Gaster's Theme - DELTA ~ Otherworldly Magical Crusade [Undertale DDD OST]
653//Remember when I said that Erich from Seihou inspired Gaster's attacks? Hahaha...
I know I keep saying my newest musical projects are my most ambitious... And I'm about to do it again. Yes, this one's more ambitious than the Bete Noire x Kingdom hearts crossover! Mainly because I did some serious upgrading to my musical tools. I've finally invested in proper samples and they sound fantastic... Or they would if I knew how to utilize their greatest capabilities (which I hope to do, in the future). For now though, I'm very happy with this orchestral hybrid of a theme I'm giving to Gaster. And hopefully... you can stay tuned to two more themes I have planned in the future (though, something else is on my agenda... something a little more 'playable'...)
Anyways, hope you enjoy!
-Theking35
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DDD Notes
[DELTA ~ Otherworldly Magical Crusade]
Based on these original compositions:
Magical Girl's Crusade - ZUN
Gaster's Theme - Toby Fox
Darkness Falls ~ Game Over - Toby Fox
"Hah. After claiming my proficiency with creating musical projects based on one composition, I decided to do another crossover! This time with three themes! This will serve to be Gaster's theme in the DDD Universe. And this time around, I wanted to go for a more epic, grandiose feel to his theme - using orchestral instruments. Yet, mixing in synthetic, electronic instruments as well. So you have this hybrid that ranges from poignant to upbeat, slow but fast, happy yet subtly unnerving. This shifting between dichotomies perfectly describes what kind of character I'd see Gaster: this wanderer of the grey, aimless realms. It also compliments the nature of this crossover; jumping from one motif to another. Speaking of which, it challenged me to work with different time signatures, which was pretty hard to make it sound right and flow well. But I guess I got there in the end... Even if I did shamble my way to some places. Hey, I'm learning!
The beginning of the theme starts off on an epic note; the unraveling of a royal scientist embarking on a *ahem* crusade of scientific revelations that shall change the course of time and space! But such reckless abandon towards ambitious and perhaps even taboo avenues of research eventually leads to his sudden downfall. And thus, opens the next segment of his theme: a callback to Gaster's proper theme, as he falls down this seemingly endless void. Once the journey ends, he becomes a completely different man - playing motifs of ZUN's Magical Girl's Crusade for the verses and Darkness Falls for the chorus. Two themes completely alien to Gaster himself and the Undertale universe, yet complimenting his newly distorted identity: A strange, formerly renowned royal scientist who has fallen from grace... But is determined to rise up once again. This leads to the ending segment, which is a lot more poignant in comparison to the rest of the song. An acceptance of his seemingly doomed reality, but trying whatever he can - wherever he can, to rise from the ashes...
As for the song itself, it opened up to a lot of experimental possibilities that I tried to capitalize on. The changes in tempo, the use of realistic and synthetic instruments, the changes in time signatures. It was a mess, but it's a glorious mess. And at the end of the day, isn't that how we see Gaster? Quite fitting if you ask me. I made heavy use of the organs and proper vocal samples, to further emphasize the epic, archaic themes I desired this song to have. The piano, strings and electric guitar serve to be complimentary to the organ melodies (and may I emphasize that I've acquired proper electric guitar samples!? Hah! Bye-bye synth guitars!), and are a nod to two future musical projects I have not yet made! Oooh~ Foreshadowing... As for the name, well let's just say 'DELTA' is a word that's gonna be most prominent in the upcoming future... But which future do I refer to? Undertale DDD's? Or Deltarune's? Hmmmm~ And the whole 'Otherworldly Magical Crusade' was a node to ZUN's 'Magical Girl's Crusade' (after all, this is a remix of that song in a way). But the name 'Magical Girl' seemed a little... odd to give Gaster. So I just used his Last Word's name.
Overall, my descriptions can't even convey or fathom how much work and thought I put into this single musical project of 6 minutes and 66 seconds... (Huh, weird). And at the end of the day, it's probably too niche to hit off with the Undertale community - which is ever-so slowly dying. In a way, this theme is like a commemoration of the good old Undertale days, how it's dwindling into the nothingness... and how it's gonna rise from the ashes one day dammit! I'm sticking to this community like glue till my work is done! However long that's gonna be!
Until then, enjoy this one musical project of many to come!"
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