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diff --git a/album/beforus.yaml b/album/beforus.yaml index ef6e4fb8..e51dc2d9 100644 --- a/album/beforus.yaml +++ b/album/beforus.yaml @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Damara - The Handmaid +- Cue Needles - 'cw: eye horror' Referenced Tracks: - grrrarrr @@ -298,6 +299,11 @@ Art Tags: - Roxy - Jake - Dirk +- Light +- Rage +- Hope +- Life +- Void Commentary: |- <i>Charles Neudorf:</i> Hey so it's been a while but here's a new track, and for a troll that I never knew I cared about. Admittedly I wrote this song less about Aranea's story and more about a folktale called the spider's thread, which ironically ties into Aranea's story well. I'm not gonna go into details about the folk tale but basically Aranea has a spider theme (obviously) and she came out of a pseudo hell by clinging to a small hope, only for her selfish desires to drop her back where she came from. Man none of this was really about the music aspect, uh, I wrote the song in 4-5 days. That's cool I guess. @@ -451,6 +457,8 @@ Art Tags: - Horrorterrors - Dream Bubbles - Victory Platform +- Sgrub +- Quills of Echidna Commentary: |- <i>Blackhole:</i> Disc 2 is the longest Disc in Beforus. Unlike Disc 1, which consists of individual themes for each of the trolls, Disc 2 is a narrative depiction of their story. Each song, be it a theme for a particular aspect of a character, a soundtrack for a particular event, or else a scene-setting piece, has been arranged so that Disc 2 roughly forms a narrative story in chronological order, which can hopefully be seen in the music and artwork. @@ -477,6 +485,7 @@ Art Tags: - The Dolorosa - The Condesce - Beforus +- Meenah's Trident Commentary: |- <i>Elanor Pam:</i> This was my first ever track, composed for the coloUrs and mayhem contest back before we knew anything of Dancestors and Beforus. All we had been told so far was that the Sufferer had been inspired to rebel by his memories of a peaceful world-- so that was what I set out to convey: the idyllic memories of a paradise planet, as well as the sadness of its loss and the tense hostility of the present. It's actually a fairly simple track, made in Sibelius with nothing but built-in instruments and ambient sounds, but I've grown to like it a lot. (People who are into brazilian folk songs can probably feel the influence here.) @@ -637,6 +646,7 @@ Cover Artists: - Kayson Spinazzola Art Tags: - Meenah +- Sgrub Commentary: |- <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> When asked to make a song for the Beforun trolls' entrance into their session, I decided to utilize my tried-and-true method of composing my best music: basically, I winged it. Nevertheless, this song is meant to be like a ballad, but I'll leave the detailed interpretation of the story it tells up to you, the listenre, and your presumably adept imagination. @@ -659,6 +669,8 @@ Art Tags: - Latula - Aranea - LoQaM +- Music Box +- Quills of Echidna Commentary: |- <i>Nate Tronerud:</i> The Beforans' session on Skaia was doomed before it began. Beforus looms in front of us as we slowly zoom in on the planet itself, when, at the critical moment, we cut to Meenah and the gang. As they desperately avoid getting killed in the Cataclysm, their path to the Medium is laid bare. Once there, they go through their trials, from locating their denizens, to frog breeding, and to the required ectoplasmic shenanigans. @@ -738,6 +750,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Damara - LoQaM +- Quills of Echidna Commentary: |- <i>Ollie:</i> I did this track way back in 2013 I think? Maybe early 2014 back when my computer with my music program still worked. Hah. It all sort of originated with a wager, that I couldn't produce a better Tavros song than the one on the official album. And of course, being the huge procrastinator that I am, I never did. But I did however get the idea to do my own album for the songs of the Beforan Trolls. Again, procrastination got the better of me, but this project came along and almost took the workload I had give nmyself off my shoulders and still gave me an opportunity to showcase what I had done for Damara. It does have the traditional Eastern Asian sound to it with the pentatonic scale, and that's what the song was based upon. Also ghosts. Because spoopy. @@ -827,6 +840,9 @@ Art Tags: - Veil - Prospit - Derse +- Meenah's Trident +- Quills of Echidna +- Lotus Referenced Tracks: - Corrupting Tranquility Commentary: |- @@ -947,7 +963,7 @@ Cover Artists: - Gilwing Art Tags: - Kankri -- Meteor +- Trolls' Meteor - Veil - 'cw: corpse (abstract)' Commentary: |- @@ -1017,6 +1033,9 @@ Art Tags: - Latula - Horuss - Gate +- Clocks +- Time +- Quills of Echidna Commentary: |- <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> Dan (also known as aradia-symmetry, author of [aradiawheresheshouldbe](https://aradiawheresheshouldbe.tumblr.com/) and [rosewheresheshouldbe.tumblr.com](https://rosewheresheshouldbe.tumblr.com/)) commissioned me back in October 2013 for a song about Damara Megido. The song ended up quite spooky, because after all, he did commission it on October 31. I relied on the shakuhachi and cello and, per Dan's request, a pulsing synth bass to create the brooding, melancholy atmosphere I felt best reflected Damara's inner coldness and despesrate nihilism. @@ -1042,6 +1061,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Porrim - Matriorb +- Space Commentary: |- <i>Toris Crow:</i> This piece was written for Porrim Maryam. The instrumentation is based off of her two themes, [[Jade Mother]] and [[Darling Dolorosa]], which both feature piano and violin. The actual meaning of the song is open for interpretation because I went mostly off of feelings when writing it. Its name comes from the goddess of childbirth and prophecy, Antevorta, whose alternate name is Porrima. This song's alternative name in my own album is "Glass Heart." @@ -1061,6 +1081,7 @@ Cover Artists: - ARTistotel Art Tags: - Mituna +- Synthesizer Commentary: |- <i>Princezz:</i> I wanted to make a Homestuck fan song after listening to so many others, so I decided to give it a try. I started with using whatever free music programs I could find, and editing the sounds in Audacity. I thought it sounded quite good for something made from a few bad programs. I had to decide which of the Alpha Trolls this song would suit most, and decided on Mituna because of the electronic-ness of the song. It may have also suited Latula as well. I don't think it would go well with the other trolls. @@ -1105,6 +1126,8 @@ Art Tags: - Damara - Rufioh - Horuss +- Void +- Breath - Beforus Commentary: |- <i>rest✩taurus:</i> @@ -1151,6 +1174,7 @@ Art Tags: - Damara - Aranea - Meenah +- Quills of Echidna - 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: - track:MeGaLoVania @@ -1211,6 +1235,8 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Damara - LoQaM +- Quills of Echidna +- Alternia Referenced Tracks: - Hate You - Theme @@ -1233,6 +1259,7 @@ Cover Artists: - Scarodactyl Art Tags: - LoQaM +- Music Box Commentary: |- <i>Laurent Désautels-Séguin:</i> This song is divided in 3 parts: everything is sad and not going well - They enter the palace for the Scratch and it's mysterious - The Scratch begins and it's intense. For the sad part, it's just sad chords. For the mysterious parts, I used a lot of mysterious arpeggios and delay effects. For the Scratch, I used a lot of bitcrush, dramatic arpeggios, and I reused chords from the sad part and arpeggios from the mysterious parts because the Scratch is mixing things. I was inspired by the music of Steven Universe for the style of mysterious arpeggios. I think the music of the series did a great job with how they represent dangerous mystical stuff. I created all the sounds with NI Massive, used Replika for delay and Decimort for bitcrush. I had a lot of fun doing these songs and I hope that you liked it! @@ -1286,7 +1313,7 @@ Art Tags: - Prospit - Derse - LoTaF -- Meteor +- Trolls' Meteor Commentary: |- <i>Laurent Désautels-Séguin:</i> This song is about the famous Openbound walkaround. I tried to do some automatic writing to represent the mood of the draem bubbles. I think that the soundtrack of Tekkon Kinkreet influenced me for the vibe of the song. Now is a good time to talk about the programs that I use. I'm using Massive for my sounds, Reaper to compose and I use the Replika delay and Decimort bitcrusher> The song ends with Lord English's theme because why not! @@ -1305,6 +1332,7 @@ Cover Artists: - Quietserval Art Tags: - Aranea +- Light Referenced Tracks: - Cobalt Corsair Commentary: |- @@ -1539,6 +1567,7 @@ Cover Artists: - Gillian Pascasio Art Tags: - Aranea +- Queen's Ring Referenced Tracks: - track:carne-vale Commentary: |- @@ -1576,6 +1605,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Meenah - Dream Bubbles +- Meenah's Trident Commentary: |- <i>SerialSymphony:</i> Someone needs to take my violins away from me, I love them too much.<br>-'Skip'/SerialSymphony @@ -1660,6 +1690,7 @@ Art Tags: - Horuss - Kurloz - Cronus +- Music Note - Meenah Commentary: |- <i>Blackhole:</i> @@ -1679,6 +1710,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Meenah - Beforus +- Meenah's Trident Commentary: |- <i>Circlejourney:</i> This track was inspired by the fact that, because the corruption represented by the Green Moon was not present in the Beforus timeline, their nights would have been lit by the Pink Moon alone. Pink is a decidedly strange colour to associate with nighttime, but I do enjoy the imagery immensely. This track is meant to evoke the image of a mysterious pink night. It combines ethereal piano accents with a square lead riff that one might associate with Meenah Peixes, who lived on the moon for a period of time. @@ -1699,6 +1731,8 @@ Art Tags: - Meenah - The Handmaid - The Condesce +- Meenah's Trident +- Quills of Echidna Referenced Tracks: - English Commentary: |- @@ -1871,6 +1905,7 @@ Cover Artists: - magnoliajades Art Tags: - Porrim +- Fireflies Referenced Tracks: - Homestuck Anthem - Skies of Skaia @@ -2091,6 +2126,10 @@ Art Tags: - Cronus - Meenah - Skaia +- Ahab's Crosshairs +- Meenah's Trident +- Ancestral Awakening +- Quills of Echidna Referenced Tracks: - Rex Duodecim Angelus - ♋ - Civil Discussi9n @@ -2143,6 +2182,8 @@ Art Tags: - Gate - Tumor - LoQaM +- Quills of Echidna +- Music Box Commentary: |- <i>Toris Crow:</i> This song can be interpreted as being about the Scratch from the Beforus trolls' point of view. I wanted to write a song that had a suspenseful single-note intro, similar to in the song [[English]] from the Homestuck album The Felt. I wrote the song to be dramatic because the Scratch, for them, signifies the end of their roles as players in their session. |