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UNDERTALE Piano Collections Returns With Official Second Volume

March 16, 2018 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on UNDERTALE Piano Collections Returns With Official Second Volume Share this

Last year, arranger David Peacock and performer Augustine Mayuga Gonzales released a piano album and sheet music combination release dedicated to the game UNDERTALE and its soundtrack by Toby Fox. Released under the Materia Collective label, The UNDERTALE Piano Collections was a popular hit and received many accolades.

Now a year later, the follow-up has been released by the same artists and continues with what was started on the first album. The UNDERTALE Piano Collections 2 covers additional songs from the UNDERTALE game, as well as a new sheet music collection will be released alongside of the album for any pianists wanting to test their skills.

With this second UNDERTALE Piano Collections, the goal was to revisit the world of Undertale and cover some themes that we didn’t get to explore the first time around. As a result, the general feeling of this selection is as if exploring more of the experience and atmosphere of a ‘genocide run.’ Retaining the idea of merging both classical music and videogame arrangements, while also continuing the musical language and ideas from the first piano collections, we hope you enjoy these pieces! – David Peacock, Arranger

<a href="http://materiacollective.bandcamp.com/album/undertale-piano-collections-2">UNDERTALE Piano Collections 2 by David Peacock, Augustine Mayuga Gonzales</a>

The UNDERTALE Piano Collections 2 is currently available digitally on Bandcamp and iTunes for $10, with the sheet music available digitally on Bandcamp for $15 and a pre-order of the physical sheet music for $25, to be produced and shipped in May.
Game Music, Indie Music, Reviews

The Underlord of the Strings: UNDERTALE Strings of Determination (Review)

November 13, 2017 | Ryan Paquet | Comments Off on The Underlord of the Strings: UNDERTALE Strings of Determination (Review) Share this

I have a confession to make. I have never played Undertale, or heard any of its music until a couple of weeks ago when I was asked to review String Player Gamer’s Undertale: Strings of Determination. String Player Gamer is also known as Diwa de Leon , a composer, arranger and musician based in Manila, Philippines. The album itself is labelled as the complete edition that collects four volumes of music that has ben published by Materia Collective. The album features 46 tracks of exquisite arrangements of composer Toby Fox’s music for Undertale. Having listened to the album a few times now, you can read on for my full review which includes a series of must listen tracks from the album. If like me, you’ve never experienced anything Undertale here’s the perfect place to start.

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Game Music

Arrangement of the Week: Golden Flowers

February 19, 2016 | Michael Hoffmann | Comments Off on Arrangement of the Week: Golden Flowers Share this Arrangement of the Week: Golden Flowers

It had to happen at some point. We’re finally featuring an arrangement of music from the new hit indie game Undertale. There’s certainly been no shortage of adaptations of Toby Fox’s excellent soundtrack, but I’ve finally gotten around to choosing one of my favorites for this week’s Arrangement of the Week.

The featured arrangement is a synth rock cover of the tracks “His Theme” and “SAVE the World” titled “Golden Flowers.” The track is the result of a collaboration between artists OA and Level 99 and is set to be part of a future OverClocked University album Spring Break.

The track has a wonderfully uplifting tone throughout its run. The source material has some powerful melodies to begin with and various bright synth leads just help amp up the joyful tone. While the lead synth sounds remain the focus for much of the track, there’s some great touches like the breakdown section at 2’38” featuring the piano. The segment is a good contrast to the rest of the track and lasts just long enough to make the return of the synth instruments feel fresh and surprising.

The arrangement evokes a sense triumph and of nostalgia, which feels odd given that Undertale isn’t even a year old at the time of writing this post. The game has left a strong impression on those who’ve played through it, myself included, so perhaps that’s part of the evoked nostalgia. There’s an obvious passion for the soundtrack from the artists here, and it has resulted in a great cover.

Do you have any favorite remixes, arrangements, or covers of music from Undertale? Feel free to share them with us in the comments below. You can check out OA and Level 99’s track “Golden Flowers” at OC Remix.