' judgement. I don't have much to say for it, except that there's a reason why I included this one out of all.

074 - Judgement

So this track again takes some inspiration from Sam and Max, mixing jazz with rock instruments. I wanted this one to be a bit more experimental and so some parts might sound dissonant and off key, but that's Smooth Jazz to you. No Papyrus motif for this one, as I wanted it to focus mostly around Sans. I don't think there's much more to cover, so, enjoy!

075 - Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans

This track was inspired, again, by Trocadero's music. However, I also drew inspiration from Earthbound's Coffee Break, and added a saxophone to slightly represent Sans, given how 2 out of 3 instances this track plays in are related to him.

076 - The Choice

This one was tricky because the original is simply too iconic and meaningful in the way that it's only compromised by two notes, and yet those two notes carry a lot of weight. Because of that, I wanted to do a similar idea and go for something really simple. This track was inspired mostly by Mother 3, using only wind instruments an a faint melody accompanied by minor chords.

077 - Small Shock

At last, one of the most expected tracks of this soundtrack. This one is also the one with most storytelling, as the structure and leitmotifs used are a narration of the battle and Asgore's thoughts throughout it:

The song consists of three main sections and two breaks in between each. Section A contains both Asgore's and the underground's motif, representing his duties as a king and what he feels he owes to his people. Everyone's hopes are on him, and that adds to his pressure. Section B contains Toriel's and Memory's motifs, representing everything he lost and how he still remembers his family after all this time. Section C contains a distorted version of the OUAT motif, representing the moment when his heart was filled with hate and anger towards humans, and even though his anger is not there anymore, he forces himself to remember to be able to fight Frisk. And the breaks and slow rhythm overall signify how reluctant Asgore is to fight.

Nerd stuff aside, again, hope you enjoy!

080 - ASGORE

081 - You Idiot

This one again went through several different changes and versions. The final version draws inspiration from One Winged Angel for the intro and Infected Mushroom for the main sections. As for the soul sections, I wanted to make it so that each section would fit what little we know from each human, based on their items. Other than that, enjoy!

082 - Your Best Nightmare

Personally I have conflicted thoughts with this one. If you've tried modding the game to include some tracks, you'll notice that many "timed" events like Bergentruckung have use code to match certain things with the original songs, and since many of the Alternate songs have different times and stuff, this results on these tracks not lining up with the in-game events. 

To avoid this with Finale, which is one of the clearest examples of what I mean, I made it using sort of the same structure and BPM of the original. While in-game this works much better, I feel like it was very restrictive and that I could have done something more original with this one. Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy.

083 - Finale

"fuck you roleplayers in the comments." - Crusadinslayin 2024 🕊

This track is slightly inspired by Eleanor Rigby. I wanted it to feel more tragic and sad than the original, trying to convey that even in the best possible Neutral outcome, the underground is still hopeless, and it will take a long while for it to recover its hopes and dreams. It also features mostly the OUAT motif on top of a slower and drowned Underground Motif, symbolizing the true cost of Frisk's victory.

As a side note, I wanted to take the chance to thank you all for the huge support on this project. It means a lot to me to see so many people like my ideas. Please enjoy.

084 - An Ending

BONUS001 - Mushroom Dance

BONUS002 - Dance Of Dog

BONUS003 - Sigh Of Dog

BONUS004 - Wrong Number Song

BONUS005 - Happy Town

BONUS006 - Meat Factory

BONUS007 - Trouble Dingle

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Yup. We're splitting this project on two accounts, stylized as DISCs for aesthetic effect. To make it short, while this account still has plenty of minutes left, we want to extend this project and add more songs, as shown by the three tracks that we added to the soundtrack. That's why, to ensure that we won't surpass the minute limit on the later stage of the project, we're uploading the rest of the soundtrack on another account. Thank you for understanding, hope you enjoy the rest of the project!

-END OF DISC 1-

Inspired by John Tay's and Leilani Wilson's Alternate takes on S3&k.
In order to celebrate Undertale's 8th Anniversary, I'm introducing the 'UNDERTALE: Alternate' project; A musical project that consists on completely rewriting each and every song on the Undertale OST, as a love letter to the game that inspired me to become a musician. This project in no way tries to replace the original songs, but is rather a test made for fun.

Undertale Alternate Soundtrack by shade: @hi-im-shade
Song consultor: @eyeless-dash

UNDERTALE: Alternate -DISC 1-

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