Everything About Gaster’s Motif in the DELTARUNE Soundtrack - A Musical Mythbusting Odyssey

The dark art of leitmotivic analysis has been practiced in secret by occult sects since the murky depths of history- by which I mostly mean a bunch of nerdy men with beards in the late 1800’s. Today I join that hallowed lineage, armed with half a bachelor’s degree in music theory, to uncover just how deeply (or... shallowly) Gaster’s Theme has permeated Deltarune’s soundtrack, and explore what such an infestation might imply for the game’s story. Is it really so simple you can hear it anywhere? Is Rouxls Kaard secretly Gaster? Will I end up in a boxing match with @MediaMotifs in the next Creator Clash? Some of these questions AND MORE will be answered herein. Patreon: Discord: Random Access Mayhem (my game): ToffeeBun: @ToffeeBun ToffeeBun’s channel artist: @Vinqou Sources list: SOUNDTRACK (The video is segmented by the music I’m discussing. The background music is listed underneath): Piano impromptu - 0:00 What is Gaster’s Theme? - 00:12 Knock Knock (Hotline Miami OST) Gaster’s Theme (Undertale OST) Gaster’s Theme (SayMaxWell remix) Let’s Get Together Now (OMORI OST) But what is Gaster’s Theme REALLY? - 2:49 Ant Village (Stray OST) Demon In My F***in Head (Vargskelethor) A Proper Story (Bastion OST) sans (Undertale OST) It’s Raining Somewhere Else (Undertale OST) The Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans (Undertale OST) A Date With Demise (insaneintherainmusic) Deploy the Diagram - 5:51 A Monster (Furi OST) Heartache (Undertale OST) ASGORE (Undertale OST) Spear of Justice (Undertale OST) Undyne (Undertale OST) Alphys (Undertale OST) Here We Are (Undertale OST) Checker Dance (Deltarune OST) It’s Showtime (Undertale OST) Doctor (Homestuck OST) Your Best Friend (Undertale OST) Finale (Undertale OST) Lavender Town (Pokemon Red/Green OST) Where We Used To Play (OMORI OST) Nocturne B. 108 in C Minor (F. Chopin) The Temple of Magicks (Inscryption OST) Konga Conga Kappa (Crypt of the Necrodancer OST) Bonetrousle (Undertale OST) Determination (Undertale OST) Wrong Enemy (Undertale OST) MEGALOVANIA (Undertale OST) Underwater Highway (OMORI OST) Such A Time We Had Together (OMORI OST) About To Actually Start The Analysis - 16:11 hmmm look what u done did you found a secret (Pizza Tower OST) ANOTHER HIM - 18:18 Filthy Nuclear Bunker (Hiveswap OST) Scarlet Forest - 19:24 Minish Woods Orchestral Arrangement (The Noble Demon) Man - 21:08 Alley Robot Room (Yume 2kki OST) The Builder (Kevin MacLeod) SquareSquare World (Yume 2kki OST) Card Castle - 22:52 Badededeline (Celeste Strawberry Jam OST) Rouxls Kaard - 24:02 On A Trip (Everhood OST) April 2012 - 24:25 Silly Times Many Slimes (Celeste Strawberry Jam OST) Chaos King - 25:25 Darkness Falls - 25:41 Esc (Binding of Isaac Antibirth OST) Unreasonable Behaviour (Firewood remix) Friendship - 27:55 A Home For Flowers (Tulip) (OMORI OST) THE HOLY - 28:29 Sanctuary Guardian (Earthbound OST) The Circus - 29:12 Karkat’s Theme (Pesterquest OST) Happy Break Time :) - 29:45 Mysterious - Mario Paint OST Alex Eagleston (YIIK OST) The Final Battle (Everhood OST) THE WORLD REVOLVING - 30:31 Bready Steady Go (OMORI OST) Limitless (Celeste Strawberry Jam OST) Chapter 2 Intro - 34:27 Mohg Lord of Blood (Nightwalk cover) Girl Next Door - 34:53 Lost Girl (Deltarune OST) Open Embrace (Celeste Strawberry Jam OST) Underwater Prom Queens (OMORI OST) Queen - 37:12 Baby Download (Stray OST) WELCOME TO THE CITY - 37:38 Termite Capitol (Bug Fables OST) DineMite Beats (Bug Fables OST) A CYBER’S WORLD? - 39:13 Cool Mixtape - 39:23 Elegant Entrance - 39:31 Pandora palace - 39:42 Attack of the Killer Queen - 39:55 Mutation (Akira OST) Giga Size - 40:07 BIG SHOT - 40:14 Spamton (Deltarune OST) Dialtone - 40:57 Blue’s Theme (Everhood OST) Flashback - 41:20 Uwaa!! So Holiday (Undertale OST) Uwaa!! So Temperate (Undertale OST) Conclusion - 42:05 Beast (Patricia Taxxon) Departure (Cafe de Touhou 5) Formations (FEZ OST) The End - 48:44 Hysterical (SharaX) THE WORLD REVOLVING (Gooseworx remix)