Undertale "A Flower for Your Funeral" 6:31

Undertale's soundtrack is known for packing a punch, so it's amazing to have two heavy hitters team up for an intense interpretation! Pinch me, for the first time ever jnWake pulls in TheManPF to bring the biggest energy possible to Undertale's final boss battle! Wake's mode of attack against Flowey - metal:

"A progressive metal remix of "Your Best Nightmare" and "Finale" from Undertale, themes of the battle against Omega Flowey. Cover was first released on Dwelling of Duels for Super Smash Bros. Month in December 2024, placing 4th among 28 entries.

Hey! Another DoD month means yet another submission by me! This time, the theme was Super Smash Bros., which meant that any franchise featured in Smash was eligible. Hilariously, this left out Chrono Trigger but left in Undertale, which was just too tempting to ignore. The soundtrack to Undertale is full of great tracks, so picking one is always tough, but I figured I could do fun stuff with the chaotic "Your Best Nightmare", one of the final boss themes (vs. Omega Flowey), so I picked that one. PF then suggested adding "Finale", as that track also plays during said boss battle, so I took the suggestion and this ended with 2 sources!

"Your Best Nightmare" is an absolutely wild tune, a wonderfully chaotic track, changing genres and moods often with tons of variations, and I tried to keep that on my cover. The idea of the Omega Flowey battle is that it begins as an unwinnable chaos but eventually turns around into a hype victory lap with "Finale". That idea guided my remix (a little similar in concept to what I did with Secret of Mana's "Danger" at the beginning of 2024), so it starts with all the chaos from "Your Best Nightmare" before slowly transitioning into the hype of "Finale", with some cameos of the healing jingle in between. Adding "Finale" is basically obligatory, as it lets all the chaos condense and climax with hype melodies.

Track features the great ‪TheManPF‬ on guitars, playing on one of my tracks for the first time! It had to happen eventually! Thanks for the awesome guitar work! [...]

I'm pretty happy with how it ended up! Hope you enjoy!"

Wake full submission comments include his extensive breakdown of the source usage, but anyone familiar with the Undertale OST's not going to need help finding the path. Right from the rip, it sounds like this'll be good. :-) TheManPF's guitars at :37 are nice & menacing and the texture, though cramped, sounds totally purposeful (and more importantly, clear enough despite the volume). Faced with this titanic Toby Fox tribute, panelist prophetik music patently professed his passion for prodigious prog:

"ok, the happy chip opening combined with PF playing something evil on guitars made me laugh. there's that terrible laugh and then the only real thing you can pull out of the heavy section of YBN is in the guitars. this is fantastic, the intensity is very DTesque and the weird synth lead over it fits right in. there's another slam transition at 1:26 for the bridge in YBN, and we get a bit of math rock for a second before triplets in the hats which i love the feel of.

2:18's a notable shift in style [...] there's several more fun weird sections [...], and then at 3:21 we get a notable stylistic shift focusing more on a traditional i-II phrygian progression. this is a neat evolution of the feel that's been going on throughout.

there's a hard transition at 4:10 for the healing jingle section, and the feel here shifts to a much more relaxed vibe for a bit. 5:02 is where it finally takes off and gives us a victory-lap feel for the next minute or so. i liked the extra bars in the lead at 6:07. there's a resolution with the finale melody line right at the end, and we're done.

as expected, this is outrageously entertaining as a listen. tons of variety in the approach, oodles of source, and both alphabetically-defined musicians are in peak form. excellent work."

proph's not the only judge with stream of consciousness thoughts! It was so subtle, but the static fizz at 2:18 as a pause/transition was a nice touch carried over from the final Flowey battle. Good cameo of the healing theme at 2:53, a VERY brief moment of respite. ¡Olé! at 3:23! :-D More healing at 4:10 was a cool touch, and I liked the kicks feeling like a heartbeat until 4:29; beautiful transition into TheManPF's guitar underneath the lead, by the way. Great source tune choices; that tussle's STRESSFUL. With these two powerhouse artists tag-teaming Undertale's most grandiose confrontation, Flowey's not the only one absorbing SOULs; once you hear this, Wake and TheMan'll claim yours too!