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diff --git a/album/sburb-ost.yaml b/album/sburb-ost.yaml index fb016cd..7f2f68e 100644 --- a/album/sburb-ost.yaml +++ b/album/sburb-ost.yaml @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Art Tags: - Prospit - Derse - Veil +Cover Art File Extension: png Color: '#ffb400' Groups: - Unofficial MSPA Fans @@ -21,35 +22,46 @@ Banner Artists: Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 Banner File Extension: png Additional Files: +- Title: Album Booklet + Files: + - Sburb OST - Commentary Booklet.pdf +- Title: Audio Commentary (DLC) + Files: + - commentary1.mp3 + - commentary2.mp3 + - commentary3.mp3 +- Title: Layers Upon Layers Remix by Jamie Paige Stanley, Lyrics/Vocals by VeritasUnae (DLC) + Files: + - 57 Build Gate (Swag Gate) ft VeritasUnae -DLC-.mp3 - Title: Bandcamp Banner Files: - banner.png Commentary: |- <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> Greetings, revered listeners! - + It is my pleasure to present to you the long-awaited album known as the Sburb OST. It has been a long journey, one that has finally concluded. - + Over a year ago (July 2011, to be precise), I had a conversation that forever changed me. A question was posed: <i>What if Sburb came with stock BGM?</i> What if, indeed. I set out to provide an answer to that question. - + My idea was to create an original soundtrack (or OST) for Sburb, a collection of generic, catch-all, session-nonspecific music to accompany every player throughout their journey. - - Upon presenting my pitch to the MSPA forums, I was met with a brilliant team of musicians and visual artists dedicated to making this a reality. Along the way we created some fantastic works of art, spawned an exciting narrative, and forged many strong friendships. + + Upon presenting my pitch to the MSPA forums, I was met with a brilliant team of musicians and visual artists dedicated to making this a reality. Along the way we created some fantastic works of art, spawned an exciting narrative, and forged many strong friendships. It is, again, a great pleasure for all of us to finally be able to bring this project to a satisfying conclusion, and to present it to those who have waited so long for its arrival. - + \-[[artist:marcy-nabors|Marcy "Shadolith" Nabors]]<br> - Founder and CEO of the imaginary Sburb OST Corporation + Founder and CEO of the imaginary Sburb OST Corporation •Special Thanks•<br> Conception/Organization: [[artist:marcy-nabors]]<br> Management/HR: [[artist:melodiousdiscord|M. Alex "melodioiusDiscord" Moser]]<br> Website Coding: [[artist:veritas-unae]]<br> - Website Hosting: AndrewNeo & <a href="https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/index.html#_=_">Skaia.net</a><br> + Website Hosting: AndrewNeo & [Skaia.net](https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/index.html#_=_)<br> Tracker/Commentary Book: [[artist:brad-griffin|Brad "Avinoch" Griffin]] •EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS•<br> @@ -57,7 +69,7 @@ Commentary: |- What Pumpkin, Inc. (for not suing us)<br> Our fellow Homestuck Fans (for your patience and support!) --- -Group: Disk 1 +Section: Disk 1 --- Track: ~~~~DISK 1~~~~ Directory: disk1-sburb-ost @@ -67,7 +79,6 @@ Duration: 0:11 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disk-1 - https://youtu.be/EieqPE9rMJc -Has Cover Art: false --- Track: Waiting For Adventure [Loading Screen] Directory: waiting-for-adventure @@ -82,10 +93,10 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Skaia Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle +- Sburban Jungle Commentary: |- <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - So this being arguably the third time I've written the same song from a functional perspective, "Waiting for Adventure" is definitely a hell of an exercise for me. The melody is halfway between "[[track:sburban-jungle]]" and "[[track:another-jungle]]" and was probably the least involved element. Everything else was an attempt to find a heavier sound than I had attempted with either of my tracks from the Homestuck soundtrack, and I guess this time around I made it happen. While the other two score a lot more merits for memorability, composition, and length, this one was definitely the most fun to produce - unlike its two predecessors it's more of an ass-shaker than a head-banger, so I like that. + So this being arguably the third time I've written the same song from a functional perspective, "Waiting for Adventure" is definitely a hell of an exercise for me. The melody is halfway between "[[Sburban Jungle]]" and "[[track:another-jungle]]" and was probably the least involved element. Everything else was an attempt to find a heavier sound than I had attempted with either of my tracks from the Homestuck soundtrack, and I guess this time around I made it happen. While the other two score a lot more merits for memorability, composition, and length, this one was definitely the most fun to produce - unlike its two predecessors it's more of an ass-shaker than a head-banger, so I like that. <i>Tavia Morra:</i> Between the time I finished [[track:fly]] to when I was asked to make art for the Sburb OST, I had just picked up a book comprised entirely of panels and pictures of art deco design by Eugene Grasset. I was quite taken with the style and decided to add hints of it in the compositions of my Sburb OST art. @@ -104,11 +115,11 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Skaia Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle +- Sburban Jungle Commentary: |- <i>sidewalkbanana:</i> - When I went into doing this piece, I wasn't really thinking about anything and I literally spent the first day doing nothing. Then I tried to remember the first song I properly heard and enjoyed which was '[[track:explore]]'. - + When I went into doing this piece, I wasn't really thinking about anything and I literally spent the first day doing nothing. Then I tried to remember the first song I properly heard and enjoyed which was '[[Explore]]'. + I tried to give it a highly arpeggiated sound and a low classical feel while still using synths. Once I fell into the flow of things, it was easy enough to get some basic melodies down. I split it up into two sections to explore the themes of both Prospit and Derse. In the end, I am happy with it due to this being my first attempt at composing, and I have definitely learnt from the experience. <i>RunDoubleRun:</i> @@ -133,10 +144,10 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>sidewalkbanana:</i> For 'Option Menu', I started with an old riff that I'd abandoned due to lack of ideas. I began to fiddle around with jazz elements and this is what came out. - + Support this album as all the other artists are incredible people. (Tips hat to Brad) - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [*Brad tips his hat back!*] <i>RunDoubleRun:</i> @@ -162,7 +173,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> Ignorance is Bliss holds a special place in my heart, simple of a song as it is, because the scenario that it represents is what started this whole big Sburb OST project in the first place. I tried to capture the initial apparent simplicity presented and curiosity elicited by the Sburb interface when one connects as a server player. The titular blissful ignorance is the topic at hand here, as the simple Animal Crossing inspired instrumentation calmly assures you that you have all the time in the world - but the world doesn't have much time left. - + <i>Esabelle Ryngin:</i> The first time I heard this track when we were doing selections, I couldn't help but remember my days avidly playing Animal Crossing on the Gamecube and immediately picked it as one of my choices. Luckily, the music was cute enough that I got picked to do it! Thinking about how to make art for all these game OST tracks was harder than it sounded at first, because I wasn't entirely sure how I could convey clicking around without including a subject, which had at the time not been set as the composers of the music! Fortunately, though, we worked that out and I got to draw [[artist:marcy-nabors|Shadolith]] instead of some generic cutout! --- @@ -180,7 +191,7 @@ Cover Artists: - Dawn Davis Commentary: |- <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - Metamorphic Choices was lovingly glitched by [[artist:marcy-nabors|Shadolith]]. This song is meant to be a sort of a 'you just prototyped this, way to go' song - a great big flash (everything got changed his molecules were all rearranged...) happens as your item makes contact with the kernelsprite and then the song plays. This piece was heavily inspired by [[track:harlequin]] and [[track:nannaquin]]. Who doesn't love glitchy sprites? + Metamorphic Choices was lovingly glitched by [[artist:marcy-nabors|Shadolith]]. This song is meant to be a sort of a 'you just prototyped this, way to go' song - a great big flash (everything got changed his molecules were all rearranged...) happens as your item makes contact with the kernelsprite and then the song plays. This piece was heavily inspired by [[Harlequin]] and [[Nannaquin]]. Who doesn't love glitchy sprites? <i>Dawn Davis:</i> I actually had a hard time coming up with what to do here so I relied on [[artist:veritas-unae|Scott]] and Marcy a lot for the concept. We used it as an excuse sort of to really get into a lot of the specific world and sprite stuff! In the end Marcy made a Squiddle Speaker Sprite which I LOVE because of how fucking terrifying it looks with that cyclops speaker eye. Veri has his self-writing story sprite, which is much more classy. And then we got Marcy and Veri's worlds in there, too. Up top you see the Land of Beats and Stirring Sonar, and below you have the Land of Music and Technology. It seems that I forgot how much fun I have with scenery and land designs until I joined the Sburb group. @@ -198,7 +209,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Earth Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle +- Sburban Jungle - Umbral Ultimatum Commentary: |- <i>Max Wright:</i> @@ -241,7 +252,7 @@ Track: Layers Upon Layers [Build] Directory: layers-upon-layers Artists: - Marcy Nabors -- Jamie Paige Stanley +- Jamie Paige Duration: '11:47' URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/layers-upon-layers-build @@ -268,10 +279,11 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfT_CZs5k2o Cover Artists: - Zilleniose +Cover Art File Extension: png Art Tags: - Underlings Commentary: |- - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [James did not send me<br> commentary for this track<br> so here's a haiku!] @@ -296,8 +308,8 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Traikan:</i> I had that G, G#, B motive stuck in my head for a long time, and I knew I wanted to use it for a desert song, so when I saw "Years in the future" I jumped at the chance to put it into play. The latter half of the song is scavenged from an older piece, that never saw the light of day. Texturally, acoustic guitars, high strings, droning pads, and a bit of brass all make me think "DESERT." The scale does most of the also desert themed, work establishing that, though. I wanted the song to be upbeat and include two parts. The first serves as a "conversation theme" to be played when the exiles are communicating with the players and "exile action" which, is unlikely to be heard by a player, but would accompany something more intense happening years in the future. - - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [YEARS IN THE FUTURE...<br> A ramshackle wanderer<br> ...finds a giant book?] @@ -316,7 +328,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Underlings Commentary: |- - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [Hope you've leveled up<br> This guy doesn't mess around<br> but he makes a mess!] @@ -355,11 +367,18 @@ Art Tags: - Consorts Commentary: |- <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + Drawing from the music of Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie, DK64), I aimed to capture the goofy, bouncy spirit of the slippery creatures native to the Medium. I ran out of ideas 30 seconds in. [[artist:tarranon]] sent me some notes as to how I could continue, and it evolved into what you see know. Big props to him on helping me get this finished! [Spider Crow T-Rex,<br> Possum Owl Lizard Fox Mouse<br> Cow Mongoose Hamster] + + <i>8bitkitten:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://kitten-burrito.tumblr.com/post/36549710464)) + + This is my track art for the recently released Sburb OST! + + These consorts belong to the artists who contributed to it. Mine is the blue possum. =3 --- Track: Fraymotif Samba [Consort Shop] Directory: fraymotif-samba @@ -374,11 +393,11 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Consorts Commentary: |- - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [Let's just take a sec<br> to appreciate that cow.<br> It's adorable!] - + <i>Esabelle Ryngin:</i> We actually had a big discussion during the planning stages of the album (the part where we decided the players would be the composers and the consorts would be the artists) about which player had what kind of consort a while before I ended up drawing this. I'm reasonably sure I missed that discussion, because I was pretty surprised to learn that the Cow, which I had chosen as my consort animal, was the very animal James had chosen for himself! Happy coincidences aside, I was pretty excited to work on this track (although I at first misunderstood that it wasn't supposed to be the alchemiter theme, which was embarrassing), since it's a bouncy, fun track, and I like that sort of thing! --- @@ -399,7 +418,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> [[artist:yan-rodriguez|Nucleose]] and I are good pals, so we collaborated on this piece. We decided to compose a theme for first encountering a denizen (but not fighting it!). We agreed that it should be cinematic and ominous, and perhaps switch moods throughout, to accompany a theoretical cutscene featuring a dialogue between the player and the denizen. Within a day, [[artist:yan-rodriguez|Nucleose]] had hammered out the main theme on piano, which I then set about to arrange for full orchestra and electronics. I emerged nearly 6 months later, scarred from many bloody battles with the demons of procrastination, with a song called Waking the Beast (a title that I settled on months before Eidolon Orpheus' [[track:bargaining-with-the-beast]] was released). Though [[artist:yan-rodriguez|Nucleose]] would claim that he had almost no hand in the finished product, I incorporated (read: stole) many elements that are common in his music: uncommon meter, Phrygian mode, numerous gradual tempo changes, etc. SO THERE, YAN. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [It begs the question...<br> How zen is a denizen<br> when it's in a den?] @@ -415,7 +434,7 @@ URLs: Cover Artists: - melodiousDiscord Commentary: |- - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [SKAIA•NET PATCH NOTES:<br> ADDED SAVE POINTS TO ALL LANDS.<br> LOAD POINTS COMING SOON.] @@ -439,7 +458,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Veritas Unae:</i> These [[track:lavender-lullaby|two lulling lullabies]] were rather fun to write... I wrote the Prospit lullaby before writing the [[track:on-golden-dreams|Prospit song]] itself, so linearly it inspired part of the Prospit theme... As such they're short and relaxing, but with a little twist at the end. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [These songs remind me<br> ...<br> Time for bed, goodnight!] @@ -463,7 +482,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Veritas Unae:</i> When approaching Prospit's theme, I had a clear picture in mine that this piece would have several sections illustrating different areas of the moon itself. Feel free to envision your own areas, but the areas I came up with were Main City, Touching Skaia Clouds, Dream Towers, Queen's Palace and Solar Strife. Dream Towers heavily borrows on the [[track:lulling-lutescent|Lulling Lutescent]] theme I made prior to attempting this piece. Also, remember the 'teaser'? Everything in that was from this. So I'm sure a lot of this album was a surprise after all! - + <i>invalidgriffin:</i> This song is really gentle and dignified, like a slow floating walk through a golden city, until the end where you gaze up at Skaia and see your entire life flashing before you! The Dreamer in the image does exactly that while curious Prospitians look on. I'm not sure what he's seeing in those clouds, but I bet it's exciting. I bet he'll remember it when the time is right. --- @@ -513,8 +532,8 @@ Commentary: |- U MAD? - Seriously, though. In Homestuck, Jack's theme "[[track:black]]" is pretty darn crazy with all the pitch bending and running notes, but to be honest? I don't think it fits with Jack as a character. Don't get me wrong - it's perfectly justified within the context of Homestuck because Jack goes batshit insane after getting the bunny. But if you look at him within the context of a regular session, he's, well - a washed-up Archagent stuck in a dead-end job who hates his superior. And that's not very exciting. So I made something that sounds more like a funeral march. It's your funeral, because after the song's over, he <i>shoas u his stabbz</i>. - + Seriously, though. In Homestuck, Jack's theme "[[Black]]" is pretty darn crazy with all the pitch bending and running notes, but to be honest? I don't think it fits with Jack as a character. Don't get me wrong - it's perfectly justified within the context of Homestuck because Jack goes batshit insane after getting the bunny. But if you look at him within the context of a regular session, he's, well - a washed-up Archagent stuck in a dead-end job who hates his superior. And that's not very exciting. So I made something that sounds more like a funeral march. It's your funeral, because after the song's over, he <i>shoas u his stabbz</i>. + <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> Some explanation is required for this piece. Kon made the sprite that made Jack hate him at least 10 times more. A Party Cat sprite. Sadly for Jack, these are not corpse parties, these are the good old fashioned cake, confetti, and music parties. So imagine you are Jack. You went to bed feeling disgruntled as always but that's nothing new. You are then suddenly wakened by DD, HB, and CD playing a rousing and lively song outside your door. How do you feel? --- @@ -536,7 +555,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Veritas Unae:</i> These [[track:lulling-lutescent|two lulling lullabies]] were rather fun to write, especially Derse's, which used a small refrain from [[track:planet-in-shadow|Konec0's Derse theme]]... These short instances would play, similar to the one that was played as Doomed Rose fell asleep and merged with the Alpha Rose... - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [...<br> I should not be up this late.<br> Time for bed, goodnight!] @@ -557,7 +576,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Catboss:</i> <i>He awakens with a start. The first thing he notices is the throbbing headache. He feels groggy, and his entire body feels heavy, as if he's been sleeping for ages, so long it's forgotten how to move. There's something in the back of his head, something that sounds like white noise, or static, or strange whispers. He dismisses them for the moment; it's probably the headache talking, he thinks. The second thing he notices, as he forces himself to sit up, is how everything is purple. The walls of his room are lined with violet and indigo, and even his sheets and his pajamas (he didn't remember putting these on before going to sleep; heck, he didn't even remember having them) are similar shades. This must be a dream, he thinks, and yet he is unable to shake the feeling that this is terribly, frighteningly real. The third thing he notices is how dark and quiet it is. Faint light streams in through the window, from a blue planet far away. It's thin and wispy, as if shining from behind a veil. The eerie silence makes his skin crawl. He strides over to the window, and looks up, towards the endless void. There is nothing there, and yet it beckons him, and he is nearly compelled to leap into the abyss. Tearing his gaze away from the vast nothingness, he peers downwards instead - and there it is, stretching out before him in all its glory: Derse, the planet in shadow.</i> - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [Planet in Shadow?<br> With all that purple, more like<br> Planet of the Grapes] @@ -580,7 +599,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Catboss:</i> The Dersites have always struck me as a colorful bunch. We see a range of personalities, from the cold, calculating Droog to the bumbling Deuce, the goofy Vagabond and the highstrung Renegade. Also, with the possible exception of Jack, they don't really seem that evil or malicious to me. If you'll forgive my use of the term, they seem like Punch Clock Villains, just out to do their job, like the soldiers of any army. That job unfortunately includes the extermination of Prospit. That doesn't necessarily mean they're the bad guys here per se! From a musical standpoint, the Dersites have also been very much linked with jazz for me, especially since the Midnight Crew album. It just seems to fit; they're dark, but not really evil. I didn't entirely subscribe to the Midnight Crew's "dark jazz," though - they're more diverse than that. So I went with a jazzy piece with different elements that hopefully capture the different personalities of the Dersites we've seen so far - lighthearted piano for the Drolls and smooth jazz for the Dignitaries. - + <i>Selan Pike:</i> I was so excited to get this one, oh man oh man, I love the Dersite characters so much and also the song is great and oh gosh. So I was all "yeah I think I'll do a nice picture of DD and CD" and I talked to Cat Boss and he mentioned WV and I was like, OH MAN. All my babbies. So yeah then I tried to do something with WV and DD with the flag and spear in an X pattern, and it looked dumb, so I drew this. And spent about ten million hours on overlays getting the colors juuuuuust so. And it's hardly even noticeable, bluh. --- @@ -617,7 +636,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Fuzz:</i> I have always been keen to experiment with soundscapes. Essentially this piece is just one giant soundscape with a melody. The goal i had was to create something which would be intense enough to feel horrific without being goofy or cheesy. In essence i feel this expresses the nature of the horrorterrors accurately. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [H͏ ͘ E̶ ̡ Y̕ ҉҉̡ T̨ H͢ ͝ E̢ RE҉̢ ҉ ͢ L͝ I͡ T̢ T̨ ͢ ĹE ̡ F̷ ҉R̢ Į͝ ̕ E̷ ͠ N͏ ҉D̵<br> ́H̶ ̛ O̡ W̷ WO͏ U͞ ĻD̡ ̵ ҉Y̛ O͘ ͜ U͞ ͞ L̕ Į̵ ͠ K҉E͝ T͞ Ớ͠ ͡ H͏ U͞ G̢ ̕ ̧ A͏ ŅḐ <br> B͟ E͟ ͜ ͝ T̀ ͟ A̕ N҉͠ G̛ L͜ ͞ E̴ ͏ B̢ ͠ Ù̶ ͘ D̸ D͘ I͡ ̶ ES͟ ͞ ]̸ @@ -638,7 +657,7 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Charles Neudorf:</i> When I started working on the Veil theme, I initially had the idea to combine a song about the Veil with a song about the labs. The idea was to have two separate sections: a calm, soothing ambient piece and a harsh electronic piece. That idea ended up not really coming to fruition due to various reasons, so I just settled on writing a piece solely focused on the veil, and I'm still very proud of how it turned out! I really think that as I worked on it, I gained a much richer understanding of how compositions are made, and for better or worse, it has deeply impacted how I look at music. - + <i>Esabelle Ryngin:</i> [[artist:charles-neudorf|Crazy-8]] has been a good friend of mine for about a year now, and when I heard that he was going to be submitting to this album, I immediately set my heart on doing the cover art for it. This track, to me, at least, has a sort of peaceful loneliness to it, which I think is perfect for the Veil. --- @@ -673,7 +692,7 @@ URLs: Cover Artists: - Phosphorescence Commentary: |- - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [Paradox parents<br> stealing slime from other times<br> Infinite infants.] @@ -712,7 +731,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Brad Griffin:</i> <i>Dersite battleships float above, casting shadows on the lifeless Prospitian husks. The King lies on the Battlefield, pierced and broken, never to rise again.</i> - + This is probably the most depressing thing I've drawn. I had a lot of fun with it! --- Track: Paradoxical Meteor Shower [Reckoning] @@ -728,11 +747,11 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Battlefield Commentary: |- - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [The end of the world<br> Spacey stones seeding stations<br> ...and also babies] - + [Falling fireballs<br> spectacular shooting stars<br> massive meteors] @@ -759,10 +778,10 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Mixt:</i> <i>There's something about facing off against something so big - especially something with the mass of two universes - out in the middle of nowhere and nothing that is incredibly humbling, even if you are a god.</i> - + My first thought when thinking of the Green Sun is a surface of rolling, boiling fire, hotter and brighter than anything you've ever seen. Solar flares that reach distances you can't even imagine. I also had a brief flash to another celestial body with a turbulent, stormy atmosphere: Jupiter, whose Giant Red Spot I ended up making an allusion to. --- -Group: Disk 2 +Section: Disk 2 --- Track: ~~~~DISK 2~~~~ Directory: disk2-sburb-ost @@ -840,9 +859,9 @@ Art Tags: - Prospit Commentary: |- <i>Solatrus:</i> - Skaiaward has had a pretty strange development. I was the original artist attached to it, but had to drop out of the SburbOST project to focus on everything else that was going on. Eventually, [[artist:melodiousdiscord|Cadrien (mD)]] attempted something for it, but struggled due to his lack of compositional experience. Nonetheless, the pentatonic idea he went with (similarly to the canon [[track:skies-of-skaia]]) was the base that Marcy and I ultimately used in our reinterpretation... after I managed to get myself involved with the project again. + Skaiaward has had a pretty strange development. I was the original artist attached to it, but had to drop out of the SburbOST project to focus on everything else that was going on. Eventually, [[artist:melodiousdiscord|Cadrien (mD)]] attempted something for it, but struggled due to his lack of compositional experience. Nonetheless, the pentatonic idea he went with (similarly to the canon [[Skies of Skaia]]) was the base that Marcy and I ultimately used in our reinterpretation... after I managed to get myself involved with the project again. - Our opinion is that this piece is a more accurate representation of Skaia compared to [[track:skies-of-skaia]]. The focus is on the bittersweet concept that Skaia is both a creator and destroyer of life. + Our opinion is that this piece is a more accurate representation of Skaia compared to [[Skies of Skaia]]. The focus is on the bittersweet concept that Skaia is both a creator and destroyer of life. <i>Toe:</i> You gotta admit, Skaia is beautiful.<br> @@ -859,7 +878,7 @@ URLs: Cover Artists: - Kate Holden Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle +- Sburban Jungle Commentary: |- <i>Brad Griffin:</i> "[[flash:3087]]" is one of my favorite HS pages. A lot of that was watched while composing this. I added the fading rain at the start as a transition from the [[track:barren-session|Game Over]] track before that got moved. The crescendo and accelerando throughout is meant to embody the returning of vitality and infusion of power. It's in 5/4 time because 4/4 is boring. @@ -911,7 +930,7 @@ Commentary: |- Track: The Will to Fight Further [Denizen Strife] Directory: the-will-to-fight-further Artists: -- Marcy Nabors +- Kevin Grant - Catboss Duration: '5:08' URLs: @@ -923,7 +942,7 @@ Art Tags: - Denizens Referenced Tracks: - The Will to Fight (Original Mix) [Denizen Strife] -- track:showtime-piano-refrain +- Showtime (Piano Refrain) - Waking the Beast [Denizen Encounter] Commentary: |- <i>Kevin Grant:</i> @@ -976,9 +995,9 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Dawn Davis:</i> I want to say "The Choice is one of my favourite songs on the Sburb OST" but that would be a lie just because I love absolutely everything on the Sburb OST. Either way I was really excited when I got to do the art for this song. It's so slow, smooth, beautiful and dramatic, and I wanted a piece that could convey that. I wanted it to be dark, hopefully have Echidna in a silhouette somehow with glowing eyes. - + I experimented with a side-view of her before we got the outline of what you see here. Then we tried to go with a bright background, but it wasn't working out, which I'm still pretty sorry for. The bright BG could have worked in a pair of scales, which I was excited to use because of all of the music puns we could make. But when I got this BG I knew we had a winner. - + The entire time I was drawing it I would occasionally say to myself, in hushed tones, quietly.... <i>pchoooooooo</i>. Now I do it every time I look at the thing. --- Track: Vulcanic Volcano [Forge] @@ -1013,10 +1032,10 @@ Art Tags: Commentary: |- <i>Veritas Unae:</i> As I wrote the Castle theme, I was picturing a two stage piece - one where you were merely exploring the castle for information or insight and another where the battle was taking place inside, with small meteors from the Reckoning crashing through the ceilings, and Prospitans and Dersites engaged in battle around you. The piece shows shifts between the two; the trumpet fanfare into the fast section and the slow down to the start section again allow for transition between untouched rooms and rooms with action. Thanks to [[artist:yan-rodriguez|Nucleose]] for all his assistance on this song too - it really helped make it what it is. - + <i>Mixt:</i> One of my favourite things in RPGs is exploring every knook and cranny of the environment, although sometimes it's also a bit nerve wracking because you might not know what's around the corner. How long can you continue unhindered? What will you find? - + Will you like what you find in the middle of this war? --- Track: Endgame Execution [Black King Battle] @@ -1032,6 +1051,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - BK - Skaia +- Obama Referenced Tracks: - Rex Duodecim Angelus Commentary: |- @@ -1047,7 +1067,7 @@ Commentary: |- Herald of the End (Reprise) - ...and finally, their efforts are rewarded. The Black King stumbles, and with a final cry, he crashes to the ground, vanquished once and for all. I took a lot of elements from previous, unreleased songs, but that would take too long to go through. Enjoy! - + <i>shymuffin:</i> I'm pretty pleased that I managed to get in every single first prototype that was listed to me.<br> Including that Obama picture. @@ -1069,7 +1089,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Tarranon:</i> <i>A universe is born anew - a starry expanse of which one might catch only a vivid glimpse. Grandiose and immense beyond all rationality, the Genesis Frog bears the creation of a new reality within.</i> - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [Universal frog!<br> I bet it's quite slippery...<br> ..cuz it's Slick. Get it?] @@ -1084,15 +1104,17 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/UuxoqLL5Yvs Cover Artists: - Mixt +Art Tags: +- Victory Platform Commentary: |- <i>Tarranon:</i> <i>The cusp of victory, at a moment when it seems that it will be snatched away forever - the heroes stand proudly at the crest, knowing that they have succeeded beyond all hope or expectation.</i> <i>Mixt:</i> <i>You've all fought long and hard, faced and defeated great enemies, overcome incredible obstacles and achieved unbelievable feats. At last, you are here. - + And yet, for a moment, you hesitate. You think of all that has been lost on this journey - all for the sake of a new universe. And what will it be like, this creation of yours? How will you be as gods? - + You look around at your fellow players - friends with whom you've been through so much, accomplished the unimaginable - and you turn back to the door (so deceptively simply) before you. You reach for the knob and open...</i> --- Track: Gods of the New World [Universe Creation] @@ -1112,13 +1134,13 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Max Wright:</i> <i>Shh... close your eyes. Listen carefully.<br> To the birth of the New World.</i> - + I only have one thing to say about this piece, that it is meant to convey the emotions that would be felt when creating a universe - the epitome of achievement. I can only hope that I have managed to convey such feelings here. - + <i>invalidgriffin:</i> The moment I heard this song, even then when it was still half-finished, I gasped, sat back in my chair, and instantly felt unworthy. These guys are so ridiculously talented. The song covers the entirety of a growing universe, so it was difficult to pick just one stage. In the end, I decided on the Genesis Frog in His pond, surrounded by blooming lotus flowers. You can just barely see the end-game platform, where the victorious players are watching their new universe take form. --- -Group: Bonus tracks +Section: Bonus tracks --- Track: ~~~~BONUS~~~~ Directory: bonus-sburb-ost @@ -1157,7 +1179,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Brad Griffin:</i> Initially made to give [[artist:charles-neudorf|Crazy-8]] some ideas on how to continue his Skaia track, this piece is driven heavily by what he had already done. It's a medley of the other OST themes relating to Skaia, loosely shadowing the progression of Nannasprite's Skaia exposition. See if you can catch all the references! - + The art was kind of thrown together at the last minute. Check out the rad J.J. Abrams lens flare! --- Track: Melody && Form && Composition [Alchemiter] @@ -1179,9 +1201,9 @@ Commentary: |- Hahaha. <i>Haaa</i>. I had no idea what to do with this. The only thing I could think of was that using the Alchemiter would probably be very menu-intensive, so I should draw menus. And then I was like, okay, what kind of look should I go for here, I'm really only good at vector stuff but something pixelly and oldschool would be really neat... - + Ahhh well the short end of it is that I tossed Photoshop aside, opened up an old ANSI-based game creation engine I used to use back in the day and drew up some menus in that. - + Mmmm, pixels. --- Track: Take Flight [Battleship] @@ -1201,16 +1223,16 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Veritas Unae:</i> Take Flight was just an attempt at making a song I had running about in my head to do with the Battleships both sides have on Skaia's battlefield. It takes a couple of motifs from [[track:checkerboard-checkmate|Battlefield]] and [[track:check-the-chequered-castle|Castle]] themes but ultimately it came into its own. The trumpets take a harmony from the start of Battlefield, while the main repeated motif of [[track:check-the-chequered-castle|Castle]] is interspersed on different instruments throughout. The second violin brings in [[track:checkerboard-checkmate|Battlefield's theme]] briefly before the end. - + On the art, I asked Pseudonym if she'd be willing to draw some album art for me. I suggested the reflection of a battleship in Veritas' glasses, the Reckoning causing many ships to be struck by meteors and catch a-blaze. The sketch she drew was fantastic, and I'd like to extend many thanks to [[artist:brad-griffin|Avinoch]] for finishing the art up for us! - + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> I can't really speak to the concept behind this art piece. Pseudonym drew the original sketch for this, but was sadly unavailable to complete it. I just did a colours and shading pass. --- Track: Born to Die [Doomed Timeline] Directory: born-to-die Artists: -- ThiefofTruth +- TheifofTruth - Brad Griffin Duration: '1:52' URLs: @@ -1242,7 +1264,8 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Denizens Referenced Tracks: -- track:showtime-original-mix +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Showtime (Piano Refrain) Commentary: |- <i>Kevin Grant:</i> This song started out as a chiptune, but due to computer failures, I lost all of my work. I decided to remake it in non-chiptune form. It's supposed to sound menacing while at the same time spurring you into action. A real fight-or-die situation would have music like this. Overall, I just tried to have fun with this piece, drawing inspiration from songs like [[Chaotic Strength]] and [[Tomahawk Head]]. While I don't think the song is as good as it could be, other obligations (and further computer failures) caused me leave it a bit unpolished. @@ -1263,7 +1286,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) [.....<br> .......<br> .....] @@ -1284,20 +1307,20 @@ Cover Artists: Commentary: |- <i>Catboss:</i> <i>"Marcy, you can't do this!" - + "Yes I can. With Prospit winning on the battlefield, the Reckoning will be delayed indefinitely... or as long as I see fit." - + "No, you don't understand. Without the Reckoning, none of us would ever exist - you'll cause a time paradox-" - + "-That's a risk I'm willing to take." - + "It'll be the end of us all, Marcy!" - + "<b>Would you rather I end you? Right here, right now?</b>" - + "...so that's the way it's going to be, then."</i> <i>Shoona:</i> Uhh I don't really know what to say about it honestly??? - + It was a really last minute decision to do the art for it since prior to this I knew precisely jack shit about the project. There were better things I could have done but I had a really small time constraint. |