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| author | (quasar) nebula <qznebula@protonmail.com> | 2026-03-13 09:21:46 -0300 |
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| committer | (quasar) nebula <qznebula@protonmail.com> | 2026-03-13 09:24:49 -0300 |
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drop "composer" commentary annotations
Except in a few cool and new albums
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diff --git a/album/lofam4.yaml b/album/lofam4.yaml index 12c2139a..c05901d3 100644 --- a/album/lofam4.yaml +++ b/album/lofam4.yaml @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ URLs: Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck Title Screen Commentary: |- - <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (booklet commentary) I'm, uh, actually not really much of a musician. I'm mostly just good at recognizing melodies. We didn't have anyone lined up to do the disc jingles (though I assumed maybe [[artist:veritas-unae|Veri]] would do then, as on LoFaM2+3) so I mentioned to [[artist:keyboard-cait|Cait]] that I had the idea of making each disc a song representative of each prior LoFaM. I sent her files of myself vocalizing the melodies and she transcribed them. @@ -304,11 +304,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Serenade - Beatdown (Strider Style) Commentary: |- - <i>Kouta:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Kouta:</i> (booklet commentary) After writing [[track:denizen-lofam4]], my only thought was that I really wanted to keep writing dubstep, but good dubstep. That was when I deicided to reach out to my good friend poly, who I'm a big fan of. Her dubstep is as great as her production skill, so at the time it was the perfect arrangement. It was hard working together long-distance, but we somehow made it work through all-nighter Skype calls and a lot of caffeine. The way our styles differ and yet somehow met in the middle helped make Merge exactly what I hoped it'd be. - <i>polysaw:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>polysaw:</i> (booklet commentary) Producing Merge was one of the most exciting projects I'd worked on in a long time. Kouta and I made a great team, and working with her pushed both of our boundaries well beyond our comfort zones. We got a lot of doubt from our friends about working with the caw and meow samples, but we were sure it was the perfect way to bring the song together. We were also heavy-handed with leitmotif from the original soundtrack, focusing on blending them in a way that was both interesting to listen to and recognizable. This was made with the utmost care, so give it a listen or ten. @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ Art Tags: - Frog Temple - Earth Commentary: |- - <i>cookiefonster:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>cookiefonster:</i> (booklet commentary) Similarly to several other songs on this album, this started as a rescore of [[flash:4665|[S] Jane: Enter]] for this collaborative project where people would come up with new music for all the flashes in Homestuck. The goal here was to make a song similar in style to [[Another Jungle]] (a very underappreciated song) without actually quoting it other than the way that song quotes [[Sburban Jungle]]. It was quite a challenge not borrowing anything else from other songs except for when I used a part of [[Oppa Toby Style]] towards the end, but this song was fun to make and I'm happy enough with the end result even if it's not as punchy as the original. @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ Art Tags: - LoFaF - LoHaC Commentary: |- - <i>Circlejourney:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Circlejourney:</i> (booklet commentary) This track was my very first piece of fanmusic, composed in 2013 immediately after I finished reading the Homestuck archive and adapted for LoFaM4 in 2016. It's an attempt to capture the joy I felt reading Homestuck for the first time, and a tribute to one of my favourite things about the comic—the juxtapositions of intimately small details against cold, fathomless space. @@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Sburban Jungle - Endless Climb Commentary: |- - <i>Shandy:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Shandy:</i> (booklet commentary) This song was written to celebrate the reunion of Rose and Roxy in the 4/29/15 Homestuck update! It was so sweet and triumphant, so I tried to reflect that in the music. The main melody is structured kinf of like a call-and-response between the two of them. @@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ Art Tags: - Jack Noir - Prospit Commentary: |- - <i>Mmetafour:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Mmetafour:</i> (booklet commentary) A little piece I put together, thinking about the broken moon of Prospit during the final battle between Jack and PM. @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ Art Tags: - Serenity - LoWaS Commentary: |- - <i>Whimsy:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Whimsy:</i> (booklet commentary) This song in its early stages was meant to be about the medium and space. But as soon as it was put in a recording with appropriate instruments, it reminded me a lot more of LOWAS than anything else, so it just sort of became about that. All it took was a borderline distasteful amount of reverb to add a feeling of elevation, and it became Altitude. I always think of John's quest bed whenever I hear this song, probably just because it's the only really high-up point on the whole planet. @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ Art Tags: - Jack Noir - LoTaK Commentary: |- - <i>TirantBacon:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>TirantBacon:</i> (booklet commentary) As an acknowledgement, this song in many ways was mostly inspired by the tune [["Black"]] by Radiation (or [[artist:toby-fox|Toby Fox]] I guess). I made this song as a "remix" of sorts of the song called [[track:midnight-suffer|"Midnight Suffers"]], something I made for the mostly popular fanventure, [[group:canmt|cool and new web comic]]. If anything, I'd say it was directly copied from Black, and that I did a mostly poor effort to recreate the style... Nonetheless, I did focus on trying to incorporate some transition points in the song where it would actually deviate from the original arrangement, and I suppose it works quite well even when it's not on paper. @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ Art Tags: - Carapacians - Derse Commentary: |- - <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (booklet commentary) I'm actually not a huge fan of this song. See, I more or less made the whole album [[album:cyclica|Cyclica]] in a couple of days, and this short "here are a bunch of melodies over the [[Flare]] arpeggios" only took me an huor or two. I really think there are parts of Cyclica that are better (if you haven't listened to Cyclica yet, you should do that; you can find the full album [on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME3r64_NsnM)). A bunch of people seemed to like Dersite, and it made it onto [[album:cool-and-new-greatest-hits|Cool and New Greatest Hits]], so here it is I guess. The violin note holds are unrealistic, the synth is weird as fuck, the piano is bad. But everyone liked it. Except for [[artist:veritas-unae|Veri]]. Veri didn't like it. Bless you Veri. @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Crystalanthemums - Negastrife Commentary: |- - <i>Viko Riféo:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Viko Riféo:</i> (booklet commentary) Wait why did this get on the album it sucks @@ -575,13 +575,13 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - track:daywalker-rise-contest Commentary: |- - <i>Catboss:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Catboss:</i> (booklet commentary) holy shiiiit it's uh that third track I made for the Homestuck music contest. wow. [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|remember that?]] that was so long ago. anyway this was a track for Kanaya, at that part where she comes back as a rainbow drinker and slaughters everyone. it's super great. I redid this track from the ground up for lofam 4, updated the flute playing and everything. Is it better? Is it worse? who knows, really - <i>Catboss:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://konec0.tumblr.com/post/22036395751/daywalker-rise)) + <i>Catboss:</i> ([Tumblr](https://konec0.tumblr.com/post/22036395751/daywalker-rise)) It occurs to me that I never did post the finished version of this, did I? @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ Art Tags: - Jake - Skaia Commentary: |- - <i>Difarem:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Difarem:</i> (booklet commentary) This track has quite the story! It was originally meant to be fake "loading screen" music, to accompany a parodic video on the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]] youtube channel about Overseer v3 (a web-based sburb web game, whose development team I used to be part of) being shut down by [[artist:what-pumpkin-games|What Pumpkin]] (though the C&D was later found out to be fake). The project fell through, so I continued working on it and posted it on the LOFAM Discord server, where it got approved (thanks [[artist:lambda-elise-merryberry|Lambda]]), though the deadline had technically passed. @@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ Art Tags: - Salamanders (consort) - LoWaS Commentary: |- - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> (booklet commentary) John exploring the Land of Mounds and Xenon searching for his friends evoked some melancholy feels for me. @@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Windchime Foley - Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- - <i>keyboard cait:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>keyboard cait:</i> (booklet commentary) As one of the oddball Retcon Lovers out there, the scene where John becomes unstuck in canon is one of my favorite moments in the entire comic. Thinking about it inspired me to make a song about the retcon; specifically, the introduction of John's powers, followed by the way they're used to save the entire timeline from its catastrophic doom. This time around, the game gets completed... but maybe the ending isn't so happy, as we're reminded there's still four kids trapped in the retcon juju, waiting endlessly for freedom in paradox space. @@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ Art Tags: - Caliborn - Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Hadron:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Hadron:</i> (booklet commentary) This song is for [[group:canmt|Cool and New Webcomic]], but I like it a lot and a lot of people like it too, so I want the world to see it. It is inspired by a lot of the new-age synthpop, which itself is inspired by the 1980s. In this time of rapid community music projects being built I want y'all to remember; we're all musicians and that is the blood that festers throughout the body. We're all alike in our different ways. love you all thanks have fun :> @@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ Lyrics: |- all the quicker, I've learned... it's frightening how the tables can turn. Commentary: |- - <i>Helena Ruth:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Helena Ruth:</i> (booklet commentary) This is a song I wrote many years ago, from Terezi's point of view after she killed Vriska. When you look to the outcome of a choice, are you really seeing all that could be, or are you, by consequence of looking, only trapping yourself in the position of making that choice? You can't really see all that the future could hold. You couldn't take it, anyway. @@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ Art Tags: - Alternate Calliope - Green Sun Commentary: |- - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (booklet commentary) Originally, this piece was written for a good friend of mine, [[artist:patmandx|Patrick]]. He was running the fan adventure [[flash-act:loftlocked|Loftlocked]] at the time, and I'd supplied the comic with a lot of music in conjunction with [[artist:rnd|Kurtis]] (who is also on this album! Check him out!) Pat had approached me to write a haunting refrain for a harp playing character, Eliza. This theme would eventually form part of several songs written by Kurtis and myself, and the most prominent of which, Lamental, was made into another song, [[Infinity's Lament]]. It is a fun, jovial melody that turns darker as Eliza becomes less sure of herself and her playing. However, in a Homestuck specific context, consider Rose playing the rain, plucking strings but quickly finding herself at odds with her own land quest. Who knows? The beauty of music is that you can make your own interpretations. @@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ Art Tags: - Green Sun - Bladekind Commentary: |- - <i>psithurist:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>psithurist:</i> (booklet commentary) Limelight was made for the unfinished [[flash-act:act-8|Act 8]] fan continuation of Homestuck, and was used in the flash [[flash:resolve|[S] Resolve]]. It's a theme for alt-Calliope, as she merges her soul with Davepeta's and the other half of Gamzee's, hence the meows and the high-pitched Secret Honks in the middle section. The working title was Miss America, because it's like, the opposite of Lord English? Shoutout to whoever came up with that one on the Act 8 team. This one was super fun to make since I got to use a lot of wacky sampling techniques and also I just love Calliope a whole god damn lot okay. @@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Bonehead Destiny - Unite Synchronization Commentary: |- - <i>Grace Medley:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Grace Medley:</i> (booklet commentary) This song was originally written for FLSA's [[album:weird-puzzle-tunes|Problem Sleuth album]], however those of you who've heard the original may notice some subtle differences. This song is meant to be a theme for late-game PS, with the first half representing the over-the-top surrealism of Higgs Bonehead's sacrifice, and the second, the far more interesting rush to beat DMK. I pretty much spent the ages 10-12 listening to Daft Punk and Digitalism near-exclusively, and I think the influence shines through pretty clearly here. The second half is a slight nod to the rush of [[flash:5252|[S] Dirk: Unite]] and [[flash:5238|Synchronize]], which I feel is stylistically similar to the pacing from the end of PS. @@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ Art Tags: - Horrorterrors - 'cw: body horror' Commentary: |- - <i>SplitSuns:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>SplitSuns:</i> (booklet commentary) This track was made for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team's]] [[album:cool-and-new-volume-7|Volume 7]]. It was based on the hypothetical question "What if Rose went grimdark?" which was based off of a series of shitposts on the /r/homestuck subreddit. With this song, I tried to make it mirror the chain of events that occur to Rose before and after she goes grimdark in the comic. It starts off relatively simple, but quickly goes ominous and unsettling as she stares into the cueball in "Seer: Ask." Then suddenly the song explodes into a blistering drum-and-bass track with booming organs to tell you that, in fact, shit just got real. The song was meant to be reminiscent of [["Your Best Nightmare"]] from Undertale, and I hope I was able to pull that effect off. The song concludes in much the same way it began as Rose, in her newly darkened state, flies into space. All things considered, I had a lot of fun making this song. @@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Greensleeves - Endless Climb Commentary: |- - <i>Shandy:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Shandy:</i> (booklet commentary) Some ships may come and go, but Rosemary is forever. @@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ Commentary: |- At one point I described this as something along the lines of "electric Scottish war music", and that still stands. The melody in this song is absolutely iconic, if you ask me, and it gets INCREDIBLY amped. Maybe enough to see what lies under that voltaic fault. (Spoiler: It's just a lot of xenon.) Also, the lyrics to this song are "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE". That is all. - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/35806153737/the-voltaic-fault-land-of-mounds-and-xenon), WIP commentary, 11/15/2012) + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> ([Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/35806153737/the-voltaic-fault-land-of-mounds-and-xenon), WIP commentary, 11/15/2012) <b>The Voltaic Fault (Land of Mounds and Xenon)</b> @@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ Art Tags: - Aradia - Alternia Commentary: |- - <i>David Dycus:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>David Dycus:</i> (booklet commentary) This started out as an attempt to make a song in the style of [[artist:death-grips|Death Grips]], but ended up going in a different direction. It was a challenge to try and make something equal parts creepy and danceable. @@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Courser - track:courage-jjba Commentary: |- - <i>Interrobang:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Interrobang:</i> (booklet commentary) This song began when I was messing around and thought I wanted to make some v a p o r w a v e. I really like the glitchy sections of [[Gold Pilot]], and my initial plan was to slow those parts down, loop them, add drums, etc - the usual vaporwave stuff - thats also how it got its name, thanks to its project file. However once this started to happen I realized what I had written was very different, and that it had turned into some strange Gold Pilot remix. While I worked on other things for UMSPAF and [[group:canmt|CANMT]], this song was on the back burner and I wasn't sure I'd actually finish it, but I stuck with it and just added things as they came to me (I'll admit that [[artist:lambda-elise-merryberry|Lambda]] showing some interest in the song was a bit of motivation). At some point one of the later versions ended up getting accepted to LOFAM4, which was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one, and so I wrapped up production. @@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ Track Artwork: - Horrorterrors - LoLaR Commentary: |- - <i>olegoleg123:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>olegoleg123:</i> (booklet commentary) Aura of Colour is one of my older tracks, originally completely unrelated to Homestuck and only then adapted as a theme for Rose and submitted as such. It is the piece that marked my transition form straightup EDM to more VGM-styled music. @@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Orchid Horror Commentary: |- - <i>slogbait:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>slogbait:</i> (booklet commentary) This was supposed to be a fill in track for a finished trackart for [[album:lofam2|LOFAM2]] about Calmasis and I liked it and pianos @@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - English - Rex Duodecim Angelus Commentary: |- - <i>The Great Anansi:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>The Great Anansi:</i> (booklet commentary) En Masse is actually a remastering of sorts of the very first Homestuck remix (and just generally one of the first songs ever) that I made about five or six years ago, because this was conceptualized around when Homestuck was ending last year to be a commemoration of the webcomic that sparked so much creative energy in me and catalyzed about 99% of my current friendships. I was keen on having it be grand and sweeping—essentially, doing everything my initial remix did, except bigger and badder than ever before. To that end, I started tossing in some extra motifs and making the composition even mroe frantic than before, but I was keen on keeping the overall rhythm and classical-esque style of [[Scratch]]; it's been a very long time since the cueball-head was directly relevant, but it's important to remember that that's where so much started! The project encountered some severe snags due to various real life troubles and motivation issues, but thanks to the support of the LOFAM team, it's finally been brought to life and I'm back on my feet with bountiful motivation. I might be a bit rocky, but it's only going up from here! @@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ URLs: Cover Artists: - Griever Commentary: |- - <i>Viridian:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Viridian:</i> (booklet commentary) I was listening to [[album:strife-2|STRIIFE]] right when it came out, then I thought, "Hey, this is fucking amazing" so I was inspired to make a [[artist:tensei|Tensei]]-esque song. Its success is still unclear, but I like it. I hope you enjoy. @@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ Art Tags: - 'cw: body horror' - 'cw: eye horror' Commentary: |- - <i>Seijen:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Seijen:</i> (booklet commentary) "how do I make a future bass song without sounding generic or like a total douche?" you don't, youre a douche. Accept it and move on with life. The only saving grace this track has is the tempo. Most future bass is 130 or 144. Nah fam, we're going 150 on this since 150 and 175 are all I know. This track was exclusively made with harmor and maybe 1 serum. Fuck the system, and fuck my CPU since like [[exsanguinated]], FL crashes 3/4 of the times I try to open the tracks. RIP the dream. @@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Sampled Tracks: - track:7-grand-end Commentary: |- - <i>Noisemaker:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Noisemaker:</i> (booklet commentary) An extension of a very, very short segment of a group collaboration ([[7 GRAND END]] from the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]]), it seemed unfitting to leave something like this in its short, unfinished state. @@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Sburban Jungle - Flare Commentary: |- - <i>Jamie Paige:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Jamie Paige:</i> (booklet commentary) Well, here I am again. Paige Stanley, closing disc 1 of a LOFAM, [[track:prospitian-lullaby|4 years after I last did it]]. In that time, I technically became an Official Music Team Contributor!! I helped my dear friend [[artist:marcy-nabors|Marcy Nabors]] with creating [[Solar Voyage]] and [[Renewed Return]] from [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Volume 10]]. I got 12 bucks on Paypal from [[artist:what-pumpkin-games|What Pumpkin]] for that! [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew Hussie]] bought me lunch! I got burgs with homestuck money! @@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Jackpot Commentary: |- - <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (booklet commentary) For a lot of people LoFaM2 is the best (released) LoFaM, which is... sort of weird, as someone that did it. Personally, I sort of think of [[album:lofam2|2]] and [[album:lofam3|3]] as parts of one whole because they were so close in proudction and a number of songs were moved from the former to the latter. @@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ Track Artwork: Referenced Tracks: - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) Commentary: |- - <i>Kevin Grant:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Kevin Grant:</i> (booklet commentary) This song was made, unsurprisingly, during one of the many Hiatuses that Homestuck had over the years. I wanted to capture the feeling of hopeful waiting combined with the sadness that came with the lack of content. @@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Aggrieve - Oh Hi There, Lil Cal Commentary: |- - <i>keyboard cait:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>keyboard cait:</i> (booklet commentary) Initially, I was going to compose this as one of those classic "ironically bad" songs, which I love dearly. At some point, it became clear I was going to drive it in a bit of a different direction, and then a few more directions, until I'd pretty much done a sick 360 degree spin across the musical canvas that is FL Studio. Wow that was kind of a weird metaphor? All in all, what you hear is what you get, and that's pretty much all I have to say on the matter. I don't want to take up too much of the commentary space, so I'll leave the rest of it to Nick and... uh, well, yeah. @@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ Lyrics: |- (That was the plan, to give you a— seven hundred and twenty— and you got one. Bada-bing, bada-boom, baby!) Commentary: |- - <i>Ngame:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Ngame:</i> (booklet commentary) For those not in the know, Michael Guy Bowman is one of the most iconic people associated with Homestuck. You may remember him as the composer of [[Sburban Jungle]], one of the comic's most iconic songs, the angelic voice that captivated your ears in [[How Do I Live (Bunny Back in the Box Version)]], or maybe even as the "face of the fandom" for his famous Homestuck videos and convention appearances. @@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Aggrieve - Chorale for Jaspers Commentary: |- - <i>Noisemaker:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Noisemaker:</i> (booklet commentary) Initially from call and new 2: locomotif under the name Excess Express, I wanted Schrödinger's Harbinger to be Jasprose-themed to compensate for the lack of tracks in that category, as well as to make some additions to the original trakc. @@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Squiddles Commentary: |- - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> (booklet commentary) I'm a bit fuzzy where this song came from. I made this sometime in the summer of 2011, and I remember sending it to [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alex Rosetti]] as a token of my appreciation for his work shaping the musical palette of the Squiddles universe. The friend who got me into Homestuck (now Alex's partner and roommate) came up with the title. I think this was the last thing I made in Logic Pro before my ill-fated stint bumbling around in FL Studio for the latter portion of 2011. I love you Logic, I'm sorry I ever left. @@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ Art Tags: - Jade - Prospit Commentary: |- - <i>SerialSymphony:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>SerialSymphony:</i> (booklet commentary) Prospit Towers took cues from the [[album:genesis-frog|Genesis Frog]] album, as well as inspiration from tracks like [[Moonsetter]]. I wanted something subdued but moving to capture the feel of the moon. Also, I'm on LOFAM, hi mom! @@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ Lyrics: |- But you and I are still flaming red You and I are still flaming red Commentary: |- - <i>Tamara Fritz:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Tamara Fritz:</i> (booklet commentary) I wrote this pretty soon after [the Openbound walkaround](https://www.homestuck.com/story/5263), and it was the first fansong I really felt amazingly proud of. Gotta love that sadstuck. @@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ Commentary: |- <img src="media/misc/grimbark-scare.jpg" width="120" warning="body horror"> - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/wellmanicuredman/grimbark)) + <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/wellmanicuredman/grimbark)) Happy 4/13, everybody! @@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Requited Commentary: |- - <i>David Dycus:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>David Dycus:</i> (booklet commentary) [[artist:clark-powell|Plazmataz]] is amazing. @@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ Art Tags: - 'cw: decapitation (abstract)' - 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- - <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (booklet commentary) Written for the Cool and New Music Team's [[album:cool-and-new-homestuck-2|Cool and New Homestuck 2]], this is an attempt to remix [[Unite Synchronization]] in a way that fits better thematically with [[flash:5238|[S] Dirk: Synchronize]] and [[flash:5252|[S] Dirk: Unite.]] Some of the things I worked in were [[Orange Hat]] when Dirk wakes up, for example, [[track:metamorphic-choices|Metamorphic Choices]] when the kernelsprite appears, [[Hate You]] for Meenah's cameo... Dirk's scateboard-riding I represented with [[Moshi Moshi?]], a theme that's admittedly been a bit of a stickymotif for me (I've used it in way too many compositions). I like Moshi for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it goes so well with so many things. What can I say? I like mashing themes together. @@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Fractal Flowers - Creeping in My Soul Commentary: |- - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> (booklet commentary) This piece was originally written for [[album:weird-puzzle-tunes|a different album]], centered around the theme of Problem Sleuth. Given the jazz-era vibe of Problem Sleuth I decided I'd make something jazzy, and I figured it'd be nice to do a downtempo sort of theme, which I originally intended to represent the character of Godhead Pickles Inspector. With that in mind I sort of set to work trying to find a jazz chord progression that worked. After a bunch of fiddling about at the piano, the one I ended up with draws a lot from ["My Favourite Things"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI) and ["Nardis"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzWpVwLcMps), and so I worked out a melody of sorts over that in Ableton. Saxes are pretty much standard for jazz, and I picked a Rhodes soundfont over a piano owing to a distaste for the way a lot of piano patches sound. The sax solo I sequenced manually, and the accordion solo I reocrded as an improv. @@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ Art Tags: - Crowbar - Felt Mansion Commentary: |- - <i>Cryptanark:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Cryptanark:</i> (booklet commentary) AKA The One Time I Sold Out to LOFAM, Ringleader is a Crowbar song I had a lot of fun throwing together. I tried incorporating aspects of jazz and rock solbos, in addition to experimenting with a 7/8 time signature. I'm pleasantly surprised at how it turned out, considering how obtuse the concept felt to me when I was first planning out the track. Blah blah blah check out [[group:canmt|cool and new webcomic]] please @@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@ Lyrics: |- (We’re not quite done yet kiddos. Let’s board the fanmusic train and keep it rollin'!) Commentary: |- - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (booklet commentary) I'm really sorry I delayed this album. I hope this is worth it. @@ -2242,7 +2242,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Endless Climb - Atomyk Ebonpyre Commentary: |- - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> (booklet commentary) This song represents a lot of firsts for me. My first piece of Homestuck fan music, my first time composing for an ensemble of orchestral instruments, and the uh... second song I ever wrote in a digital audio workstation. I read Homestuck in a feverish marathon in the Fall of 2010 while taking a class about playing in a rock band and recording music (my high school was very cool). Around that time, I'd also been sequencing MIDI files in Anvil Studio (a program which was also the genesis of [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|Bowman's]] MIDI experience), and had only recently discovered that Logic also had MIDI sequencing capabilities. After falling madly in love with the Homestuck soundtrack, I had an epiphany to the tune of "holy shit, I know how to make stuff like that!" and Atomyk Clockwyrk was thus the result. I've come a long way since then, but it's a testament to the quality of Logic Pro's stock library that I managed to make it sound this good with minimal knowledge of production. A little volume automation, slap a limiter on top (not even Logic's wonderful Adaptive Limiter? Come ON, 16-year old Marcy...), and blam, what you're hearing today is a time capsule of what I put together in December of 2010. @@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Sburban Jungle Commentary: |- - <i>keyboard cait:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>keyboard cait:</i> (booklet commentary) This is by far my oldest song on the album, having been created only a couple of months after [[album:lofam2|LOFAM 2's]] release. The image of the Alpha Kids talking out their problems [on cold stone slabs, in the middle of a hollow moon's core,](https://www.homestuck.com/story/5790) really stuck with me. I set out to make a theme that would convey the melancholy, expansive atmosphere of that scene. The long pauses give off a sense of unsureness, while the echoing background noises bring us back to the chaos currently happening on the planet surface. @@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Hate You - track:ruins Commentary: |- - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (booklet commentary) This song originated as a battle theme for Roxy, but as I moved along in the process, I thought "Hey, wouldn't it be cool to make some kind of medley for all of the alpha kids when they got their god tiers that would be pretty cool wouldn't it?" and started what at the time was the most ambitious song I made yet. @@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - LoLaR Commentary: |- - <i>SplitSuns:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>SplitSuns:</i> (booklet commentary) This track was made for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team's]] [[album:canwave|CANWAVE]], an album entirely of Homestuck vaporwave parodies. This song in particular is a vaporwave edit of [[Endless Climb]], hence the name. I tried to extend the vaporwave feel beyond just slowing the song down, splicing and editing the original song in interesting ways, adding 80's style instruments, and utilizing pitchbend and other distortion effects to provide an uneasy feel. The result is something that transcends meme status and enters "dream status," if you will. Actually that sounds kind of dumb. Forget I said that. @@ -2440,7 +2440,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Beatup Commentary: |- - <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://dog-noise.tumblr.com/post/45886620733)) + <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> ([Tumblr](https://dog-noise.tumblr.com/post/45886620733)) a new Homestuck remix, this is actually a remix of [[track:beatup|a remix]] by myself and [[artist:clark-powell|Clark]] that’s going to be on an official release that is going to happen sometime in the future and that is all that I can say on the matter. @@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Doctor - Sburban Jungle Commentary: |- - <i>Cerulean:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Cerulean:</i> (booklet commentary) I wanted to combine several things I learned while at college but the only way I knew how was to mash together 3 of my most favourite songs together, [[Doctor]], [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] and [[track:sburban-jungle|Jungle]]. @@ -2499,7 +2499,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:assail-jailbreak - Jackknive Commentary: |- - <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> (booklet commentary) This track is a joke. It doesn't have a serious purpose. But it is, in fact, an 8-bit track I worked quite hard to make sound good. If you love 8-bit and [[artist:rj-lake|RJ]], then this is the track just for you! @@ -2583,7 +2583,7 @@ Art Tags: - Maplehoof - Horses Commentary: |- - <i>Hadron:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Hadron:</i> (booklet commentary) I really like Arquiussprite; he gets me at a fundamental level. He doesn't swear, he is super into technology, he loves horses, and is just all around a pure sprite; too bad Andrew BYBooted him into Lord English. why do that to a pure horse boy @@ -2607,7 +2607,7 @@ Art Tags: - Bees - Alternia Commentary: |- - <i>cookiefonster:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>cookiefonster:</i> (booklet commentary) You know, it's pretty funny that some [[group:canmt|Cool and New Webcomic]] songs (such as this one) are being re-released on this album, but at the same time it's kind of fitting, since after [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Volume 10]] was released, the CaNWC soundtrack helped reignite the notion of Homestuck fan music. @@ -2642,7 +2642,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Sburban Jungle - Atomyk Ebonpyre Commentary: |- - <i>Shandy:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Shandy:</i> (booklet commentary) A track to celebrate the Striders finally talking and hashing out their differences! Because it's a Striders song, I couldn't help adding a little breakdown. Sharp-eared listeners may also note that in the call-and-response main melody, the first synth is in 4/4 time and the second synth is in triplets—just as Dave and Dirk aren't quite in perfect lockstep. I left the ending open ended and hopeful, because I feel like the final chapter on their relationship has yet to be written. @@ -2679,7 +2679,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Skaian Skirmish - Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- - <i>Rhyselinn:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Rhyselinn:</i> (booklet commentary) [[The Beginning of Something Really Excellent]] is a fun song that takes place early in the story when not much is known about the world of Homestuck. The End of Something Really Excellent is a song I wrote as kind of a book end, a symbolic song that encapsulates the journey all the characters went on, and kind of retells it in song format. From the beginning the kids went into Sburb ([[Sburban Jungle]]), learned the mythos of the Medium ([[Skies of Skaia]]), took upon them the mantle of heroes ([[Dawn of Man]]), explored their worlds ([[Doctor]], [[Endless Climb]], [[Atomyk Ebonpyre]], [[track:frost-vol6|Frost]]), did a bunch of stuff to salvage their session ([[track:cascade-beta|Cascade]]), scratched their session and made a new one ([[Another Jungle]], [[Even in Death]]), reflected on the journey they went on ([[Do You Remem8er Me]]), fought a great final battle for the sake of the session ([[Skaian Skirmish]]), and beat the game of Sburb (reprise of Sburban Jungle), and with it reached the end of the story. And so did the readers. @@ -2737,11 +2737,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - English - Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- - <i>psithurist:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>psithurist:</i> (booklet commentary) So I started this track about two years ago when I was much less experienced with production and workflow, and working on it more recently has become kind of a nightmare. It's about the story of the cherubs: Caliborn's domination, the rise of Lord English, Calliope's isolation, and her alternate self's ultimate sacrifice. The working title was "Damara's Descent", and the whispers are actually edited recordings of exposition about Damara, but the theme changed pretty early on. Thanks to Lucas Haggett for performing bass on this track! - <i>psithurist:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/psithurist/the-sin-and-the-salvation)) + <i>psithurist:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/psithurist/the-sin-and-the-salvation)) this track has been in the works for a very, very long time (since 2014 i think?). feels good to finally get it out. the longest and most ambitious track i've ever made, telling the story of the cherub siblings in three movements. enjoy, love from jo psithurist, xoxox @@ -2765,7 +2765,7 @@ Art Tags: - Gamzee - Rabbit Commentary: |- - <i>Noisemaker:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Noisemaker:</i> (booklet commentary) This track almost didn't see the light of day. I submitted it for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team's]] credits music contest, and ended up pulling an admirable 3rd place. At first, the track wasn't going to be used in the credits mix (partially due to recieving 3rd place, but also because it fell short of the 7 minute length requirement), but, after a miracle on-par with the birth of Christ took place, Resend was just barely able to squeeze in due to a mandatory meme credits addition. @@ -2792,7 +2792,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Starblaze Commentary: |- - <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Lambda Elise Merryberry:</i> (booklet commentary) Finding a suitable song for a disc jingle from [[album:lofam3|LoFaM3]] was... sort of a struggle, really. I didn't want to do something based too heavily on another song (e.g. [[Emissary of Dance]], [[track:garden-of-eden-part-1|Garden of Eden]], [[I'm Not a Hero]], or [[Thermporia]]) and I really didn't want to do something memey/jokey (i.e. [[Theme of the Slam Jam]], [[JOHN DO THE WINDY THING]], or [[Sord]]). @@ -2826,7 +2826,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - 'Main Theme (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)' - Sunsetter Commentary: |- - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> (booklet commentary) Back in 2016 I got together with [[artist:rj-lake|RJ Lake]] and [[artist:james-roach|James Roach]] to compile [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Homestuck Vol. 10]]. Everyone was pretty hyped, and there were threads in various places full of people feverishly speculating about what the tracklist would be. Much of this speculation focused on whether [[artist:toby-fox|Toby Fox's]] elusive song [[Penumbra Phantasm]] would finally see release, founded on the rumor that he had agreed to finish it for the album. @@ -2834,7 +2834,7 @@ Commentary: |- A year later we've completed this track, and now the latter third of the song is just a power metal cover of [[track:main-theme-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild|the Breath of the Wild theme]], but that's a story for another day. Ask me sometime - <i>Jamie Paige|[[artist:jamie-paige|<span style="color: yellow; font-family: cursive; font-size: 1.1em">Jamie Paige</span>]]:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Jamie Paige|[[artist:jamie-paige|<span style="color: yellow; font-family: cursive; font-size: 1.1em">Jamie Paige</span>]]:</i> (booklet commentary) 🅱️ @@ -2888,7 +2888,7 @@ Commentary: |- (Note: Don't do drugs, kids. Note 2: Don't even THINK of doing meth, trust on this one, please. Note 3: This isn't actually all-new, it's been around since 2013, but BOY is it still a doozy. Note 4: This is a remix of a remix of a remix. Are you a bad enough dude (or any casual moniker of your choice) to continue the chain? Note 5: I've run out of ntoes, so I guess... enjoy the song?!?!?) - <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://dog-noise.tumblr.com/post/53629861790), 6/22/2013) + <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> ([Tumblr](https://dog-noise.tumblr.com/post/53629861790), 6/22/2013) YO U HOMESTUX AINT READY 4 DEEZ DROPS DOE<br> THIS SOME REAL SHIT RITE HERE<br> @@ -2937,7 +2937,7 @@ Art Tags: - 'cw: blood' - 'cw: decapitation' Commentary: |- - <i>SplitSuns:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>SplitSuns:</i> (booklet commentary) This track was originally made for the Cool and New Music Team's ["Cool and New Homestuck"](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMXVVm-BDvr9G2C_sk0OSKpZuxGzsIAh-) project, remixing and parodying the various Homestuck Flashes. In case you can't tell, this song is a parody of [[Time on my Side]]. I mostly played it straight to the original song, changing the instrumentation and adding some twists of my own. Of course, there's some jokes thrown into the mix as well, such as the [[track:axel-f-crazy-frog|Crazy Frog]] theme song, [[Waters of Nazareth]], and other subtle additions. All in all, I hope you like this song! It's good enough for [[artist:tensei|Tensei]] to say "this is pretty good," so make of that what you will. @@ -2973,7 +2973,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Celestial Fantasia - Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- - <i>Hadron:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Hadron:</i> (booklet commentary) Rise of the Conductor's baton is probably my most ambitious song I've made; I pulled all the stops for this song for [\[S] Finale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgw1yxGLStI) of CANH. I knew from the start that I wanted to do an upbeat EDM-styled track, and I thought a remix of [[artist:seth-peelle|Beatfox's]] original [[Creata]] would be spectacular. @@ -2995,7 +2995,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Beatdown (Strider Style) Commentary: |- - <i>Whimsy:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Whimsy:</i> (booklet commentary) I'd been trying to make a Strider theme for quite some time, when this idea struck me: What if instead of writing a strider theme, I wrote THREE STRIDER THEMES? And then shoehorn in a variant of [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] because why not. @@ -3019,7 +3019,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Horses Commentary: |- - <i>Emelia K.:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Emelia K.:</i> (booklet commentary) made for redditstuck. homestuck is bad @@ -3043,7 +3043,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Pushing Onwards - Sunsetter Commentary: |- - <i>Viridian:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Viridian:</i> (booklet commentary) This was one of my first truly good songs, having distinct sections. Also included my first guitar solo. At the time of creation, I was playing VVVVVV, and is now one of my favorite games of all time (the music being especially good). I hope y'all enjoy. @@ -3074,7 +3074,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Formation - Sburban Jungle Commentary: |- - <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (booklet commentary) This is the song on LOFAM 4 that I'm most proud of, and was the most fun to make. Yes, it's [[Gold Pilot]]. Yes there are like [[track:blind-pilot|seven]] [[track:pilotwave|other]] [[track:expanses-of-interstellar-space|songs]] on LOFAM 4 that use Gold Pilot. But I do think I did a lot with it, and this piece showcases a bunch of different things. It starts with pretty standard Gold Pilot, and then slowly grows into the subversion that is the [[track:gunshow-2-theme-instrumental|Gunshow 2 Theme]], followed by a drop. Then there's a section inspired by [[Of Gods and Witches]], then whatever the fuck happens at 1:42. Bring back the Gold Pilot with a new beat, and then end with [[Formation]]. Dumb weird fadeout that I definitely could've improved somehow but I was lazy. I wrote -Omega- Timeline with the Game Over timeline in mind—the dark feel and the choirs peppered throughout reflect the devastation to the A2 session, the Of Gods and Witches section is somewhat of a tribute to... dead kids? And the next section is a tribute to... uh, the happiness that's gone? I don't know, come up with some meaning there yourself. Most of this piece was me going for a specific feel rather than a specific meaning. Also, the dashes in the name are more for my own amusement than anything. -ω- @@ -3099,7 +3099,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Carne Vale - English Commentary: |- - <i>Grace Medley:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Grace Medley:</i> (booklet commentary) This song started out as a test to see if I could replicate that bassy blare from every major action film trailer from the past six or so years. Then, it evolved into a [[Rhapsody in Green]] cover, and the rest is history. While making this I had the image of the Midnight Crew's casino burning down as Spades struggles to escape, then I re-thought it over with Lord English's arrival into Jack's body, then Jake's battle against the leprechauns, until I eventually decided, "as long as it's Felt-themed, this song is about it". There are a few references to Felt-based songs in here, too. The aforementioned Rhapsody in Green, the eerie variation of [[English]] from early on in [[Carne Vale]], the opening from [[Afraid of the Darko]] (although quite drastically rewritten for a cinematic vibe) and a hopeful piano reprise of Carne Vale as a reflection of the first defeat Jake had left the Felt with. Then it concludes with the tail-end of English, because the Felt never truly stay down. @@ -3146,7 +3146,7 @@ Art Tags: - Gate - Lotus Commentary: |- - <i>Lark Mordancy:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Lark Mordancy:</i> (booklet commentary) This song was inspired by the cosmogonical aspects of the MSPA universe(s), and by those universes' cryptic curators. @@ -3174,7 +3174,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Rhapsody in Green - Rex Duodecim Angelus Commentary: |- - <i>Viko Riféo:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Viko Riféo:</i> (booklet commentary) I honestly can't believe this got in. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm satisfied with it, but seriously this took ages to get to a publishable state. @@ -3209,7 +3209,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - A Baby Legend - The Baby is 2 - Dirgeish Commentary: |- - <i>Kanishka:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Kanishka:</i> (booklet commentary) The song itself is supposed to be some kind of a ham-fisted theme for the Reckoning, and its name refers both to Skaia being bombarded with meteors and Prospit moon crashing into the battlefield with no survivors. @@ -3244,7 +3244,7 @@ Art Tags: - John - LoWaS Commentary: |- - <i>Kouta:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Kouta:</i> (booklet commentary) This was my first foray into dubstep, and looking back on it, I could have done a lot better. I wrote this as a sort of mock-up "flash soundtrack", hitting a lot of different styles at different points in the song. At the time, though, I was experimenting with a lot of different things, and it's actually pretty good for what it was. This was also my entrance into sampling, which helped me get the experience needed to start writing newer, fresher material, by listening to other peoples' far better material. @@ -3274,7 +3274,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Endless Climb - Even in Death Commentary: |- - <i>Interrobang:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Interrobang:</i> (booklet commentary) The song that eventually came to be known as Ultimate Alchemy started at a time I found myself listening to Volume 7's [[Earthsea Borealis]], which remains one of my favorite Homestuck songs ever. One day, a melody popped into my head, and I started writing. At some point in the composition process I decided I might as well try to submit the song to LOFAM4, and with quite a bit of much-appreciated feedback from the judges, got it into a completed state. The biggest surprise as I was finishing up work occurred when [[artist:viko-rifeo]] pointed out that what I had thought was the original melody throughout the song was in fact [[Bilious]], which is a great song from the [[album:genesis-frog|Genesis Frog]] album that I had embarrassingly forgotten about. @@ -3340,7 +3340,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - English - Eternity Served Cold Commentary: |- - <i>keyboard cait:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>keyboard cait:</i> (booklet commentary) I always figured "Juju Breaker" would be a cool name for a song, so I kept that name in mind and centered the feel of this song around it. It's a track about Crowbar, but more specifically Crowbar's crowbar. Its long chronology goes nearly entirely under the radar, as does the smooth green mobster named after it. Think of this track as a means towards rectifying that. @@ -3416,7 +3416,7 @@ Art Tags: - Alternate Calliope - Dream Bubbles Commentary: |- - <i>Shandy:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Shandy:</i> (booklet commentary) It always struck me how different alt!Calliope was from her friendly, happy-go-lucky counterpart—she almost seemed like a different character. Alt!Calliope had given up on ever feeling happy or fulfilled. She only had a single solitary purpose left to her: to die. I wrote this song as a melancholy elegy for a lost soul. @@ -3448,7 +3448,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Endless Climb - Even in Death Commentary: |- - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> (booklet commentary) Dream bubbles allow the various players of Sburb a chance at an Everlasting life. I wanted to illustrate the feeling of traversing these bubbles and exploring the infinite possibilities they create. @@ -3609,7 +3609,7 @@ Art Tags: - Green Sun - Dream Bubbles Commentary: |- - <i>Musical Panini:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Musical Panini:</i> (booklet commentary) This song didn't actually start out as a Homestuck song when I was first making it. It went from tune stuck in my head, then into a random song that I was calling Metallic Mayhem, then into Flare, then into a practice in motifs, then into what is now apparently my most popular by far! @@ -3656,7 +3656,7 @@ Art Tags: - Kanaya - 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- - <i>Seijen:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Seijen:</i> (booklet commentary) time and time again I make a drum and bass song and im never satisfied with the drum mix. Like the time before and that time before. The snare is powerful but the kicks are never too prominent without being overtly compressed. Its always the same as the last time. But this track was a little different, instead I said "ooh that was horrible" because like the time before the kicks never seem to be enough. Its just the same as the last time. But those basses though. so ill. I feel sick now. Just like that time I ate at that Chinese place. I got sick there the time before but that was a year before. "Oh that was so gross" I uttered after taking my first bite of that gen. tso chicken. It was just the same as the last time. @@ -3680,7 +3680,7 @@ Art Tags: - Kurloz - LoTaM Commentary: |- - <i>Noisemaker:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Noisemaker:</i> (booklet commentary) If some of you thought this was [[le canrival]] from Cool and New Webcomic's V8LUME, then you'd be right! I initially made le canrival as a Cool and New Webcomic track, but the folks over on the Land of Fans and Music team took some interest in it. So, we arranged to have it put on the next LOFAM, under a new, more classy name. @@ -3725,7 +3725,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Theme of Eastern Story - Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station Commentary: |- - <i>keyboard cait:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>keyboard cait:</i> (booklet commentary) This song was formed out of a spontaneous idea by the LOFAM team to create a song about the happy fruits Jade carries along with her in Act 3, as well as Toby Fox's "fan character" [[track:an-apple-disaster|Apple Girlington]], who was based on the ever-popular Touhou Project series. These intersecting characters united for one song, and the result is a mega-medley featuring references to songs from Homestuck, Touhou, Toby Fox's Touhou improvisations and... Undertale? Yeah! As progress of the song went along, I envisioned it perhaps being made by the Beta Kids in-universe. All their corresponding instruments are here, after all. [[flash:830|Remember when they'd collaborate on songs and post it to each other on FreshJamz?]] Good times. @@ -3781,7 +3781,7 @@ Art Tags: - Rose - LoLaR Commentary: |- - <i>Nights:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Nights:</i> (booklet commentary) This piece was originally [[track:rozepiano|for CaNMT]], although it was still about the character Rose Lalonde. Perhaps you're wondering why someone would release a track on CaNMT, before putting it on LoFaM, but that was due to my joining LoFaM after this song was published. I worked on this song for nearly 2 months, so the production was a pretty complicated process - but at least I could finish it. It doesn't matter how long it took, what matters is that it's done. Originally, using pianos wasn't a part of my plan - the step before it was to use violins and Pavellion strings, because violin is Rose's instrument. But I couldn't pull it off so I switched to extremely romantic pianos midway through production. However, if I did take the pianos off I feel this track would've suffered a lot of pain, barring its size. In the end there really wasn't much that survived of my original image of this track, but I'm still happy with what I ended up with. Lightfall was my first song published anywhere, so you could say this is a big song for me. @@ -3806,7 +3806,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Black Commentary: |- - <i>Sean "Flare" Gorter:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>Sean "Flare" Gorter:</i> (booklet commentary) The base idea for this song's groove came about in late 2011 when I noticed the repeated piano riff was just an E-flat blues scale [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] messed with, and I started laying it over a Latin-style chord rhythm and liked what I heard. I thought to myself, "this must be what it sounds like when the Midnight Crew just jams", and before I knew it I had a remix idea in my head. Something I've always loved about the original mix I did, poorly executed as it was, was how it took an idea we know to be so dark within the Homestuck universe and turned it into a light, relaxing, foot-tapping piece, something the Crew might have done in happier times. @@ -3830,7 +3830,7 @@ Art Tags: - Lil Cal - Earth Commentary: |- - <i>SplitSuns:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>SplitSuns:</i> (booklet commentary) This song was originally made for the [[group:canmt|Cool and New Music Team]], but I went with a much more Homestuck slant than a cool and new one for this track. I wanted to take [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement]] and change it into something more EDM and techno, so I chopped and screwed traditional strings and mixed them with the powerful drum tracks and synths you hear in the song. I wanted to include motifs from both Dave and Nepeta as they're two halves of Davepeta's whole. I also incorporated caws and meows for the same effect. Finally, I put the Undertale track [[CORE]] in the song because of that one scene in [[flash:8087|EOA6]] ([you know the one.](https://youtu.be/Y5wYN6rB_Rg?t=670)⁠) There's an additional reference at that point if you're listening carefully! Although this song was challenging to make, I think it turned out very well in the end. @@ -3854,7 +3854,7 @@ Art Tags: - Aradia - Skaia Commentary: |- - <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>ostrichlittledungeon:</i> (booklet commentary) God, this was so much work. Oh yeah, and I lost the first half of the project file towards the end so I couldn't go back and edit it. Ugh. But all in all, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The original plan was to go through the [[group:canmt|CANMT]] discography and pick the most iconic songs over time. If you're unfamiliar with its discography, I highly recommend you at least [[group-gallery:canmt|go give it a glance]]. I roughly settled on using [[Cascante]], [[Tick]]/[[Tock]], [[Fruity Pebbles Redux]], [[album:gunshow-singalong|Gunshow]], [[Rex Mille Geromius]], [[Doctor]] and [[Penumbra Phantasm]] ([[album:cool-and-new-volume-v|cool and new vol V]]), [[Contra]] (from [[album:cool-and-new-homestuck|Cool and New Homestuck]]), [[Moshi Moshi]], [[Final Confrontation]], [[Unintentional Touhou]], [[track:in-the-beginning-basement-tale|In the Beginning]]/[[Contact]], [[Formation]], [[Jungle #3]], [[Muse of Nanchos]], [[track:meet-the-flintstones|Flintstones]], [[track:gunshow-2-theme-instrumental|Gunshow 2]], and of course, [[track:rollercoaster-tycoon-theme|the RCT theme]] and [[Bowman's credit score]]. Shoutouts to [[artist:difarem|Difarem]] for making the "it's between my buttocks" vocaloid for me. Revisit/Rewind, which is based heavily on [[Ascend]], was released as the Cool and New Homestuck song for [\[S] Credits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UTMPTX45F8). @@ -3917,7 +3917,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck - Penumbra Phantasm Commentary: |- - <i>David Ellis:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) + <i>David Ellis:</i> (booklet commentary) Homestuck Sonata was written around the time we were submitting pieces for [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Volume 10]]. The idea was to write a piece that loosely followed the sonata form with [[Homestuck Anthem]] being the first main theme and [[Penumbra Phantasm]] (via [[FantasyP]]) being the second. It's also intended as a left hand practice piece so the left hand is much busier than in most of my other work! |