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diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml index c04befdf..73fd969c 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml @@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> This Volume is a little bit of an oddity in that it's hyper-long and is consisted overwhelmingly of tracks that have not appeared in the comic whatsoever, so you might not be quite so initially motivated to purchase it as you would for one of the soundtracks proper, however, I assure you, there is some really great material on there. The album hits the tip of the creative iceberg that has been the MSPA music project (which I guess is now formally What Pumpkin records) and shows only a fraction of the endless piles upon piles of "other" music that exists on the not-so-secret music forums. - [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] has been definitely at a crossroads with the music - the response to his open casting call for the music project over a year ago almost immediately exploded with music, initially with the pretense that we were going to be creating short loops (as in the strife themes such as [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]]). However, when the comic started to operate more cinematically and less like an adventure game, more and more the concentration became on how our music could be used to create the numerous extensive flash-animated cutscenes, some of which fans have awaited and anticipated for days on end. + [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] has been definitely at a crossroads with the music - the response to his open casting call for the music project over a year ago almost immediately exploded with music, initially with the pretense that we were going to be creating short loops (as in the strife themes such as [[Showtime (Original Mix)|Showtime]]). However, when the comic started to operate more cinematically and less like an adventure game, more and more the concentration became on how our music could be used to create the numerous extensive flash-animated cutscenes, some of which fans have awaited and anticipated for days on end. - This pretty much imploded with the [[flash:1149|end of Act 3]], when Andrew informed us all that he was going to cut back on the animations after spending a week working on the accompanying animation for [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]] day and night on end. Since then, the focus has drifted to various new sectors which I guess will just have to be a surprise to all of you. Either way, consider the new album an outlet for you to sample music inspired by and written for Homestuck and as a chance to support this new community that Andrew has shepherded. + This pretty much imploded with the [[flash:1149|end of Act 3]], when Andrew informed us all that he was going to cut back on the animations after spending a week working on the accompanying animation for [[Sburban Jungle]] day and night on end. Since then, the focus has drifted to various new sectors which I guess will just have to be a surprise to all of you. Either way, consider the new album an outlet for you to sample music inspired by and written for Homestuck and as a chance to support this new community that Andrew has shepherded. <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> Track art on these tracks has been uploaded from the <a href="https://sollay-b.tumblr.com/post/188094230423/hello-a-couple-of-years-ago-allyssinian">Homestuck Vol. 5 Anthology</a>! The official release of Vol. 5 didn't come with track art; this collaborative project organized artists to submit their own original art for the album. The art was originally shared in a huge colection on tumblr on 4/13/17 and has now been collected here for viewing convenience and discoverability! @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Art Tags: - John - Gate Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor +- Doctor - track:penumbra-phantasm Sheet Music Files: - Title: Sheet music by Gamehunter @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Art Tags: - Dave - Lil Cal Referenced Tracks: -- track:endless-climb +- Endless Climb Sheet Music Files: - Title: Sheet music by EuniverseCat Files: @@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ Art Tags: - Jadesprite - Battlefield Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- track:harlequin +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Showtime (Piano Refrain) +- Harlequin Commentary: |- <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> This piece is one of the strongest examples of how much better my old music could have been if I had used better samples. But I had nothing but cheap stuff at the time, so I think this one suffers a lot. Personal regret aside, I composed this as an ode to John, so it features the themes from Showtime and Harlequin. I wanted something big and dramatic, so I went the semi-orchestral route, and completely transformed the context of the two melodies I used to suit the mood of the piece. In particular, Harlequin seems almost unrecognizable unless you're paying attention or have a good ear. I think its attempt to come off as big and noble is a little heavy-handed at times, but it would definitely be a fun one to come back to and update. @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Art Tags: - Underlings - LoLaR Referenced Tracks: -- track:aggrieve +- Aggrieve Commentary: |- <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> Since Aggrieve was the first song I wrote for Homestuck, I also imagined it would be the first thing I would remix. That turned out not to be the case (I remixed Harlequin first), but I went ahead with it anyway. I also figured it might come in handy in case there was ever another strife scene with Rose post-entry, but those became rare after a while, except for special situations. @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Art Tags: - Jaspers - Earth Referenced Tracks: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers +- Chorale for Jaspers Commentary: |- <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> Radiation, or Toby as I've never actually had the chance to refer to him, sent me his midi arrangement of Happy Cat Song, a sort of lighthearted version of Chorale for Jaspers, so I loaded VSTs for each part and balanced it, along with adding a "meow" sample in for good measure. The effect of it reminds [[artist:tavia-morra|Tavia]] of arriving in a village in "final fantasy or chrono cross or something and it's initially all peaceful and then by the end of the game it's totally raped and pillaged." So the calm before the storm then? MEOW @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ Art Tags: - Cats - 'cw: body horror' Referenced Tracks: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers +- Chorale for Jaspers - Squiddles! Commentary: |- <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> @@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ Art Tags: - Skaia - Earth Referenced Tracks: -- track:aggrieve -- track:showtime-original-mix +- Aggrieve +- Showtime (Original Mix) --- Track: White Artists: @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ Art Tags: - Gate - Derse Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle +- Sburban Jungle --- Track: Crystalanthemums Artists: @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ Art Tags: - Derse - Veil Referenced Tracks: -- track:skies-of-skaia +- Skies of Skaia Sheet Music Files: - Title: Piano score by almostsix Files: @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ Art Tags: - Lotus Referenced Tracks: - Lotus -- track:doctor +- Doctor --- Track: Chorale for War Artists: @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ Art Tags: - LoFaF - 'cw: blood' Referenced Tracks: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers +- Chorale for Jaspers MIDI Project Files: - Title: MIDI by Unknown Files: @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ Art Tags: - John - LoWaS Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor +- Doctor - track:penumbra-phantasm --- Track: Bed of Rose's / Dreams of Derse @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ Art Tags: - Rose - Horrorterrors Referenced Tracks: -- track:aggrieve +- Aggrieve Commentary: |- <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> John had a "sleep and recover hp/mp" type theme, so I wrote one for Rose as well. Naturally it uses part of the theme from Aggrieve. When it came time to put it on the album, I didn't really want to leave it as short as it was, so I added the Dreams of Derse section to lengthen it, imagining what the cold, far orbit of Derse might be like. @@ -754,9 +754,9 @@ Art Tags: - Dave - LoHaC Referenced Tracks: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre +- Atomyk Ebonpyre - Drop It Like It's Hot -- track:beatdown-strider-style +- Beatdown (Strider Style) Sampled Tracks: - Drop It Like It's Hot MIDI Project Files: @@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ Cover Art File Extension: jpg Art Tags: - Dave Referenced Tracks: -- track:harlequin +- Harlequin --- Track: Sunsetter Artists: @@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ Art Tags: - Frog Temple Referenced Tracks: - track:ruins -- track:sburban-jungle +- Sburban Jungle Sheet Music Files: - Title: Piano score by Erik Scheele (original composer) Files: @@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ Art Tags: - Rose - LoLaR Referenced Tracks: -- track:endless-climb +- Endless Climb --- Track: Land of the Salamanders Artists: @@ -994,12 +994,12 @@ Art Tags: - Consorts - LoWaS Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:dissension-remix -- track:aggrieve -- track:vagabounce +- Doctor +- Sburban Jungle +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Dissension (Remix) +- Aggrieve +- Vagabounce --- Track: Medical Emergency Artists: @@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ Art Tags: - John Referenced Tracks: - track:penumbra-phantasm -- track:doctor +- Doctor --- Track: Vertical Motion Artists: @@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ Art Tags: - Gate - LoLaR Referenced Tracks: -- track:endless-climb +- Endless Climb --- Track: The Beginning of Something Really Excellent Artists: @@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ Art Tags: - Carapacians - Battlefield Referenced Tracks: -- track:skies-of-skaia +- Skies of Skaia Commentary: |- <i>Andrew Huo:</i> Skaian Skuffle was made with the intent of turning Skies of Skaia into a battle theme. The bass progression matches Skies of Skaia's, with more bounce to it, and the melody of Skies of Skaia was quantified/simplified into a repeating motif. It was mostly composed by feel the rest of the way. I actually had writer's block for a while after I reached about 1:02, and it never really got resolved, which is why 1:21 onwards feels kinda awkward and not so great. I kinda wish I could go back and redo it so it sounds better. But what Radiation did with it turning it into Skaian Skirmish worked really well. There was some vague artistic direction from the Big Man that helped with this a little bit. If I remember correctly, it was something along the lines of "okay, maybe you can bring it down a bit in the middle, then ramp it up for the big finish." So I tried to do that using a new bassline, using wandering skips of third and fourth rather than downwise step in an attempt to mirror Skies of Skaia's original melody, as well as scrambling the repeating sixteenth note motif based on the original melody. Like I said, though, I would say it worked out awkwardly rather than well. It does create a certain mood, which, like I said, Radiation capitalized on. Whoops, I just repeated myself, but in more detail the second time. What's that called in literary device terms? Amplification? Yeah, let's go with that. @@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ Art Tags: - Jade - Earth Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain +- Showtime (Piano Refrain) MIDI Project Files: - Title: MIDI by Dohmb Files: @@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ Art Tags: - Prospit - Derse Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor +- Doctor Cover Art File Extension: jpg Commentary: |- <i>Steve Everson:</i> @@ -1380,8 +1380,8 @@ Art Tags: - Gate - LoLaR Referenced Tracks: -- track:aggrieve -- track:endless-climb +- Aggrieve +- Endless Climb --- Track: Doctor Remix Artists: @@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ Art Tags: - 'cw: blood' - 'cw: corpse' Referenced Tracks: -- track:doctor +- Doctor --- Track: Biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence Artists: @@ -1454,29 +1454,29 @@ Art Tags: - Jack Noir - Skaia Referenced Tracks: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:beatdown-strider-style +- Upward Movement (Dave Owns) +- Sburban Jungle +- Beatdown (Strider Style) - track:mutiny -- track:skies-of-skaia -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:aggrieve +- Skies of Skaia +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Aggrieve - track:jackknive - track:liquid-negrocity - track:guardian -- track:harlequin -- track:explore -- track:chorale-for-jaspers +- Harlequin +- Explore +- Chorale for Jaspers - track:underworld - track:three-in-the-morning - track:non-compos-mentis - track:pumpkin-cravings -- track:vagabounce +- Vagabounce - track:skaian-skuffle -- track:doctor +- Doctor - track:penumbra-phantasm -- track:endless-climb -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre +- Endless Climb +- Atomyk Ebonpyre - track:lotus - track:problem-sleuth-theme - track:dirgeish |