Megalovania

About

“Megalovania” (commonly styled as MeGaLoVania) is a song composed by the musician and video game developer Toby “Radiation” Fox. The song, featured on Toby’s Earthbound hack and the webcomic series Homestuck, experiencied a rise of popularity after the release of the RPGUndertale in September 2015, inspiring remixes and mash-ups.

Origin

“Megalovania” was first included on the soundtrack to the Earthbound hack Earthbound Halloween Hack, released in 2009, and played during the final boss fight against Dr. Andonuts.^[1] The song was later included on the soundtrack to the webcomic Homestuck, first used on the flash animation [S] Wake^[2] and was included on its 6th soundtrack release, released in 2011.

In September of 2015, Fox released the video game Undertale, which was met with critical acclaim. “Megalovania” was included in the soundtrack once again, as the theme to another final boss fight, this time the fight against the character Sans at the end of the game’s “True Genocide” route.

Spread

On October 11th, 2015, Youtuber iwannabethecollector uploaded a video titled “Undertale Megalovania Dual Mix”, featuring a mix of the original song with a metal cover made by Youtuber RichaadEB, gaining over 1 million views in the following two months. On October 23rd, 2015, Youtuber BotanicSage [BS] uploaded a remix of Megalovania and “Waters of Nazareth” by the electronic band Justice, titled" Waters of Megalovania", gaining over 250,000 views in less than a month.

On October 25th, 2015, Youtuber Tsuko G. uploaded a kazoo cover of the song, gaining over 580,000 views in the following month. On November 5th, 2015, mashup artist Triple-Q uploaded to his main channel a mashup of “Renai Circulation” and “Megalovania”, gaining over 70,000 views in less than a month. As November 23rd, 2015, searching “megalovania” on the artist community deviantART leads to over 300 results, mostly featuring Sans and Vriska Serket.^[4]