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diff --git a/album/the-wanderers.yaml b/album/the-wanderers.yaml index 340ccfe..43b0255 100644 --- a/album/the-wanderers.yaml +++ b/album/the-wanderers.yaml @@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF3092FD8EA59F218 Cover Artists: - Lauren Ross +Track Art File Extension: png Color: '#ffcc66' Groups: -- Official +- group:official Art Tags: - WV - PM @@ -16,11 +17,46 @@ Art Tags: - WK - Ruined Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Homestuck:</i> - 413 years in the future, all is devastation. Great lakes are now empty pits, sprawling cities are now rubble, and humanity is now extinct, fossilized under the endless blanket of sand that covers the Earth. - However, all is not lost. Exiled to our world through gates in space and time, a few brave, carapaced individuals toil to give our planet new hope. - They are... - The Wanderers. + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717121349/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/the-wanderers)) + + *413 years in the future, all is devastation. Great lakes are now empty pits, sprawling cities are now rubble, and humanity is now extinct, fossilized under the endless blanket of sand that covers the Earth.* + + *However, all is not lost. Exiled to our world through gates in space and time, a few brave, carapaced individuals toil to give our planet new hope.* + + *They are...* + + *The Wanderers.* + + (Comes with two bonus tracks: [[Vagabounce Remix|"Vagabounce Remix"]] by [[artist:david-ko]], and [[Tomahawk Head|"Tomahawk Head"]] by [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]] and [[artist:tensei|Joren "Tensei" de Bruin]]!) + + <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> ([MSPA news post](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717001331/http://mspaintadventures.com/)) + + The first, an Exile-centric album brought to you by a collection of artists. [[album:sburb|The second, a solo album composed by James Dever and performed by Erik Scheele.]] Both are great! + + Are you running out of room on your ipod yet? You might have to start deleting some of that crappy non-HS music soon. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110717121349/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/the-wanderers)) + + Includes music by:<br> + [[artist:seth-peelle|Seth "Beatfox" Peelle]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]]<br> + [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]]<br> + [[artist:nick-smalley]]<br> + [[artist:robert-j-lake]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:steve-everson]]<br> + [[artist:james-dever]]<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:malcolm-brown]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:tensei|Joren "Tensei" de Bruin]] + + Cover art by [[artist:lauren-ross|Lauren "Sock" Ross]] + + <i>Lauren Ross:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/luzerna/7604385333/andrewfussy-whaoanon), excerpt) + + I did the cover and header image for this!! I'VE BEEN WAITING SO DAMN LONG FOR AN EXILE ALBUM AND THEN IT FINALLY CAME AND IT'S REALLY GREAT AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ASKED TO ILLUSTRATE IT DFJSDJFSD I COULD HAVE CRIED TEARS OF JOY. *SO MANY TEARS OF JOY.* Banner Artists: - Lauren Ross Banner Dimensions: 1463x270 @@ -42,7 +78,7 @@ Additional Files: - banner.jpg - bg.jpg --- -Group: Main album +Section: Main album --- Track: Carapacian Dominion Artists: @@ -79,6 +115,7 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/TktueKyYBKs Cover Artists: - Carla Bravo +Cover Art File Extension: jpg Art Tags: - WV - PM @@ -103,12 +140,12 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- <i>Solatrus:</i> That was an episode of shenanigans with me and Mr. Nick Smalley. - We’re both huge Majora’s Mask fans (obviously we were inspired from Stone Tower Temple), and we think Wayward Vagabond is rad, so we wanted to make a walkabout inspired theme for him. - That’s really about it. + We're both huge Majora's Mask fans (obviously we were inspired from Stone Tower Temple), and we think Wayward Vagabond is rad, so we wanted to make a walkabout inspired theme for him. + That's really about it. Lots of time shifting shenanigans, too, especially on the drums and the digeridoo. - And Nick’s chiptunes went through some crazy filtering after I got my Oxygen 88 MIDI controller. + And Nick's chiptunes went through some crazy filtering after I got my Oxygen 88 MIDI controller. <i>Nick Smalley:</i> - Take one night goofing off with Jeremy; add FamiTracker, Jeremy’s newfound love for Grossbeat, and Majora’s Mask, and you pretty much have Gilded Sands. + Take one night goofing off with Jeremy; add FamiTracker, Jeremy's newfound love for Grossbeat, and Majora's Mask, and you pretty much have Gilded Sands. Seriously. --- Track: Years in the Future @@ -128,6 +165,22 @@ Art Tags: - Carapacians - Ruined Earth - Can Town +Commentary: |- + <i>Shad Andrews:</i> ([Tumblr](https://whaoanon-old.tumblr.com/post/7604054819)) + + Aaaa, aside from the democracy poster, this is the other thing for the exile album that I drew! + + Oh my god I’m just + + estatic. + + I got to help out, and the music is just SO GOOD. + + Homestuck music has come a LONG way. I remember when I first started Homestuck, all I listened to was the album music for…like, all summer! And then the BIIIIGGGG album came out and it was amazing. + + I have to download this soon so that I can have it for my biking music tomorrow when I run errands. + + <small>#feel good time</small> --- Track: Mayor Maynot Artists: @@ -140,7 +193,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - WV Referenced Tracks: -- Mailtime +- track:mailtime-blues-clues Sampled Tracks: - Judge Dredd Lyrics: |- @@ -151,14 +204,14 @@ Lyrics: |- MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR MAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOYUMEYUMEYUMEYUME<br>MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR MAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOYUMEYUMEYUMEYUME<br>MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR MAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOYUMEYUMEYUMEYUME<br>MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-MAY-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR-YR MAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOYUMEYUMEYUMEYUME MAY YER MAY YERMAY MAYER MAY YR-YR-Y-Y<br>MAYER MAYER MAYERMAYMAYYERMAY MAYMAYYERMAY YER YER~<br>MAY-MAY-YER-MAY MEH-MEH-YR-ME MAY-MAY-YER-MAY M-M-MAY-YER-MAY<br>MAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYO YER-MAY-YER-MAY YERRRRRRRRRRR~ YER. MAY, YER, MAY YER.<br>MAY, YER, MAY YERRRRR~! - (mail, mail, mail)<br>M, M, M, M HERE’S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS (behbehbehbeh)<br>HERE’S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS (behbehbehbeh???)<br>KEATON KEATON MAIL IT NEVER FAIL??? (behbeh)<br>MAIL MAIL MAIL IT WAGS MY TAIL - HERE’S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS,<br>IT MAKES ME WA-AN-NA WAG MY TAIL tail<br>WWWANNA WWWAG MY MAIL MAIL mmMMMMmmm<br>MAKES ME WANNA WAG MY TAIL. - HERE’S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>HERE’S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>HERE’S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>HERE’S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILailailails..!<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail) - HERE THE MAIL, IT NEVER EVER FAILS (behbehbehbeh)<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>HERE’S THE MAIL, IT NEVER EH-EVER FAILS (BOO BEH)<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>MAIL MAYMAY MAIL MAY MAIL MAYMAYMAYMAYMAYMHMHMAY<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>HEEHEE NENEV-R FAILSVERFAILSFA MAFAHEFAILS MAIL~ MAIL + (mail, mail, mail)<br>M, M, M, M HERE'S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS (behbehbehbeh)<br>HERE'S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS (behbehbehbeh???)<br>KEATON KEATON MAIL IT NEVER FAIL??? (behbeh)<br>MAIL MAIL MAIL IT WAGS MY TAIL + HERE'S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS,<br>IT MAKES ME WA-AN-NA WAG MY TAIL tail<br>WWWANNA WWWAG MY MAIL MAIL mmMMMMmmm<br>MAKES ME WANNA WAG MY TAIL. + HERE'S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>HERE'S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>HERE'S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>HERE'S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILailailails..!<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail) + HERE THE MAIL, IT NEVER EVER FAILS (behbehbehbeh)<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>HERE'S THE MAIL, IT NEVER EH-EVER FAILS (BOO BEH)<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>MAIL MAYMAY MAIL MAY MAIL MAYMAYMAYMAYMAYMHMHMAY<br>(mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail)<br>HEEHEE NENEV-R FAILSVERFAILSFA MAFAHEFAILS MAIL~ MAIL HE THE MAY THEMAY MAYMAY-MAY-MAY<br>HE THE MAY THEMAY MAYMAY-MAY-MAY<br>m-m-MAIL-m-m-MAIL-m-m-MAIL-m-m-MAIL-MAY m-m-m-m-MAY m-m-MAIL m-m-MAY-MAIL HE THE MAY THEMAY MAYMAY-MAY-MAY<br>HE THE MAY THEMAY MAYMAY-MAY-MAY<br>I AM THE LAW (mail mail mail mail mail mail mail mail) MAY YER MAY YER MAYER MAY MAYER MAY<br>MAY YER MAY YER MAY YERMAY YER MAYER<br>MAY YER MAY YER MAYER MAY MAYER MAY<br>MAY YER MAY YER MAY YERMAYYERR~ - HERE’S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS<br>(MAY YER MAY YERMAY MAYER MAY YR-YR-Y-Y)<br>IT MAKES ME WA-AN-NA wwwWAG MY TAIL tail<br>(MAYER MAYER MAYERMAYMAYYERMAY MAYMAYYERMAY YER YER~)<br>HERE’S THE MAIL, IT NEVER EVER FAILS (boo)<br>(MAY-MAY-YER-MAY MEH-MEH-YR-ME MAY-MAY-YER-MAY M-M-MAY-YER-MAY)<br>it MAKES ME WA-AN-N-N-N-NA W-WAG MY TAIL-TAIL-TATA-T-T<br>(MAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYO YER-MAY-YER-MAY YERRRRRRRRRRR~) + HERE'S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS<br>(MAY YER MAY YERMAY MAYER MAY YR-YR-Y-Y)<br>IT MAKES ME WA-AN-NA wwwWAG MY TAIL tail<br>(MAYER MAYER MAYERMAYMAYYERMAY MAYMAYYERMAY YER YER~)<br>HERE'S THE MAIL, IT NEVER EVER FAILS (boo)<br>(MAY-MAY-YER-MAY MEH-MEH-YR-ME MAY-MAY-YER-MAY M-M-MAY-YER-MAY)<br>it MAKES ME WA-AN-N-N-N-NA W-WAG MY TAIL-TAIL-TATA-T-T<br>(MAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYO YER-MAY-YER-MAY YERRRRRRRRRRR~) YER. MAY, YER, MAY YER. (TAIL. MAIL, MAIL, MAY TAIL.)<br>MAY, YER, MAY YERRRRR~! (MAIL, MAIL, MAY MAILLLL~.) --- Track: We Walk @@ -169,6 +222,7 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/0DILZ3Qi_Wg Cover Artists: - Emi +Cover Art File Extension: jpg Art Tags: - WV - PM @@ -177,18 +231,22 @@ Art Tags: - Serenity - Ruined Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> - My most recent contribution to Homestuck’s music, and another of my favourites. This piece is actually pretty old, going back to before Volume 5, where it was much simpler (playing out more like a round) and with poorer sound quality in general. Like most of my music it was inspired by a similar piece from somewhere else - in this case, the original Bionicle flash adventure game that used to be on the Lego website way back. If you’ve played it, you might notice the similarity, at least as far as instrumentation goes. It had been many years since I’d last even seen the game, long after it fell off the site, so I couldn’t recognise what I liked about the piece and so the imitation I’d made was pretty poor! - Fast forward a year or two. Some discussion with internet friends had led me to find that old flash game again, and I heard my old favourite tune in all its glory (significantly less glorious than I remembered; nostalgia does that to you). Still, it showed me the main place I was going wrong, which was that I’d neglected harmony. All of the three or four lines of music that piece had were monophonic, making a really drab sound, while what I needed where chords. A stupid mistake? Sure, it was, but then, I wasn’t that good a musician when I first wrote the piece. I started over, applying all the experience I’d got both from writing music and simply listening to it with a critical ear to get my main contribution to the Wanderers album, and something I could be proud of. + <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/19896197965/could-you-do-some-commentary-on-your-homestuck), excerpt) + + My most recent contribution to Homestuck's music, and another of my favourites. This piece is actually pretty old, going back to before [[album:homestuck-vol-5|Volume 5]], where it was much simpler (playing out more like a round) and with poorer sound quality in general. Like most of my music it was inspired by a similar piece from somewhere else - in this case, [the original Bionicle flash adventure game](https://biomediaproject.com/bmp/play/web-games/mnog/) that used to be on the Lego website way back. If you've played it, you might notice the similarity, at least as far as instrumentation goes. It had been many years since I'd last even seen the game, long after it fell off the site, so I couldn't recognise what I liked about the piece and so the imitation I'd made was pretty poor! + + Fast forward a year or two. Some discussion with internet friends had led me to find that old flash game again, and I heard my old favourite tune in all its glory (significantly less glorious than I remembered; nostalgia does that to you). Still, it showed me the main place I was going wrong, which was that I'd neglected harmony. All of the three or four lines of music that piece had were monophonic, making a really drab sound, while what I needed where chords. A stupid mistake? Sure, it was, but then, I wasn't that good a musician when I first wrote the piece. I started over, applying all the experience I'd got both from writing music and simply listening to it with a critical ear to get my main contribution to the Wanderers album, and something I could be proud of. --- Track: Requiem for an Exile Artists: -- Solatrus +- James Dever +- Solatrus (production) Duration: '2:01' URLs: - https://youtu.be/aAphwUVKFm4 Cover Artists: - Zilleniose +Cover Art File Extension: jpg Art Tags: - WV - PM @@ -198,8 +256,8 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:requiem Commentary: |- <i>Solatrus:</i> - I made James’s great composition sound, well, better. Imagine it without the panning, without the reverb, etc. - I’d be a bit flat sounding! + I made James's great composition sound, well, better. Imagine it without the panning, without the reverb, etc. + I'd be a bit flat sounding! --- Track: Raggy Looking Dance Artists: @@ -210,6 +268,7 @@ URLs: - https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/raggy-looking-dance Cover Artists: - Zilleniose +Cover Art File Extension: jpg Art Tags: - WV - PM @@ -226,6 +285,7 @@ Cover Artists: - Khoroshonov Art Tags: - WK +- Skaia --- Track: Litrichean Rioghail Artists: @@ -238,7 +298,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - PM Referenced Tracks: -- track:explore +- Explore Commentary: |- <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> Aaah this one. This caused me a bit of unexpected grief, but we'll get to that. @@ -284,11 +344,11 @@ Lyrics: |- Commentary: |- <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> The Wanderers is my favorite Homestuck album. Its focused premise, interesting takes on a theme, and general aesthetic all appeal to me. Not to mention the fact that it contains some of the best songs in the Homestuck discography. This song is not one of those. - I don’t mean to sell myself short, but What a Daring Dream is hard to appreciate on its own as music, and this was intentional. As a matter of fact, I wrote it to underscore WV’s dream sequence, which is one of my favorite parts of Homestuck. And even then, my approach wasn’t as programmatic as Malcolm’s, as he had the same idea with his track, Nightmare. Funny enough, we even ended up giving our pieces the same title, but he was generous enough to change his so that I could keep mine. Of course, because of this the two songs compliment each other very well, and make for a great double-closer to the album. - I composed What a Daring Dream long before we officially started production on The Wanderers. I actually made the first version of it very shortly after that update came out, it being one of those quick flashes of inspiration. In terms of musical influence, there are a few musical cues from Neon Genesis Evangelion that sounded like the direction I wanted to take. All the ones I listened to had this sort of “stuck in your own head” sort of approach to them, which of course is very suited to their subject matter, and that was the reason I thought this sort of music would be perfect for my piece. - I wanted the music to be very hazy and meditative, very much like a dream (naturally). Unclear sounds fading in and out, soft messages you’re not quite sure you’re hearing. The use of Morse code was an obvious choice, though I did not have the patience to translate every single line of code in that sequence. I just used the same sample repeatedly, altered it a bit, and panned the two versions of it to each side of the mix. I did, however, think it would be worth my time to whisper the English translation of the Morse code, so throughout the piece you hear my voice narrating ever so slightly in the background, even up to Vriska’s dialogue. - The instrumentation was a lucky coincidence since I modeled parts of it off the Evangelion score, and those happened to fit the very broad “Eastern music” theme we were going for for the most part. So the piece turned out to be a great candidate for the album and I worked on it a lot more before submitting it to be on there. Overall it was one of the most fun songs I’ve had the pleasure of making for Homestuck, and the fact that it spooked some people is an added bonus. - Speaking of bonuses, Noot did the art we used for this track. It was one of a few pieces of track art that weren’t commissioned. I happened to be looking around for artists and saw this, and I already knew it was perfect. + I don't mean to sell myself short, but What a Daring Dream is hard to appreciate on its own as music, and this was intentional. As a matter of fact, I wrote it to underscore WV's dream sequence, which is one of my favorite parts of Homestuck. And even then, my approach wasn't as programmatic as Malcolm's, as he had the same idea with his track, Nightmare. Funny enough, we even ended up giving our pieces the same title, but he was generous enough to change his so that I could keep mine. Of course, because of this the two songs compliment each other very well, and make for a great double-closer to the album. + I composed What a Daring Dream long before we officially started production on The Wanderers. I actually made the first version of it very shortly after that update came out, it being one of those quick flashes of inspiration. In terms of musical influence, there are a few musical cues from Neon Genesis Evangelion that sounded like the direction I wanted to take. All the ones I listened to had this sort of "stuck in your own head" sort of approach to them, which of course is very suited to their subject matter, and that was the reason I thought this sort of music would be perfect for my piece. + I wanted the music to be very hazy and meditative, very much like a dream (naturally). Unclear sounds fading in and out, soft messages you're not quite sure you're hearing. The use of Morse code was an obvious choice, though I did not have the patience to translate every single line of code in that sequence. I just used the same sample repeatedly, altered it a bit, and panned the two versions of it to each side of the mix. I did, however, think it would be worth my time to whisper the English translation of the Morse code, so throughout the piece you hear my voice narrating ever so slightly in the background, even up to Vriska's dialogue. + The instrumentation was a lucky coincidence since I modeled parts of it off the Evangelion score, and those happened to fit the very broad "Eastern music" theme we were going for for the most part. So the piece turned out to be a great candidate for the album and I worked on it a lot more before submitting it to be on there. Overall it was one of the most fun songs I've had the pleasure of making for Homestuck, and the fact that it spooked some people is an added bonus. + Speaking of bonuses, Noot did the art we used for this track. It was one of a few pieces of track art that weren't commissioned. I happened to be looking around for artists and saw this, and I already knew it was perfect. --- Track: Nightmare Artists: @@ -298,6 +358,7 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/CVxTL43Czuc Cover Artists: - Left +Cover Art File Extension: jpg Art Tags: - WV - Carapacians @@ -317,7 +378,7 @@ Commentary: |- I quite like this one. I'm not fully sold on the odd sound effects since they're always a bit gimmicky, but the overall theme kinda works. The name was fairly obvious - I did attempt to call it "What a daring Nightmare" but Alex Rosetti beat me to it. Also hey, 4:13. Love it when that happens. --- -Group: Bonus tracks +Section: Bonus tracks --- Track: Vagabounce Remix Artists: @@ -327,11 +388,12 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/P_pCaNbhExo Cover Artists: - Noot +Cover Art File Extension: jpg Art Tags: - WV - Ruined Earth Referenced Tracks: -- track:vagabounce +- Vagabounce --- Track: Tomahawk Head Artists: @@ -342,16 +404,21 @@ URLs: - https://youtu.be/vqs4yf_Fs4I Cover Artists: - Lexxy +Cover Art File Extension: jpg Art Tags: - AR - Birds +MIDI Project Files: +- Title: MIDI by Unknown + Files: + - 'Tomahawk Head - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- <i>Tensei:</i> I always felt like this song was in a bit of an unfortunate position, being a bonus song on the Wanderers album, which basically meant that only people who bought the album or those who specifically scoured youtube for it would get to hear it. - So I’m gonna bring it to your attention and hopefully someone will be hearing it for the first time! + So I'm gonna bring it to your attention and hopefully someone will be hearing it for the first time! Tomahawk Head was pretty much a full-on collaborative effort between me and Radiation. We had already done some stuff together with the full version of MeGaLoVaNia, but this song was a much more even split IMO. Radiation basically wrote most of the composition in midi form, and I had the task of unleashing my samples and live guitar on it. I also did some minor rewrites, like fleshing out the acoustic middle-section as well as adding the guitar solo section. - This song was intended as ARs theme, and uses a lot of (stereotypically) Native American instrumentation. In that sense, it kinda reminds me of a lot of Jade/Bec themes, where there’s an obvious eastern Asian vibe, even though thematically there’s no real canonical connection between Jade and eastern Asian culture. - I actually consider this a really cool use of ethnic instrumentation. It’s not even the fact that it deliberately tries to go against a stereotype to make a point, but rather that it treats the ethnic instruments as any other: it makes use of the characteristics of the sounds to underline a particular situation or character, and ignores any cultural connotations of the instrument. - When you think about it, it’s pretty silly to assume that Jade has to be Asian because some songs associated with her use ethnic instrumentation. In that sense, I might as well claim that Rose has to be Italian, because hey, that’s where violins originally came from! - At the end of the movie Kill Bill, there’s a final showdown between The Bride and O-ren Ishii. They’re both wielding katanas and the setting is a very stereotypical, snow-covered japanese garden. You would THINK that you’d at least get some taiko drums as a backing, but nope. The song that plays is “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by Santa Esmeralda, which can best be described as a flamenco/disco hybrid. And it fits PERFECTLY. + This song was intended as ARs theme, and uses a lot of (stereotypically) Native American instrumentation. In that sense, it kinda reminds me of a lot of Jade/Bec themes, where there's an obvious eastern Asian vibe, even though thematically there's no real canonical connection between Jade and eastern Asian culture. + I actually consider this a really cool use of ethnic instrumentation. It's not even the fact that it deliberately tries to go against a stereotype to make a point, but rather that it treats the ethnic instruments as any other: it makes use of the characteristics of the sounds to underline a particular situation or character, and ignores any cultural connotations of the instrument. + When you think about it, it's pretty silly to assume that Jade has to be Asian because some songs associated with her use ethnic instrumentation. In that sense, I might as well claim that Rose has to be Italian, because hey, that's where violins originally came from! + At the end of the movie Kill Bill, there's a final showdown between The Bride and O-ren Ishii. They're both wielding katanas and the setting is a very stereotypical, snow-covered japanese garden. You would THINK that you'd at least get some taiko drums as a backing, but nope. The song that plays is "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Santa Esmeralda, which can best be described as a flamenco/disco hybrid. And it fits PERFECTLY. In that sense, I think that this song too fits AR very well, even though his character has fuck-all to do with Native American culture. |