Sayo Chords
Mirtha Hinrichs
These are all of the basic backing tracks that are included in the official soundtrack, it does not include the variants and other eerie BGM in the game. The album was released in September of 2017, when the game came out, and is available for purchase on Spotify, Youtube Music, Apple Music, Deezer, iHeartRadio, and PlayMusic. It also comes with the DDLC Fanpack. It comes with 15 songs and has a 5-star rating on the iTunes store.
This is the main theme of the game which plays whenever the player loads up the game. It is the only song other than "Your Reality" to include words, although the only lyrics in the song are "Doki Doki!". When the "Doki Doki!" plays, the girls and the menu options will appear on screen allowing the player to start or load the game. It also plays various times throughout the game during club meetings.
This song is 2 minutes and 7 seconds long, and the main chord sequence for the song is C major, A minor, F major, G major. The only other chord in the song is D minor and it occurs once towards the end of the song. A majority of the BGM follows a similar pattern. Themes and melodies from this song are recurring throughout the game. "Doki Doki", from the title of the song (and game), refers to the sound of a beating heart in Japanese symbolism.
The player can access the file for this song, "1.ogg," by using a Ren'Py asset extraction tool such as Shizmob's rpatool to extract the game/audio.rpa file within the Doki Doki Literature Club installation. "1.ogg" as well as all other music files will be found within the game/bgm/ folder.
This is the first song that plays when the game is started up in Act 1 and Act 4. It is played when the player first meets Sayori on the protagonist's street as he makes his way to school. It is the only song in the OST that does not include the piano (other than Just Monika), and it is also the only song in the game before meeting Monika. It also plays various times out of school throughout the game.
The song is 2 minutes and 43 seconds long, and the main chord progression is F major, B flat major, C major. There are no other chords in the song. This is in contrast to the majority of the soundtrack, which is in the key of C major.
Ohayou means "it's early", and can also mean "good morning". This makes sense considering that this is a morning before school and is early in the game. The background image of the song is the same as the one for the main theme.
The song is 4 minutes and 9 seconds long. The chord progression of the song is C major, F major, G major, F major. In the middle of the song, it faintly plays the tune from the main theme. Other than that, it plays the same melody over and over with a few variations to the beat.
The song is 3 minutes and 4 seconds long. It follows the same chord progression as the main theme. It includes a variety of instruments, including piano, violin, a woodwind instrument, and a xylophone type instrument, which is thought to be one for each of the girls.
This song plays during club meetings. It is faster paced than the other songs, but fits in the same key as the main theme. The main chord progression is C major, D minor, C major, F major, however there are some G7, and A minor chords. There is also a bridge in the music at 57 seconds which includes E minor, A major, E major, and G major chords.
This song plays during Yuri and Natsuki's fight in Act 1, which (depending on one's choice) Sayori or the protagonist puts an end to. In Act 1, it's meant to be lighthearted and tensely silly. The audio of the song includes "boing" sounds, which symbolizes things going haywire.
There are two main melodies in this song. The main chords in the song are C major and A minor, as well as E minor. The minor chords bring through the feel of conflict. It does not contain melodies from the other songs.
The chord progression of this song is F major, B flat major, D minor, C major. It is a very calming song, and like most of the other songs, makes the player lower their guard, causing the horror of the game to come unexpectedly.
This song is unique in that it is one of the only songs in the primary Act 1 soundtrack that has no Act 2 renditions of any sort, with "Sayo-nara" being the other one for obvious reasons (the main menu theme, "Just Monika," "I Still Love You," and "Your Reality" don't have renditions either, but most of those are exclusive to Acts 3 and 4, with the Main Menu theme being an obvious exception to both cases).
This song is a lot slower than the rest of the songs in the game. It plays during each of the special scenes with the girls in Act 1, in which the player will receive a CG image, and they talk about their feelings, hence the title.
This song plays during the scene in Sayori's room when she confesses to the protagonist that she has depression, thus its sad and slow theme. The song also plays during Sayori's confession that she in love with the protagonist, the day before her suicide.
The chords in the song are G major, and F major, and the song contains a lot of arpeggios. The background image of the song is the same as the one for the main theme. This is the last song in the OST with this background, aside from the credits. It can be found under "10.ogg."
This song plays when the protagonist finds Sayori hanging in her room on the day of the festival. The start of the song sounds like a broken tape, and the majority of the songs has a haunting voice-like sound, which plays over a distorted xylophone-type instrument and a piano.
This song contains distorted versions of the main theme and "Dreams of Love and Literature". Sayo-nara obviously refers to Sayori's name, which contains "Sayo" and the word Sayonara, which means "goodbye".
The chord progression is the same as the main theme, with an exception for the glitch audio at the start. It is 2 minutes and 37 seconds long. The background image of this song is the image of the girls from the main menu and the logo, except Sayori is missing from the picture. The song can be found under "d.ogg."
This audio is not as much music, but is more of sounds that included distorted and faint audios of other BGM, bursting sounds, and outer space-like audio. It is like a mix of broken game sounds and galactic noises. It repeats the same thing over and over for 3 minutes and 22 seconds.
The chords in this song are a mix of G major, F sharp major, and A sharp major chords, though it does not have a specific tune. The background image for this audio is the image of Monika from the main menu screen, and the game logo. It is the same as the other backgrounds, except the other girls are missing. This song can be found under "m1.ogg."
This audio is 2 minutes and 4 seconds long, it is the same tune playing over and over again. An echoed sound, and then a short piano segment. Like "Just Monika", it sounds sort of galactic. The chords in this song are G major, and F major, with the occasional G minor.
This song, Your Reality, is the final song in the game that plays when the player reaches the end credits. It begins with Monika speaking to the player - making it the third song in the game with vocals.
"C-c... Can you hear me? Uh... Can you hear me?
Uh, can you hear me?
[clears throat] Hi! It's me.
Um... So, you know how I've been, like... practicing piano, and stuff? And -
I'm not really... any good at it yet. Like, at all. But, I wrote you a song -
And, I was kind of hoping that I could show it to you, 'cause I worked really... really hard on it.
So... yeah!"
Every day, I imagine a future where I can be with you
In my hand is a pen that'll write a poem of me and you
The ink flows down into a dark puddle
Just move your hand, write the way into his heart
But in this world of infinite choices
What will it take just to find that special day?
What will it take just to find that special day?
Have I found everybody a fun assignment to do today?
When you're here, everything that we do is fun for them anyway
When I can't even read my own feelings
What good are words when a smile says it all?
And if this world won't write me an ending
What will it take just for me to have it all?
The ink flows down into a dark puddle
How can I write love into reality?
If I can't hear the sound of your heartbeat
What do you call love in your reality?
And in your reality
If I don't know how to love you
This song is the only one in the game with lyrics and a voice actor, Jillian Ashcraft, who plays Monika. It is 1 minute and 47 seconds long. The chord progression is the same as the main theme. The tune and melody is also the same as the main theme, except more of the piano than other instruments, and a few variations towards the end and the third chorus. The image for the background is the same as the one for the main theme. The song can be found under "credits.ogg" (despite Monika entering the command to play "ddlc.ogg").
This audio is not in the game, however it is included in the official soundtrack on YouTube, and is a bonus track composed by Shoji.It is a remix of "Your Reality" as well as most of the other in-game music. It is more techno and upbeat than the rest of the OST.
This audio is also not in the game, but is included in the soundtrack on YouTube. It does not include any of the in-game melodies. It is composed by Nick Kaelar. It is also more techno and upbeat than the in-game music.
The background images in the YouTube video consist of Natsuki's CG images of her sitting next to the wall on the floor as she read with the protagonist in Act 1. Throughout the song, her facial expressions change.
Each girl has her own version of "Okay Everyone" whenever the player reads one of her poems. These are on Disc 2 of the DDLC Fanpack. These are thought to be the "themes" for each girl. They are all the same length, but will repeat as necessary in the game. During game-play, the music will fade perfectly from the original version of "Okay Everyone" into the version of whichever girl's poem is being read, all while keeping at the same spot in the music.