oh, that's wonderful! thanks for the translation!
NumericBiconditional
my initial thought was that it actually didn't use that many leitmotifs: just spamton's two motifs, the world revolving + power of neo, and dummy!. but that's actually more leitmotifs (5) than hopes and dreams (4: once upon a time A and C, your best friend, and snowdin town), chaos king (3: card castle, lancer, legend), and attack of the killer queen (3 or 4: queen, maybe another queen motif somewhere?, berdly's 2 motifs), assuming i have everything correct! (i'm counting each distinct section of a source song as a unique leitmotif.)
watched the linked video for the first time, though i'm sure i've seen it plenty of times in my recommendations. i didn't consider melody A'' to be a variation of melody A, but i suppose it kinda makes sense. i assume this was one of the more influential analyses of big shot's leitmotifs?
accessible version (not an exact transcription):
Kirby, Bandee, and Elfilin are making their way through the Wondaria theme park.
Elfilin, confused: A water pipe?
Kirby thinks for a moment before coming up with an idea.
He puts his mouth on the water pipe, and fills up with water like a balloon.
He then waddles over to a nearby patch of mud, and sprays it all away.
Elfilin, happy: Neat idea, Kirby!
Kirby happily hums a "Thank you!"
The three of them move forward, with Kirby washing away more mud (and enemies, too). They hop up a newly cleaned (courtesy of Kirby) set of stairs.
As Kirby blasts away more enemies, Bandee sees some flowers that aren't doing too well.
Bandee: Looks like those flowers up ahead could use some water, too!
Kirby obliges. The flowers, once dull and wilted, now stand tall and vibrant.
Bandee, happy: Nice job!
Kirby happily hums a "Poyo!"
Kirby tries to climb up a ladder to the next area. Unfortunately, he's too large and heavy to do so.
He then tries -- and (of course) fails -- to jump up there without the ladder.
This makes him sad for a moment, but then he starts thinking...
...And he turns to face Bandee with a mischievious smile.
Bandee, worried, thinking: Uh-oh. What's he planning to do--
Bandee yelps as Kirby blasts him in the face with a stream of water.
Bandee, playfully upset: Kirby!
Kirby's still wearing that mischievious smile.
Bandee screams as he barely dodges another stream of water from Kirby.
Kirby starts spinning around in an attempt to hit Bandee, who lets out another scream -- much more playfully this time -- as he runs in a circle around Kirby.
Elfilin, a safe distance above all the action, watches the two with great amusement.
A few seconds pass. Kirby starts to run low on water... but as he loses water, he also gains speed!
Bandee, scared, thinking: Oh no! He's getting faster!
Bandee, determined, thinking: ...That just means I gotta get faster, too!
Bandee picks up the pace.
A few more seconds pass. Kirby still hasn't scored a second hit on Bandee.
Kirby, a bit tuckered out, pauses for a moment to catch his breath.
Bandee doesn't notice! He continues to run around Kirby...
...who, seizing the opportunity, blasts out all of his remaining water right as Bandee runs past him again!
Bandee yelps again as all the water hits him.
Kirby, happy: Poyo!
Kirby, smiling: ...I'm all outta water!
Elfilin, happy: That looked like fun!
Kirby, pleased: Yeah, it was!
Bandee, happy: Well, it was really fun, but...
Bandee, relieved: I'm just glad it's over now!
Elfilin looks at the two of them with a happy expression...
...but then he notices something.
Elfilin, happy: ...Hey, Kirby!
Elfilin, winking: I see another water pipe up ahead!
Bandee, playfully upset: Elfilin!
The end.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baphomet
Baphomet is a deity allegedly worshipped by the Knights Templar that subsequently became incorporated into various occult and Western esoteric traditions. The name Baphomet appeared in trial transcripts for the Inquisition of the Knights Templar starting in 1307. It first came into popular English usage in the 19th century during debate and speculation on the reasons for the suppression of the Templar order. Baphomet is a symbol of balance in various occult and mystical traditions, the origin of which some occultists have attempted to link with the Gnostics and Templars, although occasionally purported to be a deity or a demon. Since 1856 the name Baphomet has been associated with the "Sabbatic Goat" image drawn by Éliphas Lévi, composed of binary elements representing the "symbolization of the equilibrium of opposites": half-human and half-animal, male and female, good and evil, etc. Lévi's intention was to symbolize his concept of balance, with Baphomet representing the goal of perfect social order.
...huh
ralsei is the one trying to maintain the balance of light and dark, i suppose
*google translates the title*
...yeah
ah, that little detail! what's even more intriguing is that it's only the first two bars of the theme
it's not an easy question for me!
i'll highlight two from undertale: first, it's pretty cool how waterfall is kind of a "leitmotif bridge" between ruins and another medium / core. too bad snowy isn't connected in the same way
more notably: the way don't give up uses the variation of the ruins leitmotif from an ending / undyne's neutral death theme is pretty amazing. with pretty much the exact same melody and rhythm, it manages to go from depressing and emotional to inspiring... and emotional.
for deltarune, i'll highlight two from chapter 1 and one from chapter 2. i like how field of hopes and dreams, as the very first "proper" area theme, heavily emphasizes the don't forget leitmotif, using it in a cheerful, upbeat way.
as for one of the very last songs in chapter one, the way chaos king just blasts you with the legend section C in a refreshing burst of determination and hope that contrasts nicely with the rest of the theme... yeah even in chapter 1, despite lacking the various improvements of chapter 2, toby fox absolutely nailed it with everything music-wise.
and as for chapter 2, the way berdly's theme is incorporated into attack of the killer queen is both surprisingly subtle (especially since it actually takes up more of the song than queen's own leitmotif(!)) and, just, pleasant to listen to. in particular, i love the way they changed around the rhythm for section B of berdly's theme.
in my opinion:
titles that are just awesome: Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit, The Star Conquering Traveler, The Raging Lion Roars, The World to Win, Faded Dream of a Psychomeddler, Settling a Score ~ Atone for One's Misdeeds!, Supreme Ruler's Coronation - OVERLORD, A Full-Speed Farewell from the New World, probably a whole bunch more but i'm gonna end there
titles that inherit their awesomeness from something else: The Wastes Where Life Began, "Mistilteinn, Tree Crown without a Ruler"
titles that are nice in some other way: From Those Who Departed for Space, I'm a Hungry Pink Puffball!, Soaring Determination: No Night is Eternal
titles that i pay more attention to than the song they come from: Please Don't Inhale the Cinema Patrons
a nice title for a not-so-pleasant song: Eternal Echo of the Thrilling Tour-our-our
unofficial titles that i prefer over the official ones: Moonstruck Blossom [official: Fatal Blooms in Moonlight], Looming Darkness [Another Dimension], Fly! Kirby of the Stars [Fly, Kirby!], Swole Dedede Scuffle [Macho of Dedede]
unofficial title where although the official one is cooler, i'm way more used to the unofficial one: Under My Control [Welcome Your New Overlord]
happy birthday, and thanks for the poyo boyo!
man, that transition segment in finale where asriel's leitmotif plays...
kirby on the receiving end of the whole "getting eaten" thing for once
(well, ignoring various other enemies in the kirby games themselves that also try to eat kirby)
ah, the beauty of federation between two very different platforms
reminded me of this:
[image: kirby anime japanese opening 2, similar warp star pose. english subtitles: "Let's go, Kirby!". taken from here]
fly! our good boy