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diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml index 3172156b..5a146eb1 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Directory Suffix: vol8 Date: October 25, 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-8-with-cherubim +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cIpWboujY4 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFa9Ssz0RANELG8eSoUeOQiC Cover Artists: @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Art Tags: - LoHaC - LoFaF - Battlefield +- Space Banner Artists: - Homestuck Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 @@ -59,11 +60,11 @@ Commentary: |- That's it for now. More announcements soon. - <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20111026195824/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-8)) + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp download blurb](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-8)) 37 tracks. 4 bonus tracks, including the [[Cascade (Beta)|first]] and [[Black Hole / Green Sun|final parts]] of [[Cascade]] as individual files. Also includes full-size versions of all track art! - <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20111026195824/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-8)) + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-8)) Includes material by: @@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ Artists: - Michael Guy Bowman Duration: 3:38 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/calamity-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/calamity - https://youtu.be/oNeKbfEVi0g Cover Artists: - Tavia Morra @@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ Commentary: |- There was a certain difficulty in making "Calamity" really work for me. I had a couple of different sounds I was attempting all at once, each working on their own but sort of fighting for control when mashed together. The introduction and conclusion of the song using a theme from [[track:walk-stab-walk-r-and-e|"Walk-Stab-Walk"]] needed to be really punchy, while I really needed the middle of the song to glide, and the connecting bits with the chanting needed to build and build in tension. There are a lot of different sounds in the song's palette, the most difficult of which to utilize was the enormous saw synth that dominates the middle. Getting that thing to be grand without utterly overpowering the rest of the song was incredibly difficult. - Overall I was really satisfied with how much excitement there is in this song. It's got a big simple melody but it doesn't outstay its welcome. As the album opener, it sets up the stakes and excitement of Homestuck without sort of beating the point into you by lasting too long. I think of it as a cousin to [[track:sburban-jungle|"Sburban Jungle"]] or at least another song approached in that dramatic, electronic way. + Overall I was really satisfied with how much excitement there is in this song. It's got a big simple melody but it doesn't outstay its welcome. As the album opener, it sets up the stakes and excitement of Homestuck without sort of beating the point into you by lasting too long. I think of it as a cousin to [["Sburban Jungle"]] or at least another song approached in that dramatic, electronic way. The countdown sample is from a NASA recording, I believe it's the launch of Apollo 11. @@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ Artists: - Malcolm Brown Duration: 4:28 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/do-you-remem8er-me-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/do-you-remem8er-me - https://youtu.be/x8mLKTY5TWM Cover Artists: - Richard Gung @@ -205,9 +206,9 @@ MIDI Project Files: Commentary: |- <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (composer, "original commentary", via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) - Alas poor Vriska. This scene stood out quite a bit from the Scrapbook Near-end-of-act Scratch-a-thon as being yet more humility to Vriska as a character - first hinted at during John's talk with her around the whole 'lifdoff' time (which is also why most of the song is taken from [[track:lifdoff|lifdoff]].) + Alas poor Vriska. This scene stood out quite a bit from the Scrapbook Near-end-of-act Scratch-a-thon as being yet more humility to Vriska as a character - first hinted at during John's talk with her around the whole 'lifdoff' time (which is also why most of the song is taken from [[lifdoff]].) - The idea was to create something vaguely romantic and a bit tragic for the whole 'd8' thing. I used lifdoff as a starting point because that's become my sort of unofficial 'John' theme - It's quite light and goofy but reasonably heroic and fantastical. [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]] shows up at around 2:17, shortly followed by a slightly modified lift from [[track:death-of-the-lusii|Death of the Lusii]] (as mentioned previously in this topic). After that it slides into an additionally modified version of [[track:ruins|Ruins]]/[[track:awakening|Awakening]] for reasons that are hopefully obvious and also because I like that tune + The idea was to create something vaguely romantic and a bit tragic for the whole 'd8' thing. I used lifdoff as a starting point because that's become my sort of unofficial 'John' theme - It's quite light and goofy but reasonably heroic and fantastical. [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]] shows up at around 2:17, shortly followed by a slightly modified lift from [[Death of the Lusii]] (as mentioned previously in this topic). After that it slides into an additionally modified version of [[track:ruins|Ruins]]/[[Awakening]] for reasons that are hopefully obvious and also because I like that tune The main reason I made this is because Vriska's had a but few moments when she wasn't terrorizing everybody and generally acting the huge bitch. Add to this the whole 'fat vriska' thing, and the very bombastic music she's had thus far... It was nice to give her last bit of humility a soundtrack. @@ -235,11 +236,11 @@ Commentary: |- <b>THE TRACK</b> - It's primarily [[track:lifdoff|"lifdoff"]], which I started using a sort of personal theme of John. Other slight inspirations for this track are ["Anthem Part 2"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-EHT3N5sOI) from The Truman Show and a little 8it of the music of Little 8ig Adventure (primarily the use of woodwinds/percussion). + It's primarily [["lifdoff"]], which I started using a sort of personal theme of John. Other slight inspirations for this track are ["Anthem Part 2"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-EHT3N5sOI) from The Truman Show and a little 8it of the music of Little 8ig Adventure (primarily the use of woodwinds/percussion). It starts off with a simple lightened lifdoff, which carries it for a while. The percussion at 1:09 was fun to sequence - It's mostly just a collection of taiko samples from the EWQL play library that are quite fun to work with, particularly some the articulation (The 'roll' you hear is one of 'em). What I think works quite well is the power of the Taikos with the lightness of the woodwinds - Gives it quite an emotional punch. - 1:33 is almost directly L8A inspired (The layering of the woodwind melody on 8rass I'm sure I got from there). At this point we're 8uilding up to play the [[track:death-of-the-lusii|'Death of the Lusii]]/[[track:awakening|Awakening']] 8it with a sort of alternate chord progression, but we sneak in a [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]] reference around 2:16. + 1:33 is almost directly L8A inspired (The layering of the woodwind melody on 8rass I'm sure I got from there). At this point we're 8uilding up to play the [['Death of the Lusii]]/[[Awakening']] 8it with a sort of alternate chord progression, but we sneak in a [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]] reference around 2:16. 2:26 is meant to directly correlated to These Two panels and is a reference to this track. @@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ Commentary: |- Overall there's quite a 8it I like about this one. The Percussion doesn't vary much, which lets it down I think (It's 8asically just the same loop for most of the song, something I'm hilariously guilty of in most everything I make :p) but it did the jo8 in giving Vriska a good sendoff. - Oh yeah - The reason it doesn't use any of [[track:vriskas-theme|Vriska's theme]] is because I find that theme a 8it........ All over the place ::::p Don't get me wrong, it's a cool 8it of music, 8ut I don't find it as easy to play a8out with than other tracks. 8lame my laziness! + Oh yeah - The reason it doesn't use any of [[Vriska's theme]] is because I find that theme a 8it........ All over the place ::::p Don't get me wrong, it's a cool 8it of music, 8ut I don't find it as easy to play a8out with than other tracks. 8lame my laziness! I also fully suspect I missed some '8's somewhere........ This stuff's harder than it looks. God help me if I try to commentary another gorram Terezi track ::::p --- @@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ Artists: - Clark Powell Duration: 3:03 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/flare-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/flare - https://youtu.be/ktuDYYtbs2s Cover Artists: - Richard Gung @@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ Artists: - Thomas Ferkol Duration: 3:36 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/galactic-cancer-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/galactic-cancer - https://youtu.be/ByBpRkrg9SA Cover Artists: - Lauren Ross @@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ Artists: - Clark Powell Duration: 5:05 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/serenade-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/serenade - https://youtu.be/iQyr0eYN7hI Cover Artists: - clorinspats @@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ Cover Art File Extension: jpg Art Tags: - Nepeta - Karkat -- Trolls' Meteor +- Trolls' meteor - 'cw: blood' Sheet Music Files: - Title: Piano score by Do The Musicy Thing (arrangement) @@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ Artists: - Erik Scheele Duration: 3:18 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frog-forager-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frog-forager - https://youtu.be/5KihK9orAi0 Cover Artists: - Kaymurph @@ -361,10 +362,10 @@ Artists: - Toby Fox Duration: 1:58 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/love-you-feferis-theme-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/love-you-feferis-theme - https://youtu.be/cmXzwEixV4s Cover Artists: -- Left +- wodnesse Art Tags: - Feferi - Cuttlefish @@ -380,7 +381,7 @@ Contributors: - Tavia Morra Duration: 3:12 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ocean-stars-falling-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ocean-stars-falling - https://youtu.be/QmEZzp7o8i8 Cover Artists: - Richard Gung @@ -396,9 +397,9 @@ Commentary: |- The [[album:squiddles|Squiddles]] album gets no love. There, I said it. I've mentioned before how awesome it is and how dramatically it has undersold compared to the rest of our material, but apparently everyone is too terrified of its My Little Pony meets Cthulu approach to give it a shot. Trust me, you'll like it more than you think you will. - Anyway, one of the most surprising tracks on that particular album is [[track:ocean-stars|"Ocean Stars"]], a peaceful, mysterious little ditty imagined by Mark with a nautical theme in mind. I thought it had a beautiful little structure, and I guess the song must have stuck with me because at some point I found myself playing its chords over and over on my keyboard faster and faster until I was sure it would make for a great little indie rock inspired track. So I did just that. + Anyway, one of the most surprising tracks on that particular album is [["Ocean Stars"]], a peaceful, mysterious little ditty imagined by Mark with a nautical theme in mind. I thought it had a beautiful little structure, and I guess the song must have stuck with me because at some point I found myself playing its chords over and over on my keyboard faster and faster until I was sure it would make for a great little indie rock inspired track. So I did just that. - This song takes its cues most heavily from ["Regatta de Blanc"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN-nXWHkVpA) by the Police and [[track:life-in-technicolor|"Life in Technicolor"]] by Coldplay - the meditatively simple rock backup is accompanied by a huge chorus of wordless vocals provided by countless overdubs of [[artist:tavia-morra|Tavia]] and myself. These middle voices are bookended by the twinkling bell sounds in the high range and the rumbling drums and guitar in the low range to make for a very full mix that really surprised me with its depth. I threw in some slowed-down bubble sounds (the same samples from [[track:mister-bowman-tells-you-about-the-squiddles|"Mister Bowman Tells You About the Squiddles"]]) to create the ocean ambiance, something I'd really gotten the chance to hear on a scuba dive I'd done over the summer. + This song takes its cues most heavily from ["Regatta de Blanc"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN-nXWHkVpA) by the Police and [["Life in Technicolor"]] by Coldplay - the meditatively simple rock backup is accompanied by a huge chorus of wordless vocals provided by countless overdubs of [[artist:tavia-morra|Tavia]] and myself. These middle voices are bookended by the twinkling bell sounds in the high range and the rumbling drums and guitar in the low range to make for a very full mix that really surprised me with its depth. I threw in some slowed-down bubble sounds (the same samples from [["Mister Bowman Tells You About the Squiddles"]]) to create the ocean ambiance, something I'd really gotten the chance to hear on a scuba dive I'd done over the summer. This is another example of a song that has the "just right" feeling about its length. I could probably have easily repeated the vocals endlessly as though I was attempting to induce transcendental meditation - it would probably have had the same effect as ["Hey Jude"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_MjCqQoLLA) or any number of other great songs. Owing though to my sense that this album was going to be a long one (my contributions alone come out to more than 20 minutes of music) I decided to capitalize on having achieved the harmony and just let it end when its thought was fully expressed, not unlike the original composition by Mark. @@ -415,7 +416,7 @@ Artists: - Michael Guy Bowman Duration: 2:58 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/escape-pod-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/escape-pod - https://youtu.be/GJo7ZH6p6wA Cover Artists: - Paige Turner @@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ Art Tags: - WV - CD - Rabbit -- Dersite Ship +- Dersite ship Commentary: |- <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20120118163148/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/), around 1/17/2012) @@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ Commentary: |- The track also pulls a lot from actual rock music - the Roxy Music track ["Street Life"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_dTFdRAvN0) was a big cue here, and the start-stop structure on the second chorus was really inspired by Tally Hall's track ["Greener"](https://youtu.be/8sV1EOJQTEI) of which the effect can only be described in exotic dance. I really wanted to pull out the stops on this one and make it catchy as hell, but apparently the [[track:ocean-stars-falling|two]] [[track:davesprite|tracks]] book-ending it on Volume 8 steal its thunder. - What more can be said about it? This is about as totally poppy (or perhaps J-poppy) as I get. Compared to stuff like [[track:greenhouse|"Greenhouse"]] and [[track:squiddle-samba|"Squiddle Samba"]] this track is right up my alley. It in contrast with some of the other stuff that I've made appearing on the very same album (the minimalist piece [[track:gust-of-heir|"Gust of Heir"]] which I collaborated on with [[artist:james-dever|James Dever]] comes to mind) you'll see that I can go just as far in the saccharine direction as I can into the abstract. For me range has always been an asset I've felt was important to nurture, so with Volume 8 I set the pace for my work ethic on [[album:ithaca|Ithaca]] in terms of never settling to have "found my sound" no matter how well any one idea works. + What more can be said about it? This is about as totally poppy (or perhaps J-poppy) as I get. Compared to stuff like [["Greenhouse"]] and [["Squiddle Samba"]] this track is right up my alley. It in contrast with some of the other stuff that I've made appearing on the very same album (the minimalist piece [["Gust of Heir"]] which I collaborated on with [[artist:james-dever|James Dever]] comes to mind) you'll see that I can go just as far in the saccharine direction as I can into the abstract. For me range has always been an asset I've felt was important to nurture, so with Volume 8 I set the pace for my work ethic on [[album:ithaca|Ithaca]] in terms of never settling to have "found my sound" no matter how well any one idea works. <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1849), adapted to text, 7/20/2024) @@ -444,7 +445,7 @@ Artists: - Toby Fox Duration: 1:41 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/davesprite-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/davesprite - https://youtu.be/Iy5fKp-aV4o Cover Artists: - P-RO @@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ Artists: - rj lake Duration: 4:50 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/airtime-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/airtime - https://youtu.be/HXPviQw2n7Q Cover Artists: - Tavia Morra @@ -509,7 +510,7 @@ Artists: - Michael Guy Bowman Duration: 4:15 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frog-hunt-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frog-hunt - https://youtu.be/VkYB3Fw4bLw Cover Artists: - Tavia Morra @@ -519,12 +520,14 @@ Art Tags: - Frogs - Queen's Ring - LoFaF +Referenced Tracks: +- Homestuck Anthem Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman, DrPepperFan|[[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20120118163148/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/), around 1/17/2012) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman, drpepperfan|[[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20120118163148/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/), around 1/17/2012) Uh oh, [[artist:erik-scheele|Jit]] and I showed up to the album with the same song idea. That's like two girls showing up the party in the same dress. Awkward! Good thing for Jit and I that, like the two girls in that famous scenario, we each have our own swagga and wear those dresses like the hot young messes we are. Wow, don't quote me on that. - Anyway, while [[track:frog-forager|"Frog Forager"]] is almost immediate in its "aw man, yeah, it's THIS kind of tune" factor for avid listeners of Homestuck music, my ditty "Frog Hunt" seems to hit a lot of people out of left field. Maybe it's because I was busy surprising myself with this one as well. + Anyway, while [["Frog Forager"]] is almost immediate in its "aw man, yeah, it's THIS kind of tune" factor for avid listeners of Homestuck music, my ditty "Frog Hunt" seems to hit a lot of people out of left field. Maybe it's because I was busy surprising myself with this one as well. I've mentioned Weather Report a few times as an influence, and while I can't bring even a fraction of that band's musicianship to my work, I really attempted to bring their sense of atmosphere to the piece. There's a lot of elements thrown in there - the wacky time signature (17/8 if I recall correctly), the meandering syncopated piano, the funk breaks, all that latin percussion, plus a pile of odd sound effects. I threw in some frog ambiance using some really odd synthesizers and a toy accordion as well. @@ -543,6 +546,11 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Tavia Morra:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://seeyoutmorra.tumblr.com/post/12054861967/homestuck-volume-8-track-art), excerpt, 10/28/2011) Frog Hunt was, like [[Calamity]], one of the more challenging pieces since I opted for a much cleaner (And much more Disney) look for the piece. I totally saw Jade and Dave on the frog hunt, dressing for the part as adventurers and explorers. Jade, in her excitement, may have dragged Dave through a couple of bushes and thorned plants. +Referencing Sources: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (Bowmantown Discord, 12/1/2024) + + Relistening to "Frog Hunt" and suddenly I hear [[track:homestuck-anthem|"Homestuck Anthem"]]<br> + I completely forgot there's a little reference to it at 3:01 --- Track: Terraform Artists: @@ -551,7 +559,7 @@ Contributors: - Thomas Ferkol (electric guitar) Duration: 4:35 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/terraform-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/terraform - https://youtu.be/bWp5uUxarAQ Cover Artists: - Richard Gung @@ -580,7 +588,7 @@ Artists: - Malcolm Brown Duration: 2:54 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/unite-synchronization-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/unite-synchronization - https://youtu.be/uHmXe2eY6Kg Cover Artists: - Rebecca Harding @@ -645,7 +653,7 @@ Commentary: |- <b>Concept</b> - The idea behind this guy was something similar to the traditional idea of some HS songs being about movement ([[track:descend|"Descend"]], [[flash:1668|"Ascend"]], [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|"Upward Movement"]]), so in this case it's 4 things moving, together as one. It was becoming reasonably clear that post-scratch, we'd be separating The beta kids up a bit, and ideally, once the dust settled, they would all meet up again - This track's effectively the kids overcoming whatever barriers in their way to unite. + The idea behind this guy was something similar to the traditional idea of some HS songs being about movement ([["Descend"]], [[flash:1668|"Ascend"]], [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|"Upward Movement"]]), so in this case it's 4 things moving, together as one. It was becoming reasonably clear that post-scratch, we'd be separating The beta kids up a bit, and ideally, once the dust settled, they would all meet up again - This track's effectively the kids overcoming whatever barriers in their way to unite. That was the original idea, anyway. @@ -694,7 +702,7 @@ Artists: - Hilary Troiano Duration: 4:28 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homefree-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homefree - https://youtu.be/7aYso7j8wsw Cover Artists: - Killian Ng @@ -715,7 +723,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>(Before talking about this song, Hilary talks about her other song, [[track:ace-of-trump]], with those sections transcribed on that song's page.)</i> - Um, my other song, Homefree. This one's got less to it, like [laughter] my first goal of this song was actually for me to learn how-how to use a program called Fruity Loops Studio, um... 'cuz, up until this point all of my music had been done with a program called Melody Assistant, and in some ways I really love Melody Assistant like, I have this whole sound database to it that makes it really have an incredibly authentic sound to the instruments but, on the other side of the spectrum it has very little synth options, which, whi-which is really the direction that the MS Paint Adventures music team has moved in, um. So I was like alright alright, let's learn how to synth a bit. Um, and so, in some ways um, Homefree draws a lot from a song I wrote AGES and ages ago, it was a song called [[track:shooting-star|Shooting Star]] which, I mean i-it was kind of basically supposed to sound like an anime opening and it did but i-it... it was missing something. Like, it was very mor— it was more of in a minor key and it was slower, and so I was like, alright. Well first things first I'm gonna try and get this up to, what was it the tempo of [incomprehensible] I don't know how you say that. It's an opening of an anime that you may or may not have heard that just is really high energy and I was like 'Okay, so, if I wanna have a high energy song I probably should try and make it sound about this fast' [laughter]. + Um, my other song, Homefree. This one's got less to it, like [laughter] my first goal of this song was actually for me to learn how-how to use a program called Fruity Loops Studio, um... 'cuz, up until this point all of my music had been done with a program called Melody Assistant, and in some ways I really love Melody Assistant like, I have this whole sound database to it that makes it really have an incredibly authentic sound to the instruments but, on the other side of the spectrum it has very little synth options, which, whi-which is really the direction that the MS Paint Adventures music team has moved in, um. So I was like alright alright, let's learn how to synth a bit. Um, and so, in some ways um, Homefree draws a lot from a song I wrote AGES and ages ago, it was a song called [[Shooting Star]] which, I mean i-it was kind of basically supposed to sound like an anime opening and it did but i-it... it was missing something. Like, it was very mor— it was more of in a minor key and it was slower, and so I was like, alright. Well first things first I'm gonna try and get this up to, what was it the tempo of [incomprehensible] I don't know how you say that. It's an opening of an anime that you may or may not have heard that just is really high energy and I was like 'Okay, so, if I wanna have a high energy song I probably should try and make it sound about this fast' [laughter]. So, the opening of Homefree is basically the opening of Shooting Star and, then, then I started like, I was like you know, after you get past the opening it's not really good until you get to the ending and so I was like 'What else can I put in here?' and so I started putting down the [[track:homestuck-anthem|Homestuck theme]] just because it was easy and jumped to mind, and so, when that, when that really seemed to work I was like 'You know what? Let's throw in more bits of different Homestuck songs in there' like, after the um Homestuck theme, what really... what I think most people don't really notice is that the next part actually sounds like, like the like [[Sburban Jungle|Suburban Jungle]] like, it's-it's moved down about one note but it's like, Suburban Jungle is like [singing] and then, and then in Homefree it's [singing] y'know it's basically the same melody. @@ -732,7 +740,7 @@ Artists: - Mark J. Hadley Duration: 2:54 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/galaxy-hearts-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/galaxy-hearts - https://youtu.be/YQX0TWA_x6Q Cover Artists: - Rachel Weiss @@ -749,7 +757,7 @@ Artists: - Erik Scheele Duration: 2:50 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/scourge-sisters-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/scourge-sisters - https://youtu.be/srAkO5O1QaM Cover Artists: - Rebecca Harding @@ -764,7 +772,7 @@ Artists: - rj lake Duration: 2:56 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/arcade-thunder-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/arcade-thunder - https://youtu.be/2JJJTSs_JeA Cover Artists: - Maf @@ -790,7 +798,7 @@ Artists: - rj lake Duration: 2:50 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pyrocumulus-sicknasty-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pyrocumulus-sicknasty - https://youtu.be/4BqRC-ZPovM Cover Artists: - celestialKarakul @@ -808,7 +816,7 @@ Artists: - Clark Powell Duration: 2:44 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/kingside-castle-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/kingside-castle - https://youtu.be/qYKxzWbrZ0c Cover Artists: - Nic Carey @@ -821,7 +829,7 @@ Artists: - rj lake Duration: 3:37 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/temporary-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/temporary - https://youtu.be/CYh1OlRWzp4 Cover Artists: - Chaz Canterbury @@ -843,7 +851,7 @@ Contributors: - Clark Powell (additional sequencing) Duration: 4:17 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gust-of-heir-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gust-of-heir - https://youtu.be/pGlTekY3qZI Cover Artists: - Fibug @@ -871,7 +879,7 @@ Artists: - rj lake Duration: 3:00 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/afraid-of-the-darko-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/afraid-of-the-darko - https://youtu.be/PSbPXcKGYto Cover Artists: - rj lake @@ -882,10 +890,14 @@ Art Tags: Track: Even in Death (T'Morra's Belly Mix) Artists: - Clark Powell -- Tavia Morra +- Tavia Morra (featuring) +Artist Text: >- + [[artist:clark-powell]], feat. belly dancing by [[artist:tavia-morra]] +Artist Text In Lists: >- + [[artist:clark-powell]] Duration: 4:08 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/even-in-death-tmorras-belly-mix-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/even-in-death-tmorras-belly-mix - https://youtu.be/9MdltybiL00 Cover Artists: - Tavia Morra @@ -924,28 +936,55 @@ Commentary: |- > - [music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfvIE2pVn3w) BT - Suddenly ('These Hopeful Machines') > - [slowed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQWYrq6LSs) 'Beauty Beats by Beats Antique' > - [down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcofrLg1GxI) Omar Faruk Tekbilek - Omar's Chocco (Kodomo Remix) +Crediting Sources: |- + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/even-in-death-tmorras-belly-mix)) + + Even in Death (T'Morra's Belly Mix) by [[artist:clark-powell]], feat. belly dancing by [[artist:tavia-morra]] + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([MSPA sound credits](https://web.archive.org/web/20121226010939/http://www.mspaintadventures.com:80/soundcredits.html), around 11/12/2012) + + [[flash:5438|Page 7338]] - "Even in Death (T'Morra's Belly Mix)"<br> + Available on Bandcamp in [[album:homestuck-vol-8|Homestuck Volume 8]]<br> + By [[artist:clark-powell|Clark Powell]] + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (wiki communications over Discord DMs, 10/2/2024) + + Major factcheck here: [[track:even-in-death-pesterquest]] + + Tavia did not write a note of this. + + She had a dance routine set to it but she did not produce any music. It's more of a ceremonial credit. --- Track: Bargaining with the Beast Artists: - Thomas Ferkol Duration: 4:13 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bargaining-with-the-beast-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bargaining-with-the-beast - https://youtu.be/2HT5FcjHt1s -Cover Artists: -- Killian Ng -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Echidna -- Echidna's lair +Track Artwork: +- Artists: + - Killian Ng + Tags: + - Jade + - Echidna + - Echidna's lair +- Label: Full-size artwork + Directory: full + Attach Above: true + Source: |- + [[tooltip: + <span class="path"> + <i>Official Content</i> + <i>Homestuck Art Team</i> + <i>Vivus</i> + </span> + *link=https://homestuck.net/archives.html + |The Homestuck Archives]] Commentary: |- <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15590461411/eidolons-volume-8-hootenanny), excerpt, 1/9/2012) Bargaining With the Beast was a doozy. With little conscious attempts at maintaining structure (other than the section after the intro, which appears a few times to hold things together), it can come off as a wild ride through a bunch of interesting ideas just sort of strung together like a glass mobile made with craft glue and shiny twine. And that is a pretty accurate description. The piece was sort of an experiment for me, filled with a lot of concepts that might even have needed a separate piece to flesh them out properly, but I made this piece with the Volume 8 submissions deadline looming over head (I think it was a little under a week until final decisions on tracks were supposed to be). This is also an example of a piece where I set out with a clear mindset for what I wanted. Seeing there was no piece based on Echidna and Jade’s encounters ([[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] didn’t show us [[track:frostbite|his tracks]] until around when the order was being decided hehe), I wanted something majestic and regal, something befitting of a monstrous queen in ancient stone halls of a frozen world. Eventually it developed into a sort of audio tour of Echidna’s palace and highlighted the conversation, never fully revealed, that took place between Jade and Echidna as they struck a deal. - - <i>Killian Ng:</i> (full-size artwork) - - <img src="media/misc/bargaining-with-the-beast-original.png" width="300"> --- Track: Frostbite Artists: @@ -954,7 +993,7 @@ Contributors: - Marcy Nabors (flute) Duration: 3:51 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frostbite-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frostbite - https://youtu.be/Gdb_nZs6plw Cover Artists: - Nic Carey @@ -973,7 +1012,7 @@ Artists: - Toby Fox Duration: 2:54 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lost-child-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lost-child - https://youtu.be/-OFQHEy5TDw Cover Artists: - Sarah Fu @@ -991,7 +1030,7 @@ Artists: - Thomas Ferkol Duration: 3:13 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/questants-lament-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/questants-lament - https://youtu.be/ILt6Qyxc1bw Cover Artists: - Fibug @@ -1008,7 +1047,7 @@ Artists: - Malcolm Brown Duration: 2:46 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hussie-hunt-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hussie-hunt - https://youtu.be/oz4UOqdFQEA Cover Artists: - Hanni Brosh @@ -1025,7 +1064,7 @@ Commentary: |- Basically, heavily influenced by the Pink Panther theme ([You know the one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyZiIuMufTA&pp=ygUScGluayBwYW50aGVyIHRoZW1l)). While making this all I could imagine was a bizarre Andrew Hussie Elmer Fudd hunting 'Scwatches'... - More or less my first attempt to do something in this style. Also, surprisingly, most of it was played live on keyboard into the sequencer (not something I normally do) and then heavily quantized to fix my wonky playing. It gives it a <i>slightly</i> more organic feel, most noticeable on the chords during the [[track:explore|'Explore']] section at the end (Which may also owe a little bit to the Monkey Island soundtrack). + More or less my first attempt to do something in this style. Also, surprisingly, most of it was played live on keyboard into the sequencer (not something I normally do) and then heavily quantized to fix my wonky playing. It gives it a <i>slightly</i> more organic feel, most noticeable on the chords during the [['Explore']] section at the end (Which may also owe a little bit to the Monkey Island soundtrack). Basically a bit of music for [Andrew's huntin' of Scratch](https://www.homestuck.com/story/4056) shortly before the end of act. Included is the ["AAAAAHHH FUCKING WOLF!!"](https://www.homestuck.com/story/4063) moment for good measure (That was added after the first draft to [[artist:toby-fox|Rad's]] suggestion). There was even talk of getting some grumbly vocals from [[artist:andrew-hussie|the man 'imself]], but alas... @@ -1036,7 +1075,7 @@ Artists: - Svix Duration: 2:35 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/havoc-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/havoc - https://youtu.be/Wq0SjupReyA Cover Artists: - Emi @@ -1062,7 +1101,7 @@ Contributors: - Toby Fox (climax drum programming) Duration: 3:22 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/drift-into-the-sun-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/drift-into-the-sun - https://youtu.be/f5BP2W9a93U Cover Artists: - Zilon @@ -1072,7 +1111,7 @@ Art Tags: - Derse - Horrorterrors - Royal Deringer -- Dersite Ship +- Dersite ship Referenced Tracks: - Atomyk Ebonpyre Commentary: |- @@ -1089,7 +1128,7 @@ Artists: - Thomas Ferkol Duration: 3:20 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/infinity-mechanism-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/infinity-mechanism - https://youtu.be/I3S8LNG4aNo Cover Artists: - VickyBit @@ -1117,7 +1156,7 @@ Artists: - Michael Guy Bowman Duration: 2:33 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/revered-return-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/revered-return - https://youtu.be/x3ruWSdc1Vo Cover Artists: - Noot @@ -1133,7 +1172,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (co-composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) - "Revered Return" began as a track called [[track:dirgeish|"Dirgeish"]], a .pxtone composition that [[artist:nick-smalley|Nick]] had completed some time ago but never managed to squeeze into an album. Because as a chip tune it had been long overlooked, I decided to take a whack at producing it in a different style for inclusion on Volume 8. I had been looking for a piece that would work as a rock tune, and "Dirgeish" really struck me because of the heavy involvement of drums, its steady pace, and dynamic structure. + "Revered Return" began as a track called [["Dirgeish"]], a .pxtone composition that [[artist:nick-smalley|Nick]] had completed some time ago but never managed to squeeze into an album. Because as a chip tune it had been long overlooked, I decided to take a whack at producing it in a different style for inclusion on Volume 8. I had been looking for a piece that would work as a rock tune, and "Dirgeish" really struck me because of the heavy involvement of drums, its steady pace, and dynamic structure. The unique challenge of arranging "Revered Return" was pinning down exactly what was what - "Dirgeish" had maximized use of its resources as an electronic composition, shifting instrumentation several times in ways that wouldn't translate to a rock context. I found myself in a very subjective position, kind of picking and choosing what things would stay in and what things would be changed, while overall trying to maintain the original structure of the song. @@ -1154,10 +1193,11 @@ Contributors: - Noel Sadwin (violin) Duration: 2:00 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/judgment-day-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/judgment-day - https://youtu.be/MD2TLTtyfDE +# https://lazili.tumblr.com/post/11921886689/also-did-track-art-for-judgement-day-woo Cover Artists: -- Lazylaz +- Laz Art Tags: - John - Pop-a-matic Vrillyhoo Hammer @@ -1165,13 +1205,17 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - track:ruins - track:psych0ruins +Commentary: |- + <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Brief Samples") + + [[media:misc/archive/JudgmentDayDemo.mp3|Judgement Day (Demo)]] - *June 2011* - I wanted to do a song in an odd meter, so I chose 13/4. Bonus points: The BPM is 413. A pretty good example of my "epic JRPG" style. The melody in the section where it fades out is from [[track:ruins|"Ruins"]] by Erik Scheele. --- Track: Lotus (Bloom) Artists: - Seth Peelle Duration: 4:05 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lotus-bloom-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lotus-bloom - https://youtu.be/RrIofwv86HM Cover Artists: - myluckyseven @@ -1191,7 +1235,7 @@ Contributors: - Toby Fox (editing) Duration: 13:14 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cascade-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cascade - https://youtu.be/Ckr6KyZoS58 Referenced Tracks: - Cascade (Beta) @@ -1232,7 +1276,7 @@ Artists: - David Ko Duration: 2:50 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-acapella-2 +- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-acapella - https://youtu.be/Br294PLbHBA Cover Artists: - Killian Ng @@ -1310,7 +1354,6 @@ Contributors: - David Ko (backup vocals) Duration: 3:23 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/how-do-i-live-d8-night-version-2 - https://youtu.be/tJWO4WaQh_Y Cover Artists: - Victoria Grace Elliott @@ -1360,7 +1403,7 @@ Commentary: |- So, like it or not, [[track:how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version|my signature song]] seems to be the country ballad made famous by a movie about how Nicolas Cage and John Cusack screw up absolutely everything and destroy the Las Vegas strip. Hence, for Volume 8, I decided to do a more serious version of "How Do I Live" that doesn't mortify me entirely. - I always had thought of [[track:how-do-i-live|"How Do I Live"]] as a breakup song, so as an anthem of dependency between generic 90's lovers I was underwhelmed. However, in Con Air it's meant to be the love theme of a woman whose husband serves in the military, giving the song a very different meaning. The stakes are not whether the singer's lover will stay or leave but whether they will live or die, a thought that is instantly more resonant for anyone who has been in love I think. + I always had thought of [["How Do I Live"]] as a breakup song, so as an anthem of dependency between generic 90's lovers I was underwhelmed. However, in Con Air it's meant to be the love theme of a woman whose husband serves in the military, giving the song a very different meaning. The stakes are not whether the singer's lover will stay or leave but whether they will live or die, a thought that is instantly more resonant for anyone who has been in love I think. The trick to this one for me was cutting out all the bullshit really - the ridiculous key change is removed and the drums are minimal to the extent of sounding like a funeral march. Rather than starting off with chipper little electric organs and keyboards, this version takes a cue from ["Purple Rain"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Y1gohk5-A) and uses only electric guitar and vocals for the first minute. The vocals start off sounding a million miles away and are subtly brought closer and closer until the other instruments join in on the second verse. @@ -1377,9 +1420,8 @@ Artists: - Tensei Duration: 4:06 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cascade-beta-2 - https://youtu.be/Svy9DBBZKpk -Referenced Tracks: +Previous Productions: - Descend2 (11/24) Cover Artists: - Max Schwartz @@ -1395,6 +1437,11 @@ MIDI Project Files: - 'Cascade (Beta) - Unknown.mid' --- Track: Black Hole / Green Sun +Additional Names: +- Name: >- + Black Hole - Green Sun + Annotation: >- + [Bandcamp compilation release](https://web.archive.org/web/20200331160531/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-hole-green-sun-2) Artists: - Malcolm Brown - Toby Fox @@ -1403,7 +1450,6 @@ Contributors: - Noel Sadwin (violin) Duration: 2:30 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-hole-green-sun-2 - https://youtu.be/B6e2XacZSIs Referenced Tracks: - Black Rose / Green Sun @@ -1422,7 +1468,6 @@ Artists: - Mark J. Hadley Duration: 2:08 URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carefree-action-2 - https://youtu.be/saFRtTDSVKQ Cover Artists: - 8bitkitten @@ -1434,11 +1479,11 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) - Back when we knew Jade as just GG, I wrote the first part of Carefree Action as a possible upbeat strife theme for her. It never ended up getting used, but other people liked it, and eventually a remix of it ([[track:carefree-victory|Carefree Victory]]) made it into the comic. The original was pretty short, so I lengthened it so that I could eventually get it onto an album. Like [[track:sburban-reversal|Sburban Reversal]], I recommended it as a bonus track. + Back when we knew Jade as just GG, I wrote the first part of Carefree Action as a possible upbeat strife theme for her. It never ended up getting used, but other people liked it, and eventually a remix of it ([[Carefree Victory]]) made it into the comic. The original was pretty short, so I lengthened it so that I could eventually get it onto an album. Like [[Sburban Reversal]], I recommended it as a bonus track. <i>8bitkitten:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://kitten-burrito.tumblr.com/post/11905462064), 10/25/2011) - Days before the release of *Homestuck Volume 8,* I lucked out and was offered the opportunity to make track art. I chose “Carefree Action” and wound up with a cute 8-bit tune. It’s a lighter version of [[track:carefree-victory|“Carefree Victory”]] from *[[album:homestuck-vol-4|Volume 4]]*. The 8-bit sound and peppiness of the song gave me the idea of Jade and Dave collecting frogs as they would coins in a video game. + Days before the release of *Homestuck Volume 8,* I lucked out and was offered the opportunity to make track art. I chose “Carefree Action” and wound up with a cute 8-bit tune. It’s a lighter version of [[“Carefree Victory”]] from *[[album:homestuck-vol-4|Volume 4]]*. The 8-bit sound and peppiness of the song gave me the idea of Jade and Dave collecting frogs as they would coins in a video game. <s>I have a hi-res image, but this is all I can post for now.</s> --- |