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UNDERTALE Soundtrack (2015)Released Jan 1, 2015Start with the little storybook tune of “Once Upon a Time,” then listen to it come back inside the acoustic-guitar texture of “Home.” The title track “Undertale” takes the same material much further. The melody sounds familiar before the album asks it to carry any real weight.0 - 2
Journey (Original Video Game Soundtrack) (2012)Released Apr 10, 2012The exposed cello in “Nascence” gives you the tune in its simplest shape. By “Apotheosis,” that tune has a whole orchestra to move through. The album works as a continuous listen because the cello line gives you a way to recognize the traveler across all that changing scenery.0 - 3
Celeste (Original Soundtrack) (2018)Released Jan 25, 2018Hear the bright, springy tune in “First Steps,” then see how long it takes you to spot it in “Reach for the Summit.” The long summit track threads earlier music into a new climb. That sense of crossing familiar ground still works if the only journey you’ve taken is through the record.0 - 4
Cuphead (Original Soundtrack) (2017)Released Nov 15, 2017Try “Inkwell Isle One” and “Inkwell Isle Two” back to back. Maddigan takes the same small ragtime idea from a jaunty stroll to a lilting march, then gives it a darker turn in “Inkwell Hell.” It’s an album for hearing how much a band can get out of a handful of notes.0 - 5
Outer Wilds (Original Soundtrack) (2019)Released Jun 1, 2019A banjo makes the title theme feel close enough to reach across a campfire. On “Travelers,” other instruments gather around a folk tune drawn from that theme. Compare the two to hear how a melody that first felt solitary can make room for a whole group.0 - 6
Bastion (Original Soundtrack) (2011)Released Aug 5, 2011Hear “Build That Wall” and “Mother, I’m Here” on their own first. In “Setting Sail, Coming Home” the two songs share the same space, and you can follow either voice through the overlap. The duet rewards a second listen because there are two melodies to pay attention to.0 - 7
FTL (Original Soundtrack) (2012)Released Sep 14, 2012The delayed notes on “MilkyWay (Explore)” make a small pattern feel much wider. About half a minute into “Federation,” the pattern returns over different chords. Hear it again around the four-minute mark in “Last Stand,” where the same idea feels more urgent.0 - 8
Final Fantasy IX (Original Soundtrack) (2004)Released May 10, 2004The world-map cue “Over the Hill” lets you learn the melody of “Melodies of Life” as an instrumental. When Emiko Shiratori sings it, a tune that once felt like open country becomes something personal. Try the two close together, then hear how the quieter version feels on the way back.0 - 9
NieR:Automata Original Soundtrack (2017)Released Mar 29, 2017Each disc brings back “Weight of the World.” Try the English vocal by J’Nique Nicole, then Marina Kawano’s Japanese recording and Emi Evans’s “Nouveau” version. The melody always gives you your bearings, but the phrasing changes enough to make each return feel like a different person telling the…0 - 10
Ori and the Blind Forest (Original Soundtrack) (2015)Released Jan 1, 2015“The Spirit Tree” sets out a theme with Aeralie Brighton’s voice. Follow that shape into “Climbing the Ginso Tree,” where a rising pattern under the melody gives the music the feeling of gaining ground. Coker keeps the tune easy to spot even as the orchestra gives it a different job.0
