It Hates Me So Much (Soundtrack)

Team Fortress 2 Official Soundtrack

"Team Fortress 2 (Main Theme)" "Playing With Danger" "Rocket Jump Waltz" "The Art of War" "Faster Than a Speeding Bullet" "Right Behind You" "Petite Chou-Fleur" "Intruder Alert" "Drunken Pipe Bomb" "More Gun" "Haunted Fortress 2" "TF2 Saxxy 2011 Theme" "A Little Heart to Heart" "MEDIC!" "Archimedes" "Dreams of Cruelty" "The Calm" "ROBOTS!" "Dapper Cadaver" "Rise of the Living Bread" "Red Bread" "Three Days to Live" "Seduce Me!" "Stink Lines" "It Hates Me So Much" "Misfortune Teller" "Soldier of Dance" "RED Triumphs!" "BLU Triumphs!" "Yeti Park" "Saxton's Dilemma" "Mercenary Park" "Saluting the Fallen"

"It Hates Me So Much" is one of the song titles featured on the Team Fortress 2 Official Soundtrack, listed as track number 25. Added after the Love & War Update, it is a full version of the music heard in both Expiration Date and The Spoils of Love and War. It is one of 33 main menu startup themes.

Analysis

Key: B major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 136 BPM
Length: 2:09
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Update: Love & War
Composer: Mike Morasky
Instrumentation: alto saxophone, 2 tenor saxophones, bari saxophone, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (1 tenor, 1 bass), tuba, organ, 2 electric guitars, electric bass, drums, 2 percussion

"It Hates Me So Much" is a riff-based twelve-bar blues prominently featuring alto saxophone and electric guitar.

Customary of a riff-based blues, the melody consists of a single two bar phrase, repeated for the whole chorus. This melody is played by electric guitar for the duration of the track, including during solos. Meanwhile, the tenor saxophones, bari saxophone, electric bass, and organ outline the chord structure acting as the rhythm section. The drumset maintains a standard rock beat throughout except for solo breaks.

After the first twelve bars, the alto saxophone plays a solo above the foundation of the track, with the guitar playing a solo directly afterward. The two instruments trade choruses, with the alto sax eventually "comping" to the guitar solo and providing bluesy fills. The "blues" eventually fade out, while the brass section fades in with a foreboding crescendo, the trumpets playing a flurry of notes before the track suddenly ends.

Update history

August 13, 2014 Patch

• Added a new startup music track from Expiration Date.

Trivia

• The name of the song is a reference to what the Medic says in Expiration Date, regarding a bread monster in a jar (Self-Aware Beauty Mark).