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diff --git a/album/act-7.txt b/album/act-7.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 60c0f04d..00000000 --- a/album/act-7.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -Album: Act 7 -Artist: Clark Powell, Toby Fox -Cover Art: Homestuck -Track Art: Homestuck -Wallpaper Art: Homestuck -Date: April 13, 2016 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #c7ff43 -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9-10-with-s-collide-and-act-7 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsMeamXcE8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Overture (Canon Edit) -Duration: 9:00 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/overture-canon-edit-2 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPsMeamXcE8 -References: -- I - Overture -- track:doctor -- track:sburban-jungle -- Black Hole / Green Sun diff --git a/album/alternia.txt b/album/alternia.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e7f8048c..00000000 --- a/album/alternia.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,448 +0,0 @@ -Album: Alternia -Artist: Toby Fox -Cover Art: Cindy Dominguez, Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Cindy Dominguez, Andrew Hussie -Date: July 18, 2010 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Track Art Date: October 25, 2017 -Color: #cc44ff -Groups: -- Toby Fox -- Official -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alterniabound-with-alternia -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwQNcM_QhYI -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYhdhHfN2xDpqsbieSVEmK_OYNgAYgZEZ -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Hey, just a brief (LOL JK) message from the guy who made this album - Toby "Radiation" Fox, if for some reason you haven't seen that name anywhere yet. - First, thank you so much for buying this!!! I haven't been composing music for very long but I greatly enjoy doing it, so I composed these tracks as a fun way to make some money for college. I also created this album primarily to challenge my own creative limits; I'm usually known for creating hard-rocking, fast-pumping tunes with very obvious video game overtones. With this album I tried to show that I can manufacture a soundscape beyond that... that sometimes I'm capable of variety! (probably not what you'd normally expect from me! SORRY BROS) - Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish the track for the fourteenth troll, Larry, whose track is comprised entirely of the sounds of horses neighing. It was a new genre Andrew and I invented together, and with it I would have consummated my quest to create every type of music known (and unknown) to man. The fact that I didn't finish that track is my only real regret. It keeps me in tears. But overall, aside from that one little fluke, I'm happy with the amount of stuff I was able to pull off, and the amount of improvement I made because I decided to defy the notions of my original style. - So how did this all start, anyway? - The scene: Late May 2010. I was talking to Andrew Hussie (as we are soul twins) when I asked him if I could do a solo album called "Alternia." Alternia's idea was thusly: The trolls have an entire game that none of us would probably ever see in any detail. Taking free reign over this unscripted world, I would go ahead and make a soundtrack to their game session as a parallel to that of the kids, mocking the tracks found in the early Homestuck albums - [[track:harlequin|Harlequin]] would be recalled by a track called [[track:crustacean]], [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]] by [[Showdown]], [[track:aggrieve]] by Aggrave, [[track:sburban-jungle]] would be [[Skaian Summoning]], and the list went on. When fully-formed this album would form an alternate "troll version" of the original Homestuck albums, revealing the similarity in the alternate worlds through song - hence the name "Alternia." - Obviously Andrew was fine with this idea. (Unless in fact you are reading this in the alternate universe where the album was canceled and replaced with the other one we were planning. The one filled with horse neighs.) In fact, he only had one thing to say against my original concept. - I said: "We're not gonna see their game session." - He said: "Whoops don't be so sure!" - And then on 6/12, the troll game session arc started. WHOOPS AGAIN. - Luckily, I was there the exact moment the arc started, and I rushed to the forums to enter "Alternia" in the suggestion box. Hilariously enough, my name was chosen to be the planet's name (Alternia I mean. Although I'm sure Planet Radman McDoucheface was a close second in Andrew's mind). If I hadn't been able to post in the suggestion box when he was choosing the planet's name, and it was named something else, I probably just would have renamed the album "Hivebent." (Or "Radman McDoucheface's BIG HITS.") - By that point I had only completed 4 tracks - [[Showdown]], [[track:crustacean|Crustacean]], [[Skaian Summoning]], and [[Theme|"Theme,"]] the latter of which I had to scrap because it was too nice-sounding for the trolls, to phrase it terribly. As Hivebent kept updating I realized that I really couldn't do whatever I wanted with the album because we were actually seeing the trolls' world. I decided that I would just scrap the parallelism and make a track for whatever struck my fancy. And boy was my fancy struck. My fancy resonated rapidly and colly, generating sweet, sweet overtones to each of Andrew's inspiring updates until I had accidentally created a track for every single troll and then some. (Maybe if Larry had debuted in the comic I would have finished that track. Blame Andrew.) - Now that I think about it, I guess that by making music for points in Hivebent without any established tracks as themes for the trolls, I imitated the first couple of albums in their sort of brave, musical pioneer sort of feeling more than I might have if I had chosen to parallel them completely and more literally, track by track. - So that's that story. - Also I'd like to clarify that this album is supposed to be 12 tracks long, but I can't stop myself from making music when the opportunity arises. So now the album is 12 tracks long, plus a bunch of accidental bonus songs. - Now, as if I haven't gone on long enough, let me toss some rude thank-yous towards some particular people: - - Cindy for being chill with this whole thing and helping me set it up. Also for being an awesome fan. - - Andrew for unintentionally inspiring me to make music to go with almost every update he's ever made (and the ones he hasn't). - - Alex Rosetti (Albatross Soup) for being a cool dude and giving me pointers on some of these tracks. - - My brother James for listening to my stuff. - - Seth Peelle (Beatfox) for being unreasonably nie and supportive. - - My radio listeners for being chill, nice dudes and dudettes, especially the radiologists (Blueberry, SHaon, angela, and Linnet). - - AndrewNeo and Solatrus for helping that radio exist and encouraging it (skaianet, too). - - The FanGamer / Starmen.net / RadioPSI crowd for putting up with my lazy bullcrap. - - You, by supporting my music with your cash and/or ears (JOIN MY FACEBOOK FAN PAGE). - - Larry, for being the best troll. - <hr> - <blockquote><i>Raised from infancy by the mysterious but melodious Rhythm Monks, Toby set out at the age of 10 in pursuit of a single goal: to be the master of all the beats. After years of travelling, he has clearly achieved this goal. None dare challenge him to a battle of rap; humiliating defeat would be the only possible outcome. He is the champion. Today, always in search of a challenge, he has moved on to musically depicting cyborg tits.<br><br>He's pretty cool.</i></blockquote> - <i>-minibiography written by Linnet, and is presumed to be 100% accurate</i> - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - as with [[album:homestuck-vol-5]], track art for [[album:alternia]] and [[album:alterniabound]] is from the <a href="https://alterniaart.tumblr.com/">Alternia/Bound</a> track art anthology projects! original track arts, which were largely (though not entirely) just crops of panels from the webcomic, have been left in the commentary for each track. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crustacean -Track Art: Kirvia -Duration: 1:31 -Art Tags: -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crustacean-2 -- https://youtu.be/U5CGEwHZoss -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (CG Sprite Theme) - [[track:harlequin|Harlequin]] (partial) was the first track of Homestuck. Therefore it only makes sense to have something similar be the first track of Alternia. It's not the craziest or intensest thing, so I hope people aren't put off by its inclusion at the very beginning. I feel like it fits the start of the album well though - the variety in noise channels and the oddness of the melody and chords give it a bit of a laid-back "alien" feeling that I feel encapsulates Hivebent. In short, it's the scenesetter track ([[Sunsetter|Sunsetter???]] NOPE). - In any case, hopefully Mark J. Hadley won't sue me for CREATIVE LICENSE. - Oh yeah, Cindy (Betelgeuse) says this track reminds her of an undersea carnival, and that the ending is when all of the underwater elephants are climbing up on top of each other, about to topple down. And that's why it's the best part. - I think that's the best way to describe this song. - Just don't try any other way. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/crustacean.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showdown -Track Art: sicklydoodles -Duration: 1:43 -Art Tags: -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showdown-2 -- https://youtu.be/5mdkmTXDG2I -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (CG Battle Theme) - [[track:showtime-original-mix|John's battle theme]] is simple with a heroic theme. It's catchy and brilliantly written. - Karkat's battle theme is almost needlessly complicated with sometimes obnoxious rhythms. - There's some contrast here. In fact, when I was paralleling the original albums, Alex Rosetti (Albatross Soup) told me that it didn't work as a parallel because it was a little bit too... all-over-the-place. But in the end I feel like this works for Karkat. After all, he's a ride, indifferent guy, and wouldn't settle for any song that he couldn't firmly rage to. - Interestingly, the melody was created by just stringing notes together until they made an interesting rhythmic and melodic arrangement. Then I added harmony and a disturbing amount of manual vibrato. When I was making it I worried that the melody would sound too forced or forgettable (especially given the way I created it), but in the end it turned out alright. - This is a good time to note that I use a VST to emulate the sounds of the Nintendo, not Famitracker (which gives real NES sounds). When I tried to change the pulse mid-note on my VST to get some Virt-esque instrumentation, it kept giving me this static clicking sound. BARF! So that's why the instruments stay the same throughout. I aplogize if the homogeneity bothers you but I figured that the melody was badass enough that its unchanging pulse width is irrelevant. - One last note: At the time of writing this (July 17th) I'm still not credited for this in the comic. Are you reading this, Andrew? Did you forget something???????????? - ?????????????????????????????????????? - no wait let me count these out - ???????? - ok that's better. now I am the biggest jerk. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/showdown.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: mIrAcLeS -Track Art: scatterpunk -Duration: 2:31 -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- Gamzee's lusus -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/miracles-2 -- https://youtu.be/ztovKMiiolU -Commentary: - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/miracles.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -Lyrics: - Miracles<br>Miracles<br>Miracles - Miracles<br>Miracles - Miracles<br>Miracles<br>Miracles - Miracles -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (TC's Theme) - Gamzee's getting high off some pies. - This piece was heavily inspired by EarthBound, which has a really unique, trippy feeling in a lot of its music that I really wanted to emulate here. To maximize this trippiness I added a lot of notes panning from ear to ear, covered in gobs of vibrato. I also put tons of vibrato on the drums (!??!) to make them sound ludicrous and actively shifted the pitch of the chimes so it sounds like they're dropping through a wormhole. Then I reversed a glockenspiel and stole some singing from Chrono Trigger. Whew! - So now when people ask you "how does this piece even work, man," you know the answer. It's right up there. - MIRACLES. - PS - Andrew wanted to put a ton of honking on this track to the point that the actual music was undiscernable. He actually linked me to some free sound websites and told me to register. I guess in that way, this track is off-character for Gamzee. If he wants the honking he's going to have to do it himself and make it a bonus track; I think I'm more content with this track than any of the other oens and I don't think it needs to be ruined by anything except my own voice saying "MIRACLES..." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Lemonsnout Turnabout -Track Art: rose-ebottles -Duration: 2:23 -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Scalemates -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lemonsnout-turnabout-2 -- https://youtu.be/pvgyx0w8B1E -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (GC's Courtroom Scene) - Terezi (played by the harpsichord) finds Lemonsnout (played by the oboe) at the scene of the crime, red-handed. Or red-snouted, whichever. There is a panning shot to the courthouse which looms ominously, covering the horizon. - Later, in the courtroom, Lemonsnout weeps for his innocence as the infernal grandfather clock tick-tocks in the background. It's the kind of ticking that resonates with a man's heartbeat. It resonates. - Tick tick. - But will the jury listen to a man like that? SUSPENSE. - Lemonsnout's weeping proves to be fruitless. The trial begins and Terezi refutes his alibi, the evidence on his side falls through, and it looks as if Lemonsnout is deservedly doomed. - However, a glimmer of hope appears - but it appears only to be swiftly extinguished by Terezi's quick wit and sharp tongue (he really does taste like lemons). - Lemonsnout then goes mad, screaming of his innocence until he is forced to concede. ORDER IN THE CORT. ORDER, the judge yells. LAW. LAW! - Fortunately, the judge decides that fate will give Lemonsnout one last chance. Terezi flips the coin, walking slowly towards the now-shaking Lemonsnout. The verdict is observed: - JUSTICE IS BLIND, YOU FOOL!! - (Lemonsnout screams as he is thrown out the window.) - THE END - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/the-lemonsnout-turnabout.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Phaze and Blood -Track Art: floralmarsupial -Duration: 1:38 -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/phaze-and-blood-2 -- https://youtu.be/fNsqqoGNLpE -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (CG's Medium) - A dark sort of [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre|Atomyk Ebonpyre]]-y theme for Karkat's medium. The main melody is oddly catchy. - I had a lot of trouble making this piece because the synthesizer I use to emulate the instruments that sound like they come from a Sega Genesis can only have a couple instances of itself open at once before Fruity Loops basically buckles at the knees and runs out of processing power. I ultimately had to render each part individually and stitch them together in Audacity. - My inspiration for this track (and I think superior to it even as a theme for Karkat's medium, at least for the first few notes) is "Burn in the Dark" from Brandish 3. Fantastic track from an awesome-terrible video game with a wicked soundtrack. - BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRN BABY BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRN. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/phaze-and-blood.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: psych0ruins -Track Art: porrim-maryam -Duration: 2:15 -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/psych0ruins-2 -- https://youtu.be/ueccsD074a8 -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (AA Ruins Theme) - I originally wrote the chord progression (and arpeggios) to this song while I was still trying to go through with the original concept for Alternia. I was hoping I could make an alien-sounding song for Karkat's medium using only the hazy skies seen from his window as the inspiration. Unfortunately I only got a few measures done before I ran out of inspiration, and then we saw The Land of Pulse and Haze and I knew this piece was done for. Fortunately I was able to raise what I had written so far from the dead in the form of this track. - Somehow I synthesized that crying sound by accident, but I felt like it was entirely fitting as the mourning of the dead. So I stuck it everywhere. - This track reminds me of Illusion of Gaia and La-Mulana kind of. Two games with a lot of ruins and a bunch of ghosts, dead people, and mysteries. The part at the end in particular reminds me a lot of La-Mulana, because that game is prone to very full synth solos with a lot of bending pitch affairs. - Today just found out AA was dead all along... this theme seems a lot more haunting now. - Fitting. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/psych0ruins.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Walls Covered in Blood -Track Art: lime-time -Duration: 2:00 -Samples: -- Mario Paint -Art Tags: -- Nepeta -- Nepeta's lusus -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/walls-covered-in-blood-2 -- https://youtu.be/REM1E8wC3Gs -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (AC's Theme) - Mario Paint. If you don't know what that is, you might not appreciate this song. - I really wanted to make a samba with those terrible, lo-fi instruments. So I did. and now I am perfectly content to meow as I please. - But some people might not like my choice to sacrifice sound quality for nostalgic novelty - that's why I made the [[Walls Covered in Blood DX|DX version]]. (Just for little whiners like you.) - Hopefully this piece is successfully cute. As cute as the fabled mountain of cute? I don't think so. I can only hope. If it is, please tell me. I will be so proud. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/walls-covered-in-blood.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, -Track Art: deuxknives -Duration: 1:37 -Art Tags: -- Tavros -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/desperado-rocket-chairs-2 -- https://youtu.be/KPYJ9TuXZmQ -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (AT Desperado Rocket Chair Joust Theme) - I made this the day I saw AT in a wheelchair in the comic with DAT LANCE. - I don't want to say this is his strife theme because I actually think it would be different than this. But I'll save that for another day. Another album. Another universe. - The important part is that this piece is based around a very certain image I have in my head, and nothing else. - uM, wHAT, - wHAT WOULD THAT IMAGE, - bE, - desperado rocket chair joust duh. FLY FLY FIGHT THEM OFF TAVROS - (Actually, I could see the jousting donation page using this song... Andrew, how much money does it cost for me to request an [S] donation page...?) - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/desperado-rocket-chairs.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Death of the Lusii -Track Art: Aeritus -Duration: 2:00 -References: -- track:crustacean -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- Gamzee's lusus -- cw: animal death -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/death-of-the-lusii-2 -- https://youtu.be/mrflmgFRrYo -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (Lusus Death Theme) - Not much to say on this one. If you couldn't tell, it's kind of a remix of [[track:crustacean]]. - AND IT'S KINDA SAD. - ALL THE LUSII ARE DYING. - THE SUN WON'T COME OUT TO PLAY. - MY SQUIDDLE DOLL HAS A STOMACHE-ACHE. - Et cetera. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/death-of-the-lusii.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Virgin Orb -Track Art: allyssinian -Duration: 2:23 -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/virgin-orb-2 -- https://youtu.be/mrflmgFRrYo -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (GA's Theme) - I made this 7/8 piece a long time ago, but I feel like it fit well for GA, so I revamped it. It's kind of ghostly and alien in its presentation. But it's also kind of flighty and... caring? There's no way for me to pin this song down with words. Words are heavy. This song is pure flight. The two don't mix. Just listen. - The drums that come in halfway were basically inspired by the Coffee Scene from EarthBound. Really similar stuff there. That song also inspired Gamzee's tune. I guess I just really like it a lot. - What I really imagine is GA walking up in the dream world and flying around, observing the blue orb in the sky and admiring the environment around her. Then she goes and finds AT, wakes him up, and he's totally pumped and happy and flies around doing loop-de-loops. And he's really thankful and all, and kind of wimpy living out his fantasies with his friend watching him. - And then at the end of the piece they both go back to sleep, so they can wake up. - ( ) - ... and die. - (I imagine that GA would be on the other moon than Tavros actually, but... now that I think about it, wouldn't it be fitting if the two "teams" were split up according which moon they were on? So maybe it's not too far-fetched that I'm thinking this.) - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/virgin-orb.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The La2t Frontiier -Track Art: Kirvia -References: Sunsetter, Guile's Theme -Duration: 1:50 -Art Tags: -- Sollux -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-la2t-frontiier-2 -- https://youtu.be/aPd9mP7ZrlY -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (TA and the Trolls vs. Sgrub) - ALL right, team. - Let's go out there and DO this. - what-EVER IT TAKES. - I DON'T CARE IF YOU NEED TO TURN THE SOUND UP TO PLAY IT. - I DON'T CARE IF THAT MEANS USING YOUR CRAPPY MEGAMAN X GUITARS. - I DON'T CARE IF YOU USE OUT OF TUNE SYNTH BRASS. - I DON'T CARE IF YOU PUT [[Guile's Theme|GUILE'S THEME]] AND [[Sunsetter|SUNSETTER]] IN THERE. - AND I DON'T CARE IF WE LOSE. - BECAUSE - WE - WON'T. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/the-la2t-frontiier.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Summoning -Track Art: scatterpunk -Duration: 2:22 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-summoning-2 -- https://youtu.be/gWBlVTuyp0s -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (The Day the World Died) - but - is there anything i can do to change your mind? - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/skaian-summoning.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Thirteenth Hour -Track Art: Homestuck -Cover Art Date: July 18, 2010 -Duration: 2:10 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-thirteenth-hour-2 -- https://youtu.be/SixKHx18sqk -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (UU's Theme) - ????????????? - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - thanks to an emailer working with Monckat for helping find the original artwork for this track! - here's the original art put up on the wiki for this track, by foreverFlummoxed: - <i>foreverFlummoxed:</i> - <img src="media/misc/the-thirteenth-hour-ff.jpg" width="350" height="350"> - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - and here's another piece by Monckat: - <i>Monckat:</i> - <img src="media/misc/altcalbinarytrackart.gif" width="350" height="350"> - (the track art anthology for Alternia didn't include a fanart for this track.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spider's Claw -Track Art: fenkko -Duration: 0:37 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/spiders-claw -- https://youtu.be/ZA9M-ZpdlC8 -Art Tags: -- Vriska -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - <small>BONUS TRACKS (WHICH I MADE AFTER THE OTHER SONGS, SO THEY DONT NECESSARILY FIT OR FLOW WITH THE REST OF THE ALBUM)</small> - (AG's Battle Theme, short version) - Rude girls sometimes have bitchy battle themes~ - It's (painfully/venomously) short because my goal was to spend very little time on each bonus track, and just making a few measures was taking up a lot of time. Creating this was a lot of fun though! - I'd love to have had this as a normal track, but this track gives me the feeling that AG is only the kind of character that you play as while the world is ending, not during the regular game. - I'm also sure she has a different track if you fight her as a boss. Why don't you think about what that would sound like instead, little boy? - bluh bluh mwuh mwuh - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/spiders-claw.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Staring -Track Art: pbnj-art -Duration: 1:21 -Art Tags: -- Equius -- cw: asphyxiation (abstract) -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/staring -- https://youtu.be/4TUOfRlT1ks -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (CT's Unrevealed Theme) - I made this the day CT was first fully visible, before the update. He's a creep. So he stares. And it's creepy. And ominous. So here's your theme, complete with ambient chainsaws and coughing. - I'll be honest - you know all those free industrial soundfonts and creepy (but basically USELESS) presets that come with a bunch of free synths? I had way too many of those. So I decided to just make this. - Also this song is very similar (which I didn't realize until after I finished) to the second track to the Tamashii no Mon OST, which is one of the greatest OSTs to a hilarious and pretty damn cool gem for that crappy old system they call the PC98. (Brandish 3!!! Although I wasn't that keen on Lotus Land Story to be honest. That extra stage was abhorrent.) - Those chainsaws are from my favorite game, of course. But who didn't expect that? - This track is kind of hilarious in retrospect, after seeing what Equius has become. He really needs a nice manly abusive wifebeaterly wrestling theme with a lot of highfalutin' harpsichord sensibilities, you know what I mean? I do. Watch out. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/staring.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Keepers -Track Art: frantastically -Duration: 1:55 -Art Tags: -- Eridan -- Feferi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/keepers -- https://youtu.be/Sy3Au5UsykI -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (CC and CA Theme) - I knew nothing about these two when I made these. (And as of July 17th, I still don't.) I saw CC smiling in what seemed to be a non-malicious way (even though she was culling thigns) and I saw CA taking care of garbage on his island. So I made a sort of semi-melancholic happy-go-lucky island tune, becaus I figure they're sort of mean but genuinely care about the waterworld around them. - Plus I just wanted to make a song like this after hearing some nice movie soundtracks and thinking of Chrono Cross. So I did. I always feel like I'm ripping SOMETHING off when I make songs like these. Trust me when I say it's never conscious. I'm pretty sure you can find every measure individually in other songs somewhere. Oh well. I guess it's how I put them together that counts, right? - I asked Andrew and he said Caligula invented horse hugs. So there. - (I also told my mom that. She believed me.) - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/keepers.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Theme -Track Art: Sollay -Duration: 1:28 -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/theme-2 -- https://youtu.be/S2Pr-_j0qcc -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (Alternia Theme) - Not the theme to Hivebent. I made this before we had seen the trolls and how brutal they are. So it's overwhelmingly bittersweet and heartfelt. Entirely inappropriate. - Sorry. - That's the end. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/theme.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Walls Covered in Blood DX -Track Art: atissi -Duration: 2:01 -References: Walls Covered in Blood -Art Tags: -- Nepeta -- Nepeta's lusus -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/walls-covered-in-blood-dx-2 -- https://youtu.be/WPqca-NWV2k -Commentary: - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/walls-covered-in-blood-dx.jpg" width="350" height="350"> diff --git a/album/alterniabound.txt b/album/alterniabound.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 0789c8a2..00000000 --- a/album/alterniabound.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,784 +0,0 @@ -Album: AlterniaBound -Cover Art: Hanni Brosh -Wallpaper Art: Hanni Brosh, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Art: Hanni Brosh, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x166 -Date: March 14, 2011 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Track Art Date: October 25, 2017 -Color: #00a4a4 -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alterniabound-with-alternia -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZWO9QOZmD6A3TIK0wZ6xE2 -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Bad news for everyone. - This album is not here to explode your pants off. This album is not one that is going to give you a hemmorage from headbanging too much. If you want hard-rocking, excellently mastered, brainkilling tracks, look no further than Tensei's [[album:strife]] album. It should wet your whistle for heavy metal, and possibly any other multitude of wind instruments you present to its sweaty, testosterone-laden spray. - Instead. - This album is for a special group of people. The people that open the AlterniaBound flashes in one tab and then leave them on repeat, just so they can listen to Horschestra 4000 times. These are the people that complained incessantly when Eridan's theme wasn't on an album, even though it hadn't even existed in the comic yet. Some of these people have named their children after MSPA characters. - You terrible, wonderful people. This album is your fault. - Now go forth and enjoy: Not in MP3, but in WAV; not in OGG, but in FLAC. The nostalgia-rich AlterniaBound tracks you all sought so dearly have been padded out by new experiences, forged from feverish hearths by several of our greatest musical madmen in order to breathe new life into a setlist you saw long coming. The bonus tracks have been tweaked, the equalizers have been set, and the fans, the fans are stoked like the blazes these beats were born hence. Hopefully you will find the tracks carved out from these sick fires to be... sufficiently ill. - Now! Let it begin, young ones. Just keep in mind: - Once you pop, the games don't stop. - Oh, and the games. - WILL THEY EVER? - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - as with [[album:homestuck-vol-5]], track art for [[album:alternia]] and [[album:alterniabound]] is from the <a href="https://alterniaart.tumblr.com/">Alternia/Bound</a> track art anthology projects! original track arts, which were largely (though not entirely) just crops of panels from the webcomic, have been left in the commentary for each track. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Arisen Anew -Artist: Tensei -Track Art: vorpos -Duration: 2:55 -References: -- psych0ruins -- My Little Pony Theme -Samples: -- Dr. Who -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/arisen-anew-2 -- https://youtu.be/C0BYVRNGoEo -Commentary: - <i>Tensei:</i> - (Aradia's Homecoming) - When I made this track, I kinda felt like Aradia needed a new, very upbeat theme song for her god-tier dreamself to contrast her previous emotionless ghostly/robotic self. This song is also supposed to kinda chronicle her change from robot to god tier, which is reflected in the Vocaloid voice becoming gradually less robotic, and the introduction of more and more acoustic instruments as the song goes on, while the synthesizers take a backseat. - Radiation noted that the start of the song somewhat resembles the song "Fly Away Now" from the anime Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, which, for once, wasn't intentional, but is still quite appropriate, as both songs describe a transformation sequence. - Stylistically this song is really all over the place; I drew inspiration from Eurobeat, Dance, Shibuya-kei, Disco, Acid Jazz and even chiptunes, but I tried to all mold it into a distinct personal style of electronic music, rather than basing it on a single artist or song. - The voice sample is from the Dr. Who episode "Blink". - Coincidentally, the album version of this song is actually a version that was remastered at a lower volume level to fit in better with the album. The original versions (i.e. the versions that I mastered myself) of "Arisen Anew" and "She's a Sp8der" will be available for free in 192 kbps mp3 format on my tindeck account. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - So why start with this track? Tensei's album was last, so starting with another solid track by him starts us off with a good impression and holds the listener up from where they were. It's almost like an unofficial continuation of his album's narrative this way... sorta like musical fanfiction, I guess. - That, and the whole song kinda reminds me of an anime opening where Aradia undergoes a 3 minute transformation into a maid costume. Please imagine this. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/arisen-anew.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -Lyrics: - Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa<br>Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa<br>Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa<br>Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa<br>(<i>The princess of time stopped the dog</i>) - People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually—from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint—it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly... timey-wimey... stuff. - Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa<br>Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa<br>Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa<br>Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa<br>Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa<br>Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa<br>Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa<br>Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Karkat's Theme -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: gaylalondes -Duration: 1:58 -References: -- track:crustacean -Art Tags: -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/karkats-theme-2 -- https://youtu.be/8M5FxI_p5wg -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (Karkat Walkabout) - [[album:alternia|Alternia]] began when I created [[track:crustacean|Crustacean]]. - AlterniaBound began when Andrew asked me for a looping version of that track - Crustacean - to use in a flash. Initially this song was simply so, but after I learned more about the scope and depth of the AlterniaBound project... I decided that more of a change was in order for the track. (It was at that point that I also decided it would be cool to have some hidden tracks... leading to the early premiere of many tracks that would eventually be on [[album:homestuck-vol-6]]. - A little while ago, I finished the "final version" of this track. It's not incredibly melodic or wrenchingly dire like my usual fare, but it still remains one of my own personal favorites: - - It's pompous, alien, and goofy - in short, pretty accurate of Karkat and Alternia as a whole - - It subtly implies that tuba is Karkat's instrument of choice, which we all know is entirely true - - WHO THE FUCK LET THE ELEPHANTS IN HERE ARRRGH FUCKING GAMZEE - I hope you like it too. And if you don't, I hope it pisses you off as much as it annoys Karkat to have this song play wherever he goes. That's all I can hope for. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/karkats-theme.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Trollcops -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Melissa Peebles -Duration: 2:45 -References: track:under-the-hat -Art Tags: -- Sollux -- Terezi -- Scalemates -- cw: cops -- cw: hanging -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trollcops-2 -- https://youtu.be/agUl2xmrBuA -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - (Alternate Universe Intermission) - So this pretty much happened when Radiation went "yo jit make something" and I was like "okay", and then later I was like "bluuuuuuh don't know what to write", and then Radiation went "do trollcops", and I went "no that's dumb, stupid dumb, what is trollcops even", and Radiation went "DO IT JIT YOU BUTT", and I was like "NO RADIATION I HATE EVERYTHING". And then, Mellotron samples happened, and here we are. Also, it should be pointed out that in the version with vocals, [[Trollcops (Radio Play)]], there's a name drop of the fan music piece that htis is based off of. Yes, it takes this long to re-use things, sometimes. - Besides that, I dunno, just enjoy it. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Don't tell anyone, but this is actually a remix of one of Jit's old fansongs called [[track:under-the-hat-lofam]], which was a battle theme for Dad. So if your heart still pines for him... his soul and pipe are contained deep within this track. - So damn catchy and sleuthy. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/trollcops.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !! -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: fenkko -Duration: 2:48 -References: -- The Lemonsnout Turnabout -- Objection! 2001 -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bl1nd-just1c3-1nv3st1g4t1on-2 -- https://youtu.be/yg41u9AejSs -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - (Terezi Investigates) - Inspired by Lexxy's awesome Art Team Tip Jar wallpaper and the scene in which Terezi conducts a rather silly investigation RP into Tavros' murder. It's a delightful bit of dark humour sandwiched between lots of murder and grimdark. - It's a combination of her theme (Elements of 'The Lemonsnout Turnabout') blended into a track inspired by various pieces from the Pheonix Wright / Gyakuten Saiban games and a bit of those modern, dancey crime drama series' theme tunes (NCIS springs to mind). Sburban Countdown also makes an appearance because it's awesome and fits really well. - I've also tried to sync in bits of the story as it happens, so you'll hear a bit of Gamzee honking in the distanec, andthe whole thing builds up to that special climax. - <code style="color: #008282">HOP3 YOU L1K3 1T, 1T W4S 4 PL34SUR3 TO M4K3!</code> - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - People kept asking me for a Phoenix Wright remix of Lemonsnout Turnabout, so Malcolm creating this was essentially a miracle, especially considering he hadn't been around since [[Squiddidle!]]. - Thank you Malcolm. That kiss at the end? That's me kissing you. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/bl1nd-just1c3-1nv3st1g4t1on.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Terezi's Theme -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Kirvia -Duration: 2:16 -References: The Lemonsnout Turnabout, Theme -Art Tags: -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/terezis-theme-2 -- https://youtu.be/IIw4NDK7j4w -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (Terezi Walkabout) - Terezi's theme evolved when Andrew asked me to create a looping version of Lemonsnout Turnabout. - Lemonsnout is a very narrative song. It didn't feel right to repeat a single part of it indefinitely, so I instead took several motifs from it and re-implemented them into a new track. It has a similar chord progression, and in ways of instrumentation it has the harpsichord as the main instrument, oboe, deep piano, triangle, and the "tick tock tick tock" woodblocks that are the eternal harbringer of her countdown judgment. - After I first completed the song, I noticed that the track was kind of short. That's when I came up with the idea for the second part of the piece - a reprise of "Theme" from the Alternia album. This shows that Terezi has another side to her beyond her devious Alternian judgment: She truly cares about her friends, so much that she has a certain level of tender emotion that almost puts Karkat to shame. I'm not sure if the bifurcation of the piece worked really well as a faux videogame track, but I think it fits her personality. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/terezis-theme.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dreamers and The Dead -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: sicklydoodles -Duration: 4:04 -References: Cuddlefish -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dreamers-and-the-dead-2 -- https://youtu.be/9PlP0RUzacQ -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - (World of the Afterlife) - A piece for the characters in the afterlife, mainly Feferi, and the general ambience of the dream bubbles. Originally, I tried a mix of various brass instruments, percussion, string orchestra, koto, and an electric bass. It didn't feel right. So I pushed that piece aside altogether and restarted with an instrumentation more reminiscent of that used in "Cuddlefish," the troll theme I made for Feferi right before I joined the music team. The intro piano was meant to feel spacey, reminiscent of [[Eldritch]] and [[English]], sort of bringing the listener into the afterlife. When the flute enters, I feel that this was as Feferi communicated with the Elder Gods of setting up her dream bubble. The orchestral crescendo brings us to the area deep in space where the bubbles float. From then on, we travel past several bubbles, just absorbing the scenery. The rest of the piece contains glimpses of other events within the bubbles, such as Feferi and Jade's dream chats and the shocking developments concerning the troll session's guardian code. And, of course, a major key ending for all the happy folks floating around in the afterlife. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Thomas is continually on point with his orchestral stuff. He actually made a bunch of awesome troll-related tracks that are on his tindeck: <a href="http://tindeck.com/users/EidolonOrpheus">(dead link)</a> - Go check out the track "Cuddlefish" - he actually uses a minor version of the melody from that at 2:50. Dude is a talent. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/dreamers-and-the-dead.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vriska's Theme -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Chumi -Duration: 1:43 -References: Spider's Claw, Theme -Art Tags: -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vriskas-theme-2 -- https://youtu.be/LkJHtDiNowk -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (Vriska Walkabout) - I knew Spider's Claw was much too harsh to be used as anything but a battle theme, so when it came to AlterniaBound I decided to just start over with a remix. I cobbled together a collection of unrelated soundsets and generated a jazzy, laid-back version - which, despite its tempo, still sounds kind of jarring and discontent due to the clashing of textures between instruments. - The tune's upbeat enough that you can't stand up to it. It will kick you down. It's pretty strong for how dinky and messy it is! It's also the kind of piece that could be kind of pretty if its voice wasn't cracking every three seconds. Chances are you'll either enjoy or find aspects of it extremely annoying... but that's kinda the way she is. - Like Terezi's theme, the piece's second part contains another reprise of "Theme" in the piano - but to contrast the other Scourge sister, Vriska's version of "Theme" is hopeless and dark. Where Terezi showed hope and emotion, Vriska only shows fear, anger, and loathing due to the repression of her own emotions, her upbringing, and her rotten attitude. In the flash, the high and low of the theme repeat indefinitely... on the album, the piece ends, but on an unresolved chord. - Who knows what's up next for her? - ... oh, and if you're looking for the full verison of Spider's Claw, wait until Volume 8, ok???????? - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/vriskas-theme.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: She's a Sp8der -Artist: Tensei -Track Art: gaylalondes -Duration: 3:05 -References: -- Spider's Claw -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Eridan's Theme -- track:crustacean -Art Tags: -- Mindfang -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/shes-a-sp8der-2 -- https://youtu.be/lqMGkbnWOQU -Commentary: - <i>Tensei:</i> - (Adventure on the High Seas) - It should be pretty obvious that this song is supposed to be one big homage to Hans Zimmer, or more specifically his work on the Pirates of the Carribean movies, though I drew some inspiration from Danny Elfman and the Monkey Island series as well. Oddly enough, this song was actually entirely done BEFORE the troll ancestors were ever introduced (hence the rather inexplicable Crustacean-remix at the very end), as it was inspired by a piece of fanart that portrayed various trolls as pirates. - When writing this song, I kinda envisioned a big ship to ship battle between Vriska and Eridan, with a bumbling Karkat acting as comic relief at the very end. It's actually quite remarkable how well the song translates to a Mindfang/Dualscar theme song, even though it wasn't really intended as such when I wrote it. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I love this track. The end is some serious Skipper Plumbthroat shit. Cue Karkat the Angry Crab pinches him on the nose. Tee hee. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/shes-a-sp8der.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: FIDUSPAWN, GO! -Artist: David Ko -Track Art: Phil Gibson -Duration: 1:43 -Contributors: Toby Fox (arrangement), The_Eighth_Bit (soundfont) -Art Tags: -- Tavros -- Tavros' lusus -- Karkat -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fiduspawn-go-2 -- https://youtu.be/fCBr-v4JswY -References: -- track:showtime-imp-strife-mix -- Pumpkin Cravings -- track:harlequin -- Sunslammer -- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, -- track:MeGaLoVania -- track:vagabounce -- track:beatdown-strider-style -Commentary: - <i>David Ko:</i> - (Tavros' Battle Theme) - <code style="color: #a15000">uHHH...I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO BEGIN THIS COMMENTARY.</code> So I might as well just introduce myself as MightyMoose. I do a lot of really short tunes for Homestuck that are often more silly than epic-sounding. And this is another one! More specifically, this is a remix of Radiation's "dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS" in the style of a Pokem-- er, Fiduspawn battle. - As a handful of you on the forums may know, I've always been a bit of a Pokemon fan. Other songs included in Alternia have focused more on SGRUB or Flarping, but I've wanted to do a Fiduspawn song for a while now. This song kind of acts as an homage to both Tavros and the old Pokemon games. I tried to invoke the style of the battles in the classic Game Bro Boy versions when creating this song. - Listen closely and you can hear snippets of other Homestuck pieces! I absolutely love doing this. (Most of my other songs feature the opening notes of Vagabounce somewhere. [[artist:david-ko|Ooh, go find them!]] It's like a treasure hunt!) - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - This track was awesome to work on. David's songs are always really darn fun, and while fiddling around with it I was barely cognizant of the irony that I was arranging someone else's remix of my own track. Hope you all enjoy the little touches I did with the drums and the weird guitar-ish NES synth. - This is probably the music that's playing in game when Terezi and Karkat are playing on the cover. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/fiduspawn-go.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Darling Kanaya -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: vorpos -Duration: 2:07 -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/darling-kanaya-2 -- https://youtu.be/54YThzEi4bk -References: Virgin Orb -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (Kanaya Walkabout) - I didn't call it "Kanaya's Theme" because I didn't think that it was stylish enough for her. I originally wrote it as the theme just for walking around her house, but I think it turned out to fit her really well as a character despite my own doubts. - Like Terezi's theme, "Darling Kanaya" isn't a remix of her Alternia track ([[Virgin Orb]]), but it contains some similar stuff. There are heavily vibrato'd strings... wavering, luscious 7th chords... melodic piano... lots of arpeggios... and a general uplifting feeling of satisfying, calm emotion. She is one of the very few characters in Hivebent that I would categorize as "sane" by human standards, and thus actually one of my favorite trolls. And despite the semi-low quality of the instrumentation, this is one of my favorite tracks by myself. - It's all kind of ghostly and heartfelt, like a sad look out the window with a romance novel in your lap, and then a knowing, welcoming smile. I think that makes sense considering she's an undead vampire now! Or not. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/darling-kanaya.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Requiem of Sunshine and Rainbows -Artist: Paige Turner -Track Art: rose-ebottles -Duration: 2:44 -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/requiem-of-sunshine-and-rainbows-2 -- https://youtu.be/erj2UQjMlhs -Commentary: - <i>Paige Turner:</i> - (Rainbow Drinker Kanaya) - I wanted to make a Castlevania: Symphony of the Night-influenced theme for Rainbow Drinker Kanaya even before Radiation announced he wanted one, so this was the perfect opportunity for me. Somehow a bit of Infected Mushrooms influence got mixed into it as it became more synthesized and trancey. - The chiptune segment at the end is basically a nod straight to the original Castlevania games; I wanted to make the Castlevania influence obvious. - All the song titles from the SotN soundtrack have appropriately gloomy and foreboding names like "Moonlight Nocturne", "Requiuem for the Gods", "Land of Benediction" and "Death Ballad". Kanaya is basically the Alternian equivalent of a goth, and I've always found it hilarious how goths and vampire-fans on her world are all about sunshine and rainbows, so I thought it would be funny to incorporate that weird dichotomy into the title. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I like the idea of having two diametrically opposed Kanaya tracks one right after the other. Saves me the trouble of pointlessly bifurcating Kanaya's song like the other ones. - What is a troll? - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/requiem-of-sunshine-and-rainbows.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Eridan's Theme -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: chocolatula -Contributors: The_Eighth_Bit (soundfont) -Duration: 2:41 -References: Catchyegrabber (Skipper Plumbthroat's Song) -Art Tags: -- Eridan -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/eridans-theme-2 -- https://youtu.be/mFLsoipuscM -Commentary: - <i>David Ko:</i> - (Eridan Walkabout) - O come all ye scallywags, sing along with me,<br>(For) we are the royal trolls, the terrors of the sea!<br>We pillage and plunder, and we never compromise,<br>We'll sail these raging waters 'till we take our glorious prize! - We run from no enemy and we can feel no pain.<br>All of the lower bloods will quake under our reign!<br>To build metal death machinse to do just what we crave,<br>To pummel all the land-lovers until they're in the grave! - Masters of the tide,<br>(The) stars shall be our guide.<br>If you're not a royal blood,<br>You'd better run and hide! - Confiscate the crown,<br>Swing the ship around,<br>Take a swig of Faygo just to wash the whiskey down. - *Instrumental Break* - Our brave and fearless leader is...<br>Eridan!<br>What a hopeless romantic...<br>From matesprit to kismesis, his feelings are frantic!<br>His poor broken heart has been shattered on the floor,<br>But he'll never stop until he can have her for "shore!" - Come all ye scallywags, sing along with me,<br>We are the Royal Trolls, the terrors of the sea!<br>We pillage and plunder, 'cause we know we've got the nerve,<br>We'll rule these stormy waters and we'll take what we deserve! - Masters of the tide,<br>(The) stars shall be our guide.<br>If you're not a royal blood,<br>You'd better run and hide! - Confiscate the crown,<br>Swing the ship around,<br>Take a swig of Faygo just to wash the whiskey down. - Yar har, anchors away!<br>Soon we'll be coming to ruin your day,<br>Just resign to your fate.<br>Soon you'll be made into Gl'Bgolyb bait. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Lyrics by [[artist:david-ko]]. - The only thing I'd like to note is the middle section remixing Alex Rosetti's Catchyegrabber. I mean, I'm not the voice of Eridan... and it's a bit of a parallel... but... you know all those people you saw in the flash animation? They were ONLY in the opening sequence. They left after the theme song ecause they realized Plumbthroat was about as bright as a lump of seaweed. He doesn't have any friends. Even the Squiddles refuse to love him. He is one damn lonely man. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/eridans-theme.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nautical Nightmare -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: officialspec -Contributors: The_Eighth_Bit (soundfont) -Duration: 1:50 -Art Tags: -- Sollux -- Eridan -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nautical-nightmare-2 -- https://youtu.be/K5aZ0PdrT3U -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (Eridan Boss Battle) - Originally Nautical Nightmare was an orchestral piece for Rose's Denizen.* I wasn't completely satisfied with the end result so it was ultimately scrapped, but the melody and chords kept dancing in my head. MANY months later I discovered the Ultimate Megadrive soundfont by The_Eighth_Bit and I decided to remake it as a boss theme for Eridan. Basically everything about the song changed - the only thing that remains is the main melody and chords. - It's not a really overwhelming track because Eridan is a bit of a joke, but I'm pretty happy with it. The bassline and solo section are some of the sassiest I've ever written, the melody is still really catchy, and the action is persistent. Just listen to that thing a couple times and I'll be damned if it doesn't get stuck in your head. - *I have since done something better called [[Earthsea Borealis]]. Maybe you will hear it someday. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/nautical-nightmare.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nepeta's Theme -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: pbnj-art -Duration: 1:32 -References: Walls Covered in Blood -Art Tags: -- Nepeta -- Aradia -- Equius -- Karkat -- Gamzee -- Nepeta's lusus -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nepetas-theme-2 -- https://youtu.be/Q7ZUxyLyIao -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (Nepeta Walkabout) - Beep beep, meow... it's a remix of Walls Covered in Blood if you didn't notice~ - The original <i>Walls</i> was actually pretty divisive - either people loved it or they thought the Mario Paint instruments were too much to bear. Here we get the best of both worlds - the catchy theme without the weird instrumentation! (And if you liked the original better... well... great! Because it still exists.) - I decided to hit on some of the more Latin aspects of her theme without a self-imposed limitation on what instruments I could choose. So I threw in some vibraslaps, some bongos, and a steel drum. To extend it for the album, I just decided to add EarthBound instruments and beatbox to the second part of the original song. Always a failproof plan! - :33 - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/nepetas-theme.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Horschestra STRONG Version -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: chocolatula -Duration: 3:23 -References: Horschestra, Walls Covered in Blood -Directory: horschestra-STRONG-version -Art Tags: -- Equius -- cw: asphyxiation (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/horschestra-strong-version-2 -- https://youtu.be/HHlaLTjv4So -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - (Equius Walkabout) - Neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh. Neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh. Neigh neigh neigh. Neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh. Neigh. Neigh neigh. Neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh. Neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh. - Neigh neigh neigh neigh. Neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh. - <I>Toby Fox:</i> - Neigh neigh neigh, neigh neigh. - Neigh neigh? Neigh. - Seriously though, despite its goofiness, this is one great track. Alex Rosetti is easily one of the best composers on the team, and despite being often limited by his electronic instrumentation palette (he usually composes for real musicians to play), he's pulled this track off and several others fantastically. - Did I mention we're in love? - Also, the SNES funeral section interspersed with a small amount of Walls Covered in Blood at the end is just brilliant. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/horschestra-STRONG-version.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blackest Heart (With Honks) -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: officialspec -Duration: 2:30 -References: Blackest Heart, La Cucaracha, First Call, Toreador Song -Art Tags: -- Equius -- Gamzee -- The Grand Highblood -- cw: asphyxiation -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/blackest-heart-with-honks-2 -- https://youtu.be/-lJrvGkxPMI -Lyrics: - Miracles - Miracles - Miracles - (Miracles) - Miracles -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (Prelude to a Killer Clown) - This track went under most people's radars when it was first released because it really was a soundtrack for a situation that had not yet taken place. - Andrew asked me to add some 'brooding honks' to it... and some amazingly hilarious justaposition occurred that somehow made the piece even more frightening to all those that played it at 6am in the morning. - Now people love it. Step one to improvement - add clowns! - Yep, that's my voice, by the way. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/blackest-heart-with-honks.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Midnight Calliope -Artist: Mark Hadley -Track Art: lime-time -Duration: 1:50 -Art Tags: -- Equius -- Gamzee -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/midnight-calliope-2 -- https://youtu.be/owRKKJN5PkE -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - (Gamzee the Killer) - When trying to come up with something for the flipped-out Gamzee, I decided to stick with the basics and write a short calliope melody in a minor key. As it loops, however, a dark droning backdrop becomes gradually more apparent, a darkness beneath the playfulness implied by the first part. The calliope fades out until only the droning sound remains, showing in essence that playtime is over. Also, I figured nothing makes carnival music sound more twisted than for the tempo/pitch to change, so I had the whole thing start gradually slowing down over time, giving it an even more unnatural feel. I wanted one last build-up near the end to build tension, and as it fades out and the listener is just starting to relax... HONK. honk. - On a side note, I think I enjoy writing creepy music even more than any other kind of music. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Soundtrack-wise... I think this was one of the greatest moments of Homestuck. This track makes my hair stand on end. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/midnight-calliope.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chaotic Strength -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Rebecca Peason -Duration: 2:34 -References: Chaotic Frenzy, The Number of the Beast, The Riddle Wants To Be -Art Tags: -- Equius -- Underlings -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/chaotic-strength-2 -- https://youtu.be/GUMeMEbJB0M -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - HOW TO WRITE MUSIC<br>STEP 1: WRITE STRONG GUITAR<br>STEP 2: WRITE STRONG DRUMS<br>STEP 3: YELL INTO THE MICROPHONE<br>STEP 4: FLEX<br>STEP 5: Get a towel because GOD DAMN so much sweat. - (Samples form "Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden and "The Riddle Wants to Be" by Madder Mortem.) - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Thomas composed this right after the flash between Gamzee and Equius... if you can, just imagine the beginning of the song playing as Gamzee stares into Equius's face... and then the "YEAHHHHHH!!!!" just as Equius breaks the string around his neck with a manly flex. - Awesome fighting ensues. - That didn't happen though. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/chaotic-strength.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -Lyrics: - Yeah!<br>Go, go, go, go! - Go! - Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Trollian Standoff -Artist: Tensei -Track Art: atissi -Duration: 1:14 -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Eridan -- Gamzee -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trollian-standoff-2 -- https://youtu.be/wbYnGg_QKt4 -Commentary: - <i>Tensei:</i> - (Triple Showdown Combo) - This was the song that accompanied THAT ONE FLASH WHERE NOTHING HAPPENED. This is also the song that probably had the quickest turnabout rate from being written to being used in a flash, which happened over the course of only a day or two. - I actually wrote this in direct response to all the people making spaghetti western jokes and references about the way the standoff was being set-up. - Stylistically I basically just tried to make it soun as spaghetti western-ish as possible, but I combined it with a bunch of horror movie style ambient sounds (and honks, obviously). - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - An awesome track that sets up really well... for the next one. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/trollian-standoff.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rex Duodecim Angelus -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: floralmarsupial -Duration: 6:39 -Art Tags: -- BK -- Karkat -- Aradia -- Kanaya -- Vriska -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-angelus-2 -- https://youtu.be/hn6Yl371mIc -References: -- track:crustacean -- The Lemonsnout Turnabout -- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, -- Virgin Orb -- Horschestra -- Walls Covered in Blood -- Keepers -- The La2t Frontiier -- psych0ruins -- Spider's Claw -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - (Final Battle Against the Black King) - Or "King of the Twelve Angels" in Google Translator Latin. - This was designed as music for the EPIC yet only hinted at battle between the Black King and the Trolls at the end of their game. Rather than making it a fast-paced action-centric doom-fest, it ended upmore like some kind of apocalyptic dance number: The Trolls, despite going against fairly tough odds, all banded together under Karkat's leadership into a well oiled, tactical nuclear force that managed to overcome the Black King and beat the game. - It is, along with the unique 'Black King's theme, more or less a combination of various Troll themes arranged in order of attack. It's probably easier to just explain what's going on where: - 0:00 - We start with the black king's introduction, Aradiabots from doomed timelines teleporting in and assembling, the reckoning beginning, the Vast Glub being suppressed. - 1:34 - At this point, the fearless leader steps into action as the first to attack ([[track:crustacean|Crustacean]]). I like to think this move shreds any sense of doubt they had in Karkat as leader at this point. Karkat's theme's quite fun to work with, so I enjoyed this bit. - 2:03 - Terezi made sense as a logical follow to Karkat ([[The Lemonsnout Turnabout]]). It starts off quite simple yet more organised than Karkat's section, representing Terezi's initial appearance as a fairly harmless, blind Troll girl, before building up to her surprise attack. I'd already mucked about with Terezi's theme in my other track, but this one I think is a bit more faithful to the original. - 2:34 - The King responds. - 2:56 - Tavros in his Jet Car ([[dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS,]]). There's a hint of tragedy to Tavros' character that I think comes through here - His melody kinda builds up but just as he's about to act it kinda fades back down. Ah well... The world's smallest violin is playing the intro trumpet section to Tavros' original theme here. - 3:15 - Kanaya, being quite graceful and yet incredibly deadly ([[Virgin Orb]]). She pretty much stops the music and focuses all attention on her - Something she'll do again in the future. I really like the opening of Kanaya's theme, so this is one of my fave bits. The chainsaw is also quite a fun touch. - 3:34 - Equius decides to step in and show people how it's done with the might and efficiency only a highb100d could bring, and indeed he probably would, but Nepeta keeps being silly and sneaking in some attacks ([[Horschestra]] & [[Walls Covered in Blood]]). It was a bit of a faff combining these two, but I liked the idea of Equius' almost military like anthem being interrupted by Nepeta's calypso funkiness. - 3:53 - Feferi and Eridan move in ([[Keepers]]). These two have worked together before, and provide a potent force against the King. - 4:13 - The King responds once again. - 4:36 - Sollux and Aradia decide to now get involved having kept the King's psychic powers in check ([[The La2t Frontiier]] & [[psych0ruins]]). I took more or less the openings of both themes and tried gluing them together. There's also an additional bit influenced by Aradia's in the 2nd half. - 4:56 - Based on Karkat's description on what Gamzee's contribution to the fight was, I figured having Gamzee 'parody' the King's theme worked better here. The music doesn't even really imply what his attack was, only that it built up, was unleashed, and surprised the hell out of everyone... - 5:14 - The King's nearly defeated and getting desperate. - 5:39 - Vriska steps up, and finishes it. With one impossi8ly lucky roll. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I'm incredibly flattered to have such an awesome track feature so many pieces of music by myself... another miracle from the guy who brought you Showtime, folks. - Definitely the peak of intensity on the album. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/rex-duodecim-angelus.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: hellobeau -Duration: 4:20 -References: Spider's Claw -Art Tags: -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/killed-by-br8k-spider-2 -- https://youtu.be/KpnY41JNVbo -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (God-Vriska's Finest Hour) - What's wrong, baby? Can't you even play guitar? - <i>Lexxy:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/killed-by-br8k-spider.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Alternia -Artist: Seth Peelle -Track Art: Xan Drake -Duration: 3:57 -References: Theme -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/alternia-2 -- https://youtu.be/ouwick_Ii2c -Commentary: - <i>Seth Peelle:</i> - (Hivebent) - The Alternia theme has always been close to Radiation's heart, so when he asked me to do an arrangement of it as the closer for the album, I knew it needed to be something really heartfelt and special. - His vision was that it would represent the outcome of the Trolls' game session that never came to be. The joy of discovering a shiny new universe; the chance to give their race a fresh start; the tearful recognition that all the loss and turmoil they had endured was worth it in the end, and that everything was going to be okay from now on. - It is, in essence, the Trolls' lingering and bittersweet memory of Hope. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Beatfox, it is a great honor. - <code style="color: #626262">FCG: AND</code><br><code style="color: #626262">FCG: I DUNNO</code><br><code style="color: #626262">FCG: THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY, I'M GETTING A LUMP IN MY SQUAWK BLISTER.</code> - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/alternia.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Trollcops (Radio Play) -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Homestuck -Cover Art Date: March 14, 2011 -Contributors: Nick Smalley (words) -Duration: 2:59 -References: Trollcops -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- cw: cops -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trollcops-radio-play-2 -- https://youtu.be/fGQY8jLZa5w -Lyrics: - Alternia: One of the roughest beats in the universe. It's a tough job to keep it safe, and an even tougher job to find people who'll keep it that way. She's a gal with a knack for justice and has the force under her thumb. He's a guy who just joined the APD and finding his bearings is about as easy as feeding a Gyclops his cough syrup. And together, they are Trollcops. - It isn't going to be easy teaching the rookie the ropes of the force, but she's the only one who can do it without getting him killed. So far the biggest problem they've hit is striking the right chord with each other. It seems like whenever they're partners, there isn't a moment when they're not both at each other's throats. It's gonna take a miracle to find a middle road with this pair, and keep their antics under the hat. - However, if it weren't for that kartheft, the team would'a never gotten their issues ironed out. Now, they stick together like glue and macaroni and keep Alternia shining like a green sun. One thing's for sure, if you cause trouble in their neighborhood, these two will sort you out quick, because together, they are...trollcops. -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I wasn't sure how people would react to Jit's voice in non-Gamebro format, plus a few of his pronunciations weren't exactly clear... so I told him to make an instrumental version instead... - But you know what? I still love this version for all its campy glory, so here it is as a bonus track! - ... - ... AND TOGETHER THEY ARE... TROLL COCKS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Catapult Capuchin -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Chumi -Duration: 1:58 -Art Tags: -- Nepeta -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/catapult-capuchin-2 -- https://youtu.be/zOLsLiqSAEo -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (I KILL ANIMALS!!!) - Onto the rest of the bonus tracks - these are here because I think they are solid or interesting, but too short or "out there" for the main tracks of the album. Most of them do a great job of contributing to the idea of a videogame based on Homestuck, though - so please use your imagination when you queue them up, and wish really hard! - I used Mega Man X2 samples (by daveeeey) for this track. If Nepeta had a level in a Mega Man X game, this is probably something like what it would sound like... it's just a little bit like Neon Tiger, but maybe just in the chords. They both have the same claw weapons. Neon Tiger probably pounces because he likes Mega Man X. Time to update my shipping wall!!! - I really think the toms in the opening do a good job of setting a "jungle" feel to the track. Same with the roaring cymbals and the jumpy bassline. The orchestra hits have a bunch of cool effects on them, too - vibrato, echo, pan, pitch shift... all within the limitations of something a SNES could do! Although I probably went over the instrument limitations for the system, especially if sound effects are involved... - Oh! The name of the level was contributed by my friend Samantha. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/catapult-capuchin.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Science Seahorse -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Rebecca Peason -Duration: 3:06 -Art Tags: -- Eridan -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/science-seahorse-2 -- https://youtu.be/9FsGWsS91r8 -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (PISCES PRINCESS) - Another make-believe Mega Man X Track using daveeeey's X2 samples. - Ironically, despite the awesome, Eri-licious name, this is kind of a combination Feferi and Eridan track. It starts out with some mystical, deep-sea vibraphones, rolling cymbals like waves washing through the piece... then plays some more beach-like music, which has just a hint of brassy regality to it. The solo is a bit emotional, kinda back and forth between happy and tempestuous, but that's how it is between moirails. - Eridan is DEFINITELY the boss of this level. - Shame that Fef doesn't get a really Feffy track to herself on this album. Poor Fef. BUT if you ARE looking for that and don't mind skipping over somewhere else, go back to the Squiddles Album and check out [[Carefree Princess Berryboo]] by Alex Rosetti. I think it fits her perfectly, especially as far as AlterniaBound walkabout themes go... enjoy it, it's cute! - I sadly don't remember who suggested the name "Science Seahorse"... someone cool. You're cool, person! Smile. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/science-seahorse.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Fairy Battle -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: kanayamaryamistrans -Duration: 1:37 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Kanaya -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/a-fairy-battle-2 -- https://youtu.be/LHr417f4Y8U -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - (Kanaya Battle Theme?) - This piece is made in PXTONE, so it might sound a bit like one of Buzinkai's tracks. - I wanted to make a battle theme for Kanaya. I think it does fit her in a really weird way... although it doesn't really line up with the motifs presented in, say, [[Darling Kanaya]] and [[Virgin Orb]]. I can totally imagine her revving up that chainsaw and taking down some imps to this, though. Especially with the delicate synthesized bell so prominent, it does sound kinda delicate... So really, it's your choice what this song is supposed to be. Enjoy your freedom. - Oh, and also enjoy that really loud bass. Pump that shit in your cars. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/a-fairy-battle.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Blind Prophet -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Melissa Peebles -Duration: 3:00 -Contributors: hank hill & cyclops (everything) -References: -- The La2t Frontiier -- Yahoos and Triangles -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Courser -- Guile's Theme -Samples: -- King of the Hill -- X-Men: Children of the Atom -- X-Men vs. Street Fighter -Art Tags: -- Sollux -- cw: blood -- cw: eye horror -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-blind-prophet-2 -- https://youtu.be/nClhUae7DMs -Commentary: - <i>cyclops???:</i> - my thoughts: - mmmm ok i made 2 megaman x tracks but i dont know if theyll fit with the album, ill make another one and combine it with real instruments for SOLLUX'S THEME so i can parallel last frontiier AND make a track in case YOU EVER GET TO PLAY AS SOLLUX IT WILL PLAY THIS SONG..... ok... hmm this section is too intense. hey i have an idea to make it BIPOLAR AND BIFURCATED ill make every section after the other soft and then REALLY LOUD AND CRAZY, SO LOUD AND CRAZY PLAYING AS SOLLUX WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THE SONG WILL BE TOO LOUD AND RIDICULOUS - wow this sounds stupid these instruments dont go together at all and the different section changes literally sound like i was bipolar when i made this, what can i do to make this better............. hmmmmmmm..... i know..... (breaks out copy of marvel vs capcom 4, scrolls down to hank hill, presses x) - let the games begin.......... - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - this song is the best song to air guitar and also sing along to and play shitty trumpet to - <i>Hanni Brosh:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/the-blind-prophet.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -Lyrics: - Propane - Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight!<br>Optic Blast!<br>Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight!<br>Optic Blast! - Do it! Come on! Optic Blast! (Fight, fight, fight, fight!)<br>Do it! Come and get me! C-c-c-come on! (Behold!)<br>Optic Sweep! (Fight, fight, fight, fight!) (Propane)<br>Do it! Come on! Optictictic-Optic Blast! (Come and get me!)<br>(RRGH!) (Fight, fight, fight, fight!) (Propane)<br>Do it! Come on! (RRGH!) C-c-c-come on! Optic Blast! (Fight, fight!) - D-d-d-d-do it! RRRRGH! - Dreams! Don't die! - bobby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: AlterniaBound -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Homestuck -Cover Art Date: March 14, 2011 -Duration: 0:20 -References: Theme -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/alterniabound-2 -- https://youtu.be/FD5tJvMtzDo -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - These aren't "true" pieces... just jingles based off of "Theme". But I hope that for all their insignificance, they really instill the idea of a game inside of you. - AlterniaBound is a VERY direct homage to the title screen of EarthBound. If you don't know what EarthBound is... you may be missing out on something. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You Won A Combat -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: allyssinian -Duration: 0:08 -References: Theme -Art Tags: -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/you-won-a-combat-2 -- https://youtu.be/heNdjTRVf5U -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - When you win a battle on Alternia, this song plays. No one knows who's singing. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/you-won-a-combat.jpg" width="350" height="350"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rest A While -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: scatterpunk -Duration: 0:09 -References: Theme -Art Tags: -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rest-a-while-2 -- https://youtu.be/Iq7clpsMTmA -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - And with that.... good night. - <i>Homestuck:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/rest-a-while.jpg" width="350" height="350"> diff --git a/album/ancestral.txt b/album/ancestral.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 6d0c132a..00000000 --- a/album/ancestral.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1399 +0,0 @@ -Album: Ancestral -Directory: ancestral -Cover Art: Rangzhe -Banner Art: -- Rangzhe -- Rebecca Peason -- Circlejourney (asset organizing) -- Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Date: August 27, 2017 -Date Added: June 12, 2020 -Color: #ff0300 -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Handmaid -- The Summoner -- The Psiioniic -- The Disciple -- The Dolorosa -- Redglare -- Mindfang -- The Expatriate -- The Grand Highblood -- Dualscar -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/ancestral -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1fTYKSo2grBk7cJ3aIoYT2tc8eikCUKV -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - <center>Josefin B and the Ancestral Music Team present;<br><b>ANCESTRAL</b><br>A collaborative Homestuck fan album in three discs.</center> - Track commentaries are authored by their respective fan musicians and fan artists. Track art is the property of the credited visual artists. - The Ancestral Album and related media are brought to you by Josefin B and the Ancestral Music Team, and are unofficial fan works based on Andrew Hussie's <i>Homestuck</i>. <i>Homestuck</i> is a property of Andrew Hussie and What Pumpkin. - <i>Josefin B.:</i> - <b>Special Thanks</b> - I would like to thank Blackhole for having helped and guided me through this entire process. Couldn't have done it otherwise. Circlejourney for assembling the booklet and thus ensuring there would be one. Everyone who jumped in at a second's notice when I needed a track done. Everyone at the LoFaM team for having helped me and for managing a lot if not all the final workload. It's been fun. - <i>Rangzhe:</i> - As it is the cover of the album, I wanted to make it dramatic as much as to my ability. I wanted to put them in order of the zodiac at first but I realized that it didn't look as great, so I put the Signless and his associates as one and the other highbloods on the other side, and to show the Handmaid vs Condesce I made them top and bottom, as polar opposites. I felt like this was the best way to put them to show their interactions in the stories. The background was inspired by the actaul Homestuck album "Alternia" and the pixel-y title font is also because of the ancestor's role to prepare the descendants for the game. - <i>Josefin B.:</i> - To some extent, I consider Ancestral to be a little sister album to [[album:beforus]]. We share many contributors and this project was largely inspired by Beforus. The reason we asked Rangzhe to make our cover was to tie it in. The very last track of Beforus, [[Motions of Infinity]], ending with the ancestors being created, was drawn by her. Isn't it fitting how she begins this story after having ended the last? That, and her art is hella. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Disc One -Artist: Corona Sanctus -Track Art: Rebecca Peason -Duration: 0:29 -Directory: disc1-ancestral -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Handmaid -- The Summoner -- The Psiioniic -- The Disciple -- The Dolorosa -- Redglare -- Mindfang -- The Expatriate -- The Grand Highblood -- Dualscar -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-one -- https://youtu.be/ZUckuE8Kzt8 -Commentary: - <i>Corona Sanctus:</i> - This track was written with fairytales and myths regarding the troll ancestors in mind. I tried to give it a fairytale-y feel. - <i>Rebecca Peason:</i> - I was thinking about how I could include all twelve trolls in a picture that sort of introduced them in a sense. The organ sounding bit in the song made me think "rose window" and, of course, the only direction given to the artist who made the Ancestor silhouettes for the showdown flashes: "Heavy handed religious imagery." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♈Reality Theatre♈ -Artist: Navochao -Track Art: Prince -Duration: 3:41 -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reality-theatre -- https://youtu.be/wfJJW5x1zo0 -Commentary: - <i>Navochao:</i> - Continuing my trend of using a flute in every single song I've written, I bring you Reality Theatre! - This song kind of creeps me out and I'm not sure if that's good or bad. - I hope you enjoy this song that can only be described as a trip. - <i>Prince:</i> - The story of the Handmaid is one of long drawn out sorrow and pain. But she was also a powerful being responsible for dealing with some of Lord English's worst demands. I wanted to accurately portray her character in my track art: someone lonely and pained, but still had some sort of power and magic to her. She's a fearsome foe for what it's worth. In my art, I posed the handmaid to look distant from the viewer, but still her eyes are sharp and her stance is ready to attack. Who knows what she will do when she strikes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♉W1th W1ngs♉ -Artist: irl-porrim-maryam -Track Art: Molly -Duration: 4:28 -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/w1th-w1ngs -- https://youtu.be/xmTBPsfjtY8 -Commentary: - <i>irl-porrim-maryam:</i> - I was absolutely ecstatic when I was given the track of the Summoner! Though there's not much canon information on him, towards the end I was able to include an excerpt from <a href="https://www.homestuck.com/story/3758">Page 3758</a>, in which Midnfang journals about the Summoner. I also looked to [[Bronze Rebel]] from coloUrs and mayhem and [[♉ - Breathtak1ng]] from the Beforus Album to get a feel on what instruments I should be using. I gave the song a bit more of a minor key since the Summoner's life most likely wasn't the easiest or most fun life to lead. This track was definitely great fun to work on, and I'm definitely honoured to be a part of the Ancestral Album! - <i>Molly:</i> - I quite like how this piece came out! The track itself was lovely and soothing, and the vocals at the end added an interesting feeling to it, almost like a story book. I wanted to showcase the atmosphere rather than The Summoner directly, but still wanted it to be obvious that this is The Summoner's track, and a view point from behind where you can obviously see his defining caharacteristics but not directly see his face felt like the best way to accomplish that! That, and a purple and blue night sky above the rust-blooded Summoner, with a golden fire in front of him feels rather poetic ina way. This was definitely a learning experience, and a really fun piece to work on for the album. I'm excited to see what's next! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♊Propulsion♊ -Artist: Sean William Calhoun -Track Art: Dogslug -Duration: 3:02 -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/propulsion -- https://youtu.be/QHlaCcFXXwY -Commentary: - <i>Sean William Calhoun:</i> - When I was asked to fill in four the Psiioniic's track, I wanted to make a nod to First Turn Fold's [[Gold Pilot]], given my history with it. So, while I did not quote any full theme from Gold Pilot, several elements are a little bit like it. - <i>Dogslug:</i> - The Psiioniic is without ad oubt my favorite character in Homestuck, and this song is absolutely perfect for him. The whole song, but especially the glitchy sounding parts, make me think of him losing himself in the Helm, losing everything that he was and is and what's left of his past can be just as painful as his present. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♋️A Peace Worth Fighting For♋️ -Artist: Nate Tronerud -Track Art: Lilly Higgs -Duration: 5:12 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -Art Tags: -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-peace-worth-fighting-for -- https://youtu.be/sFhScGwOe00 -Commentary: - <i>Nate Tronerud:</i> - Cursed with visions of a better Alternia, one of love and peace, the Signless walks ever forward. Visions of such a world may bring to Him great pain, but also great hope: it is a ÷orld worth striving for, one He could possibly see in His own lifetime, and so He continues walking. He spreads the message of such a world knowing it will fall on mostly deaf ears, even met with hostility. But for the chance to bring love and happiness to even a single troll, it fills Him; His suffering is worth it, even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice in the name of peace... - <i>Lilly Higgs:</i> - I wanted to experiment a little with this one! And great apologies to Austin Wintory and the whole team who worked on Journey by That Game Company. This song seemed very lonely, very solitary, so I envisioned the Signless wandering through the dunes between city and township of people who won't listen, lit by the light of two moons, but only remembering one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♌On The Hunt For Something Unknown♌ -Artist: The One Music Maniac -Track Art: Melissa Peebles -Duration: 4:47 -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/on-the-hunt-for-something-unknown -- https://youtu.be/rNxOZggKOIM -Commentary: - <i>The One Music Maniac:</i> - "On The Hunt For Something Unknown" is not about the events that took place within the Disciple's lifetime, but rather how these events allowed her to define who she became: a Warrior, a Lover, and a Survivor. The overall title is a play on her cat-like survival skills, while the definition of "unknown" can be led to open interpretation-- a love beyond quadrants, equality in a society that's built upon an oppression of hierarchy, etc. - <i>Melissa Peebles:</i> - For this song I pictured people gathered around a fire late into the night listening to fables, the beat and thrill of a hunt, and the undefinable love between Disciple and Signless echoed in the heartbeat at the end. This track defines Disciple beautifully and I wanted to show who she had become through symbolism. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♍Theotokos♍ -Artist: SerialSymphony -Track Art: shu -Duration: 4:34 -References: -- track:crustacean -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/theotokos -- https://youtu.be/4X00kfRnmcc -Commentary: - <i>SerialSymphony:</i> - Theotokos is about how the Dolorosa saw the Signless growing up, his sermons and execution, and ends with a look forward to his descendant. Making this song was like making a premix brownie cake; I love brownie cakes. But you can't just make a brownie cake, you gotta eat it too. - Thusly, this song is delicious. - <i>shu:</i> - I love how this track starts off so sweet, builds up steadily, then falls back again. There's so much happening; it was very difficult to pick a single snapshot// I just hope I was able to do this magnificently dynamic piece a little justice! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♎H3R HONOR4BL3 V3NG34NC3♎ -Artist: Seren Mist -Track Art: Liz Fish -Duration: 2:49 -Art Tags: -- Redglare -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/h3r-honor4bl3-v3ng34nc3 -- https://youtu.be/IusAe6XHzws -Commentary: - <i>Seren Mist:</i> - When I was assigned to write Redglare's main track for the album, my first thought was to make it a very orchestral track, with lots of strings. As it was forming, I decided that limiting myself to only orchestral instruments would hamper my exploration of her character, so I added in more synth sounds and heavier drums. The name of the track comes from a play on "His Honorable Tyrrany" and from a quote by Alexander Pope, "On wrongs swift vengeance waits." I think it's quite fitting for Redglare, who blindsides Mindfang but in the name of justice, of course. - <i>Liz Fish:</i> - This track inspired me to put a noir twist on my usual style. I could picture Redglare stalking down dirty back alleys and seedy underground establishments, hunting down the fleeing criminals that need to be brought to JUST1C3 in a gritty detective game with cyberpunk flavor. A great track and a great character; I hope I've done justice for them both. >:] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♏Spider's Eclipse♏ -Artist: Blackhole -Contributors: magnoliajades (vocals) -Track Art: Josefin B. -Duration: 10:00 -References: Spider8ite!!!!!!!!, Cobalt Corsair, Winterfall -Art Tags: -- Mindfang -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/spiders-eclipse -- https://youtu.be/LtLE_T53p_A -Lyrics: - Walk the gangway, look right through me,<br>Take it my way, no one's duty.<br>Trust my dice cast, where the wind falls,<br>Fortune's eye glass, scattered light shoals. - Fires burning 'cross the ocean,<br>Fate is turning, starboard motion.<br>Now an outcast, dreams of dying<br>Foretold at last, waking, flying. -Commentary: - <i>Blackhole:</i> - This song took me a while to finish off, but it's finally here! At 10 minutes it is the longest singular piece I've ever composed. I tried to take inspiration from different Mindfang themes and parts of her story to get a rounded depiction of her character, while keeping an overarching theme for her throughout. - <i>Josefin B.:</i> - I've been working a lot with Blackhole lately and they've really helped me out a lot with this album, so I wanted to collab right from the start. There's not much to tell; it's Mindfang looking good and probably being nasty. It's fully made with aquarelle and I never want to ever see her hair again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♐Broken Strings♐ -Artist: psithurist -Track Art: Phil Gibson -Duration: 3:17 -Art Tags: -- The Expatriate -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/broken-strings -- https://youtu.be/oje4ziyMcy0 -Commentary: - <i>psithurist:</i> - This track is about Darkleer and his fall from his position of E%ecutor. 'toe' were a big influence for me on this. They're a math rock band, so I wrote it in 15/8 because it sounds awkward, just like the Zahhaks. The title is a pun on bow and instrument strings. - <i>Phil Gibson:</i> - One of the absolte best character arcs in HS is Darkleer and Equius - both succumbing to their own desires to tragic ends, but for the greater good of the story. It's a heavy bittersweet taste, but one I love enough to make them my favorite characters. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♑His Demented Mural♑ -Artist: Zan Beaver -Track Art: Amanda Bell -Duration: 3:51 -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/his-demented-mural -- https://youtu.be/8oNF8p_6Q84 -Commentary: - <i>Zan Beaver:</i> - The Grand Highblood,<br>He is the enforcer,<br>He is the ruler,<br>He is the one they fear.<br>But why do they fear?<br>His unmatched tyranny?<br>His capricious pardons?<br>They do not know,<br>And they fear to know,<br>Because anyone who knows,<br>Becomes a part of His Demented Mural. - So yeah, The Grand Highblood. Pretty scary guy, right? Anyways, that short sort-of poem is the best way I can portray my thought process while making this. It starts off with an eerie organ and piano representing the dread anyone would feel from having to confront him. It speeds up to represent his violent nature, and the many repetitions embody his cruel insanity. The few sections of the piece that show glimmers of hope are soon shot down and brought back to vicious hopelessness. - <i>Amanda Bell:</i> - The title of the track I did work for was called "His Demented Mural". Besides the painting he keeps behind his throne, I also imagined his face paint to be a part of that. Changing everyday to match each addition to the wall behind him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♒Tumescent♒ -Artist: Seijen -Track Art: Sigourney Martin -Duration: 3:51 -Art Tags: -- Dualscar -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tumescent -- https://youtu.be/5VKSoP22sIg -Commentary: - <i>Seijen:</i> - So this is a re-hash of one of my first tracks from about 2 and a half years ago. The original title of the track was "Robot Pirate Island" and had a shift into a ravecore EDM as opposed to the constant high energy baroque sound we have here. This current edit is from april of 2016. I would create another, had it not been for the project crashing upon loading. It sounds incredibly rough in comparison to my current skill and I'm losing a little sleep over it. A damn shame since the amount of tools and knowledge I have now could make this sound night and day in quality, but what you hear is what you get. - <i>Sigourney Martin:</i> - While working on this piece, the song wasn't difficult per-say? It was more challenging, because I had many different images on how I wanted this to look like. In the end, I chose what I drew and it was fun! I tried watercolours (though it might not be noticable) and I think it turned out alright! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♓Greatest -Empress♓ -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: Lou Chastain -Duration: 5:52 -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/greatest-empress -- https://youtu.be/Y_pWa2CA2x0 -Commentary: - <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> - She's the one, the one and only. The one I decided to make an outstanding track. From orchestra to electronic, it ended way too cool than I would ever expect. - <i>Lou Chastain:</i> - This track made me think of the Condesce plotting in secret, alone in a rather small surveillance room. Here she has some screens where she can go over her fleet, ongoing sieges, targets etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Disc Two -Artist: Corona Sanctus -Track Art: Rebecca Peason -Duration: 0:32 -Directory: disc2-ancestral -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Handmaid -- The Summoner -- The Psiioniic -- The Disciple -- The Dolorosa -- Redglare -- Mindfang -- The Expatriate -- The Grand Highblood -- Dualscar -- The Condesce -- cw: blood -- cw: body horror -- cw: corpse -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-two -- https://youtu.be/fad2nOKc-Js -Commentary: - <i>Corona Sanctus:</i> - With disc 2 I wanted a more violent, powerful feel to assimilate the feeling of terror all the battles the ancestors fought - <i>Rebecca Peason:</i> - I wanted the Disc two piece to be related to the first in that it showed the wear and tear their actual lives had on them. Where they ended up, how they died, what happened, etc. Signless is completely smashed out of the window as if he never existed, a few of the panels are modified, but some have holes smashed through them, indicating their deaths in one way or another. Just as this disc is meant to be the story of the Ancestors, I wanted this track's art to reflect that in comparison to the first disc's. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ancestral Anthem -Artist: Rhyselinn -Track Art: bootsie -Duration: 5:24 -References: -- Theme -- Darling Dolorosa -- Iron Infidel -- Olive Scribe -- Gold Pilot -- Jade Mother -- Indigo Heir -- Cobalt Corsair -- Violet Prince -- Purple Bard -- Bronze Rebel -- The Lost Child -- Fuchsia Ruler -- ♈Reality Theatre♈ -- ♉W1th W1ngs♉ -- ♊Propulsion♊ -- ♋️A Peace Worth Fighting For♋️ -- ♌On The Hunt For Something Unknown♌ -- ♍Theotokos♍ -- ♎H3R HONOR4BL3 V3NG34NC3♎ -- ♏Spider's Eclipse♏ -- ♐Broken Strings♐ -- ♑His Demented Mural♑ -- ♒Tumescent♒ -- ♓Greatest -Empress♓ -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Handmaid -- The Summoner -- The Psiioniic -- The Disciple -- The Dolorosa -- Redglare -- Mindfang -- The Expatriate -- The Grand Highblood -- Dualscar -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ancestral-anthem -- https://youtu.be/t3GvIlY-Krw -Commentary: - <i>Ryhselinn:</i> - Ancestral Anthem is a big huge medley of Homestuck tunes! It loosely tells the timeline of the ancestors and the shenanigans that they went through. - The motifs used, in order-- - - [[Alternia]] - - [[Darling Dolorosa]] + [[Iron Infidel]] - - [[Olive Scribe]] + [[Gold Pilot]] - - [[Jade Mother]] - - [[Indigo Heir]] - - [[Cobalt Corsair]] - - [[Violet Prince]] + [[Purple Bard]] - - [[Bronze Rebel]] + [[The Lost Child]] - - [[The Lost Child]] + [[Fuchsia Ruler]] - then each of the tunes of the album played in hemospectrum order, followed by a reprise of Alternia. - So all in all, it's a medley of 26 songs! It's one of the more ambitious projects I've taken in recent memory, and it took me a number of months to complete, but I had a blast doing it! I hope you guys enjoy it :smile: - <i>bootsie:</i> - I greatly enjoyed working on this piece. I'm so proud of all the work that's gone into this project and it's been an honor to participate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: BATTERWITC)( ASC-ENDANT -Directory: batterwitch-ascendant -Artist: Seren Mist -Track Art: Shellsea -Duration: 2:33 -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/batterwitc-asc-endant -- https://youtu.be/D8Fxv8MBdU4 -Commentary: - <i>Seren Mist:</i> - This track gave me room to explore, as the only thing we know about this event is that it had to have happened. I decided to make it a very absolute battle theme, with a tension-building lead up and a main body with lots of leading synth. The end with the brass is meant to end on a note of bittersweet, because the Batterwitch has won this battle, but what will that mean for the rest of the universe? - <i>Shellsea:</i> - Capturing such a profound moment proved to be somewhat challenging, balancing struggle, triumph, and condescension all in one piece. The process of creating such a proud and arrogant face of victory washed over by the shadows of an unforeseeable future was very fun, eagerly claiming the crown for her own, for better of or for worse. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rampage -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: Kisbys -Duration: 1:21 -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rampage -- https://youtu.be/z7y8pJdo5bk -Commentary: - <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> - This is a track made for the Grand Highblood, a short track reflecting his own traits and personality, just to tell you how good he is at his job. - <i>Kisbys:</i> - Since the track was for the Grand Highblood and centered around his job and traits, I decided to try and make something that would reflect that. I drew him in a situation where he is getting ready to take care of his usual business: culling some trolls. The song sounded powerful so I wanted to try and portray the GHB that way too by drawing him much larger than the trolls in the foreground. There are some silhouettes of other trolls in the background which are the other subjuggulators. I added some of my own headcanons for what I like to imagine he dresses like and kept it relatively simple, as well as trying to add as much color to the image as I could. He's also looking outwards and the viewpoint is that of someone in the crowd of trolls that are about to be culled, so it can be taken as a "you're next" type scenario. Truly I just tried to create a piece that represented what the music made me envision and feel, and I hope I could do the lovely song some justice! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Orphaner's Ocean -Artist: Acyl -Track Art: Cro -Duration: 4:14 -References: Eridan's Theme -Art Tags: -- Dualscar -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/orphaners-ocean -- https://youtu.be/vSluYX6xYl0 -Commentary: - <i>Acyl:</i> - A variation of Eridan's Theme from AlterniaBound, written more sombre for his ancestor. I was originally going to add lyrics and make a shanty, but the instrumental alone sounded perfect. Dualscar is always portrayed loud and angry so I quieted the mood. - <i>Cro:</i> - This piece was really intersting to try out. I was experimenting with a way of painting over everything rather than just staying within the comfort zone of line art. I think for the most part it worked out. Considering the song literally had wave sounds in it, I'd figure to put Dualscar near an ocean as well. The song parallels Eridan's theme too, so I thought I'd set a callback to when he took down a whale of his own. Dualscar's a messy shot thoug, which is why he's probably cleaning the spill off his gun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: cerulean seas, misery machine -Artist: smear -Track Art: Silverwater -Duration: 2:40 -Art Tags: -- Mindfang -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cerulean-seas-misery-machine -- https://youtu.be/A2U3gFZr748 -Commentary: - <i>smear:</i> - this track started out as a rough ambient piece, with dissonant piano and beating drums. like each new page of mindfang's journal, more layers found their way in to complete the picture. much like her, this track is unsettling and restless. - <i>Silverwater:</i> - A music that you can imagine of Mindfang's destiny with the ancestor from start til the end, awesome! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nothing Will Ever Be The Same -Artist: Nate Tronerud -Track Art: Anna Rodman -Duration: 3:59 -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/nothing-will-ever-be-the-same -- https://youtu.be/eZV2dexbkC0 -Commentary: - <i>Nate Tronerud:</i> - The Dolorosa makes the fateful decision to abandon the mother grub and care for the mutant anomaly, the Signless, setting into motion events far beyond her understanding, ones that will have far reaching consequences, even beyond her own timeline. The music begins as the ramifications of her decision quickly begin to unfold, following not just her efforst to keep the Signless safe on the surface, but the broader implications that her choice set in motion. The gears begin to turn... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Protector -Artist: Sean William Calhoun -Track Art: Tunapuns -Duration: 6:12 -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/protector -- https://youtu.be/PdWbdxzO6ig -Commentary: - <i>Sean William Calhoun:</i> - "Protector" is about the Dolorosa - her stability of a caretaker of the Mother Grub, her agility and gentleness to flee with and care for the Signless with fractured, unfamiliar lullabies, and her fortitude to endure through being enslaved. - <i>Tunapuns:</i> - in this track i wanted to draw something to fit the more intense parts of the music, so i drew the dolorsa maybe on the run and fleeing from danger while trying to protect a child signless with a bright fiery light source for contrast! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In The Forest -Artist: WC -Track Art: Sigourney Martin -Duration: 1:01 -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-forest -- https://youtu.be/63IDW0iDdbQ -Commentary: - <i>WC:</i> - This is a song about before the Disciple met the Signless. I'd imagine that she might have lived a life like Nepeta, far from society in the wild and carefree. - <i>Sigourney Martin:</i> - While listening to this song, I kind of thought of her looking out on a town or city, maybe feeling like an outcast of some sort. Maybe listening to the Signless's sermons from the distance but not really going to them herself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: PRII2M BREAK -Artist: David Burkee -Track Art: Andi DiSpirito -Duration: 2:10 -References: Battle! (Colress) -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prii2m-break -- https://youtu.be/1A3-rn4FTys -Commentary: - <i>David Burkee:</i> - When I was composing PRII2M BREAK, what kept coming to mind were some songs I had been listening to a few months back while I was cramming for finals. It was pretty much elevator music on crack, so moderately calming at times but then some speed segments. That's what I tried to do here with the saws and NES drums for the energetic parts. I feel like I pulled off a very bipolar retelling of the Psiioniic's internal struggles. - <i>Andi DiSpirito:</i> - Upon escaping, the Psii must have struggled with respecting his leader's pacifism when given the chance to strike back for once in his life. I wanted to show the split second when adrenaline is at the helm and the Signless' words are the only thing keeping him from blasting you moonside. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Disciple's New Beginning -Artist: Neveah Drexler -Track Art: Gilwing -Duration: 2:54 -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-disciples-new-beginning -- https://youtu.be/_GYKJe_l5vI -Commentary: - <i>Nevaeh Drexler:</i> - I wanted to have lots of flute, piano, and violin in this piece. Piano from [[Serenade]] from Vol. 8 and [[Requited]] from Vol. 9; both Leijon themed songs. Flute and violin from [[Olive Scribe]]; The Disciple's 'canon theme'. My main inspiration for the Disciple's New Beginning was Requited, since it's a song about the love between The Disciple and The Signless. Since The Disciple's New Extreme is about The Disciple meeting and falling in love with Signless, Requited was my go-to music fuel. - <i>Gilwing:</i> - Requited is a very special song to me, so I'm very thankful I got to do the art for this track. Everything about Disciple meeting Signless and falling in love is pretty up in the air in canon, so I came up with my own version of their first encounter, under the light of Alternia's moons. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: C9me T9gether -Artist: TempiTunes -Track Art: Erin B. -Duration: 3:51 -References: -- Jade Mother -- Iron Infidel -- Walls Covered in Blood -- Serenade -- Gold Pilot -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Disciple -- The Dolorosa -- The Psiioniic -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/c9me-t9gether -- https://youtu.be/qsPG2Kwp-zw -Commentary: - <i>TempiTunes:</i> - Okay so this piece is about the Signless and co. I used inspiration from varying songs on the canon Homestuck soundtrack, mostly from coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A. You may recognize bits from [[Jade Mother]], [[Iron Infidel]], [[Gold Pilot]], [[Requited]] from Homestuck Vol. 8 and something like [[Nepeta's Theme]] from AlterniaBound. The narrative of the song follows the Dolorosa, Signless, Disciple, and Psiioniic as they get together and meet each other. - This is by far the most complicated track I've ever composed and I'm pretty proud of it. There are about seven instruments and over ten parts. I hope you enjoy! - <i>Erin B.:</i> - There's so much to this "family's" story and so much from the song that I really love. The trick comes to showing a alrge story in a single image. Luckily, the very tone of the song seemed to lead to the idea of stained glass windows. So I tried to create one to display the moments of this family coming together. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sufferer's Suite -Artist: Toris Crow -Track Art: Dogslug -Duration: 4:11 -Art Tags: -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sufferers-suite -- https://youtu.be/elQOhIKHWVw -Commentary: - <i>Toris Crow:</i> - I. Intro / Overture<br>This represents the struggles of the Signless in living as a pariah. - II. Preacher's Ballad<br>This represents his preachings as how he spread his visions. - III. March of the Signless<br>This represents a final victory before his untimely demise. - <i>Dogslug:</i> - I was excited to get a Signless/Sufferer track for my assignment, and even more so when the song focused more on his life and deeds than his death. He may not have succeeded in his ultimate goals, but his actions and words gave amny trolls hope and irrevocably changed Alternia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Black Heart, Green Dress -Artist: psithurist -Track Art: Josefin B. (lines), Andi DiSpirito (coloring) -Duration: 4:44 -References: -- Amen, Brother -- Limelight -- Temporal Shenanigans -- English -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-heart-green-dress -- https://youtu.be/0A9JljvOJEI -Lyrics: - i'd like to introduce myself<br>although i'm sure you know me well<br>i am the shadow<br>of tomorrow<br>and it's time for my next spell - with only seconds to spare you're dead<br>wiped out with nothing to be said<br>for your existence<br>before resistance<br>can find a thread - by his dread hand i come<br>from out behind the pendulum<br>when there's work to be done<br>so why let woe begone<br>it's part of the experience<br>it's half of the fun - i'm only moments away at any time<br>before you know it my light turns lime<br>i cross the threshold<br>and the air goes cold<br>no ghost left behind - so ready or not, here it goes again<br>how many times now has it been<br>[wait, lemme check]<br>(you see a thousand of me, and)<br>i won't ever stop, because - every puppet has it's strings - when he lines up the shot<br>i put that special spin on it<br>and wait for the drop<br>so why not feed the flame<br>it's written in the basecode, yeah<br>in the rules of the game - i promise you, this won't take a second<br>there's no need to fear<br>so listen now, there ain't no use in running<br>cuz i'm already here -Commentary: - <i>psithurist:</i> - From the Handmaid's perspective as she wreaks havoc on Altertnia. This was made a few months after my other track, [[Leftovers]], so I'm a little more confident with my voice here. There's a brief sample from [[Temporal Shenanigans]] by Rachel Rose Mitchell. - <i>Josefin B.:</i> - I wanted to do a Handmaid piece since the album started, but never really got the chance. Then psi swooped in with this track, and I jumped on it. I had actually another design in mind but ultimately the song was too aggressive for that. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time for colour so when the lineart was done, I outsourced it to Andi, who did an absolutely stsellar job. The majykks crackle is all theirs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Expatri8's March -Artist: Nymelord -Track Art: Donomon -Duration: 3:53 -Art Tags: -- The Expatriate -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/expatri8s-march -- https://youtu.be/Kj8v_FnFOl4 -Commentary: - <i>Nymelord:</i> - When I was tasked with creating a song about Darkleer becoming the expatriate, I thought to myself; "What if the opening of this song sounded kind of eerie because it would be Darkleer walking to execute the Sufferer?" And after that I just let the plot take me to Signless dying, and the whole "Executioner-to-Expatriate" thing. - <i>Donomon:</i> - When I first listened to the March I was overcome with this sense of burden of duty and formality. It has this really deliberate vibe, but it's so forlorn in its conclusion. After reading the composer's commentary I really wanted to capture that feeling of Darkleer both walking to and away from his duty, so I thought the marching boots would be a nice visual metaphor for that. The void is depicted as rising up to envelop him and his weapons from the stain of blood at his feet. I hope I did this track justice! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Release Me -Artist: not-the-kind-you-save -Track Art: Oskarna -Duration: 3:53 -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/release-me -- https://youtu.be/O6VS7yWl1C4 -Lyrics: - I'm not a god--I never said so<br>I'm not a fool--I never lied<br>I am not a king--I don't decide<br>No<br>I'm not wrong, I'm not wrong - I'm not a shame--I shouldn't hide<br>We are not weak--we live inside<br>We are your hands<br>Without the low you would not survive<br>You would not survive - Release me<br>Go ahead<br>Release me<br>My arms don't matter<br>I can take this pain - Release me<br>Go ahead<br>Cut the cord<br>Release me<br>Ideas don't die when<br>You kill the source - Are you scared?<br>When you throw me around<br>Can you feel the eyes<br>of the crowd?<br>How do you know when you're<br>On the stand<br>Judgement is forthcoming<br>You're running<br>From the things that you don't understand<br>You fear what you don't understand - Release me<br>Go ahead<br>Release me<br>One life doesn't matter<br>I can take this hate - Release me<br>Don't be weak<br>Let it go<br>Release me<br>My blood is my weapon<br>Let it fall below - But she<br>She's innocent<br>Don't let her suffer<br>For what I've done<br>You can break me<br>You can hurt me<br>You can shoot me<br>(whispered) But I'm the one you want<br>Release me - Release me<br>Go ahead<br>Release me<br>Your blood doesn't matter<br>You cannot change time - Release me<br>Don't be weak<br>Let it fly<br>Release me<br>My words are my weapons<br>Let my body die -Commentary: - <i>not-the-kind-you-save:</i> - A song about the death of troll jegus requires a certain amount of drama, which is nothing big orchestral chords can't fix. The lyrics are a combination of things the Signless is thinking to himself and "saying" to the people around him, in particular Darkleer. I wanted to create a sense of urgency, and the feeling that while the Signless is saying over and over that he doesn't care if he dies, he may be lying. Musically, I wanted to portray a since of racing thoughts, which means there isn't really a conventional song structure. The vocals are echoey for <i>~aesthetic~</i>. Enjoy! - <i>Oskarna:</i> - This song marks the end of the Signless' life, encapsulating what would have been his last thoughts and words. I wanted to portray the sort of emptiness that happens after he has gotten his wish, and show the mark he leaves even in death. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: E%ile -Directory: exile -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Xagave -Duration: 1:46 -References: -- track:ruins -Art Tags: -- The Expatriate -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/e-ile -- https://youtu.be/r_wqTbLDEAE -Commentary: - <i>ndvidiedbyzero:</i> - Like a few other tracks on this album, this was a last-minute emergency song made for a track that was dropped. The very title of this track is also lifted from the original submission. Though it was in a roundabout way, I'm glad I got to contribute to the album with a brand new piece! - This particular song features a lot of piano, owing to its predecessor's status as a solo piano composition. However, I thought some mournful strings would also represent the idea of Darkleer's exile well, and their slow, dark nature under the main piano melody expresses the shame and confusion he must have felt the entire time. It's hard being a highblood and expressing a sudden act of kindness that gets you ostracized from every upper caste, wrecks your social standing and upends your entire way of life. It's hard and nobody understands. - <i>Xagave:</i> - This made me think of Darkleer's life in general so here he is, standing proud and doing his job, and then his slouched form bemoaning his existence after being banished. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Legacy -Artist: aeolianChemist -Track Art: Rangzhe -Duration: 3:56 -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/legacy -- https://youtu.be/e-A2mSbNl9o -Lyrics: - I wrote once in a book, ancient record I kept<br>Of a Hero whose story they wish you'd furget<br>A legacy I fought to purrtect<br>Of a signless seer burdened by Blood and dreams of an impawsible past - And so it is known, in a world enslaved by Rage,<br>He alone defied her throne, he had faith in a better way - Delicate lines writ on delicate pages,<br>measuring lives to be known through the ages<br>Efury word that he spoke, I wrote<br>I always lent him my ear, his dear Disciple - In word and in action, he taught love and compassion<br>and equality despite blood, caste, or faction<br>In whispers he roared with a burning passion<br>But no Hero's tail is complete without a villain, without a tragedy - And so it is told, from his words arose outrage,<br>The peace he furtold inspired a challenge, inspired a change - Delicate lines writ on delicate pages,<br>measuring lives to be known through the ages<br>Efury word that he spoke, I wrote<br>I always lent him my ear, his dear Disciple - And when the Time came when they called fur his name,<br>they cried fur his blood and they put him to shame<br>They branded him heretic, cast him in irons<br>without Hope, a lamb at the mercy of lions<br>His love and compassion burned bright as the shackles,<br>the scarlet-soaked ground became his tabernacle<br>To speak one final word, one Final Sermon... - Now these despurrate lines scrawled on a canvas of caves<br>measure his life in a pallet of pain<br>The final curse that he cried I remember<br>His suffuring's branded on my Heart furever<br>A new sign we did take from the ash of his shame<br>to remember his strife and hallow his name<br>Efuryone he once loved was condemned,<br>but I vow his words won't disappear,<br>written in ink, traced in blood, sealed with tears,<br>his legacy I'll keep through the years, his dear Disciple - I wrote once in a book, ancient record I kept,<br>of a Hero whose story I purray you will never furget -Commentary: - <i>aeolianChemist:</i> - Legacy is written in the voice of the Disciple, reflecting on the story of the Signless and her role within it. Musical inspiration for the song came largely from PhemieC's fansongs and [[Olive Scribe]] (from coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A). Composing it was a journey in itself; along the way she taught me a lot about her history, her undying dedication, and storytelling. She had so much to say, it was difficult to limit myself to such a concise song. Eahc line has been frequently rewritten, reconsidered, and countless have been cut - I was making revisions up until the final recording. - In the end, I hope the story you hear is the one she wanted to tell. - <i>Rangzhe:</i> - I wanted to express the bittersweet ending of Disciple and Signless' relationship, and how even though she's still trying to move on she looks back, reminiscing the moments. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Terminal Aeon -Artist: WC -Track Art: gelasticat -Duration: 2:02 -References: Gold Pilot -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/terminal-aeon -- https://youtu.be/7ceSHgCuJHk -Commentary: - <i>WC:</i> - The idea I wanted to convey with this piece is the subtle melancholy in the Psiioniic who becomes a living battery, but not overly sad or regretful. This was achieved through use of chimes and snare drums which are usually associated with mituna or the Psiioniic. It's a bit more full of energy at the beginning, but loses said energy over time. I'd imagine that gaining unwanted immortality from the Condesce would eventually cause his job to lose the dramatics and emotions over a period of decades or maybe even centuries. - <i>gelasticat:</i> - I based the composition of the picture on the adjacent notes on the opposite ears with the two most prominent figures in the Psiioniic's life. I also used what the musician said about him losing his emotions over time to decide on the colours, bright and lively and warm for the main figure then darker an dcolder in the background. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vwigor8us -Artist: Llyona Fang -Track Art: Donomon -Duration: 3:42 -References: -- Wind-up Storm -- track:doctor -Art Tags: -- Mindfang -- Dualscar -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/vwigor8us -- https://youtu.be/6S7k6zZcjls -Commentary: - <i>Llyona Fang:</i> - A deep and lively dancing tune in 6/8 and 5/4 time, containing excerpts of [[Wind-up Storm]] by Llyona Fang (me) and [[track:doctor|Doctor]] by Buzinkai. - <i>Donomon:</i> - Here's my finished art, I went pretty literal, and tried to capture more of a 'falling in love/good times' feel that the upbeat music inspired. There's some hints of their conflict, Mindfang's hair is engulfing and overwhelming, Duelscar's possessive embrace is being held at a distance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lady of Sorrows -Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks -Track Art: Oskarna -Duration: 4:58 -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lady-of-sorrows -- https://youtu.be/UeUGGehexC0 -Commentary: - <i>Dallas Ross Hicks:</i> - Of all the Homestuck pieces I've done, this was one of the most challenging! Not because of the technical difficulty but because of the subject matter: Dolorosa is a tragic figure and her sad fate was entirely undeserved. - This song opens shortly after the passing of the signless; the four chimes signal his loss and the sad flute her grief. This continues into the arrival of Marquise Spinneret Mindfang: someone Dolorosa may have initially hoped would provide a safer refuge but Mindfang had her own plans for the political prisoner. While the potential for a red relationship between the two was hinted at, it certainly began with empathetic possession which is explored in the second movement of the song: Dolorosa struggles but eventually falls under Mindfang's spell. Darker sounds speak of that despair and when Mindfang finally lets her be, she feels more alone and empty than ever, wishing for someone to come and set her free. Unfortunately, she gets her wish - at the hands of Orphaner Dualscar who frees her of her very existence, solely to spite his soon-to-be former kismesis. The six bell chiems as she passes away echo the beginning of the song and the end of her son. - Like many of my songs, it is in 6/8 time: Maryams being the sixth troll on the hemospectrum, Serkets the eighth while the snare drum at the end makes eleven hits to represent Ampora. It's a "dark mirror" to [[Dear Heart]] but follows the sad canon story told by Mindfang's journal. I hope you found I did this unfortunate chapter of the Ancestors' story justice. - <i>Oskarna:</i> - The death of the Signless marks the beginning of a very different chapter of the Dolorosa's story, and this song does a wonderful job setting the tone for it. I wanted to focus on her initial emptiness - the instigator of this chapter of the Ancestral tale. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dualscar's Lament -Artist: not-the-kind-you-save -Track Art: Lou Chastain -Duration: 2:46 -Art Tags: -- Dualscar -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dualscars-lament -- https://youtu.be/YmOr_qLr_hQ -Lyrics: - First things first she says your name<br>You gotta hear it to believe it and it gets in your grain<br>You think "uh oh, she's the one"<br>There's hate in her eye and it's turning you on - You haven't really met her, you don't know her<br>She's a black box<br>One controlling mind, when she talks it's<br>Hopeless, helpless, hate cascades<br>Before you even know it you've been taken up in spades - I am royalty, not prone to jealousy<br>But<br>In this case I think my head's gone up in<br>Flames of something I can't place<br>I saw the look on the slave girl's face - Who does she think she is--she's a riot<br>If I tell her we're done she'd deny it<br>The only thing left for her to do is run<br>It's a black-rom rom-com if you've ever seen one - I'll find her<br>Don't know where<br>But she'll know what a broken heart feels like<br>When she's staring down Ahab's Crosshairs - Sorry, did I miss the boat?<br>I am realizing slowly, quickly I have<br>Fallen for her crossways, what a joke - You always hear those stories about<br>Someone you don't know and they say that<br>Hate and love don't mix, like water and oil<br>The blood just floats - I have never had a strong sense of humor<br>I get off on rumors everywhere I go that she has<br>Gone to the east, or the west, or to hell<br>No matter where, I know her well - It's sad that it should end like this<br>One of us will leave this dead<br>It's not my fault she struck me when she knew our black was red - I'll find her<br>Don't know where<br>But she'll know what a broken heart feels like<br>When I send the clown after her head -Commentary: - <i>not-the-kind-you-save:</i> - I wanted to write something that was basically the antithesis of what we know about Dualscar's personality, at least musically speaking. It ended up being something approaching a rap (I can't rap so I sang it instead). It's Dualscar's justification to hisemlf that he's in the right when it comes to his relationship with Mindfang, and it goes all the way through his clown-ridden demise. Enjoy! - <i>Lou Chastain:</i> - Tried replacing Mindfang with a little more Highblood instead. I wanted to kind of focus on that last part while the ships in the background is for Dualscar and Mindfang. It's a bit vague since the different hues of purple mix. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Court of Miracles -Artist: irl-porrim-maryam -Track Art: bootsie -Duration: 2:23 -References: -- In the Hall of the Mountain King -- Purple Tyrant -- The Court of Miracles -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/court-of-miracles -- https://youtu.be/tx5xxC2y4xk -Commentary: - <i>irl-porrim-maryam:</i> - Court of Miracles was such an amazing track to be able to work on! Admittedly, it was more piecing bits and portions of songs together that I thought would fit GHB's character. I used excerpts from The Court of Miracles from the Hunchback of Notre Dame as well as [[Purple Tyrant]] from coloUrs and mayhem; Hall of the Mountain King was also referenced. I do hope to have captured the mood correctly, and it was great fun to work on! - <i>bootsie:</i> - Grand Highblood is a tricky fellow, isn't he? Right when you think he's shown his hand, his true intentions are still lurking in the shadows... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Violet Means to a Violent End -Artist: Acyl -Track Art: Liz Fish -Duration: 4:09 -References: Purple Tyrant -Art Tags: -- Dualscar -- The Grand Highblood -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/violet-means-to-a-violent-end -- https://youtu.be/OgQ2ywrV5c4 -Commentary: - <i>Acyl:</i> - I was originally going to make the song more dynamic and pompous but I realized that the furious, almost frantic section in the strings better represented Dualscar in his last moments. True, he may not have shown that on the outside, but his inner turmoil and betral by Mindfang is more important. - I quoted part of [[Purple Tyrant]] from "coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A" to represent His Honorable Tyranny, and the echoing church organs to show when he takes back control of the situation. - <i>Liz Fish:</i> - Dualscar's exact end is left am ystery, only hinted at by Mindfang's memoirs. I have a feeling no one saw his death coming until the last moment, the Orphaner least of all. The track's frenetic build gave me a sense of the kind desperation he was feeling at that point, and how his short sighted mistake cost him everything. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Paint The Walls -Artist: The One Music Maniac -Track Art: Melissa Peebles -Duration: 2:36 -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/paint-the-walls -- https://youtu.be/8AH5dxKeTvk -Commentary: - <i>The One Music Maniac:</i> - "Paint The Walls" is a composition that reflects on the faith-driven andviolent nature of The Grand Highblood. Its instrumentation and distortion is meant to represent the iconic image of The Grand highblood in his throne where the walls surrounding him are painted in troll blood (hence the title of the piece). The ambient break is meant to portray the idealisms that the Makara family holds-- that there is a Mirthful Messiah, guiding them to cause their violent tendencies. - <i>Melissa Peebles:</i> - I too wanted to allude to the GHB in the throne room. The music break in the distortion and hard riffs has an almost spiritual feeling and I wanted to illustrate the faith driven side of the GHB; so here he is seen covered in blood and almost reverent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Pursuit of Justice -Artist: SerialSymphony -Track Art: Thiefofstars -Duration: 4:09 -Art Tags: -- Redglare -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-pursuit-of-justice -- https://youtu.be/45EtHqNfhBQ -Commentary: - <i>SerialSymphony:</i> - Erryday I'm Justicing<br>-Skip - <i>Thiefofstars:</i> - The track definitely gives a strong sense of Redglare's determination and sense of justice, so I went for a composition that put her front and centre. - I kept the background fairly dark with this ominous silhouette of the gallows, but made Redglare's red + teal colours really bright to make her stand out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Confront8ion -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: Lilly Higgs -Duration: 3:08 -Art Tags: -- Redglare -- Mindfang -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-confront8ion -- https://youtu.be/r6VjBsFuqzA -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - This track is a musical depiction of the showdown between Marquise Spinneret Mindfang and Neophyte Redglare. The piece begins with a driving electric guitar riff representing Mindfang as she sets out on the oceans to meet her foe. Mindfang's motif is interrupted by Redglare's harpsichord as she approaches. As the two clash, both instruments and motifs do battle, fighting to gain the upper hand in the arrangement. - <i>Lilly Higgs:</i> - This track is so full of energy!! I wanted to convey that with a dynamic, confrontational (haha) composition set at an angle. Given Mindfang and Redglare's uh, charged relationship and energy, I wanted them to be close, with hot, palpable tension that doesn't ever really get fulfilled. Redglare's about to wallop Mindfang a good one at the same time as she's about to reach her glowing dice, all wrapped in the burning embers of her fleet. If you look closely, you can see the Sufferer's sign swinging around Redglare's neck like a noose. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 -Artist: SerialSymphony, Circlejourney -Track Art: Lou Chastain -Duration: 4:13 -References: The Confront8ion -Art Tags: -- Redglare -- Pyralspite -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/just1c3-r41ns-from-4bov3 -- https://youtu.be/jMkLXQf-Vvo -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - This track is about Redglare and her lusus Pyralspite, apprehending the enemies of justice, preserving order in the empress' name. We wanted the track to evoke an image of the pair flying over a battlefield, laying waste to foes. We decided an epic orchestral sound would be most fitting. - <i>SerialSymphony:</i> - I think that this song is a vital addition to the dragon genre of music that I feel is severely underrepresented in the Homestuck fan albums. Also, the real reason we used a koto is because neither of us wanted harpsichords. - <i>Lou Chastain:</i> - It was difficult making the art as epic as the music while keeping it simple. Still, I did my best to make them both look mighty in a way. Could've focused more on Pyralspite. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Demise of Neophyte Redglare at the Hands of the Unruly Mob -Artist: SerialSymphony -Track Art: Daisy S. -Duration: 2:30 -References: Terezi's Theme -Art Tags: -- Redglare -- cw: hanging -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-demise-of-neophyte-redglare-at-the-hands-of-the-unruly-mob -- https://youtu.be/6R1O1zfaKfU -Commentary: - <i>SerialSymphony:</i> - The demise follows a slowed down piano arrangement of [[Terezi's Theme]], it cresecendos hard, and then almost peters out, which is the style I wanted to show the abrupt end of the Neophyte. I chose the name to mimic a sort of Victorian headline, I'm not sure why, but it fits so well.<br>-Skip - <i>Daisy S.:</i> - The art was inspired by religious art due to the dramatic crescendo and haunting tones depicting the abrupt death of Neophyte Redglare. The music combined with the Neophyte's hanging reminded me of some sort of ascension which I wanted to show with the halo and her outstretched hands. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Mechanism -Artist: not-the-kind-you-save -Track Art: Amanda Bell -Duration: 3:23 -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -- The Expatriate -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-mechanism -- https://youtu.be/7eX_Q4cmAow -Lyrics: - Leave me be<br>This is what I deserve<br>Broken hallways<br>And empty words - I had a purpose<br>I had a design<br>When your puppet doesn't work right<br>You set it aside - (Pre-Chorus)<br>I didn't know her<br>I'd never seen her before<br>And yet when I turned to her<br>I couldn't do it anymore - It's quiet—disturbing<br>I can still hear her cry<br>He was only a lowblood<br>He was always going to die - (Chorus)<br>I am mechanical<br>Methodical<br>I only see detail<br>I can watch the world from below - It is my legacy<br>My rightful place<br>In the glimmer of the moons<br>But my body is empty<br>Moonlight bleaches<br>Mechanical bones - Wander off<br>It's a terrible place<br>I have made myself a castle<br>To hold my disgrace - Who am I kidding?<br>I belong alone<br>There is nothing for me elsewhere<br>And this my home - (Pre-Chorus) - (Chorus) x2 -Commentary: - <i>not-the-kind-you-save:</i> - I was tasked with writing a song about Darkleer's thoughts and feelings as he exiles himself post not-killing the Disciple, which is great because my specialty is making things sad. - The lyrics show Darkleer agonizing over his decision and narrating his emotions, but I wanted to make sure that the tone of the music itself was never really comical--his pain is Serious Business. Unlike many Homestuck songs, this one isn't particularly electronic-sounding, and I think it feels almost like a woe-is-me song from a musical. Hope you enjoy! - <i>Amanda Bell:</i> - For this piece I wanted to amplify the melancholy and regret that Darkleer feels after he lets the Disciple go after the Sufferer's execution. The comic only touches base with this moment briefly, so I was happy to work alongside such a great piece that extends on that particular time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Summon the Cavalreapers -Artist: The One Music Maniac -Track Art: Andi DiSpirito -Duration: 2:19 -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/summon-the-cavalreapers -- https://youtu.be/b9wOdfuPo_8 -Commentary: - <i>The One Music Maniac:</i> - "Summon the Cavalreapers" captures and invokes not only the strength of the Cavalreapers as an army, but also of the loyalty that regined between them and their leader, The Summoner. Because of their devout loyalty and trust, not only did they come together to become the most powerful army, but they became the most powerful rebellious movement that ever lived up to the Signless' name. - <i>Andi DiSpirito:</i> - The part of the Summoner's story that I regret not having the chance to see was the moment he first revealed his wings to the crowd. After all, it must take a truly impressive sight to inspire an entire army to follow one into a revolution. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Last Lovers -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: Melissa Peebles -Duration: 3:30 -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -- Mindfang -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/last-lovers -- https://youtu.be/YTY-YLx8SH8 -Commentary: - <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> - This is a track I made for the Summoner and Mindfang, about their loved and tragic relationship. Some sad feelings along with fast movements to give more emotion. - <i>Melissa Peebles:</i> - I wanted to capture the beautiful sad tone of the music while showing that Mindfang and Summoner were happy, despite their tragic end. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: pyrrhic rust -Artist: smear -Track Art: Xagave -Duration: 4:33 -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pyrrhic-rust -- https://youtu.be/J_WjzbKvcAE -Commentary: - <i>smear:</i> - This track started out as an attempt at another theme, but it slowly grew into something on its own. Ultimately, the track decided it wanted to be for the Demoness. With low synths, pulsing bass, and ambient samples, hopefully you'll feel her precess upon you. Then, death. :D - <i>Xagave:</i> - The track made me feel like she was doing her time travel thing and wreckin crud, so here she is in some important part of history screwing everything up, getting ready to cull you if necessary 8] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mutiny -Directory: mutiny-ancestral -Artist: Zan Beaver -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 5:30 -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -- Pyralspite -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/mutiny -- https://youtu.be/N5cgR8KXbZA -Commentary: - <i>Zan Beaver:</i> - A worldwide mutiny is a notable feat, even if it is destroyed completely, so I wanted to orchestrate a piece that represents the strength, the suffering, and the endurance, even if it were in vain, of a rebellion as life-changing as this one. - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - What manner of havoc did the summoner wreak, for the Condesce to take such unreasonable measures against a new insurrection? YOu'd think he put the Empress in more of a precarious position than the Sufferer himself ever did... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Black Flag Stained 8lue -Artist: Navochao -Track Art: Thiefofstars -Duration: 2:12 -Art Tags: -- Mindfang -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-flag-stained-8lue -- https://youtu.be/Fe7rCwyB04E -Commentary: - <i>Navochao:</i> - Mindfang wouldn't want a funeral march, she'd want something much more epic. - The song title is taken from the name of Assasin's Creed Four. The game is titled Black Flag, but after these events it's going to be a bit more blue. - <i>Thiefofstars:</i> - I loved the title of this track and the strong visual image it evoked, so I went with quite a literal interpretation for the track art. The music is very strong and bold, and I wanted the art to reflect that same majestic vibe; it's sort of this idea that Mindfang isn't afraid of death, and that she is going out with her head held high. To help give it that feeling I used a fairly dark colour scheme, and (of course) a lot of blue tones. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Rebel's Requiem -Artist: Seren Mist -Track Art: Kisbys -Duration: 2:45 -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -- cw: blood -- cw: corpse -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-rebels-requiem -- https://youtu.be/cgwBrV0AzSQ -Commentary: - <i>Seren Mist:</i> - Since the Summoner's death isn't described in canon, I had a lot of free reign in this piece. I took the veiw that after the Summoner's rebellion was crushed, he was captured and executed by the Condesce. This piece chronciles his last speech (given bravely on his execution platform), his death, and the Condesce's attempt to suppress the rebellion. The low harp at the end is meant to signify how the story of the Summoner and his army survived in hushed stories. - <i>Kisbys:</i> - I wanted to try to merge a few elements into this to capture ore of the song. I attempted to show the destruction of the rebellion through the flag by showing it as getting more worn down and ruined as it tapers off. To the left of the image I wanted to show the Summoner giving his speech while in chains, signifying his capture, and to the right I drew one of his camps being attacked and burned to the ground. I wanted it to be like the Condesce sending out armies to crush the camps and thus putting a stop to his rebellion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In Condescent Darkness -Artist: Nate Tronerud -Track Art: Dogslug -Duration: 3:11 -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-condescent-darkness -- https://youtu.be/S8Xi-oe3R0A -Commentary: - <i>Nate Tronerud:</i> - Condi's had a bad day and decides to just banish these traitorous mofos once and for all... At least until she gets bored. Glub.<br>-Nate - <i>Dogslug:</i> - It's no secret to anyone that Her Imperious Condescension is one bad motherglubber, but it takes a special sort of ruthlessness to exile the entire adult population of your own species just to ensure complete obedience. I think that moev is a perfect example of her desperation and callousness, her willingness to do absolutely anything to stay on her throne. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Die For Me -Artist: Ducky Senpai -Track Art: shu -Duration: 2:30 -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- cw: body horror -- cw: eye horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/die-for-me -- https://youtu.be/hPkPJx7Jnno -Commentary: - <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> - This song is meant to depict the Helmsman's demise as he pushes himself to death powering the Condesce's ship. Of course, lots of electronic sounds for a thematic Helmsman track. Sorta tried to vaguely emulate old console noise percussion like on the Commodore 64. SOmehow old tech sound always gives a more "techy" vibe when applied to this kind of music in my opinion. - <i>shu:</i> - This track is busy and fast-paced so I tried to capture that with this piece and, in keeping with the "techy" vibe, threw on some static texture. Hopefully the effects distract from the lack of shading because I was worried that it'd be too cluttered! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Doom of the Planets -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: Tunapuns -Duration: 3:31 -References: Fuchsia Ruler, Gold Pilot, Heir of Grief -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- The Condesce -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-doom-of-the-planets -- https://youtu.be/SkLVln1KnRc -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - The Doom of the Planets is about Her Imperious Condescension's relationship with the Helmsman throughout her interplanetary conquest. Grandiose orchestral snippets are interspersed with intimate, sometimes dissonant contrapuntal segments featuring motifs from [[Gold Pilot]] and [[Fuchsia Ruler]]. Eventually the various disparate moods of the piece unite at the climax of the piece, signifying the ship's final leap through the cosmos, which ends in theHelmsman's death, the music fading way as his life does. - <i>Tunapuns:</i> - oh gosh i really like this song, especially the more orchestral parts. i tried to depict the condesce walking away from the helmsman as he bleeds out to death on the ship and looking all sinister and dark, as the doom of planets should be, and yet making it colorful to match the very prominent fuchsia ruler tune. i have no idea how to describe music so pardon me if i got anything wrong! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rusted Wench -Artist: miraculouslollipop -Track Art: shu -Duration: 1:25 -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -- Doc Scratch -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rusted-wench -- https://youtu.be/uXJjB9JkQ1Y -Commentary: - <i>shu:</i> - I thought that the flat tones of this track really brought out the hopelessness of the young Handmaid's struggle in the bleak situation that she was in. In correlation, I guess I tried to paly into the "already there" presence of Lord English with this piece. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Handmaiden's F(l)ight -Directory: handmaidens-flight -Artist: SerialSymphony -Track Art: Silverwater -Duration: 6:01 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/handmaidens-f-l-ight -- https://youtu.be/dYSvDkTSrRk -Commentary: - <i>SerialSymphony:</i> - Handmaiden's F(l)ight is really two songs, or maybe a song inside a song? What I'm saying is that there's a very deep meaning behind whatever it is I did and you should be impressed. Also, I entirely made this track so people would stop complaining about there being no Sburban Jungle remixes. - <i>Silverwater:</i> - the scene of Handmaid running from Dr. Scratch in Lord English's sight. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Of Rust and Royalty -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 3:20 -References: Rust Apocalypse, Fuchsia Ruler, Eternity Served Cold -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/of-rust-and-royalty -- https://youtu.be/wZMCe6jy7xs -Commentary: - <i>Grace Medley:</i> - Shortly before finishing the album, this project's coordinator approached us managers at unofficialmspafans about it, and at some point mentioned that a few pieces of track art weren't attached to any song any more, and that it was too late to have the songs replaced. Which is a shame, because the piece of track art I saw (this one, in fact) was very good! So, I spent the next week or so making a song in the style of a certain French nu disco duo (no prizes for guessing who) out of elements from [[Rust Servant]] and [[Fuchsia Ruler]], a subtle nod to [[Eternity Served Cold]], and an even subtler nod to WMM's unofficial remake of Rust Servant, [[Rust Apocalypse]]. For how quickly I made this track, I think it turned out rather well! - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - The battle between the Condesce and the Handmaid is still one of the most mysterious parts of the story, and I feel its impact and consequences have yet to be fully explored. There's no question that it was an insidious trap for the Condesce, but what is the true nature of the curse spoken by Doc Scratch...? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Handmaid's Lament -Artist: Sara Stebbins -Track Art: Sigourney Martin -Duration: 3:03 -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-handmaids-lament -- https://youtu.be/9-6r_T_3poQ -Commentary: - <i>Sara Stebbins:</i> - This piece is written about the Handmaid's struggle against the Condesce, her ultimate defeat, and a sort of butter-tinged relief she feels from it. I wrote parts of this piece in twelve-tone, alluding to the twelve zodiac signs and the twelve numbers on a clock. I tried to keep this piece as simple as I could because I feel that the Handmaid has this silent, brooding austerity with a sense of anger within, which I tried to bring out in occasional dissonance. - <i>Sigourney Martin:</i> - So right away this song made me feel /really/ sad. For Handmaid I mean. She needs hugs. But yeah, this song really makes me hear and or see her pain and I suppose relief from just being away from Lord English's grasp. The jerk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: (Her Imperial) Ascension -Artist: SerialSymphony -Track Art: Xagave -Duration: 5:33 -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -- Lord English -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/her-imperial-ascension -- https://youtu.be/rRLr17RZmYg -Commentary: - <i>SerialSymphony:</i> - Every bad bitch needs a badass song, and Condy is the biggest, baddest bitch of 'em all. Warning: listening may induce urge to conquer, lay waste, and generally subjugate all. - <i>Xagave:</i> - We all know Condy can frick a binch up but at ths point I'm pretty sure she could trap someone in her hair and strangle them to get the job done. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crockercorpse -Artist: Sean William Calhoun -Contributors: Josefin B. (vocals) -Track Art: Donomon -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -- cw: blood -- cw: corpse -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crockercorpse -- https://youtu.be/VU-vPcs2HY0 -Commentary: - <i>Sean William Calhoun:</i> - The final boss from )(er Imperious Condescension's perspective - a boss fight cut off abruptly by a katana to the bladder-based aquatic vascular system. - <i>Donomon:</i> - Whew, what a song! Crockercorpse rocks, and I tried to do it justice with a kinda neaon, acidy, Ben Templesmith inspired look. I have her that sort of falling forward, not really quite believing one of these kids actually got the best of her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Disc Three -Artist: Corona Sanctus -Track Art: Rebecca Peason -Duration: 0:30 -Directory: disc3-ancestral -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Handmaid -- The Summoner -- The Psiioniic -- The Disciple -- The Dolorosa -- Redglare -- Mindfang -- The Expatriate -- The Grand Highblood -- Dualscar -- The Condesce -- Doc Scratch -- Pyralspite -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-three -- https://youtu.be/hiu2h-gCLkA -Commentary: - <i>Corona Sanctus:</i> - My general thoughts regarding this track is "In between the large, sad and violent times the ancestors faced, they must've had some fun, joy and laughter." So I thought about that. - <i>Rebecca Peason:</i> - I didn't even realize how little we know about these characters outside of the tragedy in their stories. Putting together an image that had to do with the good times was interesting. I tried to keep the window pane motif as the last two discs, but I thught it departed enough from the first two discs which dealt with what happened in canon and their known stories. I wanted to make it feel like something more readable than the rose windows, like it's own little story. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: the mother, a child -Artist: smear -Track Art: Kaz -Duration: 5:02 -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-mother-a-child -- https://youtu.be/NNlqFwRmMRo -Commentary: - <i>smear:</i> - this track is composed of many layers, with bells and chimes. though a low bass warns us of later tragedies, the gentle feel of this tune reminds us that even the dolorosa was once a carefree soul. a mother, and a child. - <i>Kaz:</i> - The mature and nurturing Dolorsa was once an explorative child, sometimes irresponsibly venturing into the treacherous caverns near her hive. While the dark was scary, she had no idea of the real tragedies and responsibilities that she would soon bear. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Space Serenade (A Lullaby for a Restless Sleeper) -Artist: Navochao -Track Art: Phil Gibson -Duration: 2:59 -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/space-serenade-a-lullaby-for-a-restless-sleeper -- https://youtu.be/WzbUdnxSZvk -Commentary: - <i>Navochao:</i> - Named for my art blog, Space Serenade (A Lullaby For A Restless Sleeper) is meant to be a lullaby sung by Dolorsa to Signless. It's also a really darn long lullaby but who cares. - I will also bet money this has to be the song with the longest name on this album let's be real. - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - ([[track:the-demise-of-neophyte-redglare-at-the-hands-of-the-unruly-mob|It is not. ::::)]]) - <i>Phil Gibson:</i> - The Dolorosa is probably one of my favorite ancestors; an icon of the tenacity of love and compassion that can endure even with the harsh, unforgiving troll society. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sweet Baby Tr9ll Jegus -Artist: potato-sollux -Track Art: gelasticat -Duration: 2:31 -Art Tags: -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-baby-tr9ll-jegus -- https://youtu.be/NlX7MkeuJUE -Commentary: - <i>potato-sollux:</i> - dammit i can picture him running around in a cloak thats wayyyyyyy too big for him and im dying - <i>gelasticat:</i> - The track sounded very happy and bouncy to me so I kinda wibbled the Alternian sunlight problem because I thought a lighter, more airy palette would be more suitable for the overall feeling of the piece. I chose green accents on most of his clothes instead of red because I thought it was cute that he'd want to match is mumlusus. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tomorrow There'll Be More Of Us -Artist: Navochao -Track Art: Liz Fish -Duration: 2:06 -References: -- track:tomorrow-therell-be-more-of-us-hamilton -- Burn -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Disciple -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tomorrow-therell-be-more-of-us -- https://youtu.be/sCRu0qZOiMA -Commentary: - <i>Navochao:</i> - Random spurs of inspiration can get you places, and most of the time it's angsty places. - <i>Liz Fish:</i> - I sort of wonder sometimes if collecting strays ran in the family. Dolorosa had no idea what she'd start, picking up the little red grub. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Signless Protection Squad -Artist: Navochao -Track Art: bootsie -Duration: 2:27 -References: Icirrus City -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- The Disciple -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/signless-protection-squad -- https://youtu.be/JRvsco-mVB8 -Commentary: - <i>Navochao:</i> - To make this quick: once upon a time I had a roleplay with a Psiioniic and they called themselves the Signless Protection Squad so now everything I make for these two is named that because I have nothing better to call it. - Also I'm sorry Nintendo. - <i>bootsie:</i> - Every time I imagine the Psiioniic and the Disciple interacting, I imagine him using his sparks like a cat laser to distract her. I didn't want to be so silly, but I hope I captured the same energy as the song! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Purple And Purple -Artist: WC -Track Art: Cro -Duration: 1:47 -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/purple-and-purple -- https://youtu.be/GPjMY-lZgP0 -Commentary: - <i>WC:</i> - I made this once and then realized it sort of sounded like a song for clowns, and then I didn't sleep well the next few nights because at the time I was scared of clowns and thought they were influencing me subliminally. - There's a beeping section in the middle, except it's actually bad morse code, and it spells out 'no homo.' I don't have an explanation for this. - <i>Cro:</i> - This song is called Purple and Purple. Might as well have a focus of purple in the piece, and purple with a meaning at that! Chucklevoodoos always feels like some kind of signature sign with the Makara line. Not only that, but it leaves a sense of unease. Overall, the song gave an ominous feel to me where surrounding the Grand High Blood in an atmosphere was not only complimenting, but fitting! Also, bood on the walls for that extra touch. It's safe to say that the picture pays homage to his appearance in the comic, with the stylizing and unique attributes of course! - Getting that glow was my prime focus, and to also light up and put some focus at that wicked paint of his! They have to be some of the physical characteristics that stand out the most to me, and certainly focal points that I attempted to pull attention towards. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sandswept Schismatic -Artist: Acyl -Track Art: Amanda Bell -Duration: 3:54 -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sandswept-schismatic -- https://youtu.be/BOf4YnCcm9k -Commentary: - <i>Acyl:</i> - So I was working on music for an askblog, and it came out particularly Summoner-y! I'm pretty sure the guitar that comes in around 2:05 was something from a Legend of Zelda song I heard once but it seemed to fit a young Mr. Nitram. - <i>Amanda Bell:</i> - As the song being inspired by Nitram + Zelda, this color palette and imagery came to fruition. Heavily inspired by Skyward Sword. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: lazutrix -Artist: smear -Track Art: Andi DiSpirito -Duration: 2:28 -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -- Mindfang -- The Expatriate -- The Condesce -- cw: asphyxiation -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lazutrix -- https://youtu.be/tIxmOUQnz08 -Lyrics: - Blue, blue, blue<br>Im seein blue, blue blue<br>A couple hundred years, waiting to run into you<br>Seldom thoughts can hurt me<br>I cant even find my self<br>In the void i wish to linger,<br>Not that i have a choice - Something here seems to be<br>Always eating at my health<br>Something i cant quite figure<br>Not that i have a voice - Maybe i pitied you<br>Giddy at the thought of you<br>Maybe my hearts not true<br>To the cause ive devoted my life into - Perhaps not out of my own volition<br>Stomping out every coalition<br>Regardless of the lives they may have saved<br>I knew to you they only misbehaved - Maybe it is because<br>Im a glutton for punishment<br>Behind my eyes a buzz,<br>Banishment, admonishment - Blue, blue, blue<br>Im seeing blue, blue, blue,<br>Somehow im still not free,<br>Finding comfort in my stealth<br>a misery machine, with her<br>No reason to rejoice -Commentary: - <i>smear:</i> - Title: lazutrix, women who shape the blue<br>Lazu: from lazulinus, the color ultramarine<br>-trix: denoting femininity in adjectives and nouns - <i>Andi DiSpirito:</i> - I decided to focus on Darkleer struggling to reconcile his weakness towards two known criminals and how their influence forces him to question his loyalty to the Empress, as well as his role in enforcing her hemocaste system. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Leftovers -Artist: psithurist -Track Art: senpai-satan -Duration: 4:08 -References: Walls Covered in Blood, Olive Scribe, Flare -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/leftovers -- https://youtu.be/fQsujVTQ3e8 -Lyrics: - Every word you say,<br>Every piece you give.<br>Every night and day,<br>Every life you save.<br>For them,<br>For us. - Every shot they take,<br>Every drop they spill.<br>Every heart they break,<br>Every one they kill.<br>For what?<br>For her? - In every severed tail|tale,<br>In every leap<br>I won't hold back.<br>In every ship that sails,<br>In every spark of love<br>I will remain.<br>For him,<br>For me. -Commentary: - <i>psithurist:</i> - This is actually the first song I've ever put out with my voice (so go easy, haha). It's a song from the Disciple's perspective about her friends, her oppressors, and herself, and also about her role as a scribe, recording the trials of the ancestors. - <i>senpai-satan:</i> - At first i had alot of ideas about what i wanted to draw for image but i finally settled with a view of the disciple writing on the screen while inside a cave, giving a nod towards Nepeta and for example her shipping wall. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cardinal Fyre -Artist: Zan Beaver -Track Art: Gilwing -Duration: 2:19 -Art Tags: -- Redglare -- Pyralspite -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cardinal-fyre -- https://youtu.be/yZHBHz5n88A -Commentary: - <i>Zan Beaver:</i> - The minute I saw that I was to make a track for Redglare and Pyralspite, it screamed for harpsichord in a weird key (I honestly don't know the key I wrote this song in). After getting the main instrument to work the song around, I had to imagine their relationship. I described it as trusting, solid, slightly playful yet harsh. So I created a melody to fit this description, and it blossomed from there. - <i>Gilwing:</i> - The only time Pyralspite and Redglare are shown together in-comic they're busy raining hellfire on Mindfang's fleet, so I wanted to create a more intimate moment to showcase their relationship. A monstrous and powerful, but loving, dragon mother surrounds and protects her cocky, talented daughter with a dangerous passion for justice. I wanted it to look a bit like an aged photograph, like an old, warm memory, which is something the harpsichord made me think of. As we know, Pyralspite outlived Redglare by quite a lot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Preach -Artist: Seijen -Track Art: Erin B. -Duration: 3:19 -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -- Pyralspite -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/preach -- https://youtu.be/78VVxNx51Xg -Commentary: - <i>Seijen:</i> - Them: "we need a dubstep track for our project"<br>Me: "I gotchu fam" - Thus this master piece was born. If you don't like this song, then you can contact me through the credit links, so I can explain to you why your opinion is objectively wrong. - <i>Erin B.:</i> - I wanted to depict Summoner in some context while also capturing the power that the song was radiating. I tried to show a moment of the revolution at the starting clash of a battle. The song also had some calmer moments, which I felt were very appropriate for the moment right before battle. That, and I really wanted to draw Summoner and Pyralspite looking cool. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Swan Song -Artist: Navochao -Track Art: gelasticat -Duration: 2:38 -References: The Cave You Fear, track:swan-song-set-it-off -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/swan-song -- https://youtu.be/MGOoXJMvZNU -Commentary: - <i>Navochao:</i> - "You cut to the bone, pick up the phone, to hear my swan song" - The phrase [Swan Song] refers to an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song in the moment just before death, having been silent during most of their lifetime. - <i>gelasticat:</i> - I wanted something dramatic because that just seemed right for a swan song but somewhat subdued at the same time since that's how the track came across. I went with a stained glass aesthetic because they've always encompassed that kind of feeling for me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Doom of the Planets (Reprise) -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 3:32 -References: The Doom of the Planets -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-doom-of-the-planets-reprise -- https://youtu.be/WG81465YQf4 -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - This is a piano arrangement on [[The Doom of the Planets]], an earlier track on the album. Instead of building to a grand orchestral climax, this version dwells more on a sense of foreboding and finality that surrounds the latter part of the Condesce's journey, with the Vast Glub and the extinction of the troll race soon to come. - The Condesce looks on at a new star system as her ship approaches, mirroring the contemplative mood of the track. diff --git a/album/archive.txt b/album/archive.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3e5a1b14..00000000 --- a/album/archive.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,831 +0,0 @@ -Album: Archive -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Cover Art: Hadron -Wallpaper Art: Hadron -Wallpaper Style: - background-position: top center; -Has Track Art: no -Date: July 19, 2016 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: #89aebe -Groups: -- Michael Guy Bowman -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/archive -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwrc2bi-Eb7q9mvtmLZxyV7nUEYnW5l6o -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Commissions, novelty tracks, experiments in electronica from 2012-2016. Download features 10 bonus tracks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Awake (2012 Version) -Duration: 3:32 -Contributors: -- Clark Powell (cello) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2012-version -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RhvFHAbB0 -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Kaolin Maia Cash, 2012 -Lyrics: - Awake again - Here in my bed - Eyes staring up at the ceiling - - A breath of air - Light in my window - Heart still aglow with the feeling - I was dreaming - - Another time, another place - A strange and yet familiar face - Buried deep within my bed - I wade through memories in my head - - My sock's half on - Hand in a book - Finger is still on the chapter - - We both were there - I told a joke - I can't recall what came after - Just your laughter - - Clock goes off across the room - And time restarts and life resumes - I rise to meet the coming day - But someone's laughing far away -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Got It? -Duration: 2:52 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/got-it -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScxdTiqjD5U -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Airwaves -Duration: 3:02 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/airwaves -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbyW60mQzWk -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 -Lyrics: - Keep your eyes on the airwaves - Don't look down if you don't want to fall - Out here, ain't nobody dancing - Up in the air you ain't nobody at all - - Keep your forward direction - Look for signs of the enemy, enemy - You're too far gone for protection - I am a spaceship who's looking for love (yeah) - - Open your doors and shoot your missiles - Blow away everybody you pass - Just a bunch of peculiar people - Looking for a party to crash - - Keep your back to the sunlight - Keep your eyes on the rubber T-Rex - Save your teardrops for later - You're going to need them for the part that comes next - - Wake up trashed in the ocean - Look for signs of the enemy, enemy - These drones can feel emotion - I am a spaceship who's looking for love (yeah) - - Open your doors and shoot your missiles - Blow away everybody you pass - Just a bunch of peculiar people - Looking for a party to crash -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mad Science -Duration: 3:14 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/mad-science -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2u8XytSCQ -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Nich Maragos, 2012 -Lyrics: - "Yes! This thunderstorm is just what I need to bring my creation life! LIFE!" - - Your career starts with a dream - That becomes a brilliant scheme - When you first acquire the rudimentary skills - Soon you're turning lead to gold - And making space's fabric fold - And breathing life into the dead to get your thrills - - You may say it can't be done - But baby, I am number one - And the things that I can do - Prove the facts I know are true! - - MAD SCIENCE - We do it 'cause we can - MAD SCIENCE - It's all part of the plan - MAD SCIENCE - Yes, we have got the tools - Consequence means nothing when you learn to break the rules - - "Steady, now. We wouldn't want to scare the poor creature. Look into its eyes; there's a light behind them. Yes! It's intelligent! It's learning! It's learning! Yes!" - - People first will be impressed - They will call you a success - Put your name on some important-sounding prize - But when it starts to leave a scar - They will say you've gone too far - And they'll call your work a dirty pack of lies - - You may say my proofs are wrong - You may say my tests are flawed - You can shove it up your flask - I'm too busy playing God! - - MAD SCIENCE - We do it 'cause we can - MAD SCIENCE - It's all part of the plan - MAD SCIENCE - Yes, we have got the tools - Consequence means nothing when you learn to break the rules - - Losing your patents to idiots in suits - You run from the world and its trivial pursuits - Living in exile with henchmen and minions - Your work's too important for outside opinions - - In a castle far away - You plot revenge throughout the day - Putting touches on your horrid master plan - Those tiny peons would not learn - Which is why they'll have to burn - Progress cannot wait upon the will of man - - You may say it can't be done - But baby, I am number one - And the things that I can do - Prove the facts I know are true - Don't pretend you're not intrigued - You're as twisted as the rest - You might mock me in the day - But at night you are obsessed! - - MAD SCIENCE - We do it 'cause we can - MAD SCIENCE - It's all part of the plan - MAD SCIENCE - Yes, we have got the tools - Consequence means nothing when you learn to break the rules - - "Okay, back to work." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Millennium Bug -Duration: 3:33 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/millennium-bug -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzogRWBZ1E -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Sixar, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Far Away -Directory: far-away-archive -Duration: 0:53 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/far-away -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAiKtjk1Q9g -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Jon Drobny, 2012 -Lyrics: - So far away - Way out beyond - - No capsule you could swallow - Could possibly compare - To the one that swallows you - And takes you through the air - - Hollow rockets filled with solid fuel - Faster than the Earth can pull - Body of the aether's night - Takes you on your maiden flight! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gondwanaland -Duration: 2:36 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/gondwanaland -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79TReINYQ0 -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Diamonds and Diamonds and Diamonds -Duration: 1:56 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/diamonds-and-diamonds-and-diamonds -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDQVevEiNKM -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Michael Orr, 2012 -Lyrics: - Hidden from the naked eye - Beyond the view of telescopes - Behind the diamonds in the sky - From where the oldest light elopes - Nothing written in the waves - The signal's clear, the picture's black - Nothing standing in the way - The anti-matter stares straight back - Nothing to see but diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds - - Objects brighter than the sun - Shift to red and fade away - A universe built on the run - Eclipsed so easily by the day - Nothing written in the waves - Event horizon, no return - Nothing standing in the way - Perhaps these things cannot be learned - Nothing there but diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bandages -Duration: 0:56 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/bandages -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsOz_7QFr68 -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Colin "Bandages" Burns, 2012 -Lyrics: - Colin Burns - But he does not char - The fire laps at his appendages - - Embers spurned - Cannot leave a scar - He is safe behind his Bandages - - The alias - The other skin - Who knows what can lie within - The Bandages - The Bandages -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Electroverture -Duration: 2:38 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/electroverture -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9O7DOmuEqk -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Commission for Cari Garafalo, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Emery's Theme -Duration: 1:24 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/emerys-theme -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqCIGInFoA8 -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Commission for Emery Ferguson, 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Know That You're Mine -Duration: 1:58 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/know-that-youre-mine -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag4cJj6lakM -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Kalen Boley, 2012 -Lyrics: - I’ll pack a blanket, a handwoven basket - Of red roses and wine - Rest with me here on this bed made of grass - And I’ll know, know that you’re mine - - In the cool of the evening the sound of your breathing - Seems all that you dare need to say - With incense and flowers, the minutes and hours - Like fluttering leaves slip away - - The sky turns from blue to an orange to black - With the slow passage of time - We ought to be home, but you know that I’m yours - And I know, know that you’re mine - - We will look to the skies with our twinkling eyes - And we’ll write out our names in the stars - Though it’s dark here on land, when we’re both holding hands - All the lights up above will be ours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Just Destroy It -Duration: 1:30 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/just-destroy-it -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QZ-3oBnzOI -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Commission for Lindsay Hejl, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In The Marching Band -Duration: 1:00 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-marching-band -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzEfXNE2Rpw -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Mason Herschberg, 2012 -Lyrics: - Some bands only play in small bars - Show up in their own cars - Only just to pass time - But my band always plays arenas - You probably have seen us - Playing at the half time - - Sequined soldiers of the football stands - Killing our evenings in the marching band - At every game we're in demand - Our parents are our biggest fans - As long as we're in marching band - - Some bands never really get big - Only play a few gigs - Not at all immersing - But my band always goes to contest - Cannot get a night's rest - Always up rehearsing - - If the team keeps winning, wouldn't that be grand? - Going to playoffs in the marching band - Loading the equipment van - Testing our attention span - Oh why'd we join the marching band? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Make It Bounce -Duration: 1:47 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/make-it-bounce -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Z9FMR4R_E -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for McKinley Freeman, 2012 -Lyrics: - Make it bounce - Make it bounce - Make it bounce -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Explosion Force (They Do It Right) -Duration: 1:57 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/explosion-force-they-do-it-right -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gtR6iQAPGQ -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Jeremy Geist, 2012 -Lyrics: - When the moon is high and the night has fell - They ride like demons out of hell - But they're not demons, they are men - Who send the demons back again - - Men of action, men of dreams - Armed with guns and laser beams - Hunting down all supernatural beings - - Explosion Force, they do it right! - They drop the bomb and win the fight - Riding in the Explosionmobile - Fighting for justice and keeping it real - - Who will live and who will die? - When the war is over, then you'll see why - Explosion Force, they do it right! - - Roll call! - Arthur, demolitions expert - Felix, demolitions expert - David, demolitions expert - Bryan, who's also a demolitions expert YEAHHHHH - - Together fights this secret crew - Sent from VASCU - A secret cell of the FBI - Sworn to make motherfuckers die - - Bad guys from the Cult of Scars - They will find out where you are - Where there's an ass to kick, they can't be far - - Explosion force, they do it right! - You may bark, but they will bite - Ghouls and goblins, you best beware - You're no match, your ass is theirs - - Who will live and who will die? - When the war is over, then you'll see why - Explosion Force, they do it right! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The New Window -Duration: 2:26 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-new-window -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ZLS3bp13s -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Polyominoes -Duration: 3:56 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/polyominoes -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Nkz4nKzNo -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Slow Bay -Duration: 2:41 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/slow-bay -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feyHwRVnPWE -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: This Sunset -Duration: 3:20 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/this-sunset -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzAs-WDXdNU -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Leigh-Ann Peach, 2012 -Lyrics: - As I watch this sunset - The enchantment of the long night descends around me - Through the fading blue sky, stars arrive quietly - And the chirps of crickets herald the golden hour - - The day is at an end - And there are ten million things I'll have to do before I sleep - In the morning, there will be ten million, yet still - And then again, a sunset - - But in this moment - The sun is not just some giant ball put there to make me feel small - It is an old friend who I have known longer than anyone else - And this evening, I am by its side to tuck it into bed - - In this moment - I can feel only the grace of the world around me - This calm, this light, this air, this body - This sunset -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jungle Boogie -Duration: 4:00 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df9m1mux-BU -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Outtake from [[album:homestuck-vol-10]], 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Awake (2013 Version) -Duration: 3:28 -References: Awake (2012 Version) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2013-version -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmKaslOTrXs -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 -Lyrics: - Awake again - Here in my bed - Eyes staring up at the ceiling - - A breath of air - Light in my window - Heart still aglow with the feeling - I was dreaming - - Another time, another place - A strange and yet familiar face - Buried deep within my bed - I wade through memories in my head - - My sock's half on - Hand in a book - Finger is still on the chapter - - We both were there - I told a joke - I can't recall what came after - Just your laughter - - Clock goes off across the room - And time restarts and life resumes - I rise to meet the coming day - But someone's laughing far away -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aba Daba Honeymoon -Directory: aba-daba-honeymoon-archive -References: track:aba-daba-honeymoon -Duration: 1:27 -Has URLs: no -Lyrics: - Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Said the chimpie to the monk - Baba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Said the monkey to the chimp - - All night long they chatter away - All day long they were happy and gay - Swingin' and singin' - In their honkie tonkie way - - Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Means Monk I love but you - Baba daba dab in monkey talk - Means Chimp I love you too - - Then the big baboon one night in June - He married them and very soon - They went upon their aba daba honeymoon - - Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Said the chimpie to the monk - Baba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Said the monkey to the chimp - - All night long they chatter away - All day long they were happy and gay - Swingin' and singin' - In their honkie tonkie way - - Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Means Monk I love but you - Baba daba dab in monkey talk - Means Chimp I love you too - - Then the big baboon one night in June - He married them and very soon - They went upon their aba daba honeymoon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Valentine To Sarah From Julian -Duration: 2:12 -Has URLs: no -Lyrics: - Nobody - Would ever have guessed we'd be homebuddies - Or that you even would be somebody - To someone you barely knew like me - - Like me - Like me - Like me - - I met you - Through a mutual friend - Oh, we were introduced - All I knew was you liked Doctor Who - I guess that was good enough for me - - For me - For me - For me - - I wanna play that - Like a snow-baked thing - I couldn't say that - 'Cuz this ain't just a fling - I wanna know you - Like the back of my hand - I gotta show you - The person I really am - - We'll make our own world - Where we can run away - To where it's all play - All day - Yeah yeah yeah - - [Dare you to transcribe this part, Niklink!] - - You called me - Just seconds before I tried to - Make my plea - For you to entertain this - Fantasy - So glad to know that it was - Not just me - - Just me - Just me - Just me - - Now you're here - We're sharing together in these golden years - And though our lives have many hopes and fears - I'll be there with you and me - - You and me - You and me - You and me - You and me - - (Mwah!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ismelda The Bearded Mermaid -Contributors: Erik Scheele (piano) -Duration: 0:52 -Has URLs: no -Lyrics: - (Ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct privilege to bring the sounds of Ismelda, the Bearded Mermaid!) - (Once again, faster!) - (Faster, still!) - (Yes!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Emery's Theme (Fast Version) -References: Emery's Theme -Duration: 0:57 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Conro Corp Anthem -Duration: 0:36 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Get Start! -Duration: 1:48 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You Are The Birthday Boy -Duration: 0:26 -Has URLs: no -Lyrics: - Hooray for you, kid - It's your birthday - Let's all sing along - - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - You are the birthday boy - - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - You are the pride and joy - - You're one year older than you were last year - So let's all have a big three cheers - For this is the best day of the year - Happy birthday to -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You Are The Birthday Girl -Duration: 0:26 -Has URLs: no -Lyrics: - Hooray for you, kid - It's your birthday - Let's all sing along - - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - You are the birthday girl - - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - Birth - You're the best girl in the world - - You're one year older than you were last year - So let's all have a big three cheers - For this is the best day of the year - Happy birthday to -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Old Buggy Now (Solatrus remix) -Artist: Solatrus -References: Old Buggy Now -Duration: 4:04 -Has URLs: no -Lyrics: - Riding through the night like a jaded vagabond - No one else in sight I could be the only one - Hear me radio, play the song I know - Take me where I long to go - - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now - Who can hear me or stop me now - In this old buggy old buggy now - In this old buggy old buggy now - - Guided by the stars burning up petroleum - Here inside my car I could be the only one - Somewhere in the sky a satellite on high - Watches with its lonely eye - - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now - Who can hear me or stop me now - In this old buggy old buggy now - In this old buggy old buggy now - - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now - - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now - Who can hear me or stop me now - In this old buggy old buggy now - In this old buggy old buggy now - - In this old buggy old buggy now - In this old buggy old buggy now - In this old buggy old buggy now - In this old buggy old buggy now - - In this old buggy old buggy now - In this old buggy old buggy now - In this old buggy old buggy now - In this old buggy old buggy now -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ithaca (hrmnzr remix) -Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley -References: Ithaca -Duration: 4:14 -Has URLs: no -Lyrics: - (The journey made by all) - - I spent the best years of my life waiting - For this moment - A time to call my own, a place to call my homeland - - It’s come here far too soon - I sit around my room - Hatching my plans and schemes I mostly leave forgotten - - I spent my longest nights awake wondering through the outside - Amused but still deranged, divided on the inside - - Returning to the core - The place I can’t ignore - The wonder behind the fear I just can’t seem to shake off - - Oo-ee-oo - To dream or do - To do or die - To sink or fly - - Oo-ee-oo - To get a clue - To run and hide - To laugh and cry - - I turned my back on battles won and sailed to new adventure - The journey made by all, a lonely mortal tenure - - To Ithaca I sailed - And though I have not failed - My home is a fleeting camp, the journey’s just beginning - - Oo-ee-oo - To dream or do - To do or die - To sink or fly - - Oo-ee-oo - To get a clue - To run and hide - To laugh and cry - - I spent the morning hours awake writing down the lyrics - Resolved to get it right - to capture the true spirit - - Although I sing along - That moment now has gone - My heart still a restless sea where Ithaca is calling diff --git a/album/are-you-lost.txt b/album/are-you-lost.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 0f373ab8..00000000 --- a/album/are-you-lost.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,78 +0,0 @@ -Album: ✌︎❒︎♏︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ●︎□︎⬧︎⧫︎✍︎ -Directory: are-you-lost -Artist: hywell -Date: November 22, 2020 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Cover Art: Astroblur -Banner Art: Astroblur -Wallpaper Art: Astroblur -Banner Dimensions: 975x180 -Has Track Art: no -Color: #45cef2 -Groups: -- Cristata -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/album/--2 -Commentary: - <i>hywell:</i> - ROYAL LABS ENTRY: ██<br>DATE: 20XX - <hr> - The following sounds are a sample of what was recorded during a ten hour audio/visual observation session of a space that lies beyond our own existence, otherwise known as "The Void". - Experiment " ██████ " no. 4 was headed by ██████ and Dr.████ with assistance from interns S███ and █████. - Data gathered from Experiment " ██████ " no. 4 has shown a conclusive, definitive link between ██████ and the RESET, SAVE, and LOAD abilities. What this could mean in regards to intern S███'s results from Experiment " ██████ " no.3 is unknown. However, a correlation between certain timelines is present. More research is needed into this matter for a definitive conclusion. - ENTRY END - <hr> - (there are many notes scribbled in the blank areas surrounding the text, but they are impossible to read. is that bad handwriting, or is that a different language...?) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: SIGNAL START -Duration: 3:25 -References: -- ASGORE -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/signal-start -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ARE YOU LOST? -Duration: 4:40 -References: -- Fallen Down -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/are-you-lost -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: FALLEN -Duration: 4:51 -References: -- Fallen Down -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/fallen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: LOREM IPSUM DOCET -Duration: 4:13 -References: -- Moonsetter -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/lorem-ipsum-docet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: TRUE AUTUMN -Artists: hywell, Cristata -Duration: 5:21 -References: -- Quiet Autumn -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/true-autumn-ft-cristata -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: MEDIUM -Directory: medium-are-you-lost -Artists: hywell, Cristata -Duration: 6:22 -References: -- CORE -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/medium-ft-cristata -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: JUDGEMENT -Duration: 3:31 -References: -- track:megalovania-undertale -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/judgement diff --git a/album/ava.txt b/album/ava.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b7e8bfe6..00000000 --- a/album/ava.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -Album: Ava - Original Soundtrack -Directory: ava -Artist: nuclear333 -Cover Art: nuclear333 -Has Track Art: no -Date: December 31, 2017 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: #4eea1c -Groups: -- nuclear333 -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/ava-original-soundtrack -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - You are the space explorer Ava, and you have just landed on a new planet full of wonder! Just when you get your bearings, the evil SNOMAR appears and starts taking over the planet! You need to stop him from adding it to his empire, and fast! Go Ava, go! - <hr> - This album is the result of a challenge I gave myself to make some songs over the winter break to be productive. They're all pretty short and most of them were made in about a half hour. It was fun to make. Snowdrive Park was made before the challenge, but I don't really have any plans for it so I figured I'd throw it on as a bonus. Thanks for supporting me! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Title Crawl -Duration: 0:19 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/title-crawl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Junglebottom Peak -Duration: 1:06 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/junglebottom-peak -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Conquered Caves -Duration: 1:04 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/conquered-caves -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hot Shop Tea Stop -Duration: 0:48 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/hot-shop-tea-stop -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snowdrive Park -Duration: 1:46 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/snowdrive-park diff --git a/album/bashful-hearts-out.txt b/album/bashful-hearts-out.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 41325583..00000000 --- a/album/bashful-hearts-out.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -Album: Bashful Hearts Out -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Cover Art: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Banner Art: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Wallpaper Art: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Banner Dimensions: 975x105 -Has Track Art: no -Date: September 30, 2020 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: #f69f3c -Groups: -- what is lost in the mines? -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/album/bashful-hearts-out -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spontaneous Combustion -Duration: 3:33 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/spontaneous-combustion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Drowning Dogs -Duration: 3:15 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/drowning-dogs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mister Murder Maniac -Duration: 4:31 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/mister-murder-maniac -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You Never Listen To The Lyrics -Duration: 3:09 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/you-never-listen-to-the-lyrics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ba Dah, Dah, Dah -Duration: 1:51 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/ba-dah-dah-dah -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: For The Good Of Chuck E. Cheese's -Duration: 3:45 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/for-the-good-of-chuck-e-cheeses diff --git a/album/beforus.txt b/album/beforus.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 641d9e8d..00000000 --- a/album/beforus.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1622 +0,0 @@ -Album: Beforus -Directory: beforus -Cover Art: Gilwing -Banner Art: Gilwing -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Date: April 12, 2016 -Date Added: May 25, 2020 -Color: #ff00c5 -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- Damara -- Rufioh -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Porrim -- Latula -- Aranea -- Horuss -- Kurloz -- Cronus -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/beforus -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLVjjUEd7bl6B8ExTnf5nuLm -Commentary: - <i>Blackhole:</i> - Blackhole (Not-Terezi-Pyrope) and the Beforus Album Team proudly present; - <center>BEFORUS</center> - <center>A collaborative Homestuck fan soundtrack album<br>in three discs.</center> - Commentary booklet assembled by Blackhole (Not-Terezi-Pyrope). - Track commentaries authored by the respective fan artists and fan musicians. Track art is the property of the individual listed visual artist. The <i>Beforus</i> fan album and related media are brought to you by the Beforus Album Team and Blackhole Media, and are unofficial fanworks based on Andrew Hussie's <i>Homestuck</i>. - <i>Homestuck</i> is a property of Andrew Hussie and What Pumpkin. - <hr> - <i>Gilwing:</i> - I'm so grateful for the privilege of illustrating the album cover! I don't think I've ever put so many characters in one illustration before, so it was an experience trying to fit them all in together. It's based off of where the trolls lived before starting their game, with Meenah having run away to the pink moon while everyone else is on Beforus, as well as my track art for [[Cosmic Malfunction]] by Ducky Senpai, which also has to do with people chilling on space orbs. It was really hard to find a balance with all these guys, while at the same time knowing it has to represent the entire album and all of the people working on it. It was a unique challenge but I had a blast, I hope I did it justice! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♪ Disc 1 ♪ -Artist: Blackhole -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 0:30 -Directory: disc1-beforus -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- Damara -- Rufioh -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Porrim -- Latula -- Aranea -- Horuss -- Kurloz -- Cronus -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1 -- https://youtu.be/e7tvurpW8h0 -Commentary: - <i>Blackhole:</i> - The music here is one of three short bookend pieces I wrote for the start of each Disc, each a section of a longer piece, "Preludes to Beforus". They are not particularly exciting in and of themselves, so instead I'll speak a little about Disc 1 itself. Disc 1 is the part of the album initially designed to contain the twelve "principal tracks", invisaged as the main theme for each of the twelve Beforan trolls. At the start of the project, musicians could actually reserve these spots, but a lot of shuffling happened towards the end. Eventually, each troll ended up having multiple themes on the album, but Disc 1 still contains what can probably be considered their "main" theme, due to its location at the start of the album. With only twelve tracks and the short bookend piece, Disc 1 is far smaller than the longer Disc 2 section. - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - This is the third artwork I completed for the project, and once again it ended up being a broup shot-- this time at the mod's request. Since it was the introductory artwork for Disc 1, it felt appropriate to me to depect them on the place where it all started, where Meenah claimed to have found the game after running away from her duties: the Pink Moon. And where the game is, so there must be a Frog Temple. Right? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♈ - Fatalism -Artist: Neon Zenith -Track Art: Amelia G. -Duration: 4:28 -Art Tags: -- Damara -- The Handmaid -- cw: eye horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fatalism-2 -- https://youtu.be/tliId-rVINE -Lyrics: - Your life was so miserable oh such a waste! - It’s all cause your friends had just spat in your face.<br>You used to be fearful that you’d make mistakes, but<br>your meekness and sweetness have faded away.<br>And under it all now your blood starts to boil;<br>You’ll make them all pay for your trouble and toil!<br>Your boyfriend was cheating and left you distraught.<br>But Meenah was meaner oh who would’ve thought<br>that her actions intended to help you along;<br>and you must know somehow that she wasn’t wrong.<br>The future is coming; they’ll just have to wait,<br>but you are determined they’ll all meet their fate. - CHORUSx2 - Why do you feel that we’re always against<br>something that detriments good consequence?<br>Why do you try to advocate strife;<br>living an alternate life? - The Handmaiden comes as a beacon of doom;<br>she reshapes the past as you watch from your room,<br>and now looking back you can see what she’s done.<br>The battle is over but who really won?<br>You’re being controlled by a glimmering voice;<br>there’s nothing to do ‘cause theres really no choice;<br>You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t.<br>You want to rebel but you know that you wont<br>be yourself if you do, how could you go on?<Br>You’re trying to help but what’s right is also what’s wrong<br>but you have to believe<br>that you are a person the world really needs. - CHORUSx2 -Commentary: - <i>Neon Zenith:</i> - This work was originally intended as a simple cover for a competition on battleofthebits.org. To make it more unique, I took some inspiration from a song by maxvdubs and wrote some original lyrics; originally they were written about the plot of Dark Souls and the frustrating sense of hopelessness within. When considering what sort of song to make for this album, I realised how well the lyrics seemed to resonate with the story of Damara Megido, and adapted them accordingly. I also recently created an introductory segment (based on the pre-chorus and chorus of the song) intended to depict a sort of inner turmoil as one enters a dark period of their life and is confronted with various emotions including despair, horror, and hatred. - The name of the song refers to the concept of rpedetermination and fate. Damara's wiki page notes that she holds "much fatalism and frustration" within herself; considering that I had named the set of Souls-themed lyrics "Frustration," it felt somewhat fitting that "Fatalism" be its counterpart. Note that although the lyrics are mostly directed towards Damara, the second and third stanzas of the second verse refer to the Handmaiden and her service to Lord English. (Many thanks to my friend Chris for helping me better understand the plot details.) - <i>Amelia G.:</i> - Drawing this piece and listening to Neon Zenith's song really made me look at Damara differently. I wanted to highlight the inner turmoil that people tend to look over, adding the Handmaiden to show those feelings that she hides. Damara is an incredibly interesting character, and I was just telling someone that I don't draw enough Megidos. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♉ - Breathtak1ng -Artist: Rhyselinn -Track Art: doodlebonez -Duration: 5:30 -Art Tags: -- Rufioh -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/breathtak1ng -- https://youtu.be/3uDVyljVSC4 -References: -- Do The Windy Thing -- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, -- Bronze Rebel -- The Lost Child -- iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE -- Penumbra Phantasm -- track:doctor -Commentary: - <i>Rhyselinn:</i> - Hi! I'm Rhyselinn, the composer for Rufioh Nitram's track "Breathtak1ng." - I admit, I had difficulty trying to categorize the Nitrams' music while doing research for this track. By my best estimation, Breathtak1ng is an upbeat flamenco/salsa hybrid. It includes excerpts from (in approximate order): [[Do The Windy Thing]], [[dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS,]] [[Bronze Rebel]], [[iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE]], and [[Savior of the Waking World]]. (And the ending is reminiscent of [[Infinity Mechanism]], for whatever that's worth.) - The middle section also includes excerpts from [[The Lost Child]], a Damara Megido song, and some machinery noises in homage to Horuss Zahhak. Rufioh's character arc in Openbound focuses heavily on his romantic entanglements with these two characters, so I wanted Breathtak1ng to emphasize Rufioh's nature as a freedom-oriented Breath player, and portray him breaking free of these toxic attachments. As a result, the two interludes feel darker and less energetic to contrast the moment iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE kicks in. That's when Rufioh metaphorically spreads his wings, breaks free of those binding attachments, and is finally able to fly and succeed in the most amazing, breathtaking way. - <i>doodlebonez:</i> - The idea for this art was to have Rufioh flying away from the ones who have made his life hard. The papers flying about are meant to be seen as him finally pursuing what he loves. Ideally I would have loved to have him fly into the sun, but as I imagined him as being alive rather than dead, this was not ideal. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♊ - The Mituna Method -Artist: psithurist -Track Art: slitherbot -Duration: 2:46 -Art Tags: -- Mituna -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-mituna-method -- https://youtu.be/yXB8fYZFRq0 -Commentary: - <i>psithurist:</i> - I was asked to make a track as a theme for Mituna, so my first thoughts were 1. chip sounds and 2. guitars. The first draft of the track was a lot more chaotic, with the melodies being played on live guitars, and it didn't really work out, so most of it ended up being cut - only a couple of backing guitar tracks amde it onto the final piece. The title and theme of this track is based on a (somewhat infamous) fan theory, which speculates that Mituna's injuries come from him burning out whilst using his psiionic powers to propel Prospit's moon from the alpha trolls' session into another, allowing the remaining living trolls to use its quest beds to go god tier. I don't know if that idea will pan out at all, but I thought it was interesting enough to write a song about! I hope that you think so too! - <i>slitherbot:</i> - for the track art i decided that i should depict mituna looking almost as if hes using his psiionics! in the design iwanted to use a pixelly pattern which i thought went along with the chiptune sound of the song, also i listened to the song on repeat while making it!! i apologize the whole picture itself is really eye strain-y but i thought it would fit! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♋ - Civil Discussi9n -Artist: Blackhole -Track Art: Taylor Leong -Duration: 4:29 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/civil-discussi9n -- https://youtu.be/32gksvECBEQ -Commentary: - <i>Blackhole:</i> - Civil Discussi9n was my first purposeful musical contribution to the album! I wanted to produce a track that captured the feeling of Kankri's self-assured snobbery and pseudo-intellectualism as it was presented in his first appearance in Openbound, but from his own perspective. I imagine the feel of the track is rather what Kankri thinks of himself in his crusade for social justice. The structure of the melody was inspired by certain works of baroque classical music, although I can hardly have been said to have stuck to any one particular convention! The track was originally intended to be modified somewhat, but due to technical issues I lost the progress file for it! Hoewver I didn't want to see what I had to waste, and I believe that the track stands up solidly on its own in its current form. I hope you think so too! - <i>Taylor Leong:</i> - For this piece, I was thinking particularly about how the track is meant to be how Kankri views himself within the greater context of Beforan society. I thought that the classical Baroque influences in the music really reflected the rigid pseudo-benevolent social strucutre and pretensions within Beforan society that Kankri seeks to criticize and improve upon, albeit in his own flawed way. Visually, I drew influences from various religious artworks, including Medieval iconography as well as the Baroque paintings of Caravaggio, referencing both Kankri and the Sufferer's roles as a play on traditional literary Christ figures. Overall, Kankri takes himself extremely seriously, and the track art reflects that self-image in the form of a somber, messianic martyr heroically withstanding the persection of people triggering and encroaching upon his personal space. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♌ - MOG^3 -Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks -Track Art: felicitousArtisan -Duration: 7:01 -Art Tags: -- Meulin -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/mog-3 -- https://youtu.be/4GqkApgXiQU -References: Nine Lives One Love -Commentary: - <i>Dallas Ross Hicks:</i> - MOG^3<br>1. Meulin, Obsessive Girl<br>2. Makara's Oddball Gaiety<br>3. Matesprits Osculate Gleefully<br>(EpiMOG: Milord's Onerous Gift) - This song begins by echoing Nine Lives, One Love sound but this version of Meulin Leijon is much happier and offbeat by nature. Like 9L1L, it's also in 9/8 time and the opening bells tap out the morse code for MOG. The second part starts suddenly as she "meets" a peculiar purpleblood... one Kurloz Makara. The organ is prominent but also lots of whimsical synth sounds to suggest he's an entertainer but with a more sinister side. The cymbals tap out 10 hits as Makaras are the tenth troll on the list from low to highbloods. A slow romantic transition follows, reintroducing the Leijon bells over Makara's organ sounds and then into the third section, where the heavy drums pound out a heartbeat for the Mage of Heart and you can hear voices for both Kurloz's seductive whispers and Meulin's joyous song. As she falls asleep in his arms, he too begins to dream... the chiming bells signal the arrival of the Vast Honk and the tinnitus that recedes into Meulin's deafened silence. - <i>felicitousArtisan:</i> - I've always found Meulin slightly unsettling, so I was pleased to be assigned art duty on a track that explores all facets of the character, rather than just "she's cute and likes cats!". Meulin happily ships and memes her way through a surprisingly tragic life; she's fine that Kurloz deafened her, she's oblivious that he's mind-controlling her. I wanted to reflect that with a smiling mouth and eyes full of stars and the beauty of it all, but a sense of emptiness and loss as the Vast Honk obliterates her hearing and she's left with a meaningless future. Sorry, that's pretty nihilistic, but so is Meulin! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♍ - Let Me Dance, Let Me Glisten -Artist: Flutterwhat -Track Art: VT Stark -Duration: 3:53 -Art Tags: -- Porrim -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/let-me-dance-let-me-glisten -- https://youtu.be/mjU2WowinYw -Lyrics: - Beats blastin in the club,<br>Let me dance, let me listen.<br>everyone one is hella drunk<br>drink like it's a competition - you wanna learn these moves?<br>You just want the best views<br>Look at how i glow<br>let the light mystify you - Let me dance, Let me glisten!<br>Let me dance, Let me glisten! - have you gotten a good look<br>the Musics getting to the hook<br>pour to me another glass<br>I want this whole night to last - Let me dance, Let me glisten!<br>Let me dance, Let me glisten! - I can see it in your eyes<br>I've got you hypnotized<br>keep telling me your lies<br>I enjoy how you hard try<br>You can look, but never touch<br>cause he night doesn't hold your luck<br>watch my hips swing<br>make me into your fantasy - Let me dance, Let me glisten!<br>Let me dance, Let me glisten! -Commentary: - <i>Flutterwhat:</i> - The track is inspired by black-quadrants Porrim cosplay, and originally evolved from a song called "Born Aloen." The vocals are done using a combination of devices over multiple takes and post-processing effects. - <i>VT Stark:</i> - I wanted to capture the feel of the music, which felt to me as though it's Porrim completely aware of how fabulous she is, but not caring if others see her that way. Tumblr user black-quadrant's cosplay inspired the song, so I used it as a reference, especially with the tattoos. The theater is empty, representing how she is focused on her own approval, and no one else's. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♎ - R4d1c4l! -Artist: SerialSymphony -Track Art: smear -Duration: 2:40 -Art Tags: -- Latula -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/r4d1c4l -- https://youtu.be/7N-V9TM83es -Commentary: - <i>SerialSymphony:</i> - I was pumped that I got to create Latula's song for this album, Pyropes rule, bro. I knew I really wanted to do a low-scale chiptune kind of song for her, mainly because she's such a r4d G4m3r Grrl, and also because all my favourite homestuck tracks were in that vein. Originally I had a way faster, grittier song planned, but after sitting on it for a while I scrapped it and went for the more upbeat, chiller sound of this one, because, let's face it, Latula's way too r4d to have anything less. Fun Facts and Numbers: This song was made in FL Studio, has 16 channels, 9 synths, 1 violin, and took 2 weeks to complete from start to finish. - <i>smear:</i> - This piece was inspired by the RADICAL and cheerful tone of its sister song, and aims to show how fun it is to be Latula Pyrope. With her killer body suit, sick moves, and contagious smile, you'll be jamming out with her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♏ - Salv8tion -Artist: Charles Neudorf -Track Art: HermesNitram -Duration: 2:21 -Art Tags: -- Aranea -- Terezi -- Gamzee -- Jane -- Roxy -- Jake -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/salv8tion -- https://youtu.be/sdFRBgYqcN4 -Commentary: - <i>Charles Neudorf:</i> - Hey so it's been a while but here's a new track, and for a troll that I never knew I cared about. Admittedly I wrote this song less about Aranea's story and more about a folktale called the spider's thread, which ironically ties into Aranea's story well. I'm not gonna go into details about the folk tale but basically Aranea has a spider theme (obviously) and she came out of a pseudo hell by clinging to a small hope, only for her selfish desires to drop her back where she came from. Man none of this was really about the music aspect, uh, I wrote the song in 4-5 days. That's cool I guess. - <i>HermesNitram:</i> - I intended to stay faithful to Aranaea's arc and showed her nature through the clothes and facial expressions she wears in "Homestuck". The whole piece was inspired by the theme of spider - how it spins a web through the story, trapping and ensnaring others in the plot, but, if lost, might end up trapping itself in the cobweb. The string figure made from the necklace she wears is called "The Hangman's Trick." It was heavily inspired by the bouncy theme of the music. It shows how she has trapped others (portrayed by paper dolls, a callback to wooden dolls of regeneration and French Pantins, otherwise known as jumping jacks), and herself in it: one wrong move and she'll be left hanging! Of course, one cannot forget about the visualization of the Light aspect, the immortal sun - both holding and being trapped by the web, just like Aranea herself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♐ - Creeping Blue -Artist: smear -Track Art: Gene -Duration: 2:38 -Art Tags: -- Horuss -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/creeping-blue -- https://youtu.be/KaK8z8buRhA -Commentary: - <i>smear:</i> - This track was inspired by the fact that Horuss was a very mean kinda dude before the game, and very early on in his relationship with Rufioh. I wanted to make the song creepy and voidy - just like Horuss! Lots of glitch and analog sounds were used, to capture his steampunk inspired design. - <i>Gene:</i> - This track has a strongly energetic feel to it, combining powerful mechanical sounds with a beat like a hammer drop. I tried to reflect that with sharp, violent lines and an angular, sinister atmosphere. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♑ - Pious Noise -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Robin -Duration: 3:11 -Art Tags: -- Kurloz -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pious-noise -- https://youtu.be/0qnFucqWf3Q -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - It's a shame that Kurloz can't talk much, because it's clear he has a lot of personality to show. With the appearance of a juggalo, mime and skeleton combined, how could he not? He's apparently calm but creepy or terrifying and boisterous depending on who he's talking to, which is something I wanted to emulate in this track with the contrast between the first section and everything afterwards. However, his true, clownish nature shines at the end, when he takes the last resolving note hostage then rubs it in your face. What a rascal. - This went through a few (very incomplete) iterations before I finished it, mainly because I wasn't sure where to start expressing Kurloz's character; in the end I combined melodies from different versions to make the final product. It's neat how music can work that way! - (P.S The Morse code sounds out "HONK". Because of course.) - <i>Robin:</i> - I really liked the idea of Kurloz and puppets, and obviously, you need strings to move puppets. From the thought of puppets, to strings, to the red string of faith. And yknow, a string for each finger equals to five strings. It reminded me of piano and such, so from that I just put on some notes onto the bloody strings. Pun intended. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♒ - Aquasex Renegade -Artist: theh0nestman -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 2:49 -Art Tags: -- Cronus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aquasex-renegade -- https://youtu.be/Epc3nlKAenU -Lyrics: - Now gather 'round me, cats and kittens,<br>Ease up on me close<br>I got my guitar and my mojo<br>(Of THAT I got the most)<br>Now who's big daddy over there<br>Rockin' in the shade<br>I say "Hello, pretty dolly.<br>I'm the Aquasex Renegade!" - Renegade x 2 - I'm the Aquasex Renegade<br>Wait! Lemme show ya! - Ooh! - Well I'm all up in your thinkpan,<br>You're diggin' what you see<br>Chickie slide a little closer<br>It's okay if you touch me<br>Now give big daddy some sugar<br>I know I got you made<br>Now let me show you why they call me<br>The Aquasex Renegade - Renegade x 2 - I'm the Aquasex Renegade<br>Lemme take ya home now, dolly! - Ooh! - Hey wait guys, where ya goin'? -Commentary: - <i>theh0nestman:</i> - This song was extremely fun to write and play with. I like Cronus' greaser persona, and my voice is kinda slimy blues-man anyway so naturally I went with a blues style for him. It started with just voice and guitar, and I wanted to keep it true to that, but this song seemed to cry out for some mythical band to come out of nowhere and make his song awesome. So, honestly, a delight! My favorite of my three. - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - You cannot convince me that the track's singer is not Cronus himself. When I heard it, I immediately envisioned a sleek monochrome graphic of a John Travolta-looking Cronus leaning on a car with a cigarette between his teeth. The Instagram-esque filter gives it a sort of retro look that goes with the spirit of the track. The violet tones are an obvious reference to his blood colour. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♓ - Killer Beach -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Rangzhe -Duration: 3:19 -Art Tags: -- Meenah -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/killer-beach -- https://youtu.be/c_F4NGUgG3o -References: -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- English -- track:MeGaLoVania -Commentary: - <i>VeritasUnae:</i> - I wanted to deal with mixed elements of Meenah's character. It has similarities to [[Hate You]], which I considered a primary inspiration, though I also drew inspiration from the Splatoon soundtrack for the opening section. - "Killer Beach" explores Meenah's love of gold and cash, as well as her malicious tendencies, to aspects we see throughout the latter half of Act 6, including her brief romance with Vriska. You might note the Megalovania reference in the ending guitar. Coupled with Rex Duodecim Angelus (their session's defeat of the Black King) and English (her alternate self's employment by Lord English), this piece covers Meenah in her entirety. - At the end, Meenah is reflecting. She sees herself as evil. Reminded of her final moments in her session, as she detonates the bomb sending all of them as ghosts into the Farthest Ring, she severs ties with Vriska, and returns to lead an army. - <i>Rangzhe:</i> - I wanted to reflect on what the musician wanted to portray Meenah on the track, but also my ideas of Meenah's similarity in personality with her Alternian counter-part, the Condesce. I put a little more of my own idea that Meenah not realizing how much she is like the Condesce even when hearing and at awe about her accomplishments and her magnificent ruling style from Aranea. I also put lime green as the background color not only to match up the complimentary color but to also symbolize LE's employment of the Condesce. She is a lot more like her Alternian self than she realizes... 38) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♫ Disc 2 ♫ -Artist: Blackhole -Track Art: Lovisa Lassen -Duration: 0:30 -Directory: disc2-beforus -Art Tags: -- Aranea -- Damara -- Kankri -- Rufioh -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Porrim -- Latula -- Horuss -- Kurloz -- Cronus -- Meenah -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2 -- https://youtu.be/8BnfCTTU18M -Commentary: - <i>Blackhole:</i> - Disc 2 is the longest Disc in Beforus. Unlike Disc 1, which consists of individual themes for each of the trolls, Disc 2 is a narrative depiction of their story. Each song, be it a theme for a particular aspect of a character, a soundtrack for a particular event, or else a scene-setting piece, has been arranged so that Disc 2 roughly forms a narrative story in chronological order, which can hopefully be seen in the music and artwork. - Because this was not specifically the intention from the start, and because some tracks have been arranged in particular awys due to reasons other than theanarrative order (such as when track art depictions do not fit the original order), in some places the placement of tracks is not perfect, or at the very least might be debated. Overall however I think Disc 2 forms a relatively complet, in depth and coherent tale in musical form, and it was definitely my favourite part of the album to put together. - <i>Lovisa Lassen:</i> - The tracks on Disc 2 follow a narrative approach to the story of the Beforus trolls and I wanted to show that by using dream bubbles, which contain the memories of the dead. And I got to draw a horrorterror, so there's that too. I like horrorterrors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Memories from Before -Artist: Elanor Pam -Track Art: Sallidido -Duration: 2:12 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- Meulin -- Porrim -- Meenah -- The Signless -- The Disciple -- The Dolorosa -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/memories-from-before -- https://youtu.be/pbuPTHuMato -Commentary: - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - This was my first ever track, composed for the coloUrs and mayhem contest back before we knew anything of Dancestors and Beforus. All we had been told so far was that the Sufferer had been inspired to rebel by his memories of a peaceful world-- so that was what I set out to convey: the idyllic memories of a paradise planet, as well as the sadness of its loss and the tense hostility of the present. It's actually a fairly simple track, made in Sibelius with nothing but built-in instruments and ambient sounds, but I've grown to like it a lot. (People who are into brazilian folk songs can probably feel the influence here.) - <i>Sallidido:</i> - I chose the three trolls that I did because they had the biggest impacts on the sufferer's life, so adding their less violent and warmer counterparts was the comparison, but I added the whole gang in another version because I wasn't quite sure you woulda ccept it with only 3 beforus characters. I listened to the song you sent quite a few times and the background was based on it. (I got the general barren but soft vibe from it?) It was a lot of fun, though a bit difficult and stressful as midnight approached, and figuring out placement and what I wanted to do with everything was a bit hard. The background is based on what we have seen fo beforus/alternia, and I wanted to make its ofter to fit a bit better with the music. (I love the composer's work by the way!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pink Moon Escape -Artist: Daedalus Dog -Track Art: Danna Vital -Duration: 3:58 -Art Tags: -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pink-moon-escape -- https://youtu.be/I4k-YdFFCB0 -Commentary: - <i>Daedalus Dog:</i> - Pink Moon Escape is meant to describe Meenah's escape from her responsibilities, where she literally runs away from being queen and goes to the moon before the Beforus session starts. Overall, I tried to capture the feeling of flying through space and leaving everything stressful behind. As far as structure, the beginning part represents Meenah starting to feel better, but still holding back a bit on good feels. Then, after the drop represents when she finally lets go of everything that once troubled her. The song ends similar to how it started to sort of foreshadow her return to power in the end. Funny story: the song started out with a 4/4 time signature. When I made the drop, I was making it in 6/8 without really realizing it, and then after I figured it out, I rewrote the beginning part to fit the new signature, and it felt so much smoother and better. And that's how I found out about time signatures :P - <i>Danna Vital:</i> - I've actually never drawn Meenah before and at first I was a little nervous but as soon as I heard the song I got very inspired and came up with a bunch of concept sketches. I decided to go with this image because I think it stayed true to that feeling the song gives you of being free and letting go. Hope you enjoy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Radiant Imperatrix -Artist: Lyza K. -Track Art: Josefin B. -Duration: 2:52 -Art Tags: -- Feferi -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radiant-imperatrix -- https://youtu.be/IaNTHkHGJwo -Commentary: - <i>Lyza K.:</i> - We don't know much about the Beforus empress other than the fact that she's an alternate Feferi, is an empress, and is styled "Her Imperial Radiance." I tried to evoke an underwater palace in this piece: regal and beneath the waves, but close enough to the surface that light - and Feferi's innate bubbly personality - filters through. The piece was played live on a piano and then edited in Audacity. - <i>Josefin B.:</i> - My inspiration for this piece was old paintings of mermaids and sirens. I wanted to make the serene, ethereal feeling created by the track, making Feferi look regal while also friendly and playful, as if you caught her outside of her queenly duties. The colours are meant to evoke an underwater feeling, but also a sense of her being supernatural. This image is made completely with watercolours on printer paper; a choice I made to get the convex texture. Ths was honestly such a fun piecea nd I'm so glad I got to make the track art for the lovely track Radiant Imperatrix. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Speak No Evil. Hear No Evil. -Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin -Track Art: Pitchin -Duration: 2:16 -Art Tags: -- Meulin -- Kurloz -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/speak-no-evil-hear-no-evil -- https://youtu.be/JgBzon8talY -Commentary: - <i>Laurent Désautels-Séguin:</i> - It's a direct follow-up of [[Dream Around]] and it's about the infamous dream that Kurloz had that deafened Meulin and made him sew his own mouth. This song is atonal atmospheric and I did my best to represent the mood of THE MOST HORRIFIC NIGHTMARE. - <i>Pitchin:</i> - Tfw you see a real bad nightmare but wake up causing one irl, oops. - I can't imagine what it was that Kurloz saw, and the song itself is indeed more about the nightmarish atmosphere than the action of it, so I went with the aftermath. Complimenting a song and a mood like that called for smoe heavier colours and static I think. - On a lighter side I spend too much time on the hair, floof is a dangerous addition to have, but also very relaxing to do so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Boy Who Lived (Unfortunately) -Artist: Nate Tronerud -Track Art: shu -Duration: 3:24 -Art Tags: -- Cronus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-boy-who-lived-unfortunately -- https://youtu.be/isrKZzfVUj8 -Commentary: - <i>Nate Tronerud:</i> - Cronus, the hero of his own story, triumphs over the evil magician. - (With apologies to Johnny Williams.) - <i>shu:</i> - I love the build up in this track! It's a lot of fun to listen to and this was a lot of fun to draw ahaha I'm not sure what else to say but the vwizard aesthetic is obvious// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Weeaboo's Battle Cry -Artist: Toris Crow -Track Art: rockytoad -Duration: 2:49 -Art Tags: -- Rufioh -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-weeaboos-battle-cry -- https://youtu.be/DSYt9MOT75I -References: -- The Brave and the Bronze -- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, -Commentary: - <i>Toris Crow:</i> - This piece was written for Rufioh Nitram and specifically, his clan, the Lost Weeaboos. The instrumentation was based off "The Brave and the Bronze" by Yan "Nucleose" Rodriguez, with the percussion beat coming from Tavros's song "dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS," by Toby "Radiation" Fox. Its musical connection to Rufioh is mostly open for interpretation. This song's alternate name in my own album is "La Tauromaquia," meaning "bullfighting" in Spanish. - <i>rockytoad:</i> - When I was figuring out what th draw for the song, I did pay attention to the song's name and also alternate name. Hearing "weeaboo" made me want to put kitty ears on Rufioh, but I scrapped that idea and instea dfocussed on the bullfighting aspect of the song first and foremost. Since Rufioh is kind of a silly character, I thught that it'd be great to gie him one of those little pony riding sticks with a bull for the head. After I finished drawing the main part of the drawing, I was still trying to figure out how to incorporate "weeaboo"-ness into it. Well, weeaboo makes me think of kitties and anime, so my mind went to Nyan Cat. Perfect, I thought, I'll add some Goold Ol' Nyan Cat rainbows, haha. And then, of course, glitter becaus anime. It came out really colorful and I'm happy with it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Life With Peace -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: enjistier -Duration: 3:47 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- Damara -- Rufioh -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Porrim -- Latula -- Aranea -- Horuss -- Kurloz -- Cronus -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/life-with-peace -- https://youtu.be/6wI9Eii7nBc -Commentary: - <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> - Based on my 1st piano composition I made a long time ago, called Memories. It goes very well with the Beforan trolls and with Homestuck! - <i>enjistier:</i> - This track is about the Beforus trolls before the game. I really wanted to focus on them and who they are, so I chose to draw their hands and what I thought they would look like based on their personalities. I had a lot of fun thinking about how to portray them. I think my favorite has to be Meenah's or Meulin's. Sometimes, it's easy to forget that they were just another bunch of kids trying to have a good time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lullaby for a Day -Artist: TempiTunes -Track Art: Winter -Duration: 1:14 -Art Tags: -- Meulin -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lullaby-for-a-day -- https://youtu.be/DPNJequRues -Commentary: - <i>TempiTunes:</i> - This was originally going to be a song for Meulin but it ended up going in a completely different direction, so instead of scrapping it I turned it into something else. The title is meant to be a reference to how trolls sleep during the day. - <i>Winter:</i> - My assignment for this track was to draw the alpha trolls sleeping peacefully; however, due to size restraints, I went for Meulin, given that the track was originally for her. The peaceful atmosphere of this song led to me using a very warm, dawn-like colour palette, which I really enjoyed doing! In all this was a really fun track to illustrate! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Before We Enter -Artist: Ducky Senpai -Track Art: Kayson Spinazzola -Duration: 2:43 -Art Tags: -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/before-we-enter -- https://youtu.be/3zoAtUFEsqA -Commentary: - <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> - When asked to make a song for the Beforun trolls' entrance into their session, I decided to utilize my tried-and-true method of composing my best music: basically, I winged it. Nevertheless, this song is meant to be like a ballad, but I'll leave the detailed interpretation of the story it tells up to you, the listenre, and your presumably adept imagination. - <i>Kayson Spinazzola:</i> - The inspiration for this piece is surpisingly straight-forward. When I listened to the music, this was the picture that popped into my head, no matter how many imtes I played the song, so the direction was clear. Besides that; I can't imagine Meenah looking anything but exactly like this while downloading the game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: For Beforus -Artist: Nate Tronerud -Track Art: Lovisa Lassen -Duration: 8:02 -Art Tags: -- Damara -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Latula -- Aranea -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/for-beforus -- https://youtu.be/IbRIN0vjlv4 -Commentary: - <i>Nate Tronerud:</i> - The Beforans' session on Skaia was doomed before it began. Beforus looms in front of us as we slowly zoom in on the planet itself, when, at the critical moment, we cut to Meenah and the gang. As they desperately avoid getting killed in the Cataclysm, their path to the Medium is laid bare. Once there, they go through their trials, from locating their denizens, to frog breeding, and to the required ectoplasmic shenanigans. - But when it becomes clear that their sesison is bound for a Scratch, Meenah is forced to make a terrible decision. - <i>Lovisa Lassen:</i> - For Beforus was about the doomed nature of the session and I wanted to show it with a picture of the instrument for scratching the session, the big music box in the Land of Quartz and Melody, and the Quills of Echidna, the means of creating the scratch. The track starts out very positively, and I wanted to includ ethat hopefulness by adding more characters in the picture that as of yet don't feel the threat of the failing session looming over them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Battlepump -Artist: Elanor Pam -Track Art: Rebecca Peason -Duration: 3:48 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- Karkat -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/battlepump -- https://youtu.be/4f6Q_dgicDE -Commentary: - <i>Puala Vieira:</i> - This track was my third composition for the coloUrs and mayhem contest; I'd recently discovered FL studio and basically went nuts over it. Perhaps because I finally had so many options and tolls at my disposal, this track was by far the hardest for me to realize, not helped by the fact that it was originally a theme for my favorite character, Karkat. I wanted it to be perfect! Or at least awesome! This perfectionism meant I could never settle on what I wanted. Over the years I kept coming back to it, tweaking here, poking there, always feeling like it was incomplete (or perhaps over done); in the end I shaved off several bars, redid the percussion line and tweaked velocity until I cried uncle. Is it better know? I don't know! It's been looping for so long I can't even tell anymore... - <i>Rebecca Peason:</i> - This song definitely brings me the image of the Land of Pulse and Haze, but in kind of a chill meandering kind of way. It feels more like some kind of exploration than a time sensitive game track to me. So I wanted to try to get that feeling, appreciate the landscape and have a Vantas presence but an ambiguity to who it is exploring this landscape. I also wanted to go with something that looked more like it came from the cmoic than some other pieces. I know I'm quite pleased with the result and had a lot of fun. I wouldn't mind revisiting some other lands in future pieces. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: March 9f the Insuffera6le -Artist: Toris Crow -Track Art: ARTistotel -Duration: 2:37 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/march-9f-the-insuffera6le -- https://youtu.be/IMeTDzd34MY -Commentary: - <i>Toris Crow:</i> - This piece was written for Kankri Vantas. It was made as a march because marches signify authority and Kankri attempts to command the respect of his fellow teammates throughout his session. The faster parts represent that his calm demeanor can be easily shattered by his short temper. I used piano and violin to connect it to the song that I had made ealrier for Porrim called "Antevo+rta." This song's alternate name in my own album is "The Pariah." - <i>ARTistotel:</i> - The idea behind the picture was tightly tied to the piece itself, and author's descrption. Kankri is trying to be a leader, but all his protection falls back on the civilization long lost and destroyed - taht's why it's Beforan skulls marching right after him. His leadership, his protection is aimed more at dusty pieces and bits of no longer existing Beforan society, rather than his friends in afterlife. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Land of Cruisin and Bruisin -Artist: Nate Tronerud -Track Art: Amelia G. -Duration: 3:00 -Art Tags: -- Cronus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-cruisin-and-bruisin -- https://youtu.be/cRdYzJrusmI -Commentary: - <i>Nate Tronerud:</i> - Driving a fast car with the top down, Cronus flies down the speedway with a brilliant pixelated city on the horizon as his backdrop. With the moon and stars hanging in the sky, fireworks celebrate his every lap while crowds cheer and hold up signs bearing his name. - <i>Amelia G.:</i> - I tried to capture the feeling of this very fun song with bright colors and hard edges to give it a bit of a cartoon/video game feel. I haven't drawn many cars, so that was a challenge, as well as trying to limit lines by using solid colors. Ah Cronus... Gotta dig the vwiolet ride. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rust Witch -Artist: Ollie -Track Art: JulietCee -Duration: 2:39 -Art Tags: -- Damara -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rust-witch -- https://youtu.be/Glf9fYFuoDo -Commentary: - <i>Ollie:</i> - I did this track way back in 2013 I think? Maybe early 2014 back when my computer with my music program still worked. Hah. It all sort of originated with a wager, that I couldn't produce a better Tavros song than the one on the official album. And of course, being the huge procrastinator that I am, I never did. But I did however get the idea to do my own album for the songs of the Beforan Trolls. Again, procrastination got the better of me, but this project came along and almost took the workload I had give nmyself off my shoulders and still gave me an opportunity to showcase what I had done for Damara. It does have the traditional Eastern Asian sound to it with the pentatonic scale, and that's what the song was based upon. Also ghosts. Because spoopy. - <i>JulietCee:</i> - I wanted to reflect the sort of spooky feel of the track in this piece, so I thught "what better way to do it than drawing The Scratch, with all those flashing blue lights?" It was a lot of fun to draw, and I like drawing Damara. - <i>Blackhole:</i> - (Blackhole here! Just dropping in to point out that, as the Witch of Time, it does make sense that Damara would have the only achronological track art of Disc 2! I suppose she's getting ahead on the timeline action by jumping back to earlier in the session. The Scratch is yet to come!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Caligomancy -Artist: Blackhole -Track Art: Cakelets -Duration: 6:12 -Art Tags: -- Horuss -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/caligomancy -- https://youtu.be/SgYutMHKP3E -Commentary: - <i>Blackhole:</i> - I decided to try something different for this one. Horuss for me, despite his humorous characterisation, has always had this sort of aura about him, this cloud of smoke and steam - a sort of sense of an industrial force wrapped up in this one, lonely individual. His steam automata and his manner, naturally brooding beneath the forced cheerful exterior, almost feel like Equius but somehow more mature, with more gravitas. I tried to put all that into this track. It's a lot more slow moving and atmospheric than my usual work. I imagine a steam engine locomotive building up speed, slow but inexorable, and impossible to stop once unerway. Fun fact; free steam samples are hard to find. Aside from the one locomotive sound effect I did manage to source, most of the pneumatic hiss you hear is in fact me blowing on my microphone. - <i>Cakelets:</i> - When I heard this track the first thing that came to me was an industrial vibe so I tried to stick with that impression by adding the steam and darker colros coupled with the bright orange. This piece was also very atmospheric so I tried to emulate that by having the smoke almost engulfing Horuss as well as adding the fkecls of black to represent oil and further the industrial feel of the piece. I hope you all can look at this art along with the music and see the more mature and thoughtful side of Horuss. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Land of Rad Tricks and Gnarly Odorless Things -Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin -Track Art: Gillian Pascasio -Duration: 3:24 -Art Tags: -- Latula -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-rad-tricks-and-gnarly-odorless-things -- https://youtu.be/xgnX1OhoVGo -Commentary: - <i>Laurent Désautels-Séguin:</i> - The first thing I have to say is that the name of the song is awesome. Also, this is my favorite track I made for the project. Again with the «cool dangerous» vibe. This time, I worked hard for nice percussions. I also tried to do a song with a lot of variety while using with recurring riffs. Something I tried is a pad solo in the middle of the song. - <i>Gillian Pascasio:</i> - So rad, even the ramps are skateboards. The special-effects explosions that come with this land, thankfully, have no scent. - Bright colors are especially dangerous and I thought they suited the track, and I ran with my tried-and-tested graphic style! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Scratchless Scraps -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Neiratina -Duration: 2:59 -Art Tags: -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scratchless-scraps -- https://youtu.be/Bx61_UiKAVI -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - I have a quiet love for carapaces, so this track was a lot of fun to work on! I took inspiration from the official "The Wanderers" album, one of my favorite albums in the Homestuck discography. I was particularly inspired by the album's electronic and Arabic kind of style, which definitely fits the theme of a desert-like landscape in the ruins of a technologically advanced civilization. - In this case, I envisioned Beforus' "years in the future" scenario as being not quite as refined as the Midnight Crew's city, since I kind of doubt the Beforan trolls would have enough teamwork to bother exiling them, but with much more room to build upon than pre-Scratch Earth since the Red Miles and Bec Noir ruined any potential our original exiles had. So the buildup of this song really represents the growth of the Beforan exiles (whoever they may be) and their community itself! - (Of course, there's still the issue of Spades Slick eventually shooting a bullet and destroying the entire universe... yikes. Guess they can worry about that later...?) - <i>Neiratina:</i> - I've always liked the juxtaposition between photography and illustrations drawn on top of them, especially creatures and critters interacting with everyday objects as if they were part of our routine, something unseen but still among us. For this piece, I wanted to create something similar, but with a little twist. I wanted both worlds to fuse and be a part of each other. And to answer the "what ifs" by presenting another question: what if, years in the future (but not many) our own universe becomes their reality? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaia Ad Infinitum -Artist: Seijen -Track Art: Lovisa Lassen -Duration: 5:19 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- Damara -- Rufioh -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Porrim -- Latula -- Aranea -- Horuss -- Kurloz -- Cronus -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaia-ad-infinitum -- https://youtu.be/Iwr1yI5G5mA -Commentary: - <i>Seijen:</i> - 3 days before the finalization of my track marked one year since I took on to music production. I formed a soundcloud with a friend and we went from there. To this day I have no real definitive style (neither of us do really), but I wanted to work on Hardstyle to get my foot in the door. I wasn't all too successful, and I often don't ever finish projects. Once I saw news of the fan album, it gave me reason to create a track. This track was a twice failed and shelved project. It finally bloomed into what it is now. Really I just want to thank the Beforus team for having me here. THis endeavor really gave me hope and reason behind my production. This is my first major step into the realm of music production. Shout out to Xavier, you're like a brother to me. - <i>Lovisa Lassen:</i> - For Skaia Ad Infinitum I wanted to include the classic spirograph defense portal symbol (in purple as opposed to the Alternia trolls' blue ones, for its symbolism) and Skaia itself, while also showing some tidbits of the Beforus trolls' session of Sgrub that we know about through the portal, since the track is about Skaia watching over the session. As the track art took on a center focused composition I also included the planets and moons of the session, and it also tied it back to Skaia again with it in the center. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Formant (Sprite Chorus Mix) -Artist: Blackhole -Track Art: Sigourney Martin -Duration: 4:19 -Art Tags: -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/formant-sprite-chorus-mix -- https://youtu.be/bA0Y8wakRXQ -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -Commentary: - <i>Blackhole:</i> - This song is a result of me playing around with the theme from [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale for Jaspers]] and stumbling upon a particular preset for one of my synthesizers, "Formant", for which I later named the song. The music sounded so great with that particular synth that I decided to build an entire song around it, and completed Formant in its entirety pretty much later that day. Whilst I originally billed it as a Jasprose theme when she made her debut, for Beforus I've repurposed it as a more general sprite theme that would work for the Beforan session sprites. This album version is extended with a longer intro, and features cleaner audio without the static! - <i>Sigourney Martin:</i> - Hey! I'm Siggy and I'm honored to make art for the Beforus album. Listening to this song made me think of the colour pink and Meenah being the best pink troll on the block, I decided to make the picture all pink. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Explored Ruins -Artist: RowBird, one-imperfect-rose -Track Art: Neiratina -Duration: 2:58 -Art Tags: -- cw: eye horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-explored-ruins -- https://youtu.be/QD89pyXd-m4 -References: -- track:explore -- track:ruins -Commentary: - <i>RowBird:</i> - This song was composed with the intent of having a "Homestuck" feel to it, while being my own creation at the same time. The floating left-hand chord pattern that is heard throughout the song is inspired by [[Flare]], and [[Three in the Morning]]. The piano portion was composed before I even knew of the fan album, so it was mostly in the additional elements (the strings, woodwinds, percussion, etc.) that the character was shaped. - As the track progressed, I began to see more and more elements of Rufioh in it. The track follows Rufioh's storyline in that, at the beginning, it is calm and simple, reflecting his life before sGrub and his relationship with Damara. As the tension mounts in the drumline, we discover his feelings for Horuss and the beginnings of his fights with Damara as the strings kick in. The gradual crescendo to the end shows the challenges he faces during the game and the desparation to save the world how he knows it. As his life ends, he reflects back on it, wondering if he could have made other choices to have kept this from happening. - <i>Neiratina:</i> - The real challenge about illustrating this song was the fact that it depicted so many different emotions I couldn't just choose one to stand out from all the rest. Together, they spoke of a lifetime summed up in one melody. In the end, I felt like it was a revelation: the experience of having your life flash before your eyes. "The Explored Ruins" doesn't necessarily need to be referring to a physical place, I realized. What about the ruins of your own existence? - Since both Damara and Horuss played such important roles in Rufioh's life, I really wanted to include them in what ended up being not so metaphorical objects: the roses, representing passion but also strangling, hurting love; and the arrows, symbolizing a new union and a new direction. Yet, in the end, everything fades away with one last Breath. How suitable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shipping Implicatpuns -Artist: rest✩taurus -Track Art: shu -Duration: 3:47 -Art Tags: -- Meulin -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shipping-implicatpuns -- https://youtu.be/1BbsZunxh9o -Commentary: - <i>rest✩taurus:</i> - This song was composed in LSDJ on my gameboy, and recorded in Pro Tools! This chiptune piece shows how I imagine Meulin's thought process is as she considers romance... scary, bubbly, cte. The title for this track was almost "Soothshipper"; luckily, quotes from canon save me from hard decisions every time. - <i>shu:</i> - In keeping with the gameboy/chiptune theme I decided to go for a retro game aesthetic with the color pallet and the cell shading. Other than that, I just wanted to draw a cute Meulin! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dear Heart -Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks -Track Art: Danna Vital -Duration: 6:42 -Art Tags: -- Porrim -- Aranea -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dear-heart -- https://youtu.be/A5t4p9KoT_M -Commentary: - <i>Dallas Ross Hicks:</i> - A song for a romance between a confident lover and someone not used to being loved. Written in 6/8 time (Maryams are 6th on the hemospectrum, Serkets the 8th), this piece reflects the affairs between the jade and ceruleanbloods of the Homestuck story: short but passionate. The song suggests an invitation to dance; the initial hesitation of the cymbals show, in this case, Aranea's feelings of uncertainty in the presence of an experienced byt ukind red romancer in Porrim but, over time, she learns to trust the jadeblood and allows herself to be led into a brief but intense concupiscent relationship. - <i>Danna Vital:</i> - I contacted Dallas as aoon as I got this track assigned to me, he's been a part of the creative process since the beginning and I think in the end we got an art piece that shows how complex yet romantic and passionate the relationships between the Maryams and Serkets can be which is exactly what we were both going for, hope you enjoy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Look Into The Future -Artist: rest✩taurus -Track Art: Cakelets -Duration: 1:47 -Art Tags: -- Porrim -- Aranea -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/look-into-the-future -- https://youtu.be/TeDHy67SFc0 -Commentary: - <i>rest✩taurus:</i> - The track is named after how Aranea spoke about her fling with Porrim. That a Sylph of Light could have "looked into the future" and decided getting comfy with our dear Maid of Space was the right course of action for a time... it caught my interest, and fanned my love for this pairing. I was originally considering writing something more lively, like an instruental sea shanty, but I decided that solace fit the two best. I imagine it wasn't a loud or busy relationship, and so neither is the track. My concurrent goal was the ncourage listeners to look into the future themselves. Just a track to take a breath to, look at the sky to, contemplate. At the very least, to imagine this pair doing so, in their time together. I wonder what pulled them apart? - <i>Cakelets:</i> - This track is really a soft and soothing melody so I wanted to use a soft and soothing color pallet. I also really wanted to focus on Aranea and Porrim since the piece was written about their fling. I really love quiet music so as soon as I heard the song I knew I wanted to make an image that was more on the simple side with cool colors to evoke the feeling of serenity. I hope you can look at the art with the song and feel the tranquility I was trying to get across! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cosmic Malfunction -Artist: Ducky Senpai -Track Art: Gilwing -Duration: 2:29 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- cw: corpse (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic-malfunction -- https://youtu.be/UvJkKGqzzqg -Commentary: - <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> - This song was inspired by the glitch in the Beforan trolls' session, the event that caused most, if not all, the conflict in Homestuck (some by great extension). I've made music before relating to a similar topic ([[Void Session]]), but that was more relevant to the alpha kids. The functions and mechanics of Sburb has always been one of the most facinating aspects of the Homestuck universe to me, so it's always fun to explore that inspiration. - <i>Gilwing:</i> - The challenge here was to depict the glitch in the session itself, which is a pretty vague concept; the alpha trolls' ectobiology took place after the scratch, they weren't born in their own session. This is also Lord English's calling card, which is represented by the orb kinda looking like Scratch's head depicting the ectobiology lab in universe A2. I originally wanted to include all the trolls in the piece, but it was way too cluttered so I just went with their colors instead. I didn't want the whole thing to be about Kankri since this is about a game concept in general, but the reason I used him was becuase to my (questionable) knowledge, he probably would've been the ectobiologist if their session wasn't glitched, like Karkat. This was definitely a challenge but I'm honored to illustrate for such an incredible track! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hypnagogia -Artist: Nate Tronerud -Track Art: Rebecca Peason -Duration: 2:58 -Art Tags: -- Kurloz -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hypnagogia -- https://youtu.be/tZJxO_gPxys -Commentary: - <i>Nate Tronerud:</i> - Kurloz awakens, but cannot sleep. He dreams, but cannot wake. - <i>Rebecca Peason:</i> - Listening to this track, I had the distinct image of Kurloz falling through sopor slime into the void. Not long after, the dream self between being asleep in his cocoon on Beforus and the kingdom of Prospit was an overwhelming image. It certainly called for something that looked a bit dramatic and fuzzy, the way things feel when you aren't sure if you're awake or dreaming and in that state where you can be stratled awake by the feeling you've crashed back onto the mattress, literally falling awake after just barely falling asleep. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 50M3 GR347 4C7 0F H3R015M -Artist: Toris Crow -Track Art: Gene -Duration: 2:15 -Art Tags: -- Mituna -- cw: eye horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/50m3-gr347-4c7-0f-h3r015m -- https://youtu.be/qdEHQ01rDs4 -Commentary: - <i>Toris Crow:</i> - This was written specifically as a theme fro Mituna Captor. I wrote it as a chiptune based loosely off of the Mega Man soundtrack because of Mituna's canon nickname, "Mega Man Sollux." This song was my first test for some chiptune percussion I found in the depths of my hard drive, and thus is alternatively named "Test Track" in one of my own albums. The actual name came from Aranea's short biography on him from Openbound, in which she states that "some great act of heroism" is what burnt out his psychic powers and shattered his mind. - <i>Gene:</i> - Mituna's track revolves around the event that caused him to lose his power, which is what I've chosen to depict. I decided to translate the chiptune into something visuall resembling a computer error, mirroring the "error" in Mituna's brain. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Time's Apostate -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: Sam Garcia -Duration: 2:07 -Art Tags: -- Damara -- Aranea -- Meenah -- Rufioh -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Latula -- Horuss -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/times-apostate -- https://youtu.be/rF6igEUxuX8 -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - Dan (also known as aradia-symmetry, author of <a href="https://aradiawheresheshouldbe.tumblr.com/">aradiawheresheshouldbe</a> and <a href="https://rosewheresheshouldbe.tumblr.com/">rosewheresheshouldbe.tumblr.com</a>) commissioned me back in October 2013 for a song about Damara Megido. The song ended up quite spooky, because after all, he did commission it on October 31. I relied on the shakuhachi and cello and, per Dan's request, a pulsing synth bass to create the brooding, melancholy atmosphere I felt best reflected Damara's inner coldness and despesrate nihilism. - <i>Sam Garcia:</i> - when i listened to the song the first thing that came into my mind was Damara sabotaging the alpha session, so the main focus of the drawing is a smug god tier damara doing that! the clock behind her is symbolical to how she is corrupting time itself and the session, and the cracks are the points in the timeline in which Damara has sabotaged it. I had a lot of fun drawing this and I hope you like the drawing. cheers! c: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Antevo+rta -Artist: Toris Crow -Track Art: Fayghost -Duration: 2:07 -Art Tags: -- Porrim -- Matriorb -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/antevo-rta -- https://youtu.be/0vS8VNy71vU -Commentary: - <i>Toris Crow:</i> - This piece was written for Porrim Maryam. The instrumentation is based off of her two themes, [[Jade Mother]] and [[Darling Dolorosa]], which both feature piano and violin. The actual meaning of the song is open for interpretation because I went mostly off of feelings when writing it. Its name comes from the goddess of childbirth and prophecy, Antevorta, whose alternate name is Porrima. This song's alternative name in my own album is "Glass Heart." - <i>Fayghost:</i> - This illustration stumped me. Porrim's character is more thematic than it is concrete, and such an open-ended premise left me chasing down a few false starts in the piece's design. The failure of Porrim's role as maid of space nonetheless contributed to events on a massive scale. Ignition does not mean success. Finally I found something I think captures it all without being too obvious. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 7UN3 -Artist: Princezz -Track Art: ARTistotel -Duration: 2:40 -Art Tags: -- Mituna -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/7un3 -- https://youtu.be/EZi3qTTb5es -Commentary: - <i>Princezz:</i> - I wanted to make a Homestuck fan song after listening to so many others, so I decided to give it a try. I started with using whatever free music programs I could find, and editing the sounds in Audacity. I thought it sounded quite good for something made from a few bad programs. I had to decide which of the Alpha Trolls this song would suit most, and decided on Mituna because of the electronic-ness of the song. It may have also suited Latula as well. I don't think it would go well with the other trolls. - <i>ARTistotel:</i> - Since there was no very set-in-stone backstory on this composition, I decided to use that freedom well and just go with flow, and it turned to be one of pieces I've had most fun doing - ever! I really loved the electronica feel of the track, and decided to use a limited palette and play with lines. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: CHEATER PAN -Artist: David Burkee -Track Art: Robin -Duration: 3:01 -Art Tags: -- Damara -- Rufioh -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cheater-pan -- https://youtu.be/rqxWDyxIT-8 -References: -- Rust Maid -- psych0ruins -- Indigo Heir -- Bronze Rebel -- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, -Commentary: - <i>David Burkee:</i> - I thought of how I would direct the track on my way to the shop actually. I ws listening to coloUrs and mayhem and I was just like "these would work well together." The beginning of the track is how the "accident" (read: damara's insatiable fury) happened, going on to Horuss and Rufioh building a relationship as he worked on the latter's body, which devolved into Rufioh's eternal, depressing grind through a mundane life, dating a guy he lost admiration for after the initial spark faded. - <i>Robin:</i> - The idea for this drawing was that I just really wanted to draw Damara and Rufioh meeting up after his head's been placed ona robot horse. Nothing much really! I've always had a soft spot for Megidos so adding her in was absolutely necessary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: DAMiterNEIGHtions -Artist: rest✩taurus -Track Art: magnoliajades -Duration: 1:50 -Art Tags: -- Damara -- Rufioh -- Horuss -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/damiterneightions -- https://youtu.be/eb1V8l2bswU -Commentary: - <i>rest✩taurus:</i> - Parsing this one out makes "Damn" "Iterations" + a horse pun. This track was the one that hung around in concept the longest of any of my tracks, but came together the last of them. The original idea was to explore Horuss' own introspections, but that alone wsn't compelling me nearly enough. In the end, connecting Damara's and Horuss' struggles in one musical trainwreck was what propelled me forward. Rufioh takes a back seat to the insecurities and raw emotion of his past and present lovers, existing in tandem. I get the feeling that the session itself weighed heaviest on these two, one doomed to undo it at every turn, and the other to be swallowed up whole in pieces of hismelf. I aimed to convey this through the uncanny, grating musical landscape of the track. It is probably my favorite of the bunch. - <i>magnoliajades:</i> - One of my first thoughts while I was sketching this piece was the silly nature homestuck tends to express even in its more conflicting parts of story. Capturing that light-heartedness was a goal, and doing so while staying true to the track's ominous tone became a challenge. Hopefully together, they give off a "Calm before the storm" vibe. Admittingly, re-listening to this track after I finished making art for it made it sound cooler than it already was. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: With the Fishes -Artist: articulatelyComposed -Contributors: -- Sean Leeming (vibraphone) -- Grace Asuncion (marimba) -- Jennifer Amend (violin) -- Daniel Angstadt (violin) -- Alexandria Kemp (cello) -Track Art: VT Stark -Duration: 2:58 -Art Tags: -- Damara -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/with-the-fishes -- https://youtu.be/dUE8KR7XJFs -Commentary: - <i>Anna Marcus-Hecht:</i> - With the Fishes is a piece that shows the turmoil that Damara went through directly after her breakup with Rufioh and whilst Meenah was bullying her. The vibraphone represetns Damara and her actions, the bell-like sounds showing how fragile she is feeling, while the loud, brash chords of the marimba shows Meenah's incessant cruelty. The final chord, or more accurately, cluster of notes, is Damara's final snap. It is the thing breaking inside her leading her to attack Meenah and Rufioh. The title "With the Fishes" has a dual meaning in this case: the obvious meaning of Damara interacting with Meenah, and that "sleping with the fishes" is a phrase that signifies that someone's dead, which seemed appropriate since Damara's experiences have left her almost dead inside. I hope you all enjoy this piece! - <i>VT Stark:</i> - I wanted to really capture Damara's pre-snap personality here. She's got orange cloth over her eyes, representing how she feels she's been blind regarding what Rufioh has been up to. Meenah's hand is holding onto her throat, yet Damara remains oddly tranquil. SHe's fighting to work through all of this no matter how much it hurts. But in the end, she can only hold on so much for so long. And that's when the expression is less peaceful, more internally dead. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Timeout -Artist: psithurist -Track Art: Rebecca Peason -Duration: 4:40 -Art Tags: -- Damara -- Aranea -- Meenah -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/timeout -- https://youtu.be/OEJ4XmwS1n0 -References: -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Fuchsia Ruler -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Flare -- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! -Commentary: - <i>psithurist:</i> - For my piece, I wanted to write for an obscure part of the story that we only really hear about through exposition in Openbound: the duel between Damara and Meenah. Damara ends up killing Meenah (the section around 2:08), who is saved by Aranea (the final round), carrying her to her Quest Cocoon so she can Get the Tiger (the ending section). Damara and Aranea don't really have canonised themes, so I composed my own motif for Damara, and referenced Fuchsia Ruler for Meenah, and Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! for Aranea (technically a Vriska theme, but they're both spider girls, gimme a 8r8k ;;;;) ). I actually started writing this track without a theme in mind, only really knowing it was going to be a battle theme, so the working title was "beforan beatdown". The whole track uses original synth sounds made with Magical8BitPlug and NES VST, except the drums, which are sampled from Secret of Mana, and the piano. - <i>Rebecca Peason:</i> - I always found Damara's sudden madness very interesting. By all accounts, she used to be a sweet girl until finally snapping and fighting Meenah. Aranea's involvement, however, has always been interesting to me. She, of course, brought Meenah to a quest bed, but I always wanted to explore the ambiguity of her involvement. Whether it was just to drag Meenah away or a decision to nudge along a friend suffering in silence to take action, who can really say. A bloody battle, a bully beaten, and a girl freed from her silence. I wanted this piece to show Aranea's ambiguous involvement and the terror that Damara had become. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Game Lost -Artist: Sean William Calhoun -Contributors: -- Jeremy Couture (cello) -- KingCochino (cello recording) -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- Damara -- Rufioh -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Porrim -- Latula -- Aranea -- Horuss -- Kurloz -- Cronus -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/game-lost -- https://youtu.be/6g6hOeBSFr4 -Commentary: - <i>Sean William Calhoun:</i> - <code style="color: #005682">ARANEA: You look into the future and see a life lasting for may8e thousands of sweeps, with nothing to look forward to,"</code> - A lament of waiting - for the Beforan trolls, it was not a violent end like Game Over, but a longer, hopeless failure to reach conclusion, with a game that they could not win, but that also would not kill them (until Meenah blew them up). The piano runs throughout, frequently chiming the passage of time, sometimes becoming more elaborate as strings take up the melody. Near the end, a solo cello plays af inal dolorous utterance of the melody before evanescing into the void. - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - Choosing what to depict in this image was a struggle. The song itself brings such a sense of grim finality! Ultimately, I ran with the moment that kickstarted the Beforan's even longer wait; the remains of the destroyed battlefield hangi n the sky as the defeated trolls await their impending doom. - <i>Jeremy Couture:</i> - This song is rogeous! The unexpected harmonies and chord changes grab your attention and keep you listening until the very end. It was a lot of fun to be able to record the cello solo for this song. The simple melody of the solo, along with the harmonies of the piano and other strings is really quite moving. It is a great pleasure to be a part of this song and album! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Press A to Reset -Artist: Private I. -Track Art: oxfordroulette -Duration: 2:45 -Art Tags: -- Damara -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/press-a-to-reset -- https://youtu.be/D_lrUCCtLA8 -References: Hate You, Theme -Commentary: - <i>Private I.:</i> - Let's face it. Even though most of the Beforan session was allegedly sloppy teen romance, the end of it was awesome. They literally went out with a bang. So I thought, what if the whole session was made into an 8-bit NES game? This tune is the on cellosupposed theme of the final stage of BEFORUS: The Game. Or something. Sorry, I suck at names. - The song roughly covers the session from Damara intiiating the Scratch to the creation of Alternia. Can you guys see what part of the story is conveyed in each part of the track? - I used FamiTracker to make the legitimate 8-bit sound. "Hate You" by Toby "Radiation" Fox and "Alternia" by Seth "Beatfox" Peelle ("Theme" by Toby "Radiation Fox") was used in the track. I had a great time making this song, and I hope you guys enjoy it too! :) - <i>oxfordroulette:</i> - I tried to make this image like some kind of classy high-res 8-bit shoutout to match with the song. The color scheme was inspired by wathcing a two year old draw all over the wall with neon glitter crayons. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Scratch Before The Calm -Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin -Track Art: Scarodactyl -Duration: 5:33 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-scratch-before-the-calm -- https://youtu.be/gS0IKk1MVO0 -Commentary: - <i>Laurent Désautels-Séguin:</i> - This song is divided in 3 parts: everything is sad and not going well - They enter the palace for the Scratch and it's mysterious - The Scratch begins and it's intense. For the sad part, it's just sad chords. For the mysterious parts, I used a lot of mysterious arpeggios and delay effects. For the Scratch, I used a lot of bitcrush, dramatic arpeggios, and I reused chords from the sad part and arpeggios from the mysterious parts because the Scratch is mixing things. I was inspired by the music of Steven Universe for the style of mysterious arpeggios. I think the music of the series did a great job with how they represent dangerous mystical stuff. I created all the sounds with NI Massive, used Replika for delay and Decimort for bitcrush. I had a lot of fun doing these songs and I hope that you liked it! - <i>Scarodactyl:</i> - I was really happy wit hthis song from when I first put on this song and heard the slow, ominous opening. I think it really captures the sense of dread and mystery that surrounds the Scratch. Though the song has a three-part structure, visually I wanted to focus on the event itself. We only briefly see this in the comic, and it's a very striking scene. It was a lot of fun to draw the gigantic music box at the center of everything, and the various lighting effects were an interesting challenge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Voided -Artist: Cyclostome -Track Art: slitherbot -Duration: 2:22 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- Damara -- Rufioh -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Porrim -- Latula -- Aranea -- Horuss -- Kurloz -- Cronus -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/voided -- https://youtu.be/OA5E_Q3fgIk -Commentary: - <i>Cyclostome:</i> - The majority of the Beforus trolls are introduced inside the dream bubbles, a construct of paradox space. In my track, I used deep thrumming tones and a mournful temor melody to simulate the feeling of being alone in space and of being alone in the universe. The ghosts of the Beforus trolls who we meet in-game live widely in the past. I strove to create a melancholy atmosphere that would be reflective and ambient, just as the dream bubbles create a reflective space for characters to dwell in memories. - Instruments used: Tenor saxophone, ukulele<br>DAWs used: Audacity<br>Equipment used: iPhone 5c, Toshiba laptop - <i>slitherbot:</i> - while listening to the track i could feel how melancholic it was, and that inspired me, i wanted to have swirls and bubbles over somewhat of the view of prospit/derse with the 12 trolls standing silhouetted! i tried to create the same feel as the song with the art. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dream Around -Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin -Track Art: enjistier -Duration: 1:59 -Art Tags: -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dream-around -- https://youtu.be/XxBq3CkAF50 -Commentary: - <i>Laurent Désautels-Séguin:</i> - This song is about the famous Openbound walkaround. I tried to do some automatic writing to represent the mood of the draem bubbles. I think that the soundtrack of Tekkon Kinkreet influenced me for the vibe of the song. Now is a good time to talk about the programs that I use. I'm using Massive for my sounds, Reaper to compose and I use the Replika delay and Decimort bitcrusher> The song ends with Lord English's theme because why not! - <i>enjistier:</i> - This track, I feel, well portrays Meenah's recruitment adventures as she learned about the characters of the Beforus trolls. I tried my best to capture the vast and colorful environments encased inside the dream bubbles that Meenah explored. The dream bubble is implied through the use of a circular frame, and you may notice the crack in the universe, a symbol of Lord English's impending threat. - The world of Homestuck is always so wonderful, and I feel like people forget about it sometimes. I'm glad that fan musicians and artists can come together like this to create such beautiful works about something we love. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Sylph is In -Artist: Sara Stebbins -Track Art: Quietserval -Duration: 2:07 -Art Tags: -- Aranea -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sylph-is-in -- https://youtu.be/96c21g3U15I -References: Cobalt Corsair -Commentary: - <i>Sara Stebbins:</i> - My track was inspired by Aranea's exposition booth in Openbound. I tried to go for a swing piano piece kind of in the vein of Charlie Brown, though I didn't adhere to that completely. I alsou sed themes from "Cobalt Corsair" on Colours and Mayhem Universe A. Basically, it was written to be something one could tap dance to. - <i>Quietserval:</i> - Because the song took themes from swing dancing and Aranea's expasition booth, I thought it would be fun for Aranea to cut loose in her own private library. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vwiolet Vwelvwet -Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks -Track Art: Cro -Duration: 3:31 -Art Tags: -- Cronus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/vwiolet-vwelvwet -- https://youtu.be/fApD-AtQai0 -Commentary: - <i>Dallas Ross Hicks:</i> - Cronus Ampora is in love with the 1950's era of Earth but wishes he could be in love with somebody. Anybody. This song captures the style of music from that time, starting with Cronus's generally pleasant mood but giving way to his overbearing on-the-make obnoxiousness that invariably drives people away. This doesn't make his loneliness any less real, which is illustrated at the end of the tune by a slow, sad finale. I grew up listening to this kind of music on my parents' radio so I really enjoyed bringing elements of my favourites from the Fifties to life in this song! - <i>Cro:</i> - It's amusing once more to be drawing Cronus; he's practically a staple for me. That being said, I had a challenging but workable idea of how I wanted to present the piece. Seeing Cronus on a quest for love but failing would eventually lead to that path of sulking, and that is presented within his gray, stormy scheme (that, and the 50's barely had much in color still). With the fact he's outside of a dream bubble (a watery, lily pad dream bubble) where a red string of fate passes, it's almost like he's fishing for a pirze without really getting any bites. T oget even deeper into this harshness, the fact that it's a dream bubble can only leave for his hopes to be trapped in that; a dream. Something that could come so close, yet so far, and he continues trying to get a fish to catch his hook. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: STRONG Like Hoofbeast -Artist: theh0nestman -Track Art: felicitousArtisan -Duration: 3:32 -Art Tags: -- Horuss -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strong-like-hoofbeast -- https://youtu.be/rjm5pMs7I8I -Commentary: - <i>theh0nestman:</i> - I liked the strong man character type and wanted to take a simple piece of music and build strength. Also, robot guitar noises. - <i>felicitousArtisan:</i> - I wanted to capture both a sense of melancholy and also one of power and solidity so I went for something that resembles a Modernist statue or a piece of Communist Propaganda, but with a sad, thoughtful pose. The talky guitars gave the track a retro feel, which I also tried to work in with a bit of grunge too. It's kind of an uncharacteristically cool looking portrait of Horuss to match a track that has an understated strength and dtermination, creating a sense of tragedy since none of the Zahhaks seem to ever live up to the promise of their strength. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Whispering Chucklevoodoo -Artist: Llyona Fang -Track Art: Ann-Marie Blackington -Duration: 2:26 -Art Tags: -- Meulin -- Kurloz -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/whispering-chucklevoodoo -- https://youtu.be/2UjsD1IIDv0 -References: -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:harlequin -Commentary: - <i>Llyona Fang:</i> - A Meulin and Kurloz fansong. From its light-hearted and delicate beginning, it transitions into the mysterious sounds of an abandoned carnival. Out of the darkness, there rises an oblivious bliss, framed perfectly with the hint of a silent skeletal smile. - <i>Ann-Marie Blackington:</i> - A cheerful interaction between friends—or is it? My goal for this image is to show the insidious nature of Meulin and Kurloz's seemingly innocent relationship. Among the static lies a corrupted carnival abandoned years before, or perhaps never used? Unaware of the dark tendrils surrounding her, Meulin falls under the spell of her former matesprit's chucklevoodoo. Behind the stitches a menacing smile appears; in the distance, a silent prayer is lifted. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 7UR8UL3N7 coll4bor4t1on -Artist: laptopStrummer -Track Art: Sigourney Martin -Duration: 4:43 -Art Tags: -- Mituna -- Latula -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/7ur8ul3n7-coll4bor4t1on -- https://youtu.be/V6oyRTVTAi0 -Commentary: - <i>laptopstrummer:</i> - This song is about Latula and Mituna relationship, it's a 3 part song that tells a story. - Don't count on me to expalin it to you though, but feel free to interpret as you like :) - Thank you for listening !<br>laptopStrummer - <i>Sigourney Martin:</i> - Hey! It's Siggy! When I listened to this song for the first few times, I was thinking of having both Mituna and Latula in the ipcture, but I felt like just having Mituna with Latula's hands holding him made it a little more symbolic in a way? Bleh, I'm never good at that kind of stuff, but this was fun to make! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Solus Vates -Artist: TempiTunes -Track Art: Sam Garcia -Duration: 1:46 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/solus-vates -- https://youtu.be/lFk48v07XXc -Commentary: - <i>TempiTunes:</i> - This song is meant to represent the relationship Kankri has with his friends. Due to what we've seen in comic, I picture Kankri to have a strained relationship with the other trolls, leaving him feeling left out more often than not. This piece starts out bravado with a crunchy organ, representing Kankri's own bravado and righteous outlook, transitioning into a sad and lonely bit of chimes and violin. The piece ends with warm strings (they are his friends after all), leaving with a callback to the lonely chimes. - I titled this piece SOlus Vates, which is probably horrible Latin as I've never taken a course, buti t's meant to mean Lonely Seer/Prophet, relating to the left out and lonely feeling Kankri feels around his companions as well as his role as the Seer of Blood. - <i>Sam Garcia:</i> - when i heard the song i just felt sorry for kankri, it represents pretty well how lonely kankri felt in his timeline, so in the drawing i decided to put kankri in a place where he would have spent most of his time during beforus, and i thought a library or some sort of study would fit well! and at the corner of the table some colorful flowers to represent his friends that are kinda with him. i had a lot of fun drawing this! i hope you like the drawing ^^ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Radglare -Artist: RowBird -Track Art: oxfordroulette -Duration: 2:57 -Art Tags: -- Latula -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radglare -- https://youtu.be/kw-Im683rUE -Commentary: - <i>RowBird:</i> - This is the first time i did a theme for a specific character by myself. It was harder than i expected, i did know what kind of vibe i would want to give it; hiphop/breakbeat with an oldschool vibe to it, something that would remind you of tony hawk pro skater. But i would make it very melodic with heavy 8bit-like influences to better suit her gamer girl character. Choosing a chord progression also was quite a challenge to me, it had to suit her character. After playing around and switching up orders i ended up with something that just felt right. - The first part represents hir first impression, the downtempo part is dedicated to her more serious 'libra side'. In the end it will all come together and really emphasise the radical personality she has created for herself. - <i>oxfordroulette:</i> - The DJ scratches in the track reminded me of some kind of golden age of hip hop/Blade Runner fusion. And when I think techno neon late 80s grunge, I think Latula Pyrope. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: We Are +og3th3r -Directory: we-are-tog3th3r -Artist: The One Music Maniac -Track Art: Josefin B. -Duration: 2:14 -Art Tags: -- Porrim -- Latula -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-are-og3th3r -- https://youtu.be/6Lc0R5aurLc -Commentary: - <i>The One Music Maniac:</i> - "We Are +og3th3r" is a Latula-focused piece regarding her interactions with Porrim. Latula allows herself to let go of her "rad girl" act around Porrim, which she uses as a defense channel for her insecurities regarding her lacking hte sense of smell. When Porrim and Latula interact, they are able to openly ponder about life and the mysteries of universal questions, such as the possibilities and the capabilities of fate, should fate truly exist. The heartbeat-like rhythm symbolizes their open heart-to-heart conversation, the chimes representing Latula's carefree spirit, and the mallets exprses Porrim's inquisitive thinking. - <i>Josefin B.:</i> - Porrim and Latula's interactions have always been one of m yfavourite parts of Homestuck as a whole. Their conversation, to me, seems like a break from the actual story and we get two adult women being friends and discussing spiritual, universal and personal matters. I wanted to capture that, but also their own personalities in the art. We have Latula, who happily leans over Porrim as a greeting, trusting her to be there. We have Porrim, calmly waiting for Latula whom she trusts will arive. Latula is not wearing her shades, because these two see things eye-to-eye. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Divert Momento -Artist: TempiTunes -Track Art: Txesare -Duration: 1:32 -Art Tags: -- Meulin -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/divert-momento -- https://youtu.be/eCzLtqzJsLM -Commentary: - <i>TempiTunes:</i> - "Divert Momento" is the song for Meulin and the misspelling is intentional. The title is a mix of Divert Moment, representing the moments that Meulin is "Diverted" for a moment by Kurloz's mind control, a momento, and Divertimento which is a type of music similar to a serenade, which is the name of one of the Homestuck songs for the Disciple, who Meulin is similar to but not exactly. - <i>Txesare:</i> - Meulin is portrayed in a dreamy state. I tried to add my personal interpretation of Kurloz's control over her through the paint and the nails as a trait that is hidden on that fantasy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Curly Fury -Artist: laptopStrummer -Track Art: Sam Garcia -Duration: 5:52 -Art Tags: -- Kurloz -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/curly-fury -- https://youtu.be/tuLKm2sEohQ -References: Blackest Heart, Purple Tyrant, Purple Bard -Commentary: - <i>laptopStrummer:</i> - For Kurloz, I wanted a song that begins and ends with silence. I borrowed the melodic theme from Blackest Heart (and Purple Bard and Purple Tyrant aswell, those are all Makara-themed songs) and played wtih it. I couldn't resist to put some of my (dare I say signature ?) stellar samples for the ambient outra. So some of the sounds actually come from space ! Thank you for listening. Cheers ! - <i>Sam Garcia:</i> - when i listened to the song, and saw its title, the only thing that came to me was the "vast honk" or how kurloz sewed his mouth, i wanted this drawing to more or less show how kurloz was then (after he sewed it) and at the vast honk. i hope you like the drawing! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Light Forms Us -Artist: Blackhole -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 4:02 -Art Tags: -- Porrim -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-light-forms-us -- https://youtu.be/cMYKgpKfI7Q -References: track:let-me-dance-let-me-glisten -Commentary: - <i>Blackhole:</i> - This song was born out of a desire to remix the theme from Flutterwhat's fantastic "Let Me Dance, Let me glisten", one of the earliest tracks we received for the album. That song is about Porrim, and incorporates ideas of her radiance as a rainbow drinker, and so I had those images in my mind when I was putting this song together. However, for my own spin on the LMDLMG leitmotif, I wanted to give the track a broader meaning, so I decided to turn this into a song about the Green Sun, and how its light shines through the furthest ring and presides over the Beforan session (and many others). I used a similar set of sounds to those which I incorporated into [[Formant (Sprite Chorus Mix)]], the eponymous Formant synth common in both tracks always having given me the feeling of radiant light. - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - The track is nominally about the Green Sun, but the inclusion of the main leitmotif in Porrim's principal track links the Sun to Porrim specifically. I found that an interesting relationship and decided to explore it in the track art. This track gives me a strong ethereal cosmic vibe; to match that, I drew Porrim basking in the glrious light of the Green Sun, which fills half the sky even though it lies beyond the universe, indicating its power and importance. Deep magenta seemed like the perfect colour to pair with the sun's green. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fortune Fins -Artist: rest✩taurus -Track Art: Lyza K. -Duration: 1:56 -Art Tags: -- Aranea -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fortune-fins -- https://youtu.be/Sbz_d6BeVQI -Commentary: - <i>rest✩taurus:</i> - Now this was a fun track that turned out exactly as I first imagined it. Just a fun, playful bouncing thing. Meenah was always a threat to the session, but Aranea nurtured friendship with her just fine. Both trolls involved have to be a certain kind of light-hearted for that to work, and I really think they were. In any case, that's how their ghosts acted up until their separation. While it lasted, it was flitting and pumping and strong, in its own flighty way. A relationship propelled by fiath in the future and their own capabilities. Remember: each play revives the les8ifins for just a little longer. - <i>Lyza K.:</i> - This track is happy and bubbly so I drew slightly younger Meenah and Aranea in a slightly cartoonish style. With bubbles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Thief of the Ring -Artist: The One Music Maniac -Track Art: Gillian Pascasio -Duration: 6:06 -Art Tags: -- Aranea -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thief-of-the-ring -- https://youtu.be/XgP5iCtN_HQ -References: Carne Vale -Commentary: - <i>The One Music Maniac:</i> - "Thief of the Ring" is a pre-GAME OVER themed composition that covers Aranea's selfish motives & how it caused the imapct of GAME OVER, including: possessing Gamzee to steal the ring from John, almost forcing a kiss on Jake, forcing Jake to use his Hope power, killing Jade, getting angry because John promised the ring would be for Calliope, forcing Roxy to sleep, having to fight Brain Ghost Dirk as he rips her soul out of her body, and causing Jane's vengeance for the death of her ectobiological granddaughter. - <i>Gillian Pascasio:</i> - The music, with its beat, and of course its theme that ties into GAME OVER, I naturally went towards bold colors and contrast- which is actually a staple of my art! I focused on the motif of the ring itself, and Aranea's life/death, giving her one dead eye and one living eye, split by the shadows. The ring itself is incorporated into her seven pupils, and the circular overlays. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In the Light -Artist: slitherbot -Track Art: Pitchin -Duration: 2:49 -Art Tags: -- Aranea -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-light -- https://youtu.be/kbUu_XSlq5U -Commentary: - <i>slitherbot:</i> - yeaha this song is centered around aranea and her chance with the life ring. its a short song but i put love into it. my favourite part is the end of the song bcuz of the fire, she wanted to shine but got too close to the sun >:3c ..IDK WHAT ELSE TO SAY,, I LOVE THIS SPIDER LADY. - <i>Pitchin:</i> - As they say: the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and Aranea - being as bright and blind as she is - didn't really see her destination before she fell back into it. Gotta say, one of my favourite character arcs and I already wanted to do something with it when it first happened. I might ahve accidentally listened to the song several hours on a loop while doing this @u@" Even if I say so mysef, I fokin love that hair. Also fire. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Funeral March of the Avenging Dead -Artist: SerialSymphony -Track Art: Fayghost -Duration: 3:55 -Art Tags: Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/funeral-march-of-the-avenging-dead -- https://youtu.be/lovJJ6uwj1c -Commentary: - <i>SerialSymphony:</i> - Someone needs to take my violins away from me, I love them too much.<br>-'Skip'/SerialSymphony - <i>Fayghost:</i> - Don't worry, your violins are safe with me. I promise to walk them twice a day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Past and Present -Artist: Oliver Hendricks -Track Art: Scarlet Schaefer -Duration: 2:29 -Art Tags: -- Aranea -- Meenah -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/past-and-present -- https://youtu.be/2-CcIKU6-bQ -Commentary: - <i>Oliver Hendricks:</i> - "Past and Present" is meant to represent the action and devastation of the Beforus trolls' past. There are moments inw hich the trolls look with melancholy at their mistakes, but they hope for the future. It's almost as if they know that their ancestors will go on to be heroes. - <i>Scarlet Schaefer:</i> - I took into account how Oliver Hendricks described his piece and decided to make it wholly symbolic, two friends now enemies considering what has happened between them. The blood on the walls is also a symbol of all the pain that the Beforus trolls as a whole experienced. As for the artistic feel I wanted to portray in my piece, I played heavily into the tone of the song itself and used a style more of what you would most likely see in sequential storytelling. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beforus -Artist: Toris Crow -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 2:55 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- Damara -- Rufioh -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Porrim -- Latula -- Aranea -- Horuss -- Kurloz -- Cronus -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beforus -- https://youtu.be/W80-xaGbZUw -References: -- Featherlight -- Theme -Commentary: - <i>Toris Crow:</i> - Early last year, I wrote a song called "Featherlight." This is an extended and improved version of it made exclusively for the Beforus Album project and will not appear in any of my own albums. It serves as a mirror for the song [[Alternia]] in the album "AlterniaBound." This song is dedicated to Not-Terezi-Pyrope (Blackhole) for making this project possible. - <i>Blackhole:</i> - <3 - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - Aranea once referred to the Green Moon as a "large(r) green interloper" that had never belonged to her world. Thus Beforus is represented by the Pink Moon standing alone in the sky; the Beforan players contemplate it from a tree branch of one of the Pyrope's forest. Is this a night before the end? A dreambubble illusion? As the track art for the last song on disk 2, the ambiguity seemed fitting. One way or another, it's now nothing more than a bittersweet recollection of simpler times. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ♬ Disc 3 ♬ -Artist: Blackhole -Track Art: magnoliajades -Duration: 0:30 -Directory: disc3-beforus -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- Damara -- Rufioh -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Porrim -- Latula -- Aranea -- Horuss -- Kurloz -- Cronus -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3 -- https://youtu.be/oGWX5J0gngI -Commentary: - <i>Blackhole:</i> - Disc 3 was originally conceived as a "bonus" disc, containing just a couple of tracks that were included in addition to the main body of the album. In the end, though, it grew into something bigger, band became an integral and important section of the album, containing some of our most key tracks. With the same track count as Disc 1, it keeps the album nicely balanced lengthwise, and is characterised by tracks that are somehow different from the principal themes of that Disc and the more narrative soundtrack pieces of Disc 2. These include tracks that did not slot easily into the Disc 2 chronology, remixes, vocal tracks, and a few special pieces for the album finale. - <i>magnoliajades:</i> - This was probably the first (or one of the first) art pieces made for the Beforus project, as it was also used as promotional art. I was honored to have the privilege of creating it, and kept it simplistic as I did not know what to expect out of the art that others would be putting toward the project later on. Also, I had no other way to quickly create digital art at the time other than with an iPad. I like to think I helped make everyone else's art look even greater! I also thought about karaoke parties while making this, but I think that's perfectly fine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fuchsia Moonrise -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: Yellowstockings -Duration: 3:56 -Art Tags: Meenah -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-moonrise -- https://youtu.be/5l0Swc5jgT0 -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - This track was inspired by the fact that, because the corruption represented by the Green Moon was not present in the Beforus timeline, their nights would have been lit by the Pink Moon alone. Pink is a decidedly strange colour to associate with nighttime, but I do enjoy the imagery immensely. This track is meant to evoke the image of a mysterious pink night. It combines ethereal piano accents with a square lead riff that one might associate with Meenah Peixes, who lived on the moon for a period of time. - <i>Yellowstockings:</i> - This piece exploers the visual effects of a pink moon's light on a Beforian seascape and a young Meenah as she contemplates abdication. The drama and scope of the track Fuchsia Moonrise lent itself to a turbulent seascape while the quieter aspects of the track inspired something more contemplative and calm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Burgundy Revenge -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: smear -Duration: 2:05 -Art Tags: -- Damara -- Meenah -- The Handmaid -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/burgundy-revenge -- https://youtu.be/J3tLIpRbjNI -References: English -Commentary: - <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> - A Damara Megido song, focused on her hate against her archrival and an excellent host. It took me 6 hours and is based off Meenah's and Doc Scratch's songs. - <i>smear:</i> - Conceding to the original track artist's commentary, this piece was made to represent a strife between Meenah and Damara. Burgundy Revenge to me was a very creepy and atmospheric track so I decided to set it in a black and smoky enviornment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: #problematicfave -Artist: theh0nestman -Track Art: JulietCee -Duration: 2:04 -Art Tags: -- Kankri -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/problematicfave -- https://youtu.be/s5zKagOGy6o -Commentary: - <i>theh0nestman:</i> - Kankri Vantas was the most difficult character I've had to write a song for in my whole life. He's too sensitive. He reminds me too much of Tumblr, but then I guess that was the point. Anyway, I was relieved to learn I could do an instrumental, and it turned out to actually be my problematic fave. Sorry it's so short. Feel free to loop! - <i>JulietCee:</i> - I must admit, Kankri is one of my least favourite characters, I can't stand the guy. I wasn't so thrilled when I received my allocation, but I decided to view it as a challenge and do my best. I let the music guide my hand, as I often do when I'm drawing, and here's the result. Red is my favourite colour and I loved playing with it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tree Dwellers -Artist: MariEaster -Track Art: Quietserval -Duration: 2:02 -Art Tags: -- Rufioh -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tree-dwellers -- https://youtu.be/0ky8Yv_hWGg -Commentary: - <i>MariEaster:</i> - Tree Dwellers is about the Lost Weeaboos; a group of Beforan otaku trolls living in a secret forest village far away from normal troll society. The track was originally made to be a fan track for Nepeta, but I found the track to fit surprisingly well with the whole concept about the Lost Weeaboos. - Tree Dwellers was never made to be a piece of music that sounded 'brilliant' or 'genuinely composed'; the simplicity and silliness of the track gave me MSPA feels, so I chose to keep it that way as a silly detail in the Beforus Album. - <i>Quietserval:</i> - As MariEater wrote in their track commentary, the song "Tree Dwellers" was meant to be fun, simple, and silly. So for the track art I wanted to show an everyday scene in the village of the Lost Weeaboos; tree houses, trolls dressed up in cosplay, and of course fisticuffs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Puppeteer -Artist: thesketchqueen -Track Art: Vanessa Auqué -Duration: 3:55 -Art Tags: -- Meulin -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/puppeteer -- https://youtu.be/TUj3E7oOxO4 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Lyrics: - Hello my darling dear<br>I’ve always been right here<br>Waiting for you, waiting for you<br>What’s that, my darling dear?<br>Suddenly I can’t hear you<br>Cat got your tongue? - Puppeteer, puppeteer<br>There’s no need to fear<br>Puppeteer, puppeteer<br>You're my love, the one I hold so dear - I’m known to be the one (you're slipping away)<br>Who’s always good with love (i can't hold on)<br>I make purrfect matches both red and pale (to you)<br>There's no room for mistake (we’re falling apart)<br>I never miscalculate (why won’t you hold)<br>I could never fail (to me) - Right? - So what is this sinister feeling?<br>Why do you insist on disappearing?<br>Why do I black out on a whim,<br>Then wake some place I’ve never been?<br>Where are you, my darling dear?<br>Suddenly I can’t hear at all<br>Cat got your tongue? - Puppeteer, puppeteer<br>What of you should I fear<br>Puppeteer, puppeteer<br>Suddenly nothing is so clear - Lapses in memory as<br>Your darkness takes hold of me<br>The screams of damned fall on deaf ears<br>A bittersweet melody only I can hear<br>Is this pity or is this love?<br>Or is my decision one I’m not a part of?<br>Logic begs for me to get away<br>But how do I live without you beside me? - Puppeteer, Puppeteer<br>Now you’re here, I see you crystal clear. - jumbled mess :)) - Puppeteer, Puppeteer<br>I’m paralyzed with fear<br>Puppeteer, Puppeteer<br>You’re my love, the one I hold - You’re slipping away, I can’t hold on to you<br>We’re falling apart, why won’t you hold to me<br>You’re slipping away, hold on. -Commentary: - <i>thesketchqueen:</i> - This song has gone through three lyrical overhauls (the third was becuase the song I created got too personal), two instrumental overhauls, and a shift from "real" instruments to virtual instruments. It's a mess. I wanted to focus on something of the dynamic between Kurloz and Meulin, especially all the gross mind-control stuff. I wanted to give lots of double meanings to the text, too, because puppeteer, nothing means what you think it means, la-di-da. So. Puppeteer. The end. - <i>Vanessa Auqué:</i> - For the track art I wanted to focus more on Meulin being controlled, so I chose to show her as a cross between a puppet and doll, as a nod to all the mind controlling and chucklevoodoo stuff going on with Kurloz. She gets her mind broken into and toyed with like it's no big deal, by none other than her closest friend, for who knows how long, and then lights some catnip with him afterwards. It's a mixture of creepy and cute, just like them. For the background I chose to use bright purples to give it more of a glow-y, neon, big-brother-is-looking-into-your-soul vibe, as well as make reference to Kurloz. - Give up your mind and jump into the void. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cardinal Movement -Artist: rest✩taurus -Track Art: Txesare -Duration: 3:12 -Art Tags: -- Meenah -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cardinal-movement -- https://youtu.be/ft7jZr1ICpc -Commentary: - <i>rest✩taurus:</i> - I had a lot of ambitions with this one. It didn't end up how I originally imagined, but I think it's frantic in just the right way, the repititions rae a bit unnerving in just the right way. Boss battle songs odn't usually fade out, but neither do entire universes and their heroes! This track is named after the Beforan session scratch construct, and is meant to convey the inner workings of our lovely Thief during the very last high-stakes moment of her life. The original plan was to include a sadder, slow portion; owever, when it came time to finalize, that just didn't feel right. This was something Meenah ahd been planning ever since the Horrorterrors spoke to her. Of course she has feelings, but she wasn't about to have a change of heart on this: not when it would save all of her friends. She's sweet (and terrifying) like that. - <i>Txesare:</i> - I tried to show Meenah in a situation where she is considering the repercussions, where she's certain this is the best option even though such a huge price has to be paid. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Anacronus -Artist: Laurent Désautels-Séguin -Track Art: rockytoad -Duration: 3:01 -Art Tags: -- Cronus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/anacronus -- https://youtu.be/RhgUdG-yskI -References: Flare -Commentary: - <i>Laurent Désautels-Séguin:</i> - Anacronus is a song about "what if Cronus was an 80's cop". So the song is inspired by artists like Waveshaper and Infinity Shred. At first, there was supposed to have drums in the song, but I found the sound to be more wide, threating and John Carpenter-esque. In the middle part, I quoted Flare by Plazmataz because why not. I made all the sounds with NI Massive. // When I heard about the project, I wanted to do a cool Cronus track... except that he's not really cool. So I made him an 80's cop. I tried to do something like John Carpenter: epic, dangerous and a lot of arpeggios. - <i>rockytoad:</i> - I read that it was supposed to be 80's cop Cronus and played around for a little bit with that. The theme sounds dark and emotional, which rpompted me to, humorously, think about that meme where a person is on a stool with a microphone and has faded versions of their face around. Obviously I didn't do that here, but the more I thought about it seriously, the mroe I thought it'd fit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Madam Firefly -Artist: violasarecool -Track Art: magnoliajades -Duration: 2:19 -Art Tags: -- Porrim -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/madam-firefly -- https://youtu.be/VLX6-E5bXy4 -References: -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:skies-of-skaia -Lyrics: - Madam Firefly,<br>Blinking in the sky,<br>Swim through the stars to find your place,<br>You're wandering through endless space. - Tricky little bug,<br>Tend to your mother grub,<br>Don't worry 'bout the pink and blue,<br>'cause green is all you ever knew, - Until the blood was dripping teal and bronze and gold.<br>You took the mantle from your ancestors of old.<br>And though the changes were like chains upon your heart,<br>You cut them loose and tried your best to change your part. - Madam Firefly,<br>Dead eyes don't gleam so bright.<br>Look o'er the bubbles' pulsing glow,<br>You've many friends dispersed below. - White glimmer fades to grey,<br>You're stronger every day.<br>Provoked, you have a sharp tongue<br>And wit for one who died so young. - Madam Firefly,<br>Blinking in the sky,<br>Your ghostly limbs are full of grace,<br>Enrobed in fabric made of space. -Commentary: - <i>violasarecool:</i> - when i saw that this album was going to be focusing on beforus, i wasn't really sure what to do with that; my song-writing aesthetic is pretty light and fluffy, and my favourite alpha trolls would have to be meenah and porrim, a pair of fairly punk kids. but i was thinking about porrim's thing with light and her ability to flicker on and off where kanaya hasn't mastered that yet. and i thought, what about a firefly, that'd be kind of cute, and then once i had that idea i wrote most of the lyrics in an afternoon. - <i>magnoliajades:</i> - I enjoyed making this piece since Porrim and I share the same zodiac sign and I already think she's gorgeous. I focused on the mood of the song (and how the sound of the vocals made me feel) more so than the lyrics, and tried to capture those moods in this picture. Listening to the track was comforting and felt... warm. I was glad the composer intended to take a lighter aesthetic approach, because that was something I could eaisly match. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 7UN3 R3M1X -Artist: Princezz -Track Art: shu -Duration: 3:09 -References: 7UN3 -Art Tags: -- Mituna -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/7un3-r3m1x -- https://youtu.be/gZQbE8ZOkRg -Commentary: - <i>Princezz:</i> - I made this song in a hurry when I thought I'd lost the other song (I know it's bad to delete stuff but I was trying to hide it from someone who wouldn't have reacted well...but that's another story). This song isn't as good because I couldn't remember how to recreate the sound in the original song. But I thought I'd have it here anywa. - <i>shu:</i> - It was mostly inspired by the track's mroe distorted sound effects and its playful melody. It's definitely a catchy tune and I found myself humming around while drawing this so I hope I did the composer some justice! I'm glad I got assigned a Mituna song because I've never actually drawn him and it was a lot of fun hahaa// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: East Beforan Funk -Artist: Blackhole, The D -Track Art: memento vivere -Duration: 4:46 -References: Uptown Funk -Art Tags: -- Rufioh -- Damara -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/east-beforan-funk -- https://youtu.be/3C-Kka1Izow -Lyrics: - D: Aaaaaaow! - D: Kick it,<br>D: And I'll see<br>D: East Beforus<Br>D: Drives you crazy.<Br>R: We're here, for them bright clothes,<br>R: Lost Weeaboos,<br>R: Got all the pieces.<br>R: Smilin', while I'm,<br>R: Living it up in the trees,<br>D: We'll soar across Beforus,<br>R: Just doing as we damn well please, yeah,<br>D: We're too hot! (R:Hot damn)<br>D: Like Pyralspite or Pupa Pan,<Br>R: We're too hot! (D:Hot damn)<br>R: Sing it out, like bangarang!<br>D: We're too hot! (R:Hot damn)<Br>D: この曲が長すぎます。<br>R: We're too hot! (D:Hot damn)<br>R: And you know what we've got<br>R: Break it down. - D: Girls let us bring it to ya, (R:Whoo)<br>R: Boys let us bring it to ya, (D:Oh yeah)<br>D+R: Y'all let us bring it to ya, (D:Yeah!)<br>R: East Beforan Funk gon' give it to you,<Br>D: East Beforan Funk gon' give it to you,<Br>D+R: East Beforan Funk gon' give it to you!<br>D+R: When high dark strikes and you're in the spot,<br>D+R: Don't believe us? Just watch! - D+R: Don't believe us? Just watch! - D: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>R: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>D: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>R: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>D: Whoa, oh, oh, oh! - R: Hey doll,<br>R: Stop a minute.<br>R: Spread your wings, let them flitter a bit!<br>D: Time's rollin', 'til the scratch,<br>D: Rufioh, take it back!<br>R: If you follow, we'll go cross the Medium and more,<Br>R: We'll carry the flame up in the game,<br>D: And we damn well know the score! - D: We're too hot! (R:Hot damn)<br>D: Like Pyralspite or Pupa Pan,<Br>R: We're too hot! (D:Hot damn)<br>R: Sing it out, like bangarang!<br>D: We're too hot! (R:Hot damn)<br>D: のがクライマックスに行きましょう。<br>R: We're too hot! (D:Hot damn)<Br>R: And you know what we've got<br>D: Break it down. - R: Trolls let us bring it to ya, (D:Oh)<br>D: Humans let us bring it to ya, (R:Woohoo)<br>D+R: Y'all let us bring it to ya, (D:Yeah!)<br>R: East Beforan Funk gon' give it to you,<br>D: East Beforan Funk gon' give it to you,<br>D+R: East Beforan Funk gon' give it to you!<Br>D+R: When high dark strikes and you're in the spot,<br>D+R: Don't believe us? Just watch! - D+R: Don't believe us? Just watch! - R: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>D: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>R: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>D: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>R: Whoa, oh, oh, oh! - D: Before we go,<br>D: Let us show you something funky! (R: Yeah)<br>R: East Beforan Funk, East Beforan Funk,<br>D: East Beforan Funk, East Beforan Funk,<br>R: She said East Beforan Funk, East Beforan Funk!<br>D: I said East Beforan Funk, East Beforan Funk! - R: Come on, dance,<br>R: Let's own it,<br>R: You're a mutant? Yo, just flaunt it,<br>R: Wanna spread your wings? Get on it,<br>R: 'Cause we're bold enough to just show it.<br>D: Come on, dance,<br>D: We'll own it,<br>D: Low blood colour? Just flaunt it,<br>D: When high dark strikes and you're in the spot,<br>D+R: Don't believe us? Just watch! - D+R: Don't believe us? Just watch! - D: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>R: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>D: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>R: Don't believe us? Just watch!<br>D: Whoa, oh, oh, oh! - R: East Beforan Funk, East Beforan Funk, (D: Oh yeah!)<Br>D: East Beforan Funk, East Beforan Funk,<br>R: East Beforan Funk, East Beforan Funk,<br>D: East Beforan Funk, East Beforan Funk, (R: Whoooohoooo)<br>R: East Beforan Funk, East Beforan Funk, (D: Oh yeah!)<br>D+R: East Beforan Funk, East Beforan Funk,<br>D+R: East Beforan Funk, East Beforan Funk, (D: Hey Hey,)<br>D+R: East Beforan Funk,<br>R: Aaaaaaow! -Commentary: - <i>Blackhole:</i> - This one was based on a somewhat crackpot idea of mine that had been floating around in my head for a while. Uptown Funk is undoubtedly one of the best records of this decade so far, and, what with the concept of the Homestuck song parody having a fairly rich canon at this point, I thought it was a shame that it had yet to get the same treatment. I thought a fairly tongue-in-cheek "East Beforan Funk" re-arrangement and re-lyricised cover of the track would be a fun thing to slot in at the end of the album. Several times I thought that I might not finish it in order to make the cut, especially seeing as arranging the entire track with new instrumentation in FL was incredibly painstaking, but I got there in the end! - The whole vocal portion of the track is somewhat of an homage to a failed project that I was working on with the pseudonymous "The D" some years ago, "Scourge Siblings", to record some of the lyrical accompaniments that I'd written for various Homestuck tracks over the years. None of that ever really came to full fruition despite our best efforts at the time, but I think this is probably the best thing that could have come out of that failed project! I hope it as fun to listen to as it was to make. - <i>memento vivere:</i> - I figured that a parody of a real song deserved parody album artwork to match, so of course I ended up Funkifying Rifoh and Damara and mimicking the actual Uptown Funk album artwork. Considering the state that we saw Damara and Rufioh in Openbound, it was kinda nice to be able to draw them from a time when they were having lighthearted fun together! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rex Duodecim Daemonia X (ReDuX) -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: HermesNitram -Duration: 7:40 -Art Tags: -- BK -- Kankri -- Damara -- Rufioh -- Mituna -- Meulin -- Porrim -- Latula -- Aranea -- Horuss -- Kurloz -- Cronus -- Meenah -References: -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- ♋ - Civil Discussi9n -- ♐ - Creeping Blue -- ♉ - Breathtak1ng -- ♌ - MOG^3 -- ♑ - Pious Noise -- ♈ - Fatalism -- ♏ - Salv8tion -- ♍ - Let Me Dance, Let Me Glisten -- ♒ - Aquasex Renegade -- ♎ - R4d1c4l! -- ♊ - The Mituna Method -- The Thirteenth Hour -- ♓ - Killer Beach -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-daemonia-x-redux -- https://youtu.be/Cve3V9NnEPE -Commentary: - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - This piece... I don't think I've ever had a chance to write anything like it. It was insanely challenging, least of all trying to find some way to fit in all of the principal tracks. I've tried my best to include something that sort of sounds close to each of the tracks while telling a story, but I apologise if it's not exactly what or as much as you expect. - The King Awakens. Kankri's Rally. Horuss and Rufioh's Attempt. Meulin and Kurloz's Carnival. Damara, Centre Stage. Retaliation and Aranea's Failure. Porrim's Glow. Cronus's Final Stand. Mituna and Latula's Efforts. Aranea's Return. Meenah's Finale. - I could spend a while talking about this so I'll just note a few things: Kurloz mimics RDA like Gamzee did. Aranea attempts to make a big show against the king around 4.33, but fails (Porrim steps up to help after this). The Thirteenth Hour appears at the end of the Mituna/Latula section as well. It's something "ve always wanted to reference in a track and seemed appropriate for thsi song that was literally finished in the last hours of the project. I hope you've enjoyed this album as much as I enjoyed spending several long nights toiling over this piece. - <i>HermesNitram:</i> - The fight with the Black King is surely one of the most exciting parts of the game, and I tried to show the spirit of the fight that each Beforus troll would have. The order of trolls on the picture follows the track, and each one has been assigned the most possible fitting weapon that would help them fight the Black King. In order of appearance: Kankri (Social Justice speech), Horuss (untamed strength of bare fists), Rufioh (spear and shield), Kurlzo (chucklevoodoos and needle with thread), Meulin (written fanfiction), Damara (wands), Porrim (glow and the Gigli chainsaw), Cronus (Ahab's Crosshairs), Mituna & Latula (Troll Playstation), Aranea (dice and Mindfang's sword), and Meenah (2x3dent). The visualization of Black King is left to the imagination of the audience. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Motions of Infinity -Artist: Toris Crow -Track Art: Rangzhe -Duration: 1:45 -Art Tags: -- Damara -- Meenah -- The Signless -- The Handmaid -- The Summoner -- The Psiioniic -- The Disciple -- The Dolorosa -- Redglare -- Mindfang -- The Expatriate -- The Grand Highblood -- Dualscar -- The Condesce -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/motions-of-infinity -- https://youtu.be/RB_xP6VHr5U -Commentary: - <i>Toris Crow:</i> - This song can be interpreted as being about the Scratch from the Beforus trolls' point of view. I wanted to write a song that had a suspenseful single-note intro, similar to in the song [[English]] from the Homestuck album The Felt. I wrote the song to be dramatic because the Scratch, for them, signifies the end of their roles as players in their session. - <i>Rangzhe:</i> - I wanted to show the initiation, the process, and the result of the Beforus trolls' scratch. Damara, happily volunteering and having the power in the first place, initiated the cardinal movement, and Meenah blowing up everybody so that they would continue to exist as ghosts, and the result, their alternate selves born in a whole new world and society. I put the ancestors because they had a role in preparing the Alternian trolls to be stronger to win the game and that all started with the alpha trolls scratching their session in the first place. diff --git a/album/beyond-canon.txt b/album/beyond-canon.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 39820d52..00000000 --- a/album/beyond-canon.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,490 +0,0 @@ -Album: Beyond Canon -Date: April 13, 2020 -Date Added: April 13, 2020 -Track Art Date: June 1, 2020 -Cover Art: Xamag -Color: #f2a400 -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-canon -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CliIjlWjOMY -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFbH-1hH663k70qBQp5jc_CU -Commentary: - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - track art for <i>Beyond Canon</i> is from the <a href="https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/post/619761136023257089/unofficialmspafans-we-are-proud-to-announce-the">Beyond Canon Track Art Anthology</a>! artist commentary and (gasp!) art WIPs come from the booklet linked there. much thanks to project organizer Ucklin for keeping me updated with the anthology and offering to share the art with the music wiki. here's their commentary below! :) - (PS: [[track:cosmic-carousel|some]] [[track:light-burns-out-gestalt|tracks]] [[track:after-the-sun|had]] [[track:narrative-command|their]] [[track:crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent|own]] original track art, mainly created by their musicians, shared on soundcloud or youtube. while all the main art images have been swapped with what's in the anthology project, i've kept those in the commentary notes for these tracks!) - <i>Ucklin:</i> - <center>BEYOND CANON<br>a track art anthology</center> - <b>Artists</b> - (<i>QN: see each track page for individual credits!~</i>) - This list contains quite a few new arrivals to the team as well as some long-time contributors returning. Thank you all for putting the thought and time in to make art that truly befits the new album! - <b>Additional Credits</b> - Making-of booklet produced by Ucklin (Ucklin#4229). Project management by Ucklin with help from additional Unofficial MSPA Fans managers. - Feedback for revisions was given by all the artists in the UMSPAF discord, but I want to recognize Tipsy for being consistently present and offering constructive suggestions for nearly every piece! - Though Makin stepped down after the planning stages of the project, I also want to thank him for the concept and his work sorting initial artist applications to make sure that everyone was assigned to a track that they wanted. - Some final thoughts: This project went unbelieveably smoothly, completed in just one month. The majority of artists were invited on May 1st, and art was completed by the 31st. I'm glad we get a chance to appreciate the artists on our team: So many of these people could be spending their time making money with their art, and they're helping us enrich and expand on the Homestuck soundtrack instead! Thank you to everyone who worked on art and everyone who checks out the project! - <img src="media/misc/beyond-canon-bonus1.jpg" width="536" height="309"> - <img src="media/misc/beyond-canon-bonus2.jpg" width="405" height="373"> - <img src="media/misc/beyond-canon-bonus3.jpg" width="1400" height="1400"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: exclusion zone -Artist: horizon -Track Art: ZowerLemon -Duration: 2:22 -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/exclusion-zone -- https://youtu.be/yllaAhv5EYA -Lyrics: - (Always you) - Made a monster<br>Ha, ha, ha<br>Ha-ah-ah - (You sit up there all day long and do nothing but come down and make tea.) - You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster - The skyline, the skyline, the storyteller<br>The skyline, the skyline, the storyteller - You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster<br>You just made a monster -Commentary: - <i>horizon:</i> - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yllaAhv5EYA">YouTube</a>) - my contribution to Homestuck^2's first album: exclusion zone from Beyond Canon. - i can't express how meaningful it was to be able to write something for this, so i won't try. all i can say is thank you, thank you, thank you. - you have given me a home i would be happy to be stuck in. - <i>Zowerlemon:</i> - Exclusion zone really stood out as quite the challenge, my mind was racing trying to grasp onto an idea and landed on a robotic theme with solitary undertones. The best to represent the song in my opinion was Rosebot: in the song the singer is repeating "you just made a monster," acknowledging that they themselves are no longer a person and informing their initiator of what they had done. While designing the drawing I decided that rosebot had to be the center of attention of the piece so I focused on her color pallet and her aspect, light, was made to be just as robotic as she is, with orange metal linings as an example of ult dirks influence on her. The purple background is taken by her lunar sway, also, it was a good color to accompany the yellow in the piece. The rest are random metal plates with lining in between each plate forming a sort of tunnel with the only light being Rosebot and a clock of the moon and the sun surrounding her, each with their own meaning. In the end I love how the final piece came to be, I feel that it represents the song very well, and I had fun sharing with the organizers and the other artists. To be the first time working in this manner in a community was nice and I hope in the future to have similar opportunities like this. Thank You! - <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip1.jpg" width="387" height="364"> - <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip2.jpg" width="387" height="342"> - <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip3.jpg" width="346" height="346"> - <img src="media/misc/exclusion-zone-wip4.jpg" width="328" height="328"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Now I'm a Villain -Artist: David Ellis -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 4:40 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/now-im-a-villain -- https://youtu.be/-CbjEPNFCqQ -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -Commentary: - <i>David Ellis:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/Ducksual/status/1249782135688437761">Twitter</a>) - It was fun to play lots of nice low 7 string guitar chugs and to try and make it sound as villainous as possible. :) - <i>Jas:</i> - <img src="media/misc/now-im-a-villain-wip.jpg" width="981" height="939"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cosmic Carousel -Artist: polysaw -Track Art: Rachel Z -Duration: 3:29 -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic-carousel -- https://youtu.be/xxVwRERwmJg -- https://soundcloud.com/polysaw/homestuck-beyond-canon-cosmic-carousel -Commentary: - <i>CrepesAhoy:</i> - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel.jpg" width="500" height="500"> - <i>Rachel Z</i> - Initially, I was split between making Dirk or Alt. Calliope the focus of this drawing. Eventually, I decided that Jade possessed by Alt. Calliope was the best fit, because the upbeat mood of the song fits Jade's personality, and the name was also very fitting for both characters since their aspect is space. I interpreted the "Cosmic Carousel" as the black hole turning endlessly in space while Alt. Calliope acts as the conductor as she watches over the various timelines. After my first sketch, I had Jade wield Calliope's wand, and I also gave her a happier expression to fit the overall mood of the song. - <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel-wip1.jpg" width="437" height="481"> - <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel-wip2.jpg" width="460" height="464"> - <img src="media/misc/cosmic-carousel-wip3.jpg" width="482" height="482"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Surprise, We're Back -Artist: Sean Gorter -Track Art: D'paq -Duration: 5:21 -References: End of Act -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -- Karkat -- Tavros -- Terezi -- Vriska -- Calliope -- Caliborn -- Consorts -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/surprise-were-back -- https://youtu.be/jeuBiSxYHEI -- https://soundcloud.com/flareproductions/surprise-were-back -Commentary: - <i>Sean Gorter:</i> - (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/flareproductions/surprise-were-back">SoundCloud</a>) - Surprise, bitch. Bet you didn't see this album coming. - (<a href="https://youtu.be/jeuBiSxYHEI">YouTube</a>) - It's a great privilege of mine to contribute music to Homestuck^2. We're glad we can finally show you what we've been doing. - <i>D'paq:</i> - I was indeed surprised by HS^2's sudden appearence, at first I thought it was a really well-characterized fan continuation like with Act Omega, with its own website like VE, they even shared the same artist, I can recognize Xamag's art from a mile away, love it. But turns out that they indeed Were Back, and I'm really looking forward to what they have in store. Dirk, the ==> command, and the Theseus seemed like the perfect trinity to represent a(n) (un)likely continuation to an already colossal story. The sky full of faint memories of the baffling/fascinating (Meat) Epilogues, Dirk as the constellation marking him as one of this universe's gods, the one who put that story into motion. There's another simpler track art I made that I also enjoy, but in my mind the piano and the stars go together much better, the one with Dirk and the huge ==> command feels like it'd accompany some electronic song instead. Have a nice day! - <img src="media/misc/surprise-were-back-wip1.jpg" width="669" height="319"> - <img src="media/misc/surprise-were-back-wip2.jpg" width="640" height="300"> - <img src="media/misc/surprise-were-back-wip3.jpg" width="605" height="606"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: SPLIT REALITY -Artist: Xauric -Track Art: Gastlu -Duration: 5:06 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/split-reality -- https://youtu.be/XzZ7PNmcHiU -References: Alphamatic Replacement -Commentary: - <i>Xauric:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/Xauric/status/1249774701691301894">Twitter</a>) - Eight years ago, I made a track for a webcomic called Homestuck for a music competition. - Today, I'm happy to announce the official release of my track, SPLIT REALITY, on the newest Homestuck album, Beyond Canon!!! - Enjoy <3 - I'm also officially apart of the Homestuck music team, and will be working with them further for more releases~ - <3 <3 <3 - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzZ7PNmcHiU">YouTube</a>) - K I wanna be real with y'all here. - This track means a lot to me in more than one way. Between a bunch of depressive episodes and just outstanding amounts of imposter syndrome, I had a lot of anxiety that I wouldn't even be able to make a track that was in the ballpark of "good", let alone at all worthy of being on the first official album of Homestuck^2. And for a while there, I wasn't really making things I was at all enjoying or proud of. I was worried of making something that wasn't "homestuck" enough, or wasn't something people were really expecting. But the support of the amazing Homestuck music team helped contribute to a track I can firmly say I'm proud of, and even being included on this album means the world to me. - So I really, really do hope you guys enjoy this <3 - <i>Gastlu:</i> - Originally I had drawn events throughout the timelines, though in my opinion, it looked a bit too much to focus on, so I scrapped that version, and, unfortunately I did not save that version, oops. Either way, I hope my abstract-y space-y art did the job, made a blackhole to represent, well, the blackhole which Alt. Callie turned into, added some green and orange effects for the narrative command battle going, though there's already a track for that, so it is minor, in the background, the real focus are the timelines, meat drips with death, candy is sweet and bright, though they both have some masks for what's really going on, we cannot see though, the reality is split and we're in SPACE. - <img src="media/misc/split-reality-wip.jpg" width="664" height="664"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Assembly -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: ysh -Duration: 4:37 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dirk -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/assembly -- https://youtu.be/jCqE4ePSsMQ -Commentary: - <i>ysh:</i> - When I got the track (and stopped squeeing) I contacted the composer to ask what he envisioned while making it, and he told me that the track was about Dirk's team's journey through space towards the new planet as well as about them preparing for the game (hence the name). So I did my best to convey all of that. The track uses many synth sounds, or at least *some* synth sounds, and to me that was enough to justify going for the 80's neon aesthetic. I used mainly triadic palette where each colour corresponded to one of the characters: orange for Dirk, violet for Rose, teal/turquoise for Terezi. The theme of "three" is also reinforced by the triangle shape, which I referenced in composition as well as by slapping a big fat triangle in the middle of the picture. It works as a visual portal and also represents the letter Delta (as in Deltritus, the name of the new planet). The idea of actual assembling of the game is referenced through the Venn diagram glyph inside the portal and by those sick grid mountains in the background that I totally didn't trace from some random stock image. There's some more symbolism stuffed in the picture but this commentary is already too long and I'd like to leave some things open to interpretation. Doing track art has been a long dream of mine, and I'm extremely glad and thankful I've been given this chance to participate in this project! - <img src="media/misc/assembly-wip1.jpg" width="329" height="469"> - <img src="media/misc/assembly-wip2.jpg" width="494" height="467"> - <img src="media/misc/assembly-wip3.jpg" width="490" height="471"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Not Canon in F major, Op. 69 -Artist: Alex Votl -Track Art: Spicy Nyx -Duration: 3:40 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dirk -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/not-canon-in-f-major-op-69 -- https://youtu.be/scBYW884ymU -Commentary: - <i>Spicy Nyx:</i> - When I listen to the song it makes me think of how much Homestuck has strayed into non-canon and I wanted to draw what's pretty much become the 3 most influential characters of homestuck, looking out at whats to come next has they go further and further out of the canon story. - <img src="media/misc/not-canon-in-f-major-op-69-wip1.jpg" width="667" height="631"> - <img src="media/misc/not-canon-in-f-major-op-69-wip2.jpg" width="664" height="666"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Leaving -Artist: Marcus Carline -Track Art: RainbowLustDash -Contributors: Marc Encabo (bass), Tom Kendall Hughes (drums) -Duration: 3:33 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dirk -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-leaving -- https://youtu.be/rb3ZqqiLGYE -Lyrics: - Smoke is all I breathe<br>Is all you hear, is all in me<br>Taste the drier air<br>There's nothing left - Letters fill the empty space<br>There's so much space that's left untouched<br>Running scares me more than God<br>But staying can't sustain - The sparks of fire, earthbound<br>Have found your home, be gone now<br>It's not your fault, you know this<br>But the leaving is just the same - I feel the wind beneath my arms<br>It's warmer now than I recall<br>Have you heard the news today?<br>They closed the school - You and I have been through this<br>Have been through that, have been at ease<br>Nothing scares me more than God<br>And Nothing cannot sustain - The sparks of fire, earthbound<br>Have found your home, be gone now<br>It's not your fault, you know this<br>But the leaving is still the same - You sent me fire<br>Fire, I'll tear my throat out<br>Burn my blackened lips<br>You gave me fire<br>Fire, I'll tear my heart out<br>I'd rather tear my heart out<br>But I can't stay here - The sparks of fire, earthbound<br>Have found your home, be gone now<br>It's not your fault, you know this<br>But you can't help but turn around<br>The embers haven't faded<br>The love you left, unmade<br>It's not your fault, you know this<br>But the leaving is still the same -Commentary: - <i>Marcus Carline:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/marcuscarline/status/1249814813179428864">Twitter</a>) - So I did a thing (was a small part in doing a thing). My track is The Leaving, but honestly give this whole thing a listen. I'm very proud to be included here. Happy Homestuck Day! - <i>RainbowLustDash:</i> - When I first heard the song i thought about Rosebot leaving Kanaya, but as I listened to it I realized it could fit so many other characters as well. Especially Dirk, Terezi and Rose leaving earth C, Dirk thinking there is nothing left to do on Earth C and seeing leaving as the only way to move forward, Terezi leaving after John's death (mentions of air and wind), and Rose not wanting to hurt Kanaya by leaving but having no other choice. And as soon as I realized this, I had this picture in mind. Most of my WIPS shows the progress of the piece; sketch, color modifications, cleaning etc... Thanks to the beyond canon anthology team for their tips and advice! - <img src="media/misc/the-leaving-wip1.jpg" width="504" height="476"> - <img src="media/misc/the-leaving-wip2.jpg" width="504" height="448"> - <img src="media/misc/the-leaving-wip3.jpg" width="481" height="481"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Light Burns Out (Gestalt) -Artist: Waif -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 7:16 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dirk -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/light-burns-out-gestalt -- https://youtu.be/uTXx7knWeys -Commentary: - <i>Waif:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/sexwarlocks/status/1249775240261120000">Twitter</a>) - Time is a flat circle and I made another official song for #homestuck to be released on #homestuckday - It never ends - I do not know WHY it happens but it does - If you are confused<br>Understand<br>So am i - All jokes aside i'm really very happy with this song and i think it's cool and big and i hope you all like it too - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt.jpg" width="500" height="500"> - <i>Mikkynga:</i> - When hearing the song and thinking about HS2 and how Dirk influenced Rose and Rose reaffirms Dirk's thoughts all i wanted to do is how to mix them in one picture. The rest was just just drawing while hearing the song and letting it take me to whatever it wanted to go. - <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip1.jpg" width="485" height="478"> - <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip2.jpg" width="433" height="410"> - <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip3.jpg" width="484" height="477"> - <img src="media/misc/light-burns-out-gestalt-wip4.jpg" width="424" height="423"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hometeam Adv8ntage -Artist: Twirlin' Curtis -Track Art: Tipsy -Duration: 3:58 -Art Tags: -- Harry -- Tavvy -- Vriska -- Vrissy -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hometeam-adv8ntage -- https://youtu.be/ZrkxZz-QeVk -Commentary: - <i>Twirlin' Curtis:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/TwirlinCurtis/status/1249775784941760512">Twitter</a>) - Whoops, might have fucked around and wrote music for @homestuck - please enjoy - My tune is called Hometeam Adv8ntage, btw! - Hugest thanks to @barkbarkclark for being awesome amazing the best ever and having me on! <3 <3 <3 - <i>Tipsy:</i> - I was itching to draw something relating to the future kids! My style is very rigid so I wanted to draw something looser this time. This worked best with Vriska. Proud of the grass. The sky is based off of a sunset from Adventure Time. I can't draw cars. Tavros is cutting loose and unleashing the rebel within. - <img src="media/misc/hometeam-adv8ntage-wip1.jpg" width="670" height="670"> - <img src="media/misc/hometeam-adv8ntage-wip2.jpg" width="658" height="658"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: After the Sun -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: zzzealousy -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/after-the-sun -- https://youtu.be/wEIWdGAOBuc -- https://soundcloud.com/circlejourney/after-the-sun -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/circlejourney/status/1249775612799201280">Twitter</a>) - I made this track for the Homestuck music team's new album, Beyond Canon. I'm humbled to be a part of this incredible project; you can listen to the album at <a href="https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-canon">http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-canon</a>! - (<a href="https://twitter.com/circlejourney/status/1249858664057327616">Twitter</a>) - as promised... - me in 2016: I should join at least one Homestuck fan project before the comic ends, this may be my last chance - me in 2020, somehow on the team of people who made the music that inspired me, making music for a comic that's still going: well, - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEIWdGAOBuc">YouTube</a>) - It's about beginnings in endings...building the world in the comic's early pages, and rebuilding the world after the end. But also, all interpretations are valid. - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun.jpg" width="720" height="720"> - <i>zzzealousy:</i> - I had read comments from the composer and I really liked one of the ways that they described the track, which was like "beginnings in endings". It's cool to see Homestuck^2 parallel some stuff from OG Homestuck, and it's especially cool with the heartfelt or hopeful moments; paralleling is largely where my art inspo came from. Seeing John and BGD aiding Jake again is great, especially since that was near the end of OG Homestuck, while Homestuck^2 is beginning with that (which seems to be the case with other stuff, too, like Jade being possessed). Furthermore, it's that teamwork/hopeful stuff (like John and BGD aiding Jake, but also Dave comforting Kanaya, etc.) in Homestuck^2 that really feels like the idea of "beginnings in endings" to me, whether it parallels OG Homestuck or not. All of the characters are struggling right now, and it's nice to think that they might be able to help each other out and make something together out of all that struggling. - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip1.jpg" width="340" height="331"> - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip2.jpg" width="330" height="310"> - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip3.jpg" width="313" height="273"> - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip4.jpg" width="331" height="328"> - <img src="media/misc/after-the-sun-wip5.jpg" width="275" height="303"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Narrative Command -Artist: Sean William Calhoun -Track Art: Ana -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Dirk -- Alternate Calliope -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/narrative-command -- https://youtu.be/keoJTpGQxPE -Commentary: - <i>Sean William Calhoun:</i> - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keoJTpGQxPE">YouTube</a>) - <blockquote>Holy crap. Impeccable. I might transcribe this for my music project.</blockquote> - This might make it a bit easier — I made a notated blueprint before I started producing it (notated on two piano grand staves, because that's easy for me to parse, but it's certainly not a playable two-piano score). It's not 100% accurate to how it wound up (and I'm not going to fix it, because I don't have any use for an accurate "score"), but if you take this as a slightly-flawed transcription you can probably get the rest relatively easily. [[media:misc/narrative-command-blueprint.pdf|(link!)]] - <blockquote>I don’t want to do this beautiful track a disservice by comparing it to music that’s already been made, because it’s one of the most original and creative songs ive ever heard, but it also does kind of sound like all the songs on [[album:cherubim|Cherubim]] had a brawl and kicked the shit out of each other</blockquote> - It intentionally sounds tangentially like a bit of OG Homestuck music (without quoting anything). Calliope's music is a little like some of One Year Older (like [[Firefly Cloud]]) and [[Voidlight]] (from HS Vol. 10). At the beginning of Homestuck^2, Dirk said "Finally, this story is back on the rails. Maybe we can get back to what things were like in the good old days," so his music sounds more stereotypically Homestuck, with the quasi-chiptune style that's in a lot of classic Homestuck music. - <blockquote><blockquote><blockquote>have fun trying to transcribe dirk's 13/8 section lmao</blockquote><i>but consider: 13/4</i></blockquote>but consider: 13/1</blockquote> - My notational thoughts aren't really consequential, since this is electronic, and the score was only for my own ease of composing, not for performance, but I've always thought of it as Calliope's section in 4/4 and Dirk's in 13/16, so when they start to combine, it's 4 (Calliope eighth notes) against 13 (Dirk sixteenth notes) - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/narrative-command.jpg" width="772" height="772"> - <i>Ana:</i> - I believe the real protagonist of this song is Jade Harley. Narrative command is not only Dirk and Calliope fighting over narrative, but also a fight over Jade control. - <img src="media/misc/narrative-command-wip1.jpg" width="872" height="503"> - <img src="media/misc/narrative-command-wip2.jpg" width="449" height="450"> - <img src="media/misc/narrative-command-wip3.jpg" width="464" height="458"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: eleventh hour -Artist: Monobrow -Track Art: Skyplayer -Duration: 2:46 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/eleventh-hour -- https://youtu.be/ZiJxlnS5kPw -Commentary: - <i>Skyplayer:</i> - This piece started with a concept that is actually explored in other pieces in this album's set: Dirk's departure and what he left behind. Even the same symbolism can be found in other pieces: Theseus streaking across his face, shatters of memories lost to space. Mine started to mutate though, to take on a form beyond my control. My skill to render the memories failed me: WIPs show the corpse of John, the beheading of Dirk, other fragments of the Epilogues. The main decisions of the piece happened spontaneously: fragments of a clock reforming to Dirk's silhouette, Theseus moving from the corner and taking its place as Dirk's glasses. The colors went through many iterations, a volatile photoshop file of hue shifts and stacked filters. The final nail in the coffin for any hope of a semblance of normalcy in this came with my most baffling decision of all: splashing my previous two track arts for UMSPAF over this one. My original monochrome draft for Diverging Delicacies' "Dirk's Dreamers" became the only shattered memory, a destruction of art I birthed but am not fond of. Moons of Theseus' "Unchained" merged with the fibers of space, a celebrated giant looming over all my other pieces. Much like the man this art is focused on, the very piece itself has become a distractingly shiny mirror reflecting the artist's self-indulgent nonsense. I'm being told there's a song attached to this? - <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip1.jpg" width="384" height="383"> - <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip2.jpg" width="378" height="378"> - <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip3.jpg" width="346" height="346"> - <img src="media/misc/eleventh-hour-wip4.jpg" width="300" height="300"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Adios, Lost Boys -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: qsleeper -Duration: 3:30 -Art Tags: -- Tavros -- Tavros' lusus -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/adios-lost-boys -- https://youtu.be/QWubKiNrCz0 -Commentary: - <i>qsleeper:</i> - I was pretty happy when I found out that I'd be drawing a piece for this song, since I've always had a soft spot for Tavros—he's an underappreciated boy! In the end, I didn't really do many different concept sketches for this one. I knew that I wanted a scene of Tavros, in his Peter Pan outfit, staring out as the friends and army they'd worked so hard to gather get eaten by the black hole. The ghosts are just as much the ‘Lost Boys' here as Tav is himself. I was going for a ‘wistful, but resigned' sort of feeling for this, since all Tav can really do now is watch. He knows he's unable to stop everyone from being destroyed—or, as we know now, getting pulled into the new HS^2 universe. So basically, he's just chillin'. - <img src="media/misc/adios-lost-boys-wip1.jpg" width="570" height="570"> - <img src="media/misc/adios-lost-boys-wip2.jpg" width="570" height="570"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moving Onwards -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: Cratmang -Duration: 3:15 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/moving-onwards -- https://youtu.be/V2rvPt0jjdE -- https://soundcloud.com/friendly-coy/moving-onwards -Commentary: - <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> - (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/friendly-coy/moving-onwards">SoundCloud</a>) - My track from the album "Beyond Canon", by the Homestuck^2 Music Team. So he-hey I got to the big leagues! don't know how I got here but I gotta tell ya, it feels awesome. - <i>Cratmang:</i> - I was hoping to hear some commentary from the original artist about what this piece was about, but that never happened, so I just went with my initial concept of, "John Egbert casually walking down the street whilst reflecting on his now-distant past as the Heir of Breath." Since this was a chiptune track, doing pixel art made the most sense (nevermind that I planned on doing pixel art anyway). Most everything in the picture came out naturally, with a few tweaks here and there. I had John looking looking sad in one iteration, but I felt it didn't match up with the more upbeat nature of the song, so I changed it. I did sort of trip at the finish line when adding details to the buildings in the background. Ah well, no one will care, right? - <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip1.jpg" width="320" height="320"> - <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip2.jpg" width="377" height="377"> - <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip3.jpg" width="349" height="349"> - <img src="media/misc/moving-onwards-wip4.jpg" width="380" height="380"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Make a Pretty Picture -Artist: Tristan Scroggins -Track Art: Aeritus -Duration: 2:29 -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Jake -- Tavvy -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/make-a-pretty-picture -- https://youtu.be/a2bQF3q74Lc -Commentary: - <i>Aeritus:</i> - When I first heard the song it just really felt like a Jane song to me. I really wanted to play with the title itself so most of the concept has been Jane (and family) on the making of the Pretty Picture, because when you're in such an high position it's important to look good and pretty, no matter what... right? I Also had a few other sketches of Rose and Jade since the track art of the main motif used for this song had them, but after the updates and the general feeling regarding Jade and Rose has been switched on the bad side, it just didnt felt right for me and the tone of the song itself. - <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip1.jpg" width="214" height="217"> - <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip2.jpg" width="405" height="419"> - <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip3.jpg" width="407" height="398"> - <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip4.jpg" width="417" height="417"> - <img src="media/misc/make-a-pretty-picture-wip5.jpg" width="404" height="397"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Four Kids (and a Game They Played Together) -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: star-nomad -Duration: 4:13 -References: Four Kids and a Game They Play Together -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Roxy -- Kanaya -- WV -- PM -- Jack Noir -- Caliborn -- Genesis Frog -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together -- https://youtu.be/njJhDlhFGa8 -Lyrics: - it's been a little bit since the last time we all talked<br>so...how are all of you doing?<br>i know that i have been a bit unkind to you all<br>and i'm trying to undo it - we thought this ended years ago but it survived<br>i've forgotten far too often why i even recognize these faces<br>that don't have names placed with them<br>inside my hazy brain, but then<br>there's too much to begin to touch on here - i'm<br>pulled back<br>once again<br>and i told myself,<br>told myself,<br>told myself<br>i wouldn't be on this adventure - but i'm haunted by<br>all of these memories<br>that i have of four kids<br>and the game they played together - i burned the bridges thoroughly but still everyone's trusting me again<br>and i should be relieved but it happened so suddenly<br>and i know in my heart i haven't earned this,<br>but everyone acts like my concern isn't a problem<br>like nothing is wrong with my very involvement - but i know how the song ends - i can't begin to list the times that i've walked<br>along this road and concluded<br>that nothing that i've done here will make sense, in the end<br>but i find that kind of soothing - [i'm<br>pulled back<br>once again<br>and i told myself,<br>told myself,<br>told myself<br>i wouldn't be on this adventure - but i'm haunted by<br>all of these memories<br>that i have of four kids<br>and the game they played together - it's been a little bit since the last time] -Commentary: - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/spellbang/status/1249755343615393792">Twitter</a>) - might fuck around and release some stuckhome syndrome music today... - by that i mean i'm definitely releasing some stuckhome syndrome music today. if all goes well i'll probably have it up in like...maybe a little over an hour? - no promises but you know. i am just a little creacher - - - i wasn't technically lying - (<a href="https://twitter.com/spellbang/status/1250780820287164419">Twitter</a>) - might as well talk a tiny bit about this song, Four Kids (and a Game They Played Together), since people are responding to it way more strongly than i kind of expected - the original version of the track from yeaaaaars ago i wrote as an instrumental i intended to be the "homestuck end credits theme," which ended up not panning out for a bunch of reasons, but the song was always a fave of mine, and stuck around on my hard drive until i polished it up as the finale of the main portion of Stuckhome Syndrome P1V1. i still love this version of the song very much. - i had a vocal version brewing in my head for ages. literally from before stuckhome syndrome was released. i mean, the first line (it's been a little bit since the last time we all talked/so how are all of you doing?) was just a sudden thing about me getting volume 10 together - i never had anything besides that opening line, though, not really. for ages i thought i'd finish it up for the last stuckhome volume (i haven't even put the 2nd together...but i will! this year probably?) but a lot ended up hitting me in the interim and i didn't have time for it - about five months ago i was contacted to be a part of the homestuck 2 music team and was told the lowdown: it was a clean slate, and a chance to establish the musical rockbed for homestuck 2 going forward. no quotes of hs1 songs whatsoever, but we'd be making new songs TO quote - i messed around with a few other demos but it was pretty quick for me to settle on deciding to do this. since four kids was never actually released as part of homestuck proper, it ended up feeling like the perfect time to pull the track together for real. - though the instrumental of the new version came together with steady work over the past few months the actual vocals and lyrics didn't coalesce until about two weeks ago. i had messed around with dozens of variants until then; the only stuff finalized earlier was the chorus - singing it was fresh hell because it's stretching my range extremely hard, but i didn't want to do pitch correction. on the final track there is some on the backing vocals for two parts, mostly to help finish the thing quickly, but the majority of it is natural - it was endless, endless retakes and it still sound bad to my ears but i think the roughness maybe helps the emotional quality of the song? i guess? - for my part, i'm just glad it's done and i'm glad it's apparently good. anyway. thanks - oh and lastly i guess speculate all you want about the meaning of the song but i'm not going to engage with any of that stuff because i kinda feel like what the song is feeling is clear without my input on that front - but. yeah. thanks again. <3 - <i>Star-nomad:</i> - While this piece is canonically about the composer, listening to it made me strongly think of John, specifically from the Meat timeline. Since the title of the song basically encompasses John's life during Sburb and by extension his fight with Lord English in the epilogues, I wanted to do something reminiscent of these ideas. Thus I went with the idea of some of the last remaining dream bubbles, and how they show pivotal points from the game session that John was apart of or would remember. I decided to also go with different color palettes, but each having a similar enough scheme that the bubbles showed cohesion. It was a very fun piece to work on, and is hopefully symbolic enough of John and his memories! - <img src="media/misc/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together-wip1.jpg" width="448" height="448"> - <img src="media/misc/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together-wip2.jpg" width="441" height="441"> - <img src="media/misc/four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together-wip3.jpg" width="441" height="441"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: crystal hung in firmament's descent -Artist: Emelia K. -Track Art: Awkward -Duration: 3:11 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Alternate Calliope -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent -- https://youtu.be/LsfBIMV1e-Q -- https://soundcloud.com/emelia-kaylee/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent -Commentary: - <i>Emelia K.:</i> - (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/emelia-kaylee/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent">SoundCloud</a>) - a silence descends - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent.jpg" width="500" height="500"> - <i>Awkward:</i> - My initial thoughts on the mood of this song pretty much carried on throughout the entire creation of the piece, with it being quiet and melancholy, yet powerful in a way. My original idea and thumbnail (which is sadly lost to time) was actually about Kanaya in the meat timeline, longing for Rose. - <img src="media/misc/crystal-hung-in-firmaments-descent-wip.jpg" width="570" height="570"> - <i>Ucklin:</i> - I just have to jump in and point out that the overall composition of this piece looks like a cherub skull, because awkward didn't mention it! This is the coolest thing! diff --git a/album/cherubim.txt b/album/cherubim.txt deleted file mode 100644 index cdd6d0ea..00000000 --- a/album/cherubim.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,250 +0,0 @@ -Album: Cherubim -Cover Art: Kait Linney (lines), Shelby Cragg (coloring & logo) -Banner Art: Shelby Cragg -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Date: March 14, 2013 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #ff7600 -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Calliope -- Caliborn -- Serenity -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-8-with-cherubim -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka9R4mX8LZo -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5wuj4bznbEntObWXb7BFZBl3Jq1Ep1Kb -Commentary: - <i>Homestuck:</i> - u_u ~ tumut -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Reverie -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 4:17 -Art Tags: -- Calliope -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/reverie-2 -- https://youtu.be/WkpYnDz-Y1w -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - i made this song its abou tcallpope shes the girl troll on the web cartonn ‘homsockers’ an she lives on the moon with her brother cazzbiborn baggin of rivendale were they play chess she isnt as good as it as cazbio l and he beats her this song is about when she was before he bit her le g fof - he is such a good goadlie and im tryhing to anticipate where hes going next i’m perfectly fine where i am im like where where wheere s your move tell me why im wrong -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Power Fantasy -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: Indolentjellyfish -Duration: 4:22 -References: Reverie -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/power-fantasy-2 -- https://youtu.be/5adGTghTECM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stellarum Salve -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Mobble -Duration: 3:23 -Art Tags: -- Calliope -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stellarum-salve-2 -- https://youtu.be/J2Vc2JIWPaY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carne Vale -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Leslie Hung -Duration: 4:23 -References: Stellarum Salve, English, Eternity Served Cold -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carne-vale-2 -- https://youtu.be/AdPU0emEeUg -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - <b>The Concept</b> - So with Cherubim, we tried something a little different to reflect the duality of the character/s in question. The album would be split into an even number of tracks grouped in pairs, and then finish off with Eternity Served Cold, to represent Caliborn’s dominance and unchaining. The pairs would represent a similar track done in two distinct styles for Calliope and Caliborn - Calliopes tracks would be considerably mellow, light, friendly, while Caliborn’s versions would be chaotic and angry. - Carne Vale mirrors RJ’s “Stellarum Salve" though only vaguely - I probably could’ve done a better job, but hopefully there’s enough recognizable lapses into SS that I treat as Calliope’s personality sorta coming back into the fray. The noticable sections are 0:00 and 1:58. Outside of that, anything pretty much went - The original ideas thrown about were a kind of crazy, OTT DnB. I ended up combining that with quite a bit of angry metal guitar, and a few spoonfuls of English (And Eternity, just for a bit of foreshadowing). - Originally I was looking into the Saw theme for inspiration, since there’s quite a lot of decent connections to be had there (Not least because of Caliborn’s escape sequence and the whole Lil’ Cal thing) - in the end I didn’t really use much of this, which is a shame because it’d probably work quite well… - <b>The Name</b> - The name for this guy actually has more backstory than most. The working title was “Caliburninate”. Afterwards I thought “uNCHAINED” might make a nice name, since the progression of the song made it seem an almost alternative version of Caliborn’s freedom/leg-sawing. adventure. Trouble was, Eternity Served Cold already provided the background to that, and it’d make more sense to rename EsC to “uNCHAINED” than this one (as pointed out by Toby). So that idea was dropped and still no name. - (Also, while I considered renaming EsC to ‘uNCHAINED’, I figured that guy’d been renamed enough and people were already referring to it via the ‘Eternity’ name, so I figured just leave it). - Finally I looked to the whole ICP/Juggalo angle. Latched on to the name “Carnival”, but that on its own was a bit flat, so went looking into the etymology of the word. Dug up “Carne Vale" (lit. ‘Farewell Meat’) and that was that. - It bizarrely managed to be a sort of weird mirror of “Stellarum Salve”, and be almost appropriate to the whole leg-slicing shenanighens. - <b>The Track</b> - Now, there was quite a lot of DmC being played while I was making this, so a lot of of inspiration came from both the new Devil May Cry and the original ones. - We start off with a minor-ised version of a sequence from Stellarum Salve, before bursting into the rising power-chord section. This is you’re typical “transformation” section where Caliborn’s personality is beginning to take over. Of note for this song is the usage of Shreddage, which I’ve been fiddling about with after Toby posted about it a while back. My setup for using it isn’t brilliant, but the Amp sim it comes with is decent enough and the recorded strings and general setup (i.e. easy support for double tracking and the like) are probably better than anything I could do with a real guitar. - At 0:45 we bring in a direct reference to Eternity/English. (The melody is English, the music box in the background is referencing the beginning of Eternity). Can’t quiet remember what I was doing for the synthy-bass in the background, but I do remember it was fairly distorted. The laughing here I’ll talk about a bit later... - 1:10, and Shreddage is paying for itself with a meaty bit of rhythm guitar. Probably could’ve done a bit more variation around these sections, but it was doing a good enough job. - 1:57 gives us the second Stellarum Salve reference, sort’ve mashed two bits together. Here we have a brief reprieve from the chaos as Calliope’s personality resurfaces. Then however, we get to the noisiest bit of the whole song. - 2:27 and we get ready to go into full rave mode. Once the beat gets going, I decided to try a more complex riff for shreddage, a mix of power chords and lead. The synth bass also gets a bit more to do, adding a bit of panning and the then pitching it up to play a crazy arpeggiation. This bit was basically just “do something crazy”. Originally I had some laughter here too, but took it out since it was being drowned out by everything else. - 3:02 and we return to a bit of sanity. The guitar solo here is again provided by shreddage and sequenced - It’s actually fairly simplistic, but adding a few articulations helps fool it into sounding a bit more believable. - 3:26 and we bring our old friend Fruity Slicer back into the fray. He’s simply slicing the beat that was used throughout the song previously, while the rest of the song calms back down to another reference to English. Once that’s done, we bookend the whole thing with another reference to Stellarum Salve - Caliborn’s off back to sleep and we’re returning to Calliope again. - Now, a few other interesting things about this track (That a few people have already spotted) - firstly, it actually uses quite a few samples that come with FL Studio. Namely the percussion and the laughter. The percussion was pretty much the only example I had for the kind of drumline I was after, so it was fine. - The laughter was an interesting example - It’s from one of those collections of samples of voice that are usually terrible and added to 90s dance tracks (Shouting something random if its a male voice, like “CHECK THIS BASS!!” or “YEAH!” and moaning something incoherent if it’s female like “Oooahhhawoooahhayeah!”. Pitched up it sounded creepy enough when layered. It’s a bit cliched, but it works. - And that’s Carne Vale. An angry little shout from a little green, malevolent angel-baby. Grr. Argh. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Green Lolly -Artist: James Dever, Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Brianne -Duration: 4:11 -References: The Uranian -Art Tags: -- Calliope -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/green-lolly-2 -- https://youtu.be/oWC2oXU_hP4 -Contributors: -- James Dever (original theme) -- Robert J! Lake (arrangement, production) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Red Sucker -Artist: James Dever, Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Dana Smart -Duration: 3:44 -References: The Undying -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/red-sucker-2 -- https://youtu.be/lp7kDAHaWIc -Contributors: -- James Dever (theme) -- Robert J! Lake (arrangement, production) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Constant Confinement -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Michelle Czajkowski -Duration: 3:54 -Art Tags: -- Calliope -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/constant-confinement-2 -- https://youtu.be/1pp7UpsuTa4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Constant Conquest -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Elly Beck -Duration: 4:46 -References: -- Constant Confinement -- track:doctor -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/constant-conquest-2 -- https://youtu.be/5WB4iUNkWQc -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - I floated the idea for a UU + uu album last year in about June as a concept record divided in half with equal and analogous parts Calliope and Caliborn. While we really wanted to jump in and get to making more Homestuck music following Volume 9, we decided to wait and discover more of the two characters until December when Radiation re-organized the effort. He proposed the Jekyll / Hyde alternating pace of the album culminating in “Eternity Served Cold” and had the group split into pairs, each musician working with a partner on a track with the same themes and motifs. - I worked with Erik, who sent me the at-the-time unfinished Calliope composition “Constant Confinement" for me to base my Caliborn track around. Erik’s track was so meditative, it was actually difficult to recognize the slow-paced woodwind melody over the course of the piece, which pulses onward without any strict meter. This melody had to be expanded upon a lot to match the pace of "Constant Conquest" - it actually flies by at breakneck pace in the first measure of the piece before settling into its groove. - Conquest in many ways resembles [[Ruins Rising]], another electronic track based around one of Erik’s piano compositions. Like in my approach to “Ruins" I arranged the melody sparsely and created a very dense environment of drums and percussion sounds to convert Erik’s pulse into a groove. Same input, same solution, although this time I went much, much heavier than ever before. I had a handful of different drum kits going all at once, each with unique effects chains, to create more of an ensemble sound than a clean dance beat. - What really sealed in the atmosphere of this track was the huge slather of pads that adorned the track, most of which were created using analog equipment. I fed the signal from an old Radio Shack keyboard with basic midi patches through a pawn shop guitar pedal to create the many layers of sound that fill the background. Some of the most excellent sounds on the track (especially that snarling synth at 2:57) were created by hammering the mod knobs and wah-wah pedal while playing atonal pitches. The result is distorted synth excellence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Lyrist -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: rumminov -Duration: 3:35 -Art Tags: -- Calliope -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lyrist-2 -- https://youtu.be/Tybj0RZoGks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Lordling -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: rumminov -Duration: 2:51 -References: The Lyrist, Flowey's Laugh -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lordling-2 -- https://youtu.be/nLrChSME0T8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Eternity Served Cold -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: rennerei -Duration: 8:20 -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/eternity-served-cold-2 -- https://youtu.be/wg9jows9Yfo -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- English -- track:revelawesome -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- track:endless-climb -- track:ruins -- Penumbra Phantasm -- track:doctor -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - First off, a thanks to the folk who enjoyed EsC. - Secondly, the above question’s been asked by enough folk now that’s worth commenting on. Specifically, a) Will I release the original and b) Why is it different. - So let’s get a) out of the way: Most likely - I won’t release it right now though, as that’d diminish the album release. Somewhere down the line I’ll release the original version with the original mixing, and possibly the cut ending part (Which was cut because it sounded silly :p). - Now for b): - Getting the first bit out of the way, I’ve a long way to go with learning mastering properly. What sounds ok on Headphones A might sound too bass heavy on Headphones B, absolutely lightweight on Speakers C and generally terrible on earphones Q. With a bit of effort, understand and the right equipment or software the process can be considerably better (I’m using various Dynamic Range monitors to check loudness, for example). I’m still fairly naff at it. - Now, Eternity’s one of the more complicated tracks I’ve done - It’s got quite a few opposing voices: a synth orchestra, synth and heavy percussion, rhythm and lead guitar voices, pianos, wooden and metal toned percussion, timpanies, creepy sound effects, various choirs with various articulations and so on. Getting all these noises to sound halfway decent on top of each other might’ve been a bit beyond my current skill. - When I passed the first version to Rad, he noted it was a bit quiet compared to other tracks. A few variations later (Some bass reduction because a lot of my tracks are a bit bass heavy, I blame my default headphones which have very little bass), then it was a bit anemic. Brought the bass back, tried to bring in some of the voices that were being drowned out (This is the biggest problem people have with the newer version - Some of the strings have been reduced in favour of other voices, notably in the Revelawesome section). Long story short, I didn’t have a decent setup that lets me make any mastering decisions with much confidence. - There’s also a few notable mistakes in EsC in general - Firstly, there’s simply too much strings. In some sections, there’s a high string melody, with staccato strings, more strings below that, and a cello/double bass strings bit. And a solo violin on top of that. It’s simply too much string section fighting over control of what’s going on - This was the main reason for trying to bring the french horns and oboe back into the fold. Additionally, I’m not convinced I’m using panning to its best, resulting in a very squashed mix that’s very central and doesn’t sound “spacial”, which a bit orchestral track really should. - Mastering EsC highlights that there’s large gaps in my skill for music production that I need to brush up on. This is good - It’s always good to have targets for self improvement. I’ll say right now that both versions are still considerably better than Rex Duodecim Angelus :p And essentially it’s the same deal - A synth-orchestral romp through a Homestuck medley meant to sound mean and imposing and threatening, so I won’t say I’m not improving :D. - TL:DR: Yes the old version will be released at a later date. It sounds different because I’m wishy-washy at mastering. (I’m not actually sure if I’m using that term right, I’m basing it off Peanuts) - Hope that answers ya'lls questions :) - (<a href="https://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/post/28573051810/eternitys-shylock-a-short-commentary">Tumblr</a>) - <img src="media/misc/04681.gif" width="650" height="450"> - I’ve been getting a lot of questions about this guy, so here goes: - It’s commentry time!!! - <b>The track in general</b> - If you’ve been paying attention to this blog, I already hinted at the development of ES. It’s kind of a “Sequel” to Rex Duodecim Angelus in that it’s a gradual Medley of HS tracks arranged in some kind of sinister Boss Theme. - The track itself is split into 3 “Acts”. Act I acts as a kind of intro and goes from 0:00 to around 2:30 (As the Revelawesome section begins). Act 2 is the conflict, and ends just after “ the party is defeated” and the music turns a bit more sinister around 4:40. Act 3 is distinctly missing from the flash, but deals with the heroes comeback and eventual final conflict and resolution. The Flash ends just hope is beginning to peek through. - The obvious inspiration and basis for this track is <b>Toby Fox’s “English”</b> and it’s meant to be a track for LE ‘imself. As the act structure implied, it was designed for a battle with LE vs The Good Guys, but ultimately works as a “LE is doing something incredibly nasty and you guys better stay away!” - <b>The track in more detail</b> - I tried to be a bit more cinematic in my orchestral arrangement here. It’s far from perfect, but it’s better than previous attempts. Gotta keep pushin’ yourself I guess. - Stuff you should be able to hear: - - [[track:sburban-countdown|Sburban Countdown]] (At the start and occasionally in other places) - - [[English]] (Should be obvious) - - [[track:revelawesome|Revelawesome]] (ARound 2:40) - - [[Black Hole / Green Sun]] (Twisted a bit, but after the Revelawesome section. The music box makes it noticeable, and 'English’ is playing on top of it) - - [[track:endless-climb|Endless Climb]] (Subtly added at 3:37) - - [[track:ruins|Ruins]] at 4:03 - - [[Penumbra Phantasm]] and hints of the finale of the SotDD section in [[Cascade]] at the end. - Stuff you didn’t hear because the track ends before it gets going: - - [[track:doctor|Doctor]] - - Quite a bit of guitar - So why make another Medley fest? Quite a lot of the HS themes blend really nicely together, and we can associate a lot of events and memories with past flashes (Revelawesome was used as a kind of gag, but here’s it more sinister). I do like a good Medley, and judging from the reaction of Descend, RDA and the latest Solo Album, you guys do too! - The track was made in FL Studio. It mostly uses SoundsOnline EWQL VST libraries, namely: - - Symphonic Orchestra - - Symphonic Choirs (Shouty choir girls) - - Goliath (For some of the larger percussion and sound effects) - - Ministry of Rock (Guitar, some percussion and bass guitar) - And a few soundfonts. - <b>When is it available?</b> - Good question! I suspect you’ll be waiting for Volume 10 to show up, which'll materialize after the solo albums and once we’ve got enough Cherubim goodness for you. - <b>The Name</b> - “Eternity’s Shylock” is an odd one I’ll grant you. It’s alternative working title is “Eternity Served Cold”. - “Eternity” should be obvious. He’s a time travelling demon after all. "Shylock" is a bit more confusing and that leads us on to… - <b>A bit of controversy with the name</b> - “Shylock”, as many of you know, is a character from “The Merchant of Venice”. Specifically, a rather antagonistic Jewish Moneylender. You can <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice#Shylock_and_the_antisemitism_debate">read all about the antisemitism debate on the WIKI page</a> but long story short, the character of Shylock has quite a bit of controversy surrounding the portrayal of the Jewish. - Now, from the name “Shylock” it’s also a slang term for “Loan Shark” - One who loans money yet charges extraordinary amounts of interest and threatens those who cannot pay the return. It was used in 20th century gangster/Mafia slang, and that’s where I pulled it from as a nice fit to Lord English. Therefore “Eternity’s Shylock” - One who gives time, only to take it back with interest. It’s a bit of a stretch, but in the end it sounded like a nice name - Mildly sinister, yet grand. - Now, my use of the term “Shylock” in this context is that of a Loan-shark. There’s been plenty of portrayals of this profession, particularly in crime dramas where one character gets in deep with one and they send round “The boys” to break some fingers etc. The name “Shylock” in this manner refers to the profession and behavior rather than the character or his religious beliefs, but I can fully believe why some people would look at the name “Shylock” with disgust, given the controversy surrounding him. - This was my bad in lack of research, and I apologize. There was certainly no insult meant if it was received. - However, it should be clear to anyone that Lord English, a time travelling threat to all existence, is not in any way implicated to be Jewish. No more so than the implication that he’s from England and has a seat in the House of Lords because of his name. He’s a green, skeletal Mafia pimp demon who flies through time in a crazy sarcophagus and vomits rainbow laz0rs. - I may be [mis]understanding the original controversy surrounding the issue, but from what I read it implied that Shylock the character and Lord English were one and the same, and that Homestuck was presenting a parallel to tMoV. The link is… Well I may not be the finest literary analyst in the world, but I don’t buy it in the slightest. And even if it was a genuinely well thought out analysis, I’d be delighted to be told exactly where in Homestuck it is implied that Lord English identifies himself as Jewish by his words or actions. Or at which point Shylock vomits lasers all over the dream ghost of Antonio. - See, it sounds absurd. Fan-speculation is a large part of the Homestuck community, but sometimes it can get a bit icky when it dives into issues of race and creed. You’re thinking about it too much, it’s a webcomic about some crazy stuff. Just chill. - honk HONK. diff --git a/album/chilled-processor.txt b/album/chilled-processor.txt deleted file mode 100644 index d87066f2..00000000 --- a/album/chilled-processor.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ -Album: Chilled Processor -Artist: nuclear333 -Cover Art: nuclear333 -Has Track Art: no -Date: September 10, 2017 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: #80c9c9 -Groups: -- nuclear333 -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/chilled-processor -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - Made this song quite a while ago and wanted to let it into the public. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chilled Processor -Duration: 1:30 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/chilled-processor diff --git a/album/class-act-b-side.txt b/album/class-act-b-side.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 9fcc0d2f..00000000 --- a/album/class-act-b-side.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -Album: CLASS ACT (B Side) -Artist: Funk McLovin -Date: August 31, 2020 12:00:00 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Cover Art: Funk McLovin -Banner Art: Funk McLovin -Banner Dimensions: 975x180 -Has Track Art: no -Color: #facab6 -Groups: -- Funk McLovin -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/album/class-act-b-side -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Accept My Shaft -Duration: 3:45 -References: track:accept-my-shaft-nsp -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/accept-my-shaft -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDt2HHrjqC0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Get It On -Duration: 2:33 -References: track:get-it-on-chase -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/get-it-on -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TALiw8ahfzA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: LAWNMOWER -Duration: 2:06 -References: track:lawnmower-lemon-demon -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/lawnmower -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOxJH4XCHjE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lonely Rolling Star (English) -Duration: 5:38 -References: Lonely Rolling Star -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/lonely-rolling-star-english -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4VSTqOUdg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hey Baby -Duration: 2:01 -References: track:hey-baby-bruce-channel -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/hey-baby -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7RbFsG2TOg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fever -Duration: 3:13 -References: track:fever-cooley-blackwell -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/fever -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBaWWnmNtNU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Man of Constant Sorrow -Duration: 2:56 -References: track:man-of-constant-sorrow-o-brother -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/man-of-constant-sorrow -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKyqO5LIw6w -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Teenagers -Duration: 2:04 -References: track:teenagers-mcr -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/teenagers -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9a-ddeXY80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rainbow Connection -Duration: 2:51 -References: track:rainbow-connection-muppets -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/rainbow-connection diff --git a/album/class-act.txt b/album/class-act.txt deleted file mode 100644 index fa173b85..00000000 --- a/album/class-act.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ -Album: CLASS ACT -Artist: Funk McLovin -Date: August 31, 2020 12:00:01 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Cover Art: Funk McLovin -Banner Art: Funk McLovin -Banner Dimensions: 975x180 -Has Track Art: no -Color: #ff1e47 -Groups: -- Funk McLovin -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/album/class-act -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: New Year Boogie -Duration: 2:16 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/new-year-boogie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aliens Stole My Boyfriend -Duration: 3:14 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/aliens-stole-my-boyfriend -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Devil Was Beautiful -Duration: 2:18 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/the-devil-was-beautiful -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Away -Duration: 2:41 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/away -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm In Love With Mothman -Duration: 4:13 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/im-in-love-with-mothman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Robots Stole My Wife -Duration: 1:10 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/robots-stole-my-wife -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Button Eyes -Artists: Funk McLovin, Davi -Duration: 0:58 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/button-eyes-ft-davi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Japanese Spider Crab -Duration: 2:04 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/japanese-spider-crab -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sneaky People Exploding In Love -Duration: 2:33 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/sneaky-people-exploding-in-love -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You're At The Ocean But You're Not Alone -Duration: 2:32 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/youre-at-the-ocean-but-youre-not-alone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: WAKE UP -Duration: 2:02 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.txt b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 292e4203..00000000 --- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,503 +0,0 @@ -Album: coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A -Directory: coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a -Cover Art: Shelby Cragg -Wallpaper Art: Shelby Cragg, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Art: Shelby Cragg, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Date: April 2, 2012 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #9292e2 -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Tavros -- Sollux -- Karkat -- Nepeta -- Kanaya -- Terezi -- Vriska -- Equius -- Gamzee -- Eridan -- Feferi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a-b -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYiRW0x2OrqmeDZZp4rQHEV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Side 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~SIDE 1~~ -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:09 -References: Liquid Negrocity -Directory: side-1-universe-a -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-side-1 -- https://youtu.be/l9hqTE7FCu8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rust Servant -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: Leslie Hung -Duration: 4:48 -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rust-servant -- https://youtu.be/ZbVCaNBeEpA -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - If [[Violet Mariner]] was the elder child and [[Teal Hunter]] the middle child, then Rust Servant is the youngest child onto which I poured all my love and affection. This was one of my favorite pieces to work on and even today I’m still pretty pleased with how it turned out, from the striking staccato and col legno strings opening the song to the frantic violins, melancholic chromatic percussion, deep brass, and fast-paced drum grooves. I wanted the song to be big, epic, a little scary. If I may be so immodest, I think I succeeded. - Rust Servant was the only one of my three contest submissions to remain allocated to the character I had in mind while writing it, Aradia’s tragic ancestor and Lord English’s dreadful Handmaid (although the name was changed from the terribly uncreative Handmaid of Death to something more apt for the naming scheme of the album). - When I wrote this song, I had just taken an Intro to Hinduism class the previous fall and had written a short research paper on Kali, the Hindu goddess of time and death (more remembered for being related to death—those of you who have seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom must be familiar with the Thuggees, a cult of Kali-worshipers infamous for conducting human sacrifices—and, apparently, ripping people’s hearts out and setting them on fire as well). And, of course, because I am A SHAMELESS HOMESTUCK NERD, I immediately thought, “Time? Death? THAT REMINDS ME OF ONE OF THE TROLLS” (no I didn’t write my paper on that, i’m not that terrible). It doesn’t come through much in the song itself, but that’s where I got the inspiration from. And the moral of this story is, take a theology class (or two, or three) on a religion you know nothing about. It’ll give you all sorts of new ideas for Homestuck fanart. - Also when the album came out and this song was the first song on the album after Radiation’s intro I was all “HOLY SHIT RADIATION LIKED THIS SONG SO MUCH HE MADE IT THE FIRST SONG” and started pelvic-thrusting across my dorm room. Then I realized that it was only first due to all the tracks being organized from lowest to highest by the blood color of the troll they represented. I continued pelvic-thrusting across my dorm room anyway. - And to wrap things up, milkmanner’s art for the track is just perfect. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bronze Rebel -Artist: Yan Rodriguez -Track Art: Kitsu -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -- Tavros -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bronze-rebel -- https://youtu.be/5z4ctxDKCVM -Commentary: - <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i> - This track is one I sure as hell put a ton of effort into, as it was my big chance to finally do something with my music. I was at a pretty good time of my life and I was able to work on this thing day in and day out, and so I did, but first I put a lot of though into what I wanted to actually do. I’m a bit of a contrarian when it comes to making music, always trying to figure out what everyone else does so that I could do something different, and so I wanted to make a theme for Tavros that looked at his character from a more serious perspective about what he was and what he wanted to do. It’s original title, “If I were like Rufio,” reflected the melancholy desire to be something or be in a world where he was great, where he was a hero but in reality he couldn’t really amount to much, and it was his own fault. - For the style of the song I ended up falling back on one of my main styles, which I called “orchestral cinematic/game with a hint of latin rhythms and harmonies.” I don’t really know what it might actually be called. Unfortunately, while this made the song accomplish what I wanted it to, it can be a bit hard to listen to at times, for being too dependent on situation and scenery. - However I’m very proud of it! I got to practice a lot of new and old things and combine them into what’s currently my longest song! Well, longest I’m not ashamed of. It ended up being allocated to the Summoner, and I had a feeling it would. I’d say close enough, but it feels a bit weird to say that! I wouldn’t change much about it, but I think it’s a bit bland, and I’ve learned a lot from that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gold Pilot -Artist: First Turn Fold -Track Art: SuryaAsura -Duration: 5:23 -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gold-pilot -- https://youtu.be/QZqYLuCH62Q -- https://soundcloud.com/first-turn-fold/the-green-odyssey -Commentary: - <i>First Turn Fold:</i> - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZqYLuCH62Q&lc=Ugxs1lhU-OE0XQ9zHXB4AaABAg">YouTube</a>) - Originally the piece was called "The Green Odyssey". A fairly self explanatory title in light of it being about Bec, methinks. - (<a href="https://youtu.be/QZqYLuCH62Q">YouTube</a>) - So this is Gold Pilot, the song I wrote for the Homestuck album Colours and Mayhem. This song has become the theme of the Psiioniic (and it works freakishly well as such) but I wrote it originally in honor of Bec (to the dismay of some). - The song recently made it into the actual comic as the music for the Act 6 Act 6 Intermission 1 animation. (totally took me by surprise!) - Enjoy, Homestuck fans, and others alike! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Iron Infidel -Artist: Samm Neiland -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 2:43 -Art Tags: -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iron-infidel -- https://youtu.be/pIplxQdLgA4 -Contributors: -- Katherine Bordonaro -- Connor Favero -- Lorilyn "Neoscottie" Seyler -- Steve Johnson -- Andrea McNeil -- ari -- Pippin -Lyrics: - Han bear ey all vor smarte<br>Oo en day trei striat ande glemt<br>Lee kell vell are vey til lit - Vor shlekt ah chilt meh bloo far guh<br>Vee har ing en sha liet ell aey deed<br>Lee kell vell are vey til lit - (<i>He carries all our pain<br>And one day his strife is forgotten<br>However, we are forgiven</i> - <i>Our kin are separated by colour of blood.<br>We are without without love or virture.<br>However, we are forgiven.</i>) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Olive Scribe -Artist: Magnum -Track Art: WP -Duration: 2:27 -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/olive-scribe -- https://youtu.be/FpC98dlKX4s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jade Mother -Artist: Nathan H. -Track Art: Zilon -Duration: 2:15 -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jade-mother -- https://youtu.be/OKQqQ3152QQ -Commentary: - <i>Nathan H.:</i> - Inspiration for this piece came after listening to a segment of Hans Zimmer's "Attack" from the Pearl Harbor Soundtrack. I intended for the song to have a 'majestic' tone, but initially couldn't think of a character to set this theme to, so I chose the four beta kids. However, after being reassigned characters I think the piece fits equally well if not better with the Dolorosa. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Teal Hunter -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: Myotishi -Duration: 2:31 -Art Tags: -- Redglare -- cw: hanging (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/teal-hunter -- https://youtu.be/i_ehVzmj7dM -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - Teal Hunter was sort of the middle child of my three Homestuck music contest submissions. Even now it’s still my least favorite of the three songs I submitted. Why Radiation picked it along with my other two, I’ll never know. I certainly wasn’t expecting it to be chosen. With over a thousand submissions I’m sure there was no shortage of Redglare songs for him to choose from. Maybe the $20 I slipped him when I submitted my songs had something to do with it But his ways are not our ways. - When Volume 9 came out, a lot of people looked at Radiation’s arrangement of Stress by Buzinaki and started noting similarities between it and Teal Hunter. Radiation wrote about why the two songs sound similar in his commentary for Stress. If we’re going to talk about “what sounds like what”, then I’ll lay my cards on the table and state that Teal Hunter was begun as pretty much a direct reference to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt_0Lg4-RkE">00 Gundam</a> from the Gundam 00 soundtrack (if you can’t tell by now, I really like Gundams). When I started the piece, the first draft was more or less a low-rent version of that song, in the same way a cartoon that wants to parody Indiana Jones would get a song that sounds close to John Williams’ Raiders March without being close enough to qualify as plagiarism. So I just kept fiddling with it until the two melodies sounded different. By the time I got to the final product and had added the buildup in the beginning, the two had nothing but their rhythm and syncopation in common. - Teal Hunter’s original title was Bête Blanche, a play on bête noire, a French phrase literally meaning “black beast” that the fan name “Bec Noir” is most likely a reference to. As evident, the song was originally allocated to PM, the one Exile powerful enough to battle Jack Noir to a stalemate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cobalt Corsair -Artist: Max Wright -References: Hallowed Halls -Track Art: Grue -Duration: 4:14 -Art Tags: -- Mindfang -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cobalt-corsair -- https://youtu.be/FhFw9mhGf84 -Commentary: - <i>Max Wright:</i> - For those of you who didn’t know, Cobalt Corsair was originally a theme for Hussie. The song being given to Mindfang, while some find it hilariously ironic, I find to be a lot more fitting. I do have a tendency to write piratey sounding orchestral songs; this time it just happened to be accidental! For this commentary, I’m going to be dividing the song up both by sections and instrument groups. - <b>SECTION I - REGAL</b> - I always wanted the piece to sound dominating and over-important, at least for this part. It begins with a solo flugelhorn playing its melody, providing an entrance for the rest of the orchestral. After not too long, the trumpets blasting out their fanfare in perfect 4th intervals, the lower brass backing them up with a strong chordal harmony - the brass works to create a very regal sound. Though Hussie as a character isn’t anywhere near this serious, I felt that it wouldn’t hurt to portray him in such a way - the way his character sees himself. The whole thing reeks of overlording and power, which, as it turns out, seems to fit the pirate idea nicely. - <b>SECTION II - BROODING</b> - This is where the piece changes from 12/8 to 4/4, and the solo flugelhorn returns to introduce the new section. I imagined this to be the other side of Hussie, calculating, always working, creating his world. The whole section is just a build up of instruments, as the lower string ostinato loops itself over. There isn’t really much to say about this section, but it certainly works as a contrast for the rest of the piece. - <b>SECTION III - EXECUTION</b> - This is the final minute of the piece, just after the moment of silence. It explodes into a wall of sound, seeking to bring back the power of the first section in a more open way. I actually wrote part of this section before working on the rest of the piece, so naturally, it’s what set the general tone. My favourite melody is introduced in this section (played most obviously by the flutes), and I regret not being able to flesh the idea out more. The piccolo part rising above the rest is interesting - it fits perfectly in with the whole pirate theme, despite me never considering this to be a pirate song. I suppose I consider this section the execution of various plans, to a successful conclusion. - <b>INSTRUMENT GROUPS</b> - Now, as you can probably tell from listening, Cobalt Corsair is very dense texturally. To give you a visual idea, here’s a post from a little while ago showing the layout of the sequencer. <a href="https://imbrog.tumblr.com/post/23713453688/did-i-ever-mention-just-how-long-cobalt-corsair">It's big.</a> - So, I’ve decided to chop the piece up in terms of the instrument groups, for anyone who wanted to understand what the hell is going on underneath all that sound. - BRASS | STRINGS | WOODWIND | PERCUSSION AND MISCELLANEOUS <i>(dead dropbox links)</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Indigo Archer -Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell -Track Art: Toguchindraws -Duration: 4:42 -Art Tags: -- The Expatriate -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/3F0S20HUuNA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Purple Tyrant -Artist: Kevin Grant -Track Art: Asiul -Duration: 3:50 -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/purple-tyrant -- https://youtu.be/DfbLS-W0V9A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Violet Mariner -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: rumminov -Duration: 2:45 -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -Art Tags: -- Dualscar -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/violet-mariner -- https://youtu.be/aXpnjMsqC6k -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - Let’s talk about Violet Mariner. - I tend to listen to the kind of music I like to compose and compose the kind of music I like to listen to. Before I started composing this song I listened to a shit-ton of battle music from Koh Otani’s Shadow of the Colossus soundtrack, and it shows. Oh, boy, does it show, especially from 0:49 onward with the rhythm and percussion of the piece. - Violet Mariner was the first song I started working on for the Homestuck music contest that eventually became the coloUrs and mayhem dual album. It’s a song about Dualscar—but it wasn’t always a song about Dualscar. No, it started out as a song about John. This explains the harp/piano section, which plays with the opening melody to Showtime, vaguely darting near it without ever actually producing the exact notes from Malcolm Brown’s original song. I intended it to be more of a hint of John’s original strife theme than a direct reference. In hindsight, keeping the references to existing Homestuck leitmotifs subtle was a smart idea. If I’d been more overt in my references and just made it a straight-up Doctor remix or an explicit arrangement of Showtime, it would have been really hard to reallocate it to a different character. And I’m happy that Violet Mariner is a Dualscar song. Dualscar needs more songs. And also it gave Radiation an excuse to almost name it “Violet Seaman”. And besides, it means I still technically haven’t used the original title, Heirstrike, yet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fuchsia Ruler -Artist: Kezinox -Track Art: Mel -Duration: 4:07 -Refrences: Liquid Negrocity, twoward2 the heaven2 -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-ruler -- https://youtu.be/AgOGQVszHbY -- https://soundcloud.com/kezinox/witching-hour -Commentary: - <i>Kezinox:</i> - Obviously with a name like Witc)(ing )(our, this song is for the condesce/batterwitch/etc. I always figured a sexy psychotic space empress bent on universal domination needed an over-the-top evil, but also dance-able track. I’d actually been planning to do a song like this for her for quite a while since she’s one of—if not my favorite—characters. Every 30 seconds or so represents a time in the Condesce’s life as we know it up to now and, while the song is almost wholly original, I did pull a few minor, but very recognizable things from songs like liquid negrocity and Twoard2 the Heaven2 to help really nail the connection. - (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/kezinox/witching-hour">SoundCloud</a>) - This is my song entry for the Homestuck Music Contest--essentially a dark electro house song for the Condesce. On a technical level this song more or less represents the culmination of all the practice and knowledge I've gained from working with music up until now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Side 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~SIDE 2~~ -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:10 -References: track:side-1-universe-a -Directory: side-2-universe-a -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-side-2 -- https://youtu.be/4yYe9Y0zJwE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rust Maid -Artist: Plumegeist -Track Art: Digidigi66 -Duration: 2:54 -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rust-maid -- https://youtu.be/ekWCjAjetZA -Commentary: - <i>Plumegeist:</i> - Around mid-2011 I was at a Nippon Ichi binge. Disgaea 4 was my most anticipated title of yesteryear and I ended up clocking roughly 300 hours in it. Playing it was essentially what finally made me look at the bigger picture when it came to how Disgaea structured it’s entire universe, and if you know me, I love fictional universes with established rules and boundaries that are cleverly told. - During the time I was playing the game I had roughly three or four pipe-projects when it came to comics or visual stories in general, some of which I will delve into soon enough, but generally I come up with ideas for storytelling around one basic principle and I keep them in an idea bucket for whenever I plan on working on them. The projects are things I hope to blend audio and visual presentations to, and as such I often tend to compose music with these projects in mind. Playing Disgaea as such gave me a new idea for a story I since abandoned, and was basically a story of a witch traveling worlds. I decided eventually to experiment a bit with creating some music for a scenario I had in mind, and the only thing I would eventually get out of it was a clarinet melody. The original inspiration was to be Tenpei Sato’s compositions but I never really got to finish it since my laptop had a meltdown. - In 2012 I got my laptop back and had backups of all my music files at bay, and noticed that MSPA was having a music competition. The limit was three tracks, and as such I wanted to compose three original pieces just to have a shot at getting in. While I got to composing two however, I was stuck at figuring out where I was going to go with the third one, and I realized that I still had a completely unattributed, unfinished track at hand with this work in progress. After recovering the file, rearranging a bit and ultimately rendering it, I decided I’d send it to the contest since I wasn’t going to really get anywhere with the track. I figured the character it fit the most was Aradia, so I put it under her name and finished it. - The idea was to have it be a bit of a grim little insidious melody for a title character, but somehow it ended up being slightly more Grant Kirkhope-ish during the N64 era in retrospect, which is something I have to say I’m kind of proud of since he’s a massive inspiration. I eventually got the call back from Radiation during late February and was told that it won a spot. I was in shock and awe at that point, as it meant that I finally got somewhere substantial with my work. Immediately I re-rendered Rust Maid; then titled Apocalypse Maid, and Orange Hat, and sent it along What Pumpkin’s way. - Here’s a fun fact though. When Radiation contacted me, he told me that the song was to be retitled “Rust Servant”, and was to be the Handmaid’s theme. This was something I was okay with, but he immediately contacted me a while afterwards and reassigned the character to it’s original intended character. Between a few e-mails exchanged by me and him, we still referred to the actual track as “Rust Servant”, until I got my contract which had it titled “Rust Maid”. I thought this was a contract mistake of some sort, but imagine my surprise when I saw the first track on the album thinking it was mine and not realizing it was adhering to a color scheme. Rust Servant was fucking awesome though. - Another fun fact - there’s a cowbell right at the start that wasn’t supposed to be there. I don’t even know how it got there. The original sound file was a reverse cymbal. It happened sometime after I recovered the file and I didn’t notice it until after I listened to the remastered version again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bronze Page -Artist: Ian White, Eston Schweickart -Contributors: Ally Clark (vocals) -Track Art: Durandana -Duration: 0:57 -Art Tags: -- Tavros -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bronze-page -- https://youtu.be/2ZmG8q5z1XE -Lyrics: - There is a land that I know, it is real and not just make believe<br>One where friends will defend one another to the end, and you never have to leave - A boy with the love in his heart, 'boldened by the courage in his soul<br>He will fight for the rights of the fairies and the sprites, a hero among trolls - You sitting there watching troll TV, get on up and come with me!<br>Adventure lies and soon you will be, watching Fiduspawn! - Fiduspawn! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gold Mage -Artist: repeatedScales -Track Art: Prassio -Duration: 3:30 -Art Tags: -- Sollux -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gold-mage -- https://youtu.be/IY9mF06ZVFI -- https://soundcloud.com/103_records/repeatedscales-gold-mage-2011 -Commentary: - <i>repeatedScales:</i> - Yes, I'm still amused by the fact that the comments on the most popular YouTube upload of this song essentially consist of nothing but "THIS REMINDS ME OF X GAME". - And not one of them has ever guessed Baten Kaitos, which provided the primary sources of inspiration for this track (the two Chaotic Dance songs: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B64f48ewdo">link</a> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ftFQ_ToXvA">link</a>). Absolute madness. - So. Gold Mage. Originally known as "Playtime is Over" and written for Dirk Strider before being repurposed to Sollux. Probably my most successful song, before I wrote that remix of Amalgum from Undertale. The very first piece of music I ever made money on. - I shan't lie; I'm not as fond of this song as I used to be. Not because of the Homestuck connection or anything; simply because it's just too repettitive. Enough so that it lead to why the eventual remix of it turned out the way it did (too busy and cluttered in places - [[track:gold-mage-playtime-is-over-mix]]) It was so with purpose; I did intend for lyrics to go over this- I even wrote a few- but never recorded anything. But honestly, I can't quite bring myself to hate it. The chords are quite nice, what melodies there are + the basslines are pretty slick, and it was my first major musical success. Though the royalties have since slowed way, way down- it's like £10 every four months, if that- it was a major deal when it first dropped as a part of coloUrs & mayhem: Universe A. Even Toby Fox and (assuming I'm not misremembering entirely) Andrew Hussie had nice things to say about it- directly comarping it to EarthBound-type stuff and being astounded it was written, from the ground up, in a PS1 game. - I may not be much into Homestuck these days, and I definitely think the song is showing it's age... but, hell, it's special to me all the same. One of the most integral pieces of my early music career by a wide margin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Iron Knight -Artist: DJ最テー -Track Art: Emma Glaze -Duration: 4:07 -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iron-knight -- https://youtu.be/Nv6hGW8cou4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Olive Rogue -Artist: Eston Schweickart -Contributors: Alex Amlie-Wolf (bass) -Track Art: Grim Harlequin -Duration: 4:57 -Art Tags: -- Nepeta -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/olive-rogue -- https://youtu.be/L2BLUyv7UT0 -Commentary: - <i>Astrom:</i> - (Bonus art!) - <img src="media/misc/olive-rogue-bonus.png" width="600" height="600"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jade Sylph -Artist: Frank Haught -Track Art: Michelle Czajkowski -Duration: 3:50 -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jade-sylph -- https://youtu.be/oT-iHcyEjGQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Teal Seer -Artist: Kera Jones -Track Art: Sangcoon -Duration: 2:32 -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Pyralspite -- Scalemates -- cw: hanging -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/teal-seer -- https://youtu.be/Dwcn4q4X0OQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cobalt Thief -Artist: Ray McDougall -Track Art: Shannon -Duration: 3:22 -Art Tags: -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cobalt-thief -- https://youtu.be/44un1ADquPA -Lyrics: - .--. .-.. . .- ... . / .... . .-.. .--. / .... .. -- - (<i>Please help him</i>) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Indigo Heir -Artist: Paul Tuttle Starr -Track Art: Erupan -Duration: 5:00 -Art Tags: -- Equius -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/indigo-heir -- https://youtu.be/tdzG9kkxGt8 -Lyrics: - ... --- ... - (<i>SOS</i>) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Purple Bard -Artist: Eligecos -Track Art: Brianne -Duration: 3:08 -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/purple-bard -- https://youtu.be/H9PK2xF_b3I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Violet Prince -Artist: DJ最テー -Track Art: Whimzu -Duration: 3:02 -Art Tags: -- Eridan -- Angels -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/violet-prince -- https://youtu.be/o0W_22WQjZ0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fuchsia Witch -Artist: David Dycus -Track Art: Inverts -Duration: 1:36 -Art Tags: -- Feferi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-witch -- https://youtu.be/FApClQH9MrE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Additional Mayhem -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~ADDITIONAL MAYHEM~~ -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:17 -References: Double Midnight -Directory: additional-mayhem-universe-a -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-a-additional-mayhem -- https://youtu.be/_cVhbp4Z2sI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Your Universe -Artist: Marcus Carline -Track Art: J.N. Wiedle -Duration: 4:50 -Art Tags: -- Snowman -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/your-universe -- https://youtu.be/iE1s52sqnpI -Contributors: -- Rachel St. Marseille (voice) -- Steve Blum (piano) -- Nicole Sequeira (bass) -- Eric Hagstrom (drums) -Lyrics: - Cigarette ashes burn red<br>But they fall like snow<br>And I hear the wind a callin' my name<br>And this world's got to end someday soon - A slick black queen<br>In a slick black coat<br>Her leggings high and her brim down low<br>She's beautiful and she knows it - It's a cold, cold world<br>And she's on her own<br>This world is hers and hers alone<br>She's powerful and she knows it - She's your girl<br>She is your world<br>She is your universe - I caught your eye<br>You stole my heart<br>I took your arm to show that I care<br>You loathe me so and you love it - I'm your girl<br>I am your world<br>I am your universe - Our love was hot<br>But I was cold<br>You always made me feel so blue<br>But when I said draw<br>And you shot<br>It was obvious that you were colder - I'm not unhurt<br>But you lost out<br>When I said draw I just knew that you would<br>You'll miss me so when I'm gone<br>I'll miss you so when I'm gone - Love or hate<br>I was your girl<br>I was your world<br>I was your universe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Superego -Artist: Yan Rodriguez -Track Art: Kajoinen -Duration: 2:58 -Art Tags: -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/superego -- https://youtu.be/fjmiQ3wujn4 -Commentary: - <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i> - Boy do I love this song. The situation I made was pretty much the opposite of the one for Bronze Rebel. I felt pretty good about Bronze Rebel, and I had a feeling I was only going to get one track on anyway I didn’t have high hopes for this one. In fact this one was the “let’s make something I don’t think others will like as much” song. And it might be true, I can’t really tell! - I had to fight myself to get this song done, since I wasn’t feeling good and I still wanted to put out something quality. I had really wanted to make something for Vriska, but I didn’t have great sounds to do it, but Solatrus convinced me to try a hand at it anyway, to see if I could do something different with Vriska. Unfortunately, what I had in mind still ended up being like what a lot of people already ended up having as “Vriska” ingrained in their mind from previous official homestuck music. I was a little disappointed about that, but after having spent days staring at the ceiling trying to figure out what I should do, I realized I just needed to make something. - The drums were the first thing I had in my mind that I knew I needed to make a certain way, and the way I made the guitar do 9th intervals was initially an accident that worked out for the best. I’m also pretty happy with this one, I only wish I had better samples or actual guitar instead of the weird twangy and low impact stuff I currently do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Made of Time -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Alexia Khodanian -Duration: 2:17 -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/made-of-time -- https://youtu.be/MMwFJp_e3BQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nine Lives One Love -Artist: Dallas Ross Hicks -Track Art: Lynnai Hicks -Duration: 6:33 -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Disciple -- Nepeta -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nine-lives-one-love -- https://youtu.be/woprOPxAOAE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Temporal Shenanigans -Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell -Track Art: Astrom -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/gO2SMV0lY3U -Lyrics: - There's no need to justify the meaningless destruction<br>The voices always tell me that it's how I'm meant to function - Everything's in order, everything will come in time<br>Just as long as I complete the tasks that are mine - When the time comes that you see the way destiny lies<br>It would be okay if you'd pretend to be surprised - I see in full clarity what was so muddy before<br>You see a thousand of me and this is what I'm meant for - I'm going around, not in circles but in spirographs<br>It's pretty much this hard to keep just one timeline intact - I can see the endings that the realms will not permit<br>I see them over again while building up to this - In my current state, it's a bit difficult to sympathise<br>But I know what I'm doing! Don't try to tell me otherwise - I see in full clarity what was so muddy before <br>You see a thousand of me and this is what we're made for - From now on I know I'll be more careful where I tread <br>I'm alive, I'm smiling, I'm so tired of being dead - I see in full clarity what was so muddy before (The time will come when you'll see)<br>You see I'm far from empty, I'm back to what I live for (What lies in your destiny) - I see in full clarity what was so muddy before (The time will come when you'll see)<br>You see I'm far from empty, I'm back to what I live for (All of your predestiny) diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.txt b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 1bb8246f..00000000 --- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,529 +0,0 @@ -Album: coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B -Cover Art: Shelby Cragg -Wallpaper Art: Shelby Cragg, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Art: Shelby Cragg, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Directory: coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b -Date: April 13, 2012 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #a5d2e2 -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a-b -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD729D6C2BFB4844C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Side 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~SIDE 1~~ -Artist: Toby Fox -References: English -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:08 -Directory: side-1-universe-b -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-b-side-1 -- https://youtu.be/ScD8J0igQwU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Green Ghost -Artist: Monobrow -Duration: 5:58 -Art Tags: -- John -References: -- track:doctor -- Moonsong -- Eternal Recurrence -- A Bell is Tolling -- Terra's Theme -Track Art: Koba -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/green-ghost-2 -- https://youtu.be/nx2CqNp16IA -- https://soundcloud.com/robobrow/green_ghost -Commentary: - <i>Monobrow:</i> - So my song, Cosmic Surgeon? People told me to enter a contest that came up right around the time I finished it. It was for the Homestuck Fan Album, which actually turned out to be 2 albums lol. So yup, I entered, and I was one of the winners, in fact it’s actually the first track (track 1 is an opener)... I’m kinda astonished by that today, but I guess it fits! - About the song, I called it Cosmic Surgeon because of John and that big drill thing he did... And the whole cancer thing.. So I guess the song did kinda cater as a theme for him already. What a coincidence that as soon as I make a remix, I can enter it into a contest right away and it actually wins. When I wrote it, I just really wanted to capture how the entire comic made me feel at the time, especially after watching Cascade. It’s a theme for John, but I also think of it as kind of a real “Homestuck” theme for the entire thing, I guess, as a lot of people kinda obsess over Doctor... - Anyway, I remastered this version of the song, and added a few other elements, and instrument balance, per a couple suggestions by Radiation Fox... So you can think of this as more of a Cosmic Surgen v. 0.1... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Orchid Horror -Artist: David DeCou -Track Art: Sukka -Duration: 4:07 -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Black Rose / Green Sun -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/orchid-horror-2 -- https://youtu.be/ZOVhMJgdIX0 -Commentary: - <i>David DeCou:</i> - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf5X2PbLNfQ&lc=UgwWhsMYgXXX5g_F4Yl4AaABAg">YouTube</a>) - <blockquote>Probably one of my favorite songs on the album.<br>I'm curious, what songs are remixed in this?</blockquote> - Thanks! The first five notes are from Chorale for Jaspers, and I used that twice in the song. I also used the chord progression that's often used in Sburban Jungle in the middle section with the drums, organ, piano and strings. (actually, a lot of homestuck songs) but the rest of it is original I'm pretty sure. - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf5X2PbLNfQ&lc=UgzZnx3ouFO3y5zD49B4AaABAg">YouTube</a>) - <blockquote>I thought I heard Black Hole/Green Sun, and also, if you squint your ears just right, it sounds a bit like The Dangerous Symphony (not a Homestuck song)</blockquote> - Black Rose/Green Sun is a great song. I did use the same sort of chord progression that's in there. It shows up in a lot of Homestuck songs though I think. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Red Disc -Artist: Nathan H. -Track Art: Aurum -Duration: 2:52 -References: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/red-disc-2 -- https://youtu.be/Y4lJcMpYGZk -Commentary: - <i>Nathan H.:</i> - This was the first entry I made for the contest, and likely the one that took me the longest to complete; probably because I was running into walls during transitions while trying to keep whole song congruent. Nonetheless, I think it turned out great. I had a battle between Hephaestus and Dave in mind as I wrote the piece, and took inspiration for it from the first few boss fights in the game Dark Souls. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blue Atom -Artist: David Ellis -Contributors: Malik Refaat (alto saxophone) -Track Art: Petra K. -Duration: 4:46 -References: The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Frogs -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/blue-atom-2 -- https://youtu.be/QrB8PrwBIY0 -Commentary: - <i>David Ellis:</i> - When I started writing the pieces for the contest I knew I wanted one of them to be based around a theme that already existed. Running through a few ideas I landed on doing a kind of jazzy shuffle piece around the main theme from ‘The Beginning of Something Really Excellent’. As soon as I hit the first chord with the Rhodes piano it became smooth. The writing process was really quick and the piece was almost completely sketched out on the keyboard in one go. As the piece was intended for Jade - given the use of the earlier theme - I added in a little bass solo. - Technical note: Sometimes when I think I’ve finished writing something I’ll find that it’s a bit too long and something needs to change, this was one of those times. The sound you hear at 3:53 is the sound of me finding a way to avoid playing an extra intro/verse and tightening up the song a bit. Using almost the same build up heard earlier in the piece and changing the resolution at the end has the added advantage of (hopefully) making you think it’s heading back towards the intro riff until the key shifts in the last bar and the song jumps straight to the final chorus. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Side 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~SIDE 2~~ -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:13 -References: track:side-1-universe-b -Directory: side-2-universe-b -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-b-side-2 -- https://youtu.be/fhaFzwEZ-VI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cyan Beast -Artist: David Ellis -Track Art: PaperArtichokes -Duration: 3:44 -Art Tags: -- Jane -- God Cat -- Rabbit -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cyan-beast-2 -- https://youtu.be/qhP_QTvAeQg -Commentary: - <i>David Ellis:</i> - This piece started as an offshoot of a song that was very loosely based on John and Jade’s three year voyage between the two windows. I felt that the theme that became the chorus to this piece needed to be at a higher tempo than the rest of that song so I took it out and based this tune around it instead. It was originally titled ‘Heir of the Dog’ as I was still thinking it could be either a Jade or a John piece at the time and wasn’t certain who I’d end up submitting it for (also because terrible puns). - Technical note: Although the piece features keyboard and guitar solos the bass was actually the hardest part to play, in particular during the chorus and the part behind the guitar solo. - Extra: This is no longer true since I recorded <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGLUBAgOS7E">the video</a>. For the original recording the two handed parts in the verses and the outro were originally done as 2 separate takes for each one. It wasn’t until I started the video that I thought ‘I could turn these into single parts’ and made things really difficult for myself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pink Cat -Artist: Ryan Ames -Track Art: MissNK -Duration: 3:52 -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- track:aggrieve -- Carefree Action -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Cats -- cw: alcohol -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pink-cat-2 -- https://youtu.be/mF7WdQcSkHI -Commentary: - <i>Ryan Ames:</i> - I don’t want to clog up the audio post so I figured I’d make a separate post for my reasoning behind the different parts of the song! - First off, the song itself was inspired by the mental image of Roxy jumping through fenestrated planes to get to a bunch of different places (hence the name Void Hopper). I tried capturing various aspects of her interests and personality through the different sections so it’s less of a Theme For Roxy than it is a Song About Roxy. There is still a particular melody that can be heard throughout all three major sections, so I suppose could be the MAIN THEME? - ANYWAY...... ==> - <b>Section 1. [0:00-0:56]</b> - This section is meant to represent her childish and playful side. Roxy always seemed to have this child-at-heart quality about her, what with her infatuation with cutesy wizards and her bedroom in the beta session. - The beginning is an obvious nod to Harry Potter. She’s totally into wizards so I felt it was appropriate. It then turns into a waltz rendition of Jasper’s theme because she is also totally into cats. Then we have a neato transition that I guess could be her travelling through a window or something? I put a spacey sounding pad there to emphasize the VOIDINESS of it. - <b>Section 2. [0:56-2:24]</b> - After the transition, it picks up speed and has a variety of computer-y and sci-fi effects to hopefully capture her HACKER attribute. The bassline to Aggrievance can also be heard here as a callback to the STRIFE! between Mom and Rose. After that, we have the main theme again, this time accompanied by a busy slap bassline because I love slap bass. This and the following parts were an attempt to convey her get-shit-done attitude and her assertiveness with what she believes in. It could also be a cool action sequence. I imagine her rushing to reach a destination in time by jumping through windows and stuff all badass-like and it’s a pretty fitting mental image for her I think! - Anyway, after this, it all ends with a booze snooze. The song slows down and gets kind of tipsy sounding before glitching out into white noise. - <b>Section 3. [2:25-END]</b> - Roxy is asleep and we are now on Derse. This last section is meant to represent her sleepwalking around the void. We have a little sad sounding ocarina melody which then makes way for the main theme to play one last time on violin. The song finally ends on an ominous and spooky note as Roxy drifts further and further into the void. - Wow I did not expect to type this much. Anyway this song was a blast to make and even if it’s not accepted, I still learned a whole lot! I hope you all enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Orange Hat -Artist: Plumegeist -Track Art: Meggie Fox -Duration: 2:36 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/orange-hat-2 -- https://youtu.be/sMkNFjy8xcU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Emerald Terror -Artist: Elisa McCabe -Track Art: HamsterParade -Duration: 2:31 -Art Tags: -- Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-terror-2 -- https://youtu.be/CWDbNoGgGyQ -Commentary: - <i>Elisa McCabe:</i> - First of all I have this unreasonably intense love of Jake that I can’t really entirely explain. Uh. So I definitely wanted to do a song for him. The main idea I started out with was that I’d do a song with two parts, the first part representing Grandpa Harley, then I’d have it morph into the second part, which would be for post-scratch Jake. I first thought of having a literal record scratch but man that sounded dumb :] I referred to the first part, to myself, as Grandpa Harley, and the second part as Hellmurder Island. - For the Grandpa Harley part, I spent about half an hour listening to/watching ragtime piano and vaudeville acts on youtube, to refresh myself on the types of intervals and suchlike that they used. Then I just made it up. - I wanted to make Hellmurder Island really dramatic. I had some (not particularly complicated) scenes of Jake running around on his island that I was making it a soundtrack for. Like…the first section is just…running around in the jungle. Then there’s him standing at the top of this huge waterfall, and some birds take off, and the last part is him fighting something or being about to enter the SBURB session. Whatever shit is about to get real for him. :3 - The song is mainly influenced by ELO’s ‘Jungle’, haha. Mainly in the way it goes, “duh DUH, duh DUH!” I love how that sounds. I tried to do more jungley percussion but it didn’t end up sounding that good. I made the drum track in this app, which I pretty much use for all my drum tracks cuz it’s awesome. - I did everything except the guitar - which was my bandmate playing - in Garageband using my midi keyboard and various soundfonts. I’m so in love with the one that does the main melody. It’s a flugelhorn. It just sounded so much like Jake to me! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Additional Mayhem -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~ADDITIONAL MAYHEM~~ -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:18 -References: Jadesprite -Directory: additional-mayhem-universe-b -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/universe-b-additional-mayhem -- https://youtu.be/GetfDAZKshg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Squiddle Song -Artist: Maya Kern -Track Art: Maya Kern -Duration: 2:27 -Art Tags: -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/squiddle-song-2 -- https://youtu.be/eWNMf4-ZMOQ -Lyrics: - (<i>C G6 Am F</i>) - wake up in the morning<br>there's a brand new day ahead<br>the sun is bright and the clouds smile down<br>and all your friends are dead - but the ocean is so friendly<br>the bright blue diamond stratosphere<br>and you know you're gonna have buckets of fun<br>as soon as you can get out of here - (<i>G F C G6</i>) - running from skipper plumbthroat<br>last night he murdered all your friends<br>hiding from skipper plumbthroat<br>you gotta run from your end - (<i>C G6 Am F</i>) - he came last night when you were all asleep<br>and you narrowly avoided death<br>you hid behind a rock while he got to work<br>now there's no buddies to tangle with - you swim and swim and swim some more<br>to find a new squiddle colony<br>and though there's hope you really can't help<br>but feel just a little bit lonely - (<i>G F C G6</i>) - running from skipper plumbthroat<br>why must squiddles meet such an end?<br>hiding from skipper plumbthroat<br>it's time to make new squiddle friends - (<i>E F C G</i>) - squiddles are social creatures<br>squiddles need friends<br>even when they have squiddle fights<br>they always make amends - squiddles are peaceful plushes<br>squiddles would never hurt you<br>they tangle you up in a big friendship ball<br>oooooooooooooooooo - (<i>G F C G6</i>) - running from skipper plumbthroat<br>why must squiddles meet such an end?<br>hiding from skipper plumbthroat<br>it's time to make new squiddle friends - it's time to make new squiddle friends -Commentary: - <i>Maya Kern:</i> - well i really love the squiddles? and the squiddles album is one of my favorite albums. - but i think a lot of it is because i’m not super great at writing music on demand? like, i write music all the time, but only when inspiration hits. and since there was a deadline, i didn’t quite have that option. i had tried writing a very different song before that with… not great results. i mean, it’s not a bad song, but it’s very unspecific and was not a good homestuck song. - so then i just decided i would write something silly and the squiddle song came out! because silly, i can do -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pendulum -Artist: Shandy -Track Art: Rii Abrego -Duration: 3:16 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Dave -- cw: blood -- cw: corpse (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pendulum-2 -- https://youtu.be/Mv0zF9BRfOI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pale Rapture -Artist: The Black Curtain -Track Art: The-Everlasting-Ash -Duration: 4:06 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pale-rapture-2 -- https://youtu.be/iWnZhSjbPrs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Do The Windy Thing -Artist: Brian Schaefer -Track Art: Emily Blundell -Duration: 2:45 -References: -- track:doctor -- track:showtime-original-mix -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/do-the-windy-thing-2 -- https://youtu.be/T-CliOV5-sg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pilot Light -Artist: Thomas Ibarra -Track Art: KIIPPU -Duration: 2:51 -References: Flare -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pilot-light-2 -- https://youtu.be/05nEUculjxM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ohgodcat -Artist: Eligecos -Track Art: Shelby Cragg -Duration: 2:22 -Art Tags: -- God Cat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ohgodcat-2 -- https://youtu.be/s-4SihyV1yU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cupcake Girl -Artist: Liam O'Donnell -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 1:21 -Art Tags: -- Jane -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cupcake-girl-2 -- https://youtu.be/zvtTVc1s70A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Phantasmic Youngsters -Artist: Tristan Scroggins -Track Art: Ari Hunt -Duration: 3:21 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/phantasmic-youngsters-2 -- https://youtu.be/q4VTyykeKFw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Battle Brotocol -Artist: Elliot Colp -Track Art: Hanni Brosh -Duration: 2:16 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Squarewave -- Sawtooth -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/battle-brotocol-2 -- https://youtu.be/XeHvUfWSYS4 -Lyrics: - Exterminate - Target locked, scanning<br>There you are, target acquired - Severe damage to right arm detected<br>Attempt to repair<br>Repair failure<br>Compensating<br>Hard mode engaged - You win<br>Thanks for p-p-p-p-playing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bec Noir -Artist: Will Kommor -Track Art: Rem -Duration: 3:17 -References: -- Amen, Brother -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bec-noir-2 -- https://youtu.be/5V-RpYzKfx8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Vast Glub -Artist: Kris Flacke -Track Art: M. Schmahl -Duration: 4:23 -Art Tags: -- Feferi -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-vast-glub-2 -- https://youtu.be/wq3tRD7hBH0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: WV: Become the Mayor of Cans -Artist: Solarbear -Track Art: Derples -Duration: 4:00 -Art Tags: -- WV -- Serenity -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/wv-become-the-mayor-of-cans-2 -- https://youtu.be/uQ-OLuD6WAM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: March of the Batterwitch -Artist: Marcy Nabors -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 3:35 -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/march-of-the-batterwitch-2 -- https://youtu.be/1YyY6v87qsA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Coolkid -Artist: Haunter -Track Art: Raizor -Duration: 4:03 -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/coolkid-2 -- https://youtu.be/2el6ZUkK6YE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Clockstopper -Artist: viaSatellite, infiniteKnife -Track Art: Kurimja -Duration: 5:42 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockstopper-2 -- https://youtu.be/CO5IN60Nt9E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dapper Dueling -Artist: Max Wright -Track Art: Soju -Duration: 2:45 -Art Tags: -- Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dapper-dueling-2 -- https://youtu.be/-bnKY83hEAc -Commentary: - <i>Max Wright:</i> - Dapper Dueling was inspired originally by a Steampunk band named The Cog is Dead - after listening to the song I just linked, I tried to take down the general feel and basic instrumentation, and then work on my own from there. Instruments used in the piece are: - - Acoustic Guitars - - Accordion - - Whistle Synth (fun fact, I’m pretty sure it’s the same one as used in Horchestra) - - Banjo - - Harmonica (1:14, panned left) - - Violin/Fiddle - - Full string section (1:28) - - Maracas, castanets, very very faint snare (you can hear it at 0:10, under the whistle), constant bass drum beat - - bang bang wink - I also gave the original Showtime strife mix a few listens for the purpose of structuring my piece - after all, it’s meant to be a Strife theme. However, pretty much all sources of inspiration were only used in the parts before the banjo solo; the rest was just me having fun with music. - Let me also point out that it made me extremely happy to see in canon that Jake bounces from side to side before he is about to fight; it was the exact image of him I was hoping for. - Also, while composing, I imagined Dapper Dueling to fit a fight scene similar to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGCMfprPJoA">this</a>, from Sherlock Holmes (2009). - (<a href="https://youtu.be/clnLNQkB5O4">YouTube</a>) - This was my interpretation of a Jake Strife theme. After the intensity of [[Cobalt Corsair]] I wanted to make something fun to listen to, and ended up with this. Imagine Jake English bouncing nimbly from side to side, facing off to wrestle his eager opponent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Checkmate -Artist: David Dycus -Track Art: Shad Andrews -Duration: 2:42 -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/checkmate-2 -- https://youtu.be/Z6IMxFibTTQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vodka Mutiny -Artist: Catboss -Contributors: theMfish (SFX) -Track Art: Riri -Duration: 3:01 -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Cats -- cw: alcohol -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vodka-mutiny-2 -- https://youtu.be/H1Ry5qhIaOs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dord Waltz -Artist: Elaine Wang -Track Art: Merrigo -Duration: 2:09 -Art Tags: -- Roxy -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dord-waltz-2 -- https://youtu.be/e-fb2fUGNIE -Commentary: - <i>Elaine Wang:</i> - Fun facts: - “Dord” is a rather amusing typographical error that occured back in 1934 when someone in the Merriam-Webster editing staff misread “D or d”, intended as abbreviations for density, as “Dord” and... made up a pronunciation for it. (Whoops.) - Given Roxy Lalonde’s penchant for drunk typing^W^W lexicographical creativity, I thought it was appropriate. The accidentals, at least as much so. As for the waltz part of it... well, I have no idea either. - It was written as a Roxy song. It will now be a Roxy song until the end of the Internet. - I came up with the title first and the music second. The accidentals were there the first time I put down the notes. (They are going to stay there.) - The above is not normal for me. I have more recently taken to using random word generators to title my music, because I often struggle with that. - I am told that the song has some similarities to Endless Climb. That part is most definitely not deliberate. Not going to rule out subconscious influences though. - The album art is by merrigo. She (?) does cool work. Go look at her tumblr too. - “Dord” is a real thing that happened in the Merriam-Webster in the 1934 edition. Read the article for more information. - A dord is also a kind of instrument. There’s none of them in the song, just so’s you know. - Although if you’re willing to play Dord on a dord I can send you sheet music. - Full disclosure: I’m not actually finished with the Dord sheet music. Remind me in two weeks and I’ll probably have something. - The above two points also apply even if you aren’t going to play Dord on a dord. (I have no idea what the range of that instrument is, so whatever.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rustless Fall -Artist: Gabe Stilez -Track Art: Kadi Fedoruk -Duration: 3:32 -References: -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rustless-fall-2 -- https://youtu.be/YDzxho9uztI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pipeorgankind -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: VickyBit -Duration: 5:04 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pipeorgankind-2 -- https://youtu.be/hTpm_sDz62M -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Warhammer of Zillyhoo -- track:explore -- Liquid Negrocity -- track:doctor -- Lifdoff -- track:harlequin -- Toccata and Fugue in D minor -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - As a lot of you know, my track Pipeorgankind was featured in last night's Flash! I used melodies and themes from several talented musicians to create this track, and orchestrated/arranged them for fun! I never thought it would become anything! - I thought it might be fun to show you all the nods and themes I used in the track! (though unless otherwise stated its Showtime, throughout) - - 0:00 [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime (Original Mix)]] - - 0:35 [[Warhammer of Zillyhoo]] - - 1:05 [[track:explore|Explore]] - - 1:24 [[track:black|Black]] - - 1:47 [[track:doctor|Doctor]] - - 2:04 [[Lifdoff]] - - 2:17 [[track:harlequin|Harlequin]] / [[Toccata and Fugue in D minor]] - - 2:29 Toccata line turns into [[Warhammer of Zillyhoo]] - - 3:27 [[track:doctor|Doctor]] line again - - 3:32 [[track:harlequin|Harlequin]] - - 3:43 Zillyhoo/Toccata line - - 3:56 I wrote in a Breath, (or whats called a Grand Pause!) since John was the Heir of Breath! - Thanks for all the overwhelming encouragement and support! I wouldn’t be here without you guys! diff --git a/album/comfortable-bugs.txt b/album/comfortable-bugs.txt deleted file mode 100644 index a3711988..00000000 --- a/album/comfortable-bugs.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,427 +0,0 @@ -Album: Comfortable Bugs -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Cover Art: Tavia Morra -Has Track Art: no -Date: December 21, 2012 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: #c3dcaf -Groups: -- Michael Guy Bowman -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/comfortable-bugs -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQtx7uCpOsNFM-1-7GCFR4oW7XEfrFDYo -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - <i>A very cozy effort (as the title implies). A combination of classic rock sounds of the 70's and some modern electronic tricks to create the mix-tape you always wanted to hear.</i> - After spending part of the year doing a lot of different kinds music for commissions, I honed in and got personal on Comfortable Bugs. Flavors of Steely Dan, The Beach Boys, Roxy Music. I wanted the sounds time forgot. - This an album for you and the stereo. Get comfortable. - <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - (<i>original cover art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/comfortable-bugs-alt.jpg" width="600" height="600"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hard Reset -Duration: 4:06 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/hard-reset -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kUE2vKhvsA -Lyrics: - It's been a long time - It's been a long run - I think I'm ready for some - a little - Hard Reset - - This is a new day - I've got a new job - I've got to tell everyone about a - Hard Reset - - Hard Reset - Caught you on the rebound - Hard Reset - Caught you on the rebound - - This is the right place - This is the right time - I'm telling you right now - this is a - Hard Reset - - I'm on a new page - I've got a new beat - I'm so glad to have you on a - Hard Reset -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 69423 -Duration: 4:03 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/69423 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zdjvvqFuME -Lyrics: - This train will make you feel pain, will make you feel pain - Tick tock trains - running on the fumes now - Turn it on, and how - Got to get high get down get lost come round - - This yarn will make you burn barns, will make you burn barns - Big black barns - quite iconoclastic - How long will you last - If you should trip the light fantastic - - And I'm not such an innocent kind of guy - 'Cause it all comes down to do or die - So I won't pretend that I never get high - - 69423 - Don't you blow your smoke on me - - This knot will get you caught, will get you caught - Get your soul bought - keep it on the outside - Take it on your stride - 'Cause you can't fall can't look can't run can't hide - - This brick will get you sick, will get you sick - Just a big brick waiting in the windows - Every good friend knows - That once they're open they won't get closed - - And I'm not such an innocent kind of guy - 'Cause it all comes down to do or die - So I won't pretend that I never get high - - 69423 - Don't you blow your smoke on me - I'm not crazy can't you see? - This is where I wanna be - - 69423 - More than just your fantasy - Chain them up, don't set them free - These bright stars belong to me -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bad Dudes -Duration: 2:45 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/bad-dudes -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0w54kvN0QQ -Lyrics: - Now that you have joined the cause - You act as though you're owed applause - Is this your fight or are these bragging rights? - - Don't pretend you really care - All you've changed is what you wear, - What you say, and who you turn away - - You think you're bad (so bad) - With the flag that you've been waving (so bad) - With the world you think you're saving (so bad) - Is it a fight that you are craving? - Maybe it's just food - - Are you a bad enough dude - To carry a torch, to ignite a feud - To change the whole world when you change your mood - It's hard to conclude - Are you bad or just rude? - - Can you honestly afford - To spend your life a sandwich board - Your thick skin is only t-shirt thin - - Your enormous sense of pride - Is just another place to hide - Let it go - your life is not for show - - You think you're bad (so bad) - With the people you've been taunting (so bad) - And the message that you're flaunting (so bad) - But is the change that you've been wanting - All just attitude? - - Are you a bad enough dude - To carry a torch - to ignite a feud - To change the whole world when you change your mood - If I might intrude - I think you're just some prude - - You think you're bad (so bad) - It could almost be inspiring (so bad) - But from you it's only tiring (so bad) - If it's attention you're desiring - Maybe you're just screwed - - Are you a bad enough dude - To carry a torch, to ignite a feud - To change the whole world when you change your mood - It's hard to conclude - Are you bad or just rude? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Looking For A Rock -Duration: 1:57 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/looking-for-a-rock -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckP1KrC1o3U -Lyrics: - Please forgive me - I was not privy - The words I needed I'd not heeded - Now I see that I've made a blunder - I'm looking for a rock I can crawl under - - I've enforced such a needless course - To a mindless goal that consumed my soul - But now that I've been torn asunder - I'm looking for a rock I can crawl under - - Don't ask why it took 'til now - Cast your stones, I'll take my bow - If you think you do no wrong - Then you've been under your rock too long - - Judge me as you would judge yourselves - We have all get skeletons on our shelves - If we don't let them fossilize - Our pet rocks will rule our lives - - Though it's an impediment - I won't turn to sediment - Before you bring your gavel down - Look at the gravel all around -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Comfortable Bugs -Duration: 4:41 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/comfortable-bugs -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HGVCc2yd7k -Lyrics: - We're comfortable bugs - And we don't really care what we're giving away - We live to laugh and love and play - Each magical day - - We live in the rugs - And the things that we need we keep close at hand - So if you'd like to join our band - You know that you can - - 'Cause when you climb on the walls and hide in the trees - It's so nice coming down, hanging round in on your knees - In the comfort of friends with time you can spend - Who you'll proudly defend from now 'til the end - - We're comfortable bugs living fun-loving lives in a wonderful world - Not a care for tomorrow, no pain, no sorrow, just boys and girls - We're comfortable bugs living fun-loving lives in a wonderful world - Without a care at all - - We're comfortable bugs - But we're not really sure quite which way to go - So if you think you're in the know - Come be in our show - - 'Cause when you climb on the walls and hide in the trees - It's so nice coming down, hanging round in on your knees - In the comfort of friends with time you can spend - Who you'll proudly defend from now 'til the end - - Say it again! - - We're comfortable bugs living fun-loving lives in a wonderful world - Not a care for tomorrow, no pain, no sorrow, just boys and girls - We're comfortable bugs living fun-loving lives in a wonderful world - Without a care at all -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm Letting Go -Duration: 4:24 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/im-letting-go -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3xgvhsPJgA -Lyrics: - All alone amongst the crowd a voice is in my head - "Is there something I'm supposed to do?" - Everybody laughing at the jokes I've never read - Am I still a member of the crew - - Tuning to the rhythm of the music in the air - Sounding out the words inside my mind - The decoration fails to make me even care - What was I supposed to find? - - I'm letting go - Of the chances I had but was always gonna blow - Of the beautiful people who never said hello - Of the life I'd have lived if I knew then what I know - - Every night I sit and wait like something's gonna change - I'll remember how to really smile - The waves of time against my mind leave me deranged - Can I make this worth the while? - - Your moves are fly but I'm a fly upon your wall - Look in my eyes and make me real - Teach me to dance when all the world's at the ball - Give me something I can really feel - - I'm letting go - Of the chances I had but was always gonna blow - Of the beautiful people who never said hello - Of the life I'd have lived if I knew then what I know - Of the need to pretend that I'm living in a show - Of the notion that I'd stay the same and never grow - Of the great desperation to move against the flow - Of all the errors I knew at the moment they were made - Of the times that I left when I really should have stayed - Of the secret inside that I'm still afraid -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Three Small Words -Duration: 4:04 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/three-small-words -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNDaaxkUaik -Lyrics: - Say it isn't so hard to hear the things I have to say - Say that I'm just a fool to think there's something in the way - I can always call you - I could never call you - - Say I won't have to wait for some occasion to arise - Say the words I would say to you would come as no surprise - I can never tell you - I can only show you - - One small chance - One thin line - No damn way I can conceive to say what's on my mind - I love you - Three small words - Just the dumbest thing I'm sure that you have ever heard - Each time I try to call it feels absurd - - Say the truth deep inside your soul will only set you free - Say this kind of exposure makes you just as scared as me - I can hear my own voice - Rehearsing-all-lone-voice - - Say if you saw me at my worst you would not turn away - Say there's more to look forward to than wondering what to say - Something I believe in - I'd take such relief in - - One small chance - One thin line - No damn way I can conceive to say what's on my mind - I love you - Three small words - Just the dumbest thing I'm sure that you have ever heard - For now I guess the call remains deferred -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Every Time I Look Into Your Eyes -Duration: 8:58 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/every-time-i-look-into-your-eyes -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IBWJebGEak -Lyrics: - If the air gets colder - Would you care to smolder - Here between my shoulders - Underneath the skin of my disguise? - - When the music's playing - What can be worth saying - Yours will leave me praying - Every time I look into your eyes - - For your own protection - Mind your eyes' reflection - Like a strange projection - You will leave your subjects hypnotized - - Radiant and dangerous - Though the act is painless - I go nearly brainless - Every time I look into your eyes - - Where do all of the walls go - When you walk in the door - You are the "and's" and the "also's" - I am the "either" and "or" - You look to me like an angel - I took to you like a drug - Bizarro heaven or strange hell - We both were comfortable bugs - - Like a born romantic - Mine are words pedantic - Left to my own antics - Nothing I have learned at all applies - - Things that I hold sacred - Tenderly invaded - I am nearly naked - Every time I look into your eyes - - I can't remember the lies - Why is it such a surprise? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Roll With The Punches -Duration: 3:56 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/roll-with-the-punches -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAyVQk1oU5g -Lyrics: - Who do we know when we know who we are? - Who do we play when we're playing our part? - Why do we keep putting on disguises - Clinging to the cheapest of surprises? - - Clothes make the man, but the man makes mistakes - How to survive in a world full of fakes? - Why do we repress our on affections - Living by the code of our rejections? - - Is it always so damn hard - To learn to be happy with who you are - To roll with the puches - Admit that our hunches - Are the only truths we know? - - Why must our praise be indulged by a score? - How can we love when we live like a whore? - Where did we acquire these convictions - Guided not by joy but our afflictions? - - Why call the gaffes when we're all making bluffs? - Who says we're made of immutable stuff? - Why do we keep burying the layers? - Couldn't we admit we're only players? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Light Of Apollo -Duration: 4:11 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/light-of-apollo -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo_BSpf72xY -Lyrics: - The light of Apollo rises and falls across the sky - The cool of the evening slows your breathing to a sigh - Lost in the lake house on the beaten path - One broken camera snaps a photograph - - The pictures are gathered, gently slathered, fixed in place - The walls of the gallery, climbing, towering into space - Beckon you sweetly to forgotten sets - One million memories in a stranger's net - - Another golden hour - a needle in the sea - Another gift shop postcard - always close to me - The light of Apollo flows through all we see - - The faraway beach this tour bus reaches melts away - The thundering ocean casts erosion to the bay - No trace at all outside my shadow box - Printed and pinned up high behind the locks - - The dusk and the morning lull you, yawning, to your wrist - The light and the shadows churn as paddles through the mist - Life through a mirror might be forged of dreams - Just one more snapshot rough along the seams - - Another golden hour - a needle in the sea - Another gift shop postcard - always close to me - A friend I don't remember - a place we used to go - Someday it will heal us - someday they will show - The light of Apollo flows through all we know diff --git a/album/contritum.txt b/album/contritum.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 14d39996..00000000 --- a/album/contritum.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -Album: Contritum -Artist: nights -Cover Art: nights -Has Track Art: no -Date: July 17, 2018 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #f30d00 -Groups: -- Oceanfalls -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/contritum -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Contritum -Duration: 3:14 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/contritum diff --git a/album/cosmic-caretakers.txt b/album/cosmic-caretakers.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 1f9d4db9..00000000 --- a/album/cosmic-caretakers.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,658 +0,0 @@ -Album: Cosmic Caretakers -Cover Art: Elanor Pam -Wallpaper Art: Elanor Pam -Banner Art: melodiousDiscord -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Date: February 17, 2019 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #ff78da -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -Art Tags: -- John's dad -- Rose's mom -- Dave's bro -- Jade's grandpa -- Roxy's mom -- Dirk's bro -- Jake's grandma -- Becquerel -- God Cat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-caretakers -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLX9PC37_XWPOiSCopUc9ZHf -Commentary: - <i>Ucklin:</i> - <center>COSMIC CARETAKERS</center> - <b>ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS</b> - Album organized by the Unofficial MSPA Fans managers - Booklet assembly by Ucklin - With cover art by Elanor Pam - and cover art commentary by Ephemerald: - <blockquote>We see dimly in the present what has guard and what has none,<br>Slow of faith how weak the curtains turn the moon and turn the sun,<br>But the soul is still a caretaker; amid the Furthest Ring,<br>List the fabled cosmic whispers that the horrorterrors sing:<br>'They are in the consellations of the pondsquatter's offspring.'<br><cite>-James Russel Lowell, Second Son of Skaia</cite></blockquote> - With final thanks to the Homestuck Music Team, Andrew Hussie, What Pumpkin, and the loyal, enduring fan base that makes this all possible. - <b>AFTERWORDS</b> - <i>Blackhole:</i> - The concept for this album had its origins more than two years ago, and its basic blueprint was drawn up by me as a follow-up to [[album:beforus]]. Back then it was known as "Rubric of the Guardians", and while that was later changed, and due to management upheavals I wasn't personally involved with its development as "Cosmic Caretakers", I am excited for what the project has become and what these fantastic musicians have in store for us. A comprehensive Guardian album was an idea straight out of my original list of fan-album concepts circa 2015 that spawned Beforus, and now finally the dream of having themes for all of them is realized. Vava la Guardians! (V-l-G, perhaps? Or perhaps not. :P) - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - This album dedicated to the classic fanmusic album reality of progress stalling for months, followed by the completion of half the administrative work in the final three days before release. Seriously, I wrote this afterword 1 hour before the album stream. But if you're reading this, I hope you've enjoyed every last minute of it, because I know I sure did. All our work and unwork was not in vain. - <i>Ucklin:</i> - Putting together the booklet for this album made me realize just how ambitious the project was. We have said goodbye to a few old faces over the long production time of the album, and some have questioned the team's motivation. However, I think it is a testament to the enduring strength of the team that we have been able to stick with this project, despite delays, until its release. I want to thank everyone who stuck by it, even when it would have been easy to write it off. It's been a long haul, but we've learned a lot about how to avoid similar delays in the future, and the team is facing the next project with renewed enthusiasm. - <hr> - <center>MSPA READER.</center> - <center>IF YOU ARE READING THIS, YOU ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO LAST ONE YEAR WITHOUT UMSPAF CONTENT.</center> - <center>YOU ARE NOW GROWN UP. IN SOME WAYS, YOU HAVE MOVED ON. BUT YOU HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT GROWING UP DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN SAYING GOODBYE TO THE THINGS YOU ENJOY.</center> - <center>I AM SO, SO PROUD OF YOU.</center> - <hr> - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Disc 1 -Directory: disc1-cosmic-caretakers -Artist: psithurist -Track Art: ackro -Duration: 1:06 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1-3 -- https://youtu.be/tUczmB-88wM -Commentary: - <i>psithurist:</i> - The jingles I wrote for this album are a little more involved from the ones you usually find on Homestuck albums, which I did because I thought it would be fun (and it was). A grandiose intro to prepare you for what'll probably be the best god damn album you'll ever hear? - <i>ackro:</i> - this was done pretty quick, its a simple concept that didnt take much doing. the thing i like most is probably the scratch lightning, ive been drawing a lot of lightning recently. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Egbert's Kitchen -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: trip -Duration: 3:01 -References: track:under-the-hat -Art Tags: John's dad, Underlings -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/egberts-kitchen -- https://youtu.be/FQGsW9lDx8E -Commentary: - <i>Pascal van den Bos:</i> - For this track i went for the style of music i think Dad listens to, [[track:under-the-hat]] but even jazzier haha. The chiptune breakdown in the middle is also kind of a reference to [[track:showtime-original-mix]] which is the Strife! theme you hear when John encountered Dad. It worked pretty well, i think this is what you'd hear when you walk in to the kitchen when Dad is baking something. - <i>trip:</i> - I want this dad to be my dad. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nanna's New Groove -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: TheChaoMaster -Duration: 3:48 -References: -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:nannaquin -Art Tags: John's nanna -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/nannas-new-groove -- https://youtu.be/3xka38s_wYY -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - At first I considered making this track electroswing, but that's a bit out of my range. I think this works well as a compromise! - Think of this as the soundscape to an elderly clown grandma (clownma?) throwing pies at you forever, but in a good natured way, a way where you both laugh at the absurdity of it all, except when the fifth pie is thrown you laugh a little less hard because the joke is starting to get stale, and by the time the tenth pie is thrown you start to want to go home and wonder if the clownma still finds it funny, and she does, still not in a mean spirited way, not because of the pie and not because of the frown on your face, but because she knows the joke is stale and you know the joke is stale and yet it keeps happening in spite of its staleness and that mutual understanding really only underlines the absurdity of it all. - The clownma is pretty good at pranks, all things considered. - <i>TheChaoMaster:</i> - in this household we stan Jane Crocker/Nanna Egbert. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Martini Cardamom -Artist: Sean Gorter, PoisonedElite -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:58 -Art Tags: Roxy, Roxy's mom, cw: alcohol -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/martini-cardamom -- https://youtu.be/lJv9VPWL7dY -Commentary: - <i>Sean Gorter:</i> - Hey, it's your local pianist extraordinaire Flare. The basic seeds of this track belong to PoisonedElite, who left behind a minute-long demo of harpsichord and strings. Imagine my surprise when her MIDI was handed down to me and there were the beginnings of an electronic drum track I didn't get to hear in her exports! So the concept was set, orchestra with electronic rhythmic backing. - Mom always seemed like quite the intimidating figure to those who met her. Perpetually drunk, with an endless, seemingly vindictive collection of wizard paraphrenalia, Mom was more living myth than parental figure. While most might soften those figures over time to be more relatable, not Hussie, and not Mom! She handles a massive Sburban monster with ease, demonstrates martial arts and weapons expertise, and catches the romantic attention of Dad without so much as breaking a sweat. All I could think of putting this track together was "classical badass." So here's to you, Ms. Classical Badass. - <i>nights:</i> - I wanted to try something new for this piece, so I went with a lineless minimal style. For the art, I wanted to draw both of Roxy's post and pre scratch selves, not just Mom Lalonde, since I adore both equally!! While working on it, I wanted to somehow connect the two versions of Roxy together with something common. Eventually, I settled on the scarves, and used them for composition and filling in blank spots in the art piece. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Meteor, Schmeteor (I'll Cut That Thing Right In Half) -Directory: meteor-schmeteor -Artist: Chaosvariant -Track Art: ackro -Duration: 2:38 -Art Tags: Dave's bro -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Umbral Ultimatum -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/meteor-schmeteor-ill-cut-that-thing-right-in-half -- https://youtu.be/aYC3XRHFOkQ -Commentary: - <i>Chaosvariant:</i> - Hi I go by Chaosvariant. I worked on this track for Dave's Bro, my original intention was to remix [[track:beatdown-strider-style]] to have a little more flair and fit better into the cool yet dangerous aura Dave's Bro put off then to have that transition into the fight with Jack Noir. My computer halfway through this process bricked so sadly we're kinda stuck with a WIP but I hope you'll like it for the concept alone. - <i>SplitSuns:</i> - SplitSuns here. In addition to writing my own song for this project, which you'll find 24 tracks from now, I mastered the album in general. In theory, this means making sure each song is around the same volume so you don't have to keep adjusting your headphones. However, sometimes I did some extra work just to polish things up. Like with this song, for instance: I took what Chaosvariant had finished, added some EQ to make the mix clearer, and added a small sound effect at the end to smooth things out. - <i>ackro:</i> - i really like how i did this one. not too much going on but i feel its good for how simple it is. drawing the meteor took a bit of work, and looking at some reference shots from descend, but it really came together, and of course the sense of scale given with bro and the meteor is very well executed id say. pretty much flawless except for the fire which i couldve done better. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hunting the Most Dangerous Game -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Tipsy -Duration: 3:30 -References: -- A Taste for Adventure -- track:dissension-remix -- track:old-secret -Art Tags: Jade's grandpa, Becquerel, cw: animal death -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hunting-the-most-dangerous-game -- https://youtu.be/X0SymJI8Nck -Commentary: - <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b> - With its blend of sharp synths and cinematic orchestration, as well as its dramatic swells in composition, this song does an amazing job capturing Grandpa's famed taste for adventure. Can you feel it? That sense of danger, the palpable tension in the air as the jungle trees sway in the breeze? Quick snatches of animal chatter meet your ears, the rest muffled by the dense canopy above. You grip your rifle a little tighter and adjust your hat towards what lies beyond. You have a feeling it's going to be a long hunt. - <i>tipsy:</i> - i accidentally listened to bec's song instead of grandpa's song (wow well done me), so i HAD to include dogs. but i wanted the image to live up to this song's title. you can see my thought process here. besides which you can see the <i>true danger</i> that grandpa must have put himself in expressed here with his lack of pants. anyway i wanted the animals to all look vaguely real, so i spent a lot of time looking up pictures of them while drawing. i was heavily inspired by hiveswap and the photo frames of grandpa in his past, and wanted to draw a silly looking hunting scenario that could fill the gaps of in your head. there's even a version with joey's comments scribbled on, though it was a bit too busy and standoutish. hope you enjoy [Kanishka]'s song. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fetch That Steak -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: SpaceWaifu -Duration: 1:34 -Art Tags: Becquerel, Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fetch-that-steak -- https://youtu.be/03hQ5iLuTTQ -Commentary: - <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b> - Bec is, first and foremost, a good dog. Let's put aside his featureless visage, god-like powers and key role in creating a Sovereign Slayer capable of destroying entire universes. He is a dog that likes to run around, play fetch, and eat treats like any other! This song shows that under-appreciated side of Jade's best friend. How can you say no to those Mario Paint dog barks? (If you think those are great, wait until you listen to the song for Bec's post-Scratch counterpart. Cinematic parallels, I'm telling you.) - <b><i>Ephemerald:</i></b> - Bec quite clearly doesn't have a care in the world here. You know, it's funny how omnipotent dog brains work. "Yeah, I was brought to this planet with the express purpose of facilitating its ultimate purpose and also ensuring that I exist at all, but, I mean, do I <i>have</i> to do that right now? Can't I just take some time off and go fetch a steak so radioactive it would make the Elephant's Foot seem like a regular old chunk of steel by comparison? The answer is yes, I can. So I will." Good dog. Best friend. Not a superb prioritizer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Monatomic Strife -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: trip -Duration: 2:15 -References: Versus -Art Tags: John's dad, The Felt -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/monatomic-strife -- https://youtu.be/0f-iGQ_9BnU -Commentary: - <i>Pascal van den Bos:</i> - I wanted to write a Strife theme for Dad Crocker since i've never heard one before, but i think he's the cooler dad so he should have one. I made it kinda fast paced based on him fighting in [S] Collide, i think that's where he really showed how good of a guardian he is by beating up some felt members. - <i>trip:</i> - This one too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Secondhand Memories -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: nights -Duration: 1:57 -Art Tags: Jane's grandpa, Jane -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/secondhand-memories -- https://youtu.be/pCKkP1NDG7s -Commentary: - <i>Grace Medley:</i> - Sorry, sorry to interrupt the booklet, folks, but I've got a cracking idea: see the next time you find yourself in a pub toilet, and you've got a pen on you, write on the door, "Johnny Crocker, R.I.P." Or let's say you're not old enough to get into pubs yet, let's say, you're still in school? Write it on a desk. Scratch it in with a compass. "Johnny Crocker, R.I.P." Or let's say you're online. Let's say you're on Bebo, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, a forum, whatever it is, just get the message out there. "Johnny Crocker, R.I.P." Miss you, big man. Gone, but not forgotten. - And who is Johnny Crocker...? Eh, who cares. - <i>nights:</i> - I had the sketch of this track art sitting by for a while, since I never found the time to finish it - not even during the holiday break. I finally was able to find the time to do exactly that on... A very long and boring plane trip, hahah. While drawing it, I thought about how Jane never really knew her poppop, nor did she know she was the cause of his death in the first place (classic Homestuck), so I wanted to convey that bittersweet feeling through the piece. I experimented on the colors with using a couple paper-constructioney textures on it and on the backdrop. Also, the stewardess on my plane trip caught a glance of the drawing and gave me a compliment in broken English, so you know this is some certified REAL good art. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Light's Rebellion -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: gelasticat -Duration: 3:48 -References: -- The Thirteenth Hour -- track:endless-climb -- track:aggrieve -- DAVE STRIDER'S COOL MIXTAPE -Art Tags: Roxy's mom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-lights-rebellion -- https://youtu.be/nhtb6U-fYzM -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - Greatly inspired by the soundtracks of Touhou, PMMM, and various Japanese media, The Light's Rebellion is meant to sound like the overture of an epic and tumultous tale. To me, the life of Roxy's illustrious and erudite Mom - encompassing the publication of doorstepper novels, a Guy Fieri rodeo down a waterfall of blood, and death as a revolutionary at the hands of an alien empress - is the sort of capricious novel-worthy story that can only be told through battling melodies in the major pentatonic scale, 3/4 + 6/8 cross-rhythms, and soaring trumpets. - The primary melodic motif opens the piece on the solo violin - a rousing tune representing the character of Alpha Rose and her rebellious aspirations. The trumpet then introduces the secondary motif - that of The Thirteenth Hour, a melodic backbone representing (erroneously?*) the novels to which she devoted the greater part of her life. It rises and dips, shifting between lyrical solos, brassy full-orchestra segments, and percussive interludes. Two of Rose's motifs, Aggrieve and Endless Climb, are also briefly quoted. - In all, creating The Light's Rebellion was a joy and a challenge, and possibly the first and last track of its style that I'll ever do. - *The video from which I'd heard The Thirteenth Hour featured the cover of Complacency of the Learned, leading me to associate the track with Calmasis and CotL. In retrospect it was probably more about Calliope's Calmasis-like trollsona (i.e. the thirteenth "troll") than Calmasis, but here we are. (Calliope is named for the muse of epics, Mom wrote epics, it works...) - <b><i>ndividedbyzero:</i></b> - Her hair is like the sun, rebelling against the oppressive shadow of the night sky. - Not complacent, but sure as hell learned enough to punt you down a waterfall with stabby needles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Dave Strider Experience -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: dazed-squid -Duration: 3:54 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- This Is America -- Giorgio by Moroder -- Bodies -- Take Me Away -- Running Hell -- track:suicide-hotline-icp -- The Witch -- What is a Juggalo? -- Waters of Nazareth -- SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -Art Tags: Dirk's bro -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-dave-strider-experience -- https://youtu.be/cXXGaaHE7W8 -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - wilson for wisdom. stiller for power. glover for courage. with the tripartite decree of america's three greatest heralds, backed by a rendition of beatdown so terrifying it can only be described as psychological warfare, the stage has been set for the star of the show. the experience behind the experience. but such titles do not ascribe what importance this fiend deserves. nay, they COULD not ascribe the requisite importance, for only one title suits the hero, the madman, the director and architect to a hall of fame of utter shit. - he is THE BIG MAN, and we are all in his court. - heads are about to roll. - MISC NOTES: this piece started with me thinking "hm, i really want to use running hell in this dave song" and then the rest kind of flowed from there. in that segment, you may note that violent j seems to alternate between lamenting the presence of "THE WITCH" and singing her praises. i feel as though if an alien queen actually appeared to install the insane clown posse as figureheads of a government responsible for the deaths of billions, it would have to involve some sort of mental manipulation on her part, because honestly, icp seem like sort of decent upstanding folks in reality? like violent j wholeheartedly supports his daughter being a furry so he seems to be a nice dad at least. shit, in this political climate they might not be half bad as dual presidents, comparatively, and they're literal clowns. thanks to grace for recommending i use icp's seminal and apparent manifesto, "What Is A Juggalo", whose lyrics you should look up because they are just truly incredible. the section it transitions to, where the nightcore becomes ambient noise, is meant to symbolize the tense standoff between dave and icp before he cuts their heads off, but also it was mostly tongue in cheek. waters of nazareth also plays during that section very faintly, which partly symbolizes that in parallel to this event rose is executing the antichrist over a waterfall, but that was something i just made up now. more intentionally, sampling waters of nazareth badly in a strider song contrasts with the fantastic use of the sample in splitsuns' [[track:thyme-on-my-fries]]. (love ya split). oh god this was a wall of text. i'm done now bye - <i>dazed-squid:</i> - I kinda wanted to show Alpha Dave as a simple sturdy figure in a messy messy background because that's how Dirk saw him? Super cool and collected in all the chaos surrounding him. Also suits. -Lyrics: - (backwards dialogue) - Waow - What is this? A center for ants? - This is America - Let the bodies hit the floor<br>Let the bodies hit the floor<br>Let the bodies hit the floor<br>Let the bodies hit the floor - WELCOME TO THE DARK CARNIVAL - Get this, the witch has made my chest its permanent nightly visiting nest<br>The witch told me about blood that rains, out of the neck and what particular veins and I- - Dream about cutting off heads with a shovel, the dreams are getting serious, I think I'm in trouble - About murder, witnessin' death setting in, and it ain't no heaven that's letting me in! - What is a juggalo? He drinks like a fish and then he starts hugging people like a drunken (WAOW) next thing he's pickin' fights with his best friends, then he starts with the hugging again (unintelligible) - IT'S THE SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW! WHOAAAAAAAAa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jade English - Study for Eclectic Bass, 1984.1 -Directory: study-for-eclectic-bass-1984-1 -Artist: Interrobang -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 5:09 -References: -- Rhapsody in Green -- track:verdancy-bassline -- Skaianet -- Gardener -- track:mutiny -- Roundabout -- Afraid of the Darko -- Piss -Art Tags: Jake's grandma -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jade-english-study-for-eclectic-bass-19841 -- https://youtu.be/CN2oWjAy6EI -Commentary: - <i>Interrobang:</i> - This piece has been in the works for a LONG time. I started it in March of 2017, and though most of the compositional work was complete by July of that year, I didn't finish polishing everything up until late April 2018, after many months of procrastination and tweaking. The idea of the track is simple, it's Jake's Grandmother, Jade English, writing a song for her signature eclectic bass sometime in the 80's, which you probably already knew from the title. Anyway, I wanted to make a song that you could supposedly 'play' on the eclectic bass, which meant I had to figure out what exactly the components of such an instrument were (see [[media:misc/eclectic-bass-diagram.png|the accompanying diagram]]). I chose the iconic Yamaha DX7 (used in tons of 80's pop) to be the keyboards of the instrument as it could make the sounds I wanted, it was from around the right time, and I had an emulation (Digital Suburban's "Dexed") on hand. Other instruments used in the song were Karfoyer Audio's "Pastabass" and "Swagbass" for the bass guitars themselves, as well as Full Bucket Music's "Ragnarök" (used to flesh out some bass frequencies at the song's peak), and some built-in GarageBand instruments (drums) and effects. - Compositionally, I started out with the ostinato that closes [[track:rhapsody-in-green]] (Clark Powell) from the Felt album, but played in reverse, adding in an FM pad (the aforementioned DX7) and [[track:skaianet]] by Mark Hadley on the other bass guitar. The introduction section transitions into variations on [[track:verdancy-bassline]] by Kalibration, and closes the track's first half with a medley of various Jade-related songs. The second half is an original thing (though the beginning is a variation on [[track:afraid-of-the-darko]] by RJ! Lake) that I had build in complexity and intensity before dropping off to end the piece. Reference-wise, I tried to keep things centered roughly on Jade, as well as some other skaianet/felt sort of stuff that I thought fit the Alpha world and Jade's place in it, but I did end up throwing in a couple memetic references, see if you can find them both! - <i>Jas:</i> - Grandma Harley often wrote her grandson about the tyranny of Lord English, obviously not able to hide everything from the enemy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Felidae Superior -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: shu -Duration: 3:44 -Art Tags: God Cat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/felidae-superior -- https://youtu.be/l0Izf8Sl7LI -Commentary: - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> - This song took remarkably long to put together. Less because it was difficult, and more because I kept getting distracted with other projects along the way. Anyway, meow. - <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b> - Shu delivers some impressively smooth and refined art for everyone's second-favorite cat whose name begins with a G, GCAT. They say you can tell a lot about someone from their eyes, which makes it more impressive that you can glean this cat's mischievous expression without any eyes at all. GCAT is prepared for action from its carefully positioned placement on a tree branch, ready to pounce at a ball of yarn or teleport to the spot best suited for making your life hell. Some rough glitchy effects in the background add an interesting dimension to the piece, nicely contrasting against its smooth linework. This is one art you won't want to miss, and knowing GCAT's temper, you might miss it if you blink. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sweet Talker -Artist: Ucklin -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:24 -References: Hate You -Art Tags: The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-talker -- https://youtu.be/TkDZC-vTXHE -Commentary: - <i>Ucklin:</i> - The idea for this song started with the transition around 2:35 to the section with [[track:hate-you]] played in a straight rhythm. I wanted to capture a feeling of dread by making that part of the song methodical and delaying the payoff of some of the notes by a beat. It would also be a stark contrast to have this straight section in solo piano right after a climactic section with plenty of instruments in a swing beat! I was inspired to incorporate a musical palette from the 30s-40s because that's when I estimate Condy took over as Betty Crocker and started doing her guardian things. In the original song, I planned for the bass to carry most of the weight with regards to rhythm, but eventually, I was persuaded to add percussion to the track after helpful feedback from a few of the organizers, and I think it helped a lot! Hate You is quoted 3 times, although the first two ended up a bit disguised by subsequent layers of instrumentation. - With regards to the rest of the composition, I tried to have fun! In a way, this song is supposed to tell the story of The Baroness. The beginning hook and the next section portray the mask she wears as Betty Crocker upon arriving to earth, and the persona that caused her husband Colonel Sassacre to fall in love with her. That part of the story is pretty funny to me. The following section introduces the mystery of her real identity with a jazzy Hate You quote before returning to the first section, and finally the climactic transition of the song represents the death of Colonel Sassacre and the beginning of Crocker's reign of terror proper. Finally, at the very end of the song, there is a piccolo harmony which just sounds like aliens to me, possibly because it sounds a little like a theremin. I learned a lot composing this song! Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed! (And thanks to nights for art more polished and gorgeous than I could hope to deserve!) - <i>nights:</i> - This very nice track gave me vibes of a casual setting with the condesce, so I thought to draw her doing a mundane but fun task - baking! I've always liked fanart of HIC as betty crocker, doing crockery things like baking cake and raising post-scratch john/jade. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Disc 2 -Directory: disc2-cosmic-caretakers -Artist: psithurist -Track Art: SpaceWaifu -Duration: 0:53 -Art Tags: John's dad, Karkat's lusus, John, Karkat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2-3 -- https://youtu.be/rhncumrLYns -Commentary: - <i>psithurist:</i> - This was actually the first of the three disc jingles that I wrote, and uses synths to aim for a more alien-ish vibe for the trolls disc, contrasting the organic instruments present in the humans disc. - <b><i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i></b> - Would you believe that both DAD and CRABDAD are looking at the VERY SAME STAR while cradling their children? - No? You don't? They both exist in completely different universes you say? That the stars are thematic element used to tie this track art together and to symbolically show the role of each of these GUARDIANS? - You're no fun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Voice of the Dead -Artist: Mathias Ramalho, cookiefonster -Track Art: freckledOctopus -Duration: 2:20 -References: Aradia's Theme (Pre-Death) -Art Tags: Aradia's lusus, Aradia -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/voice-of-the-dead -- https://youtu.be/aw72N9h0P08 -Commentary: - <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> - H*ck dude ye made this shit for a thingy that was DEAD in it's FIRST AND ONLY APPEARANCE IN THE ENTIRE FUCKING COMIC?? - So! I've realized nobody wanted to make a track for this completely relevant character for completely obvious reasons, so I took three days of my entire life to give this beautiful creature the piece it deserves. The whole process of making this was to base it around a small snippet of Famitracker that Cookie made a long time ago, and with that I completely broke it up to a point of being in love with it, so thank you Cookie you gave me an awesome idea as well as a good snippet! - <i>cookiefonster:</i> - I had the idea of remixing [[track:aradias-theme-pre-death]] from the Homestuck Sound Test for this song and tried to make a track for it but never ended up finishing it. To my surprise, Coy decided that he was going to finish this garbage song. After I posted the project file, he proceeded to work his magic on it, making it actually good in the process, and now it's pretty much his track and he deserves any and all praise for it. - <b><i>Grace Medley:</i></b> - he wasnt going to let the song just :Die~2: - <i>freckledOctopus:</i> - I love the track and wanted to try and capture the more haunting side to it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flittaurine -Artist: Shirokishi -Track Art: Chumi -Duration: 2:07 -References: Rust Servant -Art Tags: Tavros' lusus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/flittaurine -- https://youtu.be/zWK3R-YnmTI -Commentary: - <b><i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i></b> - Tinkerbull is a daintly and beautiful lusus, who took care of his young troll Tavros to impeccable standards, giving him the kind of love and attention that all trolls in their early sweeps truly need. - Until he got crushed painfully to death by Tavros's wheelchair anyway. Kind of a sad end to this tale. - <i>Chumi:</i> - Dear, sweet, precious Tinkerbull. Rest in peace my little guy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Polypolyphemus -Artist: Ducky Senpai -Track Art: shu -Duration: 3:18 -References: Die For Me -Art Tags: Sollux's lusus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/polypolyphemus -- https://youtu.be/Rd9a2KQ_ZVk -Commentary: - <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> - For those who may be curious, the title (suggested by Lambda) is play on the term "Polyphemus" which refers to the cyclops in The Odyssey. It's a really dumb pun, and I love it. - <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b> - Polypolyphemus is an intense track, so it's fitting for its art to capture the same intensity. Sollux's Biclops is captured right before its imminent demise as the troll's Mind Honey-induced flip out rips through the ceiling of his hive and surrounds the lusus in a multi-colored beam of energy. The meteors illuminating the night sky further illustrate the carnage present in the scene in a fashion that pops up time and time again in Homestuck proper. If only one of those meteors could break the chain around the Biclops' leg and set it free! Wait, the resulting impact would probably just kill the Biclops anyway. Never mind, that was a stupid idea. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rangoon -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: ackro -Duration: 2:03 -References: Showdown -Art Tags: Karkat's lusus, Karkat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rangoon -- https://youtu.be/qayMFPJjtI0 -Commentary: - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> - Crabs taste pretty good, gotta say. I'm partial to snow crab, myself. Of course, the only place I ever had them was Red Lobster: the apex of all seafood cuisine. - <i>ackro:</i> - this one is pretty much just a carbon copy of a homestuck panel i found. i mean i didnt trace anything, but its all placed pretty much the same with minor differences. dont give me too much praise for this one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Apex Conquistador -Artist: TempiTunes, WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: Sammie -Duration: 1:38 -References: Nepeta's Theme -Art Tags: Nepeta's lusus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/apex-conquistador -- https://youtu.be/g0HGUiXDsQU -Commentary: - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> - I had the opportunity to touch up this piece, which I mostly did by polishing up the samples and adding an electric piano as backing. - Meow. - <b><i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i></b> - If there's one thing that mouse can appreciate, it's that it got to see a two-mouthed cat monster before it died. - Coincidentally, it's about to die because of said two-mouthed cat monster eating it. You just can't have it all, unfortunately. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Recordare, Virgo Mater -Artist: queer maggot -Track Art: artisticallyCrafty -Duration: 3:34 -References: Virgin Orb -Art Tags: Kanaya's lusus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/recordare-virgo-mater -- https://youtu.be/uI2g0qbTjEE -Commentary: - <i>queer maggot:</i> - Oh man, this is a really loaded song for me. Coming from a musical background that mostly consisted of writing punk songs and making bad beats, when I started on this I sort of had no idea what I was doing?? I wanted to portray this sense of grief and sadness that would shift into a big, fun declaration of hope and all that, but really what wound up happening was me rushing through the grief and sadness to get to the fun bits with the electric guitar. I even made the fun bits with some friends watching just to make sure that it truly was both big and fun! That was the good part, in my eyes. Unfortunately, I just didn't know how to properly convey the feeling I was going for, and I really didn't know how to write a song for a character. I wasn't experienced enough and I didn't have the tenacity to stick with it. That was the first version of the song I ever made. - That's when my dog Beethoven died. He was 15 years old, but I'd only had him for 6 of those years. He was honestly one of the sweetest dogs anyone could ask for. He was intensely loyal, loved to get loved on, and would always come back no matter how far off he ran or how deep into the woods he got. He was one of my best friends, and having this happen to me was a very large shock to my system. I'd been fortunate enough up to that point not to have any close family or friends pass on me, but Beethoven was very close family and a good boy in general. It was my first time having to grapple with the overwhelming feeling of grief that comes with the loss of a loved one, even if that loved one was a dog, and I was struggling with it. I was down and out for a while. If it had been me from a few years ago, I probably would've just laid in the dark and grieved for a long time instead of doing anything useful or trying to get over it. - Instead of just letting myself wallow in it though, I decided to push most of those feelings into this song. I don't really get too cerebral when I work on music; most of the time I just make sure it sounds good and then I move on. With this song, though, I specifically wrote the middle portion with this smothering feeling I had weighing on me in the forefront of my mind. It was a really therapeutic experience for me and I think it reflects in the music. The portion before the guitar comes in has wonder woven into it, but it's also heavy feeling. It being so sparse contributes to this darker feeling which makes the brighter section feel more fun, whimsical, and most importantly, hopeful. - All in all, this was an interesting thing that I learned a lot making. It was my first time receiving real criticism on something I made and I hope people enjoy it! - <i>artisticallyCrafty:</i> - The Mothergrub has always been a fascinating creature to me in Homestuck, both as a part of reproduction and as a lusus. Especially since becoming a lusus means that you give up a life in the brooding caverns for a shortened existence to care for onechild. And with the Virgin Mother Grub drawing so many parallels to the iconic Holy Virgin Mary, I decided to draw my own parallels. I wanted this peice to be symbolic in nature towards the ideas and standards of the Mothergrub. It also may be a little sacrilegious in regards to the Catholic images of the Virgin Mary, but we'll just ignore that little fact. The Virgin Mothergrub floats with the brooding caverns behind her, and her new charge sleeping peacefully nearby, alongside other eggs nearly ready to hatch into trolls that will play a game and sacrifice to create something new. <s>(we're also going to ignore the fact that i may have had an out-of-body experience while working on this piece)</s> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Amniotic Daydream -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: ackro -Duration: 4:16 -References: JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/amniotic-daydream -- https://youtu.be/Bne6tHjEIko -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - I conceptualised Amniotic Daydream together with Skip: the first thing we decided was that it should be a lullaby-like track built on top of a heartbeat. I ultimately ended up working on this track alone, looking to a demo Skip made as a stylistic reference before taking it in my own direction. - Incubating within her egg for almost her entire lifetime, Dragonmom's track describes this inchoate state: the warmth and serenity and loneliness of waiting to hatch, and the constancy of the heartbeat throughout. The gradual build and elaboration of the track mirrors the development of an embryo. Pad synths ebb and flow, swelling and lulling with the beating of the heart. The drums start out muffled, as if heard through shell and chorion, and the sound only begins to take shape towards the middle of the track as the riffs grow more complex. - Featured in Amniotic Daydream is a delicate rendition of the motif from the Redglare/Pyralspite-related track JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 (also by me and Skip). This version pares away the ferocity of the original and turns it into a sweet lullaby tune. Terezi's lusus, meant to become a fearsome dragon like Pyralspite, may only dream of that destiny for now - and forever. - I'd love to thank the mods for their feedback, which truly helped me turn this track into what it is now. - <i>ackro:</i> - this piece is probably the most complex one i did for the album, and i think it payed off in spades. i used a lot of elements from the scene in which terezi's dragon hatches and is immediately killed by a falling meteor, which might be one of the best looking parts in homestuck, although its hard to choose since the first half of homestuck is littered with striking imagery. oh my god just look at it. so good. so fucking good guys. its really good. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Arachnida Antecessor -Artist: arcaneGemini -Track Art: Caitlin Beamer -Duration: 2:11 -References: -- track:MeGaLoVania -Art Tags: Vriska's lusus, Vriska, cw: arachnid -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/arachnida-antecessor -- https://youtu.be/oP8Y3OVrxY8 -Commentary: - <i>arcaneGemini:</i> - Well hey, would you look at that: my first ever track with the Homestuck Fan Musicians Crew. That's pretty neat. - Let's talk about it shall we? - I've always loved Vriska's various themes and tunes through the HS soundtrack's generous selection of tracks; they're nice, they're catchy, and they're just h*ckin' amazing overall. Imagine my surprise, then, when Spidermum's slot laid unclaimed on this very album, ripe for the picking. I swore on that day that I would create the catchiest distortion guitar-filled, 8-legged bop of all time. - What I made instead was the track laid before you. - I'd like to think that it's pretty snazzy and very Serket, though I have a sneaking suspicion that I may come back to this track l8er and fix it up when I actually have a clue what I'm doing. Yes, it's pretty short and it's kinda flawed in its execution, but I just hope that you can appreciate this humble nerd's first attempt at a somewhat-professional-level tune. - You know what? Since you've gone through all the trouble to read this here commentary, have a free concept guitar riff for this tune. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/arcanegemini/spidermum-initial-riff/s-WaNoN">For you it's on the house.</a> - <i>Caitlyn Beamer:</i> - I understand why hussie didn't draw spider-mom with hair on her. that took way too much time to have to do it more than once. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: STRONG Butler. Best Dad. -Directory: STRONG-butler-best-dad -Artist: arcaneGemini -Track Art: Tipsy -Duration: 3:16 -References: Horschestra STRONG Version -Art Tags: Equius's lusus, Equius -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strong-butler-best-dad -- https://youtu.be/BzwL4cY8V50 -Commentary: - <i>arcaneGemini:</i> - You thought you could get rid of me that easily? Think again. That's right, it's round 2 with Dyl Nye the Science Guy: Horse edition. - Honestly I'm not entirely sure how this worked out, but I'm glad it did since horses are the bees knees. - I said before in Arachnida Antecessor that it was my first song for this group, and technically it is (I think), but this is the one that I feel most greatly reflects my progression in skill as a musician. - This tune went from a slow Horschestra with awful, grotesque choir & drum samples to this lovely little equine ditty as I went from a newbie musician creating mediocre covers of songs' melodies to the only-slightly-less newbie musician writing this very commentary piece. - As such, this song will always fill a special horse-shaped space in my heart. - What's this? You don't want all this personal heartfelt guff? You want me to actually talk about the track? Oh alright. - Aurthour is, unequivocally, the best character in all of Homestuck. There is no possible way you can disprove this. It was pretty much high blasphemy that so few songs were made to honour him, and so I produced this offer to appease the gods and bring balance to the universe. You're welcome. - Also yes, that is me saying 'neigh'. - <i>tipsy:</i> - For every album cover I've drawn so far, I try to make them look a little different and experiment with different styles. In this case I tried to draw a HORSE (crazy i know) and used this very painting-like flat style, and decided to put Equius's signature up, effectively making it his own painting! This went through lots of colour hue alterations and was originally a very light pink desert in a sunny sky before we settled on this darker background to make Aurthour stand out more. I like to think that Equius is simultaneously admiring his surroundings and panicking about their imminent death by sunburn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Absent Reflection -Artist: PoisonedElite -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 2:10 -References: track:dilemma -Art Tags: Gamzee -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/absent-reflection -- https://youtu.be/uw2z3juY-64 -Commentary: - <i>PoisonedElite:</i> - Wow, this is the first song I ever signed up to make, over a year ago in April of 2017. From the beginning writing a song about Gamzee's Lusus provided a challenge due to the fact that it only appears in a panel or two, so I decided to write the song around the lack of it in Gamzee's life. Like Calming Quartz, this also had a different song as the rough Draft, so <a href="https://soundcloud.com/poisonedelite/goat-dad-wip/s-8cX5C">here ya go</a>. - Play Hollow Knight, eat your dinner, and never forget the pokemon you lose when you're doing a Nuzlocke challenge. Rest in Peace Oswin ;-;7 - <i>Jas:</i> - Sometimes you wait a long time to see the people you love. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hippocampaternal -Artist: FrostyMac -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 2:35 -References: -- Eridan's Theme -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Science Seahorse -Art Tags: Eridan's lusus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hippocampaternal -- https://youtu.be/hN4jbLF5lEc -Commentary: - <i>FrostyMac:</i> - Fun fact: This was the first song I ever made for any Homestuck related project ever, and I lost the original file at some point, so excuse the mixing being a little weird. I still stand by the song's compositional and structural quality though. - <i>Jas:</i> - Your baby crashed in on a blaze of fire, go get him seahorse daddy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Whispering Leviathan -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 4:24 -References: -- Fear of the Heavens -- Silencio -- The Vast Glub -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Keepers -Art Tags: Feferi's lusus, Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/whispering-leviathan -- https://youtu.be/ixMCOL-1yVc -Commentary: - <i>Kanishka:</i> - *angry tentacle noises* - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - Listening to Whispering Leviathan always made me feel like I was hearing it in a submarine environment - perfectly appropriate to the subject of Gl'bgolyb. The scene in which Gl'bgolyb was revealed was, to me, one of the several "holy shit" moments of Homestuck, and instead of trying to depict the vastness of Feferi's lusus, I went for a sense of mystery and foreboding more closely matching the tone of the music, by revealing nothing but its tentacles in silhouette. - Finding the right balance between silhouette and rendering proved one of the primary challenges of completing this piece. Too much light meant the image lost its spooky, foreboding tone; too little made it look flat. In the end I came out with something that roughly strikes that balance, though I still feel that it loses some of the spookiness of the sketch. Thanks @ the good people at the Homestuck Artist discord for the tips! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Al-Aalam -Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Track Art: shedonkadonk -Duration: 5:09 -Art Tags: The Dolorosa, The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/al-aalam -- https://youtu.be/gD7C0GrtJ2U -Commentary: - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> - This piece is heavily inspired by the bis radio edit of Turbulence by Arab Strap - 808s and gloomy guitar lines are the order of the day. Mayhaps not the most obvious approach to a track about the Dolorosa but I take a slight measure of pride in that. Quite pleased with the middle section; the cycle of dominant sevenths with the electric piano improvisation atop it. - Grief is a strange thing and I find it rarely conveyed well in music. Another for the bonfire pile. - <b><i>Ephemerald:</i></b> - *The sound of a camera flash can be audibly heard over the music.* Yep. That one's going in my Pietà compilation. But really, is there a more appropriate parallel to make? Probably not. The parable of the Sufferer is full of religious iconography by design, which I guess means that Earth based the Bible off of it, and not the other way around? I don't know. I'll leave that commentary for Hussie, when he (doesn't) get around to it. As a side note, I love the "halos" surrounding the Dolorosa and the Sufferer here. Good stuff. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Puppet Master -Artist: SplitSuns -Track Art: Ephemerald, yazshu -Duration: 4:10 -References: -- English -- Afraid of the Darko -- track:aggrieve -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:dissension-original -- track:showtime-original-mix -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-puppet-master -- https://youtu.be/hGnSgIGK6HM -Commentary: - <i>SplitSuns:</i> - When I was first given the opportunity to work on Cosmic Caretakers and saw that there was an open slot for a track centered around Doc Scratch, I jumped at the opportunity to produce it! Scratch has always been one of my favorite characters in Homestuck. When I read through the comic for the first time I loved how he orchestrated the destruction of two entire universes but managed to give an air of dignity and style to such a nefarious event. His demeanor was never overtly evil: it was unsettling at times, sure, but he always acted the part of an excellent host through and through. I tried to represent this atmosphere in my own song. Its jazzy feel ripped from "Drawing Dead" or "The Felt" definitely brings to mind a comfortable stay in Scratch's parlor, but if you listen closely you can notice sinister undertones lurking beneath the surface through the decaying bells and whistling winds. Of course, I had to throw in some reverse piano in the mix as well. It wouldn't be a Felt-centric song without one. Towards the end of the track the piano backmasks some iconic Beta Kid motifs, showing how Scratch is acutely aware of every piece to his puzzle (even when we're not). What kind of an excellent host would he be if he didn't keep tabs on his "guests", after all? - <i>Ephemerald:</i> - So! The Puppet Master. The laid-back yet sinister vibe this song gives off felt fitting for Scratch, who, for most of the comic, just creepily stands and watches things happen. That's why I decided to not have Scratch do some Cool Actiony Villain Pose - he's a puppetmaster. He just needs to lounge. Yazshu took care of the Alternian planet, moons, and the cueball/sun/thing, so thanks to her for the backdrop! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Disc 3 -Directory: disc3-cosmic-caretakers -Artist: psithurist -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 0:27 -Art Tags: Gamzee, Cherubs -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3-3 -- https://youtu.be/Z3C-qzpXNcI -Commentary: - <i>psithurist:</i> - Since Disc 3 only has a few tracks, I went for a simpler approach here, and ended up with a quirky refrain of the theme present in the other jingles. s/o to the Tetris DX soundtrack for getting jazzy chiptunes stuck in my head forever. - <i>Jas:</i> - Styled after old album covers that always seemed to be scraped up and have that off yellow color. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: HONK FRIEND. -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 4:14 -References: Reverie, Power Fantasy -Art Tags: Gamzee, Caliborn, cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/honk-friend -- https://youtu.be/IynwmfnQYzk -Commentary: - <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> - This might be the wildest take on a song revolving around Gamzee. I decided to use [[track:reverie]] and [[track:power-fantasy]] as the foundation of this track as well as taking an advantage to make this somehow cheery-ish since we don't really know what happens in the story. A good advantage imo. - <i>Jas:</i> - It's hard being a single mom when you are a teenage boy. At least Caliborn is sitting still for once. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Singularity -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Aeritus -Duration: 4:55 -References: -- track:ruins -- track:disc2-cosmic-caretakers -- Nova Solis -- Isle Unto Thyself -Art Tags: Cherubs -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/singularity -- https://youtu.be/Gfb17_RW2M0 -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - This track originates from an idea I had in 2014 to make a track about Calliope and Caliborn's parents. Five years later, it's finally done, stitched together from the composition and/or actual audio clips of like 4 FLPs (I went through about 6, all in all). Funnily enough, the scribbles I had for this song in 2014 then are completely different composition-wise from what ended up being made, but the narrative loosely remains in this track: the cherubs' mother drifts through space, searching for her mate. She spots him, taking off at full speed, following him as he leaves a trail of destruction across the universe. Their eventual meeting is tense, cold. Saying nothing, they transform into unfathomable astral serpents, and battle to create the most innocent muse and most shitheaded gremlin to ever exist. - I attribute the latter half of this track to listening to a lot of Hawaii: Part II, which is also sampled at the end. Listen to Hawaii: Part II. - <b><i>Ephemerald:</i></b> - The game of choice for cherubs seems to be chess, or at least, some neon-green candy-red shitty-twist variant of the game, but I'm getting real playing card motifs here. Two identical, serpentine warriors, millions and millions of miles long, locked in a symmetrical whirlwind of a strife. Reminds me of the art to [[track:noirscape]] back on Volume 9, though that's a more literal example. The spiraling, iconic egg in the middle, shining like a light in the darkness, is a very clear reminder of what these two are fighting for: the right to force their opponent to give birth to literally the worst entity in all of existence. But I suppose it didn't matter who won or who lost. After all, he was already there. -Lyrics: - Then all the planets fell to dust -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: It's Ogre -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 3:03 -References: All Star, Eridan's Theme, I'm A Believer, Violet Prince -Art Tags: Eridan, Shrek -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/its-ogre-bonus -- https://youtu.be/yqm6Fw8LHUU -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - I was struck by divine inspiration 2 hours ago and now this exists, you're welcome - <i>Jas:</i> - I hate myself for making this and yet diff --git a/album/deltarune-ch1-ost.txt b/album/deltarune-ch1-ost.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 400c4871..00000000 --- a/album/deltarune-ch1-ost.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,306 +0,0 @@ -Album: DELTARUNE Chapter 1 OST -Directory: deltarune-ch1-ost -Artist: Toby Fox -Cover Art: Toby Fox -Wallpaper Art: Toby Fox -Wallpaper Style: - image-rendering: pixelated; - image-rendering: crisp-edges; - background-position-y: 25%; -Has Track Art: no -Date: November 1, 2018 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #00e4fe -Groups: -- UNDERTALE & DELTARUNE -- Toby Fox -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/album/deltarune-chapter-1-ost -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBwTHHiRquMtgQwtuL2NGqle9QDguhwvH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ANOTHER HIM -Duration: 0:48 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/another-him -- https://youtu.be/NNYfXTUTuyA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beginning -Directory: beginning-deltarune -Duration: 0:57 -References: Don't Forget, Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/beginning -- https://youtu.be/OHhgmjijRWg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: School -Duration: 1:20 -References: Don't Forget, Snowdin Town -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/school -- https://youtu.be/MVTmvDQwX2k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Susie -Duration: 0:27 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/susie -- https://youtu.be/M-9qmTg_Xsc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Door -Duration: 0:41 -References: Nightmare Knight -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/the-door -- https://youtu.be/VuM5pBqV4fM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cliffs -Duration: 0:35 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/cliffs -- https://youtu.be/ayuCfK1218s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Chase -Duration: 0:33 -References: The Door -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/the-chase -- https://youtu.be/m9vD-_xYUwI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Legend -Duration: 1:51 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/the-legend -- https://youtu.be/CDH2MjvFGC0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lancer -Directory: lancer-deltarune -Duration: 0:48 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/lancer -- https://youtu.be/GhUEIy9j3b4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rude Buster -Duration: 1:15 -References: Determination -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/rude-buster -- https://youtu.be/xYVhUjee-oM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Empty Town -Duration: 1:23 -References: The Legend -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/empty-town -- https://youtu.be/MjpukFi_CW0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Weird Birds -Duration: 0:16 -References: One Fateful Night -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/weird-birds -- https://youtu.be/HlcNLYnhb0w -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Field of Hopes and Dreams -Duration: 2:41 -References: Don't Forget -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/field-of-hopes-and-dreams -- https://youtu.be/PhhGEA_317w -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fanfare -Directory: fanfare-deltarune -Duration: 0:15 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/fanfare-from-rose-of-winter -- https://youtu.be/_HxWaQhb7zc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lantern -Duration: 1:08 -References: The Legend, Determination -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/lantern -- https://youtu.be/r9Wc9a2uD3c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm Very Bad -Duration: 0:13 -References: track:lancer-deltarune -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/im-very-bad -- https://youtu.be/YetdpAvNPEc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Checker Dance -Duration: 1:18 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/checker-dance -- https://youtu.be/FfaYudbw9hA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Quiet Autumn -Duration: 0:49 -References: Quiet Water, Scarlet Forest -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/quiet-autumn -- https://youtu.be/Lyswkjw3U9Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Scarlet Forest -Duration: 2:08 -References: Don't Forget -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/scarlet-forest -- https://youtu.be/xxSpXQDOcAo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Thrash Machine -Duration: 0:54 -References: track:lancer-deltarune -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/thrash-machine -- https://youtu.be/ONlbHu7aDNI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vs. Lancer -Duration: 0:42 -References: -- track:lancer-deltarune -- The Chase -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/vs-lancer -- https://youtu.be/gQZxGRucsMQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Basement -Duration: 0:27 -References: Card Castle -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/basement -- https://youtu.be/9y8UXb7KfgU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Imminent Death -Duration: 0:20 -References: Your Best Nightmare -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/imminent-death -- https://youtu.be/nedqvk48HWo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vs. Susie -Duration: 1:21 -References: Your Best Nightmare, Susie -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/vs-susie -- https://youtu.be/SBHgJzYNR6s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Card Castle -Duration: 1:01 -References: -- track:lancer-deltarune -- Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/card-castle -- https://youtu.be/Euc8VllYbOU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rouxls Kaard -Duration: 0:19 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/rouxls-kaard -- https://youtu.be/5LcT1OubJsE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: April 2012 -Duration: 0:20 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/april-2012 -- https://youtu.be/Y5EvDuQoF9E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hip Shop -Duration: 0:39 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/hip-shop -- https://youtu.be/Taxlj7nG4RY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gallery -Duration: 0:12 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/gallery -- https://youtu.be/pOWoeXfNpXU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chaos King -Duration: 1:46 -References: -- Card Castle -- track:lancer-deltarune -- The Legend -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/chaos-king -- https://youtu.be/fFsTQCSYY4Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Darkness Falls -Duration: 1:06 -References: ANOTHER HIM -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/darkness-falls -- https://youtu.be/FSn4p1Xx7NU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Circus -Duration: 0:51 -References: The Legend -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/the-circus -- https://youtu.be/tpIkEnzGd5U -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: THE WORLD REVOLVING -Duration: 1:41 -References: The Door, Don't Forget -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/the-world-revolving -- https://youtu.be/8gkTtNefxws -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Friendship -Duration: 2:40 -References: Don't Forget -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/friendship -- https://youtu.be/l5D6Nfe7AMs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: THE HOLY -Duration: 0:48 -References: Determination -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/the-holy -- https://youtu.be/1lHuP00QbMU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Your Power -Duration: 0:13 -References: Don't Forget -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/your-power -- https://youtu.be/hLG_tNvSHek -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Town Called Hometown -Duration: 1:53 -References: The Legend, Don't Forget, Snowdin Town -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/a-town-called-hometown -- https://youtu.be/HMLrsPnk7dg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You Can Always Come Home -Duration: 1:40 -References: -- track:home-undertale -- Once Upon a Time -- Don't Forget -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/you-can-always-come-home -- https://youtu.be/LJ2XM3fpVQk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Don't Forget -Artist: Laura Shigihara, Toby Fox -Duration: 0:51 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/dont-forget -- https://youtu.be/PEPbUhHhECU -Lyrics: - When the light is running low<br>And the shadows start to grow<br>And the places that you know<br>Seem like fantasy - There's a light inside your soul<br>That's still shining in the cold<br>With the truth<br>The promise in our hearts - Don't forget<br>I'm with you in the dark -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Before the Story -Duration: 1:28 -References: Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/before-the-story -- https://youtu.be/niSJhhpBqjU diff --git a/album/desynced-vol-1.txt b/album/desynced-vol-1.txt deleted file mode 100644 index aa758402..00000000 --- a/album/desynced-vol-1.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,233 +0,0 @@ -Album: Desynced Vol. 1 -Cover Art: Dizzy -Date: February 7, 2020 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: #adadad -Groups: -- Desynced -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/album/desynced-vol-1 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Y9dl628mn-qwJlhtZw_Q42oxpA18b -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sunrise -Directory: sunrise-desynced -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 3:05 -References: Daughter -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/sunrise -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eJntaowesQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cutest Companion -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Phos -Duration: 1:10 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/cutest-companion -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbmazT8201M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Winds of Change -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Siedlag -Duration: 2:43 -References: Daughter, Cooldown -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/winds-of-change -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJc4gcozzkc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Temporal Guardian -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Jules -Duration: 2:32 -References: Bedelia, Daughter -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/temporal-guardian -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clrX3zdsX94 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Daughter (Short Ver.) -Artist: Dizzy -Track Art: wumby -Duration: 0:57 -References: Daughter, Cooldown -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/daughter-short-ver -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRQm12ryKEM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Very Forgiving Kind of Guy -Artist: Levc -Track Art: wumby -Duration: 2:12 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/a-very-forgiving-kind-of-guy -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb_G_gZyAo0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cooldown -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Siedlag -Duration: 3:13 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/cooldown -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPht5CPa6h4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Behind the Door -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 1:32 -References: -- Cooldown -- Temporal Guardian -- Daughter -- Desynced Anthem -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/behind-the-door -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK-VJO4x_B8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Eclipse -Artist: Net -Track Art: Net -Duration: 1:21 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/eclipse -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxqZpRIUrik -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Witch Hunting -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:13 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/witch-hunting -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enfgR2b-6rY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Alpha Admission -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 3:46 -References: -- Temporal Guardian -- Cooldown -- Daughter -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/alpha-admission -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3uV9X1Itz4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: We'll Be Right Back -Artist: Chris Hafling -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:06 -References: -- Vexation -- Escapade -- Liquid Negrocity -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/well-be-right-back-2 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GshW0kZKF9Y -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Daughter -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: wumby -Duration: 1:57 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/daughter -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1pGmqcIMc4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Am I You? -Artist: salex_r3kt -Track Art: Protomans -Duration: 2:57 -References: Lunar Dance -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/am-i-you -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z-lbIeoh3o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lady -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 1:57 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/lady-2 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W27HpjVqPnQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mother Dearest -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Protomans -Duration: 4:17 -References: Daughter -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/mother-dearest -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z145OjEWRI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Noir -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:13 -References: Escapade -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/noir -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASvQBj3cXlY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lullaby for a Drifter -Artist: Chris Hafling -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:26 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/lullaby-for-a-drifter -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8k1__tyC6I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mirror Mirror -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:40 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/mirror-mirror-2 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSVYHT2oZlY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lunar Dance -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Phos -Duration: 4:10 -References: -- Desynced Anthem -- Vexation -- track:alpha-admission -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/lunar-dance -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJIvrlQuDHA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Escapade -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 3:22 -References: Liquid Negrocity -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/escapade-2 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXt6Kx5nGcY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Desynced Anthem -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 3:03 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/desynced-anthem -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMy2xTOcgEI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Daughter (PX Tone) -Artist: Chris Hafling -Track Art: Dizzy, Jules -Duration: 2:18 -References: Daughter -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSRW86lVkxI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Happy Anthem -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Levc -Duration: 1:32 -References: Desynced Anthem -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GT1gfoPYMs diff --git a/album/desynced-vol-2.txt b/album/desynced-vol-2.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 79d54dd3..00000000 --- a/album/desynced-vol-2.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,334 +0,0 @@ -Album: Desynced Vol. 2 -Cover Art: Dizzy -Date: June 19, 2020 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: #667bd8 -Groups: -- Desynced -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/album/desynced-vol-2 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Y9dl628nyJMzP2s-hwYbnpmqTYVpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skanthem -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:48 -References: -- Daughter -- Cooldown -- Desynced Anthem -- Lunar Dance -- Vexation -- A Very Forgiving Kind of Guy -- Winds of Change -- Mirror Mirror -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/skanthem -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJxxa-5Zjm4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Light of the Sun -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:22 -References: Sunsetter -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/light-of-the-sun -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFA2YHPlICg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Friends to the End -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Jules -Duration: 2:41 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/friends-to-the-end -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EezvGa6nqa0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heart of the Land -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 1:41 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/heart-of-the-land -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1WH25bRJ0g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heartbreaker -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: wumby -Duration: 2:09 -References: Mirror Mirror -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/heartbreaker -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiNB-v_kyvU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tsukuyomi -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Jeremy Boznango -Duration: 2:50 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/tsukuyomi -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MM0ehBmvAE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: What was Ya'll Thinking? -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:38 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/what-was-yall-thinking -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQtixQLqVeM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Do You Dream of Electric Sheep? -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 3:09 -References: track:asimov-3 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/do-you-dream-of-electric-sheep -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkIYYmuRx0s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Egress -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 2:38 -References: -- Mirror Mirror -- track:alpha-admission -- Daughter -- Mother Dearest -- Escapade -- Tsukuyomi -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/egress -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmmVlnnO6zk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chat -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Jeremy Boznango -Duration: 2:53 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/chat -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG1CpnBSQU4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Town of Breath -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Sal -Duration: 1:02 -References: Heart of the Land -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/town-of-breath -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RbQLOr6Pi4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Desynsamba -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Jeremy Boznango -Duration: 1:47 -References: -- Desynced Anthem -- Light of the Sun -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/desynsamba -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruiZ7CuCtB0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Her Loving Embrace -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 1:38 -References: -- Mother Dearest -- Daughter -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/her-loving-embrace -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSW2lLe-r6M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Evanhenare1 -Artist: Net -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 0:43 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/evanhenare1 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs97JiNiArE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Temporal Guardian - Electro Swing Remix -Artist: Spad3s -Track Art: Jules -Duration: 2:06 -References: Temporal Guardian -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/temporal-guardian-electro-swing-remix -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ1Cp6QE_vg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Allegro -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Jeremy Boznango -Duration: 2:38 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/allegro -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAUyv1aD7GA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lee's Theme -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 1:33 -Art Tags: -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/lees-theme -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4mU-OvIILw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: PSYCHO -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 2:12 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/psycho -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEmI1tsaPmo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bloodstained Camellias -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Jules -Duration: 1:40 -References: -- Lunar Dance -- Tsukuyomi -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/bloodstained-camellias -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv4_wSgZyZM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Inner Demons -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 3:42 -References: Daughter -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/inner-demons -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnsLHAt_CGM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hell Riders -Artist: SerialSymphony -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 3:47 -Art Tags: -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/hell-riders -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOfg95SfI3w -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Puppet Master -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:07 -References: -- Amalgam -- A Very Forgiving Kind of Guy -- Heartbreaker -- Mirror Mirror -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/puppet-master -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqTzZO7_sD0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rocket Power -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:28 -References: -- Cooldown -- Escapade -- Light of the Sun -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/rocket-power -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCL3OxwHfy4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ASIMOV 3つの法律 (Lofi Beats to Engineer alone to) -Directory: asimov-3 -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:08 -References: Desynced Anthem -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/asimov-3-lofi-beats-to-engineer-alone-to -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyj6sQKSChY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pugnae Pythonissam -Artist: Levc -Track Art: serpaz -Duration: 3:38 -References: -- Daughter -- Cooldown -- Desynced Anthem -- Friends to the End -- Mother Dearest -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/pugnae-pythonissam -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZONu3nHFoQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Void of the Moon -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 3:00 -References: Light of the Sun -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/void-of-the-moon -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9PgRllP-gY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Desynced -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:39 -References: Desynced Anthem -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/desynced -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiuX1hjknmw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Celestial Blaze -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:47 -References: -- Light of the Sun -- Desynced Anthem -- Daughter -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/celestial-blaze -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUr_v-Kspbs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vantablack -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 3:38 -References: -- Void of the Moon -- Desynced Anthem -- Daughter -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/vantablack -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5SU3rpk-f8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Arrival -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 6:56 -References: -- Daughter (Short Ver.) -- track:alpha-admission -- Fate of the Heir -- Vexation -- Escapade -- Noir -- Cutest Companion -- Temporal Guardian -- Heartbreaker -- Mother Dearest -- Cooldown -- A Very Forgiving Kind of Guy -- Lunar Dance -- Light of the Sun -- track:eclipse -- Town of Breath -- Lee's Theme -- Daughter -- Desynced Anthem -- Battle! (Elite Four) -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/arrival -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nButQ164PQ diff --git a/album/diverging-delicacies.txt b/album/diverging-delicacies.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 6df12dd4..00000000 --- a/album/diverging-delicacies.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,450 +0,0 @@ -Album: Diverging Delicacies -Cover Art: Ephemerald -Banner Art: Ephemerald -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Date: March 1, 2020 -Date Added: March 1, 2020 -Color: #f2a400 -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/diverging-delicacies -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1fTYKSo2grAJ--CZjFkFeFa3Uy6-xV4x -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Prologue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Greetings from Earth C! -Artist: pizzagremlin -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 0:55 -References: Homestuck -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/greetings-from-earth-c -- https://youtu.be/ZkVkyMJ1DMY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hauntological Nightmares -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Tipsy -Duration: 5:39 -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade -- Tavros -- Nepeta -- Terezi -- Eridan -References: -- Heir Transparent -- Spirit of Storms -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hauntological-nightmares -- https://youtu.be/nZnE7pIikmI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Decision | The Division -Artist: Viko Riféo -Track Art: BlueAmethyst -Duration: 2:01 -References: -- The Paradox Paradigm -Art Tags: -- John -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-decision-the-division -- https://youtu.be/da3L1DMzvUw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Meat Epilogue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: [MEAT EPILOGUE | 🥩] -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:08 -References: -- The Paradox Paradigm -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/meat-epilogue -- https://youtu.be/j2t6H7oLODE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Party God -Artist: Cristata -Track Art: Crystalrina -Duration: 3:58 -References: -- Umbral Ultimatum -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/party-god -- https://youtu.be/Qd-q9su2Sqg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Constituent Hearts -Artist: Ucklin -Track Art: BlueAmethyst -Duration: 2:11 -References: -- English -- Horsecatska -- track:s-dirk-unite-synchronization-with-lyrics -- Whistling Jackhammer -- Austin, Atlantis -- Stress -- Sweet Dreams, Timaeus -- Moonsetter -- timaeusAmplified -- Battle Brotocol -- Brobot Scrimmage -- Eternity Served Cold -- WORST END -- Strider Showdown -- Character Theme for Dirk Strider -- I Am An Island -- Dominion -- Orange Hat -- Rematch -- Shut Me Down -- track:synchronize-fansong -- Good Morning, Dirk -- Heart Beat -- The Engineer -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/constituent-hearts -- https://youtu.be/TLrTXAea_Pw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Cyan Experience -Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 3:44 -References: -- Homestuck Anthem -- Cyan Beast -- First Steps -Art Tags: -- Jane -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-cyan-experience -- https://youtu.be/EKUHV3OmLS0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: THE RAREST. AND MOST INTERPRETIVE. DANCE MEATCABRE. -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Aeritus -Duration: 3:03 -References: -- Singularity -- HOMOSUCK. DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION. -- Eternity Served Cold -- Austin, Atlantis -- Purple Bard -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Horschestra -- Homosuck Swan Song -- Penumbra Phantasm -- The Lyrist -- The Paradox Paradigm -- Swing of the Clock -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -- Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-rarest-and-most-interpretive-dance-meatcabre -- https://youtu.be/uP5-_gKkDWM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Irrelevance Event Horizon -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 4:22 -References: -- Ecstasy -- Even in Death -- Spider8reath -- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Retconjuration -- Conflict! -- Homestuck -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/irrelevance-event-horizon -- https://youtu.be/he0MFbIDcLM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Betrayed -Artist: Joe Ouellet -Track Art: swanfire -Duration: 2:09 -References: -- Horschestra -- Sunsetter -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/betrayed -- https://youtu.be/0u51YWNfNJ8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gone in a moment -Artist: Not Eno -Track Art: ricemilk -Duration: 7:12 -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Flare -Art Tags: -- John -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gone-in-a-moment -- https://youtu.be/3tE1U0MubAU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I Am Ascending (And It Is Terrible) -Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: Spades -Duration: 7:09 -References: -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- Lilith in Starlight -- At The Price of Oblivion -- track:aggrieve -- Flare -- track:endless-climb -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-ascending-and-it-is-terrible -- https://youtu.be/Bs51Pzlg2oM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Come -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 3:45 -References: -- Limelight -- Voidlight -- track:canwave3-track6 -- Glide -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Alternate Calliope -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/come -- https://youtu.be/zLC2UzTf6Oc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Kamina Burana (Ascend to the highest point of the building) -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 3:56 -Directory: kamina-burana -References: -- Orange Hat -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/kamina-burana-ascend-to-the-highest-point-of-the-building -- https://youtu.be/so_TCLyrLiQ -Commentary: - <i>Mikkynga:</i> - Also bonus art because i read the wrong part of the epilogues at first but i liked it anyway and i couldn't just let it die: - <img src="media/misc/kamina-burana-bonus.jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Giving Up the Ghost -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: ricemilk -Duration: 4:59 -References: Lifdoff -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Jane -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/giving-up-the-ghost -- https://youtu.be/Rp3KuUqhyew -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pursuit in Polykrome -Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: swanfire -Duration: 3:48 -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -- Rose -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pursuit-in-polykrome -- https://youtu.be/gF6mK3p-ebw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Candy Epilogue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: [CANDY EPILOGUE | 🍭] -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:08 -References: The Paradox Paradigm -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/candy-epilogue -- https://youtu.be/C6wP1FPHMKQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Athazagoraphobia -Artist: Toris Crow -Track Art: BlueAmethyst -Duration: 4:04 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/athazagoraphobia -- https://youtu.be/iBL47c9fdao -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Repentance Galore -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: cherry bomb bunny -Duration: 2:11 -References: -- Heir of Grief -- Theme -- Purple Bard -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/repentance-galore -- https://youtu.be/wBbViIX0mtg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: RUMBLE IN DA PUMPKIN PATCH -Artist: pizzagremlin -Track Art: Nerd -Duration: 2:39 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rumble-in-da-pumpkin-patch -- https://youtu.be/DxqrNE23vbM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Remember Me When I Am Gone Away -Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Track Art: Cosmic -Duration: 4:28 -References: -- Remember -- Homestuck Anthem -- Do You Remem8er Me -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Infinity Mechanism -Art Tags: -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/remember-me-when-i-am-gone-away -- https://youtu.be/EWYC2KfuJR8 -Lyrics: - Remember me when I am gone away,<br>Gone far away into the silent land;<br>When you can no more hold me by the hand,<br>Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. - Remember me when no more day by day<br>You tell me of our future that you planned:<br>Only remember me; you understand<br>It will be late to counsel then or pray. - Yet if you should forget me for a while<br>And afterwards remember, do not grieve:<br>For if the darkness and corruption leave<br>A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,<br>Better by far you should forget and smile<br>Than that you should remember and be sad. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dirk's Dreamers -Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: Skyplayer -Duration: 2:45 -References: -- Derse Dreamers -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- cw: hanging -- cw: decapitation -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dirks-dreamers -- https://youtu.be/IS8RH6q_BT0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ghost Hole -Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 4:38 -References: -- English -- The Lemonsnout Turnabout -- Penumbra Phantasm -- track:MeGaLoVania -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- Courser -- Lotus -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- John -- Dave -- Rufioh -- Nepeta -- Kanaya -- Eridan -- Davepeta -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ghost-hole -- https://youtu.be/85EflC57Ob0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heritage for the Future -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: swanfire, Jas -Duration: 6:30 -References: -- Throwdown -- Homefree -Art Tags: -- Harry -- Tavvy -- Vrissy -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/heritage-for-the-future -- https://youtu.be/f763w-WggT8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: That's Kind of Xenophobic -Artist: pizzagremlin -Track Art: swanfire -Duration: 3:40 -Art Tags: -- Jane -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thats-kind-of-xenophobic -- https://youtu.be/4FPRlDtAotY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Floor Is Faygo -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Tipsy -Duration: 3:30 -Art Tags: -- Jake -- Tavvy -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-floor-is-faygo -- https://youtu.be/8bTMmWrpTas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Universal Remission -Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Contributors: OneDragonArmy (Additional vocals) -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 4:07 -References: Galactic Cancer -Art Tags: -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/universal-remission -- https://youtu.be/9XDabvQKu0g -Lyrics: - The moon cracks through the cave roof above,<br>Illuminates our gambits all in pale, wan white.<br>Amidst the scattered remnants of ill-fated love,<br>A last bid for freedom in the arms of the knight. - The blood remembers a dream of the sea, the scars in scattershot filigree.<br>See through the eyes, the eyes of the child, the old, haunted forests stretch out whispering and wild. - We have cracked the heavens themselves apart,<br>And their numbers are joined with our own,<br>Against the wretched, bitter heart,<br>That sets our world ablaze with drones. - The reverend mother's bones grow dolorous with vines, upon the shores of the great oceans, sometimes pale moonlight shines,<br>Twin eyes glare from the Alternian sky, where from time to time her graceless warships drift by. - We will paint the firmament in flame,<br>Offer up our blood in sacrifice,<br><i>Sic semper tyrannis</i>, a baptism,<br>In the milk of paradise. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Postscript (Sugar Mix) -Artist: pizzagremlin -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 2:00 -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/postscript-sugar-mix -- https://youtu.be/bubehcEzTVs diff --git a/album/election-season.txt b/album/election-season.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 5f932a94..00000000 --- a/album/election-season.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,210 +0,0 @@ -Album: Election Season -Cover Art: Dizzy -Date: January 10, 2021 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: #d34b11 -Groups: -- Desynced -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/album/election-season -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Under the Sun -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 3:39 -References: -- Light of the Sun -- Saving Grace -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-sun -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfn8V83KGQI&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Saving Grace -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Jeremy Boznango -Duration: 2:58 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/saving-grace -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYuRM5AE0sw&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Antigone -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 2:43 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/antigone -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJI3zxxjAMQ&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Capitalistmania -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Jeremy Boznango -Duration: 3:28 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/capitalistmania -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBs4BUv-yPA&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Strange Signals -Artist: SpilledCereals -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:43 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/strange-signals -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4BlL4_I_Jk&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Divine Counsel -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Jeremy Boznango -Duration: 1:48 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/divine-counsel -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRcBF-7hJck&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Absolution -Artist: Spad3s -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 6:11 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/absolution -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us0shvsCpJA&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Breath Suspense -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:45 -References: -- Inner Demons -- Light of the Sun -Art Tags: -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/breath-suspense -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZjtZGTlMY0&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Daylight Dreamers -Artist: salex_r3kt -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 4:47 -References: -- Daughter -- Mirror Mirror -- Lunar Dance -- Embryonic -- Vexation -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/daylight-dreamers -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBO_xLF04Uc&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Embryonic -Artist: salex_r3kt -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:57 -References: -- Light of the Sun -- Desynced Anthem -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/embryonic -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H83_nZedm30&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: INTERMISSION: Switch the Station -Directory: switch-the-station -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Jeremy Boznango -Duration: 1:50 -References: -- Light of the Sun -- Void of the Moon -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/intermission-switch-the-station -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y86jo36KYr8&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Under the Moon -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 2:27 -References: Void of the Moon -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-moon -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsrTLB_LtzM&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snake-Eyes! -Artist: Spad3s -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 3:56 -References: Noir -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/snake-eyes -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwVBOXT8HHU&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Dime a Dozen -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:33 -References: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/a-dime-a-dozen -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVMAJuoffYI&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Man of Many Passions -Artist: SpilledCereals -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 1:44 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/man-of-many-passions -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOTMqd9uzb0&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gleeful Club -Artist: SpilledCereals -Track Art: Mikkynga -Duration: 4:14 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/gleeful-club-2 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktShSQj-ayI&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Désaffectée -Directory: desaffectee -Artist: SpilledCereals -Track Art: Jeremy Boznango -Duration: 3:39 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/d-saffect-e -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=927GQrN1uxk&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pokerface -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 2:17 -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/pokerface -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt7SIwTmSgc&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ain't Jack but Jack -Artist: Spad3s -Track Art: Levc -Duration: 0:40 -References: Noir -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/aint-jack-but-jack -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlJHkIrs4IE&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Twilight Dreamers -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 2:54 -References: -- Mirror Mirror -- What was Ya'll Thinking? -- Do You Dream of Electric Sheep? -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/twilight-dreamers -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qYgeQLK3zg&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gestalt -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Dizzy -Duration: 4:00 -References: Void of the Moon -URLs: -- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/gestalt -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ekVnZm29kw&list=PLAP2Y9dl628ntIo7zpcNDAr5R-7q6Z5_H&index=21 diff --git a/album/electric-daydreams.txt b/album/electric-daydreams.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 1a3a3c82..00000000 --- a/album/electric-daydreams.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,487 +0,0 @@ -Album: Electric Daydreams -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Cover Art: Michael Guy Bowman -Has Track Art: no -Date: November 22, 2016 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: #d15d34 -Groups: -- Michael Guy Bowman -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/electric-daydreams -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mSKmyelfcGkm9w7Ex-cmUC1PI5peXGP4k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Wild Years -Duration: 3:35 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-wild-years -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stFYm4iM74c -Lyrics: - Oh, the Wild Years - You're wondering why the world is the way the world is - Oh, the wilderness - You don't know where to go or who to know or what you've missed - - You're looking everywhere for something new - Do all the things you always wanted to - Live on the highway and sleep in the car - Bathe in the ocean and love in the bar - - Oh, the wild - Oh, the Wild Years - Oh, the Wild Years, the Wild Years, the Wild Years - Oh, the wild - Oh, the Wild Years - Oh, the Wild Years, the Wild Years - - Oh, the Wild Years - You're wondering why the people are the way the people are - Oh, the wilderness - Nowhere you've ever been has ever been so very far - - You're prowling in the allies like a cat - Crashing on open floors and yoga mats - Your shirts are dirty and your teeth are green - But all you want is what you haven't seen - - Oh, the wild - Oh, the Wild Years - Oh, the Wild Years, the Wild Years, the Wild Years - Oh, the wild - Oh, the Wild Years - Oh, the Wild Years, the Wild Years, the Wild Years - Oh, the wild - Oh, the Wild Years - Oh, the Wild Years, the Wild Years, the Wild Years - Oh, the wild - Oh, the Wild Years - Oh, the Wild Years, the Wild Years, the Wild Years, the Wild Years - - Wild Years - Give some away to the way that you're on - Wild Years - Let people say they can't say where you've gone - Wild Years - Live for the light of the dusk and the dawn - Oh, those Wild Years - - Oh, the Wild Years - You're wondering why the world is the way the world is - Oh, the wilderness - You've got to have a life to have the right to reminisce - - You might seem crazy, and you may well be - You're paying the price of living fantasy - And if you can't recall the reason why - Look where the empty highway meets the sky -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Touch My Brain -Duration: 3:15 -Contributors: -- Hallie (backup vocals) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/touch-my-brain -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDSFFIwuyRE -Lyrics: - I've been turning on and off the radio - Looking for a way to go, a way to win - - Skimming through the books and watching every show - There's too much to know, plug me in - - And oh, how I'd like to be there with you - On your level, in your memories, on your plane - And oh, how I'd die just to share with you - Crack me open - Happy groping - Touch my brain - - I can deal with scanners and inception - My reception is open wide - 'Cause I believe in making true connection - Full injection, crawl inside - - And oh, how I know you'll be happy here - Full steam ahead mate, it's my dream boat, break champaign - And oh, how you'll flow through my hopes and fears - In the background - Set the trap now - Touch my brain - - Have mercy, have mercy - I'm getting so thirsty - My dendrites don't bend right - I need them to mend right - The wonders are plundered - So you're going under - I'll keep you, we'll creep - To the light at the end - - Get behind the drywall in the wiring - You're inspiring, breaking ground - The waves of change are breaking in my wavelength - I have saved strength, it's found - - And wow, what a cow I must seem to you - Fistulated, reinflated by your will - And oh, what a show it really is, you know - Time to strap in - Make it happen - Touch my brain - - Okay, now you're touching my brain - I don't really like it - Get out -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: We Don't Know Anything -Track Art: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 4:37 -Contributors: -- Hallie (backup vocals) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/we-dont-know-anything -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=985UOax3Lok -Lyrics: - We don’t know anything about love - We just know what’s on the TV - We don’t know anything about life - We just know what we like to see - - We don’t read books - We sometimes look - But we always fall asleep - We follow trends - And lose our friends - - We don’t know anything about truth - We just know where we’re going to stand - We don’t know anything about choice - We just get movies on demand - - We don’t know how - We just fell down - From the fryer to the floor - We lost our taste - And went to waste - - Oh, we don’t know anything at all - Not the strangers down the hall - Not the numbers that we call - Oh, we don’t know anything at all - Not the date and not the year - Not the reason why we’re here - - We don’t know when to sleep or wake up - We just know when we’re out of drugs - We don’t know how to date or break up - We just communicate with shrugs - - We don’t know where - We ought to stare - When the picture’s going black - Nothing to do - No hint or clue - - We don’t know how it got to this point - We just forgot to turn the dial - We don’t know anyone in this joint - We just know we might be a while - - What good are facts? - I can’t relax - When the news is always bad - Don’t look outside - No matter what - - Friends, we don’t know anything - And by now we can’t even tell - The food in the kitchen is rotten - And so are we! - But at this point, it’s how we smell - So when you’re bored - And you’re hungry - And you’re tired - And you don’t want to go out - Well, there’s a screen in every room - And every pocket - So tune it all out, because you’re tuning in - To what we’re shoving right through your socket - - Oh, we don’t know anything at all - Why the good things feel bad - Why the music makes you sad - Oh, we don’t know anything at all - Not the right and not the wrong - Not the meaning of this song -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wherever We Go -Duration: 3:09 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/wherever-we-go -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r_oulVo9nY -Lyrics: - Wherever we go - I'm sure we'll be fine - Let's get out the door - And go down the line - Pull out the maps - We're taking a lap 'round the signs - - Wherever we go - There's something to do - So just name a place - I'll leave it to you - We're painting the town - Circling round - Passing through - - Oh, wherever we go, we go - Oh, whatever we know, we know - Oh, we've got such a long way to go - - Wherever we go - It's one of those days - Out in the sun - Under the haze - There's nothing to lose - Whatever we choose - Is OK - - Wherever we go - Is where I wanna be - The high and the low life - It's all fine by me - Up 'til it's late - I just wanna wait - And see - - Oh, wherever we go, we go - Oh, whatever we know, we know - Oh, we've got such a long way to go - - Wherever we go, we go, oh no - Whatever we know, we know, oh no - Wherever we go, we go, we go -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm Seeing Everything -Duration: 3:25 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/im-seeing-everything -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu45ChIEZNY -Lyrics: - There's nothing wrong with walking through your door - So long as I can cover up my tracks - I mosey round your room while you are gone - I'll be out before you're even back - - And I'm not taking anything - I'm just touching everything - The dirty dishes on your stove - The pockets in your fancy clothes - And I'm not missing anything - I'm just feeling everything - The scent of you upon your sheets - Your toothbrush against my grinning teeth - - There's nothing wrong with looking through the glass - So long as you don't see me through the blinds - I'm never bored, no matter what you do - I always want to know what's on your mind - - And I'm not taking anything - I'm just part of everything - 'Cause everything you have is shared - As long as you don't know I'm there - And I'm not missing anything - I'm just into everything - The stuff you hide beneath the bed - I wonder what's inside your head - But I'm not taking anything - I'm just seeing everything - The food you cook, the way you sleep - The jokes you laugh at on TV - And I'm not missing anything - I'm just loving everything - But now you're getting much too high - You're crashing out, I don't know why - - Your vomit is red - Oh God, are you dead? - You're falling to the floor - You can't reach the phone - You're in there alone - I'm breaking down your door - You're barely awake - Your body could break - I don't know what to do - But your car's in the back - And your key's on the rack - And now I'm holding you - - And I'm not sure of anything - But you, my dear, are everything - I'm gunning it inside your car - I'm pulling into the ER - And I'm not saying anything - 'Cause now I'm losing everything - They load you on the stretcher now - I leave the keys and bail out - - And now I'm seeing everything - But I'm not saying anything - And now I'm seeing everything - - Two weeks have gone by, and it's good to see you home - But there's bars on the windows, my cover is blown - You're locking the door, and you're closing the blinds - But I'm in the glass when your eyes meet mine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Suicide Hotline -Duration: 2:24 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/suicide-hotline -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqfLWlC7X6U -Lyrics: - All the friends you used to know - Remember how it used to go - With you and them and what they said - And what you're doing now instead - - Swore that you would show 'em all - And leave behind the shopping malls - And water towers and power lines - And climb as high as you can climb - - You can't go back, you're up there now - You're too far out to just come down - There's nothing left to break your fall - And you can't bear to lose it all - - Suicide Hotline - I'm supposed to care, but I don't - I see the stop sign - I should just wait there, but I won't - Suicide Hotline - It's more than I can bear - - Fake a smile, punch a clock - Haul the garbage 'round the block - Give away another year - To proving why you're hanging here - - Conversations never start - Regarding contents of your heart - Full to burst, but nothing's changed - While all the world has rearranged - - Around you in the center of - A halfway life you never loved - If you can't learn to love it now - What little's up could all come down - - Suicide Hotline - I'm supposed to care, but I don't - I see the stop sign - I should just wait there, but I won't - Suicide Hotline - It's more than I can bear - - I'm waiting for an arm to grab me - I'm looking for a net below - I don't see anybody waiting - I've got to let somebody know - - Suicide Hotline - I'm supposed to care, but I don't - I see the stop sign - I should just wait there, but I won't - Suicide Hotline - It's more than I can bear -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tomorrow's Gonna Come -Duration: 3:04 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/tomorrows-gonna-come -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnVW71lwybY -Lyrics: - Every single day, I feel it happening - The moving of the rocks, the tremors and the shocks - Heaven only knows which way it's coming from - But tomorrow's gonna come real soon - - People all along the street - Stumble over on their feet - Always falling down and down and down - Pilots in the windy sky - Don't you ever wonder why - We keep going round and round and round? - - Every single word you say, it takes me there - I've seen it on the news, I feel it in my shoes - I won't sleep at all until the work is done - For tomorrow's gonna come real soon - - And when it comes, I will be there with my open arms - And when I feel it, I will know it can't do me harm - And when the world I know is gone, I'll be moving on - When we change - - Every single television's always on - People in the lines all listening for signs - High up on the hills, I hear the beating drums - For tomorrow's gonna come real soon - - And when it comes, I will be there with my open arms - And when I feel it, I will know it can't do me harm - And when the world I know is gone, I'll be moving on - When we change - - Every single day, I feel it happening - And if you don't believe, just look around and see - Heaven only knows which way it's coming from - But tomorrow's gonna come real soon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Purgatory -Duration: 5:20 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/purgatory -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1zvH8JiPY4 -Lyrics: - Oh Muses guide me, please provide me with your hallowed song - I’ve been to Hell and back, I’m losing track of the road I’m on - Help my recounting of this mountain rising in the dawn - - I’ve been traipsing every terrace up in Purgatory - Crowded by sinner’s souls stripped of every dignity - Carrying the weight of what I’ve done and all the worst of me - - I’m taking the long road - I’m starting the fire - Next time that you see me - I’ll be higher - - I see the pride, I see the envy and the anger now - I see the ones who wait, the ones who take, or just ate out - I see the lovers without love are not without a doubt - - The days are long, we walk in circles while the sun is high - We look for answers if there’s chance for us in Paradise - Heaven knows I will climb unto the stars to make things right - - Oh man, it’s easy from the outside looking in - The stairs are not so tall for those who can begin - Oh, but I’ve been looking so far out of frame - - I focus now upon my feet upon the path - I make the distance, let the step stones do the math - I know the next half of life won’t be the same - - I’m not searching for a sliver of a silver lining - I am taking what is left that I can say is mine - And if the road I’m on is long and winding - Well, you know, it’s fine - - I’ll be drinking from the river at the end of this - And know that when I look into the eyes of Beatrice - I will be purified of all that I no longer miss diff --git a/album/entertaining-sound.txt b/album/entertaining-sound.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 341f5fcf..00000000 --- a/album/entertaining-sound.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,297 +0,0 @@ -Album: entertaining sound -Artist: jan Misali -Cover Art: jan Misali -Track Art: jan Misali -Date: December 14, 2017 -Date Added: May 12, 2021 -Color: #00a38a -Groups: -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/album/entertaining-sound -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JMzlGlvzNs -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - the official Conlang Critic soundtrack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Secretsh -Duration: 1:27 -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/secretsh -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qV4XxDsWpg -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - if conlang critic has a theme song, this is it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dr. Hoper's International Language -Duration: 1:26 -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/dr-hopers-international-language -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bRomo_eD7w -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - this song is from the esperanto episode and nobody liked it. oh well -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Bad Time Is You -Duration: 1:48 -References: -- The Baby is You -- track:megalovania-undertale -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/the-bad-time-is-you -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - toby fox (the undertale guy) wrote a rock opera about mpreg once -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Super Dry Dance -Directory: super-dry-dance-entertaining-sound -Duration: 2:33 -References: -- track:super-dry-dance -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/super-dry-dance-2 -Commrntary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - this is hands down (a chiptune cover of) the best song from earthbound -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Speaking of Meaningless Distinctions -Duration: 0:49 -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/speaking-of-meaningless-distinctions -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - böpgil by sapaa is better than any song on this album, including this one -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Griffin Space Jam -Directory: griffin-space-jam-entertaining-sound -Duration: 1:05 -References: -- track:griffin-space-jam -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/griffin-space-jam -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - this is actually the MOST EXCLUSIVE song on the album! I've never posted this griffin mcelroy remix anywhere UNTIL NOW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: melomane solresol -Duration: 2:28 -References: -- Solresol -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/melomane-solresol -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - there's a song called solresol by melomane and it's a v good song (it's ABOUT solresol, not IN solresol) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: krespo2012 -Duration: 2:15 -References: -- File Select (SM64) -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/krespo2012 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1_49gKZiOE -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - remember when this was a meme -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 2016 but all the best memes happen at the same time -Duration: 2:06 -References: -- We Are Number One -- 0.5x A Presses -- history of japan -- Bouncy Ball -- The Nutshack Intro -- Good Night - Undertale -- POKEMON GO SONG!!! -- Science Blaster -- 7 GRAND DAD -- Snow halation - Love Live! -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/2016-but-all-the-best-memes-happen-at-the-same-time -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xu8YshzxXw -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - remember 2016? what a garbage year. the memes were pretty good though -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: New radio shows? -Duration: 3:57 -References: -- Pumpkin Cravings -- You have got to be about the most superficial commentator on con-langues since the idiotic B. Gilson. -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/new-radio-shows -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zCbq2sFCgY -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - based on a true story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: body -Duration: 1:10 -References: -- All Star -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/body -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LzAfpj46KY -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - I'm not quite sure how to describe this one -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Taako's Good Out Here -Duration: 2:23 -References: -- Deja Vu -- Arms Outstretched -- Crystal Kingdom -- Fantasy Costco Jingle -- All Star -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/taakos-good-out-here -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - strap on your fantasy seatbelts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cascendits -Duration: 4:11 -References: -- Cascade -- Descend -- Ascend -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/cascendits -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - this song was featured in the patreon announcement video and was never released in full because it didn't sound very good -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Toby Fox Has Written Hundreds of Unique Original Songs -Duration: 6:25 -References: -- track:megalovania-undertale -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Oppa Toby Style -- Sunsetter -- track:carefree-victory -- track:crustacean -- Liquid Negrocity -- Once Upon a Time -- Your Best Friend -- Oh! One True Love -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- Undyne -- track:ruins-undertale -- Dogsong -- Nyeh Heh Heh! -- Penumbra Phantasm -- track:doctor -- It's Raining Somewhere Else -- English -- Bergentrückung -- ASGORE -- Heartache -- Memory -- His Theme -- Noisemaster Theme -- Oh Whoa, What's This -- An Apple Disaster!! -- the rose rap -- Seinfeld X -- Stronger Than You -- Science Blaster -- Goodbye To A World -- Slider - Super Mario 64 -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/toby-fox-has-written-hundreds-of-unique-original-songs -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO5V2uogkYc -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - toby "undertale" fox reuses the megalovania chord progression a lot and here's proof -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: oh, 2017? -Duration: 3:18 -References: -- all yor base r blong 2 us -- The Next Episode -- Everybody Everybody -- All Star -- Peanut Butter Jelly Time -- Badgers -- Running in the 90's -- Marisa Stole the Precious Thing -- Never Gonna Give You Up -- Caramelldansen -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! -- Friday -- Gangnam Style -- I knew you were trouble Ft. Screaming goat -- Yee -- track:megalovania-undertale -- We Are Number One -- Wow Wow -- I Really, Really, Really Like This Image -- GLORIOUS MIDI UNICORN -- Classical Gas -- He Not Like the Banana -- Jump Up, Super Star! -- Fireflies -- Voidfish Duet -- what year is it -- Hotel Mario -- Redbone -- Roblox Death Sound -- You have got to be about the most superficial commentator on con-langues since the idiotic B. Gilson. -- Funiculì, Funiculà -- WOAH! -- Two Trucks -- Big Enough -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/oh-2017 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhhRrJm65BU -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - the sequel to the awkwardly titled "[[2016 but all the best memes happen at the same time]]" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: here comes my favorite song from mario odyssey -Duration: 1:18 -References: -- Viva la Vida -- Steam Gardens -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/here-comes-my-favorite-song-from-mario-odyssey -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmBw9Kzv8NE -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - there was a whole controversy about this one that I probably shouldn't get into. anyway sorry about all that, siivagunner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ambidextrous remix -Duration: 2:36 -References: -- Left-Hand Remix -- Right-Hand Remix -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/ambidextrous-remix -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - left hand remix plays in the left ear and right hand remix plays in the right ear -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Song About a Circle Constant -Duration: 2:40 -References: track:a-song-about-a-circle-constant-vi-hart -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/a-song-about-a-circle-constant -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpIY61QW56M -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - I made this cover song in 2015 and it's the only thing I made in 2015 that I still think has any value -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Malblanka Rozo Verda Stelo -Duration: 0:35 -References: -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- La Espero -URLs: -- https://conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/track/malblanka-rozo-verda-stelo -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L98DwKAd3qE -Commentary: - <i>jan Misali:</i> - what if the green sun was actually the esperanto green star game theory diff --git a/album/exceptis-excipiendis.txt b/album/exceptis-excipiendis.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ddc736cc..00000000 --- a/album/exceptis-excipiendis.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,118 +0,0 @@ -Album: Exceptis Excipiendis -Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Date: August 5, 2020 -Date Added: October 10, 2020 -Cover Art: Ephemerald -Has Track Art: no -Color: #d080a1 -Groups: -- Nasqueron -- Beyond -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/album/exceptis-excipiendis -Commentary: - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> - Songs about what happened and what didn't. - For Neil, Silver, Grace, Lexy, Taylor, James. Sam, Jes, Cayleigh, Cynthia, Adam, SplitSuns, Melody, Liam, Jolyne, Clark, Austin, Ana, Alex, Zane, Yuji, tinyds, TwitchyTyrant, JJR, Cryptanark, interrobang, Isabella, cookiefonster, Lea, Beck, Ola, Xizzy, Marie, assorted birds of prey, artists and iconoclasts, and other once, now and future beloveds. For the meek who shall inherit the Earth, and for my ever-tolerant flatmates. Much love all queers from here to the end of all things. Sorry for being a sap. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Basement Window -Duration: 6:12 -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/basement-window -Lyrics: - Spent the summer indoors<br>Waking in the nights<br>Hiding from the rain<br>And the city lights<br>And when the marionette<br>Fell from the roof of the sky<br>We fixed ears to his head<br>And gave him cause to lie - Went down to the petrol station,<br>Bought a pack of chocolate biscuits<br>If there was a time for better decisions<br>I think I probably missed it<br>It was early morning now<br>I lay in bed<br>Wondering what I really knew about you<br>What I never did - No train runs through here<br>I never knew you<br>Won't say your name<br>Won't recognise you<br>When I smile at strangers<br>I smile politely -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Under The Earth -Duration: 4:15 -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-earth -Lyrics: - Bright-vowel open-mouth forced-smile lusting-doubt backless-dress distress-replies white-sheet on-camera sung-account;<br>Blinded-prophet scales-in-hand October-birth reveal-demand I must confess it’s no walk in the park to lead and tail the marching band!<br>To hand is a thin man with points to his teeth,<br>And he stamps his toothpick heels against the darkening beneath!<br>In ram-tam trials and old mout whisper-feel backdoor deals under Oxford brogue feet! - If I could only fold my stomach into itself<br>Lie supine in bed for days until my skin becomes as malleable as putty and all unheavenly physicality departs from me<br>A big love wouldn’t fit a body like mine:<br>It must be a little love,<br>It shies away when the cars honk and hiss,<br>But adores the bells on the horse-tram.<br>Eight,<br>Nine,<br>Ten. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Coruscate -Duration: 4:18 -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/coruscate -Lyrics: - Water, risen in the East,<br>Engine of affusion,<br>Congregating endlessly.<br>Dreamer, woken from your rest,<br>Furnishing your bedroom,<br>Candle-light and ankle rings. - If god is in my head,<br>Where is god in my head?<br>If god is in my head,<br>Where is god in my head? - Brother, I'm sorry that I failed,<br>Cause you would have done better,<br>Managed what I never could.<br>I wish, that I was born with Grace,<br>With god's Noor within me,<br>With fire burning in my blood. - Surat-al-Kafirun,<br>Will you be my defense?<br>Surat-al-Kafirun,<br>Will you be my defense? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: My Folks -Duration: 3:23 -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/my-folks -Lyrics: - A spiral of locusts<br>Rising up out of the elevator shaft<br>Through the metal latticework - There is no light in me<br>This is not a place where bright young hopefuls go to die<br>Father one day you and I will both find peace<br>In the milk-blind eyes of the music box gods. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 97 -Duration: 5:25 -Track Art: Ephemerald -Contributors: William Leonard (drums) -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/97 -Lyrics: - The feet are down on the ground<br>The air is cold<br>The car is westward bound<br>The sun is setting pink and gold - The notions set about<br>Like leaves in fall<br>Fixed stubborn and still<br>As cave paintings on the wall - In my own time<br>In my own time<br>(Upon Cro-Patrick sang aloud)<br>In my own time,br>In my own time<br>(Float for a day above this world of sin) - Dark was the night<br>Deep was the sound<br>Airlines trembled at the sight<br>Heirloom heads sat round - Scratch on the advertising,<br>Pick a better place to die,<br>Spitting, fucking, rising,<br>Soaring, desecrating the sky - Alabaster, ivory walls,<br>That could pass for the clouds,<br>Your social curtain calls,<br>When you walk through the streets in shrouds. - In my own time<br>In my own time<br>(That muttered head to head)<br>In my own time<br>In my own time<br>(Your life can grow much sweeter if you will) - Dark was the night<br>Deep was the sound<br>Airlines trembled at the sight<br>Heirloom heads sat round -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Arbroath -Duration: 4:41 -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/arbroath -Lyrics: - You'll sit preserved forever,<br>A study in perpetual youth;<br>What smoke signals against the dun-coloured sky<br>Profess that wisdom hides like pearls,<br>As though the trees protest or the earth asks why? - Come and learn, you bureaucrats of pure angelic leagues!<br>Beyond your angel souls lies what no man ever conceives!<br>From the moment to the moment all our lives are made of dreams,<br>And only when we step back do our stories stitch together at the seams. - Oh narcissistic impulse!<br>To seek self-realisation,<br>In what? In tied up lipids, peptides, twisting untwisting in wires, cables across floors that sometimes catch my stop-start steps. - But when the outside world bends in<br>Reaching your bed like dark hands from the past<br>And steals-,br>And stole-<br>And will remove from sight<br>Scrawled in diaries, dreams and at last, at last? - Know this, then:<br>These words mean nothing<br>Your death means nothing<br>Your grave is just an empty patch of grass -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Without Eyes -Duration: 6:08 -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/without-eyes -Lyrics: - My violet dress,<br>My fikr-e-farda,<br>I swear I'm trying.<br>Crude image of man,<br>Learns the finer art of dying. - Spine, thigh and breast,Missive from above,<br>My face is painted.<br>Oh blood of my own,<br>Cast your judgement,<br>On a burnished throne. - I am naked, tired out,<br>No strength left in my voice, to shout.<br>Yellow paper, scrawled advice,<br>I tried to be better, once or twice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Maine -Duration: 3:08 -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/maine -Lyrics: - When I stand under the sun I wear the crown of love,<br>But when the night is at its most quiet,<br>I can hear death, against my bedroom window,<br>Bathing my face in pale white light. - Wealth for culture heroes!<br>Medals for the dead!<br>The young must learn respect,<br>And when to bow their heads! - When I was younger I thought that the corporeal was a pyramid reaching up to god.<br>Burnished-steel-helmed and mire-shod<br>But there are faces in the floor which see the feet of man tread by,<br>Telegraphing all the being filling up and reaching out of me. - Splitting off the layers of the skin I live in,<br>He was not a nice man!<br>I got drunk and went to bed instead. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fishhead -Duration: 5:07 -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/fishhead -Track Art: Ephemerald -Lyrics: - [Contenders (doggedly to circle round our driftwood/bracken beds)]: What does it take to grind our legacies down into dust and blood,<br>[Sowing fields with royal slips (read seeds),]<br>And what does only fury (pink and wild) buy for her daughters<br>You and I: Our dowry from the clinic bought us gifts to build our own ideas, our legacies of dust and blood and tablets under reconstructed gaping eyes; what other lies to mother and to father?<br>[Kate Keller (pouring lemonade)]: Recall you're still our daughter<br>[Clouds form over all the central belts that live within us, train track vessels, dendrites roads, the rain that reaches you and that which never will]<br>[Will (also Will)]: Arcady you will find in hell of all the places where you lay your head<br>[Lips (so suited to your own, or brushed by fingers after after sex)]: We'll never see inside each other but I don't think that I mind, our retinas are mirror images despite our separate lives and sometimes that's enough<br>[Contentments set aside<br>When early evening comes to haunt you with its question]<br>[Early Evening]: How much longer can you run for?<br>[Bread Baskets]: And to whom will you be turning? What anaesthetist will dull your aching heart and lungs, your failures cutting deep into your palmar arch, Granadan arch-door memories, cruel treacheries you tell yourself cannot be helped - so tell me then what silence buys?<br>The marketplace (with knowing eyes): What first words will be heard at that last wondrous time? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prana Ferox -Duration: 3:52 -References: track:prana-ferox-the-mountain-goats -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/prana-ferox -Lyrics: - I went down to the basement<br>To check up on the sour mash<br>I looked down to the nonreactive ceramic tub<br>It was bubbling.<br>I had stirred up the dust on the stairs coming down.<br>I saw the dust devils swarming around.<br>Incoming sun beams cut them apart.<br>And I watched a shadow pass across my heart.<br>You were upstairs in the kitchen with your head against the sink.<br>Trying to cool down.<br>Trying to cool down. - I know you don't believe me but I could hear you breathing<br>I looked into the tub and there the mixture was seething<br>With new life.<br>New life all around.<br>I had stirred up the dust on the stairs coming down.<br>You were upstairs in the kitchen with your head against the sink.<br>Trying to cool down.<br>Trying to cool down. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Song For King Arthur -Duration: 6:13 -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/song-for-king-arthur -Lyrics: - Evening came to Avalon, with a discontented sigh,<br>I stumbled over mud and loose rock, climbed up into the sky,<br>I stood beneath the ruined chapel, alone with the windswept stones,<br>The flat round table plateaus sprawling out, pock-marked with crag-toothed thrones. - I heard the birds up above, and the dogs in the distance,<br>Saw the sunlight above, offering its last resistance.<br>The city lit up, in brilliant pink,<br>Watched the day lingering on the brink. - Watched the moon rising up, out east over the North Sea,<br>Saw the lights over the Firth, islands in the bay and ships docked in the quay.<br>Followed the tourists down the rocky paths back home again<br>Saw your starry eyes peer from the heavens at the forests and the fens. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vernal Equinox -Duration: 5:04 -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/vernal-equinox -Lyrics: - This changing is too much<br>I look down when I lie<br>I shudder at your touch<br>I snivel when I cry<br>When will the bones migrate<br>I close my eyes and shrink<br>I lie in bed and wait<br>To live - (When does it get better?) diff --git a/album/friendsymphony.txt b/album/friendsymphony.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ce067c3e..00000000 --- a/album/friendsymphony.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,447 +0,0 @@ -Album: FriendSymphony -Cover Art: Knil -Wallpaper Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Banner Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.8; -Date: November 30, 2020 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #3ae0a5 -Major Release: yes -Art Tags: MSPA Reader -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/friendsymphony -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: >>DiscOne<< -Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:56 -References: Theme -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/discone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spare Friendship, Ma'am? -Artist: pizzagremlin -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:25 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/spare-friendship-maam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Here on Alternia -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: star-nomad -Duration: 4:05 -Art Tags: -- MSPA Reader -- Boldir -- Karako -- Tyzias -- Tegiri -- Chixie -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/here-on-alternia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: today i put......... JELLY on this hot god -Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama, Makin -Duration: 2:01 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/today-i-put-jelly-on-this-hot-god -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Scrubbing Until Morning -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: shu -Duration: 3:20 -Art Tags: Marsti -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scrubbing-until-morning -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gravedigger's Dirge -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 1:41 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gravediggers-dirge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dreams of Flight -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 2:21 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dreams-of-flight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Desert Daring -Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: shu -Duration: 2:36 -Art Tags: Skylla -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/desert-daring -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beneath the Night Sky So Dark -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 3:29 -Art Tags: Skylla -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beneath-the-night-sky-so-dark -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hi everyone, Antony Fntano here, Alternia's busiest music nerd, and it's time for a review of the new Chixie Roixmr album, -Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 3:06 -Art Tags: Chixie -References: it be like that sometimes -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hi-everyone-antony-fntano-here-alternias-busiest-music-nerd-and-its-time-for-a-review-of-the-new-chixie-roixmr-album -Lyrics: - Yo get off my stage and hand back my setlist<br>I'm choke full of rage, I'm sick of this bullshit<br>Swallow my bulge, get off your high hoofbeast<br>How dare you come here and call yourselves artists - Second verse, it doesn't get better<br>No hemospectrum cred you'd be groupies, motherfuckers<br>You think you're hot shit, you're just some damn cheaters<br>Pretending and posing for 5 likes on Chittr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: it's hard, being famous. it's hard and nobody understands -Directory: its-hard-being-famous -Artist: astropod -Track Art: ZowerLemon -Duration: 2:15 -Art Tags: Cirava -References: Gold Pilot -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/its-hard-being-famous-its-hard-and-nobody-understands -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: leech -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Cratmang -Duration: 2:51 -Art Tags: Folykl, Kuprum -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/leech -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: assault and battery -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Nova -Duration: 2:18 -Art Tags: Folykl, Kuprum -References: leech -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/assault-and-battery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carefree Consternation -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 2:05 -Art Tags: Zebede -References: Carefree Action -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/carefree-consternation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: |||Optic Duelist||| -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: MarbleMint -Duration: 4:00 -Art Tags: Azdaja -References: Distortion Navigator, Fate of the Heir, The Blind Prophet -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/optic-duelist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: >>DiscTwo<< -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:25 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disctwo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Marvelous Marauder -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng, Tee-vee -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 3:45 -References: -- Courser -- track:sburban-jungle -- Umbral Ultimatum -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/marvelous-marauder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: no *kills you* -Artist: astropod -Track Art: Nova -Duration: 1:37 -Art Tags: Konyyl -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/no-kills-you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Caught in the Facts -Artist: Panfex -Track Art: Awkward -Duration: 2:29 -Art Tags: Boldir -References: -- track:old-secret -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/caught-in-the-facts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Paradox Pariah -Artist: Baleish -Track Art: shu -Duration: 2:33 -Art Tags: Charun -ReferenceS: Studio Space -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/paradox-pariah -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mother To Many -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 3:02 -Art Tags: Bronya, cw: eye horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/mother-to-many -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Improved Acumen -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: Awkward -Duration: 3:10 -Art Tags: Lynera -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/improved-acumen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: oWo -Artist: Chesswanderlust-sama -Track Art: Nova -Duration: 2:30 -Art Tags: Wanshi -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/owo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: we waste time JADED -Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 3:46 -Art Tags: Daraya -References: -- (this title was too long) -- You're Standing On My Neck -- Darling Dolorosa -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-waste-time-jaded -Lyrics: - A life without a goal<br>Sit down, wait for your call<br>If you're not dead by the time<br>You get to leave your hive - Under pretty dresses and flower crowns<br>There's a fire waiting to burn inside - Wasted time & wasted trolls<br>Enjoy your time before the fall<br>Sneak out of your sacred walls<br>Jade blood, black heart, ch-ch-cherrybomb<br>[mouth explosion sound] - Our youth in nursery<br>Look how lucky we are<br>Drafted for chastity<br>For the rest of our lives<br>We're constantly brought down<br>There's no hope to be found<br>My whole life underground<br>It's ironic I find - Under pretty dresses and flower crowns<br>Sick of this job of mom RP<br>Jade blood, black heart, ch-ch-cherrybomb - No time to mope around<br>Let's try to break the cast<br>We'll fight the silent strife<br>Or go out in a blast - Under pretty dresses and flower crowns<br>There's always a fire burning inside - Wasted time & wasted trolls<br>Enjoy your time before the fall<br>Sneak out of your sacred walls<br>Take my tears, make it worth living<br>Hope lost right out of the womb<br>It's up to us not to succumb<br>No point in fighting to your doom<br>Jade blood, black heart, ch-ch-cherrybomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Naive Harmony -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: wumby -Duration: 3:13 -Art Tags: Lanque -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/naive-harmony -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: *Legal Fees Pending -Artist: Scorpyus -Track Art: Awkward -Duration: 3:28 -Art Tags: Tagora -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/legal-fees-pending -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Exhausted Hope -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 3:37 -Art Tags: Tyzias -References: Seer of Same-Color Scalemate Combos -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/exhausted-hope -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bullet Brain -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: Awkward -Duration: 3:50 -Art Tags: Tyzias -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bullet-brain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: *teleports behind you* -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: star-nomad -Duration: 3:32 -Art Tags: Tegiri -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/teleports-behind-you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lonely Little Gremlin Girl -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 3:09 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lonely-little-gremlin-girl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Middleclass Daydream -Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: Tipsy -Duration: 2:18 -Art Tags: Stelsa, Tyzias, MSPA Reader -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/middleclass-daydream -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: >>DiscThree<< -Artist: Scorpyus -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:48 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/discthree -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Zillow for Evil Lairs -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: Shadok -Duration: 2:55 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/zillow-for-evil-lairs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chelicerae -Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: Cratmang -Duration: 2:32 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/chelicerae -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pop Pills Get Girls -Artist: Scorpyus -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 3:29 -References: -- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Superego -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pop-pills-get-girls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blatant Plagiarism -Artist: Scorpyus -Track Art: Awkward -Duration: 2:46 -Art Tags: Remele -References: track:piwates -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blatant-plagiarism -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dumbass Terminal -Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: shu -Duration: 6:01 -Art Tags: Mallek -References: -- Knife's Edge -- Arachnofunkia -- Time on My Side -- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! -- Spider8ite!!!!!!!! -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dumbass-terminal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: growing up -Directory: growing-up-friendsymphony -Artist: JulieTunes -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 1:13 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/growing-up -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: WORST (fri)END -Directory: worst-friend -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Gryotharian, Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 1:59 -Art Tags: Zebruh -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/worst-fri-end -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness -Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama, Makin -Duration: 2:56 -References: Horschestra -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sesquipedalian-loquaciousness -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: *Suplexes piano* -Artist: Scorpyus -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 2:26 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/suplexes-piano -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sleeping in the cheerful sis's hair -Artist: Chesswanderlust-sama -Track Art: Sigourney Martin -Duration: 2:31 -Art Tags: Chahut -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sleeping-in-the-cheerful-siss-hair -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: General Clownery -Artist: astropod -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 2:18 -Art Tags: Karako -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/general-clownery -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Phantasmagoria -Artist: Scorpyus -Track Art: ZowerLemon -Duration: 3:00 -Art Tags: Barzum, Baizli -References: Chucklevoodoo Waltz -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/phantasmagoria -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Show Must Go On -Artist: Scorpyus -Track Art: DSNAKE -Duration: 4:02 -Art Tags: Baizli, Barzum -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-show-must-go-on -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You're the Whole Circus -Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 3:36 -References: CLOWNFUCKER -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/youre-the-whole-circus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Puppetmaster -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: CyberSoulgem -Duration: 4:22 -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -- MSPA Reader -- Jack Noir -- Mallek -- Ardata -- Boldir -References: -- WORST END -- the final clowntdown -- English -- Carne Vale -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-puppetmaster diff --git a/album/genesis-frog.txt b/album/genesis-frog.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 5f7c4929..00000000 --- a/album/genesis-frog.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,380 +0,0 @@ -Album: Genesis Frog -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Cover Art: Sylladexter -Wallpaper Art: Homestuck, Quasar Nebula (edits for wiki) -Banner Art: Homestuck, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x200 -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.85; - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto; - filter: hue-rotate(160deg); -Date: October 23, 2012 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #00aa77 -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Consorts -- Frogs -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/album/genesis-frog -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_RoZCvUP9w -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLia7MqxG6On5M5Z2OtoNgCWzNmCiRcWZo -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - I’m uploading the commentary for Genesis Frog as text for those of you who could not buy my album but were interested in a composer’s thoughts and detailed descriptions on its concept and execution. This is Part 1 of 4. If you like the album I encourage you to purchase it if you are able, as it helps support me and it will be that much easier to bring you more music in the future! - <hr> - I, Alex Rosetti, intend to make this a pleasurable experience for those of you looking for additional insight on the long-winded and self-absorbed music of this album. I assure you the commentary will encapsulate those qualities as well, perhaps even more so! - So, what’s this all about? - Genesis Frog is an album about the eponymous amphibian’s journey from paradox slime to universe. Specifically, it is about the frog Jade Harley attempts to breed and grow so that He may reach His pond in Skaia and fulfill His role as the next universe created by SBURB. Some themes of the album also address the Genesis Frog that Earth already inhabits, while still other themes could be applied to any Genesis Frog in paradox space. In more general terms, it is an album about Sburb’s mythology, which is both and remarkable and hilariously ridiculous in its ability to tailor fit itself into each unique session it is in. - When I first envisioned Genesis Frog, I did not imagine the album’s focus would be on a single entity from Homestuck. In fact, my first idea was to create a sort of “Homestuck Bestiary” soundtrack, giving themes to all the creatures and citizens of Sburb. The seeds of the album’s current form were planted when I decided I wanted to make a “Frogs” theme at the beginning and transform it into “Bilious Slick’s Theme” by the end of the album, thus symbolizing the overarching purpose of Sburb. I gradually fell more in love with the concept while more information on the Genesis Frog was covered in the story such as frog breeding, the Prospitians’ and Consorts’ worship of the deity, and Derse’s detestation of it. - I began to realize how important the Genesis Frog was to Homestuck’s big picture: the goal of Sburb is creation, and the main conflict in the story is preventing destruction. The most intensely cinematic End of Act as of this writing involved the assassination of two of these frogs as the result of a beautifully intricate plot and pushing the story towards its climax. One of my favorite aspects of Homestuck is its world-building (in some cases world-destroying), and I thought it would be fun to compose an album about an entity that quite literally contains its worlds. - Alright already, I get it, but what about the music? - From the very beginning I decided I wanted Genesis Frog to have its own unified sound, even back when it was “Homestuck Bestiary”. To accomplish this, I treated the album as a sort of orchestral suite, and it could certainly be referred to as such. Of course, getting a real orchestra to record this music is well beyond my means as an amateur composer, but I think the samples used in the album are high-fidelity and well-sequenced enough to be enjoyable. - There is a lot of continuity between tracks on the album, which lends itself well to the idea that it is an orchestral suite. Genesis Frog is really a singular work rather than a collection of somewhat related songs—I paid very special attention to the order of tracks and when certain recurring themes appear. The album has three main recurring musical motifs: the “Pondsquatter” theme (the main theme of the album and most frequently used), the “Divine” theme (which first shows up in Our Glorious Speaker), and the “Folklore” theme (which first shows up in Prospitian Folklore). - There are also a handful of musical devices and ostinati that find their way into various nooks and crannies that help contribute a sense of unity and are certainly fun to spot if you pay attention. I like to think all these snippets of musical material are treated the same way that repeated dialogue, situations and every other kind of callback are in Homestuck. If you recognize them you will enjoy the experience that much more, though the callbacks in the album are not that difficult to spot in my opinion, so it shouldn’t take as much effort as noticing Colonel Sassacre’s Daunting Text of Magical Frivolity and Practical Japery was heavy enough to kill a cat, and then finally doing so several thousand pages later. - While the album does deviate somewhat from the orchestral sound in a few small instances, the instrumental ensemble remains relatively constant through each track, with the exception of percussion instruments that come and go and a short appearance by an electric guitar and bass, as well some much more eccentric instruments than those. - <hr> - <b>Some final thoughts, thank you’s, and croaks of acknowledgement</b> - Wow, did I really make it through the entire commentary without typing the word “ribbit”? Those of you who know me and my love for animal-based onomatopoeia are probably as shocked as I am. Perhaps more shocking is that I composed an entire album and only included two tracks with ribbits and croaks in them. And one of them is a bonus track, it’s a new personal record of some kind! Of course you shouldn’t expect me not to put animal noises in any album I ever compose, so don’t even go there. Alright, enough of that. - I would like thank everyone who took the time to listen to Genesis Frog. The fact that I have an audience at all is something to be thankful for, and even if you didn’t enjoy it I appreciate you giving it a chance. Thank you to everyone anticipating the album for all their patience and support in the time before its release. Unfortunately I wasn’t ready to release it before the Homestuck Kickstarter happened, so it had to be delayed quite a bit. However, I believe the album is all the better for the extra time I had to work on it. Thanks to everyone on the MSPA Forums who voiced their excitement in the Homestuck music thread, or otherwise interacted with me or gave me advice of any kind. Thanks to all my Tumblr and Twitter followers for actually caring enough about what I have to say to follow me. I hope everyone who knows me or pays attention to what I do musically enjoyed this album, as well as people who were not familiar with me until now. I appreciate every single listener I have, and without you guys the only person listening to my music would be my mom and close friends, and somehow that doesn’t have the same sense of accomplishment to it. - I have two very big thanks reserved for my two artists and collaborators, Marina and Rikuru. In a lot of ways this was a joint project, and their art is just as important to the album as the music. From the beginning I decided I wanted the album to be as unified visually as it is aurally, so I tried contacting two artists who were friends with each other and were capable of drawing in a unified style together. As it turned out I could not have made a better decision. Both Marina and Rikuru have knocked every piece of track art out the park the instant I saw them. Their artistic vision matched mine perfectly, and I truly feel that each piece of art they made was a faithful visual interpretation of my music in terms of color, tone, style and pretty much anything you could think of. - The three of us tossed around ideas a lot; I looked at sketches, I explained what each piece of music was about, the feelings the music conveyed were discussed. Amazingly the two of them were able to produce all the art necessary for the album and we didn’t end up needing any outside help. One of this album’s greatest strengths is definitely its unity, and working closely Marina and Rikuru ended up with a product I think we can all be proud of. Thanks so much for all your hard work, both of you. The album is that much better thanks to your artistic visions, and I hope you had just as much fun as I did working on it. - You can find the work of the artists here: - Marina - <a href="https://sylladexter.tumblr.com/">sylladexter.tumblr.com</a><br>Rikuru - <a href="https://quipster-rikuru.tumblr.com/">quipster-rikuru.tumblr.com</a> - I would also like to thank Toby “Radiation” Fox for being a constant friend and getting this album up and running. He’s always been a source of inspiration for me whether he knows it or not, and every time he’s given his input on my music it has helped me. Kudos to him taking care of so much business on behalf on the Homestuck music team and finding talented musicians in the community to help showcase their music in addition to the “official” (pfffahahaha) team’s. - Of course I would like to make an obligatory thank you to Andrew Hussie for creating Homestuck, the entirety of which inspired this album (even the bits of it that don’t have frogs). Without his story I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to grow and interact with similar-minded musicians the way I have. And without his permission, I certainly wouldn’t have this album to show for myself. - Genesis Frog has undergone quite the journey over the last couple of years, even if the larger portion of it took place inside my head as vague bubbles of inspiration. I was finally able to compose the music I had always wanted to compose and contribute my own voice and interpretation of Homestuck to its discography. This is an immense privilege and one I will always carry in my mind as one of the most important opportunities I ever had in my life. It’s an excellent time to be making music, and I will take everything I have learned in making this album with me as I continue to compose in the future. Thank you once again for listening, and make that a double thank you if you read through this extremely long-winded commentary. - I am Alex Rosetti and I am a composer who loves video game music, whether it is listening to it, studying it, or making it. If you’re interested in my music or any other projects I’m up to, feel free to check me out at any of the following: - Email - <a href="mailto:awesomerosetti@gmail.com">awesomerosetti@gmail.com</a><br>Music blog - <a href="https://rosettimusic.tumblr.com/">rosettimusic.tumblr.com</a><br>Personal blog - <a href="https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/">albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com</a><br>Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/albatrosssoup">twitter.com/albatrosssoup</a><br>YouTube - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/MrAlbatrosssoup">youtube.com/MrAlbatrosssoup</a> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prelude -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 2:03 -References: Pondsquatter -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/prelude -- https://youtu.be/MEFq6t5hpxY -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - This is an album about growth, so I wanted it to start very quiet and exposed. The piece opens with a quartal chord in the harp, and after the atmosphere is established a solo clarinet introduces the main theme of the album. A portion of the orchestra comes in after that and there’s a small swell before tapering off into a cello solo. The ensemble is pretty scarce in this one due to its subdued nature. There’s not a lot going on in this track overall, but it does its job both as the prelude to Pondsquatter and the album as a whole. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pondsquatter -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 5:11 -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/pondsquatter -- https://youtu.be/tt9EOkbyv64 -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - If Genesis Frog were a game, this would play at the title screen. It is a full realization of the album’s main theme, this time with the entire orchestra in tow and plenty of thematic development. I sort of have a love-hate relationship with this track. For one thing, it is the first piece I composed for the album and its melodic material served as its main groundwork, so it’s really important in that respect. But at the same time I had the least experience while initially composing it as compared the album’s other tracks, so I had to spend a lot of extra time fine-tuning it and developing it more (the original was barely under two minutes long). Still, considering the amount of work I had to put into it, it was one of the more rewarding tracks to work on. - The combination of Prelude and Pondsquatter to open the album with is something I thought about a lot, and in many ways they are one piece split into two parts. Consider this Movement II. Pondsquatter flows right out of Prelude and gradually adds to the orchestration. After a brief celesta interlude, the theme gets going in full. This piece has a sense of emerging, particularly out of the empty space of Prelude. There are plenty of woodwind trills and harp runs; I wanted them to feel like they were bursting out of the texture, and the openness of the quartal harmonies was eventually replaced by more triadic chords. Quartal chords retain some significance through the album, however, though they are certainly not prominent. I aimed to make the climax of this piece very satisfying, with the gong practically screaming “we’ve arrived!” but I was afraid of having too much of a sense of finality so I didn’t give the piece a proper ending. Instead it goes straight into the next track without only a hint at a cadence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Our Glorious Speaker -Track Art: Rikuru -Duration: 5:10 -References: Pondsquatter, Sarabande -Art Tags: -- Carapacians -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/our-glorious-speaker -- https://youtu.be/Xqf92y6W48M -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - Much like Pondsquatter, the concept for this piece was conceived very early on in the album’s life before it became Genesis Frog. It was supposed to be a theme for the Prospitians, and it still mostly is, but now the piece focuses more on their devotion to the Speaker than the citizens themselves. The chess-people of Prospit are referenced a few times in Homestuck as worshipping the Genesis Frog, and it is through perusing their lore in various updates (mostly Seer: Descend) that I got inspiration for several tracks on the album, including this one. - The music was representing devotion, so I wanted it to have the warmest, most tranquil tone it could. There are two chorale-like sections, the first being the passage the strings play in the beginning, and then later in the brass when the rest of the orchestra drops out for a while. The style of this piece was inspired by Taku Iwasaki’s scores, which often feature very beautiful and lush string textures. I actually don’t think I captured that very well, and in fact strayed from that idea as the piece went on. But the core of the inspiration remains and I think one can tell if they are familiar with his style. Of note is the last third of the piece which is a self-indulgent, overly-romanticized arrangement of Erik Scheele’s Sarabande. It’s such a beautiful piece and I knew from the day I started working on this that I wanted to include it, no matter how schmaltzy I made it sound. Give me a break, it was fun, okay? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prospitian Folklore -Track Art: Rikuru -Duration: 3:38 -References: Pondsquatter -Art Tags: -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-folklore -- https://youtu.be/QLEJynNmhpM -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - “Though we adore Him we shall never enjoy His beauteous Croak. We spill our blood on acres of black and white so they may cross the yellow yard. At last in Skaia’s reflection through broken glass He may find the pond in which He’s meant to squat.” – Book in Prospit Library (from Seer: Descend) - This piece is a musical retelling of the above passage. If you read it while listening to the music, the tone should match for the most part (as long as you are reading very, very slowly). This track’s melody appears several more times throughout the album, and represents the “folk tale” and more legendary aspects of the Genesis Frog as seen through His followers. Because of this I tried to make it sound like a genuine folk tune, and ended up with something vaguely resembling a tune out of Eastern Europe. It’s a melancholic sort of melody, which suits the grim tone of the text it is based on. It is passed through several instruments: first a solo oboe, then the violins, a soprano recorder, and a trumpet. - After the main section is over, the piece shifts into a short woodwind chorale, and then into what I can only call a cadenza made up of tense suspended figures in the strings with an out-of-meter pulse underneath. I kind of wrote this last section accidentally, since it somehow started flowing out of the chorale and I just went with it. It seemed to have an air of urgency and importance to me, so I kept it in to represent “Skaia’s reflection through broken glass”, which is such a fascinating image. Broken glass has been a recurring motif in Homestuck and seems to hold important consequences every time it occurs, and the text implies it will be significant in the Genesis Frog’s final destination. So the atmosphere of this final section felt significant and fitting to me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Consorts' Intermezzo -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 0:28 -References: -- Buy NAK Sell DOOF -- Pink Shells -- Entrance of the Salamanders -- Thip of the Tongue -Art Tags: -- Consorts -- Frogs -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/consorts-intermezzo -- https://youtu.be/kV5rl3XTgAE -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - Part 2 covers all the Consort themes! - <hr> - After the introductory tracks are over, the album shifts gear and an intermission of sorts is instigated by the Consorts, who love the Genesis Frog very much and worship Him the same as the Prospitians do. I decided it would both be fun and shake things up if I composed a theme for each group of Consorts we meet on the kids' four planets during their Sburb session. Represented are the Crocodiles of LOHAC, the Turtles of LOLAR, the Salamanders of LOWAS, and the Iguanas of LOFAF. Some are more characterized than others, but I made do and crafted a unique theme for each of them. - The character of the music during this section is a bit different than the rest of the album due to the inherent silliness of the creatures it is representing. The Consorts are all also, for lack of a better word, dumb. The music reflects that too. This intermezzo transitions from the serious tone of the first section of the album into the absurd rom that is about to follow. The idea of including two intermezzos in this album came from the Actraiser Symphonic Suite, a collection of orchestrations from the SNES game Actraiser that used this classic "in between" sort of music as a way to reiterate a recurring theme. I use these little movements in a slightly different manner, but the spirit is the same. Musically, this is a simple interlude that states all the Consort themes that are to come in a solo viola accompanied by pizzicato strings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Buy NAK Sell DOOF -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 3:50 -References: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -Directory: buy-NAK-sell-DOOF -Contributors: -- Nyanface -- Tawa -- Rachel Rose Mitchell -- Marcy Nabors -- Max Wright -Art Tags: -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/buy-nak-sell-doof -- https://youtu.be/ar66fitxQRs -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - Where do I even start? This is one of my favorite tracks that I’ve made, and by that I mean to say I’m really amused I was able to come up with this in the first place. It originally wasn’t part of this album at all—it was supposed to be a short jingle for the LOHAC Stock Exchange! But it was too much fun to let go of and soon it morphed into a full-fledged character theme for everyone’s beloved, excitable consorts. The general idea behind the music was this: Jit may have made a silly arrangement of Atomyk Ebonpyre, but what could I do to put it in an even more ridiculous context? And so it was that it became the manic violin and xylophone old-timey television music-inspired (this was my only frame of reference for what I thought stock exchange music should sound like) tune that it is now. And wouldn’t you know it, this type of music turned out to fit the personality of the Crocodiles like a crocodile-fitted glove. - In terms of pacing, I thought it was crucial to place this as the first Consort track. The first four tracks of the album all range from relatively slow to moderately less slow, so I really needed something to break out. This is the most energetic and fast-paced of the four Consort themes, so for my money it was the best choice to introduce this section of the album and keep interest instead of having too many low-energy tracks in a row. However, this isn’t to say I was able to resist the temptation to put a slow middle section into this piece, which provides a little break from all the pandemonium. But more importantly, it set the stage for an incredibly silly idea I had to record a bunch of people nakking like maniacs to sound like the Crocodiles, and then have that gradually crescendo into the last section of the piece. - In what is of some note, I tried to feature each of the Kids’ instruments in their respective Consort theme. Dave’s usual turntable affair was impossible for me to consider for this style of music, though I’m sure some incredibly talented person could have pulled it off. Instead, the piece uses xylophone heavily, since I was operating under the logic that both turntables and xylophones sort of fall under the percussion category? I will admit it’s a bit of a stretch. - I would like to thank the following contributors for lending their beautiful, sonorous voices to this piece of music: - - nyanface - - Hayden Lombard - - Tawawa - - Rachel Rose Mitchell - - Thom Rosell - - Marcy Nabors - - Kyle Chung - - Ben Sharrin - - Max Wright - - Katie Caldwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pink Shells -Track Art: Rikuru -Duration: 3:22 -References: Pondsquatter -Art Tags: -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/pink-shells -- https://youtu.be/CReFCSa8SFc -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - This was a difficult one to compose. The Turtles in Homestuck haven’t been given much characterization other than the ones quaking in fear of Rose, and even then that characteristic is basically the extent of it. I wondered if it was even worth writing a theme for them, since their importance to the story is minimal; what kind of music would I compose for them, anyway? But in the end I decided if I was going to do a set of Consort pieces I was going to do it right and that meant composing the whole package. There was going to be a cycle of fun, lighthearted pieces on this album regardless of characterization or story relevance. - Unfortunately, by the time I decided this I had absolutely no musical ideas. I knew I wanted to give the piece a sort of awkward, wooden sound, so I had a pretty good idea of what timbres I needed (wood blocks, marimba, bassoons, etc.). Then I decided to just outright make it as quirky as possible and added a contrabassoon, even giving it the melody at one point, because hey, I might as well have fun with a track where I’m making up 90% of a character interpretation. Violin was included to fit the theme of the Consorts’ music matching their kids’ instruments. I eventually settled on a tired-sounding little melody, and while it is appropriate it’s the not my favorite one I’ve ever written. You can probably tell too, since it never seems to go anywhere, and when it finally sounds like it is it drops out and a different variation starts playing. - The middle section is a very loosely based on the Pondsquatter theme, and the high register marimba interjection makes it obvious in case you didn’t pick up on it in the first five notes. This eventually leads back into the main melody of the piece, and a couple sequences later it ends. I wonder how much it shows that I was really short on ideas for this piece. Any time it was playing up the comedy in timing or shifting feel, it felt more like I had no idea what to do and desperately stuck something in so the piece could move on. Maybe I’m being hard on it; I still think it is enjoyable to listen to. But from a compositional standpoint, it is probably the weakest on the album. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Entrance of the Salamanders -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 2:56 -References: Our Glorious Speaker -Art Tags: -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/entrance-of-the-salamanders -- https://youtu.be/kU55FMWbmaQ -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - This piece picks up where Buy NAK Sell DOOF left off, meaning it goes right back into a silly, dimwitted march. This time however, we are joined by John’s signature instrument, the electric organ! I also put some piano in there I guess, but baby, it is all about that organ. Maybe it gives it a bit too much of a “baseball flavor” but that’s okay, the Salamanders are sporting folks. Right off the “bat”, you will notice the opening ostinato bears a strong resemblance to Danny Elfman tomfoolery, which is entirely coincidental; not that I have any problems with Danny Elfman tomfoolery, in fact I enjoy it very much. - Like the Crocodiles, the Salamanders have gotten plenty of characterization in Homestuck, so it was pretty easy to write their theme. They actually have a lot in common with the Crocodiles (mostly that they are enthusiastically unintelligent), which is why I decided to give them the same kind of style. There is a primary theme and a secondary theme, and they are both developed throughout the course of the piece. I realize this is an incredibly simple and non-specific description, but it is a very straightforward piece in that regard, and I don’t know what else to say about it. The first theme is a bouncy little tune, and the second theme is more legato and chromatic, and they fit together in various ways when they interact with each other. - I sort of envisioned this composition as a dual piano/organ concerto in terms of how I treated the instruments. Both are featured over the orchestra, and play off it with plenty of silly textures and orchestrations. Stylistically, the oom-pah marching characteristics combined with the instrumentation may call to mind images of a circus, which is in fact how the piece got its name. It’s kind of a veiled reference, but if you know what the title is referring to then it’s easy to figure out why it resembles circus music. And of course in the spirit of things, for one last antic I finished it off with a slide whistle; an instrument I thought represented the salamanders’ bubbles pretty well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Thip of the Tongue -Track Art: Rikuru -Duration: 4:09 -References: Stoke the Forge -Art Tags: -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/thip-of-the-tongue -- https://youtu.be/AFPBfMdqKEU -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - If you asked me what title on this album I am most proud of coming up with, it would be this one. Ever since the Iguanas were introduced I was terrified someone was going to use this pun before I had a chance to put it out in an official capacity. I wanted to be the thip king, and despite being nervous about it for almost two years no one usurped my throne. Even as of this writing, searching for that exact phrase on the internet will yield no results. Obviously if you are reading this, that is no longer true. But I digress. - As for the piece itself, I decided to separate it into two very distinct sections. The first depicts the Iguanas’ life in the Land of Frost and Frogs before Jade stokes the Forge (which, incidentally, is the name of a later track which takes this concept even further); the second part depicts their life after the frost has melted away. Due to this structure, the first third of the piece is subdued and establishes a calm atmosphere with the strings and woodwinds, with not a single brass instrument to be found. The opening motive that continues to be used throughout the piece is an almost exact repetition of the Salamanders’ main motive. All the Consort tracks are connected, but these two take it to the next level by building this piece’s base off the main material of the last. - The second part is where things get interesting. It is the only section of the album where I drop the orchestra shtick completely and use an ensemble of recorders, crumhorns, pipes, and an unconventional rhythm section featuring a dulcimer. I thought about what kind of music the Iguanas would make if given the opportunity. I figured they would have a lot of primitive instruments at hand and would produce simple, joyous music. This whole section is unabashedly a tribute to Kumi Tanioka’s work in Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. It’s a sort of re-imagining of this world of ancient instruments that she created, and it was one of my earliest influences. There are also seeds of Yasunori Mitsuda in here; it is such a fun piece that I don’t mind citing very strong influences here if people want to hear similar music to this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frogs' Intermezzo -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 0:14 -References: Pondsquatter -Art Tags: -- Consorts -- Frogs -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/frogs-intermezzo -- https://youtu.be/lDGQ_3qgByU -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - This covers the Frog act of the album. One more Part to go after this! - <hr> - After a lovely intermission from the Consorts, our story continues. The sequence of tracks was very carefully chosen for this album, and it is especially true here. Every track from here on out details the journey undertaken to create the Genesis Frog, as well as its ultimate fate. From the ectobiological breeding (Breeding Duties), to the unfreezing of the Land of Frost and Frogs (Stoke the Forge), to the hunt for frogs (Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009), to the mysteries and certain doom hiding in the frog temple (The Temple’s Withered Bloom), and finally to the destruction of the universe (Bilious), a story is told through music. As a conclusion, we bear witness to the fate the Genesis Frog is meant to fulfill: finding His pond in Skaia (Speaker), and signifying the creation of a new universe (The Vast Croak). - This intermezzo changes the tone from the lighthearted Consort music to something more full of wonder to suit the story to come. It is a simple swell based on the Pondsquatter theme, and once it settles down, the texture becomes very sparse so as to lead into Breeding Duties. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Breeding Duties -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 5:09 -References: Pondsquatter, Prospitian Folklore -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Frogs -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/breeding-duties -- https://youtu.be/-BPCS9eHWFg -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - <code style="color: #008141">GA: But Regardless I Think Our Roles Are Approximately The Same Since We Are Both Stokers Of The Forge<br>GA: As Well As Holders Of Breeding Duties<br>GA: However I Should Clarify That My Earlier Counsel Was Mostly Academic<br>GA: It Takes Weeks To Do All Of It Properly<br>GA: You Wont Have Time</code><br><code style="color: #4ac925">GG: breeding duties?????</code> - This entire piece was inspired by Kanaya’s awkward phrasing. It’s a great line, and Jade’s dumbfounded reaction is even better. Naturally I wanted this to be an awkward-sounding piece, so in the beginning there is plenty of pizzicato strings, strange pauses and the like. Of course, more thought went into the mood than that; Jade has a small association with witches, even if it is only in title and costume. The idea that she is the Witch of Space and is dabbling in ectobiology with frogs put a lot of images in my mind, the most obvious connection being a witch’s cauldron. How would this type of music sound, exactly? Eventually I settled on the sort of faux-baroque feel mixed in with plenty of silliness, since this is a piece about Jade and frogs, after all. The orchestration is full of fast-decaying timbres like the aforementioned pizzicato and liberal use of harpsichord. I also included celesta since it adds a sort of whimsy to the piece, and it has the added bonus of calling back to the beginning of the album. - The main motive is a very baroque sort of device, and I used it that way a little, though I mostly put it in ridiculous contexts. The opening is very stately and lively; what a way to open the last third of the album! But after the first phrase it immediately drops out into a very spacious world, and it is during this section that I explore a variety of colors while playing with the motivic material. Then I prove how short my attention span is because the music goes a lot of places fast after that. First it takes a sweet tone with a celesta melody, and then feels majestic with a lyrical cello line and a call in the horns. If you were to think about this piece programmatically, then that might be the moment when Jade finally successfully breeds the frog with the right genes. In which case the rest of the piece is about hundreds of frogs hopping around or something, which is an explanation I like, but will not officially state since I wasn’t actually thinking much about a story when composing this. - But still, I did have a lot of scenes brewing in my head with this one, so I think it is totally appropriate to imagine a story going along with it. Anyway, the majestic section cuts off for a few seconds, then a booming section based on the opening stumbles in and leaves as fast as it entered. From that point on the material from Pondsquatter comes in and is given the same feel as the rest of this piece, and if there was any one word I had to describe this last section with it would be, “shenanigans”. Incidentally, I consider this and Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009 to be the heart of the album. There will be more on that later in the commentary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stoke the Forge -References: Prospitian Folklore -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 3:43 -Art Tags: -- Frogs -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/stoke-the-forge -- https://youtu.be/6jLZLPJE_Qc -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - Why did I compose this piece? Well, mainly because I wanted something bombastic to use an anvil as percussion in. But I also wrote it because of its importance in the role of each Space player’s planet and their frog breeding duties. Not only that, but it acts as a transition from the darker Breeding Duties to the lighter, more energetic Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009. More specifically, it extends the idea behind Thip of the Tongue to three tracks instead of one; it is a progression from the planet’s frosty beginnings to a sudden and beautiful spring, and this piece heralds that moment. In any case, I ended up with a pretty fun piece that may not be the most impressive on the album, but it definitely serves a purpose and keeps the flow intact. - The piece opens with a brass fanfare based off the Folklore theme interspersed with anvil and bass drum hits. The decision to feature the anvil came from Dave’s denizen, Hephaestus, who is referred to as “Lord of the Forge” with little explanation other than he desired access to Jade’s Forge to repair the Caledfwlch. In fact, the entire piece has the feeling of hammering, since harsh gestures in the brass and strings are common in combination with liberal usage of timpani and bass drum. The entire piece is in Dorian, which is a mode I can rarely resist composing in, and it lends a big sense of adventure to it. Formally there is not a lot going on, other than a melody being repeated several times with different orchestration and transposition. An interesting moment occurs when the entire ensemble drops out and a flute solo comes in playing a lighter, more humorous version of the tune before heading towards the climax. All in all, it is a pretty standard theme with a solid tune despite the fact that nothing extraordinary happens for its duration. But hey, we wouldn’t want overkill would we? I was saving that for the next track. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009 -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 4:55 -References: Pondsquatter, Our Glorious Speaker -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Frogs -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/great-lofaf-expedition-of-2009 -- https://youtu.be/J161hcxSTkg -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - Ah, frog-hunting music. I had the idea for this track brewing long before Homestuck Volume 8 was in the works, so you can imagine my horror when not one, but two tracks with this subject were on it. I have to give props to Jit and Bowman, those are a couple of great pieces and they both explore the idea in unique ways. I lamented however, worrying my track would be extraneous. How many times could we repeat the same, specific idea, after all? So I had to think outside the box a little bit. I would try to capture the entire experience of not just the hunt, but exploring LOFAF after the Forge had been stoked. This piece is programmatic in the same sense Breeding Duties is—it is meant to be a collection of musical ideas depicting any number of scenes the listener might imagine. Which isn’t to say the music isn’t thematically grounded; it is essentially based on one theme in addition to the Pondsquatter theme, which also has a large presence. - Earlier in the commentary for Breeding Duties, I referred to that and this track as being the heart of this album. It may sound hokey, but when I think of Genesis Frog I think of these two tracks. I think they exemplify the kind of music I’ve had in my head for two years and wanted to compose most. When I first thought of them, I knew Genesis Frog as an album would work, this was the kind of music I had always wanted to listen to but no one had quite made yet. This isn’t to say it’s anything new or innovative; merely that it is a specific sound I love that I wanted to hear. I think the album experience is purest during these two tracks, as ridiculous or pretentious as that may sound, but I don’t know how else to say it. Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009 is made up of so many of my favorite things to do in orchestral music, so for better or worse you can use this as a roadmap for my compositional output and ridicule me as I become more and more of a slave to my own style. - It opens with a solo horn call to signify the beginning of the hunt. Normally these sorts of calls are based around perfect fifths, but I totally broke the rules like the rebel I am and used it as a way to introduce the main theme. After that, the piece is split into three sections, the first being a march featuring a piccolo playing a variation on the Pondsquatter theme. The orchestration gradually fills in, and an ostinato is introduced in the xylophone and santoor (a string instrument native to India) that is used throughout the piece. After the march, we dive into the undergrowth, represented by the next section. - The music makes a shift into 7/8, though no true pulse is really established. As a result, many different lines of counterpoint come in at disjointed intervals, lending to the image of a lot of different frogs hopping around in the depths of the forest. The pace picks up again when the music shifts back to simple meter and the march rhythm is brought back. There is more counterpoint here with the main motive of the piece; it is overlayed with itself in several different rhythmic rhythmic transpositions over the march ostinato. Then, after a brief interlude, the piece shifts back into 7/8 with more of a pulse, and the Pondsquatter theme is repeated in full followed by a coda based on this piece’s motive. This is one of the few pieces on the album that ends on an unambiguous tonic chord, which I thought was very refreshing at this point. Especially in light of this piece, which I promised would be overkill thanks to all the ridiculous directions it manages to go in for its duration of five minutes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Temple's Withered Bloom -Track Art: Rikuru -Duration: 2:55 -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -- AR -- WQ -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/the-temples-withered-bloom -- https://youtu.be/wq6cPhclEsk -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - This is an interesting one, since it has probably undergone the most change in terms of concept and musical ideas before I finally composed it in earnest. It started out as a general Frog Temple theme, and all along I had the idea to explore sweeping chords in the strings and choir, which I did end up doing, albeit in a very different fashion than I expected. I tossed around the idea of including material from Jit’s Ruins, then I thought about adapting an old wind ensemble piece of mine. Conceptually I switched from the idea of the Frog Temple to the hieroglyphics inside, tentatively naming it “Temple Walls”, then “Glyphs”. - What ended up happening was that I ended up composing this and the next track as one whole, and then split them into two, so in a lot of ways the two of them combined could be considered a single piece. In fact, I would venture to say the last four tracks on the album could be considered four connected movements among the greater whole, since I added more continuity between them than any previous tracks on the album. Because of the connection to the last track, which is heavily about Jack Noir, I decided to have this music represent the Lotus Time Capsule he went through during Cascade. The lotus being in the frog temple was very convenient for me since I got to keep that idea without straying too much from the theme of the album. So this track ended up being the calm before the storm as it were, representing the menace hiding inside the temple for centuries before coming out to wreak havoc. - The piece opens with a major chord in the strings, as if to continue the train of thought left behind by the previous track’s end. However, the chord quickly changes into something more dissonant, and the tone shifts from light to dark. The choir answers the strings, and the piece progresses in this manner with the two sections being featured the most. A gamelan ensemble plays in the background, very out of tune with the rest of the ensemble, lending to the sense of foreboding. There is a musical device in here that represents Jack, a descending line that implies a tritone. It comes in quietly and at irregular intervals, indicative of the murderous asshole lying in wait among the confines of the temple. As the music progresses, this motive comes in more and more until it is an ostinato under the chordal strings and choir. Eventually the piece crescendos and leads into the next track, where Jack is finally the star of the show. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bilious -Track Art: Rikuru -Duration: 4:05 -References: -- Prospitian Folklore -- Liquid Negrocity -- The Temple's Withered Bloom -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/bilious -- https://youtu.be/wyh3pBZZsaA -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - Poor Bilious Slick. Every iteration of Him we’ve seen in Homestuck has been brutally murdered in one way or another. As if that wasn’t enough, He is primarily known by the spiteful nickname Dersites have given Him. In composing this album, I would have missed a big opportunity if I didn’t take material from those in Derse that oppose creation, most specifically Jack Noir. The title of course came from the name Bilious Slick, but it also has the benefit of adding grotesque imagery to a piece of music about Jack slaughtering a giant universe frog. It is a continuation of The Temple’s Withered Bloom, and it picks up where it left off with Jack exiting the Lotus Capsule, escaping the session and eventually going on to destroy the universe he emerged from. - The piece opens right away in 10/8, and an electric guitar, bass, and drum set are added to the ensemble. I decided that among the pastoral and bouncy, lighthearted pieces in this album, there was no single track that felt like a hook to me. I wanted to attempt to compose something that just plain kicks ass, some climactic piece that could act as a reward for listening through the relatively calm album. Naturally I came to the decision to include guitar and drums and let more rock influence come through. - The theme is based on the Folklore theme, which I thought was appropriate and somewhat ironic, since what represented creation before was now being used to represent destruction. The guitar takes over the melody as the meter goes through several changes, and after several consecutive contrasting sections that play with different motives, the guitar once again begins the next section by establishing a triplet ostinato. - At this point I figured, what the hell, I’ll quote Black. It actually fits quite well with the “Jack” device from The Temple’s Withered Bloom that I bring back here, thanks to the fact that they both emphasise on the tritone. My own Jack motive begins to take over from Radiation’s, and eventually the strings are playing it in canon as it gets more and more chaotic, until everything drops out and the lower piano register begins an ostinato based on it. The orchestra builds again into more chaotic textures, the tension drops briefly, and then the theme is recapped as the climax. All in all it is probably the most exciting piece on the album, and for my first foray into more action-like music, I think it does its job well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Speaker (Skaia's Reflection) -Track Art: Sylladexter, Rikuru -Duration: 2:57 -References: Pondsquatter -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/speaker-skaias-reflection -- https://youtu.be/zKpqOvFTvLA -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - Out of destruction comes nothingness, and the only sounds are sparse and atmospheric. The nothingness persists for a bit, a result of the universe’s destruction in the previous track. If I were feeling really dark I could just end the album there, but I wanted there to be a sense of conclusion and returning to what once was. What better way than to have the music rise from the ashes and the solo clarinet come back to play a new version of the Pondsquatter theme? The idea behind the countless Genesis Frogs is that they propagate one another, each frog producing the next, and behind this lies the idea of infinity and repeated processes. So I wanted the album to do a Mobius Double Reacharound as it were, and end as it began. So the pairing of Speaker and The Vast Croak echoes the earlier pairing of Prelude and Pondsquatter. - This piece even has the same structure and general idea as Prelude before going into a full statement of the modified theme. As a result it is difficult to talk about its composition, since it is virtually the same as Prelude only with varying material. The clarinet emerges out of the atmosphere just as before, and a texture-based section builds this time not into a false climax, but into a fuller orchestration of what the clarinet was doing earlier. It ends simply and quietly in the woodwinds, allowing the next and final track to proceed with its exciting start. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Vast Croak -Track Art: Rikuru -Duration: 5:08 -References: -- Pondsquatter -- Prospitian Folklore -- Buy NAK Sell DOOF -- Pink Shells -- Entrance of the Salamanders -- Thip of the Tongue -- Frogs' Intermezzo -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/the-vast-croak -- https://youtu.be/gW0CGMh6CNg -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - After six notes from the drumset, the grand finale begins. I still don’t have a clear idea what prompted this sort of conclusion to the album. For the longest time I intended to end it the way Speaker did, and that track indeed had a finality of its own. But I wanted something exciting at the end, and I felt like there was still momentum left over from Bilious that I could do something with. So despite only having a vague idea of what the Vast Croak probably was at the time of this composing it, I ran with my assumptions and based the album’s last hurrah around that idea. What little information existed implied the Genesis Frog will Croak once He has matured, and I can only assume it signifies the birth of the new universe in some way. I hope my interpretation does not end up conflicting with canon, and even if it does with any luck the music will still match the tone of it and my thoughts will remain hidden in this commentary. - Kanaya described the Vast Croak as the most amazing thing she had ever seen. I doubt anything I compose could possibly match the scope of such a cosmic event, but I at least attempted to capture the excitement of such a thing happening. When one thinks of the Vast Croak being put to music I’m sure bombastic orchestrations come to mind, like bass drum hits and gongs swelling, the brass going wild. Maybe that would have been the right direction to go in. Of all the tracks on this album this one probably puzzles me the most, since I’m not sure exactly why I decided to go in the direction I did musically. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people think it isn’t appropriate for its namesake, and maybe someone else could compose something more suitable at some point. All I can say is that I wanted to capture the excitement of the moment and create something that felt like joy spilling forth. I wanted the music to have a big sense of happiness and accomplishment, a feeling of “yeah, we did it!” Even if it did not capture the feeling of the Vast Croak in as literal a sense as it could have, the music has the kind of feeling I imagine players would have upon reaching this final, monumental goal. That is my defense, and I am sticking by it. - The sense of excitement is what prompted me to bring the drumset back. I thought the piece needed a percussive drive like Bilious had, so I employed the same method. And hell, if I’m going to bring drumset into an orchestral setting then I might as well do it a second time. The Dorian version of the Pondsquatter theme played by the horns and trombones is reminiscent of its use in Prospitian Folklore. In fact, the second phrase appears exactly as it did in that piece and after repeating it goes straight into the Folklore theme. At this point in the music I thought it was appropriate to quote some of the themes from earlier in the album as a sort of “B” section. I mixed together all the Consort themes once the Folklore theme ended and snuck in a little bit of Breeding Duties. I liked the idea of bringing all these themes back, since presumably all of them would have a role once again in the new universe being created. - The A section then returns in a transposed form before the piece ends in a very big fashion. When all appears to be said and done and the very last of the reverberation is dying off, the harp comes in. It is followed by clarinet, piano, celesta, and finally the violins playing harmonics; this is the instrumentation the album opened with. This small ensemble plays a subdued arrangement of Pondsquatter, and the album ends as it began in the vastness of paradox space. If you start the album over again, you will find that it flows seamlessly from the ending to beginning. Somewhere in this revelation lies my ultimate artistic intent with Genesis Frog, which probably involves something about infinity’s endless repetition, or life always finding a way forward, or something along those lines depending on how pretentious you want to think of me as. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pondsquatter (Live Chamber Version) -Track Art: none -Duration: 6:02 -References: -- Prelude -- Pondsquatter -- Frogs' Intermezzo -- Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009 -- Breeding Duties -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/l07w1i-C7hs -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - This is the last of the commentary for Genesis Frog. It seems the hype wave has died down since its release by now. I hope people are still enjoying it and continuing to discover little nuances I hid in the music. Thanks so much everyone. - <hr> - During my Junior year of college, I had the opportunity to have one of my pieces read by the acclaimed Talea Ensemble, a chamber group that was visiting my college and doing a performance there. They graciously offered to read through student works and provide commentary for us. I took advantage of this in an odd way and arranged Pondsquatter for Pierrot Ensemble, an instrumentation that consists of piano, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, and in some cases percussion. This recording was made during a runthrough they did of it, and what you should keep in mind is that this was all sightread. Obviously the performance is not perfect, and I’m slightly afraid of sharing this in case I embarrass the ensemble with it, but I can guarantee that had they prepared it beforehand, it would have been perfect. However, even without prior preparation, the performance is astounding and I thank them dearly. - In case you are reading this online and are unable to buy the album to obtain this bonus track, you can find it on both my website and my music blog, the URLs of which are provided at the end of this commentary. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frogsong -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:24 -References: Pondsquatter, weird moody horse shit -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/xINZv3-S6xU -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - This was originally going to be in the album, but I excluded it because it didn’t fit enough with the orchestral feel and I didn’t really know where to go with it after the first minute. It’s still a very fun piece though, and I thought it was worth including as a little bonus. I may have employed heavy use of certain frog-related sound effects...it’s a bit of a weakness... diff --git a/album/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise.txt b/album/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 8302009c..00000000 --- a/album/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,653 +0,0 @@ -Album: Gravity Makes The Flame Rise -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Cover Art: Kazee -Has Track Art: no -Date: January 26, 2021 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: #cccccc -Major Release: yes -Groups: -- Michael Guy Bowman -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lq-rVPYo6-1z313xT4bIwwkXqrGqYJoGA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gravity Makes The Flame Rise -Duration: 5:26 -Contributors: -- Melancholy Robot (drums) -- Tensei (guitar solo) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/gravity-makes-the-flame-rise -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GOscE_AAEQ -Lyrics: - Is this an ending - If it all works out - We'll be all screwed up - If we're all still standing - There can be no question - - Or just an omen - And if so, so what - Do the doors swing shut - When the big one opens - To the sound of trumpets - - 'Cause all I see are effigies - The howling of the flames - And you can tell the energy - Will never be the same - - Is this a climax - When the gloves and guns - All go off at once - At the intermission - And you lose your program - - Or just the footnote - From a book you read - For a quiz you flunked - In a classroom episode - On a history lesson - - 'Cause all I feel is gravity - So heavy you could drown - Before you know it's happening - You hear it in the sound - - Everyone is waiting for a sign, sign, sign - Sign, sign, sign, - Chemicals reacting in your mind, mind, mind - Mind, mind, mind - All the empty stations on the line, line, line - Line, line, line - I don't want to be the one who's left behind - Left behind - - Here in the house - Where the window's always white - And the walls are black as night - When it comes - - Out of a dream - Where we both went for a ride - You are laying by my side - When it comes - - Is this an ending - If it all works out - We'll be all worked up - If we're all still working - In a club called nowhere - - Or just an omen - 'Cause it's all so dark - And it's all so drab - And we're all so broken - In a streetlight ocean - - 'Cause all we have are effigies - Of who we were before - The pictures and the Polaroids - We buried in the drawer - - The paradox of promises - The breaking of a heart - And you can feel it burning - Before the fire starts - - Everyone is waiting for a sign, sign, sign - Sign, sign, sign, - Chemicals reacting in your mind, mind, mind - Mind, mind, mind - All the empty stations on the line, line, line - Line, line, line - I don't want to be the one who's left behind - Left behind - Left behind - Left behind - Left behind - Left behind - - Smiling and waving - To where your family stands - With the cameras in their hands - When it comes - - Flash on the screen - There's no order to the slides - There is nothing left to hide - When it comes - - You're bored and ignored - And you're barely not alone - It's the worst you've ever known - When it comes - - Bright red with the shame - But you can share the blame - Catch the roses for your name - When it comes - - We're running back in time, yeah - We're running back in time, yeah - We're running back in time, yeah - We're running back in time, yeah - We're running back in time, yeah - We're running back in time, yeah -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: They Want To Live Forever -Duration: 2:50 -Contributors: -- Melancholy Robot (drums) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/they-want-to-live-forever -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0M0dljCPcY -Lyrics: - When the young rebellion rides - At the crest of a raising tide - In the dance at the world's end - You better watch your back, my friend - - They come on like kamikaze planes - They got the chemicals in their veins - They want to know where the danger lies - And the magazine man cries - - They want to live forever - They want to have it all - They want to kiss their idols - They want to break the walls - They want to die for love - Before the love just dies, dies - They want to live forever - They want to live forever - - When the true believers run - Through the fire of the falling sun - In the clash of the new and old - You better hope that the water's cold - - They want to know what heaven's worth - They're gonna make a little hell on earth - They got a ticket to the teenage dream - And so the morning headline screams - - They want to live forever - They want to have it all - They want to kiss their idols - They want to break the walls - They want to die for love - Before the love just dies, dies - They want to live forever - They want to live forever and ever and ever and ever - And ever and ever and ever and ever - - They want to live forever - They want to have it all - They want to kill their idols - They want to break the walls - They want to die for love - Before the love just dies, dies - They want to live forever - They want to live forever and ever and ever and ever - And ever and ever and ever and ever -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Burnout -Duration: 4:30 -Contributors: -- Melancholy Robot (drums) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/burnout -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpgbfXU6u84 -Lyrics: - Congratulations, Sir What's-Your-Name - You're all that glitters, like a moth into the flame - Designer clothes, imported cars - And just enough cologne to cover your cigars - - Your power station is quite secure - Haunting the hallways and hiding in the doors - Your innovations don't ever last - Your occupation's got you going nowhere fast - - If you really want to have it all - You're never gonna have enough - Baby, you'll be burning up - - If you really want to rule the world - You're gonna have to burn it down - Baby, you'll be burning out - - Year after year, locked in the game - Update the menu, but the venue's all the same - The power players already know - You hit the ceiling such a long, long time ago - - You take it out on little things - Swipe at the insects underneath you when it stings - Dreaming of conquest, dreaming of pride - Throw down the whip, my friend, you're cracking up inside - - If you really want to have it all - You're never gonna have enough - Baby, you'll be burning up - - If you really want to rule the world - You're gonna have to burn it down - Baby, you'll be burning out -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Get Tough -Duration: 4:04 -Contributors: -- Melancholy Robot (drums) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/get-tough -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk63Bsib_Vk -Lyrics: - Don't talk to me about living the dream - I might be dreaming, but I'm not sleeping sound - Don't talk to me about living on handouts - When you're living on hand-be-downs - - I feel like I must be losing my grip - Clinging to memories, but trying to be hip - All the other ways I could've gone instead - I could be a lawyer or a doctor or dead - - It's a long time living - Long before you're living it up - And every chance I'm given - I've thought about giving it up - - There are bills to be paid - There is love to be made - There are treacherous waters - That we all must wade - And you can beg on your hands and knees - But it isn't enough - You've got to get tough - - Don't talk to me about beating the odds - I'm only standing where the world beats me down - Don't talk to me about rising above - When you run with the underground - - I feel like I must be losing my mind - Opening windows, closing the blinds - All the other ways I could've gone instead - No matter where I go I can't get out of my head - - It's a long time living - Long before you're living it up - And every chance I'm given - I've thought about giving it up - - There are bills to be paid - There is love to be made - There are treacherous waters - That we all must wade - And you can beg for mercy, please - But it isn't enough - You've got to get tough - - And just a little bit stronger - And just a little bit wiser - For just a little bit longer - We'll get a little bit higher -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Real Thing -Duration: 2:46 -Contributors: -- Melancholy Robot (drums) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-real-thing -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbxPoJRifPc -Lyrics: - Now that the money's run out - What was all of this all about - Counting the hours and days - Every moment you sold away - Looking for the right stuff - Waiting for the right friends - Vanish in the light of - Morning when the night ends - Were you only dreaming - Don't you feel like screaming - - I want the real thing - I want the real thing - Oh oh oh - I want the real thing - I want the real thing - Oh oh oh - - And if it all comes back - And you find yourself on the track - Where you came off the rails - When they promised you couldn't fail - Reading all the right books - Thinking all the right thoughts - In another light looks - Like you had a blindspot - Who would ever choose this - Would you rather lose this - - I want the real thing - I want the real thing - Oh oh oh - I want the real thing - I want the real thing - Oh oh oh - - And when the diamond in your hand was only coal - And every bullet in your plan was full of holes - And you're not sure there ever was an easy street - It's a minor defeat - 'Cause you know what you need - And you want something real - Do you know what is real - - Well - - I want the real thing - I want the real thing - Oh oh oh - I want the real thing - I want the real thing - Oh oh oh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Manufacturers -Duration: 3:44 -Contributors: -- Melancholy Robot (drums) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/manufacturers -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtSvK1dCJow -Lyrics: - Who controls sound? - Who controls sound? - Who controls the music you hear - The music you hear - - Who controls love? - Who controls love? - Who controls the way that you feel - The way that you feel - - Manufacturers - Manufacture us - Satisfaction guaranteed - - Who controls light? - Who controls light? - Who controls the wonders and signs - The telephone lines - - Who controls words? - Who controls words? - Who controls the stories you read - The things that you need - - Manufacturers - Manufacture us - Satisfaction guaranteed - - Who controls time? - Who controls time? - Who controls the magazines - The changing scenes - - Who controls us? - Who controls us? - Who controls the things that you do? - Is it only you? - - Manufacturers - Manufacture us - Satisfaction guaranteed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 2020 Visions -Duration: 3:01 -Contributors: -- Melancholy Robot (drums) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/2020-visions -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4PbMSvieU -Lyrics: - Last year was a total bore - This year is a total war - Last year was a total joke - This year we go up in smoke - - 2020 you're a memory now - They're lining up at the end of our town - 2020 you're a memory now - They want to burn the government down - - Ooh, I had a vision - Burn baby burn baby burn baby burn - Ooh, I had a vision - Burn baby burn baby burn baby burn - - Last year was a big mistake - This year see the chessboard shake - Last year was a safety zone - This year is the great unknown - - 2020 you're a memory now - They're coming up from the end of our town - 2020 you're a memory now - They want to burn the government down - - Ooh, I had a vision - Burn baby burn baby burn baby burn - Ooh, I had a vision - Burn baby burn baby burn baby burn - - Ooh, I had a vision - Burn baby burn baby burn baby burn - Ooh, I had a vision - Burn baby burn baby burn baby burn - - Come on and burn baby burn baby burn baby burn - Come on and burn baby burn baby burn baby burn - Come on and burn baby burn baby burn baby burn - - Last year was a warning sign - This year is a firing line - Last year was a failing grade - This year is a midnight raid - - 2020 you're a memory now - They're coming up from the end of our town - 2020 you're a punchline now - They want to burn the government down -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Anarchy -Duration: 3:42 -Contributors: -- Melancholy Robot (drums) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/anarchy -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66z3wjsnDak -Lyrics: - There was a time - You thought it all was for you - You saw the sun in the sky - You breathed the air and you knew - That the world was yours - It was something to have - It was all-you-can-eat - You took all you could grab - - Oh, what a time - What a sight to behold - You were more than alive - Your ambitions were bold - You were high on a bluff - Could not confess a mistake - You demanded the best - Left the worst in your wake - - You could never be stopped - It was your moment - All the destiny talk - It kept you going - What an awful surprise - To see it all flash through your eyes - - Tonight we live in anarchy - Tonight the idols will fall - Tonight we live with the heartache - Fooling like you rule it all - - Tonight belongs to no one - Tonight is bigger than you - Tonight we're going to show them - There's nothing that we will not do - - These are the thoughts - That we have in the dark - While you're calling the shots - We're swimming with sharks - In a battle royale - In a bevy of blows - Every bump in the road - Like a punch in the nose - - This is the crowd - That you cannot control - They are calling you out - They will swallow you whole - There is fire in their eyes - There is blood on their hands - You're the one they despise - And they're making demands - - There is nowhere to run - They're at the front door - And now that you are the one - That they have come for - What a horrible shock - To be the new head on the block - - Tonight we live in anarchy - Tonight the idols will fall - Tonight we live with the heartache - Fooling like you rule it all - - Tonight belongs to no one - Tonight is bigger than you - Tonight we're going to show them - There's nothing that we will not do -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Land Of The Free -Duration: 3:33 -Contributors: -- Melancholy Robot (drums) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-the-free -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XydnukcuI0 -Lyrics: - We don't know who we are - We don't know who we are - And we don't care - We don't care - - We don't know what we want - We don't know what we want - But we want it now - Yeah we want it now - - And we know we have rights - Written by magical men - With the wave of a pen - In the land of the free - Where you don't have to be - Anyone at all - - We don't know why we're here - We don't know why we're here - But we won't leave - We won't leave - - We don't know when to stop - We don't know when to stop - And we won't slow down - No, we won't slow down - - And we know we're in charge - With a license from God - To take whatever we want - In the land for the free - Where you can give your disease - To anyone at all - - And we don't negotiate - And you can't retaliate - And we hold on to our hate - Because it's all we have - And we don't think twice - When it all comes crashing down - Crashing down - - We don't know who we are - We don't know who we are - But we know where - We know where - - And we love it to death - And you can't disagree - Because it's all true to me - In the land of the free - Where you don't have to be - Anyone at all -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: With The World Sitting On Your Shoulders -Duration: 3:28 -Contributors: -- Melancholy Robot (drums) -- Thomas Hatfield (piano) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/with-the-world-sitting-on-your-shoulders -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfYadGpHk5c -Lyrics: - There's a riot on the pavement - When you walk into the street - With a dream of retribution - And the rising of the heat - - Do you kiss the feet of beggars - Do you let them stand alone - When you look down to your fingers - And the body's not your own - - Tell me how it feels - With the world sitting on your shoulders - All the time - - Tell me how it feels - With the blood inside you running colder - On and on - On and on - - There's a blackout in the city - When the poles are realigned - And the compass spins forever - So you have to speak your mind - - At the mercy of the public - In the violence of the state - If you cannot change your answer - Will you trust the hands of fate - - Tell me how it feels - With the world sitting on your shoulders - All the time - - Tell me how it feels - With the blood inside you running colder - On and on - On and on diff --git a/album/gristmas-carols.txt b/album/gristmas-carols.txt deleted file mode 100644 index a668b418..00000000 --- a/album/gristmas-carols.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,169 +0,0 @@ -Album: Gristmas Carols -Cover Art: Ephemerald -Wallpaper Art: Ephemerald -Banner Art: melodiousDiscord -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: no -Date: December 25, 2017 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #05db00 -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Becquerel -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/gristmas-carols -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfTiEswhqy19AXXqDs4-p04Q -Commentary: - <i>Ucklin:</i> - <center>umspaf presents: Gristmas Carols</center> - <b>Organization:</b><br>ndividedbyzero<br>Lambda Bledsoe<br>Makin<br>SplitSuns<br>Kal-la-kal-la<br>Grace Medley<br>nights - <b>Booklet:</b><br>Ucklin - <b>Cover Illustration:</b><br>Ephemerald - <b>Additional Thanks:</b><br>The Homestuck Music Team<br>Andrew Hussie<br>What Pumpkin - <i>Ephemerald:</i> - Split ran up to me saying that he had a problem; the UMSPAF team needed cover art for their latest album, and he asked if I could provide some. So, I did! I tried to evoke the same feelings as the [[album:homestuck-for-the-holidays]] cover without seeming too derivative, so I had the kids take a "backseat" and have a huge cruxite tree with eponymous grist hanging from it be center stage. The result: a peaceful and quiet scene in LOFAF, representing the best of the Gristmas season. (There are four emotes hidden throughout the image. Good luck finding them!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Very Merry Gristmas Indeed -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Duration: 3:49 -References: -- Homestuck Anthem -- Deck the Halls -- Smiles and Tears -- Snowdin Town -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-very-merry-gristmas-indeed -- https://youtu.be/d3axpwRy9dQ -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - When I set out to make my first song for this album I only had two things in mind. The first was to make at least part of it feel like one of those classic 80s Christmas songs that everyone loves, a la Wham!. The second was to make it feel like the in-betweens of the holiday experience: after the unwrapping of presents or whichiver main celebration applies, in the midst of the gathering, before everyone's said their goodbyes and while the spirit of holiday cheer still remains. A theme you could have a cup of hot chocolate to while engaging a seldom-seen relative in lighthearted conversation. - Whether I succeeded in these things is up to you. But in any case, I had a whole lot of fun making this! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Twelfth Perigee's Eve Sarabande -Artist: Sean Gorter -Duration: 1:52 -References: Sarabande -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/twelfth-perigees-eve-sarabande -- https://youtu.be/Q67iEYetWLM -Commentary: - <i>Sean Gorter:</i> - I had actually written out an entire Troll parody of Michael Caine's line in The Dark Knight talking about working for the local government in Burma, but when I tried recording over the music I realized it ruined a perfectly good jazz arrangement. Now all that's left of Troll Michael Caine is this stupid throwaway intro. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You're A Mean One, Mr. Slick -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Contributors: -- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES (composition, lyrics) -- Aris Martinian (lyrics) -- SplitSuns (lyrics) -- Ephemerald (lyrics) -Duration: 2:42 -References: -- You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch -- Liquid Negrocity -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/youre-a-mean-one-mr-slick -- https://youtu.be/sBLIayXR_sU -Lyrics: - you’re a mean one<br>mr. slick<br>you are dark and tall and dumb<br>you’ve got arrows in your eyebrows, scotty dogs up in your bum<br>mr. slick - I hate a moral coward that lacks a manly spark<br>and god knows<br>you haven’t any heart - you're a foul one, mr. slick<br>your chest is full of junk<br>your crew's composed of nitwits, and your ships have all but sunk<br>mr. sliiiiiiiiICK<br>if i were forced into a conversation with you, by the end of it i imagine i'd be flat-out druuuuuunk - you decapitate me, mr. slick<br>you're a greasy greedy hag<br>you're a crippled crooked creeper, and you always prod and nag<br>mr. sliiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIICK<br>the three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote<br>"this, douche, bag" -Commentary: - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> - This was fairly annoying to put together, as I'm not a particularly strong singer, and I wasn't able to find a good recording environment while I was making this. In any case, I hope you'll enjoy my warbling. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Creation Myth -Artist: Kanishka -Duration: 2:36 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -- Frostbite -- a baby is born -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/creation-myth -- https://youtu.be/GIWe1ZlioTk -Commentary: - <i>Kanishka:</i> - Who would even write this conksunk song anyway? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: JOHN DO THE SNOWY THING -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Duration: 2:02 -References: JOHN DO THE WINDY THING -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/john-do-the-snowy-thing -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH_LmsPYgr0 -Commentary: - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> - As you could probably guess, this song was inspired by RJ's Lofam 3 track: [[track:john-do-the-windy-thing]]. I'd like to apologize in advance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Strider the Snowman -Artist: FrostyMac -Duration: 0:55 -References: -- Frosty the Snowman -- track:beatdown-strider-style -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strider-the-snowman -- https://youtu.be/6XWxat4vn2A -Commentary: - <i>FrostyMac:</i> - I made this whole thing in Spanish class. Suck it productivity! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: YOUR LORD. AND HIS HOLY GREEN SLEEVES. -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Duration: 3:14 -References: -- Greensleeves -- Eternity Served Cold -- HOMOSUCK. DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION. -- Carol of the Bells -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/your-lord-and-his-holy-green-sleeves -- https://youtu.be/qyzSR1iGCL4 -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - Caliborn would probably love Christmas, if it were about him, and if all presents people got were also given to him. On Christmas Eve he would travel on his Cairo Overcoat all across the world, taking people's presents from under their trees and hoarding them all, like some sort of weird nega-Santa. Then he'd probably proceed to do nothing with them, because human artifacts are beneath his stature, except when they aren't. What a guy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fuchsia Sleighride -Artist: PoisonedElite -Duration: 3:57 -References: Fuchsia Moonrise -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fuchsia-sleighride -- https://youtu.be/y4jxrIlulr0 -Commentary: - <i>PoisonedElite:</i> - Imagine Meenah in a Full Santa outfit riding a sleigh. Most of the instruments I made using FM synthesis and it was hard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: End of Act -Artist: Sean Gorter -Contributors: -- Kal-la-kal-la (choir) -- OneDragonArmy (choir) -- Ucklin (choir) -- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES (choir) -Duration: 5:32 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/end-of-act -- https://youtu.be/JHUIiE86kjc -Lyrics: - Been a long time coming for your happy holidays<br>And the winter air is resting on your skin<br>After all the year has brought upon your merry way<br>Take a look behind at everywhere you’ve been - From the seven gates of Skaia to the Battlefield<br>And the Land of Light and Rain you trode upon<br>Seven years of works Ascending, what it all revealed<br>Was a word that you could cherish standing on - Stuck at home as snowflakes fall upon your gilded land<br>Like a Witch of Space commencing Medium ground<br>You’re surrounded by a feeling something’s close at hand<br>While the world outside keeps turning round and round - Scurry out into the alabaster as it spills<br>Step away from all that anchors you below<br>Every day brings you a Choice to make of as you will<br>Choose to be the Hero everywhere you go - Will you find another universe to fall into<br>Are the other ones not pulling you away<br>Do you look back on the memories in that field of view<br>Did they turn you into who you are today - Were your closest friends a part of what you’ve loved so long<br>Would you play with them a Session of your own?<br>Are they standing right beside you as you sing this song<br>Don’t you leave them through this season all alone - And we’ll meet you for another happy holiday<br>When the twilight stars you built upon have gone astray<br>Take your chances, take yourself along and get away<br>For your Ultimate Reward awaits you, don’t delay -Commentary: - <i>Sean Gorter:</i> - Imagine me, young Flare, sitting at a piano when all of a sudden - BAM! Musical inspiration strikes! The melody always struck me from the beginning as rather festive-feeling, even if it didn't use the standard musical tropes for Christmas music, so I took this idea and set out to make the most Christmassy electronic music I could make. - The lyrics also only rather obliquely reference Homestuck; it's never mentioned by name, I chose the most mild-sounding aspects of the story to directly reference, and not once is conksuck or shit lets be santa dropped. But most importantly, the lyrics are for you, dear Homestuck reader, as a reminder that though the year has come to a close, though the act is ending, the future still holds many more in store for you. Your story continues on, so be its hero! diff --git a/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost.txt b/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 8c6f7307..00000000 --- a/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,446 +0,0 @@ -Album: Hiveswap Act 1 OST -Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox -Cover Art: Mallory Dyer -Wallpaper Art: Mallory Dyer -Has Track Art: no -Date: September 14, 2017 00:00:05 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #33cc77 -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Joey -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost-with-the-grubbles -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgPxbofdLF4 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYtcpsy5kmMBxI5JuhAvlAV7wHkrts_w9 -Commentary: - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - Hey, it’s Cohen. But more interestingly, it’s James and Toby, giving some commentary on the first half of the HIVESWAP: Act 1 soundtrack, available now on Bandcamp or bundled with HIVESWAP: Act 1 on Steam and Humble. We’ve got the first half of the discussion today, with the next half going up next Wednesday. Wait…did I say all this once before already? No. Impossible. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Definitely Safe Forever -Duration: 0:21 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/definitely-safe-forever-2 -- https://youtu.be/NkNtHnzH6cc -References: -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - This is the track that has been rewritten the most. It’s so much better now than it used to be. This latest version is meant to tie in with the title screen music. It’s based around Joey and Jude’s theme, and has a few nods in there to some others if you’re listening. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snake Escape -Duration: 0:41 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/snake-escape-2 -- https://youtu.be/NFhRUwGzPcs -References: -- Singular Peril -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -- Half-Harley Manor -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - In its current form, I think this is one of the best examples on this soundtrack of what Toby and I’s respective styles sound like mixed together. Toby doesn’t like to use a lot of percussion, so I wrote this based on what was originally a piano piece. It is one of the VERY first things written for the game. WOW. The original version of this sounds a lot more like “SINGULAR PERIL” without any drums and not sampled, so just like, straight 8ths. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -Duration: 2:50 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/joey-claire-extraordinaire-2 -- https://youtu.be/LL5qZ5zBAIc -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - When Toby sent me the original piano sketch for Joey’s theme it was real good but I thought since Joey dances, what if I made it sound like a dance recital? I used to take dance classes when I was a kid, and I have very distinct memories of a kindly old woman playing bouncy piano chords in ¾ time. One of the design choices Toby and I settled on really early on was that each character would have a “room” that be the purest form of their theme. Joey feels most at home in her bedroom, which is a sanctuary from the rest of the awful house she lives in. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I think my original version of this was like 40 seconds long or something… James did a really good job fleshing it out and making it something that’s listenable for long enough to look at the Bubsy poster 40 times in a row. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Half-Harley Manor -Duration: 2:52 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/half-harley-manor-2 -- https://youtu.be/jfdTeNsU4ow -References: -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - This went through a bunch of revisions, too. It used a lot of harpsichord originally, which we then thought we’d use a little more sparingly. When we first came onto the project Andrew told us “it’s like a haunted house” so we really made it like… spooky but months down the line Andrew was like “ok lads reel it in it’s not actually haunted just lonely” so we switched it to piano and toned it down a bit. Toby ended up doing the final version of this one, though I think a piano version I did exists somewhere too. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - This is one of the first tracks I did for the game. I’m pretty proud of how it turned out from a musical standpoint, though I guess it’s kind of serious given how goofy the house looks. Whoops… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Relatively Visible Darkness -Duration: 2:02 -References: Half-Harley Manor -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/relatively-visible-darkness-2 -- https://youtu.be/7ht1khfdGzo -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - Overall it felt like the mansion wasn’t dorky enough so I wrote this even MORE toned down version of it for when the lights go out. Stripping down Toby’s song in this way makes it sound kinda like Luigi’s Mansion, which rules so it all worked out. This was originally going to be the theme for just downstairs. In the time since then, though we decided to have music changes based more on “narrative” and less on just “location.” You don’t spend that much time upstairs so it would seem kinda silly to have the “MAIN THEME” of the mansion be heard for the two minutes you’re in the hallway. You will see more of these dynamic music changes in ACT 2. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - It sounds kind of like Yoshi’s Story to me. This turned out to be a really tuba-heavy soundtrack somehow. Maybe that’s a good thing though. - <i>James Roach:</i> - We just kept telling each other to add Tuba to things. Like some sort of Will They/Won’t They Tuba standoff. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bedroom for an Annoying Dog -References: Half-Harley Manor -Duration: 3:32 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bedroom-for-an-annoying-dog-2 -- https://youtu.be/y6R4A-3VQIU -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - Cohen named this one this because it is the basement and Toby was living in Andrews basement at some point while he was working on Undertale. You may not have heard of it. There is no secret Undertale reference in this room. Checkmate, game theorists. Anyway Toby and I thought it would be really funny if we made the mansion theme sound like the Sephiroth song from Final Fantasy 7 and originally the directors hated it but I cried until I got my way. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I literally didn’t understand why it was called this until I read James’s comment on it. - <i>James Roach:</i> - Toby what the hell. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: That's How I Beat Snake -Duration: 2:11 -References: SERPENT GENESIS, Half-Harley Manor -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/thats-how-i-beat-snake-2 -- https://youtu.be/xq9PkYNsTLU -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - Originally all the strife song titles had the word STRIFE in them. This one was called “Why’d it have to be STRIFE” a reference to the classic line in Indiana Jones where Indy, a known pacifist, questions the violent tone of the film. It is an extremely important moment in american cinema AND meta comedy. I’m honestly so surprised you hadn’t heard of it. Anyway this is based off of “SNAKE GENESIS” which I wrote first. Movie Magic! - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - They probably should have also named the song that plays when you play the Snake minigame this. Just two songs with an identical name. That would be have been cool. - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - (Hey Cohen here. several people have asked if the title is a reference to the aaron carter song. obviously it is, yes, that. James’ song titles were good but they were usually a very direct reference to what actually happened in the scene they were playing for. So I renamed them, because I didn’t want people poring over the tracklist to decode the entire plot before actually playing the game. because you would have. I know you.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jude Harley, Bizarrely -Duration: 1:38 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jude-harley-bizarrely-2 -- https://youtu.be/nLTcCJH4QQg -References: -- Half-Harley Manor -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - Hey did you know Jude’s treehouse theme is just a slightly different “Joey Claire, Extraordinaire?” Anyway here is where I first accidentally discovered how fun it is to write a completely unlistenable synth sound that sounds like some hapless dweeb. I have truly realized my ultimate self. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Besides tubas, I think James’s weird voicey grubble synths that sound like they’re yelling are maybe the most defining instrument of this soundtrack. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Table for Tooth -Duration: 2:15 -References: Half-Harley Manor -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/table-for-tooth-2 -- https://youtu.be/iSHxqEXZ_YU -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - I wrote this in 2014 and I THINK the original monster you fought here was the proto version big monster with two mouths, from the Living Room STRIFE. I wanted the synth to sound like the monster singing because I didn’t know how the monsters sounded yet and I thought it’d be funny if they were like stupid idiots. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Final Spice -Duration: 0:54 -References: track:alternate-recipe -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/final-spice-2 -- https://youtu.be/xvY_5XLVtj4 -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - Toby sent me <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGYu_epVxpo">this</a> as a piano sketch (as he often did) and then I sent him a semi chiptune (ALTERNATE RECIPE) version with drums and stuff and then he sent me back the final version this was actually an incredibly simple process what an absolute joy. This is the most purely Toby track on the whole album and I love it. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I thought it would be kind of funny if there was a JRPG battle theme mixed in with all the other ones. I think this is just what I make by default without any specific direction. - <i>James Roach:</i> - It is my favorite song on Vol. 1. - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - (hi it’s Cohen I intentionally made this strife more convoluted and complex as a result of how much I love this song, sorry) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Living Legend -Duration: 1:22 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/living-legend-2 -- https://youtu.be/2h1AwHOqSyM -References: -- Half-Harley Manor -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - I wanted to write something very Final Fantasy Boss Battle™ and around the time I wrote this an article came out where Nobuo Uematsu says he just wrote phrases a few measures at a time and put them together so that’s what I did. (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvyE9AJoUCM">youtube.com/watch?v=mvyE9AJoUCM</a>) - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Basically James is saying this is the One Winged Angel of the Hiveswap soundtrack. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Singular Peril -Duration: 1:22 -References: Half-Harley Manor -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/singular-peril-2 -- https://youtu.be/fQyCThoSwCA -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - This was written based off the extremely old original snake chase sketch Toby did. I wanted to put that throwback in for myself. Like an easter egg only I know or care about. I also wanted to try like… sampling stuff since I’m not super good at it yet and wanted to grow as a composer. - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - (hey this is named Singular Peril because it plays during the only point in Act 1 when you can die. do you get the joke) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A More Defensible Position -Duration: 0:57 -References: Half-Harley Manor -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/a-more-defensible-position-2 -- https://youtu.be/DhNOD_CRa5c -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - This is a Toby Track 100% he just goes ham with echo. If you ever look at his work files it’s like a thousand tracks and half of them are just echoes. This sounds so good toby is so good. I think this was originally a loop for… <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiveswap/conversation-loops">in between conversations or something</a>? - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I think it was just written for the attic in general. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Open The Door -Duration: 1:01 -References: track:how-it-could-have-gone -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/open-the-door-2 -- https://youtu.be/VEQt6FPj3-g -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - This track has a really rich backstory, in the sense that it has had several complete versions each with their own revision process. You can check out one of those versions in the B-side “how it could have gone” available on bandcamp. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - My main contribution to this track is the piano riff 10 seconds in… Hell yeah… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Keep Your Head Down -Duration: 1:10 -References: Rustblood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/keep-your-head-down-2 -- https://youtu.be/47IOSYnYiRc -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I think I was asked to make this sound kind of 80’s back when the game was going to be in 3D. I mean, either that, or I made it sound kind of 80’s for no reason. Anyway, it’s just an arrangement of Xefros’s theme that I made for when tense stuff is happening. - <i>James Roach:</i> - It kinda sounds like blade runner I have always upheld this even though I’ve never seen blade runner. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Me neither. - <i>James Roach:</i> - We are frauds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Oh Whoa, What's This -Duration: 1:05 -References: Some Kind of Alien -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/oh-whoa-whats-this-2 -- https://youtu.be/a1fm7sHekVE -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I made this track but I didn’t name it. I had nothing to do with the name here. James named this. - <i>James Roach:</i> - I can’t believe creator of hit webcomic homestuck and best friend of the pope, Toby Fox, would disown me in this way. Thrown under the bus! Left to die! A betrayal of the highest caliber. Owned in my own home. Absolutely destroyed. - Anyway yeah I named it. I feel like after “Oppa Toby Style” he would have learned to stop letting me name his tracks. How many times do I have to teach you this lesson. - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - (hi it’s Cohen. When I renamed the album tracks this was one of only 2 or 3 that James really wanted to keep. He didn’t tell me that it was a furry meme. I don’t know about memes. I’m just a little bappy paws otter I don’t know shit) - <img src="media/misc/owo.png" width="500" height="421"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Some Kind of Alien -Duration: 1:30 -References: -- track:crustacean -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/some-kind-of-alien-2 -- https://youtu.be/PDZfnEW86Qc -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Another track I made really early on as one of the themes for the entire game/Alternia in general. It ended up being one of Dammek’s themes. It’s a pretty clear nod to Crustacean from Homestuck. LMAO I almost typed “Crustacean from UNDERTALE,” - <i>James Roach:</i> - Oh wow. Yet Another Betrayal At The Hands Of My Once Brother, Toby Fox. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Anyway because a few of my friends really liked that song and it seemed to feel really “Troll” to me, it seemed like a good idea to bring back that feeling for Hiveswap. And get some nostalgia in there as well. And to put more tubas on the soundtrack. - <i>James Roach:</i> - My contribution to this track is that I made <i>Toby</i> go in and add in more tuba. There is a disgusting tuba-less version of this song that will never see the light of day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rustblood -Duration: 1:17 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rustblood-2 -- https://youtu.be/GqRXX0vFNqQ -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Basically what I was told about Xefros before composing this track is that he’s kind of sad and pathetic and it makes you feel bad for him. Also him and Dammek are in a shitty rock band. So I tried to compose something that was kind of lumbering and morose-sounding, but also a bit like… a rock band? In the end maybe it’s a bit too heavy-sounding for Xefros, but I like the melody a lot. Also here’s more voluntary tubas from me. That’s all of my tuba contributions I think. - <i>James Roach:</i> - Cohen, I typed “Dobey Fox :)” up there and Toby deleted it. :( - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - (fight your own battles James I can’t be there to protect you from Toby every day of your life) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Filthy Nuclear Bunker -Duration: 4:34 -References: Rustblood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/filthy-nuclear-bunker-2 -- https://youtu.be/Du1cFu4zl4o -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - James: This is the most James Roach™ track on the album and it’s extremely good. I wrote <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXIB50mB3k">this melody</a> when I was 12 and I sneak it into every major project I’m in. I have rewritten and remixed and remastered this song about a thousand times. The melody is named “Nuclear” so I made sure that was somewhere in the title. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I actually think this is James’s best arrangement of the song that he wrote when he was 12 that he keeps putting into everything. I’m glad it could be used somewhere the player will be forced to listen to it for a really long time. It’s great. - <i>James Roach:</i> - I made it his hive theme just to force people to listen to it again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: SPORTS! Personally, I Love Them. -Duration: 3:36 -References: Rustblood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sports-personally-i-love-them-2 -- https://youtu.be/jNtIznTXLpo -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - This was another title I managed to slip in there. I love to name things in a stupid way. If somethings really bad it’s funny. It’s also funny if something’s really good too. Maybe I just like to laugh. I am a man of much nuance. Anyway here is the ska song you begged me for. I wanted it to be a cheery version of Xefros’s theme because it is the place in his house he probably feels most like himself. Surrounded by Anime and SPORTS! Quite possibly.. <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiveswap/redacted-rumpus-room-refrain">the biggest mood imaginable</a>? - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I couldn’t stop him from putting a ska song on the soundtrack sorry guys - <i>James Roach:</i> - I would love to see you try little man. - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - (I don’t know what anime he’s talking about. I guess the paused Arena Stickball match on the TV is pretty anime-looking. But James also sees anime everywhere, wherever he goes. One time I saw him pick a rotten peach up off the ground, call it a “tsun-momo,” and take a huge bite. He bit right through the pit) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lofted Gunpile -Duration: 4:08 -References: Some Kind of Alien -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lofted-gunpile-2 -- https://youtu.be/zNrEIxvGA8M -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - This was actually my pass at “Some Kind Of Alien” when I was trying to show Toby what I meant by “make it quiet....... THEN REAL LOUD!!!” and it ended up working out cool cause we needed an extra track for Dammek’s hive. - <img src="media/misc/lofted-gunpile.png" width="500" height="289"> - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Your advice didn’t work on me because I just like things to be really loud all the time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: SERPENT GENESIS -Duration: 1:14 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/serpent-genesis-2 -- https://youtu.be/QpYpoQ-9XYc -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - I actually wrote this one first, despite it basically being a chiptune version of “That’s How I Beat Snake” I tricked you guys into thinking THIS was a throwback to the snake strife. keep trying junior - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - This one really should have been called “HOW DO I BEAT SNAKE?” because I never found the clue to solving it and just did it by brute force. Also the drums kind of remind me of ska. - <i>James Roach:</i> - Fuck he got me - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - (I am glad Toby had to brute-force this puzzle. When I played Undertale I got stuck on that stupid piano puzzle because the beta version he let me play didn’t cut you off after 8 notes or whatever. I was one note off, trying to play what I thought was this 32-note song. I also took a break for a week and was still stuck on it when I came back, so Toby thought I’d spent a week just beating my head against the wall on that one puzzle. Toby thinks everyone is a brilliant musician like him and his stupid piano puzzle was too hard the end) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: We Shall Go Together -Duration: 3:18 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/we-shall-go-together-2 -- https://youtu.be/IzsFUuvWIuI -References: -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - OK I know what you’re thinking, “This gets its own track on the OST, but OLD SECRET isn’t even here??” Hey look I love old secret too but <i>(COHEN: redacted)</i>. I only put it in that cutscene for you, the fans. Also it fit really well. Anyway, this track is inspired a lot by <a href="https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/quiet-water">Quiet Water</a> by Toby Fox maybe you’ve heard of him. It is just a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwICiHW-Pyk">very slowed down</a> version of Joey’s theme. - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - (if you want to know what the title of this song is from google it with quotes) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wish You Were Here -Duration: 0:50 -References: Intermission 1 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/wish-you-were-here-2 -- https://youtu.be/GZv2KDakIVs -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - When Cohen asked me to write this song he was like “have you ever heard of transistor” and if making a smug face produced a sound we’d all be deaf. Then he asked me about rick and morty which is like.. a show I watch but never ever want to interact with anybody about ever. Anyway its that one scene you know the one. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - This song is cool - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - (James thought I wouldn’t <s>embed</s> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkBMXQ47d7s">link</a> this video! he underestimates me every single day of my life) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Intermission 1 -Duration: 2:12 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/intermission-1-2 -- https://youtu.be/CbhUNkmqMHA -References: -- Rustblood -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -- Filthy Nuclear Bunker -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - This has a bunch of different themes but is mostly the Heiress’s theme, which is based off a <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hiveswap/original-heiress-piano-concept">really old really simple piano sketch toby sent me</a>. It’s got Nuclear in it too. also Joeys theme and Xefros’s theme. I am explicitly not saying the word “leitmotif” out of a sort of… <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0ySY6xyvf0">indignant disgust</a>. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - There was a longer Heiress sketch too where it got really loud. Anyway I guess we’ll talk about that later when <i>(redacted)</i> - <i>James Roach:</i> - I absolutely refuse to wait another second. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: B-Sides -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Old Steps -Duration: 0:23 -Directory: old-steps -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/b-side-old-steps-2 -- https://youtu.be/e8P5G1a4iiA -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - Originally the game would have a jingle unique to each room when you did a tapdance/ballet but it ended up being too clunky so it got scrapped. Anyway here’s a few of them! - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - When I was listening to this on bandcamp the next song started playing and I was like “Oh shit when does Joey do THIS dance???” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: How it Could Have Gone -Duration: 1:14 -References: Half-Harley Manor -Directory: how-it-could-have-gone -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/b-side-how-it-could-have-gone-2 -- https://youtu.be/nQcQxJhk6ak -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - I [[track:open-the-door|already]] talked about this one I guess?? - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - This was basically James’s arrangement of MY arrangement of the cutscene where, spoilers, Joey gets HIVE-SWAPPED!!!!!! The part where the choirs are soft was going to be the part when her and Dammek look at each other. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Alternate Recipe -Duration: 1:30 -Directory: alternate-recipe -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/b-side-alternate-recipe-2 -- https://youtu.be/-7hHMdXey9c -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - Toby sent me this as an mp3 of him playing a piano sketch, and then I sent him back this. we eventually settled on what became “Final Spice” - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - This is like listening to the early unreleased version of Chrono Trigger’s battle theme. - <i>James Roach:</i> - I think I’ve just been like.. Owned by proximity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heavy Snaking -Duration: 2:00 -Directory: heavy-snaking -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/b-side-heavy-snaking-2 -- https://youtu.be/GL3l_Klo8ic -References: -- Half-Harley Manor -- Table for Tooth -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - When we first envisioned the basement/snake strife it was gonna be really moody like the basement music. I wrote this as a joke but it worked out really well. But later we decided that scene could use a little BEEFING UP in terms of… intensity and energy? Anyway that’s how a completely finished track ended up as a b-side. Could we re-use it later? Not really it’s literally the mansion theme and table for tooth so it cant go anywhere else! - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - (I actually thought we could use this song somewhere else but James was really insistent it be a B-Side, so I guess when the time comes when we could have used it he will have to write a whole new song. haha owned again roach) - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I don’t even remember if I’ve ever heard this one. It would have worked too I guess if the Snake was more chill. - <i>James Roach:</i> - like just an unbelievably chill snake. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - Yeah like wearing sunglasses and its attack is to tell you to not do drugs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: SPOOKTUNE -Duration: 0:50 -References: track:spooktune-undertale, Relatively Visible Darkness -Directory: spooktune -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/b-side-spooktune-2 -- https://youtu.be/dHKbl2r0XfI -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - When Toby was working on undertale he’d send me little snippets here and there of music he was working on and when he sent me spooktune I fell in love with it. Instead of telling him I liked it, months later I sent him this like “haha nice song idiot” we are good friends who respect eachother but that doesn’t mean we cant own eachother on occasion or constantly. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I have to respect James for being the only fan of Spooktune in the entire world. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - OK im done - <i>James Roach:</i> - Great job team - <i>Cohen Edenfield:</i> - OK everybody that’s it. We’ll be back next week with something else, which will also be good. Probably something about the art? Yeah. OK bye. diff --git a/album/hiveswap-act-2-ost.txt b/album/hiveswap-act-2-ost.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7572bc16..00000000 --- a/album/hiveswap-act-2-ost.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,255 +0,0 @@ -Album: Hiveswap Act 2 OST -Cover Art: Mallory Dyer, nuclear333 (edits for wiki) -Has Track Art: no -Wallpaper Art: Homestuck -Date: November 26, 2020 -Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Color: #f8f0cb -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Joey -- Xefros -- Polypa -- Folykl -- Kuprum -- Lanque -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-act-2-original-soundtrack -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo6jbRGXGrtjd24KGItEpyaXqEjAjuDFn -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20201126195133/https://twitter.com/hamesatron/status/1332049319357136898">Twitter (web.archive.org)</a>) - the hiveswap OST is up on bandcamp, the main bulk of the tracks are collaborations between toby and i, but the trial music was done by @barkbarkclark! check it out! - (<a href="https://twitter.com/hamesatron/status/1332383817391243265">Twitter</a>) - i usually try and clean up my tweets so my shitposts or w/e arent the first thing you see when you go to my profile but i accidentally deleted the wrong ones like a clown : ) - (<a href="https://twitter.com/hamesatron/status/1332432741455990784">Twitter</a>) - ok answerin a few questions: - [[media:misc/hiveswap-act-2-breakdown.png|here is a breakdown of the OST]] that i made a while ago - im not in charge of this so, grain of salt, but i THINK yes they are planning to eventually put it on various streaming services - we will probably not be doing a robust OST commentary this time - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - (<a href="https://twitter.com/barkbarkclark/status/1331688222687051776">Twitter</a>) - i wrote some songs for this! if you check it out you might hear why my youtube algorithm recommends me nothing but ace attorney soundtracks now - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - thanks to [[artist:nuclear333]] for helping out with track metadata and creating a remix of the official cover art which better matches the [[album:hiveswap-act-1-ost]] cover! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: On-Time Departure -Artist: James Roach -Duration: 3:04 -References: -- Wish You Were Here -- Some Kind of Alien -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/on-time-departure -- https://youtu.be/jxuEFaDyD0s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lunch Break -Artist: James Roach -Duration: 1:05 -References: -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lunch-break -- https://youtu.be/XO4geGxyOK4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Above Sea Level -Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox -Duration: 3:01 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/above-sea-level -- https://youtu.be/S42nK1sihuc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Studio Space -AKA: Charun's Cave -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:02 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/studio-space -- https://youtu.be/Rwi2BvZ30SY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Raw Honey -Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox -Duration: 2:45 -References: Homestead -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/raw-honey -- https://youtu.be/xAwi2PS382s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Homestead -AKA: beekeeper who? i dont know her. -Artist: James Roach -Duration: 1:42 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homestead -- https://youtu.be/xDyuk7rRSVA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shell Game -AKA: SERVICE CAR -Artist: James Roach -Duration: 4:05 -References: track:ticket-to-ride-rusty -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/shell-game -- https://youtu.be/2NolhxSH9I8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ticket to Ride: Rusty -Artist: James Roach -Duration: 6:33 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ticket-to-ride-rusty -- https://youtu.be/Ub2gvuaJ3JA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ticket to Ride: Quadrant Confusion -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:45 -References: track:ticket-to-ride-rusty -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ticket-to-ride-quadrant-confusion -- https://youtu.be/12X31slGqKw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Prince of All Mustardbloods -Artist: James Roach -Duration: 3:11 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-prince-of-all-mustardbloods -- https://youtu.be/bsX9Zx0hrG0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ticket to Ride: Trial Variation -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:50 -References: track:ticket-to-ride-rusty -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ticket-to-ride-trial-variation -- https://youtu.be/_4GmT28X5bc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Court Begins -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 4:02 -References: Cross Examination -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/court-begins -- https://youtu.be/UH5dFHEJ628 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Objection -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 3:28 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/a2NMBLlE7aw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cross Examination -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 3:33 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cross-examination -- https://youtu.be/FM2U5rskC1o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cornered -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 3:26 -References: Cross Examination -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cornered -- https://youtu.be/ooIEh1O4d64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ticket to Ride: The Other Half -Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox -Duration: 4:35 -References: track:ticket-to-ride-rusty -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ticket-to-ride-the-other-half -- https://youtu.be/64GAMIdWxmY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ticket to Ride: Down with the Clown -Artist: James Roach -Duration: 2:50 -References: track:ticket-to-ride-rusty, Cross Examination -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ticket-to-ride-down-with-the-clown -- https://youtu.be/cYebmejzENc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Conductor's Cabin -Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox -Duration: 3:37 -References: track:ticket-to-ride-rusty, Rustblood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/conductor-s-cabin -- https://youtu.be/t24E34ShFe0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Old Secret -Directory: old-secret-act2 -AKA: track:old-secret -Artist: James Roach -Duration: 4:26 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/old-secret-2 -- https://youtu.be/5BenvLz9Ru4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ghost Train -Duration: 3:04 -Artist: James Roach -References: -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -- track:old-secret-act2 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ghost-train -- https://youtu.be/AJh5dQB0wvM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: B-Sides -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fight of the Bumblebee -Duration: 1:47 -Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fight-of-the-bumblebee -- https://youtu.be/O4TPPgKDa_8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Perfect Cast -Duration: 1:33 -Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox -References: Studio Space -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-perfect-cast -- https://youtu.be/GMxAjZB1A_g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dark Carnival: Rusty -Duration: 4:00 -Artist: James Roach -References: track:ticket-to-ride-rusty -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dark-carnival-rusty -- https://youtu.be/xoSPIJC-zt4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dark Carnival: Quadrant Confusion -Duration: 4:06 -Artist: James Roach -References: track:ticket-to-ride-quadrant-confusion -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dark-carnival-quadrant-confusion -- https://youtu.be/Be1iIwXP4EY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dark Carnival: Trial Variation -Duration: 2:27 -Artist: James Roach -References: track:ticket-to-ride-trial-variation -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dark-carnival-trial-variation -- https://youtu.be/qxRN8p6_lWc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dark Carnival: The Other Half -Duration: 2:00 -Artist: James Roach -References: track:ticket-to-ride-the-other-half -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dark-carnival-the-other-half -- https://youtu.be/HL-l-a6_vG0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: DRONE -Duration: 1:20 -Artist: James Roach -References: track:drone-pq, Intermission 1, Rustblood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/drone -- https://youtu.be/AGgey4ok3pc diff --git a/album/hiveswap-friendsim.txt b/album/hiveswap-friendsim.txt deleted file mode 100644 index bcd12b03..00000000 --- a/album/hiveswap-friendsim.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,333 +0,0 @@ -Album: Hiveswap Friendsim -Artist: James Roach -Cover Art: P-PAMda -Wallpaper Art: Danny Cragg -Track Art: Homestuck -Date: December 15, 2018 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #d3ff8f -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- MSPA Reader -- Boldir -- Karako -- Fozzer -- Tagora -- Chixie -- Marsti -- Cirava -- Wanshi -- Chahut -- Amisia -- Remele -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-friendsim -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkwFC9Y_i4E -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYeKNBnFwstLOyMpWP97Mqk -Commentary: - <i>Homestuck:</i> - Maybe the real FRIENDSHIP was the friends we made along the way. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ARTCHOP (APPARENTLY) -Duration: 1:36 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/artchop-apparently -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/i-guess-its-called-artchop-i-didnt-name-it-but-im-down -- https://youtu.be/vgR0A6ij_OI -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Amisia's theme) - I wanted to call this one ":0" but apparently thats "fucking stupid" uhhh????????????????????????????????????? wrong - anyway heres the lore: andrew wanted something "UP" and "whimsical" because the first volume was really heavy handed on the music front. I had this laying around and thats basically how we are doing the music. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ｍ Ｏ Ｉ Ｓ Ｔ -Duration: 2:29 -Directory: moist -References: Get The Horns -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/- -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/a-bunch-of-boxes-that-dont-translate-into-a-url -- https://youtu.be/ZQ6TPimrKRE -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Cirava's theme) - originally this was called Ｍ Ｏ Ｉ Ｓ Ｔ but w/e program trace was using didnt interpret them right but it was so much funnier to just leave it as boxes LMAO - anyway i said somethin ages ago about some of the trolls having themes i didnt get to finish all of them but ciravas is just a re-purposed early WIP of a grubbles song (get the horns) that i made vapor/moisturewave by slowing it down in the right way because thats literally all vaporwave is. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Call me Gor-Gor -Duration: 3:05 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/call-me-gor-gor -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/call-me-gor-gor -- https://youtu.be/Zw7kBGkEeHY -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Tagora's theme) - i wrote this for tagora. i do these for free so if you liked it consider sending me some cash <a href="https://ko-fi.com/jamesroach">ko-fi.com/jamesroach</a> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: >tfw another james roach track -Directory: tfw-another-james-roach-track -Duration: 2:55 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/tfw-another-james-roach-track -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/tfw-another-james-roach-track -- https://youtu.be/E8WY4wXc4Ao -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Kuprum and Folykl's theme) - i suggested this name as a joke and they did it the absolute madmen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Piwates ',:^] -Duration: 3:46 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/piwates -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/piwates -- https://youtu.be/PmUy2GPdyfY -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Remele's theme) - once again i did not expect to get away with this name thanks for playing hiveswap friendly simulation i am gonna be gone all day so im just gonna post it now spoiler alert she's pirate themed if you couldn't guess - anyway i wrote this song when i was in like 7th grade because we could do something 'creative' instead of a book report. the book was sylvia plaths "the bell jar" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: it be like that sometimes -Duration: 3:08 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/it-be-like-that-sometimes -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/it-be-like-that-sometimes -- https://youtu.be/KwUg8sESgOM -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Chixie's Theme) - heres the "album version" of the loop from todays upcoming friendsim -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: take me to clown church -Duration: 3:07 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/take-me-to-clown-church -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/take-me-to-clown-church -- https://youtu.be/8m4g_UJAbSI -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Chahut's theme) - a little over three years ago i was in a sweaty conference room in manhattan visiting the now defunct WP NYC studio (which was in a shared space sort of... tech venture situation??) sitting in on what was usually a remote meeting. I nervously stood in front of andrew and my director at the time (whos name was also james come to think of it) as well as a handful of other people. Toby was conference calling in like we both usually did. - They said since i was visiting from out of town I didn't have to present anything at this weeks meeting like i usually did. I said I had something to show them anyway, since I didn't like to sit around idly and wanted to make the most of my studio visit. I stood there half-moist with gross air-dampness only new york in summer can really provide knowing I had one opportunity to wow them in person. - "alright. remember all those sound effects for that highblood minigame? like... seltzer water? light bulb? honks? squeaks? ok well, I made them into a beat and added some airhorns and tuba-" - "more tuba?" said toby over the call - "hell yeah brother more tuba" - anyway this was that song. It was going to be for a minigame sequence but i wanted to use it here. originally it didn't have a melody so i wrote a melody on banjo since you should definitely be reading all of chahuts lines in a very slow, methodical louisiana genteel southern accent. "SANGLE and ready tuh MANGLE" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: fortnite funny moments epic fails episode 413 -Duration: 3:36 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/fortnite-funny-moments-epic-fails-episode-413 -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/fortnite-funny-moments-epic-fails-episode-413 -- https://youtu.be/pzGyVa-iV8o -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Mallek's theme) - theres a channel that just re-uploads homestuck/hiveswap and now friendsim music to youtube so i named the track this so that a lot of confused kids show up in the comments. there isnt really anything i can do about people re-uploading music (and if it brings in a few more sales, then hell yeah) since if you take one down 9 others pop up and then people call you an asshole On-Line. at least we can both have a bit of a laugh when like fragman22 shows up in the comment section calling this song and whoever "james roach" is gay. well you got me there, kid. i am. i am gay. - for this one i really wanted to capture that LAD atmosphere. idk if mallek is a lad exactly... but he's got lad energy. maybe im just projecting. I have been saying saying "boyo" a lot lately. oh god is the lad.... me??? no probably not. - this song started off as a track for my best friend at the time Lexxy's fantroll very creatively named "Lexxer" back before homestuck fantrolls were "post-ironic" and still "sincere." I also put the melody to "nuclear" in here as a throwback to my old fantroll "Carcha." I have said fantroll more times today than I have in the last year. Fantroll. - this is the closest to ska that friendsim has got just because in its original iteration this is a weird like... electronica ska song. - anyway i say it "started off" as that but i literally wrote this track on like.. monday. thats how ya boy do. I borrowed from a song i wrote for a fantroll album i did. theres a whole fantroll album that... hasn't really stood up to the passing of time so I've mostly purged it from existence. I guess some chuckleheads found it but have been kind enough not to repost it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Old Secret -Duration: 4:26 -References: Old Friends -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/old-secret -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/old-secret -- https://youtu.be/wc5iruoYLXM -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Boldir's theme) - here it is folks. - this was going to be in act 3, then i made it the EOA2 cutscene but it still cut off too early to be a full release and i just really liked it so i wanted you guys to hear it now instead of later. - i used it for boldir because it fit her whole aesthetic, but this song was originally wrote for a scene where joey and xefros are on the run. having been hardened by their journey they hit the streets. it was meant to be a really sort of somber realization. - I LOVE the mood of the transistor soundtrack and you might notice this drum beat and title are a very obvious nod to the song "Old Friends" (though someone else named it, years ago) I was specifically instructed "make it sound like this song" but since then I have worked to make it sound like more my own thing. you can see the influence of that soundtrack on all my work, though. the slow driving half-time beat. the airy reverb on chordal tones. the dirty bass. originally meant as a placeholder i never got over how the beat drops the backbeat on every other 4. I could dweeb out about this for hours. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: IIYWASWIWTBOTSA4AATWUOTDTMIHCIMFH -Duration: 1:11 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iiywaswiwtbotsa4aatwuotdtmihcimfh -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/iiywaswiwtbotsa4aatwuotdtmihcimfh -- https://youtu.be/z4KN6T1dNEI -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Stelsa's theme) - "imagine, if you will, a situation wherein i wrote the bulk of this song at 4 am and then woke up only to discover the monstrosity i had created in my fleeting hubris" - i wrote this to have really one of those melodies that don't really make any sense. you ever notice how vocal songs only have like 3 or 4 notes in the melody. anyway i also had to write lyrics. have you you ever tried to write a sitcom theme that incorporates harspichord? yikes. i love it when theme songs to sitcoms just outline the premise of the show so... i guess i don't have a great excuse i was just extremely drunk. its literally the chords to the theme song to "Family Matters" you know the show with Steve Urkel who is played by jaleel white who also voiced sonic the hedgehog. - anyway the lyrics that i definitely wrote at 6 this morning are: - its the 90s<br>and this is a show<br>about a female troll - she might have kids<br>or maybe a dog<br>the premise isnt clear - i like it when<br>songs just tell you<br>(what the shows about) - she practices the law<br>she wears a pink coat<br>and probly does some other shit too - this is the theme<br>to "Family Matters"<br>which I guess came out in the 80s - i checked<br>1989<br>but it ran until ' 98 - oh cool<br>i finished the song -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: SERVICE CAR -Duration: 4:13 -References: track:ticket-to-ride-rusty -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/service-car -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/service-car -- https://youtu.be/SImEJzwDQV8 -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Marsti's theme) - marsti marsti marsti.... what can i say? - first of all, you're welcome. I didn't design her or draw her or write her but I will gladly take the credit from my esteemed colleagues and friends. - if you didn't listen to the podcast i was on this morning (pgenpod) or watch that youtube video i uploaded a few weeks ago this track was originally for an area that was scrapped. The important characters got more or less morphed into Marsti as we know her now. - There is a whole like section of the game where this melody is used a lot. Its in the old 3D hiveswap trailer, in the Homestuck 2.0 video. Wow. All the cursed ones. It is explicitly not a leitmotif because it is not meant to be "..indicative of a person or place" it is just a theme. - wait but... if i make it marsti's theme does that not mean it, however inadvertently, is now a person's theme and therefore IS a leitmotif? aw jeez guys i really beefed it this time. - this ones a bit older but this is, once again, just another example of me goin ham on bass for no good fuckin reason. i just think it sounds cool what do you want from me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: (an ascii image of bowsette) -Duration: 5:08 -References: track:dungeon-theme-zelda1 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/an-ascii-image-of-bowsette -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/an-ascii-image-of-bowsette -- https://youtu.be/pA4foB9IVfg -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (KARAKO's THEME) - <img src="media/misc/bowsette.png" width="390" height="238"> - friendsim spoilers: - karako is a very young and very small child juggalo. on twitter i described karako as "the one clown you are not allowed to be horny for" and a bunch of chuckleheads tried to be funny and say like "hueuhuhe is that a challenge" and its like one why don't you just listen to me when i say things, two stop trying to one up me you will never ever win, and three i am eagerly waiting your apologies. my inbox is open. - i mean i get it. i was just on a podcast this morning talking about how the one thing that binds us all together is that we've all engaged in some clownery. i think i talk about regrettably hooking up with a juggalo as a teen for a solid 10 minutes. its hard being me. - i just moved and gave my old electric bass away to a friend who was interested in learning. i recorded this before giving it away. goodbye electric bass. dozens of children will miss how i used to just go ham on the bass in a bunch of songs for no reason. oh also im beatboxing for two seconds in this one. i ran it through a filter so it sounds less like "james roach making some sounds." - all in all, i wanted to make this one sound a little more whimsical so i borrowed the synth i made for my friends dnd character theme... where they're also a clown? its a really good synth. ok marsti is up next. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: idk man you name it im tired -Duration: 2:36 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/idk-man-you-name-it-im-tired -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/wanshis-theme-idk-man-you-name-it-im-tired -- https://youtu.be/RsGAwDji55o -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Wanshi's theme) - the problem with these titles is like at what point do i take a step back and really evaluate what i've done- and i mean really look at it and think to myself - "Am I satisfied with what I have done? - Is this enough? - Do I deserve ANY of this praise? - Do you think my family is looking down on me with pride? - Is talking about things online just a bandage for years of silence about this project? - Am I going to open up online and some weirdo I don't know going to make a weird over familiar joke because they don't know how to really interact with people and its not really their fault but its the fifth one today and honestly I just have to kinda draw a line SOMEWHERE for my own mental well-being which probably comes off as kind of rude to people who have never really been in this position but I guess its not exactly my job to hold their hand through the difficult task of trying to be social in a semi-public space and its not like I'm really an expert anyway I mean cmon now - why are they talking about trolls lactating on twitter?" - at what point do i consider all of that and then look at what i've made and decide "ok time to name this one mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm motherfuckin uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh benjamin danklin" or whatever you know? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: GRAVEYARD SHIFT -Duration: 5:24 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/graveyard-shift -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/graveyard-shift-play-the-route-and-then-tweet-hamesatron-about-how-good-this-title-is -- https://youtu.be/KK0beN7Ycc4 -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Fozzer's theme) - this is literally the first track i wrote for the game. this piano motif a melody had been something i was kicking around back in like 2012 as a song for rose i think. when andrew originally talked to toby and i he gave us very specific marching orders about what songs to write. it was two songs. a haunted mansion and a "subway full of juggalos" - i mentioned before we went through a handful of "haunted mansion" ideas for HARLEHOUSE that were like too spooky and not campy enough. this was one of those spooky takes. we ended up using this theme for something of more... significance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: CLOWNFUCKER -Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox -Duration: 2:52 -References: take me to clown church -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clownfucker -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/clownfucker-by-james-roach-and-toby-fox -- https://youtu.be/c5hxeOCvlk8 -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Marvus's theme) - I think Toby actually named this one. The idea here is that you start with a normal song and slowly work your way to the weird clown shit. this is meant to reflect the real life struggle of finding someone hot and slowly but surely acclimating to the fact that they are a clown. we all been there. extremely relatable. - i got that weird laugh from toby as an mp3 and i THINK its from a spiderman game. it could just be toby's own impish laughter but probably not. toby has a hearty joy-filled laugh with exactly 0% in the vein of clownery department. i love toby so much. - so here we are. friendsim friday and i have to act like clownfuckery is just another aspect of my life akin to say a sweet tooth or psoriasis. like "yeah man we all done fugged a clown once am i right fellas" over here grasping at straws, desperation in my voice "r-right??? fellas???" - his name was daniel and he really loved ICP and i think now he works as a manager at a taco bell. yeah thats right daniel. i'm callin you out you nasty juggalo. my inherited army of teens are comin into your taco bell and taking all your fuego sauce. dont call me. that felt good. i feel better. what were we talkin about? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: (this title was too long) -Duration: 2:10 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/this-title-was-too-long -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/this-title-is-too-long-see-description-darayas-theme -- https://youtu.be/Pbn5MtTvMG0 -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Daraya's theme) - ▲trollkind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. to obtain something of equal value must be lost. that is alchemys first law of equivalent exchange. in those days, we really believed that to be the worlds one, and only, truth.▼ - i wrote the original track when i was a teenager in a shitty band called "the isotopes" which is a reference to the baseball team on the simpsons. yikes. i played drums. bigger yikes. i fixed it up for this because we... just didn't have anything that fit. the idea is that its.. a jade blood who is trying very hard not to be one. - you still have all the trappings of jade blood music: piano, bells, harps, arpeggios, some sort of.. ethereal moments.. but its like this weird bad rockabilly nonsense. you can hear how a like 11 year old me wrote what i considered to be "stride piano" there was a point this was gonna be a grubbles song but its like... well theres only two of them. so i kinda went buckwild on the drums a bit. remember dammek? i wonder what that guys up to. probably some stupid shit LMAO. - anyway a lot of you are wondering why trace put fucking lapras in the preview image and i guess the burden falls upon me to explain. on twitter there is an artist who predicted every single time it was gonna be daraya whether they had evidence or not and theres a whole like in-joke comic about daraya bringing a lapras plush (named SLAPRAS) to jade blood show and tell... look man i dont make this shit up theres a lot of lore. if you arent on homestuck twitter its about a thousand times better than anywhere else for that sort of... golden-age-homestuck fandom feel. nothing will ever come close to that but this feels very nostalgic to just joke and laugh with friends and shit. you guys have been really good to me. thanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: turns out its like the shoe -Duration: 2:15 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/turns-out-its-like-the-shoe -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/lmao-i-still-dont-know-if-its-nicky-or-nike-like-the-shoe-not-like-the-name-mike -- https://youtu.be/Ftx0FgUY_Fc -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Nihkee's theme) - i started streaming my work now since its less of a surprise who the characters are. i went through like... five different versions of this track. this was gonna be disco i dont know what i was thinking. - we ended up going with this one which is actually meant for a different part of ACT 2. In ACT 1, the song "Keep your head down" has a rhythmic motif that I use in the climax of this song. I wont tell you what its for but... think of whats happening during that song in ACT 1, and know that it will be a much bigger deal when you eventually see it. i don't have any information wrt "when" that would be helpful to you. its barely even helpful to me. a real "buddy, they dont even let ME fuck the flag" situation. this is a reference to a popular tweet. im not an insane person i swear. - anyway nihkees sprite is absolutely fucking ripped. the size of this lad. the A in LGBTQA+ stands for ABSOLUTE UNIT apparently. - I know it does not please do not @ me i am so fucking tired. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: yall know i just do the music right -Artist: James Roach, Toby Fox -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:40 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/yall-know-i-just-do-the-music-right -- https://youtu.be/vP6wB9wxSm0 -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Lanque's theme; no commentary) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: the final clowntdown -Track Art: none -Duration: 3:11 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-final-clowntdown -- https://youtu.be/w-WcWlL1YLo -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Soleil twins' theme; no commentary) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: END OF FRIENDVANGELION -Track Art: none -Duration: 3:01 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/end-of-friendvangelion -- https://youtu.be/q0eDgNWy0o8 -References: -- Homestuck Anthem -- Joey Claire, Extraordinaire -- Rustblood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: VALID END -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:01 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/valid-end -- https://youtu.be/NhNBgeZhXaY -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (Lanque's other theme; no commentary) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: WORST END -Duration: 2:30 -References: English, Liquid Negrocity, GRAVEYARD SHIFT -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/worst-end -- https://youtu.be/tf_EvjG7Ir8 -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - here it is. the end of an era. working on friendsim has been an absolutely wild ride. i honestly can’t tell you what its meant to me to be a part of something like this again. i’ve learned a lot about myself and what im capable of and what im willing to do to make it work. i guess this probably comes off as cryptic. - a lot happened. an absolutely bananas series of events that lead up to this project and the more baffling moments that have transpired since. its… one of those things that only homestuck could have produced, you know? It was an incredible opportunity with a lot of ups and downs and emotional significance. it will probably continue to be that. I had a lot of fun doing all of this for you. it also… ate up a LOT of my time, though. I have been on a nonstop homestuck train for like the last five years and only now that i’ve gotten into the groove of things its ending again. bittersweet. for now. - i don’t really know how to feel but i hope i at least wrote a song or two you liked along the way. - heres the one for MC/DOC SCRATCH that i think is my favorite from the whole thing. its based off a song from an old (bad) fantroll album i did in like 2011 (and the song was written even earlier than that) that i have since purged from the internet as best i can. thank you for not reposting it. i re-used a lot of assets from it for other stuff. i was in a real weird place when i made it so aside from it being kinda bad i just… don’t wanna see it ever LMAO. - that album made the homestuck music community real mad at me because they thought i was getting preferential treatment for being popular on-line and friendly with some WP staff on twitter. my unofficial album got approved for sale and at the same time, completely unknown to me someone on the music team’s album didn’t get approved. a handful of them used this incident to talk shit about me for several years. one of them made fun of me for my dad passing away?? yikes. most of us have made our peace (i understand how easy it is to get caught up in dog-piling on a common enemy or w/e) but theres still one or two that are like… still real mad at me for this percieved slight. they’ll say like “you were rude to us” and its like… you guys… literally made fun of me for not having a family i’m not sure what you want from me. - this one got away from me. anyway. thanks for listening. stop being weird to me on twitter. tip your waitstaff. diff --git a/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays.txt b/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays.txt deleted file mode 100644 index fa57b90a..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,335 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck for the Holidays -Cover Art: Lexxy -Date: December 25, 2010 -Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Has Track Art: no -Color: #b5d5fb -Groups: -- Homestuck Gaiden -- Fandom -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-for-the-holidays-unofficial-album -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLFAMWiDHVM2HPsgWu8_jAgF5qTHgeeOc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Time for a Story -Artist: Nick Smalley -Duration: 1:20 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/time-for-a-story -- https://youtu.be/u7PHEnU9YAo -Lyrics: - (Heya kiddos, it's your old pal, George the Conductor. Gather 'round, it's time for a story. Now and again, every single year, millions of Earth babies are born. But only one of the years that there has been in all of history has had a baby born who, inside of him, has had all the powers of a higher deity. It is on this god-child's birthday that everyone, more or less, will gather around with their families and buy expensive things for people they love dearly. Now, we in the Incipisphere celebrate Christmas too, oh no no no don't get me wrong, we love Christmas. But our Christmasses are a little bit different. You see, our Christmas time festivities don't have a-a Frosty o-or a Rudolph, because we don't accept the Christmas apocrypha as canonical, and we don't own radios because of how poor we are. So we don't know what a Frank Sinatra or-or a Bing Crosby is. But if you point your ears at the sky and listen, real real careful, on Christmas morning, you might just hear us Skaians singing our Christmas Carol.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Skaian Christmas -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:22 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/a-skaian-christmas -- https://youtu.be/VPB_PlYW89M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Anthem of Rime -Artist: Solatrus, Nick Smalley -Duration: 3:22 -References: Carol of the Bells, track:frost-vol6 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/anthem-of-rime -- https://youtu.be/AS9bJhBFXyY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pachelbel's Gardener -Artist: Robert J! Lake -References: Canon in D, The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -Duration: 3:58 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/pachelbels-gardener -- https://youtu.be/O0Pnv0AKM2U -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carefree Perigee -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:38 -References: Carefree Action -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/carefree-perigee -- https://youtu.be/sEFEEfJ0Rzk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The More You Know -Artist: Nick Smalley -Duration: 0:33 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-more-you-know -- https://youtu.be/69l-OnIJS5Y -Lyrics: - (Now you may start thinking to yourself, isn't it only people that celebrate Christmas? That's where I'd have to stop ya. And say, Christmas doesn't end with just people, it's species all over the world. Now I know a couple of 'em that live right under the sea. I think you know. I think I do too. And I think that they've got something they need to do.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Squiddles Save Christmas -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 2:46 -References: Squiddles! -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-squiddles-save-christmas -- https://youtu.be/YyGhvEWMyd4 -Lyrics: - Hey everybody, let's all sing - 'Cause the Squiddles just bought a Christmas tree - - Squiddle Squiddle Squiddle something Squiddle - Something that rhymes with... more Squiddle - Lalalalalalalalalalala - Lalalalalalalala (Please help us, please help us) - Lalalala (Please help us) Squiddle Squiddle - - (I think I had too much eggnog...) (Could it be?) (I think so!) (Nooo wayyyyy!) (Yeeeah!) (It's... NOG BABY!!!) - (Yes my children it is I, Nog Baby. Lord and savior of the waking world. Thanks to my immaculate conception, I have been brought to you today to absolve you of your nog-related sins.) - - (Wooooow, that's cool!) (Very cool!) - SQUIDDLES: [Hooting and hollering] - NOG BABY: [Grumbles incomprehensibly] - (Praise the lord!) (Lord and savior!) - - (Now my children. You better be careful! Because the Murky Brineswallow created a robotic Skipper Plumbthroat and he's out to ruin Christmas for EVERYBODY! Go get 'im!) - - (There he is! Let's attack him with a tickle fight!) [Unintelligible Squiddle bullshit] - (ARRRRRR! SQUIDDLES! ARRRR SQUIDDLE-FUCKING SQUIDDLES IN MY FUCKING SHOE, HOW DID YOU EVEN FUCKING GET THERE? SQUIDDLE-FUCKING SQUIDDL-ARRRR! FUCKIN-ARRRR-SQUIDDLE! ARR-ARR-ARR-ARR-ARRRR! FUCKIN-FU ARR-FUCK FU-FU-FU-FU-FFFFFFFFFFF FUCKING SQUIDDLE-SQUIDDLE! ARR SQUIDDLE! FUCKING SQUIDDLES IN-ARRRRRR!) - - (GET OUT OF MY LIFE DAD) - - (AnD tO aLl A-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Billy the Bellsuit Diver Has Something to Say -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 3:26 -References: Tempus adest floridum, Squiddles! -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/billy-the-bellsuit-diver-has-something-to-say -- https://youtu.be/cRxCQv2nutw -Lyrics: - (Billy the Bellsuit Diver here to wish you all... a merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. [muffling] Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. [fully muffled] Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. [unmuffling] Merry Christmas to you and a happy New Year.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Squiddly Night -Artist: David Ko -Duration: 1:01 -References: Silent Night -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/squiddly-night -- https://youtu.be/i50tv01mJvI -Lyrics: - Squeedle dee dee - Squeedle dee dum - All shall sing a Squiddly song - Tangle Buddies live under the sea - Lots of friendship for you and for me - If you just go to sleep - If you just go to sleep - - [Indecipherable demonic whispering] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Santa Claus Interdimensional Travel Sleigh -Artist: Nick Smalley -Duration: 0:23 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-santa-claus-interdimensional-travel-sleigh -- https://youtu.be/rQSGIuPHQs0 -Lyrics: - (It's time to let the Squiddles sleep. Sweet dreams! Did you know that Santa's magic doesn't just affect our planet? It stretches all across the universe. Let's peek in on some of the wonderous worlds that our jolly man in red has graced his presence on.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Land of Light and Cheer -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Duration: 1:53 -References: The First Noel, Clockwork Apocalypse -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-light-and-cheer -- https://youtu.be/fwqFAtNqWhA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gog Rest Ye Merry Prospitians -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Duration: 2:15 -References: -- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town -- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/gog-rest-ye-merry-prospitians -- https://youtu.be/H1s0RX4ikfE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carolmanthetime -Artist: Erik Scheele -Contributors: Robert J! Lake (intro production) -Duration: 3:44 -References: -- Carol of the Bells -- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen -- track:doctor -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/carolmanthetime -- https://youtu.be/pCWVB-AjnXk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Candlelight -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Richard Browne -Duration: 3:15 -References: Candles and Clockwork -Art Tags: -- The Felt -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/candlelight -- https://youtu.be/9G1ttVEPGN8 -Commentary: - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> - I ruined this song with my voice -Lyrics: - I forgot to buy my last christmas gift - The most important one of all - And if my past record is any indication - Then this is the last slip before the fall - - I'm alone, not where I want to be - The only company I have is me - I'm sleeping in another bed tonight - In the space behind the candlelight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Oh, No! It's the Midnight Crew! -Artist: Nick Smalley -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/oh-no-its-the-midnight-crew -- https://youtu.be/VlZHoHoiOa4 -Lyrics: - (Now who's that coming up the hill? Aw that kinda looks like... oh no! It's the Midnight Crew!) - - (Wha-what's this? They brought their instruments? Aw, they're not here to hurt us, they're here to spread Christmas cheer! Let's listen in on Spades and the gang.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Let it Snow -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 1:31 -References: Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/let-it-snow -- https://youtu.be/BaNH2BKfRKk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hella Sweet -Artist: Nick Smalley -Duration: 0:17 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/hella-sweet -- https://youtu.be/UsxUACjWDiw -Lyrics: - (Aw, thanks fellas. You sure know how to put a smile on our faces. See you 'round! Now look who's here! It's Bro and Jeff!) - - (That's a mighty big sack you got there boys. What are you two planning?) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shit, Let's Be Santa -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 2:33 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/shit-lets-be-santa -- https://youtu.be/GOMGiD6mWJM -Lyrics: - The snow is at our door now and I put on great boots - It's time to shovel all this conksuck frozen soup - - When I'm finished with this I will put up all the lights - And Hella Jeff and Sweet Bro will measure all the heights - - And fall into- - Shit, let's be Santa - I'll be your Mister Claus - And we'll fade away on Christmas day - In a jpeg compression loss - - Geromy and Peaches - They're putting trimmings on the tree - The star is meters off the ground - How high does it have to be - - Shit, let's be santa - I'll be your Mister Claus - And we'll fade away on Christmas day - In a jpeg compression loss - - Shit, let's be Santa - Oh shit, let's be Santa - Oh shit, let's be Santa - Oh shit, let's be Santa - Oh shit, let's be Santa - Oh shit, let's be Santa - Oh shit, let's be Santa - Oh shit, let's be Santa - Oh shit, let's be Santa - I'll be your Mister Claus - And we'll fade away on Christmas day - In a jpeg compression loss -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Choo Choo -Artist: Nick Smalley -Duration: 1:28 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/choo-choo -- https://youtu.be/_dDEvkBEJoA -Lyrics: - (Alright alright, it sounds like you have a lot of work ahead of ya. Take care, Bro and Jeff! And so, we close on a very special celebration, of a very very special time of year. But don't you young'ins be fooled, oh no no. Christmas never really ends. In fact, it's only about 365 days left until the next big day! And in Santa time, that's only a few seconds. So kids, be good, and maybe next year Santa will bring you something extra special in the name of that magic infant from the very first year of modern days. And don't forget about us up here in the Incipisphere either, because children, we're always here to help. We're always looking out for you!) - - (Oh, it's time to get back to work! I hope you enjoyed the stories. Merry Christmas, and a happy, happy New Year, from your old pal, George the Conductor.) - - (I-is that it? Are we good? Is-did I get the line? Alright, okay.) (God.) (When's lunch?) (God damn.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Oh God, Christmas! -Artist: Lost in History -Duration: 0:40 -References: -- track:ohgodwhat -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/wN6DYiH6aws -Lyrics: - SQUIDDLES: God oh man, oh God oh man... oh God Christmas! - Oh God, Christmas! - Oh God, Christmas! - Oh God, Christmas! - Oh God, Christmas! - Oh God, Christmas! - Oh God... Christmas! - Oh God, Christmas! - Oh God, Christmas! - Oh God, Christmas! - Oh God, Christmas! - GEORGE THE CONDUCTOR: Oh God, Christmas! - Oh God, Christmas! - Oh God, Christmaaaaas!! Aaaaaahhh!! - Oh, God... Christmas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Very Special Time -Artist: Lost in History -Duration: 0:38 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/apVVewzERd0 -Lyrics: - Heya heya heya kids - Gather 'round, it's time for Christmas - - Heya - Heya - Kids kids kids kids kids kids kids kids - - Will gather around with their families and buy expensive things for people we don't accept - Babies babies babies babies babies babies babies babies - Babies babies babies babies babies babies Christmas babies - - [Indecipherable Christmassy sentence mixing] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Candles and Merry Gentlemen -Artist: Solatrus -Duration: 1:02 -References: Candles and Clockwork, Candlelight -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/TG0NSG8f1RY diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 08b2f931..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,471 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck Vol. 1-4 -Date: October 24 2011 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Cover Art: Homestuck -Track Art: Homestuck -Color: #aaccff -Groups: Official -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4-with-midnight-crew-drawing-dead -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N342A3G5jo -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6_yub4_EV2R6PzZdPigyPIiCGFfh3Nzb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>Homestuck Vol. 1</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showtime (Piano Refrain) -Directory: showtime-piano-refrain-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:showtime-piano-refrain -Artist: Kevin Regamey -Duration: 2:20 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-piano-refrain-3 -- https://youtu.be/DkVQaxrXM_s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Harlequin -Directory: harlequin-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:harlequin -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 1:43 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/harlequin-3 -- https://youtu.be/UDJo0gWPTms -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showtime (Original Mix) -Directory: showtime-original-mix-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:showtime-original-mix -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 2:09 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-original-mix-3 -- https://youtu.be/lc4mLtbGVDA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggrieve (Violin Refrain) -Directory: aggrieve-violin-refrain-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -Artist: Andrew Huo -Contributors: Gabe Nezovic (mastering) -Duration: 1:34 -References: -- track:aggrieve -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-violin-refrain-3 -- https://youtu.be/lzXuvymrzZg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Countdown -Directory: sburban-countdown-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:sburban-countdown -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 0:38 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-countdown-3 -- https://youtu.be/1402jlRYFuw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggrieve -Directory: aggrieve-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:aggrieve -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:32 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-3 -- https://youtu.be/0Up18n-IzVA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showtime (Imp Strife Mix) -Directory: showtime-imp-strife-mix-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:showtime-imp-strife-mix -Artist: Buzinkai, Curt Blakeslee (fanfare) -Duration: 1:57 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-imp-strife-mix-3 -- https://youtu.be/KBQQj_4t1Uo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nannaquin -Directory: nannaquin-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:nannaquin -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 1:24 -References: -- track:harlequin -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nannaquin-3 -- https://youtu.be/0hDCamkN5HM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skies of Skaia -Directory: skies-of-skaia-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:skies-of-skaia -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:45 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skies-of-skaia-3 -- https://youtu.be/tjq32cJRqpc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>Homestuck Vol. 2</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Harlequin (Rock Version) -Directory: harlequin-rock-version-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:harlequin-rock-version -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman, Joseph Aylsworth -Contributors: Joseph Aylsworth (guitar) -Duration: 2:48 -References: -- track:harlequin -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/harlequin-rock-version-3 -- https://youtu.be/Yi7Wf-BTpMs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: John Sleeps / Skaian Magicant -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:41 -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- track:skies-of-skaia -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/john-sleeps-skaian-magicant-2 -- https://youtu.be/ZAKLIH_anJI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Upward Movement (Dave Owns) -Directory: upward-movement-dave-owns-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:upward-movement-dave-owns -Artist: Kalibration -Duration: 4:20 -References: -- track:amen-brother -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/upward-movement-dave-owns-3 -- https://youtu.be/i47-v-eVymk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vagabounce -Directory: vagabounce-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:vagabounce -Artist: David Ko -Duration: 1:13 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vagabounce-3 -- https://youtu.be/wanZ6XJKChc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Explore -Directory: explore-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:explore -Artist: Buzinkai, Michael Guy Bowman -Contributors: Michael Guy Bowman (arrangement) -Duration: 2:28 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/explore-3 -- https://youtu.be/DedSi6YXk1w -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gardener -Artist: Steve Everson -References: -- track:the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent -Duration: 1:44 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gardener-2 -- https://youtu.be/11XHicUomB8 -Commentary: - <i>Steve Everson:</i> - This is part of the Bolin Incident. If you don’t know what happened, up until half-way through Act 4 a guy called Bill Bolin was on the time, one of the original members. He was a great musician, that much can’t be denied; he wrote a lot of tracks that appeared in early act 3; Jade’s bass solo, the remix of it, the last part of the Dave and Bro battle… some others I forget. During that flash with Dave and Rose on Derse the original music was five Bolin tracks, ones he wasn’t all that happy with. He flipped out and did a lot of things that ended up with him dropped from the team, and his music replaced. - I called replacing Jade’s bass solo (I was enthusiastic about getting something of mine into the comic). We figured there’d probably be an existing piece of music used for the remix on Prospit so there were a couple of different versions remixing different tracks until Something Really Excellent was locked in. - We were on a strict timetable at the time, so I didn’t get the chance to find a really good bass voice or find a good rhythm. That was much improved for the actual release in Volumes 1-4. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showtime Remix -Directory: showtime-remix-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:showtime-remix -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -Duration: 2:02 -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -Samples: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/ENWA9aNEkXk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggrieve Remix -Directory: aggrieve-remix-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:aggrieve-remix -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -References: -- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -Samples: -- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -Duration: 2:11 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/KilKZfggMOU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Verdancy (Bassline) -Directory: verdancy-bassline-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:verdancy-bassline -Artist: Kalibration -Duration: 0:52 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/verdancy-bassline-3 -- https://youtu.be/Hhwop2K7zt0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Potential Verdancy -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 3:25 -References: -- track:verdancy-bassline -Samples: -- track:verdancy-bassline -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/potential-verdancy-2 -- https://youtu.be/2W9Dd4RAiHo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>Homestuck Vol. 3</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beatdown (Strider Style) -Directory: beatdown-strider-style-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:beatdown-strider-style -Artist: Curt Blakeslee -Duration: 2:32 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/beatdown-strider-style-3 -- https://youtu.be/9fXnKNoF81g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Harleboss -Directory: harleboss-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:harleboss -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 2:47 -References: -- track:harlequin -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/harleboss-3 -- https://youtu.be/nYaiMTPWh78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beatdown Round 2 -Directory: beatdown-round-2-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:beatdown-round-2 -Artist: Curt Blakeslee -Duration: 2:27 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/beatdown-round-2-3 -- https://youtu.be/knNKryd8jEU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dissension (Original) -Directory: dissension-original-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:dissension-original -Artist: David Ko -Duration: 1:47 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dissension-original-3 -- https://youtu.be/VwMew8akQx4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dissension (Remix) -Directory: dissension-remix-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:dissension-remix -Artist: David Ko -Duration: 2:03 -References: -- track:dissension-original -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dissension-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/y36JjcfvM0c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ohgodwhat -Directory: ohgodwhat-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:ohgodwhat -Artist: Nick Smalley -Duration: 1:06 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ohgodwhat-3 -- https://youtu.be/P-X8EB6KbZ0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ohgodwhat Remix -Directory: ohgodwhat-remix-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:ohgodwhat-remix -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 1:05 -References: -- track:ohgodwhat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ohgodwhat-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/KlVkDe0iVUc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rediscover Fusion -Directory: rediscover-fusion-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:rediscover-fusion -Artist: BurnedKirby -Duration: 1:36 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rediscover-fusion-3 -- https://youtu.be/_wv2Q9fTmLk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Explore Remix -Directory: explore-remix-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:explore-remix -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -Duration: 2:00 -References: -- track:explore -Samples: -- track:explore -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/explore-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/Zzf5NwkM8Ys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chorale for Jaspers -Directory: chorale-for-jaspers-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:chorale-for-jaspers -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 1:15 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/chorale-for-jaspers-3 -- https://youtu.be/uvfkPq248Qo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pony Chorale -Directory: pony-chorale-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:pony-chorale -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Contributors: Tavia Morra (vocals) -Duration: 1:03 -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pony-chorale-3 -- https://youtu.be/B88bE5niVFQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>Homestuck Vol. 4</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Revelawesome -Directory: revelawesome-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:revelawesome -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 0:43 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/revelawesome-3 -- https://youtu.be/JEnmIrIDMNs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hardlyquin -Directory: hardlyquin-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:hardlyquin -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 1:38 -References: -- track:harlequin -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hardlyquin-3 -- https://youtu.be/c7fzYfxNQLg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carefree Victory -Directory: carefree-victory-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:carefree-victory -Artist: Andrew Huo, Toby Fox -Duration: 1:36 -References: -- track:carefree-action -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carefree-victory-3 -- https://youtu.be/ocYQytoPE8M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ballad of Awakening -Directory: ballad-of-awakening-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:ballad-of-awakening -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 3:08 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-of-awakening-3 -- https://youtu.be/fwqjHs4z0fE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Jungle -Directory: sburban-jungle-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:sburban-jungle -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 3:39 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-jungle-3 -- https://youtu.be/RtiiIxM_5Qg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Three in the Morning (RJ's I Can Barely Sleep In This Casino Remix) -Directory: three-in-the-morning-rj-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:three-in-the-morning-rj -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 6:29 -References: -- track:three-in-the-morning -Samples: -- track:three-in-the-morning -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-rjs-i-can-barely-sleep-in-this-casino-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/NutIhwWDqpc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Doctor -Directory: doctor-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:doctor -Artist: Buzinkai -Contributors: Clark Powell (production), Michael Vallejo (production) -Duration: 2:37 -References: -- track:doctor-original-loop -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-3 -- https://youtu.be/EQqnA8Brfcg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Endless Climb -Directory: endless-climb-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:endless-climb -Artist: Buzinkai -Duration: 1:24 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/endless-climb-3 -- https://youtu.be/Tm5w-82-ZII -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Atomyk Ebonpyre -Directory: atomyk-ebonpyre-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:atomyk-ebonpyre -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:10 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/atomyk-ebonpyre-3 -- https://youtu.be/Z8HnkcZXBsc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Black -Directory: black-vol-1-4 -AKA: track:black -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 2:24 -Art Tags: cw: blood -References: -- track:liquid-negrocity -Samples: -- track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-3 -- https://youtu.be/dJ7H7MkL1Yk -Lyrics: - Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! - - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! - - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the- - - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! - - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! - I'm a- I'm a- I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Doctor (Original Loop) -Artist: Buzinkai -Duration: 0:54 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-original-loop-2 -- https://youtu.be/VpXseHnyzDg diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-1.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-1.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 98882f0b..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-1.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,137 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck Vol. 1 -Date: August 9, 2009 -Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Cover Art: Homestuck -Track Art: Homestuck -Color: #38f43d -Groups: Official -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZd_GGnccF59ke-y_k-aK4N -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showtime (Piano Refrain) -Artist: Kevin Regamey -Duration: 2:20 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-piano-refrain-3 -- https://youtu.be/U5ggzIxfGDs -Commentary: - <i>Kevin Regamey:</i> - To be honest, I've fallen off the MSPA train pretty hard. This has undoubtedly been the busiest year (or two) of my life, and I am only now returning to reacquaint myself with what the heck is up. - Malcolm wrote the chiptune version of Showtime first. I heard it, dug it, and created a piano arrangement just for the hell of it. Like Malcolm has said - earlier on, we didn't necessarily know what we were writing for, so we just wrote whatever spoke to us. I had posted a "Work in progress" version to the music boards, and I received some positive feedback. Positive enough for me to elaborate it into a full piece. As luck would have it, Andrew was finishing up the first playable page of Homestuck just as I posted the full version. As such, I was lucky enough to have the honour of first musical appearance in Homestuck, but most of the credit should certainly go to Malcolm - for defining John musically at such an early stage of the game, and for being the sole inspiration behind this track. - Oh, side note: My midi keyboard was misbehaving when I wrote this, so every note of the piece was clicked into a sequencer. D: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Harlequin -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 1:43 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/harlequin-3 -- https://youtu.be/Y6LcnuowRc0 -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - With the introduction of the harlequins around John's house in the comic, I was inspired to make a theme song for them. Since it was still early on in the comic, I decided to do it in an 8-bit style, and I figured that I could make remixes of it later if harlequins still turned out to be important in the comic. It turns out I didn't have to very much, since a lot of the other music team ended up remixing it! It still stands as my most favorite 8-bit melodies I've written. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showtime (Original Mix) -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 2:09 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-original-mix-3 -- https://youtu.be/RKURlfskGsE -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Probably the first bit of music accepted for HS (The piano version came afterwards but was used in the comic earlier). Difficult to fully recall what was going on with this one, but from what we knew about John at this point (i.e. Bit of a prankster, likes his movies) there was something about the name and the melody that just fit. - Early on in HS Music dev, Andrew would basically announce "Need boss music for upcoming battle: go!" and we'd all whip up some music and present it. These days that doesn't happen any more (larger team, ludicrous amount of already made-but-not-used music) but back then it was a fresh slate. I personally whipped up 3 30-second 'Looping boss battle music in the style of NES chiptunes' as per the original request. (I think it was Andrew's idea to start things off chiptune style and we've been evolving since) - The other 2 unused tracks (Which I still have somewhere) were ok - One was very piratey but quite sinister, the other was incredibly evil sounding, but Showtime had that initial-boss 'fun-ness' to it and apparantly just hit all the right notes. - The melody itself is very simple: It's just a square wave doing some broken chords. For the album version we were told to add some bits to the loopable tracks to make 'em 2 minutes long and have a proper ending, so the album features an intro and second part with a little solo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Jungle (Brief Mix) -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 1:36 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Samples: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/DKmXadfEnog -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggrieve (Violin Refrain) -Artist: Andrew Huo -Contributors: Gabe Nezovic (mastering) -Duration: 1:34 -References: -- track:aggrieve -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-violin-refrain-3 -- https://youtu.be/h46wSFVeWAs -Commentary: - <i>Andrew Huo:</i> - Ahh, the glory days, when we had no idea we were going on a universe-destroying/creating adventure, or even a world-destroying one. This was when the music team's main scoop on the kids was that they were going to have theme instruments that somehow function as their weapons or special abilities as well, although I guess this has only mostly come to fruition with Dave's turntables. Well, I'm primarily a violinist, and Rose's instrument was to be violin/strings, so this was right up my alley. I love just randomly improvising on the violin, exploring different poetic areas, if you will, and coming up with things that sounded beautiful to me. At this time in particular, I was doing that a lot. Hadley's Aggrieve was created first in this case, and I had roughly dictated it, so I knew the notes. I fooled around with it a couple of times, playing with a haunting/sad-but-hopeful tone, and the arrangement that you hear was recorded literally the first time it was played - the first time those notes were played in that rhythm, tone and order was the same time it was recorded. That version, cut, is what you hear in the comic. I reverse-engineered the sheet music from my own recording to do a recording for the album. Unfortunately, I was, and I suppose am still today, new to the recording game, and so there are mistakes I cringe at in both the comic and album versions. Gabe Nezovic's mastering helps to cover most of it, but I still feel kind of guilty about it. Oh well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Countdown -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 0:38 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-countdown-3 -- https://youtu.be/C3cvihYafCs -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - I really liked Sburban Jungle and felt it was iconic enough to be considered a theme song for Sburb (not just the loading screen as it was originally presented). Since the ending scene for Act 1 was an early pivotal moment in the game, I tried to make something that sounded like Sburban Jungle, but clearly felt like time was ticking away to something big. It's a lot to try and cram into a little over 30 seconds, but I did my best. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggrieve -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:32 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-3 -- https://youtu.be/kgZNDUF64L4 -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - This was actually the first Homestuck-related thing I made, when Andrew asked us all to come up with some battle themes. Originally I titled it "Aggress" as a Problem Sleuth homage, but changed the name to "Aggrieve" once the attack command in John's first strife was revealed. Out of all my songs, this one holds a special place for me since it was the first one I did for Homestuck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showtime (Imp Strife Mix) -Artist: Buzinkai, Curt Blakeslee (fanfare) -Duration: 1:57 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-imp-strife-mix-3 -- https://youtu.be/WQyRS_czmgc -Commentary: - <i>Buzinkai:</i> - I wrote this after listening to the original song for HOURS. I do believe this was what originally got me to send music to Andrew Hussie in a fan-mail and got me writing music for the project. It came down to the thought, "I wonder what that would sound like if I re-wrote it in my software." However, as with most of my obsessions, I got well carried away with it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nannaquin -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 1:24 -References: -- track:harlequin -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nannaquin-3 -- https://youtu.be/Pf5YpbDgCSU -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - A "Harlequin" remix obviously. In order to give it an old-timey feel, I used sounds of a saloon piano and a muted trumpet. Once it was done, I ran it through a filter to make it sound... less good (pitch warping and reducing the bass) and added a loop of some vinyl pops and cracks. For the soundtrack version, I added the needle coming down onto the record at the beginning, and then I thought it would be fun to end it by having the record skip before the needle is pulled off the record. Needless to say, this was fun to make. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skies of Skaia -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:45 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skies-of-skaia-3 -- https://youtu.be/vwzfyi4OdkU -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - Andrew originally did the first update in the comic about Skaia without music, but when I saw the first look we were given of Skaia, I knew something so central to the story needed a theme song. I envisioned something calm and peaceful, with a mixture of wonder and mystery. I quickly wrote Skies of Skaia and presented it to Andrew, who was able to go back and put the music in place. Writing this was a real highlight for me, and at the time it felt like my greatest accomplishment. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggrieve (Violin Redux) -Artist: Andrew Huo -Duration: 0:46 -References: -- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/K0gpSYelM_k diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-10.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-10.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 6e8c8aae..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-10.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,750 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck Vol. 10 -Cover Art: Lexxy -Date: June 12, 2016 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #0088ff -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9-10-with-s-collide-and-act-7 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW9-Ov8CiRY -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZV53x19jl4NTpDEQtOaoR5 -Commentary: - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> (project manager) - This almost didn't happen. - As of release day, it's been exactly four full years since the last numbered Homestuck volume, with only one full album between then and now. - In fact, it's now actually been a longer time since the last numbered homestuck volume than the time between Homestuck beginning and it coming out. That's crazy, right? - Can you believe there was a time whne Homestuck albums were coming out every month? - Volume 10's been an open question since the moment Volume 9 got released. Every few months, the music team would talk about it, maybe float a song or two for it, then nothing. Which, you know. Process. Life happens. A lot of us went to college, maybe lost interest, moved on to making smash hit games, what have you. We splintered. Fans wondered if it'd ever happen. I've gotten messages about it basically ad infinitum over the past four years, and it's not helped by one-off mentions here and there teasing it endlessly. - People want to know what's up! - Well, finally, here it is. If Volume 9 is the culmination of over three years of musical evolution and growth for its musicians, Volume 10 is the reunion tour. For those of us returning, it's our chance to show how much better we got while we were gone (I think you'll agree we've improved quite a bit). - As for the new faces, I think their work speaks for itself. - This isn't only the tightest, most consistent, most listenable numbered volume we've done, it's the one we've put the most love into. - I hope you enjoy what I've spent the past few months wrangling together with some of the most talented people I know. - I present the final Homestuck Volume. - ...Probably. - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> (co-organizer, mastering engineer) - Homestuck Volume 10, the big 1-0! - I can only begin to describe what a personally significant moment it is to be releasing this album. Homestuck has been huge for me; the enthusiastic community and the countless friends it's helped me to meet, the sprawling fantastical expanse that is the comic itself, and perhaps most notably, the outrageous wealth of great music. - Almost six years ago, the Homestuck discography served as the push I needed to realize that I could chase my dreams in the world of independent music, and today I'm proud to call many of these immeasurably talented musicians some of my closest friends. - Putting this album together has been an absolute pleasure, and I think it's a fitting conclusion to this seven-year-long tradition of incredible creativity. - Enjoy the tunes! - <i>Lexxy:</i> (cover artist) - Homestuck will always hold a warm, nostalgic place in my heart, so despite drafting up a handful of concepts - from the graphic and representational to the tongue-in-cheek referential - I ultimately ended up going with the one that expressed that affection the most. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Creata -Artist: Seth Peelle -Track Art: PJ Tush -Duration: 8:12 -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/creata-3 -- https://youtu.be/lXmiKt-rBjo -References: -- Skaia Voyages -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:doctor -- track:harlequin -- track:aggrieve -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- track:endless-climb -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:frost-vol6 -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -- track:dissension-original -- Carefree Action -- track:revelawesome -- track:song-of-skaia -Lyrics: - In vento cogitatio, spiritus in vento<br>In fusco lumen ignescit, lux e vacuo<br>E somnis nata verita e somno somnia<br>In clara umbra sunt omnia creata<br>Creata sunt omnia - Lindelë sama calad<br>Oloriello illuvë onant<br>Eä - In vento cogitatio, spiritus in vento - (<i>Thought blows in the wind, spirit in the wind<br>Light burns in darkness, dreams out of sleep<br>In a bright shadow, all is created<br>All is created</i> - <i>Music joins light<br>All is born from a dream<br>Let it be</i> - <i>Thought blows in the wind, spirit in the wind</i>) -Commentary: - <i>Seth Peelle:</i> - When I first auditioned for the Homestuck music team back in 2009, one of my two audition pieces was [[Pumpkin Cravings]], which ended upon the "Homestuck Vol. 5" album of the following year (and was subsequently orchestrated by the illustrious Alex Rosetti into [[THIS Pumpkin]] on THIS Album). The other piece was a short electronic-sounding demo entitled "Skaia Voyages" that I based on the [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]] and [[track:skies-of-skaia|Skies of Skaia]] themes, inspired by the purposefully vague notion of the Kids' "ascension" recently introduced in the comic at that time. The demo never ended up going anywhere in that form, but its musical ideas stuck in my head, growing and evolving in my mindscape over the years into something much grander than what I had originally envisioned. It grew additional references to [[track:revelawesome|Revelawesome]] and the Kids' themes, grew a full orchestra, grew a massive choir and epic sci-fi noises of indeterminate nature... - And then - eventually - it became REAL. - It ASCENDED. - (yes it was totally that easy.<br>no you can't stop me from pretending this.) - <i>PJ Tush:</i> - WOW 7 years of Homestuck. I only hopped on this hectic bandwagon in 2011, but it was definitely worth it. I NEVER would have expected to be able to contribute to and take part in Homestuck itself. This is like a dream come true. THAT BEING SAID: CREATA! - Creata was heard in short ([[Creata (Canon Edit)]]) during the first part of Collide, so being able to listen to the full version of the song and then DRAW for it was pretty cathartic (i might have cried). When drawing for Creata, I wanted to capture the "essence of creation" and highlight the greater purpose of the Beta kids in the creation of their universe. The piece is long and explosive, much like one would expect the creation of an entire universe to be. I wanted to depict a climactic moment, something grandiose and defining that fits in with the end of Homestuck properly. What better event than the Genesis Frog finally blooming with the original quartet? - (i definitely did cry) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Train -Artist: Buzinkai -Track Art: Kate Holden -Duration: 1:33 -Art Tags: -- John -- Roxy -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/train-2 -- https://youtu.be/vhzgtJcLouU -Commentary: - <i>Kate Holden:</i> - So I may have originally thought this track was about a literal train and been like "I can't really drawn trains..." only to be told it was more like a training montage for John and agreeing that maybe I can actually draw John. I'd been watching a lot of Ruroni Kenshin with the girlfriend on Netflix and because this art was done by me as a last minute switcheroo I didn't have much time, so I did what I do best; I was a piece of weeaboo trash and made this ridiculous fake shounen manga panel in manga studio. - The Japanese reads "Usagi o hako ni modore": "Put the bunny back in the box". - The next day I landed a job working at a Sake company. True story. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Of Gods and Witches -Artist: Tensei -Track Art: Archeia -Duration: 4:13 -References: -- track:doctor -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Jadesprite -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/of-gods-and-witches-2 -- https://youtu.be/a7qyOw3LuLE -Commentary: - <i>Tensei:</i> - For the longest time I considered this a song for Jade, specifically her dog tier transformation. Then I realized, far too late, that Aranea doesn't have a lot of music given her relative importance in the comic! - More importantly, this song has some piratey/celcitc jig vibes (partially based on the fight club theme from Assassin's Creed 3), which actually made it a decent fit for Aranea (given her Mindfang alter ego). - So by the limited powers of canonization invested in me, I hereby pronounce this song's alternative title as "Of Sylphs and Sekrets" and that it may be interpreted as a theme for either Jade or Aranea. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beatup -Artist: Clark Powell, Astro Kid -Track Art: Shan Murphy -Duration: 5:11 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/beatup-2 -- https://youtu.be/vHClZp44AQg -Commentary: - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - This was the best remix I ever worked on. There was another ermix of this song that didn't make it onto the album, but you can use your imagination for that. - <i>Astro Kid:</i> - actually clark is wrong and u dont have to use ur imagination <a href="https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beatup-shutdown">here u go</a> ... bye - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - step on me Riki - <i>Astro Kid:</i> - i step on nobody - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - pls make an exception for me - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> - is that your actual commentary i'll literally put this all in - <i>Astro Kid:</i> - yes RJ literally put this in also Clark I love you but this, I cannot make an exception for. Please go step on yourself. - <i>Shannon Murphy:</i> - This is a Strider song and I just wanted to draw both Strider bros in action.. - I felt like a lot of saturated cool colors would really match how the song felt to me as well! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You Killed My Father (Prepare To Die) -Artist: Team Dogfight -Track Art: Mika B. -Duration: 4:22 -Art Tags: -- John -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/you-killed-my-father-prepare-to-die-2 -- https://youtu.be/jJ7XGZ04Fgc -Contributors: -- Catboss (drums, mixing) -- Willow Ascenzo (orchestra, choir) -- DJ最テー (guitars) -- viaSatellite (bass) -- David Dycus (synths, composition) -- Ian White (trumpet) -- Kelly Sadwin (violin) -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -- Liquid Negrocity -- Checkmate -- Gaia Queen -Lyrics: - Round one - Round two - Final round -Commentary: - <i>Team Dogfight:</i> - You Killed My Father (Prepare To Die) is, as you may have noticed, a collaborative effort from a bunch of fanmusicians, except I guess we're all Homestuck Official now. Homestuck's been a pretty big part of our lives, as you can see from these testimonials: - <i>viaSatellite:</i> (bassist) - Homestuck had been one of the best experiences of my life, and being able to contribute music to it on several occasions fulfilled a few of my dreams. - It's been a massive pleasure to work with y'all. - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> (orchestra, choir) - The amount of musical fan activity that came out of Homestuck was really quite incredible, and something I've never seen in any fandom before. For all the highs and lows in the Homestuck fandom the way the fandom appreciated fanmusic was special. - <i>David Dycus</i>: (composer, synths) - Homestuck gave me a sense of musical purpose I have not experienced before or since. - ...Actually, that sounds stupid. Don't print any of that. - <i>Catboss:</i> (drums, mixing) - Literally everyone I know is a Homestuck. - I am trapped in an unending hell. - Please kill me. - <i>Mika B.:</i> (track artist) - Being reeled in both by the song title and the clash between the two characters (and the music, of course), creating art for this was exciting. - I have always thought of John as one who keeps his dorky self kept close in all situations, so John facing off Bec with the most energy filled, accusing point served as my inspiration for this piece. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sound Judgement -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Sera B. -Duration: 3:26 -References: -- Terezi's Theme -- track:harlequin -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sound-judgement-2 -- https://youtu.be/SgFCP-3EkNw -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Couldn't end without giving Terezi another chance to shine. "Sound Judgement" basically tells the story of Terezi's "CLOWN HUNT1NG" escapade where she goes hunting after Gamzee, battles him & gets spectacularly "ATOMIC DOUBLE JUGGALO BACKBREAKER"'d for her trouble. Goal here was mainly to create a "Terezi doing something badass" track: A little inspiration from things like "Battle without Honor or Humanity" from Kill Bill, sprinkled with little bits inspired by Terezi's theme, then a bit of weir dguitar solo for Harlequin to represent Gamzee, and a whole load of staccato strings and rhythm guitar everywhere else. - Originally called "JUDG3M3NT D4Y" but we already have a track called [[Judgment Day]]. - We've literally used all the names. - "Sound Judgement" works better though, although it should probably be "Smell Judgement"? - That sounds ridiculous though. - <i>Sera B.:</i> - For this piece I wanted to go really comic book-y, so I leaned towards a Daredevil influence for Terezi (for obvious reasons). Initially, I had her in a more dtailed setting in extreme light and shadow, with Gamzee's silhouette looming over her. Totally by accident I ended up deleting the background layers, leaving just the strip of red lava as the orizon-- which looked way cooler than what I had before and gave it the comic-book-cover vibe I was shooting for. Super fun piece to work on! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggrievocation -Artist: Mark Hadley -Track Art: Rachel Lundin -Duration: 3:41 -References: -- track:aggrieve -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrievocation-2 -- https://youtu.be/JB3kKp7jRag -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - While [[track:harlequin|Harlequin]] was the first piece of mine to appear in Homestuck, the first piece I actually wrote for it was [[track:aggrieve|Aggrieve]], and so I felt it was only fitting to make another mix of it for the final album. Plus it gave me an excuse to try writing it in a metal style! I'm not sure it could still be considered Rose's "official theme" anymore (not after the mountain of excellent music the team's written for her over the years), but I still like to think of it that way. - <i>Rachel Lundin:</i> - Just, put, like, "It was cool to work on this," I don't know! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stride -Artist: Kalibration -Track Art: Seth Massey -Duration: 3:26 -References: -- Moonsetter -- Showdown -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dirk -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stride-2 -- https://youtu.be/h3n1ToY-UvA -Commentary: - <i>Kalibration:</i> - Well, it's really my last song for Homestuck, huh... - I know I developed my thunderous-ridiculous-percussion style thanks to the comic, but it felt better to leave things on a groovier note. - So, it's "Stride", my little sequel-of-sorts to Upward Movement, featuring samples from Moonsetter and Showdown, and an updated version of that classic Dave Strider drum loop. - <i>Seth Massey:</i> - Fuck the rug. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Overdrive -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Seth Massey -Duration: 2:27 -References: -- Skaian Ride -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Underlings -- BK -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-overdrive-2 -- https://youtu.be/_uhUEvkcTfY -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - Pretty sure this one first came about back in 2012. - Talked about metal with a certain "Skeletal Timothy" over Skype at some point, and he said something along the lines of, "Hey, you know what'd be a cool metal cover? Skaian Ride." - Naturally, I had to try it. And it turned out pretty awesome. - The guitar performances haven't changed since the first recording, but just about everything to do with the mix and virtual instruments have been tweaked. - At the time, I was very influenced by Gojira, most noticeably in the rhythm guitars' super rythmic chugging around. - And a fun fact: the double kick drum is augmented by a sample of the kick drums used in Septic Flesh's song "Anubis" to give it that perfect death metal punch. - <i>Seth Massey:</i> - Some of the more "mechanical" designs in Sburb were fricken cool. - Wish we saw more of them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Freefall -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Nico J. Dolloso -Duration: 4:13 -References: Cascade (Beta) -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Jack Noir -- AR -- Snowman -- Genesis Frog -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/freefall-2 -- https://youtu.be/4pZP1Fkt9Mc -Commentary: - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> - Cascade2 has a strange following online. - The post with the track itself (feel free to google around to find it) isn't that popular (though, relative to the rest of my blog, it's practically Michael Jackson) but the people who've heard it and like it are very vocal about it getting a release. - So, you know, here it is. Freefall hems pretty close to my original remix's overall arrangement, except it swaps out all the samples for newly recorded material (all me) and riffs way, way more loosely on the song quotes. This song is older than [S] Cascade is, and I think the difference between the original version from all those years ago and this is one of the most striking comparisons you can make to show how far I've come. - <i>Nico J. Dolloso:</i> - I was approached by RJ to do a track art of my choosing for the album and decided to work closely with him for the track "Freefall." The track's subject was the EoA5 flash '[S] Cascade', which was from what I remember a clusterfuck on so many levels in the Homestuck universe and for the MSPA wegbsite & Newground's hosting servers. - It sure was a ride I'll never forget. - I'm pretty content with the result despite having a short notice to finish it. I wanted to reflect on the clusterfuck of the flash's narrative in these glass shards falling from the area of impact; I love compositions where you can notice something new every time you look closely at it. It also fit well with the title of the track as well. - I also remember there being a lot of contrasting colours in the original flash, so I played with those in this image as well. - Very glad to be able to have the opportunity to draw something for the album overall! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moonsweater -Artist: David Ellis -Contributors: Toby Fox (with apologies to), Malik Refaat (alto & tenor saxophone) -Track Art: David Litt -Duration: 7:57 -References: Moonsetter -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew -- The Felt -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/moonsweater-2 -- https://youtu.be/mB3xE2h_Bo4 -Commentary: - <i>David Ellis:</i> - The idea for this started around the time Volume 9 came out. - Someone asked Toby what his favourite piece was and he said 'Moonsetter'. - As he liked what I did with [[The Beginning of Something Really Excellent]] for [[Blue Atom]] I set out to rework Moonsetter into smooth jazz, ended up with shuffle-funk. - Close enough. - Thomas Ferkol came up with the name. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Castle -Artist: Buzinkai -Track Art: Kiko B. -Duration: 1:13 -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- Terezi -- Vriska -- WV -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/castle-2 -- https://youtu.be/DMWGKi9FqhA -Commentary: - <i>Kiko B.:</i> - This gentle but haunting refrain from Buzinkai reminded me of those calm-but-ominous moments in my favorite adventure games, particularly a fantastic little game called Cave Story. Given the title of the track, a castle-exploration scene seemed to be a given. - I knew I wanted to draw the trolls, and liked the idea of depicting Terezi and Vriska during the post-retcon timeline. So I went with one of the castles we see in a Dream Bubble. - Although, compared to the vibe the song gives off, The Scourge Sisters seem a little too excited to be exploring this creepy old place. The piece needed something to give it a more ominous tone. A scrapped concept involved Karkat and the Mayor, so I put them in the forefront here to add a sense of urgency and foreboding - they're probably not in any actual danger, but Karkat's not gonna let his beloved Mayor get wrapped up in Terezi and Vriska's castle-plundering shenanigans. Visually, I was mianly inspired by the illustrations seen during the ending credits of Cave Story, and how effectively they used limited, almost monochromatic color palettes. I cycled through a lot of different colors for the piece before deciding on the blue/purple gradient here. - Still not sure which one I like best! - In hindsight, I could have easily set this piece in any of the castles on Prospit or Derse, but then I couldn't easily include the Mayor. And I really, REALLY wanted to draw the Mayor. - Besides, pursuing a more obscure concept forced me to get more creative with the scenario and composition. - So, ultimately, it's a win-win! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Happy Flight -Artist: Seth Peelle -Track Art: Alyssa Lee Dalangin -Duration: 2:06 -References: Skaian Ride, Skaia Voyages -Art Tags: -- John -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-happy-flight-2 -- https://youtu.be/rozLPCPXopw -Commentary: - <i>Seth Peelle:</i> - The 1984 fantasy film "The NeverEnding Story" was one of my favorite childhood movies. - It was the first movie I ever remember watching at the theater, in fact! - And the film's fantastic soundtrack by Giorgio Moroder and Klaus Doldinger had a lasting impact on my own musical creativity. Doldinger's high-energy orchestral theme "Bastian's Happy Flight", in particular, is something special that has stuck with me throughout my life like few musical pieces have - an inspiring masterpiece embodying childlike wonderment in its purest form. - Andrew Hussie liked that movie, too, I guess. - So when Hussie came by my house riding a long magic dog through the sky and causing the absurd movie-referencing shenanigans called Homestuck, I somehow knew that the only proper response was to mash together the "Skaian Ride" and "Skies of Skaia" themes into a nostalgic homage to Mr. Doldinger's soundtrack. - (I am sure Mr. DOldinger - much like a certain ill-fated group of bullies - never could have seen THAT one coming.) - <i>Alyssa Lee Dalangin:</i> - I wanted to illustrate Skaian Happy Flight when I heard it because the music was so whimsical and uplifting, I knew doing the imagery to match it would be fun. When I asked the musician what their vision was for a scenario or character, they said they didn't have anything in particular in mind (though they mentioned some influences from The Neverending story, which Homestuck also referenced. There's a tiny Hussie riding a dragon in the background of my picture, based off a comic page I was shown, haha!) - Just based off the song title, I decided to draw John flying through some pretty Skaian scenery, so I set to work doing preliminary brainstorming. I mostly wanted to settle on cohesive shape language for the sky and the trees, since I already had an idea of the overall composition, and I really wanted the picture to be wispy. Unfortunately I didn't save too many WIP shots, but my sketch was pretty straightforward and most of the struggle came from deciding the colors for John... - One of the WIPs I've included here is showing a roughly shaded layer for John that I ended up scrapping for the simpler coloring that's in the final version. - There were aspects of the more detailed coloring I liked, but I didn't want John to stick out as awkwardly rendered against the otherwise mostly simplistic background style. I had a lot of fun creating this piece and I hope it does the cute song some justice! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Voidlight -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Zilleniose -Duration: 3:14 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/voidlight-2 -- https://youtu.be/FOG0NbZnKzU -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - Based on Calliope's ahven in the Furthest Rings, this track has gone on a journey. - Though the piano and harp melodies have remained relatively unchanged through the years (yep, YEARS), the piece itself has had a number of facelifts an additions. With new drums, strings, electric pianos, a celesta, some synths, and a quiet, somewhat ominous epilogue, it was a doozy. I'm pretty sure the epilogue was inspired by a chord progression in a Sonata Arctica song. Something about the tone and instrumentation of the piece felt right at home with Sonata's synths. The piece is meant to convey both a relaxed and serene feeling on top of a somewhat melancholy and serious undertone. Calliope's void light spiral was a breather from the craziness happening elsewhere in the comic, but there was always the threat of English showing up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beatdown DX -Artist: Curt Blakeslee -Track Art: miraculoustang -Duration: 4:13 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dave's bro -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/beatdown-dx-2 -- https://youtu.be/EJPtdTzq6uY -Commentary: - <i>Curt Blakeslee:</i> - A simplified chiptune rendering of Beatdown. Dave's original strife track was purposefully overproduced, loud, and busy, so Beatdown DX is actually less 'deluxe' than the original. - Even so, the DX suffix is a bit of an homage to the traidtion of releasing enhanced versions of old video games. - <i>miraculoustang:</i> - Catch me on the roof in my mid 30's pwning a 9th grader with a sword. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Solar Voyage -Artist: Marcy Nabors -Track Art: Seth Massey -Duration: 5:06 -References: -- track:ruins -- Flare -- track:explore -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- PM -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/solar-voyage-2 -- https://youtu.be/r78qOIX8ITI -Contributors: -- Marcy Nabors (composition, arrangement, vocals) -- Michael Guy Bowman (arrangement) -- Clark Powell (arrangement) -- Erik Scheele (arrangement, piano) -- Tensei (guitar) -- Paul Henderson (vocals) -- Jamie Paige Stanley (drums) -Commentary: - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> - Way back in good ol' 2012 I was in a little one-off band with Erik Scheele, Clark Powell, Astro Kid, and the ever-charismatic Michael Guy Bowman. - At one point we played a small backyard show of [[album:mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido|Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido]] tunes, along with many other Homestuck songs you all know and love, to a lovely audience of dedicated fans. - In an effort to pack our show with even more Homestuck material, we put together this cool medley as a live bit, based on songs some of the band members had worked on. - Four years later, and with the addition of some radicool guitar by Tensei and rockin' drums by Jamie Paige Stanley, we're pleased to present it to you in this glorious and shiny new form! - Also Paul. - <i>Paul Henderson:</i> - I recorded some vocals for Explare (as it was called at the time) like a year ago bc marcy was like "hey this might be on the next homestuck album?" and i really wanted to be on a homestuck album, so i show up for like twelve seconds. this is a dream come true - anyway bye - <i>Seth Massey:</i> - \_(ツ)_/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Feel (Alive) -Artist: Luke Benjamins, Robert J! Lake -Track Art: PJ Tush, Fenn, Mika B. -Duration: 3:14 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/feel-alive-2 -- https://youtu.be/Yngy9XIzRLY -Contributors: -- Luke Benjamins (composition) -- Robert J! Lake (production, arrangement) -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Rose -- Dave -- Karkat -- Kanaya -- Terezi -- Gamzee -Commentary: - <i>Luke Benjamins:</i> - I actually wrote the melody for this track almost five years ago, for a project that never got off the ground. As far as I can remember, I didn't have any particular inspiration when I wrote it, musical or otherwise. It's the catchiest tune I've ever made, yet I couldn't tell you how it came to me exactly. This version is a completely unique take on this melody compared to the original context, giving it a very different Feel. I wasn't able to do any of the audio production for this track, but I did guide RJ as to how I Feel it should be put together. We ended up pushing the deadline too much with this one, and there are still a couple things I wish had been changed, but like with any creative work, you need to draw the line somewhere, lest you polish it endlessly. - In the end, I'm gald to finally share itw ith the world in some form, and I hope the world enjoys it. - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> - This is really Luke's song. I started the project file but he made it his own. The crow noises are mine. - (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yngy9XIzRLY&lc=UgheYBDHMQfgt3gCoAEC">YouTube</a>) - <blockquote>RJ, if you arranged this piece, then there must be an original you used as a base. Is there some sort of file or sheet for that track?</blockquote> - luke might have a famitracker file. the way it worked is basically that he wrote the vast majority of the melodic content in famitracker and sent that my way, and i incorporated it as i saw fit. some of it's completely my own - that bassline, and the break section, for instance, as well as the second solo - but most of it comes directly from just a few wavs he shot my way. - so ask him, is my best advice! - <i>PJ Tush:</i> - Being so high energy, I wanted to make the piece as colorful as possible, but not unattractively saturated. Initially I planned on reflecting the characters in dream bubbles of their respective colors, but decided to depict them in full mugshot instead. - Each character is lightly engulfed in a colroful overlay in front of the chaotic, perpetually expanding infinity of gay space. - <i>Fenn:</i> - <i>Feel</i> is a very powerful song full of energy. We were inspired by the tension filled events occuring during the 3 year span of time between those stuck on the troll meteor, flying through space towards an unknowing and terrifying future. - <i>Mika B.:</i> - When rendering the final rendition of the track art piece, I hoped to give it a complete finish that would accustom the piece's lovely concept art. I enjoyed working to convey the spectacular energy Jade is known to behold, particularly with her hair. - Overall, this piece was a great enjoyment to work on, and I was able to accompany two great artists in their work to create art to represent <i>Feel</i>, as well as the teens' spiraling adventure on the gay meteor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Breeze -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Richard Gung -Duration: 5:16 -References: Sea of Derse -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/breeze-2 -- https://youtu.be/h9E2e6JgIp0 -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - Originally my thought for this piece was Spades Slick and Ms. Paint on a gondola, something semi-romantic and jazzy and very ship-worthy. Hence the accordion. But then, like any other time I started feeling vaguely like making something into a piece for shipping people, I actually made the piece and got a way better idea for what it would be for, aka post-game everyone-hanging-out reflection-relaxation. And hey, the accordion still worked. - I don't expect anyone else to be a Maria Schneider fan and also encounter this peice, but if they do, yes I pretty much took the first 4 bars of Evanescence and used it as the basis for the piece. A few other cues came from that piece as well. - <i>Richard Gung:</i> - A chill tune deserves a classy cover. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Starfall -Artist: Solatrus -Contributors: Justin Hellier (special thanks) -Track Art: Lunise -Duration: 4:13 -References: Ascend -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/starfall-2 -- https://youtu.be/1H26iJNOtx4 -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - I got inspired by listening to a friend's liquid drum and bass tracks back in 2014 (shoutout to you, Justin!), and decided I really wanted to do something along those lines. - Anyway, life happened so fast this track collected dust until RJ and Marcy yelled at me to finish it. - Oh if you want to check out Justin's work, go here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FliteDnB/">www.facebook.com/FliteDnB/</a> - <i>Chiristina Lillard:</i> - So I was minding my own businesso ne day, and then all of a suden Solatrus came and asked me if I wanted to do some art for Volume 10. Naturally, I obliged, and I asked him if he had anything specific in mind that he wanted me to draw for it, and he basically told me to draw whatever came to mind. So I listened to the WIP of the track he sent me a few times to get a feel for what I wanted to draw for it, and jotted down a couple of concept sketches for what I wanted to do! - The first character that came to mind was Rose for some reaosn, and the track gave me a bit of a Skaianet vibe, so at first I sketched up a little composition featuring the meteor terminal in the Skaianet lab. - I scrapped that idea because it would've been far too much detail for me to do in less than a week, so I thought I'd do something with Rose making her way towards Jasper's mausoleum, with a view of meteors falling from the sky. After all, a title like Starfall called meteors to mind! - So I sketched up that idea and liked it enough to see it through to completion. - Fun fact: Solatrus was surprised that the final track art was so red, because he felt like the music would inspire more blues, but he liked it a lot in the end. - I always thought it'd be pretty cool to do something for an official album, and I guess that dream came true! - I'm pretty happy to have had this opportunity to draw something for this album. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ascend -Artist: Tensei -Track Art: Marimo -Duration: 6:12 -Art Tags: -- John -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ascend-2 -- https://youtu.be/e9gGXYbtSt8 -References: -- track:doctor -- Cascade (Beta) -- Time on My Side -- Hydrogen -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- Arisen Anew -- Crystalanthemums -- Dance of Thorns -- Heir Conditioning -- Atomic Bonsai -- Sunsetter -- Neos City (Night) -- track:MeGaLoVania -- track:crustacean -- Meet the Flintstones -- Spider's Claw -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Carefree Action -Lyrics: - Toki no hime wa<br>(<i>The princess of time</i>) - (Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)<br>(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)<br>(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)<br>(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa) - (Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)<br>(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)<br>(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa)<br>(Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa) - (<i>The princess of time stopped the dog</i>) -Commentary: - <i>Tensei:</i> - First of all, I'm not an EDM producer. - So I made this track called [[The King in Red]]. Here's the song:<br>PSYCH, that's the wrong song! - Sweet Fruity Loops - I use that.<br>Supa hot beats - I drop that.<br>John and Aradia - I ship that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lilith in Starlight -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Sera B. -Duration: 3:51 -References: -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- Mother -- track:aggrieve -- Darling Kanaya -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Kanaya -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lilith-in-starlight-2 -- https://youtu.be/9ZRH3pMAsEw -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - This track's actually effectively a second go at a previous track I made called "Mother" which blended Black Rose/Green Sun & Aggrieve in a sort've more mystical tone. - It focuses on the more fantastical elements of Homestuck, like vampires & wizards & eldritch horrorterrors from the furthest epths, and I envisioned Rose & Kanaya milling around the Troll library during the timeskip, reading up on ancient lore and having a dance together. - There's a little bit of Enya influecne sneaking in, particularly with all the humming choirs, and then halfway through we go into a bit of Yasunori Mitsuda inspired celtic dance and a little excerpt of Darling Kanaya before slowing down and ending on the Aggrieve melody again. - <i>Sera B.:</i> - When Malcolm told me this was a Rose/Kanaya piece I got hung up on the idea of them having a little dance together in the meteor library. I figured it would be a sweet way to demonstrate the darker, more elegant aspects of the song and its liveliness at the same time. - I chose to have Kanaya as the lightsource to put a little more of a literal spin on the title-- Rose as Lilith and Kanaya as her starlight. - Just the two of them in their own little world, sharing a romantic moment! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Thanks for Playing -Artist: Max Wright -Track Art: Seth Massey -Duration: 3:31 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Roxy -- Karkat -- Kanaya -- Terezi -- Calliope -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/thanks-for-playing-2 -- https://youtu.be/XsCBaAv59cc -Commentary: - <i>Max Wright:</i> - <i>Thanks for Playing</i> was originally conceived as a theme for Calliope, back before the [[album:cherubim|Cherubim]] album had been released. At that time it had a runtime of only one minute, so when Volume 10 was being organised I ran with what I had and extended it into the piece featured. I felt that the initial theme has an air of purity, something that lent itself well to the birth of a new world - hence its allocation. - At least, that's how I'm justifying it. In reality this can be considered a Calliope piece at heart. - <i>Seth Massey:</i> - This is a realy fantastic song that I'd been rooting for from the start, and when given the chance to do art for it I was intent on making sure it got the beautiful art it deserved. - We had very similar ideas for the visual direction, and I think I've done the concept justice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Renewed Return -Artist: Marcy Nabors -Track Art: Zilleniose -Duration: 9:10 -Art Tags: -- Jane -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/renewed-return-2 -- https://youtu.be/qqZO_D5CO28 -Contributors: -- Marcy Nabors (composition, bass clarinet) -- Catboss (flute) -- Kelly Sadwin (violin & viola) -- Jamie Paige Stanley (percussion) -- Kyle G. Jamolin (lyrics & choir direction) -- Ciaran Cain (choir) -- Zeynep Dilli (choir) -- Kat Jamolin (choir) -- Kyle G. Jamolin (choir) -- Michael Ohr (choir) -- Cobin Pangilinan (choir) -- Robin S (choir) -- Chris Roper (choir) -- Stephen "Jeebes" Wiley (choir) -References: -- Warhammer of Zillyhoo -- Calamity -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- track:doctor -- Dirgeish -- Crystalanthemums -- track:skies-of-skaia -- track:frost-vol6 -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Courser -- track:sburban-jungle -Commentary: - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> - Four years! And what a wild four years it has been. - I started this one back in 2012 alongside [[Solar Voyage]], with lofty ambitions of live choir, strings, and woodwinds, a number of movements in different time signatures and tempos, and enough heart and soul to rival Homestuck itself. All this time later, I've emerged from my musical cocoon with a striking success of a piece, its deilcate wings glistening in the moonlight as it rears its feathery antennae, taking in the world with newfound--- - *ahem*. - Right. - I extend my endless thanks to the folks who were kind enough to lend their voices, instruments, and time to what has turned out to be the longest song in the entire Homestuck discography. - And to the listeners, I sincerely hope you enjoy it! -Lyrics: - Warhammer<br>Of Zillyhoo - Warhammer<br>Of<br>Zillyhoo - War<br>Hammer<br>Of<br>Zillyhoo - War<br>Hammer<br>Of<br>Zillyhoo - War<br>Hammer<br>Of<br>Zillyhoo! - Surge ex doloribus, cum spe in corde!<br>Respira ut proelium vincatur! - Surge ex ira, da pacem mundo novo!<br>Respira ut tenaetis finem felicem! - Renova!<br>Reveni!<br>Revona!<br>Reveni! - (<i>Rise out of sorrow, with hope in your heart!<br>Resurrect them with the battle to be won!</i> - <i>Rise out of wrath, bring peace to a new world!<br>Resurrect them that you may grasp a happy ending!</i> - <i>Renew!<br>Return!</i>) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: THIS Pumpkin -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: Worthikids -Duration: 4:02 -References: Pumpkin Cravings -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/this-pumpkin-2 -- https://youtu.be/ekWbliUNqfM -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - THIS Pumpkin is an arrangement of Seth "Beatfox" Peelle's Pumpkin Cravings from Homestuck Volume 5. - If I recall correctly, Beatfox said he was imitating Danny Elfman's style in the original 8-bit piece. One of the many great things about it is all the "orchestrations" he does with such a limited palette, and how strong they come through. - So strong in fact, that I've wanted to make an orchestrated version for a long time. - Consider it fully "Elfmanized" now. The title is a referenced to the "THIS FUCKING PUMPKIN" line from Problem Sleuth. - For obvious reasons I decided to drop one of those words when naming this arrangement. - <i>Worthikids:</i> - Alex's original request for this art was "so here's the thing......<br>could u draw the what pumpkin logo....<br>but with an exclamation point instead of a question mark<br>maybe candy corn vampire-problem sleuth could be holding it?" - I remember drawing the altered logo all plain by itself and sending that to Alex, - and he liked that fine, - but I was ultimately irked and redid it with candy corn PS a few days later. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Conclude -Artist: Seth Peelle -Track Art: Kiko B. -Duration: 7:47 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/conclude-2 -- https://youtu.be/5Dq01x-oxWM -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Homestuck -- track:skies-of-skaia -Commentary: - <i>Seth Pelle:</i> - Oh, hey. Is it the last track already? Man, where did the time go? - Wow. This piece has run through my head more times than any other that I've written for Homestuck. I hadn't been on the music team for very long before I felt motivated to create something in my head that could conceivably serve as a compelling closer to the comic, regardless of whether it ended up actually serving as such. Arguably the most thematically significant musical motifs in the comic - "Sburban Jungle", "Showtime", "Skies of Skaia", and ofcourse, "Homsetuck" - would all have their part to play. I first put it down into corporeal form in late 2010 as a full-length piano draft, but it wasn't until four years later that I began working on the final orchestrated version. - Efforts to complete it over the next couple years were sparse and sporadic at best and fraught with technical issues, but thankfully I managed to make the deadline for the album. - I wanted to make something that, although perhaps bittersweet, has a definitively happy ending. - Despite all the super bad stuff that goes down through the course of the comic, Homestuck is ultimately a story with a message of optimism. Learning, growing, helping, loving. - Blossoming individually, but also working toward a shared goal that's so much bigger than the individual and so totally worth it in the end. - These are themes that play out through the entire comic, but also themes that are reflected in our reality. - I wanted this piece to be an expression of ideals that I, myself, believe in. - I'm hopeful that you believe in them, as well. - <i>Kiko B.:</i> - Look how far we've come! Beatfox did such a spectacular job combining so many early Homestuck themes here. Listening to "Conclude" for the first time was a major nostalgia rush! - It's a fitting finale to a fantastic album. I went through tons of variations of the same image of John and his friends looking ff into the new world they'd built, but I couldn't quite nail down the concept. - Nothing, no matter how vast in scope, or how many kids I crammed in there, properly conveyed the feeling of finality befitting the final track on the album, and the end of HS itself. - Realizing that my initial concept was leading me nowhere, I returned to Act 1 for inspiration. - My single favorite page in HS is page 82 - the soothing but foreboding sound of wind chimes ringing in the howling breeze might even be my favorite use of sound in the whole comic, period. - I intentionally set the scene to look a lot like his yard in Act 1, with the "THANKS FOR PLAYING" text hanging in the sky as the one distinguishing feature that sets this piece post-Act 7. Here, John isn't gazing forlornly at his neighborhood in the anticipation of a long day, but relaxing somewhere warm and familiar after that long day has finally come to a close. - By the way, I haven't forgotten that his ACTUAL yard isn't exactly intact by the end of Act 1, but I figured it was worth it to take a little artistic license to deliver what this track needed. - It's not TOO much of a stretch to assume that John or any one of his God Tier pals could have rebuilt his home in the new universe, right? - Right. - It's my headcanon and I won't be shamed! - On a final and more personal note, Homestuck, and its music,<br>hold a very special place in my heart. - I began reading in 2011, so there was a lot of the comic and a lot of music to catch up on. I saved up so I could buy and binge it all at once. My favorite themes fueled many lazy days drawing fanart, which I eagerly shared online. I can sincerely say that doing so changed my life in many ways, as is the case with so many little, seemingly inconsequential decisions. Sharing my enthusiasm for HS led me to meet many dear friends. - That's an experience that I think HS encapsulates incredibly well - the incalculable impact something as simple as sharing something with friends can have. - This piece is my thank-you to Homestuck for that experience. diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-2.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-2.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 0af4f190..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-2.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck Vol. 2 -Date: December 14, 2009 -Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Cover Art: Homestuck -Track Art: Homestuck -Color: #cb87f6 -Groups: Official -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFY9SqSslc74Bj2yHCKkJh41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Harlequin (Rock Version) -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman, Joseph Aylsworth -Contributors: Joseph Aylsworth (guitar) -Duration: 2:48 -References: -- track:harlequin -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/harlequin-rock-version-3 -- https://youtu.be/g5TDTcMEL_c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Dreams (Remix) -Artist: Bill Bolin -Duration: 1:30 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:skies-of-skaia -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Upward Movement (Dave Owns) -Artist: Kalibration -Duration: 4:20 -References: -- track:amen-brother -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/upward-movement-dave-owns-3 -- https://youtu.be/j6UiUu_7LVc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vagabounce -Artist: David Ko -Duration: 1:13 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vagabounce-3 -- https://youtu.be/GFYnHrqW6LM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Explore -Artist: Buzinkai, Michael Guy Bowman -Contributors: Michael Guy Bowman (arrangement) -Duration: 2:28 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/explore-3 -- https://youtu.be/l03ijKa3NlA -Commentary: - <i>Buzinkai:</i> - I tried towill write something a little more thought provoking this time without too much drummage in the background. It came out smoothly, and I do think it's quite the haunting melody. I was unaware that Andrew wanted me to finish the original loop, and someone else remixed a longer ending for it, doing quite a fantastic job. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Guardian -Artist: Bill Bolin -Duration: 2:05 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nightlife (Extended) -Artist: Bill Bolin -Duration: 2:34 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showtime Remix -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -Duration: 2:02 -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -Samples: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/VliU0X6XVpA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggrieve Remix -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -References: -- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -Samples: -- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -Duration: 2:11 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/DpB5llhN2L0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Verdancy (Bassline) -Artist: Kalibration -Duration: 0:52 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/verdancy-bassline-3 -- https://youtu.be/UudwG8_AoOQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Kinetic Verdancy -Artist: Bill Bolin -Duration: 1:30 -References: -- track:verdancy-bassline -Has URLs: no diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-3.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-3.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3bc6b46f..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-3.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,121 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck Vol. 3 -Date: December 15, 2009 -Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Cover Art: Homestuck -Track Art: Homestuck -Color: #ef001d -Groups: Official -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFa87NHq4JwUlXbxWWaAqYgN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beatdown (Strider Style) -Artist: Curt Blakeslee -Duration: 2:32 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/beatdown-strider-style-3 -- https://youtu.be/laPOcRplQrw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Harleboss -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 2:47 -References: -- track:harlequin -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/harleboss-3 -- https://youtu.be/51vrPLt_LG8 -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Harlequin was awesome, and was quite a popular source for remixing the theme (it still is) so this was my early attempt. - The soundfont is actually a FF6 SNES font I found somewhere (At lot of people got it from the choir). The SNES soundfont choice was taken from a kind of natural evolution the music was taking from the earlier Vol 1 8-bi to 16-bit style music. - Not much to say on this one except it was quite a stereotypical 'Epic' boss battle theme - Choirs, church organs, bells, guitar and fast drums. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beatdown Round 2 -Artist: Curt Blakeslee -Duration: 2:27 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/beatdown-round-2-3 -- https://youtu.be/CuQpu45cmtw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dissension (Original) -Artist: David Ko -Duration: 1:47 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dissension-original-3 -- https://youtu.be/az71j7AvBuQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dissension (Remix) -Artist: David Ko -Duration: 2:03 -References: -- track:dissension-original -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dissension-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/mkPXt83h73w -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ohgodwhat -Artist: Nick Smalley -Duration: 1:06 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ohgodwhat-3 -- https://youtu.be/eX3QCmtmt4E -Commentary: - <i>Nick Smalley:</i> - WELL - It was 2008 and I was a silly little boy and thought ORGMaker was good-ass music program, so I decided to make a song in it. Half an hour later forged this booger of a song. Seriously. It took half an hour to make this. Then I saw that THE HUSS posted something about a Problem Sleuth opening? So I was like damn that’s bananas I’ll show him up! (wow look at this nerd thinking he can actually make music) - I sent it to his email and like a day later he sent one back asking about the music team. FLATTERING, IT WAS. So I was like sure sign me up g homey dog slice foo - And that’s the story of how I got on the music team. - Oh wait. You just wanted Ohgodwhat. - (ps that’s what it was called when i made it too) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ohgodwhat Remix -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 1:05 -References: -- track:ohgodwhat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ohgodwhat-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/ZuaMHCPnqOc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rediscover Fusion -Artist: BurnedKirby -Duration: 1:36 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rediscover-fusion-3 -- https://youtu.be/5j7mzL-ctNo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rediscover Fusion Remix -Artist: Bill Bolin -Duration: 2:05 -References: -- track:rediscover-fusion -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Explore Remix -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -Duration: 2:00 -References: -- track:explore -Samples: -- track:explore -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/explore-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/06qu70cLPaE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chorale for Jaspers -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 1:15 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/chorale-for-jaspers-3 -- https://youtu.be/YkSq79X6MAw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pony Chorale -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Contributors: Tavia Morra (vocals) -Duration: 1:03 -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pony-chorale-3 -- https://youtu.be/MHsZHFb5FqU diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-4.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-4.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 738e24b6..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-4.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,162 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck Vol. 4 -Date: April 13, 2010 -Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Cover Art: Homestuck -Track Art: Homestuck -Color: #51a2fd -Groups: Official -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYqUMFZtgAHdOcd0txDWSnj -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Revelawesome -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 0:43 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/revelawesome-3 -- https://youtu.be/yeIEkiIjw5c -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Another "Andrew asks for music for situation X" - In this, he wanted a dramatic reveal that was basically too epic and obviously a piss-take. The two main ones that were used for this and Hardlyquin (Both were used in the comic for more or less the same joke). The goal was to basically make something so dramatically epic and life-changing that it would just be incredibly silly. (I believe Hardlyquin ended audibly on a joke sound, while I wanted Revelawesome to be played as straight as possible). - And it was. - The music was based on some earlier work I did on an old Sonic Fangame (Completely forget which one - Think it was a boss theme) that I re-tuned for orchestra and gave it more of a buildup. The name was a play on Andrew's penchant for Portmentaeeu that-word-meaning-combining-two-words-together. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hardlyquin -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 1:38 -References: -- track:harlequin -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hardlyquin-3 -- https://youtu.be/CN04ruWv30g -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - When Andrew asked us to do something for a shock and surprise for the upcoming reveal of John's Dad's room, this is what I came up with. I slipped some Harlequin in there for good measure. The original version was exactly as it appears in the comic (complete with the record scratch at the end), and I lengthened it for the soundtrack since it was so very, very short. Somehow it came out creepier in that version. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mutiny -Artist: Bill Bolin -Duration: 2:59 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carefree Victory -Artist: Andrew Huo, Toby Fox -Duration: 1:36 -References: -- track:carefree-action -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carefree-victory-3 -- https://youtu.be/2z1Rp2UynQE -Commentary: - <i>Andrew Huo:</i> - Carefree Victory is really Hadley's baby, and I would feel like I'm plagiarizing to really call it my own. I really just dictated his piece, called Carefree Action, put it into PXTone, added some lines, changed the tempo, and added a coda (which wasn't even used in the comic, I think?). - One of the lines I added, for the intro, was roughly inspired by Cave Story music. I'm pretty Cave Story-influenced, especially with Homestuck stuff. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Guardian V2 -Artist: Bill Bolin -Duration: 1:20 -References: -- track:guardian -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Contention -Directory: contention-vol4 -Artist: -- Bill Bolin -- Toby Fox -Duration: 2:28 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ballad of Awakening -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 3:08 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-of-awakening-3 -- https://youtu.be/ZmJ3Ex2jguE -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Jade. I think, at least if not Jade then certainly something about Dreams (Which a lot of the story was turning into via the Prospit/Derse stuff). It was prevalent that a lot of Jade's character was coming from vague aloofness, yet a degree of precognition via dreaming that would prove central to the character and the concept of Sburb. - Thus, it's a playful kind of dream-like melody. A little scatterbrained a quite unusual (Namely due to the time signature which is something like 6/4). I came up with the melody years ago, and it's mostly just playing about on the sharp/flat keys on a keyboard. I generally don't like incorporating it too much because the chord progression sounds a <i>bit</i> too close to Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" (Which was released way after I originally came up with the melody for BoA, but is infinitely more popular) - Despite being used in 'The Flash Where Nothing Happens' and also being quite long, it's still one of my closet favourite tracks. So much so I did a remake that never made it to any album because it wasn't really anything new. In any case, it's <a href="https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/joy-and-dreams-eternal">here</a>. - I then took an enormous break from HS (shortly after doing a Squiddles track that I don't particularly like) and wouldn't be back 'till around about the time of AlternaBound had started being a discussed thing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Jungle -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 3:39 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-jungle-3 -- https://youtu.be/gOSnen64a7M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Three in the Morning (RJ's I Can Barely Sleep In This Casino Remix) -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 6:29 -References: -- track:three-in-the-morning -Samples: -- track:three-in-the-morning -Directory: three-in-the-morning-rj -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-rjs-i-can-barely-sleep-in-this-casino-remix-3 -- https://youtu.be/GACczxr7464 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Doctor -Artist: Buzinkai -Contributors: Clark Powell (production), Michael Vallejo (production) -Duration: 2:37 -References: -- track:doctor-original-loop -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-3 -- https://youtu.be/ve7TB0FggaY -Commentary: - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - Doctor was originally by Buzinkai and then a now non-active member Michael Vallejo added a few bits of percussion to it. I then put together a larger mix of the tune with shinier production and a glockenspiel tag, and this was the version Andrew used in the end. - <i>Buzinkai:</i> - Doctor was written before Homestuck, actually. The only thing I can really remember was that Super Smash Bros Brawl came out right before I finished it. The original loop (which is not the one specifically heard in the comic, but was included in the album release) was directly inspired by music from Cave Story, and I was trying to at the time musically embody how I felt at the time, I think. Though it never seems to come out exactly as I plan it, I enjoyed the results. I will say that I cannot truly believe how many people have remixed it. - The arpeggio part at the end goes between the left, both, and right speakers sequentially. I was too lazy to set the channel settings manually, so I did each note on a different instrument, which is set to each speaker channel. Not many people know that, and I think it actually made it a living hell for remixers who got a hold of the original file. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Endless Climb -Artist: Buzinkai -Duration: 1:24 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/endless-climb-3 -- https://youtu.be/_cCc7xv6uCk -Commentary: - <i>Buzinkai:</i> - The inspiration for this was from a not-very-well-known indie game called Tower of Heaven, which has phenomenal music. Believe it or not, the arpeggios were written first, and the main melody was written last. I tend to write songs backwards sometimes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Atomyk Ebonpyre -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:10 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/atomyk-ebonpyre-3 -- https://youtu.be/zECoOQ668nA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Black -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 2:24 -Art Tags: cw: blood -References: -- track:liquid-negrocity -Samples: -- track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-3 -- https://youtu.be/5NACWZBDtN8 -Lyrics: - Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! - - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! - - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the- - - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! - - I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! - I'm a- I'm a- I'm a member of the- - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew! \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-5.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 06594dea..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-5.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1002 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck Vol. 5 -Date: June 13, 2010 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Track Art Date: April 13, 2017 -Cover Art: Lexxy -Wallpaper Art: Lexxy, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Art: Lexxy, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.6; -Color: #00aaff -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuBmOO4muV8 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6_yub4_EV2SVvGuBwOxgN4aMhISOZito -Commentary: - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - track art on these tracks has been uploaded from the <a href="https://sollay-b.tumblr.com/post/188094230423/hello-a-couple-of-years-ago-allyssinian">Homestuck Vol. 5 Anthology</a>! the official release of Vol. 5 didn't come with track art; this collaborative project organized artists to submit their own original art for the album. the art was originally shared in a huge colection on tumblr on 4/13/17 and has now been collected here for viewing convenience and discoverability! - also check out the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyxgBfhPEG8">fanmade Vol. 5 Anthology Presentation</a> for an awesome animated showing of the anthology art and original tracks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Homestuck Anthem -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: linde-enge -Duration: 3:14 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-anthem-2 -- https://youtu.be/C-tawUqS2rc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Skirmish -Artist: Andrew Huo, Toby Fox -Track Art: seiii-tan -Duration: 2:09 -References: -- Skaian Skuffle -- Lotus -Art Tags: -- WV -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-skirmish-2 -- https://youtu.be/_EB_Y3biviY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Savior of the Waking World -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: cityinthesea -Duration: 2:26 -References: -- track:doctor -- Penumbra Phantasm -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-waking-world-2 -- https://youtu.be/juQcAEkvzdQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Clockwork Melody -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: fizzmouth -Duration: 0:35 -References: -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Lil Cal -- Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-melody-2 -- https://youtu.be/0s4JjBz-pr4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heirfare -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: Sollay -Duration: 2:42 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- track:harlequin -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Davesprite -- Jadesprite -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/heirfare-2 -- https://youtu.be/P1_QCWUi2wQ -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - This piece is one of the strongest examples of how much better my old music could have been if I had used better samples. But I had nothing but cheap stuff at the time, so I think this one suffers a lot. Personal regret aside, I composed this as an ode to John, so it features the themes from Showtime and Harlequin. I wanted something big and dramatic, so I went the semi-orchestral route, and completely transformed the context of the two melodies I used to suit the mood of the piece. In particular, Harlequin seems almost unrecognizable unless you're paying attention or have a good ear. I think its attempt to come off as big and noble is a little heavy-handed at times, but it would definitely be a fun one to come back to and update. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jade's Lullaby -Artist: David Ko -Track Art: Kibbynbits -Duration: 0:48 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jades-lullaby-2 -- https://youtu.be/7gD-IPfN6FU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggrievance -Artist: Mark Hadley -Track Art: rose-ebottles -Duration: 3:01 -References: -- track:aggrieve -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrievance-2 -- https://youtu.be/RcI76YVobAI -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - Since Aggrieve was the first song I wrote for Homestuck, I also imagined it would be the first thing I would remix. That turned out not to be the case (I remixed Harlequin first), but I went ahead with it anyway. I also figured it might come in handy in case there was ever another strife scene with Rose post-entry, but those became rare after a while, except for special situations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Happy Cat Song! -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman, Toby Fox -Track Art: strife-kind -Duration: 0:34 -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Jaspers -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/happy-cat-song-2 -- https://youtu.be/oLxeExkmGWs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hardchorale -Artist: Alex Rosetti, Toby Fox -Contributors: Michael Guy Bowman (meows) -Track Art: floralmarsupial -Duration: 2:54 -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Squiddles! -Art Tags: -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hardchorale-2 -- https://youtu.be/ldhG6Rx8OOE -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - I've always considered the creation of this song a "classic story". It came about in a strange, almost fateful way, and I think the final product reflects that. It was the first thing that Radiation and I worked on together, and it was through Hardchorale that our friendship started. He approached me with a MIDI file he had made, intending it to be a sort of "boss battle" arrangement of Chorale for Jaspers in the style of Harleboss. He asked if I would be interested in producing it, since at the time he was just starting out and had no means to do so. I agreed, Chorale being one of my favorite Homestuck tunes. So I produced it in a DAW to make it sound "good", and relative to the MIDI file it sounded great, and we were both really happy with it. Radiation got Bowman to record some heavy metal meows, which he apparently almost got kicked out of his apartment for recording and claims to have video of, though I have yet to see it. Once I found out it was going to be on Vol. 5, I added a section to it (roughly the last third of the piece) and at the very end sneaked the Squiddles theme just because I could. I realize that was more of a narrative than a commentary, but it's the history behind this piece that I find fun to talk about more than the piece itself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: An Unbreakable Union -Artist: Kalibration -Track Art: cityinthesea -Duration: 2:30 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Becquerel -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/an-unbreakable-union-2 -- https://youtu.be/jc_q5lCjw0Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Ride -Artist: Seth Peelle, Andrew Huo -Track Art: awildcale -Duration: 3:04 -References: -- track:aggrieve -- track:showtime-original-mix -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Jake -- Roxy -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-ride-2 -- https://youtu.be/tD_AfVeEyu4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: White -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: RainbowCookiz -Duration: 1:25 -References: -- Liquid Negrocity -Art Tags: -- PM -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/white-2 -- https://youtu.be/AmsR9n_5xKk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Octoroon Rangoon -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: enjistier -Duration: 2:11 -References: -- Liquid Negrocity -- The Ballad of Jack Noir -- Non Compos Mentis -Samples: -- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/octoroon-rangoon-2 -- https://youtu.be/mkCprHAqw8w -Lyrics: - Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pumpkin Cravings -Artist: Seth Peelle -Track Art: freckledOctopus -Duration: 3:57 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- cw: eye horror -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-cravings-2 -- https://youtu.be/jnq_L-yTdxs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Welcome to the New Extreme -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Xagave -Duration: 3:18 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave -- Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-to-the-new-extreme-2 -- https://youtu.be/kWVQH0Z5u08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystalanthemums -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 1:27 -Track Art: Chumi -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystalanthemums-2 -- https://youtu.be/gNuqEgNlqnM -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - I composed this one intending it to be the theme of Jade's land. This is the reason Jit has gone on the record as saying Crystamenthequins was intended to accompany Jade's island being destroyed/her entering her land (I'm pretty sure that's how he described it) was because of this song. It's actually a really simple tune, and I've wanted to expand on it for ages but never got around to it. The entire piece consists of the same simple chord progression, but it's a good, if played out, progression. That and the beautiful harmonies one is guaranteed to find with it is why I think this is one of my more popular songs. It's not as well-composed as I'd like it to be, but it is definitely catchy. And Radiation was responsible for the name, jokingly calling it "crystalanthemums" after I described it sound like a crystalline flower. I decided that was as good a name as any, and I've had the pleasure of infecting its two remixes with such silly-sounding titles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaia (Incipisphere Mix) -Artist: Solatrus -Track Art: razzberrysheep -Duration: 5:06 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaia-incipisphere-mix-2 -- https://youtu.be/IaT2a68dyJo -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - My Skaia remix was actually done before I joined the music team. I had first made a remix of Doctor (which you can hear <a href="https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-deep-breeze-mix">here</a>), which apparently really caught the attention of the team, in part thanks to Blueberry. - Anyway, just as I do now, I streamed music pretty regularly back then, and I’d often times do some improvisational piano over the rest of the mix I made for Incipisphere. Of course, one of those improv sessions (though not a live one) is what made it into the final mix. - Ultimately, Radiation told me it would probably be a good idea to not release Incipisphere Mix anywhere, and then eventually I got a private message from Andrew saying he wanted a .wav of it. - And the rest, I guess, is history? - Oh, and one more thing: AndrewNeo, the guy who runs skaia.net, named both my Doctor remix and my Skaia remix. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - Let’s have a bit of history before we jump into things with this song. - <b>A Bit of History</b> - I’ve been writing music among the longest out of all of the team members (9 and a half years now), but definitely not the longest. However, I definitely have to say I’ve improved more over the past two years than the seven years before that just from working with so many talented people. - But the difference in improvement between then and now is a story for another day. Let’s zip right just before I joined the team. While Skaia (Incipisphere Mix) is my first official Homestuck song, Doctor (Deep Breeze Mix) is my first Homestuck-related song, which you can download <a href="https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-deep-breeze-mix">here</a>. - The reason I’m mentioning my Doctor remix is because it very much helped put Incipisphere Mix on Volume 5. From what I was told, it turned a few heads on the team. Kind of hilarious to go back and look at the thread, because multiple of my chums posted just after I did and I wasn’t even aware of who they were at the time. Then again, I was still VERY new to the community at the time. My very first post on the MSPA Forums was of a WIP of my Doctor remix. - Blueberry eventually put me in contact with Radiation, and I was told not to release my Skaia remix anywhere. That made me very curious! And then not too long after that (a few days, I think), I received a message from Andrew Hussie himself on the forums saying he wanted the lossless master of Incipisphere. - “Oh snap! I’m a guest artist on Volume 5!” … And the following day I see a new subforum sitting there and I found out I was invited to join the team. Exciting times, indeed. - <b>The Song Itself</b> - Now, I’m sure people are wondering why I went with doing a remix of Skies of Skaia. Well, simply put, I really liked the chord progression, and I really enjoyed one of the remixes that was formerly in the discography. Because of both, I decided I wanted to do something with a bit of a heavier sound to it, but keeping consistent with the light and vibrant tone qualities. - The bassline and drums definitely helped give the song a much heavier feel than the original, showing an earlier example of what I feel has become my typical contrast in music. I very much enjoy contrasts in all art forms. Unexpected contrasts that are executed well just really made me happy. I can’t say I’m particularly happy with the bassline now, but back then that was pretty appropriate for my skill level, plus having an arpeggiating sound that I really used to do too much. - Of course, the comments I see the most on this song are on the improvised piano part. Before I was on the team I started doing a regular broadcast on the skaia.net internet radio, and I’d improvise over this song pretty often back then. I eventually figured out a few parts that I wanted to keep consistent, and I did a bunch of takes to finally get to what you hear in the final song. Of course, MIDI never seems to record very accurately, and I’m not actually the greatest at piano (!!!), so I had to do some fine-tuning on the note timings to make them actually sound precise. But those really fast runs were definitely real, and, no, don’t ask me to play it again. I won’t be able to. It was a really good day for me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sarabande -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Sollay -Duration: 2:18 -Directory: sarabande-vol5 -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sarabande-2 -- https://youtu.be/bkzYLa9iR6Q -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - I’ll never really know what happened to produce this. Not really, never. I wish I could remember if there was some thought process behind it, some sort of inspiration, but I really can’t remember any. Most likely, that was for the better. - What I mean is, I used to do a lot of improvisation after theater classes, instead of practicing, while my mother would clean up the various classrooms that were used. There was never really any inspiration for things that I can remember, and they were just a lot of off-the-cuff experiments of a sort, I guess. Some probably turned out great, and there were probably more than a couple days where nothing happened. I can remember trying to emulate different video game soundtracks or bits from them, but that was never really a norm. The only thing I’d ever think regularly was how no one would ever actually hear the improvisation I was playing, and I was okay with that. This was before college, anyway. - My point is, improvisation rarely had a point, so it’s really impossible to nail down if there was any reason for playing Sarabande that night. The way it went about, I just played the piece, exactly how it was recorded, aside from one little mistake. Then I stopped, went “Okay yeah, that was good”, packed up, and left. A while later, I needed to play things for the composer concert, so I performed it from memory, and that’s where the recording came from. - It’s kind of gained a status among the fandom for being music for when John reads Jade’s letter, which I think is a rather good place for it to go. Although, I think I actually called it “Rooftop Waltz” at one point, for Rose/Dave shipping stuff, buuuuut I’m rather glad that the “purpose” and title is changed now. “Rooftop Waltz”, that’s such an awful cheesy love title, plus, the piece really is a sarabande. I mean literally, it fits the genre fairly well, plus my composition prof called it “a perfect sarabande”, so there we go. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Clockwork Sorrow -Artist: David Ko -Track Art: Prince -Duration: 1:04 -References: -- Clockwork Melody -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-sorrow-2 -- https://youtu.be/fMn4Iehh2A4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Phantasmagoric Waltz -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: Dzu -Duration: 1:43 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/phantasmagoric-waltz-2 -- https://youtu.be/WnqZR9rzEJA -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - This is exactly what it sounds like. I went for a whimsical, dreamy feel with this one, expressed through the 3/4 meter, waltz patterns, Lydian mode, and ringing, bell-like timbres. There's not a lot going on in this one, though I think it's charming in a childlike way. It was the first piece I made upon my return to the music team (I was in it since the beginning, but never made anything worthwhile and left for a few months since I was starting my first year of college) - <i>(extra comments in reply to a Tumblr question)</i> - For some reason waltzes, Lydian mode, harps, and bell-like timbres seemed like the most appropriate ways to evoke dreams for me. I was inspired to make it ever since seeing Jade’s dream self, and how appropriate that it was included in Dave’s dream in Derse! - For those not around since the beginning of that page or who don’t know the history, it was originally full of Bill Bolin tunes (a former music team member who left on very bad terms) and we had to replace them with existing material. One of the things Andrew put in there was Phantasmagoric Waltz, and now that page has the additional comedy of Dave and Rose jamming out to...a sweet, slow-paced romantic dance? I can dig it. - For the record, that’s not a cell phone vibration, whatever you are hearing is there just by chance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sunslammer -Artist: Seth Peelle -Track Art: Aeritus -Duration: 3:05 -References: -- Sunsetter -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Underlings -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sunslammer-2 -- https://youtu.be/DJ5crJDYtDg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lotus Land Story -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: fenkko -Duration: 1:52 -References: -- Lotus -- track:doctor -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lotus-land-story-2 -- https://youtu.be/O7qf5KhmM-I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chorale for War -Artist: Steve Everson -Track Art: appulsprite -Duration: 1:37 -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Jade -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/chorale-for-war-2 -- https://youtu.be/5nzzYzdm8sI -Commentary: - <i>Steve Everson:</i> - This one predates my time on the music team! It started life as a midi called Battle Chorale (obviously, a pun on "battle royale"). It was pretty popular, if I recall correctly, though there wasn’t a lot of fan music around in those days to compare to. Some time after joining the team, one of the other musicians created their own hard rock Chorale remix by that same name! So I updated my old one under a new name, and Albatross and Rad created their Hardchorale remix too. Battle Chorale never made it to publication but these two survived. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Unsheath'd -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: Egossweetart -Duration: 0:56 -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/unsheathd-2 -- https://youtu.be/GBlD4tBCGmE -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - I based this off a short tune I wrote as a composition exercise. It turns out the tune was really short, since this song clocked in at a little under a minute. I had intended it to be associated with Dave, hence the style and Hip-Hop sounding lead. Not much to say about this one either other than I should definitely use this theme in the future for something more worthwhile. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Versus -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: demfury -Duration: 2:03 -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dave's bro -- Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/versus-2 -- https://youtu.be/d3JKaZpfJjE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Planet Healer -Artist: Seth Peelle -Track Art: Meruz -Contributors: Toby Fox (various material), Erik Scheele (various material) -Duration: 1:39 -References: -- track:doctor -- Penumbra Phantasm -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/planet-healer-2 -- https://youtu.be/VQjHlYSM_jo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bed of Rose's / Dreams of Derse -Artist: Mark Hadley -Track Art: Seagrot -Duration: 1:43 -References: -- track:aggrieve -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bed-of-roses-dreams-of-derse-2 -- https://youtu.be/D5_LohYeVjk -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - John had a "sleep and recover hp/mp" type theme, so I wrote one for Rose as well. Naturally it uses part of the theme from Aggrieve. When it came time to put it on the album, I didn't really want to leave it as short as it was, so I added the Dreams of Derse section to lengthen it, imagining what the cold, far orbit of Derse might be like. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Flight -Artist: Kalibration -Track Art: Aryll -Duration: 1:30 -References: -- Skaian Ride -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-flight-2 -- https://youtu.be/1pXdGOSIvEs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: How Do I Live (Bunny Back in the Box Version) -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: copiko-art -Contributors: Nick Smalley (guitar solo) -Duration: 3:43 -References: -- How Do I Live -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Jade -- Karkat -- Rabbit -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version-2 -- https://youtu.be/gUHzNBepsJI -Lyrics: - How do I<br>Get through one night without you?<br>If I had to live without you<br>What kind of life would that be?<br>Oh, and I<br>I need you in my arms, need you to hold<br>You're my world, my heart, my soul<br>If you ever leave<br>Baby that would take away everything good in my life - Without you<br>There'd be no sun in my sky<br>There'd be no love in my life<br>There'd be no world left for me<br>Oh, and I<br>Baby I don't know what I would do<br>I'd be lost if I lost you<br>If you ever leave<br>Baby that would take away everything that's real in my life - And tell me now<br>How do I live without you?<br>I wanna know<br>How do I breathe without you?<br>If you ever go<br>How will I ever, ever survive? - Nick Smalley on guitar, ladies and gentlemen! - Yeah<br>Play that shit!<br>Mmm<br>I hear ya, I hear you in here<br>In my heart<br>Mmm, so good on my eardrums<br>Yeah<br>You got that Telecaster twang<br>Twangin' into my soul - Alright now, let's bring it back here, now<br>I need somethin' with a little soul<br>Casey, take us there, bring it back!<br>Alright, come on now! - And tell me now<br>How do I live without you?<br>I wanna know<br>How do I breathe without you?<br>If you ever go<br>How will I ever, ever survive? - (Oh, it's- it's done. Oh.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dupliblaze COMAGMA -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Shoutloaf -Duration: 2:24 -References: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:beatdown-strider-style -Samples: -- Drop It Like It's Hot -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dupliblaze-comagma-2 -- https://youtu.be/YsG54QnsMLc -Lyrics: - Ready - Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot - Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot - Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moonshatter -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: madragingven -Duration: 1:17 -References: -- track:harlequin -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/moonshatter-2 -- https://youtu.be/pGgEeNu-WpY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sunsetter -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Raddical -Duration: 1:32 -References: -- Hawkeye -Art Tags: -- Dave -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sunsetter-2 -- https://youtu.be/DooIE-BKSGo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lotus -Artist: Seth Peelle -Track Art: tea-rezi -Duration: 1:39 -Art Tags: -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lotus-2 -- https://youtu.be/yc32rRerfgc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ruins (With Strings) -Artist: Erik Scheele, Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: ghostpressure -Duration: 3:09 -References: -- track:ruins -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ruins-with-strings-2 -- https://youtu.be/j0vdgsVJGHQ -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - This one is really hardly me, honest, it’s all Bowman. Ruins was this piano recording I’d put up back when I still hardly knew how to record anything, and then Bowman just went and added magic to it. And the piano track, that’s just another one of those “improvisations out of nowhere”, no real purpose or theory-thinking beforehand to delegate anything to it. Especially the descending-thirds, no way I could have just thought about that and been like “Yes that is a good thing to be doing”, it was just spur of the moment thinking. - (Ruins was one of the first things I contributed to the music forum after getting on the team, a small improvisation based around descending seconds which was made back when I still had no idea how to record things properly. Since Earth was kind of a gigantic wasteland planet at that point (and it still is, today), I conceptually tied my recording in with that, and called it Ruins. - Of course, I really doubt that Ruins would have gotten anywhere if it wasn’t for Bowman, who pretty much surprised me sometime before Volume 5 with an updated version of my recording, which made the piano sound better and added a lot of other instruments to it, really adding a lot of depth and atmosphere to an otherwise-shoddy recording. And then, when Volume 5 came around, it was released as “Ruins (With Strings)”, which is what you just heard in the update! - I know I’ve got a better recording of Ruins kicking around here somewhere, I’ll have to see if something can be done with it.) - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Really it’s the “(With Strings)” part that is my doing. When Jit was first inducted to the team, he did not have access at the time to a proper recording environment or midi controller that he could apply a high-quality piano sound to, so he had recorded his piano demo for “Ruins” on what I’m guessing is an on-board laptop microphone. I thought the composition was really great but knew that it would sound too unpolished to make the cut onto a Homestuck album, so I resolved to write a string accompaniment around his composition. - By applying an incredibly enormous amount of reverb to the piano part, I hid the low fidelity of the original recording and made it sound as though it was hauntingly played to the listener from the other end of a cave. Given my lack of any truly convincing string samples, I chose instead to use deliberately mechanical strings, gently de-tuning them to sound a bit reminiscent of early string synthesizers, somewhat inspired by “Crystal Japan”, a creepy instrumental by David Bowie. - Some of the other elements of the ambiance (the wind, the really high notes that echo for a long time) I drew from the soundtrack to World of Goo, specifically the track “Jelly” which I noticed bore a strong resemblance tonally to Jit’s composition. To seal the melancholy, I doubled the piano melody on guitar using a very cool, muted sound with a lot of echoes and pitch bends. I signed the tune by adding a cadence from “Sburban Jungle” at the very end. - Really, the track should probably be listed simply as “Ruins” if not for the fact that there is not official piano rendition of the piece. I think it would be really cool to hear such a version of the tune if Jit ever found himself recording material in a studio again (as he did for James’s piano suite Sburb). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ectobiology -Artist: David Ko -Track Art: Kirvia -Duration: 1:39 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Jade -- Dave -- John's dad -- Cats -- Squiddles -- Rabbit -- Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ectobiology-2 -- https://youtu.be/3dS73kM5EIE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Upholding the Law -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: vorpos -Duration: 1:44 -Art Tags: -- AR -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/upholding-the-law-2 -- https://youtu.be/xrKUOCR55sA -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - I consider this an important piece to myself, but not to Homestuck music in general. Actually, it's probably the lowest quality thing I have ever released as Homestuck music. It's just sloppy. But there's a bit more to it than that, and that lies in its instrumentation. This was the first piece I ever composed where I explored colorful and playful orchestration. The xylophone and pizzicato strings that I was playing around with would become my bread and butter a couple years later. I'm not currently known among the Homestuck musicians as being an orchestral composer, but I've reached the point where there's nothing I like composing more than fully orchestrated pieces. At least as far as soundtrack music goes. And not just fully orchestrated either, there's a certain sense of color I love exploring and I like making lighter sounds despite using a bigger and more imposing ensemble. I haven't released anything that showcases that yet, but I definitely will be in the future, so I think that's something to be excited about. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Underworld -Artist: Steve Everson -Track Art: Koukouvayia -Duration: 2:25 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/underworld-2 -- https://youtu.be/TzVrxUlBYOA -Commentary: - <i>Steve Everson:</i> - My other favourite from Volume 5. It started life as a theme for the Aimless Renegade, inspired by a “Desperado” theme which I believe was written by Bolin back when he was still part of the team. I wasn’t really running on any particular goal of contributing so much as liking the style and wanting to make something similar. Imagine the piece as it is now played by some sort of mariachi band and you might have the right idea of what it originally sounded like. Naturally, it didn’t quite fit. I liked the melody but it just wasn’t working for the whole desert hero thing. So I flipped through my library of voices (small though it was back then) and came across the more electronic one that plays the melody now. I re-tooled the accompaniment to fit, and it became a piece that I always considered a theme for Derse. Hence its title. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystamanthequins -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Jenny -References: -- Crystalanthemums -- Mannequin -Duration: 3:10 -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Terezi -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystamanthequins-2 -- https://youtu.be/9YhdlvBqG5w -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - Probably the thing I’m best-known for off of Volume 5, which is slightly ironic given how rushed it was. No kidding, I finished it up the night that Hussie was rounding up tracks to go through, and threw it in as a last-minute thing, “hey I just finished this can it go in??” deal. I mean, I’d had inspiration for it earlier, but never got around to making it until it was almost too late! - Yeah, this one definitely had inspiration. To answer a quick question you might have though, no, I didn’t know about the trolls beforehand, or what Hussie was going to do with the music. I didn’t even find out until Albatross Soup told me about it, a few weeks before it happened. Moreso, the inspiration came from a sudden image I had one night during the summer, in which Jade’s planet, at that time unknown, was highly unstable, and Noir had purposefully upset the balance in order to try and destroy her planet. So the entire first bit is her trying to save her inhabitants, while Crystalanthemums plays. The reason for having that motif, well, I’d had this very strong feeling that it should be Jade’s planet theme. So, it got used. - (The mental images of one of the kid’s planets getting broken/torn apart like I’d imagined still give me the shivers. I still love Hussie so much for creating a villain that actually did something upon gaining obscene amounts of power; rather than just retreating and launching some master plan, he actually went around and started doing shit with his powers. Not something you even really see in Hollywood villains nowadays, far as I know. The protagonists and antagonists are always very separated, no interaction between one or the other, nothing like what Noir does. At least, that was my experience at the time.) - As for the second bit, well, I’d wanted to make an “industrial, heavy action, stuff going to shit” remix of Perrybob’s Mannequin for quite some time, and it seemed to fit to transition over to that. In my head, the action was going to shift from Jade’s planet to LOHAC, where unspecific action was going to take place. I really don’t think I gave the Mannequin section enough time to develop, or really do much, but time constraints dictated I give the music over to the volume 5 collaborative -right then and there-, so it had to be cut off. Mannequin’s really great, though, you should give it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAyPFa3nEK4&feature=youtu.be">a listen</a>. - Also, as a sidenote, my like for Beck is rather shown in this piece, as is evidenced by my direct attempt to semi-recreate main beat in Replica to transition between the two sections. #MUSICSECRETSSSSSSSS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Endless Climbing -Artist: Perry Sullivan -Track Art: allyssinian -Duration: 2:12 -References: -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/endless-climbing-2 -- https://youtu.be/zBh8V5EonSs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Land of the Salamanders -Artist: David Ko -Track Art: Kisbys -Duration: 1:44 -References: -- track:doctor -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:dissension-remix -- track:aggrieve -- track:vagabounce -Art Tags: -- John -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-the-salamanders-2 -- https://youtu.be/bfKXw-kSnq8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Medical Emergency -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: Nolvini -Duration: 2:08 -References: -- Savior of the Waking World -Art Tags: -- John -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/medical-emergency-2 -- https://youtu.be/aCci9GxbsSM -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - Radiation gave me a MIDI of Savior of the Waking World to remix shortly before he figured out how to do it himself. It's based on a prototype of that song and goes in a completely different direction, complete with a cheesy electric guitar synth. I think the opening ended up sounding really cool, but the rest of it just sounds kind of dumb in its execution, not that the material itself isn't good. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Clockwork Contrivance -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: Ghostcrebs -Duration: 4:33 -References: -- Clockwork Melody -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-contrivance-2 -- https://youtu.be/b3VZo6aQyoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Get Up -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: reinardfox -Duration: 1:18 -References: -- Penumbra Phantasm -- track:doctor -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/get-up-2 -- https://youtu.be/RG-gwMm7vcg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vertical Motion -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: inariijane -Duration: 1:32 -References: -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vertical-motion-2 -- https://youtu.be/RCMpwY8pirw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: a-vodka-mutini -Duration: 5:27 -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent-2 -- https://youtu.be/h23WFhv2Sms -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pyrocumulus (Kickstart) -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: thespacemaid -References: -- Skaian Skuffle -Duration: 3:02 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pyrocumulus-kickstart-2 -- https://youtu.be/KYc4reXiKfE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Skuffle -Artist: Andrew Huo -Track Art: innocoussketches -Duration: 2:11 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -Art Tags: -- WV -- Jack Noir -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-skuffle-2 -- https://youtu.be/P0Es-6hSihA -Commentary: - <i>Andrew Huo:</i> - Skaian Skuffle was made with the intent of turning Skies of Skaia into a battle theme. The bass progression matches Skies of Skaia's, with more bounce to it, and the melody of Skies of Skaia was quantified/simplified into a repeating motif. It was mostly composed by feel the rest of the way. I actually had writer's block for a while after I reached about 1:02, and it never really got resolved, which is why 1:21 onwards feels kinda awkward and not so great. I kinda wish I could go back and redo it so it sounds better. But what Radiation did with it turning it into Skaian Skirmish worked really well. There was some vague artistic direction from the Big Man that helped with this a little bit. If I remember correctly, it was something along the lines of "okay, maybe you can bring it down a bit in the middle, then ramp it up for the big finish." So I tried to do that using a new bassline, using wandering skips of third and fourth rather than downwise step in an attempt to mirror Skies of Skaia's original melody, as well as scrambling the repeating sixteenth note motif based on the original melody. Like I said, though, I would say it worked out awkwardly rather than well. It does create a certain mood, which, like I said, Radiation capitalized on. Whoops, I just repeated myself, but in more detail the second time. What's that called in literary device terms? Amplification? Yeah, let's go with that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Throwdown -Artist: Steve Everson -Track Art: Gene -Duration: 1:36 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/throwdown-2 -- https://youtu.be/pe-4Gsc6TMI -Commentary: - <i>Steve Everson:</i> - Man, this track goes way back. I’m talking years. One of my really early midi compositions. It sounded like the coolest shit when I was 14. It’s practically unchanged besides being synthesised with non-midi voices. Same instruments and all. - It’s got a bit more of an... ironic appeal to it now. Still sounds pretty cool though -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Valhalla -Artist: Kalibration -Track Art: Alina James -Duration: 3:06 -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- The Felt -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/valhalla-2 -- https://youtu.be/fPKk7ZAvbbk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Amphibious Subterrain -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: dazed-squid -Duration: 1:40 -Art Tags: -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/amphibious-subterrain-2 -- https://youtu.be/b1fKvjP5ego -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Light -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: allyssinian -Duration: 4:27 -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -Directory: light-vol5 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/light-3 -- https://youtu.be/dmJDWAQSQBs -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - This one, man. Not really as well-known as the other three, I don’t think, but I’m still happy with various aspects of it. Not really any specific inspiration, I just started out with the thought of wanting to make a contrasting piece to Black. Especially with the opening piano line, but overall, something more pure and light. Of course, by the time I got around to finishing it, Radiation had already stolen the title “White”, so I called mine “Light” instead. - About the middle section, I think that needs a bit of talk about it. I’d just been talking with a friend about Homestuck, telling him about the numerical motif 413, and telling him various examples, and he went and said “Yeah, that could be a chord progression too”, and I was like “whooooooooooooooooah”. So I used it as a chord progression. For the first while, though, I had this dual guitar line instead of Showtime, and it was sorta eeeeenh and I didn’t know where to go from there. It sat for a while, then suddenly one day in church I was like “oh holy shit showtime would work so well in there”. It was like suddenly remembering you left a cake in the oven on 500 degrees for the last two nights, that sort of realization. So it went in, and it worked much better than the stupid two-guitar thing. - 413 as a motif, I’ve used it in various ways. Not saying anything, though, not even sure about spoiling its use in Light. If you ever analyze various bits of music, though, you might notice it popping up, or other little fun bits. That’s all I’ve got to say about that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Softly -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Mika B., Rune -Duration: 3:04 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Becquerel -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/softly-2 -- https://youtu.be/h8AOosBD-fA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Greenhouse -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: creepyknees -Duration: 2:50 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/greenhouse-2 -- https://youtu.be/QZlsdtFRPWc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Space Prankster -Artist: David Ko -Track Art: kindergraph -Duration: 0:50 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/space-prankster-2 -- https://youtu.be/Vho9Rgk2kHQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ecstasy -Artist: Steve Everson -Track Art: aranciart -Duration: 2:48 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ecstasy-2 -- https://youtu.be/JKBuMqKSu68 -Commentary: - <i>Steve Everson:</i> - Probably remains my favourite of my pieces, while also being one of the ones with the least real thought put into it. The whole thing was written more or less on the fly. The chord pattern is one that I’d liked for several months, possibly even a year or two, without ever having come up with something good enough to write to it. Then, one evening while I was in the shower (all of my best ideas come from the shower) my mind pulled together a half-remembered bassline from an obscure-ish Sonic the Hedgehog game and a brief snippet from an old quiz show called Catchphrase, and strung them into the main harmonies of the piece. From there I just lay an improvised piano melody on top. - When I presented it to the music team it was pretty well-received, and with some of their guidance the whole piece ended up pretty polished. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snow Pollen -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Rozenn-blog -Duration: 2:10 -References: -- Lotus -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/snow-pollen-2 -- https://youtu.be/xFTuVM3nACY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Candles and Clockwork -Artist: James Dever -Track Art: Quibbs -Duration: 2:34 -Art Tags: -- Dave -- cw: corpses (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/candles-and-clockwork-2 -- https://youtu.be/gTNWsk3dKqc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Can Town -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: taqibun -Duration: 1:40 -Art Tags: -- WV -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/can-town-2 -- https://youtu.be/-BP2X5opz4M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Plague Doctor -Artist: Steve Everson -Track Art: ghostecutioner -Duration: 1:13 -References: -- track:doctor -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/plague-doctor-2 -- https://youtu.be/SnVdIDSx5-I -Commentary: - <i>Steve Everson:</i> - I’m sure you all know the story behind the Doctor remixes. During the Intermission Andrew wanted a remix of that to use for LOWAS and everyone jumped at the chance. This was my contribution. It’s a pretty straight transcription to different instruments. Nowadays I find that a little disappointing. I started writing a new version not long ago; maybe one day I’ll finish it and post it here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Enlightenment -Artist: Steve Everson -Track Art: Sigourney Martin -Duration: 1:15 -References: -- track:aggrieve -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/enlightenment-2 -- https://youtu.be/h0UVwLDYneI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Doctor Remix -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -Track Art: microwavedsoap -Duration: 0:58 -References: -- track:doctor -Art Tags: -- John -- Horrorterrors -- cw: blood -- cw: corpse -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-remix-2 -- https://youtu.be/EhVwra6X4B0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: the-nothing-maker -Duration: 3:39 -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence-2 -- https://youtu.be/R6H0bLgRNpo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Song of Life -Artist: Steve Everson -Track Art: arosoup -Duration: 2:09 -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/song-of-life-2 -- https://youtu.be/L6IjePPeB0E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Descend -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: queenoftheantz -Duration: 4:25 -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/descend-2 -- https://youtu.be/HE1JZZYUZYM -References: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:mutiny -- track:skies-of-skaia -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:aggrieve -- track:jackknive -- track:liquid-negrocity -- track:guardian -- track:harlequin -- track:explore -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- track:underworld -- track:three-in-the-morning -- track:non-compos-mentis -- track:pumpkin-cravings -- track:vagabounce -- track:skaian-skuffle -- track:doctor -- track:penumbra-phantasm -- track:endless-climb -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:lotus -- track:problem-sleuth-theme -- track:dirgeish -- track:fear-of-the-heavens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Homestuck -Artist: Mark Hadley -Track Art: Snilm -Duration: 2:27 -References: -- Homestuck Anthem -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-2 -- https://youtu.be/FUwG73ATI7k -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - Plazmataz came up with a melody to use as an anthem for Homestuck, which they then used in Homestuck Anthem. While that was a very driving melody, I opted to come up with something that might be more suitable for credits (opening or end) or a title screen. I really like how this came out; it sounds a bit moody, but still optimistic, which is what I was aiming for. diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-6.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-6.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 0618c36f..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-6.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,338 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent -Cover Art: Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Andrew Hussie -Banner Art: Andrew Hussie, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x216 -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.4; -Track Art: Homestuck -Directory: homestuck-vol-6 -Date: January 5 2011 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #6699ff -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrNz5d97JIA -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFYpSor-2EQjZx8pG-RNSbp_ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frost -Artist: Solatrus -Duration: 5:05 -References: Flow -Directory: frost-vol6 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frost-3 -- https://youtu.be/57FwbcQ4LIA -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Anyway, man, where to begin on this one? My most famous song, one of the proudest moments of my musical career, etc. etc. I could go on. - But I’ll start with the roots. - Frost didn’t start off as the theme for the Land of Frost and Frogs. It started off as the theme for the Land of Thought and Flow. As I’ve mentioned in a previous post on this song, you really need to look at <a href="https://www.homestuck.com/images/storyfiles/hs2/02522.gif">this image</a> to understand what went through my head. - Remember that image? Yeah. Okay. Now then, go listen to the first 30 seconds of Frost while staring at that image. - Got it? - Good. - That’s how it started. - And then Andrew asked me to use it in the animation and it got renamed. But, considering half of the song no longer fit the new theme, I rewrote the second half to include a lot more percussive instruments to give that icy feeling. - Frankly, I’m not sure what’s more well known, the really ethereal arpeggio that opens the song, or the industrial drums that drive it. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - I can’t really make a post about this song without mentioning the above flash animation and the following image: - <img src="media/misc/02522.gif" width="650" height="450"> - Because, really, if I didn’t, I wouldn’t be explaining a significant amount of the story behind this song. - This image of Terezi standing in the Land of Thought and Flow is what inspired the opening arpeggio for Frost. The whole Land’s environment is fascinating to me, and I simply had to write a theme for that medium world. As I have probably mentioned, my preference in writing music is for settings, which gives me my really ambient sound, contrary to other musicians on the team who prefer to write melodical songs describing emotions and people. - I ended up realizing an industrial kit would work extremely well for an unusual drum beat, particularly to contrast the incredibly ethereal sound I had already established. Hell, this song is so ambient people have a hard time telling what the melody is… and no, it’s not the french horn. :D - Eventually the arping bassline comes in and all is good. - Anyway, I was really hoping that Terezi’s land would be explored more, but that never happened. I ended up getting contacted by Andrew to feature this in the comic, and I was really ecstatic. My music went from a few dozen people listening to it regularly, before I joined the team, to probably a few thousand after Volume 5. And then with this feature, I jumped to having hundreds of thousands of people listening to one of my songs. And it’s grown since then. - That was a really mind blowing, and really awesome. I’ve had very few proud moments in my life more worthy than this one. - After the feature, though, I scrambled to improve the song’s quality. I changed around a few things in the first half (most notably making the whole mix a bit quieter), and pushed the melody a bit more forward. The second half, I basically swapped out this very strange sounding piano improvisation I did with the percussion (vibes, glockenspiel) instruments and a saw pad for lead. The replacements work incredibly well for trying to give an icy sound, and I’m pleased with how it turned out. - I don’t know if I’ll ever go back to doing songs that are this ambient and minimalist, because my composing skills have progressed significantly since then, and I require much more complexity in my work. Also, now that this song is actually over two years old (for me), I’ve noticed how flawed it is. - But nonetheless, this is probably one of my best songs, and it’s well loved by the Homestuck fandom. That’s good enough for me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Courser -Artist: Seth Peelle, Alex Rosetti -Duration: 4:37 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- Lotus -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/courser-2 -- https://youtu.be/EmdRALDqt7k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Umbral Ultimatum -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 3:33 -References: -- Penumbra Phantasm -- An Unbreakable Union -- Courser -- Carefree Action -- Homestuck Anthem -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/umbral-ultimatum-2 -- https://youtu.be/OEB1uh0T9UA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 3:24 -References: Say "I Gotta Believe!" -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gamebro-original-1990-mix-2 -- https://youtu.be/k_-LPPdHEyA -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - <img src="media/misc/gamebro-original-1990-mix.jpg" width="480" height="480"> - THE GAMES, WILL, NEVER STOP - THE GAMES WILL NEVER STOP - you know the rest - (alternatively: where the heck did that horrible dude come from get him out of the way of the album art jesus) -Lyrics: - Alright bros, are you ready?<br>It's time for the one, the only, GameBro!<br>He's coming to your screen straight from the magazine<br>The mix meister of Master Swords and mushrooms<br>Are you sure you're ready for this?<br>Well come on, get ready, get set, and here we go - The GameBro is here and he's got the games<br>All you other lamebrainers better feel the shame<br>He can bend the rules, he's too cool for school<br>And he's got just a few cheat codes for you<br>There ain't nothing that'll ever hold this bad boy down<br>That hat that he's wearing's like his personal crown<br>He's got every game beat and skills that sweet<br>But if you want in his crew, you gotta be elite - You've gotta be on the spot, on the dot, we're just saying<br>You've gotta be ready to go, if you're too slow, thanks for playing<br>You've gotta know where it's at, who's at bat, and if you don't, then<br>Well, then, you'll know just who to call - It's GameBro!<br>When you're out of quarters, he's got your back<br>He never ever betray you, man, that's a fact<br>Yo, he's your best friend, and never foe<br>So, come on, and let's go! - Uh!<br>Do it, do it, do it, do it!<br>Uh!<br>Alright! - You've gotta be on the spot, on the dot, we're just saying<br>You've gotta be ready to go, if you're too slow, thanks for playing<br>You've gotta know where it's at, who's at bat, and if you don't, then<br>Well, then, you'll know just who to call - The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop - The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go) - The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go) - The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go)<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go GameBro)<br>The games will never stop, the games will never stop<br>(Go, go, go, go, go, go, go) - Alright! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tribal Ebonpyre -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 1:48 -References: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/tribal-ebonpyre-2 -- https://youtu.be/xStVhvhg1i4 -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - <img src="media/misc/tribal-ebonpyre.jpg" width="480" height="480"> - naknaknaknaknaknaknaknaknaknak - Although I didn't think the crocodiles would be so low, but whichever -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 3:57 -References: -- track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Squiddles! -- track:explore -- How Do I Live -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-2 -- https://youtu.be/383DEqnj71w -Lyrics: - I could stay awake just to hear you breathing<br>Watch you smile while you are sleeping<br>While you're far away and dreaming<br>I could spend my life in this sweet surrender<br>I could stay lost in this moment forever<br>Where every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure - I don't wanna close my eyes<br>I don't wanna fall asleep<br>'Cause I'd miss you, babe<br>And I don't wanna miss a thing<br>'Cause even when I dream of you<br>The sweetest dream could never do<br>I'd still miss you, babe<br>And I don't wanna miss a thing - Lying close to you, hearing your heart beating<br>And I'm wondering what you're seeing<br>While you're far away and dreaming<br>Then I kiss your eyes, and thank God we're together<br>I just wanna be with you<br>In this moment forever<br>Forever and ever - I don't wanna close my eyes<br>I don't wanna fall asleep<br>'Cause I'd miss you, babe<br>And I don't wanna miss a thing<br>'Cause even when I dream of you<br>The sweetest dream could never do<br>I'd still miss you, babe<br>And I don't wanna miss a thing - I don't wanna miss one smile<br>I don't wanna miss one kiss<br>I just wanna be with you<br>Right here, right now, just like this<br>I just wanna hold you close<br>Feel your heart so close to mine<br>And just stay right here in this moment<br>For the rest of time<br>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! - I don't wanna close my eyes<br>I don't wanna fall asleep<br>'Cause I'd miss you, babe<br>And I don't wanna miss a thing<br>'Cause even when I dream of you<br>The sweetest dream could never do<br>I'd still miss you, babe<br>And I don't wanna miss a thing - I don't wanna close my eyes<br>I don't wanna fall asleep<br>'Cause I'd miss you, babe<br>And I don't wanna miss a thing<br>'Cause even when I dream of you<br>The sweetest dream could never do<br>I'd still miss you, babe<br>And I don't wanna miss a thing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: MeGaLoVania -Artist: Toby Fox -Contributors: Tensei (guitar) -Duration: 2:47 -References: -- track:megalovania-halloween -- Spider's Claw -- Sunsetter -- The La2t Frontiier -Directory: MeGaLoVania -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/megalovania-2 -- https://youtu.be/xbUTyGfolX0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 3:29 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/walk-stab-walk-r-e-2 -- https://youtu.be/4UpaT_FjsH8 -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - No special picture this time because -I am lazy- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gaia Queen -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 3:06 -References: Showdown -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gaia-queen-2 -- https://youtu.be/MU0eoyziRrU -Lyrics: - Say your prayers - Mortal - Say your prayers - Impossible -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Elevatorstuck -Artist: Tensei -Duration: 2:09 -References: Homestuck Anthem -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/elevatorstuck-2 -- https://youtu.be/9namZe_rorQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wacky Antics -Artist: David Ko, Toby Fox -Duration: 2:05 -References: -- track:vagabounce -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/wacky-antics-2 -- https://youtu.be/X7x3cKse9YI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Horschestra -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 4:13 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/horschestra-2 -- https://youtu.be/rm8exhakcIY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heir Transparent -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 4:01 -References: -- track:doctor -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/heir-transparent-2 -- https://youtu.be/bcUrTlpTKPU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Boy Skylark (Brief) -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 2:46 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/boy-skylark-brief-2 -- https://youtu.be/p2cEangTsWY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Squidissension -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:44 -References: -- track:dissension-original -- Squiddles! -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/squidissension-2 -- https://youtu.be/zJ7y3sWT7l0 -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - Not a lot to say here aside from it being a combination of the Squiddles Theme and Dissension. I always enjoy finding ways to combine two themes together, and this worked better than I had hoped. I did have to move the Squiddles to a minor key for it to work though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blackest Heart -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:32 -References: Liquid Negrocity -Art Tags: cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/blackest-heart-2 -- https://youtu.be/t12NlwsrlAQ -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - It's extremely subtle, but the cello tremolos are playing a very slow version of the theme from the beginning of Liquid Negrocity (and Black). I wrote this just after Jack Noir retreated from John and the rabbit. I didn't know what he'd be doing at the time, nor what his motivation would be, so I imagined him retreating to some castle and brooding as he contemplated his next move. Later on, Blackest Heart would be applied (rather effectively) to Gamzee instead. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nic Cage Song -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 2:45 -References: -- Drop It Like It's Hot -- Ah! vous dirai-je, maman -- Nic Cage Romance -Samples: -- The Wicker Man -- The Rock -- Leaving Las Vegas -- Vampire's Kiss -- Gone in 60 Seconds -- Snake Eyes -- Matchstick Men -- National Treasure: Book of Secrets -- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nic-cage-song-2 -- https://youtu.be/dxVXLeX9FXY -Lyrics: - You tell me another and I'll arest you myself, that is a promise! Miss...<br>Rose. Sister Rose.<br>Of course. Another plant.<br>What do you say we cut the chit-chat, A-hole! - (Ha-haa!) I'm a vampire! I'm a vampire!<br>(Ha-haa!) I'm a vampire! I'm a vampire!<br>(Ha-haa!) I'm a vampire!<br>(Ha-haa!) Long as I'm in here, you're just gonna sit out there, aren'tcha? - (Ha-haa!) I'm a vampire!<br>(Ha-haa!) I'm a vampire!<br>(Ha-haa!) I'm a vampire!<br>(Ha-haa!) I'm a vampire! - That's what she was there for, that was the plan<br>To give you a boner<br>And you got one<br>Boner, boner, boner<br>Boner boner boner boner boner boner - (Ha-haa!) Brrrump, you're not too tall, you're not too short, you're not too round, brrump!<br>You're like a cat, the cat with a hat!<br>I'm like a prickly pear! (Oh, my God!)<br>I'm a prickly pear! (I'm a vampire!) - Oh what is that, what is that, what is it? (I'm a vampire!)<br>Oh no, not the bees, not the bees!<br>AAAAAAH! - Boner boner boner boner!<br>Bo-boner boner boner bo-boner<br>Bo-ner boboner bo-bo-boner<br>Bo-boner bo-boner bo boner boner bo-boner<br>Boner boner boner boner boner bonebobobo- - How, in the name of Zeus' BUTTHOLE?<br>Am I getting THROUGH TO YOU?<br>Have you ever been dragged to the sidewalk and beaten until you, PISSED, BLOOD!<br>Because obviously you have the tendency to OVERREACT! - You know, A B C D E F G! (Peter)<br>H I J K L-M-N-O-P! (Peter!)<br>Q R S, T U V W-X-Y-Z! (Oh, Peter...)<br>HUH? - NOW what? - (Ha-haa!) PISSED, BLOOD? (Can I get my prescription, PLEASE?)<br>(Ha-haa!) PISSED, BLOOD? (Can I get my prescription, PLEASE?)<br>(Ha-haa!) PISSED, BLOOD?<br>(Ha-haa!) What do you say we cut the chit-chat, A-hole! - (Ha-haa!) (I'm a vampire!) PISSED, BLOOD?<br>(Can I get my prescription, PLEASE?)<br>(Ha-haa!) (I-I-I-I'm a vampire!) PISSED, BLOOD?<br>(Can I get my prescription, PLEASE?)<br>(Ha-haa!) (I'm a-I'm a vampire!) PISSED, BLOOD?<br>(Ha-haa!) What do you say we cut the chit-chat, A-hole!<br>(I'm a vampi-I'm a vam-I'm-I'm-I'm a vampire!) - Bangers and mash. Bubbles and squeak. Smoked eel pie. (Sir?) HAGGIS! - Oh no, not the bees, not the bees!<br>AAAAAAH! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Phrenic Phever -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 3:18 -References: -- track:doctor -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/phrenic-phever-2 -- https://youtu.be/8rlgjJgyhyw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 3 In The Morning (Pianokind) -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 4:13 -References: -- Three in the Morning -- track:doctor -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- track:aggrieve -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/3-in-the-morning-pianokind-2 -- https://youtu.be/OesxlnyaBGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Tender Moment -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 2:17 -References: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/a-tender-moment-2 -- https://youtu.be/hyP0FFPcL0c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystalanthology -Artist: Solatrus -Duration: 4:44 -References: Crystalanthemums -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystalanthology-2 -- https://youtu.be/3wsZuqG5IY0 -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - It’s a chill drum and bass song, and one of my best productions for Homestuck. It was also my first remix since I made that Skaia remix. - Have I mentioned that Alex Rosetti’s compositions are pretty incredible? They are. You should go give him some love. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - Woo, my first official remix since my Skaia remix on Volume 5! - So as I’ve probably mentioned, I’m a huge fan of Alex Rosetti’s work, and this song is absolutely no exception. I had been wanting to do something with Crystalanthemums since first listening to it. Coincidentally, it immediately proceeded my Skaia remix. - At the time, I really had no idea on who anyone was on the team, so it never really sunk in that I should do that remix until December of 2010. - Obviously at this point I had gained an interest in drum and bass music, which explains the sound, yet I still had a very soft and ethereal sound reminiscent of the original song. - Of course, I really pushed the energy up, which made it a lot of fun. I jokingly said to Alex after Volume 6 came out that while his song was at the top of the echeladder, my remix was god tier, in part due to Vriska in her God Tier outfit being there. :D - Anyway, on to the song. - So the song opens with a really interesting sounding ostinato, which is actually the same notes that open Crystalanthemums: E, D, B, A, E, D, B, D. - However, I really gated the length of the note to make it become such a short blip that the sound barely registers. On top of that I gave it a delay and combined with the gate it sounds nothing like the original motif. - And then when I open the gate on the note length you hear the ostinato faaaaar better. - A lot of people missed this, actually. :D - I have to say I really love the chord progression Alex went with in Crystalanthemums, and it was incredibly fun to make that bassline, which is actually a layered bass, but not a note-for-note bass. This is actually a pretty common thing to do, with the lower bass just playing simple sustained notes, and the higher bass is more animated. - Though I’ve definitely grown to prefer warm sawtooth basslines, this bass has a really nice quality that’s almost a square. The filter based attack is pretty sweet sounding, too. - I really was happy with how the drum beats layered in at 2:16, though honestly, I was really out of practice of doing any sort of breakbeat stuff. - Fun fact, this was the first song I used Gross Beat on. What’s Gross Beat? It’s something a Time Lord of Gallifrey would approve of in music. :D If you listen to the stutter effects heard in the song, mostly in the latter half, that’s where I start using Gross Beat to do some crazy time shifting stuff. - Man, I really love what I did on this song. - ...I need to do another Homestuck remix, don’t I? diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-7.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-7.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 377b32e3..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-7.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,331 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck Vol. 7: At the Price of Oblivion -Directory: homestuck-vol-7 -Cover Art: Homestuck -Wallpaper Art: Homestuck -Banner Art: Homestuck -Banner Dimensions: 1100x158 -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.8; -Date: May 31, 2011 00:00:05 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #b536da -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-8-with-cherubim -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNibQ4LxeME -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL42042A1D4689C9E0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Black Rose / Green Sun -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Vinks (lines), Shelby Cragg (colors) -Duration: 3:18 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-rose-green-sun-2 -- https://youtu.be/XoFbJllomCo -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - So it's the music forum discussion, and there's talk about albums representing each of the kids and discussions on what the styles would be. Some are obvious (like say, Dave) and some are offering a bit more discussion. It comes to Rose and there's a degree of uncertainty, and I suggest that it'd be veering into classical, offering up Saint-Saëns "Dance Macabre" as an example of the sort of thing I'd expect, and then set out to whip something up. - And at this point in the story Rose's set on flying her dream self with the tumor into the green sun to destroy it (Ah remember those days). In a tried and true effort of "trying to predict where Hussie will take the story and make music for it" BR/GS was scribed as a "very sad, yet hopeful, song about Rose's eventual sacrifice" - Hence why it all builds up to a big creshendo and then fades away (and why it's called Black Rose / Green Sun , although there's another reason for that as explained below) - The whole thing is based on yet another piece I made years ago and drafted it out of retirement and made it into something new and useful. The music box was one of the key elements, representing a kind of creepy childlike innocence, and then Rose's signature instrument (the violin, although the sample used is actually a viola and the notes it plays are closer to a cello) begins to kind of build up. Eventually we see the majesty of the green sun, and the rest of the song builds up to the tumors destruction. (All of which never happened even remotely in this way but that's what the song was supposed to be about anyway). The overall style is a kind of very sinister attempt at representing something small vs something huge - Original inspiration was taken from the style of music from Xenogears (Yasunori Mitsuda, being very celtic and awesome). - The scratchy-sfx were my attempt at auralising the green sun's "scratch" effect. I'm not 100% convinced they work but Andrew kept 'em in so whatever. - When Andrew asked to use it, it was going to be for a walkaround, so I needed to make some adjustments to make it loopable for the flash. For the album, I added a second section with a keytar solo (I was mucking about with it at the time) to make it a bit more interesting. Ultimatly it ended up being used for something completely different than originally intended, and oddly the name ("Black Rose") became oddly apt once she went all grimdark and tried to fight Jack ("Green Sun"). - The name was also a reference to a Sonata Arctica song, similarly titled involving colours, except it was called "White Pearl, Black Oceans". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: At The Price of Oblivion -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Shelby Cragg -Duration: 3:23 -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- track:aggrieve -Art Tags: -- Rose -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/at-the-price-of-oblivion-2 -- https://youtu.be/u--wSgeJUOs -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - The name comes from a line of Rose's during Act 5 while discussing her options of survival with Doc Scratch: - <code style="color: #b536da">TT: But it's a little disheartening to learn I'm now faced with not one, but two suicide missions at once.</code> - <code style="color: #b536da">TT: One to destroy Jack's power source and defend all of existence, and another to ensure our cosmic progeny at the price of oblivion.</code> - As soon (like, not a minute after) as I saw Rose go grimdark, I decided to wrote some hilariously ANGRY AND KICKASS BATTLE MUSIC for her (presumed inevitable) battle with Jack. The original sort of concept was something like the music of Guilty Gear - All guitars and organs and the like. It took several attempts to try and tone it into something useful, but in the end I decided to dig up Chorale for Jaspers - A previous bit of music used for representing the death of Rose's cat (The main themes here being the death of Rose's mother and the anger she feels afterwords). - So that's where we start, with a kind of messed up, creepy violin rendition of Chorale for Jaspers, before we start to build up and then kick into the main part of the song. Around 1:00 we here the music box chords from Black Rose/ return, then at 1:20 it's another Keytar Solo from me (I'd just bought it and was feeling cocky). The rhythm guitar and guitar solo at the end was also me and also something I was terrified to do since I don't normally do "Live" playing (Everything is usually sequenced). In this case, a lot of it was so difficult to do (Because I can barely play guitar. At all) at this speed most of it was played at a slower tempo and then sped up digitally (HAX!). - The drums were easily the funnest thing to sequence in this thing, mainly all the awesome fills and the double bass step at the end. The final guitar solo is an attempt to reference Rose's original "Strife" theme - Aggrieve. It's very loosely there, and I reckon needs to come back in some fashion since it's actually kind of awesome. - When Andrew told me he was going to use this one for a fight scene I was looking heavily forward to it. Imagine my surprise when just as it's about to kick off... John gets himself stabbed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Even in Death -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: Yapoos -Duration: 2:32 -References: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/even-in-death-2 -- https://youtu.be/T86uquWB9Mw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Terezi Owns -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Angela Sham -Duration: 1:39 -References: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Pyralspite -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/terezi-owns-2 -- https://youtu.be/2pfcakhXhE8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Trial and Execution -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Shelby Cragg -Duration: 1:29 -References: The Lemonsnout Turnabout, Crystalanthemums -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Vriska -- Equius -- Nepeta -- Eridan -- Feferi -- Gamzee -- Tavros -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trial-and-execution-2 -- https://youtu.be/uxWIej66zwc -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Not a huge amount to say on this one... The scene inspiring it was obviously Terezi's ancestor Redglare vs Vriska's ancestor Mindfang during the sort of mock-trial that ended in Mindfang mind-controlling the crowd and hanging Redglare. Felt like a nice scene to try some musical accompaniment, so I did. - So a combination of liking Terezi's theme and getting my hands on some new samples and voices, I decided to whip this together. The idea was a very tribal, savage kind of military march (and chanting) to represent the lower class masses baying for blood. It starts off using Lemonsnout Turnabout for Terezi, but then quickly changes to Crystalanthemums -- Specifically for the reference to "Make Her Pay" and Crystamanthequins as a kind of "Vriska vs Somebody" theme. Ideally it would've just evolved into Vriska's theme, but I find that one a bit tricky to work with. - Finally it throws in a string glissando as tension mounts, and then snap! Dead! (The snapping is some kind of double bass string snap.) - The little eerie female vocalist thing didn't really work and is a bit cliched, but I kinda like the rest of the track. Always nice to give character deaths a little celebration - The name's fairly obvious - I was trying to work in some kind of "Trial and Error" gag but I guess this works. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Carnival -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Carla Bravo -Duration: 2:15 -References: -- track:harlequin -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-carnival-2 -- https://youtu.be/Q5gjYuJrfbc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spider8reath -Artist: Tensei -Track Art: Lazylaz -Duration: 2:44 -References: Spider's Claw, Heir Conditioning -Art Tags: -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/spider8reath-2 -- https://youtu.be/83B083Lsbfc -Commentary: - <i>Tensei:</i> - Alright, as requested, I’ll do some indepth commentary on already released Homestuck songs, starting off with Spider8reath. - Now, you may have heard this from me before, but Vriska is HANDS DOWN the most fun character to write music for. It’s hard to exactly pinpoint the reason for this, but something about her character just invites badass pentatonic blues riffs, squealing guitars and shrill horns all over the place. - Really, when you pick it apart, this song is actually very simple at its basis, containing a pretty typical blues progression, and the constantly repeated guitar/bass riff which is introduced right at the start and then just keeps on going ( dadada DA dada DA dada dada dadadada, it’s really fun to sing along actually!) - The horn section actually adds the bulk of the songs ‘gravy’, providing lots of switch-ups, sometimes playing in unison with the main riff, sometimes splitting up and providing countermelodies or underlining the harmonized guitars. It was also by far the hardest part to write because I had literally no previous experience with brass writing, but I got some great feedback from other music team members. - Actually part of the reason that it was so hard to implement is probably because the song was already more or less ‘done’ before I thought of putting in a few brass stabs here and there. Then as I was writing the brass became more and more of a foreground element, and that’s how Spider8reath became the screamy shrill funfest that it is now. - People who said that the exposed guitar solo at the start reminded them of Van Halen were totally right, because the song ‘Eruption’ was more or less a direct inspiration for it. I think it turned out really well, and it serves as a great intro to the song! - Really though, the main inspiration for this song simply comes from building on the previous Vriska songs that Radiation did. While the brass was a new, spur-of-the-moment addition, the guitar riffs and melodies were always supposed to be reminiscent of stuff like Spider’s Claw, Killed by Br8k Spider and MeGaLoVaNia. People definitely seem to associate this song with Vriska too now, so mission accomplished I guess? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lifdoff -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Stevie -Duration: 2:38 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lifdoff-2 -- https://youtu.be/8NvMi8GJKUM -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Name's fairly obviously a reference to SB&HJ And also the bit where John's car takes off, as the song is a reference to. - Another music team discussion got onto the stereotypical "Airship" themes you get in JRPGs. Homestuck didn't have one, so off I went to fix that! - The original plan was "Showtime in the style of a soaring, brass-filled JRPG Airship theme (ala Highwind, Ragnarawk takes to the skies, Wings etc.) and that's where the first bits come from. Around about 0:56 I wanted to try some cool chord progression as a kind of extension of John's theme (Something I've used in future i.e. Do You Remem8er Me). Someone's recently since pointed out this sounds like the theme of Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story which is kind of annoying, since I'd never heard that before and it completely does. Still, I stand by it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Awakening -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Devin H-S -Duration: 3:57 -References: -- track:ruins -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/awakening-2 -- https://youtu.be/ss0NXbwO_Xs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Havoc To Be Wrought -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Left -Duration: 3:16 -Art Tags: -- Equius -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/havoc-to-be-wrought-2 -- https://youtu.be/E7pBfnN7b1w -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - Havoc to be Wrought was spawned from an idea for a short story I had in my mind about a man climbing the old bell tower of an abandoned church investigating strange sounds that had plagued a small town, only to be forced into a confrontation with the “King of Owls” once he reaches the top, and ending with the KoO cutting the bell rope that the man clung to and screeching in the night. - Things changed though. - Once I had actually started writing and refining it, I decided to change its message, from a mad owl thing to the mysterious demon in the troll’s session which had been recently mentioned in the comic (I wrote this sometime in Fall 2010). Also, yes, that is why there is distorted owl screeches at the end, although they were more meant to evoke the horrorterrors crying out in pain than owls by the time it was finished. - Contains some very powerful organ and some great chord progressions, but also some structural choices I am not completely proud of, which remained in the piece until its release months and months later because the original Finale file crashed on me before I had a chance to save it. So, rather than attempt reconstructing it, I went with what I had, and it stuck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Play The Wind -Artist: Kalibration -Track Art: Suki -Duration: 3:36 -Art Tags: -- John -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/play-the-wind-2 -- https://youtu.be/wR-NTkyJ0eg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rumble at the Rink -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Stevie -Duration: 2:42 -Art Tags: -- Equius -- Gamzee -- Eridan -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rumble-at-the-rink-2 -- https://youtu.be/Mpyny6XTDY8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Let's All Rock the Heist -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Siins -Duration: 4:25 -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lets-all-rock-the-heist-2 -- https://youtu.be/h1kBHhIFYIQ -Lyrics: - Like robbin' a bank at point blank<br>With a loaded gun, loaded with blanks<br>Unloading, cycling up in the air<br>Flinging backwards, overprepared - Like robbin' a bank at point blank<br>With a loaded gun, loaded with blanks<br>Unloading, cycling up in the air<br>Flinging backwards, overprepared - Like robbin' a bank at point blank<br>With a loaded gun, loaded with blanks<br>Unloading, cycling up in the air<br>Flinging backwards, overprepared - Like robbin' a bank at point blank<br>With a loaded gun, loaded with blanks<br>Unloading, cycling up in the air<br>Flinging backwards, overprepared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: WSW-Beatdown -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Devin H-S -Duration: 3:36 -References: -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- track:beatdown-strider-style -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- Underlings -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/wsw-beatdown-2 -- https://youtu.be/-dusgXh-taQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Earthsea Borealis -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Molly Gur -Duration: 2:58 -References: -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/earthsea-borealis-2 -- https://youtu.be/KXgPNyd45A4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Warhammer of Zillyhoo -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Vinks (lines), Shelby Cragg (colors) -Duration: 0:49 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/warhammer-of-zillyhoo-2 -- https://youtu.be/0EVrOapzDvg -Lyrics: - Warhammer<br>Of Zillyhoo - Warhammer<br>Of<br>Zillyhoo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Savior of the Dreaming Dead -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Left -Duration: 4:10 -References: -- track:doctor -- Penumbra Phantasm -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-dreaming-dead-2 -- https://youtu.be/Y0PIafh0ssQ -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Ok, so this one. First main goal was some kind of Doctor remix, on the ground that I never actually did one (Took my hiatus around the time of Vol 5.) so this was partially a jokey attempt to "Join in the fun". Secondary goal was mainly a combination of liking the track this is mostly based on (Waking World) and the concept of Godhood ascension (Didn't have a particular character in mind at the time). There's also a little bit of wanting to try some new instrument samples (Namely choir and guitar) so there was a bit of experimentation in this one too. - The working title for this one was "Doctor on the Bridge", because the choir instrumentation at the start reminded me a bit of "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm" (the bit after Gandalf dies in the LOTR movie). The final product aimed at being a bit closer to the original SotWW so I gave it a kind of darker twist - "Dreaming Dead" worked quite well as a title and Homestuck concept (And kept the alliteration). The ending I like, it channels a bit of danger and kickass before ending rather uncertainly. I wasn't fully 100% on this one to begin with - There were parts I liked and parts I didn't - And it's not as faithful a 'Doctor/Waking World' homage as it could be... The mastering also isn't brilliant - Quite bass heavy in places. - But. After it was used in Cascade, particularly with Rad's additions to the ending and generally going along to the animation of Jade Being Awesome and Universes Being Destroyed it's hard for me not to like it now - Particularly when the end cuts hit and everything's starting to head towards disaster. I don't think it's one of my best, and I would love to go back and try making it better, but I'm happy enough that it was used at one of the biggest moments in the comic, and still stands as a fairly harmless, simple and straightforward bit of music. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Maplehoof's Adventure -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Carla Bravo -Duration: 3:01 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Maplehoof -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/maplehoofs-adventure-2 -- https://youtu.be/d-7SMRSvnv8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Reversal -Artist: Mark Hadley -Track Art: Devin H-S -Duration: 3:51 -References: -- track:sburban-countdown -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-reversal-2 -- https://youtu.be/oL3r83dPcMs -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - Not long after I made Sburban Countdown, I made a version that rewinds back to the beginning again and called it 'Sburban Reversal', just in case it might be useful someday. Andrew ended up using part of it in act 2 except for the actual reversing part, but still credited it as 'Sburban Reversal', which had people asking me constantly after that if it's a real song. It wasn't really anything except for the reversing, so I eventually decided to extend it out to a full song. Since it was never actually fully in the comic, I recommended it as a bonus track. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: White Host, Green Room -Artist: Tensei -Track Art: Al Neun -Duration: 3:28 -Samples: -- Terezi Owns -- Cascade (Beta) -- The King in Red (Beta) -- Black Rose / Green Sun -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/white-host-green-room-2 -- https://youtu.be/oL3r83dPcMs diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-8.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4ed70922..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,692 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck Vol. 8 -Date: October 25, 2011 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Cover Art: Homestuck -Wallpaper Art: Homestuck -Banner Art: Homestuck -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.6; - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto; -Color: #4ac925 -Groups: Official -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-8-with-cherubim -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cIpWboujY4 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFa9Ssz0RANELG8eSoUeOQiC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Calamity -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 3:38 -References: -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- Warhammer of Zillyhoo -Samples: -- Apollo 11 Launch Countdown -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- Gamzee -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/calamity-2 -- https://youtu.be/oNeKbfEVi0g -Lyrics: - (War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)<br>T minus 15 seconds, guidance is internal. 12, 11, 10, 9<br>(War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)<br>Ignition sequence starts, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2<br>(War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)<br>1, 0, all engine running... LIFT-OFF! We have a lift-off! - (War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)<br>(War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)<br>(War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo)<br>(War, hammer, of, Zillyhoo) -Commentary: - <i>Micheal Guy Bowman:</i> - “Calamity” was inspired by the very same update that inspired the Pantskat craze - the image of Gamzee returning, Warhammer of Zillyhoo in hand is translated into two sonic elements, ie honks and chanting. What I’ve enjoyed really intensely about Andrew’s sense of humor in Homestuck and his other adventures is his gradual elevation of silly details onto the pedestals of utter drama, and with this track I tried to recreate that. You laughed at the honks and the chanting before - now your heart races (at least I hope). - 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 “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 “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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Do You Remem8er Me -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Richard Gung -Duration: 4:28 -References: -- Lifdoff -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Death of the Lusii -- track:ruins -Art Tags: -- John -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/do-you-remem8er-me-2 -- https://youtu.be/x8mLKTY5TWM -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - 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. 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 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. - And the reason Vriska's actual theme doesn't show up anywhere is because I find it difficult to work with as it's kinda crazy /excuse. - It took me about half a day to get the tambourines sounding decent and they still don't sound like what I imagined they would... - Also I was trying to channel some of the style from the music of the Little Big Adventure games. The soundtrack for thems' awesome and ya'll should go listen to it! - <i>(tumblr version)</i> - “DYRM” was essentially cre8ed as a sort of 8acking track to the John and Vriska ‘date’ sequence (around about here). The idea was to do a sort of schlocky romantic 8allad that combined elements of Johns goofiness but with the tragedy that hey - Vriska’s dead. Over the course of it, we travel through John and Vriska’s memories, and she’s trying to get him to remem8er something important, so there’s that element too. It’s kinda sad, 8ut in a way it’s also a 8it of a cele8ration of Vriska - She’s surprisingly polarizing with a lot of the fan8ase, as the 8est characters often are... :p - <b>THE NAME</b> - I can’t immedi8ly recall if the phrase “Do You Remem8er Me?” is said by Vriska........ I think it was, 8ut it’s a faff trying to navigate around that 8it of the comic (I often like na88ing song titles out of the dialogue itself - That’s where At The Price Of O8livion came from and of course Sea Hitler’s Water Apocalypse. If not, well it felt like as good a title as any. :p The ‘8’ helps immediately recognise the subject matter. - <b>THE TRACK</b> - 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” 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 ‘Death of the Lusii/Awakening’ 8it with a sort of alternate chord progression, but we sneak in a Showtime reference around 2:16. - 2:26 is meant to directly correlated to These Two panels and is a reference to this track. - Then it 8uilds up to the main section of Awakening at around 3:30. Given that the main theme is a sort of dreamlike afterlife, it felt appropri8 ::::p - And we end! Uncertain cadences all round! - 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 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flare -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: Richard Gung -Duration: 3:03 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/flare-2 -- https://youtu.be/ktuDYYtbs2s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Galactic Cancer -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Lauren Ross -Duration: 3:36 -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Genesis Frog -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/galactic-cancer-2 -- https://youtu.be/ByBpRkrg9SA -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - What started off as me meandering about with slightly odd chord progressions became a rather meandering piece in general. Originally labeled Nether, at least as the piece began to formulate, the first part quickly developed in what I hoped would be a style reminiscent of Russell Brower’s music for Outland in World of Warcraft, primarily the Outland Suite and Netherstorm (what the first name referenced). - I completed most of the piece without drums or effects at first, but felt something was missing. After messing around with some different bits of drum samples, I found beats that were suitable for what I was going for, and those helped give more definition to the meter of the piece as much of it was long chords that made it hard to distinguish at times, then added some occasional filter effects to increase the overall spacey feel. - After everything was in place, I listened through it multiple times and just began to imagine Karkat’s monologue about how everything was his fault and the phrase “Galactic Cancer” stuck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Serenade -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: clorinspats -Duration: 5:05 -Directory: serenade-vol8 -Art Tags: -- Nepeta -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/serenade-2 -- https://youtu.be/iQyr0eYN7hI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frog Forager -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 3:18 -Track Art: Kaymurph -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Jade -- Frogs -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frog-forager-2 -- https://youtu.be/5KihK9orAi0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Love You (Feferi's Theme) -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:58 -Track Art: Left -Art Tags: -- Feferi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/love-you-feferis-theme-2 -- https://youtu.be/cmXzwEixV4s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ocean Stars Falling -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Contributors: Tavia Morra -Track Art: Richard Gung -Duration: 3:12 -References: -- Ocean Stars -Art Tags: -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ocean-stars-falling-2 -- https://youtu.be/QmEZzp7o8i8 -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - 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 “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” 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 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” 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Escape Pod -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Paige Turner -Duration: 2:58 -Art Tags: -- WV -- CD -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/escape-pod-2 -- https://youtu.be/GJo7ZH6p6wA -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Before going into a description of this track, I must make a long-overdue rebuttal to the factors that overshadowed its reception. Yes, I know this song and its track art pertain to the Wayward Vagabond. Yes, I know it’s sad that Andrew “killed off” the Wayward Vagabond on the same day that this album was released. No, I had no idea that would happen nor do I care how incongruous the song’s mood seems in relation to that particular plot point. - Anyway, now that I finally said my keep on that, “Escape Pod” was a really really fun track to do. It’s a rock track with a feelgood video game attitude - I’ve heard it described as Sonic music a lot, though to be fair my main reference were Nintendo games, particularly Earthbound from which I borrowed the deliberately fake brass. It also shares some similarities with the Mario sound, kind of really owing to the competitive games such as Mario Kart and Mario Party. - The track also pulls a lot from actual rock music - the Roxy Music track “Street Life” was a big cue here, and the start-stop structure on the second chorus was really inspired by Tally Hall’s track “<a href="https://youtu.be/8sV1EOJQTEI">Greener</a>” 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 two 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 “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 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 Ithaca in terms of never settling to have “found my sound” no matter how well any one idea works. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Davesprite -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: P-RO -Duration: 1:41 -References: -- Hawkeye -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -Art Tags: -- Davesprite -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/davesprite-2 -- https://youtu.be/Iy5fKp-aV4o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Airtime -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 4:50 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/airtime-2 -- https://youtu.be/HXPviQw2n7Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frog Hunt -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 4:15 -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Jade -- Frogs -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frog-hunt-2 -- https://youtu.be/VkYB3Fw4bLw -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Uh oh, 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. (Too late - DPF) - 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. - The point of this song was to kind of put the action, the drama, and all that teenage chemistry on hold so I could focus on a moment in the story that might be just a little bit more peaceful. Going on a safari for frogs on a newly-awakened alien forest world seems to beckon a very different angle than the heated stakes typically associated with Homestuck. Plus, I’ve always felt that the environment of Homestuck deserves a little more attention given that nearly 99% of all art generated by the fans are homages to their favorite characters and not the fantastic places imagined by Andrew. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Terraform -Artist: Solatrus -Contributors: Thomas Ferkol (electric guitar) -Track Art: Richard Gung -Duration: 4:35 -References: -- Terra -- track:frost-vol6 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Dave -- Jack Noir -- Frogs -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/terraform-2 -- https://youtu.be/bWp5uUxarAQ -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - That’s a remix of Terra and (obviously) Frost. - Why? Well, I wanted Terra to be in Homestuck and sound more like a video game rock or metal song. - And because the fight of Dave and Jade vs. Jack was an interesting event, so that’s how the song came to be. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Unite Synchronization -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 2:54 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -Art Tags: -- Dave -- John -- Rose -- Jade -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/unite-synchronization-2 -- https://youtu.be/uHmXe2eY6Kg -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - This was an idea borne of two things. Firstly the Dave & Jade vs Noir battle in the banner (Original title was 'Redshift'), and secondly a post-scratch Dave trying to regroup with all the kids (hence - 'Unite' - keeping to the kind of single-world direction thing HS has going for it i.e. Descend, Ascend, Cascade, etc). - The main premise was to have quite a hefty beat (Dave), bass - including a slap bass solo (Jade), piano (John) and violin (Rose). The premise being as the song continues each part contributes until the end, where all 4 play in sync (hence... er... 'Synchronization'). - There's the tiniest influence from Showtime (again). It was also my first attempt at some vague chiptuniness in a while, which may or may not have worked... You decide! - The breakbeat drum thing was also fun to do. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - The idea behind this guy was something similar to the traditional idea of some HS songs being about movement (“Descend”, “Ascend”, “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. - It was primarily Dave centered, because in my personal interpretation of Dave I’ve always seen him as a bit of Roadie - always working behind the scenes to help people out in a lateral manner - as opposed to facing shit head on. He’s also (and again this is personal interpretation) occasionally presented as the least capable of the 4. Part of it presumably stems from the contrast between Bro, who is so frighteningly capable it hurts, and living in that shadow while trying to emulate him but not quite reaching it is quite a defining trait of Dave. - That’s not to say he’s useless, I mean he’s died less than John, and he’s also not afraid to think laterally about problems and cheat (“Shenanigans”), but there’s been a few bits where you get the feeling he wishes he was a bit more of the hero his kin are. - Unite Synchronization is essentially a chance for a Strider to shine, to get the band back together and to prepare an ass kicking. - Details time! - <b>The Track:</b> - We start with a moment of contemplation, or at least an establishing shot of somewhere. Then bam - We’re moving. The main hook of this piece is the C - G# - D# - G# pattern, which is probably primarily influenced from Sonata Arctica’s “The Cage” (Though The Cage is a different key and pattern, but the progression is similar and just has a really nice epic feel). - At 0:29 we get the main theme of US played on piano - We’re representing John here. Throughout the song I pull in the associated kids instruments but make sure to constantly have the drums going - As if Dave’s grabbing each one individually and playing alongside them. The bass is supposed to be in a constant “running” kind of theme throughout the track. An unbelievably cliched dance-y snare drum fill leads us out into the beginning of the middle section. - The guitar’s actually the same guitar sample I used in just about everything these days, but gated - I haven’t done any gating for yonks and figured for the sort of dance-y nature of the track it’s probably not a bad choice. - At 1:09, we get the alternate-Showtime (The first few notes are the main melody of Showtime), then at 1:24 we’re back into US main melody. This is all done of Violin, which is of course Rose’s signature instrument. I also like the harmony on this one... - 1:40’s where I try my hand at some breakbeats. These are actually quite difficult, and since the original slicing sounded a bit odd I also overlap a standard drum loop on top of it - The result is a ridiculous amount of percussion for a solo and a bit of funky panning for good measure. - The break is essential. Even Striders’ needs to pause for breath. - With the bass coming in we’re in Jade territory at 1:56. The bass solo here is kinda pulled out of anywhere, but has a kind of Sonic-the-Hedgehog feel to it. - 2:20 we bring the percussion back in (A bar late, I love the delay there) and the violin’s brought more harmony with it. Now here the sensible thing to do to keep up the original metaphor is to have the Piano, Slap Bass AND violin playing (Geddit? At this point all the Kids are together and rocking out) but for some reason I went with a bunch of other voices. I guess there’s still bass.... And the choir could maybe be John singing along? I’m not sure... Potentially missed a good opportunity there... But I’m still happy with it. - And that’s US in a nutshell! - <b>The Flash:</b> - So despite it not being the exact context original thought of, the 2-part Flash actually manages to fit the original theme albeit with different kids. Plus it’s Strider centric, so that’s another plus, and once again I get to dramatically cut to silence while someone dies :D - But then everyone’s alive by the end of it, so that’s got to be a record turnaround! - It is remarkably disturbing how seriously on the ball Dirk is. Not only does he paradox up his own reincarnation with a bucket and his own head, he manages to resurrect two ladies and get them and himself time-warped to Jake. - This after his little presentation on Derse with Hearts’ head. - I’d like to see Dave match that. :p -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Homefree -Artist: Hilary Troiano -Track Art: Vivian Ng -Duration: 4:28 -References: -- Shooting Star -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homefree-2 -- https://youtu.be/7aYso7j8wsw -Commentary: - <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> - Someone sent me a PM asking for some commentary about my two MSPA songs, so [[media:misc/hilary-troiano-commentary.mp3|here it is]]. (<a href="https://jaydeis.tumblr.com/post/19609363685/someone-sent-me-a-pm-asking-for-some-commentary">source</a>) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Galaxy Hearts -Artist: Mark Hadley -Track Art: Rachel Weiss -Duration: 2:54 -Art Tags: -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/galaxy-hearts-2 -- https://youtu.be/YQX0TWA_x6Q -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - I made the theme for this a long time ago for an RPG a friend was making, but then cancelled. I still really liked the theme, so I modified it slightly and repurposed it for Homestuck. Out of everything I've done for Homestuck, it's still one of my favorites. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Scourge Sisters -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 2:50 -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/scourge-sisters-2 -- https://youtu.be/srAkO5O1QaM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Arcade Thunder -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Maf -Duration: 2:56 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Karkat -- Tavros -- Sollux -- Nepeta -- Terezi -- Vriska -- Jack Noir -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/arcade-thunder-2 -- https://youtu.be/2JJJTSs_JeA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pyrocumulus (Sicknasty) -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Rutares -Duration: 2:50 -References: -- Skaian Skuffle -- track:skies-of-skaia -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pyrocumulus-sicknasty-2 -- https://youtu.be/4BqRC-ZPovM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Kingside Castle -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: Nic Carey -Duration: 2:44 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/kingside-castle-2 -- https://youtu.be/qYKxzWbrZ0c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Temporary -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Chaz Canterbury -Duration: 3:37 -References: -- Temporal Piano -Art Tags: -- Dave -- The Felt -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/temporary-2 -- https://youtu.be/CYh1OlRWzp4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gust of Heir -Artist: James Dever, Michael Guy Bowman -Contributors: Clark Powell (additional sequencing) -Track Art: Fibug -Duration: 4:17 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gust-of-heir-2 -- https://youtu.be/pGlTekY3qZI -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Two of the tracks I put on Volume 8 were collaborations with other Homestuck musicians, something I’ve been meaning to do more of because two heads are usually better than one. The first of the two was “Gust of Heir”, a track that James Dever wrote and for which I did the production. - James and I are both fans of minimalism, specifically the work of Philip Glass. An eerie-looking autographed program from the Philip on Film tour graces the wall of my room, and the primary piece of music that got me interested in composition is Einstein on the Beach, a five-hour opera consisting largely of slowly-evolving repeated figures using chanted numbers and solfege. Those otherwise unfamiliar might know his music better from the many movies he’s scored including Secret Window, The Truman Show, and The Hours. - Anyway, I knew right away where James was coming from when he sent me a midi demo of “Gust of Heir” though originally it was arranged as a piano solo. Without access to a pro recording situation as on the Sburb piano suite, we knew there would have to be an alternate solution, hence the electronic approach. I played pretty heavily with a set of new sounds, specifically the soundfonts of Ethan Winer, an audio professional whose work was recommended by Radiation a good while back. - As I have on many occasions I took cues from <a href="http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies/">Oblique Strategies</a> to get some ideas for the arrangement. Part of the intrigue in producing this piece was that it was fully written, meaning that in some ways I was boxed-in to a complete journey for the song to take musically yet in others free to really explore and discover a unique sound for the song. I really played toggling a slew of effects until this tune became rendering hell for my computer. I stepped a bit outside my own range of comfort and got some drum loops from Clark Powell to really polish off the piece, adding a touch that otherwise would probably have eluded me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Afraid of the Darko -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 3:00 -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/afraid-of-the-darko-2 -- https://youtu.be/PSbPXcKGYto -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Even in Death (T'Morra's Belly Mix) -Artist: Clark Powell, Tavia Morra -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 4:08 -References: -- Even in Death -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/even-in-death-tmorras-belly-mix-2 -- https://youtu.be/9MdltybiL00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bargaining with the Beast -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Vivian Ng -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Denizens -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bargaining-with-the-beast-2 -- https://youtu.be/2HT5FcjHt1s -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - 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 (Radiation didn’t show us 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frostbite -Artist: Toby Fox -Contributors: Marcy Nabors (flute) -Track Art: Nic Carey -Duration: 3:51 -References: -- Gaia Queen -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frostbite-2 -- https://youtu.be/Gdb_nZs6plw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Lost Child -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Sarah Fu -Duration: 2:54 -References: -- psych0ruins -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lost-child-2 -- https://youtu.be/-OFQHEy5TDw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Questant's Lament -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Fibug -Duration: 3:13 -Art Tags: -- WQ -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/questants-lament-2 -- https://youtu.be/ILt6Qyxc1bw -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - Questant’s Lament is one of my favorite tracks that I’ve made. Originally for The Wanderers, because there weren’t any WQ tracks and I liked her portrayal in the comic, I wanted something regal, almost stoic, but also forlorn. - With the beginning, I imagined her away from the others in their camp, sitting alone on some stone at night and listening to an old music box, one of few possessions that she could have salvaged from Prospit. From there she reminisces, from her perspective, on the progression of the session and her foresight of and departure from the impending devastation of Prospit. - In the end, she closes the trinket, accepts her new fate, and returns to her fellow exiles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hussie Hunt -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Hanni Brosh -Duration: 2:46 -References: -- track:explore -Art Tags: -- AH -- Doc Scratch -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hussie-hunt-2 -- https://youtu.be/oz4UOqdFQEA -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Hah! If 'Sneaking music' was a genre, here's another one to the mix. - Basically, heavily influenced by the Pink Panther theme (You know the one). 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 '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 shortly before the end of act. Included is the "AAAAAHHH FUCKING WOLF!!" moment for good measure (That was added after the first draft to Rad's suggestion). There was even talk of getting some grumbly vocals from the man 'imself, but alas... - Had quite a bit of fun doin' this one. Also quite proud of the name Even if I do have to occasionally explain it to people who don't read the comic... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Havoc -Artist: Svix -Track Art: Emi -Duration: 2:35 -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -- Doc Scratch -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/havoc-2 -- https://youtu.be/Wq0SjupReyA -Commentary: - <i>Svix:</i> - Havoc began as an intro section for another song I made a while back but I quite liked the melody and decided to make a separate track out of it. I submitted it to Homestuck as I felt the chiptune nature of the piece fit in with the comic's style and I'd been wanting to write a 'Strife' type tune for some time. - The track itself has a lot of C64 elements in the percussion and synths that blend into more powerful sounds for a more Drum and Bass style which is something I quite like to do with my music. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Drift into the Sun -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Contributors: Clark Powell (some production), Toby Fox (climax drum programming) -Track Art: Zilon -Duration: 3:22 -References: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/drift-into-the-sun-2 -- https://youtu.be/f5BP2W9a93U -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - Drift Into the Sun started off as me trying to emulate <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pv2LgRzvKg">the opening choir track</a> of a black metal EP. Soon some big drums and some spacey guitars found their way into the mix (in my attempts to make something on the line of ambient black or doom metal). Finally, I added Dave’s “blast off” to help Rose with a metal-ified version of Atomyk Ebonpyre (which people keep requesting a full version of... maybe). - This was another track that I had a clear design for, following as best as I could the events surrounding Rose and Dave’s chat on Derse before creating the Green Sun, focusing more on the atmosphere surrounding the debacle than what they talked about. - After putting the original version up for the team to see, Plazmataz offered to spruce things up. And they did. And it was awesome. And then Radiation said he could make some crazy drums for the last section. And he did. And it was awesome too. - And that was how Virginia was founded! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Infinity Mechanism -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: VickyBit -Duration: 3:20 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/infinity-mechanism-2 -- https://youtu.be/I3S8LNG4aNo -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - Then we’ve got Infinity Mechanism. I am not sure what to say about it. I played live guitar and cello on it. It was one of the first full guitar based things I wrote for MSPA and the first that I used my computer to record rather than a Tascam mixing board + studio that I had used on my very old works. - Its mechanical sound and return to the beginning at its end reminded me of Beat Mesa, and it kind of became my own sort of theme music for The Scratch. Also it is now the first track written by me to be used in an animation and it is amazing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Revered Return -Artist: Nick Smalley, Michael Guy Bowman -References: -- Dirgeish -- track:sburban-jungle -Duration: 2:33 -Track Art: Noot -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/revered-return-2 -- https://youtu.be/x3ruWSdc1Vo -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - “Revered Return” began as a track called “Dirgeish”, a .pxtone composition that 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. - The structure I think might be the most unique part of “Revered Return” - it doesn’t waste time by really repeating itself a lot. Nine out of ten times I work on a song I find myself writing or arranging something that moves in a very basic structure like ABAB or AABA or other variants, etc. “Dirgeish” gave me the challenge of establishing coherency in a piece that seemed to move almost completely linearly, and I made sure to preserve its sort of ABCDEFGBA-type structure in arranging “Revered Return” for Volume 8. - <i>Nick Smalley:</i> - Remember that thing about ORGMaker? Yeah, this song, too. Except add me asking Andrew Huo to help finish it and Bowman to ramp it up, and you’ve got Revered Return. :3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Judgment Day -Artist: Toby Fox -Contributors: Kelly Sadwin (violin) -Track Art: Lazylaz -Duration: 2:00 -References: -- track:ruins -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/judgment-day-2 -- https://youtu.be/MD2TLTtyfDE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lotus (Bloom) -Artist: Seth Peelle -Track Art: myluckyseven -Duration: 4:05 -References: -- Lotus -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lotus-bloom-2 -- https://youtu.be/RrIofwv86HM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cascade -Artist: Toby Fox, Tensei, Clark Powell, Malcolm Brown -Contributors: Toby Fox (editing) -Track Art: none -Duration: 13:14 -References: -- Cascade (Beta) -- Flare (Cascade) -- Savior of the Dreaming Dead (Cascade Cut) -- Black Hole / Green Sun -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cascade-2 -- https://youtu.be/Ckr6KyZoS58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Acapella) -Artist: David Ko -Track Art: Vivian Ng -Duration: 2:50 -References: -- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-acapella-2 -- https://youtu.be/Br294PLbHBA -Lyrics: - I hate a moral coward, one who lacks a manly spark<br>I just detest a man afraid to go home in the dark<br>I always spend my evenings where there's women wine and song<br>But like a man, I always bring my little wife along! - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew<br>I'm a night owl, and a wise bird too<br>Home with the milk in the morning<br>Singing the same old song!<br>Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun<br>Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun<br>Bring your wife and trouble, it will never trouble you<br>Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! - The fun it doesn't stop 'til 12 on happy old Broadway<br>So what's the use of going home, until the break of day?<br>Now, something confidential, whisper not above a breath<br>I once went home at 2 AM, and scared my wife to death! - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew<br>I'm a night owl, and a wise bird too<br>Home with the milk in the morning<br>Singing the same old song!<br>Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun<br>Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun<br>Bring your wife and trouble, it will never trouble you<br>Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! - I never shall forget the night I made six robbers run<br>Although I didn't have a knife, a blackjack, or a gun<br>I proved myself a hero of a very high degree<br>I ran for home, and six of them, were running after me! - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew<br>I'm a night owl, and a wise bird too<br>Home with the milk in the morning<br>Singing the same old song!<br>Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun<br>Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun<br>Bring your wife and trouble, it will never trouble you<br>Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! - Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: How Do I Live (D8 Night Version) -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Victoria Grace Elliott -Duration: 3:23 -References: -- How Do I Live -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/how-do-i-live-d8-night-version-2 -- https://youtu.be/Svy9DBBZKpk -Contributors: -- Thomas Ferkol (electric guitar) -- David Ko (backup vocals) -Lyrics: - How do I<br>Get through one night without you?<br>If I had to live without you<br>What kind of life would that be?<br>Oh, and I<br>I need you in my arms, need you to hold<br>You're my world, my heart, my soul<br>If you ever leave<br>Baby that would take away everything good in my life - Without you<br>There'd be no sun in my sky<br>There'd be no love in my life<br>There'd be no world left for me<br>Oh, and I<br>Baby I don't know what I would do<br>I'd be lost if I lost you<br>If you ever leave<br>Baby that would take away everything that's real in my life - And tell me now<br>How do I live without you?<br>I want to know<br>How do I breathe without you?<br>If you ever go<br>How do I ever, ever survive? - And tell me now<br>How do I live without you?<br>I want to know<br>How do I breathe without you?<br>If you ever go<br>How will I ever, ever survive? -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - So, like it or not, 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 “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” 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. - I added a new bridge section in so that Thomas Ferkol could have a chance to play some real guitar in this one, and of course he showed his colors as a metal guitarist, sending me a duet between harmonized voices. David Ko also appears on this track as the gently-spoken backup vocalist. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cascade (Beta) -Artist: Tensei -Track Art: Mia Schwartz -Duration: 4:06 -Art Tags: -- John -- Dave -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cascade-beta-2 -- https://youtu.be/Svy9DBBZKpk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Black Hole / Green Sun -Artist: Malcolm Brown, Toby Fox -Contributors: Tensei (electric guitar), Kelly Sadwin (violin) -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:30 -References: -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-hole-green-sun-2 -- https://youtu.be/B6e2XacZSIs -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Not much to say on this really except the title is kind of an ode to Soundgarden. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carefree Action -Artist: Mark Hadley -Track Art: 8bitkitten -Duration: 2:08 -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carefree-action-2 -- https://youtu.be/saFRtTDSVKQ -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - 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. diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-9.txt b/album/homestuck-vol-9.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7e8816b5..00000000 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-9.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,931 +0,0 @@ -Album: Homestuck Vol. 9 -Cover Art: Lazylaz -Banner Art: Lazylaz -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Date: June 12, 2012 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #f2a400 -Groups: Official -Wallpaper Art: Homestuck -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.65; - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto; -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -- Rabbit -- Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9-10-with-s-collide-and-act-7 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1BVIEipjwk -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5UGIMKOXpOfcXVfECYjb09aHc2uSEUv -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystalmethequins -Artist: Clark Powell, Astro Kid -Track Art: Richard Gung -Duration: 5:13 -References: Crystamanthequins, Crystalanthemums -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystalmethequins-2 -- https://youtu.be/r8rWfPPrKJ0 -Commentary: - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - Let me tell you of this song’s origins, for I saw it unfold with mine own eyes. - After our South by Southwest showcase concert, Astro Kid and I both found ourselves back at his apartment. Still in our stage costumes we opened our cans of Dr. B and casually sat around his bedroom. Computers were turned on, subwoofers were turned up. And so it began that we started remixing. - Nearly two months later we sat in the back of a van amongst instruments and gear on our way to play another concert, this time at a Houston anime convention. Computers were turned on, headphones were turned up. It was here that Crystalmethequins, begun so many weeks earlier, was finally completed. - After deciding that the track art would not be a hastily photoshopped image of troll Bryan Cranston, I came to someone I trusted. Richard Gung is unarguably the master, and his track art was well worth the cost he took from me in that dark alley. - The song was chosen from among its peers to open Volume 9. There it stands proudly to this day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Anbroids V2.0 -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Jonathan Griffiths -Duration: 2:19 -References: Anbroids, Davesprite -Directory: anbroids-v2 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Squarewave -- SBaHJ -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/anbroids-v20-2 -- https://youtu.be/AVPmUpN_W3o -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - <code style="color: #e00707">DAVE: we are in the shit now<br>DAVE: we are motherfuckin entrenched in this bitch</code> - That’s right! It’s time to talk about Anbroids 2.0! Hands up everyone who thought “Brobots” would’ve been a better name? Yeah that’s what I thought… Still! Here we are so let’s commence the proceedings: - <b>THE CONCEPT</b> - So much of the inspiration here comes directly from Davesprite, which I remember thinking “Oh god damn if that Yamaha YM2612 Genesis/Mega Driveness doesn’t fit Dave quite well!”. Enter Dirk Strider and his robotic creations! Suddenly a synthy, retro chiptune doesn’t sound so out of place. - My idea was formed fairly early on after we’d learned a bit of his pastime. I came up with the idea of having a kind of “Workshop” theme where Dirk would put some music on and get to work constructing some brobot or other. From here there was a number of prerequisites: - <ol><li>Must be kinda funky. Dude’s a Strider after all. So we’re looking at a bit of a groove with the beat.</li> <li>Must have square waves, which is sort of the national instrument of Robonia.</li> <li>Solos!</li></ol> - All this in mind, I nabbed a general purpose Genesis soundfont (Which seems to be comprised of voices mainly nabbed from Sonic, certainly the percussion is - You should be able to recognize the snare from the opening riff of Sonic the Hedgehog). And got to work. - <b>NAME</b> - Yeah, so I thought “Brobots” would’ve been a better name, especially because that became their canon name in the comic, but by then Hussie had used it in the comic under the name Anbroids, so it stuck :p I apended a 2.0 on it because the versions became fairly different. I also figured some people might want the original version 1.0 used in the comic after the album came out. - Speaking of which... - <b>VERSION ONE</b> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ICTFBDONdI">[LISTEN TO] IT HERE!</a> - This was an in progress version that Hussie nabbed early on before I’d made changes to create the newer version. I’ll go into why it changed in a bit, but here’s a good place to discuss the track at large: - The main theme is there, but a bit… “Lazier” - It doesn’t have a lot of the swing it’d later develop. It also opens with just a percussive riff, which is probably most influenced by the likes of Toejam ‘n Earl. Overall I reckon this version lacked energy, so it needed a bit of a rework before I reckoned it was cool enough to be a Strider song… - <b>VERSION TWO</b> - The percussive intro was removed in favor of a “Booting up” thing (Just a pitch bended squave), followed by a not-so-subtle parody of the original Game Boy bootup noise. The main “guitar” riff came back with a bit of stereo (Which I tried to use a bit more of). - At 0:23 we jump into the first of various solos. One of the tricky parts of chiptune music is, yes you have limited channels, voices and often no polyphony (multiple notes on the same track at the same time) so if you want to make it sound realistically retro you need to abide by these laws, but that doesn’t mean you can’t play with pitch, modulation, stereo etc - The solos were effectively a lesson in mucking about with these to create something that sounded fairly dynamic for a sequenced solo. - At 0:40, just before the main melody kicks in, we have the first “boot error” sound - Just a flat bass note on the square. There’s one at the end as well - The main concept was while he’s building these brobots, occasionally something’ll go wrong - It’ll fail to start or it’ll start going haywire - and so he has to unplug and start again trying something else. - 0:43 has the main melody. It’s similar to the original Version 1 but it’s been funked up a bit - Mainly to avoid it sounded like other stuff (I’m looking at you, Lady Gaga’s Alejandro). Again, bit of pitch wobbliness to give an air of a kind of hectic, technological mess. - The second solo changes the key, and here the idea is Dirk’s moved on to working on something else. As the solo continues, it gets more and more hectic until it’s just splattering notes everywhere, like the brobot’s gone completely off the rails and it’s flailing around the room - At 1:35 it’s promptly shutdown and we bridge back into the main melody again (This bridge was removed from V1, but brought back in by, well, Rad’s request :p I liked it too though, has a Sonic-y feel to it). - Bit of harmonizing later (partially indicating that the Brobot Dirk’s working on has started to play ball and is synchronizing with his personality). One last “Perfected” solo (1:58) which is actually a modified version of the original solo that’s basically a lot “wilder”, to show we’ve finally perfected the upgrade and ready to ship. - So with that, everything’s shut down, and the song ends. - Granted, I probably didn’t manage to get this little ‘story’ across with everybody, but this was the general thought process when I was making the thing. Hopefully if you listen to it now you’ll get some of the ideas I was going for. If not? Well… enjoy it however you like :p Or even come up with your own interpretation that’s better than mine :p - Johnathan Griffiths was the track art man of the hour - There’s even a mega drive controller there! And how are those shades staying on? All round awesome :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Trepidation -Artist: Svix -Track Art: Kiko B. -Duration: 3:52 -Art Tags: -- Squarewave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trepidation-2 -- https://youtu.be/WxLtO42_AJQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Firefly -Artist: Buzinkai -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 1:08 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/firefly-2 -- https://youtu.be/KC9v0nOnDK8 -Commentary: - <i>Buzinkai:</i> - Firefly is a special song. I was walking through a small lot to my apartment in the summertime, and fireflies were all around me. And I just thought of the -perfect- theme for it, and I rushed in to my apartment as fast as I could to get it down. It's the only song that's come to me like that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Whistling Jackhammer -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 3:59 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/whistling-jackhammer-2 -- https://youtu.be/a9ExRM4xlw8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ugly Betty -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 3:22 -References: -- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ugly-betty-2 -- https://youtu.be/EdCZ1kKzb8A -Commentary: - <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - RJ gave me the reins on this one. At first I was drawing it in the same style as a later track ([[Before the Beginning and After the End]]) I did art for, but then it quickly turned in to a painting. This palette in particular was fun and challenging to work with. I’m happy with the end result, since it looks like the Batterwitch is cackling as the world burns down around her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hate You -Artist: Toby Fox -Contributors: Azami (laughter) -Track Art: MissNK -Duration: 2:53 -References: Love You (Feferi's Theme) -Art Tags: -- Meenah -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hate-you-2 -- https://youtu.be/2gU_54ibyKM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 3:54 -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Carapacians -- Cats -- cw: alcohol -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-party-in-sea-hitlers-water-apocalypse-2 -- https://youtu.be/LgG8lAVh-EA -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Aaah Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler’s Water Apocalypse. Or Pumpkin Party in Colony 413 or whatever I was calling it before I decided to go nuts. The original working title was just “Pumpkin Party”, so at the very least we started somewhere sensible. - So let’s have a chat about where this one came from. - <b>THE CONCEPT</b> - So around about <a href="https://www.homestuck.com/story/4852">THIS PANEL</a> during Dirk’s history lesson of the future, we got a glimpse as to what Roxy was up to - Helping the locals out in the post apocalyptic hell-future. Some bizarre idea came about that herself and the Carapacians would get together and have a little underground party away from the watchful gaze of the Condensce and her drones and the like. Gotta find some way to keep your spirits up, right? So with that incredibly vague concept the idea was born to come up with some small light of goodness and happiness in, well, “Sea Hitler’s Water Apocalypse”. - <b>THE NAME</b> - As mentioned this changed a few times, but this line sums up pretty much everything you need to know about the future: - <code style="color: #1f9400">GT: Like what is even your day to day business like in sea hitlers water apocalypse??</code> - <b>THE TRACK</b> - As I recall, with this one it was mainly the instruments chosen that defined it. The Banjo just struck the right kind of sound, and from there an accordion to give it a bit of a polka feel. A lot of the crafting of this one was trying desperately not to have it ending up too much like the Ievan Polkka (Which thanks to a month of Project Diva on PSP is firmly embedded in my brain…). - The idea of mixing Chiptune samples and real instruments is something I was playing with a lot this album (Encore does it as well, as did the dropped ‘Mother’) - I felt this was a kind of neat “This is where we were, and this is where we are now” concept. HS is still about a game, and it’s neat to embed some of the more obvious gamey elements now and then. Plus it might just be me, but accordions and square waves go really well together :D - The “Ooh!” “Ahh!” chants were added just to give it a bit more of a folk appeal, and the air-raid sirens were added last to build up the scene of this party going on while the world’s gone to hell outside - perhaps some other colony’s getting obliterated for whatever reason. Either way, it bookends the song quite nicely, coming back now and then and returning at the end to signify the dance is over. - My favorite bit of the whole thing is the solo at 1:56 - It’s just so gosh darn happy! - Overall though? It’s a bit of a zany, dance-party track. Completely juxtapositions the hell-nightmare outside, and in the end that’s the point! Of course things get worse, but “Red Miles In Sea Hitler’s Water Apocalypse” will have to wait… - Damn, I just realized I should’ve added some meows. I’ve got like two cats sitting here ready for a vocal performance as well… Ah well, the road not taken. - Once again the art is very spiffy so many thanks to Marina! Look at that dude in the corner? That pumpkin is so nom’d! :D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaianet -Artist: Mark Hadley -Track Art: Linnet -Duration: 2:33 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaianet-2 -- https://youtu.be/QLdoDAn290A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Another Jungle -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Richard Gung -Duration: 4:39 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:showtime-original-mix -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/another-jungle-2 -- https://youtu.be/upRmDHMcREg -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Before this track was used in Homestuck along with Beatfox’s “A Taste for Adventure”, it was actually made for a nearly 3-year-old defunct fan project. Housetrapped was a story about an alternate Sburb session and “Another Jungle” was a the-same-but-different theme for the loading screen of that universe’s Sburb client. Sound familiar? - When we shifted into gear to create new Homestuck music following the start of Act 6, I was asked to refurbish the forgotten 40-second theme I’d written as the theme to Sburb Alpha. “Another Jungle” is thus the alpha equivalent of “Sburban Jungle” which I had written back when Homestuck began - structurally both songs are very similar, but each with their own melodies and sound choices. - “Another Jungle” has the benefit of years of experience with production I did not have when Homestuck began, and to me the fidelity difference really shows. Since writing “Sburban Jungle” I’d become far more familiar with automation, recording, eq, mixing, mastering, and all the techniques that polish a music project. “Another Jungle” is far more dynamic than its predecessor, with each subsequent section of the song having its own unique way of using the instruments and sounds in the project. - My favorite touches to this one are all the very mellow sounds that contrast with the brisk pacing of the track - the various pads, the wah-wah guitar, the echoing melody, all of it underlined by drums and brute synth loops. The sudden change in energy when the guitars duck out in the middle and the melody of “Showtime” whispers in is a favorite moment of mine. The very pop ending with its retro house sound was another choice I wouldn’t have seen myself making three years back. Hope you enjoy this one as much as I do. - The art for this track is by Richard Gung. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: GameGrl (Original 1993 Mix) -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Contributors: Erik Scheele (keytar), Tavia Morra (vocals) -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 3:29 -References: Bro Hop, Airtime, Afraid of the Darko -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gamegrl-original-1993-mix-2 -- https://youtu.be/4kdVpq3bnuY -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Originally we’d planned on doing a Homestuck album that was devoted entirely to the Sburb Alpha kids and their session, all of us doing tracks that would parallel earlier tracks in a same-but-different fashion. While this album became Homestuck Vol. 9, a lot of analogous tracks remained from the original concept, including this track as an alternative to “GameBro (Original 1990 Mix)” from Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent. - While we can only imagine what the set-decorating GameGrl magazine from Jane Crocker’s bedroom might actually be like, it’s pretty easy for me as a child of the 90’s to imagine how the magazine might have looked in the era of the Burger King Kid’s Club and Lisa Frank. With GameGrl I attempted to capture a lot of the basic messages perpetuated to girls by children’s advertising in the 90’s: - - Boys are gross and need to have their butts kicked - - Girls are cool and should pretend to understand pop culture - - Clubs must be started in tree-houses and couch forts to keep boys out - - Parents suck and will never understand - - You can trust corporate America - The music was a hodge-podge of a lot of things - the production style of early 90’s house music (Deee-Lite and Cathy Dennis were my main references) was coupled with the intentionally insipid rap vocals in a time in which many game commercials <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkWYP95WbbY">had</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m__j99flW9w">awful</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7FN5B02YEo">raps</a>. The lead vocals are performed by Tavia Morra, whose voice I discovered sounds scarily childlike when sped up slightly. We played the backup track at about 75% speed and had her rap over it to create the vocal comp before speeding it back up to create the cringe-worthy little girl voice. I did a digital process to lower my voice to create the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0LoHA_FPAs">Pokérap</a>-style breakdown towards the middle of the track and then asked Erik Scheele to play a painfully retro midi guitar solo. - For the track art (lovingly created and posed for by Tavia) among our many references were Alex Mack and The Olson Twins. The big deal-breaker for us was getting a pair of overalls, a garment seemingly synonymous with the 90’s. We spent nearly three hours hunting for a pair in Austin coming up short at Wal-Mart, Academy, Sheplers, Cavender’s Boot City, Goodwill, a costume store, a paint store, and a plumbing store before finally finding a wearable piece 17 miles out of town at a farm supply store. Apparently humanity had the good sense to wipe that fucking hideous fashion travesty off the face of the earth at the end of the decade (I knew the y2k bug must have done something!) and now only people who actually need them wear them. - We took our pictures at the Japanese-style game center Arcade UFO. Outtakes can be found <a href="https://seeyoutmorra.tumblr.com/post/24983253249/some-of-the-other-photos-from-the-gamegrl">here</a>. - <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - I don’t even know where to start. - One day Bowman and I discovered that if we pitched my voice up a little higher than where it normally is, then I sounded like a 12 year old girl. The idea for GameGrl came up later and he proceeded to write lyrics that would make any 90’s kiddo cringe at the nostalgia of their childhood and want to do it again. - I had way too much fun recording it to the point that I knocked over a music stand from dancing too much. Bowman was a fantastic coach. It’s always a pleasure to work with him. - The track art has more of a story to it than I would have cared for, but Bowman and I both knew we had to go all the way with the track art. And so begun our quest for the GameGrl outfit, which we found all of the clothing elements for except for the overalls. - We figured we were just going to go around the corner to the Goodwill, find a pair of overalls, slap those suckers on and get the track art done within about an hour tops. - But no. - No, no, no. - We ended up shopping for three hours at nine separate stores before we found those goddamn overalls. Bowman livetweeted our journey: - <img src="media/misc/overall-quest.jpg" width="331" height="799"> - Eventually we got the overalls and proceeded to take the most fantastic pictures ever. I’ll be posting up some other photos from that day later on so keep your eyes peeled! - All in all, this track is probably the most involved I’d been on a Homestuck album and am so glad it was this one. I had a blast! -Lyrics: - Aw yeah! What's up gamers?<br>I'm GameGrl, and I'm here to show you that girls can game too!<br>Don't go easy on me, guys - unless you want to get beat by a GIRL.<br>Are you ready? Let's DO THIS. - Yo I'm the GameGrl, and I've got the scores<br>'Cause I woop butt and game hardcore<br>I might look cute but I play to win<br>So get your head in the game, 'cause we're about to begin - I got sweet moves and secret skills<br>To pull off the codes, the combos, and kills<br>Tapping my fingers like a maniac<br>This girl's gone bad on a game attack! - GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!<br>When I'm on the scoreboard, you sure can tell!<br>GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!<br>Cause I spell my scores "G-R-L!"<br>GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!<br>You gamer guys better take it like a man!<br>GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!<br>If you can't keep up then talk to the hand! - I'm the GameGrl!<br>(She's a GameGrl) The best in the world!<br>(She's a GameGrl) Girls rule!<br>(She's a GameGrl) And boys drool!<br>(She's a GameGrl) I'm kickin' rad!<br>(She's a GameGrl) You're super bad!<br>(She's a GameGrl) Better than the rest<br>When you're gaming with the GameGrl you're gaming with the best! - When I say "game", you say "girl!"<br>GAME! GRL! GAME! GRL!<br>When I say "best", you say "the world!"<br>BEST IN! THE WORLD! BEST IN! THE WORLD!<br>When I say girls, you say rule!<br>GIRLS! RULE! GIRLS! RULE!<br>When I say boys, you say drool!<br>BOYS! DROOL! BOYS! DROOL! - Let's have a dance party RIGHT NOW. Everybody do the wave! Yeah, that's pretty good. Check it out! I'm dancing! I'm dancing! Check this move out! Oh man, oh yeah! - Aw yeah. I'm having SO MUCH FUN. This is like a slumber party where there's nothing to do but play games ALL NIGHT LONG. Oh yeah, and NO BOYS ALLOWED. Not that I CARE - I can beat any boy at any game, any time, anywhere! - Puzzle games, fighting games, action, rpg,<br>Shoot 'em ups, beat 'em ups, virtual reality,<br>Dating sims, flight sims, CD-rom or console,<br>Handheld, arcade, tabletopping oldschool,<br>Turn-based, card-based, tactical, strategy,<br>Text-based adventure, point-and-click mystery,<br>FPS, racers, platforms, rhythm games,<br>She's the bomb at anything you can name! - GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!<br>Gamer guys better run and hide!<br>GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!<br>'Cause I'm the baddest, so step aside!<br>GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!<br>I got the stats, and that's my proof!<br>GAME ATTACK! GAME ATTACK!<br>So come on and RAISE THE ROOF! - I'm the GameGrl!<br>(She's a GameGrl) The best in the world!<br>(She's a GameGrl) Girls rule!<br>(She's a GameGrl) And boys drool!<br>(She's a GameGrl) I'm kickin' rad!<br>(She's a GameGrl) You're super bad!<br>(She's a GameGrl) 'Cause I've got the moves<br>So step into my GAMER GROOVE. - Don't be a wimp!<br>(She's a GameGrl) Unless you're a shrimp!<br>(She's a GameGrl) I'm the new cool!<br>(She's a GameGrl) You're old school!<br>(She's a GameGrl) Gaming like a pro!<br>(She's a GameGrl) Come on, let's go!<br>(She's a GameGrl) Better than the rest<br>When you're gaming with the GameGrl you're gaming with the best! - Awesome! That was totally rad to the max! I could just keep doing this all day... NOT! I've got games to play, and if you think I'm gonna slow down just to talk to a bunch of amateurs, then you need to seriously blow the dust out of your cartridges. - But hey, girls, whenever you need to show those creepy boys who's boss, just remember that GameGrl's got your back. Look for me on specially-marked boxes of Betty Crocker brand snacks and have an adult call the toll-free number to subscribe to the exclusive girls-only GameGrl Magazine. Alright, check you later girlfriends! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ASSAULT -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Maf -Duration: 2:21 -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- cw: alcohol -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/assault-2 -- https://youtu.be/4u_Gk9bH5_4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Little Fight Mewsic -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Amethyst Barron -Duration: 2:19 -Art Tags: -- God Cat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/a-little-fight-mewsic-2 -- https://youtu.be/O-EtZR02vGA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Austin, Atlantis -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: Nic Carey -Duration: 3:43 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- Magnificat -- track:explore -- track:endless-climb -- Flare -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/austin-atlantis-2 -- https://youtu.be/wPfUy4j9V7c -Commentary: - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - Nothing inspires me more than spaces, regardless of whether they are real or virtual. Examples include cities, mountains, buildings, individual rooms, even entire planets (see [[album:medium|Medium]]). - Austin is currently my real world home, and to imagine it flooded and empty is a fascinating thing. Should Dirk ever decide to explore beyond Houston, what forgotten worlds would he find in the other lost Texan fortresses? - The whole song was written to musically explore this sunken Austin, and to deliver a strong atmosphere and sense of place. The parts I used to piece together this portrait are the constituent Homestuck tunes, each of which I chose because of thematic applicability; they include Beatdown, Explore, Flare, and even Atomyk Ebonpyre. - To capture the same essence visually in the track art, I knew I could trust Tynic. She is an incredible background artist with an uncanny sense for colors and composition! I am so proud of her work here; the song just wouldn’t be the same without the accompanying artwork. - Additional fun fact: the entire song is played off key, detuned into the spaces between quartertones. The piano itself is significantly flat. This surprised me in how far it went toward making the song sound “sunken.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Despot -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 3:36 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Sawtooth -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/despot-2 -- https://youtu.be/O7CI8okTWSg -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - Started as a sequel to Upward Movement, before Hussie skipped over that entire sequence, which made me try to build it into a general Dirk theme. Sort of like a rise to power, from princehood to kinghood, or sommat. Maybe even a character theme, though I can’t really make those calls. - <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - This picture started with an innocent suggestion from RJ who imagined Dirk riding a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Hang-On">super hang on motorcycle</a> to this song. I took the idea over to Jit who then helped me develop the picture to what it became, suggesting the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUUbp-4kKMA">FF7 motorcycle chase</a> as inspiration and to turn the motorcycle in to Sawtooth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stress -Artist: Buzinkai, Toby Fox -Contributors: -- Buzinkai (composition) -- Toby Fox (arrangement) -Track Art: P-RO -Duration: 2:02 -References: -- Five-Four Stress -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stress-2 -- https://youtu.be/RZGdkT96JDs -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - art by P-RO at <a href="https://nomorepros.tumblr.com">nomorepros.tumblr.com</a>. P-RO always does a maximally amazing job so why I asked her to draw the art is a non-question. - Stress is actually a pretty faithful arrangement of an original track by Buzinkai. Buzinkai has been responsible for several HS-important melodies like [[track:doctor]], [[track:endless-climb]], and [[track:explore]] and [her] work, for me, has always established a certain “essence” of what Homestuck is. My goal for this piece was actually to create a classic strife theme for Dirk with the core feeling of earlier pieces like [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]] or [[track:doctor]], so basing the piece off of something with that “essence” was important.* - I can’t say why Buzinkai wrote this piece the way she did, so I’ll instead highlight the differences between the original and my arrangement. - - <p>Updated the instrumentation. Buzinkai’s usage of PXTONE is indeed charming and nostalgic-sounding, but I wanted to push things bit further. One major difference is the arrangement of the strings - Buzinkai’s PXTONE strings have an sharp attack to them, while mine come on a bit softer but are thicker. My strings then sound more “lush” but less “urgent.”</p> - - <p>I added a section between the original A section and B section with lower intensity. This was because the song got a bit too repetitive and static simply repeating like Buzinkai’s. Oddly, the repeats didn’t bother me in his track. I think this is partially because MY loop point, unlike Buzinkai’s, lowers the intensity a LOT more by removing a bunch of instruments where his simply flows into a repeat. I need to think about that more.</p> - - <p>Added an introduction and a true ending to make it more of a proper start-to-finish song.</p> - About the similarity to [[Teal Hunter]] and a fun syncopation lesson: - - <p>This was unintentional - I not only started my arrangement of this song before the contest was conceived, Buzinkai made the original song back in 2010. THOUGH as soon as I heard Teal Hunter I KNEW people would call out the similarities because, surprise, there are plenty of them! Here’s the big one: - - <p>Both pieces are in 5/4 (5 beats per measure, try counting to 5 over and over on the beat) and use the SAME syncopation (syncopation = the division of notes into smaller off-beat rhythms within the measure) throughout the track. Actually, many many many pieces in 5/4 use this syncopation. See: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nlCNVewMjA">Hollow Bastion</a>. Why do composers keep doing this? Two reasons: One, because it sounds awesome. Second, because the main way to compose in odd time signatures like 5/4 or 13/4** is actually to cut things into smaller units of 3, 2, or 4. Though each measure is comprised of 5 total beats, each measure in these songs is cut into 10 notes of half the length going 123-123-12-12. 3! 3! 2! 2!</p> <p>Wow, that was a very poor explanation. But please go to that Hollow Bastion video I linked and count “one-two-three-one-two-three-one-two-one-two” very quickly along with each note the harp plays. You’ll get it. (And I’m just making things more confusing, but isn’t it awesome how the syncopation switches at the end of the 4-measure phrase to “1234 12 12 12?” The little bit of contrast makes it feel complete.)</p> <p>So, why don’t people just cut things up differently? like 3 2 2 3? it’s definitely possible! Here’s my theory about why people favor the syncopation they do: It seems like ending a measure with a shorter note ON the beat leads into the next measure more naturally. It even sounds like a leadin: dun-DUN! This is supported by the fact that one of the most popular syncopations in existence is the one in 4/4 that goes 3 3 2. This is probably the same principle.</p> <p>3 3 2: ON OFF ON<br>3 3 2 2: ON OFF ON ON</p> - - <p>Besides the fact that the syncopation is identical, the chords and melody are similar and the way the strings are used are basically the same. I have no explanation for this other than… great minds think alike???</p> <p>RANDOM FUN FACT: Awakening is also in 5/4, go to 1:40 and sing the melody to Stress. Hell, [[media:misc/stresscombo.mp3|I’ll do it for you.]] It fits!!! The main melody of awakening also starts with a similar rhythm as Stress. it’s the curse of the 123 123 12 12’s.</p> - Wow, I really got off track here. But I hope you learned something today. - * Yes, Bill Bolin also started an arrangement of this piece before he left the team. I think we were both attracted to the same “essence” present in Buzinkai’s piece. - ** Bonus challenge: See if you can count out how I divided the measures in this song! If you can do this, you can easily understand how to compose in time signatures like this. It’s actually VERY simple and derived directly from the other breakdowns I did. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Minihoof's Adventure -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Contributors: Tavia Morra (vocals) -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 2:47 -Art Tags: -- Maplehoof -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/minihoofs-adventure-2 -- https://youtu.be/KMyh7F9cyrE -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - I get the feeling that down the line there will be an explanation for why exactly there’s a tiny Maplehoof on Dirk Strider’s desk and it will be one of the biggest plot revelations in all of Homestuck. For me it was a cue that there needed to be a Sburb Alpha universe parallel for the song [[track:maplehoofs-adventure]], which in itself was a spiritual sequel to [[track:pony-chorale]]. It’s sort of a reality check to realize that I have written not one, not two, but three songs for cartoon ponies now - I guess that’s part of this disease we call the Internet. - As with the previous installments, I used a sample of Tavia Morra saying “neigh” to punctuate phrases, this time sped up to about double speed to have that chipmunk-esque effect. Everything about this song is a bit faster-paced and squeakier to reflect the stature of the tiny horse. The orchestration was largely inspired by my last trip to Disneyland - the whistles are arranged to sound a bit like the teapots from Alice in Wonderland, and the horn synths were selected because of their resemblance to a merry-go-round organ. - Along with recent tracks like [[track:another-jungle]] and [[track:elephant-gun]], this song represents one of my attempts to stick less closely to a predictable song form. The key signature moves up a whole step around 32 seconds in and never comes back down, and the main repeated refrain that ties the song together is the little cadence that shows up at the end of each section. I stuck to my guns as a high school music theory student on this one, mostly drawing from Mozart and Sousa - it’s an overstimulating mess of counterpoint, and my main goal was to see if it would annoy composition major Erik Scheele (it worked). - Out of all the tracks for Volume 9 I worked on, this one was a real breeze. I was on such a roll that I considered making it ten minutes long just to piss off everyone, but I knew that I’d most likely be asked to cut it down if I’d gone to that kind of excess, and I had other tracks to work on. - The track art was done by Tavia Morra. - <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - Bowman and I quickly settled on the idea of a picture emphasizing the size of Minihoof, but couldn’t decide on a specific way to show it. Maybe put a magnifying glass over the little pony? Having her next to Dirk’s hand while he typed on the computer? The energy of the track made us think of little Minihoof running through an obstacle course Dirk set up for her on his desk, thus the stapler, the tacks, the brads, the pencils, and the GameBro Magazines. This was a super fun one for me since I had such a personal investment in it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Encore -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Bea -Duration: 3:09 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Lifdoff -- Unite Synchronization -Art Tags: -- Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/encore-2 -- https://youtu.be/d8R1N5h3Mzc -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Let’s talk about Encore! Or “Showtime 2: Encore”. - <b>THE CONCEPT.</b> - So back in the early days of Volume 9, the idea was “The New Session”. The further idea was to take the tracks ‘n themes of Volume 1/Act 1 and ‘re-scratch’ em to come up with a parallel for the new session and the new kids. Where this idea started to fall to bits was expecting the act to play similarly to Act 1, which it quickly didn’t :) - Still, by this point we had a decent collision of re imagined classic tracks and Strife/character themes for the new kids, so on with the show. - Encore was a straight-up “Let’s bring Showtime kicking and screaming into the new session, but a little bit mixed, yet still recognizable”. - <b>THE NAME.</b> - Should be obvious. “Showtime” -> “Encore”. - <b>THE TRACK.</b> - Making Showtime orchestral wasn’t too hard. The idea of a very pomp-y, brass, adventure-y/combat affair was formed fairly early on - I think the main channeling came from a Power Stone/Smash Brothers-esque “Zany combat” idea. - Most of the voices come from EWQL’s Symphonic Orchestra, with a bit of soundfonts for the later Showtime segment. - The section at 0:22 has a bit of history - It was originally a straight up Lifdoff arrangement, but I pulled it back and made it considerably less obvious (I’ve became hesitant of Lifdoff since someone pointed out it sounds like the Bruce Lee story theme :p) - I *did* leave the little brass phrases that punctuated it, which unintentionally/subconsciously might be referencing Earthsea Borealis. This wasn’t intended, but it’s probably close enough for it not just to be a coincidence, and enough people seem to be picking up on this accidental reference so what the hell :p - Next it returns to the alternate Showtime and adds on Unite Synchronization. Does a floaty little bridge afterwards, and then we get into the original Showtime. - I pondered adding this for a while, since it felt a bit “Yes, we get it, this is a Showtime thing, y’don’t need to actually add the thing in”, but eventually I liked the idea of it smashing in, completely brazen with its NES-y soundfont and blaring the original track in the last section of the song. We then wind down with the fast-paced percussion and the starting brass arrangement, just enough time for a post-battle ass-kicking pose, and then “Boom”. - I think writing tracks for characters like John/Jake’s quite fun in that they’ve got this bottomless optimism and carefree attitude, plus they do silly things. Silly things are quite fun to score... - And that’s Encore! Hope ya’ll enjoyed that little trip back down memory lane! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Expedition -Artist: Mark Hadley -Track Art: Kiddy -Duration: 2:29 -References: -- English -- track:explore -Art Tags: -- Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/expedition-2 -- https://youtu.be/UjUpiHOtjWs -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - As I've mentioned before, I really like finding ways to combine themes. In this case, I combined 'Explore' and 'English' in a style inspired by the sailing theme from 'Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker'. (It's easy to miss the theme from 'English', since it's a lot more upbeat and in a major key.) I don't use brass a lot when I write, but I think it came out well here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Elephant Gun -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: 8bitkitten -Duration: 2:39 -Art Tags: -- Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/elephant-gun-2 -- https://youtu.be/60Qjl1iyZ4U -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - This is pure Jake strife music - I started this project with the definite goal in mind to make something that sounded purely like video game music for a battle. Jake English is sort of the archetypal Roosevelt-type swashbuckler with all the bravado of a turn-of-the-century primitivist. For him, the palette of sounds is instantaneous: heavy percussion rumbling at a breakneck pace. I threw in chimes, timpani, xylophone, glockenspiel, cymbal crashes, and an uncompromising drum machine to get the atmosphere I wanted. - I had a nice, retro-sounding portamento synth as a lead, a quick little intro, and a couple of smart little themes going on right at the beginning, and I was all set for this to be one of those simple, memorable themes not unlike one of the previous Strife themes (“Beatdown”, “Showtime”). Then, at 44 seconds in, something snapped - I suddenly decided that what I was writing was boring and that nothing could be normal from that point on. Inspired by a few listens to “Rollo Interior”, I wrote a rhythmically unconventional breakdown followed by the whole song shifting into “Zappa chords” for a little while. - What was excellent about working on this track is it’s one of the first instances in a while where I had really freed myself from any preconceived goals for the song’s form and just decided to write a track from start to finish and see what felt right. I ended up at sort of the golden length - the song begins to loop at 2:15, making it still functional as video game music, and fades out by 2:39. Tavia pointed out to me that pop songs that run a bit short of 3 minutes tend to be incredibly satisfying, especially for a first time listener, as they ask for your attention for an amount of time that doesn’t wear you down. Out of all my tracks for Vol. 9, this is the one I find the easiest to listen to on a loop. - The track art is by 8bitkitten. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Miasmajesty -Artist: Solatrus, Nick Smalley -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 3:20 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/miasmajesty-2 -- https://youtu.be/cfzEta7PCkk -Commentary: - <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - You ever have one of those days where the pen and photoshop just seem to be behaving? I was having one of those days and as a result this picture of Dirk happened. He’s holding a Derse flag with the pointy end coming at the viewer. This man means business. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jane Dargason -Artist: Clark Powell, Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 3:43 -References: Jane's Dragon, Life in Technicolor -Art Tags: -- Jane -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jane-dargason-2 -- https://youtu.be/jSczYjYAaUY -Commentary: - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - (<a href="https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/25536699941/jane-dargason-it-may-be-a-little-late-by-now-but">Tumblr</a>) - It may be a little late by now, but I wanted to give one more of my songs from Volume 9 a post of its own. - First let me say that RJ Lake is a joy to work with. We sent Jane Dargason back and forth between us, remixing each other’s remixes until the track was in its final state. For reference: - The original sketch put together by RJ sounded like [[media:misc/jane-dargason-sketch.mp3|this]]. - By the end of the process, things had evolved <a href="https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jane-dargason-2">quite a bit</a>. - I also want to take a moment to say that my good friend Dawn did a spectacular job on the track art! She has a wondrous way with colors, and her drawings of the Homestuck kids have a childlike optimism about them. Nothing could have been a more perfect match for a track like this one! - (<a href="https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/23084666959/and-for-your-listening-pleasure-a-snippet-of">Tumblr</a>) - And for your listening pleasure, [[media:misc/jane-dargason-another-sketch.mp3|a snippet]] of something called Jane Dargason. It is an unfinished track, part of my work lately putting together some music for Homestuck Volume 9. [[site:album/homestuck-vol-9/princess-of-helium.jpg|The beautiful artwork]], for which the music is arguably just a vehicle, is brought to you by the astounding talent of Tavia Morra. - You remember [[Jade Dragon]], right? The rich wall of sound therein owes itself to the fact that it samples Viva la Vida, from its namesake Coldplay album. Jane Dargason is a spiritual successor, using samplework from Life in Technicolor off the same album. All of this is combined here to surprisingly lovely effect with sounds from an unreleased track by RJ (who, as we have discussed, is the coolest). - In short, we have an anthemic Jane tune in the workings! - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - the track art attached to the audio file on the original tumblr post eventually became the art for [[Princess of Helium]]! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Before the Beginning and After the End -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 4:27 -References: Before Before the Beginning -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/before-the-beginning-and-after-the-end-2 -- https://youtu.be/Nab_SoEy8rk -Commentary: - <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - This was one of the last track art pieces I did that I had a lot of fun with. I didn’t really know what I was doing when I went in, but as soon as I had laid out what Alpha Kid went where, the colors instantly stood out in my mind. I really like the way this one came out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bridge of Stars -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: 8bitkitten -Duration: 3:35 -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade -- Davesprite -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bridge-of-stars-2 -- https://youtu.be/yQSb3LMPk0Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cumulating Dreams -Artist: Solatrus -Contributors: Clark Powell (cello) -Track Art: Nyanface -Duration: 3:11 -Art Tags: -- Jane -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cumulating-dreams-2 -- https://youtu.be/80ZicKue9yM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Busting Makes Me Feel Good -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Victoria Grace Elliott -Duration: 3:25 -References: Ghostbusters -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade -- Davesprite -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/busting-makes-me-feel-good-2 -- https://youtu.be/ObxMP2v6ke8 -Lyrics: - Bustin'-bustin'-bustin'-bustin' makes me feel good! - Bustin' makes me feel good!<br>Bu-bu-bu-bustin'!<br>Bu-bu-bu-bu-bustin'!<br>Bu-bu-bu-bustin' makes me feel good! - Bustin' makes me feel good!<br>Bustin' makes me feel good! - Bu-bu-bu-bu-bustin'!<br>Bu-bu-bu-bu<br>Bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-bustin'!<br>Bustin'!<br>Bustin'!<br>Bustin' makes me feel-feel-feel - Bustin'!<br>Bustin'!<br>Bustin'!<br>Bustin' makes me FEEL GOOD - Bustin' makes me feel good!<br>Bustin' makes me feel good!<br>Bustin' makes me feel good!<br>Bustin' makes me feel good!<br>Bubu-bubu-bustin'!<br>Bustin' makes me feel GOOD - FEEL GOOD, FEE-EEL GOOD, GOOD<br>FEEL GOOD, FEE-EEL GOOD GOO-GOOD<br>FEEL GOOD, FEE-GOOD FEEL GOOD, GOOD<br>FEEL FEEL FEEL FEEL GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD<br>(Bustin' makes me feel good!) - Bustin' makes me feel good!<br>Bustin' makes me feel good!<br>Bustin' makes me feel good!<br>Bustin' makes me feel good! - Bububububububububustin'!<br>Bustin'!<br>Bustin'!<br>Bustin' makes me feel-feel-feel-<br>Feel-feel-feel-feel-feel-<br>Feel-feel-feel-feel-feel-<br>Feel-feel-feel-feel-feel-feel-<br>Bustin' makes me FEEL GOOD - FEEL GOOD, FEE-EEL GOOD, GOOD<br>FEEL GOOD, FEE-EEL GOOD GOO-GOOD<br>(Bustin' makes me feel good!)<br>FEEL GOOD, FEE-GOOD FEEL, FEE-GOOD-GOOD<br>GOO-FEE-GOO-FEE-GOO-GOO-FEEL, FEEL-GOO-G-G-GOOD GOOD<br>(Bustin' makes me feel good!) - FEEL FEEL FEEL FEEL GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD<br>FEEL FEEL FEEL FEEL GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD<br>(Bustin' makes me feel good!)<br>FEEL FEEL FEEL FEEL GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD<br>FEEL FEEL FEEL FEEL GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD<br>(Bustin' makes me feel good!) - Bu-bu-bu-bustin' makes me feel good!<br>Bu-bu-bu-bustin'!<br>Bu-bu-bu-bu-bustin'!<br>Bu-bu-bu-bustin' makes me feel good! -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - This track was an attempt to try something in the same vain as the soundtrack to Jet Set Radio Future which was recommended to me by friends Erik Scheele and Richard Gung. Composer Hideki Naganuma has created some of the most intricate and engaging pieces of dance music I’ve ever heard - his signature approach is his construction of entire songs around only a handful of samples (check out “Funky Dealer” for a good example). - Going off of the notion that there aught to be some music dedicated to the 3 years that John, Jade, and Davesprite spend by killing time in Ghostbusters 2 MMORPG, I recorded myself singing the famous exclamation uttered by Ray Parker Jr partway through the legendary 1984 single. What is the deal with that line, really? Apparently chasing ghosts isn’t just a public service for Mr. Parker - it gets him off. - The majority of the track is driven by drum and crowd samples with some very funky but intentionally primitive synths on top. I liked the idea of building up to some big climactic house beat, and the climax of the song is sort of an homage to Kalibration and his EDM project Screamcatcher (albeit missing all the cool). - The art is by Victoria Grace Elliott. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Everything is Something to Somebody -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 3:06 -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/everything-is-something-to-somebody-2 -- https://youtu.be/reSPRXEtVmg -Commentary: - <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - This is another one that RJ let me do whatever I wanted on. After thinking about the title of the track, I remembered the moment in Homestuck when we all finally found out the answer to the infamous question <a href="https://www.homestuck.com/story/4853">“What Pumpkin?”</a> And what a heartwarming answer it was! To me, this was one of the most gentle tear-jerking moments in the comic to date. It just made sense to draw. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE -Directory: iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Contributors: Thomas Ferkol (electric guitar) -Track Art: 8bitkitten -Duration: 1:41 -Art Tags: -- Tavros -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/irrrrrrrreconcila8le-2 -- https://youtu.be/IyVUutdaP8E -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Before there was 20+ hours of music in the Homestuck catalog, the music team’s task was to create new themes at a moment’s notice for new elements of the story. When Tavrisprite appeared in the comic, I challenged myself to make a suitable theme at the same pace I might once have cobbled something together back in 2009. I posted the resulting demo track on my Soundcloud the same day as the character made its debut. - My demo fused the Spanish sounds associated with Tavros and the electric lead guitar associated with Vriska. The result was just over a minute of power-flamenco silliness which I planned to expand upon heavily until suddenly Tavrisprite exploded less than an hour after I uploaded the demo. I decided the song aught to be short and sweet as well, so I asked Thomas Ferkol to play some additional metal guitar at the end before dropping in an explosion effect and a distantly echoing “honk” from a certain codpiece-wearing merchant. - The track art is by 8bitkitten. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Post-Punk Version) -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Contributors: Erik Scheele (piano), Marcy Nabors (thermin & accordian) -Track Art: Cari Garafalo -Duration: 3:50 -References: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-post-punk-version-2 -- https://youtu.be/nU9YXh_0L4Y -Lyrics: - I hate a moral coward, one who lacks a manly spark<br>I just detest a man afraid to go home in the dark<br>I spend my every evening where there's women wine and song<br>But like a man, I always bring my little wife along! - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew<br>I'm a night owl, a wise bird too<br>Home with the milk in the morning<br>Singing the same old song!<br>Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun<br>Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun<br>Bring your wife and trouble, it can never trouble you<br>Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! - (Make her a member of the Midnight Crew) - The fun it doesn't stop 'til 12 on happy old Broadway<br>So what's the point of going home, until the break of day?<br>Now, something confidential, whisper not above a breath<br>I once went home at 2 AM, and scared my wife to death! - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew<br>I'm a night owl, a wise bird too<br>Home with the milk in the morning<br>Singing the same old song!<br>Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun<br>Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun<br>Bring your wife and trouble, it can never trouble you<br>Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! - I never shall forget the night I made six robbers run<br>Although I did not have a knife, a blackjack, or a gun<br>I proved myself a hero of a very high degree<br>I ran for home, and six of them, was running after me! - I'm a member of the Midnight Crew<br>I'm a night owl, a wise bird too<br>Home with the milk in the morning<br>Singing the same old song!<br>Rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun<br>Early to bed, and you'll miss all the fun<br>Bring your wife and trouble, it can never trouble you<br>Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - One of the things I’d always felt was curious about our re-appropriation of the hundred-year-old vaudeville track by Eddie Morton was the complete contrast between its cheerful mood and the sinister nature of the characters it represents. The Midnight Crew, while fashion-savvy, are cold-blooded murderers, and I’d been curious as to what a darker version of their signature song might sound like. - The inspiration for this “post-punk” arrangement comes specifically from the Iggy Pop track “Nightclubbing”, which was produced by David Bowie during their stay in Berlin in 1977. The Iggy Pop and Eddie Morton tracks are very different takes on a night on the town, and I was utterly fascinated by the thought of injecting the old ragtime track with the same seedy atmosphere of Iggy’s sardonic croon. - I’d been playing this particular arrangement live at live shows for a while, and for this recorded version I brought in bandmates Erik Scheele and Marcy Nabors to record their respective parts. Erik delivers the excellent jazz piano, while Marcy added some amazing textures by playing theremin and accordion. I made full use of the wah pedal on my guitar to deliver the very textured guitar performance, and copied Iggy’s beloved drum machine loop for the main percussion. - The track art is by Cari Garafalo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Three in the Morning (Aftermath) -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 3:28 -References: Three in the Morning -Art Tags: -- Roxy -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-aftermath-2 -- https://youtu.be/nkRwwNcIkEw -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - I don’t remember how long ago it was that Plaz asked me to do an improvisation around their Three In The Morning, but I did it, and here it is! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lancer -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: clorinspats -Duration: 3:51 -Art Tags: -- DD -- Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lancer-2 -- https://youtu.be/C1L6GAcqAVE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Three's a Crowd -Artist: Robert J! Lake, Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: ari -Duration: 3:27 -References: Three in the Morning -Art Tags: -- DD -- Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/threes-a-crowd-2 -- https://youtu.be/hBnCIpVQTls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Break Shot -Artist: Kalibration -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 3:05 -Art Tags: -- Lord English -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/break-shot-2 -- https://youtu.be/E07s837gHWE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Portrait -Artist: Solatrus -Track Art: Kate Holden -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: -- Roxy -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/portrait-2 -- https://youtu.be/qkF5HxMd1LA -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - Honestly, on all three, it was a lot of going with my gut because I hadn’t quite gained the understanding of writing percussion that I now have. Though, having a good instinct for interesting rhythms definitely is why I seem to be so notorious for percussion/drum beats. - That said, Portrait is a funny case in particular, and its weirdness is quite a bit more deliberate than the other two, simply because I was more experienced by the time of its release. - The song is in mixed meter. Now, you certainly can hash it out to 14/4 and be happy with it, because it works out that way, but the song is actually written in alternating measures of 15/8 and 13/8. Or was it 13/8 and 15/8? It’s been awhile. Either way, the song itself never sits still and shifts its pulse back and forth the entire way, and ends up making the later breakbeat/drum and bass part all the more crazy. - And yet it still seemed to work! - As for everything since Portrait, any weird percussion I do has been completely deliberate and thought out, because, as I said before, I understand my instincts on it. More importantly, I understand why those instincts work. - TL;DR; In a past life, I was probably a drummer. - :D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Negative Aperture -Artist: Svix -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 2:36 -Art Tags: -- Sawtooth -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/negative-aperture-2 -- https://youtu.be/x15fE5XGk1g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sweet Dreams, Timaeus -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Vivian Ng -Duration: 3:19 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-dreams-timaeus-2 -- https://youtu.be/GhVCvz1sRdw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Red Miles -Artist: James Dever -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 3:10 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/red-miles-2 -- https://youtu.be/_7ulwTrNnTE -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <b>History</b> - Igor Stravinsky has been a gigantic inspiration for me for a long time. My favorite piece of all time is his Firebird Suite, and not far behind is his other ballet the Rite of Spring. The latter is the main inspiration behind this track! - I listened to the Rite of Spring quite a bit throughout last year and I really was compelled to write something inspired by it. When the End of Act 5 flash came out, Andrew also revealed the now memetic Red Miles attack. I thought of no better way to elude to two of my favorite things than combining them this way! I set out on the concept of making a Rite of Spring-esque movement to fit the devastating attack. - <b>The Music</b> - The direct segment I was trying to parallel is thesecond section. Staccato unbowed strings playing eighth notes on a single chord with an accent pattern. The difference here is that as crazy as that segment may get, Stravinsky wrote the whole thing in 2/4. Red Miles I just had fun and it alternates between 2/4, 7/8, 5/8 and whatever the hell I felt like/8. I had a whole lot of fun with time signatures is what I mean. - The accent pattern I use has a bit of history behind it as well. I’m a band geek if no one had noticed yet, and was heavily into marching band during high school. Being a percussionist, I kind of had a love/hate relationship with drumline warmups. One in particular we played waaaaay too much was the accent to tap exercise. For people who don’t know too much about drumline, it’s just an exercise that warms up the extremes of playing. Most notes are steady pulse beats but then an accent pattern is introduced to differentiate height, sound and velocity between taps (normal strokes) and accents. Ours was called “Cinco de Mayo” because it was mostly in 5/8. I took the same pulse (12 123 12 123 123 12 123 12 12 - accents on 1) and applied it to the strings. - I tried to fully orchestrate it, so the next section introduces an English Horn (oh man english horn I could go on for days about) and a bassoon (also could go on forever fuck yeah double reeds) trading off a little melody between accent patterns akin to Rite of Spring. Then I gave the accent to two timpani (yeah the piece would require two timpanist or an inhuman player) because it’s my favorite instrument and I don’t incorporate enough percussion into my pieces for a percussionist. The next section introduces the first real theme. I originally wrote these melodies messing around with four mallets on a marimba. I was intending on making something primitive like RoS (hence unmoving bassline) and then translated it to piano then full score. It alternates between d minor and D Major just by tweaking around with the F sharp. Fun stuff. - Samm Neiland influenced me in two ways in this piece. The first being the continuation of the accent pattern through the middle sections. I personally really enjoy the piece more because of it. It makes it really interesting because it brings so many different time signatures against each other. The melody is sporadically flipping between 7/8 and 2/4 while the accent pattern is mostly in 5/8. They don’t quite match up either but I fix the problem with a few filler measures with the pulse. - After the middle themes are presented it returns back to the beginning with just the solid accent pattern and the return of the simple trading melody (this time with oboe and bass clarinet). The timpani returns triumphantly afterwards. This time, however, I change it up by immediately jumping back into the strings having the pattern. At this point, the brass and woodwinds are given simple versions of the accent pattern. They all come in at different times creating a really uneven spread. Eventually the upper lines start to contort the line and break into competing dotted rhythms to give a feel of chase. It builds more and more through the ending section up until a sudden cut off. - The final addition by Samm was the diminuendo final chord to ease the listener out of the piece! - <b>Concept</b> - As stated earlier, the whole concept is suppose to be giving the terrible fear inducing attack “Red Miles” a soundtrack. The attack is devastating and annihilates all in its way. As we all have heard countless times: you can’t escape the miles. Originally, there was to be a whole lot more to the piece (multiple movements!). I didn’t have anything else in other movements concrete at the time for finalization of Volume 9 so I released the abridged version you have now! Therefore, I like to think of this version as the Diamonds Droog version of the attack. Smaller scale but not any less deudley. - I originally wanted to name it Red Miles (Abridged) but that ended up falling through. It sounds perfectly fine as is anyways. Eventually though, I would love to completely finish the whole work (I’m talking 5-6 movements, all inspired by RoS). - The last section that I described as sounding almost like a chase is purposeful. The concept is that Diamond Droog is releasing the miles upon the universe and the different musical sections are the different scenes of destruction. The final scene where everything becomes hectic is suppose to be Dirk flying through crumbling towers and crazy red death tentacles trying to escape a painful death. The sudden cut off was suppose to be kind of a cliffhanger like “where did he go???” but then the final resolution was supposed to sound similar to a big sigh of relief as he narrowly avoids doom. - <b>Art!</b> - Originally, the art was to be done by everyone’s favorite person. Because of silly reasons (really silly, the silliest) it didn’t end up happening though. I freaking loved the art too. Instead though, we have a panel from the comic. It just so happens to be the panel where the miles are about to wreck shit at the abode of my favorite Alpha character. I didn’t know this at the time otherwise I’d never make a reference to such a horrible event :P -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Changing Game -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 4:12 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-changing-game-2 -- https://youtu.be/a7UeOYYKrxg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Requited -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 4:32 -References: Serenade -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/requited-2 -- https://youtu.be/k3QzERACr-Q -Commentary: - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - Back on Volume 8 I wrote a song called Serenade; the track art for it explains well what the song is about. In a great many ways it was an important song for me. For one, it was the first song I’ve ever written, by which I mean a short, lyrical work written in a structure including verses and choruses. On top of that the music and the melodies came unusually naturally to me, and it all felt organic and expressive of my situation in life at the time of writing. Serenade is by far the closest emotional connection I have to Homestuck. - Naturally I wanted to do things properly if I was going to revisit a tune so personally significant. As part of a larger project I was tentatively calling “cellostuck” I decided to tackle Serenade and record a version with live cello parts, hopefully bringing rich textures and lyricism to the song to reflect the musical and personal progress I had made since writing the original. It came out beautifully, much more so than the other experiments I had tried with other songs. I called the final mix Requited, implying that the song can be seen from the opposite side. - Consider Requited the pre-Scratch counterpart to Serenade. - For the artwork on this track I asked my chum Dodostad to draw something up. Her style of whimsical, faded character art seemed the perfect match for the song, and she did a magnificent job. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Princess of Helium -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 2:12 -Art Tags: -- Jane -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/princess-of-helium-2 -- https://youtu.be/mAgr3UH7ywo -Commentary: - <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - This was the first track art I had done for Volume 9, but at the time I drew it I didn’t know it was going to be on the upcoming album. Plazmataz played a track they’d been working on outloud for me and asked if I wanted to do art. I jumped on the opportunity and got a lot of painting practice in with this one. I’m super proud of this one, since it was the first picture in a while that had a strong palette. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moonsetter -Artist: Toby Fox -Contributors: Samm Neiland (viola), Clark Powell (cello) -Track Art: Hanni Brosh -Duration: 2:21 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/moonsetter-2 -- https://youtu.be/75kJb_aAvKY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Candles and Clockwork (Alpha Version) -Artist: James Dever -Contributors: Alex Rosetti (mixing) -Track Art: Worthikids -Duration: 2:28 -References: Candles and Clockwork -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/candles-and-clockwork-alpha-version-2 -- https://youtu.be/0aPJVZMW4xI -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <b>History</b> - Throughout the last year I’ve been more active on Skype with fellow Homestuck readers and contributors, especially since February when I was added to the (in?)famous Stupid O’ Clock chat. What I found out from a lot of them was that quite a lot more people enjoyed my first ever Homestuck track than I expected. Candles and Clockwork was actually pretty popular and multiple people came to me at different times saying I should work on it again with the better programs and talents I’ve acquired since. - The outcome was the remake I posted on my Tumblr a few days before the album came out. I posted this in the Volume 9 thread we had, and Albatross Soup offered to work on the track. The outcome is this final version of Candles and Clockwork! - <b>The Music</b> - I put a whole lot of subtle nuances into this piece. The biggest one being something that occurs throughout the piece and in almost every track of Sburb: hemiolas. For non-music folk, a hemiola is when a rhythm does not fit into the measure of music it is in. They are very similar and often function as polyrhythms, another favorite tactic of mine. In this track specifically, you can notice that the piano ostinato is clearly in 4/4. The clarinet and harp however, are in 3/4. Because of this, these lines only ever match up ever three measures for the piano and every four measures for the other instruments. Since the phrases don’t fit that pattern either, the actual lines never quite sync back up and repeat themselves. The melody line above it is for the most part in 4/4 but kind of sways the line between the two time signatures. This is also how I was able to adapt the melody into straight 3/4 for Chronicles (from Sburb) since that version does not have the 4/4 ostinato until the second section! - For this version, Albatross reorchestrated the parts and added his own distinct flare to the piece. The original version had a dulcimer and harp generating the two ostinati in an attempt to generate a similar feel to the Kingdom of Zeal theme Corridors of Time from the video game Chrono Trigger. The remake I made changed the dulcimer for a harpsichord to change up the timbre slightly. The biggest change was moving the melodies first instance to cello. Albatross took this concept and took it further! The harpsichord became a piano line reminiscent of Chronicles and Candles and Merry Gentlemen (a bonus track from the Holiday album). The harp stays, but the lower voice doubling the part now became a clarinet. A flute is added at the vocal breakdown midway through the piece and then takes over the cello for the recap of the main melody! The ending also became a general diminuendo much like the original! I absolutely adore his take on the song. - <b>Concept</b> - The original song was written at first in an attempt to go along with Doctor and Endless Climb as a calm and atmospheric song aimed at being a land theme for Dave. At the time we knew him as a knight and WV’s painting showed his planet with a large gear and fire. I figured from this that his land would involve something knightly/fire based and something involving gears. From that I guessed it’d be the Land of Candles and Clockwork. Little did I know that Andrew was going to break the chain and pick a vastly different song with Atomyk Ebonpyre. - Ever since I’ve considered the song to be a Strider anthem. Dave and Dirk have a whole lot of songs about them, but all of them are either derivatives of his instrument (inspiring hip hop beats etc) or just really intense. They both are actually really chill and collected for the most part, so I liked the idea of them having a calm song. - As for this name in particular, it should be obvious that it’s the post scratch version of the song (so aimed more at Dirk and Alpha Dave). The working title was also Candles and Clockwork (with the a’s replaced with lower case alpha symbols). Sadly, it doesn’t really differentiate itself from the original. The symbols aren’t separate enough to make it easy to tell the two versions apart. - <b>Art!</b> - The art was done by the fantastic Worthikids who I only just recently discovered! They actually made it a while ago for the original Volume 5 version. I messaged them about using it for this version. Go check them out! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Coursing -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: Zilleniose -Duration: 4:17 -References: Courser -Art Tags: -- Becquerel -- God Cat -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/coursing-2 -- https://youtu.be/yzfiSLL9vOo -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - I wrote it to be the “alpha” version of Courser, another piece by myself and Beatfox. Where Courser is a theme for Bec, Coursing can be thought of as a theme for GCat, though in my mind it encompasses the idea of any First Guardian. It is not a “remix” or even an arrangement of Courser, but it is based off Courser’s material and of course heavily references it and quotes it. I hope you enjoy! The track art is by the amazing Zilleniose. Thanks Zoey! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cairo Overcoat -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Lauren Ross -Duration: 3:43 -Art Tags: -- Lord English -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/cairo-overcoat-2 -- https://youtu.be/PLYF-Zlfd2c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Battle Against an Unfathomable Enemy -Artist: Kalibration -Track Art: Molly Gur -Duration: 3:40 -Art Tags: -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/battle-against-an-unfathomable-enemy-2 -- https://youtu.be/xtCo--GAAnA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Noirscape -Artist: David Ellis -Track Art: kendle bentley b! -Duration: 5:08 -References: Liquid Negrocity, Crystalanthemums, Descend -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/noirscape-2 -- https://youtu.be/dG5BjK4194A -Commentary: - <i>David Ellis:</i> - This tune got some pretty cool art from kendle bentley b! at electroluxx.tumblr.com. I don’t really know anything other than ‘wow, that’s really cool’. - So let’s talk about the track. I said a little bit about it when I posted it but I thought I’d expand a little. - The piece is written for the Alpha kids’ version of Jack Noir, in particular his attempted jailbreak. Unsurprisingly then every guitar stab is supposed to represent Jack stabbing something. In the original version there were actually more stabs at the start that got cut fairly late in the process because while more stabbing probably suits the character it made the intro feel too long. - As the tune is for a Jack I thought his piece should be based on the Black theme. I’d been thinking about doing a take on it for a while but hadn’t figured out how I would do it until the jailbreak scene started. At the same time I’d been struggling to write the verse for the Jane song (I have that bit now but I’m still working on the song) so taking a break from that to play a lot of angry distorted guitars also seemed like a good idea. - The guitar solo is really hard to play. - Originally it was just going to be a fairly loose guitar jam over the chords from Upward Movement but while that was a lot of fun for me to play it turned out it wasn’t that much fun to listen to so I figured it was going to need some more backings. This led to the inclusion of a number of themes from Descend building up and then a little interplay in the strings at the end. Unfortunately this meant a loose jam style solo wasn’t going to cut it anymore so I sat and wrote out the solo you hear now. I threw in a quintuplet and a 5:6 tuplet because apparently I hate writing things I can play. - When it was all done I uploaded it, blogged it and then tried to sleep while my phone kept going off until I turned off alerts. I didn’t really expect anyone to pick it up but it surprised me by being the most popular thing I’ve ever posted by a long way (thanks Radiation!). - The next day I got a message from Radiation saying he’d like to include it on the album (which turned out to be volume 9). So I went back and tweaked the mix a bit (mainly turning down the gain on the guitars and bringing out the strings in the descend section) and sent him the final wav which is what’s on the album. I’m really grateful to be included on the album and I’m glad people seem to like the track. - Fun if somewhat nerdy fact: The power down sound that leads into the guitar solo section is actually the sound made when the Hammond organ is switched off while holding down the last chord. The tonewheels inside the organ that generate the pitches start to slow down before the amplifier cuts out so you can hear the pitch lower before the sound stops. - After I posted Noirscape it got added to the tracklist for LOFAM2 and straightfacedgriff had actually started doing art for it before I had the chance to quietly let them know that it wasn’t going to be on the album. The art pretty much sums up the scene the music was meant to be describing at the start though (assuming jack has a few more knives up his sleeve for the other guards) so I thought I’d include it here. - <img src="media/misc/noirscape.png" width="776" height="776"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dogfight -Artist: Team Dogfight -Track Art: Molly Gur -Duration: 3:40 -Art Tags: -- PM -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dogfight-2 -- https://youtu.be/t7jg87kn5ps -Contributors: -- David Dycus (organizer & synths) -- Willow Ascenzo (orchestra) -- Catboss (drums & piano) -- DJ最テー (guitar) -- viaSatellite (guitar & bass) -- Ian White (trumpet & bass) -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Courser -- track:doctor -- Black Rose / Green Sun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Taste for Adventure -Artist: Seth Peelle -Track Art: minty -Duration: 8:24 -References: -- track:dissension-original -- Carefree Action -- track:showtime-original-mix -Art Tags: -- Jake -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/a-taste-for-adventure-2 -- https://youtu.be/S4kIfIUSV6o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stargaze -Artist: Nick Smalley -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 1:24 -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -- Lil Cal -- cw: alcohol -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/stargaze-2 -- https://youtu.be/ZTkdO7c4MEE -Commentary: - <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - Nick Smalley approached me about this one with a very specific image for this one. He wanted a night time version of Lexxy’s wonderful [[media:misc/together.jpg|Beta Kids image]]. I had a lot of fun sprinkling details in to this image. I think the part that makes me smile most is little Minihoof curled up on Dirk’s chest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Another Countdown -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Emery Ferguson -Duration: 1:20 -References: Another Jungle -Art Tags: -- Jane -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/another-countdown-2 -- https://youtu.be/e71naCnOdwo -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - I’ve mentioned a few times that Homestuck Vol. 9, in its early planning stages, was conceived as an album that would be dedicated to the new session of Homestuck, and most of the tracks would mimic older songs re-imagined in the new universe presented in Act 6. “Another Countdown” was thus the sister song of “Sburban Countdown” - both are brief arrangements of their parent songs (“Another Jungle” and “Sburban Jungle” respectively) meant to crescendo towards a major climax. - “Another Countdown” was retooled from its parent track to be far mellower at first - the bass and drum comping is a bit latin in flavor, and much of the song’s first half is almost completely quiet until the explosion that finishes off the track. When the concept of the record was changed, it was decided that this relatively short song would be included as a bonus when you purchase the full album. - The track art is by Emery Ferguson. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frustracean -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 2:47 -References: -- track:crustacean -Samples: -- Snake Eyes -- Leaving Las Vegas -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om3VC6ru4yk -- https://youtu.be/om3VC6ru4yk -Lyrics: - That was the plan, to give you a boner<br>And you GOT ONE - Ha-HAA - boner diff --git a/album/hush.txt b/album/hush.txt deleted file mode 100644 index d871cde1..00000000 --- a/album/hush.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,443 +0,0 @@ -Album: Hush -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Cover Art: Michael Guy Bowman -Has Track Art: no -Date: August 19, 2015 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: #da3434 -Groups: -- Michael Guy Bowman -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/hush -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nB5-QshLTbHnnUmt-jJYSI7qVSWKEPCF0 -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Fall in the Hush. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I Have A Plan -Duration: 3:18 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/i-have-a-plan -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfA0PDMOFr8 -Lyrics: - The conclusion that this journey - Has me hurdling toward - Is terrifying - - The confusion that we're feeling - When we're not feeling bored - Is worse than dying - - If the river has a course - It's been dammed, it's been dammed - If the journey has an ending - It's a sham, it's a sham - I don't know a way out - But you know what I have? - I HAVE A PLAN - - The redundancy of dreaming - When we're living awake - Has got me crying - - The abundancy of scheming - That we just throw away - It ain't worth trying - - But the one that lingers on - Carries through, carries through - I can feel it on me tongue - Where are you? Where are you? - Well, this could be the one - So I guess I always knew - I HAVE A PLAN - - Reading the words behind my eyes - Guided by promises, some future prize - Giving control to what you hear - Behind your ears, behind your ears - - The wind that has been whipping - Has been changing the way - The birds are flying - - The direction that we're taking - We've been faking to the point - Of just denying - - Well, we're early in the stream - Let it flow, let it flow - If you're clinging to a dream - Let it go, let it go - For the one that follows you - You will know, you will know - I HAVE A PLAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hush Fell -Duration: 4:14 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/hush-fell -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiLZkP5_Bvw -Lyrics: - The HUSH that FELL stopped them cold - Upon these streets where dreams are sold - Cheap cologne, cheaper thrills - Served on ice, slightly chilled - - Strangers passing by - Met each other's eyes - Looks they thought they'd owned - Made their secrets known - To the HUSH - The HUSH that FELL - FELL on us - The lies we tell - To the HUSH - The HUSH that blows - On all of us - The ones who know - - The HUSH that FELL shook the trees - Old receipts blew in the breeze - Paper nights, plastic days - Earth stood still, red with haze - - Lovers lost their grasp - Losers would not ask - Nothing could be said - All just hung their heads - To the HUSH - The HUSH that FELL - FELL on us - The lies we tell - To the HUSH - The HUSH that blows - On all of us - The ones who know -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Synchronize -Directory: synchronize-hush -Duration: 3:54 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/synchronize -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDdzKy4Fcow -Lyrics: - All I want to do is SYNCHRONIZE with you, babe - All I want to do is SYNCHRONIZE with you - All I want to do is SYNCHRONIZE with you, babe - All I want to do is SYNCHRONIZE with you - - All I want to do is SYNCHRONIZE - See the look of terror in your eyes - At the moment when you sympathize with me - - All we ever do is fantasize - About the life that you've romanticized - Well, the lonely nights are no surprise to me - - All I ever do is simulate with you, babe - All I ever do is simulate with you - All I ever do is simulate with you, babe - All I ever do is simulate with you - - All I ever do is simulate - All the moments that we could create - When you're acting like you don't relate to me - - All I want to do is stimulate - All the feelings we could consummate - If you’d let your heart negotiate with me -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tribes -Duration: 3:51 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/tribes -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYcbEKrrpqw -Lyrics: - Just a word to the black-and-white - Hungry for the latest fight - When you draw lines in the sand - Take a look at where you stand - Tough talk (bad words) - Rough talk (mad nerds) - I'm not somebody's sheep to herd - - What we are is who we hate - Who we castigate for all the rest of time - Little children, it would kill them - If they knew what we were doing to their minds - What we're for is fighting wars - Filled with anger we did not choose to receive - Some will fight, some will fall - How can anybody choose what they believe? - - Just a word to the loud as hell - Are you buying what you sell? - No one has to join your side - The world is more than just your TRIBE - No flags (no signs) - No names (no lines) - No nation lasts for all of time - - What we are is who we hate - Who we castigate for all the rest of time - Little children, it would kill them - If they knew what we were doing to their minds - What we're for is fighting wars - Filled with anger we did not choose to receive - Some will fight, some will fall - How can anybody choose what they believe? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Redshifts -Duration: 4:36 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/redshifts -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Af7R-OUdlU -Lyrics: - This is no debate - This is no apology - Things fall apart, you know - We can't fool the energy - - Is it push or pull - Or is it spaces in between? - Everything must come and go - With forces we can't see - - Nothing that we have we're keeping - Every star is always creeping - Pulled apart by cosmic forces - Isotopes in long divorces - This was always bound to happen - You can go down crying or laughing - At least you're not the only one - - Don't be insecure - Something else has moved the stars - Every light that's guiding us - SHIFTS RED and gets far - - Someday we may know - But then we might be dead by then - What good is knowing, anyway? - We can't get it back again - - Everything we have is borrowed - Past and present and tomorrow - All of what we are, we're losing - Nothing much is ours for choosing - Give back to what you're given - And as long as you're still living - You'll know you're not the only one -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rage -Duration: 4:16 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/rage -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LzemZ9_ynA -Lyrics: - I'm feeling shaken by the changes at this stage - Though I can't count to it, I know I have an age - Don't make me think of it, I'm writing on my page - Don't take my toys away or I'll go blind with RAGE - Blind with RAGE - - I'll run my fingers 'round through any woman's hair - I'll steal anything that I've been told to share - I'll scream that word I know if I can't leave my chair - I know just what I want and when it isn't there - Isn't there - - Blind with RAGE now - Rip my page now - Lose composure - Curse the air - Blind with RAGE now - Act your age now - I'm exposed, yeah - Blind with RAGE - - I am not listening to that speech you have rehearsed - I have my own agenda to attend to first - You're just another stranger I will soon disperse - Please love me at my best, for you will know my worst - Know my worst -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wrong Or Right -Duration: 4:22 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/wrong-or-right -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfiKfWKbf2Y -Lyrics: - Wide awake in the dead of night - Hung up on a losing fight - This debate has lost its sight - No moves left, WRONG or RIGHT - - WRONG or RIGHT, what's said is said - WRONG or RIGHT, my hands are red - WRONG or RIGHT, I am not ashamed - WRONG or RIGHT, to endure this game - - Why'd you got to be so cruel? - I'm just trying to play it cool - I feel like such a fool - When you're looking through me - - Why'd you got to play so rough? - Haven't I been hurt enough? - You wouldn't act so tough - When I'm looking through you - - Don't act like you're so surprised - I'm not afraid to meet your eyes - Don't tell me I'm too uptight - I'll face you, WRONG or RIGHT - - WRONG or RIGHT, this is who I am - WRONG or RIGHT, this is where we stand - WRONG or RIGHT, you'll know my face - WRONG or RIGHT, you'll learn your place - WRONG or RIGHT, what's said is said - WRONG or RIGHT, my hands are red - WRONG or RIGHT, I am not ashamed - WRONG or RIGHT, to endure this game - - Why’d you got to be so cruel? - I'm just trying to play it cool - I feel like such a fool - When you're looking through me - - Why'd you got to play so rough? - Haven't I been hurt enough? - You wouldn't act so tough - When I'm looking through you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Talk To The Words -Duration: 3:15 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/talk-to-the-words -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdk5Xoa_cv4 -Lyrics: - Hear it now, what is spoken - WORDS are hanging in the air - Take control, feel what's happening - Speak to only what is there - - I am changed in my purpose - Set in motion, come unlocked - I am found in this ocean - Of vibrations, learned to TALK - To the WORDS - - All my life, I've known the WORDS - But never knew the way to really use them - Speak to only what you've heard - The WORDS are there, and you are passing through them - - Was this here? Was this always? - I was certain, I was wrong - Now so clear, definitions - Plainly written all along - - Ebbs and flows so resounding - Waves are pounding in my ears - I can feel what you're proving - I am moving, I can hear - All the WORDS - - All my life, I've known the WORDS - But never knew the way to really use them - Speak to only what you've heard - The WORDS are there, and you are passing through them - - Kid myself I had control - But I was part of something whole - Or broken, how I let it get away - Talking like I'm in a mirror - I would have to learn to hear - Or nothing would be there for me to say - What could I say? (TALK) - What could I say? (TALK) - What could I say? (TALK) - What could I say? - - Say it now, there's your answer - In the questions you have asked - Listen close, know you're welcome - Let these moments truly last - This is more than an echo - This is feeling, this is touch - Use your voice, make it clear now. - You are here, now fall into hush -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hush -Duration: 4:50 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/hush -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD5i7HfQYPc -Lyrics: - Movement in the dark - Stationary sky - Shadows in the park - Formless in the night - Breathing in your ears - Whispers in the brush - Nothing there to hear - You against the HUSH - - Oooh, fall in the HUSH - Oooh, fall in the HUSH - Oooh, fall in the HUSH - Oooh, fall in the HUSH - - Further down the road - Nameless as a babe - Lost within the cold - Aimless as a grave - Ears could not relate - Eyes would not adjust - Creatures of the day - All fell into HUSH - - Oooh, fall in the HUSH - Oooh, fall in the HUSH - Oooh, fall in the HUSH - Oooh, fall in the HUSH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chameleon -Duration: 4:08 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/chameleon -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i46w0v3_C6c -Lyrics: - CHAMELEON, I, masked, advance - changing my shape at every chance - Lost in the truth of who we were - Once long ago - - Radiant skies turned to ash - Turbulent highs burn and crash - Living our lives on borrowed cash - Once long ago - - This is this, the lips we kiss - Are worn as red cocoons - Hats and wigs and Meyers-Briggs - Like phases of the moon - - There was a time, once I knew - Sent from divine, I was new - I put you on, you wore me too - Once long ago - - Into the blue, out of sight - What we perceive, wrong and right - All fades together in the night - Once long ago - - The costume rips. The skin unzips - We leave behind the lie - Let it be, what once was me - CHAMELEON am I diff --git a/album/i-am-writing-myself-a-dream-in-a-letter.txt b/album/i-am-writing-myself-a-dream-in-a-letter.txt deleted file mode 100644 index d28204a4..00000000 --- a/album/i-am-writing-myself-a-dream-in-a-letter.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,64 +0,0 @@ -Album: I Am Writing Myself A Dream In A Letter -Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Date: August 5, 2019 -Date Added: October 10, 2020 -Cover Art: Circlejourney -Track Art: Kal-la-kal-la -Color: #eda29c -Groups: -- Nasqueron -- Beyond -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-writing-myself-a-dream-in-a-letter -Commentary: - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> - For Neil. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blood For My Ancestors -Duration: 6:03 -References: Summer, Howl -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/blood-for-my-ancestors -Lyrics: - And when you kissed me, it was the sound that the pebbles on the riverbank make when you shift one from its place, and the rest fall in to fill the gap. - And all the hate you hold for me was lightning three-tongued, and the feeling of sliding dice between the palms of your cold and clammy hands. -Commnentary: - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> - I can't claim to remember which radio stations I took audio from, but I used this websdr - <a href="http://k3fef.com:8901/">http://k3fef.com:8901/</a> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dreaming Pool -Duration: 8:32 -References: Summer, Howl -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/dreaming-pool-2 -Lyrics: - All green things growing under every sky,<br>All hands reaching into grave,<br>Every horse's chest drums out the sound, the<br>Beating beating of hearts, feet and fists,<br>On the ground, on the ground, on your body;<br>On your body, on your skin,<br>And every building falls and flowers grow;<br>And seabirds cry the sounds<br>Of Now and Here and Salt and Fear and Open;<br>And the eyes of the fox are open, and the eyes<br>Of the rabbit are open, and the grass<br>Will never stop, and the sun<br>Rolls down your mountain bones, leaving<br>Scorched grass,<br>And a lamb, eyes closed and stiff and cold,<br>In your arms so heavy;<br>Soft soft its skull and gold and dull,<br>We wait for rain. - What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?<br>Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old men weeping in the parks!<br>Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the loveless! Mental Moloch! Moloch the heavy judger of men!<br>Moloch the incomprehensible prison! Moloch the crossbone soulless jailhouse and Congress of sorrows! Moloch whose buildings are judgment! Moloch the vast stone of war! Moloch the stunned governments!<br>Moloch whose mind is pure machinery! Moloch whose blood is running money! Moloch whose fingers are ten armies! Moloch whose breast is a cannibal dynamo! Moloch whose ear is a smoking tomb!<br>Moloch whose eyes are a thousand blind windows! Moloch whose skyscrapers stand in the long streets like endless Jehovahs! Moloch whose factories dream and croak in the fog! Moloch whose smoke-stacks and antennae crown the cities!<br>Moloch whose love is endless oil and stone! Moloch whose soul is electricity and banks! Moloch whose poverty is the specter of genius! Moloch whose fate is a cloud of sexless hydrogen! Moloch whose name is the Mind!<br>Moloch in whom I sit lonely! Moloch in whom I dream Angels! Crazy in Moloch! Cocksucker in Moloch! Lacklove and manless in Moloch!<br>Moloch who entered my soul early! Moloch in whom I am a consciousness without a body! Moloch who frightened me out of my natural ecstasy! Moloch whom I abandon! Wake up in Moloch! Light streaming out of the sky!<br>Moloch! Moloch! Robot apartments! invisible suburbs! skeleton treasuries! blind capitals! demonic industries! spectral nations! invincible madhouses! granite cocks! monstrous bombs!<br>They broke their backs lifting Moloch to Heaven! Pavements, trees, radios, tons! lifting the city to Heaven which exists and is everywhere about us!<br>Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies! gone down the American river!<br>Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions! the whole boatload of sensitive bullshit!<br>Breakthroughs! over the river! flips and crucifixions! gone down the flood! Highs! Epiphanies! Despairs! Ten years’ animal screams and suicides! Minds! New loves! Mad generation! down on the rocks of Time!<br>Real holy laughter in the river! They saw it all! the wild eyes! the holy yells! They bade farewell! They jumped off the roof! to solitude! waving! carrying flowers! Down to the river! into the street! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jet Black -Duration: 6:42 -References: track:jet-black-jawbreaker -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/jet-black -Lyrics: - I'll be quiet to keep you quiet.<br>Don't concern yourself with my slow dying.<br>Through the vents I hear you sigh.<br>I don't get too high these days.<br>Your floor is my ceiling.<br>Lights out, you can't come in.<br>If you don't remind me, I won't forget you.<br>If you don't ask, I won't upset you.<br>I am jet black.<br>I am stone cold.<br>Jet black to the center.<br>Funny like a funeral.<br>I need you to bury me.<br>White noise in black room dust.<br>These hands long for one last touch.<br>Hourglass all out of trust.<br>I don't scratch so I won't itch.<br>I don't reach so I won't miss.<br>I taste our last kiss.<br>This is the cure: the same as the symptom.<br>Simple and pure: break to keep fixing.<br>Patiently nurse, patient and nurse.<br>This is the part I wouldn't show you.<br>The part where you say, "I don't even know you."<br>This is your cue.<br>Be glad it's through. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Coelacanth -Duration: 7:37 -References: The City of Dreadful Night -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/coelacanth -Lyrics: - As I came through the desert: Air once more,<br>And I was close upon a wild sea-shore;<br>Enormous cliffs arose on either hand,<br>The deep tide thundered up a league-broad strand;<br>White foambelts seethed there, wan spray swept and flew;<br>The sky broke, moon and stars and clouds and blue:<br>And I strode on austere;<br>No hope could have no fear. - As I came through the desert thus it was,<br>As I came through the desert: On the left<br>The sun arose and crowned a broad crag-cleft;<br>There stopped and burned out black, except a rim,<br>A bleeding eyeless socket, red and dim;<br>Whereon the moon fell suddenly south-west,<br>And stood above the right-hand cliffs at rest:<br>Still I strode on austere;<br>No hope could have no fear. - I dream of you rising up out of the ocean, skeletons of coelacanths caught in your horns, licking kelp from between your teeth, feeding drowned decadence with the gilded petals of the world above. Better it be yours than mine, an empty sinking pit of hunger tunnelling down to the centre of the earth, chewing red flesh and spitting black seeds. - the rain pulls down curtains around you, flooding subway stations and cascading down the glass sheet faces of skyscrapers. I see the future in refracted light, and it is the rainbow in a puddle of oil. The scattered remnants of the way we used to live adorn our walls, sit abandoned in drawers, in brief moments of recollection, at the edge of conversations, foam flecks on a black table, lights adorning street-sides, between blank walls of concrete reaching up into the sky. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: An Overture From The Far End Of The Room -Duration: 10:08 -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/an-overture-from-the-far-end-of-the-room -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hijra -Duration: 7:37 -References: Up-Hill -URLs: https://nasqueron.bandcamp.com/track/hijra -Lyrics: - Does the road wind up-hill all the way?<br>Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? - But is there for the night a resting-place?<br>May not the darkness hide it from my face? - Shall I meet other wayfarers at night?<br>Then must I knock, or call when just in sight? - Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?<br>Will there be beds for me and all who seek? diff --git a/album/inhospitable-delisted.txt b/album/inhospitable-delisted.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ad0bef75..00000000 --- a/album/inhospitable-delisted.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,147 +0,0 @@ -Album: [INHOSPITABLE DELISTED] -Artist: nuclear333 -Cover Art: nuclear333 -Track Art: nuclear333 -Date: January 4, 2021 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #08e758 -Groups: -- INHOSPITABLE -- nuclear333 -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/inhospitable-delisted -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - Tracks from the now-delisted INHOSPITABLE Vol. 1 album from 2017. Contributions that aren't my own haven't been included in this release, as many who worked on the original project are no longer associated with INHOSPITABLE or related projects. - I've also decided to include old track art that I'm kind of embarrassed of now. This includes art for tracks not included, and even one piece of track art that was so bad I didn't even use it in the original. You're welcome, archivists. - Some songs may be rereleased on a future INHOSPITABLE music project, but the majority of the songs posted here are the only place to download this music. - Dedicated to those who helped make the original release a reality. May you find success in any walk of life you choose to take from here. Should you find yourself looking back on this experience, fondly or otherwise, I hope you can at least be proud of how far you've come since this humble project. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: INHOSPITABLE (Old Title) -AKA: Main Theme - INHOSPITABLE -Duration: 0:59 -Track Art: none -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/inhospitable-old-title -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Misconduct -Duration: 3:06 -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/misconduct -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Faultline Flatfoots -Duration: 2:08 -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/faultline-flatfoots -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Regrets -Duration: 2:03 -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/regrets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Scratch Zero -Duration: 2:20 -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/scratch-zero -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crying Robot -Duration: 2:42 -Track Art: none -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/crying-robot -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - This track didn't come with track art. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Perspective Inbound -Duration: 1:52 -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/perspective-inbound -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - This track reused the art from [[track:regrets]] in the original too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Deep in the Planet -Duration: 2:24 -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/deep-in-the-planet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Serpent's Trail -Duration: 1:52 -Track Art: none -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/the-serpents-trail -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - One of the instruments here is a dog bark. The entire song was made specifically so I could try that technique. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Losing Reality -Duration: 1:54 -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/losing-reality -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mystic Jam -Duration: 1:30 -Track Art: none -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/mystic-jam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hammer Head -Duration: 1:58 -Track Art: Cozy Skeleton -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/hammer-head -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - Honestly in retrospect this album art really isn't too fitting, but it's pretty cute. It's nice to see how much North's art has improved since then, especially considering I'm not taking that to mean this art is bad. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Demon Juice -Duration: 2:04 -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/demon-juice -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - Cringe is dead. This track art was cool I don't care what you say. Yeah it's like, BAD ART, but conceptually this rules. I should note that 90% of the track art was complete bullshit because I didn't actually have any big ideas back then. The beta track art sucks though. Don't apply that in your metadata. The second I finished making it I knew it wasn't going to be good. - Anyway this song was originally made for Cool and New Music Team's '9' album, but was rejected because it sucked, and also because I got the lore I was working off of wrong. Cool and New Webcomic is not a good comic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Channel Surfing -Duration: 2:19 -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/channel-surfing -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - Bad photoshop edit. Eugh, can't believe I thought this was passable as track art back then. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Infinite Midnight -Duration: 3:43 -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/infinite-midnight -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - I completely forgot I reused this art THREE times on this album. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Greater Impact -Duration: 1:46 -Original Date: November 28, 2017 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/greater-impact -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - This track art was originally for the song "Techno Babtle", which isn't included here. I basically just drew the part of the comic it was used for from a different perspective, and I am so glad I rebooted it oh my god this sucked. This was not nearly as cool as I thought it was back then. If you want to go find the page this was from, it's on MSPFA, but maybe don't. It was pretty bad. - If you're wondering why this is an unfitting track for the end of an album, please remember that this album had 26 tracks originally. diff --git a/album/ithaca.txt b/album/ithaca.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ba2d065c..00000000 --- a/album/ithaca.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,393 +0,0 @@ -Album: Ithaca -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Cover Art: Michael Guy Bowman -Has Track Art: no -Date: January 1, 2012 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: #c82537 -Groups: -- Michael Guy Bowman -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/ithaca -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - <i>Experimental aircraft, lost civilizations, mythic quests, the Philippines, true love, utter loss, and the transience of life - the many subjects of Ithaca, the first independently released Bowman album. Scattergun in its genre and chaotically retro in its fashion, Ithaca is an eclectic mix of songs both personal and abstract. Bowman once again brings his familiar voice and ever-changing production style along with several friends from the Homestuck music project and elsewhere. Ithaca is calling.</i> - After spending years making music exclusively for Homestuck, I branched out with 2012’s Ithaca, my first independently released album. Following up on my album-within-a-web-comic [[album:mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido]], I moved away from my palette of digital synths to focus on a classic rock style. Out come the guitars, the bass, the little toy harp. Shades of Eno, Bowie, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, even a swing tune. It’s a freaky affair. - The ideas came from everywhere. There’s a song based on something I heard in a dream when I was eight years old, ([[Old Buggy Now]]). There’s one about an engineer who falls in love with an experimental aircraft ([[Tacit Blue]]). There’s a carriage ride through a Manila’s Chinatown district ([[Kalesa In Binondo]]). The title track [[Ithaca]] recalls Odysseus, a bowman himself. All of it is peppered with guest contributions from Internet friends. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Old Buggy Now -Duration: 3:35 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/old-buggy-now -Lyrics: - Riding through the night like a jaded vagabond - No one else in sight I could be the only one - Hear me radio, play the song I know - Take me where I long to go - - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now - Who can hear me or stop me now - In this old buggy old buggy now - In this old buggy old buggy now - - Guided by the stars burning up petroleum - Here inside my car I could be the only one - Somewhere in the sky a satellite on high - Watches with its lonely eye -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ascension -Artists: Michael Guy Bowman, James Dever -Contributors: -- Luke Benjamins (eight bit sequencing) -- Andrew Huo (violin) -- Solatrus (lead synth) -- Peter Turner (synth solo) -Duration: 3:55 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/ascension -Lyrics: - Long before there was you and I - The ancient ones lived in the sky - A kingdom built upon the stars - A million tiny points of light - Do you ever wonder where they’ve gone? - Don’t you ever wonder why? - - The ancient ones they rose and fell - For reasons that we just can’t tell - Cataclysm - maybe so - Perhaps we’re just not meant to know - Empire never lasts or so it seems - But some say they’re still with us in our dreams - - Ascending off to god knows where the ancient ones took parole - Legend says they were running from a force beyond their control - And the kingdom that was left behind - Was turned to dust from which mankind - Did first emerge like cinders up from the coal - - And you and I we are the ash - Of demons slain and cities smashed - The ancient ones they reached too far - And thus for now the world is ours - And though it’s just a legend so they say - Perhaps they will return again someday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Come With Me -Duration: 4:47 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/come-with-me -Contributors: -- Thomas Ferkol (guitar solo) -- Tavia Morra (backup vocals) -Lyrics: - Your weak young heart keeps playing its part for show - And though you never say never you never say yes or no - Even if you never grow up you’ll still grow old - So why do the warmest welcomes leave you cold? - - Dust in the shadows, smoke in your eyes - Heart full of anger, head full of lies - - There’s no way of knowing which way you’re going - But at least you’re free, at least you're free - So when the wind is blowing and the stars aren’t showing - You can come with me, come with me - - Your weak young heart is resting safe and sound - But the child you were is nowhere to be found - Well I’ve read in books that most folks feel this way - But the game cannot resume 'til you press play - - No place to run to, no use pretending - Life in this moment, not in its ending -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tacit Blue -Duration: 2:15 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/tacit-blue -Contributors: -- Clark Powell (string arrangement and sequencing) -- Nick Smalley (additional sequencing) -Lyrics: - Back in the lab I’m running the test - If you won’t fly then I won’t rest - Turbines turning in the tunnel of love - Upon that perch sits my dove - - Built for stealth like a silent blade - My cobalt queen adorned in jade - Navy seal but Air Force-made - Please be true, the things you’ll do - Tacit Blue - - Hear my siren sound her bell - Your heart belongs to someone else - Sapphire spy you were built for war - My best girl a government whore - - I should have known that’s what you’d be - I set you up they set you free - How could you do this to me? - Like a shrew the tramp just flew - Tacit Blue - - Years go by and I get no sign - Until one day by chance I find - Blackbird, Valkyrie standing in place - Between their wings - familiar face - - Oblong dame - a museum piece - Eternally posed for eyes that feast - Home at last with cousin and niece - But once I knew the other you - Tacit Blue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rodeo Clown -Duration: 4:09 -Contributors: -- Marcy Nabors (flute) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/rodeo-clown -Lyrics: - I'm just a good machine - You turn me on and I’ll get by - But you’re just like gasoline - You burn right up until you’re dry, oh why? - - I don’t want to have to hold your hand - But you have always been unpredictable, bless your soul - Why can’t you see? - - You are a rodeo clown - Does that not get you down? - We only keep you around for a laugh - But i just can’t help but frown - - Do you just like to be hurt? - You see the danger and flirt - And they laugh while you’re face down in the dirt - - Does that just get you high? - Making a good friend cry - I’d stay but I’m not gonna watch you die - - I sometimes envy you - There’s magic each time you arrive - But i just can’t get into you - You never live you just survive, oh why? - - I just want to walk by your side - But you have always walked on the tightest rope - Is there no hope? - Why can’t you see? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cerulean Skies -Duration: 3:22 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/cerulean-skies -Lyrics: - I never had the best of health - Just a lot of time and a little wealth - I never failed, I only tried - Just a moment too late, the dream had died - - I never saw cerulean skies - Or the light of the truth behind the lies - I never received, I only took - From the few pages left of every un-burned book - - I never once saw time well-spent - Or a wise man who was not hell-bent - I never spoke, I only screamed - As the men upstairs shot down my dreams - - Come on (come right on) - Come on (sit down with sin) - Come on (no way to win) - 'Cause if you can’t kiss ass then you can’t begin - - Come on (no chance in hell) - Come on (think for yourself) - Come on (you might as well) - 'Cause a good student has nothing on a good sell - - Come on (write your own role) - Come on (no lump of coal) - Come on (just rock and roll) - 'Cause if you’re not damned yet then you’ve sold your soul - - At first I tried to fight the law - But I never pulled the very first straw - I could not fight my mom and dad - When the sins of the parents were the ones I had - - I fought for all the underdogs - Who turned out to be hive-mind cogs - I fought for love - of course I lost - But I was the one who named that cost - - I tried to fight the last of my friends - But all i found were long-dead-ends - I’d lost my time, I’d lost my wealth, - And I’d never once tried to fight for myself -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Noun -Duration: 5:14 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/noun -Lyrics: - Somewhere in a jungle grove a candle burns denoting Saint Therese - A prayer that those we’ve left behind are troubled not with heart and mind at peace - Nurse attending close at hand with wine to cast its old familiar spell - An elder soul looks into you but cannot speak in things the tongue can tell - - I’m sorry I forgot your name - I only have myself to blame - If you were me you’d do the same - - Somewhere in this downward race - A person, name, a thing, or place - Solution to my endless chase - I’m sure I’d recognize its face - - Though I forget myself - I’m sure there’s something else - I’ll come around - I'll make the sound - The noun - - In my car I’m on my way from where I live to where you are right now - And though I’ve been here many times it seems as though it all has changed somehow - I’m sure I’ve seen this busy road a million times or was it in my sleep? - My minivan was in the sky, but never mind - I’m thinking far too deep - - Familiar signs have gone away - I’m sure if it was not today - I’d be there now - I'd find my way -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ithaca -Duration: 4:04 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/ithaca -Lyrics: - I spent the best years of my life waiting - For this moment - A time to call my own, a place to call my homeland - - It’s come here far too soon - I sit around my room - Hatching my plans and schemes I mostly leave forgotten - - I spent my longest nights awake wondering through the outside - Amused but still deranged, divided on the inside - - Returning to the core - The place I can’t ignore - The wonder behind the fear I just can’t seem to shake off - - Oo-ee-oo - To dream or do - To do or die - To sink or fly - - Oo-ee-oo - To get a clue - To run and hide - To laugh and cry - - I turned my back on battles won and sailed to new adventure - The journey made by all, a lonely mortal tenure - - To Ithaca I sailed - And though I have not failed - My home is a fleeting camp, the journey’s just beginning - - I spent the morning hours awake writing down the lyrics - Resolved to get it right - to capture the true spirit - - Although I sing along - That moment now has gone - My heart still a restless sea where Ithaca is calling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Kalesa In Binondo -Duration: 3:57 -Contributors: -- Nick Smalley (kalesa driver, additional sequencing) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/kalesa-in-binondo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Underneath It All -Duration: 2:33 -Contributors: -- Katie Carrell (backup vocals) -- Tavia Morra (backup vocals) -- Clark Powell (string arrangement and sequencing) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/underneath-it-all -Lyrics: - Moving on is hard - The more I fight the more I have to lose - From the very start - I should have known there would not be a use - - Underneath it all - I’m sure it’s no one’s fault (feels like it’s my fault) - Why bother to explain? - There’s nothing left to gain (I need someone to blame) - - No time for regrets - Repenting leaves you stranded in the past - And though I've lost my bets - I should have known the good times never last - - Underneath it all - I was always bound to fall (I’m just so scared to fall) - Behind the blood and tears - I’ve been running dry for years (running from my fears) - - If you only could have seen - All the things we could have been - If I could have only shown you - I would have known that you know what I really mean -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Laughing Forest -Duration: 2:18 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/laughing-forest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Roamin' Bowman -Duration: 3:59 -Contributors: -- Erik Scheele (piano) -- Clark Powell (string arrangement and sequencing) -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-roamin-bowman -Lyrics: - Tangled in the ropes that have strangled - All the hopes that were dangled in front of my eyes - But when I'm near you, I have nothing to fear - You make life oh-so-clear, you cut right through the lies - - Somwhere, from the crack of the sun there - I'd be working for one share bemused and alone - But your love is the fast and the sure love - Which keeps me feeling pure, love, each time I come home - - 'Cause if my kind of home is really your kind of home - Then what reason have I to roam? - - Lonely days, humid nights - When I go to turn out all the lights - I only know you, love, will still be my true love - To have and to hold all my own - For without you I guess I'd just roam - - My life is a head-in-the-sky life - And I still wonder why life seems strange and unknown - But when we're together, no matter the weather - I feel that much better, like I've just come home - - 'Cause if my kind of home is really your kind of home - Then what reason have I to roam? diff --git a/album/jailbreak-vol-1.txt b/album/jailbreak-vol-1.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 8f57043e..00000000 --- a/album/jailbreak-vol-1.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1043 +0,0 @@ -Album: Jailbreak Vol. 1 -Cover Art: Robert J! Lake -Banner Art: Robert J! Lake, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Banner Style: - image-rendering: pixelated; - image-rendering: crisp-edges; -Date: October 16, 2011 -Date Added: October 10, 2020 -Color: #ffd052 -Groups: -- Homestuck Gaiden -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/jailbreak-vol-1-unofficial-album -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFa8lNfIzETogLpPBnC_ZIDw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fanfare -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 0:13 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/fanfare -- https://youtu.be/GqwUdpldnz4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jailstuck (Intro) -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 1:39 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/jailstuck-intro -- https://youtu.be/U_mY46L71mo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Title Screen -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Peter Turner -Duration: 1:12 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/title-screen -- https://youtu.be/6cpKRI9eeUs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Logorg -Artist: Luke Benjamins -Track Art: Peter Turner -Duration: 1:20 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/logorg -- https://youtu.be/5B9lCnQcvTY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Elf Shanty -Artist: Mark Hadley -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 2:48 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/elf-shanty -- https://youtu.be/DM0Zz74oySE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Phantom Echoes -Artist: Andrew Huo -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 1:48 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/phantom-echoes -- https://youtu.be/NcFo1-GTolM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Assail -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 2:41 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/assail -- https://youtu.be/3qfmZnQQ3jY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Confrontation -Artist: Andrew Huo -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 2:06 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/confrontation -- https://youtu.be/IUELbxXmltg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rising Water (Oh, Shit!) -Artist: Peter Turner -Track Art: Peter Turner -Duration: 1:02 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/rising-water-oh-shit -- https://youtu.be/q8V8ekHyA98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moment of Pause -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Ginnie Sea -Duration: 1:27 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/moment-of-pause -- https://youtu.be/1PIMwPXa-tw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bars -Artist: Robert J! Lake, Luke Benjamins -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 1:08 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/bars -- https://youtu.be/WJMaNzxCwCg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jackknive -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 2:44 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/jackknive -- https://youtu.be/vTkQIk04FgE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Intestinal Fortification -Artist: Peter Turner -Track Art: Peter Turner -Duration: 2:05 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/intestinal-fortification -- https://youtu.be/RjIFBWSxM2I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Console Thunder -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 2:57 -References: Arcade Thunder -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/console-thunder -- https://youtu.be/enuWBwEsBlQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Be the Other Guy -Artist: James Dever, Perry Sullivan -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 3:46 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/be-the-other-guy -- https://youtu.be/9ZDIfddAKOU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Softbit -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 3:32 -References: track:softbit-original-gfd-please-shut-the-fuckass-mix-by-request-demo-version -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/softbit -- https://youtu.be/gV45Z5-Dkys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Drillgorg -Artist: Luke Benjamins -Contributors: Nick Smalley (great ASSet) -Track Art: Peter Turner -Duration: 1:28 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/drillgorg -- https://youtu.be/ddseVIfXERU -Lyrics: - I, am - Drillgorg Drillgorg Drill-Drill-Drill-Drill-Drillgorg - I am Drillgorg I am Drillgorg - I will drill your ass - - Drillgorg Drillgorg Drill-Drill-Drill-Drill-Drillgorg - I am Drillgorg I am Drillgorg - I will drill your ass -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Retrobution -Artist: Nick Smalley -Contributors: Luke Benjamins -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 2:22 -Samples: -- Meet the Spy -Lyrics: Your mother -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/retrobution -- https://youtu.be/uCS_Bz-5ocM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Game Over -Directory: game-over-jailbreak -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 0:31 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/game-over -- https://youtu.be/sdEGyaFI9ec -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Is This the End? -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 3:27 -References: Isn't This "Is This the End?" Again? -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/is-this-the-end -- https://youtu.be/SIGgQhizLxM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: This is the End -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 2:30 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/this-is-the-end -- https://youtu.be/ATUBuUAw3FQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: nsfasoft presents -Artist: Nick Smalley -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:03 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/F0AMD6mBFO4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Common Occurrance (Every Night, To Be Exact) -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:57 -References: Gust of Heir -Samples: -- Meet the Spy -- Drillgorg -- Your Bed -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/tdTjk-HX2rw -Lyrics: - Your mother - Will drill your ass - Your mother - Will drill drill drill-drill-dridridridridrill - Your mother - Will drill your ass - [Unintelligible] - Will-will drass yo-yo-a-a-a-a - - Will drill your ass - - (Hi, I'm... in bed. My mother is going to ca-) Drill your ass - (-which is why you need life insurance. In bed.) - - Drill drill drill drill drill drill drill dri-i-ll - Drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill - Drill drill drill drill drill drill drill dri-i-ll - Drill drill drill drill drill drill drill drill - - I am- your mother- in bed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Useful or Otherwise -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:15 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/cC20tNgx74M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dr. Squiddle -Artist: Andrew Huo -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:48 -References: -- track:doctor -- Squiddles! -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/lDq9alucoMA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Distanced -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:08 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/Tw544rHHSVw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mechanic Panic -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: none -Duration: 1:42 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/rKe4heghFL4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: i told you about ladders -Artist: Luke Benjamins -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:42 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/3kmp-5mEQ24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: b a w s -Artist: Nick Smalley -Track Art: none -Duration: 1:17 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/40P_K66XbDY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Softbit (Original GFD Please Shut the Fuckass Mix By Request Demo Version) -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: none -Duration: 3:24 -References: Softly -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GedH5uJhRW4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Audio Commentary Featuring Robert J! Lake, Nick Smalley, Luke "GFD" Benjamins, and Erik "Jit" Scheele -Artist: -- Robert J! Lake -- Nick Smalley -- Luke Benjamins -- Erik Scheele -Duration: 43:06 -Track Art: none -Has URLs: no -Lyrics: - [[track:fanfare|-FANFARE-]] - GFD: Welcome to "Holy Shit, Sesame Street's YouTube was porned, and also I guess Jailbreak is happening". - RJ!: It's the album commentary, yeah. - Nick: This is... Welcome, this is me. - - [[track:jailstuck-intro|-JAILSTUCK (INTRO)-]] - RJ!: That was Nick Smalley, uh, I am Robert J! Lake, uh... - Jit: And... I'm Jit. - GFD: And nobody knows who I am. - Nick: That's GFD. - Jit: Yeah. - RJ!: Luke Benjamins. - GFD: Sup. - RJ!: And this is [[album:jailbreak-vol-1|Jailbreak]] we're listening to right now. - Nick: It's a good album, man. - Jit: Yeah. - RJ!: It's a really good album, it's all chiptunes. - GFD: Almost. - Nick: Almost all chiptunes, I mean— RJ!: Mostly chiptunes. Nick: —some of us skipped out and cheated, you know, unlike me and GFD here, we were authentic. - GFD: Yeah. - RJ!: I don't know how to authentic chiptunes, I uh, made a compromise with myself that all of the sounds I used are going to be synthesized chiptunes. So, it's all not edited. It's all as chiptune as I can make it. - Nick: That's alright. I mean, things like this. It's pretty good. - GFD: I don't remember hearing this track before. - RJ!: This is one of the ones that I didn't upload ever. - GFD: Oh. - RJ!: This is [[track:jailstuck-intro|Jailstuck]]. - Nick: That's totally fine. - GFD: I like this one. - Nick: It's got a cool vibe. Jit: Yeah, it's cool, I guess. - RJ!: Yeah, this is the intro, and then the next one is... what the intro leads into. - Nick: That makes sense. - RJ!: Mhmm. - Jit: Wait, wait, is this intro done now or...? - RJ!: No. Jit: I have no idea, oh, okay. - RJ!: You got— Jit: Yeah, I don't think I've actually listened to a lot of this stuff, or I've listened to it and then just kinda: you'll file it away without remembering any about it. So, it's like I'm listening to this for the first time too! - GFD: I only listened to the stuff that was in the Google Doc, recently. And— - Nick: Yeah, I haven't listened to it recently. - - [[track:title-screen|-TITLE SCREEN-]] - GFD: —and from a long time ago, when I got a bunch of MP3s from everybody from the forums 'cause I can't the forums. - RJ!: Mhmm. - Jit: Oh man... - Nick: Is this still [[track:jailstuck-intro|Jailstuck]]? Jit: I love this percussion. - GFD: Yes. - RJ!: What? - Nick: [[track:jailstuck-intro|Jailstuck]] is forever. - RJ!: Uh, no no, this is after [[track:jailstuck-intro|Jailstuck]]. This is the main title. - Jit: Oh. Nick: Okay. Press start to play... slash die. - RJ!: Yeah. - Nick: Man, [imitates beat of the song], this would go great with a pendulum song. - [laughter] - RJ!: Ah, it's not 174 BPM. - Nick: How much is it? - RJ!: Uh... it's 15-... it's 150, 160 something in that area. - Nick: That's pretty close, we could do it. - RJ!: Yeah, it's true. Jit: Yeah, you could just turn it up a little bit. - RJ!: Yeah, mash that shit up. - Nick: I could do it. - RJ!: [falsetto] This piece is a long time coming, augh, you don't understaaand. - Nick: It's me, pendulum, slam slam. That was a good song. GFD: Okay... - Jit: Oh no, this track is ending. RJ!: And now, we got— Jit: What's next? GFD: Wow, what? - RJ!: Now, it's uh... GFD. Jit: I hope it's not anything of mine. - GFD: It's mine next? - - [[track:logorg|-LOGORG-]] - GFD: Ah, here we go. - Nick: [[track:logorg|Logorg]]. - RJ!: [[track:logorg|Logorg]]. - GFD: The first track that's not— Jit: Oh yeah, this one's great. GFD: —the first one that's not RJ. - RJ!: Yeah, I kind of accidentally became the album. Half of it. - Nick: Yeah, I know, because a lot of people didn't want to be on the album because, like "ugh, chiptunes are so bad". - RJ!: And I was just like, oh my god, I love chiptunes. It's my thing. - Jit: Yeah, I just never got back around to being bored of my own... - GFD: If, uh... You guys should listen to this one, the NSF, in VirtuaNES as well because it sounds pretty cool in that. For a lot of other [unintelligible]— Jit: "Virtual NES", what? - GFD: —I'm talking to the people who listening to us doing the commentary. - Jit: Because I don't what "Virtual NES" is. Tell me, GFD! - GFD: It's a NES emulator that also plays NSFs, and doesn't— - RJ!: It'll be in the extras. It'll be in the extras for the people listening, I'll have a link to it. - GFD: Yeah, yeah. It's one of the only NSF players that doesn't screw the song up because I like, used stuff you're not supposed to do in Famitracker— RJ!: He cheated. GFD: —to make it sound this way. - GFD: I'm a cheater. - Jit: Oh... Yeah, well, I doubt RJ actually made anything in Famitracker, so yeah... - RJ!: I have samples from Famitracker. GFD: Eeeh. - Jit: That doesn't count. - RJ!: Yeah, it does. - Jit: That's like "using a leaf" versus "sampling a leaf". - - [[track:elf-shanty|-ELF SHANTY-]] - GFD: Wait, whose song is this now? - RJ!: Uh, this is the only one that AgentParsec [Note: Mark Hadley] has in the album, this is [[track:elf-shanty|Elf Shanty]]. - GFD: Oh, right! I forgot about this one. - Nick: That elf. - GFD: I remember this one, this is catchy. - RJ!: Mhmm. GFD: Do we have an NSF of this one either? - RJ!: Uh, I don't think he NSF'd this one, I think this is fake. I'm not sure though. - GFD: Oh... sad. - Jit: I don't know, that percussion sounds awfully familiar. - GFD: No, this sounds... this sounds like it was made in Famitracker. Can we get an NSF from him before we release the album? - RJ!: We'd have to talk to him, though. Um, I want to have released it today and we're burning the afternoon oil right now. - GFD: Let's see if you can find him, 'cause... for, I want NSFs for this. - RJ!: He's got a baby though, now. - GFD: [incredulous] He's got a baby? - Nick: Yeah, he does have a baby— GFD: What's he—? Nick: —don't you remember? GFD: What's he—? - RJ!: So, it'd kinda make things more... - GFD: What's he—? Jit: The baby's probably like months old by this point. - GFD: What's he doing making babies? He should be making music. - Nick: Don't you remember? - GFD: Great, so now we don't have NSFs. - RJ!: He was busy watching the Sesame Street YouTube, that's how it happened. - GFD: Oh. Oh, I see. - Nick: He was trying to figure out how, and then he watched Sesame Street. - [laughter] Nick: Topical! - RJ!: That's real family entertainment right there. - Nick: I don't know, this doesn't sound like something in Famitracker. - GFD: Yes, it does. (What are) you on? - Jit: Yeah, it does. - Nick: Fine, you win. GFD: And hasn't Parsec made stuff in Famitracker before? - Nick: [[track:harlequin|Harlequin]]? - GFD: Yeah, er, wait... Jit: [[track:aggrieve|Aggrieve]]? - GFD: Was it him that made the [[track:problem-sleuth-theme|title screen for Problem Sleuth]]? - Nick: Yes. GFD: Because that was in... that was in Famitracker. - Jit: It would make sense. - RJ!: Yeah, it's probably him. Nick: In fact, if it weren't for Parsec, I wouldn't be on the music team. - RJ!: Really? GFD: Really? - Nick: Uh huh. - GFD: How did he, you, the music team? - Nick: Because I heard the [[track:problem-sleuth-theme|Problem Sleuth opening theme]] and I was like, I could do that. - GFD: Ah. - Nick: And then, I sent music to Andrew and then he invited me into the music team [unintelligible]. - GFD: I don't even know how I got in. I literally have no idea. Jit: Yeah, me either. - GFD: I was just, sort of, there all of a sudden... And then I wasn't, waaah. - Jit: Well, you like, applied at one point, I'm sure. - GFD: Oh yeah, but I don't even remember if I put music in that email, actually. - [laughter] - RJ!: I'm here because Adghar [Note: Andrew Huo]... - Jit: Did the three of us like, "I can make music" and then you got in, and were just like "I'm not making any music, right now." - RJ!: I really wish I actually like, actively applied. I'm only here because, um, Adghar posted a bunch of people who were apparently like supposed... You know, music team candidates. Possible people. He listed me as um, "psychedelic rock". - Nick: Cool. Jit: Interesting. - - [[track:phantom-echoes|-PHANTOM ECHOES-]] - Nick: I love this song, oh my god. - RJ!: Me too! Jesus Christ, it reminds me of Cave Story to uh, [unintelligible]. Is this done in PxTone? - GFD: No, uh, the percussion... Jit: It sounds like it was in PxTone. - GFD: Is the whole thing in PxTone? I thought it was like... - RJ!: This sounds a lot like PxTone. - GFD: Ah... that explains it. - Nick: It sounds a lot like it'd be in PxTone. - GFD: [imitating song] - Nick: Yeah, you don't get that uh... sine wave in anything but, like, PxTone. - GFD: Yee. - RJ!: It's... Ohhh my goddd! - [laughter] - Jit: Who made this one? - RJ!: This is, uh, [noises] vavoom! Adghar, right? - Nick: Yeah. RJ!: That's Adghar. - GFD: Yeah. - Jit: I don't remember him making stuff in ages. - GFD: The OTHER Andrew H. Jit: He's pretty old. - [laughter] - GFD: He made two songs for this one, didn't he? ...no, three. One is the bonus track. - Nick: This is Andrew Hussie's Asian doppelganger. [laughter] - RJ!: The one who plays violin. Jit: Yeah, the one that never actually like, makes hardly anything. - Nick: I agree. - RJ!: Well, he's still definitely around. I mean, he gave me— This is a fresh WAV. - Nick: Yeah, this is like hot off the presses. - Jit: Cool. Nick: [imitating newspaper machine noises] RJ!: Yeah. - Jit: I mean, I know he still hangs around and such, but... - GFD: I mean, he was definitely active for the "Doctor Space" thing that never happened. - RJ!: We can't talk about that, can we? - GFD: We can't? Nick: No. - GFD: Oh, okay. I never said anything. - RJ!: That's a tantalizing, tantalizing behind-the-scenes tidbit you all got there, guys. - GFD: Yeah. - Jit: Yeah, "Doctor Space" is just like Doctor... - RJ!: Never happened. Jit: In space. - Nick: It's an animated series like Dr. House, but it's in space. - [collective laughter] - GFD: I feel like that would be better than what we had it as. - RJ!: No more talking. Jit: Okay. - - [[track:assail|-ASSAIL-]] - Nick: I love this one. - RJ!: I love this one too. Hi, Jit. - Nick: Forget everything else, this song's the best. - Jit: Hi... yeah... it's like— RJ!: This is one of my favorites. - GFD: Jit, how did— Jit: It's like, god, this thing is so freaking old. This iss before Dave had a fight theme, and I was like, "I'll try making one". - RJ!: I actually wish this was the fight theme over [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]]. - Nick: Mmm. - GFD: Jit— Jit: I don't know, [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] was cool though. - GFD: How do you feel about— Jit: It's just like... RJ!: [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]], I like... I like [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] but... I like this more. - GFD: Jit, how do you feel about yourself when you listen to this? - Jit: Um... Nick: Probably the same way you feel about how you listen to your stuff. - GFD: I feel amazing. - Jit: It's like... I don't know, I think it could've been better 'cause Famitracker could do a whole lot more as evidenced by like, [[track:pumpkin-cravings|Pumpkin Cravings]]. But it kinda shows like my inexperience with the whole thing in general. - RJ!: But, I don't like [[track:pumpkin-cravings|Pumpkin Cravings]] as much as this. - Nick: I don't like [[track:pumpkin-cravings|Pumpkin Cravings]]. It's not my favorite. Jit: Oh you shut your face. You shut your face, RJ. - RJ!: It's true, though, this is awesome and I kinda... Like, I look at [[track:pumpkin-cravings|Pumpkin Cravings]] as this weird little, kind of off-side thing that's not as good as Beatfox's [Note: Seth Peelle] other stuff. - Nick: Yeah. - Jit: Have you seen the Famitracker file for it though? It's crazy. - RJ!: That doesn't make it good, that just means it has mental problems. - [collective laughter] - Jit: Yeah, I mean crazy awesome— RJ!: I don't care. - Jit: —I mean the music is just great too, it's like "Oh, great, this Jit guy, he's got a triangle"... No, it was like a square doing the bassline and some really sparse electronic... noise drums, and the other square doing the melody. And then the triangle comes in, and it's arpeggios! - RJ!: Oh my godddd, yes! Jit: Oh, woah! - RJ!: It's gorgeous, it's simple, but it's gorgeous. Jit: You got this crazy shit right there, I mean, Jesus. - GFD: It sets itself apart, it is, uh... I don't know what it is. - Jit: Yeah, I think this is like the first thing I ever made in Famitracker too. - RJ!: I've never made anything in Famitracker, so you're still beating me in that regard. - GFD: This is still better than the first things I made in Famitracker. - RJ!: It's... - Nick: Yeah, you tell me, this is like, way better than what I started out with. - GFD: RJ, haven't you watched my Famitracker tutorial yet? - RJ!: Haven't had the time, I'm more busy than... I'm busier than God. GFD: It's only... it's only an hour. It's only an hour. - RJ!: I know, and I'm busier than God as I just said. - GFD: God has all the time in the world, though. Literally. - Nick: Woah, what the hell was that? - - [[track:confrontation|-CONFRONTATION-]] - GFD: Oh, here we go. - Jit: This is— RJ!: [bad song imitation] Jit: —more Adghar. RJ!: Yeah, definitely. - Nick: So, what is this? GFD: Me and RJ were part, were inspirations for the song, a little bit. You can hear quotes from some of my songs that had never actually been out ever. Uh... - RJ!: Am I really an inspiration for this, because I was listening to it and I didn't notice. - GFD: Uh— Nick: Wait, what was the inspiration? GFD: —Andrew H. took like two really, really frickin' old tracks that I made a long time ago. - RJ!: He said it was Jade inspired and I guess, would that mean that there's some, um... Wait... I'm listening right now... I can't notice any uh, if there's some [[track:the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent|Beginning of Something Really Excellent]] in here. - GFD: Isn't it [[track:gardener|Gardener]] that's in here? - RJ!: That's what [[track:the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent|Beginning of So]]—, yeah, yeah. GFD: Wait. I don't know my Homestuck songs very well. - RJ!: [[track:the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent|Beginning of Something Really Excellent]] is the original, um, it's the same melody as in [[track:gardener|Gardener]]. [[track:gardener|Gardener]] is just the thing that Steve Everson took and he took mine, and put it to a fake bass sample. - GFD: Oh. - RJ!: Yeah... But it's the same melody, the original is [[track:the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent|Beginning of Something Really Excellent]], but it's easier to call it [[track:gardener|Gardener]] so just do that. He gave it the name. - GFD: It was, oh, we skipped over that part already. The minor part back there was inspired by "eerie.mp3" if anybody remembers that from me. - RJ!: I don't. - GFD: No, nobody does. - Jit: I think I have that in my computer somewhere. - RJ!: You should give it to me so I can remix it. - Jit: I kind of store everything I ever download Homestuck and I put it in like a, in a folder on my computer. - RJ!: The [[track:elf-shanty|Elf Shanty]] artwork is scaring me. Jit: It's some old stuff and there is that one song that Bowman made for the Crowsprite that never got used. - GFD: Awh... Anybody remember [[track:mechanic-panic|Mechanic Panic]]? - RJ!: Yes. - Jit: Yeah, I think I have that one on my computer too— RJ!: That didn't make it onto this album, sadly. [Note: It's actually in the bonus tracks!] - GFD: I know, it was one of the very first songs that I remember from the forums... when Andrew was like "Here, make a boss battle song." - - [[track:rising-water-oh-shit|-RISING WATER (OH, SHIT!)-]] - Nick: What is this? - RJ!: Here's Slunk [Note: Paige Turner]. - GFD: Ah, yeah. Nick: Oh, Slunk... - RJ!: [[track:rising-water-oh-shit|Rising Water (Oh, Shit!)]] - GFD: And unfortunately, we lost the Famitracker files, so we don't have an NSF of this one either. And we cry. - RJ!: Yeah, this art is really scaring me now. - GFD: Are you still drawing this? What are you drawing now? - RJ!: I'm still drawing— [[track:elf-shanty|Elf Shanty]]. GFD: Oh. Oh, boy. - Nick: That silly... Oh man, this is a high quality clip. - RJ!: Isn't it? - Nick: Dude, yeah. - RJ!: The highest quality. - Nick: I didn't know you could actually mess up the quality on a NSF file. - Jit: Really, what? GFD: What? - Jit: I'm not sure what you're talking about, I'm not versed in... That stuff... Nick: Not like... music quality, I'm talking about sound quality. - RJ!: Yeah. Jit: Oh. - Nick: But hey, who's complaining? - Jit: Oh god, that frickin' rising water! [shivering noises] - Jit: Oh, dear god. RJ!: Oh, shit! - GFD: And then there was the glub at the end. - - [[track:moment-of-pause|-MOMENT OF PAUSE-]] - GFD: And now, what's this? What is this track? What IS this track? - RJ!: This is the pause theme. GFD: Oh, yes, this is the one you made— - RJ!: While mastering the album. GFD: WHILE you were mastering the album. - GFD: Yes, while mastering, because you needed a transition. - RJ!: And it wouldn't work, yeah. GFD: Ya weirdo. - GFD: Oh well, it's not as bad as me finishing... Eh, actually, no, it is worse than me finishing a song three days before the album, so what am I talking about. - Jit: Hey, I only put up like, my WAVs last night 'cause I was like, "uhhh, something going on with this?" - [collective laughter] Jit: "Oh, I should get my WAVs then. Here you go." GFD: Did you know this was being released today? - Jit: ...No? [collective laughter] Jit: Not really, no. GFD: Man... - Jit: 'Cause Radiation [Note: ...Toby Fox] was like, "I think I'll hold it off until after the end of acts" and I was like... - RJ!: When did he say that? - Jit: He said it on the forums or something. - GFD: Well... RJ!: Wait, wait. - Jit: As if he was the one who was deciding when it went out too, was weird. GFD: Uh, well... - RJ!: Yeah, that's kind of... scary. - GFD: Well, that's not happening anymore. - Jit: Whatever... No, screw him. - RJ!: He says publicly, for the public record. - [laughter] Jit: Yeah. Screw [[track:black|Black]] too. - [laughter] Nick: Yeah, how 'bout that— GFD: Yeh. Nick: —Radiation, or should I say... mmMMMmGAYdiation. - Jit: Does he even have any tracks on this album? - RJ!: No, he does not have any tra— - - [[track:bars|-BARS-]] - GFD: Oh, here's [[track:bars|Bars]]. Here's [[track:bars|Bars]] coming on. - RJ!: I made this. Yeah, I made this. - GFD: Yeah, RJ made this and I helped a little bit, except actually the whole song was me the whole time! You didn't expect that, did you? - RJ!: Why was that so funny to you? Jit: Was it really all you? - GFD: I don't know, it's hilarious, okay? - RJ!: I posted... I'm not even going to explain the joke. - GFD: Yeah, okay, it's just a joke, okay? Uh, yeah, this was the one I finished three days before this came out. 'Cause I'm like, wait, I have this song idea, I'm gonna make it. I still have two other song ideas that are kind of Jailbreak-y, but I just, I don't have time to do them. So, I'm just going to leave them for something else. Maybe my EP that I still want to make. - RJ!: Ooh, you should do an EP. GFD: I know. RJ!: I would buy it. GFD: I know. RJ!: I would buy it. - GFD: It's going to be like yours, five years in the making. - RJ!: Nice. Except mine's an LP. - GFD: Oh. Well... Screw you. - RJ!: Please do. - GFD: This is my favorite part. Jit: Is this... - RJ!: Yes. Jit: Is this the same song then? Or... - RJ!: Yeah, it's got a long pause. - GFD: Yeah. It's suspenseful, and artistic. I like silence in music. - Jit: That's not artistic— - - [[track:jackknive|-JACKKNIVE-]] - Jit: —oh, this is the new song, now. - Nick: The new song. - Jit: I still remember this one, it's not even called "Jackknife" on my computer. It's called, uh, what is it... "idea 6 chiptune". - RJ!: Well, it's called "JackKniVeFe" on the actual album. - Jit: Yeah, I'm not sure if you actually end it with "ve" or "fe"— wait, you're not actually calling it that are you? - GFD: He is. RJ!: No, I am. I am. - Jit: No, nonono no, put it as "ve". - RJ!: No, it's uh... I'm gonna write, read this out to you, letter by letter: "J-a-c-k-K-n-i-F-e-V-e". - Jit: But no... [laughter] RJ!: Yes. - GFD: That's what I told him, don't do that. - RJ!: Serious— Jit: No... RJ!: N— Yes. Jit: No! No no, you can't do that. That's not your decision. - RJ!: It isn't my decision? Well, technically, it is my decision, but it isn't my decision. If you really want me to change it, I will. That's what it is right now, though. - GFD: I think he really wants you to change it. - Jit: Yeah... No, it's just because... I was kinda of typing in all caps last night, so you can't really take... I don't think you should try to be taking anything I said last night in the doc very seriously. - Nick: Oh, we're going to. Don't worry. - Jit: I mean, I was like "AHH JIT'S HERE. I'M GONNA GO GET SOME COKE WHILE THIS STUFF UPLOADS, YEAH!" - RJ!: How HIGH were you? - Jit: I was... I'm never high. I'm just... - GFD: And then, you deleted my amazing poetry. You jerk. - Jit: That wasn't poetry. GFD: Yes, it was. - Jit: No, it wasn't. GFD: It was quality poetry. - Jit: Was not. [laughter] - Jit: I'll give you a quality poetry: "Roses are red, violets are blue... GFD is stupid, and so is poo." RJ!: "And fuck you!" - Nick: Woah! - Jit: No, you can't interrupt. RJ!: I co-opted on your god damn poetry into my own. - GFD: Shut... Shut. - Nick: I didn't realize this whole album was 42 minutes long. - GFD: It is. RJ!: You didn't? - GFD: We're not even halfway. Nick: No. I know... - RJ!: The scary thing is that half of it is mine, which means I wrote 20 minutes of chiptunes for this album. - Nick: I wrote two. GFD: The other scary thing is that this call has been going for like, two hours, fifteen minutes before we started recording. - RJ!: Yeeah, that's kinda bad. Jit: Yeeah. - GFD: Half an hour of that us trying to find us a safe failsafe before recording. Jit: Was not, you're just... - RJ!: Which we never did. GFD: No. I really hope Vegas doesn't crash. - Jit: I've sorta got one going, but I'm not sure how it's working. - GFD: What? - Jit: I mean, it's recording the music too. GFD: Oh. - Jit: So I have to have my music kinda low. GFD: Oh. - RJ!: I just realized I accidentally, like subconsciously drew this elf as Sweet Bro. [laughter] - RJ!: Oh, no no, it's Hella Jeff. Hella Jeff's the one with the 8^y mouth. Jit: Keep it! Keeeep it. - RJ!: I'm keeping it, no, don't worry. Jit: Good boy. - - [[track:intestinal-fortification|-INTESTINAL FORTIFICATION-]] - GFD: Okay, wait, what's this one? - RJ!: Um, uh, this is right after... This is [[track:intestinal-fortification|Intestinal Fortification]]. This is also Slunk. - GFD: Oh, this is also Slunk. Another one we don't have an NSF for. Oh, that percussion's nice. - Nick: I like it. RJ!: I like it. - GFD: This is the song that represents all the blood, and mud, and... stuff. - Nick: Woaah... - Jit: And all the poo [unintelligible]. RJ!: This has a genuinely terrifying art that he did for it. - Nick: But... huh... - RJ!: Because, for his art, um, for the album art he did for his own tracks, or her own tracks, her/his, he uh, she, um... The art Slunk did for the tracks is really like hyper-realistic. I mean, not hyper-realistic, but like, these scary realistic renditions of the Jailbreak characters doing the same actions. - Jit: What do you mean hyper-realistic? RJ!: Not hyper— Well... - Jit: I don't think I've actually seen... RJ!: It's not actually hyper-realistic— GFD: Now we're halfway. - RJ!: —it's actually kind of cartoon-y. GFD: We hit halfway. - RJ!: But, it's um... Relative to the stick figures in the actual comic, it's realistic, and it's terrifying. - GFD: Then [[track:drillgorg|Drillgorg]], [[track:drillgorg|Drillgorg]] was amazing. - RJ!: It's like nightmare, nightmare-ish. It's yeah, then [[track:drillgorg|Drillgorg]], uh um, [[track:drillgorg|Drillgorg]] is, [blubbering] It's good. - Jit: I don't think— - RJ!: I'll agree with that. - GFD: I still know how this song goes, even though I haven't heard it in ages. It is— Nick: Very memorable. GFD: —it is that. RJ!: It is. GFD: Yes, it is memorable. - RJ!: I like both of Slunk's tracks here a lot, in a completely different way from the rest of the album. - GFD: Yeah. - RJ!: They're both really, um... I don't know how to descri— I don't know an adjective that's perfect for it. - GFD: Slunk-y. - RJ!: That's perfect. - GFD: Exactly. And it's over. - - [[track:console-thunder|-CONSOLE THUNDER-]] - GFD: And now, this is the stereo track. He made this one in— RJ!: Stere— - Jit: Yeah, I just, I so suddenly noticed that. - GFD: Yeah, because RJ is... suddenly, this one's on a Game Boy... or something. - Nick: Heh. - Jit: Did Game Boy's have ste— GFD: They did! They had stereo, uh, sound. RJ!: Well— - Jit: I could never notice that 'cause, uh... - GFD: Yeah, the speaker had stereo sound. RJ!: They did have stereo sound. They in fact, it's advertised as such on them. Like, the Game Boy itself. - GFD: Yeah. Dot matrix with stereo sound. RJ!: As having stereo sound. Yep! ...but yeah, I cha— - Jit: How do you remember those things about a Game Boy, like were you playing games on them or were you just studying the manuals in games. - RJ!: It says that on the Game Boy itself. GFD: Right under the screen. Or above it. RJ!: Yeah, literally. GFD: Yeah. - Jit: Well, shut... - GFD: So, you can't really avoid that one. - Jit: [mocking noises] Yeah, you can if you're me. - RJ!: Clearly. GFD: Well, you're a dingus. - Nick: Woah... Jit: I'm not a dingus! Nick: Are you going to take that back? That's not nice. - GFD: No. - RJ!: Never call somebody a genius to their face. - GFD: No, I said dingus. - RJ!: You called someone a genius to their Skype. - Jit: He said dingus. - RJ!: I don't care. [laughter] - Jit: Oh, I just found a battery! - Nick: Woah. Jit: Thrilling commentary by Jit. I'm sorry, I'm just like, "Oh, woah, a battery." - RJ!: Let's talk about batteries for a while. - GFD: No! Jit: It's those little ones that you stick into laser pointers and Tamagotchis. - RJ!: For a lot of this album, I cheated because I'm mixing very different kinds of soundchips together. They're all 8-bit, but I have a Sega PSG here, along with a Nintendo emulation and a Game Boy emulation, like there's a bunch of different things for a lot of them. - GFD: Strange. I like the stereo sound here, even though it's not... uh... Jit: It's not appropriate. - Nick: It's not Kosher. - Jit: RJ, you're not supposed to be showing that sort of stereo graphic sound in here. - GFD: It's not straight-bit, that's the phrase I'm stealing from RJ. RJ!: I like... I liked yeah, how nobody said that about Phantom Echoes even though that was stereo too. - GFD: It was stereo? Nick: But that one was cooler. - GFD: It wasn't as... RJ!: [fake laughter] Yeah, it was. Actually, though, it is cooler than this one. - GFD: It wasn't dramatic about its stereo. It wasn't throwing it in your face. RJ!: That's true, all of my stereo tracks are very stereo. - GFD: Yes. [imitating song] - RJ!: Is it enervating yet? - Jit: I don't know... What's enervating mean? - RJ!: Irritating, but um, yeah. Jit: Oh, no. You can never be irritating. - RJ!: I'm irritating, I'm pretty irritating. - GFD: RJ is fucking annoying! - RJ!: It's true. GFD: But fucking irritating as what your Skype used to be. - RJ!: Yeah. GFD: But now, you're a gigantic fucking eye and fuck. - RJ!: For everyone who has added me on Skype, they already know that, but it's true. - GFD: Yes. - Jit: Awshi... Sorry, I dropped something. GFD: Because of the one time I went to chat you, and then your display picture was a gigantic eye and that's what I said: "a gigantic fucking eye and fuck." - RJ!: I actually... I know. GFD: Because it scared the crap out of me, okay? That thing was huge. - RJ!: It's just a— - - [[track:be-the-other-guy|-BE THE OTHER GUY-]] - Jit: —okay, wait, I don't remember this one, what is this? - RJ!: Uh, this is "With Bros". - GFD: Is it still going to be called that? Nick: "With Bros". - RJ!: Probab— Jit: Ohh, PerryBob [Note: Perry Sullivan]. - GFD: He says [unintelligible] change the title. RJ!: Probably... I can change the title and I probably will, it was originally "With Friends", that's most likely what it's going to be but... I don't know. - GFD: It's going to be "With Friends" again? - RJ!: "With Friends Again", that's actually... No no, wait... I don't know. - Nick: How about "[[track:be-the-other-guy|Be The Other Guy]]"? Jit: Man, you know, I wish [[track:mannequin|Mannequin]] was on this album. - RJ!: [[track:be-the-other-guy|Be The Other Guy]] is actually a perfect title. - GFD: [[track:be-the-other-guy|Be The]]— Jit: Actually, now that I'm suddenly thinking about it, [[track:mannequin|Mannequin]] should be on this album. - RJ!: Well, you can't change that now because the track list has already been mastered and finalized. - GFD: Hah! Jit: Yeah, I know. GFD: Hah. - RJ!: And we're commenting on it. - Jit: I am the master of being late, I've noticed this recently like, someone will tell me to do something or I'll be like "Oh, I should do this thing for someone" and then I won't get to it for months and months. - GFD: Ha, yeah, how lo— how old is that Jailbake thread that I made in the music enclave now? - RJ!: Probab— GFD: Which is still [intelligible] that you guys used apparently. - RJ!: Well, uh, I don't know how exactly how old it is, but a good metric is the fact that Andrew said that we were probably going to be releasing this album sometime in July. [laughter] - GFD: Oh, good times... - Jit: Yeah, really. - GFD: This is so catchy. - Jit: Oh, for some reason, I'm just like, looking through my desk while we talk. I don't know why. - RJ!: Multitasking! [song imitation noises] - Jit: Not really. Maybe it's just like a natural part of the... [song imitation noises] - GFD: I like this song. - Jit: What? - RJ!: I do too. - Jit: I like lots of stuff that PerryBob does. - RJ!: PerryBob and Tyler Deververver... Dedever... the Dever [Note: James Dever]. - Jit: Dever? - RJ!: Mister Sburb. - GFD: Jit, I don't actually know how to pronounce your last name. - RJ!: Scheele. - GFD: Scheele? - Jit: What? Yeah, yeah, it's Scheele. - GFD: Interesting. - RJ!: But yeah, um... Jit: It's German, it's does— - GFD: That's not even a pronoun— Nick: Is it still [[track:be-the-other-guy|Be The Other Guy]]? - GFD: This isn't, that's not even a pronounciation that I imagined while thinking about the ones it could be. Nick: I'm just going to assume this is still "[[track:be-the-other-guy|Be The Other Guy]]". - Jit: What, were you thinking it was like "Ski-lee" or something? - GFD [unintelligible] "Skeel". RJ!: Have we decided then, this track is now called [[track:be-the-other-guy|Be The Other Guy]] then? I like that. - GFD: Okay. I thought it was like "Sch-keele" or something. - Nick: Scheele. It's German. - GFD: Fine. You're German? - Jit: At least it's... Uh... I don't actually know. - Nick: The name is German. Jit: I think I'm more of Dutch nowadays, but old German. - GFD: Interesting. - Jit: Like, the name is definitely German, but I think my grandfather is Dutch. - GFD: Can you swear at us in German? - Jit: Uh... I don't think so. GFD: Aw... - Jit: I don't actually know much German at all, I'd like repeating lines from TF2 or something. [laughter] - Nick: [bad Heavy imitation] "Go ahead and cry, baby!" - RJ!: Yeah, Jesus Christ Superstar, this is scary art. Jit: That's a Heavy [unintelligible]. - RJ!: What am I doing? - GFD: RJ, what are you doing? - Jit: Hey, Jesus Christ Superstar is... RJ!: No, I'm saying the Elf Shanty art is really terrifying. - GFD: Okay, uh... Nick: It should be. - Jit: Yeah, the elves are terrifying in Jailbreak, they aren't like the nice ones in Problem Sleuth. These ones are like "Hey, you want our help?" "Take this as a warning, and go away." - RJ!: No, I'm just saying I made this elf look kind of like Venom from Spider-Man. [laughter] - GFD: What? Jit: Oh, nice. I like that idea. GFD: No, I don't know how you did that, I'm trying to imagine this piece of art and I can't do it. My brain doesn't work that way. - RJ!: It's the tongue. Jit: It's probably an elf with the— RJ!: It has the Venom tongue. - Jit: Yeah. - - [[track:softbit|-SOFTBIT-]] - GFD: Wait, what song is this? I've never heard this. - RJ!: This is [[track:softbit|Softbit]]. - GFD: This is [[track:softbit|Softbit]]?! - RJ!: Yeeah, man. Nick: [unintelligible] RJ!: I completely rechanged it, reworked it, whatever. Words. - GFD: Holy crap! This is really... this sounds like something from Cave Story now! - GFD: It IS from Cave Story, you just took a song from Cave Story and stuck it in the album, you jerk. Nick: I like it a lot. - RJ!: Yeah, I did, I'm sorry. Nick: Yeah, good job, now we can't sell this. - RJ!: Copyright Studio Pixekel. It's not like we haven't done that before. Nick: Pixekel? GFD: Pixel. - RJ!: Pik, Pick, Pic Skull. Nick: No, don't say it, don't say it. - Jit: Is this really from Cave Story? - GFD: No, it's not. RJ!: No, it's not actually from Cave Story. Jit: Okay, good. - GFD: Just like RJ actually made [[track:bars|Bars]]. [laughter] Oh, wait... Man, it's missing all the oomph that it used to have. It's all uh— - RJ!: It's more... Nick: YOU'RE missing the oomph. RJ!: Softer than— - GFD: It's wimpier. - Nick: You're wimpier. - RJ!: It's softer. - Jit: Wait... this melody sounds familiar GFD: It does. RJ!: I wonder, is it because I wrote it? - [laughter] GFD: Why did you redo this song? - RJ!: I didn't like it before. GFD: Can you upload the old version as a bonus track, 'cause I liked it that way. - RJ!: OOOOKAY... GFD: Okay. Nick: No! GFD: Yes. - RJ!: But only because, I'm gonna call it: "[[track:softbit-original-gfd-please-shut-the-fuckass-mix-by-request-demo-version|Softbit (GFD's Surprise Mix)]]". [laughter] - Nick: "[[track:softbit-original-gfd-please-shut-the-fuckass-mix-by-request-demo-version|Softbit (This is Why I Changed it Remix)]]". [laughter] - GFD: Excellent. - Jit: I swear this sounds familiar, like it's a Homestuck track. - RJ!: Because it is a Homestuck track! - GFD: It is, it's the... - RJ!: It's, uh, it's a rearrangement of [[track:softly|Softly]] from Volume 5 that I wrote. - Jit: Oh, okay... I hardly remember that track, unfortunately. - RJ!: It's okay, most people don't remember my songs. [fake sniffles] - Jit: I doubt most people remember my songs either, but I mean, Volume 5 was massive. - GFD: I doubt anybody LISTENED to my songs. - Nick: People listened to my song on Volume 5. - [song imitation noises] - GFD: No, you know what, nono, no, this is, like, this is one... The difference between your old version of this song and the new one is like, the old Cave Story soundtrack to the new one on WiiWare. That's the difference. - RJ!: That was mean. You're mean. You're being mean to me. - GFD: It, it's, it's, it is, that is how it sounds like, even some of the instruments sound the same. - Jit: Wait, are you saying this one's the new one or? - GFD: The new one. - Jit: Oh... you're mean. GFD And.— RJ!: That was mean. - Jit: I don't even know what the new soundtrack is, but, I mean... - GFD: It's okay. - Jit: It's like thinking about the new Spelunky soundtrack or something because I played the original and I played this great mod of it called "Tastes Like Spelunky". And then it's like, oh, there's a new one! And I'm like, oh great, will Buzinkai do the music? [growling] Nooo. - GFD: What just happened to your voice? - Nick: [imitating growl] Nooo. GFD: It sounded really scary on this end. - RJ!: It sounded like when I used effects with DigiTech, with my DigiTech vocalist. - Jit: That's just me, going all deep in voice for some— - [everyone imitating growl] [laughter] - Jit: 'Cause I mean. Oh, I dunno. I get this feeling that I don't actually know how high my voice is normally, but I can go pretty low.. 'cause I'm like, a bass, in choir speak. - GFD: My voice. My voice is just weird, I hate it. - Jit: Yeah, I hate my voice too. I tried to record some singing the other day— - - [[track:drillgorg|-DRILLGORG-]] - Nick: Yes. GFD: Yes, here we go. Jit: Oh man, I love this, [[track:drillgorg|Drillgorg]], yes! RJ!: Me too! Me too. GFD: Woo! This is all me! - RJ!: We're in the ending stretch of the album, right now. This is good. Jit: Are we? - GFD: TSN [Note: Nick Smalley] helped with instrumentation on this one. - Nick: And volumes. Good lord, the volumes. - GFD: Yeah, 'cause the percussion was kind of overpowering before. - Jit: Oh man, this one's [[track:drillgorg|Drillgorg]]. - GFD: Yes, yeah it is. Jit: I even remember the title, yes. RJ!: Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is. I love this one. - GFD: TSN also had the idea for the lovely DPCM samples. - RJ!: That's perfect by the way, don't change a thing. GFD: I know. - Jit: I don't even know what that is. - Nick: Oh, the changing the echo? - GFD: Oh, Jit, you haven't heard the voices in this one yet? - Jit: No... what? GFD: Well, let's— RJ!: Um— GFD: We had to— - GFD: Hold on, everyone be quiet, it's coming up right now. [shush] RJ!: Okay. GFD: Let him hear it. - [lyrics kick in] Jit: Oh, yeah, I know this one. GFD: Oh. - RJ!: The atypical thing about this album is that, for the first time I think, the one who's not shoehorning voice samples in the album is not me. [laughter] - Jit: Hey, you do good things with voice samples though. - Nick: Shut up! - Jit: Well, let's see, who does shoehorn voice samples in? There's RJ, Bowman I guess, I can think of Radiation... - GFD: [[track:mayor-maynot|Mayor Maynot]]? - RJ!: Boner boner bo-bo bo-boner boner! - Nick: Yeah, that was cute. Jit: Yeah and also [[track:gaia-queen|Gaia Queen]], uhh, and then, [unintelligible]. - - [[track:retrobution|-RETROBUTION-]] - GFD: Guys! Guys, [[track:retrobution|Retrobution]]! - Nick: Yes! - Jit: Oh, man, the other great one! - Nick: It's the good one. - RJ!: Fucking hell that melody, Jesus Christ. - GFD: I helped TSN on this one, this time. A little bit of instrumentation, mostly the ending. - Nick: Mostly the ending. - RJ!: Nick Smalley on a Game Boy. - Nick: That's me. - [imitating song] - Jit: I can't even do cool stuff like this one anymore. - Nick: I was heading up— Jit: Did you make this in Famitracker? - Nick: Yeah, I made this in Famitracker. - Jit: Sweeeet. - RJ!: It's soooo pretty. - Nick: Really? - RJ!: You're pretty. - Nick: Oh, thanks. That's flattering. - [laughter] Jit: You're all pretty people. - GFD: Ah... except, except me. Jit: Pretty ponies and people. - Nick: I like how it slows down, it's my favorite part. Just this break. - Jit: Yeah, I've never been really dramatic like that with my stuff. I don't know, maybe I should try that out sometime. - GFD: My favorite part is the ending. 'Cause I made it. RJ!: My favorite part is the whooole fuckiiing sooong. - Jit: My favorite part is the arpeggios at the beginning... - GFD: Arpeggios! [imitating song] - GFD: You just have to say arpeggios a lot. Jit: Yeah... - RJ!: Arpeggios, arpeggi— d-yeah, I can't do that. - [imitating song] RJ!: That works, that works. That's cheating, though. - Nick: I know. - GFD: Here it comes. Oh wait, this is near the end. The climax of the song. - RJ!: Kick drum. - GFD: It's all bass heavy. - Nick: I like that. - RJ!: Me too. - Nick: Heavy percussion is the best part. - GFD: It was, it is DPCM percussion isn't it? - Nick: Yeah. GFD: Yeeaahh. That's good stuff. - RJ!: I wonder how AgentParsec will feel about this Elf Shanty artwork. - GFD: From here on, is where I help make the ending. Nick: I like the ending. - GFD: It used to be such a cop-out ending. - Nick: Yeah, it was. [laughter] - Jit: What, was it a fade out or something? - GFD: It used to, it would just do another slowdown and just sorta ended, but now it's this. - RJ!: Yeah, but now it's awesome. - ["your mother" part of "retrobution" plays] - [collective laughter] Jit: Ahaha, what? - - [[track:game-over-jailbreak|-GAME OVER-]] - Jit: I don't remember the "your mother" part. - Nick: That's the best part. - GFD: I just stuck it in at the end there and then TSN stretched it out hilariously. - [laughter] - Jit: Yoouurr mootthherr. - GFD: RJ, are you seriously going to do [[track:a-common-occurrance-every-night-to-be-exact|a bonus track]] by remixing the...? - RJ!: Yeah, yeah I am. - [laughter] - GFD: You're hilarious. - RJ!: Thank you, thank... - - [[track:is-this-the-end|-IS THIS THE END?-]] - RJ!: I'm also planning on incorporating "Your Bed", the Bowman video. - GFD: Yes, please. - Jit: Wait, the one, the "IN HELL" one or... - RJ!: No, no no no. GFD: No. - Nick: "[[track:is-this-the-end|Is This the End?]]" - GFD: No, not my YouTube Poop, it's the "Your Bed" video. - Jit: Ohh, the actual... - GFD: Yes. RJ!: Yeah. - GFD: Not one of my remixes. RJ!: By Bowman, yeah. - GFD: I should finish my other one. - Jit: So what track is this? I recognize it, but I'm not sure. - RJ!: Are you doing that on purpose? This is "[[track:is-this-the-end|Is This the End?]]" - GFD: RJ, you changed this track again! - RJ!: I just said, I said that too. - Jit: This track, "[[track:is-this-the-end|Is This the End?]]", this is the last track? - RJ!: No, the last track is "[[track:this-is-the-end|This is the End]]". - Jit: Oh, you cheeky bastard. - GFD: There's more stereo here. - RJ!: There is, yeah. - GFD: RJ. RJ!: So, from... Jit: [unintelligible] - RJ!: What? Nick: Woah... GFD: What? - GFD: I hate it when we all try to talk at the same time, and then nothing happens. Somebody say something. - RJ!: Oh. Jit: Yeah. - RJ!: Hi. My name is RJ. I made this track. I hope you like it. - GFD: I helped. - Jit: Did you do anything special with this track? - RJ!: Um, I... Stereo. - Jit: Why am I hearing samples that sound like someone going "pschwoo" or like, this sucking-in sound that's also expectorating and I'm not sure— - RJ!: That's the, um... It's an NES noise channel with a negative, like... I don't know, what do you call it? - GFD: This sounds different too. - RJ!: Pitch. It's less crowded so it's much easier to listen to and not painful. - Jit: You know, it's funny nowadays, because you can almost like... The two tracks, [[track:is-this-the-end|Is This the End]] and "[[track:this-is-the-end|The End]]", it's almost like Jailbreak is, or how it was. Because for the longest time, it just ended. - RJ!: Yeah, it's true. Jit: With the horse going in and going to sleep. But then we actually had a legitimate end when Andrew linked to it. - GFD: That is kinda funny, I never noticed that. - Jit: Yeah, so now it's like, oh, "[[track:is-this-the-end|Is This the End?]]" that's pre-updated and then, "[[track:this-is-the-end|This is the End]]", oh, the horse is going to sleep, okay. Nick: Oh. - GFD: Zero score. I tried to click "Do you want to play again?" and then nothing happened, and I was sad. - GFD: RJ. - RJ!: Yeah. - GFD: Aren't you so glad that I stayed up playing Doom and sent you a million voicemails to wake you up while you were fell asleep producing. - RJ!: Yes, yes I am, actually. - [laughter] - Jit: I wish I could do that to you. Just have your phone number and pester you. - GFD: I just called him via Gmail and then— - RJ!: You can have my phone number if you want it. It's not— GFD: It's in the— Jit: Wait, you can call people via Gmail? - GFD: Yeah, you can set do free calls to the US and Canada. - Jit: Oh my god, really? - [collective laughter] - Jit: I am so excited by this possibility. - GFD: I'm trying to call Bowman but he never answers. RJ!: I'm gonna put tiny... I'm putting tiny stars inside of the elf's eyes. - GFD: This track's pretty loud, for some reason. It just feels louder. - RJ!: Really? - GFD: Yeah, I don't know. - RJ!: I can turn it down before the album goes out? - GFD: Are you sure you're done mastering? - RJ!: I am done mastering but like, I mean, individual tracks can be... still played with a little bit. - Jit: Oh, listen to that filter! - - [[track:this-is-the-end|-THIS IS THE END-]] - Jit: And now, "[[track:this-is-the-end|This is the End]]". Nick: [[track:is-this-the-end|Is this the end?]] - RJ!: "[[track:this-is-the-end|This is the End]]". - GFD: It's overrrr! Jit: This is really stereo. - Nick: That was good comments. - GFD: I wonder if anybody's going to get the joke in Drillgorg. - RJ!: I will drill your ass... GFD: Like how I will drill your ass is uh... - Jit: Oh my god, I suddenly get it! It's a reference to "Rosenblatt". - GFD: Yes, it's a reference to "Rosenblatt". - Jit: Oh... BroHoster, what a great thing that is nowadays. - Nick: Yeah, that's why I put it there. Jit: Just to have... - GFD: It's one of my favorite YTPMVs I've made. Jit: Wow. - GFD: I should just make an album of YTMPVs or something. Nick: [loud bumps] Ahh! GFD: TSN, what did you just do? - Nick: I killed myself. - [laughter] - Nick: There you have it, top notch quality commentating. - RJ!: Is this still too loud, by the way? Like, compared to the other one? - GFD: No, it's not. - RJ!: Ok, good. So maybe I'll just have to fix the other one then if it's painfully loud. - GFD: I like how we're doing the commentary, but we're still doing stuff for the album. - RJ!: Well, it's because the album's not completely out yet. - GFD: This is a really great release. RJ, how much sleep have you had working on this? - RJ!: Uh, one and a half hours. - GFD: My goodness gracious, no wonder your eye is so... RJ!: I'm to— I'm totally awake right now, actually. It's kind of incredible. I feel amazing. - GFD: You are an incredible machine, but— RJ!: I am a machine. - GFD: Let us all give thanks to RJ and his album that also a couple of other people helped with a little bit. - RJ!: That sounds more like my— oh wait, I can't talk about what album I was just gonna talk about. - [exaggerated gasping] - Nick: He must be some cool kid, trying to— RJ!: [sarcastic laughter] Yeah, I am. GFD: Such a cool kid. - RJ!: I'm the coolest. Nick: RJ's really cool kid. He should have an album. - GFD: Yeah. - RJ!: I should. - Jit: Yeah, everyone should have an album. Nick: RJ should have a cool kid album. - Jit: Nick Smalley, you should have an album. - RJ!: He's a pretty cool kid, too. - GFD: Yeah. Me and Nick should make one. RJ!: The coolest. I'M THE COOLEST! - Nick: Let's all make an album. RJ!: What is that from? Wh-wh-wh— Oh, no, that's Sonic the Hedgehog, isn't that? - Jit: Haha, what? Nick: Yeah. - RJ!: Yeah, that's Sonic the Hedgehog. - Jit: I'm not gonna have this... wait, is it done? - Nick: Yeah. Jit: No, it's not done yet! - Nick: That's— that's it! - RJ!: That was the end of the album. - GFD: It's overrrrrrrr! - RJ!: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yep. Yep! It's over! - Nick: That was commentation... - RJ!: That was commentary on [[album:jailbreak-vol-1|Jailbreak Vol. 1]], by Jailbreak. - GFD: You're welcome. - RJ!: I hope you enjoyed it. Nick: [deep voice] I hope you enjoyed it. - Jit: Yeah, next time it updates, we'll make a Volume 2 all about that one update. - [collective laughter]— \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/album/labyrinths-heart.txt b/album/labyrinths-heart.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e0ec0198..00000000 --- a/album/labyrinths-heart.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,98 +0,0 @@ -Album: Labyrinth's Heart -Artist: Clark Powell -Date: September 2, 2015 -Date Added: October 10, 2020 -Cover Art: dodostad -Banner Art: dodostad -Banner Dimensions: 975x180 -Has Track Art: no -Color: #9f887a -Groups: -- Clark Powell -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZhrI8iMi4bMrEyl2ZaWd7R -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Getting Lost -Duration: 1:22 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/MCQjTIw6VY8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Minotaur -Duration: 3:36 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/NOIaL69tDHI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pleas -Duration: 3:06 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/F13Mw50d3Zk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Forgotten -Duration: 4:22 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/Vatl6V7lTpQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Misbegotten -Duration: 4:20 -References: -- Pencil Holder (demo version) -- track:lori-and-erich-baker -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/9ai9ETnvXQo -Lyrics: - <i>Countless bodies remain unidentified, some ending up in unmarked graves and small border town cemeteries.</i> - - I went out on a forensic case, and the sheriff had a skull on his office desk. It was the skull of a younger person, and he was using it as a pencil holder. He had pens and pencils in the eye socket of this person. So that's when I decided something had to be done. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Calypso Deep -Duration: 1:46 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/hcg2mriL1sc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cruel Ulysses -Duration: 2:24 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/VvREunKFvkQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shoreline -Duration: 3:48 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/x9Nen28KsS8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bosom of Abraham -Duration: 2:28 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/pDs5u221UGo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dante -Duration: 2:12 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/B6SGqbdQA9g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tiresias -Duration: 3:40 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/_uI2KZD9IYc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fission -Duration: 2:30 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/l_ODZbxdzFg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Requiem -Duration: 4:38 -References: Serenade -Directory: requiem-labyrinths-heart -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/u4x-_BipEwA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I Miss Being Lost -Duration: 2:48 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/26W6xjT8i8g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Come Theseus -Duration: 1:50 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/iPk8jx_C53I diff --git a/album/lofam.txt b/album/lofam.txt deleted file mode 100644 index fd7e0b61..00000000 --- a/album/lofam.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1239 +0,0 @@ -Album: Land of Fans and Music -Directory: lofam -Cover Art: melodiousDiscord -Banner Art: Lunise, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Date: July 30, 2011 -Date Added: March 16, 2020 -Color: #4876ff -Groups: -- Homestuck Gaiden -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-unofficial-album -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVrrmdafwD4-cD2-ZeRtfnzvRpl2IsrQ0 -Commentary: - <i>Elaine Wang:</i> - So. I'm Elaine Wang, orngjce223, electronic orange juice; and I do stuff. A lot of stuff really, like dragging a friend along on a dizzy jaunt through philosophy and moral free will in the context of Skaianet Laboratories, while writing an outline as to how to create a Rose Strider AU, while attempting to forecast whether GIF or PNG images will be readable in fifty years, while tossing around a rhythm in my head which might or might not turn into a song, while figuring out what environment variables to set in a bash shell to make it look as much like Homsetuck as possible, while doing pixel art to fill in the gaps, while cooking pasta. - ...No wait, not all at once. Or the pasta burns and I have to throw it out and start over. It is a thing that has happened more than once, sad to say. But I digress. - I came to Homestuck via following the network of webcomic artists via those piles of links they have, "these are some other webcomics that are cool". - I caught up right about [[flash:644]] - [S] is very cool. I follow that bracketed letter like a Pied Piper, through WV: Ascend, through Rose's entrance and Dave's entrance and the Midnight Crew. I follow it through Descend (which is right around when a certain someone I was close to realize I liked Homestuck more than I did him. Oops, I guses there's a reason I identify as asexual). Idly I venture onto the forums, with fanfiction and speculation and world-building. - Then someone called Bill Bolin doesn't want his music in the comic anymore for some reason. So something not entirely unlike this happened: - "Hey hey isn't that bassline going to have to be replaced?" - "Yeah, we'll take care of it." - "Oops. I already made a bassline for you. Here here listen to it." - "That's nice. Now run along." - "Can I do something else maybe? Please? For later?" - "Don't push your luck." - This is about when I figured out that yes, there is a thing called the music team and no, they're not accepting applications. Oh well. I just figure I'll keep making music since I started. - And then I just never stop. - <hr> - So this is basically how I came to want to collect this music, polish it. People tend to complain about having to take the time to download the entire fanmusic thread one song at a time - and those people probably don't really have an inkling of how much good is in fanmusic. - This album is a celebration of fanmusic, yes - but it's also intended as somthing to bring it to more people than would ordinarily venture onto a forum thread, several dozen pages long, in the Art Forum, in the MSPA fan forum, tucked away in a small corner of the Internet. - So while you're here, I'll say two things: - Firstly, maybe there's something you think you want to do. Maybe you're not good at it, but if you like it, and you practice, and you have people to give you good critical feedback on how good you are at it, it'll become something you're good at. Ask someone who's good at something and they'll say the same thing. (There are exceptions, like six-fingred pianists and seven-foot-tall basketball players. Not often, though.) - And secondly, if you don't already know what Homestuck is before this, maybe you should look. It is a tale of four children, and the beta test of a game put out by a mysterious company. It is a tale of twelve trolls, and two games that turn out to put one in danger of life and limb. It is a tale of four archagents, and a mansion run by a man with a cueball for a head. It is a tale of spirit quests and hilarious-looking weapons and data structures and self-consistent time travel and what happens when creativity is the driving force of the universe. - <center>🎵🎵🎵</center> - So that's all that I want to say, really. - Enjoy the music. - <hr> - <i>Special Thanks:</i> - To Elaine Wang (electronic orange juice/orngjce223), for initiating the project, and for writing the foreword to this booklet. - To Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri, for his magnificent work in mastering the album. - To Catboss (konec0) and melodiousDiscord, for pushing the project forward, and crafting the commentary booklet. - To Robert J! Lake, for giving us a spot on Homestuck Gaiden. - To the music team, for gifting us with a veritable smorgasboard of sound. - To Andrew Hussie, for authoring the nexus of sheer creative energy we call Homsetuck. - To anyone else who we might have forgotten, and to everyone who didn't contribute art/music/nominations, but supported the project nonetheless. - Lastly, - Thanks to everyone who listened to our music! - <i>We hope you enjoyed the first-ever Homestuck Fanmusic Album!</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beginnings (Press Start to Play) -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: Red Pen -Duration: 6:18 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -- Homestuck Title Screen -- Homestuck -- Theme -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/beginnings-press-start-to-play -- https://youtu.be/WLa8iqsW_x8 -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - So I might as well start off with a brief self-introduction. Hello everynyan! I'm konec0. Sometimes I do fanmusic. Sometimes that fanmusic ends up being non-Nepetaquest related (rare!) and finds its way on to the Fanmusic thread. - This is not one of those songs. - Near the start of this fanmusic album project orngjce223 asked for someone to remix MK_97's "Homestuck Title Theme", while incorporating more motifs from Homestuck's music. I decided sure why not? And then this song was born. So Beginnings is a remix of a remix, really. The original was a remix of "Skies of Skaia" - I added the motifs from "Homestuck" and "Alternia" because I felt they were representative of the kids' and the trolls' journeys respectively. I mean come on, the title is RIGHT THERE. So yeah. - Since it was a title screen tune, I pretty much drew on what I remembered from game title screens to make it. Really, the only specific influence I can recall is that the piano part at the end was inspired by Kingdom Hearts' title screen tune ("Dearly Beloved"). I love that song. - Fun fact: I didn't realise for a while that "Homestuck" and "Alternia" were technically remixes themselves, making this a 3x remix-of-remix combob. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Downtime -Artist: Thomas Ibarra -Track Art: JNJ -Duration: 2:15 -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Showdown -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/downtime -- https://youtu.be/IKnJNJHty2U -Commentary: - <i>SparksD2145:</i> - My younger sister is responsible for my admiration of MSPA: she desrves the first line of this commentary, because she is awesome. Problem Sleuth has always held a place in my heart; with the rise of Homestuck, MSPA continues to be a beacon of awesome. I have never before been faced with such a preposterous amount of talent in any fandom, and the MSPA Community continues to grow and evolve in such a way that smashes through any "threshold" of artistic creativity. I am inspired, and wish to inspire. - My knowledge in FL Studio is limited to what I have learned over the years in tinkering with it, to be honest. As such, my composition "Downtime" is actually pretty simplistic from a technical standpoint; my teachers have always told me, "the simpler, the better." I have always disliked this sentiment, but reluctantly I've come to understand the necessity of simplicity in my works. My sister - who wishes to be unnamed becuase "lol, internet" - was the mastermind behind this piece; I functioned as merely the interpreter to her excellent judgment. I was given the task of weaving Showtime and Showdown together, and my result became Downtime. - Honestly, I never thought Downtime would receive as much attention as it has, let alone its own place in an awesome fan-music album alongside (in my opinion) better artists than myself. I'm grateful that it's well received, and I hope to continue composing - even if only to inspire those that listen. - Thanks, MSPA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Doctor (Deep Breeze Mix) -Artist: Solatrus -Track Art: august -Duration: 4:36 -References: -- track:doctor -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-deep-breeze-mix -- https://youtu.be/L25OBcThKc8 -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - I started reading Homestuck in mid January of 2010, but never really found myself absolutely hooked. So, I really took my time getting through it, especially Acts 1 and 2. - By the time I had gotten to the start of Act 4, I was a month behind in the story. However, just hearing Doctor for the first time completely blew me away, as I'm quite sure MANY fans reacted. The first thing I did? Started making a fan remix. I didn't want to work on it for too long, but I figured I should register and post what I had on the MSPA Forums. It was called a "First Pwnst" by Dacen, and brought the Music Team's very own Perry Sullivan (perrybob) "to tears." I ended up finishing up the track about a week and a half later, but the release you hear on this album is an improved edit and remaster. - Deep Breeze Mix turned more heads than I had expected it to, and is one of the reasons (with the other being another fan remix-turned official remix) I now am humbly and proudly on the Music Team. - Credit to AndrewNeo of Skaia.net for the track's name. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Meltwater -Artist: Elaine Wang -Track Art: Dalmationer -Duration: 5:04 -References: -- track:frost-vol6 -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/meltwater -- https://youtu.be/zJ7zBZ9ARGI -Commentary: - <i>Elaine Wang:</i> - Okay, so. What happens when Jade's planet melts? - Let's see. A long sample of a small mountain stream (mountain streams are melted snow after all). Some pipe and wind samples and string samples, balance the hollow against the warm. - The first version of the song is done within six hours of the flash revealing Jade's land. Trying to transcribe directly from Flash is kind of difficult since there is a very inconvenient pause (right-click, uncheck Play; check the box again when you want to start listening again) and no rewind. - Then Solatrus quietly takes me aside and tells me I've latched onto the wrong melody. Oops. - That fixed, I started piling harmonics on top. Some more pipes, and strings, and a xylophone just to be contrary. Staccato strings are fun. - Initially everything is piled on top, in the center. In revision for the album I pan everything back and forth. It may be noted that this song still sounds perfectly fine in mono, though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystalanachrony -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: Aelyrin -Duration: 3:05 -References: -- Crystalanthemums -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Aradia -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/crystalanachrony -- https://youtu.be/UAONvQ4VQaA -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - If I had to pin this song to just one of Homestuck's swelling cast of characters, it would have to be Aradia. When we first meet her in the Hivebent act, she's an emotionless ghost who later becomes a ghost frog, then a ghost in a robot body (or a "ghost in the shell" :rimshot:), before making her final sea change into a cheerful fairy god with time powers (which explains the ticking and subtle reverse melodies of the song, at least). The peppy piano and melancholy backing strings and woodwinds represent these aspects of Aradia's presonality - accustomed to death, she acts as a cheery Charon for her fallen teammates. I built the piano melody (and the title) out of Alex Rosetti's "Crystalanthemums" because to me, ever since [[flash:2578]], the tune has been irrevocably linked to the trolls, Aradia, Terezi, and Vriska in particular. It also translated to a peppy piano melody much better than Toby Fox's "[[psych0ruins]]" would have. - This song is also an homage to Michiru Yamane's impressive body of soundtrack work for the various Castlevania games. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Land of Wind and Shade -Artist: Kristian Anderson -Contributors: Eston Schweickart (mixing) -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 3:17 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-land-of-wind-and-shad -- https://youtu.be/nFAMTC_I-Ns -Commentary: - <i>Kristian Anderson:</i> - The cool blue landscape of LOWAS, with its winding rivers of oil and bio-luminescent sky, has always been one of my favourite pieces of imagery from the Homestuck Universe. Its dreamy topography sucks me in, and before I can protest I've been seated and presented with a wine list. "Nothing but the finest fermented crude for you", they say. Well okay. It's not particularly tasty, but it's nice to look at and has a nice finish. - I compose a lot of music for solo instruments, not so much for electronics. When it struck me that I might like to make a tune in tribute of Homestuck, I immediately thuoght of the cobalt vistas of LOWAS. I was playing around with a new tuning at the time (I'm a huge fan of weird guitar stuff) and found that it had the most amazing capabilities for melody and harmony using nothing but Harmonics! Eventually I just hit the right notes at the right time and the piece practically wrote itself. - I'd like to shout out to the Music Squad for being rad bros, and a super relieved thanks to Silence for helping me mix the tune. - Tuning: C G Bb F C D - <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> - There, uh, isn't that much to tell about this piece. I had originally envisioned John sitting with his legs hanging over the edge or something and I have a clearer idea now of what I could have done! But this was back at the start of the project and my art skills were rusty so yeah. Very simple piece. Just the land based off of what we see in the comic, and John. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Thought and Flow -Artist: Steve Everson -Track Art: catastrophicGenesis -Duration: 1:46 -References: Hydrocity Zone (Act 2) -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/thought-and-flow -- https://youtu.be/Bj-3pyAbc3U -Commentary: - <i>Steve Everson:</i> - This track is part of a remix project that I began after a major computer failure that cost me most of my audio files and music project. The overall objective was to remix the themes from the levels of Sonic 3 & Knuckles into music for each troll, a project that is still slowly ongoing. - This particular theme is for Terezi, based on the Hydrocity Zone music. I went for a jazzy remix, largely because I felt it tied in well with her prosecutioner thing. I think it's an interesting look at how my abilities have developed since I first wrote the piece - I had to make adjustments just to be satisfied putting it on this album. - <i>catastrophicGenesis:</i> - As it happens, drawing giant sky neurons is incredibly fun. Ancient runined temples, not so much fun and also incredibly difficult to shade right, but there you go. I am ashamed I did not manage to work in any Sonic the Hedgehog references, though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: First Guardian, Last Stand -Artist: Chase -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 3:33 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Liquid Negrocity -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/first-guardian-last-stand -- https://youtu.be/kVbmMiXPbC8 -Commentary: - <i>Chase:</i> - I can see this as music for Spades Slick and Doc Scratch's confrontation. Kind of like a fistfight in a 20s-era speakeasy. Except with less fists and more candy. And chiptunes. - ...uh, never mind. - <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> - This one was a bit of an oops moment haha! The way it was originally posted, I had thought the song title was "Chasing Fireflies" but as it turns out, that is Chase's full username. I had already made this up though. Doc Scratch standing on John's planet for some reason. With fireflies in the background. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Land of Wrath and Angels -Artist: Ian White -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 2:23 -Art Tags: -- Eridan -- Angels -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-wrath-and-angels -- https://youtu.be/qiPWW6m3QUQ -Commentary: - <i>Ian White:</i> - Land of Wrath and Angels was a melody that I had been ignoring for about a year now. I brought it up when we were trying to hash out some Troll leitmotifs and instruments for the Hivebent Radioplay (remember when that was a thing?) It was for Eridan(!) I guess I liked the idea of him pining over a giant pipe organ cause he thought that's what evil guys are supposed to do whenever they get scorned, by girls usually. I myself felt the sick sting of scorn when Dacen suggested an accordion or French horn might suit Eridan better. WELL FUCK YOU DACEN. LoWaA was the last in a series of 12 short songs I made for the Troll Planets. It was actually revealed a solid 4 or 5 months after the other 11, so I really wanted to make it stand out as the big finale of my (kind of pointless) musical excursion. I'm also lazy though so I just rehashed an old melody I had lying around. Then I threw in some rocking guitar and pounding drums and angry synths and called it a day. At some point I realized that the initial melody kind of gets lost in the balance, so I repeated it at the end all clear and pretty-like with harps and clarinets, which actually turned out to be my favourite part of the song, so yay. - Mud Fact: I wrote the second part of the melody when I was 12 and trying to play the Castlevania 4 theme by ear. I was kind of dumb when I was 12. - <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> - LoWaA was the first piece where I started to get creative. I saw a really cool looking LoWaA on DevArt and wanted to replicate the gothic atmosphere it created with the same color scheme. So I came up with this. A cathedralesque building in the foreground with Eridan sneaking around and a collection of other buildings in the back with Angels looking for him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ruins of Rajavihara -Artist: Red Pen -Track Art: Mal McGannon -Duration: 2:58 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/ruins-of-rajavihara -- https://youtu.be/xyKvZV-UlRE -Commentary: - <i>Red Pen:</i> - Ruins are majestic. Ruins are mysterious. And to me, ruins are really really awesome. - I went into "Ruins of Rajavihara" with the intent of creating a piece of music one might hear in the "ruins" level fo a videogame; solemn and full of mystery while still sounding pretty cool and fast-paced. Rajavihara is a beautifully overgrown temple in Cambodia, and there are a lot of influences from that part of the world in the piece, from instrument choice to rhythm and tune. - I hope this music invokes the ruins in Homestuck, from the Frog Temples to the many strange structures scattered across each Land. These are some of my favorite features in the comic, and I wanted to create something cool for them. - <i>Mal McGannon:</i> - This is a slick song, and I have to say I liked it a lot when I first heard it. But it didn't ring out to me as a frog ruins song, which I feel like it might have been intended to be; instead, I got very vivid images from LOFAF in my mind. So when I 1) saw this song needed art and 2) stumbled across the fact that 2a) Rajavihara is a real place and 2b) Hussie used it as LOFAF scenery in [[flash:3001]], it was only logical that I take a picture of the real ruins (thanks Wikipedia!) and do some poor hue shifting and dodging and burning to it as "art". - Also, I drew those flowers. But that doesn't really matter. This song is what matters, and this song is really, really, really really good. So stop reading my drivel and close your eyes and soak it in! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vigilante ~ Cornered -Artist: Brenna Curran -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 3:21 -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/vigilante-cornered -- https://youtu.be/5Yb4SeK7-Mw -Commentary: - <i>Brenna Curran:</i> - <code style="color: #008282">1:34 4M, TH3 12TH OF 6TH P3R1G33, ST4NDOFF.</code> - <code style="color: #008282">1 C4N T4ST3 TH3 V1C3 1N TH3 41R TON1GHT. 1T H4NGS H34VY L1K3 4 LOWL1F3 D4NC1NG W1TH TH3 G4LLOWS.</code> - <code style="color: #008282">1M TR4CK1NG DOWN 4 P3RP W1THOUT 4 PURPOS3. 4 MURD3ROUS GR1FT3R OF TH3 MOST TURNCO4T3D K1ND.</code> - <code style="color: #008282">MY ONLY TRU3 COMP4N1ONS 4R3 4 SOFT PLUSH, H4RD JUST1C3 4ND TH3 M34N STR33TS B34T DOWN BY 3V3RY GOON 4ND GUN TO 3V3R K1SS TH3 P4V3M3NT.</code> - <code style="color: #008282">T41LS, TH3YR3 GO1NG DOWN.</code> - <code style="color: #008282">H34DS...</code> - <code style="color: #008282">1 COULD N3V3R S33 TH4T S1D3 OF TH3 CO1N.</code> - <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> - After a fierce battle with the Marquise Mindfang, Redglare flees the battle feeling content that she has dealt a blow to her arch-nemesis. Mindfang looks down focusing her powers and concentrating on her foe, but to no avail. The Neophyte has already guarded her mind against the invasion. And so with a cackle from one, and a curse from the other the two combatants go their separate ways until their next encounter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Fashionable Escape -Artist: Yan Rodriguez -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 3:43 -Samples: -- Metal Gear Solid -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/a-fashionable-escape -- https://youtu.be/WEdZedw0Fno -Commentary: - <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i> - Ah this is one of those songs I'm particularly proud of for making. It was for this AU thing I was doing, in which Kanaya Maryam was a super secret spy having to break into the Big Boss Sollux's base with Karkat as an informer. That didn't pan out though, but I still managed to make this beauty. It's heavily, heavily inspired by Yoko Kanno, my favorite composer. The idea is that the first half is when she's sneaking about going through, knowing that this is important, THIS IS SERIOUS, and she can't risk it here. She stumbles upon a computer, with a typewriter as a keyboard for whatever reason, and then the alarm goes off she gets caught and the big bad chase action scene starts. I had worked on it for about a month, and I kept losing progress because of crashes, but Silence convinced me to finish it, and boy am I glad he did. - <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> - A nice, simple piece. Fashion in Homestuck is associated with Kanaya in my mind so I came up with the idea of Kanaya seeking to escape something, and then halfway through the song the klaxon alarm kicks in. Thus we get this piece of art. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Clockbreaker -Artist: Mal McGannon -Track Art: Brad Griffin -Duration: 2:40 -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -References: -- The Broken Clock -- track:crustacean -- Sunsetter -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/clockbreaker -- https://youtu.be/ZKhzNLEXlAI -Commentary: - <i>Mal McGannon:</i> - I've always liked the Midnight Crew album, Drawing Dead; it's got this delicious synergy between jazz and techno with a dark overtone that is super sexy. (I'm a big fan.) Another thing I'm a big fan of is Jit and his music, because Jit's mad talented. So when I was in the shower one morning (where I do my best thinking) and I had the idea for a Midnight Crew cover of Jit's song from The Felt, "The Broken Clock", I filed it away under "future stuff to do", because it's rare I have what I consider a good idea with regards to composition. - So I worked for quite a while on this: improvising on piano, listening to Drawing Dead over and over and analyzing the different styles of each instrument, writing things down, plugging them into my computer, hating it, writing new parts, adding material, cutting material, hating it more, et cetera, ad infinitum. The final result is still something I'm not completely happy with, but I think I can declare it as done as it'll ever be. So, I hope you enjoy it, and the rest of the first ever Homestuck Fan Album! - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> - When drawing this I learned that I can't draw clocks well in perspective, so I googled a clock and Photoshopped it in. Take notes, kids: use technology to hide your faults! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Quartz Lullaby -Artist: Evan Copeland -Track Art: kayak -Duration: 0:41 -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/quartz-lullaby -- https://youtu.be/MjbvKSLqAiw -Commentary: - <i>Evan Copeland:</i> - This is a piece I wrote one night when I was having trouble sleeping, fittingly enough. In retrospect, I think I took influence from Dire Dire Docks and [[Crystalanthemums]] with this song. I enjoy listening to it, and hopefully others will too. - Fun fact: the music box meldoy was originally one octave lower, and an entirely different instrument. The music box ended up sounding terrible in that octave, so I raised it. - Another fun fact: I completely forgot that [[Jade's Lullaby]] was a track from Volume 5. This song is unrelated. - <i>kayak:</i> - This is a very simple, soothing song that might have been played by one of the musicboxes Aradia had. Aradia could have fallen asleep with this tune in her ears, leaving visions of a wonderful world of melody and musicboxes in her dreams. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dance of the Wayward Vagabond -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Contributors: Meghan Kininger (bassoon) -Track Art: catastrophicGenesis -Duration: 2:32 -Art Tags: -- WV -- Serenity -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-the-wayward-vagabond -- https://youtu.be/y41tmpZvU5Y -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - I wrote this for a composition assignment almost two years ago. It was still very early on in Homestuck and the Wayward Vagabond was currently the only exile we'd been introduced to. This was also before I really started contributing "official" Homestuck music, so when I wrote this I thought of it as being more inspired by Homestuck and left it in the fan music thread. The performance features myself on piano and Meghan Kininger on bassoon. - <i>catastrophicGenesis:</i> - My first attempt at drawing any of the carapace people in full, basically. Serenity rapidly became my favourite character ever to draw, closely followed by Citizen Beans. I kid. Mostly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Joker Strife -Artist: Eligecos -Track Art: Brad Griffin -Duration: 3:09 -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/joker-strife -- https://youtu.be/EpifLARQWZk -Commentary: - <i>Eligecos:</i> - This song was originally called Ghost Aqua. I created this song for a hypothetical strife theme for Gamzee. Though the song didn't start off that way. - I dug this composition of mine from an old MIDI and played around with it a lot. It has gone through many identities but with no real purpose. But one thing was certain that this song started off being a carnival boss sort of theme. - After a few recent chagnes, I thought I should carry that carnival spirit back into the song and tailored it for Gamzee theme. But what really makes it a Gamzee song is the horn. Can't have a Gamzee song without it. Honk! - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> - Uh.... I just wanted to draw Gamzee. That's the whole story for this one. Sorry. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sunshaker -Artist: D. Crystal -Track Art: D. Crystal -Duration: 2:29 -References: Sunsetter -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sunshaker -- https://youtu.be/_YhSVxovTO8 -Commentary: - <i>D. Crystal:</i> - i made this song thing - and it's like a silly jazz rendition of this other song - and people seemed to think it was okay - and um - that's about it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Rush -Artist: Ralen Gainsborough -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 1:37 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-rush -- https://youtu.be/LiewiuFbFJo -Commentary: - <i>Ralen Gainsborough:</i> - A while back, the MSPA forums had the "Forapocalypse", and everyone had their avatars enter the medium one way or another to 'survive' the forums going down. - I was a little late to the party, so I decided to have a little fun at my own expense by starting a forum adventure called "The Straggler", in which my character is late and must enter the medium on his own. - I basically condensed the beginning events of Homestuck into a 20 second flash animation, so I decided to play on that same idea for the bgm. I came up with a remix that was a 20 second 8-bit loop track based on Sburban Jungle. I added the bridge and fadeout at a later time to make it nicer to listen to on its own. - <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> - I have always liked silhouette pieces. I knew that I wanted to draw John running. I briefly considered doing all four kids but decided against it, Sburban Jungle is John's theme after all, and the color scheme would look better with just him. From there it was a simple matter of posing him and arranging the rest of the piece. I think that this is one of the ones I am most proud of, even if it's very simple. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prince of Seas -Artist: Max Wright -Track Art: crepuscularDissembler -Duration: 1:53 -Art Tags: -- Eridan -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/prince-of-seas -- https://youtu.be/X4uMbtMmoxI -Commentary: - <i>Max Wright:</i> - This piece was an interesting one for me, and not only because it was my first try at composing something orchestral. My original plan was to make it a sad, slow song with the theme I'd come up with; at least that's what it sounded like it should do in my head. But when I showed the theme to people, the replies were all that it sounded piratey. So that was the new direction I decided to take, and eventually I ended up with Prince of Seas. Little bit of trivia; originally I'd named it Jack (after Jack Sparrow), but of course that wouldn't have fit into Homestuck at all... so I just modified Eridan's title. - I'd originally written this before Eridan had any sort of theme for his character... and before he, uh, went off the deep end. So when it starts off, it's proud! It's powerful! Wwho is this Eridan you speak of? I am Dualscar, terror of the Alternian Seas, annihilator of the land-dwwellers! However, the middle section emphasizes the real him; a guy plagued by too many FEELINGS and PROBLEMS. But ha, he won't take any of THAT lying down, no sir! /explosive finale - <i>crepusularDissembler:</i> - This was made using some very ancient techniques, by which I mean mspaint and a mouse. The drawing is very busy in terms of shapes and lines, so I tried to keep the palette simple. - I intended this to have a bit of an iconic feel (note the orange halo formed by the clouds). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Atomik Meltdown -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Pancake-Fairy -Duration: 3:28 -References: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/atomik-meltdown -- https://youtu.be/W4EdCoD_dIQ -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - I liked the idea of Ebonpyre being used as a strife theme for Dave, so I wanted to go a little further with it. I imagined Dave using a lot of time-skipping while he fights (as represented by the record scratches). - Atomik Meltdown was probably my first real foray into fanmusic. I had written two remixes previously, but I didn't really spend much time on them. Looking back on this song now, all I can see are the mistakes and the naive part arrangement. At the time I remember really being excited about this. Thank you for the nomination. - <i>Pancake-Fairy:</i> - All the warning siren things in it made me feel that a powerplant was about to explode. So obviously Dave needs to be jumping out of a swirling mass of liquid fire at an interesting angle to show this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jackie Treats -Artist: Artisticpolo -Track Art: Pancake-Fairy -Duration: 3:14 -References: track:frost-vol6, Liquid Negrocity -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Jade -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/jackie-treats -- https://youtu.be/8aMnTdLJ57A -Commentary: - <i>Artisticpolo:</i> - This is a commentary! Just saying this in case you accidentally clicked on this pdf and got lost. - But anyway, I guess I should talk about my track 'Jackie Treats'. The initial creation, or rather, remixing, of this track started - as far as I can remember - when I began messing around with one of the melodies from Liquid Negrocity, which is probably one of my favourite pieces off the Midnight Crew album. - I created quite a neat little piano piece, which is heard at around 0:59 to 1:10. This is pretty much what helped me get into a rhythm for the song, and before I kenw it I began composing around it. It was probably towards the very end of the song, when I added the jazz organ into the piece that made me think of 'Bec Noir' having horrible thoughts concerning dog treats. So I decided to name the WIP track 'Jackie Treats' (The name kinda stuck). - Lastly, I needed to improve the intro. It was bad or something. So I decided to mix in Frost to help create a little symbolism here and there about BN and Jade's relationship. - <i>Pancake-Fairy:</i> - I drew the picture this way because the track was inspired by the Snausages page where Bec feels love towards Jade. In this piece he's putting his trust in Jade as she is holding said treats, meanwhile Dave is sneaking up behind him for an attack. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Air -Artist: Trent West -Track Art: Elaine Wang -Duration: 2:45 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-air -- https://youtu.be/jost0oi6dLY -Commentary: - <i>Trent West:</i> - Here's a little song I made after the update with John and WV in the flying car. I don't really have much to say about it, I was fucking around on my keyboard one day and played those chords you hear and thought "yeah sure that sounds good" (I have no fucking clue about chord progression or any other technical shit). I added the stuff at the beginning next because it sounded weird just jumping right into the chords. The drums are a combination of a preset that comes with Fruity Loops with a filter over it and a sampled drum loop I had lying around with some echo and reverb. The drums near the end are more samples I threw into a slicer and distorted. - I don't really have a plan or anything when I make a song, so whatever happens kinda just happens, which is probably why I have nothing to say here. But either way I'm flattered that people even wanted me on this album so thanks for letting me join this project. - <i>Elaine Wang:</i> - Skaian air is Skaian air. A lazy copy-paste job with some hills under it is a lazy copy-paste job with some hills under it. - In hindsight maybe I should've added more dead pawns. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Elevator -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: Miff -Duration: 0:30 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-elevator -- https://youtu.be/SqJiI9ouAhU -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - All I remember was someone requesting Sburban Jungle in the style of elevator music so out pops this thing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moody Mister Gemini -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: umibouzu -Duration: 1:53 -Art Tags: -- Sollux -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/moody-mister-gemini -- https://youtu.be/vySAcabFPvk -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - Sollux seemed a moody fellow when he was first introduced, so I tried to capture the image he gave. This piece is much different from what I generally made at the time, more complex and faster paced than say Grudgebearer or Blind Legislacerator. There is a lot of contrasting dynamics thrown in, supposed to be reminiscent of his split personality. The piano line where both hands are playing sixteenth notes near the end is my favorite part. There isn't much else to say. It's moody and for mister Gemini. - <i>umibouzu:</i> - To me, "Moody Mister Gemini" just screamed film noir. I imagined Sollux dressed like Problem Sleuth, sitting at the bar of a smoke-filled jazz lounge with a cigarette in one hand and stiff drink in the other. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Starkind -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Brad Griffin -Duration: 3:47 -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/starkind -- https://youtu.be/kAQAkPr6Jr8 -Commentary: - <i>Toby Fox:</i> - I saw the updates for Rose blowing stuff up and finding that giant Captchalogue card with the <u style="color: green">Green Sun</u> on it, and then someone said "is that a strife specibus card? What would that be? Starkind?" or something to that effect. And that inpsired me to make a pretty awesome boss song that was too much like other things I've made to put on an album. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> - Originally this picture didn't have Rose in it at all. It was just a generic silhouette standing, holding a star on a specibus card. That was kinda lame, and didn't really fit the feel of the song. I think I improved it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Maibasojen -Artist: Isoraķatheð Zorethan F. -Track Art: Isoraķatheð Zorethan F. -Duration: 3:13 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/maibasojen -- https://youtu.be/-P9FdBPpY04 -Commentary: - <i>Isoraķatheð Zorethan F.:</i> - Well, what have we... Felt (SI: HS\MUS:B0) got me thinking about time signatures, and also lumping multiple together. This is the fruition of this endeavor. Granted, it's not any good, but this may be the one piece where you have a 30/30 time signature (4/4 overlay 5/5 overlay 6/8). It's a little bit tired; stumbling; drunk... much like the first time when I first found this comic, I would assume. That was about two years ago. - (On an unrelated note, this applies to table tennis very well.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: MeGaDanceVaNia -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: JNJ -Duration: 6:04 -References: -- track:MeGaLoVania -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:explore -- Crystalanthemums -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Spider's Claw -- The La2t Frontiier -- Terezi's Theme -- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, -- Walls Covered in Blood -- Homestuck Anthem -- Heir Transparent -- Horschestra -- Eridan's Theme -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -- track:miracles -- Theme -- track:aggrieve -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Showdown -Art Tags: Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/megadancevania -- https://youtu.be/UIcXeunzAaM -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - One fine day I got the idea for a MeGaLoVania dance remix, but I sat on it because frankly? I don't actually enjoy dance music. Or techno. Or whatever genre this classifies as. - Several days later, I was trying to conjure up music for Nepetaquest. But I was drawing a blank because "MeGaLoVania dance remix come on guy you want it" was stuck in my head. So eventaully I was like "OKAY I'LL DO IT SHUTUP" - And then once I got started, it just grew. And grew. And grew. Like cancer. MUSICAL CANCER. Before I knew it I'd stuffed most of the kids' and trolls' motifs in there. There are 20 melodies I used (albeit some only for veeeery short segments). It started off with 16; I expanded it slightly in the process of revising it for the album. See if you can spot them all! - Fun fact: when I was composing this, I didn't even realise I'd ripped the chords from Sburban Jungle until much later. - <i>JNJ:</i> - I made this image before I even knew about the album. The visual reference to Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) fits with a track named MeGaDanceVaNia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality -Artist: tynic -Track Art: Red Pen -Duration: 1:48 -Contributors: -- Beast72 (original midi) -- Goatmon (additional vocals) -References: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Equius -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sadomasopedorobonecrobestiality -- https://youtu.be/Vx-DcwcETag -Lyrics: - It's - SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality - The quintessential cornerstone of carnal cordiality - Exemplary of exquisite, delectable depravity - SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality - - Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle eye - Um diddle diddle diddle (RIBBIT) um diddle eye - - Oh ever since I was a grub how I loved being STRONG - I was happy to build robots and punch them all day long - But then I met the peasant girl, the lowest of the low - Her filthy blood repulses me which makes me glad I know - - SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality - The quintessential cornerstone of carnal cordiality - Exemplary of exquisite, delectable depravity - SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality - - Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle eye - Um diddle diddle diddle (RIBBIT) um diddle eye - - Her ghostly form is glowing chrome and each star in the sky - Could very well have found a home in her shining red eye - I tore my heart out from my chest and crushed it 'neath my hand - I'd crush his spine, I'd break his neck I do so love that man - - Oh - SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality - The quintessential cornerstone of carnal cordiality - Exemplary of exquisite, delectable depravity - SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality - - Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle eye - Um diddle diddle diddle (RIBBIT) um diddle eye - - When you wish to figure out exactly what to screw - Just let this word into your head and you'll know what to do - But better use it carefully or it might change your life - (One day I did it to this frog and now that frog's me wife!) - - SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality - SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality - SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality - SadoMasoPedoRoboNecroBestiality! -Commentary: - <i>tynic:</i> - Hmm, I don't know if I have much to say about this piece. Just that I tried to keep the instrumentals light and non-distracting, but still true to the original cockney pastiche. - <i>Goatmon:</i> - I feel like I really can't take credits for this song. The lyrics came from Something Awful, and the music is from a midi that Tynic scrounged up from somewhere. Someone at the Penny Arcade MSPA thread mentioned having seen a supercalifrag parody at Something Awful, and after Googling I found the lyrics, and decided to try my hand at it. Tynic volunteered her voice, and after she got the midi accompaniment, we bounced back and forth with it until it was the right key and speed. From there she recorded her part and I did mine, etc. - To this day, I don't really like listening to myself in this song, I just don't think it came out how I wanted it. That doesn't seem to matter to everyone else, though. I never imagined it could have taken off like it did, but it very quickly spread and apparently became a thing. - I'd always hoped that I'd eventually come out with some Homestuck thing that would be well remembered by the fans. Here I was wasting my time whipping together silly mario paints, when I should have been recording catchy songs about amoral abusive relationships. Live and learn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Under the Hat -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: ThiefofTruth -Duration: 1:57 -Directory: under-the-hat-lofam -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-hat -- https://youtu.be/wNZlrF3JkIE -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - So this started off as some music for Dad. And then I was like "this isn't strife-y enough!" cause it was supposed to be strife-y and then this happened. Since it's supposed to be battle music and all, the more laid-back chill version wouldn't really work. - <i>TheifofTruth:</i> - Well, this is the only one I actually tried on so I guess that's good it's the only one that got chosen. I now realize the pipe is out of proportion or those are really big pictures. I like it though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Piano Doctor -Artist: Brad Griffin -Track Art: Brad Griffin -Duration: 1:52 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:doctor -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:aggrieve -- Penumbra Phantasm -- track:beatdown-strider-style -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-piano-doctor -- https://youtu.be/AUkt5bpcJdQ -Commentary: - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> - Sburban Jungle and Doctor are pretty much the tastiest songs ever, so I wanted to see what would happen if I mashed em into a gooey paste. As I was putting the ingredients back, some chunks of Showtime and Aggrieve fell into the pot. I tried to tone down the flavor by adding a little more Doctor, but then a bit of Black and Beatdown got pulled in with it. At this point it all boiled over onto my laptop and uploaded itself to the internet. Total culinary disaster! - I guess it sounded alright though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Hymn of Making Babies -Artist: EnnuiKing -Track Art: tT Twigwise -Duration: 1:12 -References: -- Descend -- track:explore -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-hymn-of-making-babies -- https://youtu.be/UJG_HuK0gAE -Commentary: - <i>EnnuiKing:</i> - A few months ago I was on a classical guitar kick. I decided to make adaptations of Homestuck tunes for classical guitar, and they both translated surprisingly well for the most part. This particular rendition of Explore is based off the version from Descend, which is in C Minor as opposed to the A Minor of the original. Explore forever has an association with ectobiology because the scene where it plays in Descend is of Egbert sending babies onto meteors. - For the album, I added reverb onto the orginal, which I felt was a little too dry due to being recorded with an acoustic-electric guitar plugged directly into a mixer. I tried to make the reverb sound like somebody playing guitar in the Veil labs; whether or not I succeeded in doing so is up to the listener's ears. - <i>tT Twigwise:</i> - When I first saw the title, 'Hymn of Making Babies,' my mind appropriately jumped to our resident Ectobiologist, John. And listening to the track doesn't disappoint, either! The cover that EnnuiKing did is both a mix of sombre, almost Medieval playing, and then downright goofy John-ness at the end, and I wanted to try and get that. At first glance, this picture is a little serious and a little solemn, and then you realize... this is John Egbert that's the subject matter here, and that just makes it incredibly silly because, well, in the end, wouldn't he just go so over-the-top dramatic in this situation? Yeah. Probably. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Emissary of Wind -Artist: Eston Schweickart -Track Art: kayak -Duration: 3:00 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/emissary-of-wind -- https://youtu.be/oXlCAWBo668 -Commentary: - <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> - Emissary of Wind is the musical narrative of John flying around with his jet pack. As badasses are wont to do. I composed this song entirely in Gar(b)ageBand over the course of a month in an internet-scarce interlude in my summer, not long after Volume 5 was released. Songs on that album, particularly [[Sunslammer]], were my main inspiration. - I put the song on Tindeck once it was finished, and without linking it anywhere, I found that it had over 200 hits the next day (I'm still not sure how this happened, though I suspect MyUsernamesMud had something to do with it). Months later, it is still my best-known song, and one of my proudest musical accomplishments. - <i>kayak:</i> - This was the first piece of fanmusic I had ever listened to and it blew my mind. It is the perfect music to when John fully realizes his powers and gets down to business as the Heir of Breath. I was trying for a Hussnasty style to capture the less-goofy side of him, but the bottom line is: the Hood is up, the Heir is in. Time to kick ass. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Land of Quartz and Melody -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: catastrophicGenesis -Duration: 4:04 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-quartz-and-melody -- https://youtu.be/frJDF4Z2iI8 -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - This piece was inspired by the land with the same name, mainly because I thought the scenery was interesting and would fit my style of composition. Generally in music, crystalline landscapes are given reverb laden atmospheres with bells and other instruments with a resonant sound. In this piece, I used the instrumentation of handbells, a piano, some synth string and choir background, and drum kit, the two prminent instrmuments being the piano and bells. The bells worked to set the atmosphere while piano handled melody. Then everything got doused in reverb. So much reverb. Maybe the reverb has reverb. But voila. This is one of my favorites from before I was on the music team. - <i>catastrophicGenesis:</i> - So many layers, so much transparency, but I think it worked out quite well. I have to admit though, it's been a while since I saw a real music box comb and cylinder, so that was less successful. Sorry for that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Midnight Spider -Artist: Yan Rodriguez -Track Art: umibouzu -Duration: 3:17 -References: Spider's Claw -Art Tags: -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/midnight-spider -- https://youtu.be/DqaBuZMPees -Commentary: - <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i> - Even though I'd been making .mid files for about 2 years before making this song, this was my first legitimate song in FL Studio, my current workstation. Honestly while I do like the composition of this piece, the production is horrible and I wonder how people can listen to it even now, when I can do much better. It's also my first Homestuck song/remix, so whoo, and also the most popular. It, like [[A Fashionable Escape]], was for an AU thing, in which sax player and assassin Vriska Serket drifted to this new big city, running into trouble, kickin ass, and jammin on that sax. - <i>umibouzu:</i> - I can't really take any credit for the art behind "Midnight Spider," because Nucelose had the concept completely fleshed out by the time i ever laid hands on it. All I did was redo his awesome it in my style. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: House of Lalonde -Artist: Max Wright -Track Art: Red Pen -Duration: 1:20 -Art Tags: -- Rose's mom -- cw: alcohol -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/house-of-lalonde -- https://youtu.be/olGAOvLH2AY -Commentary: - <i>Max Wright:</i> - This is a piece that found inspiration in pretty much everything. The main influences in this case were Bach (instrument choice), the Professor Layton Theme (throughout, mainly the introduction and melody that the violin takes), [[track:explore|Explore]], and The Felt album in general. The inspiration from Professor Layton, drawing from video game themes, also affected my choice to make this loop(able). - House of Lalonde was always intended from the start to be the theme for some sort of home. Orginally, it was going to be for Doc Scratch's study... but the only reason that never happened was because I couldn't find the right organ sound (the kind you hear in [[Scratch]]). So, scrapping that idea, I continued to set about sculpting a theme for a sophisticated abode, and eventually reached the conclusion that it would work rather well for Rose's. I may extend it some day... - <i>"Somewhere a zealous god threads these strings between the clouds and the earth, preparing for a symphony it fears impossible to play."<br>-- Charles Barkley</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: L'etat de l'ambivalence -Artist: James Dever -Track Art: umibouzu -Duration: 3:04 -References: psych0ruins -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/letat-de-lambivalence -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - L'état de l'ambivalence is the bastardized child of two different songs. I wrote the beginning of a song at the beginning of Hivebent called Lusus' Lament. It was supposed to be like a [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale for Jaspers]] but for the trolls' custodians. This was before I even knew Alternia was in the works. After hearing psych0ruins I loved those beginning arpeggios and crying effect. So when Rad mentioned the idea of having troll planet themes, I jumped at the chance of making one for Aradia. I used the beginning to Lusus' Lament and then combined it with those beginning arpeggios and the first phrases of psych0ruins. - Aradia's planet is the Land of Quartz and Melody, so I ran with the music box motif and added glockenspiel for a crystal-esque noise. The beginning section is kind of like what Sburban Jungle is to Rose. Music to add to her trying to enter the medium. There is a pause as she succeeds and enters and the mood of the music shifts completely. The second half builds more of the Quartz feel. - The title is because Nick thought we should have a foreign name. - <i>umibouzu:</i> - I picked up "L'état de L'ambivalence" before I knew what it was about. When I found out it was an Aradia land theme, I kind of panicked. Backgrounds and scenery are a huge weakness of mine, and I wasn't soure how to depict LOQAM without essentially copying the existing art, so I decided to focus more on Aradia herself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Growin' Up Strider -Artist: Ian White -Track Art: umibouzu -Duration: 1:30 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dave's bro -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/growin-up-strider -- https://youtu.be/xnPkExwPsiE -Commentary: - <i>Ian White:</i> - Growin' Up Strider fills a pretty obvious niche I guess, a cutesy song to montage Bro raising/training/abusing Dave, parallel to John and dad and [[Homestuck Anthem]]. The whole time I was making it I had DJ School from Rhythm Heaven stuck in my head, which is another cutesy song about another pair of cool dudes who are also learning to scratch records. So I guess I stole that. They probably weren't brothers though on account of how one was blue and the other was a robot I think. Lemmings had an influence too, which is to say that's where I stole those high-pitched bleeps from. I didn't even think to use Beatdown for the melody until I had prety much built the rest of the song around it. I had an old midi (by Tenebrais I think) and started goofing around trying to play it out in a major key and it fit pretty well sooooo that's that story. - Also I have no idea what record scratching actually sounds like so I just downloaded a bunch of cheesy "dj sound fx" and tried to make a cool rhythm out of them. That little breakdown in the middle is supposed to be Bro playing a line and then Dave answering. Then they trade off some more. Then they both start playing at the same time, like back to back or something cool like that, and then it goes back to the main melody. Did I make that obvious enough? Maybe I should've made Bro a bit louder in the left speaker and Dave a bit louder in the right. Actually hold on I'm going to go do that. - <i>umibouzu:</i> - There was pretty much no way I was not going to jump on "Growin' Up Strider." I love Dave (and Bro). It ended up not being very creative, but the thought of baby Dave in his horse leather bib and tiny shades makes me smile. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nakkadile -Artist: Marcy Nabors -Contributors: -- Nyanface (primary naks) -- Alex Rosetti (secondary naks) -Track Art: Tawa -Duration: 2:48 -References: -- Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! -- Tribal Ebonpyre -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/nakkadile -- https://youtu.be/MQhf1bWXnlU -Commentary: - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> - This all began when Solatrus and I noted that Kat was quite talented at nakking. This was write around the time that the viral Nyan Cat video dropped, so I decided to sample Kat's naks and make some sort of remix. Afer showing an early draft to Alex Rosetti, he offered to supply some more miscellaneous naks. At some point I realized that the Tribal Ebonpyre drums fit really well in this song, and it all just snowballed from there. NAK NAK BV - <i>Tawa:</i> - This happened through my RP twitter account and I was totally drunk when I made the gif at 3 am. Now Shadolith is one of my fav musicians. -Lyrics: - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - - Nak nak! - Double time, nak! - - Nak nak nak nakanaka - Nak nak nak nakanaka - Nak nak nak nakanaka - Nak nak nak nakanaka - Nak nak nak nakanaka - Nak nak nak nakanaka - Nak nak nak nakanaka - Nak nak nak nakanaka- - - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak - - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak (Nak nak nak nakanaka) - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak (Nak nak nak nakanaka) - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak (Nak nak nak nakanaka) - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak (Nak nak nak nakanaka) - - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak (Nak nak nak nakanaka) - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak (Nak nak nak nakanaka) - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak (Nak nak nak nakanaka) - Nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak nak (Nak nak nak nakanaka) - Nak! (Nak!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vigilante -Artist: Brenna Curran -Track Art: motorizedBootlegger -Duration: 2:00 -Art Tags: -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/vigilante -- https://youtu.be/LqmPOZvgY9c -Commentary: - <i>Brenna Curran:</i> - After Terezi's intro section, I felt that she needed a strife theme. It had to be something that could capture both the quirkyness of a kid playing make believe and hardboiled grittiness of a police chase/standoff. It's one part Phoenix Wright, another part film noir and big band jazz and some funky cop chase thrown in for good measure. The 8-bit version was the first one I made. If the 8-bit version is the sacharine topping of the cake, then Cornered is its seedy underbelly, burnt to a crisp at the bottom of the pan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jack and Black Queen -Artist: Miss Prince -Track Art: catastrophicGenesis -Duration: 5:29 -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- BQ -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/jack-and-black-queen -- https://youtu.be/Sto3hlSPJ0Y -Lyrics: - I watch you through my window - As you sit there on your throne - That arrogant expression on your face - And I think, if I could have you - For one second, here, alone - I'd find a way to put you in your place - - 'Cause you've been messin' around with my mind - But now it's my turn, yeah, now it's my time - I'm tired of waiting for my chance - I'm taking what is mine! - - I wanna hear you scream - I wanna see you bleed - I wanna wrap my hands around that pretty neck and squeeze - If I could make you cry - I swear that I could fly - If it's not clear I wish that you would - Close the door and stay with me tonight - - There was always such a pleasure - In the power of command - And your impotent resentment fueled the flame - And now that you can't touch me - For the world is in my hand - I wonder how you'll find our little game - - I know you think that you've already won - But soon you will find the war's just begun - When you're begging mercy at my feet - It's then you'll know I'm done - - I wanna hear you scream - I wanna see you bleed - I wanna shove you down and see you crawlin' on your knees - If I could make you cry - I swear that I could fly - If it's not clear I wish that you would - Close the door and stay with me tonight - - I watch you through my window (There was always such a pleasure) - As you sit there on your throne (In the power of command) - That arrogant expression on your face (And your impotent resentment fueled the flame) - And I think if I could have you (And now that you can't touch me) - For one second here alone (For the world is in my hand) - I'd find a way to put you in your place (I wonder how you'd find our little game) - - There's a deep, undeniable thrill - 'Cause when we collide, yeah, blood's gonna spill - The time has passed for holding back - I'm going for the kill - - I wanna hear you scream - I wanna see you bleed - I wanna wrap my hands around that pretty neck and squeeze - If I could make you cry - I swear that I could fly - If it's not clear I wish that you would - Wish that you would, oh! - - I wanna hear you scream - I wanna see you bleed - I wanna wrap my hands around that pretty neck and squeeze - If I could make you cry - I swear that I could fly - If it's not clear I wish that you would - Close the door - Close the door (Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah) - Close the door and stay - Stay with me tonight! -Commentary: - <i>catastrophicGenesis:</i> - It is remarkably difficult to make someone look truly hateful or disdainful when you have so little in the way of facial features to work with. Still, it's an incredibly vicious song, and it was fun to draw to, even if it did get me some funny looks from my housemates. - <i>Catboss:</i> - Miss Prince didn't have anything to say for this song, so everyone just sit back - relax - and enjoy this marvellous hate <s>snog</s> song. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A War of One Bullet -Artist: Traikan -Track Art: Quirk -Duration: 3:06 -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/a-war-of-one-bullet -- https://youtu.be/IiQCV9XDw9o -Commentary: - <i>Traikan:</i> - A long time ago, while reading a thread about Homestuck on a forum far far away, I stumbled upon some fanmusic by EidolonOrpheus. It was amazing and, more relevant to this commentary, it reminded me that not only did I once have an interest in composition, I still had some music software installed. - Armed with one synthesizer and inspired by Doc Scratch, I sat down and wrote inevitable End in one sitting. I didn't know what a scale was, I was clueless about mixing and the basics of song structure eluded me completely, but with enough trial and error it somehow came out okay. - Seven months later, I decided to revisit Inevitable End and see if I couldn't make it a little better and a lot more deliberate. A War of One Bullet represents my everlasting journey from directionless experimentation to conscious design, and even thugh I have a long way to go it's worth stopping to listen to the singing roses now and then, becuase if you don't enjoy your work, who will? - <i>Quirk:</i> - There wasn't much to this one, I'm afraid. Image search + 9mm bullet pick + Doc Scratch template + GIMP = ART. - That's some solid mathematics there. You can take that to the bank. The math bank. - Plus it's a fun visual metaphor for the song title. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Corpse Casanova -Artist: EnnuiKing -Track Art: kayak -Contributors: Angelo Badalamenti (inspiration through work on Twin Peaks) -Duration: 2:21 -References: Ectobiology -Art Tags: -- Karkat -- Kanaya -- cw: blood -- cw: corpse -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/corpse-casanova -- https://youtu.be/SRfuIqOk4ng -Commentary: - <i>EnnuiKing:</i> - I wanted to pay tribute to the "2X CORPSESMOOCH COMBO" in the form of a song, and I decided on a whim that Ectobiology would be the perfect song to remix in order to do so. The saxaphone sounded like Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth, so I experimented with slathering reverb on it. I came across a preset that made it sound like the saxophone in "Audrey's Theme" from Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peaks score, and decided that this was the new direction I wanted for the song. Towards the end, it features tremolo picking, which I feel is my signature guitar technique since it's the only one I can pull off that sounds remotely impressive. - The name of the song doubles as an excellent echeladder rung name for Karkat. I picture him reaching the rung and being really confused by it until way after his Sgrub sesion, when its true meaning became apparent. - <i>kayak:</i> - This song sounds like something you might tango to, so I wanted the pose to initially look like they were dancing, but then Kanaya's blood and limp frame sink in. I thought Kan's red skirt and jade blod coinciding with roses made a beautiful limited color scheme. I also didn't want too much detail to tip the moment too far into silly or somber, as it really is both at the same time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Salamander Fiesta -Artist: The Lovable Tramp -Track Art: Yee-Tvae Corinst -Duration: 3:14 -References: -- track:doctor -Art Tags: -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/salamander-fiesta -- https://youtu.be/Thl5GVkYm3w -Commentary: - <i>The Lovable Tramp:</i> - This is what happens when someone is obsessed with Homestuck and afro-cuban grooves at the same time. - <i>Yee-Tvae Corinst:</i> - With Salamander Fiesta, I wanted to try and introduce something of a festive atmosphere into Land of Wind and Shade, which normally has something of a gloomy feel with all its blue and black tones. Also, salamanders in sombreros. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: MegaloVaniaC -Artist: Xenocidebot -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 1:42 -References: -- track:MeGaLoVania -Art Tags: -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/megalovaniac -- https://youtu.be/a9URB9XKhH4 -Commentary: - <i>Xenocidebot:</i> - When I heard the original MeGaLoVania, it was the synth-sounding bit in the Alterniabound flash, and not the full album version. So I genuinely thought I was doing a rock cover of a synth-rock song and didn't mess with the instrumentation or anything else too drastically. Kinda wish I had in retrospect for differentiation's sake. - Strangely, the guitar used to record this broke shortly after doing so, followed by a massive string of equipment failures with my studio setup, so I wasn't capable of redoing the track for this release. I blame using a seven-string for what is now apparently an eight-string's song and somehow getting cursed with horrible luck. Alas, you can't blame fictional children on an insurance claim. - <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> - MeGaLoVania + Rock. A potent combination when mixed! A similar yet more complex piece when compared to [[A Fashionable Escape]]. Both had characters that I cut out of the panel and edited to fit my purposes. I really do like how this one turned out though. My original draft had curtains on each side of her. I went back and cut them out though. I thought "okay, it's metal, there should be smoke". The lights were already in place so when I added the smoke effect I was awed by the effect it had. From there I touched things up and added Vriska's background lights. ::::) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shame and Doubt -Artist: Trent West -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 2:44 -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/shame-and-doubt -- https://youtu.be/ar5r6MQJJMc -Commentary: - <i>Trent West:</i> - ok so first there's like this bass and then it's like WHOAAAAAAAA some fucking synth thrown in there and then these drums come in and that weird plane noise and then some more drums in the background and then everything drops out and it's like oh wait what happened and then there's another synth that comes in and then the drums come back in and go all clacky clack clack boom boom and then there's some like record scratchers and stuff repeated really fast and high pitched and then stuff drops out again and then some new drums come in for a bit so then you have some of the other stuff that dropped out come back in for only like 10 seconds but then they drop out and then that one synth comes back but it has a filter on it to make it sound all freaky deeky and then the song ends. - you know, just in case you're deaf but still want to enjoy this song. - <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> - For this one I was at a loss on what to do. I turned and asked Trogg what he thought it was about and he said the bond between Bro and Dave. And so this became a piece about Dave. I thought it fit with the song title to where it be post-Bro's death and it being Dave unsure about what to do from there. Dave is doubting his own abilities and giving Davesprite and Bro a send-off while Terezi watches through her monitor ashamed of what she has partially caused. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Elaine Wang -Duration: 1:07 -References: Deck the Halls -Art Tags: -- SBaHJ -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff-show -- https://youtu.be/pEvOb04ySb4 -Lyrics: - IT'S THE SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW - WOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOoooooH - - OKAY SO THERE'S THESE TWO GUYS - THEY'RE TOTALLY THE BEST OF FRIENDS - AND THEY'RE TWO PIECES OF SHIT ALL THE TIME - WELL THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT WORKS - YOU GET SOME POWER THIRST - GET SOME POWER- - HE GOT SOME SICK S-THIRST HE GOT SOME THICK S-THIRST - - CAUSE THAT'S JUST THE WAY LIFE WORKS - EVERY DAY, MAN - TONS OF SHIT - - 'CAUSE IT'S THE SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW - SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW - SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF SHOW - I TOLD YOU ABOUT STAIRS MAN - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaghkaaghkghk - - And just remember kids that we love Christmas - Yes we do - Christmas is good for me - And Christmas is good for you -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - This was recorded ages ago, back when I didn't know what I was doing recording-wise, but I never want to change anything about it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Growing Up -Artist: Eston Schweickart -Track Art: Cheers -Duration: 5:11 -References: -- Lotus -- Hearts Flush -- Crystalanthemums -- Homestuck Anthem -- How Do I Live -- track:ruins -- Liquid Negrocity -Art Tags: -- John -- John's dad -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/growing-up -- https://youtu.be/L-XX9zvxugU -Commentary: - <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> - In order: Lotus, Hearts Flush, Crystalanthemums, Homestuck Anthem, HDILWY, Ruins, Liquid Negrocity, and back to Lotus. The original name for this piece was Homestuck Medley 1, since I planned on writing more like it before I realized what a ridiculous idea that was. (I actually got pretty far on number 2 before giving up.) - Brad suggested that I rename it "Growing Up," and I liked that title much better, since the song is reminiscent of someone (most likely John) reflecting on childhood memories, both good and bad. He also suggested names related to the four quadrants of troll romance. Before that point, I hadn't considered it, but the song could certainly be interpreted as musical representations of the auspistice, the moirail, the matesprit, and the kismesis. - Though, admittedly, the original motivation behind the piece was to see how many stylse I could shove together and still end up with something vaguely coherent. - <i>Cheers:</i> - As soon as I listened to this song, I knew I had to draw the artwork for it. To me, it clearly represented the passage from childhood to maturity that each of the kids, especially John, were forced to undergo in their short-lived session. Focusing on our favourite Friend-Leader, I attempted to capture this with an image of him turning his back on the relative safety and comforts of childhood and the watchful eye of his guardian. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Drawing of the Four -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: Red Pen -Duration: 5:00 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- Squiddles! -- track:beatdown-strider-style -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-drawing-of-the-four -- https://youtu.be/_Ory1eb632I -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - The title is, of course, a blatant reference to Steven King's Dark Towerseries. The song is a build-up to each of the four kids entering the Medium (they're being "drawn" into the game just as Eddie, Susannah, and Jake were drawn into Mid-World, but that's enough for now about something that isn't Homsetuck), so we start out with a slow rendition of "Sburban Jungle" played on the piano (John's instrument) with subsequent accompaniment by a violin (Rose's instrument). Then, here come the drums (Dave's instrument), and we kick the song into high gear when the flute and bass (both Jade's instruments) come in. There's a long period of pseudo-improv from the bass, flute, and violin before returning to the meat of the song - and a nod to the Squiddles theme (another reference to Rose) before the finale. Curiously, the order of the instruments exactly matches the order of the kids' introduction. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ira quod Angelus -Artist: Kalibration -Track Art: catastrophicGenesis -Duration: 5:11 -Art Tags: -- Angels -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/ira-quod-angelus -- https://youtu.be/jt_unlzLBpE -Commentary: - <i>Kalibration:</i> - Hi kids this is the song I made for EridanLand but Radiation didn't like it so he slapped me down and told me to get out of the music team. Just kidding, that didn't happen. Maybe. Anyways, this song was really fun to make. I tried a lot of crazy sound-manipulation things I'd never really tried before for the breakdown and outro, and I really feel like I succeeded with them! The main theme that happens on the rhodes is really fun to play, and might become a prominent theme later...? Either way, I hope you like this song as much as I do! Much love from Kali, thank you for listening! - <i>catastrophicGenesis:</i> - The window outline is taken from the Christ Church cathedral in Oxford and originally depicts St Cecilia. Several million free-select clicks later, my wrist was dead and this was the result. The stark colour scheme is a result of trying to make it look suitably dramatic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Final Stand -Artist: Eligecos -Track Art: umibouzu -Duration: 4:32 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/final-stand -- https://youtu.be/vSj-kLixKH8 -Commentary: - <i>Eligecos:</i> - I took the time to make this song sound like it was meant for a robust flash sequence. Really intense drum & bass plus a few orchestral and electronic touches tie it all together. - The origins of this song go back in the same manner as [[Joker Strife]]. Both of them evolved quite a bit since first compsing them in MIDI. What was really important for the changes in this version you hear is that it is made to sound like it belonged in Homestuck. - So perhaps when we see that page with our heroes fighting Jack Noir locked in conflict, we can play this song in our heads. - <i>umibouzu:</i> - How do you draw something epic enough for a track with a title like "Final Stand"? - <i>Pose as a team, because shit just got real.</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Farewell -Artist: Fuzz -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 4:04 -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -Art Tags: -- John -- Karkat -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/farewell -- https://youtu.be/SHzmF_sSCi0 -Commentary: - <i>Fuzz:</i> - My approach to music is very dramatic. When I create music I tend to visualise very specific scenes which take place when it plays. Farewell was originally intended to accompany the scene where John discovered Mom and Dad were dead. At this point in the story it could have gone any way, so I started playing around and doing improvisations based around the Showtime theme, being a theme central to John. After messing around some more for a while I realised that a more bittersweet touch worked better though, and that instead of being used for lamenting, in my minds eye the piece seemed to fit something more akin to a goodbye, such as a scene displaying the kids and trolls parting ways. - <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> - This piece is based on what I hope will happen (still). After joining forces to defeat Jack, the kids' ultimate reward is unlocked and the trolls either go back to their won world, or accompany the kids. John is the last to leave and you can see the shadows of Terezi and Karkat. John gives a final wave before stepping through the door, Karkat gives a last farewell gesture in response. A bittersweet ending indeed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~ Heir - Seer - Knight - Witch ~ -Artist: Joe Griffith -Track Art: kayak -Duration: 7:59 -References: -- track:doctor -- track:endless-climb -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:frost-vol6 -- Squiddles! -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/heir-seer-knight-witch -- https://youtu.be/YT2a2jI8_Yo -Commentary: - <i>Joe Griffith:</i> - Generally speaking, it's fairly uncommon to find a Remix or Arrangement authored by me; I much prefer to write from scratch, using my own material. However, one stormy winter night as I slept curled up in my cave, the spirit of a great troll came to me... - Hold on, I think I have the wrong story. - Anyway, shortly before Christmas, a friend of mine suggested in passing that perhaps I could put my musical talents to some practical use in the context of Homestuck, which he'd recently managed to convince me to read and I'd become instantly hooked on. We tossed around a few ideas and eventually came up with the idea of stringing together the land themes of the four kids to create some sort of medley. Unfortunately it was a fairly busy time for me, with lots of projects requiring my immediate attention. - However, as Christmas approached, I made the decision to inform all my clients that I would be taking time off writing music for a few weeks to "celebrate the holidays", which in actual fact resulted in the creation of this arrangement! - Hope you enjoy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cutscene at the End of the Hallway -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Zilleniose -Duration: 2:50 -References: Homestuck Title Screen -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/cutscene-at-the-end-of-the-hallway -- https://youtu.be/ZSWphWAVpfs -Commentary: - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> - so i put together this thing in twenty seconds, except it actually took several months because i never worked on it but who cares about that - let's me tell you a story - so this one kid, his name is bob, or george, or fred or who cares anyway so his dad's like shut the fuck up kid, you're stupid as hell go to school. get some fucking education, you make me sick right so the kid says okay if and then the dad just fuckin' flips out and he says to the kid shut up go away but it turns out the school is teaching kids to be the beastie boys problem is the kid's a robot so he ends up blowing up because of paradoxes so they rebuild him but it's only good enough for six minutes, and his dad gives him a hug and says son i'm sorry i was so mean and the kid blows up - anyway it turns out his dad was hitler and then his dad started a war and captain america punched his face - basically the point is that i guess this song is a little like that if you use your imagination diff --git a/album/lofam2.txt b/album/lofam2.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 6e829eff..00000000 --- a/album/lofam2.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1460 +0,0 @@ -Album: Land of Fans and Music 2 -Directory: lofam2 -Cover Art: Lunise -Banner Art: Lunise -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Date: December 25, 2012 -Date Added: March 16, 2020 -Color: #33a1c9 -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-2 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei -Commentary: - <i>Liza Fletcher:</i> - This album means a lot to me, for a lot of reasons. Not just because it represents literally months of planning, organization, rounds of messaging, upsets, drama, triumph and general hard work on the part of me and some very good friends of mine. Not just because we managed to get some of the top talent in the fandom to contribute not only music but track art. Not just because that talent includes music and art team members and the uniquely universally beloved superfan Dante Basco. Not just because that talent also includes many friends I love dearly, some of whom I got to know through this project. - No, this album is special to me because the original [[album:lofam]] holds a very dear place in my heart. It was the first album of Homestuck-related music I ever owned. I played it over and over, and read the album commentary until I damn near had it memorized. It was LoFaM which spurred me to stop lurking on the MSPA forums and dive headlong into the collective insanity we call Homestuck fandom. And right when I did so coincided with the start of the second fanmusic thread, and a guy named Underwater Basketweaving posting something he called Fighting Spirit. I downloaded it, loved it, and have been hip deep in collecting fanmusic - not just that already collected for my convenience in an album - ever since. - Fighting Spirit is in here, and its sequel, and many others I and my compatriots ran across in our scouring of not only the fanmusic thread but tindeck, soundcloud, tumblr and basically anywhere on the big wide internet where MSPA fans celebrate their love of this remarkable work of fiction through music. - It's my hope that, having gathered it all here for your convenience, you too are spurred to start your own search for the best, including many pieces that for one reason or another we had to leave off. The Land of Fans and Music is not just this 2-disc set or its predecessor; they're only the tip of the vast landscape of amazing talent. Come in. Explore. Get lost in it, like I did. I haven't regretted it for a second. - <hr> - <i>Special Thanks:</i> - <b>-CONCEPTION/ORGANIZATION-</b><br>Lambda Bledsoe<br>Liza Fletcher - <b>-ORGANIZATION TEAM-</b><br>Slogbait<br>Veritas Unae<br>Rachel Rose Mitchell<br>Paige 'hrmnzr" Stanley<br>Astro Kid<br>clumsyroyalty (clumsyroyalty)<br>Shoona<br>Charles "Crazy-8" Neudorf<br>Catboss (Cat Boss)<br>Brad "Avinoch" Griffin<br>Mark "Dagoth Xil" Ciocca - <b>-MASTERING-</b><br>Brad "Avinoch" Griffin<br>Veritas Unae - <b>-COMMENTARY BOOKLET-</b><br>Brad "Avinoch" Griffin - <b>-WEBSITE CODING-</b><br>Veritas Unae - <b>-WEBSITE HOSTING-</b><br>AndrewNeo and skaia.net - <b>-INSPIRATION-</b><br>Andrew Hussie & What Pumpkin Studios<br>The Homestuck Music Team -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disk 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: •~DISK 1~• -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:31 -References: The Paradox Paradigm -Directory: disk1-lofam2 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/o-disk-1-o -- https://youtu.be/x_pSKzA1_Eg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chronology -Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley -Track Art: Skylar -Duration: 7:44 -References: -- English -- track:sburban-jungle -- The Paradox Paradigm -- --Emperical -Art Tags: -- Feferi -- Doc Scratch -- Lord English -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/chronology -- https://youtu.be/AP6PIJRi4_w -Commentary: - <i>Jamie Paige Stanley:</i> - Hi there!! Welcome to the second LOFAM. Kind of sounds like some really gangster hiphop group or something. Anyways this is a song I made JUST FOR THE ALBUM!!! Wowee. There's a lot going on here. There's the intro which is like Lord English taking a proverbial shit on everything by existing or something like that, then it sort of BLEHs and goes into the main part of the song. Right off the bat you've got Sburban Jungle's marimba part played backwards on a piano, and then there's some stuff from a fan song that I don't remember the title of. THEN there's stuff from Condy's song off the unofficial ancestor album, and some stuff from some other things. There's basically a lot of things!! It's a very thing filled song. - <i>Skylar:</i> - paige told me the song was about doc scratch, the condesce and lord english, and since the track was titled chronology i tried to show some sort of a progression within the track art while expressing some of the background of each character. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jackpot -Artist: Charles Neudorf, Marcy Nabors -Track Art: 8bitkitten -Duration: 3:57 -References: -- track:aggrieve -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Underlings -- cw: alcohol -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackpot -- https://youtu.be/QQoiR0npnSs -Commentary: - <i>Charles Neudorf:</i> - Jackpot was originally "written" by me for the Homestuck music contest. I say written in quotation marks because at the time all I had was a cool bassline and a title, I was in a complete musical slump on what to do with the piece, and so I turned to my friend Shadolith for help. Shadolith not only helped to come up with better ideas for the song, but actually finished most if it on her own. I'm really glad she did though, otherwise the song would have never been finished, and it wouldn't be playing in your ears right now! - <i>8bitkitten:</i> - Here's my track art for "Jackpot"! It's a Roxy strife theme, and since we have yet to witness such an event in Homestuck, let's make believe. ;3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Satellite Physician -Artist: Joe Ouellet -Track Art: grayscaleOddysey -Duration: 3:27 -References: -- track:doctor -- Penumbra Phantasm -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/satellite-physician -- https://youtu.be/RCPevVDN7xE -Commentary: - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> - Before making this song, I had wanted to do a remix of Doctor for a while. There are so many remixes and different versions of this song that I knew there were infinite possibilities when it came to remixing the song. When it finally came time to start, I wanted to go for the <i>spacey</i>, electronic, <i>hardcore</i> sounding style that I attempted a little bit with [[Electrocumulus]]. This song actually turned out much better than I expected. When confronted for a name for this piece, I wanted to name it something like "Planet Healer." I decided to just swap out a few synonyms and voila, Satellite Physician was done! - <i>grayscaleOdyssey:</i> - This track and cover art was featured in the Homestuck/Zelda fan adventure, Legend of Homestuck, as John's theme. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Study In Skaia -Artist: David Ellis -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 3:02 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-study-in-skaia -- https://youtu.be/csgfrTQGOaw -Commentary: - <i>David Ellis:</i> - I don't really have much to say about this. I'd been messing about on guitar and found that most of the first theme from Skies of Skaia was playable with harmonics in standard tuning, and only the top note wasn't possible. By returning to EADF#BE and putting a capo on at the 5th fret it was possible then to play the whole thing. - The piece was originally just going to be loose reworking of Skies of Skaia using lots of acoustic guitars but then the second theme felt like it needed something more. I ended up adding drums and electric instruments for the second section to lift the piece and finished off with a little guitar improv into the quiet harmonics to finish. - I liked the alliteration in the title and it was pretty much how I thought of the piece. There's not really a reason for the hint to Sherlock Holmes. - <i>dodostad:</i> - I can admit that I had no idea where this was going when I painted it. I don't think I've ever drawn clouds before either haha. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cuddlefish -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Seth Massey -Duration: 3:40 -Art Tags: -- Feferi -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cuddlefish -- https://youtu.be/KN0VCAGHVxY -Commentary: - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - No Commentary. Sorry fellow fans and booklet readers. No haiku this time either. Just an empty page, with nothing to entertain you except the track title, artist credits, and pretty arts to the right. - SCREW THAT. - I'm gonna fill these empty pages with a story, just for you. I haven't written anything since high school English class. You're in for a treat. It's gonna be<br>S<br>T<br>U<br>P<br>I<br>D - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - <i>DUSK FALLS ACROSS A SAFFROWN MEADOW. A SINGLE BLADE OF CRABGRASS UNDULATES VOLUMINOUSLY AMIDST THE RAPTUROUS BREEZE, ONLY TO HALT ITS SWAY SUDDENLY AND CRUNCHINGLY AS IT IS CRASSLY CRUSHED UNDERFOOT BY AN IMMENSE FOOT (SPECIFICALLY THE UNDERNEATH PART OF THAT FOOT). THE OWNER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED FOOT LOOKS DOWNWARD WITH AN AIR OF BAFFLED ASTONISHMENT, IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO HOW A MOOSE CAUGHT IN A UFO TRACTOR BEAM MIGHT LOOK AT A BLADE OF CRABGRASS IT HAD JUST TRODDEN ON. THIS ISN'T A SIMILE.</i> - <i>"EUUUUUUUUNGH," GROANS THE ABDUCTEE MOOSE AS IT RISES.</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rectify -Artist: Thomas Ibarra -Track Art: Seth Massey -Duration: 2:52 -References: -- Liquid Negrocity -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rectify -- https://youtu.be/GTtM6ZIyJ7Q -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ibarra:</i> - My second entry to the music contest, Rectify, was a follow-up to [[Irradiated]] in that it presented the same goal of making something different with the Black/Liquid Negrocity leitmotif. In this composition, based on Cascade, the menacing tone of Black would be turned into a battle theme for the good, as if Jack had performed a heelturn in light of impressive character development. It was a fun, fulfilling project that taught me many new things. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rabbunctious! -Artist: Brad Griffin -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 2:12 -Art Tags: -- Rabbit -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rabbunctious -- https://youtu.be/2_dL-0FzxTE -Commentary: - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> - The rabbit has been an evolving background character throughout the entirety of Homestuck, and I felt the most recent iteration (mischevious-robo-Strider-bunny!!!!) warranted its own theme song. - I started the track seeing just how far I could get using bouncy sound effects, record scratches and beeps. The goal was something high-energy but also a bit campy. I tried to give it a similar feel to one of the Beatdown tracks. I got a lot of great feedback from my music buds, and it evolved into the track you hear now. - The hardest part was deciding between RamBUNNctious and RABBunctious. - <i>Dawn Davis:</i> - I love Lil Seb he's my baby.<br>I'm proud of this it was really fun to do =w= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Starstorm -Artist: Astro Kid -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 4:17 -References: Skaian Skirmish, Skaian Shuffle -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-starstorm -- https://youtu.be/oTOwhix_Zqw -Commentary: - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - NO COMMENTARY HERE! - <i>continued from [[Cuddlefish]];</i> - <i>AN EERILY IRRIDESCENT INCANDESCENCE ENVELOPS THE BEHEMOTH ELK AS IT JOURNEYS HEAVENWARD, UNWILLINGLY ABANDONING THE FLATTENED DIGITARIUM STRAND IN FAVOUR OF THE CHILL EMPTINESS OF THE FRIGID EVENING ATMOSPHERE. DEER-TICKS ATTEMPT TO EVACUATE THEIR MANGY HOST, ONLY TO FIND THEMSELVES DRAWN CONGRUENTLY SKYWARD. OAK-LIKE LIMBS THRASH FLACIDLY, FLAILING FRUITLESSLY FOR A FOOTHOLD, BUT FINDING FEWER THAN FEW. AFTER A SCANT MOMENT OF MOOSE DESPAIR, THE HULKING BEAST RESIGNS ITSELF TO INEVITABILITY, AND CEASES ITS STRUGGLE.</i> - <i>AS IF SENSING THE CHANGE IN THE CAPTIVE CREATURE'S DEMEANOR, THE ASCENT SEEMS TO STEADY AND SWIFTEN.</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Good Dog (Best Friend) -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: Lunise -Duration: 4:26 -References: Courser, Carefree Action -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Becquerel -- cw: blood -- cw: animal death -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/good-dog-best-friend -- https://youtu.be/pYYBRLIKRQ8 -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - ~ in loving memory of becquerel ~ - He was a good dog, and the best friend anyone could ever hope to have. - <i>Lunise:</i> - I was inspired by the pesterlog on <a href="https://homestuck.com/story/4858">page <s>6758</s> 4858</a>. Even though I had heard this track long before that update, when I listened to it again to get an idea for what kind of track art I'd like to draw for it, all I could think of was that pesterlog about alpha Jade. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Unforgiving Terrain -Artist: Eston Schweickart -Track Art: Cap -Duration: 4:11 -References: -- Endless Expanse -- Carapacian Dominion -- track:ruins -- track:growing-up -- Gilded Sands -- Nightmare -Art Tags: -- AR -- PM -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/unforgiving-terrain -- https://youtu.be/I0THAb_V18A -Commentary: - <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> - I wrote Unforgiving Terrain shortly after [[album:the-wanderers]] album came out. It was just an excuse to have fun with sound design and listen to Carapacian Dominion over and over. It's called Unforgiving Terrain because titles are hard. The project file is called <i>Frozen Ruins</i> but I guess I didn't use that name because I ended up not including [[track:frost-vol6]] like I had planned. - <i>Cap:</i> - After the original art file crashed like a piping hot baby on a meteor, I decided to create an Egyptian hieroglyphic-ish piece for this song because you know, DESERTS and WANDERERS and WOW JUST GOSH. But I also wanted to add in some of WV's little cahlk drawings too because it's cute! I mean, come on. Look at them, being happy and carefree and unaware. Yes, I know deep in my heart that this story will have a very happy end. No doubts about it. *insert evil laughter here* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: CR1M1N4L, CR1M1N4L -Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell -Track Art: Pandora -Duration: 4:15 -Art Tags: -- cw: hanging -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cr1m1n4l-cr1m1n4l -- https://youtu.be/V3C1H4l9eIU -Lyrics: - Well, what have we here?<br>The accursed sits and shakes with fear.<br>You know how that makes me...<br>...makes me grin from ear to ear! - Your lemony fear isn't all I can smell.<br>You're not hiding your deceit very well.<br>Tell us, you swindler, what drove you to such crimes.<br>And hurry it up, don't waste tyrannical time! - Criminal, Criminal! To the window!<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your fault, you know.<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your time to go.<br>I'll secure the rope and you're out with a throw. - Hey, criminal scum, let's make this a game.<br>If this coin lands heads, I'm clearing your name.<br>Justice is serious, justice is fun.<br>I would never rest until justice was done! - What's that? The coin has landed, you plea?<br>What do you mean? There's no coin I can see.<br>Are you picking on me because I am blind?<br>That's pretty heinous! I can't help my eyes! - Criminal, Criminal! To the window!<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your fault, you know.<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your time to go.<br>I'll secure the rope and you're out with a throw. - Criminal, Criminal! To the window!<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your fault, you know.<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your time to go.<br>I'll secure the rope and you're out with a throw. - A job well done. Justice is served.<br>After all, it's what he deserved.<br>It sure is delicious to win yet again.<br>Victory still counts even if it's pretend.<br><i>(repeat)</i> - Criminal, Criminal! To the window!<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your fault, you know.<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your time to go.<br>I'll secure the rope and you're out with a throw. - Criminal, Criminal! To the window!<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your fault, you know.<br>Criminal, Criminal! It's your time to go.<br>I'll secure the rope and you're out with a throw. -Commentary: - <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> - <code style="color: #008282">L3T TH1S B3 4 L3SSON TO 4LL OF TH3 PROSP3CT1V3 CR1M1N4LS OUT TH3R3</code> - <code style="color: #008282">1 4M 4LW4YS W4TCH1NG</code> - <code style="color: #008282">F1GUR4T1V3LY</code> - <code style="color: #008282">>:]</code> - <code style="color: #008282">>:]</code> - <code style="color: #008282">>:]</code> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Squiddles In Sunglasses -Artist: Eston Schweickart -Track Art: RaChoTamer -Duration: 1:08 -References: Friendship is Paramount, Squiddle Samba -Art Tags: -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/squiddles-in-sunglasses -- https://youtu.be/Cf9oKcZ2nPA -Commentary: - <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> - Squiddles in Sunglasses was originally part of a 6-part Homestuck medley that as going to be around 12 minutes long when finished. Halfway through I realized that I didn't like anything I was writing, so I did what any good artist does when faced with self-doubt and gave up. A few months later I listened to the old project files again and liked this part enough to make it its own piece. I think inspiration for this style came from Average White Band's <i>Pick Up the Pieces</i> but I can't remember for sure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: JackBot -Artist: Astro Kid -Track Art: Brenden Cameron -Duration: 4:23 -References: Jackpot -Art Tags: -- Sawtooth -- Squarewave -- cw: alcohol -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackbot -- https://youtu.be/9GFVQ6ZalCc -Commentary: - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - NO COMMENTARY HERE! - <i>continued from [[Skaian Starstorm]]...</i> - <i>AS THE ANTLERED ALCES ACCELERATES ITS ASCENSION, ABJECT AWE ASSUAGES ANXIOUSNESS. IT IS DAZZLED BY THE GOLDEN TUNDRA STRETCHING BEYOND THE MOONLIT HORIZON, CUMULUS CLOUds STREAKING BY LIKE A NUDE ATTENTION SEEKER AT A SPORTS MATCH. AS IF COMPLETING THE METAPHOR, THERE IS ALSO A NUDE MAN FLOATING ALONGSIDE.</i> - <i>"Well, hiya!" EXCLAIMS THE RUDELY PROTRUDING GENT, WITH UNNERVINGLY BOISTEROUS VIGOR.</i> - <i>"MMMRNGUUUUH," RESPONDS OUR HOVED HERO, IN KIND.</i> - <i>"Quite a view, eh?"</i> - <i>"GNRGUUMGH"</i> - <i>THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES IN THIS MANNER FOR SEVERAL VAPID MINUTES, BUT IS BROUGHT TO A SWIFT END BY THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE MYSTERIOUS AIRBOURNE VESSEL.</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystalguitarthemums -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 2:20 -References: Crystalanthemums -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Becquerel -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalguitarthemums -- https://youtu.be/fkmxRiQZdb4 -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - one day I found a guitar thing and messed around with crystalanthemums - that's it - <i>dodostad:</i> - I thought about drawing Vriska and Aradia, but somehow this song reminded me of Jade. I don't remember seeing much art of her and Bec so I thought I'd fix that! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Ballad of Maplehoof -Artist: Ian White, Lauren Collis, Mike Anderson -Track Art: Shoona -Duration: 5:17 -References: -- track:pony-chorale -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- John's dad -- Maplehoof -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-ballad-of-maplehoof -- https://youtu.be/0NrHukinkmw -Lyrics: - Come gather round me, children<br>I'll sing you the tale<br>The Ballad of Maplehoof<br>Though she was but a foal<br>Her story touched us all<br>Sing the Ballad of Maplehoof - Maplehoof, Maplehoof<br>Ride, Maplehoof, Ride - Now circumstances brought her<br>From mother to daughter<br>A gift in cruel irony<br>Though an instrument of scorn<br>Our hero saddled on<br>And perhaps taught young Lalonde<br>To love a pony - She followed the Mother<br>To a land unlike no other<br>A land of Light and Rain<br>She helped to gather grist<br>At great personal risk<br>And probably did it<br>A couple times again - And soon, without fail<br>Found herself in the Veil<br>The conception of heroes<br>The beginning of our tale - Now a pony without rider<br>Found solace in young Strider<br>The knight had taken his steed<br>She accompanied him to Earth<br>Mere minutes after birth<br>Riding atop celestial seed - And they flew through the sky<br>A streak of pink and white<br>Young strider lay safely in tow<br>But our equestrian martyr<br>Her life for his was bartered<br>And her body slaughtered by Bro - And I'm never one to fib<br>She made him one fine bib<br>And protected his breast from stain<br>Though without her skin<br>Chances seemed quite dim<br>That she'd ever go riding again - Maplehoof, Maplehoof<br>Ride, Maplehoof, Ride - And the fight, it marches on<br>But here we sing her song<br>The Ballad of Maplehoof - Though she was but a mare<br>Her body was not spared - Though she was but a horse<br>History changed its course - Though she was but a foal<br>Her story touched us all - Sing the Ballad of Maplehoof - Sing the Ballad of Maplehoof - Ride, you Maplehoof, Ride! - <small>(hyah!)</small> -Commentary: - <i>Ian White:</i> - I wrote these lyrics around the time that Maplehoof died in-story. I didn't put it to music though until after she had been revived as Minihoof. Kinda saps the poignancy right out of it. The lovely Lauren Collis sings vocals and the ever-punctual Mike Anderson provides the real life guitars. Sound effects provided by Mother Nature! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rainbow Rebirth -Artist: David Ellis -Track Art: Maddie Haines -Duration: 4:20 -References: Savior of the Waking World -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rainbow-rebirth -- https://youtu.be/ziiK_Q23WbA -Commentary: - <i>Davlid Ellis:</i> - This piece was written for Kanaya and was essentially supposed to be a kind of score for the unseen scene where she wakes up as a rainbow drinker. The non-scene this is a score for follows the structure of [[flash:3087]] somewhat, with the middle horn stab section hinting towards one of the themes from Savior of the Waking World/Doctor but being off somehow (shifting time signatures too) to try to show the different nature of her return. The scene for the piece ends when she goes all vampirey on Feferi. - Rejected alternate title: 'All the colours of the rainbow (are delicious)' - <i>Maddie Haines:</i> - I saw the name Rainbow Rebirth and immediately wanted to do something cool with Kanaya and her fairly new rainbow drinker status, since I was pretty dang sure that was what the title was referencing. Since it was her care for the matriorb that led up to her transformation, I thought it made the most sense to include it, as well as rainbow colors, obviously, into this picture. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Psychedelic Psychodelic -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: Amethyst Barron -Duration: 4:54 -References: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- English -- Liquid Negrocity -- The Ballad of Jack Noir -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- Let's All Rock the Heist -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Lord English -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/psychedelic-psychodelic -- https://youtu.be/Sq42ueaXI-4 -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - Well, here you are. - Big guy's got a fancy gun, and all you've got is a bloody knife. - But it's gonna be enough. It always has been. - You've slaughtered all them torsos, now it's time to wreck the head. - What are you waiting for? - Draw, Spades. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flare (With Vocals) -Artist: horizon -Track Art: PV -Duration: 3:02 -References: Flare -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/flare-with-vocals -- https://youtu.be/btHd1zrjkqY -Lyrics: - Things fall apart so easily;<br>they break away at the seams - And it seems<br>this is the life I was fated to lead<br>Dreams dead in the water<br>and you ought to let them pass - I wanted something better than this;<br>than a postmortem kiss<br>and three years to miss you<br>but it seems that's all I'm gonna get;<br>it's best to forget - Last night I dreamt of you -<br>you were beautiful, amidst a sky of blue - It was only the two of us,<br>hearts beating synchronously - Do you feel for me? - I heard a song the other day;<br>it reminded me of the way<br>I love you<br>and how I never got to say that to you - So many things I wanted to do;<br>so many dreams<br>left for dead in the water<br>drowned and gone;<br>just smile and let them go - I wanted so much more<br>than a game we were born to lose<br>I wanted so much more<br>so much more for you -Commentary: - <i>horizon:</i> - Flare has always struck a place in my heart, for many reasons. Plazmataz has always, always impressed me, but Flare just evoked something simply raw in the depths of my mind; I knew then that I had to use that feeling as a kind of empathy towards the Beta kids. Though it was used in a specific moment in canon, I chose to write lyrics from the point of view I could most appreciate -- the pain associated with love when life hands you something you don't know how to survive. - <i>PV:</i> - I have been listening to Horizon's renditions of Homestuck music with her lyrics for a while now, and Flare has always been my favorite one she did. I hoped I could make a picture that represents the feeling of closeness beween the four kids in getting through the game that I feel in the words she wrote. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sports -Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley -Track Art: Spectrumfizz -Duration: 1:34 -Art Tags: -- SBaHJ -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sports -- https://youtu.be/Hai8r6SGKV4 -Commentary: - <i>Jamie Paige Stanley:</i> - <img src="media/misc/commentary-here.png" width="623" height="631"> - <i>Spectrumfizz:</i> - dude come check this out hummusr is like one of my favoprite musicans so i made a thnig for this MAD TRACK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dirgeish -Artist: Nick Smalley, Andrew Huo -Track Art: Seth Massey -Duration: 2:41 -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dirgeish -- https://youtu.be/t9KgQojuzQ4 -Commentary: - <i>Nick Smalley:</i> - Dirgeish was made in 2008, a year before Homestuck even started! Crazy, right? Who ever thought life existed before Homestuck, ha ha ha... I made the original in about an hour, and when I got on the Homestuck music team, I had the help of Adghar (Andrew Who!!!!) to complete it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Electrocumulus -Artist: Joe Ouellet -Track Art: plaidcushion -Duration: 3:10 -References: Pyrocumulus (Kickstart), Skaian Skuffle -Art Tags: -- John -- WV -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electrocumulus -- https://youtu.be/GN3RTQJ2y2o -Commentary: - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> - Electrocumulus is a remix of Pyrocumulus by RJ Lake and was my first ever attempt at remixing an official Homestuck track. Looking back, I have no idea why I chose to remix this song in particular; it must have just been stuck in my head that day. As one could gather from the title, this remix is supposed to be an upbeat, elecronic remix. As I was composing, it seemed to turn into a dance track of sorts. The genre still fit my idea, so I kept going. I think it was a rather successful first Homestuck remix. - <i>plaidcushion:</i> - The songs this was remixed from are associated with Skaia and the battlefield, but I thought that Electrocumulus was way too high energy and fun for something like that. I decided to go for the next best thing- John speeding through Skaia and plowing through clouds in his Dad's car! As it turns out, exploded clouds are also rpetty fun to cut out with a scalpel. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Three in the Morning (Kali's 2 in the AM PM Edit) -Artist: Kalibration -Track Art: Toon Lettuce -Duration: 4:00 -References: -- track:three-in-the-morning-rj -Art Tags: -- Snowman -- The Felt -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-kalis-2-in-the-am-pm-edit -- https://youtu.be/i1na9f3xHiA -Commentary: - <i>Kalibration:</i> - Its a song, I made it, the computer<br>Great it's RJ music track enjoyed, that could bring<br>(⅃°ヘ°)⅃ - yeah i dont know how i feel about that track i guess its a song and i made it ans well, thats more than i can say for a lot of things - <i><b>Lambda Bledsoe:</b></i> - kali has such a way with words -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showtime (End Strife Remix) -Artist: Plumegeist -Track Art: devonianecho -Duration: 4:57 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-end-strife-remix -- https://youtu.be/Ru9a5pAXfw0 -Commentary: - <i>Plumegeist:</i> - I composed SHowtime End Strife remix roughly five months after the time I got into Homestuck. Around this time I was still really just a budding musician, and I wanted to make something heavy out of the Showtime theme by Malcolm Brown. The idea was imagining what kind of soundtrack would be backing the kids as they face Lord English in a climactic battle. I was proud of it at the time but in retrospect it never really aged that well. Despite this it remained one of my most popular works. - Around the time I finished [[Rust Maid]] and [[Orange Hat]], I was approached for the inclusion of the remix in LOFAM2. While I was happy to have the opportunity to give people the download so many of them clamored for, I really, really had to fix so many of its glaring issuse, and as such I remastered it for the album. - <i>devonianecho:</i> - Showtime has always been one of the most memorable pieces of music in Homestuck, forever representing a (if not the) quintiessential "strife" theme. With this in mind, I think I had almost too much freedom in choosing the conflict I wanted to depict in this piece. Initially, I was going to make it John vs. Dad from Act 1... but that ended up being a little too underwhelming in comparison to the song it was for. So, in the end, I settled upon focusing the piece on a determined-looking John about to face down the underling horde at the beginning of Cascade. I'm pretty happy with the end result. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Soulb0t -Artist: Charles Neudorf -Track Art: Somnivus -References: psych0ruins -Duration: 3:42 -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/soulb0t -- https://youtu.be/3d0jm_sPD9A -Commentary: - <i>Charles Neudorf:</i> - Soulb0t was conceived after I tried writing the familiar Psych0ruins apreggio to test out a new synth I downloaded. It sounded really cool to me, so I figured "why not just write an electronic remix of Psych0ruins all together." So I did just that. It took a while to get the melody just right, and if it wasn't for the various friends who helped me to decide what sounded good or bad, this song wouldn't have sounded nearly as good. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fighting Spirit -Artist: Kevin Grant -Track Art: AS -Duration: 4:04 -References: -- track:doctor -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Pumpkin Cravings -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !! -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- Horschestra -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Spider's Claw -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- Liquid Negrocity -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fighting-spirit -- https://youtu.be/2Scn4TRi7m0 -Commentary: - <i>Kevin Grant:</i> - My goal was to mash up as many Homestuck songs as I could. I ended up mixing 12 together. I really think the part at the end with Black, Showtime and Beatdown works well, and I discovered that Showtime is the Homestuck equivalent of Guile's Theme: It goes with everything. - <i>AS:</i> - Listening to Fighting Spirit the first time kind of got me nostalgic for the old Strife pages, with their chiptune music. You know, waaaay back in the beginning of the comic when the Beta kids were still on planet Earth and were being harassed by trolls. So nearly a year later, I figured that a strife page would make for an excellent cover. Admittedly action poses have always been a weakness of mine, so I probably drew each kid at least twice for this cover until I was satisfied. Still though, I'm happy with how the art came out. Hopefully I did this awesome track justice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Irradiated -Artist: Thomas Ibarra -Track Art: Spectrumfizz -Duration: 2:21 -References: -- track:harlequin -- Liquid Negrocity -- track:sburban-jungle -- Carefree Action -Art Tags: -- John -- Jack Noir -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/irradiated -- https://youtu.be/M_lXyhRBOhk -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ibarra:</i> - Irradiated is really an identifying track for my work, I've been told before that this track is the first that came to mind when mentioning my callsign SparksD2145. Similarly to a good portion of my work Black/Liquid Negrocity's leitmotif plays a prominent feature in the composition, providing the base melody for the entire track. The idea for Irradiated spurred from [[flash:2927]], as a high-velocity and energetic track with none other than Jack Noir at the center; my goal was to take Black and give it a different feel. After a short hiatus, my track Irradiated featured in my first tribute animation <a href="https://youtu.be/hnG10rk91qg">on YouTube</a> for Homestuck. - <i>Spectrumfizz:</i> - Irradiated is among the first Homestuck fanmusic tracks I ever heard, so I was very pleased to be able to create art to accompany it on LOFAM2. I decided to draw inspiration from AutoDevote's first HS fanimation, which to this day remains one of my favourite Homestuck videos. I'm not particularly apt at composition or shading or several other things, but I'm pretty happy with what I accomplished here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: He Is Already Here -Artist: Brenden Cameron -Track Art: clumsyroyalty -Duration: 4:11 -References: -- Rhapsody in Green -- English -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- AH -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/he-is-already-here -- https://youtu.be/XTyFPX0dn_U -Commentary: - <i>Brenden Cameron:</i> - Ever since 'The Felt' came out, I've been in love with that piano ditty at the start of Variations and in the reversed Rhapsody in Green. - So a while ago I started fiddling around in Garageband, seeing if I could make a decent remix out of it. The more I worked on it, the more I noticed the composition was bearing a strong resemblance to Rob Douganí's "Clubbed to Death", so I kind of ran with that influence, and this is the result. - When the Homestuck fanmusic competition was announced, I made some updates to the song and tried submitting it for that (special thanks to Jit for offering some last minute advice). - This song holds a lot of personal importance to me. Before this piece I had never ever brought a composition to a completed state, let alone posted it for the world to see. Obviously I still have much room for improvement, but the fact that my debut work has received such positive feedback has been a huge encouragement. - Thank you all for listening! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rise of the Denizens -Artist: Domble -Track Art: Lunise -Duration: 3:01 -References: -- Courser -- Earthsea Borealis -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:ruins -- Dawn of Man -- the rose rap -- Cascade -Art Tags: -- Jade -- John -- Davesprite -- Denizens -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rise-of-the-denizens -- https://youtu.be/C0WiWG6BVbw -Commentary: - <i>Domble:</i> - The original version of the track sounded nothing like this. What I want is for people who heard the first one to think, "wow, this guy really got less bad in a year." It references all the songs it originally did, whether in the same basic way (Courser, Ruins) or differently (Dawn of Man, the rose rap). - That one terrible LEGENDARY ENDLESS DVS SAX song I made almost went on the album instead of this and I felt like paying tribute to it, so that's where the little sax rif came from. - <i>Lunise:</i> - (<a href="https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/post/39025832110/tiny-mayo-this-is-the-last-piece-of-track-art">Tumblr</a>) - I had the feeling that I had to meet some pretty high expectations when I was called upon to draw this one, so I was pretty nervous about doing it. I spent a long time mulling over how I was going to go about drawing this track art after I completed the art for Stalemate. We don't know nearly as much about the denizens as we do about the kids or the trolls or even the carapacians, but I took what we do know about the beta kids' denizens and ran with it. - There were actually a few goofs with the original composition of this drawing - Cetus’ tail was originally pointing to the left but I then decided that having it face the right would give the overall drawing more flow. Also in Hephaestus’ section of the art I had forgotten that Davesprite was injured when he went to him to get the Deringer repaired so for the longest time he had both wings at their full length. Not much to say about Typheus’ section; I had a good idea of what I was going to do with it fairly early on. - Echidna’s section is primarily inspired by the track art for Volume 8’s Bargaining with the Beast, as far as her design goes. I was originally going to include Jack to the right of Jade in that section, but I didn’t find anywhere to put him and I found that the composition looked just fine without him anyway! Although in this memo Jade says that Jack was with him when she was talking with Echidna and I really wanted to draw him, I just couldn’t make him fit. Perhaps I’ll try and remedy that if I ever make a high-resolution version of this! - I knew immediately that I wanted Echidna to be the main focus out of all the denizens because she’s really important in the story since she makes Jade promise to take all the planets, the consorts, the denizens, and everything to the alpha session even if it meant Jade had to die. Then there’s Typheus, who’s facing doomed John, and Hephaestus looking down on Davesprite and offering him <b>The Choice</b>, and Cetus swimming around in the seas of LOLAR, which is now devoid of fish. - I tried to make the sections flow together the best I could - the top areas where Cetus and Typheus’ sections blend into Hephaestus’ section kind of fade without any borders, but I decided to make little borders based on each kid’s aspect to separate each section from Echidna’s section. The breath and light symbols are done in an abstract manner while the time and space symbols are just the straight-up time and space symbols; the space one just overlaps the time one. - I think I’ve rambled enough about this piece of track art, so I’m going to let the rest speak for itself! I hope I’ve done a good enough job living up to the LOFAM2 team’s expectations, and if I’ve exceeded them, that’s great too! - This has been another rambling commentary from Lune. - (THIS TRACK ALSO CAUSED ME A LOT OF PAIN AND SUFFERING BUT IT WAS MORE LIKE “DEAR GOODNESS WHERE DO ALL THESE LAYERS KEEP COMING FROM” THAN “OH GOD HOW AM I GOING TO COLOR ALL THIS BLACK.”) - As another side note, the layered .lip file for this had a total of 60 layers not counting the texture layer! - BONUS: When I was starting work on this, instead of copying the texture layer, I accidentally copied Jack over from the layered version of the Stalemate track art. I couldn’t bear to delete him from the file, so he got to stay on the condition that his layer stayed invisible. Sometimes I’d make it visible when I was bored! Poor guy just keeps getting chased by things - first an angry PM and now an angry sea denizen!) - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - <s>note: Lunise wrote seven paragraphs about the creative process behind this wonderful art piece. I can only fit the first one on the page.</s> - Here is the full commentary to the rise of the denizens track art. c: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Genesis -Artist: Lark Mordancy -Track Art: plaidcushion -Duration: 4:00 -References: -- Dawn of Man -- track:sburban-jungle -- Exodus -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-genesis -- https://youtu.be/DPX6j-JM7Bw -Commentary: - <i>Lark Mordancy:</i> - Though Sburban Jungle was the first song to hook me on Michael Guy Bowman's music, my heart lies with Mobious Trip and Hadron Kaleido. Dawn of Man is a favorite of mine from that album, and it also happens to be a partial remix of Sburban Jungle. In the Homestuck tradition, the natural thing to do then was mix them together, along with a cameo from Exodus, featured in SBURB. The instruments are based primarily on Dawn of Man, bringing in some of Sburban Jungle's mallet percussion and a few of my own additions. The result is Sburban Genesis, a song ultimately inspired by the mysterious origins of the game and its multi-universal legacy. - <i>plaidcushion:</i> - This really sounded like a night time kind of song to me, which I think went nicely with the baby frog Jade finds on her island as a kid. He's a pretty cute little guy, but his role carries a lot of weight, so I think he fits the song pretty well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Who Mourns for Jack Noir? -Artist: Nitrosparxx -Track Art: Corrina -Duration: 7:21 -References: Liquid Negrocity, The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/who-mourns-for-jack-noir -- https://youtu.be/usR1fpqUXR0 -Commentary: - <i>Nitrosparxx:</i> - Quite possibly the saddest piece of music I've ever written. This was what I was originally going to use for the fan album, but I decided to drop it half way through making it on the grounds that it didn't sound like a Homestuck song. Jack Noir (and by extension, Bec Noir) always struck me as a tragic character. The way I see it, he's always violent because of the abuse he receives from the black queen. He's physically shut down all other emotions save for hatred because as far as he's concerned, there is no such thing. However things change for him when Bec becomes prototyped. He suddenly has a heart and has new feelings. Bec's influence taught him what it's like to feel for someone else, although Jack desperately tried so hard to ignore these feelings. When Jade died, Jack finally knew what it felt to lose someone so close to your heart. A tragic character indeed... - <i>Corrina:</i> - Given the fact that the song references Jade's theme, I thought that I'd go with something that has to do with the characters' relationship. in the picture, I had originally intended Jade to be a sort-of ghost image, as if she wasn't really there. I wanted to show that Jack was alone, but I later changed that aspect, despite how much I loved the idea. Making her more faded created imbalance in the work, and the details were also washed out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Seer and the Tribesmen -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 3:01 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-seer-and-the-tribesmen -- https://youtu.be/pjbFi9f_F7Y -Commentary: - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - No commentary here! - <i>continued from [[JackBot]];</i> - <i>THE LUMINESCENT AURA SUBSIDES, AND BOTH OF THE UNCLOTHED EARTH CREATURES ARE PLUNGED INTO INKY BLACK DARKNESS. FAINT SOUNDS AND METALLIC SCRATCHING SUGGEST NEARBY MOVEMENT. THE MOOSE IS VISIBLY SHAKEN... AT LEAST IT WOULD BE IF IT WERE VISIBLE TO ANYBODY. BUT IT ISN'T BECAUSE OF THE DARKNESS.</i> - <i>BUZZING FLUORESCENT LIGHTS FLICKER ON, REVEALING A VAST DOMED ROOM. IN THE CORNER, WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A CROSS BETWEEN A GIANT SQUID AND A CORGI FIDDLES WITH A PANEL ON SOME MYSTERIOUS MACHINERY. THE NUDIST EMOTES IN SURPRISE. THIS CATCHES THE ALIEN'S ATTENTION, AND IT ABANDONS ITS FORMER TASK, APPROACHING THE NEW ARRIFALS EXCITEDLY. WITH ITS SOFT, FURRY TENTACLES GESTICULATING WILDLY, IT GESTURES TOWARD WHAT ONE CAN ONLY ASSUME IS ITS TORSO. UPON CLOSE INSPECTION, IT IS WEARING A NAME TAG THAT READS:</i> - <center><i>Hello, My Name Is</i></center> - <center><i><big>BNORKEL</big></i></center> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Four -Artist: Trent West -Track Art: Nekachen -Duration: 4:11 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/four -- https://youtu.be/eB2Isac-eXs -Commentary: - <i>Nekachen:</i> - When I listened to Four for the first time, I imagined the entire Incipisphere as if it were one of those cool panoramic views of the universe. The title more than likely relates to the planets the kids arrive upon in the Medium, so I decided to use that aspect to create the basis of my idea. I recreated most of the planets from scratch while using references, used *tons* of Photoshop effects to create shading and light sources, and utilized stock images to create what I believe represents the "Four" planets within the Incipisphere that the song centers around. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prospitian Lullaby -Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley -Track Art: Shoona -Duration: 4:45 -References: -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-lullaby -- https://youtu.be/yLL4-WYFO7Q -Commentary: - <i>Jamie Paige Stanley:</i> - Hello again!! Disk one is coming to a close. I hope you've enjoyed the fan land and of music so far!! This is a lullaby based mostly off of Homestuck Anthem by Clark "Plazmataz" Powell and Sburban Jungle by Michael Guy Bowman. It's really slow and sweet and has my favorite chord thingy ever which is the F to F minor thing going on there. It's all in all a song that you hopefully fall asleep listening to because that's what it's supposed to do!! And you might need a nap after listening to disk one. In fact, for the full Land of Fans and Musics Experience The Second™, take a nap in between the two disks. Yes. Anyways, I hope you enjoy our musical stylings and that you don't buy this album because that's illegal. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - [END OF DISK 1] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disk 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: •~Disk 2~• -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 0:20 -References: -- White King -- track:sburban-jungle -Directory: disk2-lofam2 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/o-disk-2-o -- https://youtu.be/vSVpByKsjwA -Commentary: - <i>Lambda Bledsoe:</i> - Hi. I'm Lambda Bledsoe, or Xzaz. I started the project to put LoFaM2 together. - I started reading Homestuck because of the music. It's fantastic. - In some cases even moreso than the official music, the music that fans have made for it. - This is to be expected, considering..... this album. - I don't have some whimsical, vaguely inspiring words to put here, but thanks to everyone that helped make ths labum and everyone that's listened to it! - -λ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Brofessor Layton (Every Puzzle Has A Brolution) -Artist: Ian White -Track Art: doctoroftime -Duration: 3:37 -References: -- GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) -- Layton's Theme -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dave's bro -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/brofessor-layton-every-puzzle-has-a-brolution -- https://youtu.be/gIeRocDm8Aw -Commentary: - <i>Ian White:</i> - This is... this is I don't know. I think Neudorf told me to do this, so I did it. It works pretty good. - <i>doctoroftime:</i> - The song was a Gamebro remix and I had just figured out that Bro Strider probably writes Gamebro so it was obvious that a <i>Professor Layton x Homestuck</i> crossover needde to happen. I looked at the covers of the Layton games and basically just went for it. - And because Professor Layton has tons of weird puzzle shit that no one ever questions and Homestuck is the exact same. - Plus I wanted Bro in a nifty tophat and Dave in Lambda's snazzy sweater. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ElecTrollCopSwing -Artist: Astro Kid -Track Art: Rachel Weiss -Duration: 4:17 -References: Revolution 909, Trollcops, Fuck tha Police -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Karkat -- Terezi -- WV -- cw: alcohol -- cw: cops -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electrollcopswing -- https://youtu.be/cMzUrZMMIG0 -Commentary: - <i>Rachel Weiss:</i> - I was thinking that it would be in a speakeasy during the jazz era, and Terezi is there undercover to knock heads and bring the sweet taste of justice to miscreats and wrong-doers. Or something like that, heh heh. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dance-Stab-Dance -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 11:12 -References: -- MeGaDanceVaNia -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- Time on My Side -- Even in Death -- Gaia Queen -- track:endless-climb -- Olive Rogue -- track:ruins -- Lotus -- BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !! -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Another Jungle -- Let's All Rock the Heist -- Derse Dreamers -- Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius -- Three in the Morning -- Liquid Negrocity -- track:under-the-hat -- track:frost-vol6 -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- A Taste for Adventure -- Infinity Mechanism -- Ocean Stars Falling -- Love You (Feferi's Theme) -- track:ohgodwhat -- Courser -- Dance of Thorns -- Unite Synchronization -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Fly -- track:vagabounce -- Cascade (Beta) -- Flare -- Savior of the Dreaming Dead -- Black Hole / Green Sun -- At The Price of Oblivion -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-stab-dance -- https://youtu.be/13RA9z5S-MA -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - I've wanted to make a sequel for MeGaDanceVaNia for a while, but only recently did I actually get around to it. Some songs are in here because they were in flashes; others are in here because they're my personal favorites, like Gaia Queen. And Infinity Mechanism is in there because Thomas once complained that no one remixed his songs, so THAT'S FOR YOU THOMAS. - The full list of songs is <s>on the next page</s> below, so I'm just going to run over what I consider to be the hgihlights of this song: - - Another Jungle + Let's All Rock The Heist - - ELECTORSWING TROLLCOPS - - Frost/Rex Duodecim Angelus/A Taste for Adventure - - Infinity Mechanism - - Courser + Dance of Thorns - - Unite Synchronization -> Fly -> Vagabounce - - C a s c a d e suite esp. Saviour of the Dreaming Dead - Which parts were YOUR favorites? ;3 - <hr> - <strong>DANCE-STAB-DANCE<br>Full Breakdown</strong> - - 0:00 - [[Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E)]] - - 0:17 - [[Time on My Side]] - - 0:34 - [[Even in Death]] - - 0:46 - [[Gaia Queen]] - - 0:57 - [[track:endless-climb|Endless Climb]] - - 1:11 - [[Olive Rogue]] - - 1:26 - [[Ruins (With Strings)]] - - 1:38 - [[Lotus]] - - 1:49 - [[BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!]] - - 2:07 - [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale for Jaspers]] - - 2:24 - [[Another Jungle]] - - 2:30 - [[Let's All Rock the Heist]] - - 2:47 - [[Derse Dreamers]] - - 2:57 - [[Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius]] - - 3:10 - [[Three in the Morning]] - - 3:22 - [[track:black|Black]] - - 3:33 - [[Trollcops]] - - 3:57 - [[track:frost-vol6]] - - 4:08 - [[Rex Duodecim Angelus]] - - 4:20 - [[A Taste for Adventure]] - - 4:43 - [[Infinity Mechanism]] - - 5:06 - [[Ocean Stars Falling]] - - 5:11 - [[Love You (Feferi's Theme)]] - - 5:41 - [[track:ohgodwhat|Ohgodwhat]] - - 5:47 - [[Courser]] & [[Dance of Thorns]] - - 6:15 - [[Unite Synchronization]] - - 6:27 - [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement (Dave Owns)]] - - 7:02 - [[Fly]] - - 7:13 - [[track:vagabounce|Vagabounce]] - - 7:36 - [[Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E)]] & [[Time on My Side]] - - 8:57 - [[Cascade (Beta)]] - - 9:20 - [[Flare]] - - 9:44 - [[Savior of the Dreaming Dead]] - - 10:07 - [[Black Hole / Green Sun]] - - 10:53 - [[At The Price of Oblivion]] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Trapped -Artist: Yan Rodriguez -Track Art: Gunsandwwands -Duration: 1:25 -Art Tags: -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/trapped -- https://youtu.be/BzUmLUgjkdk -Commentary: - <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i> - Back when I had a far more depressing view on being trapped in the veil I wanted to make a short tune for it using a chord progression I played on piano all the time and really wanted to use. Reminds me a bit of how some of the chords go in Shadow of the Colossus, but a lot less epic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Till The Last Breath -Artist: Brenden Cameron -Track Art: Racheme -Duration: 3:09 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:doctor -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/till-the-last-breath -- https://youtu.be/LKua4UM8qZU -Commentary: - <i>Brenden Cameron:</i> - Originally titled 'A Heroic Death', this song was my second entry into the Homestuck Fanmusic contest, as well as the second song I've ever released in general. - My intention at the outset of the contest was to write a theme for Tavros, my patron Troll and a character who I thought would otherwise be under-represented among the competition. However, every time I sat down to work on the song, I found myself experimenting with several of John's themes instead. Eventually I relented and combined those experiments into a song for John. - Even though neither of my entries was selected for the contest album, I'm still immensely grateful for the experience. The process of preparing my songs for the competition taught me a lot about music production and showed me some of the areas I might improve on in future (specifically: I need to stop quoting existing songs so much and focus on creating original melodies). - So again, thank you Andrew and everyone on the music team; both for that opportunity and for all your creative work which inspired me in the first place. Thanks Jit for offering some last minute advice (though I didn't get a chance to implement half of those suggestions...). And, of course, thank you Liza and Xzaz for organizing this second Homestuck Fan Music Album; your dedication and enthusiasm is truly an inspiration. - <i>Racheme:</i> - This shows little John asking his older self if they saved Dad from the game. I wanted to reflect some inner workings in John's mind, he still thinks about his only family rather than simply drawing him as powerful and never giving up like in most pictures. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Note Desolation Plays -Artist: Max Wright -Track Art: Fortnight -Duration: 1:38 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-note-desolation-plays -- https://youtu.be/-NOJYYn-V2Q -Commentary: - <i>Max Wright:</i> - This is quite an old piece of mine, written mid-January 2010. As the title suggests, I wanted to write something that represented the first act of Homestuck, to capture the feeling of the story as we are introduced to its darker elements - the Wind Skims the Void flash ([[flash:82]]) is a good example to use. That page is almost like a title screen for the webcomic as a whole, not giving away a thing, but nudging ever so slightly towards things to come; likewise, the repeating piano ostinato in here pays tribute to the Chrono Trigger title music. Little did we know at the time, though, how destructive the conductor's baton can be. - Here's hoping for a happy ending. - <i>Fortnight:</i> - First of all - I love this track, it sounds to me like the start of something new, with hope and high expectations thrown in. I drew this track art based off that mood and also the unnamed flash from Act 1, <a href="https://homestuck.com/story/82">page <s>1982</s> 82</a>. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm The Doctor -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Strideer -Duration: 2:06 -References: -- track:doctor -- Doctor Who Theme -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -- Rose -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-the-doctor -- https://youtu.be/XehoWGG3SFo -Commentary: - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - I recall this was primiarily composed for two reasons. One: Combining the Doctor Who theme with Doctor needed to happen. Two: The Doctor Who Sburb fan adventure was something I had just discovered and I wanted to compose something for it. There's not much to be said about this one. It's Doctor + Doctor Who Theme. Yeah. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wind In My Heir -Artist: Joe Ouellet -Track Art: Racheme -Duration: 3:27 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wind-in-my-heir -- https://youtu.be/hwYXNdhsZIA -Commentary: - <i>Joe Oullet:</i> - WIMH is one of my fisrt original Homestuck fan-pieces. Originally entered in the contest to select tracks for Colours and Mayhem, it was a song geared towards John and his powers as an Heir of Breath. I chose a very laid back feel to this piece, progressing fom a soft choir at the beginning, picking up an arpeggiated synth and kick on the way to a more intense section of the song. I wanted the song to flow just like the wind: starting softly, the breeze picks up gradually, when suddenly a gust of wind comes, only to leave just as fast as it came. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fighting Spirit ~Second Form~ -Artist: Kevin Grant -Track Art: sketchcomplex -Duration: 4:22 -References: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:endless-climb -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Eridan's Theme -- track:doctor -- Sunsetter -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Pumpkin Cravings -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- track:harlequin -- Liquid Negrocity -- Crystalanthemums -- Ocean Stars -- Homestuck Anthem -- How Do I Live -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Sawtooth -- Squarewave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fighting-spirit-second-form -- https://youtu.be/gX4RAeGIDEM -Commentary: - <i>Kevin Grant:</i> - With 16 songs included in the mashup, it's a far mroe complicated piece than the original. I tried to include many songs from Volume 8, like the Ocean Stars Falling bit near the end. I think it flows smoother than the original due to both song choice, and the one-year difference in skill level when creating the song. Both are made entirely in Famitracker. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Corkscrew Sundown -Artist: Trent West -Track Art: straightfacedgriff -Duration: 4:14 -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/corkscrew-sundown -- https://youtu.be/sJVzHZJBAhA -Commentary: - <i>straightfacedgriff:</i> - This is my favourite song on the album, and I ended up doing two track arts for it. This one is better, I think! I decided to use Doc Scratch because the song was about the Green Sun, and out of all the characters associated with it, I felt Doc Scratch best suited the song. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Doghead -Artist: Willow Ascenzo, D. Crystal -Track Art: albel-is-mine -Duration: 3:19 -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- track:sburban-jungle -- Carefree Action -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/doghead -- https://youtu.be/wXJ4nXAu2CM -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - I got the idea for "Doghead" shortly after "Cascade" and Jade's incredible ascension. I set out to create something epic, fast-paced, and exciting, but once I'd finished the first part, I found it was missing something. So I approached MSPA forumite and fellow Homestuck fan musician D. Crystal to see if he could add some guitar and drum tracks. He was happy to oblige, and the end result turned out much better than the work I could do by myself. I learned two lessons that one day: one, that two heads are better than one and collaboration is incredibly fun, and two, that electric guitars make everything better. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jane's Theme -Artist: David Dycus -Track Art: positivelymorbid -Duration: 2:14 -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Rabbit -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/janes-theme -- https://youtu.be/J-Ff0WoEiS8 -Commentary: - <i>David Dycus:</i> - Jane's theme was my third and final entry into the HS music contest, conceived and completed less than a day before I made my submission. It obviously didn't make the cut, and Jane ended up receiving a much more badass theme in the form of [[Cyan Beast]]. At the time when I wrote the song (around January 29, 2012), we really didn't know much about Jane beyond the fact that she was a nice girl who enjoyed baking. I tried to give her a theme that was quaint and melodic, not too energetic like my other submissions; compared to most of the other characters, Jane is very down-to-earth, which I admired. Structurally, it loosely parallels [[Fuchsia Witch]], which was originally titled "Jake's Theme." - <i>positivelymorbid:</i> - When I first listened to it, I thought it was a really calm, tranquil song, so I thought maybe Jane relaxing. The more I listened to it, the more adventurous it sounded. Then it hit me, why not Jane having a picnic in LOCAH, picnics are relaxing and adventurous. Overall, I enjoyed the song, and I really enjoyed drawing this art for it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Four Thrones -Artist: Samm Neiland -Track Art: Reid Slater -Duration: 5:15 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:endless-climb -- track:doctor -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:dissension-original -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-four-thrones -- https://youtu.be/gjRlg2sGgN0 -Commentary: - <i>Samm Neiland:</i> - So this was done mostly as a self response to another fan track I did which was a minute or so long music box rendition of Showtime. While pretty, it hardly showcased my abilities as a musician or a producer. So in about the span of the week, I arranged, composed, and produced a traditional string quartet, heavily inspired by cellist and multitrack recording artist, Zoë Keating. All the recording was done with only my viola and my signature production style. - I remember it being a week of musical hell for me, but I'm quite proud of the end results. Perhaps one day, I'll be able to rerecord it with a proper quartet. One can dream at least. - <i>Reid Slater:</i> - I wanted to represent the beta kids reaching their godtier status while mixing in the royalty theme that Samm's song gave me. Samm said to me himself that he thought of the crowning scene in Narnia and the four thrones, and I thought it was suitable to represent them with crowns, holding the Skaia they influenced and looking content and almost relieved in each other's company. I wanted to create something happy and a little bitter-sweet, which was the feeling I got from Samm's track. And I wanted to show that sort of unity and friendship the kids have, even after all they've been through. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jade Aubade -Artist: Trent West -Track Art: nappotuna -Duration: 3:59 -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jade-aubade -- https://youtu.be/NHjYM56U2os -Commentary: - <i>nappotuna:</i> - Listening to the song, I immediately wanted to do something involving Jade doing something cool. When I asked Trogg bout it, I learned that the song was actually based more so on the Green Sun. I didn't want to just trash my current progress with Jade so I changed things up a little. Added the Sun in the back, changed the light sources into more green-like tones, et cetera. - And what you see here is the finished product. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blood Knight -Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 4:29 -Art Tags: -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blood-knight-2 -- https://youtu.be/kmnBn-BKAzg -Commentary: - <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> - When I made Blood Knight, I was still pretty exhausted from putting Mechani% - now known as [[Indigo Archer]] - together. I'd never made anything as complex as Indigo Archer bfeore and on top of that I had massive anxieties about getting into the competition. I was stressed out! So Blood Knight nearly never happened. - About a week before the music contest ended, I was talking to my best friend and he said he thought I could make a kickass song for Karkat. I didn't really believe him at first. Karkat is one of my favourite characters and I didn't feel confident about capturing him at all. But my friend persisted and threw a few ideas at me. Eventually I found myself in Cubase making music again with my best friend to thank for it. - Immediately, I knew it needed electric guitars. That was problematic for me as I'd never, ever gotten synthesized guitars to sound halfway decent before. Heck, I'm still not entirely sure how I managed it, but I'm super happy with how it turned out. The feel of it matches what I was going for; not quite metal, not quite a ballad, kind of melancholy but also kind of in your face. Sort of. You might be able to tell that I had an easier time making it than describing it, heh. Pretty darn proud of this piece. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In The Shadow of a Fractured Sun -Artist: Artisticpolo -Track Art: megalovriska -Duration: 4:44 -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Sollux -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-shadow-of-a-fractured-sun -- https://youtu.be/Mu93RembYqM -Commentary: - <i>Artisticpolo:</i> - Initially a [[track:frost-vol6]] remix but it became something else. The square-wave arpeggio that you hear is probably the only thing that is now reminiscent of that remix. It was because of the harp that this grew into something different. I actually composed this while the composition was playing. I would listen to the notes I had composed, and I would just place new notes where I think they would work while listening. Somehow, everything just seemed to fit together - the violins, the synths, the percussion - everything just worked. The structure of this composition just flowed. I'm pretty sure this is one of my best pieces so far. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Red Miles -Artist: David Dycus -Track Art: Amethyst Barron -Duration: 2:25 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Directory: red-miles-lofam2 -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- cw: blood -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-miles -- https://youtu.be/uYkKgHTi-S0 -Commentary: - <i>David Dycus:</i> - Red Miles was the first Homestuck song I ever completed, early in 2011. I had just installed a new copy of FL Studio after losing my old copy in a hard drive crash two years earlier. I imemediately threw together about five Homestuck songs in a desperate attempt to get on the music team. Shortly thereafter, I discovered about a thousand other fan musicians like myself (and also LOFAM I), and quietly accepted that I would never, ever be on an official Homestuck album. - A year and a half later, Red Miles definitely sounds like a first attempt. My only objective was to try to make the most over-the-top, attention-grabbing chiptune-metal song I could muster, so I threw in every trope I knew: the pipe organ, the wall of 8-bit synths, the Inferno electric guitar patch, and the Sburban Jungle motif (which I would use many, many more times). It may have been a bit much, but it was a necessary first step. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Elegy for a Thief (Dreamscape Remix) -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: Cap -Duration: 1:48 -References: Spider's Claw -Art Tags: -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/elegy-for-a-thief-dreamscape-remix -- https://youtu.be/dod8eS9-JMc -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - I wrote <i>Elegy for a Thief</i> back in August 2011, inspired by the evocative image of ghost-Vriska standing in the snow outside John's house. After re-arranging it into a solo piano piece, I sat on it for a while. Eventually I began to work on another remix, but forgot about it. Then the song was nominated for Land of Fans and Music 2, and I rushed to polish up the song now that I had better tools and more skill. But I'd lost the original file, and the only remaining part of the scrapped remix was the right-hand piano notes (luckily, those were the most important part of the song)! The new remix is exotic and a bit hypnotic, syumbolizing John and Vriska's journey through the surreal and fantastic memory-realms of the afterlife. - <i>Cap:</i> - Originally, I planned to do a sentimental image of Vriska standing in the snow, but it turned out pretty lame. Then I figured hey, since I'm making somethin for a fantastic song for an amazing troll, why not make the piece almost as gr8t as her? So the snow idea melted and turned into this bizarre, dreambubble-ish creation! - Now imagine my surprise when I heard that Ascenzo later remixed the song and made it like 16,777,216 times cooler. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: We Won't Wander Alone -Artist: Land of Ships and Music -Track Art: tacostothenorth -Duration: 3:54 -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -- Serenity -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-wont-wander-alone -- https://youtu.be/xFXXrQoAZs4 -Lyrics: - PM: You have ensnared me with your democratic charm<br>And I know that together this land won't fall<br>I'd like to be the one hanging on this mayor's arm<br>We can rule these sands until the trees grow tall - WV: Your royal quest has brought you here to me<br>From the golden castle in the night<br>and I would venture to call it destiny<br>and we dance beneath the fireflies' light - Chorus: From Prospit to Derse<br>For better or worse<br>We won't wander alone<br>We'll find our new home<br>Here on this barren land<br>our love will fill these exiled sands<br>We won't wander alone - PM: And oh won't it be nice to share the stars with me<br>Oh I'll swear wherever we are is home<br>As long as I can get back to mail delivery<br>I'll never truly ever be alone - WV: You have become my one and only queen<br>and your radiance has fully consumed my eyes<br>And you know I would never dare give up this scene<br>Even here beneath the blood red sky - (Chorus) - PM: And if you ever get hurt<br>I'll do whatever works<br>to bring you home to me<br>We won't wander alone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Embittered Shore -Artist: Max Wright -Track Art: clumsyroyalty -Duration: 3:22 -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip -- Hadron Kaleido -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/embittered-shore -- https://youtu.be/6NIkdexVdT4 -Commentary: - <i>Max Wright:</i> - I've always liked the idea behind Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido, and the mysterious character canvas that the album brought across. So, from there, I wanted to contribute my own ideas of how MTaHK were represented, and ended up with Embittered Shore. I wanted the piece to have that 'Bowman' quality to it, while still refraining from outright copying his ideas off in any particular way - the heavy use of guitars and fleeting synths was my way of capturing the emotion that Bowman injects into his music, to bring across his characterization. Ultimately, the piece ends the way it started - it is a brief window through which the troubled characters may be projected and represented. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ye Flarey Gentlemen -Artist: Clark Powell -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 2:46 -References: -- Flare -- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Sollux -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ye-flarey-gentlemen -- https://youtu.be/AWWt9nhx6t0 -Commentary: - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - This song was made at Christmas. - It's not Christmas anymore. - <i>Lambda Bledsoe:</i> - this entire album was a joke at clark's expense -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Finale Strife -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: Ducky Senpai -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: -- Jake -- Lord English -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/finale-strife -- https://youtu.be/THrQgH-xopg -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - I began "Finale Strife" as a long, slow-burning build-up song for the final battle with Lord English, in a similar vein to "Finale Toccata" from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. That, however, didn't pan out, and it ended up turning into a fast-paced, high-energy strife theme more in the vein of "The Curse of Sorrow" from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (the only Castlevania game I've actually come close to beating), especially the organ, electric guitar, and snappy drum kit. The main melody has some resemblance to the Black King's theme from [[Rex Duodecim Angelus]] by Malcolm Brown, but not enough to qualify as a remix or arrangement. - <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> - I initially had no idea what I was going to do for this song. I skimmed through the tracks and noticed this one by Willow Ascenzo (who did some of my favorites on coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A like [[Teal Hunter]] and [[Violet Mariner]]), and I was instantly sold probably because of my love for pipe organs. Anyway, for a lack of better inspiration, I used the description left on soundcloud - "Final battle with Lord English." Tie that to Aranea's mentioning that Jake was destined to beat Lord English, and I had my inspiration. The lineart took much longer than it should have since my tablet had been freaking out and I haven't gotten the new one yet, but the coloring went quite smoothly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gangsta -Artist: Dante Basco -Track Art: clumsyroyalty -Duration: 2:59 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Jade -- Rufioh -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gangsta -- https://youtu.be/YR3O-23PD3o -Lyrics: - ??? -Commentary: - <i>Dante Basco:</i> - one of my first comments for rose was "she's gangsta"... then when i met jade, i said she was gangsta too... it kinda just stuck in with the homestucks and this is a song that i dedicate to those girls... i'm glad everyone dug it. - <i><b>Lambda Bledsoe:</b></i> - there <i>would</i> be lyrics here if i were capable of interpreting them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Joy And Dreams Eternal -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Fitzwibble -References: -- track:ballad-of-awakening -Duration: 2:45 -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/joy-and-dreams-eternal -- https://youtu.be/KlKvnXvJ5a8 -Commentary: - <i>Fitzwibble:</i> - When I first heard this song, I got this sense of... I guess you could call it grand scale? Glorious grandscaliness? No wait that is dumb. I wanted to do something that captured that feeling, and it made me think of the panel where we see Prospit rising over the towers of the moon, and I could just imagine Jade flying around and marvelling at this amazing view. I hope I did the song justice! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Guns Blazing -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: angryoct -Duration: 3:21 -Art Tags: -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/guns-blazing -- https://youtu.be/nzXoB2hXYCw -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - The first song I made for the Homestuck contest, and IMO the best! It's supposed to be a Showtime for the new generaiton, a strife theme for Jake English - although the melody ended up sounding more like Dissension than Showtime. The progression is spposed to be Showtime-esque as well, starting from the piano refrain, going into a chiptune-esque portion, and finally building to a BOSS FIGHT version, using punchy drums (the punchiest!) to simulate gunshots. - So close your eyes and imagine Jake doing that thing where he flies through the air shooting both guns at once. Yes. So sweet. Wouldn't it be great if there were an animated flash to go with it? That would be SUPER SWEET. - (Bonus fun fact: the last 30 seconds of the song was actually the first part to be conceptualized!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showtime (Svix Mix) -Artist: Svix -Track Art: PV -Duration: 2:51 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -Art Tags: -- John -- John's dad -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-svix-mix -- https://youtu.be/dodzDnjmY9Q -Commentary: - <i>Svix:</i> - I created the first verison of my Showtime remix back in September 2009 shortly after I started getting into Homestuck, it seemed to go down well and a few months later I was invited to be part of the official music team. - Since then I feel that I have improved significantly and so I've given the old remix a quick reworking. Whilst I think that structurally the track is a little too similar to the original and if I were to make another remix I would do things quite differently, this piece was the one which began to outline my chiptune style which I've since developed with my other Homestuck tracks. My main influences with the chiptune are from the SID and Yamaha chips found in the C64 and Sega Mega Drive respectively, and as such many synth and percussive elements from each can be heard in my work. - <i>PV:</i> - To fit a remix of one of my favorite Homestuck themes, I wanted to make the Strife scene between Dad and John in my own style, while still holding somewhat true to the original. A remix of the art as well as the song. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ugly Story -Artist: PhemieC -Track Art: prismatic-void -Duration: 3:19 -Art Tags: -- Eridan -- Sollux -- Feferi -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ugly-story -- https://youtu.be/Nbxu8jl_jVU -Lyrics: - I am a prince and I live in a ship and I aim my rifle and I shoot from the hip<br>and I have a friend I pity quite a bit<br>She said, "Grab your gun, let's have some fun, share with me your perigees<br>I have responsibilities, I cannot run!" - "I do not wish the death of any living thing,<br>I might be a killer but one day I shall be a queen<br>and put an end to slaughter, but until then I'm keen<br>on staking claim to land and sea and everyfin between." - I played a game with eleven fools who told me not to break the rules<br>but when have angels ever helped me yet?<br>And magic isn't real and anyway, it doesn't matter<br>cause no matter what I conjure, it could not help me deflect - the angry death of every hopeful thought<br>that I might a lover or a fighter that I'm not<br>In someone's spider web or net I could be caught<br>but I'm too bitter, better off alone, guess I forgot - So what? Do you want me to say sorry?<br>Should I apologize when you ignore me?<br>I didn't ask to be right or to be lonely<br>or to be hatched into an ugly story - I am a prince and I had a pair of princesses in two sharp squares<br>but then I guess I bored them both to death<br>And now I think my calling is to break apart and fall to pieces<br>Better yet, invent a brand new method of ascension - I'm impressed, you've managed to survive<br>but rest assured we'd all be better off dead than alive<br>cause when they get ahold of us, we'll all be batter fried<br>and I'm surprised that nobody's considered switching sides - So here I am, respectfully and royally destroying<br>any chance of getting back on your good gills<br>And I don't mean to be hurtful, but if yellow's the new purple<br>Well, then bleeding's the new breathing, don't you think I will! - I used to wish the death of every living thing<br>I might be your killer but you'd never be my queen<br>so put away your laughter, pack up your hopes and dreams<br>I'm done with black back-handing and red pandering, it seems - That I am just pathetic, I won't be overlooked!<br>I'm past the point of fishing to get back upon your hook!<br>I've made a manifesto, I've been bested by a crook! But never more!<br>I'm planning on reclaiming what he took... - So what? Do you want me to say sorry?<br>Should I apologize when you ignore me?<br>I didn't ask to be right or to be lonely<br>or to be hatched into an ugly story<br>to be hatched into an ugly story - Oh my, this pantomine is getting gory - I am a prince and I live in a ship<br>I am a prince and I live in a ship -Commentary: - <i>PhemieC:</i> - This song chronicles Eridan's thought process and a bit of his history leading up to his death, and examines why he made the decisions he did. I think there's a lot to his character people normally forget and I just wanted to expand on his motivations a bit. - <i>prismatic-void:</i> - The first time I heard the song I thought it described Eridan perfectly. It's about being left behind and distrusted by the only people he ever put faith in. He's angry and selfish and decides to forget about them in favor of his own goals. I wanted to show him essentially walking away from the ghosts of his past and doing his best to ignore how much they've hurt him. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dark Funk -Artist: Kevin Grant -Track Art: Shoona -Duration: 2:47 -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dark-funk -- https://youtu.be/7m3FoAy7An4 -Commentary: - <i>Kevin Grant:</i> - This didn't start out as a Homestuck themed song, but once I realized that it mached up with the dark and moody feel of the Midnight Crew, I decided to complete it with that goal in mind. The song itself is pretty simple, all in all. I just really dig that bassline. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Stitch In Time -Artist: Joe Ouellet -Track Art: AS -Duration: 2:26 -Art Tags: -- The Felt -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-stitch-in-time -- https://youtu.be/_y_NODhJfDE -Commentary: - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> - When given the chance to make an extra track for LOFAM 2, I jumped at the opportunity. It turns out I was assigned a Felt related track, specifically to Stitch. I wanted to stay true to the feel of the album [[album:the-felt]]. I used strings, light percussion, and most importantly, I messed around with the tempo. This was a little bit of a challenge for me, but I think it turned out alright. Fun fact; The glitchy effect was not on purpose, it was an export error I thought sounded cool so I kept it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ave Dei Novi -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: xkoraxayomex -Duration: 3:48 -References: -- track:doctor -- track:dissension-original -- track:aggrieve -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ave-dei-novi -- https://youtu.be/y3jkIF6yMkc -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - When I started "Ave Dei Novi" (a song made just for Land of Fans and Music 2), I fully intended that it would be the biggest, strongest, most well-composed, best Homestuck fan composition I've worked on to date, a sort of capstone of Homestuck fan music. The first Land of Fans and Music had two of my early songs on it, and I felt it was appropriate that I do my best and show how far I'd come in a year for the second album. "Ave Dei Novi" takes its cue, partially, from the bombastic and incredible Gundam Unicorn soundtrack by Sawano Hiroyuki, especially in the orchestra and percussion grooves, which I worked very hard on. I think I'm most proud of the bongo groove breakdown in the middle and the "Atomyk Ebonpyre" section near the end. Those two parts ended up especially fantastic. - <i>xkoraxayomex:</i> - Overall I feel that the artwork suits the piece in terms of relativity and presentation. I think it looks refined and somewhat detailed, but there is room for improvement. When I read the title for the piece, Ascension, I automatically thought back to Jade's god tier, as it is simply gorgeous and I just love it. It was a milestone for her becoming an even more essential character in Homestuck. - <i><b>Lambda Bledsoe:</b></i> - this song was originally titled "ascension", but there was to be another song on lofam2 with a similar title ("god tier ascension") (except now there isn't) so wmm changed it to"ave dei novi" which translates to "hail the new gods" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nevermore (Can't Sleep, Crows Will Find Me) -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Amethyst Barron -Duration: 3:08 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/nevermore-cant-sleep-crows-will-find-me -- https://youtu.be/SCNRj_vp9SM -Commentary: - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - No commentary here! - <i>continued from [[The Seer and the Tribesmen]]:</i> - <i>THE NAKED FELLOW INTRODUCES HIMSELF IN RETURN. OVERJOYED, BNORKEL BARKS UP A CLOUD OF PUNGENT INK. THIS STARTLES THE MOOSE, WHO PROCEEDS TO INSTINCTIVELY CHARGE THEM BOTH. A FLURRY OF ACTIVITY! ANTLERS FLASH, TENTACLES FLAIL, EXPOSED FLESH JUTS OFFENSIVELY.</i> - <i>AFTER A BRIEF BUT VIOLENT SCUFFLE, BNORKEL COWELS IN A MASS, LICKING HIS WOUNDED SUCKERS. AMIDST THE COMMOTION, THE FRIENDLY NUDIST WAS KNOCKED THROUGH THE AIRLOCK, BRIEFLY INTO THE FRIGID VACUUM OF SPACE, THEN THROUGH THE PLANET'S ATMOSPHERE AT HIGH SPEEDS.</i> - <i>THE MOOSE INADVERTENTLY TAKES CONTROL OF THE SPACESHIP (IT IS A SPACE SHIP BY THE WAY) AND ACCIDENTALLY USES IT TO DESTROY NEPTUNE. BNORKEL DIDN'T LIKE NEPTUNE ANYWAY.</i> - <i>THE END.</i> - The moral of the story is, people should write their own dang commentary or else this happens. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prophecy -Artist: David Dycus -Track Art: Daysi -Duration: 2:26 -References: Penumbra Phantasm -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prophecy -- https://youtu.be/uFGakc3gyDM -Commentary: - <i>David Dycus:</i> - Prophecy was made in February of 2011, a couple of months after I re-installed FL Studio. [[Umbral Ultimatum]] remains one of my favorite HS songs, and I wanted to do something in 3/4 time using the opening melody. The song's development is kind of a blur to me now, I was busy with work and was experiencing some anxiety problems, and threw the song together over a two or three-day period, but it obviously took a very dark turn somewhere along the way. Whatever happened, I'm still pretty pleased with how it turned out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Dance of Oblivion -Artist: Domble -Track Art: piskomil -Duration: 3:10 -Art Tags: -- Rose -References: -- At The Price of Oblivion -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- Dance of Thorns -- track:sburban-jungle -- An Unbreakable Union -- track:mutiny -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-dance-of-oblivion -- https://youtu.be/dw9fX9Z6jK4 -Commentary: - <i>Domble:</i> - The original version of this track had huge problems. I kept the writing mostly the same, only adding little flourishes here and there and improving the overall sound of the piece dramatically. It just sounds nicer now, and that guitar solo part at the end helps add a real finish to the piece while referencing both titular trakcs in a different, significant way. - Oh and the title makes me think of The Dance of Eternity by Dream Theater which is a really cool song. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Alphamatic Replacement -Artist: Xauric -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alphamatic-replacement -- https://youtu.be/IEI_jZ4jiOU -Commentary: - <i>Xauric:</i> - So... this piece was originally designed to just be... exactly that. Just another piece. It wasn't meant for Homestuck, it wasn't meant for Tumblr or anyone to see it. But a fantastic friend of mine told me about the Homestuck Music competition, so I figured why not. I sent this in after tweaking it a bit, and just for fun, threw it up on Tumblr. I then left for vacation, but still had internet access. I came back to see my song exploded on Tumblr, and was promptly getting upwards of 1,000-3,000 views a week. Needless to say, I was ecstatic. The song itself was kind of... my own personal blend? I love songs that combine organic and inorganic elements, and with Homestuck being the big thing on the block lately, I decided to try it out. As evidence by this album, it didn't make it, but it certainly was a big hit. However, what's funnier is that the version I put on Tumblr was the unmastered version, so when I put the mastered version up, it didn't get nearly as many hits as the unmastered version. - A lot of people have asked me whether or not I'm going to make a second Homestuck track. And as much as I love the motivation from fans to do so, I don't think I could handle trying to one-up a piece like this and failing. So, here's to you, Homestuck. - <i>dodostad:</i> - For me the song was about alpha kids, no question about it. It took me a long time to come up with a composition that I liked and that seemed to fit the song. LOOK OUT FOR THE MILES JANE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Planetarium -Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell -Track Art: Spectrumfizz -Duration: 3:13 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/planetarium -Commentary: - <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> - Planetarium was the first piece of Homestuck fan music I ever made. I'd only just caught up with the archives when I was set a composition assignment for university. Having never used Logic to compose before, I had fun playing with a bunch of the different inbuilt instruments. When I found the koto, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I tried to make it sound somewhat ethereal and otherworldly to represent the Incipisphere in all its beautiful weirdness. To try to do that, I threw a whole lot of reverb and delay at pretty much every track. I really did not know what I was doing, but it was fun. - The vocal lines were an afterthought. Actually, no, they were less than an afterthought. They weren't actually something I thought I should include at all, but the assignment had a requirement of at least four recorded audio tracks. I threw those lines together at home on Cubase (I don't actually have a Mac, let alone Logic!) the morning the piece was drew it, slapped them onto the piece with Logic that day and got the assignment in just in time. But in the end, I think they enhanced the feel of the piece, so I'm kind of glad I had to chuck them in there! - <i>Spectrumfizz:</i> - This is probably my favoured piece from my two more serious ones. I wanted to make a layout reminiscent of an actual planetarium, and I think I achieved that well (the "strings" hanging up the planets are simultaneously that and the kids' houses built up towards Skaia, which indicates that I kind of overthought this). I'm actually pretty fond of how the tiny Beat Mesa and Prospit's moon turned out. - Oh yeah, the song itself is also SUPER pretty (I'm surprised I managed to snag such a lovely song to make art for), but you'll know that already considering you're probably listening to it right now. diff --git a/album/lofam3.txt b/album/lofam3.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 511d091c..00000000 --- a/album/lofam3.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1303 +0,0 @@ -Album: Land of Fans and Music 3 -Directory: lofam3 -Cover Art: Quietserval -Banner Art: Lunise -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Date: December 15, 2013 -Date Added: March 16, 2020 -Color: #88a4ff -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-3 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLVH6mVZNPZ8Cou4_K_6n7QS -Commentary: - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - In 2011, some musicians got together. They had an idea, to grab together some of the many pieces of fan music floating around the MSPA forums and the internet, and compile it into an album for the fandom to download. I can remember excitedly heading to my second semester classes at university listening to the tunes that these fantastic artists had provided, and the track art to go with each song. I'm so glad to have worked with most if not all of these musicians along the course of the past 3 years. - I got my own chacne to participate in these endeavours in 2012, with the fan musicians coming together to work on Sburb OST and LoFaM 2. And now we're here, in 2013, releasing LoFaM 3 for you all. I hope you love each and every track on this album, much like I remember loving LoFaM in 2011. Many thanks have to be extended to everyone who brings these projects together, most of all Lune, who has handled everything art for the project! I couldn't have done it without her. Thanks to Brad for making the booklet, AndrewNeo for hosting all this fan music for us, Xzaz for being incredible at picking tracks and references, as well as the brave sacrifices he has made for the album, and to Solatrus, Konec0 and Mark for helping along the way. - Thanks for listening! - - Veritas Unae - <i>Lunise:</i> - So this sure is a thing! I did art for LOFAM2 and retconned in a nice banner for the rehosted LOFAM1, so naturally I sold my soul to the LOFAM once more to draw things and wrangle some artists for the third album! I consider this project a tribute to the creative side of the Homestuck fandom. You guys rock! I hope yoiu enjoy this album and take a look at all the cool art for it. - - your friendly neighborhood Lune - <hr> - <i>Special Thanks:</i> - <b>-CONCEPTION/ORGANIZATION-</b><br>Lune (Artist Wrangler)<br>Veritas Unae (Musician Wrangler) - <b>-ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATION-</b><br>Brad "Avinoch" Griffin <- thanking myself<br>Catboss (Catboss)<br>Mark Ciocca<br>Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri<br>Lambda "Xzaz" Blesdoe<br>...and everybody who nominated songs! - <b>-MASTERING-</b><br>Veritas Unae - <b>-<small>YET ANOTHER</small> COMMENTARY BOOKLET-</b><br>Brad "Avinoch" Griffin <- twice - <b>-WEBSITE CODE-</b><br>Veritas Unae - <b>-WEBSITE HOSTING-</b><br>AndrewNeo and skaia.net - <b>-INSPIRATION-</b><br>Andrew Hussie & What Pumpkin Studios<br>The Homestuck Music Team<br>The Homestuck Fan Musicians -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disk 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ˚ Disk 1 ˚ -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:24 -References: Violet and Gold -Directory: disk1-lofam3 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disk-1-2 -- https://youtu.be/o3cpnDkAhFY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Delicate Art of Temporal Manipulation -Artist: Eston Schweickart -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 4:18 -Art Tags: -- Calliope -- Lord English -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-delicate-art-of-temporal-manipulation -- https://youtu.be/52uozC1h_YU -Commentary: - <i>dodostad:</i> - I want so very badly to draw cherubs, Lord English chasing down poor Calliope. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - Hi there. I am the guy doing the commentary booklet again. This is one of the few tracks where either the musician or artist didn't leave commentary. Though there aren't enough free pages for an epic tale like last time, I figure I can find something to put to fill in the blanks. - Some cool time-reversal effects in this track. Very reminiscent of the Felt album. Cool art, too. Always like Ella's stuff. - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bite the Apple -Artist: Matt Lee -Track Art: inimitable-nectar -Duration: 4:21 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bite-the-apple -- https://youtu.be/ifulxtLc1_o -Art Tags: -- John -Commentary: - <i>Matt Lee:</i> - Hey there! Bite the Apple is a song about John going from being a goofy kid playing the piano to a goofy kid being launched into SBURB! For me, this was an incredibly refreshing song to write, and I still find it refreshing to listen to! You might even call it... A Breath of fresh Heir. I'm so sorry, I'll never make puns again. Thanks for listening! - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - In this piece, John is biting the apple. Clever! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Planet Cracker -Artist: Colin Stanfill -Track Art: awakesleeping -Duration: 1:40 -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/planet-cracker -- https://youtu.be/2RXMevfxCPg -References: Sunsetter -Commentary: - <i>Colin Stanfill:</i> - I wrote this song as an art exchange for redux on the forums who wanted more sunsetter remixes. - <i>awakesleeping:</i> - When I first saw the track's name on its own I thought of Caliborn's planet quest, but I thought this song was too upbeat for that, so I went with a Derse and Prospit's moons exploding and the Alphas reaching godtier. I really enjoyed drawing Jake and Jane's face. Drawing Derse and Prospit was quite the challenge but I hope I managed something recognizable! I tried to include some pixely elements and most of the godtier update (unfortunately I couldn't find a place for Jake's crotch but hey we all know why he's so shocked). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm Not a Hero -Artist: Robyo -Track Art: infinitymechanism -Duration: 5:32 -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-not-a-hero -- https://youtu.be/2PBxH568OIE -References: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -Commentary: - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - Ok so no art OR musician commentary for this page. - This track is a jamming remix of Upwad Movement... Pretty rocking! Also there might be a banjo in it at 2:45. Might be something else, but it certainly sounds like a banjo to me. - The track art is Dave Strider from Homestuck. He is the one referenced in the song title. He's not a hero. - John is the hero. (See [[track:youre-the-hero-its-you|track 19]].) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: confinis -Artist: horizon -Track Art: paveffer -Duration: 3:19 -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/confinis -- https://youtu.be/-3k6uySX2X4 -Lyrics: - Though rain shall fall and blood shall spill<br>I swear on the stars shining up above<br>Through war and strife, and winter's chill<br>I'll stay by your side, my love -Commentary: - <i>horizon:</i> - As a theme for the Disciple/Signless(Sufferer) pairing, I wanted the song to be haunting, cold, and forebodying, but still beautiful and rich. - The word <i>confinis</i> is latin for "beside" or "adjacent to" -- in astrology, it is another word for semisextile, which is an aspect of 30°. Such angles only occur when two planets are in two signs next to each other; in this case I'm referring to Cancer and Leo. The song (and image, for that matter) both follow this concept of 'togetherness', no matter what may face them -- and you'll see that The Disciple keeps her promise, as she is found in our night sky beside the prophet Cancerian. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> - Don't see much art or songs for the Ancestors. Both are pretty. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Emissary of Dance -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: Phil Gibson -Duration: 9:12 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emissary-of-dance -- https://youtu.be/G4qa1mTNYrc -References: -- Emissary of Wind -- Rabbunctious! -- Anbroids V2.0 -- Indigo Heir -- track:lancer -- track:outer-reaches -- Rust Servant -- Gold Pilot -- Teal Seer -- Eternity Served Cold -- The Land of Wind and Shade -- Dirgeish -- Despot -- Scourge Sisters -- Vigilante -- A Fashionable Escape -- track:layers-upon-layers -- Iron Infidel -- track:cumuloseerus -- Embittered Shore -- Final Stand -- track:dissension-original -- wwretched wwaltz -- The Paradox Paradigm -- Fuchsia Ruler -- The Ballad of Maplehoof -- Starkind -- Minihoof's Adventure -- Cobalt Corsair -- track:on-golden-dreams -- Jackpot -- Checkmate -- Dogfight -- Cyan Beast -- White King -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - This is more of a MGDVN 2.5 than a 3, really. After DSD I was all, okay I'm tapped out of official Homestuck songs, what now? - Fanmusic. Fanmusic is what. - This song is essentially a lov letter to the huge, burgeoning, and pretty much excellent fanmusic community. There is so much creativity and talent there it is pretty ridiculous?? Also, I would probably never have gotten any of my stuff online if it wasn't for the community's support so basically you guys are awesome. - now the hard part - Quotes songs by... *deep breath* - eston"silence"schweickartbradgriffin(avinoch)malcolmbrown paultuttlestarclarkpowellcahrles"crazy-8"neudorfwillascenzo firstturnfoldkeral.joneserik"jit"scheele kristian"dacen"andersonnicksmalleymichaelguybowman... *puff* *wheeze* - <small>...brenna"randomencounter"curranyan"nucleose"rodriguezmarcynabors(shadolith) sammneilandmax"imbrog"wrightgecdavidkorobert"kali"blaker paige"hrmnzr"<small>stanleysinisterpsycheian"myusernamesmud"white toby"radiatio<small>n"foxveritasunaeda<small>vid"dirtiest"dycus teamdogfightdavidellis(alunatic'sda</small>ydream)demographerist</small></small></small> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dance of Viridian and Violet -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: rosesarecrimson -Duration: 3:13 -References: -- Dance of Thorns -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Kanaya -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-viridian-and-violet -- https://youtu.be/eHLP_behr8M -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - Dance of Viridian and Violet is an oldtrack of mine--about two years old! I was surprised anyone remembered it enough to nominate it for Land of Fans and Music 3, but I suppose I should never underestimate people's willingness to dig years back through a fanartist's works. Anyway, like I said, it is very old and absolutely no mastering was used on it whatsoever (I'm scared to actually look at its waveform) since back then I didn't know what mastering was. The song ended up sounding quite beautiful, and I sitll think so today, despite my relative lack of skill. - Of course, this track being so old, I'd long since deleted the original FL Studio project file during spring cleaning, so I didn't have access to any of the MIDI data (the same thing happened with [[Sign of the Scorpion]]). I couldn't even properly remaster the song since I no longer had a lossless source. That's why I made a brand-new arrangement of the piece for LOFAM 3 that captures the piece's ouriginal beauty and romantic feel while only adding to its richness and elegance. Both Dance of Thorns and Endless Climb are hinted at in the composition, and while there aren't any quotes from Alternia/Bound, the stately elegance of the piece is meant to recall Kanaya. - <i>rosesarecrimson:</i> - This was a piece where I had the concept from day one. I knew that the piece ought to be ballet-inspired, given the prompt. Grimdark Rose and Kanpire were aesthetic choices - I wanted their duet to be balanced, with neither one taking the background role, and the duality suited the theme nicely. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Warweary Villein -Artist: Dakota Medina -Track Art: piskomil -Duration: 1:09 -References: Mayor Maynot -Art Tags: -- WV -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/warweary-villein -- https://youtu.be/gt6NZuHiomw -Lyrics: - You're a little superhero<br>You're the mayor<br>You're the one - You've got the courage<br>To stick to it<br>Maybe not the brains<br>Maybe not the Brawn - Wave your flag high<br>Let the mercy show<br>Let the merciless one know<br>The crown has got to go - *repeat "Mayor"* -Commentary: - <i>Dakota Medina:</i> - Warweary Villein is a song about my personal favorite character. Inspired by Toby Fox's 'Mayor Maynot' it is about how such a little dude can be such an inspiration for a massive call to arms. My favorite part about the piece is the harmonies. The song was also revamped for the LoFaM3 album and completely remade from the ground up. Hope you enjoy! - <i>piskomil:</i> - He's on a walk with his citizen-cans. They're having a lot of fun if you couldn't tell. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Thermporia -Artist: Yan Rodriguez -Track Art: insecureIllustrator -Duration: 2:50 -References: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thermporia -- https://youtu.be/fw6QZk-KT3c -Commentary: - <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i> - This song came out of strange feelings. - I thought that a lot of remixes of this song were treading the same ground, and while they were cool I liked this song enough to try my own shot at it using what seems to be becoming my signature style. Well people enjoyed it, but I still think it could have had more... pizazz. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - sooooooo goooooood - <i><b>Veritas Unae:</b></i> - no, but really, SOO GOOOOD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 720413 -Artist: Lark Mordancy -Track Art: sayachan-art -Duration: 3:18 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- 69423 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/720413 -- https://youtu.be/DhVjLTpVKe8 -Commentary: - <i>Lark Mordancy:</i> - Sburban Jungle has been stuck in my head since the moment I first heard it in Homestuck, and the rest of Michael Guy Bowman's work is equally memorable. For this piece, I chose to mix Sburban Jungle with 69423 from his album Comfortable Bugs. As for the title, well, I'm thinking of a number between 450 and 850... - <i>sayanchan-art:</i> - This music gave me a ton of inspiration for the track art but I ahd to draw a lot of different things and concepts before I actually came down to what I really wanted. For starters, Sburban Jungle has always been the music that kick started the game for the kids. For a beautiful track like this I felt the need to be a bit more abstract, so as the kids rise up, they bleed this colourful and glitchy glitter and the image itself follows the sequence of the Zodiac Signs (Trolls amde the kids), Green Spirograph (Beta Kids session) and the game reset which amde the Sburb logo red (Alpha kids session). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: March of the Aluminum Soldiers -Artist: Ian White -Contributors: Veritas Unae (some percussion) -Track Art: rosesarecrimson -Duration: 3:52 -Art Tags: -- AR -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/march-of-the-aluminum-soldiers -- https://youtu.be/Ss3LYhN-SjI -Commentary: - <i>Ian White:</i> - it is a march - inspired by kirby games - and I guess Sousa - that guy is like the king of marches - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - i didn't even do anything except duplicate a snare sound that's it - also sousa is the best - <i>rosesarecrimson:</i> - I knew from the minute I read it that I wanted it to look something like a Russian propaganda poster. The toughest thing about this was the over composition. Turns out it's reallllllly hard to get a rectangular composition to translate to a square. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: An Uncertain Venture -Artist: David Ellis -Track Art: awakesleeping -Duration: 3:00 -Art Tags: -- Jake -- Dirk -- Sawtooth -- Squarewave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/an-uncertain-venture -- https://youtu.be/oWyVIEsRvas -Commentary: - <i>David Ellis:</i> - This is intended as a walkabout track. - No guitars this time. - <i>awakesleeping:</i> - This piece has a bit of back story that I made up and I suppose I might've been more than a little self-indulgent here with my otp, but it's what the song made me think of. So the idea is that Dirk and Jake are adventuring together on lomax with Sawtooth and Squarewave (who are providing the hip hop backdrop). I imagine Dirk would be very controlling during tomb raids and such, taking the leader role, or at least being manipulative in some way. I think this would really make Jake feel uncomfortable and.... (wait for it) uncertain about his feelings towards Dirk. I think the song's vibe really matches this as well with the cool electronic instrumentation (Dirk) and the walk around looping anxiousness of it (Jack and his adventuring). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hymn of the Horrorterrors -Artist: Tamara Fritz -Track Art: ladylovelycocks -Duration: 1:58 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hymn-of-the-horrorterrors -- https://youtu.be/KUd1l0NnSrU -Lyrics: - MAY I BE FREE SOON - FUTMA KUL SHEMTOR<br>FREE ME FROM THE HORROR - FUTMA TUJ TUGLUTHINKLEHT<br>I CALL TO THE LIGHT WITH HOPE - THIFTA LISH TUWIRG FU BIMIKE<br>I CALL TO THE DARK - THIFTA LISH TUKLEHT<br>MAY I BE FREE SOON - FUTMA KUL SHEMTOR - I FEEL POWERLESS - SHITA FO GLUTHINJO<br>I FEEL THE HORRORTERRORS' CRIES - SHITA GLUTHINKLET TUTAK TERSH<br>THE DARKNESS DEEP WITHIN - TUKLENGET FORIN JO<br>THE ENDLESS TEMPTATION - TUTORKLIB FORTU FERSH<br>MAY I BE FREE SOON - FUTMA KUL SHEMTOR - SHOW ME THROUGH THE DARK - MIRMI ETIN TUKLET<br>I FEEL THE GREEN LIGHT - SHITA WIRG FLUKET<br>AROUND ME - JAR MA<br>WITH ME - FU MA<br>AND SOON MAY I BE - TI NU, FUTMA<br>MAY I BE SET FREE SOON - FUTMA KUL SHEMTOR -Commentary: - <i>Tamara Fritz:</i> - This is a piece entirely done in a constructed language entirely created by me. Deatils can be found on <a href="https://melodystuckrosearchive.tumblr.com/post/40875330244/hymn-of-the-horrorterrors-futma-kul-shemtor-be">the original post</a> on tumblr found on the 'melodystuckrose' blog. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - Pretty would be an understatement. - I partiuclarly like the lacy border. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sgrubian Wilderness -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Brad Griffin -Duration: 2:31 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sgrubian-wilderness -- https://youtu.be/hVVbfM8aSgU -Commentary: - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - I did htis piece a while back, quite some time ago now. It was a hypothetical theme fro Sgrub in the same vein as Sburban Jungle was. I considered reworking the piece, but everywhere I turned the piece wasn't really getting better, so here it is in all its original Sibelius 6 glory! Imagine this playing as all of the trolls enter the medium for the very first time. Go imagination, go! - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> - Karkat furiously playing the marinba ostinato. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Medium -Artist: Arzenic -Track Art: Scarodactyl -Duration: 3:07 -Art Tags: -- Consorts -- Denizens -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/medium -- https://youtu.be/ZSnq_Tfalsc -Lyrics: - Alternating.<br>Oscillating.<br>Head is shaking.<br>Knees are aching. - Thoughts are spiraling.<br>Caught compiling.<br>Median interest.<br>Nothing to tie us. - Medium<br>Medium<br>Medium<br>Medium -Commentary: - <i>Arzenic:</i> - This song was my first serious attempt at incorporating vocals into music. At the time this song was created, I had no recording equipment other than a mic on my webcam (and I actually used that same thing to re-record the vocals). Since the audio quality was incomprehensibly bad, I ended up messing around with equalization and limiting a lot, and because of that, I had to change the song to compensate. It went from a more acoustic song, to a song that used a lot of percussion, to even chiptune at one point. It finally settled on this pad-synth kinda' style, and I'd say I'm pretty pleased with that. - Excluding the actual production, hte subject and title of the song, "Medium", really stood out to me while I was making it. The Medium holds all of the planets, all of the life, and all of the excitemnt of S___b. Actually, it holds everything that there is about the game. So, I wanted to make the song sound vast, but I also wanted it to be a bit more personal. Maybe "vastness of the mind" could be a good description. All in all, I'm satisfied wit hthe osng, and I hope whoever hears it will be as well. - <i>Scarodactyl:</i> - I really enjoyed working on this one. Trying to get the entirety of The Medium into the canvas in a coherent way was an interesting challenge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fracta Sub Luna -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 3:15 -Art Tags: -- Snowman -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fracta-sub-luna -- https://youtu.be/hkLz5tuPvJk -Commentary: - <i>dodostad:</i> - I imagined this song would fit Snowman perfectly, so I tried to squish dramatic moonlight and her into the same square and this is the end result. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - MANDELBROT "EAT FRESH" MOON -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fool [Explicit] -Directory: fool -Artist: PhemieC -Track Art: PhemieC -Duration: 5:19 -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fool-explicit -- https://youtu.be/23Ekyew6ljc -Lyrics: - Boy, you get my guts tied up in such a twisted noisy ruckus - Heaven sent that you are, wouldn’t lift a claw or cut me off ‘cause - Rambling as I ever am I shamble to your chair and stables - Watch you all enraptured as you shuffle cards and stutter fables - Break my habit, you’re my habit, I’d trade my limbs for one of you - Two legs for two lips, now I’d say that’s a fair trade, wouldn’t you? - Drop my habit, you’re my habit, I’d trade my habit to get you back and I’m - Like a fool without a calling, like a heartsick fool - Boy, you like to play the martyr, but if I pray a little harder - If I close the window and come back here when I’m not so sober - If I said it plainly not in riddle-rhymes, all cagey, - Would you answer with a smile made of brackets or look at me strangely? - Break my habit, you’re my habit, I’d trade my limbs for one of you - Two legs for two lips, now I’d say that’s a fair trade, wouldn’t you? - Drop my habit, you were my habit, I’d trade my habit to get you back and - It’s you and I again just writing, shiftless, click clack clicking, grinning - Like a fool without a calling, like a heartsick fool - Boy, you’re on the floor and on my fingers, dripping from my kisses - Eyes so vacant, would you hate it, if I said you look delicious? - The laughter dies and rots inside me, brother, it is you all over - Stay beside me here and guide me, unrequited would-be lover - Took my miracle, you’re my miracle, I’d trade my brains for one of you - Two gods for two voices, I’d say that’s a fair trade, wouldn’t you? - Need a miracle, you’re my miracle, I’d trade a miracle to get you back and I’m - Left without a friend, soaked to the bone and backwards bent - I’m seeing shades, screaming repent your sickness leave it here for lent - Now witness, here, a fool without a calling! I’m a heartsick fool. - Still the fool without a calling, still a fucking fool. -Commentary: - <i>PhemieC:</i> - A sad, one-sided GamTav song from Gamzee's POV. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You're the Hero (It's You) -Artist: David Dycus -Track Art: ladylovelycocks -Duration: 2:48 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/youre-the-hero-its-you -- https://youtu.be/4joVcHKDX3w -Commentary: - <i>David Dycus:</i> - Written for, but not entered in, the Homestuck music contest. It would have been submitted for John. It was loosely intended to be a major-key counterpart to my song [[Checkmate]] from Colours & Mayhem: Universe B. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - This art is about John because it was established earlier that Dave is not a hero (see [[track:im-not-a-hero|track 5]]). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Oh Hi There, Lil Cal -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 3:08 -Art Tags: -- Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/oh-hi-there-lil-cal -- https://youtu.be/BidbwQ8gRQk -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - This is a remake of an old track I made back when lil' cal was still a creepy little puppet, which actually, is all the time. - HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO - <i>dodostad:</i> - I originally drew this on a post it note, and it kept reappearing in weird places and scaring me. It was a sign I had to paint this, I think. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Courtroom Shuffle -Artist: Nitrosparxx -Track Art: Elanor Pam -References: Terezi's Theme -Duration: 3:00 -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Karkat -- Tavros -- Nepeta -- Vriska -- Gamzee -- Eridan -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/courtroom-shuffle -- https://youtu.be/Ue2n6q90Yko -Commentary: - <i>Nitrosparxx:</i> - Well, I certainly didn't expect this song to take off like it did! What was originally just another remix suddenly became one of my most well known and recognized songs! It all started when I saw an interesting post speculating what instruments the trolls might've played. There was harp for Aradia, there was guitar for Tavros, and for Terezi it had clarinet. As soon as I saw that, I knew I had to do a jazzed up remix of her theme. So for about two days, I transcribed the melody, worked out some chords, and did up a bassline and drumbeat. It was kind of weird working on this song, since I was using the unconventional 8/4 time rather than 4/4 time. The reason for this was to make the eight-note swing sound like sixteenth-note swing. Although I'm not as much into Homestuck any more and I feel as though I've written better songs since then, I am still pleased that a lot of people liked this song! - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - This track was actually slated to be on LOFAM 2 originally, but got pushed back for some reason or other. This art's been around since then. Very dramatic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Waveform -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Yorick Cobb -Duration: 3:07 -References: -- Trepidation -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Negative Aperture -- Miasmajesty -Art Tags: -- Squarewave -- Sawtooth -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/waveform -- https://youtu.be/ygw3O4dmRYI -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - In June 2012, Homestuck Volume 9 was released, and I was real excited. Given that it had been months since the whole team had made a new collaborative effort, I took no time in repaying the album several times a day for weeks after its release. As you might expect, this kinda gets into your subconscious. And one night, I had a dream. I was in my room, listening to Trepidation. Then... actually, I'm pretty sure that was the whole dream. When I woke up, I begain thinking about what the dream could have meant. My conclusion was that I should probably listen to Trepidation some more. And I did. And it ended up becoming my favorite Homestuck song. - About seven months later, I reminded myself about the fact that the LOFAM 3 project was probably about to start soon. Resolving to make a quality song before the selection process began, I decided to make a Trepidation rearrange, given that I practically knew all its notes by heart by then. So I opened up FL studio, and began working nonstop for the next day and a half to finish it. It ended up quoting not only Trepidation, but also Negative Aperture, Miasmajesty and Upwards Movement, and I'm pretty proud of the end results! - <i>Yorick Cobb:</i> - This picture started out digitally as an attempt to imitate N's original placeholder, but I had to restart it when the pen on my tablet wore down. Because I am more comfortable with physical media, the piece was free to go in more interesting directions. I feel digital art is better suited to applications like music art, so I added distinctly digital colors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Maidswap -Artist: Ashley Jones -Track Art: Scarodactyl -Duration: 5:06 -References: -- Havoc -- Fuchsia Ruler -- 0_0 -- Ugly Betty -- --Emperical -- Rust Servant -- The Lost Child -- English -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/maidswap -- https://youtu.be/DzUKjwDTtrs -Commentary: - <i>Ashley Jones:</i> - I find that a lot of my Homestuck tracks tend to be medleys: One of my first ideas for a track was the Gamzee vs. Dave rap battle with all their motifs as a backdrop (that never really picked off because UGH, LACK OF VOCAL TALENT ON MY PART). This one follows a similar vein; Her Imperious Condescension vs. Lord English's Handmaid. I wanted the track to show how tired of life the Handmaid had become, so a lot of her motifs get cut short quite abrasively by HIC's "attacks", as it were. She puts up a little bit of a struggle sometimes, but eventually she just accepts her fate and lets herself be replaced. So ends the tragic life of the Alernian Ancestors. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - All of Scarodactyl's art was actually slightly smaller than the resolution I used for this booklet. Hopefully upscaling it didn't ruin the pixels too much. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sleepy Eyes of Derse -Artist: Colin Stanfill -Track Art: multiversalInk -Duration: 2:27 -Art Tags: -- Roxy -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sleepy-eyes-of-derse -- https://youtu.be/JQ9uU7w6gxA -Commentary: - <i>Colin Stanfill:</i> - This song was written for the colours & mayhem contest, but was never entered. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - There's no sleepy eyes,<br>Just a snoozing Roxy butt.<br>(I'm not complaining) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sign of the Scorpion -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: Ducky Senpai -Duration: 3:05 -References: Spider's Claw -Art Tags: -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sign-of-the-scorpion -- https://youtu.be/8dT6s4MJf9Y -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - Sign of the Scorpion is an old track of mine, about maybe 14 or 15 months old, and while I'm legitimately proud of a lot of compositional elements, the mastering and production horrified me looking back on it. Like [[Dance of Viridian and Violet]], I'd long since deleted the project file, since it was just a one-off Homestuck song that I figured I was unlikely to ever need again, so I made a nwe arrangement of the piece from scratch, taking elements I liked frmo the original and putting them in a new context. It doesn't quote any Homestuck themes (I don't believe the original did at all), except for a brief mention of Spider's Claw right at the end. The new arrangement has a bit more of a hard-rock feel and toned-down orchestral elements, making it a bit more reflective of Vriska as a character. - <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> - I did a track art for one of Ascenzo's songs back in LOFAM2 as well and also the art for [[Rust Apocalypse]]. So, when I saw two songs by them on the available songs for track art, I couldn't really help myself. Their songs are great. I know you like it, I can tell. Hope the track art seems suitable, and that you'll enjoy that as well. I have nothing else to say on the matter. That's it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aqueous Armagourddon -Artist: Brad Griffin -Contributors: Malcolm Brown (with regards to) -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 2:00 -References: Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse -Art Tags: -- Roxy -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aqueous-armagourddon -- https://youtu.be/Zx4tuVvWJ64 -Commentary: - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> - Like everybody else, I was astounded by Malcolm Brown's <i>Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse</i> from Volume 9. For this song, I wanted to do a different take on it. Apocalypses aren't all fun and games, after all. Major props to Ella for the wonderful track art. - <small>a pumpkin is a type of gourd that is the pun</small> - <i>dodostad:</i> - I loved the sound of this song but had a hard time figuring out what to draw for it, but whenever in doubt draw a sad Roxy inside a pumpkin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fortune Healer -Artist: Joe Ouellet -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 3:05 -Art Tags: -- Aranea -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fortune-healer -- https://youtu.be/xN72OzBjXK4 -Commentary: - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> - This is a song for Aranea Serket. I originally set out to make this piece for a Hero of Light, mainly for Rose at the conception of the piece, but as I got further into making it, it became clear it was not a "Rose" song. Although I think this song goes off on too many tangents (not sticking to a particular melody or motif throughout the song) I find it suiting for Aranea due to her tendency to jabber away at any chance she gets, often changing the subject multiple times. Or maybe I just made that up now to make it seem like I did it on purpose...The world may never know. I have also been thinking about making a sort of "sequel" set of songs to this one for Vriska and Rose. They would be called "Fortune Stealer" and "Fortune Teller" respectively. - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - Aranea. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bathearst's Theme -Artist: Eston Schweickart -Track Art: Scarodactyl -Duration: 1:24 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bathearsts-theme -- https://youtu.be/1Mrj-Ga6-3E -Commentary: - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - NANANANANANANANANANNANANNANANANA<br>BATAMARI DAMACY - The first and only Problem Sleuth song on a LoFaM album to date. Hopefully not the last! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Metamorphosis of Rose Lalonde -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Racheme -Duration: 9:56 -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-metamorphosis-of-rose-lalonde -- https://youtu.be/KG_2qYN5woQ -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - A three movement piece based on Rose Lalonde's character developments from normal to grimdark to god tier. It's about 10 minutes all together. Also, the last of the Seer pieces. The first two movements were from early 2011, but the last movement was added after Cascade. - <i>Racheme:</i> - This beautiful track and its title is very direct that this is about Rose and how far she has come since Act 1 so I just drew what it told me, I hope it is okay ;; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Theme of the Slam Jam -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: plaidcushion -Duration: 3:34 -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Dirk -References: -- Unite Synchronization -- Space Jam -- GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) -- GameGrl (Original 1993 Mix) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/theme-of-the-slam-jam -- https://youtu.be/ESHQd9oIr3Q -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - WORK THAT BODY WORK THAT BODY MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HURT NOBODY<br>GET WILD AND LOSE YOUR MIND<br>TAKE THIS THING INTO OVERDRIVE<br>HEY DJ, TURN IT UP<br>QCD GONNA yeah okay i'll stop now - (...c'mon and slam and welcome to the jam) - <i>plaidcushion:</i> - This is simultaneously the best and stupidest thing I have ever created. Thank goodness for the 90's. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: JOHN DO THE WINDY THING -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Daysi -Duration: 4:04 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/john-do-the-windy-thing -- https://youtu.be/BkS6EQjFJJM -Lyrics: - John, do the windy thing,<br>John, do the windy thing,<br>John, do the windy thing,<br>Do the windy thing... -Commentary: - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> - i was drunk - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - <span style="font-size: 2em; font-family: cursive">John, do the windy thing,<br>John, do the windy thing,<br>John, do the windy thing,<br>Do the windy thing...</span> - <div style="text-align: right"><i>end of disk 1</i></div> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disk 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ˚ Disk 2 ˚ -Directory: disk2-lofam3 -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 0:11 -References: Eden -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disk-2-2 -- https://youtu.be/_sfcbpk3S9I -Commentary: - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> - <i>Halfway there!</i> - I'ma get real for a sec. - The Homestuck fanmusic albums are very dear to me. I've met many friends and colleagues through the creation of the LoFaM albums and the Sburb OST project. I am honoured by each opportunity to work alongside such great talent, and to somehow be included amongst them. - Everybody involved is a great inspiration to me. Thanks. - -Avinoch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Garden of Eden (Part 1) -Artist: Veritas Unae, David Ellis -Track Art: azuzatori -Duration: 8:15 -References: -- Eden -- psych0ruins -- track:doctor -- Savior of the Dreaming Dead -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:growing-up -- Flare -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Heir Conditioning -- Dawn of Man -- Cascade (Beta) -- Liquid Negrocity -- track:ruins -- Black Rose / Green Sun -Art Tags: -- John -- Jane -- John's dad -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/garden-of-eden-part-1 -- https://youtu.be/om3RdlsEvJ4 -Commentary: - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - Wow. This piece was a huge undertaking that started back when I first played Eden sometime... last year I think? I really connected with James's piece, so much so that I made sure to let him know (and continue to let him know) how easy and intuitive it felt to play. I experimented with it, transitioning into psych0ruins, and then into Doctor. Being heavily inspired by Konec0's dance medleys, I thought to extend the piece, and extend it I did. Up until the Walk Stab Walk / Earthsea Borealis section was all ad lib'd on my piano, as I picked pieces I thought I could move between, and beyond there I wrote original scores straight into Sibelius which I could barely dream of playing. This piece developed into what you hear today, including the seret ending! I hope it moves you, as all of Homestuck's music has moved me. Enjoy listening to this 31 song medley! Some day I'll learn to play it. - A 'quick' fact, I had planned to continue the Killed By 8r8k Spider section through over the top of the Unite Synchronization ostinato, but when I played back the section after the high G, stacatto F into the ostinato, I felt a powerful urge to just get straight back into the final version of Eden, which was written on whim straight into that 4/4 pattern and more fluidly in B minor. It feels like a new life has been breathed into Eden because of it, and I'm so happy to be the man to have done it! - <i>azuzatori:</i> - scoot did piano<br>i drew piano -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Garden of Eden (Part 2) -Artist: Veritas Unae, David Ellis -Track Art: azuzatori -Duration: 10:39 -References: -- Garden of Eden (Part 1) -- Crystalanthemums -- October -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- Earthsea Borealis -- Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius -- Hate You -- Three in the Morning -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- Moonsetter -- English -- Gold Pilot -- Nightmare -- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! -- Unite Synchronization -- Homestuck Anthem -- Theme -- Mother (Piano) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/garden-of-eden-part-2 -- https://youtu.be/S9qynPjh44o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Electric Fireflies -Artist: Thomas Ibarra -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 3:39 -References: -- Firefly Cloud -- track:doctor -- track:showtime-original-mix -Art Tags: -- Calliope -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electric-fireflies -- https://youtu.be/pR_doGsiHL0 -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ibarra:</i> - Many of my recompositions tend to be experiments with lemotiffs, and Electric Fireflies is no exception. While largely focused around the light flicks of piano melody within Firefly Cloud and the song itself by Erik "Jit" Scheele, I found my experiment to take a coures of its own. I tried to follow Jit's carefully integrated elements of Doctor to discover that his method employed a much more flowing and intertwined realization of instrumental melody; this was something I felt tha I did not achieve. I felt refreshing to observe what can only be described as mastery of melody, theme and atmosphere. It was a pleasure to make this piece. - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - Sketched and colored in Paint Tool Sai and color adjusted in Photoshop. - MY WORKSPACE TABLET IS INCREDIBLY SHITTY I AM SO SORRY CALLIE DESERVED BETTER THAN THIS also I actually forgot about Dirk's sword and only noticed it when I was about to post haha whoops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Blast -Artist: Dakota Medina -Track Art: RaChoTamer -Duration: 1:34 -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Sollux -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-blast -- https://youtu.be/lF-FrdtRYl4 -Lyrics: - You should just move on<br>I am still right here<br>Please carry on strong<br>I am still right here - I’ll lay all my hopes down<br>On the grass beneath my feet<br>The blast and the last sound<br>Accidental defeat - Will you give me your word<br>you’ll be okay<br>I’m blasting away<br>But I am still right here -Commentary: - <i>Dakota Medina:</i> - The Blast is a song written from Aradia's perspective regarding the 'sollux killing her hyped up on Mind Honey' incident. It is about her about to blow up about telling everyone that it is 0kay. The song was written mostly as a 'Can I write a simple and effective only 4 chords' and I think it was successful. The song was revamped for the LoFaM3 album and completely remade from the ground up. Hope you enjoy! - <i>RaChoTamer:</i> - Oh man. "The Blast". I really love this song. Seriously, Snortrax is a very lovely musician. Go listen to his other stuff after you listen to this album! - Honestly, this track art took me... far too long to finish. Mainly because I decided to redraw Aradia completely once I had finished thlines HAHA OOPS. - But I think it was worth it in the end! I learnt a lot doing this, especially when it comes to style and faces and painting, so hopefully it was worth it! - I also learnt that I can't draw psionic blasts for my life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dominion -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: inimitable-nectar -Duration: 2:32 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Dave's bro -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dominion -- https://youtu.be/TKHT08gIilQ -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - Me jumping the gun on making a land theme for Dirk. Had put it forward for Vol. 9 as just a track about him but didn't make the cut. Held onto it for a while hoping I could find some way to make it better, but it's aging on me. - <i>inimitable-nectar:</i> - I listened to the song on loop while I was drawing. I think it ended up being about 36 plays long. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Run-Stab-Run -Artist: Yan Rodriguez -Track Art: Amethyst Barron -Duration: 2:11 -References: Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Underlings -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/run-stab-run -- https://youtu.be/hGWajP5G6yU -Commentary: - <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i> - This was back when I cared about getting the first remix of at least one recently released song out for Homestuck. The result is this! I tried elaborating a bit on the material Jit gave so far, since at the time there wasn't much to go off of, and I think it fares relatively well. It's hard to feel good about old music sometimes though. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - Slick strut! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tombs & Krypton -Directory: tombs-and-krypton -Artist: Rob Little -Track Art: fueledbyanimation -Duration: 2:46 -References: -- track:ruins -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tombs-krypton -- https://youtu.be/ZtRIbRMe5Jc -Commentary: - <i>Rob Little:</i> - I made this shortly after LOTAK was first revealed, and I wanted to capture the pressure and paradoxical claustrophobia of that huge space blanketed by a heavy, inert atmosphere. I started with the drums, which were just an attempt to create a kit from scratch that I didn't entirely hate, plus a ton of reverb. Next came the atmospheric elements - the distorted tremolo synth, the piano, the echoing synth bleeps which to me are a signal intended to guide the player, decayed over the aeons the planet has waited for Dirk's arrival, and the nearly-metronomic hat-click to reinfore the senes that, now that he's here, his limited time is rapidly ticking away. Finally I tried a few string melodies for the middle section, but simply nothing says 'towering ancient remains of a lost civilization' as effectively as Erik Scheele's Ruins, so I stole it and added a sort of contrapuntal harmony underneath. And now I give it to you. - <i>fueledbyanimation:</i> - I was beyond excited to get to be part of another fan album, especially to be drawing for a song connected to Dirk's planet, since he's one of my absolute favorite characters. Every kid/troll's planet reflects them and also challenges them at the same time. LOTAK is one of the more dangerous planets, with its constant raging lightning storms and the most powerful denizen at its center, fitting for Dirk who is a determined, skilled fighter. The planet is also a contrast, a planet full of tall buildings for someone who grew up in an ocean surrounded by nothing. I really wanted to show LOTAK as an extension, or part of, DIrk himself. The song itself gives a sense of floating, or as the musi artist said themselves, a very spacey feeling, so I tried to capture this as well, with the overview shot of the planet that Dirk appears to be floating over. I hope that others who look at my piece will feel I managed to pictuer the song well in my drawing for it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Contention -Artist: Marcy Nabors -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 5:52 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Sawtooth -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/contention -- https://youtu.be/M9EAfYlHxzA -Commentary: - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> - I wrote Contention as a strife theme for Dirk Strider. It's synthesized entirely with FM patches ripped from a ROM of Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and converted to FM8 format, in keeping with the Sega Genesis inspired style of Dirk-related songs like [[track:anbroids-v2|Anbroids]]. The rhythms in this song were largely inspired by the drums in the song "Tung, The Icelandic Lesbian" by Kitsune^2. I've always been a big fan of heavy 6/8 two-against-three rhythms played with Sonic-style drums, so the choice of time signature for this track was a no-brainer. - <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> - Here we see Dirk, the Prince of Heart, preparing to clash with the Imperial Drones sent by HIC to dispose of him. His loyal and steadfast retainer, Sawtooth, seeks to thin the enemy ranks while Dirk meets the opposing force head on. A fierce and devastating battle ensues, yet the Prince prevails. For now... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Slick Snow -Artist: Eston Schweickart -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 1:16 -References: Three in the Morning -Art Tags: -- Snowman -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/slick-snow -- https://youtu.be/lChTGSEh4Iw -Commentary: - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - Snowman and Spades Slick. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - Ooh, complex rhythm. Jazzy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sord..... -Artist: Team Dogfight -Track Art: Veritas Unae -Duration: 1:25 -References: Flare -Art Tags: -- SBaHJ -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sord -- https://youtu.be/gZuY-y9LF6A -Commentary: - <i>Team Dogfight:</i> - NEOCLASICAL GUITAR- - <i>S O L B O</i> - BWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEeeeeeeeeeflareee<big>eeeee eeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEE EEeEEEEEeeeeEEEEEeee</big> - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - "i don't usually make art<br>........................but when i do, it's for a sbahj track." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Demon and the Alien -Artist: Veritas Unae, David Ellis -Track Art: laroone -Duration: 3:49 -References: -- Liquid Negrocity -- track:MeGaLoVania -- psych0ruins -- track:sburban-jungle -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Final Stand -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Jack Noir -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-demon-and-the-alien -- https://youtu.be/S2-FuyiekQQ -Commentary: - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - <code style="color: #a10000">CAA: f0r a demon wh0 is indestructible<br>CAA: 0mnip0tent<br>CAA: and enraged</code> - Although MeGaLoVania is an awesome track for [S] Wake, I felt that it didn't really tell the story of how Aradia arose, and eventually faced Jack and vanished through his frame into the realm of the Green Sun. And with my love of psych0ruins and Liquid Negrocity / Black leading me to sessions on the piano playing around with the song, a steady chain of events started forming as I played around with the medley. Imagine the events of Aradia's half of [S] Wake playing, plus those pages that come a little while after where Aradia stops Jack in time (note the 'ticking' of the high notes late in the piece!) Of course, I had to pay homage to the original track used for the flash. What you hear is played live, too! (albeit through a MIDI keyboard) Many thanks to Lunatic again for providing assistance - it's insane the air this guy's got. - <i>Lauren:</i> - Since Aradia came back to life she's been entertaining nuts, and I had this image of her sitting with a calm smile on her face while Jack is trapped and PISSED. I thought it would be fun since Aradia takes everything so in stride, and when she first becomes God Tier she freezes Jack mere seconds before he kills her, with a big smile on her face and no worries. I wanted to go with something like this, Jack being trapped in 'time' and Aradia sitting by sweetly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Party of Three -Artist: Cullen Lawson, Joe Ouellet -Track Art: plaidcushion -Duration: 3:22 -References: -- Three's a Crowd -- Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius -- Liquid Negrocity -Art Tags: -- DD -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/party-of-three -- https://youtu.be/FuR-7wg4l-s -Commentary: - <i>Cullen Lawson:</i> - Hello there! I'm very excited to be a part of LOFAM 3! This is the first time I've been a part of a LOFAM album, and this tune is the first one I've ever done as a collaborative project with someone. I had a blast working with Joe. He's been a very supportive friend and music-making mentor and I couldn't imagine working with a better collab partner. I was tossing the idea around for a while to do something for the Draconian Dignitary / Diamonds Droog, so I was very happy when Joe went along with the idea. It turned out a lot different than I expected, but in a very good way! I'm pleased as punch to have been a part of it. - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> - This was a collab between me and Cullen! I had a ton of fun working on this with him. It was his idea initially to mash up a few songs featuring DD. I didn't really expect it to turn into a dubstep piece as I had no experience making the genre at all! - <i>plaidcushion:</i> - I wanted to go with a simple but striking design that worked on two levels: the large diamond with the grey layers, which looks good as a thumbnail on a small ipod screen or similar, and the silhouetted shadowy type DDs that are more apparent when you view the art at full size. I'm really happy with how well it worked out! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Invertebrate -Artist: Astro Kid -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 3:15 -References: Tentacles -Art Tags: -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/invertebrate -- https://youtu.be/7v-ELzTgSHo -Commentary: - <i>dodostad:</i> - A friend of mine made a plush squiddle so I decided to let it have a moment to shine! Also this song is the cutest thing what the heckie. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - SQUIDDLES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: timaeusAmplified -Artist: Shandy -Track Art: Shandy -Duration: 3:16 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/timaeusamplified -- https://youtu.be/nIPk7669z88 -Commentary: - <i>Shandy:</i> - Originally this track was intended for Parcel Mistress, but after learning more about Dirk's character I thought it fit him better. Thank you to LOFAM and all the talented musicians and artists who made this album possible! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Scabbard -Artist: Yan Rodriguez -Track Art: batteravesucriere -Duration: 2:06 -References: Unsheath'd -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scabbard -- https://youtu.be/tvpvjxoJr-Y -Commentary: - <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i> - I used to do a series of songs/arrangements lining up with stories. I didn't ever really line this one up with anything, but the basic idea was "Unsheathed in a haunted house." I played a lot of Luigi's Mansion for this one. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - Pretty sure this is one of them Pisces trolls. Not sure why it is called Scabbard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sketches in Black -Artist: Kevin Grant -Track Art: queenoftheantz -Duration: 2:13 -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -References: -- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) -- Paint It, Black -- Liquid Negrocity -- Horschestra -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sketches-in-black -- https://youtu.be/V83XZ-cyxuM -Commentary: - <i>Kevin Grant:</i> - Originally supposed to be a practice project so I could learn how to sample, I added in a few piano riffs from Black and it took on a life of its own. The most obvious sample is from "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing", but other samples in there inclue the trumpet from an old 1940s big band song, and the drums from "Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones. For a song that wasn't even originally a song, I think it came out pretty well. Enjoy! - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - <small><small>If another one of these commentaries ends with "Enjoy" I am going to punch everyone.</small></small> - Great perspective work on the art. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Together (At Last) -Artist: Joe Ouellet -Track Art: Vaydra -Duration: 3:14 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/together-at-last -- https://youtu.be/jOa8YAWe-bY -Commentary: - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> - Together (At Last) is a theme for the Beta kids' reunion, obviously made before they reunited in canon. The beginning is supposed to be happy; the beta kids finally unite for the first time after a session gone awry and a 3 year journey through the dark abyss and a mysterious alternate dimension. They hug, cry, fist bump, push each other down a set of friendship stairs, etc. Then Rose drops a bombshell: an unbeatable demon is going around destroying dream bubbles, and in the process, the universe. Things look grave, and Jade and John are startled. But they decide to press on and not give up. Together, with the remaining trolls and the alpha kids, they can defeat, or escape, Lord English once and for all. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - Due to miscommunication, we actually ended up with a couple pieces for this track. Both were pretty rad, so we didn't want either to go to waste. The other ended up being the [[track:disk2-lofam3|Disk 2]] track art. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: INFIDELS! -Artist: David Ellis -Track Art: Kate Holden -Duration: 4:14 -References: Iron Infidel, Spider's Claw -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- The Psiioniic -- The Disciple -- The Dolorosa -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/infidels -- https://youtu.be/VWPc1T6BZIA -Commentary: - <i>David Ellis:</i> - I wanted to ruin Samm's song. Mission accomplished. - <i>Kate Holden:</i> - Let's be 100% clear here, I freaking love prog rock, so I was pretty pumped listening to this tune over and over while drawing this one. Every piece of track art I've done for this album has been a little different. This one was the easiest to do and only took an hour because this kind of inked comic book art is my bread and butter. I felt that something bold and comic bookish would fit well since it has that epic kind of scope prog rock gets across. Remember how in the eighties the X-men seemed to spend most of their time in space participating in Space Opera stuff? I wanted to do something like that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Forest Fire -Artist: Brad Griffin -Contributors: Solatrus (with regards to), Clark Powell (with regards to) -Track Art: sayachan-art -Duration: 2:42 -References: Heart of the Forest, Flare -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/forest-fire -- https://youtu.be/yTDaozw_9Vo -Commentary: - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> - This track was initially just an arramngement of <i>Heart of the Forest</i> by Solatrus, from the Spiritwake soundtrack. Then I was all "hey I bet Flare would sound pretty good with this" so I added it in and it didn't sound terrible. A fadeout is a totally lazy way to end a song. Apologies to Jeremy Iamurri and Clark Powell. - Thanks also to sayachan for the exceptional track art. - <i>sayachan-art:</i> - This song takes me back to when Rose was trying to escape her impending doom and get into the game and then when hearing Flare I find myself thinking about the tumor, its countdown, her death and ascension and it makes me realize how much she has grown. So, what I tried to imply with this cover is how that fire she was trying to evade eventually became the flames of the green sun where she accepted her fate and arose anew. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: RetroBution (ohgodwhy Remix) -Artist: Astro Kid -Track Art: Kate Holden -Duration: 4:02 -References: Retrobution -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Aranea -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/retrobution-ohgodwhy-remix -- https://youtu.be/gVTIRFO-4n0 -Commentary: - <i>Astro Kid:</i> - 900pm<br>butts per minute - <i>Kate Holden:</i> - I had been wanting to make a full set of functional, repearing titles anyway for use in maybe making a simple platforme,r so I decided to make use of them and create a sort of "If mspa was a game in the 16 bit era" thing. The spirtes were also an excellent opportunity to test out the sprite base I've been working on making from scratch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Insomniac -Artist: Princey The Kid -Track Art: Caliboner -Duration: 4:25 -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -- Calliope -- cw: blood -- cw: eye horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/insomniac -- https://youtu.be/CfgQ7QS1JHA -Commentary: - <i>Princey The Kid:</i> - It's a battle for dominance between Caliborn and Calliope. - <i>Caliboner:</i> - All I really have to say is that I have never worked as diligently on any art piece, as I have on this. I spent, what, two months psychoanalyzing a painting of a skull, covered in blood. I had several friends critique it through the process, and eventually ended up with this. - I knew it has a hance to be used as cover art in the next LOFAM, which made me sort of sheepish toward the end because I realized that the fan albums are a big deal, which lead me to submitting it a bit later than I had hoped, because I became nervous. - As for the actual song, after listening to it 164 times on my counter, I have realized that I still love the song as much as I did the first time I listened to it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hope Remains -Artist: Fuzz -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hope-remains -- https://youtu.be/fJUZqA5_jYw -Commentary: - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - Veritas wanted to use my Together at Last [[track:disk2-lofam3|pic]] for this track (since [[track:together-at-last|that one]] already has track art) but I thought it was too contemplative for this song. Hope Remains has something of an "ongoing chase scene" feel for me. So I offered to come up with something more active. Then my comp's power source went and burned... good thing I have a tablet at work! And that work on this day was slow to a ridiculous degree. I had but a few interruptions while drawing this one. Whew, crisis averted! - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - Andre does good musics. This is no exception. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Maid in Spades -Artist: Max Wright -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 2:01 -References: Rust Servant -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/maid-in-spades -- https://youtu.be/AxhjCMJTGl8 -Commentary: - <i>Max Wright:</i> - Taking the motif from Willow Ascenzo's Rust Servant and completely changing the genre was one of the more fun piece ideas I've had. - Maid in Spades is a piece written for the Handmaid, reimagining the character in a swinging bundle of positive vibes. Now, I could try and justify the choice of genre here by referring to her past, how she is a tragic character with a pure heart, how she was nurtured into evil... but the truth is: this piece doesn't fit the Handmaid in the slightest. - But really, it was never meant to. - <i>dodostad:</i> - The song is very uplifting, but you can't really draw Handmaid without making her glare really hard, can you? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gears and Chandeliers -Artist: Joe Ouellet -Track Art: ceruleantrafficlights -Duration: 3:42 -References: Candles and Clockwork -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gears-and-chandeliers -- https://youtu.be/JIJIE-wQOq0 -Commentary: - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> - A remix of one of my favorite Homestuck songs, Candles and Clockwork. It's more of a reimagining of the piece really. There isn't much to say about it in particular other than it was my best mastering work at the time of its completion, I think. It may have also been the first time I stayed away from using endless breakbeat loops in a Homestuck remix. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - Ooh, crystalline. Very shiny! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cold Steel -Artist: Nick Smalley, Solatrus -Track Art: devonianecho -Duration: 4:25 -References: track:frost-vol6 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Frogs -- Denizens -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cold-steel -- https://youtu.be/ySBgn7fy-VU -Commentary: - <i>Block Monster (Nick Smalley & Solatrus):</i> - We started this song back in January 2012, during one of our regular hanging-out-<i>probably</i>-drinking collaborative sessions. We got talking about the fact that Frost had been remixed a couple times (once by us, and [[track:meltwater|the other]] by orngje223). One of us (probably Nick) wondered what Frost would sound like as a really cliched remix, to which Jeremy sarcastically pointed out that the only people who ever remix Frost is himself and his friends. This idea was, obviously, a total joke; nevertheless, we kept at it. The song ended up getting to a point where we realized the joke had been lost, and something awesome took its place. To put it simply, what started out as us dicking around ended up becoming one of the coolest songs we've done together. - <i>devonianecho:</i> - Doing art for a dance remix of Frost wouldn't have proved tricky if not for a perplexing (but very cool) track title. And so, here we have Jade and some frogs integrated as part of a... metaphoric-circuitboard-type-thing by Echidna. I think if you imagine the song set to a trippy frog-gathering montage on LOFAF with this imagery, you'll get a better idea of what I was aiming for. At any rate, I'm really happy with how it turned out, and I hope I've done the track the justice it absolutely deserves. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pirates of Alternia: Dead Troll's Chest -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: Ducky Senpai -Duration: 4:13 -References: Cobalt Corsair, Violet Mariner -Art Tags: -- Mindfang -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pirates-of-alternia-dead-trolls-chest -- https://youtu.be/z2TOLOWdlGU -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - 0:00-0:14: An unassuming troll merchant ship sails the ocean, its precious cargo of shitty romantic comedy movies tucked safely within its lower decks, unaware of the danger that approaches. - 0:14-0:24: A pirate ship suddenly appears from out of the fog, closing in fast! Its captain: the dastardly pirate Marquise Spinneret Mindfang! - 0:24-1:05: Mindfang's pirate crew boards the vessel, and a battle ensues! This part introduces the main theme of the piece, which is adapted from the first thirty esconds or so of Imbrog's Cobalt Corsair. As the fight continues, another ship closes in... - 1:05-1:19: It's Dualscar! He and Mindfang cross swords once again. This section lifts the main melody from my own Violet Mariner. - 1:19-2:04: It's time to get all Hans Zimmer up in this bitch. Mindfang and Dualscar duel amid the cacophony. There's a whole bunch of Errol Flynn swordplay and shit. Masts get climbed and sails get torn and stuff like that. Fun for the whole family! - 2:04-2:58: The chaos awakens a beast from the depths of the sea, which begins to ravenously devour the hapless cargo vessel. The battle continues even as the foul kraken crams the ship down its toothy gullet. Mindfang and Dualscar swordfight their way onto the deck of Mindfang's ship as the beast, satisfied, sinks back beneath the waves. There's a little bit more from Cobalt Corsair in here. - 2:58-3:53: Thrust, parry, dodge, that kind of stuff. What remains of Mindfang's crew knows it's best to stay out of their way. Meanwhile, a round of decisive cannon fire takes its toll on Dualscar's ship. - 3:53-4:00: Dualscar and Mindfang's blades both end up precariously close to each other's throats. - 4:00-4:13: One jump cut later, Dualscar is left adrift in a lifeboat as Mindfang's ship, a little worse for the wear, vanishes into the void. - <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> - Oh look, it appears I've done yet another track art for Ascenzo. I'm kind of like Will's artist stalker. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sunsoaked Heavenscape -Artist: Ashley Jones -Track Art: multiversalInk -Duration: 4:08 -Art Tags: -- PM -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunsoaked-heavenscape -- https://youtu.be/jQHjxDkfjKg -Commentary: - <i>Ashley Jones:</i> - When the Homestuck Music Contest first opened well over a year ago, I'd really only just started exploring my love of creating music. This track (which is based around the Exiles years in the future) and one other are actually only the third and fourth tracks i ever composed! I've improved alot since then but I always had a little bit of love for this one. When LOFAM3 was announced I made a snap decision to spruce up my little deser themed tune and bring tumblr's attention back to it. I'm honoured that such an old track of mine is still considered worthy of LOFAM, to be honest! - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - That heavenscape is certainly sunsoaked. Neat! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Explore [Keygen Mix] -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Lunise -Duration: 2:37 -References: -- track:explore -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -- AR -- Serenity -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/explore-keygen-mix -- https://youtu.be/LIbHdn-j898 -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - What even is keygen music? I have no idea, but if it exists, I hope this sounds like it. - This song is pretty important to me. Prior to completing it in March 2012, I had really only been making small loops in FL Studio that only had one or two instruments, save for two submissions I'd sent to the Homestuck fanmusic contest, which, while pretty good in terms of structure even by my standards today, didn't exactly have much to them in production value. But when I took it upon myself to rearrange Explore, that suddenly changed. I was extremely self-deprecative about it at first, but as I began to listen to it more, I realized that it didn't sound all that bad- in fact, it even sounded.. tolerable, compared to everything else I'd made. And that was essentially when I resolved to work on making my music sound even better. - In fact, people liked it enough that it was nominated for LOFAM 3, no more than a year later. Having improved a lot by that time, I decided to touch it up a little, and this version is the result. I didn't really change all that much, besides adding and tweaking a few instruments, but I hope it sounds better nonetheless. - <i>Lunise:</i> - My interest in doing Homestuck fanart has waned over the past few months, but I will always have a soft spot for the exiles no matter what. So it is only natural that I do goofy exile art for an Explore arrangement! Even though I was seriously burned out on art in general when I did this, I think it turned out okay. Goofy, happy exiles always turn out okay! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ohgodboss -Artist: Kevin Grant -Track Art: Kate Holden -Duration: 3:20 -References: -- track:ohgodwhat -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Jade -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ohgodboss -- https://youtu.be/3YW7xoPYruo -Commentary: - <i>Kevin Grant:</i> - So, this was one of my first chiptunes. People seem to like it. However, when I listen to it now, two years later, I realize how little I knew about Famitracker, and music composition in genearl. I like to think I've learned a great deal since Ohgodboss. Still, I guess it's catchy enough as it is. Enjoy! - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - <small><small>oh for the love of god!</small></small> - <i>Kate Holden:</i> - I actually did two pieces of potential art for this, both featuring Dave and Jade fighting Bec Noir, since it seemed appropriate for an intense boss tune featuring a theme associated with Jade. There was a duller version of this as well as a more comic bookish one. A panel of friends agreed that this one read better, but it was a little flat, so I started brightening it and tweaking it, but still wanted to convey '8-bit', so I started playing around with a square brush throwing in this Darwina-esque square noise, which I thought looked pretty cool. It has been remarked that Jade firing an assault rifle in the air in front of a volcano is metal as shit. That's probably my favourite commentary on this image. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dogfight (Dirtiest's Dubstep Remix) -Artist: David Dycus -Track Art: Lunise -Duration: 3:59 -References: -- Dogfight -- Bec Noir -- GameGrl (Original 1993 Mix) -- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -- Carefree Action -Art Tags: -- PM -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dogfight-dirtiests-dubstep-remix -- https://youtu.be/4umrMK8f89M -Commentary: - <i>David Dycus:</i> - My first attempt at a dubstep song, from my ill-conceived dubstep phase. It took a ton of time, an entire new drum pack, and ultimately, a new laptop to finish. It's not my favorite song I've ever made--it doesn't sound like a real dubstep song, in my opinion--but I learned a lot in the process of making it. - <i>Lunise:</i> - I HOPE YOU LIKE GAMEGRL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Starblaze -Artist: Astro Kid -Track Art: plaidcushion -Duration: 5:38 -References: Stargaze -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/starblaze -- https://youtu.be/xOSapZrPB6Q -Commentary: - <i>plaidcushion:</i> - Starblaze is a really cool track, and I'm really pleased I got to make the art for it! I tried to stick with the same format as the art for the song it came from, but a bit more lively- It made me think of the Alpha kids hanging out together at night, lit only by the glow of their lanterns from the tower in LoCaH. - <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i> - Welp, so ends the third volume of Land of Fans and Music. This album would not be possible without your suggestions and constant support. - Thanks for listening! diff --git a/album/lofam4.txt b/album/lofam4.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 71c8cd21..00000000 --- a/album/lofam4.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2443 +0,0 @@ -Album: Land of Fans and Music 4 -Directory: lofam4 -Cover Art: Sozzay -Wallpaper Art: Sozzay -Banner Art: Sozzay -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Date: September 9, 2017 -Date Added: March 16, 2020 -Color: #aed6f0 -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-4 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 -Commentary: - <i>The Unofficialmspafans present:</i> - <center>LAND OF FANS AND MUSIC 4</center> - <b>The Team:</b><br>Lambda Bledsoe<br>Veritas Unae<br>Liza McCall<br>ndividedbyzero<br>Lathan Jury<br>Emily<br>Aris "ostrichlittledungeon" Martinian<br>Makin - <b>Booklet:</b><br>Circlejourney - <b>Additional Help:</b><br>Mark Ciocca (Dagoth Xil)<br>Yishan "Catboss." Mai<br>Seijen<br>SerialSymphony<br>nights<br>Grace Medley<br>Bambosh<br>wheals<br>Kal-la-kal-la<br>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES<br>SplitSuns - <b>Special Thanks:</b><br>Elaine "OJ" Wang<br>M. Alex "melodiousDiscord" Moser<br>Brad "Avinoch" Griffin<br>Robert J! Lake<br>Christina "Lune" Lillard<br>The Cool and New Music Team<br>Andrew Hussie & What Pumpkin Studios<br>The Homestuck Music Team - <hr> - <i>Lambda Bledsoe:</i> - Hey, so, I'm Lambda. I did like 2/3 of LoFaM2 and a little bit of LoFaM3. I also made that list of references that comes up if you google "Homestuck remix list". - Anyway, this is LoFaM4. It's a pretty good album with some pretty cool songs. I hope you like it. I'll be popping in to give some extra ocmmentary on songs throughout the booklet. - I'm using the rest of this space to thank a bunch of people, starting with my collaborators. Thanks to Liza and Scott for sticking by my side for so long; to Aris, Emily, and Lathan for stepping up to judge and being awesome friends; to Makin for doing a ton to get this album out; and to Caitlin for... existing. - I also want to give thanks to a bunch of the cool people I've met along the various communities and Skype and Discord groups. So: shoutouts to Paul, James, Nick, Luke, Marcy, RJ, Clark, Bowman, Evan, Thomas, Blueberry, Seth, Elaine, Yishan, Brad, Emilie, Christina, Paige, Ame, Lisa, Audrey, Gaby, wheals, Putnam, nights, Rune, power, Kal, Roxe, Erin, yaz, and soz. And a special shoutout to Mark. - I think that's pretty much all I have to say? Enjoy the album. - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - This is not so much an end as a new beginning. - Homestuck music, to me, has been an ever present part of my life for six years now. I can still keenly recall switching on my iPod Touch to the original Land of Fans and Music as I travelled into university for my first year of higher education, the excitement I felt in getting one of my own songs on the second installment and the deep pride I had in bringing the third album to fruition. The Land of Fans and Music has always been a celebration of the best of Homestuck fan music, a collection of musicians that continues to grow from strength to strength, doing things I could never dream of accomplishing. - But Homestuck is a work filled with passion, with creativity and ingenuity, and it is that spark that has set so many of its fans ablaze. Through transformative retellings like Cool and New Homestuck and Act 8, the songs of which have equally earned their places in the annals of fanmusic history, and innovative projects bringing light to untold stories like Beforus, Ancestral and Xenoplanetarium yet to come, Homestuck fanmusicians are always hungry for content on which to develop their musical crafts. It only takes a quick listen to some of my early Homestuck content (my tindeck is still mostly online, including those Nepetaquest tracks...) just to see how far I've been able to hone my own crafts through this medium. - However, it is time. As all things inevitably must, the Land of Fans and Music project is reaching its final limits. While it would not at all surprise me to see another small scale LoFaM 5 spring forth from the incredible pool of talent that I have the privilege to interact with on a daily basis, it is here that I personally choose to bow out towards my future horizons. While I will always be a part of this fan music community, I think I'm finally tapped out on my own Homestuck energy. (Thankfully, you can be freed of my disgusting motif potpourris. How many of those do I have now? Like... 4?) - This album would not exist without so many incredible people. Thanks must be givven to Lambda for spearheading the project, and getting the ball rolling in the initial stages. She is incredible at pulling everything these projects need together and I know this album would not be half of what it is without her. Thanks also to Cait for what she has done towards getting this album out. Hopefully this means no more long nights for me uploading hundreds of tracks. Thanks to Blackhole and circlejourney for what they've done for the booklet you're reading right now. It looks fantastic and is filled to the brim with amazing information. And to both circlejourney and nights, thanks must be extended for the high calibre of art this booklet is home to. To Makin, Aris, Emily, Liza and even Mark and Lathan, thanks for being a part of this process in helping us sort through the hundreds of tracks we received. - It's been six long years for me, but I finally close my own chapter on Homestuck fan music*. I wish everyone the best of luck in their future pursuits. - Yours in fanmusic, from now and forever more, - Veritas Unae - *Except for Violet and Gold. If I don't finish that, I think several people would have it out for me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~DISC 1~~ -Artist: Lambda Bledsoe, ndividedbyzero -Track Art: none -References: Homestuck Title Screen -Duration: 0:32 -Directory: disc1-lofam4 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1-2 -- https://youtu.be/vKih1dFsXZU -Commentary: - <i>Lambda Bledsoe:</i> - I'm, uh, actually not really much of a musician. I'm mostly just good at recognizing melodies. We didn't have anyone lined up to do the disc jingles (though I assumed maybe Veri would do then, as on LoFaM2+3) so I mentioned to Cait that I had the idea of making each disc a song representative of each prior LoFaM. I sent her files of myself vocalizing the melodies and she transcribed them. - You might be tyinking, "wait, but there's not a song on LoFaM1 called Homestuck Title Screen". This is correct. Its composer was unable to be contacted during its production for whatever reason, so it was arranged into both the first and last songs on the album. So, this is sort of like a reprise of the first song on the first LoFaM. - Initially I wanted to do Emissary of Wind but Cait's idea was better. - <i>Sozzay:</i> - This piece was a very unique experience for me because it involved drawing something I was rather unfamiliar with. Before I started this piece I knew from the beginning I wanted something rather dynamic and fun and I feel the result stayed true to the image I had in mind. This piece was certainly difficult, but after some trial and error things eventually started coming together nicely. I ended up having a lot of fun trying out new brushes and mixing my favourite colors together to get a final result I was very pleased with. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Merge -Artist: Kouta, polysaw -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 3:12 -References: -- Serenade -- track:beatdown-strider-style -Art Tags: -- Davepeta -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/merge -- https://youtu.be/UZW48Yk3GB4 -Commentary: - <i>Kouta:</i> - After writing [[Denizen]], my only thought was that I really wanted to keep writing dubstep, but good dubstep. That was when I deicided to reach out to my good friend poly, who I'm a big fan of. Her dubstep is as great as her production skill, so at the time it was the perfect arrangement. It was hard working together long-distance, but we somehow made it work through all-nighter Skype calls and a lot of caffeine. The way our styles differ and yet somehow met in the middle helped make Merge exactly what I hoped it'd be. - <i>polysaw:</i> - Producing Merge was one of the most exciting projects I'd worked on in a long time. Kouta and I made a great team, and working with her pushed both of our boundaries well beyond our comfort zones. We got a lot of doubt from our friends about working with the caw and meow samples, but we were sure it was the perfect way to bring the song together. We were also heavy-handed with leitmotif from the original soundtrack, focusing on blending them in a way that was both interesting to listen to and recognizable. This was made with the utmost care, so give it a listen or ten. - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - I drew this immediately following [S] Collide. Kouta later asked to use it as the track cover for Merge on SoundCloud, and I was happy to oblige. I'm honoured that they saw it as a fitting image to accompany their (very impressive) track. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jungle #3 -Artist: cookiefonster -Track Art: Fitzwibble -Duration: 4:05 -References: Another Jungle, Oppa Toby Style -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-3 -- https://youtu.be/QP60dR-SEhY -Commentary: - <i>cookiefonster:</i> - Similarly to several other songs on this album, this started as a rescore of [S] Jane: Enter for this collaborative project where people would come up with new music for all the flashes in Homestuck. The goal here was to make a song similar in style to Another Jungle (a very underappreciated song) without actually quoting it other than the way that song quotes Sburban Jungle. It was quite a challenge not borrowing anything else from other songs except for when I used a part of Oppa Toby Style towards the end, but this song was fun to make and I'm happy enough with the end result even if it's not as punchy as the original. - <i>Lambda Bledsoe:</i> - a fair number of songs didn't have commentary from their musicians and/or artists, so i asked a few people, mostly mspafans managers to write some filler commentary for those. they'll be prefaced by bold names. - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - (ive gone and updated the old LoFaM commentaries to follow the same style!) - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - This art is a lovely rendition of Fitzwibble of that bit in [S] Dirk: Unite where Dirk takes Roxy and Jane along for a ride. Unfortunately, due to her foolish boorishness, Jane does not appreciate the joy of flying through the air as a bird would in spring. It is a shame, that such an enlightening experience must go ignored. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frost and Clockwork -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: RaChoTamer -Duration: 3:11 -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/frost-and-clockwork -- https://youtu.be/3Bf_au1-r9A -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - This track was my very first piece of fanmusic, composed in 2013 immediately after I finished reading the Homestuck archive and adapted for LoFaM4 in 2016. It's an attempt to capture the joy I felt reading Homestuck for the first time, and a tribute to one of my favoourite things about the comic—the juxtapositions of intimately small details against cold, fathomless space. - Frost and Clockwork is about the planets in the medium, and the things residing upon each one—hummingbirds, fireflies, cogs, falling snow. The comic discusses fate and determinism all the time, but I like to think about how it is to simply exist in this universe, without awareness of purpose or destination. - Rather than embodying a sense of mystery or adventure (as most Medium-related music tends to), I wanted this track to feel like home—something that this webcomic has become for me. - <i>RaChoTamer:</i> - This was such a fun song and it reminded me of one of my favorite parts of Homestuck - the fun and adventure. It feels so welcoming and warm and triumphant, and I really tried to capture that here! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Reunited -Artist: Shandy -Track Art: nights -Duration: 4:21 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Roxy -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reunited -- https://youtu.be/kBx8zlGYYvk -Commentary: - <i>Shandy:</i> - This song was written to celebrate the reunion of Rose and Roxy in the 4/29/15 Homestuck update! It was so weet and triumphant, so I tried to reflect that in the music. The main melody is structured kinf of like a call-and-response between the two of them. - <i>nights:</i> - Rose and Roxy's interactions are some of my favorite parts of Homestuck, the best of which is their meeting after Game Over. I've resketched and redrawn this way too much since I wanted to give this very nice track some justice. Originally the idea was much more different, I was going to draw Roxy running towards Rose with Skaia in the background, but I changed it to match the canon scene better. Overall I'm pretty happy with the final product, I hope you guys like it too! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prospitian Crescent -Artist: Mmetafour -Track Art: Brawlitup99 -Duration: 4:21 -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Jake -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-crescent -- https://youtu.be/Z1wJl53DjKA -Commentary: - <i>Mmetafour:</i> - A little piece I put together, thinking about the broken moon of Prospit during the final battle between Jack and PM. - <i>Brawlitup99:</i> - The song that Mmetafour made was an electronic 8-bit style mix, so, logically, I took the role of drawing (or rather, "spriting") the art for this track. As you may know, the song symbolizes Prospit from A6A6A1 after it gets destroyed, so I did two scenes in one: Jane and Jake after their godtier transformations, and our heroes encountering Jack English for the first time. Come to think of it, that act was really messed up, wasn't it? Anyway, the song is amazing, and I really liked how the art came out. I hope you enjoy it too! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Altitude -Artist: Whimsy -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 2:34 -Art Tags: -- John -- Roxy -- Serenity -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/altitude -- https://youtu.be/awL_UjIeyo0 -Commentary: - <i>Whimsy:</i> - This song in its early stages was meant to be about the medium and space. But as soon as it was put in a recording with appropriate instruments, it reminded me a lot more of LOWAS than anything else, so it just sort of became that. All it took was a borderline distasteful amount of reverb to add a feeling of elevation, and it became Altitude. I always think of John's quest bed whenever I hear this song, probably just because it's the only really high-up point on the whole planet. - Also, I think the artist for this track wanted to make it have to do with John/Roxy? Which isn't really what I initially had in mind, but it's cool and it works. Death of the Author and all that. - <i>yazshu:</i> - i went through like fucking 5 variations of this art before i just decided to fuck it and do vaguely johnroxy retcon sequence that was at the bottom of the subreddit for some time. all of the others involved davesprite but fuck blorange. also please dont notice how lazy i was and i used the color blending tool on the tree when everything else was with the pencil tool. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Midnight -Artist: TirantBacon -Track Art: Calicorn -Duration: 2:47 -References: -- Midnight Suffer -- Liquid Negrocity -- Amen, Brother -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/midnight -- https://youtu.be/VYG6ppBirVs -Commentary: - <i>TirantBacon:</i> - As an acknowledgement, this song in many ways was mostly inspired by the tune "Black" By Radiation (or Toby Fox I guess). I made this song as a "remix" of sorts of the song called "Midnight Suffers", something I made for the mostly popular fanventure, cool and new web comic. If anything, I'd say it was directly copied from Black, and that I did a mostly poor effort to recreate the style... Nonetheless, I did focus on trying to incorporate some transition points in the song where it would actually deviate from the original arrangement, and I suppose it works quite well even when it's not on paper. - The main motif was taken from midnight suffers... A bluesy jazz type theme that was made with no real direction intended. This song is not necessarily "catchy", but at least it has direction and sounds good, which is always nice! Some of the most prominent instrumentation involved DVS saxophones, loud crazy drums, a heavy bassline, sharp synths and a really loud piano chord progression in the background. It's all crazy stuff. - <i>Calicorn:</i> - I chose Midnight as my track art, mostly just because of my love for Intermission. This song is absolutely fantastic, but since I'm not the most creative person around it took me a while to come up with any concrete designs at first. I was originally going to start off with a 50/50 bust drawing of Slick and Jack, but I soon discovered that might be a little too bland. I ended up listening to the song a dozen more times until I sketched out the base idea for the finalized idea. The main challenge had just been lining everything and getting the perspective to look pretty alright, although I'm not really an expert on perspective or composition. Either way, I'm really happy with how the piece turned out, especailly with the lighting on Slick himself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dersite -Artist: Aris Martinian -Track Art: plaidcushion -Duration: 1:51 -References: -- Flare -- English -- Derse Dreamers -- Cascade (Beta) -- Courser -Art Tags: -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dersite -- https://youtu.be/M_KnHTd2jn0 -Commentary: - <i>Aris Martinian:</i> - I'm actually not a huge fan of this song. See, I more or less made the whole album Cyclica in a couple of days, and this short "here are a bunch of melodies over the Flare arpeggios" only took me an huor or two. I really think there are parts of Cyclica that are better (if you haven't listened to Cyclica yet, you should do that; you can find the full album <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME3r64_NsnM">on YouTube</a>). A bunch of people seemed to like Dersite, and it made it onto Cool and New Greatest Hits, so here it is I guess. The violin note holds are unrealistic, the synth is weird as fuck, the piano is bad. But everyone liked it. Except for Veri. Veri didn't like it. Bless you Veri. - <i>plaidcushion:</i> - I wonder what life was like for the carapacians, floating out in space away from everything going on on the battlefield as it got prototyped. Seems kind of lonely. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pax Condesca -Artist: Viko Riféo -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 2:37 -References: Calamari Inkantation, Crystalanthemums, Negastrife -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pax-condesca -- https://youtu.be/H-uu7kKH8dk -Commentary: - <i>Viko Riféo:</i> - Wait why did this get on the album it sucks - It's about the Condesce, obviously. It's vaguely about her conquering a planet? The natives fight a long fight and then they just barely win! and everyone is reflecting on their loss and then she just glasses them or whatever she does. There's Crystalanthemums mostly because it seems to be teh default badass-trolls theme. Also that is some badass art. - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - The prompt I received with this track was "the Condesce (conquering planets)". The bubbly synths and unusual harmonies called to mind a geometrical design of neons against blacks, and I thought a logo-esque look suited the rather propagandistic vibe of the title. (Am I overthinking things? Probably.) - The image's composition, in which the Condesce is encircled by the planets she has conquered and ruled, is inspired by the Diamond murals from Steven Universe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blind Pilot -Artist: Kurtis Burton -Track Art: Adamantist -Duration: 4:11 -References: Gold Pilot, The Blind Prophet -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blind-pilot -- https://youtu.be/D_CyxkI8ffw -Commentary: - <i>Adamantist:</i> - the Blind Pilot is leading what is left of his people through unknown lengths to a new home, albeit despite his own will. lonely encaged flighting spirit with a glimmer of hope. digital whispers of draining life. that is what I felt the Blind Pilot is. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - Right after Pax Condesca, the theme of a fuchsia empress' intergalactic conquest, Blind Pilot shifts the focus to the hidden lowblood driving her flagship. Where Condesca was a light tune with unsettling undertones, Blind Pilot goes in full force with its cinematic and emotive atmosphere, a mix of dramatic orchestra, electronic sounds and ambience. It's all in a breathtaking and impressive final result, especially considering just how silly and tongue in cheek the original The Blind Prophet was. Kudos to Kurt for recontextualizing it so well! - Additional note: this is the first of four Gold Pilot arranges to appear on the album, and boy does it start off the trend well. I hope you enjoy all their unique spins on the original! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Daywalker ~Rise~ -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: Emily Jane -Duration: 3:12 -References: track:daywalker-rise-contest -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/daywalker-rise -- https://youtu.be/U6VQKqsiW4s -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - holy shiiiit it's uh that third track I made for the Homestuck music contest. wow. remember that? that was so long ago. anyway this was a track for Kanaya, at that part where she comes back as a rainbow drinker and slaughteres everyone. it's super great. - I redid this track from the ground up for lofam 4, updated the flute playing and everything. Is it better? Is it worse? who knows, really - <i><b>Kal-la-kal-la:</b></i> - This image has three Kanaya Maryams in it. Having two more Kanaya Maryams than Homestuck itself had is a bold creative decision, one which, in my opinion, works out rather well. I very much like the 'Naya in the foreground's halo, illuminating her face, while the Maryam furthest from the front of the scene is relatively shrouded in darkness. Consequently, her bright yellow eyes shine like a wild animal in the dead of night. Cool as hell all around, this image. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Savior of the Waking World (Cement City Remix) -Artist: Cement City -Track Art: Chalaite -Duration: 5:40 -References: Savior of the Waking World -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-waking-world-cement-city-remix -- https://youtu.be/wBzoGYEZtUQ -Commentary: - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - It's a remix of Savior of the Waking World. That's something you couldn't possibly have found out unless you read this very commentary. Aren't you doing youreslf a favor by looking through this? - For this track, Chalaite rendered a portrait of John staring down at his deathplace, after being revived by the inscrutable mechanics of sburb. Despite being killed by Bec Noir, her retains his life, and is now more powerful than ever, having attained god tier. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Dreamers -Artist: Difarem -Track Art: Chumi -Duration: 2:27 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-dreamers -- https://youtu.be/bLRgAwqfvHw -Commentary: - <i>Difarem:</i> - This track has quite the story! It was originally meant to be fake "loading screen" music, to accompany a parodic video on the Cool and New Music Team youtube channel about Overseer v3 (a web-based sburb web game, whose development team I used to be part of) being shut down by What Pumpkin (though the C&D was later found out to be fake). The project fell through, so I continued working on it and posted it on the LOFAM Discord server, where it got approved (thanks Lambda), though the deadline had tehcnically passed. - <i>Chumi:</i> - it sounds like a song for the beginning of a cool adventure! so that's what i drew :o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Emerald Waltz -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: Beta -Duration: 4:13 -References: Darling Kanaya -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-waltz -- https://youtu.be/cH0MZZTmDpY -Commentary: - <i><b>wheals:</b></i> - Of all the main characters in Homestuck, Kanaya is perhaps the most suited to a soft orchestral/piano piece like this. The song pulls off some great production orchestra-wise while putting a lovely 3/4 twist on Darling Kanaya. - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - A little known power held by the clearly very fictional and not at all real troll folklore creatures known as "Rainbow Drinkers" is to create flashing green silhouettes of themselves whenever they dance. This of course, holds no practical purpose whatsoever, except for the theoretical seduction of aliens who happen to resemble flighty broads. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Intermission -Artist: Joe Ouellet -Track Art: Lukanya -Duration: 5:09 -Art Tags: -- John -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/intermission -- https://youtu.be/Qu-VrKoUSKU -Commentary: - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> - John exploring the Land of Mounds and Xenon searching for his friends evoked some melancholy feels for me. - This track was composed entirely backwards; That meant I was constantly exporting WAVs seeing if the "forward" track I was making was sounding good backwards. It was a fun and interesting way to make music. - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - You think they'd set up a bench by the road, but nooooooooooo. John has to sit on the grass, thanks to those inconsiderate jerks. The salamander probably had a hand in it. Damn that salamander. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Retconjuration -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: William Leonard -Duration: 2:33 -References: Windchime Foley, Homestuck Anthem -Art Tags: -- John -- Roxy -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/retconjuration -- https://youtu.be/OaT69NSo3Ds -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - As one of the oddball Retcon Lovers out there, the scene where John becomes unstuck in canon is one of my favorite moments in the entire comic. Thinking about it inspired me to make a song about the retcon; specifically, the introduction of John's powers, followed by the way they're used to save the entire timeline from its catastrophic doom. This time around, the game gets completed... but maybe the ending isn't so happy, as we're reminded there's still four kids trapped in the retcon juju, waiting endlessly for freedom in paradox space. - Some trivia: this song was named after an update discussion thread on the old MSPA forums. Apparently, that thread was in turn named after a TVTropes page. Also, alongside a Homestuck Anthem quote at the end, the music box refrain featured throughout the song quotes the foley on Homestuck's title page. That's both because it's where the retcon arms first appear, and because I always wanted to reference those windchimes. Now you know! - <i>William Leonard:</i> - I've always loved the 'John's retocn adventures' section of Homestuck, and I think it has to do with how it leads both the characterts and myself along a brisk rollercoaster of twists and turns, through unknown paths - this sense of adventure is what I tried to convey in this art. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Formation -Artist: Hadron -Track Art: meigender -Duration: 3:43 -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/formation -- https://youtu.be/dml3MDHvjmM -Commentary: - <i>Hadron:</i> - This song is for Cool and New Webcomic, but I like it a lot and a lot of people like it too, so I want the world to see it. It is inspired by a lot of the new-age synthpop, which itself is inspired by the 1980s. In this time of rapid community music projects being built I want y'all to remember; we're all musicians and that is the blood that festers throughout the body. We're all alike in our different ways. love you all thanks have fun :> - <i>meigender:</i> - Formation has a very 80's vibe to it, so I decided to aim towards more of a Hotline Miami feel for the accompanying artwork. I'm not sure how well I achieved that, but I figure a combination of bright colours and guns is at least veering in the right direction. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Scales -Artist: Helena Ruth -Track Art: shu -Duration: 3:35 -Art Tags: -- Terezi -- Pyralspite -- Scalemates -- cw: hanging (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scales -- https://youtu.be/Joq_AQZzbVE -Lyrics: - I was putting on airs,<br>as I put up my hair<br>to look right through,<br>like you're not even there<br>and I've cried in the night...<br>for the fate of a knife,<br>when object's destiny ends a life, and I - can't quite put into words,<br>the things that I've heard.<br>the riddles I thought that I'd solved when I learned<br>the way, oh, everything goes...<br>I couldn't quite know<br>it just took a while for the true facts to show - and I covered my eyes,<br>though I couldn't see lies<br>the ropes I wove were a terrible kind<br>and it still doesn't work<br>when I... justify<br>with thoughts that ran through the back of my mind - and blood's the thing that I've made!<br>oh, every day...<br>I fill hollow bones and the vacuums of veins<br>but, still, I don't want to kill<br>if I never will,<br>the fate of it all is the bitterest pill - so I've wrapped myself fast,<br>in a shawl of the past<br>to make good memories try to last<br>and the tall branches burn<br>all the quicker, I've learned...<br>it's frightening how the tables can turn. -Commentary: - <i>Helena Ruth:</i> - This is a song I wrote many years ago, from Terezi's point of view after she killed Vriska. When you look to the outcome of a choice, are you really seeing all that could be, or are you, by consequence of looking, only trapping yourself in the position of making that choice? You can't really see all that the future could hold. You couldn't take it, anyway. - At the time I wrote this song it was mostly theorizing, but it's helpd up through the years (thankfully), so I took the chance to rework and record it for this album! It was a struggle to record, and there's a thing or two I would change, but I still think 2012 me would be pretty damn proud, haha. Finished, not perfect, as they say! Homestuck did so much for me creatively. I'm glad I could be a part of this tribute. - <i>shu:</i> - the track is really pretty in a melancholic and reminiscing way so I wanted to encorporate things from earlier in the comic (the tree, the hanging scalemates, and the pink flowers) into a sadder scene that's near the end? The tree's also a clever metaphor for branching paths and al that lol and also it looks cool -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Glide -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 1:47 -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/glide -- https://youtu.be/vV7wSEH_lh0 -Commentary: - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - Originally, this piece was written for a good friend of mine, Patrick. He was running the fan adventure Loftlocked at the time, and I'd supplied the comic with a lot of music in conjunction with Kurtis (who is also on this album! Check him out!) Pat had approached me to write a haunting refrain for a harp playing character, Eliza. This theme would eventually form part of several songs written by Kurtis and myself, and the most prominent of which, Lamental, was made into another song, Infinity's Lament. It is a fun, jovial melody that turns darker as Eliza becomes less sure of herself and her playing. However, in a Homestuck specific context, consider Rose playing the rain, plucking strings but quickly finding herself at odds with her own land quest. Who knows? The beauty of music is that you can make your own interpretations. - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - This track was initially left open to interpretation but being in contact with Veri, I asked him for a recommendation for its subject. Apparently, while Glide was oriinally composed for a fan adventure, the main motif features in a large and yet-unreleased track concerning Alt!Calliope. Veri ultimately decided that I should draw Alt!Calliope, which I was happy to, seeing as Calliope is my favourite character in Homestuck and in dire need of more fanart. - We've only ever seen Alt!Calliope looking extremely grim in the comic so I thought it might be a nice change if I were to depict her in a more clement mood. Imagine her soaring through space, creating and destroying galaxies. I gave her wings just so that the illustration would remain relevant to the title of the piece. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Limelight -Artist: psithurist -Track Art: Jenny -Duration: 3:11 -References: -- The Lyrist -- Flare -- Even in Death -- English -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/limelight -- https://youtu.be/nHOzQpvGbHY -Commentary: - <i>psithurist:</i> - Limelight was made for the unfinished Act 8 fan continuation of Homestuck, and was used in the flash [S] Resolve. It's a theme for alt-Calliope, as she merges her soul with Davepeta's and the other half of Gamzee's, hence the meows and the high-pitched Secret Honks in the middle section. The working title was Miss America, because it's like, the opposite of Lord English? Shoutout to whoever came up with that one on the Act 8 team. This one was suepr fun to make since I got to use a lot of wacky sampling techniques and also I just love Calliope a whole god damn lot okay. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - Like the song, this fantastic art was originally used for Act 8 Volume 1. It's a pretty stark contrast to the carefree art for Glide immediately before it; Alternate Calliope has now taken off her hood, with a look that indicates that she means business. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bonehead Destiny (LoFaM Cut) -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 4:16 -References: Unite Synchronization -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bonehead-destiny-lofam-cut -- https://youtu.be/wmJt4OJoI38 -Commentary: - <i>Grace Medley:</i> - This song was originally written for FLSA's Problem Sleuth album, however those of you who've heard the original may notice some subtle differences. This song is meant to be a theme for late-game PS, with the first half representing the over-the-top surrealism of Higgs Bonehead's sacrifice, and the second, the far more interesting rush to beat DMK. I pretty much spent the ages 10-12 listening to Daft Punk and Digitalism near-exclusively, and I think the influence shines through pretty clearly here. The second half is a slight nod to the rush of [S] Dirk: Unite and Synchronize, which I feel is stylistically similar to the pacing from the end of PS. - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - The futility of a sacrifice, the chaos of a final battle, the wrath of an arbiter, the finding of love after death, the absolute ownage of a sharply written missive. All these and more contributed to making the epic ending of Problem Sleuth what it came to be known as: a confusing clusterfuck of hilarious and completely insane shenanigans. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stubborn Throes -Artist: SplitSuns -Track Art: Neiratina -Duration: 3:08 -References: -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Amen, Brother -- track:aggrieve -- Battle Against an Unfathomable Enemy -- At The Price of Oblivion -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Horrorterrors -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/stubborn-throes -- https://youtu.be/AVy88ePWytE -Commentary: - <i>SplitSuns:</i> - This track was made for the Cool and New Music Team's Volume 7. It was based on the hypothetical question "What if Rose went grimdark?" which was based off of a series of shitposts on the /r/homestuck subreddit. With this song, I tried to make it mirror the chain of events that occur to Rose before and after she goes grimdark in the comic. It starts off relatively simple, but quickly goes ominous and unsettling as she stares into the cueball in "Seer: Ask." Then suddenly the song explodes into a blistering drum-and-bass track with booming organs to tell you that, in fact, shit just got real. The song was meant to be reminiscent of "Your Best Nightmare" from Undertale, and I hope I was able to pull that effect off. The song concludes in much the same way it began as Rose, in her newly darkened state, flies into space. All things considered, I had a lot of fun making this song. - This track received brand new art for its release on LOFAM4, courtesy of the talented Neiratina! With this song portraying Rose succumbing to the broodfester throes and going Grimdark, this art features Rose beginning to slip away to the eldritch Horrorterrors as well. WIth her wand gripped firmly in hand, Rose looks fiercely determined to destroy anything in her path. Her aura of golden is inexorably being snuffed out by the black tentacles that pour out of the image, even interfering with the designs in Rose's shrit and snaking their way into the background. Marked with jagged lines and dripping ink, this piece perfectly caputres Rose's last moments of innocence as she throws caution to the wind and turns herself Grimdark. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: My Lady Greensleeves -Artist: Shandy -Track Art: Shandy -Duration: 2:21 -References: -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- Greensleeves -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Kanaya -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/my-lady-greensleeves -- https://youtu.be/0lfeOeIA4is -Commentary: - <i>Shandy:</i> - Some ships may come and go, but Rosemary is forever. - A mashup of the traditional "Greensleeves", which I've always loved, with "Endless Climb" and hits of "Black Rose / Green Sun". - <i><b>SplitSuns:</b></i> - This is a solemn artwork that captures a snapshot of Rose and Kanaya in a tender embrace. The piece manages to render the two lovers at their closest, while also highlighting the extremes of both of their characters. Rose's skin is tainted black to indicate her status as Grimdark, while Kanaya is glowing white as rainbow drinkers often do. Although the addition of the titular "greensleeves" to Kanaya's outfit is subtle, it helps tie the artwork even further to its song and turns it into an excellent companion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Highland Thunder -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 3:20 -References: Danger! High Voltage -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/highland-thunder -- https://youtu.be/2sXRcKDYKZM -Commentary: - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - This was very much a test-bed for photoshop brushes and adjustment layers I had yet to touch on, all while putting the speed in speedpaint. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - At one point I described this as something along the lines of "electric Scottish war music", and that still stands. The melody in this song is absolutely iconic, if you ask me, and it gets INCREDIBLY ampled. Maybe enough to see what lies under that voltaic fault. (Spoiler: It's just a lot of xenon.) Also, the lyrics to this song are "DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE". That is all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ghosts -Artist: David Dycus -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 3:04 -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ghosts -- https://youtu.be/RZ6YpMNED_s -Commentary: - <i>David Dycus:</i> - This started out as an attempt to make a song in the style of Death Grips, but ended up going in a different direction. It was a challenge to try and make something equal parts creepy and danceable. - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - For the last couple of months my computer has been sitting on a small folding table as my ouse undergoes a bunch of scattered repairs, which made deploying my tablet a tricky situation. Thankfully I've been buying art markers piecemeal—they're very expensive in my country—and had enough colors to paint a troll! But when it came to a background I and my limited palette both failed miserably, so in the end I had to take the drawing to photoshop and figure things out with a mouse anyway. Whew! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pilotwave -Artist: Interrobang -Track Art: Robin -Duration: 2:37 -References: Gold Pilot, Courser, Courage -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Becquerel -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pilotwave -- https://youtu.be/Ozqewxm2QcQ -Commentary: - <i>Interrobang:</i> - This song began when I was messing around and thought I wanted to make some v a p o r w a v e. I really like the glitchy sections of Gold Pilot, and my initial plan was to slow those parts down, loop them, add drums, etc - the usual vaporwave stuff - that's also how it got its name, thanks to its project file. However once this started to happen I realized what I had written was very different, and that it had turned into some strange Gold Pilot remix. While I worked on other things for UMSPAF and CANMT, this song was on the back burner and I wasn't sure I'd actually finish it, but I stuck with it and just added things as they came to me (I'll admit that Lambda showing some interest in the song was a bit of motivation). At some point one of the later versions ended up getting accepted to LOFAM4, which was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one, and so I wrapped up production. - Some other facts about this song: Quite a bit of the unstrments (I'd say about 80% or so) are modifications of default Garageband synths/presets. This is the first song I've ever made that regularly causes audio overloads on my computer from just playback. The name, "Pilotwave" comes from when it was going to be vaporwave, I named the project file that and it sort of stuck. Special thanks goes to everyone that listened to it and helped me with balance/mastering issues, and extra special thanks to AroSoup for their amazing art! - <i>Robin:</i> - This took a really long time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aura of Colour -Artist: olegoleg123 -Track Art: insecureIllustrator -Duration: 3:43 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aura-of-colour -- https://youtu.be/rxiNzk64tSw -Commentary: - <i>olegoleg123:</i> - Aura of Colour is one of my older tracks, originally completely unrelated to Homestuck and only then adapted as a theme for Rose and submitted as such. It is the piece that marked my transition form straightup EDM to more VGM-styled music. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - This art by insecureIllustrator was actually one of two made for this track! iI sent us both this version and a different one of Rose with just as much incredible detail, and allowed us to choose which one suited the track better. This version won out primarily due to fitting the bright tone of the song more, and the general feeling of an "aura of colour". - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - (the other drawing by iI is below!) - <img src="media/misc/aura-of-colour-bonus.png" width="670" height="670"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beyond the Death of the King -Artist: Seth Massey -Track Art: sailorleo -Duration: 3:41 -References: Orchid Horror -Art Tags: -- Calmasis -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beyond-the-death-of-the-king -- https://youtu.be/NjZUfVUvXOg -Commentary: - <i>Seth Massey:</i> - This was supposed to be a fill in track for a finished trackart for LOFAM2 about Calmasis and I liked it and pianos - Imagine the plot to Complacency of the Learned and that's what's happening here - <i><b>wheals:</b></i> - Likely the oldest art on the album, this dates all the way back to LOFAM2 days. The song never did get finished for that era but stuck around until the song got made and finished in time for LOFAM4. It turns out that in the end, playing beyond the death of the king was a metaphor for the art's living past the end of the comic... - I must confess to loving this art style, with mostly aliased lines and two-tone shading, especially in its similarity to some of Andrew Hussie's own art in Homestuck. It's none too common to see fanart of Calmasis, so it's nice to see them rendered in a more dynamic pose than the only canon one, while still clearly recognizable as that same antihero. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: En Masse -Artist: The Great Anansi -Track Art: rawlithmora -Duration: 3:38 -References: Scratch, English, Rex Duodecim Angelus -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/en-masse -- https://youtu.be/NSx06mX8aEI -Commentary: - <i>The Great Anansi:</i> - En Masse is actually a remastering of sorts of the very first Homestuck remix (and just generally one of the first songs ever) that I made about five or six years ago, because this was conceptualized around when Homestuck was ending last year to be a commemoration of the webcomic that sparked so much creative energy in me and catalyzed about 99% of my current friendships. I was keen on having it be grand and sweepking—essentially, doing everything my initial remix did, except bigger and badder than ever before. To that end, I started tossing in some extra motifs and making the composition even mroe frantic than before, but I was keen on keeping the overall rhythm and classical-esque style of Scratch; it's been a very long time since the cueball-head was directly relevant, but it's important to remember that that's where so much started! The project encountered some severe snags due to various real life troubles and motivation issues, but thanks to the support of the LOFAM team, it's finally been brought to life and I'm back on my feet with bountiful motivation. I might be a bit rocky, but it's only going up from here! - <i>SplitSuns:</i> - This art primarily focuses on Doc Scratch, his profile taking up most of the canvas. There's a nice contrast between the organic and textured forms of his suit and the precisely geometric shapes such as his cueball head, the triangle cutting through his chest, and the halo of squares over him. The use of recurring motifs such as pool balls, arrows, and brooms help to connect the piece further to Scratch's roots, with the peacock texturing suggesting the foreboding Felt Manor. An interesting artwork for an enigmatic character. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: [GRIEF] -Artist: Nicholas Nakano -Track Art: Griever -Duration: 3:06 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grief -- https://youtu.be/GKwajHc6l4I -Commentary: - <i>Nicholas Nakano:</i> - I was listening to STRIIFE right when it came out, then I thought, "Hey, this is fucking amazing" so I was inspired to make a Tensei-esque song. Its success is still unclear, but I like it. I hope you enjoy. - <i>Griever:</i> - So. Let me just say right now that nights, the one who first thought up these fantrolls and drew them up for the Strife 2 album, is top tier at character design. These guys were all really fun to draw and I'm glad that they came out as well as they did, honestly. They're all very differentiable from other fantrolls and just look really nice. Read nights' comic, <a href="https://oceanfalls.net/">Oceanfalls</a>, because it is good and has nice character design/art in it too. - The music was rocking and good so I went for a dramatic action shot. I used Jojo as a reference for this type of shot, because of course I did (Read <a href="https://mspfa.com/?s=13714">Jojostuck</a>). The background and everything about this picture is made only to look kind acool, which it sorta does. The art functions on the "rule of cool" so to speak, at least a little bit. There's not much to say about it, honestly. Maybe I've already rambled on more than other artista bout this, and I'm pretty much done expositing, but I'm gonna go just a little bit further with this commentary. But it won't be lal that important. Just recounting a story I remembered. - Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise? I thought not. It's a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Plethoric Euphoria -Artist: Seijen -Track Art: Trufflemeep -Duration: 2:07 -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- cw: body horror -- cw: eye horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/plethoric-euphoria -- https://youtu.be/zthLAMi3bac -Commentary: - <i>Seijen:</i> - "how do I make a fuure bass song withuot sounding generic or like a total douche?" you don't, youre a douche. Accept it and move on with life. The only saving grace this track has is the tempo. Most future bass is 130 or 144. Nah fam, we're going 150 on this since 150 and 175 are all I know. This track was exclusively made with harmor and maybe 1 serum. Fuck the system, and fuck my CPU since like exsanguinated, FL crashse 3/4 of the times I try to open the tracks. RIP the dream. - <i>Trufflemeep:</i> - is this what drugs look like? i hope this is what drugs look like. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Buffskull -Artist: Noisemaker -Track Art: Benedict Ide -Duration: 2:33 -References: Spider8reath, Spider's Claw -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Lord English -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/buffskull -- https://youtu.be/UtZZTF8ZMgc -Commentary: - <i>Noisemaker:</i> - An extension of a very, very short segment of a group collaboration (7 GRAND END from the Cool and New Music Team), it seemed unfitting to leave something like this in its short, unfinished state. - <i><b>SplitSuns:</b></i> - Buffskull was originally a part of the CANMT song "7 GRAND END," with the music syncing up to the final Act 7 flash in Homestuck. This part of the song played when Vriska and her army prepared to face off against Lord English, and the art reflects this tense moment. Vriska stands in the middle of the chaos, with the house juju towering behind her. All of this is reflected in the eye of Lord English himself, his normally radiating visage forced into the position of eight-balls. The detail on English's eye is both very sharp and a little unsettling. So although this art mirrors previous scenes in the comic, it adds its own interseting twists to the presentation to make it an exciting and engaging image. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (theh0nestman Version) -Artist: theh0nestman -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 4:22 -References: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -Art Tags: -- CD -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-theh0nestman-version -- https://youtu.be/g_kgqsN-Bmc -Commentary: - <i><b>Aris Martinian:</b></i> - After the acapella and post-punk versions of I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew, you may be wondering how there could possibly be a unique version of this song without stooping to What Pumpkin's level and making "I'm a Member of the Midnight Ska." theh0nestman manages to take this early 20th century classic somewhere entirely new. This version of the song has a country rock feel to it, with soft verses leading into harder, crunchier choruses, and the bridges between verses taking us into previously uncharted melodic territory. - <i>dodostad:</i> - I was asking around for iconic rock album covers to base the art on since it was rather classic rock take on the midnight crew. Someone said Nirvana's Nevermind and I laughed and laughed and went with it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystalendofgames -Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 6:55 -References: -- Crystamanthequins -- track:sburban-jungle -- Flare -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalendofgames -- https://youtu.be/Hm1ev7TKmSA -Commentary: - <i>Jamie Paige Stanley:</i> - Well, here I am again. Paige Stanley, closing disc 1 of a LOFAM, 4 years after I last did it. In that time, I technically became an Official Music Team Contributor!! I helped my dear friend Marcy Nabors with creating [[Solar Voyage]] and [[Renewed Return]] from Volume 10. I got 12 bucks on Paypal from What Pumpkin for that! Andrew Hussie bought me lunch! I got burgs with homestuck money! - Speaking of burgers, Crystalendofgames is a song that I made back in 2012 on a stormy, Autumn night. The power actually went out while I was making the song, even! The version you're hearing is from after I taped my broken ego back together and remade the whole damn thing. It's pretty Neat And Cool? I make cooler things now, though. Either way, I'm glad it could be a part of this wonderful Loaf Man. - Anyways, I'm gay! Bye! - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - This track has a climactic and solemn feel that, for me, seems to suggest the chillingly peaceful scenes preceding the violent turn of events in Act 7. As the quietest and yet most significant event in EoA6, I chose to depict the scene of PM and the Mayor climbing the Forge to cast the ring in, against the looming light of Skaia. - This is one part of a larger image formed by the covers of this, [[Ultimate Alchemy]], and [[Black Hole / White Door]]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~DISC 2~~ -Artist: Lambda Bledsoe, ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Buck -Duration: 0:16 -References: Jackpot -Directory: disc2-lofam4 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2-2 -- https://youtu.be/eHrtKUpIbWM -Commentary: - <i>Lambda Bledsoe:</i> - For a lot of people LoFaM2 is the best (released) LoFaM, which is... sort of weird, as someone that did it. Personally, I sort of think of 2 and 3 as parts of one whole because they were so close in proudction and a number of songs were moved from the former to the latter. - Also for a lot of people, the most represenative songs of LoFaM2 would be things like [[Alphamatic Replacement]], [[CR1M1N4L, CR1M1N4L]], [[Fighting Spirit]], [[Dance-Stab-Dance]], stuff like that. As the, uh, co-head of Loaf 2 though, I sorta always felt that Jackpot was the "most LoFaM2" song? Not sure exactly what it was. Perhaps that it had like three remixes (two of which never made it to a LoFaM), perhaps that it was my personal #1 "why wasn't this on coloUrs and mayhem" song. But, anyway, yeah, we did Jackpot. It's a neat song. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - In my opinion, this track art perfectly fits the "calm before the storm" vibe of a middle before an end, like Disc 2 is before the endgame-themed Disc 3. I'll also note it looks incredibly fitting for the cover of a vinyl record, and with those bright colors and jazzy writing I'd check that hypothetical cover out the moment I saw it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hiatus -Artist: Kevin Grant -Track Art: Trufflemeep -Duration: 2:45 -References: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- Terezi -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hiatus -- https://youtu.be/kOKKXW4NsCs -Commentary: - <i>Kevin Grant:</i> - This song was made, unsurprisingly, during one of the many Hiatuses that Homestuck had over the years. I wanted to capture the feeling of hopeful waiting combined with the sadness that came with the lack of content. - <i>Trufflemeep:</i> - The song was made during the gigapause, if the timestamp on soundcloud was right. So, I drew part of the scene where the gigapause left off aka Terezi getting the shit kicked out of her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: HOMOSUCK. DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION. -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Nick Tucker -Duration: 6:40 -References: -- Homosuck Swan Song -- Homosuck Anthem -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:sburban-jungle -- Theme -- track:crustacean -- Walls Covered in Blood -- The Lemonsnout Turnabout -- Spider's Claw -- English -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Eternity Served Cold -- Carne Vale -- Warhammer of Zillyhoo -- track:null-toby-fox -- Hello Zepp -- Rabbunctious! -- The Paradox Paradigm -- Purple Bard -- Swing of the Clock -- track:doctor -- track:endless-climb -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:frost-vol6 -- Homestuck -- track:dissension-original -- Horschestra -- Jane's Dragon -- Cascade (Beta) -- track:aggrieve -- Oh Hi There, Lil Cal -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Caliborn -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/homosuck-directors-cut-of-the-year-edition -- https://youtu.be/OKIXqg_ZzcM -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - Initially, I was going to compose this as one of those classic "ironically bad" songs, which I love dearly. At some point, it became clear I was going to drive it in a bit of a different direction, and then a few more directions, until I'd pretty much done a sick 360 degree spin across the musical canvas that is FL Studio. Wow that was kind of a weird metapohr? All in all, what you hear is what you get, and that's pretty much all I have to say on the matter. I don't want to take up too much of the commentary space, so I'll leave the rest of it ot Nick and... uh, well, yeah. - <i>Nick Tucker:</i> - I sketched out two versions of this art, the clean one and the "meme" one, which was more popular. And that's pretty much entirely understandable. Also, the title bar is based off the spine of a PS1 game. - <i><b style="color: #2ed73a">CALIBORN:</b></i> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">WAIT. WHO ARE THESE RIDICULOUS PEOPLE? FORGET THEM.</span> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">HERE IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS.</span> - <center style="color: #2ed73a"><b>A MESSAGE. FROM YOUR MASTER LORD.</b></center> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">BY THIS POINT. YOU HAVE ALREADY COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT "HOMOSUCK. DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION". IS BY FAR AND ABOVE. THE BEST PIECE OF ART. THAT YOU WILL EVER HAVE THE UNDESERVED PLEASURE TO EXPERIENCE, IN YOUR FLEETING MORTAL LIVES. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MIXTURE. OF A MAGNUM'S OPUS THAT ASSUAGES THE AURAL SENSES. AND A GRAPHICAL COMPANION PIECE TO DELIGHT YOUR VISUAL WORLD.</span> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">THE SOUND OF THE MATTER. WHICH IS TO SAY THE "SONG". CONTAINS FIVE SECTIONS OF GLORY. OR EVEN "ACTS". SUBDIVIDED INTO USUALLY TWO FURTHER ACTS. THE FIRST TO REPRESENT MY VERY OWN BLOOD, SWEAT AND ARTISTIC PROCESS AS I CREATE THE LEGENDARY CHEF DE OUEVRE KNOWN AS "HOMOSUCK" ITSELF. AND THE SECOND TO REPRESENT THE CHAPTER OF HOMOSUCK THAT CORRESPONDS. YOU MAY NOTICE THAT WITH EACH PARTITION, THE SONG DOES NOT SIMPLY "PROGRESS". INSTEAD, IT EVOLVES. A TESTAMENT TO THE INCREDIBLE EVOLUTION OF MY BIOGRAPHICAL HERO'S JOURNEY. THAT I RECALLED TO YOU IN ANOTHER PLACE, AT ANOTHER TIME. I THINK WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT HERE. THAT THE WAY THE TWO MIRROR EACH OTHER. SO ELEGANTLY, AND SO CLEARLY. BASICALLY FUCKING RULES.</span> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">NOW. I HAVE ALREADY HEARD RUMORS, AND WHISPERS. FROM THE MYSTERIOUS AKASHIC SERVERS DEEP IN THE FURTHEST RING. VOICES THAT SAY THINGS LIKE, "I CAN'T BELIEVE CALIBORN COULD MAKE SOMETHING THIS GOOD". OR, "THIS IS TOO 'AWESOME' FOR HOMOSUCK".</span> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">FIRST OF ALL. FUCK YOU.</span> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">SECOND OF ALL THOUGH, YOU ARE SLIGHTLY COMPLETELY CORRECT. THAT MY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS PROJECT. WAS NOT A COMPLETE AND UTTER SOLO VENTURE. IN FACT. YOU MAY ALREADY BE AWARE. THAT THE ART PIECE WAS IN TRUTH MADE BY THE INCOMPARABLE [INSERT NAME I FORGOT HERE]. AND THE SONG ITSELF. WAS ESSENTIALLY COMPOSED BY THE LOVELY [INSERT WHOEVER TEH FUCK'S NAME HERE]. AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. SOMETHING LIKE. "BUT IT'S LAZY TO GET OTHER PEOPLE TO DO YOUR WORK FOR YOU.". OR. "HOW COULD YOU BE SUCH A MISERABLE SELLOUT?".</span> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">BOTH ARE EQUALLY MOOT POINTS. BECAUSE ON ONE HAND. I HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT "WHEN DOING ART. SOMETIMES IT PAYS TO CHEAT. [...] THIS CAN SAVE TIME"<sup>1</sup>. AND ON THE OTHER HAND. WHICH IS REALLY JUST THE SAME HAND. THE DEGREE TO WHICH I SHOULD BE CREDITED FOR ALL THIS. IS PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU THINK. SURE, OTHER PEOPLE DID WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL 'THE HARD WORK'. IF YOU'RE A SHITTY BABY MORON WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ART. BUT REMEMBER THAT ALL OF THIS. THE MUSIC, THE VISUALS, EVERYTHING. WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CREATE. WITHOUT ME! IT WAS MY VISION THAT DIRECTED THIS PIECE. AND MINE ALONE.</span> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED THE DIRECTOR'S CUT, BY THE WAY.</span> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">BECAUSE I'M THE FUCKING DIRECTOR.</span> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">"WOW," YOU ARE SURELY NOW THINKING. FOR A WHILE YOU SIT AND PONDER. THE RAMIFICATIONS OF SUCH A STUNNING REVELATION. "WE ARE ALL BLOWN AWAY". "MOST SHOCKING TWIST YET". ETC ETC ETC. BUT REALLY, ALL OF THAT WAS JUST A SIDE NOTE. AND AN INTRODUCTION. NOW, WE BEGIN THE *TRUE* COMMENTARY. AND DELVE INTO THE PURE, RAW SOUL OF ALL OF THIS. TO SEE FURTHER INTRIGUING, ENLIGHTENING PARAGRAPHS. DESCRIBING IN EXCRUCIATING DETAIL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THIS PIECE"S SECTIONS. THEIR REASONING. THEIR JUSTIFICATION. AND EVEN THEIR PURPOSE. PlEASE GO AHEAD. AND SCROLL BACK FORWARD TO THE NEXT PAGE. - <small style="color: #2ed73a"><sup>1</sup> QUOTE CITED FROM "HOMOSUCK. ACT ONE". PAGE 19.</small> - <hr> - <hr> - <hr> - <hr> - <hr> - <hr> - <hr> - <hr> - <center style="color: #2ed73a"><big>S U C K E R.</big></center> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">WHAT. DID YOU REALLY THINK. THAT I WOULD JUST GIVE AWAY THE SECRETS TO MY TRADE? THE SPECIAL SAUCE TO THE GOURMET BUFFET??? NICE TRY, CHUMP. MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST "INTERPRET" IT YOUR OWN WAY. AS ALL ART IS SUPPOSEDLY WONT TO BE. MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THAT. INSTEAD OF ATTEMPTING TO FUCKING STEAL THE THOUGHTS OUT OF MY BRILLIANT MIND.</span> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">AS CONSOLATION FOR COMING THIS FAR THOUGH. I WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING ANYWAYS. A RARE GESTURE OF "KIND NESS". IT IS A DETAILED LIST OF THE MANY LEIT MOTIFS USED IN THE SONG. COMPLETE WITH MARKERS INDICATING THE LOCATIONS. OF THEIR TIMELY APEARANCES. BECAUSE HONESTLY. THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO INTERPRET THAT. IT'S JUST OBVIOUS FUCKING FACTS.</span> - <span style="color: #2ed73a">ENJOY YOURSELF. (WHILE YOU CAN.) I'M OUT OF HERE.</span> - <hr> - <b>References</b> - - [[Homosuck Swan Song]] - 0:35-1:04, 3:30-3:59, 4:27-4:42, 5:04-5:12 - - [[Homosuck Anthem]] - 0:50-1:22, 1:31-1:38, 2:07-2:30, 3:09-3:13 - - [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement (Dave Owns)]] - 1:39-1:46, 1:55-2:02, 2:33-2:36 - - [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown (Strider Style)]] - 1:47-1:54, 5:12-5:19, 5:34-5:49, 5:52-5:56 - - [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime (Original Mix)]] - 1:59-2:06 - - [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]] - 2:01-2:06 - - [[Theme]] - 2:07-2:30 - - [[track:crustacean|Crustacean]] - 2:15-2:19, 2:31-2:36 - - [[Walls Covered in Blood]] - 2:36-2:38 - - [[The Lemonsnout Turnabout]] - 2:38-2:40 - - [[Spider's Claw]] - 2:40-2:42 - - [[English]] - 2:42-2:43, 4:57-5:07, 6:13-6:18 - - [[track:showtime-piano-refrain|Showtime (Piano Refrain)]] - 2:44-2:55 - - [[Eternity Served Cold]] - 2:48-2:55, 4:27-4:42, 5:49-5:56 - - [[Carne Vale]] - 2:55-3:05 - - [[Warhammer of Zillyhoo]] - 3:55-3:59 - - [[track:null-toby-fox|null]] - 4:00-4:08 - - [[Hello Zepp]] - 4:13-4:27 - - [[Rabbunctious!]] - 4:27-4:31 - - [[The Paradox Paradigm]] - 4:31-4:34, 4:46-4:49 - 5:01-5:04 - - [[Purple Bard]] - 4:35-4:38, 5:49-5:56 - - [[Swing of the Clock]] - 4:38-4:42, 4:53-4:56, 5:08-5:12 - - [[track:doctor|Doctor]] - 4:42-4:46 - - [[track:endless-climb|Endless Climb]] - 4:46-4:49 - - [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre|Atomyk Ebonpyre]] - 4:50-4:53 - - [[track:frost-vol6]] - 4:53-4:57 - - [[Homestuck]] - 4:57-5:12 - - [[track:dissension-original|Dissension (Original)]] - 5:19-5:26 - - [[Horschestra]] - 5:27-5:34, 5:49-5:56 - - [[Jane's Dragon]] - 5:30-5:34 - - [[Cascade (Beta)]] - 5:56-5:58 - - [[track:aggrieve|Aggrieve]] - 5:58-6:07 - - [[Oh Hi There, Lil Cal]] - 6:09-6:12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Three in the Morning (Ngame's Bowmix) [Explicit] -Directory: three-in-the-morning-ngames-bowmix -Artist: Ngame -Track Art: Ngame -Duration: 5:39 -References: -- Three in the Morning -- RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme -- Fruity Pebbles Jingle -- Bowman Remix -Art Tags: -- Snowman -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-ngames-bowmix-explicit -- https://youtu.be/Vo7tZPGX9Sg -Commentary: - <i>Ngame:</i> - For those not in the know, Michael Guy Bowman is one of the most iconic people associated with Homestuck. You may remember him as the composer of [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]], one of the comic's most iconic songs, the angelic voice that captivated your ears in [[How Do I Live (Bunny Back in the Box Version)]], or maybe even as the "face of the fandom" for his famous Homestuck videos and convention appearances. - What isn't as well-known is that he's also an incredibly hilarious individual with dozens of sketch comedy videos - often featuring his equally sidesplitting friend, Scott Stutzsman - and I wanted to bring these two worlds together. With the release of Volume 10 in June, and the resulting focus on the Homestuck music team, Bowman appreciation had a resurgence in the fandom (especially one particular video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cqZlNGBcwA">Bowman's Credit Score</a>). I got caught up in the fervor as well, and made my first foray into music remixing to put together the first iteration of this tribute to Michael Bowman. The remix includes notable quotes or samples from every video that Michael Bowman and Scott Stutzman collaborated on, as well as many of their individual comedy videos. - If you liked Bowman's Homestuck stuff, love comedy videos, or were just too damn intrigued by this song to stay out of the loop, I recommend giving <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoOnh0MiKsmJb0CsYOTzkihMcNSl6-ruw">the Stutzbows</a> (as I like to call their videos) a watch. Whether it's Scott singing you the jingle for his favorite breakfast cereal, Bowman informing you about his credit score (spoiler alert: it's 720), or both of them having some good, old-fashioned backyard fun, I'm certain there's something to enjoy for everyone. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Schrödinger's Harbinger -Directory: schrodingers-harbinger -Artist: Noisemaker -Track Art: Benedict Ide -Duration: 2:21 -References: -- track:aggrieve -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Jasprose -- Roxy -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/schr-dingers-harbinger -- https://youtu.be/n39rrqi8XPM -Commentary: - <i>Noisemaker:</i> - Initially from call and new 2: locomotif under the name Excess Express, I wanted Schrödinger's Harbinger to be Jasprose-themed to compensate for the lack of tracks in that category, as well as to make some additions to the original trakc. - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - I can't believe that Roxy thinks that Rose smothering herself in response to the heinous evils of Jasprose is so "wonderful". What a terrible mother/daughter figure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Listless Squiddly Bliss -Artist: Marcy Nabors -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 0:51 -Art Tags: -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/listless-squiddly-bliss -- https://youtu.be/m3sA6i8c7y0 -Commentary: - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> - I'm a bit fuzzy where this song came from. I made this sometime in the summer of 2011, and I remember sending it to Alex Rosetti as a token of my appreciation for his work shaping the musical palette of the Squiddles universe. The friend who got me into Homestuck (now Alex's partner and roommate) came up with the title. I think this was the last thing I made in Lgoic Pro before my ill-fated stint bumbling around in FL Studio for the latter portion of 2011. I love you Logic, I'm sorry I ever left. - <i>dodostad:</i> - Honestly don't know what to say about this one. I tried very hard to do pixels. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: All the Luck -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Phil Gibson -Duration: 2:32 -References: -- Spider's Claw -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Terezi's Theme -- Spider8ite!!!!!!!! -- Lotus -Art Tags: -- Vriska -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/all-the-luck -- https://youtu.be/MZXlfsMFPNw -Commentary: - <i>Phil Gibson:</i> - Vriska is gr8 and thank goodness she saved all of space and time so we could hear this album - <i><b>wheals:</b></i> - Xoro was working on a little 8-song Vriska album concept for the CANMT, to be released on 8/8/2016. Though the idea never came to be, he made a couple songs for it, which then languished on the main tab of our organization sheet. Reading through the list of semi-abandoned songs there, I convinced him to put it on our Volume 8, so it ended up with some 8-related action. At some point, either the LOFAM judges listened to the album and felt it was a standout track, or Xoro submitted it on his own. The latter is possible since right around then was when Lambda put out an open call on /r/homestuck for song submissions. Either way, Xoro felt the song could bei mproved, so the song as presented here is an even more polished version of the v8lume one. Relistening, many of the changes jump out. Right away you can tell some of the instruments have changed. (Enemy Approaching, the Undertale song, is still an obvious compositional inspiration, even though the instrumentation being less electronic makes this version less similar in that sense.) Some of the mixing is better and more punchy, a skill that Xoro excels at. Terezi's theme opens the bridge, after which the song contains new composition. Returning to the original motifs of the song after the bridge, it continues to put a new spin on them. I never cease to be impressed by the musical improvements of my friends in the Homestuck fanmusic community. And I'm glad that in a managerial role, I can facilitate others' improvement. Let's all give Xoro a thumbsup for the great work here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wisest Wizord -Artist: rilez, Natrox -Track Art: Trufflemeep -Duration: 3:12 -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- Cats -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wisest-wizord -- https://youtu.be/pdKy7Ex0WAk -Commentary: - <i>Trufflemeep:</i> - The music reminded me of a disco party, so I tied that in with the name of the song and created the most fabulous fortune-telling session I was able to. It's OOC because Roxy knows that only nerds half-ass their wizard cosplays. In reality it would be a proper tunic, silk closure beard, and 230% more glowsticks. - <i><b>wheals:</b></i> - This track was made a while ago (originally for Colours and Mayhem if I'm not mistaken) but didn't get the attention/nomination to end up on a contemporary LOFAM. Fast forward to 2016, when CHamango releases his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44fx8qI9C-8">third</a> pro as heck guide to homestuck, highlighting this song as his favorite fanmusic of all time. It's not hard to see why if you listen to the track. The publicity brought it to the eyes of the LOFAM team, who were glad to add it. This whole story is basically an excuse to hsill Chamang0's awesome <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ktbGOAUcZM">[S] Jade and Calliope: Rumble.</a> and pro as heck guide to homestuck videos, but it also serves as a reminder of how far this fandom has gone, and how much history lies behind this amazing fanmusic project. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prospit Towers -Artist: SerialSymphony -Track Art: sonotcanon -Duration: 3:36 -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospit-towers -- https://youtu.be/nw0YXJ0fKkU -Commentary: - <i>SerialSymphony:</i> - Prospit Towers took cues from the Genesis Frog album, as well as inspiration from tracks like [[Moonsetter]]. I wanted something subdued but moving to capture the feel of the moon. Also, I'm on LOFAM, hi mom! - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - In this piece by sonotcanon, Jade looks down on the city of Prospit from one of the... Prospit Towers. I'd say that sitting like that on a window pane is unsafe, but then I remembered that dreamselves can, you know, fly, so whatever. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Red -Artist: Tamara Fritz -Track Art: nights -Duration: 2:58 -Art Tags: -- Mituna -- Latula -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red -- https://youtu.be/2DYQtfGgntI -Lyrics: - Darling you are the same as you used to be<br>You never should apologize to me<br>Sometimes in stiller moments you still sound okay<br>Although you can't quite work out what to say<br>I never felt lost in your arms<br>I never felt low in your heart - And I know you try to say the things you used to say<br>And I blame myself for letting things get this way<br>And I'll do my best, to stay by your side<br>Through all the worst, and better times<br>You're a little different and we're both dead<br>But you and I are still flaming red - So go ahead and feel like you need to scream<br>I should have listened to what you told me<br>I should have been with you that night<br>I should have been there as your knight - And I know you try to say the things you used to say<br>And I blame myself for letting things get this way<br>And I'll do my best, to stay by your side<br>Through all the worst, and better times<br>You're a little different and we're both dead<br>But you and I are still flaming red<br>You and I are still flaming red -Commentary: - <i>Tamara Fritz:</i> - I wrote this pretty soon after the Openbound walkaround, and it was the first fansong I really felt amazingly proud of. Gotta love that sadstuck. - <i>nights:</i> - I needed to draw something equally cute for this cute track. I made this almost exclusively with MS Paint save for the final effects on the art, which were done with SAI. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Daydreamer -Artist: electric lantern -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Duration: 1:48 -References: -- track:old-secret -- Spider Dance -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- Derse Dreamers -Art Tags: -- Joey -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/daydreamer -- https://youtu.be/2wqnd4OaYvk -Commentary: - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> - For this piece my only goal was to express the same soft dreaminess of the song itself. And to draw Joey, of course. Where's she going in this dream? - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - I was a bit unsure of what to associate this track with at first. Jade is a dead ringer for a daydreamer, but so was Dave before his Derse awakening, implied in the song throuhg Derse Dreamers and Atomyk, but Hiveswap's [[track:old-secret|Old Secret]] is referenced in the song's first few seconds... - I'm personally glad Elanor took the Hiveswap route for this song's track art, because I feel it fits the song so well even beyond Old Secret. The song invokes a calm theme for Joey, and speculation on all of the possible misadventuers she'll have that we'll soon get to see. As of this writing, Hiveswap's definitive release date of September 14th was revealed three days ago, and I hold hope it won't be delayed any longer. In the meantime, Daydream is a theme that embodies thoughts of that wait and that hope, and of course, thoughts of the game itself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Grimbark -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: Amethyst Barron -Duration: 3:37 -References: Penumbra Phantasm -Art Tags: -- Jade -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grimbark -- https://youtu.be/IqzKEk9s5Lg -Commentary: - <i>Amethyst Barron:</i> - A space werewolf with reality warping powers would be terrifying and I wanted to reflect that. Also I really like drawing drooly sharp teeth. - <i><b>Grace Medley:</b></i> - Okay, okay. Before you start listening to this song, just picture in your head the absolute BEST grimdark Jade theme. Then hit play. If you're not confused as to how Ascenzo managed to read your mind, you did something wrong. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Upward Meowvement (Davepetasprite^2 Owns) -Artist: LydianChord -Track Art: CybeR -Duration: 2:01 -Referenes: -- Amen, Brother -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Nepeta's Theme -Art Tags: -- Davepeta -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/upward-meowvement-davepetasprite-2-owns -- https://youtu.be/wkbjr98bx9I -Commentary: - <i><b>Kal-la-kal-la:</b></i> - The iconic Upward movement backbeat speaks for itself. In true Davepeta fashion, numerous cat and bird noises appear throughout the track, and a bouncy B-section rounds it off. - Davepetasprite^2, Paradox Space's certified #1 cat-bird, shows us their stabs from a vantage point just beyond the Green Sun. The green and orange hues in this piece are particularly lovely. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Requited (Dirtiest Remix) -Artist: David Dycus -Track Art: Josefin B. -Duration: 5:08 -References: Requited -Art Tags: -- Nepeta -- Meulin -- The Disciple -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/requited-dirtiest-remix -- https://youtu.be/CK3XrBtxc4w -Commentary: - <i>David Dycus:</i> - Plazmataz is amazing. - For extra fun, play this in sync with the original version of Requited. - <i>Josefin B.:</i> - Requited has always been a song associated with the Leijons for me, and since I had trouble deciding which one to draw I went with all three. I figure they all had love stories central to their narrative, but not necessarily happy ones. The word "requited" can taste bitter, especially to Disciple, since her love certainly was requited... I added a red string to show that they're all connected, but also how tied they all are to this bitter word. - The picture is all guache on aquarelle paper. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Expanses of Interstellar Space -Artist: Elaine Wang -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 4:14 -References: Gold Pilot -Art Tags: -- PM -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/expanses-of-interstellar-space -- https://youtu.be/sMcenyPOHeE -Commentary: - <i>yazshu:</i> - Now, this art. It's something im proud of in a sense. Great background. Half-decent Becs. Too much going on, maybe, but i think it works well for the vast expanses of space. Space, however, does not have much in it. It might be a bit counterintuitive for that reason. Space is always really fun to draw though, so thats why i went a little bit overboard. Great song, too. Am very glad i did art for it. Yeah, thanks oj for making this fantastic remix. - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - A calmer, somewhat less dramatic remix of Gold Pilot. I'd imagine it gets pretty lonely exploring the EXPANSES OF INTERSTELLAR SPACE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Horizontal Headshot -Artist: Aris Martinian -Track Art: dazed-squid -Duration: 2:51 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Jane -- Roxy -- Jake -- cw: decapitation (abstract) -- cw: blood -References: -- Unite Synchronization -- Orange Hat -- track:metamorphic-choices -- Stay in Touch -- Moshi Moshi? -- track:explore -- track:sburban-jungle -- Even in Death -- Hate You -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Jungle #3 -- Sburban Resolution -- track:showtime-original-mix -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/horizontal-headshot -- https://youtu.be/XfBz4kvoU7Q -Commentary: - <i>Aris Martinian:</i> - Written for the Cool and New Music Team's Cool and New Homestuck 2, this is an attempt to remix Unite Synchronization in a way that fits better thematically with [S] Dirk: Synchronize and [S] Dirk: Unite. Some of the things I worked in were Orange Hat when Dirk wakes up, for example, Metamorphic Choices when the kernelsprite appears, Hate You for Meenah's cameo... Dirk's scateboard-riding I represented with Moshi Moshi?, a theme that's admittedly been a bit of a stickymotif for me (I've used it in way too many compositions). I like Moshi for an umber of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it goes so well with so many things. What can I say? I like mashing themes together. - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - An illustration of the events of both [S] Dirk: Synchronize and [S] Dirk: Unite. As can clearly be seen, the Red Miles tore up the spacetime continuum, resulting in all the events happening concurrently. This is exactly what happened both here and in the flashes, and definitely isn't just a clever tactic by dazed-squid to create a pretty neat track art that depicts a lot of the best parts of said flashes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: One and a Half Midnight -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 2:22 -References: -- Liquid Negrocity -- Amen, Brother -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Double Midnight -- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Freefall -- Terezi's Theme -- Unite Synchronization -- Moonsetter -- Sunsetter -- Moshi Moshi? -- English -- track:additional-mayhem-universe-a -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/one-and-a-half-midnight -- https://youtu.be/Cv6Ca070MPk -Commentary: - <i>Selan Pike:</i> - LET THEM FIGHT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fractal Flowers Nui -Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 4:43 -References: Fractal Flowers, Creeping in My Soul -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fractal-flowers-nui -- https://youtu.be/RN5LBP9kqm0 -Commentary: - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> - This piece was originally written for a different album, centered around the theme of Problem Sleuth. Given the jazz-era vibe of Problem Sleuth I decided I'd make something jazzy, and I figured it'd be nice to do a downtempo sort of theme, which I originally intended to represent the character of Godhead Pickles Inspector. With that in mind I sort of set to work trying to find a jazz chord progression that worked. After a bunch of fiddling about at the piano, the one I ended up with draws a lot from "My Favourite Things" and "Nardis", and so I worked out a melody of sorts over that in Ableton. Saxes are pretty much standard for jazz, and I picked a Rhodes soundfont over a piano owing to a distaste for the way a lot of piano patches sound. The sax solo I sequenced manually, and the accordion solo I reocrded as an improv. - "But," I hear you exclaim, "if it's a GPI track then why isn't the track art GPI?" - That's a difficult question to answer, exactly, but somewhere along the way, the track became reinterpreted as a theme for Death and the afterlife. "But what is that figurine that Death is playing with?", I hear you ask. That's the sort of question that invites what is oft known as a "long story", but a simple explanation is as follows: - For centuries, the bottom of the deepest seas had been shrouded in mystery and superstition. Some say it's a hostile place inhabited by the strangest creatures. Others, that it's a prison for the most dangerous outcasts. Legend has it that the only hope of ever getting out of there is a mask, that every deep sea creature has been craving for years. A mask they say, everyone is prepared to figut for, and risk their lives to possess. But the only way of ever finding out, is to go there and see for yourself. - <i>Selan Pike:</i> - Look, I should never be allowed to draw Bionicles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ringleader -Artist: Cryptanark -Contributors: TirantBacon (mastering) -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:07 -References: English, Liquid Negrocity, Let's All Rock the Heist -Art Tags: -- The Felt -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ringleader -- https://youtu.be/pF3yZSQqCFY -Commentary: - <i>Cryptanark:</i> - AKA The One Time I Sold Out to LOFAM, Ringleader is a Crowbar song I had a lot of fun throwing together. I tried incorporating aspects of jazz and rock solbos, in addition to experimenting with a 7/8 time signature. I'm pleasantly surprised at how it turned out, considering how obtuse the concept felt to me when I was first planning out the track. Blah blah blah check out cool and new webcomic please - <i>nights:</i> - Crypt's songs are always a delight to listen to, I'm so happy I got the chance to do art for one of them. (Plus it's a Crowbar track! Objectively the best Felt member. This is fact not opinion.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dance of the Dead -Artist: Veritas Unae -Contributors: Nick Smalley (additional vocals) -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 13:04 -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- track:verdancy-bassline -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Tall, Dark and Loathsome -- track:ballad-of-awakening -- Versus -- Skaian Summoning -- Tangled Waltz -- Omelette Sandwich -- A Tender Moment -- Atomic Bonsai -- A Fairy Battle -- Heat -- Beta Version -- Let's All Rock the Heist -- Revelations II -- Aimless Morning Gold -- Core of Darkness -- Escape Pod -- Skaian Birth -- Temporal Shenanigans -- Pendulum -- Skaianet -- II - Sarabande -- Underfoot -- Pondsquatter -- Red Sucker -- Oppa Toby Style -- Train -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Jack and Black Queen -- Phantom Echoes -- Spider8ite!!!!!!!! -- track:gods-of-the-new-world -- Jade Aubade -- Bathearst's Theme -- For Beforus -- Four Kids and a Game They Play Together -- Monochromatic Shenanigans -- Rouge on the Rox -- JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 -- Daydreamer -- Sburban Metro -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-the-dead -- https://youtu.be/qJii_lbgYN0 -Commentary: - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - I'm really sorry I delayed this album. I hope this is worth it. - Originally, when LoFaM 3 wrapped up and we were considering how LoFaM 4 could tie everything up, I approached konec0 about what should be done for the 'dance' track in that album could end up being. One of the original ideas was a song initially called 'Requiem Momentum / Moment of Dance'. Like [[track:garden-of-eden-part-1|Garden of Eden]] and konec0's dance tracks before it, it was going to flow between piano medleys (based around [[track:requiem|Requiem]] from Sburb) and high tempo dance segments. Eventually the ideas drifted towards being a love letter to all of Homestuck music, in particular, one that featured at least one song from every album. (Well... except Act 7, I have to draw lines somewhere; it's here I apologise to anyone expecting me to tackle the CaNMT discography.) - From there, konec0's involvement in the fan music scene dropped somewhat, and I was still particularly excited about this idea around the time the ball actually started rolling on LoFaM 4. So I decided to try and revive the dead dance. Humorously, Requiem no longer shows up in the piece, so Dance of the Dead is a bit of a misnomer, but I think the frantic pace and thematic idea of the beta kids and the Midnight Crew jamming together in the Farthest Ring is one we can all appreciate. The choice to go with jazz for the piece is mostly due to how comfortable I feel writing for small jazz ensembles. Another funny thing to note is that I gave anything tricky or unplayable to Jade (consider some of the basslines or the double notes on flute) - she must hve pulled out her dreambot again! (Not withstandding, I think a couple of carapacians picked up some alto saxes.) - Many thanks to all the amazing fan musicians who populated the sheet music thread back in the day. So amny of those scores were invaluable to me. Also thanks to TheOtherN on musescore for their incredible transcription of Watercolour, Alex Rosetti for the Pondsquatter MIDI, Max Wright for Gods of the New World sheet music, Nate Tronerud for the For Beforus sheet music, Tensei for the Rouge on the Rox MIDI, Circlejourney for the JUST1C3 MIDI, and Marcy for her incredible melody notating skills. - <i>Selan Pike:</i> - I think it makes a statement, and that statement is, "I've been playing too much Persona 5", or perhaps "I hate drawing musical isntruments" - <hr> - <b>References:</b> - - Homestuck Vol. 1 - [[track:showtime-piano-refrain|Showtime (Piano Refrain)]] - 00:00-00:37 - - Homestuck Vol. 2 - [[track:verdancy-bassline|Verdancy (Bassline)]] - 00:53-01:01 - - Homestuck Vol. 3 - [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale for Jaspers]] - 01:01-01:17 - - Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead - [[Tall, Dark and Loathsome]] - 01:17-01:49 - - Homestuck Vol. 4 - [[track:ballad-of-awakening|Ballad of Awakening]] - 01:25-01:49 - - Homestuck Vol. 5 - [[Versus]] - 01:41-02:05 - - Alternia - [[Skaian Summoning]] - 02:06-02:55 - - Squiddles! - [[Tangled Waltz]] - 02:23-02:55 - - The Felt - [[Omelette Sandwich]] - 02:55-03:42 - - Homestuck Vol. 6 - [[A Tender Moment]] - 03:09-03:42 - - Strife! - [[Atomic Bonsai]] - 03:27-04:00 - - AlterniaBound - [[A Fairy Battle]] - 03:47-04:00 - - Medium - [[Heat]] - 04:03-04:21 - - Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido - [[Beta Version]] - 04:22-04:39 - - Homestuck Vol. 7 - [[Let's All Rock the Heist]] - 04:22-04:39 - - Sburb - [[Revelations II]] - 04:39-04:56 - - The Wanderers - [[Aimless Morning Gold]] - 04:46-04:56 - - Prospit & Derse - [[Core of Darkness]] - 04:56-05:27 - - Homestuck Vol. 8 - [[Escape Pod]] - 05:03-05:10 - - Song of Skaia - [[Skaian Birth]] - 05:10-05:27 - - coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A - [[Temporal Shenanigans]] - 05:18-05:27 - - coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B - [[Pendulum]] - 05:30-06:18 - - <i>:jokes:</i> - Watercolour - 05:30-06:26 - - Homestuck Vol. 9 - [[Skaianet]] - 06:26-6:58 - - Symphony Impossible to Play - [[II - Sarabande]] - 06:42-06:58 - - One Year Older - [[Underfoot]] - 06:58-07:16 - - Genesis Frog - [[Pondsquatter]] - 07:16-07:30 - - Cherubim - [[Red Sucker]] - 07:32-07:49 - - [S] Collide. - [[Oppa Toby Style]] - 07:40-07:49 - - Homestuck Vol. 10 - [[Train]] - 07:58-09:01 - - <i>:tobydog:</i> - [[Penumbra Phantasm]] - 08:20-08:38 - - Homestuck for the Holidays - George the Conductor - 09:05-09:11 - - Land of Fans and Music - [[Jack and Black Queen]] - 09:11-09:33 - - Jailbreak Vol. 1 - [[Phantom Echoes]] - 09:33-10:05 - - Tomb of the Ancestors - [[Spider8ite!!!!!!!!]] - 09:41-10:05 - - SBURB OST - [[track:gods-of-the-new-world]] - 10:07-10:40 - - Land of Fans and Music 2 - [[Jade Aubade]] - 10:23-10:57 - - Land of Fans and Music 3 - [[Bathearst's Theme]] - 10:49-10:57 - - Beforus - [[For Beforus]] - 10:57-11:24 - - Stuckhome Syndrome Part 1 V1 - [[Four Kids and a Game They Play Together]] - 11:16-11:24 - - Weird Puzzle Tunes - [[Monochromatic Shenanigans]] - 11:24-11:41 - - Strife 2 - [[Rouge on the Rox]] - 11:41-11:58 - - Ancestral - [[JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3]] - 11:56-11:21 - - Land of Fans and Music 4 - [[Daydreamer]] - 11:58-12:13 - - P[S] - [[Sburban Metro]] - 12:21-13:04 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Atomyk Clockwyrk -Artist: Marcy Nabors -Track Art: dazed-squid -Duration: 1:56 -References: -- track:endless-climb -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/atomyk-clockwyrk -- https://youtu.be/jeStLlyaJ5s -Commentary: - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> - This song represents a lot of firsts for me. My first piece of Homestuck fan music, my first time composing for an ensemble of orchestral instruments, and the uh... second song I ever wrote in a digital audio workstation. I read Homestuck in a feverish marathon in the Fall of 2010 while taking a class about playing in a rock band and recording music (my high school was very cool). Around that time, I'd also been sequencing MIDI files in Anvil Studio (a program which was also the genesis of Bowman's MIDI experience), and had only recently discovered that Logic also had MIDI sequencing capabilities. After falling madly in love with the Homestuck soundtrack, I had an epiphany to the tune of "holy shit, I know how to make stuff like that!" and Atomyk Clockwyrk was thus the result. I've come a long way since then, but it's a testament to the quality of Logic Pro's stock library that I managed to make it sound this good with minimal knowledge of production. A little volume automation, slap a limiter on top (not even Logic's wonderful Adaptive Limiter? Come ON, 16-year old Marcy...), and blam, what you're hearing today is a time capsule of what I put together in December of 2010. - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - Dave is waiting in his land. For what? We're not quite sure. Perhaps he is simply waiting for one of the countless time loops he has employed as hsi session's time player. In any case, it can't be comfortable wearing that suit in that heat. I guess that's the price of being a c o o l k i d though. - Fun fact actually, this piece had a couple other variants before this version, which had Dave wearing different colored suits. One was white, and the other was red. However, after dazed-squid was suggested to try a green one instead, it managed to catch the eye quite very well indeed. As such, the green version stuck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cleopatra's Cocktail Party -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:45 -Art Tags: -- Roxy -- cw: alcohol -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cleopatras-cocktail-party -- https://youtu.be/YL9xC_Ft-5s -Commentary: - <i>nights:</i> - I'm really happy with this piece! The music sets a uniquely nice atmosphere on LOPAN, which I hoped to capture in this art's composition and colors. (Also the glass is just water, I promise I don't condone underage drinking, please don't call the cops) - <i><b>Grace Medley:</b></i> - During his time as a musician for Homestuck, Thoams Ferkol touched on a wide range of styles, from metal to neoclassical to krautrock, and everywhere in between. One he hadn't done, though, was disco... Until now! Conceived as one of three land themes for the alpha session (LOPAN in particular), this track sadly never saw an official release, but it's here, now, for your listening pleasure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Quest Crypt -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: sweetjegus -Duration: 1:19 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Jane -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/quest-crypt -- https://youtu.be/xl97AV5vxSc -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - This is by far my oldest song on the album, having been created only a couple of months after LOFAM 2's release. The image of the Alpha Kids talking out their problems on cold stone slabs, in the middle of a hollow moon's core, really stuck with me. I set out to make a theme that would convey the melancholy, expansive atmosphere of that scene. The long pauses give off a sense of unsureness, while the echoing background noises bring us back to the chaos currently happening on the planet surface. - Also, this cryptic crypt song was partially based on Sburban Jungle and cryptically took inspiration from Sburb OST's [[track:outer-reaches]] cryptomnesially. The song does not have anything to do with crytpids. That's Quest Crypt. - <i>sweetjegus:</i> - The A6A5A1x2combo is -apart from being a mouthful- a very introspective breath after a wild, high-octane sequence. My early draft for this piece featured all four alpha kids on their respective devices, but it felt too engaged, too connected. I think this song is more reflective of solitude (the solitude that comes despite being in simultaneous chat conversations with two other people), and I hoped to convey that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Noble Ascendance -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: Aeritus -Duration: 6:31 -References: -- Even in Death -- Another Jungle -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Unite Synchronization -- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse -- Sunsetter -- Oppa Toby Style -- Hate You -- track:ruins -Art Tags: -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/noble-ascendance -- https://youtu.be/L7PcXM_NuqI -Commentary: - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> - This song originated as a battle theme for Roxy, but as I moved along in the process, I thought "Hey, wouldn't it be cool to make some kind of medley for all of the alpha kids when they got their god tiers that would be pretty cool wouldn't it?" and started what at the time was the most ambitious song I made yet. - My process when making the medley was to make some kind of... story I suppose? I'm not really a fan of stuff that shoves in references for the sake of shoving in references, so pretty much every reference I put in here was meant to connect ot the kids somehow. (Look fine Ruisn only has a really tangential connection to Jane but I didn't listen to Volume 9 because I'm a bad person) - This song was made when I was first really digging my teeth into making music, and I feel like it shows. Generally I feel like the production and instrumentation in this song has... a lot to be desired. Even so, making this taught me lots of things that I wouldn't have learned otherwise, and I'm glad I made it, even if I can't stand to listen to it. - I tried to make another medley with this kind of format for the Cool and New Music Team recently, and it's essentially what I was trying to do with this song. (Although, with a different subject matter entirely.) You can find it on the Greatest Hits 2 album, under the name <i>Two Master Classes, A Knife Enthusiast, and A Green Dude Walk Into a Bar</i>. Yes, I know it's a shitty name. - After her fantastic work on the Volume 5 Anthology, a project to supply Homestuck Volume 5 with unique art for each track, Aeritus supplied this wonderful image. Here, the alpha kids lie in rest, waiting for the future of attaining god tier. It... can't be comfortable to lie in rest on stone slabs. That must be hell on your back. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sunslammer (Cement City Remix) -Artist: Cement City -Track Art: Cro -Duration: 3:12 -References: Sunslammer -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunslammer-cement-city-remix -- https://youtu.be/fL9YfUCMuBs -Commentary: - <i>Cro:</i> - This was quite an interesting piece to work on; I was trying to do something with perspective though you know, practice will eventually take someone far! Anyway, here's Jade. The green sun is in the corner because outside of paying mind to the spacey environment, it somewhat references her whoel god tiering ordeal, which essentially meant the first guardian bonus pack. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - i think this song speaks for itself so here are some lyrics. - OH LET'S BREAK IT DOWN - NOOT NOOTVAPE NAYSH YALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL - I'M GAY - YEAH BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIII(...) - *annoying laughter* - YOU CLOD - WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUB - OH HE NEEDS SOME MILK - IT'S TIME TO STOP - (SFX: Toki yo Tomare.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Climbing to Infinity -Artist: SplitSuns -Track Art: SplitSuns -Duration: 4:28 -References: -- track:endless-climb -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/climbing-to-infinity -- https://youtu.be/RZmbjMySkJY -Commentary: - <i>SplitSuns:</i> - This track was amde for the Cool and New Music Team's CANWAVE, an album entirely of Homestuck vaporwave parodies. This song in particular is a vaporwave edit of Endless Climb, hence the name. I tried to extends the vaporwave feel beyond just slowing the song down, splicing and editing the original song in interesting ways, adding 80's style instruments, and utilizing pitchbend and other distortion effects to provide an uneasy feel. The result is something that transcends meme status and enters "dream status," if you will. Actually that sounds kind of dumb. Forget I said that. - The track art is a parody of the cover of the vaporwave album "Shader Complete" by Sacred Tapestry. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beatup (Shutdown) -Artist: Astro Kid -Track Art: Beta -Duration: 2:36 -References: Beatup -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dave's bro -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beatup-shutdown -- https://youtu.be/HyLNyBrJp7U -Commentary: - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - This song gives me vibes of a "prelude" version of the original Beatdown, like one that plays as a character's theme before a boss fight where the boss music is just a more complete and amped up rendition. Or maybe it's like an encore of Beatup where the DJ gives the backing track a little more flair. Either way, the fact that this song uses only the opening arpeggios of Beatdown throught its run works hella well as a lead-in to the next track, [[Airtime Assault]], which dives straight into the main melody. - This art reminds me of what could have been. Oh, Bro. You could have had it all. A sweet hipster ninja buddy just like you who had your back at all times, who enjoyed being with you and never fought against the blade. You could have trained him with such bullshit free discipline mixed with such terror free compassion that his genuine confidence would never let him lose again. Not even to you, the teacher, brother and father. Then you two could stand back to back while this badass music of fraternal teamwork played in the distance, complete with a backdrop of blazing sun and raging meteors. But then you just had to throw the kid off a building and make his daily life hell. Thanks for nothing, man. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Airtime Assault -Artist: Cerulean -Track Art: nuclear333 -Duration: 2:52 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:doctor -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- John -- Dave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/airtime-assault -- https://youtu.be/UJRtFCU3HwU -Commentary: - <i>Cerulean:</i> - I wanted to combine several things I learned while at college but the only way I knew how was to mash together 3 of my most favourite songs together, Doctor Beatdown and Jungle. - I've learned to mix and match certain sections of a song to a better over composition. As for mixing, I had my music tutor (A semi-popular DJ) listen to the track and give their feedback. I then used this to make the overall song so much better. - <i>nuclear333:</i> - So this art is for Airtime Asasult, which was originally named Dave v John, which is a boring as heck name if you want my opinion. There was one slot left for art and when I saw this posted in announcements I decided to take it. I haven't drawn John or Dave as much as I have my favorite Homestuck gals, so getting things right was a bit difficult at first. I started work on this in June and as time went by and I got more done, I was getting better with my art style. If I had went and finished this in a day, I don't think it would've looked nearly as good as it does. The idea came from me thinking about how John and Dave would battle. I figured Dave would abuse time travel and John would be able to retcon around, making for an interplanetary fight between good buddies. The top drawings of John and Dave are intended to look silly, as it's not likely they're fighting over something serious. Anyway this was really fun to do and I hope you enjoy the rest of the album and junk! - (ps, viko told me to say johndave is canon i guess) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Robert Jailbreak -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: Jaspy -Duration: 2:12 -References: Pumpkin Cravings, Assail, Jackknive -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/robert-jailbreak -- https://youtu.be/BaiE1IJwV_E -Commentary: - <i>Mathias Ramalho:</i> - This track is a joke. It doesn't have a serious purpose. But it is, in fact, an 8-bit track I worked quite hard to make sound good. If you love 8-bit and RJ, then this is the track just for you! - <i>Jaspy:</i> - so i worked on this art way back in the beginning of the year just to see if i could contribute to the album and made a piece of art i'm pretty happy about, i don't really do art stuff so this was a first for me but im glad i could have worked on the album in some way still. it was pretty fun working on the art in general, coming up with the idea was pretty quick after i heard the song, but the hard part was trying to draw lil rj for the art (with a trackpad, dont use trackpds), and after a few revisions i think i got it to a pretty close style to the original. anyway glad i could help work on the album, and hope you dudes all enjoy the rest of it - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> - What - W h At - W ho Did This -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: hors -Artist: Hadron -Track Art: Griever -Duration: 3:17 -References: -- Horschestra STRONG Version -- track:sburban-jungle -- English -- Let the Squiddles Sleep (End Theme) -Art Tags: -- John -- Dave -- Arquiusprite -- Maplehoof -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hors -- https://youtu.be/1Vsulg1rHyg -Commentary: - <i>Hadron:</i> - I really like Arquissprite; he gets me at a fundamental level. He doesn't swear, he is super into technology, he loves horses, and is just all around a pure sprite; too bad Andrew BYBooted him into Lord English. why do that to a pure horse boy - <i>Griver:</i> - Jojo and Homestuck sure do have a lot of things in common, don't they? Themes of predestination, weird time shit, luck being used as a weapon, a guy without the use of his legs, horses everywhere in a certain part...it's all kind of weird and interesting. So that's why I did an EPIC JOJOKE for this trackart. If you don't understand what's going on here, read some more Jojo, I guess. Or don't. Look, Hors is a great, funny track, and this is the dank artistry it deserves as accompaniment. You're welcome. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Gemoni Mustard Blood -Artist: cookiefonster -Track Art: Melissa Peebles -Duration: 2:04 -References: -- track:the-mituna-method -- The La2t Frontiier -- The Blind Prophet -- Gold Mage -Art Tags: -- Sollux -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-gemoni-mustard-blood -- https://youtu.be/vf9Cwf5OqgE -Commentary: - <i>cookiefonster:</i> - You know, it's pretty funny that some Cool and New Webcomic songs (such as this one) are being re-released on this album, but at the same time it's kind of fitting, since after Volume 10 was released, the CaNWC soundtrack helped reignite the notion of Homestuck fan music. - I made this song before I knew I'd be making a whole album full of songs like this, just as a Sollux song for the hell of it. Even though this was the first one I made, it pretty clearly turned out to be one of the best, and I recently figured out why: the vibrato feature in Famitracker adds magic to everything and this one uses that feature pretty heavily. I'm not even joking, that functionality makes chiptune songs so much better. - Title is a reference to Tavros and Fairie: A Love Story, a trollfic that starts off funny but eventually becomes truly painful to read. - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - Sollux is about to get down. Gotta give out some FRESH BEATS. Gotta JAM YOUR EYEBALLS AND EARHOLES WITH SOME SWEET ASS TUNES. CHECK IT OUT YO. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Reconciled -Artist: Shandy -Track Art: Beta -Duration: 4:07 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dirk -- Sawtooth -- Squarewave -- Lil Cal -- SBaHJ -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reconciled -- https://youtu.be/oTRDtWd5JBM -Commentary: - <i>Shandy:</i> - A track to celebrate the Striders finally talking and hashing out their differences! Because it's a Stirders song, I couldn't help adding a little breakdown. Sharp-eared listeners may also note that in the call-and-response main melody, the first synth is in 4/4 time and the second synth is in triplets—just as Dave and Dirk aren't quite in perfect lockstep. I left the ending open ended and hopeful, because I feel like the final chapter on their relationship has yet to be written. - <i><b>SplitSuns:</b></i> - Dave and Dirk's reuinion on the spires of LOTAK was serious and poignant, but not without its sillier moments. This art is a mashup and showcase of the most ironic bullshit the Striders had to offer throughout the story. Smuppets galore, their plush rumps and jutting probosices laid alongside such gems as a Game Bro magazine, an artifacted Statue of Liberty, the lovable Squarewave and Sawtooth, and SBaHJ icons including the Big Man himself. And who could forget Guy Fieri's surprise appearance, his scream frozen in place as he prepares to assume the title of the next Antichrist? But that's a story for another time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The End of Something Really Excellent -Artist: Rhyselinn -Track Art: Rebecca Peason -Duration: 5:02 -References: -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:skies-of-skaia -- Dawn of Man -- track:doctor -- track:endless-climb -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:frost-vol6 -- Cascade (Beta) -- Infinity Mechanism -- Another Jungle -- Even in Death -- Lotus -- Do You Remem8er Me -- Skaian Skirmish -- Homestuck Anthem -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-something-really-excellent -- https://youtu.be/0XRCD67voTo -Commentary: - <i>Rhyselinn:</i> - The Beginning of Something Really Excellent is a fun song that takes place early in the story when not much is known about the world of Homestuck. The End of Something Really Excellent is a song I wrote as kind of a book end, a symbolic song that encapsulates the journey all the characters went on, and kind of retells it in song format. From the beginning the kids went into Sburb (Sburban Jungle), learned the mythos of the Medium (Skies of Skaia), took upon them the mantle of heroes (Dawn of Man), explored their worlds (Doctor, Endless Climb, Atomyk Ebonpyre, Frost), did a bunch of stuff to salvage their session (Cascade), scratched their session and made a new one (Another Jungle, Even in Death), reflected on the journey they went on (Do You Remem8er Me), fought a great final batteo fr the sake of the session (Skaian Skrimish), and beat the game of Sburb (repreise of Sburban Jungle), and with it reached the end of the story. And so did the readers. - Homestuck has been a heck of an adventure, one that I had the privilege of watching firsthand for some number of years. I am honored to be able to pay a tribute to such a beautiful thing with my comparatively small contribution to this project. A million thanks to Andrew Hussie and all the artists/musicians who put in so much work to make the comic into what it became. It truly was something really excellent. - <i>Rebecca Peason:</i> - The End of Something Really Excellent brings a lot to mind. To the end of the story, to the end of the adventure, end of the game, the fighting, the dying, etc. Listening to it I thought of when The Beginning of Something Really Excellent played in comic and started there. The concepts jumped but in the end, I wanted something that speaks to the end of the harrowing journey playing this game was. What a relief it is that the fighting is over and for now can be left behind. - <hr> - <b>References:</b> - - [[The Beginning of Something Really Excellent]] - 0:00-0:42, 4:00-4:20, 4:32-4:42 - - [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]] - 0:43-1:34, 4:21-4:54 - - [[track:skies-of-skaia|Skies of Skaia]] - 1:19-1:38 - - [[Dawn of Man]] - 1:38-2:47 - - [[track:doctor|Doctor]] - 2:06-2:09 - - [[track:endless-climb|Endless Climb]] - 2:09-2:12 - - [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre|Atomyk Ebonpyre]] - 2:13-2:16 - - [[track:frost-vol6|Frost]] - 2:16-2:23 - - [[Cascade (Beta)]] - 2:23-2:27 - - [[Infinity Mechanism]] - 2:27-2:29 - - [[Another Jungle]] - 2:47-3:02 - - [[Even in Death]] - 3:01-3:14 - - [[Lotus]] - 3:08-3:12 - - [[Do You Remem8er Me]] - 3:17-4:20 - - [[Skaian Skirmish]] - 3:38-4:00 - - [[Homestuck Anthem]] - 4:42-4:54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Sin and the Salvation -Artist: psithurist -Contributors: Lucas Haggett (bass guitar) -Track Art: SmashCooper -Duration: 8:53 -References: -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- track:showtime-original-mix -- English -- Homestuck Anthem -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- Caliborn -- Calliope -- Lord English -- Alternate Calliope -- Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sin-and-the-salvation -- https://youtu.be/reMO9m2haoU -Commentary: - <i>psithurist:</i> - So I started this track about two years ago when I was much less experienced with production and workflow, and working on it more recently has become kind of a nightmare. It's about the story of the cherubs: Caliborn's domination, the rise of Lord English, Calliope's isolation, and her alternate self's ultimate sacrifice. The working title was "Damara's Descent", and the whispers are actually edited recordings of exposition about Damara, but the theme changed pretty early on. Thanks to Lucas Haggett for performing bass on this track! - <i>SmashCooper:</i> - I'm really glad I had the chance to draw track art for a cherub song since Caliborn is probably one of my favorite characters in Homestuck. I tried to fill this up with as many pieces of imagery of the cherub's journeys to god tier, all framed within a beautiful clock ready to be smashed with a crowbar. Side Note: Caliborn's gun was superbly hard to draw and now I can see why Hussie used a jpg image for it as often as he could. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Resend -Artist: Noisemaker -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 4:48 -References: -- Cascade (Beta) -- Crystalanthemums -- Showdown -- Death by Glamour -- RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme -- Sunsetter -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -- Gamzee -- Rabbit -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/resend -- https://youtu.be/ECzDFJ_ACj0 -Commentary: - <i>Noisemaker:</i> - This track almost didn't see the light of day. I submitted it for the Cool and New Music Team's credits music contest, and ended up pulling an admirable 3rd place. At first, the track wasn't going to be used in the credits mix (partially due to recieving 3rd place, but also because it fell short of the 7 minute length requirement), but, after a miracle on-par with the birth of Christ took place, Resend was just barely able to squeeze in due to a mandatory meme credits addition. - <i>yazshu:</i> - originally this song was going to be replaced by ocean man, per my request. it wasn't. fuck you bambosh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disc 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~DISC 3~~ -Artist: Lambda Bledsoe, ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Matrosha -Duration: 0:26 -References: Starblaze -Directory: disc3-lofam4 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3-2 -- https://youtu.be/sSXmhZZMDNQ -Commentary: - <i>Lambda Bledsoe:</i> - Finding a suitable song for a disc jingle from LoFaM3 was... sort of a struggle, really. I didn't want to do something based too heavily on another song (e.g. [[Emissary of Dance]], [[track:garden-of-eden-part-1|Garden of Eden]], [[I'm Not a Hero]], or [[Thermporia]]) and I really didn't want to do something memey/jokey (i.e. [[Theme of the Slam Jam]], [[JOHN DO THE WINDY THING]], or [[track:sord]]). - This... narrowed the pool of available songs from LoFaM3 significantly. - We ended up going with Starblaze because it <i>does</i> have original portions and I'm fairly sure was one of those "universal yes" songs among the judges. My second choice would've been [[Fortune Healer]], probably. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pseudumbra Phauxtasm -Artist: Marcy Nabors, Jamie Paige Stanley -Contributors: Matt Martin (guitar) -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 6:30 -References: Penumbra Phantasm, Breath of the Wild Theme, Sunsetter -Art Tags: -- John -- Alternate Calliope -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pseudumbra-phauxtasm -- https://youtu.be/zzq3u6unwRg -Commentary: - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> - Back in 2016 I got together with RJ Lake and James Roach to compile Homestuck Vol. 10. Everyone was pretty hyped, and there were threads in various places full of people feverishly speculating about what the tracklist would be. Much of this speculation focused on whether Toby Fox's elusive song Penumbra Phantasm would finally see release, founded on the rumor that he had agreed to finish it for the album. - Around this time, a couple of us on the Vol. 10 project decided to have some fun with the speculation and put together a fake version of the album to "leak" to the fans, so we gathered a few WIPs that'd been cut from Vol. 10 and arranged them at the beginning of the album for an illusion of Authenticity™. Jamie Paige put together a bunch of awful low-effect vaporwave remixes of Homestuck songs, which we gave names to match what the fans were hoping for. Finally, as the keystone piece to tie it all together, we referenced an old Toby Fox piano recording and created a short (but hopefully convincing) song that we titled "Penumbra Phantasm". Christened by Toby's seal of approval and an unholy melding with a vaporwave Sunslammer monstrosity, this one-minute-and-fifty-second piece quickly became a fan favorite once the [sock?] ruse was revealed, and we promised that this "Pseudumbra Phauxtasm" would see an extended release on LoFaM 4. - A year later we've completed this track, and now the latter third of the song is just a power metal cover of the Breath of the Wild theme, but that's a story for another day. Ask me sometime - <i>Jamie Paige Stanley:</i> - 🅱️ - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - This is a highly stylised representation of Act 7, with Alt!Calliope creating the black hole that consumes the entire universe, and Joh nreaching for the knob of the door into the new universe. They circle around Skaia, neither pulled into ti nor escaping it, but trapped in the loop of its inscrutable machinations. This scene is set against an image of Paradox Space cracking at the edges, which also resembles a cracked disc: the final disc of Homestuck, shattering at the edges, foretelling of the destruction of the story itself. - While this image wasn't originally made for Pseudumbria Phauxtasm, I think it is a fitting illustration to accompany it: this track is an expansive and beautifully-made arrangement of the elusive Penumbra Phantasm, a track that has been kept under wraps for almost as long as the end of Homestuck itself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystalmethequins (Broken Bad) -Artist: Astro Kid -Track Art: tti -Duration: 6:33 -References: Crystalmethequins -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Aradia -- cw: cops -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalmethequins-broken-bad -- https://youtu.be/dIfHLsPtDJE -Commentary: - <i>tti:</i> - dont do drugs - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - From the co-creator of smash hits Crystalmethequins and Beatup, and the composer of classics like Skaian Starstorm and Starblaze, comes an all-new drug fueled adventure! - (Note: Don't do drugs, kids. Note 2: Don't even THINK of doing meth, trust on this one, please. Note 3: This isn't actually all-new, it's been around since 2013, but BOY is it still a doozy. Note 4: This is a remix of a remix of a remix. Are you a bad enough dude (or any casual moniker of your choice) to continue the chain? Note 5: I've run out of ntoes, so I guess... enjoy the song?!?!?) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Thyme on My Fries -Artist: SplitSuns -Track Art: Ephemerald -Duration: 3:24 -References: -- Axel F -- Time on My Side -- E.T. -- Smackdown -- Moonsetter -- Waters of Nazareth -- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -- Vela-Nova -- Unite Synchronization -- track:MeGaLoVania -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Jake -- DD -- Carapacians -- cw: blood -- cw: decapitation -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thyme-on-my-fries -- https://youtu.be/IYZCJAMCWLg -Commentary: - <i>SplitSuns:</i> - This track was originally made for the Cool and New Music Team's "Cool and New Homestuck" project, remixing and parodying the various Homestuck Flashes. In case you can't tell, this song is a parody of Time on My Side. I mostly played it straight to the original song, changing the instrumentation and adding some twists of my own. Of course, there's some jokes thrown into the mix as well, such as the Crazy Frog theme song, Waters of Nazareth, and other subtle additions. All in all, I hope you like this song! It's good enough for Tensei to say "this is pretty good," so make of that what you will. - <i>TwinBuilder:</i> - When I saw that Thyme on My Fries' art was still unclaimed, I knew what I had to do. This is the result - a love letter to the song and the Flash it's parodying. - I wanted to make the dividing line horizontal, but I couldn't get it to work, so I went with the diagonal split, which I'm happier with. I wanted the Dirks to look like a playing card - maybe the Suicide King, as it looks like they're decapitating themselves. The hardest part of this was Derse. I knew I could take the easy way out and copy some buildings, but I pushed myself to draw everything on my own. I'm glad I did; I think it's the best part of the piece. (See if you can spot some familiar faces in the crowd of carapacians!) - Oh, and thanks to Nights for finding the image of the sun for the line in the middle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Raise of the Conductor's Baton -Artist: Hadron -Track Art: Hadron -Duration: 3:02 -References: -- Formation -- Skaia Voyages -- Cascade (Beta) -- track:sburban-jungle -- Another Jungle -- Celestial Fantasia -- Homestuck Anthem -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/raise-of-the-conductors-baton -- https://youtu.be/8NgabIloI9U -Commentary: - <i>Hadron:</i> - Rise of the Conductor's baton is probably my most ambitious song I've made; I pulled all the stops for this song for [S] Finale of CANH. I knew from the start that I wanted to do an upbeat EDM-styled track, and I thought a remix of Beatfox's original Creata would be spectacular. - <i><b>Makin:</b></i> - This track was amde way back in November for the [S] Finale animation, a culmination of Cool and New Web Comic lore Hadron had been working on for a long time. The track features a bunch of obscure little refefernces like Skaian Voyages and Celestial Fantasia, both amazing Beatfox songs you should probably look up, and Formation, the Hadron song you've already listened to. Beatfox is a music god, and Hadron knew just how to combine all the good leitmotifs in order to make the song feel as grand and epic as humanly possible. I actually named this track, as I feel cool Homestuck quotes like "Raise of the Conductor's Baton" ought to be used when they fit the content (and indeed, Rose raises her wand... conductorly... in the animation mentioned above. Seriously, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgw1yxGLStI">go watch</a> [S] Finale when you're done with this album). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Radness from Concentrate -Artist: Whimsy -Track Art: piskomil -Duration: 3:19 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radness-from-concentrate -- https://youtu.be/ruD5hcRqhIs -Commentary: - <i>Whimsy:</i> - I'd been trying to make a Strider theme for quite some time, when this idea struck me: What if instead of writing a Strider theme, I wrote THREE STRIDER THEMES? And then shoehorn in a variant of Beatdown because why not. - But in all seriousness, the wildly different sections of the song was more accidental and natural than anything else. I like to think parts of the song imply the introspection and humanity behind Dave and Dirk's cooldude persona, like the comic often demonstrates to us. And if not, at least we get a couple minutes of cool blues scale noodling. - <i>piskomil:</i> - Radness is a rad song so it needed a rad track art and what is mroe rad than alpha dave saoring through space on unreal air? but there's also a bit of playfulness to the song which is why I added those shitty statues of liberty. Imagine dave with pockets full of shitty statues of liberty just tossing them down on the planet as he flies by. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Conflict! -Artist: Emelia K. -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 1:07 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/conflict -- https://youtu.be/Duj1TbqQ4Bs -Commentary: - <i>Emelia K.:</i> - made for redditstuck. homestuck is bad - <i>yazshu:</i> - since july 20th, 2016 i have made trackart for many variations of this song. i helped cryptanark create the very first mashup of this song. i have drawn the characters from a comic i dont even like that much more than my own. when i was sent the spreadsheet, and i saw it sitting on there, unclaimed, i knew i was the only man capable of doing this. thank you emelia k for creating my entire career. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Solar Momentum -Artist: Nicholas Nakano -Track Art: Mags -Duration: 2:51 -References: Pushing Onwards, Sunsetter -Art Tags: -- PM -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/solar-momentum -- https://youtu.be/rV9WHJyx30A -Commentary: - <i>Nicholas Nakano:</i> - This was one of my first truly good songs, having distinct sections. Also included my first guitar solo. At the time of creation, I was playing VVVVVV, and it is now one of my favorite games of all time (the music being especially good). I hope y'all enjoy. - <i>Mags:</i> - The pairing of aggressive electric guitar and elegant violin immediately made me think of the similarly aggressive-but-elegant PM, and the snazzy chip tune flair inspired the pixelated art style. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: -Omega- Timeline -Artist: Aris Martinian -Track Art: cobaltmoth -Duration: 3:07 -References: -- Gold Pilot -- English -- track:intro-canwave2 -- Of Gods and Witches -- Science Blaster -- Formation -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/omega-timeline -- https://youtu.be/qAG2vYH3gzA -Commentary: - <i>Aris Martinian:</i> - This is the song on LOFAM 4 that I'm most proud of, and was the most fun to make. Yes, it's Gold Pilot. Yes there are like seven other songs on LOFAM 4 that use Gold Pilot. But I do think I did a lot with it, and this piece showcases a bunch of different things. It starts with pretty standard Gold Pilot, and then slowly grows into the subversion that is the Gunshow 2 Theme, followed by a drop. Then there's a section inspired by Of Gods and Witches, then whatever the fuck happens at 1:42. Bring back the Gold Pilot with a new beat, and then end with Formation. Dumb weird fadeout that I definitely could've improved somehow but I was lazy. I wrote -Omega- Timeline with the Game Over timeline in mind—the dark feel and the choirs peppered throughout reflect the devastation to the A2 session, the Of Gods and Witches section is somewhat of a tribute to... dead kids? And the next section is a tribute to... uh, the happiness that's gone? I don't know, come up with some meaning there yourself. Most of this piece was me going for a specific feel rather than a specific meaning. Also, the dashes in the name are more for my own amusement than anything. -ω- - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - Omega Timeline is a song about the Game Over timeline, which Terezi heavily assists in healing with a plan she formed herself. Naturally, then, it works for the art to show Terezi in the middle of her final journey in this timeline, inches away from finding her true potential. It fits the adventurous and determined nature of the song pretty well! The fact that the letter Omega is associated with Libra helps too, of course. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Emerald Cinders -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: sonotcanon -Duration: 5:12 -References: -- Rhapsody in Green -- Afraid of the Darko -- Carne Vale -- English -Art Tags: -- Snowman -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-cinders -- https://youtu.be/XpIc_vizYRw -Commentary: - <i>Grace Medley:</i> - This song started out as a test to see if I could replicate that bassy blare from every major action film trailer from the past six or so years. Then, it evolved into a Rhapsody in Green cover, and the rest is history. While making this I had the image of the Midnight Crew's casino burning down as Spades struggles to escape, then I re-thought it over with Lord English's arrival into Jack's body, then Jake's battle against the leprechauns, until I eventually decided, "as long as it's Felt-themed, this song is about it". There are a few references to Felt-based songs in here, too. The aforementioned Rhapsody in Green, the eerie variation of English from early on in Carne Vale, the opening from Afraid of the Darko (although quite drastically rewritten for a cinematic vibe) and a hopeful piano reprise of Carne Vale as a reflection of the first defeat Jake had left the Felt with. Then it concludes with the tail-end of English, because the Felt never truly stay down. - <i>sonotcanon:</i> - snowman a la mal from inception. credit to power for the concept! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sugar Cubes -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: fuchsi -Duration: 1:44 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sugar-cubes -- https://youtu.be/DZd5TAXggSA -Commentary: - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - There's no music or art commentary on this track (which by the way is incredibly catchy and cute), so instead I'll pose a relevant question. How many songs with Mario Paint cat meows do you think are on this album? 2? 3? 4? Just this one? All 105? I'll tell you: there are 6. Six Mario Paint meow songs on the album, including this one. Approximately 5.71% of all Land of Fans and Music 4 tracks have Mario Paint cat meows in them. Now, that might not seem impressive, but let's put this in perspective: that's triple the number of tracks about Vriska. Whether that's good or bad, I'll leave to you. - "the more mario paint meows i can cram on this album the better" -lambda 2017 - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - A serene landscape painting by fuchsi. - Let's be honest here, that tea is probably so saturated with sugar that drinking it will probably give you diabetes as soon as it enters your bloodstream. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fond Regard -Artist: Lark Mordancy -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 3:51 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fond-regard -- https://youtu.be/_C0iTqg5JFo -Commentary: - <i>Lark Mordancy:</i> - This song was inspired by the cosmogonical aspects of the MSPA universe(s), and by those universes' cryptic creators. - <i>Selan Pike:</i> - GPI: Fondly regard Selan spending too much time fiddling with the background -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prospitian Monody -Artist: Viko Riféo -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 2:04 -References: -- Cascade (Beta) -- Rhapsody in Green -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -Art Tags: -- Carapacians -- cw: blood -- cw: corpses -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-monody -- https://youtu.be/DvWBb8vi4-I -Commentary: - <i>Viko Riféo:</i> - I honestly can't believe this got in. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm satisfied with it, but seriously this took ages to get to a publishable state. - Prospitian Monody started life as a techno/ambient fusion with acoustic instruments in for fun too, which is a fancy way of saying I have no idea what genres actually mean. It also had a completely different melody. People told me the piano didn't fit so I made it synth, people told me the melody was aimless but couldn't explain why so I just rewrote it and blindly hoped, and they liked it but then production sucked again so I made it orchestral, and then the whole thing became synth instruments, which I kind afound bland but also it works well and I don't know what else to do. ANYWAY ENOUGH RAMBLING ABOUT USELESS FEEDBACK LETS GET TO THE SONG ITSELF - A monody is essentially a dirge, except that it's not a dirge? It's dirgeish anyway. (fucking hell ost) This is like a funeral hymn for the White King, but the Dersite army is slaughtering all the Prospitians that try to mourn, so in the end the funeral ends up being held by some Dersites who aren't sympathetic to Prospit, but do respect tradition and politeness and etiquette and so on, so to compensate for it being a funeral for the enemy they make it all imposing and evil. (The Black King is too busy ending the world to notice.) You could sort of view it as a counterpart to [[track:broken-dreams]] on the SBURB OST, but focusing more on Derse's triumph than on Prospit's downfall. - <i><b>wheals:</b></i> - Jas posted a quite different original version of this art, showing a funeral procession of sorts for the king's impaled head, but replaced it with this even more impressive composition featuring a more dynamic posee and focused around a central Dersite. There was some disagreement on the discord server whether it looked better with or without the tree in the top left, which ended with the tree being put in at 8% transparency. - Also johndave is a bad ship suck it viko -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shatter -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Andiavang -Duration: 1:58 -References: -- Double Midnight -- Amen, Brother -- Penumbra Phantasm -- A Baby Legend - The Baby is 2 -- Dirgeish -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shatter -- https://youtu.be/dxjSHHDLekQ -Commentary: - <i>Kanishka:</i> - The song itself is supposed to be some kind of a ham-fisted theme for the Reckoning, and its name refers both to Skaia being bombarded with meteors and Prospit moon crashing into the battlefield with no survivors. - Just a lazy attempt at trying to combine fabled The Baby Is You with ever-elusive and almost mythical Double Midnight at first, Shatter eventually evolved into somewhat fleshed out song. Yeah, it lacks originality, essentially being a simple medley, but I was more interested in making DnB-y stuff with a bunch of Homestuck motifs thrown together than composing something completely from scratch. - I think I'm more or less satisfied with the end result, even though it hardly resembles jungle (as a music genre, not, you know, Sburban Jungle or anything). Anyway, I hope you like it. - <i>Andiavang:</i> - "Boom boom boom boom<br>I want you in my room<br>Let's spend the night together<br>From now until forever<br>Boom boom boom boom<br>I wanna double boom<br>Let's spend the night together<br>Together in my room" - Vengaboys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Denizen -Artist: Kouta -Track Art: AS -Duration: 5:46 -Art Tags: -- Denizens -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/denizen -- https://youtu.be/Avz8eRHnoDA -Commentary: - <i>Kouta:</i> - This was my first foray into dubstep, and looking back on it, I could have done a lot better. I wrote this as a sort of mock-up "flash soundtrack", hitting a lot of different styles at different points in the song. At the time, though, I was experimenting with a lot of different things, and it's actually pretty good for what it was. This was also my entrance into sampling, which helped me get the experience needed to start writing newer, fresher material, by listening to other peoples' far better maerial. - <i>AS:</i> - Typheus may not be pretty to look at, but he is not a bad guy at all! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ultimate Alchemy -Artist: Interrobang -Contributors: Seijen (mastering) -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 2:20 -References: -- Bilious -- Earthsea Borealis -- English -- Umbral Ultimatum -- track:endless-climb -- Even in Death -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ultimate-alchemy -- https://youtu.be/0mYCTAeiHGw -Commentary: - <i>Interrobang:</i> - The song that eventually came to be known as Ultimate Alchemy started at a time I found myself listening to Volume 7's Earthsea Borealis, which remains one of my favorite Homestuck songs ever. One day, a melody popped into my head, and I started writing. At some point in the composition process I decided I might as well try to submit the song to LOFAM4, and with quite a bit of much-appreciated feedback from the judges, got it into a completed state. The biggest surprise as I was finishing up work occurred when Viko Riféo pointed out that what I had thought was the original melody throughout the song was in fact Bilions, which is a great song from the Genesis Frog album that I had embarrassingly forgotten about. - A lot of people helped me to get this song into the state that it's in now, and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank them. Thanks to Viko Riféo and Kusoro, who both had some really great ideas on mastering and percussion that ultimately didn't make it into the final song; to Wheals for giving it a final name, and ESPECIALLY to Seijen, whose mastering made the final product much better than I could have ever thought. And of course many, many, many thanks to Circlejourney, whose art is indescribably fitting and amazing. Finally I'd like to thank the LOFAM4 team for all their help and support, y'all are a bunch of great people and it's been an honor to have this opportunity. - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - The track is clearly about the Ultimate Alchemy, which I also find it very evocative of. I took that prompt on as faithfully as I could. - This is one part of a larger iamge formed of the covers of this, [[Crystalendofgames]], and [[Black Hole / White Door]]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Sock Ruse -Artist: Alex Votl -Contributors: Facetious (Alex Votl) & Friends -Track Art: Nick Tucker -Duration: 3:06 -Art Tags: -- SBaHJ -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sock-ruse -- https://youtu.be/id6W02iqdwk -Lyrics: - (Please [[static:feedback|send me]] the lyrics, i love them but i cannot make out a few parts <3) - <i>From <a href="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=007.jpg">Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff, page 7</a>.</i> -Commentary: - <i>Alex Votl:</i> - this project was pieced together over the course of 5 years with tons of help from my friends. it started out as an inside joke from the homestuck tinychat community around 2011, but i see it more as an homage to the series and the fandom. thanks for the memories everyone. it was a blast. - <i>Nick Tucker:</i> - The most common way of perceiving the passing of time into a concept that humans can understand often involves the idea of moving forward through time, as if we foresee what is in our path, and appraoch it in a straight line. A more accurate way of looking at it is that we are reversing into the events of tomorrow, with no real idea of what awaits us. When we look ahead, we see our past, and that informes our actions. The Maori turn of phrase, "ka mura, ka muri" means to walk backwards into the future. - In the modern classic piece of literature, "Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff: THe Sock Ruse", the titular Hella Jeff orchestrates an intricate plot to distract his compatriot Sweet Bro with the most unassuming of items: a pair of lost grey socks. The items in question, the socks, are lying in plain sight. However, there is an unintended turn. Sweet Bro spins off into a monologue, nay, a soliloquy as to the nature of socks and marijuana consumption. Hella Jeff did not forsee this consequence. But he does not hesitate to capitalise, fulfilling his desire nonetheless. - The vehicle in possession, the theme of walking backwards into the future is rendered physically manifest, with the metaphor of reversing Sweet Bro's car into a large body of water outside the companions' lakeside property. This is the point from which I drew my inspiration for my illustration. This is the now. This is the moment. Where is Hella Jeff going? He knows not. There is dramatic irony here: we, the readers and long-time followers of Dave Strider's work know full well what will unfold: nothing, ad infinitum. But Hella Jeff is living in the moment: he HAS the car. He knows not what awaits him. - He makes eye contact with you, slyly breaking the fourth wall. Almost... beckoning. Come with me, he says. Live for the present. Become an animal of the now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Juju Breaker -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Griever -Duration: 4:10 -References: -- Purple Bard -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:explore -- English -- Eternity Served Cold -Art Tags: -- The Felt -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/juju-breaker -- https://youtu.be/W46m0Qyes5g -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - I always figured "Juju Breaker" would be a cool name for a song, so I kept that name in mind and centered the feel of this song aorund it. It's a track about Crowbar, but more specifically Crowbar's crowbar. Its long chronology goes nearly entirely under the radar, as does the smooth green mobster named after it. Think of this track as a means towards rectifying that. - The song was made with a particular narrative in mind, with each section of the song signifying another step in the juju's journey. Crowbar leads the Felt on Alternia, crowbar in hand. Slick steals the crowbar and opens the Felt vault, distorting spacetime. Kurloz finds the crowbar in a memory and hands it to Gamzee. The meteor reaches B2, and the crowbar is given to B2 Jack Noir. He destroys his prison, then fights some kinds and himself on top of a building. He and the crowbar are sucked into a black hole. The juju is thus brought to a dead Earth. Gamzee again hands the crowbar to his lord, Caliborn. With the crowbar in his possession, Caliborn trudges through his Sburb session, planet by planet. He builds an ensemble of loyal leprechaun people, including Crowbar himself. Finally, the crowbar is given back to Crowbar, who will later lead the Felt on Alternia. With so many diverging timelines in the intermission alone, we are left to guess whether the cycle will repeat again, or be cut off. - <i>Griever:</i> - You know, the great thing about Homestuck is that a lot of panels are so iconic that Hussie more or less traces over them to make a new panel, and it still looks great, and people love him for it. And this self-referential quality extends to fanworks too. Makes my job easier. - Oh right, on another note, Crowbar's pretty sweet, I guess. Enjoy. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tragic Heights -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:02 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tragic-heights -- https://youtu.be/9_IU46cLUq4 -Commentary: - <i>nights:</i> - Another very nice track for the Alpha kids' medium, this time for LOTAK. Unlike my other art pieces on LoFaM, I used SAI for this instead of the usual MS Paint. It's a nice change of pace to be working with another art program. - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - This is one of Ferkol's 3 tracks that were created for the planets of the alpha session. (In particular, this was created for Dirk's planet: The Land of Tombs and Krypton.) Although this song never saw an official release, now you can enjoy it here, on Land of Fans and Music 4. Or on Ferkol's soundcloud. You can also listen to this song on Ferkol's soundtrack. - Starting off with simple choir alongside plucked strings, this piece builds up slightly, before letting a synthesizer take us deeper, as if we are descending onto the surface of Dirk's planet. As the piece continues, more and more electronic instruments come in, as the landscape becomes harsher and harsher. Yet, throughout it all, the strings remain steadfast. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Waltz for Calliope -Artist: Shandy -Track Art: Quietserval, Circlejourney -Duration: 3:03 -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/waltz-for-calliope -- https://youtu.be/o3hdT6bOXvk -Commentary: - <i>Shandy:</i> - It always struck me how different alt!Calliope was from her friendly, happy-go-lucky counterpart—she almost seemed like a different character. Alt!Calliope had given up on ever feeling happy or fulfilled. She only had a single solitary purpose left to her: to die. I wrote this song as a melancholy elegy for a lost soul. - <i>Quietserval:</i> - A representation of alternate Calliope's journey to achieve her ultimate goal. - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - I love dealing with dark foreground figures against bright backgrounds, so this was fun to add the final touches to. I got a sense of what Quietserval was going for this drawing from talking to them, and tried to realise that in its fullest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Everlasting -Artist: Joe Ouellet -Track Art: PatManDX -Duration: 4:40 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:doctor -- track:endless-climb -- Even in Death -Art Tags: -- Roxy -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/everlasting -- https://youtu.be/oDwdsffF2yk -Commentary: - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> - Dream bubbles allow the various players of Sburb a chance at an Everlasting life. I wanted to illustrate the feeling of traversing these bubbles and exploring the infinite possibilities they create. - <i>PatManDX:</i> - When I hear the song, it's a no brainer that it was about Roxy in the dreambubbles, being a remix of 'Even in Death' and all. What was tricky was figuring out what exactly to show in the track art: what angle, what aspect of the dreambubbles, and so on. I didn't want to make the art too busy, so I went for a simpler piece that showcased one of the grander moments of the 'Roxy: Sleepwalk' flash—where the music swells as Roxy falls into that dream bubble. Pinks and purples were used cause they pop on the black, and they're nice mysterious colors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystalline Repose -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 5:42 -References: Corridors of Time, Crystalanthemums -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalline-repose -- https://youtu.be/-3Cld2xx2gI -Commentary: - <i>dodostad:</i> - I was just trying to capture Aradia to the sweet tunes of the song! - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - Chrono Trigger is a great game. Corridors of Time is a great song. Crystalanthemums is also a great song. Any questions? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Black Hole / White Door -Artist: ehlsea -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 3:14 -References: -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- Courser -- Black Hole / Green Sun -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -- Karkat -- Kanaya -- Terezi -- Calliope -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-hole-white-door -- https://youtu.be/ZQ2rZH_4xWY -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - This track was assigned to me after the original artist dropped out. I decided to further extend the image formed of [[Crystalendofgames]]' and [[Ultimate Alchemy]]'s track illustrations after several people expressed assent when I aired the idea on the LoFaM server. - <img src="media/misc/circlejourney-lofam4-bonus.png" width="2800" height="4200"> - While brainstorming illustration concepts, I immediately ot attached to the idea of an image of the victory platform gang silhouetted in the light of the Sburb logo, and went with it. It's a shame that this scene is physically impossible due to the clouds being higher than the victory platform, but the picture looks far too plain without them. - <i><b>Kal-la-kal-la:</b></i> - The final boss is beaten. The game is won. The lights fade and the world begins to disappear. A gaping maw drags all into it, even the very fabric of reality. In the distance, a door opens. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Strife Mayhem -Artist: Musical Panini -Track Art: Scarodactyl -Duration: 5:39 -References: -- Flare -- Eternity Served Cold -- Carne Vale -- track:showtime-original-mix -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Crystamanthequins -- track:black -- track:MeGaLoVania -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Jane -- Roxy -- Dirk -- Jake -- Karkat -- Aradia -- Tavros -- Sollux -- Nepeta -- Kanaya -- Terezi -- Vriska -- Equius -- Gamzee -- Eridan -- Feferi -- WV -- PM -- AR -- WQ -- Midnight Crew -- Davepeta -- John's nanna -- Davesprite -- The Condesce -- Lord English -- The Handmaid -- Snowman -- Jack Noir -- Underlings -- The Felt -- AH -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strife-mayhem -- https://youtu.be/dZ7CuLWkK74 -Commentary: - <i>Tri-gender Panini:</i> - This song didn't actually start out as a Homestuck song when I was first making it. It went from tune stuck in my head, then into a random song that I was calling Metallic Mayhem, then into Flare, then into a practice into motifs, then into what is now apparently my most popular by far! - <i>Scarodactyl:</i> - I have wanted to do something like this for a long time. Final Fantasy 6 is a big inspiration for me, particularly the in-battle sprites and backgrounds. Homestuck, with its numerous great designs, seemed like it would be really fun to render in this style. When I saw Strife Mayhem on the song list I knew what I had to do--a large-scale battle with lots of characters to match an amazing battle song with lots of leitmotifs. I pulled a few elements from my previous track arts which were sort of stabs in the same direction, particularly the background from Medium and the handmaid from Maidswap. The GUI is also a bit of a reference to the previous track art for this song on Cool and New Volume 7. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moonsetter (Strider Remix) -Artist: Cement City -Track Art: Kate Griffith -Duration: 2:26 -References: Moonsetter, Mad About the Boy -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Dirk -- HB -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/moonsetter-strider-remix -- https://youtu.be/sbsaBi8OH2c -Commentary: - <i><b>Grace Medley:</b></i> - Cement City doesn't normally do music like this, so hearing Toby Fox's Moonsetter remixed into a laid-back, yet high energy neopsychedelic piece is a blast of fresh air, especially for someone like myself, who practically grew up listening to experimental electronic music. Despite the track's simplicity, it somehow succeeds in pulling off an atmosphere all of its own, and makes one of Toby's catchiest tunes even catchier. - <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> - Honestly, the head of an ogre doesn't sound like the most comfortable chair to me, but evidently, the Striders disagree. I guess they're too... cool... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Exsanguinated -Artist: Seijen -Track Art: Kate Griffith -Duration: 4:26 -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/exsanguinated -- https://youtu.be/_X8T8PjS8N4 -Commentary: - <i>Seijen:</i> - Time and time again I make a drum and bass song and im never satisfied with the drum mix. Like the time befoe and that time before. The snare is powerful but the kicks are never too prominent without being overtly compressed. Its always the same as the last time. But this track was a little different, instead I said "ooh that was horrible" because like the time before the kicks never seem to be enough. Its just the same as the last time. But those basses though. so ill. I feel sick now. Just like that time I ate at that Chinese place. I got sick there the time before but that was a year before. "Oh that was so gross" I uttered after taking my first bite of that gen. tso chicken. It was just the same as the last time. - <i><b>Kal-la-kal-la:</b></i> - The concept of vampires has existed for millennia. There seems to be a split amongst modern depictions between vampires as grotesque being and vampires as alluring and beautiful. Exsanguinated, with its vocal samples describing disgust, expresses this, and the track art displays the dichotomy well, depicting a very beautiful Kanaya Maryam with blood in all the colours of the rainbow dripping from her mouth. Were it that Homestuck neurofunk should have a particular aesthetic sensibility, it would be bloodied rainbow-drinkers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Premortem -Artist: Noisemaker -Track Art: 0ysTezy, EllenZarael -Duration: 2:12 -References: -- Purple Tyrant -- track:crustacean -Art Tags: -- Gamzee -- Kurloz -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/premortem -- https://youtu.be/5cJNegoYjuU -Commentary: - <i>Noisemaker:</i> - If some of you thought this was le canrival from Cool and New Webcomic's V8LUME, then you'd be right! I initially made le canrival as a Cool and New Webcomic track, but the folks over on the Land of Fans and Music team took some interest in it. So, we arranged to have it put on the next LOFAM, under a new, more classy name. - <i>0syTezy:</I> - this track art you see right here took over two months of work as we needed to space out time for other projects as well. the setting takes place in the land of tents and mirth as shown. the experience of creating this project was sorta stressful but fun. it was mostly stressful for me since I had many other things I needed to work on. EllenZarael worked with me over the course of the drawing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fruitjam -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: sweetjegus -Duration: 3:34 -References: -- Your Best Friend -- Softly -- Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall -- Safe Return -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -- An Apple Disaster!! -- Ryuunosuke Akutagawa's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend -- Bad Apple!! -- Native Faith -- The Primal Scene of Japan the Girl Saw -- Menu (Full) -- Sleeping Terror -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Calamari Inkantation -- Feel (Alive) -- Hopes and Dreams -- Theme -- September Pumpkin -- Theme of Eastern Story -- Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fruitjam -- https://youtu.be/kKKh0izriyc -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - This song was formed out of a spontaneous idea by the LOFAM team to create a song about the happy fruits Jade carries along with her in Act 3, as well as Toby FOx's "fan character" Apple Girlington, who was based on the ever-popular Touhou Project series. These intersecting characters united for one song, and the result is a mega-medley featuring references to songs from Homestuck, Touhou, Toby Fox's Touhou improvisations and... Undertale? Yeah! As progress of the song went along, I envisioned it perhaps being made by the Beta Kids in-universe. All their corresponding instruments are here, after all. Remember when they'd collaborate on songs and post it to each other on FreshJamz? Good times. - Fun fact: each of the happy fruits correspond to a beta kid. Really! You've got the red apple for Dave, which is fitting because it's his text color and because he loves apple juice. Then the green lime for Jade, also because of text color. The orainge is Rose, because, uh, Roxy says she's similar to Dirk who types in orange I guess? Then the last fruit is the yellow lemon which has to be for John, because... uh actually you know what, forget it. - Ok, here's another fun fact then. The title of the song is a play on the FreshJamz player which has the fruits on its interface, the Homestuck song [[Hauntjam]], actual fruit jam, and the fact that it is a song (i.e. "jam") about fruits. Neat! - <i>sweetjegus:</i> - Open your heart to the fruity embrace of Apple Girlington! I have the fondest memories of Jade's fruit mishaps back in Act 3 and a soft spot for fun and twangy tracks, so Fruitjam was the perfect storm. Her outfit is drawn from cubewatermelon's absolutely adorable APple Girlington design, and I've kept to the Touhou art tradition of contorted angles within a dramatic flying object vortex - but updated, now, for a lurid fever dream ft. the chlorine-headed personification of an apple. - <i><b>Lambda Bledsoe:</b></i> - she says lofam team but this song is mark's and my fault - <hr> - <b>References:</B> - - [[Your Best Friend]] - 0:00-0:33, 2:45-2:48 - - [[Softly]] - 0:20-0:26 - - [[Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall]] - 0:26-0:31 - - [[Safe Return]] - 0:39-0:43, 0:53-0:56 - - [[The Beginning of Something Really Excellent]] - 0:49-1:03 - - [[An Apple Disaster!!]] - 1:03-1:29 - - [[Ryuunosuke Akutagawa's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend]] - 1:09-1:14 - - [[Bad Apple!!]] - 1:29-1:42 - - [[Native Faith]] - 1:52-1:55 - - [[The Primal Scene of Japan the Girl Saw]] - 2:12-2:14 - - [[Menu (Full)]] - 2:16-2:35 - - [[Sleeping Terror]] - 2:22-2:35 - - [[Homestuck Anthem]] - 2:29-2:35 - - [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement (Dave Owns)]] - 2:35-2:38 - - [[Calamari Inkantation]] - 2:39-2:48 - - [[Feel (Alive)]] - 2:49-2:51 - - [[Hopes and Dreams]] - 2:52-2:55, 2:59-3:02 - - [[Theme]] - 2:55-2:58 - - [[September Pumpkin]] - 3:02-3:05 - - [[Theme of Eastern Story]] - 3:05-3:27 - - [[Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station]] - 3:18-3:29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lightfall -Artist: nights -Track Art: nights -Duration: 1:47 -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lightfall -- https://youtu.be/Wmop6vIepPs -Commentary: - <i>nights:</i> - This piece was originally for CaNMT, although it was still about the character Rose Lalonde. Perhaps you're wondering why someone would release a track on CaNMT, before putting it on LoFaM, but that was due to my joining LoFaM after this song was published. I worked on this song for nearly 2 months, so the production was a pretty complicated process - but at least I could finish it. It doesn't matter how long it took, what matters is that it's done. Originally, using pianos wasn't a part of my plan - the step before it was to use violins and Pavellion strings, because violin is Rose's instrument. But I couldn't pull it off so I switched to extremely romantic pianos midway through production. However, if I did take the pianos off I feel this track would've suffered a lot of pain, barring its size. In the end there really wasn't much that survived of my original image of this track, but I'm still happy with what I ended up with. Lightfall was my first song published anywhere, so you could say this is a big song for me. - I envisioned the scene of Rose playing on LOLAR for this art as well as the song. I can't count how many timse I redrew this piece before finally getting it to look good, since I'm only a beginner at drawing scenery. I'm glad it turned out nicely in the end though. Also I gotta say, doing art for your own songs is kind of weird. :p -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blanc -Artist: Sean Gorter -Track Art: Daniel McDonald -Duration: 5:00 -References: -- track:black -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blanc -- https://youtu.be/_q2ox0WK1g4 -Commentary: - <i>Sean Gorter:</i> - The base idea for this song's groove came about in late 2011 when I noticed the repeated piano riff was just an E-flat blues scale Radiation messed with, and I started laying it over a Latin-style chord rhythm and liked what I heard. I thought to myself, "this must be what it sonds like when the Midnight Crew just jams", and before I knew it I had a remix idea in my head. Something I've always loved about the original mix I did, poorly executed as it was, was how it took an idea we know to be so dark within the Homestuck universe and turned it into a light, relaxing, foot-tapping piece, something the Crew might have done in happier times. - <i>Daniel McDonald:</i> - It's been long enough since I made this image that I don't have much that I can remember to say about this, beyond feeling like I really nailed Boxcars' face. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Collision Course (Davepeta's Movement) -Artist: SplitSuns -Track Art: Shadok -Duration: 4:05 -References: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Sunsetter -- CORE -- English -- Olive Rogue -- Hardchorale -Art Tags: -- Davepeta -- Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/collision-course-davepetas-movement -- https://youtu.be/sIJW6g2kygU -Commentary: - <i>SplitSuns:</i> - This song was originally made for the Cool and New Music Team, but I went with a much more Homestuck slant than a cool and new one for this track. I wanted to take Upward Movement and change it into something more EDM and techno, so I chopped and screwed traditional strings and mixed them into the powerful drum tracks and synths you hear in the song. I wanted to include motifs from both Dave and Nepeta as they're two halves of Davepeta's whole. I also incorporated caws and meows for the same effect. Finally, I put the Undertale track CORE in the song because of that one scene in EOA6 (you know the one.) There's an additional reference at that point if you're listening carefully! Although this song was challenging to make, I think it turned out very well in the end. - <i>Shadok:</i> - this used to be a normal edit of the Upward Movement cover but greatest hits 2 happened on the cool and new music team so i decided to redo it. i experimented a lot with the shading but in the end, i kept something simple - <img src="media/misc/collision-course-bonus.png" width="1400" height="1400"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Revisit/Rewind -Directory: revisit-rewind -Artist: Aris Martinian -Track Art: nights -Duration: 6:13 -References: -- track:doctor -- Cascade (Beta) -- track:sburban-jungle -- Tick -- Lord Spanish -- Fruity Pebbles Jingle -- Potato Knishes -- The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny -- Rex Mille Geromius -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Even in Death -- Space Jam -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- At The Price of Oblivion -- Contra -- Ascend -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Moshi Moshi? -- Unintentional Touhou -- CONTACT -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Formation -- Jungle #3 -- Muse of Nanchos -- Meet the Flintstones -- track:intro-canwave2 -- RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme -Art Tags: -- John -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/revisit-rewind -- https://youtu.be/2Tm2S88RlCg -Commentary: - <i>Aris Martiniain:</i> - God, this was so much work. Oh yeah, and I lost the first half of the project file towards the end so I couldn't go back and edit it. Ugh. But all in all, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. The original plan was to go through the CANMT discography and pick the most iconic songs over time. If you're unfamiliar with its discography, I highly recommend you at least <a href="https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/">go give it a glance</a>. I roughly settled on using Cascante, Tick/Tock, Fruity Pebbles Redux, Gunshow, Rex Mille Geromius, Doctor and Penumbra Phantasm (cool and new vol V), Contra (from Cool and New Homestuck), Moshi Moshi, Final Confrontation, Unintentional Touhou, In the Beginning/Contact, Formation, Jungle #3, Muse of Nanchos, Flintstones, Gunshow 2, and of course, the RCT theme and Bowman's credit score. Shoutouts to difarem for making the "it's between my buttocks" vocaloid for me. Revisit/Rewind, which is based heavily on Ascend, was released as the Cool and New Homestuck song for [S] Credits. - <i><b>wheals:</b></i> - This art was made in like five hours on Christmas 2016 when i yelled at nights to make some John/Aradia art for Revisit/Rewind (it being based off Ascend, with its iconic John/Aradia art). That's basically the plot of The Christmas Carol and by writing this seven months later I'm now the Ghost of Christmas Future. I'll let Past Nights (the Ghost of Christmas Past) fill you in on the rest: - <i>nights:</i> - <img src="media/misc/nights-revisit-rewind.png" width="435" height="226"> - <hr> - <b>References:</b> - - [[track:doctor|Doctor]] - 0:07-0:29, 1:30-2:18, 2:26-2:48 - - [[Cascade (Beta)]] - 0:15-0:44 - - [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]] - 0:16-0:42, 3:06-3:17, 3:42-3:50 - - [[Tick]] - 0:45-0:59 - - [[Fruity Pebbles Jingle]] - 0:45-1:14 - - [[Potato Knishes]] - 1:00-1:14 - - [[The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] - 1:15-1:29 - - [[Rex Mille Geromius]] - 1:22-1:29 - - [[Penumbra Phantasm]] - 1:34-2:03 - - [[Even in Death]] - 2:03-2:18 - - [[Space Jam]] - 2:03-2:18 - - [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale for Jaspers]] - 2:03-2:10 - - [[At The Price of Oblivion]] - 2:11-2:14 - - [[Contra]] - 2:18-2:48 - - [[track:MeGaLoVania|MeGaLoVania]] - 2:50-3:05 - - [[Moshi Moshi?]] - 2:50-3:05 - - [[Unintentional Touhou]] - 3:05-3:20 - - [[CONTACT]] - 3:20-3:50 - - [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement (Dave Owns)]] - 3:35-3:50 - - [[Formation]] - 3:50-4:20 - - [[Jungle #3]] - 4:13-4:20, 4:28-4:35 - - [[Muse of Nanchos]] - 4:20-4:35 - - [[Meet the Flintstones]] - 4:35-4:49 - - [[track:intro-canwave2]] - 4:50-5:29 - - [[RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme]] - 5:33-6:12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Homestuck Sonata -Artist: David Ellis -Contributors: James Ellis (production) -Track Art: Sozzay -Duration: 7:46 -References: Homestuck, Penumbra Phantasm -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-sonata -- https://youtu.be/XSVpRK_L7mg -Commentary: - <i>David Ellis:</i> - Homestuck Sonata was written around the time we were submitting pieces for Volume 10. The idea was to write a piece that loosely followed the sonata form from [[Homestuck Anthem]] being the first theme and Penumbra Phantasm (via [[FantasyP]]) being the second. It's also intended as a left hand practice piece so the left hand is much busier than in most of my other work! - <i>Sozzay:</i> - This idea came to me after scrapping a few rought drafts. Originally I planned for an artwork starring an original hero, but decided to change it to something involving John because his associated instrument is a piano. It was a difficult piece to draw, but I am very happy with the finished result and feel I created something really dynamic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wicker Kingdom -Artist: Kurtis Burton -Track Art: PatManDX -Duration: 3:58 -References: White King -Art Tags: -- WQ -- WK -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wicker-kingdom -- https://youtu.be/ZawHf_JbItw -Commentary: - <i>PatManDX:</i> - RND and I used to collaborate on projects years ago so we've become very familiar with the other's work. When I first heard this track, back about 3 years ago, I knew I had to do the art for it. The song felt very grand and frenetic, while giving a sense of regality and awe, so I did my best to capture those feelings into the track art. I knew that I had to put in the White King as the main focus on the picture, since the song is a remix to a certain other song. There is a great emphasis on texture and desaturated colors, to help make the piece feel almost ilke a worn tapestry. I added a bloom filter to add to this effect. - <i><b>Kal-la-kal-la:</b></i> - <i>Musing upon the king and my brother's wreck, and upon the king my father's death before him. White bodies naked on the low damp ground, and bones cast in a little low dry garret, rattled by the rat's foot only, year to year.</i> - A rhythmic, galloping reel brings to mind our lost monarchs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Rebirth -Artist: Kris Flacke -Contributors: Tamara Fritz (vocals) -Track Art: Sam Garcia -Duration: 8:31 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -- track:aggrieve -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Gardener -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Even in Death -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-rebirth -- https://youtu.be/7Uf-CCixByk -Lyrics: - (I will rise, I will go so far and)<br>(I will rise, I will go so far and)<br>(I will rise, I will go so far and)<br>(I will rise, I will go so far and)<br>Even in my death -Commentary: - <i>Sam Garcia:</i> - This song is about the beta kids so i drew them like if they were in a cd/disc. I did it like that because the transitions between different moments of the song reminded me of a movie or song playing. So basically i drew this how i thought a cd for hoemstuck would kind of look like. - <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> - There were a few possible choices for the last track on this truly HUGE album, but none quite felt so conclusive or right as Astartus' contribution. After mood highs and mood lows, thrills and relaxations, we get to cap it all off with a spectacular victory sequence for our original kids and the game they played. And we are all so, so, so proud of them. Bless you, Beta Kids. We'll see you on the flipside. - P.S. If you don't know what spectograms are... now would be a useful time to learn. diff --git a/album/lofam5.txt b/album/lofam5.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 2c860eb6..00000000 --- a/album/lofam5.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1585 +0,0 @@ -Album: Land of Fans and Music 5 -Directory: lofam5 -Cover Art: Monckat -Wallpaper Art: Monckat -Wallpaper File Extension: png -Wallpaper Style: opacity: 0.9; -Banner Art: Monckat, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner File Extension: png -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Date: December 19, 2021 -Date Added: January 5, 2022 -Color: #00E5A7 -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-5 -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - Ok I don’t know how we’re gonna format this but I want to thank Gryotharian and Monckat for doing an absolutely amazing job getting track art done for every remaining track in like, a week. That’s 26 and 17 arts respectively! They can be said unironically to have saved the art part of this album. - The other artists are fine too but they didn’t make 17 track arts and that’s the cutoff for being personally mentioned… - <i>Ucklin:</i> - Thanks: Circlejourney and Makin for helping with management and organization, Kanishka for working a lot to get the booklet ready, Gryotharian for giving feedback to almost every song on the spreadsheet, and everyone else on the team who took on roles to help us get this out in addition to their music and art contributions! Also, everyone who tuned in to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz6uitzoTgU">the livestream</a>. - I thought this would definitely be our final album going in, but now I don’t feel so sure. It really was a team effort, so thank you everyone! - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - (<i>alternate album art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/LOFAM_sketch_paint.jpg" width="400" height="400"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Spirograph -Artist: WarxTron -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 2:56 -References: track:skies-of-skaia -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-spirograph -Commentary: - <i>Warxtron:</i> - A Skaia song originally made for Haeldral's Felt Mansion 2. One of the two final Homestuck songs I made. I wanted it to sound pretty but epic like Skaia itself but without using the same [[track:skies-of-skaia|Skies of Skaia]] leitmotif as always. - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - Skaia has such pretty colours, I wanted to capture that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spacetime Starstriker -Artist: Cryptanark -Track Art: avocado -Duration: 2:19 -References: -- track:doctor -- Gaia Queen -- track:in-the-beginning-canwc -- Muse of Nanchos -- track:aggrieve -- Midnight Suffer -- RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme -Samples: -- Bowman's Credit Score -- RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 -- track:next-arrow -- GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/spacetime-starstriker -Lyrics: - G-G-G-GET REKT - - (I'm-) - - (Next arrow.) - - D-D-D-D-DO IT! -Commentary: - <i>Cryptanark:</i> - I made this track in 2017, during high school. Now I’m about to graduate from college. Isn’t that surprising? Time flies. - Spacetime Starstriker was also the second track of its original release platform. It was first published through a different music team (am I allowed to name CANMT here?). At the time, I think I was mainly excited about the track’s aggressive time signature changes. - Over the years, I’ve assembled a laundry list of things I’d change in the piece if I were to start again from scratch. But I’m still proud of the original product, and grateful for the reception thus far. I feel content with this being my last major contribution to the HS fanmusic space. For the time being. - Many of the motifs and quotes in this track are lifted from CANMT tracks. What a fun group! Those folks helped me get into music-making in the first place, and I most certainly would not be here without them. I encourage you to check out some of the more experimental albums we released. They’re more interesting to me than the Greatest Hits compilations, anyhow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Post-Ironic Radical Child Abuse Anthem -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 1:57 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Cascade (Beta) -- vs bros -- track:sburban-jungle -Samples: -- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 -- uh oh -- TEETH AND BLOOD -- hurt2.wav -- Sega Jingle -- Tekkno Pigeon -- All Minions Go To Hell Main Title Theme -- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 -Art Tags: -- Dave's bro -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/post-ironic-radical-child-abuse-anthem -Lyrics: - (Suspect armed with skateboard, requesting backup.) - - (dave im going to eat ur baby) - (HIT IT.) (Oo!) - - SEEEEEGAAAAA! (HIT IT.) - - (Shit!) -Commentary: - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - I held a poll among friends for the title of this song, but I couldn’t pick a favorite even after the results were in so i just tried to mash all of them into one title. It worked… alright. The original plan for the song was just going to be a straightforward beatdown remix, but I liked what I made too much to relegate it to that, and also really wanted to reference [[album:the-baby-is-you|The Baby Is You]], so thus was born this shitpost of a song. - I hope the art reflects that energy too. I’ve been told I have a particular talent for ironically bad masterpieces. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: InterNep -Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 5:17 -References: -- Olive Rogue -- Walls Covered in Blood -Samples: -- Fox Hunt (1996) -- OUR $3,400,000 MANSION! (House Tour) -- Louis Cole Drum Beat Tutorials -- Chats, Kwiskas -Art Tags: -- Nepeta -- Equius -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/internep -Lyrics: - (Internet.) - - (So what I do is I fill up these buckets and mail them to the government.) - - (Les chats c'est vraiment des branleurs.) (<i>Cats are truly wankers.</i>) -Commentary: - <i>Tee-vee:</i> - Originally named "Nepcafé", ideas for this song came from wondering how the cat sample from Mario Paint Composer would fare as a funny resonant acid 303 style sound, and puns with "Net" and "Nep". At some point I was reminded of rave and scene aesthetic Nepeta headcanons/AUs etc, loved that and thought it was the best track to riff off from that ! Even though I was inspired by Nepeta I think it could very much fit Meulin as well, it's a very Leijon track in my mind. - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - <img src="media/misc/internep-top-nep.png" width="117" height="134"> I'm sorry for my sins -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Princess Berryboo and Her Orchestra Present "Friendship is Paramount" ft. Squishy Tentacle On Piano -Artist: Aradiawithgeese -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 3:44 -References: -- Friendship is Paramount -Art Tags: -- MSPA Reader -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/princess-berryboo-and-her-orchestra-present-friendship-is-paramount-ft-squishy-tentacle-on-piano -Commentary: - <i>Aradiawithgeese:</i> - This one I actually wrote a while ago. At this point I was just challenging myself to make as many homestuck covers in as many different styles as I could and I think this one is particularly special. Squiddles were already one of my favorite little lore spirals from homestuck so to be able to put a little bit more AU weirdness is something Im honored to be able to do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: On an Island Far Away -Artist: Circlejourney -Contributors: Funk McLovin (trumpet) -Track Art: paging_possum -Duration: 3:41 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- Becquerel -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/on-an-island-far-away -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - A track about Jade before SBURB, when she was just a girl playing with her (teleporting space) dog. Jade's story always captivated me—the way her life was idyllic, lonely, triumphant and tragic in turns. It's one of my favourite parts of Homestuck, and I wanted to pay her a little tribute. I included her theme instruments, the flute and bass, as well as howling SFX in reference to Bec. Many thanks to FunkMcLovin for playing trumpet on the track. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 24/7 lo fi anime beats to achieve your destiny to -Artist: FrostyMac -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 3:02 -References: -- Penumbra Phantasm -- track:doctor -- Heir of Grief -- Moshi Moshi? -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/24-7-lo-fi-anime-beats-to-achieve-your-destiny-to -Commentary: - <i>FrostyMac:</i> - I was messing around with this drumkit and it just kinda turned into this. - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - Yeah I don’t think I had another option I had to draw this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Alpha Admission -Directory: alpha-admission-lofam5 -AKA: track:alpha-admission -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 3:47 -References: -- Temporal Guardian -- Cooldown -- Daughter -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- cw: blood (abstract) -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alpha-admission -Commentary: - <i>Monckat:</i> - In a cross-multiversal display of brotherhood among shades-wearing anime swordsmen, Dirk and Kate’s dad (from [[group:desynced]]) chop up some goons. As a certified MSPFA addict I couldn’t pass up a chance to give an excellent fanventure a shoutout in the art for this track (which originated in its OST). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cut the Chain -Artist: Sylvarn -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 4:07 -References: -- Prospit Dreamers -- Cascade (Beta) -- Midnight -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cut-the-chain -Commentary: - <i>Sylvarn:</i> - believe me, if I didn’t know what I was doing nearly 2 years ago when I made this, I sure don’t when I’m writing this commentary. I liked the melody so I made a song, duh - <i>Monckat:</i> - Jack Noir decides Prospit didn’t need its moon anyway. I tried my best to convey Noir’s speed, as well as the scale and chonk of those massive golden chains. And yes the chains really are that long in canon please don’t go check -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Firefly Storm -Artist: Astro Kid -Track Art: nagunkgunk -Duration: 6:46 -References: -- Firefly Cloud -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/firefly-storm -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - As always, Astro Kid manages to turn any track into a rave-worthy bop, no matter how melancholic the original is. This used to be a lost track, and I might have never heard it if Rafe Saltman hadn’t reuploaded it on Youtube, so he deserves our thanks. This art piece was actually inspired by the track a few months after it was made, so I contacted the artist to finally make it official, half a decade later. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Urban Jungle -Artist: FrostyMac -Track Art: V-6 -Duration: 3:01 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/urban-jungle -Commentary: - <i>FrostyMac:</i> - This song was made up on the spot note-by-note, but I think it turned out well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spritely Gardener -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 3:19 -References: -- Jadesprite -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -- Courser -- Carefree Action -- Snowfall -- Blue Atom -- Softly -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/spritely-gardener -Commentary: - <i>Andrew "Rainy" Obeng:</i> - This song is is a redo of my very first piece of homestuck fanmusic I ever did. I wanted a remix of a lesser known homestuck song so I decided to do a remix of Toby Fox's [[Jadesprite]]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Special Delivery -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 3:20 -References: -- White -- Double Midnight -- Flight of the White Wolf -- Unsheath'd -Art Tags: -- PM -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/special-delivery -Commentary: - <i>Kanishka:</i> - Liberty. Reason. Justice. Civility. Edification. Perfection. <u>MAIL.</u> - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - I listened to the track and just needed to draw PM with the sentry worm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sunriser -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 3:16 -References: -- Sunsetter -- Skaian Summoning -- Penumbra Phantasm -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Ascend -- Conflict! -Samples: -- ??? -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunriser -Commentary: - <i>Monckat:</i> - The crimson glow of the rising sun falls across the Strider apartment complex, and it looks like Dave’s pulled an all-nighter working on his jams. His neighbors must love him. I made this art pretty quickly but I’m proud of it all the same, managed to capture some vibes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggrieve (Knightcore Mix) -Artist: cookiefonster -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 1:53 -References: -- track:aggrieve -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Doc Scratch -- Kanaya -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-knightcore-mix -Commentary: - <i>cookiefonster:</i> - Another song from the Cool and New Music Team, this time for their final album: cool and new volume 3. I pretty much barfed [[track:aggrieve]] onto Famitracker, changed some chords here and there, and that's that. I think it came out pretty good. - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - Upon Makin’s suggestion, someone needed to make the art for this Rose pondering her orb. And that someone was me. I like to think she does this regularly. Has a special room in her house just for Orb Pondering. And Kanaya just has to deal with it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dreamers -Artist: Scorpyus -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 5:29 -References: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- It Looks Back -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dreamers -Commentary: - <i>Scorpyus:</i> - I did my best to capture the dreamy feeling of the moons with the slightly sinister undertones. Originally started out as [[Prospit Dreamers|"Prospit Dreamer"]] funnily enough, but then I added the [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre]] motif and I decided it might fit better as just a track for both the moons. - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - I originally had very different art in mind for this track, but every time I heard it, it made me think of someone falling through the center of Derse. The use of the [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre]] motif decided that that person would be Dave, and while it didn’t really end up being the center of the planet, I feel like I captured the vibe well enough. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: F∞ クライミング『CLIMBING』 -Artist: SplitSuns -Track Art: SplitSuns -Duration: 2:50 -References: -- Climbing to Infinity -- track:endless-climb -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/f-climbing -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - This track originates from CANWAVE 3, a vaporwave album for the Cool and New Music Team. Yes, we cursed the world with three of them, but it was all worth it if only for this SplitSuns track. For the less leitmotif-aware, this is a take on [[track:endless-climb]] by [[artist:buzinkai]]. Rest in peace. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pipe Dream -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Skyplayer -Duration: 4:51 -References: -- Litrichean Rioghail -- Firefly Cloud -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pipe-dream -Commentary: - <i>Skyplayer:</i> - You know that old Windows screensaver? No no, not the flying toasters. No, not the maze one! I mean that one that your teachers always used so you just stared at it all period instead of getting work done. Yes, with the pipes! This is that but LOWAS, and also taking 20 minutes to render a frame instead of whatever fps the old screensaver ran at. The cost of beauty. It's an honor to make art for a LOFAM album, I've been listening to the older ones since I was a teenager. You could say that with this art I fulfilled a Pipe Dream. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stab - Stab - Stab -Artist: Interrobang -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 3:56 -References: -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- Rain -- Flare -- LRAD -- PLUR Police -- Boss Mode -- Destroy Them With Lazers -- Bad Apple!! -- My Sharona -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Lord English -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/stab-stab-stab -Commentary: - <i>Interrobang:</i> - I made this track for the Cool and New Music Team Felt/Midnight Crew album circa 2018 or so, and it was nominated for “the next LOFAM” long before any actual prep for this album had really started. I actually requested it be taken off of LOFAM5 because I felt it didn’t meet my standards anymore, but due to a miscommunication it stayed on. I found this out about 15 minutes before the release stream, which is happening as I type this - Album is sounding great, y’all! Anyway, hope it sounds better to you than it does to me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Dream Of Broken Clocks -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 6:31 -References: -- English -- WORST END -- The Puppetmaster -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-dream-of-broken-clocks -Commentary: - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - This is a really weird one for me. Originally, I started out with the intention to do a remastered and updated version of my track “[[The Puppetmaster]]” from our previous release [[album:friendsymphony|Friendsymphony]], but slowly, I came to realize that the remaster kind of sucked, and all traces of it were eventually wiped from this track. The intro (can you call it in intro if it’s more than half the song?) came to me about half a year after the main body of the song, it was the first thing I ever recorded vocals for, and may well be the last. Not much point in putting lyrics down though, cause all they are is “ooOOOOooo”. I was listening to a lot of Colin Stetson’s music during the time I made it so that probably played some influence in it. Then another half year after that I replaced the main body of the song too, because after listening to it with fresh ears, it was kind of a discordant mess. I kept the original idea behind [[The Puppetmaster]], a distorted mix of [[WORST END|Worst End]] and [[English]], but that’s about it. I might release that version eventually, but it won’t be on this album. - This was some of the first non-pixel digital art I ever did, and for that, I think it turned out pretty well. However, I had a real knack for doing things the hardest possible way, and oh my god, I never want to draw another clock again. I did all of this, with a keyboard and trackpad, on a free trial for a photoshop knockoff. That wallpaper? I didn’t figure out how to use the copy-paste tool properly, and had to manually put in every detail on it. This was a nightmare to complete, (albeit a nightmare of my own making), so you all had better appreciate it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Black (Electro Swing Remix) -Artist: Spad3s -Track Art: J-Airshiper -Duration: 2:55 -References: -- track:black -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-electro-swing-remix -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - The art for this track is actually <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okTNlwSViX8">a video</a>, so I had to combine a few frames into one, but you can probably get the gist. Damn it Bandcamp, add APNG support already. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dance of Entropy -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 2:08 -Art Tags: -- Snowman -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-entropy -Commentary: - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - I was surprised by how fast everyone loved this track. I think this is the only one that I didn’t have to make any edits to after submitting it, and it’s one of my oldest submissions too, I made this well over a year ago. Very briefly, it was going to be a Vriska and Eridan track, using all different instruments, but it wasn’t working well, and as soon as I switched it to the piano samples, the rest of the song just basically created itself, becoming a whole new vibe that was very The Felt, and not at all Vriska and Eridan. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Furthest Ringside -Artist: Monckat -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 2:38 -References: -- Switchback -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Core of Darkness -- Ace of Trump -- track:frost-vol6 -- At The Price of Oblivion -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/furthest-ringside -Commentary: - <i>Monckat:</i> - A track vaguely themed around Dave, Rose, Derse, and the lovely eldritch horrors next door. For the most part it emerged from wanting to remix some lesser-utilized themes such as [[Switchback]], [[Ace of Trump]], and [[At The Price of Oblivion]]. - Rose and Dave chilling on Derse, with some horrorterrors looming above. (I’ve taken some artistic liberties with the horrorterrors, in being conjoined into a single mass they kinda resemble the horrorterrors in my fanventure The Tapestry more than canon Homestuck ones) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wayward -Artist: Shwan -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 3:06 -References: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:endless-climb -Art Tags: -- WV -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wayward -Commentary: - <i>Shwan:</i> - I made this during a recent re-reading of Homestuck and the upward drumbeat was really catchy and a bop and I wanted to make something with it. (Hey, maybe WV finds Dave’s turntables and Rose’s violin) - <i>Monckat:</i> - The Wayward Vagabond seems to have stumbled across the ruins of the NYC Skaianet Headquarters. And it seems there’s an enticing, delicious green light inside. Will we ever see what he finds in there? (well none of this is officially canon, so probably not) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Upon Whom Sacrifice Calls -Artist: Sylvarn -Track Art: Awkward -Duration: 4:25 -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -- cw: body horror -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/upon-whom-sacrifice-calls -Commentary: - <i>Sylvarn:</i> - Okay so I was like what if I could get the same vibe as [[Gold Pilot]] but not be an exact remix, then I zoned out for 30 hours and this was on my computer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sun and Setter -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 1:29 -References: -- Sunsetter -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Davesprite -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sun-and-setter -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - What a rad track! I'm not sure what the original [[Sunsetter]] is about, so I took a cue from the track art fan anthology piece for [[Sunsetter]], and also the backup art choice for this track. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hippocampus Sea -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 3:20 -References: -- Science Seahorse -Art Tags: -- Eridan's lusus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hippocampus-sea -Commentary: - <i>Levc:</i> - Inspired by the short cover of [[Science Seahorse|science seahorse]] from [[Rainbow Rumpus Partytown|the medley]] tee-vee did some time ago (go check it out if you haven’t already), I just wanted to try and do a short, simple and sweet remix of the song! (that’s really it). - The magic of this track relies on me combining stuff that sounds, at least to me, relaxing. Just let the ambience kick in while your seahorse lusus just, vibes at your side… - Also this tracks makes me want to eat ice cream for some reason. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: She's a D8ddy L8ng L8gs -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: Scarodactyl -Duration: 5:31 -References: -- She's a Sp8der -- Pumpkin Cravings -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Spider8ite!!!!!!!! -- Die. -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shes-a-d8ddy-l8ng-l8gs -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - I believe this time it’s best to let the art speak for itself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: King Crab -Artist: $C4RL3TT -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 2:12 -References: -- track:crustacean -Art Tags: -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/king-crab -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - Damn did you know this track references “[[track:crustacean]]” by [[group:toby-fox|Toby “Radiation” Fox]]??? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ALIVE -Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 3:31 -References: -- Temporal Shenanigans -- track:old-secret -- Rust Apocalypse -- track:MeGaLoVania -Samples: -- Temporal Shenanigans -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alive -Lyrics: - Going around, going around, going around, going around - Going around, going around, going around, going around - Going around, going around, going around, going around - Not in circles but in spirographs - - From now on I know I'll be more careful where I tread - I'm alive, I'm smiling, I'm so tired of being dead -Commentary: - <i>heir-of-puns:</i> - [[Temporal Shenanigans]] was the first homestuck song I ever heard outside of the comic, and it's how I first discovered the full hs music library. Been wanting to do some sort of tribute to it for a long time. (I also just really really love Aradia) - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - Thinking on the inspirations of the track, I wanted the artwork to show Aradia before and after coming back to life, and the change in her disposition. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blood Rite -Artist: Scorpyus -Track Art: swanfire -Duration: 6:13 -References: -- English -- Alternia -- BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !! -- Terezi's Theme -- >>DiscThree<< -Samples: -- >>DiscThree<< -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -- The Handmaid -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blood-rite -Commentary: - <i>Scorpyus:</i> - Started when I decided the [[track:discthree|Disc 3]] transition i’d made for [[album:friendsymphony|Friendsymphony]] deserved a full song. I’ve always loved the whole Alternian vibes, the hemospectrum and the high bloods and especially and so I decided to make a song about it. I did my best to capture in the song the grandness of Alternia, its sinister nature, and Doc Scratch’s effect on the planet and this is what I got.I spent a while trying to come up with a name and eventually landed on either Blood Rite or Blood Right, either way it’s sort of a pun so take that how you will. - <i>swanfire:</i> - Decided to focus on the handmaid and the condesce because of the female laughs in the track and also because they basically shaped the blood based society of alternia as it is. With a little nod to doc scratch through the handmaid. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Madame Controversielle 2 -Artist: cookiefonster -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 2:43 -References: -- Madame Controversielle -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Karkat -- Terezi -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/madame-controversielle-2 -Commentary: - <i>cookiefonster:</i> - If you remember my song "The Gemoni Mustard Blood" from [[album:lofam4|LOFAM4]], that was originally from an old Cool and New Music Team (CANMT) album I made back in 2016 called "Of Troles and Chiptumes". While I had a lot of fun making that album, over the years I've come to regard its composition and instrumentation as somewhat amateurish; I was still rather new to Famitracker, the software I used to make all those songs. - While I had at one point wanted to remake the entire album using the chiptune skills I know today, the only song I ever ended up remaking was "[[Madame Controversielle]]", the album's song for Vriska. The remake was put on the CANMT album "troleplanet", and the reasoning behind its title was simply to take the original one and slap a 2 on it! So yes, there is indeed a Madame Controversielle 1, but I really don't get why you would want to listen to it over this version. - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - I’m not sure about how this one turned out. All the chiptune and vriska definitely made me think of like, a retro game player select screen, so I went back to my old pixel art style, and tried to fill it with the most vriska that vriska could vriska. But it had been a while since I was working with plain pixel art again, and that probably shows. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Anamnesis -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: ricemilk -Duration: 3:58 -References: -- Vriska's Theme -- Underfoot -- Dreamers and The Dead -- Cascade (Beta) -- Cobalt Thief -- Superego -Art Tags: -- Vriska -- Jack Noir -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/anamnesis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse (Cement City Remix) -Artist: Cement City -Track Art: dodostad -Duration: 4:22 -References: -- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse -Samples: -- meow -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-party-in-sea-hitlers-water-apocalypse-cement-city-remix -Lyrics: - Go, go, go, go! - Go, go, go, go! - Go, go, go, go! - Go, go, go, go! -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - When I first heard the original version of the song, I didn’t immediately think dubstep would be a good fit, but I think [[artist:cement-city]] has proved us all wrong. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rex Duodecim Angelus (Remix) -Artist: Artisticpolo -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 3:20 -References: -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- track:black -Art Tags: -- BK -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-angelus-remix -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - Artisticpolo is a legendary remixer, hailing from the very beginnings of the Homestuck fanmusic scene. Tracking him down proved to be one of the best decisions we could have made. Stay tuned for [[track:time-running-by|another track]] of his in this album! - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - It’s hard to make a design like the unprototyped black king seem threatening. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pondsquatter (Demaster/Demix) -Directory: pondsquatter-demaster-demix -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: Radical Dude 42 -Duration: 3:52 -References: -- Pondsquatter -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pondsquatter-demaster-demix -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - This is actually the full version of an asset used for the fanventure “Karkat Goes to a Convention”, which I wholeheartedly recommend. This amazing art by Radical Dude 42, an expert in the original MSPA style, suggests the fanventure’s title might be selling it short… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: At the Threshold -Artist: heir-of-puns -Contributors: Tee-vee (guitar) -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 3:16 -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope -- Jade -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/at-the-threshold -Commentary: - <i>heir-of-puns:</i> - A song inspired by the way [[album:beyond-canon]] made me feel, even though it ended up nothing like any of the songs on the album. I tried to capture the idea of standing at the threshold of an infinitely expanding universe, both literally and figuratively. - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - Opted for a simple panel redraw on this one, since it was going to be the backup art, and the musicians liked the panel choice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Scratching Consequences -Artist: TirantBacon -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 1:44 -References: -- A Very "O" Christmas -Art Tags: -- Doc Scratch -- John -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scratching-consequences -Commentary: - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - Some sort of interpretation of Doc Scratch’s manipulations, causing the heroes to create the green sun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: One Hour Later -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 6:54 -References: -- The Thirteenth Hour -- Double Midnight -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Sunsetter -- English -- Penumbra Phantasm -Samples: -- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Acapella) -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Dave -- Dirk -- cw: decapitation -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/one-hour-later -Lyrics: - Home with the milk in the mo-o-o-o-o-o- -Commentary: - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - The mixture of Jack Noir and Lord English/cherub themes, alongside the [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] reference, brought my mind straight to this scene from [S] Collide. The camera follows Jack English/Union Jack’s head upwards as it begins to blackholesplode, tilting at the mother of all dutch angles in the process. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Viridescent Flare -Artist: Shwan -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 2:13 -References: -- Flare -Art Tags: -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/viridescent-flare -Commentary: - <i>Schwan:</i> - From the artist who made the hit single flarezzzzzzz (from Cool And New Homestuck), bringing you…, another [[Flare|flare]] song. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Dreamer and the Dream -Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Track Art: bakustrider -Duration: 4:54 -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-dreamer-and-the-dream -Commentary: - <i>Ka-la-kal-a:</i> - I had a minute where I wanted to put shakuhachi in everything I did á la [[album:homestuck-vol-6|HS Volume 6]] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sailing (In The Sea Of Stars) -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: Awkward -Duration: 4:22 -References: -- The Doom of the Planets -- Fuchsia Moonrise -- The Thirteenth Hour -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sailing-in-the-sea-of-stars-2 -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - A theme for the post-Epilogue crew(s) sailing through space. - <i>Awkward:</i> - I literally painted this furiously out of frustration as stress relief because I hated absolutely everything I drew that day, I think that was honestly a good exercise though because it let me work with less constraints and it turned out neat :> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: She's Out There (In The Sea Of Stars) -Artist: Circlejourney -Contributors: Ucklin (additional vocals) -Track Art: ricemilk -Duration: 3:22 -References: -- Sailing (In The Sea Of Stars) -Art Tags: -- Kanaya -- Rose -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shes-out-there-in-the-sea-of-stars -Lyrics: - She's out there - Somewhere, somewhere - She's out there - Somewhere, somewhere - - She's out there - Somewhere, somewhere (In the sea of stars) - She's out there - Somewhere, somewhere (In the sea of stars) - - She's out there - Somewhere, somewhere (In the sea of stars) - She's out there - Somewhere, somewhere -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - "She’s Out There, Somewhere In The Sea Of Stars." Kanaya remembers Rose. Many thanks to Ucklin for the additional vocals! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Revelations of Self Importance -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: tamajikis -Duration: 3:41 -References: -- Austin, Atlantis -- track:endless-climb -- Unite Synchronization -- track:eclipse-svert -- No More Elders -- Sweet Dreams, Timaeus -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Dave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-of-self-importance -Commentary: - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - I made this song shortly after reading Detective Pony, when Dirk Strider was fresh on my mind and skyrocketing to the top of my all-time favorite characters. I wanted to do something specifically for the offscreen period between the end of homestuck and the epilogues, his journey to becoming what he is now, his acceptance of becoming the villain, etc. Mainly, just really love Dirk. Also, it’s an excuse to give some love to some of his more underrated songs. (Basically anything that isn’t [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]].) I had never even heard [[Austin, Atlantis|Austin Atlantis]] before I started on this song, and man was I missing out, so it quickly became the basis for the whole thing. In retrospect I wish I could’ve put [[Orange Hat]] in there somewhere, mainly just cause that’s also an awesome underrated song, but by the time I remembered, this was mostly done and it wouldn’t have really fit anywhere. This might be the song I’m happiest with on this album. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Strain -Artist: -- TirantBacon -- WarxTron -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 2:27 -References: -- Five-Four Stress -- Apexhalation -Art Tags: -- Dirk -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strain -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - Do you know the track “[[Stress]]” from [[album:homestuck-vol-9|Homestuck Volume 9]]? It was based on an [[Five-Four Stress|ancient unreleased track]] by the legendary [[artist:buzinkai]], and TirantBacon and WarxTron put their music making hands together to the task of remixing the original once more. - <i>Monckat:</i> - Dirk finds himself in a mildly spooky, straining situation deep in the depths of the Land of Tombs and Krypton. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Death Minute in Duodecimal ~ Regicide Demonica -Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 5:27 -References: -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- Scratch -Art Tags: -- BK -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/death-minute-in-duodecimal-regicide-demonica -Commentary: - <i>Tee-vee:</i> - I was listening to Demetori as I usually do and once thought "What if the source material for their arrangements wasn't Touhou ?" and of course the first thing that came to my mind was Homestuck, so I thought I could actually run with the idea ! [[Rex Duodecim Angelus]] in all it's dark neo-classical glory seemed like the perfect track to arrange in this style, though I only kept the original melodies and ideas from it so I wouldn't have to go down a rabbit hole of character themes that could derail the intent of the arrangement. The ending section is inspired by another IP entirely (if you can guess what it is I did a fine enough job), but it seemed appropriate given the context. Very happy with how it turned out! Also the title is pretty long winded but I wanted to fit the Touhou/Demetori naming format haha. - <i>Monckat:</i> - Tried my best to create something as complex and intimidating as the track itself. The idea here was for the art to initially seem like random organic noise, with the Black King only popping into view on a closer look. Originally I was planning on using a lot more shading on this, some gradients and blur/glow effects too maybe. But I ultimately found it was more striking to restrict myself to only two colors. I like the idea that this is simultaneously my simplest track art in terms of color range and my most complex in terms of detail. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Black Hole's Dozen -Artist: Monckat -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 3:25 -References: -- The Lyrist -- The Thirteenth Hour -Art Tags: -- Alternate Calliope -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-holes-dozen -Commentary: - <i>Monckat:</i> - [[The Lyrist]] is one of my favorite Homestuck tracks, with its main melody being in my humble opinion the most hauntingly beautiful refrain on the whole soundtrack. Which is why it’s always driven me slightly mad that said melody only appears in the first 45 seconds and never returns. And while the rest of the track is wonderful in its own right, it’s never stuck in my brain quite as much. - So the idea with this track was to attempt in my own flawed way to extend those first 45 seconds into a full track, and for the most part the way I chose to do that was to work in pieces of [[The Thirteenth Hour]] (along with adding in some original stuff). Hope you guys like it! - The title is in reference to a baker’s dozen (13), which alludes to the use of [[The Thirteenth Hour]]. - The teal and purple orbs are intended to be the orb things Alt Calliope uses to create the black hole in Act 7. My little headcanon for those orbs is that they're genesis frog frogspawn, basically embryonic universes. The idea being that since it took two universes to create the Green Sun, perhaps it takes three to destroy it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: PAST FUNK IS WORSE THAN FUTURE FUNK -Artist: Koba -Track Art: cloudie -Duration: 2:19 -References: -- saoidfisd -Samples: -- saoidfisd -- HEY MAN VOLUME 10 MAN HEY CHECK IT OUT -- feeling right -- Love Taste -Art Tags: -- Karkat -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/past-funk-is-worse-than-future-funk -Lyrics: - (THAT BOX RIGHT THERE UH, CLICK IT I'M KARKAT Y-YOUR FAVORITE- I'M-I'M THE MAIN CHARACTER OF HOMESTUCK I C- I CREATED HOMESTUCK I'M UNDERTALE MY NAME IS KARKAT LISTEN, TO THIS-) - - [Sampled vocals from "feeling right" by Moe Shop] - - (I want your everything, every single part of you) - (If you think you can fuck with me, you're going to lose) - (I want to taste your love, anything you want to do) - (And I'll kill you if you try to run, you're mine and mine alone) - - [Heavily glitched] - (They don't love you like I do, they don't love you like I do) - (They don't love you like I do, they don't love you like I do) - - (CLICK IT AND BUY IT, DON'T EVEN LISTEN TO IT, UH BUY IT AND-AND BURN A CD AND TH-THROW THE CD ON THE GROUND AND SPIT ON IT AND THEN BUY IT AGAIN AND THEN TELL YOUR MOM YOU WANNA MOVE OUT, JUST- I'M KARKAT, HEY UH HOMESTUCK VOLUME... IT'S SQUIDDLES TWO IT'S, IT'S VOLUME X, VOLUME TEN, IT'S THE NEW YEAH, DOT COM.) -Commentary: - <i>Koba:</i> - i made this song back in 2017 originally and then changed it a bit in 2019 (i think), i have not seen the project file since, it is a mystery on where it has gone, if someone finds it please put it on a usb drive and get it to me via pigeon - sleep peacefully, my beloved witch, karkatrice - <i>cloudie:</i> - what’s a homestuck -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Infinite Zest -Artist: Noisemaker -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 6:00 -References: -- RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme -- Greenhouse -- Moonsetter -- Slamdown -- Mayorlovania -- Cascante -- Even in Death -- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Tick -- track:doctor -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Broom Temperature -- Title (Mega Man 3) -Samples: -- Let The Squiddles Sleep (End Theme) -- Mayor Maynot -Art Tags: -- Jade -- WV -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/infinite-zest -Lyrics: - [Mayor Maynot samples set to Megalovania] -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - Originally known as “you have got to be SHITTONG me (temp title)”. No further commentary. - <i>Monckat:</i> - I really wasn’t sure what to draw for this one at first, and I’m not sure it’s even possible to capture everything going on here in a single image. But hey, I think any piece of art that contains a watermark of Sans WV superimposed over a pumpkin-guzzling black hole can’t be too bad. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: TEETH AND BLOOD -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 4:29 -References: -- English -- Eternity Served Cold -- track:sburban-jungle -- An Unbreakable Union -- Carne Vale -- track:MeGaLoVania -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/teeth-and-blood -Lyrics: - (WELCOME, FEMALES AND GENTLEMEN, TO THIS MUSICAL MASTERPIECE, THE FIRST HIT SINGLE SONG PRODUCED BY YOUR LORD, FOR YOUR LORD, ABOUT YOUR LORD. HIT IT.) -Commentary: - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - There was a lot going on in the production of this, and none of it had to do with the final track. A long, long time ago, before any of my other submissions, I was going to do a Caliborn track, with the intent of being presented as a track that Caliborn himself produced. But at that time, there weren’t many other submissions for this album yet, and a disturbingly high percentage of them were cherub related, so I dropped it. A year later, I was working on a remix of the afterword theme from Pesterquest, but it wasn’t really clicking right. The heavy bass synths and bitcrushed drums weren’t working for the style of the track. Around the same time, I finally got my hands on the incredibly elusive midi of [[Carne Vale]], which has been my favorite homestuck song since the first time I heard it, and has yet to be dethroned. So I had the crazy notion, that the instruments I was using for my Pesterquest remix would work fantastically if I decided to go back to a Caliborn track, now that I could properly reference [[Carne Vale]]. (I had been trying to figure out that bassline by ear for, oh lord, something like 3 years.) And, I ended up with what might be one of my favorite compositions of mine to date. Had it stuck in my head for months. Cleaned up the mixing over the next little while, and the rest is history. I had two names for it for a while, Teeth and Blood, and Space Crusader. Originally I was going to go with both, have one of those little ~ things in between, but I decided that Space Crusader, while it fit the vibe of the song, didn’t really fit the vibe of Caliborn, so I dropped it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Predomination -Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 4:13 -References: -- Voidlight -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- The Lyrist -- Reverie -- Carne Vale -- Archagent Everlasting -Samples: -- Let The Squiddles Sleep (End Theme) -- Mayor Maynot -Art Tags: -- Lord English -- Calliope -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/predomination -Commentary: - <i>Monckat:</i> - Calliope alone, haunted by visions of her other half’s future. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Power of RETCON -Artist: Levc -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 2:49 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-power-of-retcon -Commentary: - <i>Levc:</i> - TIME, SPACE, MAGIC, HANDS, UHHHH NARRATIVE? - RETCON - A melody that encapsulates the powerful nature of the retcon powers John has. Really tried to capture the style and vibes of old homestuck songs, re-make the mental image I had of some of them and just, express those feelings of adventure and wonder. something grand and fun. - Personally, the melody in this is one of my favorite pieces I have ever wrote. Modulations are fun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heir of Grief (Sax Cover) -Artist: subversiveasset -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 4:00 -References: -- Heir of Grief -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/heir-of-grief-sax-cover -Commentary: - <i>Monckat:</i> - You guys all remember that iconic moment in [S] Collide where PM finally steals the sax that Jack’s been using to play Black all this time and uses it to perform a haunting sax rendition of [[Heir of Grief]], right? Yeah me too, thought it was a perfect fit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Collapse Reprise -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 5:44 -References: -- Distortion Navigator -- Temporal Virtuoso -- track:d-break-the-bow -- Fate of the Heir -- Gentle Heat -- Dwelling Among the Dream Bubbles -- Miasmic Decay -- Windwielder -- Blankest Stare -- More Real than Kraft Mayo -- All Alone -- Jittery Optimist -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/collapse-reprise -Commentary: - <i>Pascal van den Bos:</i> - I originally wrote this song in 2019 for Stable Time Loops and Paradoxes 3 but i ended up scrapping it and completely redoing it, i'm not exactly sure why i did that but either way i felt really bad about that because IMO i ended up ruining the song LOL. So anyway this is the 3rd and proper final version of Collapse AKA "The Descend of the PMT" because it references so many songs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shattered Spacetime -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Cratmang -Duration: 5:01 -References: -- English -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Ruins (With Strings) -- Do You Remem8er Me -Art Tags: -- Lord English -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shattered-spacetime -Commentary: - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - This was another one that I made surprisingly quickly, and didn’t need many edits afterwards. In a weird way it was inspired by David Wise’s ambient synth style, cause I’d been listening to a lot of the Donkey Kong Country soundtrack, especially Stickerbrush Symphony. For a game about a monkey fighting a crocodile over a pile of bananas, that game has a surprisingly amazing soundtrack. Once I had a chord progression down I felt like it should be about the cracks in the universe, with a similar vibe to [[Do You Remem8er Me|Do You Remem8er me]], and then I eventually ended up just referencing it at the end of the track. It didn’t really end up very DKC or very [[Do You Remem8er Me|Do You Remem8er me]], but both those things are far outside of my usual style so I’m not all that surprised, and what it did turn out as is something I like a lot. - <i>Cratmang:</i> - When you think about it, Caliborn/Lord English is kind of a tragic figure. Multiple universes of emotions, and the only one he can understand is rage and hatred. I almost feel bad for him. Almost. Where was I going with this? Oh yeah. Presenting, "Lord English throws a tantrum in a glass room." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Consonant Conquest -Artist: Interrobang -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 4:22 -References: -- Constant Conquest -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/consonant-conquest -Commentary: - <i>Interrobang:</i> - I wanted to make what’s probably the last Homestuck song I’ll ever release publically something special, and I think the final product here fits that bill. This track began as an experiment with the layering of different-length loops on each other in a way that would never exactly repeat itself, which you can hear in pretty clearly the first section - it’s something one encounters often in minimalist and ambient music, and I’d like to do more with the technique in the future. Hope you enjoy! - <i>Monckat:</i> - I like to think Caliborn worked really hard on this one, maybe it’s hanging over a mantelpiece in Lord English’s manor somewhere. He’s added some tasteful JPEG artifacts and plastic wrap filters to his style, I’m so proud of him! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Reunion -Artist: Aradiawithgeese -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 3:14 -Art Tags: -- John -- John's dad -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reunion -Commentary: - <i>Aradiawithgeese:</i> - A father and son reunite. With this song I played with one of my favorite lofi ambient tricks that being recording the song to a weird audio format. In this case the song was recorded directly to a wire recorder. (the small skips and hitches you hear is the thin steel wire that will snag on the play head every now and again) - As for the Content recorded to the wire Its a semi improvisational piece that was made to reflect John’s mindstate when he reunites with his dad after the long road that was most of the comic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystalschalasthemequins -Artist: Momora -Track Art: swanfire -Duration: 5:06 -References: -- Crystalmethequins -- Schala's Theme -Samples: -- Schala's Theme -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalschalasthemequins -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - There’s a Homestuck continuation fanventure named “Act 8”, and this amazing track scored part of it! You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hQSOfOIkJw">check it out here</a>. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban City -Artist: $C4RL3TT -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 0:54 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Samples: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-city -Commentary: - <i>$C4RL3TT:</i> - In order to really progress much further I think they'd have to start a new sburb session in Homestuck^2. So I thought I'd try to make a theme for that. - <i>Monckat:</i> - Based on the box art for SimCity 4. The instruments used here made my mind jump to the idea of a Maxis-made SimCity style sandbox version of Sburb, so I spoke it into existence. I have no idea how such a game would actually play but I need it now. - Man, drawing this has made me sad there’s no Spore 2 again. Dammit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gold Mage [Playtime is Over Mix] -Artist: repeatedScales -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 4:07 -References: -- Gold Mage -Art Tags: -- Sollux -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gold-mage-playtime-is-over-mix -- https://103records.bandcamp.com/track/gold-mage-playtime-is-over-mix -Commentary: - <i>repeatedScales:</i> - Oh boy. I feel the best way to justify this mix of the song's entire existence is with the following; the original [[Gold Mage]] had a very barren and empty arrangement, designed to facilitate a vocal track that never actually got made, and though the lack of vocals probably helped it make [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|coloUrs & mayhem Vol. 1]] in the long run, a lot of people picked up on how empty the song felt. This mix was kind of my way of making up for that, but in the process I created the opposite problem of having TOO MUCH going on, especially in that first 'verse' section. Oh dear god, that first 'verse' section; I am baffled as to how I could possibly have thought that sounded good at the time. Technically speaking the cutting and looping on that guitar sample is very well done, but it doesn't work with the vibe of the beat, and it REALLY doesn't work with the bassline. The second 'verse' isn't much better, in that itself it's a nice chilled out rework of elements from the original, but it jars with the rest of the "GET PUMPED" vibe the tracks got going on. Also, man oh man, [[group:toby-fox|Toby Fox]] felt the solo from the end of the original song was boring; the solo on this song is utterly lifeless. It can barely be called a solo. Ok, ok, some positives; though the chorus is somewhat cluttered, I do like how punchy the chords sound using a more typical "rave stab" type sound (hell, in general the synth stabs on the cut are often the better elements), the stock sawtooth bass synth actually works quite nice with the bassline, and though it gets buried in a lot of the mix, the main drum machine beat over the 'verses' and the solo is actually quite punchy, and has a real late 90s game soundtrack vibe to it that I like. The original is definitely the better version of the song in the long run, though. - <i>Makin:</i> - This amazing redux version of the [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|Colours and Mayhem: Universe A]] track was hidden away in the musician’s <a href="https://103records.bandcamp.com/">bandcamp</a>, known to few. It’s time it saw the light of the mainstream and knocked your socks off. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Black ($C4RL3TT Remix) -Directory: black-sc4rl3tt-remix -Artist: $C4RL3TT -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 2:36 -References: -- track:black -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-c4rl3tt-remix -Commentary: - <i>Monckat:</i> - Some minimalist 3D art, vaguely inspired by the sort of 90s cgi stuff you see on youtube compilations of jungle/d&b music. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Harley-Claire Retro Time! -Artist: FlareDragon -Track Art: crabaqqle -Duration: 2:59 -References: Half-Harley Manor -Art Tags: -- Joey -- Jude -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/harley-claire-retro-time -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snake Case Closin' '18 -Artist: Tee-vee -Track Art: Cratmang -Duration: 3:35 -References: -- That's How I Beat Snake -- SERPENT GENESIS -Art Tags: -- Joey -- Xefros -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/snake-case-closin-18 -Commentary: - <i>Tee-vee:</i> - Surf rock/metal arrangement of [[That's How I Beat Snake|That's how I beat Snake]] / [[SERPENT GENESIS|Serpent Genesis]] made in 2018 a few months after the release of Hiveswap Act 1, along with a video playthrough on my Youtube channel. It's slightly dated but I'm still happy with what I did with it back then! - "can homestuck truly be an anime if it doesn't have a beach episode" —Tee-vee - <i>Cratmang:</i> - Fun Fact: I had the cursed idea of making this image as a 3D scene in Blender. But only got partway through modelling Xefros when I realized that I didn't have enough time or patience for it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Minor Manor -Artist: L4Vo5 -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 1:48 -References: -- Half-Harley Manor -Art Tags: -- Joey -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/minor-manor -Commentary: - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - Wanted to go for a sort of Luigi’s mansion type thing at first, but then style-wise switched up to like mid-90s low budget MS paint edutainment game, and ended up with this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Joey: Play Haunting Melody -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 2:47 -Art Tags: -- Joey -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/joey-play-haunting-melody -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - Or maybe it should’ve been called Play Dramatic Melody? I dunno, either way. - Because why not have a piano refrain? People stop paying attention to meteors falling from the sky to dick around on their instruments all the time, don’t know why monsters attacking should make a difference. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Keep Your Head Down, Rustblood! -Artist: subversiveasset -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 3:41 -References: -- Keep Your Head Down -- Rustblood -Art Tags: -- Xefros -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/keep-your-head-down-rustblood -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Final Spice (Remix) -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Mmueoul -Duration: 2:07 -References: -- Final Spice -Art Tags: -- Joey -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/final-spice-remix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Fall -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 2:38 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-fall -Commentary: - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> - This track was made for Homestuck’s 10 year anniversary back in 2019, in the span of about an hour. [[track:sburban-jungle]] always felt to me like the “core” of Homestuck’s extremely varied soundtrack, so I always wanted to do a take on it in some form. This didn’t end up very similar to the original song, and I wasn’t intending it to sound so melancholy, but neither is a bad thing. - <span style="color:#288857">matthiuss1988:</span> these music will make you shit hard!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: All Alone (Redux) -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Track Art: swanfire -Duration: 2:32 -References: -- All Alone -Art Tags: -- Damara -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/all-alone-redux -Commentary: - <i>Andrew "Rainy" Obeng:</i> - Redux of All Alone from PMT's "Beforusbound" album. - <i>swanfire:</i> - Damara is such a dense character with her story being told at the edges and words of everyone else with barely any exposition coming directly for her, the music is inspiringly striking in capturing that, the one time the spot light is shined on her is when she is under the influence of LE and thus i shined the spotlight on her in the focus of the art. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Time Running By -Artist: Artisticpolo -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 2:39 -References: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Sunsetter -Art Tags: -- Dave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/time-running-by -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - I remember looping this track over and over back in 2011, and Kanishka helped me get back in touch with the musician. There’s something about it that brings the Homestuck Act 4 feelings back, like how a Faygo smell can bring you back to your amazing and smelly experience at the 2009 “Clown Killaz” Insane Clown Posse concert. - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - Sorry he’s not running. Just standing there. Give him a break, it’s hard to run on a clock. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Event Horizon/Barium Starlight -Directory: event-horizon-barium-starlight -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: Sozzay -Duration: 3:48 -References: -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- Black Hole / Green Sun -- track:endless-climb -- Song for Rose Lalonde -- Exploring the Depths of Sburb -Art Tags: -- Rose -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/event-horizon-barium-starlight -Commentary: - <i>Makin:</i> - This track art actually depicts Rose in her Lord of Space outfit from Cool and New Web Comic, since this track originates there. I cropped it a bit to not blow people’s minds too much. Wait, what is that drop OH MY GOD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: [S] ==> -Directory: s-next-arrow -Artist: -- heir-of-puns -- Ucklin (vocals, final mastering) -Contributors: -- Circlejourney (harmonies) -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 5:21 -References: -- [S]ynchronize -- Cascade (Beta) -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/s -Commentary: - <i>heir-of-puns:</i> - So [[track:synchronize]] is just…really really good and it makes me feel a lot of things. Yeah it’s vocaloid and that’s funny but god DAMN it gives me chills every time I listen to it. I’ve been working on this cover for maybe two and a half years now? Since the Before Times definitely. It has gone through a lot of tweaks but I’m pretty proud of it overall. HUGE thanks to Ucklin for final mastering and vocals, and to CJ for the harmonies! Pronunciation of the title is up for ~interpretation~ I guess. I wanted it to be a tribute to the original title, and also just seeing the [S] in front of the next arrow always gave me a rush of adrenaline since something amazing was probably about to go down. So you click on that arrow with anticipation and launch yourself into the experience and then freak out about it on the internet afterward. Here I go getting emotional about homestuck again, wild. - <i>Ucklin:</i> - I wanted to put a lot of emotion and expressivity into the vocals even if that made them a bit weird! Puns was really cool and waited a long time for me to finally record them while stuff was going on in my life. I’m glad I got to work with him! - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - You can just hear the love and effort that went into the track, it brings the nostalgia rushing back so I tried to create an art piece that would do that justice. -Lyrics: - [[[S]ynchronize]] - - I’m still wondering - Where to go now - We have seen the highest peak but there was - Nothing there no truth and how - I’m wandering - Through all these places - Lands of Little Cubes and Tea - Of Wind and Shade, these null spaces - - I’ve stared at the stars, how they shine verdant dreams - I’ve looked through the void, seen it crack at the seams - I fought every challenge, these devils and gods - They won’t know what hit them - - [S]ynchronize, with every breath resounding - [S]ynchronize, we’ll see the light astounding - [S]ynchronize, time keeps our heartbeat pounding - [S]ynchronize, now witness space surrounding - - I’m still wandering - In this [[Cascade]] - See this universe we made, [[Do You Remem8er Me|will you remem8er me]]? - These games we played? - Our plundering - Boonbucks and grist, [[album:prospit-and-derse|Prospit and Derse]] - In the end we gave them - Everything, our final verse - - I’ve sang with the muses, dead timelines denied - I’ve hunted the wolf and seen planets [[album:s-collide|Collide]] - I’ve witnessed the end of these gods and their tiers - And no one could save them - - [S]ynchronize, see this new life we’re founding - [S]ynchronize, now with the void confounding - [S]ynchronize, it’s all our hearts still sounding - [S]ynchronize, infinite hope abounding - - [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime!]] - - [S]ynchronize, with every breath resounding - [S]ynchronize, we’ll see the light astounding - [S]ynchronize, time keeps our heartbeat pounding - [S]ynchronize, now witness space surrounding - [S]ynchronize, with every breath resounding - [S]ynchronize, we’ll see the light astounding - [S]ynchronize, time keeps our heartbeat pounding - [S]ynchronize, now witness space surrounding - - This will be the end - Come with me and we’ll [[Ascend]] - Solving puzzles universal - In our [[Sburban Reversal]] - All these [[track:ruins]] we [[track:explore]] - Could it be there’s something more? - Pester me, I’m not alone - I’m just stuck inside my home -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Abstract -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 2:02 -References: -- Moonsetter -- Despot -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/abstract -Commentary: - <i>Monckat:</i> - Features a sort of on-a-whim redesign of the Theseus, to be closer to the sorts of spaceship designs I usually draw. Admittedly though, most of the spaceship designs I draw aren’t smashing through gigantic versions of Dirk’s shades so I maybe don’t have a leg to stand on there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Saccharine Slumber, Strider -Artist: Shwan -Track Art: Gryotharian -Duration: 3:05 -Art Tags: -- Dirk -- Dave -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/saccharine-slumber-strider -Commentary: - <i>Shwan:</i> - Inspired by [[Sweet Dreams, Timaeus]]. I like the chill instruments and atmospheric chords from the original and wanted to do something similar. - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - This ended up being some of the most work I’ve ever put into an art piece. I had the original idea for it long before it was finished, of Ult Dirk holding the broken lantern over a sleeping younger version of himself. At some point the skull got added, and the whole piece became very… I dunno how to describe it, like classical? Archetypical? Something like church stained glass, or a tarot card, and I gave Ult Dirk a halo type thing. Then a very unfinished version of it sat on my desktop for several months, just the rough outline with the colors blocked in. I slowly chipped away at it, adding details like each poster and book and the window, until finally I decided that I’d better finish this up, and did all the shading and lighting and everything in one incredibly long day. There’s an alternate version without the highlight sketching, which I was unsure about, but Shwan said they liked this version better, so this is the version on the album. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Somnambulist -Artist: heir-of-puns -Track Art: Awkward -Duration: 3:35 -References: -- Even in Death -- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse -Art Tags: -- Roxy -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/somnambulist -Commentary: - <i>heir-of-puns:</i> - This is like the third entirely redone version of this song but I think it's finally getting there. Not perfect by any stretch, but better. Anyway, Roxy is great. - <i>Awkward:</i> - So if anything was pushed off to the last moment, it was this haha. This was probably the first one I started and the one I reworked the most when it came to the concept. In the end I basically scrapped it completely because I liked this idea better, even if it was less complex. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystallized Flowers DX -Artist: salex_r3kt -Track Art: Monckat -Duration: 4:25 -References: -- Crystalanthemums -- Crystalanthology -- Crystamanthequins -- track:sburban-jungle -- Crystalmethequins -Art Tags: -- Jade -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystallized-flowers-dx -Commentary: - <i>Monckat:</i> - I love drawing gnarled, twisted trees so much. Almost as much as I love drawing things half-buried in snow. Today must be my lucky day! - Please do not eat the bright red crystal flowers, no matter how tasty they look. They are deadly poison. Thousands have died already this year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I Am Bigger Than This Story -Artist: FrostyMac -Track Art: crabaqqle -Duration: 4:15 -References: -- Flare -- END OF FRIENDVANGELION -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:old-secret -- Embittered Shore -- Penumbra Phantasm -Art Tags: -- MSPA Reader -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-bigger-than-this-story -Commentary: - <i>FrostyMac:</i> - I loved the ending to Pesterquest and wanted to do a track on it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Story That Consumes Itself -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: piskomil -Duration: 3:02 -Art Tags: -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-story-that-consumes-itself -Lyrics: - Ten - Nine - Eight - Seven - Six - Five - Four - Three - Two - One - Zero -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - An ending after all endings and before all beginnings. Alternate titles that I considered: "Apocalyptic Waltz" and "Ouroboros". - <i>piskomil:</i> - Inspired by the alternative title Ouroboros. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ophiuchus (Full Suite) -Artist: -- WarxTron -- David Ellis (Takeover / Havoc organ solo) -- Fabricio Podestá (Takeover / Havoc guitar solo) -Contributors: -- salex_r3kt (shreddage samples) -Track Art: dromswell -Duration: 28:27 -Art Tags: -- Caliborn -- Calliope -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ophiuchus-full-suite -Commentary: - <i>WarxTron:</i> - 00:00 - The Lime Muse - 04:37 - The Blood Lord - 10:44 - Spacetime Subjugation - 14:56 - Takeover / Havoc - 23:34 - Spirals (Including Illusions of Freedom) - 28 minute progressive rock song about Caliborn and Calliope. Ft. David Ellis "A Lunatic's Daydream". Made this as my final Homestuck song ever to give closure to those 5 years I spent making songs inspired on it and move on, so I wanted to go out with a bang while paying tribute to my newer musical influences. - Dedicated to my father. - <i>dromswell:</i> - calliope and caliborn's skulls sitting in the heroic/just grandfather clock - forgot to mention this in the artist commentary, but the coloring & linework is based on The Magician's Birthday -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Swan Song/Until Next Time -Directory: swan-song-until-next-time -Artist: Gryotharian -Track Art: Chesswanderlust-sama -Duration: 2:11 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/swan-song-until-next-time -Commentary: - <i>Gryotharian:</i> - Decided if this was going to be the last LOFAM album, it needed a good closing track. Not a full huge song (that honor definitely goes to and belongs to [[Ophiuchus (Full Suite)|Ophiuchus]]), just like a short little thing, the last few notes for the fandom, to wrap everything up. I think I went for a more hopeful tone, that maybe this won’t be the end for homestuck’s era on the internet. Maybe in another 4 years there’ll be another album. Personally, I doubt it, I think the song I made is more hopeful than I am. But who knows. - Maybe. - <i>Makin:</i> - 4 years is quitter talk. diff --git a/album/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair.txt b/album/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 27270d5e..00000000 --- a/album/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,744 +0,0 @@ -Album: Look On My Works Ye Mighty And Despair -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Cover Art: Hadron -Wallpaper Art: Hadron -Has Track Art: no -Date: March 19, 2019 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: #428abd -Groups: -- Michael Guy Bowman -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lGUjlsu5ULa2Cuu6kGPfnwcgu5x7MkhJM -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Hello, aliens from the future. This is an album of music written and produced by me, Michael Guy Bowman. People recognized me as a hero and a king in my lifetime. By now, civilization has certainly perished. If there are any surviving humans, they're probably mutated beyond recognition and a real bummer to hang with. If nothing else remains, gaze upon this artifact for a little taste of what life was like in another time when things were actually pretty cool. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mothership -Duration: 3:48 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/mothership -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KapIY7luyE -Lyrics: - Look outside, there’s a ship in the sky tonight - I said look outside, there’s a ship in the sky tonight - And they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - Yeah they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - - Uh-huh-huh - Alright - - Oh won’t you come on out, ‘cause they’re shooting down a beam of light - I said come on out, ‘cause they’re shooting down a beam of light - And they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - Yeah they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - - It’s a party up there, and you don’t got to pack a bag - It’s the craziest time anybody has ever had - Oh no - Oh no - Oh no - - Come outside, ‘cause the laser beam is glowing bright - I said come outside, ‘cause the laser beam is glowing bright - And they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - Yeah they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - - I said look out now, there’s a little green man inside - I said look out now, there’s a little green man inside - And they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - Yeah they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - Oh yeah - - It’s a party up there, and you don’t got to pack a bag - ‘Cause we’re leaving behind everything that we’ve ever had - Oh no - Oh no - Oh no - - Take my hand, ‘cause we’re floating up into the sky - I said take my hand, ‘cause we’re floating up into the sky - And they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - Yeah they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - - Don’t you worry, ‘cause I know it’s gonna be alright, yeah - I said don’t you worry, ‘cause I know it’s gonna be alright, uh huh - And they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight, tonight - Yeah they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - - Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah - Well they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - (Tonight) alright (tonight) - And they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - (Tonight) uh-huh-huh (tonight) - Well they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - (Tonight) oh yeah (tonight) - Well they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight - (Tonight) alright (tonight) - - Yeah they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight, alright - Well they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight, woo-hoo-hoo - Yeah they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight, alright alright alright - Well they’re taking us up to the mothership tonight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: This Is As Good As It Gets -Track Art: Hadron -Duration: 4:23 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/this-is-as-good-as-it-gets -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlWdWFD8t6U -Lyrics: - Why does this feeling always come to me - Like there’s some place that I’m supposed to be - Oh hold me closer, I don’t want to go - Look in my eyes and you will know I know - - This is as good as it gets - Oh don’t you know this is as good as it gets - I feel like I’m the greatest man in the world - You are my favorite girl - This is as good as it gets - - This is as good as it gets - Oh don’t you know this is as good as it gets - Nobody else in all the whole human race - Could know the look on your face - This is as good as it gets - - Why does it hit me when I least suspect? - My mouth is running but the mood’s direct - Oh let me linger, I’m a lonely soul - Just take my hand and I will take control - - Good as it gets - Oh don’t you know this is as good as it gets - I feel like I’m the greatest man in the world - You are my favorite girl - This is as good as it gets - - This is as good as it gets - Oh don’t you know this is as good as it gets - Nobody else in all the whole human race - Could know the look on your face - This is as good as it gets - - Good as it gets - Oh don’t you know this is as good as it gets - I feel like I’m the greatest man in the world - You are my favorite girl - This is as good as it gets - - This is as good as it gets - Oh don’t you know this is as good as it gets - Nobody else in all the whole human race - Could know the look on your face - This is as good as it gets - - Just when I think I should be cooling my jets - This is as good as it gets - This is as good as it gets - Whoa-oa-oa - My head is racing ‘cause it’s not over yet - This is as good as it gets - This is as good as it gets gets gets - You bat your amber eyes - And now I know why - This is as good as it good as it good as it gets - - Why do we leave each other in the night - We walk away just when the mood is right - Oh wait for me, you know I need you now - Show me your heart and I will show you how -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Like Angels -Duration: 2:50 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/like-angels -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGQn4ZUgHa4 -Lyrics: - Someday when you leave your mother’s - Would you come and stay with me? - There’s no action in the suburbs - I know who you want to be - - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - With our feet way up in the clouds - - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - And we won’t even touch the ground - - I’ve been waiting in the city - For a friend to show around - I know where the sights are pretty - Come with me and paint the town - - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - With our feet way up in the clouds - - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - And we won’t even touch the ground - - Do you feel the rush of feathers - When we’re going out together - We’re the ones who walk beside you - We’re the angels here to guide you - If you wanna join us say so - Pretty soon you’ll have your halo - Singing in the choir at Heaven’s gate - - All the rooms are full of strangers - All you want is everything - You’ll go through so many changes - Someday soon you’ll spread your wings - - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - With our feet way up in the clouds - - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - We want to be like like like angels - And we won’t even touch the ground -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Unstoppable -Duration: 5:03 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/unstoppable -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Lb71yYncQ -Lyrics: - I'm waking up wired - Shake with desire - Ready to roll, whoa-oh - - I'm hitting the highway - Doing it my way - Taking control, whoa-oh - - I'm full of myself - Couldn't be helped - I fit the mold, whoa-oh - - I know what I feel - I am a real - Sight to behold - - Cuz I'm never gonna run - Never gonna hide - I'm telling everyone - Take a step aside - I've waited long enough - Paid a lot of dues - I'm never giving up - Never gonna lose - - Never gonna lose, never gonna lose - Never gonna lose, never gonna lose - Never gonna lose, never gonna lose - I don't know why or how - I'm just unstoppable now - - I'm gone from the starter - I'm racing harder - I'm gonna win, whoa-oh - - I'm lapping the legends - Stealing attention - Raking it in, whoa-oh - - I'm chasing the dream - Making it seem - Easy to do, whoa-oh - - I'm knocking on wood - Feels so good - I'm breaking through - - And I'm never gonna stop - Never gonna stall - Never see me drop - Never see me fall - I'm never gonna make - Another lame excuse - I'm never gonna break - Never gonna lose - - Never gonna lose, never gonna lose - Never gonna lose, never gonna lose - Never gonna lose, never gonna lose - I don't know why or how - I'm just unstoppable now - - Relight the fire of a faded era - You're gonna watch me beat the odds - I won't be shaped by the things that scare us - I'm gonna rise like a brand new god - - I'm gonna walk across the water - Shout out my name from the mountaintops - I'm gonna dance with the devil's daughter - I'll show the world that I can't be stopped - - I wanna break down every border - Shake off the shackles of my cage - I'm gonna change the Earthly order - Shine in the light of a golden age - - I'll show the world just what I'm made of - Make them a deal they can't refuse - I'll go beyond the ones who gave up - I know I'm never gonna lose - - Never gonna lose, never gonna lose - Never gonna lose, never gonna lose - Never gonna lose, never gonna lose - I don't know why or how - I'm just unstoppable now -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Why Do You Play With My Heart? -Duration: 3:29 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/why-do-you-play-with-my-heart -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxpSaugmvCk -Lyrics: - I used to think we were close, I used to think we were tight - Just when I needed you most, you made me feel alright - You told me I was the best, you told me I made you laugh - And now I’ve got to confess, you’ve got me torn up in half - Cause when I gave you a shot, you told me you’d rather not - - I don’t know what I did wrong, I thought we had something good - We both were getting along, maybe I misunderstood - Maybe you’re just being sweet, maybe you do this a lot - Talk up the people you meet, give them the best that you got - Just like it’s nothing at all, still I’m the one that you call - - Why do you play with my heart? You know I’m falling apart - One minute I’m all you want, the next you’re already gone - Why do you play with my soul? You know I’m losing control - If you would just stay with me, I’d give you all that you need - - You’ve had me going for months, you’ve had me all in my head - Asking what I should have done, if it was something I said - Was I too eager to love? Should I have just took it slow? - If I was patient enough, would our relationship grow? - Would I still stand half a chance, or do you have other plans? - - I ought to just take a “no” and look for somebody new - I’ve got a lifetime to go, I shouldn’t cry over you - But now it’s so hard to tell if my connections are real - Have I been foolin’ myself, I haven’t known how to feel - Since I thought you were the one, oh baby what have you done? - - Why do you play with my heart? You know I’m falling apart - One minute I’m all you want, the next you’re already gone - Why do you play with my soul? You know I’m losing control - If you would just stay with me, I’d give you all that you need - - I thought the signals were right, now I don’t know what they mean - I’m always stuck at the light, can’t tell the red from the green - Have you been changing your mind? Has it been up in the air? - Or am I simply too blind to see you don’t even care? - I know I’m not being fair, you didn’t mean to do wrong - I should get out of your hair, I should be moving along - We ought to just let it be, so why are you calling me? - - Why do you play with my heart? You know I’m falling apart - One minute I’m all you want, the next you’re already gone - Why do you play with my soul? You know I’m losing control - If you would just stay with me, I’d give you all that you need - Why do you play with my heart? You know I’m falling apart - One minute I’m all you want, the next you’re already gone - Why do you play with my soul? You know I’m losing control - If you would just stay with me, I’d give you all that you need -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I Can't Get Enough Of You -Duration: 3:03 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/i-cant-get-enough-of-you -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JRRGf9iF4s -Lyrics: - My baby my - Where are you tonight - Don’t you know I need your love - I been down pretty bad - And what a week I had - And the whole year has been rough - But if you could be here - It would all disappear - So won't you please come around - Because I feel so down - - And I’m calling your name - 'Cause the days are all the same - And the nights do me no good - And the people that I know - Got me feeling pretty low - And I’m so misunderstood - But with you here tonight - It would feel alright - So won’t you bring me your love - 'Cause I can’t get enough - - No I can’t I can’t I can’t I can’t - No I can’t get enough of you - I can’t I can’t I can’t I can’t - No I can’t get enough of you - Of the kiss on your lips - Of the shake in your hips - Of your sweet sweet love - No I can’t get enough - - Hey baby hey - Are you on the way - 'Cause I don’t know what to do - My mind is a mess - And my life is too I guess - And I’ve never been so blue - But it all goes away - When you come here to stay - And my head’s so clear - Every time that you’re here - - And my heart’s goin’ fast - 'Cause you’re coming home at last - To the one who wants you most - And with you as my guest - You’ll be bringing out the best - In me your cordial host - So won't you come here now - 'Cause I don't know how - To go on without your love - 'Cause I can't get enough - - No I can’t I can’t I can’t I can’t - No I can’t get enough of you - I can’t I can’t I can’t I can’t - No i can’t get enough of you - Of the kiss on your lips - Of the shake in your hips - Of your sweet sweet love - No I can’t get enough - No I can’t get enough - - No I can’t I can’t I can’t I can’t - No I can’t get enough of you - I can’t I can’t I can’t I can’t - No I can’t get enough of you - Of the kiss on your lips - Of the shake in your hips - Of your sweet sweet love - No I can’t get enough -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Faking It -Duration: 3:10 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/faking-it -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxevmBUCl0A -Lyrics: - I broke the golden rule again - I lost a lover and a friend - Just when I thought I’d got to know you - But when I see it in rewind - And think of all we left behind - There was no other way to show you - - ‘Cause I am no believer - And you don’t need me either - And this is such a breather - Finally being real - - ‘Cause it feels like - No one ever gets the things they want - No one ever wants the things they have - So why do we keep faking it so bad? - - And when I think of what went wrong - You know I’m glad that you are gone - I got so tired of being patient - I opened up my beating heart - And nearly tore myself apart - To fit in all your expectations - - But I am done pretending - I’m not your happy ending - I can’t go on defending - All the time you steal - - ‘Cause it feels like - No one ever gets the things they want - No one ever wants the things they have - So why do we keep faking it so bad? - - ‘Cause it feels like - No one ever gets the things they want - No one ever wants the things they have - My heart you just keep breaking it - Shouldn’t be as bad as you’re making it - So why do we keep faking it so bad? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lucky Charm -Track Art: Hadron -Duration: 2:45 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/lucky-charm -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdAcoQgCX8c -Lyrics: - Have you noticed lately that you and I can do no wrong? - That every hurdle in the road that ever slowed you down is gone? - Put the past behind you, put the pieces into place - Wipe the precious little pouting off the picture of your face - - Don't you feel lucky when you look in the mirror - And you see me by your side? - Don't you feel lucky when the moment is right? Oh yeah. - Don't you feel lucky with your head on my shoulder - When you're here between my arms? - You should feel lucky, 'cause I'm your lucky charm. - - I'm your four-leaf clover, I'm the wind across the dice - I'm the candles on the cake and you can cut yourself a slice - Make your wish unto me, for now it can be told - You won the lottery of livin' and I'm givin' you the gold - - Don't you feel lucky when I'm pulling you closer - In the middle of the night? - Don't you feel lucky when I’m holding you tight? Oh yeah. - Don't you feel lucky when you look in my eyes - And know I'll never do you harm? - You should feel lucky, 'cause I'm your lucky charm. - - Don't you feel like you've turned around? - Lookin' up instead of falling down - I believe in you, and I've been leaving you feeling high, high - You can let the rabbit have its leg - Leave the horseshoe hangin' round the peg - I'm a charmer for your karma and your lovin' is why, why - - Put me in your pocket, and you'll never be the same - 'Cuz every odd and every even's lining up to spell your name - Lay the cards before you, watch the wheel of fortune turn - And you can bet I'll get you back just like a jackpot-sized return - - Don't you feel lucky when you wake in the morning - With the one you're dreaming of? - Don't you feel lucky falling in love? Oh yeah. - Don't you feel lucky when there's no one but us - To hear the six o'clock alarm? - You should feel lucky, 'cuz I'm your lucky charm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Back To The Jungle -Duration: 5:24 -Track Art: Hadron -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/back-to-the-jungle -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rbQPtjXUww -Lyrics: - I was born in the woods - I was raised pretty good - By a pack of hyenas - I was free in the soul - I was more animal than man - - I was good on my own - I was almost fully grown - When the zookeepers seen us - Now i know you never knew - So i gotta tell you who i am - - Way back, i was hunting with my teeth - Way back, with the jungle floor beneath - Way back, i was crawlin' on my paws - Way back, must've broke a lot of laws - - I was trapped in a bag - I was sent to a lab - In the back of a college - I was shaved of my hair - Given clothes i could wear for free - - I was told how to talk - How to stand when i walk - Make displays of my knowledge - But the fun's worn away - 'Cuz they don't like to play like me - - Take me back, to the sweat and the sun - Take me back, to the dirt and the dung - Take me back, to the tongues and the tails - Take me back, to the slime and the scales - - I'm going back to my roots - Gonna chew on the fruits - I'm moving back to the jungle - I'm gonna grow out my hair - Learn to growl like a bear - I'm moving back to the jungle - I'm gonna roll in the dirt - Dig a hole 'til it hurts - I'm moving back to the jungle - I'm gonna swing from the vines - Show the world that it's mine - I'm moving back to the jungle - Where i'm gonna eat bugs - - When you see me again - I'll be down in the den - With the tigers and lions - I will show you around - We will go up and down the trees - - Oh the jungle and i - Will explain you the cycle - Of livin' and dyin' - Leave your house, take a right - 'Cuz it's such a crazy sight to see - - I'm going back, gonna crawl down the street - I'm going back, on my hands and my feet - I'm going back, i can't pretend anymore - I'm going back, i'll leave my clothes on the floor - - There is so much to do - In the woods, you will use - All five of your senses - You will taste through your toes - See the world through your nose in 3d - - There's a part of your brain - That just can’t contain - ‘Cuz there's cracks in the fences - Won’t you start looking through - See the animal you can be - - Come back, to your mother the earth - Come back, to the instinct of birth - Come back, leave your worries behind - Come back, to your reptile mind - Come back, to the call of the wild - Come back, like a prodigal child - Come back, 'cause it's not very far - Come back, to the creature you are - - I am done with the rules - Wanna run with the wolves - I'm moving back to the jungle - I'm gonna howl at the moon - Use a stick for a spoon - I'm moving back to the jungle - I wanna bathe in the mud - Make a monkey be my bud - I'm moving back to the jungle - I'm gonna love, gonna fight - Stay up every single night - I'm moving back to the jungle - Where i'm gonna eat wood - - I am leaving tonight - Wanna hunt, wanna bite - I'm moving back to the jungle - I wanna bark like a dog - Gonna sleep in a log - I'm moving back to the jungle - I'm gonna swim in the lake - Slither round with the snakes - I'm moving back to the jungle - I was born to be free - So you know where i will be - I'm moving back to the jungle - Where i'm gonna eat dirt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Night Terrors -Duration: 3:09 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/night-terrors -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aloyNxlSF14 -Lyrics: - Existential dread - Gets into your head - Gets into your bed with you - - Awful little thoughts - Tie you up in knots - Everybody's got a few - - Endless are the nights - Filling you with frights - 'Til you turn the lights back on - - Reoccurring pains - Driving you insane - You're here but yet your brain is gone - - When you turn around - There's nothing to be found - There's nothing pulling down on you - - Nothing like a ghost - The horror show you host - That leaves your mind the most to do - - If I shook you now - Would it get you out - Or would you only shout at me? - - Are you in a dream - Or somewhere in between? - It's never what it seems to be - - And you know that there's no one there - But you still get scared sometimes - And you know that it's in your mind - Push it right back through the blinds - - Cotton are the sheets - Tugging at your feet - And you are caught in something else - - I can never love - Anyone enough - To drag them back from out of hell - - Take another breath - You'll scare yourself to death - There's no one here but you and I - - Try and take control - 'Cause you're the only soul - That fits the hole your head's inside - - No one else can know - The places that you go - When you're going down and down (down and down) - - Words cannot explain - You're in a hurricane - That keeps you going round and round (round and round) - - I prefer the day - If we both could stay - If the sun could rise again - - We'd never know the fear - That always finds us here - When the day is at an end - - And you know that there's no one there - But you still get scared sometimes (sometimes, sometimes) - And you know that it's in your mind - Push it right back through the blinds (push it through the blinds) - - And you know that there's no one there - But you still get scared sometimes (sometimes, sometimes) - And you know that it's in your mind - Push it right back through the blinds diff --git a/album/losing-heart.txt b/album/losing-heart.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e45bffad..00000000 --- a/album/losing-heart.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -Album: Losing Heart -Artist: nuclear333 -Cover Art: rintezukas -Has Track Art: no -Date: December 20, 2019 12:00:01 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: #f48080 -Groups: -- nuclear333 -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/losing-heart-solo -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - unfinished track from an upcoming album that might not be coming out - Art by my pal Mabel (rintezukas)! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Losing Heart -Duration: 1:27 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/losing-heart diff --git a/album/medium.txt b/album/medium.txt deleted file mode 100644 index df178f71..00000000 --- a/album/medium.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -Album: Medium -Artist: Clark Powell -Date: April 14, 2011 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Cover Art: Cindy Dominguez -Wallpaper Art: Cindy Dominguez, Quasar Nebula (edits for wiki) -Wallpaper Style: - background-color: black; - background-position: top center; - background-size: auto; - background-repeat: no-repeat; - opacity: 0.8; -Has Track Art: no -Color: #22ccff -Groups: -- Clark Powell -- Official -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-impossible-to-play-with-medium -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB9D2EAC43B6195B8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Light -Duration: 5:36 -Directory: light-medium -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/light-4 -- https://youtu.be/WEVS8j6bcvI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shade -Duration: 5:46 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/shade-2 -- https://youtu.be/uptvTul6I3Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rain -Duration: 6:34 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rain-2 -- https://youtu.be/WWSphawicMY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frogs -Duration: 5:06 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frogs-2 -- https://youtu.be/PI785pDsR88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frost -Duration: 5:54 -Directory: frost-medium -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frost-4 -- https://youtu.be/1Puozp2uaaM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Clockwork -Duration: 5:13 -References: Westminister Quarters, Carol of the Bells -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-2 -- https://youtu.be/AeUNnQ0ZkvA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heat -Duration: 5:12 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/heat-2 -- https://youtu.be/l_ITpDhYvaI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wind -Duration: 8:03 -References: Polovtsian Dances -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/wind-2 -- https://youtu.be/mwFWnxZVIFk diff --git a/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.txt b/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b0a0f058..00000000 --- a/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,188 +0,0 @@ -Album: Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead -Date: February 4 2010 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Cover Art: Homestuck -Track Art: Homestuck -Color: #dd0000 -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4-with-midnight-crew-drawing-dead -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQBK41qzhR4 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL83FE65DF950D7072 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Three in the Morning -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 2:49 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-3 -- https://youtu.be/zSg6talwzbU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blue Noir -Artist: David Ko -References: -- track:vagabounce -Duration: 0:55 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/blue-noir-2 -- https://youtu.be/YvMyo3opDOY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dead Shuffle -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:17 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dead-shuffle-2 -- https://youtu.be/jTIQhTdy4ZU -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - The first MC-related thing I wrote, and retroactively became the MC theme song. This was actually a remake of a midi I made years ago intended for part of an RPG a friend was making, until the RPG was cancelled. It's mostly the same, except that I went back and made it more jazzy (added saxophone and a swing rhythm). The original title of it was "Seriousness". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hearts Flush -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:12 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hearts-flush-2 -- https://youtu.be/nb7PoT9w6Tc -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - My favorite of the MC ones I wrote. I've always wanted to write a bass solo, and this gave me the opportunity. There's not much else to add, other than I had a blast writing it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Knives and Ivory -Artist: Kevin Regamey -Duration: 1:10 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/knives-and-ivory-2 -- https://youtu.be/D1C7y1u2K5M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Liquid Negrocity -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 2:10 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/liquid-negrocity-2 -- https://youtu.be/r8sBtl3WYZo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hollow Suit -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 2:24 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hollow-suit-2 -- https://youtu.be/k7El193pVkM -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - Hollow Suit was my other song on that album and it was a little more popular than Moonshine, though I can’t say either even came close to being hits. Like Moonshine it still has a soft spot in my heart. It’s not as compositionally impressive in my opinion, but it was the first in a long line of quirky tracks I have made for Homestuck. The vibraphone and electric organ were incredibly fun to use, and the whole thing ended up having an Elfman/Kirkhope vibe to it. Now, I don’t have synesthesia, but for some reason whenever I think about this song, I think “green”. Just some useless trivia for you. - Looking back on Drawing Dead as a whole, do I think it was a good album? No, not really. It was good for us at the time, but it was so all over the place, almost completely devoid of mastering, many of the songs used inferior samples, and most of us just weren’t as experienced with composing back then. Mostly it was a case of having no centralized idea of what the style of music should be, and the clashes that followed. I don’t mean that to knock any of us in any way. It was an important step for all of us as musicians and we have been constantly improving since then. I still look back fondly at it, since it was my first ever album release, after all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ante Matter -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:33 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ante-matter-2 -- https://youtu.be/2uYFtCSxoPk -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - It's hard to find things to say about this one. I wanted to make a slower song, compared to the other ones I did for Drawing Dead. I'm still technically new at writing jazz, so it was nice getting to practice it a bit more. Overall though, I think I liked the title best on this one; I enjoy a good pun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Ballad of Jack Noir -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:48 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-ballad-of-jack-noir-2 -- https://youtu.be/EAlt8IgOgPQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lunar Eclipse -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman, Fenris -Duration: 2:59 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lunar-eclipse-2 -- https://youtu.be/06SVUSwu8Xk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hauntjam -Artist: Andrew Huo, Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 2:16 -References: -- track:haunt -Art Tags: -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hauntjam-2 -- https://youtu.be/K9s0vr15Gvw -Commentary: - <i>Andrew Huo:</i> - Hauntjam and Hauntjelly are interesting things. They were actually made based on a short fruity loop that The Big Man Andrew did, called haunt.wav or haunt.mp3 or something like that. A jam on his theme, logically, would therefore be called "hauntjam," with the opportunity for naming puns including "hauntjelly." His theme appears mostly unchanged as the bassline for the first part of the pieces. At this point in terms of instrumentation, we were still mostly striving for faithfulness to the canon Midnight Crew "band," as can be seen in <a href="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/extras/ps000018.html">the Extras page</a> wherein the MC fill 'em with midnight (bottom), so Hauntjam employs trombone, string bass, piano, clarinet, and sax (I forget which because I've lost the file and am not a band person, but I think it was alto). From there on, it was fairly straightforward to write a haunting refrain and then solos for each instrument. I will admit I got a little writerblock'd for the second part, which was sort of a brief modulation to the dominant, so it sounds a little strange. But it still has its own little charm, with the almost annoying trill put in for a spooky ghost-like effect. In Hauntjam, Bowman did some good stuff with bringing out moving parts in the first refrain. In Hauntjelly, Xerxes emphasizes the spookiness by changing instruments for more electric organ. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 2:56 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/carbon-nadsat-cuestick-genius-2 -- https://youtu.be/g5jyNbOePJ8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ace of Trump -Artist: Hilary Troiano -Duration: 6:29 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ace-of-trump-2 -- https://youtu.be/Leb48RHyrWs -Commentary: - <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> - Someone sent me a PM asking for some commentary about my two MSPA songs, so [[media:misc/hilary-troiano-commentary.mp3|here it is]]. (<a href="https://jaydeis.tumblr.com/post/19609363685/someone-sent-me-a-pm-asking-for-some-commentary">source</a>) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moonshine -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 2:39 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/moonshine-2 -- https://youtu.be/W5p7sEFMYHE -Commentary: - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> - Fake bands, man. I so wish we had done more with this concept. Since the very beginning of Homestuck, Andrew had this idea that the kids would have fake bands they were into, and we would make MySpace band pages with a few of their songs on them as a fun supplement to the comic, in the same spirit as <a href="https://dstrider.blogspot.com/">dave strider’s blog</a> or <a href="https://www.homestuck.com/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff">SBaHJ</a>. <s>(both of which I would link to if tumblr wasn’t bugging out right now and preventing me from doing so)</s> - The first one was the Midnight Crew, and Andrew made the cover art before anything else happened, if I recall correctly. That project hung around for a while until the Midnight Crew Intermission, when Andrew decided to expand the “fake band” idea and release our MC as a full album on bandcamp, along with the Homestuck Volumes. Incidentally, I believe Squarewave and Sawtooth were originally going to be a fake band as well, and Dave even had a poster of them on his wall. Reeeaaally wish we did that one, but oh well. At least we got Anbroids. - In light of the fact that the Midnight Crew were going to have a real album and that I had just rejoined the team, I was eager to contribute to it. The first song I made for it was Moonshine, which strangely enough to some I’m sure, I still consider one of my better Homestuck tunes, if only technically. Yeah, the instruments I used were atrocious, but I think it would be a fun piece if it were actually played by people. I had a good idea of its form and I was really able to get into the style of music I perceived the Midnight Crew would play. - The instrumentation was based off the instruments each character played, with Slick on piano, Droog on sax, Boxcars on bass, and the last one I changed from Deuce’s oboe to clarinet, which is seen much more in jazz. Not that jazz oboe doesn’t exist! Still, it seems very like CD to play jazz on such an instrument. The song itself is more dissonant than most Homestuck music, having a lot of clashing harmonies and tritones which I love but can understand a lot of Homestuckers probably don’t, at least not in this context. The name “Moonshine” came out of how drunk the music sounds, especially in the middle where it picks up a bit and is more obviously in 6/8. But yeah, it uses its motivic material well and is consistent with itself, much more than I can say about many tracks in Genesis Frog for instance, which I’ll admit I got much too carried away with. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tall, Dark and Loathsome -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 1:33 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/tall-dark-and-loathsome-2 -- https://youtu.be/DxsUKjGirKc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Joker's Wild -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:16 -References: -- track:harlequin -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jokers-wild-2 -- https://youtu.be/MDaWJUfxFCM -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - When we were writing music for Drawing Dead, I just HAD to make a jazz remix of Harlequin. The song pretty much wrote itself after that. I think if I was going to change anything about it though, I'd have tried to get a live saxophone; the synth sounds a bit off. But then, any of the songs off of Drawing Dead would probably sound amazing by a live band. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Livin' It Up -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -Duration: 2:00 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/livin-it-up-2 -- https://youtu.be/HPad4cPmEVI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hauntjelly -Artist: Andrew Huo, Ian Taylor -Duration: 2:02 -References: -- track:hauntjam -Samples: -- track:hauntjam -Art Tags: -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/hauntjelly-2 -- https://youtu.be/MccD13jZSTU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nightlife (Extended) -Directory: nightlife-extended-mc-dd -AKA: track:nightlife-extended -Artist: Bill Bolin -Duration: 2:34 -Has URLs: no diff --git a/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.txt b/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c86b9367..00000000 --- a/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,178 +0,0 @@ -Album: Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Cover Art: Tavia Morra, Richard Gung -Track Art: Tavia Morra, Richard Gung -Date: May 31, 2011 00:00:04 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #eecc22 -Groups: -- Michael Guy Bowman -- Official -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBZx4eTVu4Ufun -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kT4A-zOvA1ht-UCuwStN-uoVIdxS7S7Qw -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido, agents of Prospit and Derse. They once fought on the battlefield as their respective nemeses, only to be united by a common epiphany - the truth behind the Ultimate Riddle. Gazing upon the Skaian clouds, the secrets of the past, present, and future are now well guarded by these strange sentinels who spread enlightenment through their cryptic music and dance. Together, they hope their songs may be a beacon to all those who undertake the Riddle. - <hr> - <i>Is there a linear story to this album, or is it some other form of story telling?</i> - I've seen a good handful of questions like this and I'd be glad to clear this up. This album does have characters and a story behind it, but it is not a linear story or a rock opera. It's an eponymous album by its members Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido. - Back when Andrew proposed the music project in March of 2009, he made it clear that one of the things he wanted to do was create a lot of "fake bands" which would exist as actual musical entities within the Homestuck Universe in much the same light as the Gorillaz, the Monkees, or the Chipmunks (wow, those are all animal names). While we accomplished that somewhat with albums like "Squiddles Singalong", most of the concept albums have largely been musical homages to the actual characters. For example the Felt didn't "make" their album of the same name, the music team made it as program music. - <i>Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido</i> is meant to be literally an album that Mobius and Hadron would make together. Like the Kernelsprites, they spread their knowledge of Sburb and <u>The Ultimate Riddle</u> cryptically through overtly complex riddles rendered as rock music. They have a seemingly limitless knowledge of all things in the Homestuck universe, or do they? For all their answers they don't just give anything away, they tease you with their songs. - Hoohoohoo! - <i>How much thought did you put into connecting the album with Homestuck? Or was it just supposed to be a silly thing with a loose connection?</i> - From the very beginning I wanted to make this an album for Homestuck fans, but I also wanted this to be something which could be listened to from the outside-in. My goal was to create a solid set of songs that would revisit the basic themes of Homestuck, meaning that the fans would get a whole new dimension to the world of Homestuck and listeners unfamiliar with the comic could discover listen to it and, if so intrigued, discover the entire world of MSPA to create context for the album. Think of it as the relationship between <i>House of Leaves</i> and the band Poe - there is intertextuality between the literature and music and together they create a bigger picture. Plus, you can discover them in whatever order you like. - Personally, I believe the album is very faithful to the basic ideas of Homestuck. All the big themes are there: time, eternity, repetition, survival, the unknown, fractals, betrayal, dreams, romance, hypnosis, pumpkins, etc. While I certainly had ideas for songs already floating around before the fake band project fell in my lap, my rule of thumb was to incorporate Homestuck any time I hit a dead-end and didn't know what to do. Plus, the process of planning the art was something that Tavia and I were working on from almost the very beginning. - <i>how much of the instrumentation was synthesized and how much of it was organic? i'm thinking specifically of the fiddly guitar bits in forever</i> - I play every instrument on this record, and all the ones that aren't real instruments I either played through a synthesizer or sequenced myself. All the guitar is real guitar played by myself. I did all of the singing except for some backup vocals by Tavia. About half of the bass parts are me playing an old P-Bass and the other half are some spectacularly vintage-sounding synth basses that I sequenced. While I do play drums, I was unable to use my drum set in the making of this album and instead spent an intense amount of time laying down the drum parts as the first step in making each track. Most of the performance side of the album was really quick and just involved running through the song and playing a midi keyboard run through patches. - The "fiddly guitar bits" are played on a white Epiphone Les Paul named Glinda. - <i>Are there any intentional song similarities or specific inspirations, musically? Chain of Prospit reminds me a LOT of She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby, in a very good way.</i> - None of the songs are supposed to sound intentionally like any other song, but my style is informed by the groups I've listened to that I really enjoy. I can see the resemblance, but when I listen to my own music I always hear a demolition derby of every song I've ever liked. All the things I've seen posted about my music being a mix between groups like Daft Punk, David Bowie, or They Might Be Giants really satisfy me because those are most of the same things I listen to. - I think I listened to "She Blinded Me With Science" a lot about five years ago. Thomas Dolby is a cool guy. I really like his soundtrack to Gate to the Mind's Eye. - <i>Tavia Morra:</i> - <i>Also any fun stories you can share from taking the pictures for the graphics?</i> - For the portrait of Hadron's face, I cobbled together my little lighting and shooting rig with the following: tripod, camera, music stand, orange extension cord, nightlight, and a chair. It was super guerrilla, if you consider shooting in the comfort of your own home guerrilla. Either way, it was actually a very pleasant photoshoot that didn't require an extensive amount of time to set up. - Oh, and I kept eating cookies during one of the photoshoots. - That's all I can remember at the moment. Bowman might remember more. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Forever -Duration: 2:58 -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/forever -- https://youtu.be/O9Q5JvfBMYc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dawn of Man -Duration: 5:44 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/dawn-of-man -- https://youtu.be/Fyib6VCDA2s -Lyrics: - I was about fifteen<br>I was walking the beach<br>I was racing a wave<br>It knocked me off my feet<br>I fell into the tide<br>It spat me back on the sand<br>I laughed without a clue<br>How lucky I was to land - It's been a long long time<br>Since my life was spared<br>It's been a long long time<br>But I'm still not scared - It was the dawn of man<br>I held the bone in my hand<br>I was as hungry as death<br>Wandering through the sand<br>I met a wild boar<br>My bone came down with a crack<br>I tasted flesh and blood<br>And swore I'd never look back - It's been a long long time<br>But I had just begun<br>It's been a long long time<br>Out in the African sun<br>It's been a long long time<br>Since I learned that skill<br>It's been a long long time<br>Since my very first kill - If anyone's out there to see what we have done<br>Can somebody tell me what we are to become<br>Our tiny lives<br>They fly right by<br>This goodly frame, it does not care<br>If we live or die - It was the month of June<br>In Tiananmen Square<br>The tanks were on TV<br>But I was not yet there<br>The guns they wall went pop<br>We heard the screams and shouts<br>I was brought into this world<br>As they were taken out - If anyone's out there to see what I have done<br>Can somebody tell me what we are to become<br>Our tiny lives<br>They fly right by<br>Who were they, and next to them<br>Who the hell am I? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beta Version -Duration: 4:35 -Art Tags: -- Hadron Kaleido -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/beta-version -- https://youtu.be/m6Km35fIHiw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: No Release -Duration: 4:28 -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/no-release -- https://youtu.be/ZO_ile-Mdsw -Lyrics: - She's changed, she's new now<br>She's moved on somehow<br>The pain is gone now<br>But she still needs room to breathe - You've changed you're silent<br>For all those years spent<br>Explaining what it was that you really meant - Now you won't say it aloud<br>You'd rather be silent and proud<br>But down inside you still lies the beast<br>If she's the reason you live<br>You'll only get what you give<br>And what you've given is no release - You've changed, you've grown up<br>Your wounds have sewn up<br>Your time has shown up<br>Yet you still can't find your way - No lies, no secrets<br>This is your life, now keep it<br>In time you'll see it - The faces you have put on<br>Have held you back all along<br>You're a king, not a pawn, so cease<br>To be so loyally fake<br>You'll only get what you take<br>And what you've taken is no release - And one day, everyone will smile again<br>We'll feel like a child again<br>And look behind us<br>And think of all the stuff that's going on<br>The stuff we're growing on - It's an ashen quadrant affair<br>Except you just don't care<br>Your only aim has been to appease<br>Lay down your pride and your gun<br>You're not the only one<br>Who's still looking for some release - And if the rules they can bend<br>You know you still could be friends<br>But it doesn't rely on me<br>This is as far as I go<br>I only say what I know<br>And what I know is you need release -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fly -Duration: 5:01 -Art Tags: -- Hadron Kaleido -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/fly -- https://youtu.be/CUDkBTYWtGk -Lyrics: - Fly fly fly whatcha say<br>Whatcha gonna do<br>Change your ways change your life<br>Change your point of view<br>Been so long since your feet<br>Felt the open air<br>So far back down the line<br>Were you even there? - It's so cold the rain blows in your eyes<br>It's so cold the days go flashing by<br>It's so cold you've lost all track of time<br>It's so cold you turn back into slime - Dream dream dream dream your life<br>Make it up from scratch<br>In your dream you're the star<br>It's you who makes that catch<br>Can't hold on, cannot grope<br>Your fingers will not clasp<br>Measurements fall apart<br>The tools you cannot grasp - It's insane you must be high on pot<br>It's insane the air this man has got<br>It's insane the stuff you must be on<br>It's insane you wake up and it's gone - And you're on your way to work<br>And you still can't work it out<br>And you can't recall the details<br>Or what it was about<br>So you read a bunch of websites<br>And you study archetypes<br>But you throw away the answers<br>'Cause it's all a bunch of hype - And you're on your way of work<br>But you just can't work it out<br>And you can't recall the details<br>Or what it was about<br>So you hustle through your morning<br>And you waste your afternoon<br>And at night you still are wondering<br>If you'll dream again so soon<br>And you lay awake and wonder<br>And you never get your sleep<br>'Cause you're still waiting for the answers<br>But you never hear a peep<br>And you die alone and angry<br>And you're wrapped up in a shroud<br>And the world's far below you<br>And your feet are in the clouds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lies With The Sea -Duration: 4:46 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Hadron Kaleido -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/lies-with-the-sea -- https://youtu.be/LH_tBygClwg -Lyrics: - Lonely submarine in murky shades of blue and green<br>A silent knock on Davy Jones' door<br>Octopi and hydronauts explore unsalvaged shipwrecks caught<br>In coral reeves that span the ocean floor - The geothermal chemistry<br>Of vents below the deep blue sea<br>Burning on and on<br>The winking of an angler's light<br>You make this underwater flight<br>Down where there is no sun - My heart lies with the sea<br>My heart lies with the ocean - My heart lies with the sea<br>My heart lies with the ocean - My, the continental shelf and all its sunken wealth<br>Bones of those who walked the plank<br>The depth to which these pirates sank<br>Crushed by pressures great - The submarine has lost its way<br>Shall we ever make it to the bay<br>From where we once did leave?<br>A sonar ping still rings for help<br>Diffused amongst a cloud of kelp<br>Where mermaid kingdoms breathe - My heart lies with the sea<br>My heart lies with the ocean - My heart lies with the sea<br>My heart lies with the ocean - My heart lies with the sea<br>My heart lies with the ocean - My heart lies with the sea<br>My heart lies with the ocean - My heart lies with the sea<br>My heart lies with the ocean - My heart lies with the sea<br>My heart lies with the ocean - ... -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - “Lies With the Sea” is one of two songs based on sketches from dreams that I put on Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido - the other, aptly enough, is “Dawn of Man”. - During the time I was initially formulating a concept for a fake band during the summer of 2010, I thought it would be interesting to do something with a nautical theme. One night as I was falling asleep, I very vividly imagined a melody and accompanying refrain “my heart so full of love”, which I sketched and eventually transformed into “my heart lies with the sea” to fit the concept. Ultimately I ditched the nautical theme for the band after Squiddles! Sing-along came out and resolved to develop the concept that became Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido with Tavia. However, the song was already well-developed by that point and I opted to keep it around. - My first sketch for that piece was actually a lot heavier - I produced a version over that summer as a demo for Andrew that featured a slow, dirge-like drum beat and an incredibly loud guitar riff that somewhat resembled the song “Grease” from the way-overrated musical of the same name. Perhaps later I’ll do some touch-ups to this “heavy” version of the song and share it, but until then I’d rather keep it to myself, being so primitively produced. - One thing it has in common with the quicker, more lightly-produced version of the track I put out in May was a fairly strong inspiration from modern electronic acts. I drew farily heavily from the sensibilities of Gorillaz in chosing synthesizer sounds on tracks like “Rhinestone Eyes” and “El Mañana” and also pretty closely studied the mix on Daft Punk’s “Something About Us”, a down tempo track I greatly admire. - The thing that most strongly made me feel comfortable using this track on Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido was its inspiration from dreams and the sense that it generally echoed the thought of being swept away in a wave as mentioned in “Dawn of Man” earlier on the album. Originally I even recorded an alternate lyric to the melody of “Sburban Jungle” to open the second verse which I ditched that went as follows: - “Down, down far below, somewhere safe/ Lost in the wave once again.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chain Of Prospit -Duration: 4:37 -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip -- Hadron Kaleido -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/chain-of-prospit -- https://youtu.be/c9XA_P5g_4w -Lyrics: - Hold up<br>Before your hopes and dreams are sold up<br>You haven't failed yet don't hold up<br>Don't cut the tape before it's rolled up<br>You've always got a chance - Rock it<br>And if the picture isn't clear just shop it<br>You're swinging by the chain of Prospit<br>The future's always there so pop it<br>Back into its place - You've got a reason to live<br>Got a reason to live<br>No matter what you say<br>No matter what you take away<br>There's always something you can give<br>And buddy that's the reason<br>That you've got a reason to live<br>Got a reason to live<br>Don't care what you've been through<br>Don't care what people think of you<br>There's always something you can do<br>And no one knows it better than you - Praise you<br>The absence in your life delays you<br>The note that desolation plays you<br>You know you mustn't let it phase you<br>If something's in the way - Own up<br>There's data structures you can bone up<br>You might be feeling like you're Homestuck<br>But you can make it by your own luck<br>Snap it into place - And if the wind should blow<br>I will know<br>I will go - Reversal, all matter and its great dispersal<br>The secrets of the universal<br>This isn't just a dry rehearsal<br>We're living for today - You've got a reason to live<br>Got a reason to live<br>No matter what you say<br>No matter what you take away<br>There's always something you can give<br>And buddy that's the reason<br>That you've got a reason to live<br>Got a reason to live<br>Don't care what you've been through<br>Don't care what people think of you<br>There's always something you can do<br>And no one knows it better than- - You've got a reason to live<br>Got a reason to live<br>No matter what you say<br>No matter what you take away<br>There's always something you can give<br>And buddy that's the reason<br>That you've got a reason to live got a reason to live<br>Don't care what you've been through<br>Don't care what people think of you<br>There's always something you can do<br>And no one knows it better than you<br>And no one knows it better than you<br>And no one knows it better than you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pumpkin Tide -Duration: 3:31 -Art Tags: -- Hadron Kaleido -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-tide -- https://youtu.be/lyxw3e3RvzE -Lyrics: - Destroy your desk, it's useless now<br>Build yourself a fort to hide<br>Close your eyes and crawl inside<br>You're sailing on the pumpkin tide - The ship you're on is yours alone<br>The wind will push your sweet sweet ride<br>But this foreign wave just appearified<br>You're sailing on the pumpkin tide - Focus on the sound of my voice<br>You are under my control<br>Obey my will or I'll bury you alive<br>And it's you who'll dig your own damn hole - Forget your friends, what good are they<br>Suckers filled with words that chide<br>Heads green with envy but orange with pride<br>Screaming at that pumpkin tide - Listen to their whispering voice<br>The current where the pumpkins roam<br>You never saw a thing<br>Never saw the thing you think you saw<br>Just shadows looking for a home - The door into your heart is locked<br>Its [gun] is buried in your mind<br>Too heavy to carry but too huge to leave behind<br>Without it you will surely die<br>But even that's just another lie<br>Sailing on the pumpkin tide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Deeper You Go -Duration: 3:36 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -Art Tags: -- Mobius Trip -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-deeper-you-go -- https://youtu.be/IMpM4xKg9vU diff --git a/album/moons-of-theseus.txt b/album/moons-of-theseus.txt deleted file mode 100644 index afc649dd..00000000 --- a/album/moons-of-theseus.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,307 +0,0 @@ -Album: Moons of Theseus -Cover Art: Nick Tucker -Wallpaper Art: Nick Tucker -Banner Art: Nick Tucker -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.35; - filter: grayscale(0.4); -Date: June 8, 2019 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #ffec14 -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/moons-of-theseus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Home -Artist: Grace Medley, SplitSuns -Track Art: ricemilk -Contributors: -- Ucklin (vocals) -- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES (vocals, additional guitar) -Duration: 10:25 -References: -- Forever -- Dawn of Man -- track:sburban-jungle -- The Return -- Violet and Gold -Art Tags: Hadron Kaleido -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/home -Lyrics: - O darling, what have we become?<br>Has all been said, has all been done?<br>And after all that we’ve been through<br>Am I still me, are you still you? - O darling, what is it we seek?<br>Perhaps I think myself a freak<br>Perhaps I crave a second chance<br>In the universe’s endless dance - If I had a choice<br>Still I wouldn’t stay<br>Set out on a voyage for forever and a day - Exiled from our world<br>Into parts unknown<br>Wholly unfamiliar and yet it feels like home - And yet the pyramid still looms<br>And life still fades and life still blooms<br>And as the centuries they pass<br>We’re not the first and not the last - The dawn consumed the night<br>Bathed in the sentinel’s light<br>Clinging onto that bone<br>Ready to put up a fight<br>My bone came down again<br>I threw it up to the sky<br>That was the day I knew<br>I’d never really die - If I had a choice<br>Still I wouldn’t stay<br>Set out on a voyage for forever and a day - Exiled from our world<br>Into parts unknown<br>Wholly unfamiliar and yet it feels like home -Commentary: - <i>Grace Medley:</i> - Moons of Theseus is an album idea we had lying around from before UnofficialMSPAFans' recent year of 0 content, and it's a project a lot of us had been looking forward to for a long time. Fitting, too, that it's named for the paradox in which every piece of an object is replaced gradually until it has nothing physically in common with its original state. The idea for Home we had back then is nothing like what you hear now. SplitSuns and I didn't know what we wanted back then, beyond "Oh hey, you want to make a tribute to Forever? Me too!" It's safe to say that little to none of that initial desire to reimagine Mobius Trip's overture has bled through into the finished product, but it's safer still to say that this song wouldn't be possible if it had been approached any other way. That's not the only thing that's changed in the meantime, either: since we initially promised to collaborate on this, we've both improved as composers and producers, and our styles have evolved, our influences are different, and the zeitgeist of what it means to be a Homestuck fan, particularly a Homestuck music fan, is practically unrecognisable. - For me, making Home was one hell of an experience. I taught myself a lot of new techniques while co-writing and co-producing it, and I'm proud of it in a way I've never been proud of anything else before. Much like the song itself, I'm no longer the same weedy, slightly annoying kid who made a bunch of tracks on [[album:weird-puzzle-tunes]]. That kid couldn't dream of making something like this. Strictly speaking, I couldn't either. This was a team effort with one of the best friends I've made through UnofficialMSPAFans. So a huge thank you to SplitSuns for pushing this song to its maximum potential is in order, as is another to our two fantastic vocalists, Ucklin and WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES. I also want to thank all of the friends I've made through Homestuck music, and by extension, the comic itself. I don't think I'd still be making stuff with this project without your love, kindness, and good humour. - Maybe this is narcissistic (or at the very least, laughably ambitious) for me to say, but I hope that when you listen to Home, you hear some echo of the past or other that resonates with you. I also hope that it feels like something you've never heard before. Much like the titular ship of Theseus, the form has been made anew, but the essence is the same as it always was. - <i>SplitSuns:</i> - I honestly can't recall exactly when the first time Grace and I discussed our love for Forever was, or when that love transformed into making a full-blown tribute, but over the many, MANY months, our pact to realize our emotions in song finally came to fruition. This is the first time I've done such a large-scale collaboration, and it's safe to say that it exceeded all my expectations. Neither of us thought that a track tributing a three minute opener would turn into a multi-part 10:25 epic, but life tends to have ways of surprising you. It wasn't easy balancing the track's complexities, which is why I was beyond grateful to have Grace help out with organizing things. This song would not be what it is without her; it wouldn't even exist at all, really! Her skills cannot be overstated. - The first components of the song were completed by Grace. She wrote and composed the lyrics for the vocal section, and produced the majority of the guitar breakdown/climax towards the end of the track. From there we planned a road map of the song's progression to link together what had been completed: an ambient intro similar to Forever, a transition to lead into the vocal section, the vocal section, another transition to lead to the climax, the climax, and then an ending. I produced the majority of the intro and first transition, with Grace providing additional production and WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES playing live guitar! My goal was to create a composition with the same sense of scale and drama as Forever while having a unique mood, playful and hopeful all at once. I produced the vocal section to match Grace's songwriting, with additional production from Grace; MINES' lo-fi strains contrasted with Ucklin's ethereal melodies very nicely, right on top of a groove I never anticipated coming out of the project. The second transition was done entirely by Grace, bridging the gap between the dance that came before and the cinematic breakdown coming after. Finally, I provided additional production on the climax and created the ending. We wanted something like, in Grace's words, "the digital-age counterpart to the end of Have a Cigar." The result was a little bit more violent than that, but it provides a thrilling conclusion to the experience all the same, jettisoning off into the Incipisphere. - The varied parts of Home take you by the hand and guide you on a journey throughout time and space. It is my belief that by listening, you're taking the same journey Grace, myself, and all the other creatives involved in this album took in the process of making the project a reality. It's been a long and winding road, but I wouldn't have had it any other way. Thank you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Traveling -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Contributors: -- OneDragonArmy (vocals) -- Ucklin (vocals) -- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES (vocals) -Track Art: Tipsy -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- Lies With The Sea -- Polyominoes -- Airwaves -- Dawn of Man -- Old Buggy Now -- Light Of Apollo -- Wrong Or Right -- Purgatory -- Chain Of Prospit -Duration: 4:22 -Art Tags: Mobius Trip, Hadron Kaleido, cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/traveling -Lyrics: - I see the dawn rise again<br>The radiance anew<br>I catch my breath<br>I see the world spanning out<br>Unbounded in the view<br>The limit is my home - On the horizon, the waves<br>Impassible it claimed<br>I trek for a bridge<br>No matter how rough the shore<br>Lies ahead of me<br>I'll know I'll find my way - On and on we tread<br>Far from where we came<br>The more our paths diverge<br>The more we stay the same - The fertile fields I have roamed<br>One journey soon to end<br>I have what I need<br>Within the stalks, my cocoon<br>The nature nurtures me<br>Yet deep within, I know... - And the travel never ends<br>And you want to witness all<br>And you'll witness all you can -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - The opening chords of this song were originally part of a scrapped attempt on [[track:singularity]], a song from the previous album on the bandcamp, [[album:cosmic-caretakers]]. That was the penultimate song on that album, and this is the second on this album. So in a way, they're like weird bookends. More to the point though, this song ended up as an unintentional but fortuitous continuation to the "voyage" brought up in Home, both physical and metaphysical. In literal terms the lyrics are about the crossing of humans along the Bering Strait, but another interpretation is that they're a reflection of a process all humans go through: the pursuit of a purpose, the satisfaction of completing a goal, and the perennial urge to find new things to do, new things to learn, to experience, to travel. It's a fundamental feeling, true from the dawn of you, to your last sail on the pumpkin tide. - <i>Tipsy:</i> - Naturally when everyone else is going for wild, creative concepts, I fall back on making it Homestuck... when I heard Cait's song it made me think of the Battlefield, and when I read the lyrics, I thought, what better thing to depict than the moment Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido look into the clouds for the first time and witness the secrets of the universe? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Unchained -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Skyplayer -Duration: 3:24 -References: -- Chain Of Prospit -- The Deeper You Go -- Amen, Brother -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/unchained -Commentary: - <i>Kanishka:</i> - I've always had a soft spot for Chain of Prospit with its quirky lyrics and extremely uplifting chorus, so when the time came to start working on a tribute album it didn't take me long to decide which song I'd bastardize. A departure from MTAHK's mellow sound, Unchained ended up being rather frantic and abrasive, resembling something akin to an explosive release of all the suppressed emotions that have been bottling up inside one's heart for way too long - destruction of emotional shackles, in other words. As for Skyplayer's artwork, I think it compensates for what the song might be lacking in terms of depth. Vivid 3-dimensional imagery paired with vibrant colours definitely makes it stand out from other illustrations. - <i>Skyplayer:</i> - Chain of Prospit has always been one of my all-time favorite Homestuck songs. Even just the title of Unchained immediately gave me visions of the Prospit Moon's broken connection to Prospit, but unlike [S] Descend, where the event is catastrophic, I wanted to depict the moon coming loose as a moment of freedom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dinosaur Pill -Artist: Ucklin -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 5:06 -Art Tags: Mobius Trip -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dinosaur-pill -Lyrics: - You’re awake, the line is dead<br>The wires are coiled up in your head<br>Your unexpected telegram is over - Connected to a time and space<br>A trophy in a rotten case<br>That licked you on your sleeping face like Rover - A fossilized remain of a foreign age<br>Try not to let it out of its gelatin cage<br>You didn't dig the bones out of some old hill<br>Just found them in a cabinet... - Dinosaur Pill, you know it will<br>Expand in your brain, the water will drain<br>But it’s still there, it makes you scared<br>That all of the schemes, the threads and the themes<br>That make you you<br>Will flee now too - Curtains draw, the stage is set<br>Come on, has it started yet?<br>You're contemplating in a cloud of clover - A castle with a gear outside<br>A couple props your mind still hides<br>To stumble on when busy days are over - You never wrap them up but you can't let go<br>You find yourself in one and they overflow<br>Just distract yourself to control the spill<br>You want to but you haven't yet... - Dinosaur Pill, you know it will<br>Expand in your brain, the water will drain<br>But it’s still there, it makes you scared<br>That all of the schemes, the threads and the themes<br>That flesh you out<br>Will walk about - Dinosaur Pill, you know it will<br>Expand in your brain, the water will drain<br>But it’s still there, it makes you scared<br>That all of the schemes, the threads and the themes<br>That hold you stuck<br>Will run amok - Loyalty to your identity<br>What did that thing ever do for you? - Come with me, you don’t need memories<br>To be the you that’s listening right now - You can coast, the parts that matter most<br>Are too far in to carelessly shake out<br>To fall off or fall out - Look at all the Stockholm syndrome<br>Piling up in your childhood home - Dinosaur Pill, you know it will<br>Expand in your brain, the water will drain<br>But it’s still there -Commentary: - <i>Ucklin:</i> - This song actually started as two separate ideas. I started the song months ago, but wasn't able to quite capture the themes that I intended, so I decided to go back to the drawing board to create what is now the chorus. I decided it was worthwhile to find a way t ocombine the two ideas because I didn't want to think of more, and the verse did capture a mood that I didn't want to get rid of. I think the resulting transitions are potentially jarring, but I feel okay with the atmosphere that creates. I wanted to make a true MTaHK koan, so I won't tell you what the song is about eaxctly. You should tell me! - <i>Jas:</i> - What waits in the water as it grows more and more? - The soft foam of a dinosaur. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ithaca Is Calling -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: ricemilk -Duration: 4:13 -Art Tags: Mobius Trip -References: -- Ithaca -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ithaca-is-calling -Lyrics: - I spent the best years of my life waiting<br>For this moment<br>A time to call my own, a place to call my homeland - It’s come here far too soon<br>I sit around my room<br>Hatching my plans and schemes I mostly leave forgotten - I spent my longest nights awake wondering through the outside<br>Amused but still deranged, divided on the inside - Returning to the core<br>The place i can’t ignore<br>The wonder behind the fear I just can’t seem to shake off - Oo-ee-oo<br>To dream or do<br>To do or die<br>To sink or fly - Oo-ee-oo<br>To get a clue<br>To run and hide<br>To laugh and cry - I turned my back on battles won and sailed to new adventure<br>The journey made by all, a lonely mortal tenure - To Ithaca I sailed<br>And though I have not failed<br>My home is a fleeting camp, the journey’s just beginning - Oo-ee-oo<br>To dream or do<br>To do or die<br>To sink or fly - Oo-ee-oo<br>To get a clue<br>To run and hide<br>To laugh and cry - I spent the morning hours awake writing down the lyrics<br>Resolved to get it right - to capture the true spirit - Although I sing along<br>That moment now has gone<br>My heart still a restless sea where Ithaca is calling -Commentary: - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> - Fun fact, the title track off of Michael Guy Bowman's album Ithaca was initially planned to be part of Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido. This cover is an attempt to capture what the original song might have been had it stayed on the original track listing. This is by far the most complex song I've worked on yet, I think there's like... 30 different instances of synths or instruments? At the very least? And plenty of them only end up playing for a couple seconds in the end. Regardless of all that, I had a lot of fun putting this together, and I hope I managed to capture that MTAHK vibe we all hold so close to our hearts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Fifth Window -Artist: Jaspy -Track Art: Kodar -Duration: 3:17 -References: -- The New Window -- track:sburban-jungle -- The Deeper You Go -- Got It? -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-fifth-window -Commentary: - <i>Jaspy:</i> - i made this song cuz the new window is cool and you know what would be cooler? adding more cool songs to it - please nintendo give me animal crossing switch at e3 PLEASE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Return -Artist: SplitSuns -Track Art: nights -Duration: 6:12 -Art Tags: Mobius Trip, Hadron Kaleido -References: -- The Deeper You Go -- track:sburban-jungle -- Beta Version -- Chain Of Prospit -- Fly -- No Release -- Pumpkin Tide -- Lies With The Sea -- Dawn of Man -- Forever -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-return -Commentary: - <i>SplitSuns:</i> - This song has quite the history to it! I made it back in July of 2018 for the Cool and New Music Team's "Volume 11" project, a plan to make a fan-made meme-filled image of a fake Volume 11 from the Homestuck Music Team's Bandcamp page a reality. All the songs, including a 12-hour "extended" version of Penumbra Phantasm, a rock opera made out of Michael Guy Bowman memes, and a sequel to the Baby is You, were painstakingly produced based on the ideas (and jokes) the track names suggested. Each song's length was the same as it was in the original image, and photoshopped reviews were even added on the album's page using dummy accounts! - For my song (originally called "The Return of Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido") the team was planning on playing it straight and producing a medley of songs from MTaHK. I went with their idea and made a mega-mix of every song on the album, with the caveat being it had to be 6:12 long exactly! I first planned out the structure of the song on a single piano track to make sure it fit the time limit, then went back in and fleshed out all the instrumentation. I wanted it to be reminiscent of Bowman's work, with his classic guitar flourishes, but put my own spin on it all the same. The whole project kind of crystallized over the course of a single week I spent stuck to my computer 24/7, continually tweaking it to make sure the track flowed despite its disparate parts. If you're interested to find out more about its production process check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqpcqEpMndA">this video</a>. - All in all, it's a fast-paced schizophrenic redux of the highlights of MTaHK (which is to say, the whole album) that even now I'm still proud of. I'm happy to have the opportunity to put it on this amazing album! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pumpkin Tide (Gourdian Sea Version) -Artist: Ucklin -Track Art: piskomil -Duration: 2:39 -Art Tags: Mobius Trip -References: Pumpkin Tide -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-tide-gourdian-sea-version -Lyrics: - Destroy your desk; it's useless now<br>Build yourself a fort to hide<br>Close your eyes and crawl inside<br>You're sailing on the pumpkin tide - The ship you're on is yours alone<br>The wind will push your sweet, sweet ride<br>But this foreign wave just appearified<br>You're sailing on the pumpkin tide - Focus on the sound of my voice<br>You are under my control<br>Obey my will or I'll bury you alive<br>And it's you who'll dig your own damned hole - Forget your friends, what good are they?<br>Suckers filled with words that chide<br>Heads green with envy but orange with pride<br>Sailing on that pumpkin tide - Listen to their whispering voice<br>The current where the pumpkins roam<br>You never saw a thing<br>Never saw the thing you think you saw<br>Just shadows looking for a home - The door into your heart is locked<br>It's gun is buried in your mind<br>Too heavy to carry, but too huge to leave behind<br>Without it you would surely die - But even that's just another lie<br>Sailing on the pumpkin tide -Commentary: - <i>Ucklin:</i> - The tambourine sound is actually a belly dancing belt with bangles... and yes, I did wear it and dance. This is an update to the version of Pumpkin Tide that I did on my iPad when I was in the hospital, recovering from my bone marrow transplant. I took some comfort in the way that the lyrics seemed to fit my experience leaving school for my treatment and being thrust into an unwanted "adventure." I wanted to keep this version pretty simple, so it's almost entirely just multitracked recordings of my acoustic instruments. I did add a touch of phased and flanged reverb because I wanted it to feel like a live performance on another world. - <i>piskomil:</i> - A remake of my old piece from 2013. I gave it a proper background that compliments the song. Peaceful but a bit broken up and in the process of healing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Self-Avoiding Walks -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: Jas -Duration: 4:41 -Art Tags: Mobius Trip, Hadron Kaleido -References: The Deeper You Go -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/self-avoiding-walks -Commentary: - <i>Kanishka:</i> - In an attempt at making something somber and contemplative I tried to imbue The Deeper You Go motif with just a tad bit of additional mystery. Things... got out of hand at some point, resulting in whatever this is. - <i>Jas:</i> - With self reflection in mind this is presented on a spiral bound sketchbook, a place for wandering thoughts and discardable ideas, the entire book easily closed and abandoned. I did a bit of multimedia on this one by photographing magazine clppings and editing the beans out of them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Negligent Murmur -Artist: Ucklin -Track Art: piskomil -Duration: 6:29 -Art Tags: Mobius Trip, Hadron Kaleido -References: Careless Whisper -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/negligent-murmur -Commentary: - <i>Ucklin:</i> - I guess all 80s music sounds like MTaHK... - <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b> - Ucklin, you are an absolute legend for making this cover. - <i>piskomil:</i> - With the instruction: "Something like Hadron singing passionately into a microphone while Mobius plays a weird looking saxophone, or whatever." I have set to work on this overcomplicated masterpiece, adding more and more clutter until I have reached the ultimate concert effect. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Violet and Gold -Artist: Veritas Unae -Art Tags: Mobius Trip, Hadron Kaleido, BQ, WQ -Contributors: -- Veritas Unae (composition, lyrics) -- Ucklin (additional vocals) -- WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES (guitar) -- LizaWithAZed (lyrics) -- Max Wright (additional help) -Track Art: Jas, Skyplayer -Duration: 7:20 -References: -- Pumpkin Tide -- No Release -- The Deeper You Go -- Lies With The Sea -- Derse Dreamers -- Chain Of Prospit -- Dawn of Man -- track:sburban-jungle -- Forever -- Beta Version -- Fly -- How Do I Live (Bunny Back in the Box Version) -Art Tags: Carapacians -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/violet-and-gold -Lyrics: - Violet or gold<br>Violet or gold<br>From what vantage is your story told?<br>Where do you slumber while kingdoms grow old?<br>Are you revered? Are you feared?<br>Violet or gold - I am the agent of golden white<br>Children of mine vow to fight the good fight<br>Watching us die for a hopeless cause<br>They take up our banner with nary a pause - I am the agent of indigo black<br>Children of mine learn to watch their backs<br>Surrounded by villains on ev'ry side<br>We are the fall that comes with black king's pride - Violet or gold<br>Violet or gold<br>From what vantage is your story told?<br>Where do you slumber while kingdoms grow old?<br>Are you revered? Are you feared?<br>Violet or gold<br>Violet or gold<br>Violet or gold - Do you hear whispers of monstrous love from farthest rings?<br>Do you see visions in clouds above?<br>We are the agents of Prospit and Derse<br>We sing the truth wrapped in riddles and verse<br>If you have listened to our little song<br>Maybe you know where you belong - Violet and gold<br>Violet and gold<br>From your vantage are all stories told (From what vantage is your story told?)<br>You will slumber while kingdoms grow old (Where do you slumber while kingdoms grow old?) - You will see visions in clouds above<br>You will hear whispers of monstrous love<br>Children revered<br>Children feared<br>Violet and gold<br>Violet and gold - It was the dawn of man<br>I held a mouse in my hand<br>I've seen so many just deaths<br>Wond'ring what he'd planned - I've been this road before<br>My mouse is done clicking back<br>I've read both candy and meat<br>And swore I'd never look back - It's been a long long time (Violet and gold)<br>But things have just begun (Violet and gold)<br>It's been a long ten years (Violet and gold)<br>Will Homestuck ever be done? - It was the dawn of fans<br>It was the dawn of me and you<br>It's friendships forged and fanworks scored<br>And fanfics born anew<br>Hah! - (You got that telecaster twang...)<br>(You're twanging in my soul...) - You've got a reason to live, got a reason to live<br>No matter what you say, no matter what you take away<br>There's always something you can give - In your dreams you're the star<br>It's you who makes that catch - You've changed, you've grown up<br>Your wounds have sewn up - The ship you're on is yours alone - My heart lies with the sea<br>My heart lies with the ocean - It's been a long long time,<br>But I've changed for good - (It's been a long long time...) -Commentary: - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> - Back in May 2012, Liza posted some lyrics to their Tumblr. I know because I went back and looked up the original post. May 21, 2012. And at the time, I knew I wanted to make something inspired by and using those lyrics. So I started working on a song... but of course, things got busy for me. - Let's fast forward seven years, shall we? - The final version of Vilet and Gold that you're listening to hopefully does the Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido album justice, and gives life to Liza's original lyrics. Each track of MTaHK is referenced here, as well as Sburban Jungle and Derse Dreamers for good measure. The end of the song is a dramatic retelling of Dawn of Man, with lyrics referencing more recent events in Homestuck. It's been ten years since Homestuck first started and I knew I always wanted to have something big to finish off this song. (I just didn't know at the time it would be some sweet Beta Version bass.) - I'd like to thank Imbrog for helping me out way back in 2012 with the chord progressions at the start of the song, and to Ucklin for lending her voice to Hadron's part. She's really brought Bowman's character to life and I'm deeply thankful. Also thanks to Mines for recording some live guitar for this piece, and of course thanks to Liza for their beautiful original lyrics. - Which vantage is your story told from? Are you a Dersite carapacian, fighting a war you never wanted to have? Do you dream like a Prospit Carapacian of the futility of your existence, in a battle you cannot win? - Violet and gold. - <i>Jas:</i> - Much like the differences between Prospit and Derse we used two clashing mediums to show how they can work in tandem even better than apart. This is a duet in more ways than one! diff --git a/album/namesake.txt b/album/namesake.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7556791e..00000000 --- a/album/namesake.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ -Album: Namesake -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Andarix -Has Track Art: no -Date: March 8, 2013 -Date Added: May 12, 2021 -Color: #c3cda8 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Clark Powell -- Beyond -Commentary: - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - Special thanks to Astro Kid for his beautiful voice, and to Andarix for her keen eyes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Star I Never Caught -Duration: 3:50 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/plazmataz/star-i-never-caught -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Woman I Never Met -Duration: 2:36 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Day That Never Came -Duration: 3:22 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Puzzle I Never Solved -Duration: 3:20 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Treasure I Never Found -Duration: 2:28 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Voice I Never Heard -Duration: 2:43 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Country I Never Saw -Duration: 4:02 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: People I Never Knew -Duration: 3:26 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sigh I Never Breathed -Duration: 2:22 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Song I Never Played -Duration: 1:52 -Has URLs: no diff --git a/album/nuclears-explosion-1.txt b/album/nuclears-explosion-1.txt deleted file mode 100644 index fb25c591..00000000 --- a/album/nuclears-explosion-1.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,185 +0,0 @@ -Album: Nuclear's Explosion 1 -Artist: nuclear333 -Cover Art: nuclear333 -Has Track Art: no -Date: April 24, 2017 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: #b573a3 -Groups: -- nuclear333 -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/nuclears-explosion-1 -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - A bunch of unrelated songs I've made over the past half a year. Thanks for supporting me! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Little Birdy Told Me -Duration: 0:58 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/a-little-birdy-told-me -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Breakfast In Dead -Duration: 1:07 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/breakfast-in-dead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Common Cents -Duration: 1:00 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/common-cents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Josh Battle -Duration: 0:14 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/josh-battle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Phantasmic Foe -Directory: phantasmic-foe-nuclears-explosion -AKA: track:phantasmic-foe -Duration: 1:18 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/phantasmic-foe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Green Mansion [Original] -Track Art: bobthetacocat -Duration: 0:25 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/green-mansion-original -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Green Mansion [Difarem Arrangement] -Artist: Difarem -Track Art: bobthetacocat -Duration: 2:15 -References: Green Mansion [Original] -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/green-mansion-difarem-arrangement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Where's This? -Duration: 1:58 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/wheres-this -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Land of Jams and Japes -Duration: 1:23 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-jams-and-japes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Defuse a Bomb -Directory: defuse-a-bomb-nuclears-explosion -AKA: track:defuse-a-bomb -Duration: 1:22 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/defuse-a-bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stacked Cans -Duration: 1:09 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/stacked-cans -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Static Shockdown -Contributors: Pipko Fanfare (guitar) -Duration: 1:25 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/static-shockdown -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - Features some sick guitar by [Pipko Fanfare]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Four Leaves of Luck -Duration: 0:24 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/four-leaves-of-luck -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stacked Cans (No DVS Sax Version) -Duration: 1:09 -References: Stacked Cans -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/stacked-cans-no-dvs-sax-version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Main Theme - INHOSPITABLE -Track Art: nuclear333 -Duration: 0:59 -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - (2021.03.29) - Wait huh? - Oh wow, I have no idea how that happened. - That's fine though, go ahead. Maybe make a note in the form of commentary saying it's inaccurate. - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - Editor's note: The name is inaccurate. -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/main-theme-inhospitable -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sponsored Walk Home -Duration: 0:57 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/sponsored-walk-home -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Make Them Pay -Duration: 1:37 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/make-them-pay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Red Trail -Duration: 0:40 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/red-trail -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: is this what a rave sounds like -Duration: 0:18 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/is-this-what-a-rave-sounds-like -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Noble Anthem (One Instrument) -Duration: 1:06 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/a-noble-anthem-one-instrument -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Red Trail plus Green Mansion -References: Red Trail, Green Mansion [Original] -Duration: 0:26 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/red-trail-plus-green-mansion -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - An old version of Red Trail layered over an older version of Green Mansion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Troubled Seas -Track Art: nuclear333 -Duration: 0:29 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/troubled-seas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: We Have a Problem -Duration: 1:29 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/we-have-a-problem -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prying Time -Duration: 0:52 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/prying-time -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Metal Veins (Frank's Theme) -Duration: 0:48 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/metal-veins-franks-theme -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - Theme of Frank from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvW_S2qrMMQ">Frank</a>. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Giant's Lullaby (Victoria's Theme) -Duration: 0:55 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/a-giants-lullaby-victorias-theme -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - Theme of Victoria from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvW_S2qrMMQ">Frank</a>. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Point of Going Home -Directory: the-point-of-going-home-nuclears-explosion -AKA: track:the-point-of-going-home -Duration: 1:23 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/the-point-of-going-home diff --git a/album/oceanfalls-vol-1.txt b/album/oceanfalls-vol-1.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 76680d40..00000000 --- a/album/oceanfalls-vol-1.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,98 +0,0 @@ -Album: Oceanfalls Vol. 1 -Artist: nights -Cover Art: nights -Track Art: nights -Banner Art: nights -Banner Dimensions: 975x180 -Banner Style: - image-rendering: pixelated; - image-rendering: crisp-edges; -Date: May 17, 2017 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #f5d906 -Groups: -- Oceanfalls -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/album/oceanfalls-vol-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ---- In The Beginning ---- -Directory: in-the-beginning-oceanfalls -Duration: 2:53 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-beginning -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Yellow and Purple -Duration: 2:32 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/illusions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Illusions -Duration: 2:37 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/rosen-wings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rosen Wings -Duration: 1:38 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/rosen-wings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Secret Below -Duration: 1:54 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/secret-below -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Surge -Duration: 1:26 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/surge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: --- Amidst It All --- -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/amidst-it-all -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Iceshards -Duration: 1:29 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/iceshards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fiery Depths -Duration: 2:57 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/fiery-depths -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Performance -Duration: 1:33 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Brought This (Upon Yourself) -Duration: 2:56 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/brought-this-upon-yourself -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Right Hand -Duration: 1:39 -Art Tags: cw: blood -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/right-hand -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: --- Ending --- -Directory: ending-oceanfalls -Duration: 2:01 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/ending -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Firefly -Directory: firefly-oceanfalls -Duration: 1:31 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/firefly-bonus -Commentary: - <i>nights:</i> - I wasn't going to keep this one in, but i decided against it in the last minute. diff --git a/album/oceanfalls-vol-2.txt b/album/oceanfalls-vol-2.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 8948bfe9..00000000 --- a/album/oceanfalls-vol-2.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,259 +0,0 @@ -Album: Oceanfalls Vol. 2 -Cover Art: nights -Date: April 27, 2019 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #ca7150 -Groups: -- Oceanfalls -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/album/oceanfalls-vol-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Into the Forest -Artist: dbnet18 -Track Art: OpsCat -Duration: 2:10 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/into-the-forest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Wild Monster Appeared! -Artist: OpsCat -Track Art: none -Duration: 1:17 -References: Wild Battle -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/a-wild-monster-appeared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moongaze -Artist: TirantBacon -Track Art: Shadok -Duration: 3:03 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/moongaze -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Random Encounter -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: nights -Duration: 0:54 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/random-encounter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Deep Into the Dead Forest -Artist: Difarem -Track Art: Shadok -Duration: 1:43 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/deep-into-the-dead-forest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ghostdog, Good Boy -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: OpsCat -Duration: 3:28 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/ghostdog-good-boy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Long Ago -Artist: FrostyMac -Track Art: penelope -Duration: 3:34 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/long-ago -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Reminiscence -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:42 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/reminiscence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aria's House -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: none -Duration: 1:57 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/arias-house -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Arts and Crafts -Artist: OpsCat -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 1:18 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/arts-and-crafts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Monstertown -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: none -Duration: 1:18 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/monstertown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: No Horn No Cash No Service -Artist: OpsCat -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:24 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/no-horn-no-cash-no-service -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nothing But a Small Request -Artist: whimsi -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 1:36 -Art Tags: cw: blood -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/nothing-but-a-small-request -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystalline -Artist: Hadron -Track Art: Hadron -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/crystalline -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Encounter with Hostile Maids -Artist: Interrobang -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 0:35 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/encounter-with-hostile-maids -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dear Little Queen -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: Shadok -Duration: 3:20 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/dear-little-queen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Destiny Unfolds -Artist: FrostyMac -Track Art: Sozzay -Duration: 2:42 -Art Tags: cw: blood -References: Spider's Claw -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/destiny-unfolds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sovereign Domain -Artist: OpsCat -Track Art: ackro -Duration: 2:11 -References: -- track:megalovania-undertale -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/sovereign-domain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Remember You -Artist: Ost -Track Art: none -Duration: 1:38 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/remember-you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sage Chains -Artist: OpsCat -Track Art: Sozzay -Duration: 3:37 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/sage-chains -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Swaying Chains -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:38 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/swaying-chains -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In Another World -Artist: FrostyMac -Track Art: Shadok -Duration: 2:19 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/in-another-world -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Incompetent Trio -Artist: OpsCat -Track Art: OpsCat -Duration: 2:02 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/incompetent-trio -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Red and the Blue -Artist: Wheals -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:34 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/the-red-and-the-blue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bubbles in the Breeze -Artist: Zenith Nadir -Track Art: Whale -Duration: 5:07 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/bubbles-in-the-breeze -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snowfalls -Artist: Hadron -Track Art: Hadron -Duration: 3:18 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/snowfalls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Restful Wings -Artist: OpsCat -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 2:50 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/restful-wings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Fifth Flower -Artist: Ray Maiky -Track Art: none -Duration: 1:49 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/the-fifth-flower -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Left in a Forest -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 1:21 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/left-in-a-forest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Court of One Thousand and One Pawns -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: none -Duration: 1:36 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/court-of-one-thousand-and-one-pawns -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Atomic -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: nights -Duration: 2:15 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/atomic-bonus-track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Kiss of Death -Artist: keyboard cait -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 2:02 -Art Tags: cw: blood -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/kiss-of-death-bonus-track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Kotori With A Gun Fusion Collab -Artist: SplitSuns, yazshu -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 3:16 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/kotori-with-a-gun-fusion-collab-bonus-track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nuclear Winterfalls -Artist: Hadron -Track Art: Hadron -Duration: 1:51 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/nuclear-winterfalls diff --git a/album/oceanfalls-vol-3.txt b/album/oceanfalls-vol-3.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 68fce164..00000000 --- a/album/oceanfalls-vol-3.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,193 +0,0 @@ -Album: Oceanfalls Vol. 3 -Cover Art: nights -Date: October 11, 2020 -Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Color: #ebe0ff -Groups: -- Oceanfalls -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/album/oceanfalls-vol-3 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OCAUpSqkfs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Long Time Ago -Artist: Ray Maiky -Track Art: nights -Duration: 1:28 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/a-long-time-ago -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Cavern of Illusions -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: nights -Duration: 2:00 -Art Tags: -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/the-cavern-of-illusions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Warmistice -Artist: Hadron -Track Art: Hadron -Duration: 2:56 -Art Tags: -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/warmistice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rambling -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: nights -Duration: 1:43 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/rambling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snow Field -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: nights -Duration: 1:34 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/snow-field -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sea Patrol (Ocean Quarrel) -Artist: Hadron -Track Art: Hadron -Duration: 2:01 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/sea-patrol-ocean-quarrel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Best Boyfriend -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:24 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/best-boyfriend -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chased by Spirits -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:20 -Art Tags: -- cw: blood -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/chased-by-spirits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Adventure at Sea -Artist: OpsCat -Track Art: nights -Duration: 2:36 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/adventure-at-sea -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Galactic Princess Selene Opening 1 -Artist: Ray Maiky -Track Art: nights -Duration: 2:10 -References: -- Amen, Brother -- Your Best Nightmare -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/galactic-princess-selene-opening-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Far Away -Artist: FrostyMac -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:01 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/far-away -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Unfamiliar Territory -Artist: OpsCat -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:08 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/unfamiliar-territory -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cinders -Artist: Hadron -Track Art: Hadron -Duration: 2:36 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/cinders -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Raven Hood (Mei Appears) -Artist: keyboard cait -Track Art: nights -Duration: 1:48 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/raven-hood-mei-appears -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: XXXSelene -Artist: Ray Maiky -Track Art: nights -References: Rude Buster -Duration: 1:25 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/xxxselene -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Angry Cat OwO (Oceanfalls Version) -Artist: Ray Maiky -Track Art: nights -Duration: 0:59 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/angry-cat-owo-oceanfalls-version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Peaceful Pirates -Artist: Hadron -Track Art: Hadron -Duration: 3:10 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/peaceful-pirates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Onyx's Theme -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: nights -Duration: 2:31 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/onyxs-theme -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tale of Valkyries -Artist: OpsCat -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:47 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/tale-of-valkyries -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ytu Rendy -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Track Art: nights -Duration: 4:41 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/ytu-rendy -- https://soundcloud.com/friendly-coy/ytu-rendy -Commentary: - <i>Mathias Ramalhoy:</i> - (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/friendly-coy/ytu-rendy">SoundCloud</a>) - Track's name means "Light from the Waterfalls" in Guaraní. Ytu comes from "y" which is water, it means waterfall. Rendy refers turning on or light in this context. You can also be a funnyman and use the other meaning of Rendy which is saliva, pretty much what I intended "accidentally" lmao. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Galactic Princess Selene Battle Theme -Artist: Ray Maiky -Track Art: nights -Duration: 1:30 -References: Rude Buster, Galactic Princess Selene Opening 1 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/galactic-princess-selene-battle-theme -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Kaji's Theme -Artist: Ray Maiky -Track Art: nights -Duration: 2:33 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/kajis-theme -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sea Patrol (Ocean Calm) -Artist: Hadron -Track Art: Hadron -Duration: 2:19 -URLs: -- https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/track/sea-patrol-ocean-calm-bonus diff --git a/album/old-world.txt b/album/old-world.txt deleted file mode 100644 index cc428a5e..00000000 --- a/album/old-world.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -Album: Old World -Artist: nuclear333 -Cover Art: rintezukas -Has Track Art: no -Date: December 20, 2019 12:00:00 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: #cdb38e -Groups: -- nuclear333 -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/album/old-world-solo -Commentary: - <i>nuclear333:</i> - unfinished track from an upcoming album that might not be coming out - Art by my pal Mabel (rintezukas)! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Old World -Duration: 3:01 -URLs: -- https://nuclear333.bandcamp.com/track/old-world diff --git a/album/one-year-older.txt b/album/one-year-older.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b75dc264..00000000 --- a/album/one-year-older.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,328 +0,0 @@ -Album: One Year Older -Artist: Erik Scheele -Cover Art: Vivian Ng -Wallpaper Art: Homestuck, Quasar Nebula (edits for wiki) -Banner Art: Homestuck, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x200 -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.7; - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto; - filter: hue-rotate(210deg); -Date: August 15, 2012 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #00aaff -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- John's dad -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/album/one-year-older -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFa4xghnUpmCxz8AtEk-ewlI -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - <center><small>okay first things first</small><br>I<br>MADE THIS<br><big>FOR YOU</big></center> - Yes you. The one sitting at their computer or phone or other gadget, you the one who's doing their hair or putting on flair like you just don't care, you the one sitting at a desk or laying in a bed or even hiding from the cops, I don't really care, this was made for you. It's been worked on over a long period of time (technically almost two years!), it's been delayed and pushed back, it was actually not even going to come out for a while, but here it is. And I'm incredibly thankful that you, whoever you are and whatever your interest, are spending the time to listen to this music. - So what is this, then? Well, back when the Homestuck music team was all jumping on the concept of "solo albums", I said to myself, hum, why not do one? The original concept was incredibly vague, because I'm not a very imaginative person most of the time, an album for John Egbert that used piano in most every track to some degree. And after a few tracks were made, a more specific idea began to emerge, that of an album sequentially examined moments in his journey through SBURB, music for key points or just for scenes. I even graphed the entire (known) timeline out on a giant piece of paper and plotted it all out. It's turned out to be far more ambitious and broad of a goal than I'd originally planned for, especially with how "key events known" slowly eclipsed "key events to unfold" over time, but I feel confident enough about how this album has turned out that I'm not too worried. And if anything, that means more music has come to you. - Now, before I start rambling at length about the music in here, I've got to toss out a few "thank you"s to people. - First, to all the artists that helped out with the track art. The stuff that they've all given me is just incredible, and if you ever ask me what my favorite part of this album is I would defiitely say "the art". I may be biased. There's full versions of all the album art with the album itself, and I'd highly encourage you to give it a look-over and see what else these talented people have put out. - Second, to the other people in the music team, who've helped me go from "some guy who uses famitracker and an awful microphone" to "somewhat of an okay digital musician". I'm thankful for every bit of critiquing I've gotten, too, even if I can be really stubborn about it. And all the bros I know in there, if I could meet everyone in person there would be endless fistbumps. You guys rock. - Third, to all the friends and people I've met over the years, through Homestuck and otherwise, that've been great to hang out with and chill with and just talk about stupid random things with. - Fourth, to my family for always being around, and for....well, being family. Keeping me alive and healthy and stuff and keeping me from completely failing in this "life" thing. - And lastly to Andrew Hussie for creating Homestuck, making the really crazy decision to bring me onto the team in the first place, and for giving me the opportunity to both make an album and just make music for him in the first place. I don't know how little I would've composed if I didn't have Homestuck pushing along, both giving me a reason to write and things to write about. - Alright! Now that all that before-album talk is done with, it's time to get into the album proper. I hope you, out there, enjoy this album, and I'll see you on the flipside. - <i>Signed, Erik "Jit" Scheele</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sunrise -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 3:20 -References: track:light-vol5 -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/sunrise -- https://youtu.be/AmW_GOMIimo -Commentary: - <i>Eric Scheele:</i> - So, where else to start this off but the beginning? And by beginning, I mean "the morning of 4/13/09, John's birthday and the beginning of it all". So I wanted to take time with this piece, and create a sort of smooth, shifting landscape, illustrating the sun rising over John's neighborhood before he wakes up. This was mainly achieved by intersparsing little melodic hits on instruments with each other, building up and fading out in turn. The opening from a rather old tune of mine, "Light" from Volume 5, also makes an appearance in here to further the overall effect. - I imagine, if this piece were performed live, it would do best with all the instrumentalists scattered to some degree. And I usually hate that gimmick, but it could work well in this context. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: October -Track Art: Hanni Brosh -Duration: 5:12 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/october -- https://youtu.be/wh0vuVouIG4 -Commentary: - <i>Eric Scheele:</i> - Now to completely break away from the previous track, we move into a peppy, small ensemble piece. This one just started out because I wanted a tight ensemble to play something together, something sort of bouncy and light. Before that, I'd been making a lot of pieces that felt unnecessarily large, sticking in instruments for just one little section and not using them the rest of the time, so something lighter with more emphasis on individual parts seemed like a great idea. I had no idea what to call it, though, and it didn't really seem to have much context in terms of the album either, until I was looking through the 2010 calendar that the art team made, and came across the October artwork. Immediately it was like, that was it, the piece both fit the "kids and fun" aesthetic that lasted a while in the beginning, and the artwork fit too, so it achieved purpose and title both at the same time. - Instrumentally it fit too, it had piano and bass and bitcrushed drums that sounded somewhat like beatboxing, which were three out of the four instruments the original kids used. There's definitely a discrepancy with using synth vs. violin, though. Before anyone asks, I definitely spent time trying to fandangle string patches into it, but it just didn't work. So you can imagine Rose playing an electric violin, that's what I do. (I don't know if electric violins can function like that string players please don't strangle me thank you) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Firefly Cloud -Track Art: Nic Carey -Duration: 4:04 -References: -- track:doctor -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/firefly-cloud -- https://youtu.be/Y3u8E918EwM -Commentary: - <i>Eric Scheele:</i> - So after a quick burst of events and some luck, John finds himself in LOWAS, the Land of Wind and Shade. Everything's dark, except for the stars above, but as we found out, they were really fireflies trapped in the clouds. This was one of the concepts I latched onto rather hard with this piece, the mass of sparkling and blinking above John as he traipsed about. I've been lucky enough to live in a more rural area for most of my life, and being able to watch the stars was always great, so I could only ever imagine what LOWAS's clouds looked like. - Anyway. I kept the sparkling mainly to the piano, higher register work with some delay making a nice twinkling effect. I'd also just gotten some wonderful "piano in an attic for 80 years" samples, which came with a large variety of inner-piano works, like tapping or heavy strokes of the strings, and I sprinkled those rather liberally in places to try and get the effect of thunder. (After all, what sort of lightning storms could a firefly cloud have, anyway?) - And of course, there's one or two Doctor quotes in there just because. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: FantasyP -Track Art: Kaymurph -Duration: 3:52 -References: Penumbra Phantasm -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/fantasyp -- https://youtu.be/4Px7Yn9oIoM -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - This is definitely one of the older tracks on the record, a cover of Penumbra Phantasm by Toby Fox aka Radiation. At the time of writing this, that track still hasn't been released, but that didn't stop me from making a cover of it. And then re-making that cover, since the first one was kind of crap. - Not really a whole lot of deep thought or anything with this, I just thought the melody sounded cool and it could work for a sort of high-energy swooping-around sort of thing. And then later, I associated it with John's jetpack flight after he gets warned off from dying to his planet's Denizen, so that's what it became. - On a completely random note this piece always makes me want to go out running, and I have done so to this piece a few times. If I could do flips and parkour and stuff I'd totally be doing that too cause it works really well. Maybe gunfights too. Alright let's move on to the next piece. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Underfoot -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 3:05 -Art Tags: -- Jade -- cw: corpse -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/underfoot -- https://youtu.be/FO_x-VgcYAc -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - The first of two completely-solo-piano pieces on here, this piece was a small idea that I had one night, that I sat on and worked into a rough piece right then and there even though I was supposed to be recording parts of the [[album:sburb|Sburb]] album at the time. And a little later, I was fortunate enough to get a good recording of it before heading home for the summer. - The piece itself is meant to go along with John discovering Jade's dead dreamself, after waking up on Skaia for the first time. I know a lot of people associate [[Sarabande]], from Volume 5, with that event, or at least with John reading Jade's letter, but I couldn't help but want to at least touch on it while going through his timeline. Originally I'd stuck this before John even entered the Medium, but that didn't really have any moment tacked on with it, and it made much more sense here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flying Car -Track Art: njeekyo -Duration: 3:09 -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/flying-car -- https://youtu.be/lKH9ByKgnfs -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - A little later, and John's achieved God Tier (near-invincibility) and is blasting around Skaia (central planet hub) with one of the game pieces (who was later called the Wayward Vagabond but is equivalent to a pawn in chess), using his powers to make a car (he took from his dad's wallet) fly around. - That's kind of a confusing explanation, I'm sure! Basically all you need to know is that there's a car that can fly and it's flying. Like pchooo flying. It's awesome. - For the piece, I went with this old idea I had a few years back in college, a 13/8 double-piano piece. Seeing as I'm not two piano players, though, I wanted to orchestrate it out a bit, so I put some brighter instruments to double the melody, over top of the original riff, and beefed it up with some light strings and drums. A few other instruments come in later as the piece developed, but like [[October]], I tried to keep it all to a small group and not let the orchestration explode. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cancerous Core -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 3:30 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/cancerous-core -- https://youtu.be/hQcYa03LOkQ -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - The descent into Skaia and the exploration of its interior, I feel, went by too quick. It might just be because the Tomb Raider series was a favorite while growing up, but I've always loved old, unexplored ruins, arcane or mystical elements hinted at with wall carvings or murals, that sort of thing. And Skaia, being the center of a sort of central planet to everything in Sburb, could be chock-full of old buildings and mystical secrets to explore. - So, to try and accompany the general air of mystery and exploration that would have gone with a long journey into the center of Skaia, I took an old idea in Locrian mode. If you're a music person, Locrian is when you take a major scale, but start it on the last note. It's a rather off-kilter scale, and it can't ever really resolve to the tonic chord like most other scales can, which made it rather suited to a piece about the sort of strange secrets and landscapes that could be hidden in the center of Skaia. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Game Over -Track Art: Sarah Fu -Duration: 3:42 -Art Tags: -- John -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/game-over -- https://youtu.be/II2Fgetf2So -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - This is most likely the first piece that was ever made and put into this album. It might even be from before I started on the album, I'm not sure. At any rate, when John was stabbed and "died" (god tier characters can only truly die from a Just or Heroic death), he stayed dead for a few minutes. And for those few minutes, I imagined that he came to a sort of Game Over screen, or, if you were playing a video game of Homestuck, you would come to a Game Over screen. From there, you could either continue or give up, which is a pretty staple part of game over screens, I think. - At any rate, the music I went for was to just go along with that, a peaceful song for his demise before he came back. It feels kind of morbid, but since the concept of death has kind of gone out the window and back again in Homestuck, it's hardly as morbid as it could be. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Unlabeled -Track Art: Vivian Ng -Duration: 2:36 -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -- Karkat -- Aradia -- Tavros -- Sollux -- Nepeta -- Kanaya -- Terezi -- Vriska -- Equius -- Gamzee -- Eridan -- Feferi -- John's dad -- Lil Cal -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/unlabeled -- https://youtu.be/xVuZ5DGLsNk -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - This is the second of the solo piano pieces on this album, at least in the main tracks, and a really late release as well, given that it first appeared in the comic some time around a year ago. I've held it back from getting released just so it could go on this record, so I'm glad it could finally go out. - This is also the only piece on the album that doesn't have a specific event to go along with it. Instead, I went for where it appeared in the comic when placing it, and see it as more of a small interlude. The intermission between Act 1 and Act 2 of a musical, if you will. The art is meant to go along with this as well, a sort of non-canon get-together of the first set of trolls and kids we know, and I can imagine them playing this record while they chill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Shrapnel -Track Art: Amethyst Barron -Duration: 4:13 -References: -- track:ruins -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- Crystalanthemums -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- cw: body horror (abstract) -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/skiain-shrapnel -- https://youtu.be/NbWTEFgpxRg -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - The lights go down, everyone finds their way back into their seats, and we're off. - This piece marks the beginning of my writing into "events that have not yet occurred". At the time, the scratched copy of Sburb was just starting to show some real-world effects by making the "game" (aka our viewing experience as an audience) glitch up. So, I set about making some heavier action music for it, incorporating heavy use of weird, messed-up glitching sounds and a few heavy-handed uses of numerical motifs. I also brought in Ruins, one of the first piano pieces I ever recorded, the latter section of Wakl-Stab-Walk, and Crystalanthemums. - Overall, in my opinion at least, the piece turned out a little strange, a little awkward, and not really nice, but really that works just fine for me. Everything was really going for the characters at the time, after all. People were getting hunted down, friends were turning on each other, nobody in the fandom really knew who was going to be next. Was this person? Or this person? Were you next? It all led to a heavy air of unease that sort of manifested itself in the odd piano riff and distorted drums that were used, and all the heavy glitching that led us up to... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Scratch -Track Art: Brian Griv -Duration: 7:34 -Art Tags: -- John -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/the-scratch -- https://youtu.be/5UrMv4IQclk -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - Aka "the big reset button for the universe". It was hinted at for ages in the comic, and finally happened at some point after this piece was made. It also served as the inspiration for a project that my third-year piano studio did. - In the comic, this event was basically a way to reset the universe, everything inside it, and recreate it in a different way, one that would make the game winnable. So, in my head, a mass de-compilation of everything, like a massive maelstrom building as bits of data are pulled apart. A black hole, in other words, but arcing out in waves of energy ilke lightning. Mother Nature ain't got crap on this beast. - The piece started out as extreme laziness on my aprt, just idle playing around with various distortion on synths and samples, until the school project came up and wanted results fast. So I threw some things together until they formed the opening, and took a very lax approach to the piano part, a sort of "here's a riff, now play around with it, there's your part" with a drum loop over top. Thankfully my laziness didn't extend to the whole thing, and it all got more polished up and developed over time. It still keeps the "improvised piano part based off one riff" idea, though. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Respit -Track Art: K -Duration: 2:33 -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/respit -- https://youtu.be/9eSnvqGpzj8 -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - To separate the big glitched-up waves from the final battle and rest up ahead, I wanted to stick something right in the middle just to give the listener a break. And, in some games I've played, there's a sort of resting area before the final boss, or a small break to prepare yourself before the last battle. This is what spawned Respit, the idea of a light and airy, calming piece. I was also pretty reminded of Kingdom Heart's usage of the "resting area" trope, which was a small chamber with several large crystals around. So, I went with the idea of a large, reflective area, someplace in the dream bubbles perhaps, where the heroes could rest and reflect. - This is another one of those tracks, too, that tried to predict a future event but was overtaken as time went on. The concept of the dream bubbles and the long voyage John took fit my original idea well enough, though, so that's what the piece molded itself into being. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Negastrife -Track Art: Amethyst Barron -Duration: 6:29 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Cascade (Beta) -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Lord English -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/negastrife -- https://youtu.be/e5LP87QF9p0 -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - And now that everyone is prepared....it's time for the final fight. - This track, like the album, was perhaps a bit ambitious to try, a final boss fight with the biggest baddest dudes around, but I made it anyway. It pulls from Showtime, the original strife music, and also (ironically enough) from an idea I had when I was around 11 and wanted to make something spooky for Halloween. Let me tell you, it worked way better in this context than my original plan. - So seeing as this is the final boss fight, there wasn't really any reason to hold back while adding in instruments and layers. To this day, it's definitely the largest piece I've made in instrumentation, and also the first to make me render everything out into separate files because my computer just couldn't handle it. Suffice to say, it's a pretty large piece, for a pretty large fight. There's a rather intentional and large nod to the aesthetic in [[Rex Duodecim Angelus]] by Malcolm Brown as well, since his piece was about the trolls' final fight with the Black King at the end of their session. - And at the end, there's a little victory music to pass through and segue into the last piece... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mother -Contributors: Robert J! Lake (additional beats) -Track Art: Louise L. -Duration: 5:03 -References: -- Mother (Piano) -- track:skies-of-skaia -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/mother -- https://youtu.be/jw2hUg_32PQ -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - Way back, before I was even on the team and before I thought I even belonged on the team, I recorded a simple piano refrain. First thing I'd ever recorded, too, and I want to say it was done a few months after Homestuck had started. In my head, it fit in as a possible refrain for one of the characters, and the idea always stuck in my head that it could also work as a piece for the very ending for Homestuck, a sort of "all is well" refrain. After two years, I was finally able to make something like what I was thinking and put it in the right context. - Like the [[Homestuck Anthem]], I went with using the four kids' instruments: piano, strings, drums/percussion, and bass, and stuck mainly with those. I also got some help by Mr. Lake of Awesome Beats Inc. who was way better at beats than I am, and he made it way better too. Big props to him. - With the new universe and many new characters being explored, this piece might not work for "the end of Homestuck" anymore, but if anything, I see it as a sort of moving forward. John's journey on that one day, when he turned 13, matured both him and his friends. Like many others, he took the hero's journey, and grew as a result of it, and so this piece could very well fit him leaving his universe and going on to the next, bringing his experiences and knowledge with him, just as well as it could fit him moving past Sburb to whatever adventures lie ahead. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Another Chance -Artist: Eston Schweickart -Track Art: dapperpixel -Duration: 5:01 -References: Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -Art Tags: -- John -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/another-chance-bonus -- https://youtu.be/gfw3ALlYnmY -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - BONUS TRACK TIME! But since I didn't make this one, I'm not going to talk over it, I'm going to turn this over to Eston for his commentary. So here's Eston: - <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> - - Like most of this album, it was made over a year before release - - Sound sources include the "stab" sound from Walk-Stab-Walk and a burnt-out lightbulb - - Jit is an amazingly talented musician and a spectacular pianist, but he will never admit it nor accept it - - I spent longer writing and producing this piece than any other finished song I've worked on (~5 months) - - I took cues from Jit's style of orchestral instruments accompanying synths reminiscent of chiptunes, and though it is largely a re-imagining of Walk-Stab-Walk, I included subtle tips of the hat to his other early works - - Yes good that sounded sufficiently pretentious - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - Eston is the coolest of bros and makes sick music. But in a good way, not like sick with the flu or whatever. If you want to check out more of his stuff, and you should, you can visit his blog at <a href="https://siasinsilence.tumblr.com/">siasinsilence.tumblr.com</a>. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Under The Hat -Track Art: none -Duration: 3:27 -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-hat-bonus -- https://youtu.be/tBfUV056rjo -References: -- track:under-the-hat-lofam -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - Also known as [[Trollcops]], this is a rather old idea that I once had for a Dad strife theme. I mean, all the kids had fight music, why not him? Anyway, between a chiptune variant I started and Trollcops, it's had a bit of a journey, but when it turned out alright on piano too, I didn't see any reason not to record a few takes. - Let me just put this out here, I'm not a jazz pianist at all, nor is this really jazz. Not very complicated jazz, at any rate. I know there's way better jazz playing out there, and probably quite a few pianists that'll be wondering why some pianist douchebag thinks he can play jazz, well rest assured, I'm not claiming I'm amazing at all. - Of course, not being able to play something magnificently and to the best form of the genre didn't really stop me from playing around with this piece. So I did. - I also think it would fit in during the first Intermission, with all the under-the-hat chicanery and stabbings that went on. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mother (Piano) -Track Art: none -Duration: 3:07 -URLs: -- https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/track/mother-piano-bonus -- https://youtu.be/utXsOEmFVds -Commentary: - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - This is the original recording that [[Mother]] came from, made years back when I thought the only way to avoid clipping while recording was to play the softest I possibly could. I stressed out for ages to get it sounding just right, too, and after two years or however long it's been, it's still not perfect but it's pretty close. - If you've been reading this along with the tracks, then this means you've reached the end. You can either put the entire album on repeat and let it loop back to the beginning, or you can stop it here if you'd like. But in any case this means you're done reading this pdf for now, so I'll say goodbye now. - And of course, thanks for listening to this album, and supporting both me and the comic in whatever way you have. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: 2019 release -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: it's good to see you again -Track Art: none -Duration: 1:45 -Has URLs: no -Original Date: October 29, 2019 -Commentary: - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - (This is an unlisted bonus track, part of the free album download on Erik Scheele's <a href="https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/album/one-year-older">independent re-release of <i>One Year Older</i></a> shortly after most solo albums were removed from the official Homestuck bandcamp.) diff --git a/album/p-s.txt b/album/p-s.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 5f159ccc..00000000 --- a/album/p-s.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,261 +0,0 @@ -Album: P[S] -Directory: p-s -Cover Art: Seth Massey, climeade -Wallpaper Art: Robert J! Lake -Banner Art: Robert J! Lake -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.8; -Date: June 13, 2018 -Date Added: July 24, 2020 -Color: #bbc0a8 -Has Track Art: no -Groups: -- Casual Sunday -- Fandom -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/album/p-s -Art Tags: -- WQ -Commentary: - <i>Casual Sunday:</i> - a love letter to homestuck - album organised by veritas unae<br>album mastered by marcy nabors<br>album commentary booklet by circlejourney<br>cover art by slog and climeade - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - this is an independent release from the band <a href="http://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/">Casual Sunday</a>! - please support the group by purchasing the album - it comes with a commentary booklet i don't intend to transcribe here. - <3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: First Steps -Artist: David Ellis -Duration: 1:28 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/first-steps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Back to Life -Artist: David Ellis -Contributors: Clouds Haberberg (vocals), Adam Beveridge (trumpet) -Duration: 7:31 -References: Cyan Beast -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/back-to-life -Lyrics: - Home, in this game we play<br>Stunned, then whisked away<br>Staring out into a nightmare - Stuck years in the past<br>I stepped through the looking glass<br>And descended to an empty world. - Breaking through from the ground<br>Is there still hope<br>Waiting here to be freed<br>Can this world be restored, will it rise up<br>If I planted the seeds<br>Could I bring it back to life? - Those that died, they left behind<br>Cryptic writings to explain<Br>Four heroes once were promised<br>Too late, these tablets and fossils<br>All that remains - Breaking through from the ground<br>Is there still hope<br>Waiting here to be freed<br>Can this world be restored, will it rise up<br>If I planted the seeds<br>Could I bring it back to life? - We will flood the sky<br>With unearthly light<br>But if every lantern dies<br>Do we all fall down? - Just a wish to sow<br>So I carved our hope<br>Filled it up<br>Then let it go - In a world lighter than air<br>Could a dream that’s lost be healed?<br>The hope I held beside me<br>Took flight as I entered this wasteland<br>Daylight revealed - Buried under the ground<br>Is there no hope<br>Waiting here to be freed?<br>Like this world we’ll be dead<br>Will we rise up<br>If I planted the seeds... - When I fall back to sleep and I’m dreaming<br>I’ll look up to the clouds<br>If it’s out there to see, to believe in<br>There’s no reason to doubt - Step out into the world<br>We're not homestuck<br>Take the chance to be free<br>‘Cause this land can’t be dead<br>We will rise up<br>So I planted the seeds<br>And I’ll bring it back to life. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A World Awake -Artist: David Ellis -Duration: 7:17 -References: Cyan Beast -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/a-world-awake -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blue Blood Group -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 3:06 -References: Spider's Claw, Horschestra -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/blue-blood-group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bro Hop -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 3:08 -References: -- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/bro-hop -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wily Espionage -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Duration: 3:49 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/wily-espionage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Apexhalation -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 4:44 -References: -- Historia Crux -- track:ballad-of-awakening -- Lifdoff -- track:doctor -- track:showtime-original-mix -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/apexhalation -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Couldn't end my run on Homestuck without doing one last John/Showtime track! It's an orchestral smorgasbord of Ballad of Awakening, Lifdoff, Showtime and probably something else I've forgotten. Also makes use of Shepard Tones in the middle to give the impression of a constantly rising melody, (or just to sound annoying) - Didn't quite make the Volume 10 cut, but presented here for your enjoyment! :D - Alternative name: "Shave and a Heircut" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Metro -Artist: Veritas Unae -Duration: 3:16 -Contributors: -- Joe Teague (drums) -- Erik Scheele (piano) -- Timothy Reed (trumpet) -- stellamorphine (alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone) -- Joe Morley (trombone) -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- Rosanna -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-metro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaianet 2.0 -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:40 -References: Skaianet -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/skaianet-20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Whiteout -Artist: David Dycus -Duration: 4:24 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/whiteout -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Requiem for Something Really Excellent -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 3:14 -References: -- Requiem for Something Really Excellent (Demo) -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/requiem-for-something-really-excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Atoms in the Snow -Artist: David Ellis -Duration: 1:07 -References: Blue Atom -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/atoms-in-the-snow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Web Weaver -Artist: Seth Massey -Duration: 3:10 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/web-weaver -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: We Shall Not Cease From Exploration -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 2:25 -References: -- track:explore -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/we-shall-not-cease-from-exploration -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The New Crew -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Duration: 3:50 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/the-new-crew -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heir of Grief 8-bit -Artist: Tensei -Duration: 3:33 -References: Heir of Grief -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/heir-of-grief-8-bit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: [S]ynchronize -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 5:19 -References: -- Unite Synchronization -- Lifdoff -- track:doctor -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/s-ynchronise -Lyrics: - I’m still wondering,<br>Where to go now,<br>We have seen the highest peak but there was nothing there, no truth, and how<br>I’m wandering,<br>Through all these places,<br>Lands of Little Cubes & Tea, of Wind and Shade, these null spaces. - I’ve stared at the stars, how they shine verdant dreams,<br>I’ve looked through the void, seen it crack at the seams,<br>I fought every challenge, these Devils and Gods,<br>They won’t know what hit them! - ([S]ynchronize) With every BREATH resounding,<br>([S]ynchronize) We’ll see the LIGHT astounding,<br>([S]ynchronize) TIME keeps our heartbeat pounding,<br>([S]ynchronize) Now witness SPACE surrounding! - I’m still wandering,<br>In this Cascade,<br>See this Universe we made, will you remem8er me?<br>These games we played?<br>Our plundering;<br>Boonbucks and Grist,<br>Prospit and Derse,<br>In the end we gave them everything, our final verse. - I’ve sang with the muses, dead timelines denied,<br>I’ve hunted the wolf and seen planets Collide,<br>I’ve witnessed the end of these Gods and their Tiers,<br>And no one could save them... - ([S]ynchronize) See this new LIFE we’re founding,<br>([S]ynchronize) Now with the VOID confounding,<br>([S]ynchronize) It’s all our HEARTs still sounding,<br>([S]ynchronize) Infinite HOPE abounding! - Showtime! - [Instrumental] - [Bridge: Her Imperilous Constatation] - ([S]ynchronize) With every BREATH resounding,<br>([S]ynchronize) We’ll see the LIGHT astounding,<br>([S]ynchronize) TIME keeps our heartbeat pounding,<br>([S]ynchronize) Now witness SPACE surrounding! - ([S]ynchronize) With every BREATH resounding,<br>([S]ynchronize) We’ll see the LIGHT astounding,<br>([S]ynchronize) TIME keeps our heartbeat pounding,<br>([S]ynchronize) Now witness SPACE surrounding! - This will be the end!<br>Come with me and we’ll Ascend!<br>Solving puzzles Universal,<br>In our Sburban Reversal!<br>All these Ruins we Explore,<br>Could it be there’s something more?<br>Pester me, I’m not alone,<br>I’m just Stuck inside my Home! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bane -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 6:06 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/bane -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Interstellar -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Duration: 3:43 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/interstellar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bronze Brawling -Artist: Max Wright -Duration: 2:44 -References: Dapper Dueling -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/bronze-brawling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Infinity's Lament -Artist: Veritas Unae -Duration: 6:39 -References: -- Thunderhead -- English -- Black Hole / Green Sun -- Glide -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:ruins -- Penumbra Phantasm -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/infinitys-lament -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Farewell to Arms -Artist: Catboss -Duration: 4:36 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -- Homestuck Anthem -- Theme -- Crystalanthemums -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -- Eden -- Courser -- Infinity Mechanism -- track:sburban-jungle -- Another Jungle -- track:frost-vol6 -- Heir Conditioning -- track:endless-climb -- track:dissension-original -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- track:ohgodwhat -- Sarabande -- track:ballad-of-awakening -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/a-farewell-to-arms -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moving On -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 14:30 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/moving-on -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: [S]ynchronize (Instrumental) -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 5:22 -References: -- [S]ynchronize -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-s-ynchronise-instrumental -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Myststuck Suite (Full Version) -Artist: David Ellis -Contributors: Clouds Haberberg (vocals), Adam Beveridge (trumpet) -Duration: 16:13 -References: -- First Steps -- Back to Life -- A World Awake -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-myststuck-suite-full-version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Requiem for Something Really Excellent (Demo) -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 1:45 -References: -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-requiem-for-something-really-excellent-demo diff --git a/album/perfectly-generic-album.txt b/album/perfectly-generic-album.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 781dd696..00000000 --- a/album/perfectly-generic-album.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,120 +0,0 @@ -Album: Perfectly Generic Album -Artist: Cristata -Date: November 10, 2019 -Date Added: May 25, 2020 -Cover Art: Cristata -Has Track Art: no -Color: #1cb611 -Groups: -- Cristata -- Fandom -Art Tags: -- John -- Dave -- Roxy -- Aradia -- Karkat -- Kanaya -- Terezi -- Vriska -- Gamzee -- Meenah -- Becquerel -- Scalemates -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - Thank you to the original Homestuck Music Team for inspiring me, and to all the folks in the fandom who wont stop making fan content. You all rock and drive me to make my very best work. Never stop. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: New and Improved -Duration: 1:31 -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - New And Improved Webcomic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Healing June -Duration: 3:08 -References: -- track:doctor -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moondancer -Duration: 6:01 -References: Moonsetter -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - Moonsetter still makes me cry every time I listen to it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Perfectly Generic -Duration: 2:36 -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - Perfectly.... generic! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nepeta Plays Kingdom Hearts and Loses her Shit Over Lion King Sora -Duration: 3:20 -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - This was made as a joke to annoy a friend but I ended up enjoying it instead, so now you all get to listen to it too. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: NEBULAMPHIBIAN -Duration: 3:07 -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - Frog time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Quartz and Melody -Duration: 2:52 -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - You ever think about how cool the trolls' lands were? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Thought and Flow -Duration: 3:46 -Directory: thought-and-flow-pga -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - Because I do! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gaster's Theme -Duration: 3:53 -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - Listen, if you didn't think I would shoehorn Gaster into this album somehow, you were incredibly, horribly wrong. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Another Noir (Extended Void Mix) -Duration: 5:48 -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - Another Noir patch notes - + 50% more dance-able<br>+ Added more [REDACTED]<br>- Removed Herobrine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Megalo in Death // ʞɔɐq ǝʞᴉɹʇS ɥʇɐǝp -Duration: 4:20 -Directory: megalo-in-death -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - I promised I'd get a megalo on this album. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Welcome to Your New Suburban Reality -Duration: 5:21 -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - Acts 1-3 were really good, actually. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Eternally You -Duration: 5:22 -Has URLs: no -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - See ya next time! diff --git a/album/perfectly-generic-object.txt b/album/perfectly-generic-object.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 965f9ba9..00000000 --- a/album/perfectly-generic-object.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -Album: Perfectly Generic Object -Artist: Cristata -Date: November 10, 2020 -Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Cover Art: Cristata -Has Track Art: no -Color: #59f669 -Groups: -- Cristata -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/perfectly-generic-object -Commentary: - <i>Cristata:</i> - Time may pass, things may end, and people may move on but the memories and your heart are still there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Perfectly Generic Object -References: Perfectly Generic -Duration: 2:56 -URLs: -- https://smoothiefruitee.bandcamp.com/track/perfectly-generic-object diff --git a/album/prospit-and-derse.txt b/album/prospit-and-derse.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c062fb77..00000000 --- a/album/prospit-and-derse.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,239 +0,0 @@ -Album: Prospit & Derse -Artist: Solatrus -Cover Art: Lexxy, Molly Gur -Date: August 22, 2011 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #cc44cc -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://music.solatrus.com/album/prospit-derse -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9E0E46E420487203 -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - The twins of Skaia, locked in combat's hold<br>One a shadow of fate, one a heart of gold. - Watch as we see the children who dream,<br>Of worlds so unlike anything we've seen. - Now, listen to the sound that has been rehearsed.<br>The sound of dreams... of Prospit and Derse. -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <b>Propsit & Derse 1 Year Anniversary Commentary</b> - It’s really insane that it’s been one year since this album came out. And what’s even more remarkable is how much I’ve improved as a musician since then. But let’s turn the clock back and I’ll tell you the story of how it all started. - This whole thing is going to be done in the order of how I created the album, which was Derse and then Prospit, but not precisely in that order. - <b>Where It All Began</b> - It wasn’t too long after Volume 6 was released that I started debating a solo album. I knew that I enjoyed contrasts, but I really loved ethereal sounds. I had actually considered doing a Medium album, but Clark beat me to it. However, Prospit & Derse had already been started before Medium was out. - So where did the album’s concept come from? Well, a conversation I had with Lexxy, actually! We were brainstorming ideas and we got into talking about the moons, and then the idea sunk in for me to do a solo album, which was actually called Derse/Prospit (yes, slash included). - Pretty cool, huh? And Lexxy helped with the album cover, which is really great. - But anyway, I eventually started working on some of the music. I knew Prospit was going to be a struggle for me, because I had never written any proper orchestral music at the time. And the first song I created was <a href="https://soundcloud.com/solatrus/apathy-empathy-wip-2">this</a>, albeit it was in drum and bass and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/solatrus/apathy-empathy-wip">not nearly</a> as polished sounding. - But I really didn’t like the direction, so I ended up scrapping it and trying to figure out how to start over. And then Medium was released and I was incredibly inspired and remembered how great atmospheric music is. Clark Powell single-handedly saved this album from being killed before it even got anywhere. - And that’s when I created Darkened Streets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hallowed Halls -Track Art: Bea -Duration: 3:35 -URLs: -- https://music.solatrus.com/track/hallowed-halls -- https://youtu.be/ImNmotu8-pU -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Hm, I haven’t thought much about Prospit & Derse since its release, actually, but, here goes. - As you can probably tell, the two halves of the album have some parallels, especially in the first two songs: e.g., Hallowed Halls is to Darkened Streets as Golden Towers is to Obsidian Towers. I originally wrote Darkened Streets, but I really wanted to take the melody and progression used in it and apply it to a brassy fanfare. That’s ultimately what Hallowed Halls came to be. Honestly, if it wasn’t for Mark helping me name the song, I probably wouldn’t’ve had the right image in my head for the new arrangement. - And Nick Smalley helped me out with those french horns, making them sound halfway decent. - Not really much else other than this song and Core of Darkness are without a doubt the best two on the album. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - The opener for Prospit & Derse, at least, in the album’s final lineup. This was actually track #5 for the longest period of time, but I realized just before release that Prospit had a stronger opening track and Derse had a stronger closing track. - This was a really fun song to create, and definitely helped set the example of how I wanted to approach Prospit for awhile. Hilariously, if you listen to how the album’s set up, there’s actually 4 sets of songs. Hallowed Halls and The Golden Towers have a lot of similar instruments, and are both designed as parallels to Darkened Streets and The Obsidian Towers, which also have a similar set of instruments. I ended up veering off into totally unique territory for each half’s Dreamers, and ended up continuing in those new directions for the 4th tracks. - A big thanks to Nick and Mark for helping me get this particular track started. Mark gave me some good ideas (as well as naming this song) for how to put together some of the melodic lines. Nick came along and pointed out how I should use the French Horns. So this track is almost completely why the two of them have special thanks credits on this album. - In retrospect, the song feels like it’s a bit empty. For being what’s supposed to be the Royal Palace of Prospit, the impact just isn’t there, neither melodically nor atmospherically. It’s not a bad song, but it just barely misses the mark that it deserved to hit. - However, I absolutely adored the art Bea did for this piece, and, well, .. hey wait the art up there is different than it used to be! Yup. Bea decided to update the art for Hallowed Halls, and she did and even better job than before. Oh, and here’s the fun part on this: I had no idea she actually was doing this until a few days ago, and she forgot that the anniversary was yesterday! Anyway, here’s what she had to say: - (<i>Bea:</i>) - "contributing to homestuck, a webcomic thats given me so many opportunities, friends and good memories is a great honor, especially to be involved in an album as conceptually compelling and well executed as the prospit and derse album. i thank solatrus for the opportunity to be a part of his creation and everyone who helped me give back to something that has influenced my life immensely." - Thanks for helping me out, Bea. And keep up the good work. - I have to say I’m pleased overall with this song, but, like any artist, it’s difficult to look back at my works. They never seem completed. Especially the Prospit half for me. - (<i>original track art</i>) - <img src="media/misc/hallowed-halls-old.jpg" width="700" height="700"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Golden Towers -Track Art: Pride -Duration: 3:22 -References: The Obsidian Towers -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade -URLs: -- https://music.solatrus.com/track/the-golden-towers -- https://youtu.be/wVFRxJpa2og -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - Oh boy. ...What to say on this one... - That probably frightens you a little, doesn’t it? Yeah. Well, putting it simply this song tried too hard to be The Obsidian Towers. I really wanted to do that parallel idea with this song and its Derse counterpart more than any of the others, but I ended up trying too hard to pull off that effect. And this song suffered greatly for it. - To be fair, it’s got a pretty cool twist on everything compared to Obsidian Towers, but the biggest problem with this song is that I didn’t try to let it be itself. You have no idea how badly I want to redo this song. There’s so much potential behind this song that, at the time, I really just didn’t understand. Of course, I’ve learned a remarkable amount since then, and one day, hopefully soon, I will rewrite this song. - Haha, I sound like I’m really tearing into my work here, don’t I? Well, it used to be Prospit Dreamers that I didn’t like, but more on that a little later. - As I mentioned with The Obsidian Towers, both songs suffer from being really boring compositions. While Obsidian managed to get away with it because of my production skill, this song couldn’t hide behind ill beats and a deliciously dark atmosphere. So, the very inexperienced composer in me tried his best to piece together a song based on The Obsidian Towers. - Is it horrible? Eh, I’ll leave that judgment up to you. I know there are fans out there who really dig this song. My opinion is that it’s my weakest song related to Homestuck, but really, it’s not the worst thing I’ve ever done. - I’m quite pleased with what Pride did for the art, though. It worked out really well for the song. - As an additional note, it’s been pointed out to me by <a href="http://kicking-christ-in-a-dirty-diaper.tumblr.com/">this fan</a> that this song sounds like it has Mark Hadley’s Problem Sleuth theme in it, at least in part. It’s a coincidence in the exact same reason that Frost gets the same comment: slow melodies, probably the same key. Really nothing else to it. I’ve listened to Hadley’s PS theme probably twice ever. Oops. Said fan also wondered if I jokingly thought that gentlemen of Team Sleuth are Prospit’s agents much like our chums in the Midnight Crew are Derse’s. I didn’t, but that’s an awesome comparison and now I’m all for it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prospit Dreamers -Track Art: Zilleniose -Duration: 3:19 -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade -References: -- Penumbra Phantasm -- track:frost-vol6 -- track:doctor -URLs: -- https://music.solatrus.com/track/prospit-dreamers -- https://youtu.be/S70lGd8zpRM -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Oh boy. - Yeah. - I really don’t know what I was thinking on this one. It was rushed, and it’s, sadly, my least favorite work I’ve ever done. I had some interesting ideas, going with a bit of a swing flavor to it, but frankly the song sounds like I was going through ADD. - It probably doesn’t help that I basically [wrote] a small, but significant, part of the song and set it aside for a few months before adding in the piano and bass parts and finishing it. - And by rushed I mean I was actually adding to this song days before the album came out. I wouldn’t recommend anyone doing that ever. - Still, people seem to like the song, and to be fair, there’s a few really neat parts in it. It’s just, well, weak overall. I’ve done a lot better, and this song’s ‘failure,’ so to speak, taught me a lot of valuable lessons. - Sorry if you were expecting something more positive! - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - This song is freaking weird. - Now why do I say that? Well, it doesn’t really know what it wants to be. A 6/8 piece somewhat reminiscent of something from the Legend of Zelda? A 4/4 piece? A swung piece? It’s... well it’s all of those. - Prospit Dreamers is without a doubt the most ambitious song I wrote for Prospit & Derse. I did a lot of really awkward things that worked out really well, but I had absolutely no idea why any of it worked. And so I ended up really hating the song because I thought it was too random! - Come a year later and I now I understand my composing style better, so when I listen to this I find it to be a pretty dang fascinating piece. A lot of individual parts making a very interesting greater whole. - If you think about the early part, it sounds like the Prospitians had created this really mellow 6/8 piece, but then John and Jade show up and mix it up with their (my headcanon) love of swing music. - I’m especially pleased with how I managed to fit Frost and Doctor together into this song, along with a little bit of Penumbra Phantasm, and still make the song stand on its own. It’s a lot cooler sounding than what I did in Derse Dreamers, honestly! - My personal favorite part is the time signature switch when the clarinets come in and play an arrangement of that familiar motif from Penumbra Phantasm, and then the strong french horns playing the same line they played in Frost behind the trumpets playing Doctor’s melody. - It’s really hilarious how I used to not appreciate this song, but now I do. I actually enjoy it more than most of the album, and I’m really glad that my opinion changed, and I am also really glad I asked Zoey to do the art for this song, because her art is amazing, and her interpretation of John and Jade is the best. THE BEST. Speaking of, she informed me to tell you all the following: - (<i>Zilleniose:</i>) - "Butts" - Butts indeed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Center of Brilliance -Track Art: Shelby Cragg -Duration: 3:37 -Art Tags: -- John -- Jade -URLs: -- https://music.solatrus.com/track/center-of-brilliance -- https://youtu.be/514f8SzU62M -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - Expecting a different song, were you? B) - While this song was started pretty late into production, it was actually one of the first in the entire album to be completed. Both Hallowed Halls and Center of Brilliance were started around the same time, and I really don’t remember which came first. It’s been awhile, okay? - Anyway, if it wasn’t one of the first to be completed, it was definitely the first. I’m actually pretty pleased with this song, because it helped me figure out the other direction I wanted to go in for Prospit. - The best part about this song is, without a doubt, the trumpet lines in the middle and near the end. While it’s totally synthetic and sampled, I’m very pleased with how it sounds! I really love the section very close to the end where it’s just a single trumpet and the clarinet section. It’s one of the better motifs I’ve written, in my opinion, and I’m quite pleased with it. - That’s not to say this song is perfect. The piano timing is a little too off and a little too noticeably cut-and-paste repeated. It’s a really tiny nitpick, but I didn’t even really notice it until earlier this week. - Oh, and in case you didn’t know, this song was originally Prospit Dreamers. Why did I change my mind on it? Well, I couldn’t figure out how to fit in Doctor (and by extension Penumbra Phantasm) and Frost into such a happy sounding song. It just wasn’t really working for me, nor was the time signature. - But I definitely felt like the song was a great closer to this half of the album, and Shelby’s art for the piece fit perfectly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Darkened Streets -Track Art: A. Smith -Duration: 4:02 -Art Tags: -- Dave -- Rose -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://music.solatrus.com/track/darkened-streets -- https://youtu.be/kb_v4KCml-s -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - This was definitely the song that started everything off. It’s dark, dreary, but still majestic like the very moon it describes. The music takes on you a flight. You’re one of the Derse Dreamers, the wind rushing across your face as you approach the moon’s surface. Carapaces scurrying about, too afraid to be caught after curfew, wary of Jack Noir and his gang. - My original goal was to make this song set the example of how I perceive Derse. Dark, but not evil. Fitting for the Dreamers we know and love there. - I definitely tried to go into some new territory with this song. While I’ve always loved the Metroid Prime Trilogy soundtrack, this was my first real attempt at trying to imitate many quality’s of that trilogy’s music. - The violin that comes in pretty early on was actually added in near the end of the album’s production, and the idea to really strongly associate every song with the kids didn’t occur to me until part of the way into doing Prospit’s half, but I’ll get to that later. - I really have to say I like the the bass I chose for this song. It has a sort of heart beat quality to it. Very simple, very deep. But it really cuts through. Of course, I did get to do my favorite high pass/bitcrushed beats again, but this time I did a spin on it: Gross Beat. I mentioned it with Crystalanthology, but I used Gross Beat far more extensively in Derse. - When I was initially creating this song, Prospit & Derse was a concept album. You, the listener, would have been guided along a journey, first to Derse, going through the Darkened Streets, up the Obsidian Towers to where the Derse Dreamers were jamming out, before heading deep into the Core of Darkness, until you were suddenly transported to Prospit, appearing in the Hallowed Halls before repeating the journey with Prospit’s counterparts. Honestly, if you listen to the album as Derse & Prospit instead, you still can kind of get that vibe! - You can definitely hear the idea of that in how it goes into The Obsidian Towers, but I ended up removing the more seemless transitions in favor of just having two somewhat parallel albums, and stuck with the parallel idea for awhile. This is the most obvious in the first two songs of each half. Hallowed Halls is based on Darkened Streets, and The Golden Towers is based on The Obsidian Towers. - In a side note, I’d love to link you to the artist who did the song cover art for Darkened Streets, but I’ve lost contact with them! If anyone knows where I can get in contact again, please let me know! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Obsidian Towers -Track Art: Kato -Duration: 3:19 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave -URLs: -- https://music.solatrus.com/track/the-obsidian-towers -- https://youtu.be/IdaYlKyxfx4 -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - I started to shift styles for this one a bit. I wanted something that was more majestic sounding, but still as dark as Darkened Streets. Ultimately, I decided to feature the choir section more in the intro. It actually was probably the first synth I put in this song. Everything basically followed. - I had a bit more fun with the bassline in this song, though it’s not particularly complex. The focus definitely on the time shifting beats, a la Dave. Hell, Dave is the main reason I decided to use Gross Beat heavily. I wonder if Dave feels like a Time Lord as the Knight of Time? - The Obsidian Towers was actually one of the last songs I finished composing for the album, because I got totally stuck on it without having the string section in there. - Anyway, I think this song definitely describes the Towers well enough, though, I feel like I could have gone for something a bit more powerful in sound. Something more looming, more... ominous. Oh well. Hindsight is 20/20, yeah? To be fair, The Golden Towers suffers from this issue as well, so it was probably also a composition problem. Woosp! - Nonetheless, the string section in this song, especially right at the end, is one of the cooler sounding harmonies I’ve thrown together. - I really have always loved the architecture Andrew picked for the moons, though personally I feel it fits Derse far better than Prospit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Derse Dreamers -Track Art: Mixt -Duration: 3:35 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave -References: -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:endless-climb -URLs: -- https://music.solatrus.com/track/derse-dreamers -- https://youtu.be/HpmCCuSHmng -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Well, this is the most popular song from Prospit & Derse. Not surprised it eventually would show up. :> - This song, along with Core of Darkness, captures the very core idea I had in mind for the Prospit & Derse album: writing music about the settings, but showing that the mere existence of the kids on those moons influences the music as well. - Derse Dreamers was the first to actually reach that goal, and was actually the first song to be fully completed on the entire album. - Of course, this song being retroactively tossed into the Shut Up and Jam page helped with its popularity quite a bit. - Retroactively gaining an additional featured song... from a page that existed before my first real feature. How’s that for weird time shit? - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - The fan favorite. Without a freaking doubt. This one compares to Frost in popularity, and I’m willing to bet is probably even more popular thanks to horizon’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9SQjvPLAWs">vocal cover</a>. - What’s that? You hear Iron Man in it? Yeah, so do I. Oops. That string section is kind of hilariously similar. It’s a huge coincidence, though, because I really don’t listen to Black Sabbath whatsoever. - When I started this song, I knew I wanted two things: Rose playing violin, and Dave being a bad-ass with time-shifted beats. I ended up making the opening motif and let it repeat for most of the song. People seemed to really like the strong focus on Rose and Dave, but I think even more so people enjoyed the callbacks to their respective Medium world themes (Endless Climb and Atomyk Ebonpyre, respectively). - Though, maybe it was the name? Maybe it was the amazing art Mixt did? Speaking of, here’s what she had to say: - (<i>Mixt:</i>) - "I recall the idea was to draw Rose and Dave jamming on Derse, but the piece itself made me think of space, so they ended up jamming in the space between Derse and its moon instead. Rose’s bowhand unfortunately reflects my own terrible grip when playing violin. - Also, I laughed when it was discovered that Derse Dreamers made it into [S] Rose and Dave: Shut up and jam just prior to the album’s release. Fandom, you never cease to amaze me." - I agree with her there. I was very amused when people noticed the change to that page even before I had the chance to mention it to anyone. Crazy fandom ninjas! - Yeah, that’s pretty much all there is to this song. It was remarkably straightforward. I didn’t do anything particularly surprising for myself on this one. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and I did it. - More importantly, however, I’m thrilled this song is enjoyed by so many people, and I’ve been blown away how people have have been using this song in their own derivative works. It’s just really heartwarming as an artist to see my work out there having a life of its own. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Core of Darkness -Track Art: Shad Andrews -Duration: 3:14 -Art Tags: -- Rose -- Dave -URLs: -- https://music.solatrus.com/track/core-of-darkness -- https://youtu.be/VEJ3hfCnW_w -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Best song on Prospit & Derse. Period. - This was the song that made me realize my production had legitimately hit a professional level and wasn’t ever going to go back. - This was the only Derse song that was written in response to a Prospit song. I wrote Center of Brilliance before Core of Darkness, and I really wanted to try to counter the very.. bright and circular (I guess?) feel I had with CoB. - Out of all of my production work, Core of Darkness has the most movie soundtrack sound to it, and that’s pretty awesome. Fantastic way to close out the album. - It’s also a nice precursor to my current interest in trip hop music. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - My favorite. While you all have a soft spot for Derse Dreamers, I have one for Core of Darkness. This is the song that made me actually say out loud, “Whoa, when did my music start sounding professional?” - Yeah. This one. I had more fun working on this song than any other song on this album. And it still stands out to me as being one of, if not, my best electronic/downbeat songs. I wasn’t really sure what I was going with when I picked the name Core of Darkness. This song doesn’t particularly have a “round” feel to it, amusingly. But I wanted to just grasp the raw essence, the core, if you will, of what Derse is, and continue with the idea that the kids influence the way the music sounds on the moons just as they affect many of the characters in the game through prototyping. - I’m very pleased with the string sections I did, though it’s not really a complex melody. Lots of repetition, just like the rest of this half of the album. But the atmosphere is pretty damn awesome, and without a doubt set the tone for some of my future works. I wasn’t aware that I actually really liked trip-hop at the time, but Nick introduced me to the genre, and it completely clarified why I enjoyed doing this half of the album so much. - I’m also very impressed with the art that Shad did, though it wasn’t exactly what I had in mind. However, I preferred to let the artists have some free reign, so this actually turned out better than what I was thinking! Here’s what she had to say on her piece and the rest of the album: - (<i>Shad:</i>) - "When I was first asked about doing album art, it was really, really exciting!! Those who know me, know that I’m all about the carapace and everything in general, and having an album based on the kingdoms was really exciting and it was an honor to be confronted about it at all! - I’ve always dreamed to do things for Homestuck, just because of how it has affected me. I’m always up to doing things, and it’s always greatwhen I’m allowed, and when it’s something that I feel passionate about. - I did the album art to Core of Darkness, which honestly is one of my favorite songs and I can’t tell if I’m being biased or not because it’s my art. - I took the chance to do something new, and I wanted to go above and beyond what quality work that I normally do. I wanted this to be something I could be proud of, and something that would showcase just how good I thought it was! - Solatrus sent me a sample of the unfinished song, which I listened to on repeat the whole time I was working. I ended up doing the wholething in one sitting, and I just worked on it all night long because I was just.reallyinto it. I wanted to do somethingreally extreme and fun to look at. The angel being. like.. you were in the core, a la the title of the music. - I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to just give up andscrap it, because it was hard and something I hadn’t done - the perspective, along with the lineless-like style. - But I’m really happy with it even a year later. - The music itself was just.really really great. I loved itnot just because I worked on it, which was a great plus, but all the art, allof it, was really great. The music was awesome, and I loved the whole thingbehind it. Using the kids’ instruments and styles to create the music for each kingdom. And just??? It seemed really fitting, what with how much I like thecarapace and all. - It was really an honor to work on it, and I still listen to the album every now and again, even a year later. I’m really proud of everyone who worked on it and thankful for the album and the art." - Aw, thanks Shad! I really appreciate that you enjoy the album so much. diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-1.txt b/album/psycholonials-ep-1.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 361fd6a9..00000000 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-1.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -Album: Psycholonials EP 1 -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Andrew Hussie -Banner Art: Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Andrew Hussie, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: no -Date: February 3, 2021 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 -Color: #f51806 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Psycholonials -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Summer That Never Was -AKA: Star I Never Caught -Duration: 3:50 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/summer-that-never-was -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Morning Ritual -AKA: Puzzle I Never Solved -Duration: 2:47 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/morning-ritual -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: What's Wasting Me -Duration: 2:35 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/whats-wasting-me diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-2.txt b/album/psycholonials-ep-2.txt deleted file mode 100644 index eb818050..00000000 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-2.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -Album: Psycholonials EP 2 -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Andrew Hussie -Banner Art: Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Andrew Hussie, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: no -Date: February 17, 2021 -Date Added: February 18, 2021 -Color: #f51806 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Psycholonials -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Cold Hand -AKA: Sigh I Never Breathed -Duration: 2:21 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-cold-hand -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Together -AKA: Day That Never Came -Duration: 2:04 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/together -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Influencer -AKA: Woman I Never Met -Duration: 2:26 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-influencer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Just Dreams -AKA: People I Never Knew -Duration: 3:10 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/just-dreams -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I Have Some Ideas -AKA: All but Alone -Duration: 4:10 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/i-have-some-ideas diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-3.txt b/album/psycholonials-ep-3.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 6a94a13a..00000000 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-3.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -Album: Psycholonials EP 3 -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Andrew Hussie -Banner Art: Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Andrew Hussie, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: no -Date: February 24, 2021 -Date Added: February 24, 2021 -Color: #f51806 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Psycholonials -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Time Is Helpless -AKA: track:requiem-labyrinths-heart -Duration: 4:36 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/time-is-helpless -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Through The Play -AKA: Pleas -Duration: 3:13 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/through-the-play -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Just Almost -AKA: Song I Never Played -Duration: 1:37 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/just-almost diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-4.txt b/album/psycholonials-ep-4.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7e0dba70..00000000 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-4.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ -Album: Psycholonials EP 4 -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Andrew Hussie -Banner Art: Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Andrew Hussie, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: no -Date: March 3, 2021 -Date Added: March 12, 2021 -Color: #f51806 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Psycholonials -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Outlaw -AKA: Pencil Holder (demo version) -Duration: 3:57 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/outlaw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Screaming Inside -AKA: Dante -Duration: 2:14 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/a-screaming-inside -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Breakthroughs -Duration: 2:14 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/breakthroughs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nervous Energy -AKA: A Romance of Protons and Neutrons -Duration: 4:28 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/nervous-energy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Now And Forever -Duration: 3:59 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/now-and-forever diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-5.txt b/album/psycholonials-ep-5.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4017dc97..00000000 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-5.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -Album: Psycholonials EP 5 -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Andrew Hussie -Banner Art: Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Andrew Hussie, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: no -Date: March 10, 2021 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: #f51806 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Psycholonials -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In The Works -Duration: 4:22 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-works -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ephemeral Muse -AKA: Harrigan -Duration: 4:46 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/ephemeral-muse -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blood On Their Hands -AKA: Dusk for the Age of Miracles -Duration: 2:46 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/blood-on-their-hands diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-6.txt b/album/psycholonials-ep-6.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3d9ba44d..00000000 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-6.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -Album: Psycholonials EP 6 -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Andrew Hussie -Banner Art: Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Andrew Hussie, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: no -Date: March 24, 2021 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: #f51806 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Psycholonials -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Administrator -AKA: Cruel Ulysses -Duration: 2:21 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-administrator -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Means Of Conquest -AKA: Country I Never Saw -Duration: 3:55 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/means-of-conquest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Twelve Clown Salute -Duration: 2:19 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/twelve-clown-salute diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-7.txt b/album/psycholonials-ep-7.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 206f77a6..00000000 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-7.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -Album: Psycholonials EP 7 -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Andrew Hussie -Banner Art: Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Andrew Hussie, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: no -Date: March 31, 2021 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: #f51806 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Psycholonials -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The March -Duration: 2:46 -References: Voice I Never Heard -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-march -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Such A Shame -AKA: Miranda -Duration: 3:25 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/such-a-shame -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Break This -Duration: 1:21 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/break-this diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-8.txt b/album/psycholonials-ep-8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 089a8dfa..00000000 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -Album: Psycholonials EP 8 -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Andrew Hussie -Banner Art: Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Andrew Hussie, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: no -Date: April 13, 2021 -Date Added: May 12, 2021 -Color: #f51806 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Psycholonials -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In The Loop -AKA: the Chillest Beat -Duration: 2:38 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-loop -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flare: Insurrection Remix -AKA: Flare (Green Sun Remix) -Duration: 4:08 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/flare-insurrection-remix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Summer That Never Was: Firebrand Remix -Duration: 3:55 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/summer-that-never-was-firebrand-remix diff --git a/album/psycholonials-ep-9.txt b/album/psycholonials-ep-9.txt deleted file mode 100644 index a448bb4d..00000000 --- a/album/psycholonials-ep-9.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ -Album: Psycholonials EP 9 -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Andrew Hussie -Banner Art: Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Andrew Hussie, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: no -Date: April 20, 2021 12:00:00 -Date Added: May 12, 2021 -Color: #f51806 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Psycholonials -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials-ep-9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fix This -Duration: 1:54 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/fix-this -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Edge Of Dawn -Duration: 4:33 -References: Shoreline -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/edge-of-dawn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Threshold -Duration: 1:47 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/threshold -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: We Were Right About Everything -AKA: Lunatic -Duration: 5:51 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/we-were-right-about-everything -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Feeling I Can't Shake -Duration: 2:26 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/feeling-i-cant-shake -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Zhen -Duration: 2:42 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/zhen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Successor -AKA: Forgotten -Duration: 4:22 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-successor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Love Song -Duration: 3:54 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/love-song -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ephemeral Muse: Final Remix -References: -- track:ephemeral-muse -Duration: 4:08 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/ephemeral-muse-final-remix diff --git a/album/psycholonials.txt b/album/psycholonials.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e6a9f8b5..00000000 --- a/album/psycholonials.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,304 +0,0 @@ -Album: Psycholonials -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Andrew Hussie -Banner Art: Andrew Hussie -Wallpaper Art: Andrew Hussie, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Has Track Art: no -Date: April 20, 2021 12:00:01 -Date Added: May 12, 2021 -Color: #82a8d5 -Groups: -- Psycholonials -- Clark Powell -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/album/psycholonials -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>EP 1</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Summer That Never Was -Directory: summer-that-never-was-ost -AKA: Star I Never Caught -Duration: 3:50 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/summer-that-never-was-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Morning Ritual -Directory: morning-ritual-ost -AKA: Puzzle I Never Solved -Duration: 2:47 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/morning-ritual-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: What's Wasting Me -Directory: whats-wasting-me-ost -AKA: track:whats-wasting-me -Duration: 2:35 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/whats-wasting-me-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>EP 2</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Cold Hand -Directory: the-cold-hand-ost -AKA: Sigh I Never Breathed -Duration: 2:21 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-cold-hand-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Together -Directory: together-ost -AKA: Day That Never Came -Duration: 2:04 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/together-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Influencer -Directory: the-influencer-ost -AKA: Woman I Never Met -Duration: 2:26 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-influencer-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Just Dreams -Directory: just-dreams-ost -AKA: People I Never Knew -Duration: 3:10 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/just-dreams-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I Have Some Ideas -Directory: i-have-some-ideas-ost -AKA: All but Alone -Duration: 4:10 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/i-have-some-ideas-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>EP 3</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Time Is Helpless -Directory: time-is-helpless-ost -AKA: track:requiem-labyrinths-heart -Duration: 4:36 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/time-is-helpless-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Through The Play -Directory: through-the-play-ost -AKA: Pleas -Duration: 3:13 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/through-the-play-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Just Almost -Directory: just-almost-ost -AKA: Song I Never Played -Duration: 1:37 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/just-almost-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>EP 4</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Outlaw -Directory: outlaw-ost -AKA: Pencil Holder (demo version) -Duration: 3:57 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/outlaw-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Screaming Inside -Directory: a-screaming-inside-ost -AKA: Dante -Duration: 2:14 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/a-screaming-inside-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Breakthroughs -Directory: breakthroughs-ost -AKA: track:breakthroughs -Duration: 2:14 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/breakthroughs-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nervous Energy -Directory: nervous-energy-ost -AKA: A Romance of Protons and Neutrons -Duration: 4:28 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/nervous-energy-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Now And Forever -Directory: now-and-forever-ost -AKA: track:now-and-forever -Duration: 3:59 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/now-and-forever-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>EP 5</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In The Works -Directory: in-the-works-ost -AKA: track:in-the-works -Duration: 4:22 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-works-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ephemeral Muse -Directory: ephemeral-muse-ost -AKA: Harrigan -Duration: 4:46 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/ephemeral-muse-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blood On Their Hands -Directory: blood-on-their-hands-ost -AKA: Dusk for the Age of Miracles -Duration: 2:46 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/blood-on-their-hands-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>EP 6</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Administrator -Directory: the-administrator-ost -AKA: Cruel Ulysses -Duration: 2:21 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-administrator-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Means Of Conquest -Directory: means-of-conquest-ost -AKA: Country I Never Saw -Duration: 3:55 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/means-of-conquest-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Twelve Clown Salute -Directory: twelve-clown-salute-ost -AKA: track:twelve-clown-salute -Duration: 2:19 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/twelve-clown-salute-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>EP 7</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The March -Directory: the-march-ost -AKA: track:the-march -Duration: 2:46 -References: Voice I Never Heard -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-march-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Such A Shame -Directory: such-a-shame-ost -AKA: Miranda -Duration: 3:25 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/such-a-shame-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Break This -Directory: break-this-ost -AKA: track:break-this -Duration: 1:21 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/break-this-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>EP 8</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In The Loop -Directory: in-the-loop-ost -AKA: the Chillest Beat -Duration: 2:38 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-loop-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flare: Insurrection Remix -Directory: flare-insurrection-remix-ost -AKA: Flare (Green Sun Remix) -Duration: 4:08 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/flare-insurrection-remix-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Summer That Never Was: Firebrand Remix -Directory: summer-that-never-was-firebrand-remix-ost -AKA: track:summer-that-never-was-firebrand-remix -Duration: 3:55 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/summer-that-never-was-firebrand-remix-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: From <i>EP 9</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fix This -Directory: fix-this-ost -AKA: track:fix-this -Duration: 1:54 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/fix-this-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Edge Of Dawn -Directory: edge-of-dawn-ost -AKA: track:edge-of-dawn -Duration: 4:33 -References: Shoreline -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/edge-of-dawn-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Threshold -Directory: threshold-ost -AKA: track:threshold -Duration: 1:47 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/threshold-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: We Were Right About Everything -Directory: we-were-right-about-everything-ost -AKA: Lunatic -Duration: 5:51 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/we-were-right-about-everything-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Feeling I Can't Shake -Directory: feeling-i-cant-shake-ost -AKA: track:feeling-i-cant-shake -Duration: 2:26 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/feeling-i-cant-shake-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Zhen -Directory: zhen-ost -AKA: track:zhen -Duration: 2:42 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/zhen-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Successor -Directory: the-successor-ost -AKA: Forgotten -Duration: 4:22 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/the-successor-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Love Song -Directory: love-song-ost -AKA: track:love-song -Duration: 3:54 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/love-song-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ephemeral Muse: Final Remix -Directory: ephemeral-muse-final-remix-ost -References: -- track:ephemeral-muse -Duration: 4:08 -URLs: -- https://psycholonials.bandcamp.com/track/ephemeral-muse-final-remix-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Together: Vocal Remix -AKA: Someday -Artists: Clark Powell, Astro Kid -Duration: 2:56 -Has URLs: no diff --git a/album/rust-apocalypse.txt b/album/rust-apocalypse.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b7b9e61b..00000000 --- a/album/rust-apocalypse.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -Album: Rust Apocalypse -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Date: January 5, 2013 -Date Added: June 12, 2020 -Cover Art: Ducky Senpai -Has Track Art: no -Color: #7848e4 -Groups: Fandom -Art Tags: -- Aradia -URLs: -- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/album/rust-apocalypse -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - Five exciting new arrangements of my three compositions featured on the album coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A by Homestuck, including the monstrous and colossal song "Rust Apocalypse"! The original compositions are included as bonus tracks. - This EP is not officially related to Andrew Hussie's MSPaint Adventures and the music contained herein is sold as the property of its composer, and not as official Homestuck music. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Broken Rainbow -Duration: 1:37 -URLs: -- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/broken-rainbow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rust Witch -Duration: 3:47 -References: Rust Servant -Directory: rust-witch-ascenzo -URLs: -- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/rust-witch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Teal Justice -Duration: 2:51 -References: Teal Hunter -URLs: -- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/teal-justice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Violet Armada -Duration: 4:01 -References: Violet Mariner -URLs: -- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/violet-armada -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rust Apocalypse -Duration: 7:46 -References: Rust Servant -URLs: -- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/rust-apocalypse -- https://youtu.be/l6FOxvXbym4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: White Angel -Duration: 2:57 -References: Teal Hunter -URLs: -- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/white-angel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rust Servant (original) -Duration: 4:48 -AKA: Rust Servant -URLs: -- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/rust-servant-original -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Teal Hunter (original) -Duration: 2:31 -AKA: Teal Hunter -URLs: -- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/teal-hunter-original -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Violet Mariner (original) -Duration: 2:45 -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -AKA: Violet Mariner -URLs: -- https://wellmanicuredmusic.bandcamp.com/track/violet-mariner-original diff --git a/album/s-collide.txt b/album/s-collide.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 35281341..00000000 --- a/album/s-collide.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,64 +0,0 @@ -Album: [S] Collide. -Cover Art: Homestuck -Track Art: Homestuck -Wallpaper Art: Rah-Bop -Date: April 6, 2016 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #cc3322 -Groups: Official -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9-10-with-s-collide-and-act-7 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcwqP0pMxGE -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFaNcNe2AtQUyDcLSJrzSQbe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Creata (Canon Edit) -Artist: Seth Peelle -Duration: 1:56 -References: Creata -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/creata-canon-edit-2 -- https://youtu.be/43XGeVEiihM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Oppa Toby Style -Artist: Toby Fox -Contributors: -- James Roach (editing, cheers) -Duration: 5:39 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/oppa-toby-style-2 -- https://youtu.be/bjAK8D5ytiU -References: -- Ham And Steak -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- English -- Cascade (Beta) -- track:doctor -- Crystalanthemums -- track:crustacean -- Liquid Negrocity -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - i love cheers in songs (i edited the cheers into tobys song for [s] collide, and have written them into a few things) so the sword/shield gym theme really does it for me - I JUST VERY SELFISHLY ADDED <a href="https://youtu.be/bjAK8D5ytiU?t=82">THESE CHEERS</a> TO AN ALREADY GOOD SONG LMAO - toby had written a really cool song but i wanted to give andrew some hits that were less on the downbeat for the animation so while i was editing the tracks down for length and extending bits here and there i ended up adding them in because i wanted the section to feel hype -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Eternity, Served Cold (Canon Edit) -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 3:34 -References: Eternity Served Cold -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/eternity-served-cold-canon-edit-2 -- https://youtu.be/Ow8PeoCrfcg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heir of Grief -Artist: Tensei -Contributors: James Roach (editing) -Duration: 6:12 -References: Heir Conditioning -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/heir-of-grief-2 -- https://youtu.be/Es5mh7pBeec -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - the rest of the edits i did for collide were like... timing things. theres a part at the end where we needed one more bar of hits during heir of grief because one extra thing happens (the part where the condesce gets stabbed is the previous 4 bars copied and edited in) - you might notice this if you're music savvy to the point where you're like wait why is there a 12 bar phrase in an otherwise 16 bar pattern. its because that part wasnt long enough for the animation and andrew suggested asking to re-record it and i was like thatll take too long diff --git a/album/sburb-ost.txt b/album/sburb-ost.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 46d2cd71..00000000 --- a/album/sburb-ost.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,607 +0,0 @@ -Album: SBURB OST -Directory: sburb-ost -Cover Art: melodiousDiscord -Banner Art: melodiousDiscord -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Date: November 24, 2012 -Date Added: May 25, 2020 -Color: #ffb400 -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/sburb-ost -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLXq9YuH-q42kkqvsYGl7fvD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disk 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~~~DISK 1~~~~ -Directory: disk1-sburb-ost -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: none -Duration: 0:11 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disk-1 -- https://youtu.be/EieqPE9rMJc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Waiting For Adventure [Loading Screen] -Directory: waiting-for-adventure -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 1:28 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/waiting-for-adventure-loading-screen -- https://youtu.be/76qyHMO_To4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: SBURBan Prelude [Main Menu] -Directory: sburban-prelude -Artist: sidewalkbanana -Track Art: RunDoubleRun, Emily -Duration: 6:35 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-prelude-main-menu -- https://youtu.be/pfN56WauQMc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Meta Choices [Options] -Directory: meta-choices -Artist: sidewalkbanana -Track Art: RunDoubleRun, Emily -Duration: 4:56 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/meta-choices-options -- https://youtu.be/aRHq81MPsUo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ignorance Is Bliss [Tutorial] -Directory: ignorance-is-bliss -Artist: Marcy Nabors -Track Art: Esabelle Ryngin -Duration: 1:40 -References: Homestuck Anthem -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ignorance-is-bliss-tutorial -- https://youtu.be/yvwYCNet-rg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Metamorphic Choices [Kernel Prototyping] -Directory: metamorphic-choices -Artist: Veritas Unae, Marcy Nabors -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 2:49 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/metamorphic-choices-kernel-prototyping -- https://youtu.be/Nsrat982ST4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dawn of the End [Countdown] -Directory: dawn-of-the-end -Artist: Max Wright -Track Art: invalidgriffin -Duration: 3:51 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- Umbral Ultimatum -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dawn-of-the-end-countdown -- https://youtu.be/1Go4d26_Fc4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Spirited Conversation [Sprite Interaction] -Directory: a-spirited-conversation -Artist: Veritas Unae, Charles Neudorf -Track Art: Adoxographist -Duration: 2:08 -References: Metamorphic Choices [Kernel Prototyping] -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-spirited-conversation-sprite-interaction -- https://youtu.be/wGWHW8Z0I20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Layers Upon Layers [Build] -Directory: layers-upon-layers -Artist: Marcy Nabors, Jamie Paige Stanley -Track Art: Alistair Diszrali -Duration: 11:47 -References: Waiting For Adventure [Loading Screen] -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/layers-upon-layers-build -- https://youtu.be/aZk3ZyMZbto -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mysterious Messengers [Exiles] -Directory: mysterious-messengers -Artist: Traikan -Track Art: Vero -Duration: 2:34 -Art Tags: -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/mysterious-messengers-exiles -- https://youtu.be/PsRJRBey334 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Overly Ostentatious Ogre [Miniboss] -Directory: overly-ostentatious-ogre -Artist: Red Pen -Track Art: Tawa, Kate Holden -Duration: 1:42 -Art Tags: -- Underlings -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/overly-ostentatious-ogre-miniboss -- https://youtu.be/lBi6feKz3UY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Porkhollow is Overflowing! [Echeladder] -Directory: the-porkhollow-is-overflowing -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Toe -Duration: 1:23 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-porkhollow-is-overflowing-echeladder -- https://youtu.be/zQG7_zxS41k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Consort Air [Consorts] -Directory: consort-air -Artist: Brad Griffin -Track Art: 8bitkitten -Duration: 1:18 -Art Tags: -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/consort-air-consorts -- https://youtu.be/ERI33qi5bMM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fraymotif Samba [Consort Shop] -Directory: fraymotif-samba -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Esabelle Ryngin -Duration: 2:41 -Art Tags: -- Consorts -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fraymotif-samba-consort-shop -- https://youtu.be/YBWKfcEVP34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Waking the Beast [Denizen Encounter] -Directory: waking-the-beast -Artist: Eston Schweickart, Yan Rodriguez -Track Art: Zilleniose -Duration: 4:27 -Art Tags: -- Denizens -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/waking-the-beast-denizen-encounter -- https://youtu.be/wVTh2Q4ivl0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Glow in the Distance [Save] -Directory: glow-in-the-distance -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 1:57 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/glow-in-the-distance-save -- https://youtu.be/ZN6yzkysdJU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lulling Lutescent [Prospit Sleep] -Directory: lulling-lutescent -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Phosphorescence -Duration: 0:14 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lulling-lutescent-prospit-sleep -- https://youtu.be/WvVeYdEEn-w -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: On Golden Dreams [Prospit] -Directory: on-golden-dreams -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: invalidgriffin -References: track:lulling-lutescent -Duration: 5:44 -Art Tags: -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/on-golden-dreams-prospit -- https://youtu.be/xWH3oGbPT0I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Amongst Smiling Faces [Prospitian Dignitaries] -Directory: amongst-smiling-faces -Artist: Tarranon -Track Art: Kate Holden -Duration: 2:10 -Art Tags: -- WQ -- WK -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/amongst-smiling-faces-prospitian-dignitaries -- https://youtu.be/Ix2D1cX7nnY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Grudge in A Minor [Jack Noir] -Directory: grudge-in-a-minor -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -References: Liquid Negrocity -Duration: 3:27 -Art Tags: -- Jack Noir -- Carapacians -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grudge-in-a-minor-jack-noir -- https://youtu.be/QSRDbMqEKNU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lavender Lullaby [Derse Sleep] -Directory: lavender-lullaby -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Phosphorescence -References: Planet in Shadow [Derse] -Duration: 0:15 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lavender-lullaby-derse-sleep -- https://youtu.be/IVzdrWlyi2k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Planet in Shadow [Derse] -Directory: planet-in-shadow -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: Nyanface -Duration: 4:51 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/planet-in-shadow-derse -- https://youtu.be/bPkcyClUR78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Drolls and Dignitaries [Dersite Agents] -Directory: drolls-and-dignitaries -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 5:09 -Art Tags: -- WV -- DD -- CD -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/drolls-and-dignitaries-dersite-agents -- https://youtu.be/pnJxPRmRSGs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Ultimate Riddle [Ultimate Riddle] -Directory: the-ultimate-riddle -Artist: Marcy Nabors -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 5:26 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-ultimate-riddle-ultimate-riddle -- https://youtu.be/KdHoMGSJ23Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Eldritch Murmurs [Horrorterrors] -Directory: eldritch-murmurs -Artist: Fuzz -Track Art: Vero -Duration: 1:52 -Art Tags: -- Horrorterrors -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/eldritch-murmurs-horrorterrors -- https://youtu.be/Ani6hsZizV0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Outer Reaches [Veil] -Directory: outer-reaches -Artist: Charles Neudorf -Track Art: Esabelle Ryngin -Duration: 1:40 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/outer-reaches-veil -- https://youtu.be/flfyUUpN050 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Inner Depths [Labs] -Directory: inner-depths -Artist: Brad Griffin -Track Art: Tarranon -References: Outer Reaches [Veil] -Duration: 2:24 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/inner-depths-labs -- https://youtu.be/P9sCVSugHJk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Autogenesis [Ectobiology] -Directory: autogenesis -Artist: Red Pen -Track Art: Phosphorescence -Duration: 1:58 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/autogenesis-ectobiology -- https://youtu.be/sYSiXalJGSg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Broken Dreams [Prospit's Fall] -Directory: broken-dreams -Artist: Veritas Unae, Charles Neudorf -Track Art: Brad Griffin -References: On Golden Dreams [Prospit] -Duration: 1:45 -Art Tags: -- WK -- Carapacians -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/broken-dreams-prospits-fall -- https://youtu.be/IXQOYNTjDL0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Paradoxical Meteor Shower [Reckoning] -Directory: paradoxical-meteor-shower -Artist: Trent West -Track Art: Nyanface -Duration: 3:34 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/paradoxical-meteor-shower-reckoning -- https://youtu.be/FqiXFY2Kubc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Emerald Icarus [Green Sun] -Directory: emerald-icarus -Artist: Marcy Nabors -Track Art: Mixt -Duration: 2:34 -Art Tags: -- Green Sun -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-icarus-green-sun -- https://youtu.be/JL0NGGOLIBE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Disk 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~~~DISK 2~~~~ -Directory: disk2-sburb-ost -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: melodiousDiscord -Duration: 0:09 -References: Emerald Icarus [Green Sun], CumuloSeerus [Oracle Clouds] -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disk-2 -- https://youtu.be/LRgpQv4M61g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: CumuloSeerus [Oracle Clouds] -Directory: cumuloseerus -Artist: Brad Griffin -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 2:24 -References: SBURBan Prelude [Main Menu] -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cumuloseerus-oracle-clouds -- https://youtu.be/4-h0cq--6dU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Checkerboard Checkmate [Battlefield] -Directory: checkerboard-checkmate -Artist: Tarranon -Track Art: Tavia Morra -Duration: 3:15 -Art Tags: -- Carapacians -- cw: blood -- cw: corpse -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/checkerboard-checkmate-battlefield -- https://youtu.be/-0lZL1YTh1g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaiaward [Skaia] -Directory: skaiaward -Artist: Marcy Nabors, Solatrus -Track Art: Toe -Duration: 2:40 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaiaward-skaia -- https://youtu.be/jQxXQ0xMDJg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Resurrection [God Tier] -Directory: resurrection -Artist: Brad Griffin -Track Art: Kate Holden -Duration: 2:22 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/resurrection-god-tier -- https://youtu.be/nikAW_QAZ6U -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Land of _____ and Frogs [Frog Gathering] -Directory: land-of-_____-and-frogs -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Brad Griffin -Duration: 1:45 -References: Frog's Theme -Art Tags: -- Frogs -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-and-frogs-frog-gathering -- https://youtu.be/eWdABIdlYgc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rana's Abode [Frog Temple] -Directory: ranas-abode -Artist: Yan Rodriguez -Track Art: Toe -Duration: 1:28 -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ranas-abode-frog-temple -- https://youtu.be/_6R-ccx9wEQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Will to Fight Further [Denizen Strife] -Directory: the-will-to-fight-further -Artist: Kevin Grant, Catboss -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 5:08 -References: -- The Will to Fight (Original Mix) [Denizen Strife] -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Waking the Beast [Denizen Encounter] -Art Tags: -- Denizens -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-will-to-fight-further-denizen-strife -- https://youtu.be/OZXn9yrrvAg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Barren Session [Game Over] -Directory: barren-session -Artist: Brad Griffin -Track Art: Nurse Tiger -Duration: 2:09 -Art Tags: -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/barren-session-game-over -- https://youtu.be/JDxtHup_JBQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dilemma [The Choice] -Directory: dilemma -Artist: Fuzz -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 3:03 -Art Tags: -- Denizens -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dilemma-the-choice -- https://youtu.be/yCmUVEfxQn8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vulcanic Volcano [Forge] -Directory: vulcanic-volcano -Artist: Traikan -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 3:16 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/vulcanic-volcano-forge -- https://youtu.be/JxjdiDVO7es -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Check the Chequered Castle [Battlefield Castle] -Directory: check-the-chequered-castle -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Mixt -Duration: 3:53 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/check-the-chequered-castle-battlefield-castle -- https://youtu.be/xeYDEAcz-Is -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Endgame Execution [Black King Battle] -Directory: endgame-execution -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: shymuffin -Duration: 8:50 -References: Rex Duodecim Angelus -Art Tags: -- BK -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/endgame-execution-black-king-battle -- https://youtu.be/3ubrfmrP_QY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Where ribbIt All Began [Genesis Frog] -Directory: where-ribbit-all-began -Artist: Tarranon -Track Art: Tawa -Duration: 3:24 -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/where-ribbit-all-began-genesis-frog -- https://youtu.be/A5BPQ9MtVDw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Higher Hopes [Game Complete] -Directory: higher-hopes -Artist: Tarranon -Track Art: Mixt -Duration: 2:21 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/higher-hopes-game-complete -- https://youtu.be/UuxoqLL5Yvs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gods of the New World [Universe Creation] -Directory: gods-of-the-new-world -Artist: Max Wright -Track Art: invalidgriffin -Duration: 7:19 -Art Tags: -- Genesis Frog -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gods-of-the-new-world-universe-creation -- https://youtu.be/GDZhQ5QIO3o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ~~~~BONUS~~~~ -Directory: bonus-sburb-ost -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Veritas Unae -Duration: 0:17 -References: Gods of the New World [Universe Creation] -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bonus -- https://youtu.be/r-mC0yxln38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Untold Story [Skaia Exposition] -Directory: the-untold-story -Artist: Brad Griffin -Track Art: Brad Griffin -Duration: 3:39 -References: -- CumuloSeerus [Oracle Clouds] -- Check the Chequered Castle [Battlefield Castle] -- On Golden Dreams [Prospit] -- Checkerboard Checkmate [Battlefield] -- Overly Ostentatious Ogre [Miniboss] -- Resurrection [God Tier] -- Gods of the New World [Universe Creation] -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-untold-story-skaia-exposition -- https://youtu.be/IoYq-Alfnr4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Melody && Form && Composition [Alchemiter] -Directory: melody-form-composition -Artist: Charles Neudorf, Marcy Nabors -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 2:55 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/melody-form-composition-alchemiter -- https://youtu.be/UFVYeAl8uEM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Take Flight [Battleship] -Directory: take-flight -Artist: Veritas Unae -Track Art: Pseudonym -Duration: 2:46 -References: -- Checkerboard Checkmate [Battlefield] -- Check the Chequered Castle [Battlefield Castle] -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/take-flight-battleship -- https://youtu.be/VfjGp71BKt0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Born to Die [Doomed Timeline] -Directory: born-to-die -Artist: ThiefofTruth, Brad Griffin -Track Art: Manyan -Duration: 1:52 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/born-to-die-doomed-timeline -- https://youtu.be/6mcaAqRM9SQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Will to Fight (Original Mix) [Denizen Strife] -Directory: the-will-to-fight-original-mix -Artist: Kevin Grant -Track Art: Dawn Davis -Duration: 4:41 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -Art Tags: -- Denizens -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-will-to-fight-original-mix-denizen-strife -- https://youtu.be/Vv3q8rSn7Ow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prime [Pause] -Directory: prime -Artist: Trent West -Track Art: Nurse Tiger -Duration: 2:09 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prime-pause -- https://youtu.be/j4Wb7gTKKTQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Godfight [PvP] -Directory: godfight -Artist: Catboss -Track Art: Shoona -Duration: 3:38 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/godfight-pvp -- https://youtu.be/j4Wb7gTKKTQ diff --git a/album/sburb.txt b/album/sburb.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b7a07949..00000000 --- a/album/sburb.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,197 +0,0 @@ -Album: Sburb -Artists: James Dever, Erik Scheele -Cover Art: Vivian Ng -Has Track Art: no -Date: July 13, 2011 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #34cdff -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- John -- Rose -- Dave -- Jade -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/album/sburb -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL988516F160FCCF3A -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Sburb is my proudest accomplishment. It is the bastard child of my hopes and dreams and my most recent accomplishments and ordeals. I set out to write music to capture everything going on in my life as well as find out who I am and what I am as far as a composer. What ended up happening was the creation of twelve powerful pieces that are close and dear to me and are a road map of my trials. The album has a biblical theme with the titles as to fit with the concept of the story of Homestuck being that of creation. Sburb ends up being the catalyst for the existence of our universes and every other one. I hope you appreciate them! These are my comments about each piece as well as a few comments on how exactly I played some of the crazier parts. - Enjoy! - <b>In Loving Memory of Linda Wright</b> - Without her words of encouragement and pushing me the whole way, I would not be half the man I am today. She was my savior during the worsttime of my life. She inspired me to finish this album, which I almost could not bring myself to do after her passing away. I miss you more than anything, grandma. - <b>Thank you so much:</b> - The Quintanas, the Diguiseppis, the Emmons', Mr. Saliman and Mr. Spare for helping me survive the last year. - The Diguiseppis for giving me a roof over my head. - Jess, Mr. Emmons and the Farrells for putting up with me and teaching me everything I know about music. - Aunt Tammy for always protecting me and supporting any decision I make. - My friends for pushing me to not give up what I love the most. - Andrew Hussie for this opportunity. For Homestuck. - Jeremy Iamurri for beating sense into me and being a great friend. - Erik Scheele for being absolutely amazing at what you do and performing this album. - RJ Lake for pushing me to be better. - The music team for pushing me, and being the biggest group of bros in existence. - You. For listening. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - Originally written for Homestuck in 2011, Sburb is the first major composition I ever wrote. The pieces were written when I was seventeen, over my junior and senior years of high school and performed and recorded the following summer. The album released about a month before I set off to college and the whole experience was phenomenal. - While I have long lost track with MSPA, I still am good friends with my fellow musicians from the Homestuck Music team including Erik "Jit" Steele, who performed on these recordings. - Looking back on it now, I love how obvious my early inspirations are but I do love the work I was able to create during one of the most tumultuous times in my life. Thanks for listening. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Prelude -Duration: 1:43 -References: Homestuck Anthem -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/prelude -- https://youtu.be/7k8zCRNxa7k -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - The Prelude is a piece that I formulated a long time ago. It actually came about from me trying to figure out the chords the harps play in the quiet last section of Saturn from Gustav Holst's The Planets. When I started writing Sburb I decided that it would fit perfectly with the theme that the game creates. The structure of the chords is not unlike how the game actually functions. They work as a juxtaposition of good and evil by using relative major and minor chords. It starts off quietly and on higher octaves to introduce the mood. The next section brings in the Homestuck Anthem as an introduction to the album itself, signaling the beginning of the entire process. The piece suddenly grows in intensity as the left hand C octave ostinatos enter the phrases followed by the calm of the storm. The piece does not resolve, however it does lead straight into the next. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - The introduction to the suite lays the fundamentals and ideas present throughout the rest of the movements. A juxtaposition between major and minor are in every chord creating a backbone of polytonality that I wanted to explore as I formulated the album. - The main Homestuck anthem is weaved through the chords as this album was originally written for and published through MS Paint Adventures and What Pumpkin. The original theme was composed by Clark Powell. - The album in its entirety is performed by Erik Scheele. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Genesis -Duration: 2:26 -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/genesis -- https://youtu.be/qOkMYB-r6b8 -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - This song begins with a C minor chord that both resolves the last piece and immediately sets the mood for this piece. Genesis marks the beginning of the biblical terms as well. The Book of Genesis is the first book of both the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. It is interpreted as the Chosen People being lead to the Promised Land. Sburb is the pathway that leads the kids into the game that is suppose to eventually grow a new universe. It starts off quietly and builds into a fast paced journey. Genesis also introduces my favorite music technique: hemiolas. The right hand plays a melody in triplets while the left hand harmonizes in eighth notes. This creates a strange rhythm and continues the juxtaposition theme created in The Prelude's chords. Continuing the concept of two extremes but together, the song goes into legato, quiet phrases that are immediately followed by staccato, loud phrases. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - The previous track sets up the resolution that the opening measures provide here. This movement introduces the two against three polyrhythm idea that continues throughout the album as well as a few choice hemiolas. Coming from a percussion background, I find a lot of melodic potential in rhythmic content and this whole suite was a place for me to test that out. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Eden -Duration: 2:06 -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/eden -- https://youtu.be/hcXixYBLk_8 -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - The Garden of Eden is where the first man Adam, and his wife Eve, lived after their creation. It is suppose to be a beautiful, blissful utopia. It also becomes the origin of sin. The piece reflects that concept. The flowing and adventurous nature of the piece is suppose to reflect the beauty and majestic qualities of the land. As far as the kids story goes, it represents the infinite potential of Skaia. This song also continues the same hemiola motif as Creation with triplets played by the right hand and eighth notes played by the left. The glissandos at the beginning and in the middle is an E flat pentatonic run, which basically means I only played on the black keys. Since it's completely ad libbed I wrote out a small little example. Basically, the left hand just continues up normally while the right hand goes back and forth while slowly climbing up (if looking at the sheet music, each note alternates on the hands). - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - The goal here was to feel like a breath of air after the first two movements had a much more minor modal center. The three over two polyrhythm keeps powering through the movement as I start introducing bass ostinati that act as the pedal tone to the melodic content. - Still in love with those flourishes after all these years. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Exodus -Duration: 2:08 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/exodus -- https://youtu.be/UnbRhrKFofY -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - The Book of Exodus comes after the Book of Genesis. It narrates the mass journey out of Israel by Moses. In Sburb, the players must go through a set of tasks to escape impending doom. This song reflects the process of entering the medium. This is why I encorporated Sburban Jungle into the beginning and end. The first time Sburb is booted up you hear a bit of Sburban Jungle, just like at the beginning of the song you hear the bottom chords. Later, when John enters the medium (as well as Rose) you hear the song in more complete forms like the end of the piece. When playing, the trickiest part is definitely the triplet ostinato that continues throughout the entire song. The best method to pulling this off is by playing the note on the beat (which will always be either E flat or G) with the left hand and the rest of the notes on the right hand. You will notice that when there are lower notes, there are rests in the ostinato so that you can quickly jump down the piano. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - Continuing the Homestuck homages, this piece prominently features the bassline from Michael Guy Bowman's Sburban Jungle. - When I was writing this movement I really wanted to explore how much I could utilize the different registers of the piano while keeping a constant ostinato running through the middle register. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Requiem -Duration: 2:56 -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/requiem -- https://youtu.be/cVKRJOqKMDY -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Requiem masses are masses for the dead. Requiem is the anthem for everything and everybody lost. One portion of Homestuck never focused on is the direct aftermath of the destruction of the Reckoning. Requiem is a theme for all the people and things lost on Earth. The song itself could be very tricky to play depending on how familiar you are with time signatures. The piece is in 4/4 for the majority of the first half. It enters a 5/4 section with a 4/4 continuation of the "siren" effect overlapping. The hemiola only occurs the first time, the second time bringing in a 5/4 melody to accompany it. Immediately afterwards the piece shifts into mixed meter. The 7/8 section is briefly interupted by an apostrophe of 5/8. The ending shifts to 6/8 as the tone shifts from minor to major. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - Continuing my quest to explore rhythm and melody, Requiem's goal was to keep a melody whipping between different time signatures while not feeling jerky or sudden. - I tried to hide the resolution at the end by having a quiet final note low in the bass after the bell like ringing of the final major arrival to add finality while also trying to let the unresolved final chord linger. Erik's performance really nailed it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Meek -Duration: 2:16 -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/the-meek -- https://youtu.be/hKEylNAp1-Q -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." The Meek is the theme for the Exiles. They are the ones left to fix and save the Earth 413 years after its destruction. It starts off solemn as the concept occurs to them that it is their duty to repopulate and rebuild. As the piece goes on it gets more intense to reflect all of the shenanigans and gun pointing that occurs as they all converge and meet. After the tension dies away the mood from before is recapped before resolving at the end. However, the last run ends in dissonance, because we don't know how the exile's story will play out. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - A really terrible engraving job on the sheet music by yours truly created a repeated note in the beginning motive that I ended up actually digging more than the original version. - The Meek continues the idea of bouncing between time signatures while trying to keep a sense of structure. Where Requiem was more about a constant pulse, I decided to play with elongated pauses to stretch the phrases. - The second section was during a time where I was really starting to love the idea of modes and modal mixture and just had fun with it. Still one of my favorite passages from the entire album! - I also really love not resolving these movements, if you haven't noticed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chronicles -Duration: 1:42 -References: Candles and Clockwork -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/chronicles -- https://youtu.be/TOtz3MTSeKg -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - A chronicle is an account of chronological events. Homestuck does not follow a chronological structure in the slightest. Chronicles is a piano version of Candles and Clockwork. Candles and Clockwork in itself is a massive hemiola as each voice exists in a different time signature. The melody is adapted in this piece to match the 3/4 arpeggio. The piece keeps changing to reflect each leg of the journey the kids have to experience in order to finish the game, not necessarily in order. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - Chronicles is an adaption of an earlier Homestuck track I wrote, Candles and Clockwork. It was one of the first compositions I ever finished and, true to form, is a big hemiola. I wanted an ostinato in a different time signature than the melody which is what I focus on during the first section as I introduce the melody. - The second part of the song introduces the final major motive of the suite, a sextuplet accompaniment outlining the tonic and dominant. A staple of the western art canon, it was a good foundation for me to work on some melodies that weren't purely rhythmic noodling. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rapture -Duration: 1:52 -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/rapture -- https://youtu.be/zqbExJ93rXo -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Boss fight music! Kind of. The rapture starts off quietly and peacefully before the sirens break the silence. The sirens lead into a fast paced hectic section before dying down as quickly as it appeared. A sudden destructive force that comes and goes in an instant. This song uses two motifs throughout the album: the siren and hemiolas. Measures 17-19 are more than a little tricky to play. I left a note in the sheet music to help with the ending line. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - Rapture was the boss tune of the suite. The big bad of the album, it brings back the bass and sustain pedal heavy ostinato while trying to juxtapose a simple and quiet melody that bookends it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Creation -Duration: 4:02 -References: Homestuck Anthem -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/creation -- https://youtu.be/XorynbzZQpI -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - The song that means more to me than any song I've ever written and possibly will again. Sburb is all about creating worlds, thus the resolution of the album comes after the storm (Rapture). No matter how harsh the process may be, the result is beauty and endless potential. This song is completely based around the hemiola motif and the origin of it. It is also designed like a day. The song starts off quiet and slow as the sun rises and slowly gets more complex and full fledged as it rises until mid day when it is most busy. As the sun sets into the later half of the day the song slows down and gets quieter toward the sunset. It resolves with the Homestuck Anthem to imply the loop to the beginning. Worlds are created and the process of Skaia starts again. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - This movement is framed as a sunset. Starting off quiet, building to a peak before shying away to where it started. - You can definitely see that I was influenced into writing music from the works of Philip Glass and that is in full force here, but even in retrospect I feel like I put a great personal spin on it. - As the sun sets, there's a final recall of the Homestuck Anthem. This movement was originally the last movement before I added the Revelations movements but it fit too well and I could not bring myself to remove it. - I wrote this the weeks following the passing of my grandmother. It will always be for her and for everything she did for me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Revelations I -Duration: 1:07 -References: Homestuck Anthem -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-i -- https://youtu.be/YoIYaFyll5Q -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Revelations is the afterthought of Sburb. The three songs were added months after the original nine were finished and pieced together into the album. They are a standalone piece from the rest of the album but still fit the concept of Sburb and Skaia. Revelations is the equivalent of The Ultimate Riddle. Solving and understanding is the purpose behind the entire concept, however it can completely be overlooked and is not necessary to completing the rest of the process. Thousands of people can play the game and create their own universes but never quite solve the riddle. In this sense, it completely is a separate entity because the other nine songs can loop freely with or without its presence. Each of the movements is based around the same arpeggio pattern featured in Chronicles. They are another journey completely. - The first movement starts off as a note in the distance, a growing concept. To the sound of a siren it grows and rushes into a full blown idea. The Homestuck Anthem is briefly mentioned to imply a connection but it just keeps going leaving it in the dust. There are better things to get to. It slowly breaks down and flows into the next movement. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - Revelations is a three part finale that is completely centered on the sextuplet dominant/tonic motive introduced earlier in the album. Each movement was more exploration of how I can use the same general accompaniment but completely change the melody. - <i>(commentary from movements II and III is from original booklet)</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Revelations II -Duration: 2:41 -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-ii -- https://youtu.be/pXcUUevV4nA -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - Movement II is the process of solving it almost. It's the path to enlightenment; overcoming obstacles and finding yourself along the way is part of the challenge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Revelations III -Duration: 3:04 -URLs: -- https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-iii -- https://youtu.be/d-Gewy6q_zw -Commentary: - <i>James Dever:</i> - Resolution comes in the third movement, which is the enlightenment. One simple arpeggio starts and powers the entire piece, which also brings it to an end. The discovery of the answer brings enlightenment but also ends the journey and the entire process of Sburb/Skaia. Thank you for listening. diff --git a/album/shortcuts.txt b/album/shortcuts.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 150a8c5e..00000000 --- a/album/shortcuts.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,125 +0,0 @@ -Album: Shortcuts -Cover Art: Robert J! Lake -Wallpaper Art: Robert J! Lake -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.7; -Banner Art: Robert J! Lake -Banner Dimensions: 1100x180 -Date: November 2, 2013 -Date Added: July 24, 2020 -Color: #aca7b8 -Has Track Art: no -Groups: -- Casual Sunday -- Beyond -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/album/shortcuts -Commentary: - <i>Casual Sundays:</i> - an album about love and loss and numbers and places<br>(best listened to on headphones or loud, loud, gorgeous speakers) - shortcuts written, recorded, and produced by casual sunday (check individual tracks for credits)<br>mastered by marcy nabors<br>art by robert j! lake - casual sunday are: - michael guy bowman (<a href="http://michaelguybowman.com/">michaelguybowman.com</a>)<br>david ellis (<a href="https://alunaticsdaydream.bandcamp.com/">alunaticsdaydream.bandcamp.com</a>)<br>robert j! lake (<a href="https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/">spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com</a>)<br>yishan mai (<a href="https://catboss.bandcamp.com/">catboss.bandcamp.com</a>)<br>marcy nabors (<a href="https://shadolith.tumblr.com/">shadolith.tumblr.com</a>)<br>corbin pangilinan (<a href="https://endlessconsideration.tumblr.com/">endlessconsideration.tumblr.com</a>)<br>nat wesley (<a href="https://natbird.bandcamp.com/">natbird.bandcamp.com</a>) - featuring contributions by james ellis, clouds haberberg, and samm neiland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Scape -Artist: Marcy Nabors -Duration: 4:52 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/a-scape-2 -Commentary: - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> - Ashburn is your quintessential D.C. suburb. Quiet save for birds, barking dogs, and the subtle but constant drone of faraway highway noise, it’s a beautiful and peaceful place to live. Unfortunately, life in Ashburn can get a bit dull after high school: Friends leave for college and there’s no easy public transportation to the hour-away city, so there’s not much to do outside the house except take walks through the scenic woods and hillsides. If you’re not the outdoorsy type (and especially if you work from home), a reclusive life can be easy to fall into. With this song I intend to convey the strange dichotomy between the semi-natural beauty of Ashburn’s ample wooded landscape and carefully maintained lawns, and the ever-present plasticity that permeates both the town and my necessarily internet-centric lifestyle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 14121 -Artist: Catboss -Duration: 4:16 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/14121-2 -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - 14121 kilometers is the approximate distance from Singapore (i.e. where I usually live) to Westwood, Los Angeles, where I currently stay and study. I rounded it up to the nearest number that I could make a tongue-twister out of; it's officially pronounced "one hundred and forty-one hundred and twenty-one." Deal with. Anyway, it's a song about being at home, and also not being at home, at the same time, at all times, and also, places. Because when you think about it, being perpetually [at home] and being perpetually [not at home] are identical states of being. Yes, I'm aware that makes no sense; this song is also about being profoundly disconnected from reality. Have fun! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chicagoland -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 3:11 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/chicagoland -Commentary: - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> - for much of my adult life i've gone back and forth between living in chicago and northwest indiana, which is where i grew up - i first realized i had clinical depression when i - this is a song about - <br><br>this is a love song -Lyrics: - everything falling up again<br>broken and beautiful honesty - the earth shrugs and stares at herself<br>at least it will be over soon - mix your story with mine<br>hold your breath in my sigh - i'm alone here<br>and i wish that i wasn't<br>but at least i have peace and quiet - i look out my window<br>at the cold winter light<br>it shines in my eyes<br>and it sings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: North Walk / South Walk -Artist: Corbin Pangilinan, Marcy Nabors -Duration: 5:34 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/north-walk-south-walk -Commentary: - <i>Corbin Pangilinan:</i> - Last year, my freshman year of college, I was put into a dorm that was across the street from the campus proper. The first few days of the semester came just fine, but the following weeks slowly fell into the same, everyday rut and I found my routine pretty quickly tiring. For me, the start of every day would be crossing that main street in the city, which had a walk signal, as most city street crossings tend to. I'd push the button, which would evoke a very sharp click (and honestly, it was pretty satisfying to push; the morning ennui pushed me to observe that) and then the walk sign would come on, very rhythmically, stating, “WAIT.” When it came time to cross, it always repeated, “WALK SIGN IS ON. WALK SIGN IS ON. WALK SIGN IS-” at which point it would abruptly cut off and begin counting. The total time for crossing came to about thirty seconds or so, and I'd put my head down and walk along with the other freshman or whoever came to that street corner to walk at that particular time. As the semester dragged on, I started to imagine songs in order to break up the monotony a little, to the point where I would be walking across the street completely absorbed in my thoughts until the beeping of the walk signal, awaiting its next input, would come in and I'd find myself across the street. North Walk/South Walk encompasses the feeling of that 30 second time period, and indeed, the essential spirit of my freshman year in Norfolk. -Lyrics: - wait<br>wait<br>wait - walk sign is on<br>walk sign is on<br>walk sign is twenty seven - twenty six - twenty five - twenty four - twenty three - twenty two - twenty one - twenty - nineteen - eighteen - seventeen - sixteen - fifteen - fourteen - thirteen - twelve - eleven - ten - nine - eight - seven - six - five - four - three - two - one - wait<br>wait<br>wait<br>wait<br>wait<br>wait<br>wait<br>wai -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Loop 1 -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 5:51 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/loop-1 -Commentary: - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Loop 1 is the formal name for the Mopac Expressway in Austin, Texas. On the occasions where it's not crowded with stop-and-go commuters, it's a quick way to cut through the quieter reaches of town, navigating through rolling prairie and surreal corporate offices. This track pulls from the sound of krautrock, copping the motorik beat and droning sensibilities of Neu! - a recording from the inside of a car riding along this would-be-autobahn slowly fades in over the escalating loops. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pulse -Artist: David Ellis -Duration: 5:47 -Contributors: -- David Ellis (vocals, rhodes, guitars, synths) -- Clouds Haberberg (vocals) -- Samm Neiland (violin, viola) -- James Ellis (guitar textures) -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/pulse -Lyrics: - On noisy urban nights<br>A pulse beneath the skin<br>Lose sight of the evening sky - The cold fluorescent lights<br>The bodies pressing in<br>Each page a new place to hide - A look that’s calling out<br>A draw to meet their eyes<br>So nervously turn aside - A human connection?<br>Then head for the escape<br>The doors close the moment slips away - On noisy urban nights<br>In scraps of poetry<br>All lost to the world outside -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hues / Tone -Artist: Nat Wesley -Duration: 4:39 -URLs: https://casualsunday.bandcamp.com/track/hues-tone -Commentary: - <i>Nat Wesley:</i> - hues/tone is a track about houston get it diff --git a/album/someday.txt b/album/someday.txt deleted file mode 100644 index d580c649..00000000 --- a/album/someday.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,27 +0,0 @@ -Album: Someday -Artist: Clark Powell, Astro Kid -Cover Art: Kristin Kemper -Wallpaper Art: Kristin Kemper -Has Track Art: no -Date: November 21, 2013 -Date Added: May 12, 2021 -Color: #efcf96 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Clark Powell -- Beyond -Commentary: - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - High Tide is a short film created by Kristin Kemper, and this is the single release of the film's score! It has been remastered for your listening pleasure, and remixed (also for your listening pleasure). - High Tide in all its glory lives at <a href="https://vimeo.com/70976988">vimeo.com/70976988</a> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Someday -Duration: 3:58 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/plazmataz/someday-feat-astro-kid -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Someday (Astro Kid Remix) -Artist: Astro Kid -Duration: 4:41 -References: Someday -Has URLs: no diff --git a/album/song-of-skaia.txt b/album/song-of-skaia.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c92f3774..00000000 --- a/album/song-of-skaia.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -Album: Song of Skaia -Artist: Mark Hadley -Cover Art: minty -Has Track Art: no -Date: January 1, 2012 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #02b7ff -Groups: Official -URLs: -- https://parsecproductions.bandcamp.com/album/song-of-skaia -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFbcZ8PWCeZmXZZw0W9HQ_9T -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Null -Duration: 2:32 -Directory: null-mark-hadley -URLs: -- https://parsecproductions.bandcamp.com/track/null -- https://youtu.be/86Gfj88184k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Birth -Duration: 2:28 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -URLs: -- https://parsecproductions.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-birth -- https://youtu.be/pEtclU-Tdck -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Song of Skaia -Duration: 6:27 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -Contributors: Tarien Ainuvë (lyrics/vocals) -URLs: -- https://parsecproductions.bandcamp.com/track/song-of-skaia -- https://youtu.be/731LkYOajeA -Lyrics: - In vento cogitatio, spirat in vento<br>E vacuo lux elucet, lux e vacuo<br>E somno somnia cre'ta, somnia e somno<br>In clara umbra creatum versat - (<i>Thought blows in the wind, in the wind<br>Light shines from the void, light from the void<br>Dreams awaken out of sleep, dreams out of sleep<br>Creation twirls in a bright shadow</i>) - In vento spiritus flat, spiritus in vento<br>In fusco lumen ignescit, lumen in fusco<br>E somnis verita nata est verita nata<br>E nihil omnia cre'ta sunt omnia creata - (<i>Spirit flows in the wind, spirit in the wind<br>Light burns in darkness, light in darkness<br>Truth is born out of dreams; truth is born<br>All is created out of nothing; all is created</i>) - Pel Amar vinya-onant<br>Feä raniel vilyadessë sira - (<i>Around the new-born world<br>Wandering spirit flows in the wind</i>) - Lindelë sama calad<br>Oloriello illuvë onant<br>Eä - (<i>Music joins light<br>All is born from a dream<br>Let it be</i>) - In vento cogitatio, spirat in vento (Pel Amar)<br>E vacuo lux elucet, lux e vacuo (Vinya-onant)<br>E somno somnia cre'ta, somnia e somno (Feä raniel)<br>In clara umbra creatum versat (Vilyadessë sira) - In vento spiritus flat, spiritus in vento (Lindelë)<br>In fusco lumen ignescit, lumen in fusco (Sama calad)<br>E somnis verita nata est verita nata (Oloriello)<br>E nihil omnia cre'ta sunt omnia creata (Illuvë onant, eä) diff --git a/album/squiddles.txt b/album/squiddles.txt deleted file mode 100644 index de3801ce..00000000 --- a/album/squiddles.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,285 +0,0 @@ -Album: Squiddles! -Date: August 26, 2010 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Cover Art: Cindy Dominguez -Wallpaper Art: Cindy Dominguez -Banner Art: Cindy Dominguez -Banner Dimensions: 1100x205 -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.6; -Has Track Art: no -Color: #bb44ff -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Squiddles -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5UGIMKOXpONMExgI7lVYFwQa54QFp_H ------------------------------------------------ -Group: Main album ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Squiddles! -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 2:54 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/fXo6q-jENfE -Lyrics: - Squeedle dee dee<br>Squeedle dee dum<br>Everyone sing a Squiddly song<br>Let's all be friends<Br>And work as a team<br>Squiddles for you<br>Squiddles for me! - Tangle Buddies<br>Let's become<br>Tangle Buddies<br>That's right<br>Tangle Buddies<br>You heard me<br>Tangle Buddies<br>Squiddle-dee Squiddles! - Lots of fun times are waiting ahead<br>Early to rise and early to bed<br>When you're with us every second is great<br>Just as long as you don't stay up late - The power of friendship and the<br>Power of love will guide us<br>We'll all live in harmony<br>Sea unicorns and happy<br>Candy corn shrimp<br>They all sing the song of the sea - Everyone sing<br>Come on now<br>Sing the song of<br>The happy sea! - (Hey, Squiddle Diddle, can you guess what I'm thinkin'?)<br>(No, Squiddly-Dee, what?)<br>(I was thinking we should be)<br>(TANGLE BUDDIES) (Tangle Buddies!)<br>(Tangle Buddies, yeah!) - Squeedle dee dee<br>Squeedle dee dum<br>Everyone sing a Squiddly song<br>Let's all be friends<br>And work as a team<br>Squiddles for you<br>Squiddles for me! - Tangle Buddies<br>Let's become<br>Tangle Buddies<br>That's right<br>Tangle Buddies<br>You heard me<br>Tangle Buddies<br>Squiddle-dee Squiddles! - Lots of fun times are waiting ahead<br>Early to rise and early to bed<br>When you're with us every second is great<br>Just as long as you don't stay up late - The power of friendship and the<br>Power of love will guide us<br>We'll all live in harmony<br>Sea unicorns and happy<br>Candy corn shrimp<br>They all sing the song of the sea - Everyone sing<br>Come on now<br>Sing the song of<br>The happy sea! ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Rainbow Valley -Artist: David Ko -Contributors: Alex Rosetti (remix) -Duration: 1:10 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/MrOqTjNrB2Q ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Squiddle Parade -Artist: Ian Taylor -References: Homestuck Anthem -Duration: 0:50 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/gqd8XTRwzoI ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Squiddle March -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 1:09 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/6l7shCvDXUU ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Tangled Waltz -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 4:15 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/3KdAsyPq4UM ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Sun-Speckled Squiddly Afternoon -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 1:41 -References: Squiddles! -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/faRVzG1TZus ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Squiddles Campfire -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 5:16 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/sBi2kKCDDCk ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Friendship is Paramount -Artist: Seth Peelle -Duration: 3:43 -References: Squiddles! -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/X0DmGl7AJIU ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Lazybones -Artist: Steve Everson -Duration: 1:15 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/15iiMuYvA_Q ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Tentacles -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 1:57 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/LMfO0Z_E878 -Lyrics: - (Hey, Squiddle G.)<br>(I said HEY, Squiddle G!)<br>(Yeah, Squiddle RJ, up for more partying?)<br>(Come on! Throw me down some sick beats.)<br>(You got it!) - (Crazy stuff in here man. This is totally crazy stuff!)<br>(We're getting nasty up in here.)<br>(Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)<br>(All these tentacles!) - I love to talk about going to school<br>'Cause Squiddles learn, so much, so cool<br>I'm like some kind of dude on the mic<br>Just listen to this, it's a fresh supply - Na, na, na, three tentacles up<br>Na, na, na, three tentacles up - Tentacles breakdancing<br>All those tentacles on the floor<br>Tentacles breakdancing<br>Let's all dance tonight - (Yeah... uh-huh.)<br>(Yeah, we do it right here, boy.)<br>(Come on! Get up! Get up!) - I love all the ladies, Squiddlies, big Diddlies<br>They love me, they say so, I know that<br>I'm doing things right<br>Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh<br>Uh, uh, uh - Tentacles breakdancing<br>All those tentacles on the floor<br>Tentacles breakdancing<br>Let's all dance tonight - (Check it out!) ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Squiddles Happytime Fun Go! -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 1:43 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/uXBAl4pd7gA ------------------------------------------------ -Track: The Sound of Pure Squid Giggles -Artist: Nick Smalley -Contributors: Alex Rosetti (remix) -Duration: 1:22 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/9tOJOpn1UD0 ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Squiddle Samba -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 3:05 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/U1H0Q6FjGyc ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Squiddles in Paradise -Artist: Solatrus -Contributors: Alex Rosetti (Squiddle voices) -Duration: 4:11 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/2YG_6ke8X0o -Lyrics: - Squiddles, Squiddles, Squiddles in paradise<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, let's get tangled up!<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, Squiddles in paradise<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, let's get tangled up! - Squiddles down in paradise invite you to play<br>They're tangled up with joy and fun every single day<br>It's a silly kind of life they live, but for them it's nothing new<br>They are friends with everyone and they love you! - 'Cause they're Squiddles, Squiddles, Squiddles in paradise<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, let's get tangled up! - It's a funny time in paradise with their Squiddle friends and more<br>So let's dive on in and we'll go see what they have in store<br>We'll ride up on sea unicorns into uncharted lands<br>Watch out for Skipper Plumbthroat! And his salty band<br>(Bye Skipper Plumbthroat!) (I'll catch you yet!) - They're Squiddles, Squiddles, Squiddles in paradise<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, let's get tangled up! - It's a lovely time in paradise, see the Squiddles smile with glee<br>We should join them in the fun they made for you and me<br>'Cause soon enough we'll have to leave, and depart for shore<br>But we'll be back another day, on the ocean floor! - Squiddles, Squiddles, Squiddles in paradise<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, let's get tangled up!<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, Squiddles in paradise<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, let's get tangled up!<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, Squiddles in paradise<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, let's get tangled up!<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, Squiddles in paradise<br>Squiddles, Squiddles, let's get tangled up! -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Haha, oh man. - My vocal debut, and what is it? Me mocking the music kids shows. It’s an adorable song, though. - Okay, so this one actually has a bit of history, quite a long time before Homestuck. I’ve been at this music thing for over 9 years after all. - Originally I was interested in writing a sort of uplifting and mellow hip hop song, and the first thing I did was make an organ synth with a swung version of one of the melodies you hear in Squiddles in Paradise. I was actually working with AndrewNeo (him again!) on the song. - Of course, that never panned out, but when I finally felt like I should contribute to the Squiddles album (I was among the last to actually start something) all those years later, I remembered that melody. - And then Alex told me the whole hip hop feel, even though it was pretty relaxing, just wasn’t gonna work. So I reworked it into a pretty cheesy and stereotypical reggae song and just stopped caring altogether about how it sounded. I mean, come on, it’s a freaking parody album! - Eventually Alex recorded some Squiddle vocals for it because I thought it’d be hilarious, and he sang (badly out of tune on purpose) the chorus. I thought it was brilliant and promptly wrote a full set of lyrics. - TLDR, the chorus to Squiddles in Paradise was actually made up by Alex Rosetti basically on accident, and the song was originally some hip hop song I did over half a decade ago. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - Well, what do you know, my vocal debut? - This song has a remarkably old history to it, elements of it dating back to 2005, not too long after I started using FL Studio. Originally this was a sort of uplifting hip-hop song that I did in collaboration with AndrewNeo, but the song was never finished. I’d share the song with you, but unfortunately I don’t have the plugins I used because back then I didn’t care as much about pirating VSTs and the like. - Anyway, while this song is chronologically my second official Homestuck song, it’s also the second song I wrote after joining the team. The first song I wrote after joining will be discussed next time. Hehe. - Nonetheless, do have a little snippet of what I did with that hip-hop song when the Squiddles album was starting up, which is not too different from the original, aside from a more interesting beat and bassline. (<a href="http://www.solatrus.com/static/music/misc/Squiddlesofsomesort.mp3">dead link</a>) - I sent it over to Alex Rosetti, but we ended up agreeing that going with the hip-hop style. Even though it was a pretty relaxing song, it wasn’t going to be a good fit for what Alex had in mind for the album. - Thus, I scrapped it and started to work on other songs before coming back to it almost a month later. - It hit me one day that I should try rewriting the song in a really ridiculous, cheesy, and cliche reggae style, and completely not care. So I did. - I again sent this to Alex and he really liked it, and he quickly recorded some Squiddles very horribly singing what eventually became the chorus. I thought it was brilliant and was immediately inspired to write lyrics for the entire song, which really helped flesh out everything. It also let me use Radiation’s hilarious Skipper Plumbthroat voice briefly, though that went uncredited in the song, hah! - And after some work, I arrived to the final song that’s on the Squiddles album. - <b>Other Thoughts</b> - Michael Bowman once mentioned that Squiddles in Paradise is one of the few songs on the album that really balances the act between a legitimate song and a downright silly song. I was pretty flattered when both said this and when he recommended this song, among others from the album, to a fan. - I actually have to agree with Bowman after looking back at it almost two years later. Despite how little effort I feel that I put into this song, it was a really fun and silly song to write… about kid-friendly horrorterrors… in paradise. ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Squiddidle! -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 2:00 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/gyqSztKs_6o ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Catchyegrabber (Skipper Plumbthroat's Song) -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Contributors: Toby Fox (Skipper Plumbthroat) -Duration: 4:33 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/S3bsomR8W_w -Lyrics: - They call me Skipper Plumbthroat<br>'Tis a name ye'd best remember (Yar)<br>I'm captain of me ol' boat<br>The Grundy Catchyegrabber (Oh-ho) - I travel the seven seas<br>In search of valuable ink<br>It sparkles like a blessing<br>Of unicorns made from zinc - I'll row, row, row me boat<br>Collect that valuable prize<br>I need the stuff to stay afloat<br>'Tis the apple of me eyes - This ink that I do seek<br>Comes from little Squiddles<br>They swim around and squeak<br>And are full of Squiddle giggles - My fishing nets will grab<br>A tentacle or two<br>And maybe afterwards<br>I'll have some Squiddle Stew! - Row, row, row me boat<br>An' throw out all o' me nets<br>Those squids won't know what hit 'em<br>‘Til they're payin' off me debts - (Yes... if I... if I ever can pay off me debts, I mean, I... I still have to pay for... school. My... I mean... just- never mind, never mind! Just, well...) - Sometimes I have to ask meself<br>Skipper, where's your life led ya?<br>You dropped right out of law school<br>To sell rutabagas (I need a tangle buddy.) - My poor business flopped<br>I was penniless once more<br>So land for sea I swapped<br>And left my native shore - Strugglin' to stay afloat<br>But it's all right, I guess<br>Just as long as I can gloat<br>An' sail an' fish an' Aggress - (Aggress. I love aggressin'. Yar, har. Ah-har. Yar-har!) - I've come far, that's for sure<br>Nanna Plumbthroat would be proud (Yes, she would.)<br>I've no time to be demure<br>‘Cause I'm scary as a storm cloud (Or scarier!) - Yar-har<br>The fishin' life's for me<br>I love me job, I love me life<br>Catching Squiddles of the sea! - (Yar-har-har. I’ll get those little Squiddles yet. If I can... if I can just get enough money, and... maybe overcome my crippling depression. But... but I have friends, I have a crew! They... they like me and, but... well... I mean...) ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Plumbthroat Gives Chase -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Contributors: Toby Fox (Skipper Plumbthroat) -Duration: 2:51 -References: Catchyegrabber (Skipper Plumbthroat's Song) -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/4PfZu1AWTWI -Lyrics: - (This might not fit my... rude alter ego, but I really love drinking tea and eating broccoli. But don’t tell anyone!) - (Yar-har, time for some Squiddle Stew!)<br>(Come here, Squiddles! Little Squiddles! Ha, ha, har!) - (Come back here, you Squiddles!)<br>(I’ll show you tangle buddles! I’ll show you tangle... hoo-)<br>(Darn those Squiddles, come back with my pants!) - (Darn those Squiddles, where are my pants?)<br>(I am embarrassed that you Squiddles have had to see my naked body.) - (I’ll get you yet, you Squiddles!)<br>(Well, EXCUSE me, Squiddles!)<br>(Squiddles! Curse you, Squiddles!)<br>(You have yet to see the power of the Catchyegrabber!) - (I wish I had a job! I wish I wasn’t such a- [unintelligible] this! [unintelligible] Skipper Plumbthroat!) ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Squiddles the Movie Trailer - The Day the Unicorns Couldn't Play -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:51 -References: Squiddles! -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/9lWRGynBNVs -Lyrics: - (But... but where are the unicorns today, Mommy? Where are the unicorns?) - (Someday, when I’m older, I’ll— I’ll find Santa Claus. He’ll bring the unicorns back, won’t he Mommy? Mommy? Where are you, Mommy? Are you with the unicorns?) - (NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!) ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Carefree Princess Berryboo -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 2:16 -References: Carefree Action -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/_Z8qT1GBhds -Lyrics: - (Well EXCUSE me, Princess Berryboo!) ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Mister Bowman Tells You About the Squiddles -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 4:27 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/09eVHqwHWYM -Lyrics: - (Mister Bowman, can you tell us about the Squiddles?)<br>(Well of course, child!)<br>(Yay!) - Let me tell you of the Squiddles who live below the sea<br>They love to sing and dance and play just like you and me<br>They're squishy little creatures with tentacles of joy<br>And adorable eyes that bring delight to every girl and boy - Not much is known about the Squiddles, at least on our behalf<br>And many wonder why it is they always seem to laugh<br>Do they know some kind of secret? Well, maybe, just in part<br>But any child knows the real answer deep within their heart! - They laugh because they love<br>They sing because they're free<br>They splash because they're safe and sound<br>Below the deep blue sea - They leap because they like you<br>They swim because they're swell<br>They smile because they have so many<br>Stories they like to tell - The Squiddles live in a magical land<br>Below the waves in castles of sand<br>If you listen close you can hear them make their plans - (What kind of plans?)<br>(Happy Squiddle plans!) - They kiss because they can't help it<br>They wiggle because why not!<br>They prance because they're oh so proud<br>Of all the friends they've got (Hey guys, how's it going?) - They jump because they're joyful<br>They giggle because they're glad<br>They Squiddle because in Squiddle Land<br>No one's ever sad! - (All right, now we're going to do the whole song one more time, and this time I want everybody to join in. Parents, that means you too. If you don't know the words just look them up online, I'm sure they're there somewhere. Otherwise, sit real close to your television set and follow the bouncing ball and you're sure to be a winner! Are you ready, kids? All right, here it comes again. And a-one, and a-two, and a-one two three!) - They laugh because they love<br>They sing because they're free<br>They splash because they're safe and sound<br>Below the deep blue sea - They leap because they like you<br>They swim because they're swell<br>They smile because they have so many<br>Stories they like to tell - The Squiddles live in a magical land<br>Below the waves in castles of sand<br>If you listen close you can hear them make their plans - (What sort of plans?)<br>(Happy Squiddle plans!) - They kiss because they can't help it<br>They wiggle because why not<br>They prance because they're oh so proud<br>Of all the friends they've got - They jump because they're joyful<br>They giggle because they're glad<br>They Squiddle because in Squiddle Land<br>No one's ever sad! ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Ocean Stars -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:09 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/gFWWC9vmSzQ -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - Everyone writing songs for the Squiddles album opted for happy-go-lucky and crazy-sounding things, but in an effort to make a variety, I aimed instead for something more calm and serene, picturing a calm ocean at night lit only by the full moon and stars. Admittedly, it's just 12 bars that repeat over and over, each time adding in an additional instrument track. Still, it's one of the most relaxing things I've ever written. ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Let the Squiddles Sleep (End Theme) -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 5:06 -References: Squiddles! -Samples: Squiddles! -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/mpn7lahHvEc -Lyrics: - Squiddles are not ordinary friends<br>They work and play and work again<br>But they have homes and mommies too<br>Yes, they have mommies just like you - So let them go to bed right now<br>So they can rest and make cute sounds<br>Because if they don't, they won't be strong<br>(If they can't rest they won't be strong)<br>And they're so small, they won't last long<br>(Well, they are really tiny) - And Plumbthroat's fishing boat<br>(Plumbthroat's fishing boat)<br>Woah, oh, oh, oh?<br>(Is gonna kill the Squiddles if they don't get any sleep)<br>So let them go to sleep<br>(So let them sleep) - (‘Cause they will die if they don't get to sleep)<br>Let them go to sleep<br>(Plumbthroat has a thing for killing insomniac jellyfish)<br>Tangle Buddies, Tangle Buddies, Tangle Buddies, Tangle Buddies, Tangle Buddies, Tangle Buddies<br>(It's not a pretty sight)<br>Oh, the tangle buddies and the tangle buddies going out to sea<br>(Let's go to Brineswallow)<br>Going to Brineswallow now, Brineswallow now - Brineswallow (Brineswallow)<br>Brineswallow (Brineswallow)<br>Yeah (Brineswallow)<br>Yeah, [Unintelligible] (Let's all go on an adventure) - Squeedle dee dee<br>Squeedle dee dum<br>Everyone sing a Squiddly song<br>Let's all be friends<br>And work as a team<br>Squiddles for you<br>Squiddles for me! - Tangle Buddies<br>Let's become<br>Tangle Buddies<br>That's right<br>Tangle Buddies<br>You heard me<br>Tangle Buddies<Br>Tangle Buddies<br>Let's become<br>Tangle Buddies<br>That's right<br>Tangle Buddies<br>You heard me<br>Tangle Bu- - My tangle[???] Tangle Buddies<br>Tangle Buddies<br>Let's become Tangle Buddies ------------------------------------------------ -Group: Bonus tracks ------------------------------------------------ -Track: Friendship Aneurysm -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 0:19 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/w6RNFIXfiyY -Lyrics: - (I love you, Squiddle Ruby!)<br>(I love you too, Squiddle Sapphire!)<br>(Let's have serious friendship!) - (Oh man, I just had a friendship aneurysm.) diff --git a/album/strife-2.txt b/album/strife-2.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 60396afe..00000000 --- a/album/strife-2.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,155 +0,0 @@ -Album: Strife 2 -Artist: Tensei -Date: March 13, 2017 -Date Added: May 25, 2020 -Cover Art: Marimo -Has Track Art: no -Color: #a347c5 -Groups: -- Tensei -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/strife-2 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFbuRKweQO1tS0fWjbYmEFpI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spirit of Storms -Duration: 1:53 -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/spirit-of-storms -- https://youtu.be/SxAgn108-EI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sanguine Panchromatic -Duration: 1:49 -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/sanguine-panchromatic -- https://youtu.be/6Vcp1k7NCFM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: G4M3 OR D13 -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:57 -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/g4m3-or-d13 -- https://youtu.be/VFDtdGYfYzQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rouge on the Rox -Duration: 2:48 -References: JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~ -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/rouge-on-the-rox -- https://youtu.be/3hepsdc1xPc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Perfect Cascade of the Heart -Duration: 2:55 -References: Cascade (Beta), Time on My Side -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/perfect-cascade-of-the-heart -- https://youtu.be/8_iVaqCiRFE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hope Strikes Eternal -Duration: 3:14 -Track Art: nights -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/hope-strikes-eternal -- https://youtu.be/8nhgZbzaFw8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aerosoul -Duration: 2:33 -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/aerosoul -- https://youtu.be/EQfJqxsQ_P8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Arachnofunkia -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:21 -References: -- Arachnofunkia (Beta) -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/arachnofunkia -- https://youtu.be/vIu5V4tuFuA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The King in Red -Track Art: nights -Duration: 3:49 -References: -- The King in Red (Beta) -- track:crustacean -Art Tags: -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-king-in-red -- https://youtu.be/2_uFQGP7s9k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heel Girl -Duration: 4:00 -References: -- Heel Girl (Beta) -- Umbral Ultimatum -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/heel-girl -- https://youtu.be/RrU12KztX0Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Unite Division -Duration: 3:40 -References: -- Unite Division (Beta) -- Liquid Negrocity -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/unite-division -- https://youtu.be/SLy2p6mVZ9A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spirit of Storms (Reprise) -Duration: 1:23 -References: Spirit of Storms -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/spirit-of-storms-reprise -- https://youtu.be/psmbW5obOrQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The King in Red (Beta) -Duration: 1:39 -References: -- track:crustacean -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-okW7YECmI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Unite Division (Beta) -Duration: 1:43 -References: -- Thin RED Line -- Liquid Negrocity -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-okW7YECmI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Arachnofunkia (Beta) -Duration: 0:52 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-okW7YECmI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heel Girl (Beta) -Duration: 0:48 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-okW7YECmI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: daet with roze -Duration: 1:21 -URLs: -- https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/daet-with-roze -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dance of Thorns (Karaoke) -Duration: 4:01 -References: -- Dance of Thorns -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z9BE1F58_o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bound in Blood (Beta) -Duration: 1:33 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-okW7YECmI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Duet -Duration: 2:37 -Has URLs: no \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/album/strife.txt b/album/strife.txt deleted file mode 100644 index bd1e4fa1..00000000 --- a/album/strife.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ -Album: Strife! -Artist: Tensei -Cover Art: Tauhid Bondia -Track Art: Homestuck -Date: February 16, 2011 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #e83240 -Groups: -- Tensei -- Official -Art Tags: -- Dave's bro -- Jack Noir -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz2a5VxQZME -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5UGIMKOXpMJhJ_NDnOG3_3kzoa48HPM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stormspirit -Duration: 0:46 -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/stormspirit -- https://youtu.be/OxHcK4AJFmw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heir Conditioning -Duration: 3:53 -References: -- Tomboyish Girl in Love -- track:doctor -- Penumbra Phantasm -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/heir-conditioning -- https://youtu.be/vwUc_apgdo0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dance of Thorns -Duration: 4:01 -References: -- Moon Over the Castle -- Bloody Tears -- track:beginning -- Recruitment Theme -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-thorns -- https://youtu.be/3dKRKDn9ZJk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Time on My Side -Duration: 3:28 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -- Liquid Negrocity -- Master of Puppets -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/time-on-my-side -- https://youtu.be/_zfOKIREJX8 -Commentary: - <i>Tensei:</i> - With the Strife album, I deliberately left a lot of the background to the songs very ambiguous. There are no direct, obvious references as to what song corresponds to which character, though there are quite a few indications: each song uses an instrument that is typically associated with one of the kids in a pretty prominent way: whether it’s the piano lead in Heir Conditioning, the solo violin in Dance of Thorns, the bass and flute (shakuhachi, actually) in Atomic Bonsai, and of course the sampled beats and scratches in Time on my Side. I suppose the titles count as somewhat vague references to the characters as well. - With that said, I’m still not going to explicitly say “This song is actually a strife theme for Dave” or something like that. If Andrew chooses to interpret it as a good backdrop for a fight between Dirk and Jake, I am totally fine with that. Hell, I can totally see it working (And in fact it DID work, since the flash turned out pretty damn awesome) - I always felt like this song was a bit of the odd man out on the album. While I definitely think Dance of Thorns and Atomic Bonsai were awesome in their own right, they also feel a lot more ‘conventional’ compared to this song. - In a lot of ways, this song is actually very minimalistic. The droning bassline and guitar chugs stay on the same chord for almost a full minute while the buildup is mostly done through sound effects and overlayed orchestral sounds. - IMO, this results in giving the :53 point, where the chords finally start switching up, a much bigger impact (though the full Beatdown motif coming in probably helps too). - Something similar happens at 2:04 where after 30 seconds of the Black motif remaining on the same chord again, you get another switch, and everything just sounds huuuuuuge. - Appropriately to the title, this song has a lot of weird time-shit going on. Disc scratching in and of itself can actually be treated as a nice metaphor for time manipulation (the comic itself definitely makes grateful use of it), so it’s no wonder that it’s almost omnipresent here. - By far the neatest thing, in my opinion, is 2:35 though. The effect you hear there is actually the ENTIRE SONG up until that point, played in reverse, and sped up so it fits in a couple of seconds. The idea is literally that it ‘scratches’ and resets the song, much in the same way as happens to the entire universe in the comic, so it can lay down a wicked wah-guitar solo over the ‘scratched’ version of the song. - So yes, this song travels back in time in order to make itself awesomer. - Joking aside, this song, like most other ones I make, does also have some sneaky hidden references. - The guitar riff at 3:18, for example, is cribbed pretty much note for note from the Metallica song Master of Puppets (maybe this is a Dirk song after all?). The background strings at :37 have a very similar ascending chromatic pattern the intro to the James Bond theme. The high staccato strings at 1:50 are supposed to be reminiscent of the theme from Psycho, or really every slasher flick ever. (Black is associated with Jack Noir, Jack Noir likes to show people his stabs, etc.) - The original inspiration for this song probably comes from the least likely source imaginable. It’s not The Prodigy or Goldeneye 64 music, but actually the original score to the movie Space Jam. You probably don’t even know or remember it, but a lot of the songs have a very distinct looped hiphop beat, guitars, and orchestral stabs all over the place, much like a large portion of this song. - Seriously, listen to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBenCP-51Qw">this</a> from about 0:50 onward and you should hear the resemblance. - That aside, obviously stuff from The Prodigy’s Fat of the Land album bears some resemblance as well, especially with the cheesy bassline. I know that a few Prodigy songs have been used in the otherwise kinda shitty Charlie’s Angels movies whenever shit was about to go down, and that’s really the kind of vibe I was going for as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Atomic Bonsai -Duration: 4:20 -References: -- The Raising Fighting Spirit -- Reverse Situation -- The Decisive Battle -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/atomic-bonsai -- https://youtu.be/ncLsScNc4ZY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Knife's Edge -Duration: 4:05 -References: -- To Make the End of Battle -- Cascade (Beta) -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/knifes-edge -- https://youtu.be/eYdneOkIvvc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Make a Wish -Track Art: none -Duration: 1:32 -URLs: -- https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/track/make-a-wish -- https://youtu.be/P0nogEQf3BI diff --git a/album/symphony-impossible-to-play.txt b/album/symphony-impossible-to-play.txt deleted file mode 100644 index d5ddc561..00000000 --- a/album/symphony-impossible-to-play.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ -Album: Symphony Impossible to Play -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Tavia Morra -Wallpaper Art: Homestuck, Quasar Nebula (edits for wiki) -Banner Art: Homestuck, Niklink (edits for wiki) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x200 -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.6; - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto; - filter: hue-rotate(45deg); -Has Track Art: no -Date: August 1, 2012 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #dd5544 -Groups: -- Clark Powell -- Official -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-impossible-to-play-with-medium -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGj-hDDFktI -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFbZGlJ_NhUuG0yPfBRzFpfv -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I - Overture -Duration: 7:00 -Directory: overture -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/i-overture-2 -- https://youtu.be/Fi311fNF09w -References: -- track:endless-climb -- Crystalanthemums -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:doctor -- Three in the Morning -- Flare -- track:explore -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- Even in Death -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: II - Sarabande -Duration: 2:36 -References: track:sarabande-vol5 -Directory: sarabande-symphony -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ii-sarabande-2 -- https://youtu.be/iADicSzT0VE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: III - Serenade -Duration: 5:44 -References: -- Serenade -- track:ruins -Directory: serenade-symphony -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iii-serenade-2 -- https://youtu.be/wjvxf4QiHfU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: IV - Anthem -Duration: 3:48 -References: Homestuck Anthem -Directory: anthem -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/iv-anthem-2 -- https://youtu.be/FaT8T3030mA diff --git a/album/the-baby-is-june.txt b/album/the-baby-is-june.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c8a06c84..00000000 --- a/album/the-baby-is-june.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,428 +0,0 @@ -Album: The Baby is June -Artist: Funk McLovin -Date: November 23, 2020 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Cover Art: Funk McLovin -Has Track Art: no -Color: #00c0ff -Groups: -- Funk McLovin -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/album/the-baby-is-june -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVNREaFFhdM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Meat Nor Candy -Duration: 0:37 -Contributors: -- Funk McLovin (Dave) -- AE (June) -- Bucky Grant (Karkat) -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/meat-nor-candy -Lyrics: - DAVE: so june - DAVE: did you pick meat or candy - JUNE: dave?? - JUNE: how did you know i was at a picnic? - DAVE: everyone knows - DAVE: its a super important choice with important ramifications - JUNE: what? oh man, this might be bad. - KARKAT: OH SWEET FUCK. WHAT DID YOU DO, JUNE. - DAVE: did you even go to the fucking picnic - JUNE: n- no? i... i... - DAVE: urgh - DAVE: fuck - DAVE: ugh - JUNE: dave, what's going on! - KARKAT: THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO, JUNE. - DAVE: i can only explain whats happening to me - DAVE: ngh - DAVE: in <i>song</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dave's Ballad -Duration: 1:54 -Contributors: -- Funk McLovin (Dave) -- AE (June) -- Bucky Grant (Karkat) -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/daves-ballad-2 -Lyrics: - I was walkin' down the street practicing some rhymes - Just like you do when you're the knight of time - When a realization struck me clear out the blue - In through the outdoor I pulled the wazoo - - I saw the time foam in a paradox space - And faster than the bunny won the tortoise race - I knew you had to make a lun-choice - You had to utter two words with your very own voice - - And June if you didn't then there's just one catch - If you didn't select one of Calliope's snacks - One final timeline that I know to be true - I'm having a baby and the baby is you - - JUNE: but dave... - JUNE: the tortoise won the race. - KARKAT: IT DOESN'T MATTER RIGHT NOW, JUNE. - KARKAT: FOCUS ON THE BABY PART. - - Well I'm having a baby and the baby is you - I'm having a baby and the baby is you - I'm having a baby and the baby is you - I know this to be true - - I'm having a baby and the baby is you - I'm having a baby and the baby is you - I'm having a baby and the baby is you - You better buy some tiny shoes - - JUNE: how the hell does this even work?? - DAVE: oh well im glad you asked - - You'll remember in a time in a game called SBURB - When "ectobiologize" was the key verb - You made a bunch of shitty little baby clones - And sent them to the appropriate time zones - - But along the way the wires got crossed - And out into the first ring baby June was tossed - You could see how this could be - A little problem metaphysically - - Because if you're marooned in the depths of space - You couldn't make the baby clone of yourself in the first place - And now to complete the right time loop - I've been impregnated and the baby is you - - Well I'm having a baby and the baby is you - I'm having a baby and the baby is you - I'm having a baby and the baby is you - I know this to be true (oooh!) - - I'm having a baby and the baby is you (...) - I'm having a baby and the baby is you - I'm having a baby and the baby is you - You better buy some tiny shoes - - JUNE: dave, what the fuck. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Karkat's Lament -Duration: 2:44 -Contributors: -- Bucky Grant (Karkat) -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/karkats-lament -Lyrics: - I'm just a troll, a troll so enamored - With a man who speaks with that annoying stammer - In spite of his yammering and habits thereof - I wish there was a way to express my love - - I've not been one for shows of affection - They're always taken in some awful direction - And uh, since I'm a troll and he's a human - Well I've got no template for wooing acumen - - Now that I'm comfy with the time that I spend - Happy to be with him until the bitter end - Paradox space so cruelly descends - He's having a baby and the baby's my friend - - Oh I'm just a troll, a troll so enamored - WIth a man who has- pff- zero manners - And just when I was poised to get used to him - Reality reminded me it's just too grim - - But wishing my heart with a fatal twist - That I could love him in domestic bliss - But what I wanted wasn't goddamn this - Things weren't supposed to go amiss - - But when you imagine a dispute of the heart - Something to drive two lovers apart - In the books that I read when I was a grub - There were strpies like passion and conflict and love - - But in those tomes over which I pored - Reading about the quadrants that I adored - It wasn't a whisper or even a maybe - Of your boyfriend having his best friend's baby - - [Pensive trumpet solo.] - - I'm just a troll, a troll so enamored - Of a boy I can't help but chase after - Gestating my buddy in his gravid womb - I can't let this be Davekat's doom - - I'm just a troll, a troll so enamored - With a man who speaks with that annoying stammer - In spite of his yammering and habits thereof - I wish there was a way to express my love -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: June's Ode -Duration: 2:44 -Contributors: -- AE (June) -- Funk McLovin (Dave) -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/junes-ode -Lyrics: - DAVE: alright youll be able to see the ultrasound image on the monitor - DAVE: the miracle of life is wonderful dont you agree june - DAVE: uh - DAVE: june - - That baby is me - It's plain to see - From the ultrasound image - And my friend's stomach - Looking so carefree - - I've been through a lot - I've seen some shit - But this takes the cake - This one is it - - I can't carry on - I can't wrap my brain - His stomach's distended a baby - With my own face - - It's got my buckteeth - And my mischevious grin - Even more upsetting - I see my glasses on them - - I try to shout - I try to scream - But I can't comprehend - The baby is me - - My buddy Dave is pregnant - With a baby who is me - Seems surreal - What's the deal - He's swimming in Dave's pee - - DAVE: its not pee june its amniotic fluid - DAVE: theres a big difference - - (Hey while you guys are singing, do mind if I take a trumpet solo?) - (Sure thing doc, go right ahead.) - - [Prenatal trumpet solo.] - - A child in my bro - A wholeass baby kid - Not even the result - Of something I did - - Dave is taking this well - What the fuck is his deal - I've been losing my mind - Is this how the virgin Mary feels - - Look at their weird face - On the ultrasound screen - They're looking at me - God what could this mean - - How can Dave sit there - With zero qualms - Is he a good dad - Am I a good mom - - My buddy Dave is pregnant - With a baby who is me - Seems surreal - What's the deal - He's swimming in Dave's pee - - DAVE: for the last time its not pee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Off Brand -Duration: 3:58 -Contributors: -- AE (June) -- Bucky Grant (Karkat) -- Funk McLovin (Dave) -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/off-brand -Lyrics: - JUNE: i hope dave is okay. - JUNE: what do you think will happen if something goes wrong? - JUNE: what if i evaporate, like in back to the future? - KARKAT: IT'LL BE FINE, JUNE. - JUNE: but i've been hearing trumpet playing from the delivery room this whole time. - KARKAT: NO DON'T WORRY, THAT'S JUST THE DOCTOR FROM TRACK FOUR. - JUNE: oh, right. - - I know it's off brand - But I wouldn't worry - Dave's a strong sort of guy - - He's a good dad - So we'd better hurry - And pull ourselves together, here's why - - Through these nine months - I've hemmed and I've hawed - But here's the conclusion I came to - - It's surreal and unfun - But I've been so in awe - You me and Dave too - - I know it's our friend - But I sort of agree - Dave's taken this just like a champ - - It's not the most grand - That the baby is me - But we really oughta be in Dave's camp - - Through these nine months - I've been so horrified - About the implications metaphysic - - But through these nine months - Not one single time - Have I told Dave he's terrific - - I know it's not grand - But the trio of us - Two dads and one paradox daughter - - Can be hand in hand - One family of us - Come temporal hell or high water - - DAVE: well folks great news - JUNE: oh, dave! thank god. - KARKAT: DAVE, LOOK AT HER. - KARKAT: IT'S A LITTLE JUNE. - JUNE: i'm still not entirely sure how it was born with my glasses on... - DAVE: i have some bad news - KARKAT: WHAT IS IT? - JUNE: what do you mean? - DAVE: to preserve the time loop this baby has to go back in time and live your childhood june - DAVE: we cant keep it - KARKAT: ...I GUESS THIS IS OUR ONE CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE. - - I know it's off brand - But I'm teary-eyed - I love this little dude most - - Karkat my man - And June buddy of mine - Now I know why we're so close - - When we were kids - Playing SBURB - I knew that we all were connected - - Through all this amidst - Our trials absurd - It's not quite the way we expected - - I know it's off brand - But the trio of us - Two dads and one paradox daughter - - Can be hand in hand - One family of us - Come temporal hell or high water - - DAVE: well - DAVE: that was weird - DAVE: i gotta admit im kinda sad that i didnt get to raise a little june - JUNE: i'm not... - KARKAT: WELL, AT LEAST WE LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON FROM THIS. - DAVE: we did - KARKAT: SURE. - JUNE: what was it? - KARKAT: I DON'T FUCKING KNOW. - KARKAT: BUT I'M SURE SOMEDAY IT WILL COME IN HANDY. - KARKAT: LIKE SOME OBSCURE TRIAL WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DRAW ON OUR COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MECHANICS OF PARADOX IMPREGNATION. - JUNE: it's kind of like jesus, huh? - JUNE: a virgin birth. - DAVE: definitely not a virgin - KARKT: WHAT'S A VIRGIN? - JUNE: man, i wonder what would have happened if i'd chosen meat or candy. - DAVE: good question june buddy - DAVE: i guess the world will just never know - [Laughter.] - JUNE: probably for the best. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dave's Ballad Reprise -Duration: 1:49 -Contributors: -- Funk McLovin (Dave) -- articulatelyComposed (Rose) -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/daves-ballad-reprise -Lyrics: - DAVE: so yeah basically uh - DAVE: i got pregnant with a paradox clone of june - DAVE: and that was my weekend - DAVE: what about you - ROSE: Wait, what. - ROSE: Explain. - DAVE: alright so - DAVE: june was supposed to make a selection between meat and candy at a picnic - DAVE: right - ROSE: Yes. - ROSE: Yeah, that was my idea. - DAVE: but she didnt do that - DAVE: so like you might have imagined- - ROSE: So you gave birth to her. - DAVE: yeah yeah - DAVE: no thats - DAVE: thats basically the whole and the half of it - ROSE: ...Why do I feel like this has happened before? - DAVE: you know i felt that too - DAVE: it was like through the whole thing - DAVE: it was like this feeling of deja vu - DAVE: i dont even know if i have a womb anymore - ROSE: I mean, paradox space can do strange things. - DAVE: yeah - DAVE: well i guess its good that yknow - DAVE: she didnt choose meat or candy - DAVE: who knows how that would have gone - ROSE: Oh, god. - DAVE: yeah who knows - ROSE: Now that I think about it, that was a terrible choice. - ROSE: I don't know why I even thought it would be... decent. - DAVE: yeah thats ok - DAVE: you cant see the fu- well - DAVE: you cant see the future i guess - DAVE: i kinda made a musical angle of it - DAVE: so like - DAVE: uh - DAVE: you wanna - DAVE: do you wanna - DAVE: you wanna do something with that - DAVE: we could probably syndicate this and sell it to someone - ROSE: Honestly? Sure, why not. - DAVE: alright lets do it - ROSE: Why not make a couple bucks aft our wacky adventures. - DAVE: yeah - DAVE: lets do this - DAVE: i had a whole baby i might as well gat a couple dollars out of it - - You (I) had a baby and the baby was June - You (I) had a baby and the baby was June - You (I) had a baby and the baby was June - It's absurd to be true (ooooh) - - Dave (I) had a baby and the baby was June - He (I) had a baby and the baby was June - Dave (I) had the baby and the baby was June - And that fixed the paradox loop (ooooh) - - ROSE: Actually, on second thought, making a musical out of this seems like a bad idea. - DAVE: yeah its kind of tacky diff --git a/album/the-baby-is-you.txt b/album/the-baby-is-you.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 1b17aaa8..00000000 --- a/album/the-baby-is-you.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,369 +0,0 @@ -Album: The Baby is You -Artist: Toby Fox -Cover Art: Astroliner -Has Track Art: no -Date: September 27, 2010 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Groups: -- Toby Fox -- Fandom -Color: #545fff -Art Tags: -- John -- Karkat -- Dave -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfiwU2f-ts4 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZ8yr7acSFrBeUvkA0XlDN6 -- https://recordcrash.com/tbiy/thebabyisyou.htm -Commentary: - <i>Sanctferum:</i> - (<i>From the Homestuck Sound Test 4/13/2017 Edition release notes:</i>) - Simultaneously the worst fucking thing Toby Fox has ever made and his magnum opus that even Undertale cannot surpass, even mentioning this legendary trash opera on the now-defunct MSPA forums was grounds for a ban. Warning: Contains male pregnancy (mpreg), heavy implications of underage sex, implications of incest, time travel, a clip of Karkat saying "MMMMMMMMMMM" that was used in the Act 6 Act 6 Act 1 opening flash, vore, the answer to the Ultimate Riddle, and other absolutely awful shit that has no business being in the Sound Test, or indeed, anywhere. Listen at your own risk, if you dare... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A History of Babies -Duration: 1:01 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/5Z5XKg37ZGc -Lyrics: - (Every day, a million babies are born in the United States alone. Many of these babies climb out of... vaginas. Others, the storks bring them. Some are born out of slime in paradox space, thanks to a special video game your momma used to play. But regardless of how these babies may be born, they all come into the world with a special force called... love. - - This... is that story.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Throguh Song -Duration: 0:43 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/KSHPZp33vv4 -Lyrics: - (JOHN: Hi I'm John Egbert, and I tell you about my rock opera that's totally like— OH MY GOD DAVE WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING ON THE GROUND WRITHING IN PAIN. - DAVE: Nothing- nothing John, just ignore me I'm not <big>PREGNANT</big>! - JOHN: Oh my God Dave what happened to youuuu? - DAVE: I'm- I'm lying I am pregnant. - JOHN: How- how- how is that possible? Who's the father? - DAVE: The father, I can't tell you John. - JOHN: But, but then... who's the baby?? - DAVE: The baby, John... is YOU! - JOHN: Noooo Dave, nooooooooo! - DAVE: You're the baby, all of the babies, all of them! - JOHN: We have to get you to a hospit-pital, what are you- what are you saying? What are you saying, Dave? - DAVE: John I guess the only way you can understand... is through song.) - - (oooOOOooo, police sirens, police sirens, oooOOOooo, oooOOOooo...) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Baby is You -Duration: 1:36 -References: Throguh Song -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/BtCsf7tFBIQ -Lyrics: - I was sittin' around, in the middle of the night - All bored with nothin' to do - I called up a friend, he put some stuff in my end - I taught him a hundred different ways to screw (Oh Dave!) - I conksunked his boots, touched his imigrants - The chips had just started to fall - Now after that night, I was given a fright - A babytummy shaped like a ball - <big>Damn John!</big> - - I'm havin' a baby and the baby is you! - I'd birth my best friend it's true! (Oh no!) - I'm havin' a baby and the baby is you! - Koalababies up the avenue! - I'm havin' a baby and the baby is you! - My ovaries are out the wazoo! (Oh no!) - I'm havin' a baby and the baby is you! - You're gonna come out my hoohoo - - (JOHN: But how is that possible? - DAVE: I don't know, such is the magic of Skaia! He entered all of my... seven gates. - JOHN: Ohh, ohhh... - DAVE: He touched me John. - JOHN: Meow - DAVE: He prototyped my Medium. - JOHN: Ohh... - DAVE: And now my kernelsprite is... rich with data... and now.... YOU'RE THE BABYYYYY! - JOHN: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - DAVE: OPEN WIIIIDE - JOHN: OOOOOO— - Wha- what the fuck [???] [laughter]) - - You're havin' a baby and the baby is you! (You're havin' a baby and the baby is me!) - I'd birth my best friend it's true! - I'm havin' a baby and the baby is you! (You're havin' a baby and the baby is me!) - Koalababies up the avenue! - I'm havin' a baby and the baby is you! (Havin' a baby and the baby is me!) - My ovaries are out the wazoo! - I'm havin' a baby and the baby wears shoes! - Babies, babies, babies, babies, babies, babies, babies, babies, babies, babies, babies, babies [Babeatboxing] - Wahoo! - - (oooOOOooo, police sirens, police sirens, oooOOOooo, oooOOOooo...) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: bootes -Duration: 1:47 -References: Canon in D -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/aoDIAbQnV88 -Lyrics: - (Dave: Oh my God, John... the baby... is a baby... is a baby... - JOHN: Dave you're losing your water break, we can't go to a hospital now! - DAVE: You're right there's no time! We must go to Mount Prospit... where I myself was born. - JOHN: You were born in a lab, Dave, and I'm your lab daddy. - DAVE: Just shut up, Dad! 'Cuz, you're my baby now, and you're the one that's gonna have mantitties in your face! - JOHN: What? - DAVE: Mantitties in your face! - JOHN: No! No, gross! - DAVE: Mantitties in your faaaace! - JOHN: Dave, put your fucking shirt on! - DAVE: Mantitties. - JOHN: I'm not even born yet, that's not fair! - DAVE: Oh my God... someone needs to deliver this baby... right now. - KARKAT: I can do that. - JOHN: Karkat what the fuck are you doing? - KARKAT: Delivering babies... I did it once, I can do it again. - JOHN: Leave it up to me Karkat. - KARKAT: No, no I can't, you're... a baby. I must do this, I must be the... midwife. John, there are some things you can't know. - JOHN: Like what? - DAVE: Please just reach inside me— - KARKAT: LET'S SING A FUCKING SONG) - - Once upon a time on top of a mountain (I'm Karkat, by the way) - A baby was sitting in a water fountain (Karkat, Karkat) - His name was Dave and he was supreme - His booties were covered in peaches and cream - And that story today is, totally, irrelevant - I'm a troll John - I wanna fuck you out of hate - I wanna fuck you out of hate 'cause I'm Karkat - - (MMMMM<big>MMMMMMMM</big>MMMM - DAVE: Oh, my God, please stop this singing shit, I have to have this baby now! Ohh! - <big>MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM</big>... MMMMM...) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: rose pragnant -Duration: 1:11 -Contributors: -- Astroliner (Rose) -References: Showdown -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/l6BDUDe4eQo -Lyrics: - (ROSE: Oh my God, I hate Garageband so much. - JOHN: Dave you need to hang in there! - DAVE: AAEEAAEEAAAAAA - KARKAT: I don't get it, the baby just won't come out. - ROSE: What the fuck? What is this fucking metronome shit? - DAVE: I'm not ready. There's some things I have to clean up first. - It's a car. - Holy crap, it's a car. - ROSE: i came as fast as i could - DAVE: Rose I'm glad you're here. I need to talk to you about... this big baby in my mommytummy. - ROSE: I'm serious. I'm a serious... actor. Voice actor- VA. Indubitably, I will embiggen my words less so you can understand what the fuck I'm- fuck- - DAVE: Let's not talk. Let's... sing, like old times. - Rose is pregnant and she can't sing, okay? It's a problem. - DAVE: ROOOOOSE!! - JOHN: Rose! - DAVE: It's only fair... - ROSE: Right. Besides singing is passé for those of a caliber like ours. Let us engage in that ancient art far superior... <big><i>rap</i></big> - - ROSE: It happened. - Make it happen Lalonde. - Suck that bitches' dick! - ROSE: I'm go- that's NOT what I'm doing! That's the opposite of what I'm doing. Alright... —fast as- BAH IT'S NOT RECORDING! - ROSE: i came as fast as i could - ROSE: Indubitably. I can- [angry noises]) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: the rose rap -Duration: 2:45 -References: -- Lose Yourself -- track:miracles-icp -Samples: -- rose pragnant -- bootes -Contributors: -- Von Fawn (Rose) -- Astroliner (Rose, but from rose pragnant) -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/o3rJTGHgYTk -Lyrics: - (Alright Strider, let's do this thing. Strider, let me break it down like this for ya.) - - There once was a violet femme fatale - Whose violent violin sung sweet without - The tables of a boy who turned tricks and treats - Like icy Halloween breeze, so fresh were his beats - But alone they were weak, no revolution - Together, overtime, there was an evolution - They met on the net and there was a fusion - Like Danimals Yogurt Breakfast Frusion - - Hearts, and minds - And souls, and hearts - They loved, each other - You bag, of farts - - They promised to be each other's baby mommy babies - But now they're caught in their lies - Their fingers in another person's pies - Guilty of another person's scabies - - Strider, heart to heart - Don't treat me like a fool - You may have played me - But my heart waylaid me - I wanna be your baby mommy too - - Rose I know how you're feeling, I know your emotions - I want you to know I mirror your devotion - You don't see this kind of depravity on the Serengeti - Whoop there goes gravity! Mom's spaghetti - - I screwed up, I fucked up, I got screwed and fucked (Oh my God, I hate Garageband so much.) - I'm the baby of bad choices and my little legs are tucked - I wanted to be true, make you a faithful hubby - But you know I can't do, it's too much trubby - - We're related Rose, that's the problem not the other - We can't be baby mommy daddies 'cause you're my sis and I'm your brother (Miracles, fuckin' miracles bro!) - These feelings that you're feeling, we share the same idea - I know I screwed up and probably caught gonorrhea - - (DAVE: But the truth Rose, is that... we can't have a baby because it would be retarded, and besides, incest is disgusting, and, um, anyone that condones pedophilia or incest is— - Water, fire, air and dirt! - DAVE: ...um, bad and they should see a psychiatrist, and also, will you marry me? - ROSE: Yes Dave! - DAVE: So we can have the baby together. - ROSE: Take me away!) - - Strider, heart to heart - I wanna treat you like a fool - You may have played me - But my heart waylaid me - I wanna be your baby mommy - I wanna be your baby mommy - Baby mommy, baby mommy too! (Oh my God, I hate Garageband so much.) - (i came as fast as i could) - - (ROSE: Dave, I lied! - DAVE: Rose I- I mean I think we can work through this, you know- even though— - ROSE: No I lied I'm not pregnant! - ROSE: <big>I'M JUST FAT</big> - DAVE: Oh Rose, I don't care... being pregnant might be against the rules of the MSPA Forum... - KARKAT: I'm going to throw up. - DAVE: ...but... shipping us together is not! - JOHN: Gross! Everyone cover your eyes! - (worst makeout sounds ever) - JOHN: The two naked incestuous pregnant teenagers are... KISSING!! GROSS!! - - MMMMM<big>MMMMMMMM</big>MMMM - ROSE: That's hot.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: uh oh -Duration: 0:07 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/QJWPUe5cdKc -Lyrics: - (DAVE: Looks like everything's gonna work out fine after a- oh, holy shit is that— - BRO: Dave I'm gonna eat your baby.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: vs bros -Duration: 1:27 -References: Versus -Samples: Can You Feel the Love Tonight -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/ustNt1bH9JQ -Lyrics: - Caaaan you feeeel— - - (DAVE: Bro I dont wanna fight you, I just want to have my baby in peace. - BRO: Hah! Too bad, Ash Ketchum! I'm Gary motherfucking Oak, I'm hungry for babies so get goddamn shoveling!) - - I'm the king of everything under the sun - I'm just like Parappa except I like hot dog buns - I'm gonna [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] your butt, I'll [[track:contention-vol4]] your face - I'll eat all the babies in the human race - - (JOHN: Why would Bro say something like that? - DAVE: I don't know, he's never tried to eat my babies before!) - - Shut up your face dad, I'm totally me - Eatin' apple jacks is the way to be! - - (BRO: How does it feel to be shut down by my superior rapping techniques? I will show you the power of the forbidden rhyme... words that rhyme with THEMSELVES!) - - Hat, hat - Cat, cat - Bat, bat - Bat, bat (He's gonna run out of words sometime!) - Oops, I said something wrong 'cuz I'm stupid - Uh, uh, uh, uh - I don't, I didn't even write anything for this part - So, yeah... - - (Actually, a fight sequence was entirely unnecessary. So, it was deleted aaaand what happens is that in the end: it turns out Bro's a robot. I mean... it was just complex given the fact that this is a normally simple story about, um uh, you know like a... thirteen-year-old boy giving birth to his brea- best friend, I- It- It didn't fit the archetypes. So, I'm going to uh... move on to the next song and you can, just... chillax a little bit.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: a baby is born -Duration: 1:30 -Samples: rose pragnant -Contributors: -- Artemis251 (Kid, Luigi, Sweet Bro, Hella Jeff, background vocals) -- Astroliner (Rose) -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/jCfE_6pTN8A -Lyrics: - (KC GREEN: Hey kids! This is KC Green! - KID: Yay! - KC GREEN: And it's time for the Gunshow singalong show! - KID: The singalong, yay! - KC GREEN: I hope you all got your faces ready! - KID: My face is ready! - KC GREEN: To sing a little tune here! - KID: Let's sing! - KC GREEN: Let's go!) - - I'm havin' a baby and the baby is you! - I'm havin' a baby and the baby is true! - Greetings Andrew Hussie this is Radiation - How high do you have to be? - Pretty goddamn high - - Havin' a baby and the baby is you (Havin' a baby) (Is you) - Havin' a baby and the baby is true (Is trueeee) - - Ohhhh, I'm having a baby (Havin' a baby, dogs!) - And it's gonna be awesome when I have a baby (???) - - (DAVE: Oh my God! It's happening! - KID: Oh my, push! - DAVE: I'm having a baby! I'm having this baby right now! - JOHN: Having a baby! - KC GREEN: Oh it's so beautiful! - DAVE: All over your face! - KID: Push, push, push! - DAVE: Greuh, baby, baby— - JOHN: It's me! I'm the baby! - LUIGI: That's actually kinda really gross! - DAVE: Blblblblblblblbl... - KID: ??? - JOHN: It's me! Wah! - DAVE: Oh, John! - ROSE: i came - DAVE: It's beautiful! - JOHN: [baby noises] - DAVE: It's beautiful John, you're a beautiful baaaaby! - JOHN: Thanks Dave! - DAVE: You're a beautiful baby! - JOHN: I love being your baby! - DAVE: <big>AND WE ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER</big> - - ROSE: i came - ROSE: i came as fast as i could - - Brought to you by the rules of the MSPA Forums. - - SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF: Who would even write this conksuck song anyway? - SWEET BRO AND HELLA JEFF: Imigrants??) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/album/the-felt.txt b/album/the-felt.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 2276717b..00000000 --- a/album/the-felt.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,205 +0,0 @@ -Album: The Felt -Cover Art: Molly Gur -Track Art: Homestuck -Wallpaper Art: Molly Gur -Wallpaper Style: - opacity: 0.25; -Date: December 2 2010 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #33aa55 -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- Snowman -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76TAd1ExFE -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jade Dragon -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 3:27 -References: Viva la Vida -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jade-dragon-2 -- https://youtu.be/et0432j4c5s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Swing of the Clock -Artist: Solatrus -Duration: 5:58 -References: Three in the Morning -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/swing-of-the-clock-2 -- https://youtu.be/kEGailT_BHs -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Ah, yes, Swing of the Clock. One of my better songs. Also the first song I wrote after joining the team! - If you didn’t know, Swing of the Clock was heavily inspired off of both Clark Powell’s Three in the Morning and various Philip Glass musical compositions. It was my first attempt at doing something with a lot of orchestral instruments, though definitely far from my best orchestral composition. - In retrospect, it’s a bit of a boring song with its chord progression, but I’d be damned if I didn’t say something about the shift from Philip Glass style clarinets to swung synth rock. I was very proud of that contrast. - Also a lesser known fact: It was actually considered for a flash animation, in a similar vein to Alex Rosetti’s Squiddles song. But, due to the difficulties in organizing a full song animation, especially one that was twice as long as Squiddles, it was just impossible to do realistically. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - Ah, this song. The memories. Not really any pre-song history so I’ll just get right into how it was created and why I took this song in this direction. - Swing of the Clock, henceforth shortened to SotC (not to be confused with Shadow of the Colossus! It’s just a hilarious coincidence) was the first song I started writing after joining the team. Multiple fake band albums were in progress (The Felt and Squiddles), but at the time I had no idea how to even approach Squiddles (see last week’s post ([[Squiddles in Paradise]]) for details). - So, I decided I’d try to do something orchestral. I went with a few ideas, but for some reason I kept wanting to write a song with a swing feel in it, though that’s more Midnight Crew than Felt, yet at the same time I wanted to do something that was clearly Philip Glass influenced. The small scraps I started before finally settling on a starting point (none of them were saved, sorry!) all shared two major common pieces: a ticking clock, and an arpeggio piano inspired off of Clark Powell’s Three in the Morning. - Both are still in the song, though amusingly many people didn’t notice the piano. It’s there. In reverse. :D - While I was messing around with the early ideas for SotC, I managed to create a nice sounding bass synth, but I ended up replacing the sound with a couple of clarinets to keep the focus on orchestral instruments instead. - I knew early on I wanted to write a song with a very slow progression, very gradual and subtle shifts between sections. However, I wasn’t entirely sure how to approach it until Beatfox [Seth Peelle] made a suggestion on the forums about mastering and production as a whole. Before this song I tended to have a bad habit of improperly using compressors and limiters, though I definitely knew better than to use FL Studio’s stock setting for the Fruity Limiter. (Not saying the Limiter is bad, it’s just really horrible in what the default project template gives you.) - While SotC isn’t the first song I put a significant amount of effort into controlling the mix, it was the first I really managed to succeed in understanding what I was doing in that area of production. - I ended up automating everything in the song, and I realized how much easier it was to fulfill my original idea plus improve on my overall production. Sadly, the song was still very much on the loud side compared to the rest of the album, so there were some problems with how it was mastered in the end. - Going back on track with the swing feel I originally intended… As you can tell, the song is in a 6/8 time signature. It’s one of my favorites. It’s not a true swing, but it was close enough to get where I wanted. - A true swing is lazy 6/8. Sort of. - Anyway, so while the first third of the song is pretty strictly 6/8, the drum beat comes in that’s definitely swing influenced. And during that section, there’s the tuba part. Well! That originally was actually a stand up bass part, but there’s really no way to mimic a stand up bass with sample libraries, so I experimented with a bunch of sounds until I settled on the tuba. - It was passable, but only after I shifted it to actually play slightly early. The attack was so slow. It was a little frustrating. - After that, as you know, it goes into the heavier synth rock section. Oh, hey, remember that bassline I said I scrapped in favor of the clarinets? There it is. Back in its glory. - The fun big moment, and then the song fades away. - Still one of my best songs in the Homestuck canon. I felt like I had set a new standard far higher than I’d ever be able to reach, but being on the team has pushed me further than I ever expected. - <b>Now For Some Trivia!</b> - Swing of the Clock was the second to last of a very long stretch of original songs I did in the key of F minor. It’s my favorite key to write music in, but I’ve barely touched it since Chartreuse Rewind. (Which is next week..! Er.. I guess this week, since I was late on this. Oops.) Why? Well, too much of a good thing is a bad thing. - Secondly, Lexxy really dug this song and it made me flip the fuck out when I found out she liked it, because she’s an amazing person! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rhapsody in Green -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 3:54 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rhapsody-in-green-2 -- https://youtu.be/O4x3DKbvi1Y -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Humphrey's Lullaby -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 2:06 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/humphreys-lullaby-2 -- https://youtu.be/N_Iddbz7p-k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Clockwork Reversal -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Duration: 1:41 -References: Clockwork Apocalypse -Art Tags: cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-reversal-2 -- https://youtu.be/b9BtuKqfPkY -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - Clockwork Reversal was my second contribution to the Felt. I love the melody of Endless Climb. I loved the music box-esque remixes on Volume 5 even more. Before I got on the team, I had written Clockwork Apocalypse, an orchestrated version of Clockwork Melody. After realizing Audacity could reverse music, I started experimenting. - Since the Endless Climb melody was so memorable and it had served as good sort of interlude tracks on Volume 5, I decided to try to make something in a similar vein. Oddly enough, I think the reversed version of the Clockwork Reversal sounds even better than both Clockwork Reversal and Clockwork Apocalypse. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chartreuse Rewind -Artist: Solatrus -Duration: 4:57 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/chartreuse-rewind-2 -- https://youtu.be/TBsDTu-NOkA -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - I was honest to God surprised that Chartreuse Rewind made the cut for the Felt. It’s not nearly as strong of a song as Swing of the Clock, but it still has its interesting moments. - Originally it was a song called Ascension that I was writing outside of Homestuck. Amusingly, it was inspired off of the work from the Felt, but it was a little too electronic to really fit the album’s overall atmosphere. - Long story short, I remixed Ascension into Charteuse Rewind and, out of hilarity, Ascension itself was scrapped. So, the remix of one of my songs survived and the original did not. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> - To start off, I did not expect this song to make it on to The Felt. - Why? Well, it’s not nearly as good as Swing of the Clock. I didn’t think I deserved two songs on the album (versus other pieces that didn’t make it), but nonetheless, that’s what happened. - So, where did this song start? Well, it started as inspiration off of The Felt but also from my interest in drum and bass music. Yeah. This song sounded very different at one point. As in, in my head, as a concept. - I never actually did make the version I originally set out to create, instead I made something that kind of sounded like the final version, except a bit more focused on the electronic stuff (e.g. the second half of the official release). - This song’s name came out of a subtitle I was using, because this was the remix, not the original. The original was called Ascension, but it ended up getting scrapped. The other peeps on the team started to reference this song as Chartreuse Rewind alone instead of Ascension (Chartreuse Rewind), and the name stuck. - What else… oh, I really love bass clarinet. Before I met Marcy Nabors [she] told me she really liked to play the bass clarinet part. And she actually has played the part for me. Not like it’s difficult. - All of my work repeated itself way too friggin’ much back then. - There are pieces here and there that are in reverse, yet forward in the chord progression (the xylo, for example, though it ends up flipping turnways in wibbly wobbly time near the end). - Is it a bad song? Oh, no. I’ve made worse. Far worse. But it isn’t particularly an amazing song, to me, anyway. I guess a lot of you liked it, though, and that’s all that matters. :D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Broken Clock -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 3:10 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-broken-clock-2 -- https://youtu.be/Mmzhi4T6wtM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Apocryphal Antithesis -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 2:51 -References: -- track:endless-climb -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/apocryphal-antithesis-2 -- https://youtu.be/PTd8rhHHyEs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Trails -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 2:29 -Art Tags: cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trails-2 -- https://youtu.be/rzL0-oyDy7s -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - At its heart, Trails is basically a fugue, with a melodic line being repeated and played over the previous one. Trace and Fin follow past and future trails, so I made the first melody in the first half hollow and somewhat indistinct, since it is a "future trail" for the second melody that will come in a few bars later. In the second half I reverse this and have the indistinct melody come afterwards, a "past trail" of the melody that just played. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Baroqueback Bowtier (Scratch's Lament) -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 4:06 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/baroqueback-bowtier-scratchs-lament-2 -- https://youtu.be/leIKuIH2FIg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Scratch -Artist: David Ko -Duration: 3:10 -References: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Ultimate Koopa -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/scratch-2 -- https://youtu.be/3OVpWgisy0o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Omelette Sandwich -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 3:32 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/omelette-sandwich-2 -- https://youtu.be/a1FivIzXv48 -Commentary: - <i>Mark Hadley:</i> - I imagined this song being played by Eggs and Biscuits. Shortly after the melody plays, it stops and rewinds back to the beginning, adding more instruments and speeding up the song slightly. This repeats until it is barely the same song anymore, fast and furious instead of the simple cello and viola duet that it starts with. After all the parts are in place, the parts start dropping out one by one until it goes back to the simple start. I went with the abrupt sound of a tape recorder instead of something more subtle, because Eggs and Biscuits aren't know for their subtlety. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Temporal Piano -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 3:49 -Art Tags: cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/temporal-piano-2 -- https://youtu.be/rzNIMmObP3k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Time Paradox -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Duration: 3:06 -References: Westminister Quarters -Art Tags: cw: blood, cw: corpse -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/time-paradox-2 -- https://youtu.be/96HRN6bFYqU -Commentary: - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> - This was the first piece I submitted for an album once I got on the team. Basically what happened was: I am visiting somewhere in Chicago with only my phone’s connection to the internet, check the MSPA forums and find a message notification waiting for me. Radiation congratulates me on getting on the team. After some moments of sputtering disbelief, I read on. He says if I want to get started on something, the Squiddles was being finished up and the Felt was on the table. So, for the next couple hours I was invigorated, consumed wholly during the car ride and time in the hotel before I finally fell asleep with working on a track for the Felt. Time Paradox was made. - Originally, I made it imagining the recruitment of the Felt, picturing Doc Scratch warping across time and space, assembling the green goons from who knows where, and then witnessing the construction of the Felt manor. - It’s a fun track, more energetic than a lot of things I had worked on and definitely influenced by Radiation’s style. The last two sections are still some of my favorite phrases that I’ve written. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Eldritch -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 2:02 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/eldritch-2 -- https://youtu.be/6hDMo_pcaD8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: English -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 3:30 -Art Tags: cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/english-2 -- https://youtu.be/6zMnNCDaKuE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Variations -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 6:03 -References: Rhapsody in Green, Jade Dragon, Swing of the Clock, Afraid of the Darko -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/variations-2 -- https://youtu.be/M966V66lLuE diff --git a/album/the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience.txt b/album/the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e82e7441..00000000 --- a/album/the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,296 +0,0 @@ -Album: The Funk McLovin Homestuck Experience -Artist: Funk McLovin -Date: April 13, 2020 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Cover Art: Funk McLovin -Has Track Art: no -Color: #a5f0a7 -Groups: -- Funk McLovin -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/album/the-funk-mclovin-homestuck-experience -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Introduction -Duration: 0:50 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/introduction -Lyrics: - Hello everybody! - My name is Funk McLovin. You might know me as Jojo. I wanna wish everyone a happy 4/13. As you know, this day signifies a very special person's birthday. So, before I start the album, I'd like to sing them a happy birthday right now. - - Happy birthday to you - Happy birthday to you - Happy birthday dear June - Happy birthday to you - - If you said "cha cha cha" or ended the song with "and many more," I assign you Dave Kin. - - Now please, enjoy: Funk McLovin's Homestuck music album. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Strider Rap-Off -Duration: 3:16 -Original Date: April 9, 2020 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/the-strider-rap-off -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkDY73uNxtE -Lyrics: - DIRK: Hey, dude. - DAVE: hey dirk - DIRK: I need a second on the rap battle today. You up? - DAVE: i dont know dude last time things got a little hairy - DIRK: What? Last time was awesome. That shit went viral. - DAVE: things can go viral for the wrong reasons dawg - DAVE: plus no one could tell our voices apart - DIRK: Fuck that, dude. Rap me so hard. - DAVE: fine but i get to go first and i get to pick the track - DIRK: Cool. But Squarewave is MC'ing. - DAVE: fuck - DAVE: fine - - DAVE: you can tell by the way i use my walk - ive had some help from— - TEREZI: OH SH1T. - - DAVE: a seer with chalk - ive got rhymes rattling around my dome for days - boys named dirk better be out of my way - when do you have time to spit - when you watch your anime shows - no shit - just like your shows - youre undeniably bad - im ashamed to call you my mutual dad - son you better get the shovel - cuz for your corpse theyll be diggin the tunnel - you can swing a sword just like its an art - but my half sized sword cuts down the prince aparts - - SQUAREWAVE: NICE RHYME, BRO. YOU'RE ON TOP OF YOUR GAME. BUT IT'S DIRK'S TURN TO RAP. NOW HE'S RISING TO FAME. - - DIRK: You've demonstrated your precision. - Forming your rhyme-based incision. - Into my psyche like the finest of surgeons. - But you fail to account for in your incursion, that your shitty half scalpel can't penetrate. - What we have here is a failure to calculate. - So, despite your rhyming and the best of luck, you forgot you can't win if you suck. - And just for the record, I was just being nice. Your rhymes aren't actually that precise. - - SQUAREWAVE: NEATO DORITOS, MY DUDE'S SUPREME. DAVE RAPPING NEXT IS MY GREATEST DREAM. - - DAVE: can we turn him off - please - - DIRK: No. - - DAVE: this track would be ideal if instead of a battle - it was just me so my rhymes that could rattle - everybody knows my flow can be tops - all the folks watching at home are just waiting for you to stop - In fact why not just concede victory to me - before i splatter your guts for all to— - SQUAREWAVE: READ - - DAVE: uh - - DAVE: whats he doing - - SQUAREWAVE: TREE. ME. SEE. PERIGEE. - DIRK: He's fucking helping you, dude. - - DIRK: You might be hot shit inside of your brain, - But suffice to say that soon you'll be slain - And cut down to spec by katanas so shitty. - You're like a little baby sucking my rap titty. - I spin words together like a mellifluous bard. - Remind me how many rap shows have you starred. - Also, lay off Squarewave, lest you incur his wrath. - Also, dude. - Take a fucking bath. - - SQUAREWAVE: ALRIGHT, DUDES. WE ARE REACHING THE END. THIS IS SO COOL. I CAN BARELY COMPREHEND. - - DAVE: i shouldve known - i shouldve been knew - yet another rap battle you snookered me into - every time we bust rhymes i suffer - well this is it ive had enougher - im putting an end to your assault rap mantle - im about to do a somersault off the handle - this is it dirk prepare for armageddon night— - - SQUAREWAVE: ARMAGEDDON WAS RELEASED IN 1998. STARRING BRUCE WILLIS, IT'S A MOVIE THAT'S GREAT. - DAVE: AAH - - DIRK: Holy shit, dude. Keep the lid on your dick. - Let me put a stop to this rap battle, real quick. - I think we can crown the king prematurely. - You've been acting all hell's of monstrous and surly. - Squarewave tell us who's the best on the beat. - Be the MC to Dave's defeat. - - SQUAREWAVE: WELL, DIRK, OLD BUDDY, I'M CALCULATING THE WINNER. WE SHOULD ALL BE HOME IN TIME FOR DINNER. - BUT FIRST LET ME SAY WHAT A TERRIFIC RAP FIGHT. YOU BOYS REALLY ARE ALL RIGHT. - I'VE KEPT YOU WAITING. AFTER DILIGENT WORK. I'VE DECIDED THE WINNER. THE WINNER IS DIRK. - - DAVE: yeah you know what dirk - DAVE: im gonna let you have this one - - DIRK: Fucking sick. - - (<i>Credits to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPFTOXaTJ665xSDVxoV6wgQ">Vinyl</a> for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkDY73uNxtE&lc=Ugxw9X0PulMJTLiITwV4AaABAg">transcription</a>.</i>) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jade Defender -Duration: 2:21 -Original Date: February 21, 2020 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/jade-defender -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0jzBu7IZWU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: GameGoth -Duration: 1:42 -Original Date: January 28, 2020 -References: -- GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/gamegoth -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLHdyAM4ujs -Lyrics: - (Welcome, mortals, to the best - and last! - game of your life. Mwahahahahahahaaaa!) - - I'm the GameGoth, and I don't mess around - I'll beat all your scores and take you to town - Out in the creepy manor right behind the arcade - I'll show you around, don't be afraid - - Dark Souls, Metroid, Amnesia too - I've got spooky titles coming out my wazoo - I'll make you a deal: just try to survive - If you beat me in a game I'll let you outta here alive - - You're in the GameGoth's clutches - And I hope you got the skills - 'Cause he's the gaming master - With the highest deaths to kills - - Since you are the guest I'll let you pick the game - Animal Crossing? Ha! No that one's lame - I've got Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Resident Evil and... Battletoads? - - [Epic synth solo] - - You're in the GameGoth's clutches - And I hope you got the skills - 'Cause he's the gaming master - With the highest deaths to kills - - Well you lost fair and square so try not to scream - While your blood is let out by the glow of the screen - I'd say "better luck next time" but that won't be the case - Another victim claimed to the darkest gaming ace - Hahahaha! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Less Pale, More Pail -Duration: 2:03 -Original Date: February 10, 2020 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/less-pale-more-pail -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYQj9F5fLMI -Lyrics: - Don't wanna be your best frieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeend - Don't wanna be your moiraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail - I wanna climb inside all of your sopor slime - Let's see less pale and more paiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil - - You have been a pal to me - For as long as I can recall - But that close friendship - I just don't want it all - - If you're just a bud - Then I'll take a pass - It's all or nothing, babe - 'Cause you're one sexy lass - - Don't wanna be your best friend - Don't wanna be your moirail - - Don't wanna be your best frieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeend - Don't wanna be your moiraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail - I wanna climb inside all of your sopor slime - Let's see less pale and more paiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil - - (Oh, baby. Please don't make me beg. - 'Cause I will beg. I don't wanna beg but I will. - I definitely will beg. If you make me.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Steel Bastille: Heart of Light, Crown of Thorns -Duration: 2:58 -Original Date: February 26, 2020 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/steel-bastille-heart-of-light-crown-of-thorns -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DDPym9XkRk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vrissy's Theme -Duration: 2:29 -Original Date: January 2, 2020 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/vrissys-theme -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w86Mq0kLnwQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vogue Rogue -Duration: 2:09 -Original Date: January 6, 2020 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/vogue-rogue -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttk-q7BonIE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ult!Dirk Can't Rap -Duration: 0:59 -Original Date: April 3, 2020 -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/ult-dirk-cant-rap -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btUK0HAPXeQ -Lyrics: - (Awwww yeah. You better synchronize your watches, 'cause it's Dirk time, baby.) - - Dirk Strider making bars - Unprecedented on Deltritus - Skull-headed bitches wanna find us - Space players wanna be us - - Narratively sound and far away from Earth C - All you gotta do to be better than you is to be me - - I put my daughter in a robot - Metal daughter - She brought along a friend - Metal daughter squatter - - Boyfriend in her wallet - She making the moves - Leaving Dirk all alone - To pack up the grooves - - Baby's first new species - Better gift yourself a bib - Lovecraftian abomination - Claims burbon claim to win - - A competition etched in the blood of my kin - What will you do? When the pimps in the crib - - I'll make Rose's skills look like stepping on a rake - This whole shindig will be a piece of cake - I hope Terezi drowns in a lake - I wonder how Jane's doing? God I miss Jake - - (--Rose get the fuck out of here!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vriska's Theme (Off The Shits Edition) -Duration: 3:50 -References: Vriska's Theme -URLs: -- https://funkmclovin.bandcamp.com/track/vriskas-theme-off-the-shits-edition -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o34votcZmMA diff --git a/album/the-genesis-project-vol-1.txt b/album/the-genesis-project-vol-1.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e78ba031..00000000 --- a/album/the-genesis-project-vol-1.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,96 +0,0 @@ -Album: The Genesis Project: Volume 1 -Directory: the-genesis-project-vol-1 -Cover Art: -- Radical Dude 42 (background) -- Musical Panini (logo) -Has Track Art: no -Date: July 31, 2019 -Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Color: #e10a0b -Groups: -- The Genesis Project -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/album/the-genesis-project-volume-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In the Beginning -Artist: lostCursor -Duration: 0:49 -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-beginning -- https://soundcloud.com/lostcursor/in-the-beginning -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Configure the Universe -Artist: Musical Panini -Duration: 0:32 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/configure-the-universe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Genesiac Jungle -Artist: Commander Cello -Duration: 1:24 -References: -- track:ruins -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/genesiac-jungle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggravate -Artist: Musical Panini -Duration: 1:49 -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/aggravate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: House Theme -Artist: psithurist -Duration: 1:36 -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/house-theme -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Showtime (Panini Mix) -Artist: Musical Panini -Duration: 2:08 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-panini-mix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Selection -Artist: Musical Panini -Duration: 2:34 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-selection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Symphotronic -Artist: pragmaticNihilist -Duration: 2:10 -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/symphotronic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Belliconstant -Artist: Commander Cello -Duration: 0:44 -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/belliconstant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jazz Club -Artist: potatocrip -Duration: 2:37 -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/jazz-club -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Long Time Coming -Artist: pragmaticNihilist -Duration: 4:09 -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/long-time-coming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Things Get Better -Artist: potatocrip -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: -- https://genesis-project.bandcamp.com/track/things-get-better diff --git a/album/the-grubbles.txt b/album/the-grubbles.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 30294a84..00000000 --- a/album/the-grubbles.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -Album: THE GRUBBLES -Artist: James Roach -Cover Art: The Grubbels -Has Track Art: no -Date: September 14, 2017 00:00:04 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #dd0000 -Groups: Official -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/hiveswap-act-1-ost-with-the-grubbles -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo6jbRGXGrtjQOs-3_TbJ6SvFBUEhztgj -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Broom Temperature -Duration: 1:58 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/broom-temperature -- https://youtu.be/HmPs0DNemyg -Lyrics: - [Drop to your knees, but come back up swingin'<br>Not just a broom but the truth that we're slingin'<br>Low and diiiirtyyy<br>Show y'all how to bring the hurt we<br>Have been hurt oftennnn - About now, I bet you're askin'<br>Who are these punks?<br>Or maybe you think we should fetch you a drink?<br>Well in low-blood fashion you can suck my chitin chunk - Dammek is bronze and burnished<br>I'm just the rust<br>Try to test our mettle, and when the dust settles<br>Your regret will be earnest and your blood spilled to stain the dust - Drop to your knees, but come back up swingin'<br>Not just a broom but the truth that we're slingin'<br>Drop to your knees, but come back up swingin'<br>Not just a broom but the truth that we're slingin'<br>Low and diiiirtyyy<br>Show y'all how to bring the hurt we<br>Have been hurt by highbloods - Blood boils<br>Blood boils - Drop to your knees, but come back up swingin'<br>Not just a broom but the truth that we're slingin'<br>Drop to your knees, but come back up swingin'<br>Not just a broom but the truth that we're slingin'<br>Low and diiiirtyyy<br>Show y'all how to bring the hurt we-] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frondly Warning -Duration: 2:19 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frondly-warning -- https://youtu.be/5Bp4v_w5Y0o -Lyrics: - [You pose, all gold and gleaming<br>A ten dressed to the nines<br>Spongeclots deaf to our screaming<br>And to the changing times - Stay swimming in your mentions<br>Too cold to feel what's coming<br>Why do we mask intentions?<br>All you hear is drumming, drumming - Drumming, drumming, drumming, drumming<br>Drumming, drumming, drumming<br>Drumming, drumming, drumming, drumming<br>Drumming, drumming, drumming - Don't bother looking for us<br>As if you even would<br>Just jam out to the chorus<br>As if you understood - We sing a song of freedom<br>The best track is the last<br>Liner notes, hey did you read 'em?<br>We sang your epitaph - Blood boils, blood boils<br>Blood boils, blood boils<br>Blood boils, blood boils<br>Blood boils, blood boils - Baby queen of calamari<br>Gonna fry and dip you<br>Way too late to say you're sorry<br>Way too late to fix you] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ghost Mound -Duration: 2:02 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ghost-mound -- https://youtu.be/QqJhLGGHqCk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Every Single Grievance -Duration: 1:11 -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/every-single-grievance -- https://youtu.be/D8N_53-cjGU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Get The Horns -Duration: 2:15 -References: Filthy Nuclear Bunker -URLs: -- https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/get-the-horns -- https://youtu.be/ZZbFo1W1TjQ diff --git a/album/the-wanderers.txt b/album/the-wanderers.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 97f2454d..00000000 --- a/album/the-wanderers.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,279 +0,0 @@ -Album: The Wanderers -Cover Art: Lauren Ross -Wallpaper Art: Lauren Ross -Banner Art: Lauren Ross -Banner Dimensions: 1463x270 -Wallpaper Style: - background-size: auto; - background-repeat: no-repeat; - background-position: top left; - background-color: #83bace; - opacity: 0.75; -Date: July 14, 2011 -Date Added: November 15, 2019 -Color: #ffcc66 -Groups: Official -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -- AR -- WQ -- WK -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF3092FD8EA59F218 -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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carapacian Dominion -Artist: Seth Peelle -Track Art: Sarah Fu -Duration: 7:20 -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -- AR -- WQ -- Serenity -URLs: https://youtu.be/bhG6zJpC60c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aimless Morning Gold -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Leondra -Duration: 3:48 -Art Tags: -- AR -- Serenity -URLs: https://youtu.be/KrimTgZi5uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Endless Expanse -Artist: Erik Scheele -Track Art: Guy -Duration: 5:59 -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -- AR -URLs: https://youtu.be/TktueKyYBKs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gilded Sands -Artist: Nick Smalley, Solatrus -Track Art: Nyanface -Duration: 4:00 -References: Stone Tower Temple -Art Tags: -- WV -- Serenity -URLs: https://youtu.be/i5gsRSo3sMo -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. - 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. - <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. - Seriously. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Years in the Future -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Track Art: Shad Andrews -Duration: 4:35 -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -- AR -- WQ -- WK -- Carapacians -URLs: https://youtu.be/CadBaY2j6pE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mayor Maynot -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Shad Andrews -Duration: 3:20 -References: Mailtime -Samples: -- Judge Dredd -Art Tags: -- WV -URLs: https://youtu.be/d9KVN4WfHHc -Lyrics: - 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~ - 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~ - 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~ - 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~ - 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. 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MAY, YER, MAY YER. (TAIL. MAIL, MAIL, MAY TAIL.)<br>MAY, YER, MAY YERRRRR~! (MAIL, MAIL, MAY MAILLLL~.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: We Walk -Artist: Steve Everson -Track Art: Emi -Duration: 2:42 -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -- AR -- WQ -- Serenity -URLs: https://youtu.be/0DILZ3Qi_Wg -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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Requiem for an Exile -Artist: Solatrus -Track Art: Zilleniose -Duration: 2:01 -References: track:requiem -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -- AR -- WQ -URLs: https://youtu.be/aAphwUVKFm4 -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! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Raggy Looking Dance -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: Zilleniose -Duration: 3:28 -References: Squiddles! -Art Tags: -- WV -- PM -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/kHSVHbxBEHU -- https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/track/raggy-looking-dance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Riches to Ruins Movements I & II -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Khoroshonov -Duration: 2:20 -Art Tags: -- WK -URLs: https://youtu.be/K7WRrBG6BM8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Litrichean Rioghail -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Hanni Brosh -Duration: 5:00 -References: -- track:explore -Art Tags: -- PM -URLs: https://youtu.be/RtzNs4pH11Y -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - Aaah this one. This caused me a bit of unexpected grief, but we'll get to that. - Basically, I wanted to do some kind of Parcel Mistress/PM theme. Representing her transition from postal worker, to warrior, to queen. We start off quite desolate, and we gradually build up to a kind of royal, celtic march. - The instrumentation is a bit all over the place (bagpipes, panpipes, probably an Oud somewhere as well). Most of it was attempting to channel various stereotypical "World Music" concepts into one track (We're dealing with the remnants of Earth as a setting, so one idea is a kind of combination of different cultural styles - It doesn't fully work, since it's mostly just the instrumentation applied to a fairly simple layout and melody). - As for the melody itself, I quite like it - It's very playful and jumpy, yet brings a sense of duty, which fits quite well. Explore also makes an appearance during the kind of transitional "Wandering" segment. Also because I really like Explore. - The name, and it's worth mentioning I've done incorrect translations before (see Rex Duodecim Latinus), is supposed to be "Royal Mail" in Scots Gaelic. It's a bit of a strange pun on PM as a character... - Now onto controversy! - As a few people pointed out when they first heard it, that the notes starting from 0:20 onwards by the sitar are viciously close if not identical to the start of Schala's theme from Chrono Trigger. And yes, yes they are. There is a subtle difference but the majority of the phrase matches. Depending on who you ask this ranges from either an atrocity or an inevitability given the limited nature of conventions and structure of music. - Personally, the reference was unintentional. Let's get this straight also, I'm a ludicrously huge Yasunori Mitsuda fanboy. I'm not fully ruling out that at some level I was remembering ST when making LR, but I honestly could not recall the song until someone linked a video, and even afterwards I don't recall the song from the game. There are tonnes of tracks from CT that I recall fondly but ST just isn't one of them. This all said, there was no malevolence nor deceit intended when writing LR and I apologise to anyone offended by it. - That's really all I have to say on the matter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ruins Rising -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Track Art: Raizor -Duration: 5:00 -References: -- track:ruins -Art Tags: -- WV -- Jack Noir -URLs: https://youtu.be/pDYCL68d3wI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: What a Daring Dream -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Track Art: Noot -Duration: 2:46 -Art Tags: -- WV -- Serenity -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: https://youtu.be/qtt0o-v2yco -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. -Lyrics: - What a daring dream, to combine the finest qualities of humanity with the elegance and nobility of the animal kingdom. How you wish you could know their world. To hear one night those muted pawpads traipse up your stairs. A low but friendly growl unsettles your slumber, and as the sopor seeps from your eyes they detect a sharp pair of ears cutting moonlight. A mysterious wolven tongue invites. Wouldn't these ears suit you? Would not this proud long snout assist you in the hunt? - What a daring dream... - (Just what do you think you're planning on doing with that ring?)<br>(Whatever it is forget it)<br>(The Slayer is miiiiiiiine)<br>(Now w8ke up)<br>(I said W88888888KE!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nightmare -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Track Art: Left -Duration: 4:13 -References: Liquid Negrocity, Rex Duodecim Angelus, Carapacian Dominion -Art Tags: -- WV -- Carapacians -- cw: blood (abstract) -URLs: https://youtu.be/CVxTL43Czuc -Commentary: - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> - This one was a bit weird, and went through several revisions trying to figure out what to do. It's loosely designed to be a bit of music for WV's dream in which he effectively turns into Bec Noir and starts killing everything before Vriska turns up disguised as Serenity and makes the whole sequence even weirder. - Firstly, the concept - It starts of quite dreamlike, then as we get to 1:40 the transformation starts, then there's some more preamble up to around 2:45 onewards, which is the "Red Miles" section where everything starts to go haywire. In betwixt there's lots of creepy choirs, weird noises and distorted barking all set to a kind of pseudo Egyptian theme (One working title was 'Anubis') - Hidden around 0:25 onwards is a kind of very subtle reference to Black and an even subtler reference to RDA. After that it's mostly original. - There are various samples hidden around the place, like wolf barks and jackal howling. Also all sorts of bizarre human laughter/screaming/conversation that's been reversed and distorted. Then we get to 2:45 and I attempt to kick it into a kind of bizarre Trailer-music affair with a ridiculous amount of percussion and a lot of staccato strings. Oh and those big brass drones everyone loves these days. - The ending (3:50 odd) attempts to mimic the beginning of Carapacian Dominion, to act as a kind of bookend for the album. It doesn't do it perfectly, but that's my fault :P - 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vagabounce Remix -Artist: David Ko -Track Art: Noot -Duration: 1:55 -References: -- track:vagabounce -Art Tags: -- WV -URLs: https://youtu.be/P_pCaNbhExo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tomahawk Head -Artist: Toby Fox, Tensei -Duration: 3:29 -Track Art: Lexxy -Art Tags: -- AR -URLs: https://youtu.be/vqs4yf_Fs4I -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! - 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. - 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. diff --git a/album/theres-no-place-like-home.txt b/album/theres-no-place-like-home.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7a1645aa..00000000 --- a/album/theres-no-place-like-home.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,216 +0,0 @@ -Album: There's No Place Like Home -Artist: Tee-vee -Date: April 15, 2020 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Cover Art: tricky_goddess -Has Track Art: no -Color: #957aff -Groups: Fandom -Art Tags: Jade -URLs: -- https://teeveemusic.bandcamp.com/album/theres-no-place-like-home-a-homestuck-prog-rock-medley -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0YkQn_zLU -Commentary: - <i>Tee-vee:</i> - Free download mirror link : <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xfwRZ4JIieOptXrmlnQDih848QCEF3_y">Google Drive</a> - Watch the full playthrough MOIVE of this medley ! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0YkQn_zLU">YouTube</a> - Original songs and artists credits in the individual tracks pages<br><a href="https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/music">homestuck.bandcamp.com/music</a><br>[[album:genesis-frog]] (<a href="https://albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com/album/genesis-frog">albatrosssoup.bandcamp.com</a>)<br>[[album:mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido]] (<a href="https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido">bowman.bandcamp.com</a>)<br>[[album:one-year-older]] (<a href="https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/album/one-year-older">erikscheele.bandcamp.com</a>)<br>[[album:song-of-skaia]] (<a href="https://parsecproductions.bandcamp.com/album/song-of-skaia">parsecproductions.bandcamp.com</a>)<br>[[album:strife]] (<a href="https://tenseimusic.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-strife">tenseimusic.bandcamp.com</a>)<br>[[album:undertale-soundtrack]] (<a href="https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/album/undertale-soundtrack">tobyfox.bandcamp.com</a>)<br>If you are one of the original artists and would like something added/changed, please let me know ! - Homestuck is a webcomic by Andrew Hussie<br><a href="https://www.homestuck.com/">www.homestuck.com</a><br><a href="https://www.homestuck2.com/">www.homestuck2.com</a> - Cover art by tricky_goddess<br>Instagram : <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tricky_goddess/">www.instagram.com/tricky_goddess/</a> - Thanks to PotatoBoss for his feedback and help with credits checking<br>HP : <a href="http://potatoboss.net/">potatoboss.net</a><br>Twitter : <a href="https://twitter.com/potatomoosik">twitter.com/potatomoosik</a><br>Youtube : <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8RbZLXx8lcr-yBHPEr_vA">www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8RbZLXx8lcr-yBHPEr_vA</a><br>Bandcamp : <a href="https://potatoboss.bandcamp.com/">potatoboss.bandcamp.com</a> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Confined -Duration: 4:04 -References: -- track:sburban-countdown -- track:sburban-jungle -- Another Jungle -- track:showtime-original-mix -- Versus -- track:beatdown-strider-style -URLs: -- https://teeveemusic.bandcamp.com/track/confined -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 🎼 Fraymotif ! -Duration: 13:11 -References: -- track:overture -- Play The Wind -- Terezi's Theme -- BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !! -- Hate You -- GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) -- Negastrife -- Rust Maid -- Fuchsia Ruler -- Filthy Nuclear Bunker -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Castle -- Noirscape -- Terezi Owns -- Scourge Sisters -- Valhalla -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Gold Pilot -- track:revelawesome -- Warhammer of Zillyhoo -- Infinity Mechanism -- Unite Synchronization -- Showdown -- track:dissension-original -- track:crustacean -- Horschestra -- Cascade (Beta) -- track:explore -- Skaian Skirmish -- A Little Fight Mewsic -- Superego -- Dead Shuffle -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- Scratch -- The Lemonsnout Turnabout -- Pumpkin Cravings -- dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS, -- Prospitian Folklore -- The Vast Croak -- Eridan's Theme -- Moonshatter -- Pumpkin Tide -- track:under-the-hat -- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://teeveemusic.bandcamp.com/track/fraymotif -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beat Mesa Boogie -Duration: 16:16 -References: -- track:harlequin -- The Lordling -- track:vagabounce -- Your Best Nightmare -- English -- Squiddles! -- Black Rose / Green Sun -- Carefree Action -- Skaian Summoning -- The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -- Eternity, Served Cold (Canon Edit) -- Carne Vale -- Oppa Toby Style -- Courser -- Umbral Ultimatum -- Tomahawk Head -- Crystalanthemums -- Do You Remem8er Me -- Knife's Edge -- Walls Covered in Blood -- Ocean Stars -- Dogfight -- Iron Knight -- Iron Infidel -- Dance of Thorns -- Heir Conditioning -- Bronze Page -- Derse Dreamers -- Crystamanthequins -- Cascade (Beta) -- iRRRRRRRRECONCILA8LE -- Bronze Rebel -- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! -- Spider's Claw -- Liquid Negrocity -- The Ballad of Jack Noir -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- Nuclear Fusion -- The Golden Towers -- Catapult Capuchin -- Time on My Side -- Nautical Nightmare -- The Blind Prophet -- Sunsetter -URLs: -- https://teeveemusic.bandcamp.com/track/beat-mesa-boogie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rainbow Rumpus Partytown -Duration: 7:12 -References: -- Genesis -- Prospitian Folklore -- A Taste for Adventure -- Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse -- Lilith in Starlight -- Violet Prince -- Moonsetter -- Gaia Queen -- Atomic Bonsai -- Of Gods and Witches -- Cyan Beast -- Olive Rogue -- track:ohgodwhat -- Dawn of Man -- track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith -- How Do I Live (Bunny Back in the Box Version) -- Sarabande -- Gardener -- Science Seahorse -- Love You (Feferi's Theme) -- Darling Dolorosa -URLs: -- https://teeveemusic.bandcamp.com/track/rainbow-rumpus-partytown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 'Til Death, We Grieve -Duration: 6:48 -References: -- Flare -- track:frost-vol6 -- track:ruins -- track:chorale-for-jaspers -- track:endless-climb -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- The Thirteenth Hour -- Battle Against an Unfathomable Enemy -- Stress -- Break Shot -- An Unbreakable Union -- psych0ruins -- Three in the Morning -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- Starfall -- Even in Death -- Darling Kanaya -- Lotus -- Tomboyish Girl in Love -- track:aggrieve -URLs: -- https://teeveemusic.bandcamp.com/track/til-death-we-grieve -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: God Tier -Duration: 6:09 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:verdancy-bassline -- Homestuck Anthem -- Pondsquatter -- Virgin Orb -- track:ballad-of-awakening -- track:skies-of-skaia -- Savior of the Dreaming Dead -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Thanks for Playing -- Cascade (Beta) -- Heir of Grief -- track:doctor -- Descend -URLs: -- https://teeveemusic.bandcamp.com/track/god-tier -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ＭｅＧａＬｏＶａｎｉａ (cover) -Directory: megalovania-tee-vee -Duration: 2:51 -References: -- track:MeGaLoVania -- track:megalovania-undertale -- Dance of Thorns -- Cascade (Beta) -URLs: -- https://teeveemusic.bandcamp.com/track/cover diff --git a/album/tomb-of-the-ancestors.txt b/album/tomb-of-the-ancestors.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c11fd1d5..00000000 --- a/album/tomb-of-the-ancestors.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,306 +0,0 @@ -Album: Tomb of the Ancestors -Artist: Kalibration -Cover Art: GaMZ -Wallpaper Art: GaMZ -Banner Art: GaMZ -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Wallpaper Style: - background-repeat: repeat; - background-size: auto 100%; - background-position: 0 center; - opacity: 0.8; -Banner Art: GaMZ -Date: November 17, 2011 -Date Added: December 12, 2020 -Color: #ff2433 -Groups: -- Homestuck Gaiden -- Fandom -Art Tags: -- The Signless -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/album/tomb-of-the-ancestors-unofficial-album -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFaoCCJD-nHrIKng1K7Y8PRm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ETERNAL SUFFERING -Track Art: Brianne -Duration: 2:51 -Samples: -- Mischief Makers -Art Tags: -- The Signless -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/eternal-suffering -- https://youtu.be/et-ljHKub-w -Lyrics: - (THROUGH FIRE, JUSTICE IS SERVED!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: twoward2 the heaven2 -Track Art: Pride -Duration: 2:22 -Art Tags: -- The Psiioniic -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/twoward2-the-heaven2 -- https://youtu.be/tar3HCaKjME -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: wwretched wwaltz -Track Art: Amanda Bautista -Duration: 3:47 -Art Tags: -- Dualscar -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/wwretched-wwaltz -- https://youtu.be/5xzeCPsJfnI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: --Emperical -Track Art: runesby -Duration: 2:04 -Art Tags: -- The Condesce -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/empirical -- https://youtu.be/GGUUHNslK1g -Commentary: - <i>runesby:</i> - (<a href="https://runesby.tumblr.com/post/12954661468">Tumblr</a>) - i got the green light from kali to post my track art for the tomb of the ancestors album just a bit early (and i mean a bit–the album’s very likely coming out later tonight)! - long story short, i wasn’t the original person chosen to draw the empress, but for reasons unknown the original artist was unable to complete their artwork, and so i was asked to stepped in. needless to say, i p. much jumped at the offer. this has actually been done for about a month now, haha. - the album canon, for those who don’t know, is actually different from the actual canon (i believe it’s because the album was actually finished before the ancestors were revealed, but don’t quote me on it)! i was told to draw the empress in my own image, and after listening to her track i came up with this. once you hear it, i think you’ll agree??? - anyway, sorry for the long-winded explanation but i hope you guys enjoy the album as much as i did!!! - p.s. i’d also like to thank kiddy for doing a couple of color adjustments. <3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dishonorable Highb100d -Track Art: Allie Carrino -Duration: 3:00 -Art Tags: -- The Expatriate -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/dishonorable-highb100d -- https://youtu.be/bd8wZxw8DDI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: aN UNHOLY RITUAL, -Track Art: Sylladexter -Duration: 2:45 -References: Spider8ite!!!!!!!! -Art Tags: -- The Summoner -- Pyralspite -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/an-unholy-ritual -- https://youtu.be/BPflUVnQfs0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Immaculate Peacekeeper -Track Art: Elly Beck -Duration: 3:03 -Art Tags: -- The Dolorosa -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/immaculate-peacekeeper -- https://youtu.be/xYrs4oVTZmo -Commentary: - <i>Elly Beck:</i> - (<a href="https://yoccu.tumblr.com/post/12976423564/">Tumblr</a>) - So I had heard about kali needing more people to do album art from somebody on tumblr. I was relatively new to the fandom, and I thought I’d never in a million years be good enough to do album art, but I really wanted to, so I sucked it up, said to myself, “The worst thing they can do is tell me No and then forget about me forever,” so I sent my offer. And got it????????? - Then I had to pick an ancestor, and even though I didn’t even care about kanaya at the time, when I thought it through, I decided that I’d probably be best at drawing her ancestor. I figured her classy, demure style would work best with my style of drawing? So I picked kancestor! - Then I didn’t draw for forever because not knowing what the ancestor looked like made me really nervous. Then she was revealed finally!!! And I freaked out and got to drawing. - I decided I wanted to draw something that would represent a big part of her character. Since I hadn’t heard the song, all I really knew was that if I drew something that was very much a part of her character, it would most likely fit. - So I decided to pick a “scene” of her very first leaving the caverns to take care of the signless. Since she has jade blood, I figured she would probably sneak out around daybreak, when no other trolls would be around to see her abandoning her duties. She had to wrap up tiny grub sufferer so that he wouldn’t be hurt by the sunlight, but she would be able to leave without injury. - She has her flowy....cloth thing...that’s normally around her feet up over her head as a veil. It’s really bright if you’ve never been outside of a cave your whole life, after all! So she’s lifting it here to take her first look at light on the surface. - I’m really happy it ended up working so well with the song, and this may be my favorite song from the album because I am a huge sucker for woeful strings. The song reminds me a LOT of Adagio for Strings which may just be one of the most heartwrenchingly beautiful songs ever written. - So hopefully my art of her here is a good representation of her character. I’ve been worried about how it would have been received ever since I finished it! hahaha. But people seem to be liking it, and I couldn’t be happier. I was so honored and ecstatic to be given to opportunity to draw for an album, and it was so much fun. - That’s all I really had to say I guess. :) I just felt like sharing my thought process. xD Thanks to kali again for the opportunity and the BEAUTIFUL album. The ancestors have been well represented here I think. c: - (<a href="https://www.deviantart.com/yoccuri/art/Immaculate-Peacekeeper-269739813">DeviantArt</a>) - forgot to upload this here too! :o for all y'all who use dA still and not just tumblr like me xD - I did the album art for the Dolorosa's song from the new Tomb of the Ancestors album! :) - I wrote some commentary about why I drew it and why I drew this specifically on tumblr. You can go read it there if you are interested in a little background on this piece - This was a huge challenge artistically! My mom and I puzzled over some fabric trying to figure out how the heck drapery like that veil/cloth thing would even work! The colors and background were a specifically challenging element as well! I really wanted it to be good track art, where you would be able to recognize it at a glance on an mp3 player or computer or something else. And I wanted the picture as a whole to feel like the Dolorosa's character, which I imagine as being solemn and peaceful - The song ended up beautiful! I didn't actually get to hear ANY of it until the album was released, so I'm really glad that kali and I were on roughly the same wavelength about her :) - I hope you all like it! I was an honor and a privilege to get to do this. I'm so grateful ;w; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 0_0 -Directory: 0_0 -Track Art: graveweaver -Duration: 3:00 -Art Tags: -- The Handmaid -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/0-0 -- https://youtu.be/uQH6icFzl8I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: SUBJUGGLATION -Track Art: GaMZ -Duration: 2:48 -Art Tags: -- The Grand Highblood -- cw: blood -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/subjugglation -- https://youtu.be/07B6QQR8QYU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: pawnce! -Track Art: Yapoos -Duration: 1:58 -Art Tags: -- The Disciple -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/pawnce -- https://youtu.be/nqktX5KMmYE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: R3DGL4R3 -Track Art: Cycloptic -Duration: 3:02 -Art Tags: -- Redglare -- Pyralspite -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/r3dgl4r3 -- https://youtu.be/R6yYhnBLA0E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spider8ite!!!!!!!! -Track Art: Grue -Duration: 4:13 -Contributors: -- Kalibration (composition, choir) -- Natalie Thomas (choir) -- Robert J! Lake (choir) -- Michael Guy Bowman (choir) -- Sam Roi (choir) -- Cherie E.H. (choir) -- Bitley (choir) -- Kelsie Urias (choir) -- Abi (choir) -- Kebs (choir) -- JP Stanley (choir) -Art Tags: -- Mindfang -URLs: -- https://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/spider8ite -- https://youtu.be/k91QIJ7uvm0 -Lyrics: - In this world there is no - Place for people like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In my world there is no - Place for weaklings like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In this world there is no - Place for people like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In my world there is no - Place for weaklings like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - - In this world there is no - Place for people like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In my world there is no - Place for weaklings like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In this world there is no - Place for people like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In my world there is no - Place for weaklings like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - - (In this world there is no) - (Place for people like you) - (I'll exterminate you) - (With my spider bite) - (In my world there is no) - (Place for weaklings like you) - (I'll exterminate you) - (With my spider bite) - (In this world there is no) - (Place for people like you) - (I'll exterminate you) - (With my spider bite) - (In my world there...) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Green Sun -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:24 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/Z7DU-nmrNdU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: June, or July -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:06 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/ZmNJo3v5Agg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Valhalla (Scratched Disc Edit) -Track Art: none -Duration: 3:31 -References: Valhalla -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/9XzsA3Tkock -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spider8ite (Thief of Lounge Mix) -Track Art: none -Duration: 3:31 -References: Spider8ite!!!!!!!! -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/K7GUBOtJmwo -Lyrics: - In this world there is no - Place for people like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In my world there is no - Place for weaklings like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In this world there is no - Place for people like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In my world there is no - Place for weaklings like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - - In this world there is no - Place for people like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In my world there is no - Place for weaklings like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In this world there is no - Place for people like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - In my world there is no - Place for weaklings like you - I'll exterminate you - With my spider bite - - (In this world there is no) - (Place for people like you) - (I'll exterminate you) - (With my spider bite) - (In my world there is no) - (Place for weaklings like you) - (I'll exterminate you) - (With my spider bite) - (In this world there is no) - (Place for people like you) - (I'll exterminate you) - (With my spider bite) - (In my world there...) diff --git a/album/triassic-slump.txt b/album/triassic-slump.txt deleted file mode 100644 index d06a5054..00000000 --- a/album/triassic-slump.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,443 +0,0 @@ -Album: Triassic Slump -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Cover Art: Ephemerald -Has Track Art: no -Date: November 5, 2019 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: #29fd37 -Groups: -- what is lost in the mines? -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/album/triassic-slump -Commentary: - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> - thanks to all of the people who supported this project throughout the year including but not limited to: splitsuns, kal-la kal-la, grace medley, anthony parfilko, elxy, and ephemerald. I couldn't have done this without you folks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: What's Inside -Duration: 0:47 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/whats-inside -Lyrics: - we would like to know - what's inside your mind - is it friend or foe - what you'll really find? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tyranny Soars -Duration: 4:08 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/tyranny-soars-2 -Lyrics: - there's a washing machine deep inside your heart - and that's where all the dinosaurs live - their diet is mostly vegetarian but some of them - well, some of them branch out a bit - - these are the carnivores inside you - who are eating you piece by piece, every day of your life - these are the carnivores living inside you - who have never paid a single cent of rent - - WHEN TYRANNY SOARS OVER US - WRECKS OUR LIVES, IT'S OVER FOR US - I'M SICK TO DEATH OF THESE DINOSAURS - THESE GODDAMN TYRANNASAURS - - despite eating as much as they possibly can - these dinosaurs are never satisfied - their entire existence is dedicated to this - eternal consumption - - they are very inconsiderate tenants - in all manner of speaking, to be quite honest - if they had their way they'd be eating you up - until there's absolutely nothing left of you - - I WANT TO TAKE THESE HANDS AND THIS HEAD - I WANT TO PUT THEM ALL IN ONE ROW - I'LL MAKE THE DINOSAUR SANDWICH OF THEIR GREAT BED - BREAK THE COCONUT OPEN AND GIVE THEM A SHOW - - I CAN FEEL THEM BITING ON THEIR LITTLE CRUSADE - THEY'RE ALWAYS BITING, ALWAYS ON OVERDRIVE - IT'S NOT A MISTAKE FOR YOU TO BE AFRAID - IT'S NOT A MISTAKE FOR YOU TO BE ALIVE - - (make way, and welcome the t-rex inside your heart) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Major Motion Picture -Contributors: Anthony Parfilko (additional synth writing) -Duration: 2:49 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/major-motion-picture -Lyrics: - if you don't mind - just a moment of your time - to reminisce - on the moments you might have missed - - collection true - all it's true just to you - you're not thinking enough - of what's all the right stuff - - MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - YEAH YOU'RE ONE SICK CREATURE - CLASSIC FULL LENGTH FEATURE - SIT BACK, RELAX AND FEEL - - it's not enough - going on with this bluff - did you really think - you were anything anymore - - so just sit back - at this screening of your past - oh you simple tool - you were always the fool - - dinosaurs driving to the theater! - dinosaurs buying tickets! - dinosaurs spilling popcorn! - dinosaurs having a wonderful time! - dinosaurs pointing and clapping! - dinosaurs always laughing! - dinosaurs are always there! - dinosaurs are always there! - - <br>eh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Keep It Going -Duration: 5:40 -References: Super Mario Bros. (The Movie) -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/keep-it-going -Lyrics: - gotta keep the boogie going [repeated] - - there's a man there with a gun - standing there with his entourage - it doesn't matter where I go - there's always a man with a gun - - the man tells me he's a close friend - he says this as he points his gun at me - now you better start to dance - or you'll find this to be the end - - gotta keep the boogie going [repeated] - - KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR GROCERY LIST - AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVEN'T MISSED - THE POWDER, THAT YOU'LL FIND BETWEEN YOUR EYES - AND FIND IT ALL INSIDE - - IT'S NOT A MATTER OF WHAT I THINK - IS RIGHT OR WRONG OR WHAT I THINK IS - ALL I KNOW, ALL I FEEL - IT'S HOW I FEEL ALL THE TIME - - gotta keep it going [repeated] - gotta keep it, keep the boogie - going, going -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rabbit and Squirrel -Duration: 3:59 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/rabbit-and-squirrel -Lyrics: - I knew an old guy who said true love is death (deaf?) - at the time I thought I misheard - but then he told me that pain will never mend - then he started shouting many dirty words - - so I laughed him off "AREN'T YOU HAVING FUN" - but then I started getting scared that I would be like him - dumb enough to think that you would really fit - but all I really found was the worst it's ever been - - *escape into reality* - *with a common causality* - *except for banality* - *and extreme inhospitality* - - *and the squirrel knew everything* - *except for what they didn't which was everything* - *and that's the problem see* - *but it doesn't matter, because* - - [chorus] - RABBIT AND SQUIRREL DON'T TALK ANYMORE - RABBIT AND SQUIRREL DON'T TALK ANYMORE - RABBIT AND SQUIRREL DON'T TALK ANYMORE - RABBIT AND SQUIRREL ARE BROKE EVERMORE - - "if there's any ever any problem then that's something I can fix" - said the rabbit to the squirrel, what a fool - you try fixing anything when getting pulled into a fix - of mass insecurity and a fear cesspool - - now rabbit's sitting here with nothing really gained - except for knowledge that all people are really turds - they'll latch onto you in hopes they'll be saved - but when they ever are? the answer is never - - *you didn't want just anyone* - *but you really wanted anyone* - *so you latched onto the one* - *who you already had won* - - *now you got a pick-me-up* - *that you're sure you can't mess up* - *but it doesn't feel quite right* - *the relationship isn't tight* - - *all can be repaired* - *but your partner is impaired so* - *make sure you declare for* - *them to be prepared that* - - *they must really change but* - *no one can really change so* - *you get really mad* - *but it doesn't matter because* - - [chorus] - - (now I'm singing words I know you'll never hear) - (now I'm singing words I hope you'll never hear) - (but at least I know I'm free of all the lies) - (but at least I know I'm free of all the time) - - (tell me, was I a good goldfish?) - (hope I was, you piece of shi- - - *rabbit was in love with squirrel* - *but squirrel was in love with love* - - rabbit and squirrel don't talk anymore - rabbit and squirrel don't talk anymore - rabbit and squirrel don't talk anymore - rabbit and squirrel are broke evermore - rabbit and squirrel don't talk anymore - rabbit and squirrel don't talk anymore - rabbit and squirrel don't talk anymore - rabbit and squirrel don't talk - - (and I'll never let it happen again, no) - (never let it happen again) - (and I'll never let it happen again, no) - (never let it happen again) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: What Can You Do But Laugh? -Duration: 3:03 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/what-can-you-do-but-laugh -Lyrics: - let the door hit me on the way out - an embarrassment but without a shout - never found the answers, not a hunch - guess I'm lucky I held onto my lunch - - 1. look deep inside - 2. find hidden key - 3. open the gate - 4. see all them there - 5. sick dinosaurs - 6. sick in the mind - 7. sick twisted thoughts - 8. nobody cares - 9. only one way - 10. to bridge the tide - 11. of great despair - 12. and homicide - 13. now you must laugh - 14. now you must laugh - 15. now you must laugh - 16. now you must - - ha ha ha ha -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Holiday for Creeps -Duration: 1:26 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/holiday-for-creeps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Me and Mister Mirror -Duration: 3:51 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/me-and-mister-mirror -Lyrics: - I don't like the look of people - they seem so strange to me - so many drifting limbs and - so much harmony - - they make me feel so nervous - and I know I should leave - to run away forever - ah - - a place to hide away now - that's just the thing I need - to lock away the key to - endless fleeting dreams - - I don't need to look around - if I can close my eyes - and turn my skin deaf and - blind to its disguise - - but thank god the mirror is still fogged up today - fogged up today - yeah thank god the mirror is still fogged up today - fogged up today - - but I'm still me - ... - ... - ... - ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Daily Routine -Duration: 4:47 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/daily-routine -References: -- Jurassic Park -Lyrics: - so you think you're all alone - on this journey towards forever and a half - so you think you're all washed up - with nothing to do for any evermore - - well I've got the answer for you - it's all up in here - well I've got the answer for you - when dinosaurs break down your door - - IT'S JUST A DAILY ROUTINE - CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN - IT'S JUST A DAILY ROUTINE - CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN - - [keep absolutely still] - - oh, forever and ever - oh, forever and ever - oh, forever and ever - oh, forever and ever - OOOOOOH, FOREVER AND EVER - OOOOOOH, FOREVER AND EVER - OOOOOOH, FOREVER AND EVER - OOOOOOH, FOREVER AND EVER - ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm Not Real -Duration: 3:21 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/im-not-real -Lyrics: - close the door behind you when you leave - I can worry about myself - pulling up the covers to see - look at all this endless boundless wealth - - I can see someone in the bed - I can see me but it's not me - there's a sack of meat right there - moving its arms all around - - CUZ I'M NOT REAL - I'M NOT REAL - OH NO - OH NO - - it's not like anything's wrong (there's something wrong) - it's not like anything's wrong (there's something wrong) - the wind still blows (the wind blows) - that's how I know (there's something wrong) - - it's not like anything's wrong (there's something wrong) - it's not like anything's wrong (there's something wrong) - it's not like anything's wrong (there's something wrong) - I swear there's nothing wrong (you're lying) - - ooooh - - and I think I want to die alone - and I think I want to die alone - and I think I want to die alone, alone - and I think I want to die alone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Meteors -Duration: 7:24 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/meteors -Lyrics: - I've got a question for you - do you really believe - we'll ever get through - - I share the same mind - with someone who's lost - their own sense of time - - I'm so sick of this line (lie?) - that it'll all be fine - if you just stick with me - - but I don't wanna lay down - still wanna stick around - and see what's there - - I'm gonna get out of bed - just need 5 minutes more - to rest - - feels like I'm sleeping more in the afternoon these days - I'm not really sure that's a good thing - haven't got the motivation to commit the crime - ladies and gentlemen of the jury are quite confused - - and everyone is crying and laughing - and everyone is holding ha- - and everyone is all together - in the darkest times of their li-i-i-i - - and the t rex keeps laughing - and the t rex keeps laughing - and the t rex keeps laughing - and the t rex keeps laughing - - WELL IT LOOKS LIKE TYRANNY IS FINALLY GOING TO SOAR - SOAR TYRANNY, WRECK THEIR LIVES! - - ooooooooh - - (and now I understand, true love is death) - - LET THE METEORS COME DOWN [repeated] - - come down from there - you'll see it's not so bad - you've got friends and the like who all love you a lot - and if you don't I'm sure there's some hanging around - - caught in between but nothing's as it seems - it's okay, you're alright - you're alright - - goodbye dinosaur my poor-weather friend - there's no doubt in my heart that I'll see you again - - farewell pterosaur - goodbye stegosaurus - t-rex, it's been nice - but it's time for you to leave - - (for the book must close) - (as we shutter the blinds) - (for everything must end) - (with the passing of time) diff --git a/album/undertale-soundtrack.txt b/album/undertale-soundtrack.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 03d14c9a..00000000 --- a/album/undertale-soundtrack.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,725 +0,0 @@ -Album: UNDERTALE Soundtrack -Artist: Toby Fox -Cover Art: Toby Fox -Wallpaper Art: Toby Fox -Wallpaper Style: - image-rendering: pixelated; - image-rendering: crisp-edges; -Has Track Art: no -Date: September 15, 2015 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #b962b9 -Groups: -- UNDERTALE & DELTARUNE -- Toby Fox -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/album/undertale-soundtrack -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpJl5XaLHtLX-pDk4kctGxtF4nq6BIyjg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Once Upon a Time -Duration: 1:28 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/once-upon-a-time-2 -- https://youtu.be/s7RRgF5Ve_E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Start Menu -Duration: 0:32 -References: Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/start-menu -- https://youtu.be/kRT9vY2f7tg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Your Best Friend -Duration: 0:23 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/your-best-friend-2 -- https://youtu.be/83jGCWCcBzc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fallen Down -Duration: 0:57 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/fallen-down-2 -- https://youtu.be/B69GfSqEZEs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ruins -Directory: ruins-undertale -Duration: 1:32 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/ruins-2 -- https://youtu.be/QyPR77rg1to -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Uwa!! So Temperate♫ -Duration: 0:56 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/uwa-so-temperate -- https://youtu.be/rHU4rpQUshg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Anticipation -Duration: 0:22 -References: Enemy Approaching -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/anticipation-2 -- https://youtu.be/t62zFJATVPM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Unnecessary Tension -Duration: 0:17 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/unnecessary-tension-2 -- https://youtu.be/OSPbX0lkTmQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Enemy Approaching -Duration: 0:56 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/enemy-approaching-2 -- https://youtu.be/JRU6GnETSN4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ghost Fight -Duration: 0:56 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/ghost-fight-2 -- https://youtu.be/Zz1bfhtKsHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Determination -Duration: 0:50 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/determination-2 -- https://youtu.be/W1i4mTyidOc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Home -Directory: home-undertale -Duration: 2:03 -References: Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/home-2 -- https://youtu.be/5_E_y1AWAfc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Home (Music Box) -Duration: 2:03 -References: track:home-undertale, Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/home-music-box-2 -- https://youtu.be/ANEsXjSiYxI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heartache -Duration: 1:48 -References: Enemy Approaching -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/heartache-2 -- https://youtu.be/xflkF-sqNaM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: sans. -Duration: 0:50 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/sans -- https://youtu.be/Zzo6L3wsf8c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nyeh Heh Heh! -Duration: 0:32 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/nyeh-heh-heh-2 -- https://youtu.be/FKdtstAo6iU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snowy -Duration: 1:44 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/snowy -- https://youtu.be/8BIeGdBjJiU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Uwa!! So Holiday♫ -Duration: 0:30 -References: Uwa!! So Temperate♫ -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/uwa-so-holiday -- https://youtu.be/XnG7HG8bmkU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dogbass -Duration: 0:06 -References: Ghost Fight -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/dogbass -- https://youtu.be/a1OLiuNLpEs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mysterious Place -Duration: 0:44 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/mysterious-place -- https://youtu.be/gC11HJ99Egs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dogsong -Duration: 0:37 -References: Enemy Approaching -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/dogsong -- https://youtu.be/woPff-Tpkns -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snowdin Town -Duration: 1:16 -References: Snowy -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/snowdin-town -- https://youtu.be/z6LmMCuGjfA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shop -Duration: 0:50 -References: Snowdin Town -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/shop -- https://youtu.be/jCQ_5Gj6jlg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bonetrousle -Duration: 0:57 -References: Nyeh Heh Heh! -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/bonetrousle -- https://youtu.be/zdeZwAk6ULE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dating Start! -Duration: 1:56 -References: Snowdin Town -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/dating-start -- https://youtu.be/dtYwq4aBr0E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dating Tense! -Duration: 0:26 -References: Undyne -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/dating-tense -- https://youtu.be/ShK_Tj-Ee3Y -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dating Fight! -Duration: 0:35 -References: Dating Start!, Snowdin Town -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/dating-fight -- https://youtu.be/JQ8bpWkoC7A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Premonition -Duration: 1:01 -References: Your Best Nightmare -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/premonition -- https://youtu.be/sQDiDDb1_9k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Danger Mystery -Duration: 0:18 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/danger-mystery -- https://youtu.be/FhpJN6Khesw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Undyne -Duration: 0:45 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/undyne -- https://youtu.be/VH6HIHmhvQU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Waterfall -Duration: 2:06 -References: -- track:ruins-undertale -- Another Medium -- Ooo -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/waterfall -- https://youtu.be/v712NiVK5uY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Run! -Duration: 0:26 -References: Undyne -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/run -- https://youtu.be/PPapt88_3aU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Quiet Water -Duration: 0:32 -References: track:ruins-undertale -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/quiet-water -- https://youtu.be/AsvhQ-soLdg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Memory -Duration: 1:15 -References: His Theme -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/memory -- https://youtu.be/eijdNQMYikY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bird That Carries You Over A Disproportionately Small Gap -Duration: 0:25 -References: Alphys -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/bird-that-carries-you-over-a-disproportionately-small-gap -- https://youtu.be/Z51lfE2k7jU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dummy! -Duration: 2:25 -References: Ghost Fight -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/dummy -- https://youtu.be/N3epEVMNJdY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pathetic House -Duration: 0:38 -References: Ghost Fight -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/pathetic-house -- https://youtu.be/nu_ruGyTNEs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spooktune -Directory: spooktune-undertale -Duration: 0:23 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/spooktune -- https://youtu.be/K1qjt_1geiI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spookwave -Duration: 0:25 -References: -- track:spooktune-undertale -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/spookwave -- https://youtu.be/o251comtNfk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ghouliday -Duration: 0:12 -References: The One Horse Open Sleigh -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/ghouliday -- https://youtu.be/lWP9s44i-YA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chill -Duration: 0:56 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/chill -- https://youtu.be/D4Ximn7nZdc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Thundersnail -Duration: 0:42 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/thundersnail -- https://youtu.be/ewxyxByJPP0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Temmie Village -Duration: 0:57 -References: Enemy Approaching -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/temmie-village -- https://youtu.be/rNlyF43Te6U -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tem Shop -Duration: 0:45 -References: Enemy Approaching -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/tem-shop -- https://youtu.be/y_qHuDjE3CQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: NGAHHH!! -Duration: 1:22 -References: Undyne, track:ruins-undertale -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/ngahhh -- https://youtu.be/PLDyWLbuptQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spear of Justice -Duration: 1:55 -References: Undyne, track:ruins-undertale -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/spear-of-justice -- https://youtu.be/qrBB3_rFPjg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ooo -Duration: 0:14 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/ooo -- https://youtu.be/vdE3R3BeH-I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Alphys -Duration: 1:25 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/alphys -- https://youtu.be/xG2AtyD3elY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: It's Showtime! -Duration: 0:46 -References: Hotel -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/its-showtime -- https://youtu.be/9uwEAugeH8w -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Metal Crusher -Duration: 1:03 -References: Noisemaster Theme -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/metal-crusher -- https://youtu.be/P0PpyUsvT9w -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Another Medium -Duration: 2:22 -References: Patient -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/another-medium -- https://youtu.be/xLsuam9o9BA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Uwa!! So HEATS!!♫ -Duration: 0:33 -References: Uwa!! So Temperate♫ -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/uwa-so-heats -- https://youtu.be/wyShNqRkQ1I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stronger Monsters -Duration: 1:03 -References: Enemy Approaching -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/stronger-monsters -- https://youtu.be/HnmHqWU0z5M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hotel -Duration: 1:27 -References: Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/hotel -- https://youtu.be/8wSYwqbp4S4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Can You Really Call This A Hotel, I Didn't Receive A Mint On My Pillow Or Anything -Duration: 1:01 -References: Hotel, Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/can-you-really-call-this-a-hotel-i-didnt-receive-a-mint-on-my-pillow-or-anything -- https://youtu.be/wRUdj1WgwIE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Confession -Duration: 0:42 -References: Snowdin Town -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/confession -- https://youtu.be/qzQyP99Q0pE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Live Report -Duration: 0:17 -References: It's Showtime! -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/live-report -- https://youtu.be/4oi_XcH2sAw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Death Report -Duration: 0:47 -References: Live Report, It's Showtime! -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/death-report -- https://youtu.be/Z3ZULqzMutw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Spider Dance -Duration: 1:46 -References: Ghost Fight -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/spider-dance -- https://youtu.be/YZ3XjVVNagU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wrong Enemy !? -Duration: 0:58 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/wrong-enemy -- https://youtu.be/gTCSQevpuOg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Oh! One True Love -Duration: 1:24 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/oh-one-true-love -- https://youtu.be/JlKHChbEcps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Oh! Dungeon -Duration: 0:32 -References: Oh! One True Love -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/oh-dungeon -- https://youtu.be/5aRE_J4UvYM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: It's Raining Somewhere Else -Duration: 2:50 -References: sans. -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/its-raining-somewhere-else -- https://youtu.be/zNd4apsr3WE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: CORE Approach -Duration: 0:12 -References: Hotel -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/core-approach -- https://youtu.be/qNi_6kXc2cc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: CORE -Duration: 2:46 -References: Another Medium -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/core -- https://youtu.be/tDuEWw648jo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Last Episode! -Duration: 0:07 -References: Metal Crusher -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/last-episode -- https://youtu.be/pzhYcYwg4vE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Oh My... -Duration: 0:14 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/oh-my -- https://youtu.be/r-IvDZ8Wljo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Death by Glamour -Duration: 2:14 -References: -- CORE -- Another Medium -- Metal Crusher -- It's Showtime! -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/death-by-glamour -- https://youtu.be/2TgO-tN5wAM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: For the Fans -Duration: 1:47 -References: Oh! One True Love -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/for-the-fans -- https://youtu.be/6nOHNgotIPM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Long Elevator -Duration: 0:20 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/long-elevator -- https://youtu.be/XDQGK6ztbLs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Undertale -Duration: 6:21 -References: His Theme, Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/undertale -- https://youtu.be/EBhFHJMVfiI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans -Duration: 1:02 -References: -- sans. -- Nyeh Heh Heh! -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/song-that-might-play-when-you-fight-sans -- https://youtu.be/41YOknSl0zw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Choice -Duration: 2:12 -References: -- Undertale -- Once Upon a Time -- His Theme -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/the-choice -- https://youtu.be/C4Wv5M9JPao -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Small Shock -Duration: 0:14 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/small-shock -- https://youtu.be/EUJA3xRyVVM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Barrier -Duration: 0:31 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/barrier -- https://youtu.be/nJfzf--xqeQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bergentrückung -Duration: 0:21 -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/bergentr-ckung -- https://youtu.be/YivzBeEwzWI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ASGORE -Duration: 2:36 -References: Bergentrückung, Heartache, Determination, Undyne -URLs: -- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/asgore -- https://youtu.be/hMa4hZQbrms -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Hidden on Bandcamp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You Idiot -Duration: 0:34 -References: Your Best Nightmare -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/eOqq5kNBVoM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Your Best Nightmare -Duration: 4:00 -References: -- Flowey's Laugh -- Your Best Friend -- Amen, Brother -- Terezi's Theme -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/eUcThHVbrXY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Finale -Duration: 1:52 -References: -- Your Best Friend -- Amen, Brother -- His Theme -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/yWjavxcGfqM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: An Ending -Duration: 3:28 -References: track:ruins-undertale -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/l3sJ79C1Zyo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: She's Playing Piano -Duration: 0:18 -References: Alphys -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/zEAN2dna9To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Here We Are -Duration: 2:06 -References: Alphys -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/y49b8aiQVBg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Amalgam -Duration: 1:20 -References: Barrier -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/71u0i6J-Qes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fallen Down (Reprise) -Duration: 2:30 -References: Fallen Down, Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/cGBMTAGzWPs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Don't Give Up -Duration: 2:02 -References: track:ruins-undertale -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/B4qdpiad_Q0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hopes and Dreams -Duration: 3:01 -References: -- Once Upon a Time -- Undertale -- Your Best Friend -- Snowdin Town -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/tz82xbLvK_k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Burn in Despair! -Duration: 0:21 -References: Your Best Nightmare -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/pumVu-WWhKM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: SAVE the World -Duration: 1:53 -References: -- Hopes and Dreams -- Once Upon a Time -- Your Best Friend -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/mZRP7nQkfrM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: His Theme -Duration: 2:05 -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/IkOK8tdEsFY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Final Power -Duration: 0:19 -References: -- Hopes and Dreams -- Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/6nQbkE1DS0o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Reunited -Directory: reunited-undertale -Duration: 4:44 -References: Once Upon a Time, Snowdin Town -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/WgRfPc1lfJk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Menu (Full) -Duration: 0:32 -References: Start Menu, Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/brP9Q08kEfk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Respite -Duration: 1:54 -References: track:ruins-undertale -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/E-fyLcHg4iM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bring It In, Guys! -Duration: 4:12 -References: -- Enemy Approaching -- Nyeh Heh Heh! -- sans. -- Snowdin Town -- Undyne -- track:ruins-undertale -- Death by Glamour -- Another Medium -- Bergentrückung -- Fallen Down -- Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/x_P5smsopK0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Last Goodbye -Duration: 2:15 -References: -- SAVE the World -- Once Upon a Time -- Your Best Friend -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/5P8V4mP5RLg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: But the Earth Refused to Die -Duration: 0:34 -References: track:ruins-undertale -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/ML6OV8fG74w -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Battle Against a True Hero -Duration: 2:36 -References: track:ruins-undertale -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/aWBtpBwzzdM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Power of "NEO" -Duration: 0:30 -References: Battle Against a True Hero -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/mwrUem9vM_A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: MEGALOVANIA -Directory: megalovania-undertale -Duration: 2:36 -References: track:megalovania-halloween -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/c5daGZ96QGU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Good Night -Duration: 0:31 -References: Once Upon a Time -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/BGpJrPY563A diff --git a/album/unreleased-tracks.txt b/album/unreleased-tracks.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ff7e4ab8..00000000 --- a/album/unreleased-tracks.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2747 +0,0 @@ -Album: Unreleased Tracks -Cover Art: Homestuck -Has Track Art: no -Date: November 11, 1111 -Date Added: March 16, 2020 -Color: #ff7bf7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Tracks featured in Homestuck -Color: #ff5599 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Problem Sleuth Theme -Artist: Mark Hadley -Duration: 1:06 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtFH_VaHFwY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Windchime Foley -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 1:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSMMmOtRLiU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 01 -Directory: phat1 -Artist: Andrew Hussie -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 02 -Directory: phat2 -Artist: Andrew Hussie -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 03 -Directory: phat3 -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 04 -Directory: phat4 -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 05 -Directory: phat5 -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=50 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 06 -Directory: phat6 -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 07 -Directory: phat7 -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 08 -Directory: phat8 -Artist: xerxes333 -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=81 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 09 -Directory: phat9 -Artist: xerxes333 -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 10 -Directory: phat10 -Artist: Kalibration -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 11 -Directory: phat11 -Artist: Gabe Nezovic -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=116 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 12 -Directory: phat12 -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=131 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 13 -Directory: phat13 -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=140 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 14 -Directory: phat14 -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=152 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 15 -Directory: phat15 -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=164 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 16 -Directory: phat16 -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/S4x2-mkXgGI?t=175 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: cp_close.mp3 -Artist: Captain Planet -Duration: 1:01 -URLs: -- https://hsmusic.github.io/misc/cp_close.mp3 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1QYQpHdzpw -Commentary: - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - cp_close.mp3 is a track referenced in the flash file for [[flash:338]]. an emailer sent a whole bunch of neat information about the context around this flash, so instead of rewording all that, here's their quote with all the details! - --- - Your track listing for Dave's Phat Beat Machine, aka <a href="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/test_index.php?s=6&p=002238">this page</a>, is kind of incorrect as listed in the music wiki at [[flash:338]]. Maybe you already know this stuff, but I'm breaking it down Just In Case. - So here's the thing: the secret buttons with extra music you find after selecting the four corner buttons on the machine are actually broken due to link rot. Somewhat unusually, the flash does indeed pull music directly from external sites which have stopped working over the years. By looking into the flash itself you can see the intended music for each button. From left to right: - - <a href="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/00253/mspa_harlequin.mp3">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/00253/mspa_harlequin.mp3</a><br> This one still works, as it links back to MSPA. Reused from the Act 2 walkaround, actually. - - <a href="http://www.turner.com/planet/mp3/cp_close.mp3">http://www.turner.com/planet/mp3/cp_close.mp3</a> The Captain Planet theme song, or closing credits apparently or whatever. Idk, never watched it. Visiting this link now redirects you to a redesigned Warner page instead. - - <a href="http://fozzy42.com/SoundClips/Themes/Movies/Ghostbusters.mp3">http://fozzy42.com/SoundClips/Themes/Movies/Ghostbusters.mp3</a> Ghostbusters theme song from some random-ass page that no longer exists. - - <a href="http://pasko.webs.com/foreign/Aerosmith_-_I_Dont_Wanna_Miss_A_Thing.mp3">http://pasko.webs.com/foreign/Aerosmith_-_I_Dont_Wanna_Miss_A_Thing.mp3</a> Same deal as above, but for I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing (as an Armageddon reference).... wait, that's weird. Why does that link play JOHN DO THE WINDY THING? Someone actually purchased the site domain once it expired to make it play a different song ;). - My point is that if you want to be accurate then you should probably be listing the music that Hussie originally put into the flash, since it's What He Intended, and omitting the replacement song, since for all we know it could be replaced any day with a medley of farts or whatever by the new site owner. As an extra I'm attaching the original tracks so you can check them out. If you want to verify you can open the flash in a decompiler program like JPEXS and check out where it links to. - --- - i did end up keeping [[JOHN DO THE WINDY THING]] in the featured tracks list since it's what's current and has presumably been around for a while, and is a curious case of a fan track sneaking into official media (however arbitrarily so). if it gets replaced by farts and the reference list needs an update, so be it! :P -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ghostbusters -Artist: Ghostbusters -Duration: 4:03 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9We2XsVZfc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing -Artist: Diane Warren -Contributors: Aerosmith (performance in Armageddon) -Duration: 4:54 -Directory: i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkK8g6FMEXE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flute Performance -Artist: Jan van den Hemel -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: How Do I Live -Artist: Diane Warren -Contributors: Trisha Yearwood (performance in Con Air) -Duration: 3:55 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjx-T7_CGQA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hero's Growth -Artist: Solatrus -Duration: 1:54 -References: You Gained a Level!, Eight Melodies -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy6SMhEBSBk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nic Cage Romance -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:19 -References: How Do I Live -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvDpDxXXZog ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Miracles -Directory: miracles-icp -Artist: Insane Clown Posse -Duration: 4:22 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GyVx28R9-s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Secret ROM -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 3:22 -References: -- The Little Sprite -- Onett Theme -- Terra's Theme -- Wind Scene -- Chrono Trigger -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ercVSU3rjrc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Typheus -Artist: Homestuck -References: Fear of the Heavens -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -Artist: Eddie Morton -Duration: 2:45 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARLPT5rKjWo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: XROM -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 3:16 -References: Secret ROM -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY2nX_b9Gm4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Goat Foley -Artist: Toby Fox -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Anbroids -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 1:33 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elZ-C1JmNBc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: weird moody horse shit -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 1:02 -References: not a creature was stirring -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC2Vdh7WmDc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Darling Dolorosa -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 2:06 -References: Darling Kanaya -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrXZJkY8eq0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: GameGlr -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:31 -References: GameGrl (Original 1993 Mix), Teal Seer -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbpRX42T7Ho -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crab Waltz -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:59 -References: -- track:crustacean -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVRCbmh-TI4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: G4M38L0RG -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:45 -References: GameBro (Original 1990 Mix), The La2t Frontiier, The Blind Prophet -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31TcKfXCBVc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 108 Stars of Density -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:36 -References: Hate You -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMlQ92eyWs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Brave and the Bronze -Artist: Yan Rodriguez -Duration: 1:25 -References: Bronze Rebel -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WNzXUt9suA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Trickster Mode (Engage) -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:10 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hd6q5xn8mg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Trickster Mode (Blast Off) -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:16 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCFuOmInTxQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Kazoostuck -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:38 -References: Homestuck -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjKX8H3mSJo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Very Trickster Mode Christmas -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:08 -References: The One Horse Open Sleigh -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaywzJqgyh4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Very Trickster Mode Christmas (WHEEEEEEEEEEE!) -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:10 -References: A Very Trickster Mode Christmas -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91yZRnk3BRA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Warhammer of Zillyhoo (With Mario Paint) -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:49 -References: Warhammer of Zillyhoo -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCO-grMys2k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Very Trickster Mode Christmas (With Fancy Santas) -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:08 -References: A Very Trickster Mode Christmas (WHEEEEEEEEEEE!), Flowey's Laugh -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DydDjMNlBsQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Yaldabaoth -Artist: Homestuck -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Homosuck Anthem -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:51 -References: Homestuck Anthem -Samples: -- bootes -- Wilhelm Scream -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVXPWSvSKGM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Typheus (Glitched) -Artist: Homestuck -References: Typheus -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Elevatorstuck, with Meows -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:52 -References: Elevatorstuck -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yy_wTW-OJs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: not a creature was stirring -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 0:59 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdlh6FRPnCw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Homosuck Swan Song -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:07 -References: Homestuck Anthem -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzEJp5QJ8vE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hello Zepp -Artist: Saw -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhSHXGM7kgE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Echidna -Artist: Toby Fox -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Horsecatska -Artist: James Roach -Duration: 0:53 -References: Horschestra -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjCbsleXpuk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Tracks featured in Hiveswap Friendsim -Color: #78df56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Single Female Lawyer -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 1:16 -References: Seer of Same-Color Scalemate Combos -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q2dS1Z2p9g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: DaJam -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 2:46 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY4bgz4o8QY -- https://soundcloud.com/albatrosssoup/totallynotmegaman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: beekeeper who? i dont know her. -Artist: James Roach -Duration: 1:42 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/beekeeper-who-i-dont-know-her -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYI7F5FHTmA -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - this track presented a unique problem in that i didn't want to write it at the time. I had written a really somber and melancholic track for the area outside the hive (the farm in the concept art) and changing it into something a little goofier and weird presented a unique difficulty for me. I just didn't know what to do for the first time in like actual YEARS i had no idea where to even start. I kept at it for a very long time and eventually just muscled through it with sheer force of will. People often ask me the hardest track or my least favorite to work on. it was this one. silver lining: its also become one of my favorites. i love how it came out. thats the power of determination. did you know you can't say determination anymore. - this was written for, yes, the fabled beekeeper troll that nobody will talk about. its become some sort of myth as to what happened to her but the truth isn't that exciting. in early hiveswap days each member of the crew got to "pick" a character that they could choose one design element of. The person who picked beekeeper just had a fantroll based off of herself. they also just... drew micro/macro porn of themselves? a power move, honestly. I met them in person and they offered me weed within literal minutes of meeting so i mean i guess they seemed nice. when they no longer worked for the company it was just simpler to redesign the character than deal with literally any of that. mystewy sowved :) - at the point in production where they were figuring out names/personalities/traits they kinda thrust this one on me because it "would make the most people angry." beekeeper troll was beloved by a very specific kind of horny dude. you know the kind that regularly says "lewds" or w/e. nothin wrong with that i guess. chase your bliss. but in an effort by my SO CALLED FRIENDS to antagonize me, they were like "heh h h e h he e e he h what if we make this cute girl character that hornyboys love into a dumpy little round dude and then say we based him off james who they already do not like." - thanks guys. - anyway zebede's bullet points and even his name are references to me but thats kinda where it ends. st. james son of zebedee is also known as santiago, which is my birthname. the tongva were "maybe" the indigenous people of long beach, where i live, which is "too far to visit" which is a joke about The Greater Los Angeles Area. I live 20 minutes away. cowards. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Charun's Cave -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:03 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc5iruoYLXM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Tracks featured in Pesterquest -Color: #71daff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Friendvangelion Rebuild -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 2:55 -References: Homestuck -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/the-note-desolation-plays -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnBMOTxQfJ4 -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - how mysterious -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: sometimes i call andrew hussie 'andy' and so far he hasn't corrected me -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 4:34 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-sometimes-i-call-andrew-hussie-andy-and-so-far-he-hasnt-corrected-me -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSrT-SDN-uA -References: -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Homestuck -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - SO! PesterQuest is out. We've been sitting on this one for a while. This first route has been done for a while. It was supposed to come out back on 6/12 but our new publisher had us sit on it for reasons that are beyond even me. Anyway, big ups to Malcolm and Mark for letting me use their themes. - I don't know if I'll have as much time or energy to do the tracks for pesterquest like i did for friendsim since i got a new job. I will try my best. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: please support The Trevor Project -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 3:19 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-please-support-the-trevor-project -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbot0kfsz8 -References: -- track:endless-climb -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - I wasn't certain how to approach this one. I knew if I was going to use the theme from endless climb it wouldn't feel right accepting any money for it. These things don't exactly pay well to begin with tbh, so i thought I would use the platform i've been given to try and do something... even a little positive. - at first the song was just going to be called "play the rain" because naming it something stupid, while keeping up with tradition, seemed like it would be in bad taste. at some point while i was working on it i started looking into various charities i could donate the proceeds to, and it hit me that i could just ask to make the title in the credits a link to the charity. - suicide is something that is hard for me to talk about. its very personal. i tend to internalize feelings in order not to.. bother anyone. a few months ago i called a suicide hotline when i hit a really low point and i think just the act of calling made me feel... in charge somehow? feelings are fucked up. don't be afraid to talk to someone. even if it is a stranger at the other end of a call. take that step. you're not bad for feeling that way. - so anyway. endless climb was one of the very first homestuck songs that really drew me in, and doing a cover of it all those years ago really got me back into taking composition seriously. it could easily be argued that this song changed my life for the better. - if you want to know more about the trevor project, or just suicide prevention in general visit <a href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/">thetrevorproject.org</a> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 2chords -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 1:13 -References: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3JQPZ2T03k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ill probably just name this one something normal oh no wait oh jeez aw beans -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 4:50 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-ill-probably-just-name-this-one-something-normal-oh-no-wait-oh-jeez-aw-beans -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DREQ4rJUXXQ -References: Davesprite -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - well cats outta the bag i did the dave route. when andrew approached me about writing it i had very little writing experience outside of my personal projects. im glad andrew had faith in me and i hope you guys like it. itll come out at 11 AM EDT. - for this one and the next routes music im gonna try and keep with the tradition of uploading it the morning of. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 24/7 lo fi anime beats to question your sexuality to -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 2:51 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-247-lo-fi-anime-beats-to-question-your-sexuality-to -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I2ufAhRbf0 -References: -- 2chords -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -- track:sburban-jungle -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - i just wanted to do more than one song so i did two and a half. hope you like it. thanks for all the support! also im in this image can u find me LMAO - <img src="media/misc/lo-fi-cover.jpg" alt="Pesterquest art of the inside of an Olive Garden, packed with Homestuck team members." width="500" height="500"> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: CAREFREE VICTORY (REMIX) -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Contributors: Speak-N-Say (featuring) -Duration: 6:02 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-james-roach-ft-speak-n-say-carefree-victory-remix -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8aZFD8ic9A& -References: -- Carefree Action -- track:carefree-victory -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - jades theme! wow we've really come a long way huh fellas? - i always really liked carefree victory and its really one of the only songs that felt like uniquely hers. towards the end i try and do something that like... every homestuck musician i think tries at least once: getting all 4 of the kid's instruments to play something nice together. i think i did alright, i subbed in beatboxing for daves turntables cause its not like you can just carry those anywhere. i guess as opposed to johns piano?? LMAO - musically i have jade start on bass, and as more of her friends come in she gets a little more confident in her basslines. anyway thats my fanfic. - this is the last new piece i'll be doing for the forseeable future, or until i feel like doing another one which might be immediately. ive been doing this on a largely volunteer basis for a while since the budget constraints were tight and we need to pay the bg and sprite artists a reasonable amount. I wanted all four kids to have music by me and i think we'll be digging into the homestuck archive for other stuff. - anyway i hope you've enjoyed the ride! its been a little bittersweet at times for me but i'll miss posting new stuff every two weeks. -Lyrics: - (<i>Arf</i>) - - A B C D - 1 2 3 4 - E F G H - 5 6 7 8 - - I J K - L M N - O P Q - R S T - - U V W X - Y - Z - Correct - - (<i>Arf</i>) - - A B C D - 1 2 3 4 - E F G H - 5 6 7 8 - - Above ancient angel anything - Beauty believe blood built - Bullet butcher child circuit - Danger - Danger - - (<i>Arf</i>) - - Bark -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: CRUSTacean -Directory: crustacean-pq -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 5:28 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-crustacean -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hdPSPGCK3Q -References: -- track:crustacean -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - there are a handful of people out there who really thought we were just gonna put karkalicious in there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: the drone rhythmic motif which can be found in act 1 and act 2 -Directory: drone-pq -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: CH3CK TH3 M3T4D4T4 -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 4:19 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-terezis-theme-ch3ck-th3-m3t4d4t4 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuGQM9YsyXo -References: The Lemonsnout Turnabout -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - dont actually do that you clowns -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: it's a cover of 'made of time' -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 1:44 -References: Made of Time -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: yeah, it is -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Contributors: Tamara Fritz (vocals) -Duration: 5:41 -References: -- it's a cover of 'made of time' -- track:MeGaLoVania -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-aradias-theme-yeah-it-is -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDqXkGBFPg0 -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - big ups to Tamara "TOTALSPIFFAGE" Fritz for really knocking it outta the park with these vocals. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: IT'S NOTHING -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 1:39 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: KWCOM DOT WAV -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 4:53 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrtnPsoAkQg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Busker's Theme mk II -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 3:58 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-this-time-its-eridan-i-forgot-what-i-named-this -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw8smnspCmU -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - (<a href="https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/pesterquest-this-time-its-eridan-i-forgot-what-i-named-this">SoundCloud</a>) - in its base form this song used to be about a cat and is like more than a decade old - (<a href="https://mkteres.tumblr.com/post/182160729885/jamesroachmusic-originally-there-was-a-troll-in">Tumblr</a>) - Originally there was a troll in act 2 code named "Busker" that was the alternian version of those like.. one man bands you see when you go to venice beach <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfINfEhxnLA">or like on the subway or w/e</a>. Just him and his weird accordion that also somehow made all these extra sounds. - Anyway if you went up to him and did the right dialogue he would play you his song, which was this. I think he got written out because he was kind of a <i>one note character</i> ',:^] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: i guess -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 1:38 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVKzNwxz6Vc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Would you believe this was for something else -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 2:24 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eciwBYIR8_k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Riches to Ruins Movement II -Artist: Toby Fox -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 1:10 -References: Riches to Ruins Movements I & II -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNu1KAi0Prk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: this is like... what was it... > [S] MSPAR: Remember -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 1:06 -Directory: mspar-remember -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osip3rTivjM -References: -- Unite Synchronization -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: normal song name -Artist: James Roach -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 1:56 -URLs: https://soundcloud.com/jamesroachmusic/afterw-rd-theme-normal-song-name#t=0:00 -References: -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- Moonsetter -- Homestuck -- Penumbra Phantasm -- Unite Synchronization -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Homestuck Anthem -- WORST END -Commentary: - <i>James Roach:</i> - its over -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Tracks featured in Namco High -Color: #f0650a -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Namco Theme -Artist: Ryan Francis -Duration: 1:36 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-17X8revmwc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: School -Directory: school-namco-high -Artist: Ryan Francis -Duration: 2:09 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL7aNkwNrUg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Around Town -Artist: Ryan Francis -Duration: 0:38 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-HKNpS-yx4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Private Times -Artist: Ryan Francis -Duration: 0:32 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4YUSJeSRUc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sad Times -Artist: Ryan Francis -Duration: 1:06 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnkiknLZU8k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Romance -Artist: Ryan Francis -Duration: 0:37 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXifOOgAwzM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Upbeat -Artist: Ryan Francis -Duration: 1:49 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWi80QmUEw4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Upbeat (Half) -Artist: Ryan Francis -Duration: 2:33 -References: Upbeat -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_PyGnlM2w4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Boss Theme -Artist: Ryan Francis -Duration: 2:08 -References: Namco Theme -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ace06keaQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Credits -Artist: Ryan Francis -Contributors: Mary Thomas (vocals) -Duration: 2:43 -References: Namco Theme -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuWdIDEwjRk -Lyrics: - Be true to yourself<br>Namco High - Please have a good time<br>Be satisfied with life<br>Take the high road<br>Remember the moon is watching us - Don't have an itch<br>The coffee's not going cold<br>Work your way for me<br>Therefore I'm here - (Hey!<br>How's it going?<br>Good! How 'bout you?<br>Geometry's really hard, I think I need help<br>Oh, well, I'm really good at it, so... if you need help just hit me up!<br>Awesome! Yeah, I'll do that) - Be true to yourself<br>Namco High - Be true to yourself<br>Namco High -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Other Homestuck tracks -Color: #ff7bf7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 暗闇の中の光 -Directory: canwave3-track6 -Artist: SplitSuns -Duration: 7:45 -References: Voidlight -URLs: https://soundcloud.com/splitsuns/light-in-the-darkness -Commentary: - <i>SplitSuns:</i> - ...When the hell did I get 100 followers?? I give my thanks to all of you for listening to my shitty music, haha. - This is one of my tracks for the CaNMT's almost-vaporware all-vaporwave album, CANWAVE 3. In its current iteration it's a take on 2814's sample-free approach to the vapor aesthetic through ambient and techno albums such as 新しい日の誕生 and Rain Temple. It's one of my most complex songs yet and it took a lot of work to make, but the end result is something very awe-inspiring, even to me. - (Originally this song was a straight-up cover of Voidlight that was much more laid-back and repetitive, but I scrapped it in favor of this version. Maybe I'll upload that old version somewhere along the line.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Baby Legend - The Baby is 2 -Directory: a-baby-legend -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:37 -References: A History of Babies -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/j_AHimPxR40 -Lyrics: - A HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS AGO...<br>far in the depths of paradox space<br>a new lifeform is about to be created<br>one whose origin is as enigmatic as the glimmer of a musclebeast's teat - some are carried in by storks<br>some are recreated from paradox slime<br>others appear wet out of their best friend's magical nonexistant vagina - but regardless of how these beings may be formed<br>they all come into the world with a special force:<br>one called - LOVE - this is the story of one man's search for love and truth<br>in a universe forgotten by time - the story of those fearful creatures<br>those that we call - <big><big><i>BABIES</i></big></big> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Very "O" Christmas -Artist: -- TirantBacon -- Bambosh -- Wheals -- JohnJRenns -Contributors: -- greenTetrahedron (middle rap vocals) -Duration: 6:41 -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/a-very-o-christmas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: All Alone -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Duration: 4:17 -URLs: https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/all-alone -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aradia's Theme (Pre-Death) -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 2:06 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4deATGJcM4A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Archagent Everlasting -Artist: JohnJRenns -Duration: 2:07 -References: -- Liquid Negrocity -- Cascade (Beta) -- Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) -- I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -URLs: -- https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/archagent-everlasting -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh7t7vQbu1I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Arisen Anew (Remaster) -Artist: Tensei -Duration: 2:58 -References: Arisen Anew -URLs: https://youtu.be/wouDFje3RY8 -Commentary: - <i>Tensei:</i> - The original release version of this song had been mastered at a fairly low volume level in order to match the other songs on the Alterniabound album. I felt that a bouncy electronica song like this warranted a lot more volume and dynamic range compression though, so this version is the song as I had originally intended it. The difference might not be all that noticeable unless you're comparing the versions side by side. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Before Before the Beginning -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Blankest Stare -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Duration: 3:06 -URLs: https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/blankest-stare -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Boy Skylark -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 7:14 -References: Boy Skylark (Brief) -URLs: -- https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/boy-skylark -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Brobot Scrimmage -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Duration: 2:16 -URLs: -- https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/brobot-scrimmage -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlBic0tJpok -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Calming Quartz (Beta) -Artist: PoisonedElite -Duration: 2:13 -References: Land of Quartz and Melody -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/poisonedelite/calming-quartz-beta/s-2FvRp -Commentary: - <i>PoisonedElite:</i> - The first Version of Calming Quartz, my song for the album Xenoplanetarium, a Homestuck Fan Album. I wasn't happy with this version so I redid the entire song. This song references Land of Quartz and Melody by Thomas Ferkol. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cascade (Director's Cut) -Artist: Tensei -Duration: 4:20 -References: -- Cascade (Beta) -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:beatdown-strider-style -URLs: https://youtu.be/Ejw-E2HBtlY -Commentary: - <i>Tensei:</i> - A slightly updated/different version of my section of Cascade. The most notable differences are the altered melodies at the start and numerous production improvements such as rerecorded guitars, improved string sections, etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Cascante -Artist: Noisemaker -Duration: 3:05 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- Cascade (Beta) -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- Shave and a Haircut -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/cascante -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chalk Emerald -Artist: Kusoro -Duration: 1:44 -URLs: -- https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/chalk-emerald -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iACxqFh5Dzo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chaotic Frenzy -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Duration: 2:27 -URLs: https://youtu.be/gbiS4WkCOVo?t=19078 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Character Theme for Dirk Strider -Artist: WindlessZephyr -Duration: 3:06 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db2MA-7geC4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chucklevoodoo Waltz -Artist: Elodie Cunningham -Duration: 2:40 -References: Purple Tyrant -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/chemicalwordsmith/chucklevoodoo-waltz -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_3j1erEwFE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Clockwork Apocalypse -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Duration: 1:39 -References: -- track:endless-climb -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1d8iai1Wlk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: CONTACT -Artist: Difarem -Duration: 0:41 -URLs: -- https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/contact -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2GjJiciFro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Contra -Artist: Noisemaker -Duration: 1:02 -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/contra -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: D--> Break the Bow -Artist: Baleish -Duration: 3:33 -URLs: https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/d-break-the-bow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: DAVE STRIDER'S COOL MIXTAPE -Artist: SerialSymphony -Duration: 4:23 -URLs: https://soundcloud.com/serialsymphony/dave-striders-cool-mixtape -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Daywalker ~Rise~ -Directory: daywalker-rise-contest -Artist: Catboss -Duration: 5:17 -URLs: https://soundcloud.com/catbossstudio/daywalker-rise -Commentary: - <i>Catboss:</i> - DEBUNK - <hr> - The last of my three entries to the Homestuck Music Contest, the other two being [[Guns Blazing]] and [[Vodka Mutiny]]. - A song for Kanaya, this song is - in my opinion - the weakest contender of the lot. Daywalker nonetheless marks my first attempt at using real audio in a song - I recorded the flute performance myself. Unfortunately, my playing, recording, and production are definitely not up to snuff, honestly. Given that it was recorded with a terrible laptop mic, with a player who hadn't played in a long while (me), I suppose that was honestly no surprise. - However, I love both the harp and flute melodies in this song. It was a blast to play, and I'd definitely think about using them again at some point in the future. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Die. -Artist: Mathias Ramalho -Duration: 2:56 -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/die -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: [S] Dirk: Unite Synchronization (WITH LYRICS) -Artist: toucanSandwiches -Duration: 2:55 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osPRQThfC1E -Lyrics: - Yo.<br>I was out for awhile, cuz the red miles, Squarewave, get inside my sylladex,<br>Gotta fix shit now with a freestyle, my team's a mess, and it's all up to reflex,<br>Shit's kinda typical, but this'll be mighty difficult, cuz additional syllables.<br>Got a long road to hoe so let's go, now, acro-batic. fuck-ing. pi-rou-ette.<br>C'mon I gotta go faster,<br>Yo, I'm a blur, colored alabaster<br>Got that crockercorp sendificator,<br>Absurd, I'm like my own flight simulator.<br>Zoom. Speedyquick like my diction.<br>Do flips and shit, I'm twistin'<br>Don't even care who's list'nin',<br>Brace for impact, I'm liftin'<br>off. And I'm not even sweaty.<br>Though if I were, what I'd need'd be a towel.<br>Hey, yo, Sawtooth are you ready?<br>Here comes a cruxite dowel.<br>(Nice catch!)<br>Did I mention that I did this cause I gotta build speed,<br>I'm relentless, gotta penchant, gotta mighty need,<br>like an engine, end of sentence; cool re-entrance.<br>Yes. Fuck yes. Hell fucking yes.<br>Oh damn, A dead Roxy, sans grave,<br>Yo, Squarewave, take care of this place.<br>Now I know it's odd, but I gotta snog, so go ahead and say it. (YEAH DOGG!)<br>Dude. That's hella gay. But hey, I can't complain, cuz the rogue is awake,<br>That's one down, two to go, or one if Roxy finds a way to partake.<br>She won't. She's straight.<br>Fuck it, gotta move, Squarewave, see ya later.<br>Runnin' out of time, livin' on a prayer, got my<br>Bucket and my crockercorp sendificator,<br>Now as they say it's all gone pear shaped,<br>there's no other way, so decapatat-<br>-tion is my escape, goodbye Squarewave, じゃあまたね (ja mata ne (see you later)).<br>Yo. I'm back. Did I miss shit? No I didn't, this attempt is kinda pathetic.<br>Doof, bitch, out the way, Daddy Dirk is taking care of liplocking with Jane.<br>Looks like everything is okay, one step left and we're headed to Jake,<br>Ya better hold on, because this thing is so fast holy shit I'm cool.<br>Did I tell you how cool I am? Cuz I'm so fucking awesome.<br>GRAB. ON. TO MY FUCK-ING SKATE. BOARD. I'M SO COOL, I SAVED THE DAY, YOU'RE WELCOME,<br>WATCH THIS COOL SHIT THAT I SET UP EARLIER, IT'S NO BIG DEAL<br>WAIT I LIED IT'S ACTUALLY THE COOLEST THING EVER!<br>Sup.<br> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Distortion Navigator -Artist: Baleish -Duration: 4:14 -URLs: -- https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/distortion-navigator -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPp7oekru_Y -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Double Midnight -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:25 -References: Liquid Negrocity, I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un7k0l8p12U -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dwelling Among the Dream Bubbles -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Duration: 3:03 -URLs: https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/dwelling-among-the-dream-bubbles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Eclipse -Directory: eclipse-svert -Artist: Gryotharian -Duration: 3:07 -URLs: https://svertofficialsoundtrack.bandcamp.com/track/eclipse -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Exploring the Depths of Sburb -Artist: Thomas Ferkol -Duration: 4:20 -URLs: https://sanctferum.tumblr.com/post/638058644066435072/homestuck-sound-test-12202020-edition -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fate of the Heir -Artist: Chris Hafling -Duration: 2:39 -URLs: -- https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/fate-of-the-heir -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrwpRVvPaKk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Five-Four Stress -Artist: Buzinkai -Duration: 1:22 -URLs: -- https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/242553 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flare (Cascade) -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 3:26 -References: Flare, Cascade (Beta) -URLs: -- https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/19774190658/download-flare-cascade-i-have-recut-and -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT0ijIKJkbE -Commentary: - <i>Clark Powell:</i> - I have recut and remastered my track Flare, as it was presented to you in the Cascade flash (rather than the calmed-down album version). I get asked a lot for this, so I decided to give it some extra love and attention. - I have attempted a number of times to put together a mix of Flare that utilized the distinctive crescendo that is recognizable from Cascade, but it never seems to work well without the cinematic context. The buildup sort of leads to nothing, and then the track either ends awkwardly or fades out, and I have something personal against fade-outs. Maybe I’ll talk about that someday. But not now. - I gave it another go, this time trying a decrescendo to bring the song back down from all the energy it riles up, then ending it on kind of a creepy note. I had more success here than I ever have in past attempts to cut the song together in this way. - Flare was a pretty big hit in its own right, so there’s always the pressure coming from the responsibility to handle this properly. I hope you enjoy it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flare (Green Sun Remix) -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 4:08 -URLs: https://soundcloud.com/plazmataz/flare-green-sun-remix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flight of the White Wolf -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 4:45 -Has URLs: no -References: -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- Cascade (Beta) -- track:dissension-original -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flow -Artist: Solatrus -Duration: 6:26 -URLs: https://youtu.be/gbiS4WkCOVo?t=9580 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Four Kids and a Game They Play Together -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 2:51 -URLs: https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/four-kids-and-a-game-they-play-together -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gentle Heat -Artist: Braiden Brian -Duration: 2:57 -URLs: https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/gentle-heat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Good Morning, Dirk -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Duration: 2:09 -URLs: -- https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/good-morning-dirk -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tozc5YQFpW4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ham And Steak -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 8:24 -References: -- Rex English -- Unite Synchronization -- Homestuck Anthem -- track:showtime-original-mix -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqT3gaihbPE -- https://soundcloud.com/dragonxvi/ham-and-steak-unused-homestuck-music -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: haunt -Artist: Andrew Hussie -Duration: 2:33 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hawkeye -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:05 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTk4m0S63Sg -- https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/archive/Hawkeye.mp3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heart Beat -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Duration: 2:49 -References: Moonsetter, Dark Necessities -URLs: -- https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/heart-beat -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj_gN138rd4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Homestuck Title Screen -Artist: MK_97 -Duration: 8:28 -References: -- track:skies-of-skaia -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_kGx5RikYA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I Am An Island -Artist: PhemieC -Duration: 4:49 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGZnTC9kTLw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Intro -Directory: intro-canwave2 -Artist: Aris Martinian -Duration: 3:07 -References: -- The Star-Spangled Banner -- track:explore -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/intro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In the Beginning -Directory: in-the-beginning-canwc -Artist: JohnJRenns -Duration: 1:26 -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-beginning -Commentary: - <i>JohnJRenns:</i> - alternative name ; Proto-CONTACT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Isn't This "Is This the End?" Again? -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: It Looks Back -Artist: Scorpyus -URLs: https://svertofficialsoundtrack.bandcamp.com/track/it-looks-back -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jadesprite -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 2:09 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdXvlsXlKOk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jane's Dragon -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 1:16 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAG6_bycbYw -- https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/album/stuckhome-syndrome-part-one-v1-years-in-the-past -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jittery Optimist -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Duration: 2:13 -URLs: -- https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/jittery-optimist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: justice must be a serve -Artist: Makin -Duration: 1:42 -URLs: -- https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/justice-must-be-a-serve -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff7sA5UFc5M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lord Spanish -Artist: Cryptanark -Duration: 1:12 -References: English -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/lord-spanish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Madame Controversielle -Artist: cookiefonster -Duration: 2:50 -References: -- Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!! -- Vriska's Theme -- track:MeGaLoVania -- Crystalanthemums -- Cobalt Corsair -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/madame-controversielle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mayorlovania -Artist: Noisemaker -Duration: 2:40 -References: -- track:MeGaLoVania -Samples: Mayor Maynot -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/mayorlovania -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mannequin -Artist: Perry Sullivan -Duration: 0:56 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAyPFa3nEK4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Miasmic Decay -Artist: Rowyn Berlan -Duration: 3:34 -URLs: https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/miasmic-decay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Midnight Suffer -Artist: TirantBacon -Duration: 2:26 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/maxy3/midnight-suffers -- https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/midnight-suffer-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: More Real than Kraft Mayo -Artist: FrostyMac -Duration: 2:21 -URLs: https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/more-real-than-kraft-mayo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moshi Moshi? -Artist: Cryptanark -Duration: 2:21 -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/moshi-moshi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Muse of Nanchos -Artist: cookiefonster -Duration: 2:13 -URLs: -- https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/muse-of-nanchos -- https://soundcloud.com/cookiefonster-archive/shecka-jef-muse-of-nanchos -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Non Compos Mentis -Artist: Bill Bolin -Duration: 1:53 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: null -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:08 -References: Penumbra Phantasm -Directory: null-toby-fox -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIgtSvgERB4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Patient -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:59 -References: -- track:doctor -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/HNdCAUpmXws -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Penumbra Phantasm -Artist: Toby Fox -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIq4GrMv96I -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdntMzdkFnk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rags of Rust -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Duration: 3:14 -References: Rust Servant -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/wellmanicuredman/rust-piano -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - I'm a little late for 6/12, I know, but I just finished some piano arrangements ([[Rags of Rust]], [[Teal Wings and Scales]], [[Violet Sea Breeze]]) of my tracks from [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a]]. I composed the originals back in January 2012--two and a half years ago! My, how time flies when you're having fun. - I have to thank my piano professor from last semester for these. No, I can't play these pieces live, not yet at least--but taking a piano course really improved my level of comfort and familiarity with composing for pianos. I just might make sheet music available, though! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rematch -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Duration: 2:15 -URLs: -- https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/rematch -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3MhvkhUXz8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rex English -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:50 -References: Rex Duodecim Angelus, English -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTQo2rPvEzM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rex Mille Geromius -Artist: cookiefonster -Duration: 5:46 -References: -- Rex Duodecim Angelus -- My Little Pony Theme -- Karkat's Theme -- Archagent Everlasting -- track:atomyk-ebonpyre -- Terezi's Theme -- justice must be a serve -- RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme -- Dance of Thorns -- track:harlequin -- track:miracles-icp -- Where making this hapen -- Courser -- Chalk Emerald -- track:miracles -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/rex-mille-geromius -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ruins -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 3:01 -URLs: https://youtu.be/gbiS4WkCOVo?t=4987 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: saoidfisd -Artist: Gordian -Duration: 3:52 -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/saoidfisd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Savior of the Dreaming Dead (Cascade Cut) -Artist: Malcolm Brown -Duration: 4:31 -References: Savior of the Dreaming Dead, Cascade (Beta) -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9dF20s8SYo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sburban Resolution -Artist: Aris Martinian -Duration: 2:50 -URLs: https://actomega.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-resolution -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sea of Derse -Artist: Erik Scheele -Duration: 2:48 -URLs: -- https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/archive/Sea%20of%20Derse.mp3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Seer of Same-Color Scalemate Combos -Artist: Alex Rosetti -Duration: 1:16 -References: The Lemonsnout Turnabout -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/albatrosssoup/seer-of-same-color-scalemate-combos -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shooting Star -Artist: Hilary Troiano -Duration: 1:23 -URLs: -- https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/archive/Shooting%20Star.mp3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shut Me Down -Artist: Tamara Fritz -Duration: 4:31 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/totalspiffage/shut-me-down -- https://totalspiffage.tumblr.com/post/35440956885/shut-me-down-a-song-for-brobot-download-i -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTVzX-Jv3Rw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaia Voyages -Artist: Seth Peelle -Duration: 1:12 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -- track:showtime-piano-refrain -- track:skies-of-skaia -URLs: -- https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/archive/Skaia%20Voyages.mp3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Skaian Shuffle -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 4:16 -References: Skaian Skuffle -URLs: -- https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/archive/Skaian%20Shuffle.mp3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Slamdown -Artist: Noisemaker -Duration: 1:20 -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/slamdown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snowfall -Artist: Andrew "Rainy" Obeng -Duration: 6:25 -URLs: -- https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/snowfall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Song for Rose Lalonde -Artist: Robert J! Lake -Duration: 4:25 -URLs: -- https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/song-for-rose-lalonde -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stay in Touch -Artist: Wheals -Duration: 2:11 -References: Do You Remem8er Me -URLs: -- https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/stay-in-touch -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjFavm2I9o8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Strider Showdown -Artist: Bill Bolin -Duration: 0:57 -References: -- track:beatdown-strider-style -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Smackdown -Artist: Noisemaker -Duration: 0:42 -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/smackdown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Switchback -Artist: SolusLunes -Duration: 4:48 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWShvBb3Zwo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Synchronize -Directory: synchronize-fansong -Artist: Broadway Aradia -Duration: 2:12 -URLs: -- https://seven-lilies.tumblr.com/post/26866607185/synchronize-a-dirk-strider-fansong-lily-well -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXDZhUZ26pA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Teal Wings and Scales -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Duration: 2:50 -References: Teal Hunter -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/wellmanicuredman/teal-wings-and-scales -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - I'm a little late for 6/12, I know, but I just finished some piano arrangements ([[Rags of Rust]], [[Teal Wings and Scales]], [[Violet Sea Breeze]]) of my tracks from [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a]]. I composed the originals back in January 2012--two and a half years ago! My, how time flies when you're having fun. - I have to thank my piano professor from last semester for these. No, I can't play these pieces live, not yet at least--but taking a piano course really improved my level of comfort and familiarity with composing for pianos. I just might make sheet music available, though! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Temporal Virtuoso -Artist: Pascal van den Bos -Duration: 2:29 -References: Cascade (Beta), Time on My Side -URLs: -- https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/temporal-virtuoso -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Engineer -Artist: Aradia Jones -Duration: 3:42 -URLs: https://soundcloud.com/aradia-jones/the-engineer-a-dirk-strider-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Paradox Paradigm -Artist: Jack McMenamin -Duration: 3:14 -URLs: -- https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/archive/The%20Paradox%20Paradigm.mp3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Undying -Artist: James Dever -Duration: 1:28 -URLs: https://youtu.be/gbiS4WkCOVo?t=26954 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Uranian -Artist: James Dever -Duration: 0:47 -References: The Undying -URLs: https://youtu.be/gbiS4WkCOVo?t=27042 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tick -Artist: Cryptanark -Duration: 1:00 -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/tick -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Unintentional Touhou -Artist: Cryptanark -Duration: 3:04 -References: Liquid Negrocity, Oppa Toby Style -URLs: https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/unintentional-touhou -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Vexation -Artist: Chris Hafling -Duration: 3:40 -URLs: -- https://potatoboss.bandcamp.com/track/vexation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Violet Sea Breeze -Artist: Willow Ascenzo -Duration: 3:01 -References: Violet Mariner -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/wellmanicuredman/violet-sea-breeze -Commentary: - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> - I'm a little late for 6/12, I know, but I just finished some piano arrangements ([[Rags of Rust]], [[Teal Wings and Scales]], [[Violet Sea Breeze]]) of my tracks from [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a]]. I composed the originals back in January 2012--two and a half years ago! My, how time flies when you're having fun. - I have to thank my piano professor from last semester for these. No, I can't play these pieces live, not yet at least--but taking a piano course really improved my level of comfort and familiarity with composing for pianos. I just might make sheet music available, though! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Void Session -Artist: Ducky Senpai -Duration: 2:39 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdfgB3Gc_pw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Where making this hapen -Artist: David Ko -Duration: 0:28 -URLs: -- https://hsmusic.wiki/media/misc/archive/Where%20making%20this%20hapen.mp3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: White King -Artist: Demographerist -Duration: 2:45 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6NrArPldZo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Windwielder -Artist: Baleish -Duration: 4:35 -URLs: https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/windwielder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Other tracks originating outside of Homestuck -Color: #90c000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー -Directory: lisa-frank-420-modern-computing -Artist: Macintosh Plus -Duration: 7:21 -References: It's Your Move -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkPcPqTq4M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Bell is Tolling -Artist: Secret of Mana -Duration: 1:33 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DCriOkhxqA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Song About a Circle Constant -Directory: a-song-about-a-circle-constant-vi-hart -Artist: Vi Hart -Duration: 3:48 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtxmFlMLYRI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aba Daba Honeymoon -Artist: Arthur Fields, Walter Donovan -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBLutEJg-Jk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Accept My Shaft -Directory: accept-my-shaft-nsp -Artist: Ninja Sex Party -Duration: 4:14 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxvz325stqw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ah! vous dirai-je, maman -Artist: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0mnPCi5lS8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: All but Alone -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 4:06 -URLs: https://soundcloud.com/plazmataz/alone-together -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: All Star -Artist: Smash Mouth -Duration: 3:56 -URLs: https://youtube.com/watch?v=L_jWHffIx5E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Amen, Brother -Artist: The Winstons -Duration: 2:32 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZuq57_bYM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: An Apple Disaster!! -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:58 -References: Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station -URLs: -- https://youtu.be/wa2K_8Ff41M?t=149 -- https://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/13528293577/improvised-touhou-music-with-annoying-commentary -Lyrics: - <i>AN APPLE DISASTER!!</i><br>That's the name of her song<br>And her name is Apple Girlington<br>She's the personification of<br>An apple - This spell card is called <i>THE APPLE WIZARD OF MOUNT FUJI</i><br>It's part of important Japanese folk lore<br>The pre-battle dialogue goes like this: - <i>You should taste my wonderful apples</i><br><i>No, sorry, I'm watching my weight recently</i><br><i>No!! You have to try the apples or I won't let you through!</i><br><i>Oh, well, I'll give you a diabetes bow tie</i><br><i>[UNTRANSLATABLE JAPANESE IDIOM]</i> - Then you have a weird chord change<br>Because it's a newer Touhou song - Then they make a joke about apple pie -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Arms Outstretched -Artist: Griffin McElroy -Duration: 3:17 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ykLuBUPybI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Axel F -Artist: Crazy Frog -Duration: 2:53 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85mRPqvMbE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bad Apple!! -Artist: Touhou Project -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35YXCbyTOrw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Badgers -Artist: MrWeebl -Duration: 1:13 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Battle! (Colress) -Artist: Pokémon -Duration: 5:00 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvQBpb6eqp8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Battle! (Elite Four) -Artist: Pokémon -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llnXhrCn9Yo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bedelia -Artist: The Haydn Quartet -Duration: 2:53 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZAxWYYpQBY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Beginning -Artist: Castlevania -Duration: 1:50 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptgaCJSF7j8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Big Enough -Artist: Kirin J. Callinan -Duration: 6:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvrZJ5C_Nwg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bloody Tears -Artist: Castlevania -Duration: 3:25 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxQGB7a-6xQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bodies -Artist: Drowning Pool -Duration: 3:21 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYcbfc_UB6M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Boss Mode -Artist: Knife Party -Duration: 3:47 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H588NOk-G8U -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bouncy Ball -Artist: Bad Lip Reading -Duration: 0:42 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oSF461mCdw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bowman Remix -Artist: Michael Guy Bowman -Duration: 2:23 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VukaD23AIfE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Breath of the Wild Theme -Artist: The Legend of Zelda -Duration: 1:55 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPWBG6_jn4Y -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Burn -Artist: Hamilton: An American Musical -Duration: 4:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRZzCg8hRA4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Calamari Inkantation -Artist: Splatoon -Duration: 3:18 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4k1NdUEUP4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Can You Feel the Love Tonight -Artist: Elton John -Duration: 4:01 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTtgVSxfr5M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Canon in D -Artist: Johann Pachelbel -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNQLJ1_HQ0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Caramelldansen -Artist: Caramell -Duration: 3:27 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2Ihbm_Mz0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Careless Whisper -Artist: George Michael -Duratoin: 5:01 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carol of the Bells -Artist: Mykola Leontovych -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejU1lK-3C4U -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Celestial Fantasia -Artist: Seth Peelle -Duration: 5:48 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUA7oEyZT0Y -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Chrono Trigger -Artist: Chrono Trigger -Duration: 2:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-s-VQBoUdc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Classical Gas -Artist: Mason Williams -Duration: 3:02 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mREi_Bb85Sk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Corridors of Time -Artist: Chrono Trigger -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXo3DrXHY8w -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Courage -Artist: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure -Duration: 2:38 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpc8K-zQoYM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Creeping in My Soul -Artist: Cryoshell -Duration: 3:59 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI6qyW3QCLc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Crystal Kingdom -Artist: Griffin McElroy -Duration: 1:36 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWUlf6qB2RI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Danger! High Voltage -Artist: Electric Six -Duration: 3:31 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2KgoVyloPo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dark Necessities -Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers -Duration: 5:02 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_Tw0w3lLA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Deck the Halls -Artist: Lost in History -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPCXMTnO2Yw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Deja Vu -Artist: Mort Garson -Duration: 3:19 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AumYP6Np1eI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Destroy Them With Lazers -Artist: Knife Party -Duration: 4:56 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6-U-apEUZI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Drop It Like It's Hot -Artist: Snoop Dogg -Duration: 4:25 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtUVQei3nX4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Doctor Who Theme -Artist: Doctor Who -Duration: 2:36 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75V4ClJZME4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dungeon Theme -Directory: dungeon-theme-zelda1 -Artist: The Legend of Zelda -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMssCMqMHuk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dusk for the Age of Miracles -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 2:49 -URLs: https://soundcloud.com/plazmataz/dusk-for-the-age-of-miracles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: E.T. -Artist: Katy Perry -Duration: 3:26 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lrxaY-hcvA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Eight Melodies -Artist: EarthBound -Duration: 2:20 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-w9OPgRbA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Eternal Recurrence -Artist: Secret of Mana -Duration: 2:12 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Kv3ZlvQLw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Everybody Everybody -Artist: Black Box -Duration: 4:14 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18N2k1TBBRE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall -Artist: Touhou Project -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F3_Cj-fMWw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fantasy Costco Jingle -Artist: Griffin McElroy -Duration: 0:40 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz5rDb7-kLk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fear of the Heavens -Artist: Secret of Mana -Duration: 1:42 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFN0GLAMJ3k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Featherlight -Artist: Toris Crow -Duration: 1:28 -URLs: https://toriscrow.bandcamp.com/track/featherlight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fever -Artist: Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell -Directory: fever-cooley-blackwell -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: File Select (SM64) -Directory: file-select-sm64 -Artist: Super Mario -Duration: 0:20 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrJNgLGbYg0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fireflies -Artist: Owl City -Duration: 3:49 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWLGyeg74es -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: First Call -Artist: Lost in History -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB6ZENgAqpA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Friday -Artist: Rebecca Black -Duration: 3:47 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frog's Theme -Artist: Chrono Trigger -Duration: 1:49 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YsAyO9oW00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Frosty the Snowman -Artist: Walter Rollins, Steve Nelson -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6zW225k_O0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fruity Pebbles Jingle -Artist: Scott Stutzman -Duration: 5:55 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apVOS4CJIls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fuck tha Police -Artist: N.W.A. -Duration: 5:45 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADdpLv3RDhA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Funiculì, Funiculà -Artist: Luigi Denza, Peppino Turca -Duration: 2:58 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW0W7j04iRQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gangnam Style -Artist: PSY -Duration: 4:12 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Gay Love Song for Four Cellos -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 3:54 -URLs: https://soundcloud.com/plazmataz/gay-love-song-for-four-cellos -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Get It On -Directory: get-it-on-chase -Artist: Chase -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4QBZanJKyA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Giorgio by Moroder -Artist: Daft Punk -Duration: 9:13 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhl-Cs1-sG4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: GLORIOUS MIDI UNICORN -Artist: Andrew Huang -Duration: 0:22 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3tiuGVDDkk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen -Artist: Lost in History -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlfHyb397VY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Greensleeves -Artist: Lost in History -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSjfkwvOOAM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Griffin Space Jam -Artist: Griffin McElroy, MBMBaM -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct4LMymXjZI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Guile's Theme -Artist: Street Fighter -Duration: 4:05 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iof5pRAIZmw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Goodbye To A World -Artist: Porter Robinson -Duration: 5:30 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2TE0DjdNqI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Good Night - Undertale -Artist: SilvaGunner -Duration: 5:29 -References: -- Good Night -- Goodbye To A World -- Hopes and Dreams -- Once Upon a Time -- Meet the Flintstones -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyNVRrHkwe0 -- https://gilvasunner.bandcamp.com/track/goodbye-to-the-underground -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: He Not Like the Banana -Artist: Cat No Banana -Duration: 0:15 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDEwbsWj2Qo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Heart of the Forest -Artist: Solatrus -Duration: 3:07 -URLs: https://music.solatrus.com/track/heart-of-the-forest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hey Baby -Directory: hey-baby-bruce-channel -Artist: Bruce Channel -Duration: 2:24 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik9dxkKriV0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA -Artist: slackcircus -Duration: 2:06 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5LpwO-An4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Historia Crux -Artist: Final Fantasy -Duration: 4:28 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWHJRNT8gcs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hotel Mario -Artist: Super Mario -Duration: 0:54 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ZcsyOayLM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hydrocity Zone (Act 2) -Artist: Sonic the Hedgehog -Duration: 1:55 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNYL4w-qxcE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Hydrogen -Artist: M.O.O.N. -Duration: 4:50 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNE2oCZH_4k -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I knew you were trouble Ft. Screaming goat -Artist: Taylor Swift -Duration: 0:24 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh6c0SOfkH4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I'm A Believer -Artist: Smash Mouth -Duration: 3:04 -URLs: https://youtu.be/0mYBSayCsH0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Icirrus City -Artist: Pokémon -Duration: 2:05 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDNqwdjCGBQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: I Really, Really, Really Like This Image -Artist: Hot Dad -Duration: 1:59 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eKv4BEujFU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: In the Hall of the Mountain King -Artist: Edvard Grieg -Duration: 2:40 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLp_Hh6DKWc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Isle Unto Thyself -Artist: Tally Hall -Duration: 3:47 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctRembqQCcw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: It's Your Move -Artist: Diana Ross -Duration: 3:05 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wngfhydvZpk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) -Artist: Duke Ellington, Irving Mills -Duration: 2:45 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jet Black -Artist: Jawbreaker -Duration: 5:14 -Directory: jet-black-jawbreaker -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn3_YzLi_2A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~ -Artist: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure -Duration: 4:24 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sugUX1PtUc4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jump Up, Super Star! -Artist: Super Mario -Duration: 4:09 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9r5hx47kxM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: La Cucaracha -Artist: Lost in History -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQLCJsIof8s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: La Espero -Artist: L. L. Zamenhof, Félicien Menu de Ménil -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d97KYGY0_NY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lawnmower -Directory: lawnmower-lemon-demon -Artist: Lemon Demon -Duration: 3:13 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fEfhsTyRL4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Layton's Theme -Artist: Professor Layton and the Curious Village -Duration: 2:10 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFBKHSitIjo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Left-Hand Remix -Artist: Rhythm Heaven -Duration: 2:55 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Mx18uR1dY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! -Artist: Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7LW0Y00kE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Life in Technicolor -Artist: Coldplay -Duration: 2:30 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPD59NTahc0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lonely Rolling Star -Artist: Katamari Damacy -Duration: 5:44 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_QydNXI_ok -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lose Yourself -Artist: Eminem -Duration: 5:20 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFYQQPAOz7Y -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: LRAD -Artist: Knife Party -Duration: 5:15 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aEBlLMyN_0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mad About the Boy -Artist: Dinah Washington -Duration: 3:09 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtIwWjmcvvo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:39 -URLs: https://youtu.be/wa2K_8Ff41M?t=49 -Lyrics: - This first level's song is called Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station. - This part of the song is just to remind you that it takes place in Japan, in case you forgot. - This is where we have the sudden transition into the miniboss battle part of the song. - <i>YOU ACTIVATED MY SPELL CARD, YUGI</i> - Okay I'm flying toward the ends of the level now. - Picking up some more uh, powerups.<br>I have not reached max power yet 'cuz it's the first level. - Now it's coming to a sort of break in the music while you're talking to the boss. - <i>[[An Apple Disaster!!]]</i> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Magnificat -Artist: Arvo Pärt -Duration: 7:04 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WrP_9Jpfkc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mailtime -Artist: Blue's Clues -Duration: 0:15 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KRtN6-DgrY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Man of Constant Sorrow -Directory: man-of-constant-sorrow-o-brother -Artist: -- O Brother, Where Art Thou? -Duration: 3:43 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDEqgmGIVg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing -Artist: IOSYS -Duration: 2:02 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qS1kqhhebw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Master of Puppets -Artist: Metallica -Duration: 8:35 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7blkui3nQc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Meet the Flintstones -Artist: The Flintstones -Duration: 0:35 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s13X66BFd8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Megalovania -Directory: megalovania-halloween -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:59 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIowwZThIXM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moon Over the Castle -Artist: Gran Turismo -Duration: 5:20 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKdZBkEQYxI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Moonsong -Artist: Cave Story -Duration: 2:41 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q09KoR7g018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: My Little Pony Theme -Artist: My Little Pony -Duration: 1:55 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP_rIAkb_v8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: My Sharona -Artist: The Knack -Duration: 4:52 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR2JtsVumFA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Native Faith -Artist: Touhou Project -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7dLp2Eb7cg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Never Gonna Give You Up -Artist: Rick Astley -Duration: 3:32 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nightmare Knight -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 4:30 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t43ZIrsfof0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Neos City (Night) -Artist: Pokémon -Duration: 4:27 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXipo_gVMCs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: No More Elders -Artist: Gryotharian -Duration: 2:11 -URLs: https://gryotharian.bandcamp.com/track/no-more-elders -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Noisemaster Theme -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 1:46 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPT_YvaM7vc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nova Solis -Artist: Morgan -Duration: 20:24 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydl38eJ6W3I -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nuclear Fusion -Artist: Touhou Project -Duration: 5:45 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_-7OXophY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! -Artist: daniwellP -Duration: 3:47 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Til6kcoY0Yk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Objection! 2001 -Artist: Ace Attorney -Duration: 1:13 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I34nshlOPk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Old Friends -Artist: Darren Korb -Duration: 3:51 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql8K3KJyWgY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: One Fateful Night -Artist: EarthBound -Duration: 0:46 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOCkTgJPZ_s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Onett Theme -Artist: EarthBound -Duration: 2:24 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y5RRgjfNek -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Paint It, Black -Artist: The Rolling Stones -Duration: 3:46 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Peanut Butter Jelly Time -Artist: Buckwheat Boyz -Duration: 2:10 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRBOgtp0Hac -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pencil Holder (demo version) -Artist: Clark Powell -Duration: 4:22 -References: track:lori-and-erich-baker -URLs: https://soundcloud.com/plazmataz/pencil-holder-demo-version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Piss -Artist: Neil Cicierega -Duration: 4:57 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6lDkTO0Nw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: PLUR Police -Artist: Knife Party -Duration: 4:05 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi8ITCWzX-Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: POKEMON GO SONG!!! -Artist: Misha -Duration: 1:15 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfc42Pb5RA8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Polovtsian Dances -Artist: Alexander Borodin -Duration: 12:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWU1uj9WmOM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Potato Knishes -Artist: Ratboy Genius -Duration: 1:20 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFfLCuHSZ-U -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Prana Ferox -Artist: The Mountain Goats -Duration: 3:59 -Directory: prana-ferox-the-mountain-goats -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2NwP64RoG8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Pushing Onwards -Artist: VVVVVV -Duration: 3:39 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25m3Gk7mRQM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Rainbow Connection -Directory: rainbow-connection-muppets -Artist: The Muppets -Duration: 3:15 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69PQuw0r3oM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Recruitment Theme -Artist: Fire Emblem -Duration: 1:44 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xlMErV9Fts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Redbone -Artist: Childish Gambino -Duration: 5:26 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp7eSUU9oy8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Reverse Situation -Artist: Naruto -Duration: 4:01 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv93yQE8bRo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Revolution 909 -Artist: Daft Punk -Duration: 5:34 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtd6DvLoCsU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Right-Hand Remix -Artist: Rhythm Heaven -Duration: 2:27 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I81rQxSXz-s 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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Running Hell -Artist: Cave Story -Duration: 2:28 -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQPqmS5iGzY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Ryuunosuke Akutagawa's "Kappa" ~ Candid Friend -Artist: Touhou Project -Duration: 4:39 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdNpKz8_VTA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Safe Return -Artist: Avatar: The Last Airbender -Duration: 0:20 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgFt70GB4c -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town -Artist: John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSmsq2iq4bQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Say "I Gotta Believe!" -Artist: PaRappa the Rapper -Duration: 4:34 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOaT98I-dRo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Schala's Theme -Artist: Chrono Trigger -Duration: 2:48 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIJxrAHuk7Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Science Blaster -Artist: SpellingPhailer -Duration: 2:21 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quxzJ5xyuC4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Seinfeld X -Artist: Toby Fox -Duration: 0:34 -URLs: https://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/50013318456/just-realized-the-slap-bass-sample-in-megaman-x-is -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Shave and a Haircut -Artist: Lost in History -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: September Pumpkin -Artist: Touhou Project -Duration: 5:00 -URLs: 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-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrCLBuf0Yec -- https://gilvasunner.bandcamp.com/track/grand-dads-secret-slide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Smiles and Tears -Artist: EarthBound -Duration: 5:49 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdSoxoBYE7g -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snow halation -Artist: Love Live! -Duration: 4:16 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmWQiLixGOI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Snow halation - Love Live! -Artist: SilvaGunner -Duration: 4:19 -References: Snow halation -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1p5eNOsl7I -- https://gilvasunner.bandcamp.com/track/stone-halation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Solresol -Artist: Melomane -Duration: 3:21 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPISqn7VfNY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Space Jam -Artist: Space Jam -Duration: 4:10 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9FImc2LOr8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Steam Gardens -Artist: Super Mario -Duration: 3:25 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Mx18uR1dY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stone Tower Temple -Artist: The Legend of Zelda -Duration: 2:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_NK5HgR6Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Stronger Than You -Artist: Steven Universe -Duration: 2:30 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OWq38TikzU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Suicide Hotline -Directory: suicide-hotline-icp -Artist: Insane Clown Posse -Duration: 3:32 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSIL044YwQ0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious -Artist: Mary Poppins -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZNRzc3hWvE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Super Dry Dance -Artist: EarthBound -Duration: 1:49 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um6KR1rYZ3A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Swan Song -Artist: Set It Off -Duration: 4:14 -Directory: swan-song-set-it-off -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzSoICQLf-Q -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sweet Victory -Artist: Alan Hawkshaw -Duration: 3:42 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETDqBYBdDFA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Take Me Away -Artist: Insane Clown Posse -Duration: 4:39 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbkh9NVpn-s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Teenagers -Directory: teenagers-mcr -Artist: My Chemical Romance -Duration: 2:41 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLKOBJR5vHs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Tempus adest floridum -Artist: Lost in History -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv8PgukSLX0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Terra -Artist: Solatrus -Duration: 4:05 -URLs: https://music.solatrus.com/track/terra -Commentary: - <i>Solatrus:</i> - Terra is one of a few tracks I managed to finish in 2009, and is also the first track that I started using my current logo in, however in a much earlier form. - This song was originally intended to be used in a game, however, it never came to fruition. 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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Decisive Battle -Artist: Final Fantasy -Duration: 2:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxKb48wvt60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The First Noel -Artist: Lost in History -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5uud2fjtoo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Little Sprite -Artist: Secret of Mana -Duration: 0:51 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCVqfgc2730 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Next Episode -Artist: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg -Duration: 2:41 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADIyIlO-_Ug -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Number of the Beast -Artist: Iron Maiden -Duration: 4:52 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-iRf9AWoyE 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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-1XiWfdDeY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Star-Spangled Banner -Artist: Lost in History, Death to America -Has URLs: no -URLs: https://dotherightthing.carrd.co/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny -Artist: Lemon Demon -Duration: 3:35 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4UYpDB7J-s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Witch -Artist: Insane Clown Posse -Duration: 3:16 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAAD3yi_Hyo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Theme of Eastern Story -Artist: Touhou Project -Duration: 3:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGwASZn0ZKA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Thin RED Line -Artist: BlazBlue -Duration: 4:10 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrvamz7tncY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: This Is America -Artist: Childish Gambino -Duration: 3:45 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P3w9Y50cxU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 7 GRAND DAD -Artist: SilvaGunner -URLs: -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VcYz6KZtqs -- https://gilvasunner.bandcamp.com/track/epic-flintstones -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Thunderhead -Artist: Veritas Unae -Duration: 3:21 -URLs: https://loftlocked.bandcamp.com/track/thunderhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: To Make the End of Battle -Artist: Ys -Duration: 4:43 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Mam93QIQo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Toccata and Fugue in 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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wind-up Storm -Artist: Llyona Fang -Duration: 3:29 -URLs: https://reversalrain.bandcamp.com/track/wind-up-storm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wind Scene -Artist: Chrono Trigger -Duration: 3:23 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ejTIgXexyg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Winterfall -Artist: Blackhole -Duration: 3:04 -URLs: https://soundcloud.com/blackholesc/winterfall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wonderwall -Artist: Oasis -Duration: 4:18 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrOKjDZOtkA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wow Wow -Artist: Neil Cicierega -Duration: 3:29 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhXKak_bHw 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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_Rxqtq3ng -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Other works originating outside of Homestuck -Color: #8ccaf1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 0.5x A Presses -Artist: pannenkoek2012 -Duration: 5:25 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-zAWbM50JM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: all yor base r blong 2 us -Artist: Bad-CRC -Duration: 4:12 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQE66WA2s-A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Flowey's Laugh -Artist: Warner Bros. -Duration: 0:05 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IJMEd8mAIo -Commentary: - <i>Undertale Wiki:</i> - (<a href="https://undertale.fandom.com/wiki/Flowey">Fandom</a>) - Flowey's laugh is not a new asset and can be recognized in other media. It was originally a Warner Bros. sound effect mostly used in Pink Panther cartoons and has appeared in titles such as the PlayStation title <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aBa-iQSkxc">Tomba!</a> and the Homestuck soundtrack [[track:the-lordling]], also by Toby Fox. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: history of japan -Artist: bill wurtz -Duration: 9:00 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5LY4Mz15o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Howl -Artist: Allen Ginsberg -URLs: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Jurassic Park -Artist: Jurassic Park -Duration: 2:06:30 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Scientist IDs Bodies Of Migrants, Helping Families Find Closure -Directory: lori-and-erich-baker -Artist: StoryCorps -Duration: 3:13 -URLs: https://www.npr.org/2014/09/19/349517129/scientist-ids-bodies-of-migrants-helping-families-find-closure -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Remember -Artist: Christina Rosetti -URLs: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45000/remember-56d224509b7ae -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Summer -Artist: Noah Noble -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Super Mario Bros. (The Movie) -Artist: Super Mario -Duration: 1:04:14 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The City of Dreadful Night -Artist: Bysshe Vanolis -URLs: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45407/the-city-of-dreadful-night -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Up-Hill -Artist: Christina Rosetti -URLs: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45002/up-hill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: what year is it -Artist: Jon Bois -Duration: 1:39 -References: Sweet Victory -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BZs005Hbgs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Wilhelm Scream -Artist: Lost in History -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn6hhrX34Pw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: WOAH! -Artist: Chris Patstone -Duration: 0:07 -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBfMEUiobfE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You have got to be about the most superficial commentator on con-langues since the idiotic B. Gilson. -Artists: Anthony McCarthy, jan Misali -URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOWcRvYq9Fs&lc=UgghJn8puEKm23gCoAEC diff --git a/album/vaporwave-2016.txt b/album/vaporwave-2016.txt deleted file mode 100644 index dfa3118f..00000000 --- a/album/vaporwave-2016.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,151 +0,0 @@ -Album: 『H☯MESTUCK VAP☯RWAVE 2016 RUH-RUH-RUH-ＲＥＭＩＸ』アンドレア・ヒューシー・グーグル翻訳 -Directory: vaporwave-2016 -Date: June 8, 2017 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #fb90b4 -Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley -Cover Art: Jamie Paige Stanley -Has Track Art: no -Art Tags: SBaHJ -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/h-mestuck-vap-rwave-2016-ruh-ruh-ruh -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLXRkkntti0ouC-uCzrznphz -Commentary: - <i>Jamie Paige Stanley:</i> - the album title was supposed to say andrew hussie but google translate sucks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: －私はあなたを騙しました－( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track1 -Duration: 6:43 -References: -- Pseudumbra Phauxtasm -- track:lisa-frank-420-modern-computing -- Sunslammer -- Wonderwall -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--2 -- https://youtu.be/F24thk49xfk -Lyrics: - yo, what's up<br>comin' at you live from the virtual plaza<br>it's homestuck twenty sixteen vaporwave ruh-ruh-ruh-remiiiiiiiiiix<br>yeah<br>take it away<br>toby "fox" bowman - disclaimer: the song that you just heard is most certainly not the real penumbra phantasm, and had little to no involvement from toby fox. the rest of this playlist is homestuck vaporwave. anyway, here's wonderwall. - [wonderwall] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ＧＡＭＩＮＧブラザー９６ -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track2 -Duration: 4:17 -References: GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--3 -- https://youtu.be/mllhnBUuA08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 夜間のＭＯＯＮ汗 -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track3 -Duration: 3:26 -References: Moonsetter -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--4 -- https://youtu.be/Mkz6-4ftbdU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 家で立ち往生「ＵＧＬＹ－ＢＥＢＢＹ」 -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track4 -Duration: 2:57 -References: Ugly Betty -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--5 -- https://youtu.be/8TpqOPN0aRk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ＳジＢャＵンＲグＢル -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track5 -Duration: 4:39 -References: -- track:sburban-jungle -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--6 -- https://youtu.be/HcSNncKT0jw -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ＣＲＹＳＴＡＬ母の国歌 -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track6 -Duration: 1:48 -References: Crystalanthemums -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--7 -- https://youtu.be/2zcnqtKMGyc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ＲＪ眠れない３ＡＭ -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track7 -Duration: 6:42 -References: track:three-in-the-morning-rj -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--8 -- https://youtu.be/tah9_8cx0-4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: イカの子供のＰＡＲＡＤＩＳＥ -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track8 -Duration: 4:42 -References: Squiddles in Paradise -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--9 -- https://youtu.be/CsXVWLdI6UU -Lyrics: - yo what's up<br>it's me again<br>fuckin' squiddles in paradise<br>we're on some motherfuckin'<br>kokomo beach beach boys shit<br>right now<br>oh shit<br>squiddles<br>fuck<br>homestuck<br>vaporwave<br>twenty sixteen<br>remix<br>remix remix<br>fuck -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: $H☯W✝IM€－420－( ▽ ` )ﾉ -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track9 -Duration: 2:43 -References: -- track:showtime-original-mix -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/h-w-im-420 -- https://youtu.be/w7wyVTTCFag -Lyrics: - yo what's up<br>it's me again<br>chiptune vaporave?<br>that's a new thing<br>i'm pretty sure<br>i dunno<br>somebody probably already remixed undertale<br>to be vaporwave<br>i dunno<br>homestuck vaporwave twenty sixteen ruh-ruh-remix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 魚娘ドキドキ -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track10 -Duration: 2:22 -References: Love You (Feferi's Theme) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--10 -- https://youtu.be/FwMC3Ubi1gE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: がんばってＤＡＶＩＤさん -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track11 -Duration: 2:00 -References: -- track:upward-movement-dave-owns -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--11 -- https://youtu.be/SmF51-oEPvo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: weed dreams.. -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track12 -Duration: 2:38 -References: -- track:aggrieve-violin-refrain -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/weed-dreams -- https://youtu.be/gUAowj3xo0o -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 酔ったＭＩＤＮＩＧＨＴの乗組員 -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track13 -Duration: 5:29 -References: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Post-Punk Version) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--12 -- https://youtu.be/II7xYMkx0lM -Lyrics: - (see: [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-post-punk-version]]) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: ４ちゃん • プロスピット -Directory: vaporwave-2016-track14 -Duration: 3:46 -References: Chain Of Prospit -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/--13 -- https://youtu.be/IwBwhoqNd0M -Lyrics: - yo what's up<br>how you doin'<br>havin' fun yet?<br>here's a little track<br>from my boy<br>mikey b<br>homestuck<br>vaporwave<br>twenty sixteen<br>ruh-ruh-ruh-remix<br>woo - (see: [[track:chain-of-prospit]]) diff --git a/album/we-are-all-satellites.txt b/album/we-are-all-satellites.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4f1f9c97..00000000 --- a/album/we-are-all-satellites.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,48 +0,0 @@ -Album: We Are All Satellites -Artist: Clark Powell -Cover Art: Richard Gung -Has Track Art: no -Date: October 4, 2012 -Date Added: May 12, 2021 -Color: #b4bdc6 -Listed on Homepage: no -Groups: -- Clark Powell -- Beyond -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Harrigan -Duration: 4:32 -URLs: -- https://soundcloud.com/plazmataz/harrigan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: She Needs to Come Home -Duration: 3:39 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Mischief -Duration: 3:44 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Miranda -Duration: 3:22 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Romance of Protons and Neutrons -Duration: 4:24 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: A Heaven Broad and Ochre -Duration: 4:09 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Lunatic -Duration: 5:48 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: An Old One -Duration: 3:04 -Has URLs: no -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: 15874 -Duration: 2:19 -Has URLs: no diff --git a/album/weird-puzzle-tunes.txt b/album/weird-puzzle-tunes.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3051a591..00000000 --- a/album/weird-puzzle-tunes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,188 +0,0 @@ -Album: Weird Puzzle Tunes -Date: March 10, 2017 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Cover Art: Selan Pike, XenoZane (concept) -Banner Art: Selan Pike, ndividedbyzero (asset organizing) -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Color: #9e80c0 -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/weird-puzzle-tunes -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLUxZUDvVDm4AuJurtELW-B6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Main album -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Compensation, Adequate -Artist: Aris Martinian -Track Art: none -Duration: 2:12 -References: Problem Sleuth Theme -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/compensation-adequate -- https://youtu.be/s_uy3n2cMRk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: We Have A Problem, Sleuth -Artist: nuclear333 -Track Art: Minish -Duration: 1:28 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-have-a-problem-sleuth -- https://youtu.be/4wr6jdo18Ow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sleuthing Around -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 1:34 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sleuthing-around -- https://youtu.be/FpOrwpTsQFU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Legitimate Establishment -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 2:45 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/legitimate-establishment -- https://youtu.be/6zSAuubL-d8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Defuse A Bomb -Artist: nuclear333 -Track Art: nuclear333 -Duration: 1:22 -References: In the Hall of the Mountain King -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/defuse-a-bomb -- https://youtu.be/7X9FgQnBWXo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Fractal Flowers -Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 4:43 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fractal-flowers -- https://youtu.be/-2n17cV3Gqc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Battle Against An Imaginary Foe -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 2:04 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/battle-against-an-imaginary-foe -- https://youtu.be/ghSW7sAryCI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Phantasmic Foe -Artist: nuclear333 -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 1:18 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/phantasmic-foe -- https://youtu.be/MZqxKhozl8s -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: You Died, Idiot -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: yazshu -Duration: 1:49 -References: Negastrife, Problem Sleuth Theme, DEVILHEAD RISING -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/you-died-idiot -- https://youtu.be/hz4f-RM3YPY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Monochromatic Shenanigans -Artist: Kusoro -Track Art: Minish -Duration: 2:05 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/monochromatic-shenanigans -- https://youtu.be/R6Uml7L9rzI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Syndetic Scramble -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: OpsCat -Duration: 2:18 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/syndetic-scramble -- https://youtu.be/emFNagHzTDM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: While the Iron's Hot -Artist: OpsCat -Track Art: OpsCat -Duration: 1:38 -References: Moshi Moshi? -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/while-the-irons-hot -- https://youtu.be/-zq98Dcf2H0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Aggress -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 2:46 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aggress -- https://youtu.be/5NhjAlYi0ms -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Go Back -Artist: nuclear333 -Track Art: Selan Pike -Art Tags: cw: blood -Duration: 0:57 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/go-back -- https://youtu.be/QEv025OWqpQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: DEVILHEAD RISING -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: XenoZane -Art Tags: cw: blood -Duration: 2:20 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/devilhead-rising -- https://youtu.be/8wqr9uFdpUU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Bonehead Destiny -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: OpsCat -Duration: 3:44 -References: Unite Synchronization -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bonehead-destiny -- https://youtu.be/6e9V8I9cuKY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Semisepulchritude -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 3:16 -References: Aggress, Battle Against An Imaginary Foe, Problem Sleuth Theme -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/semisepulchritude -- https://youtu.be/GDK0Ogot-nA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Replicollision -Artist: Noisemaker -Track Art: Homestuck -Duration: 2:25 -References: Problem Sleuth Theme -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/replicollision -- https://youtu.be/E0afAoosOLo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Group: Bonus tracks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Midnight Stew -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Selan Pike -Duration: 3:50 -References: Liquid Negrocity -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-midnight-stew -- https://youtu.be/QhjKUxa6IhY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Point of Going Home -Artist: nuclear333 -Track Art: Selan Pike, avocado (concept) -Duration: 1:23 -References: Go Back -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-the-point-of-going-home -- https://youtu.be/J9oHcnqUvw8 diff --git a/album/what.txt b/album/what.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7881e5c8..00000000 --- a/album/what.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -Album: WHAT -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Cover Art: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Has Track Art: no -Date: May 20, 2018 -Date Added: April 12, 2021 -Color: #cf67f6 -Groups: -- what is lost in the mines? -- Beyond -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/album/what -Commentary: - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> - a bit of rest never did anyone any harm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Dreaming of Living -Duration: 2:06 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/dreaming-of-living -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Songbird's Lunch Break -Duration: 3:10 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/songbirds-lunch-break -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Infinity Proof Liquor -Duration: 2:34 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/infinity-proof-liquor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Breath in -Duration: 2:56 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/breath-in -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Freshly Sleeping -Duration: 2:50 -URLs: -- https://what.bandcamp.com/track/freshly-sleeping diff --git a/album/xenoplanetarium.txt b/album/xenoplanetarium.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 456819ab..00000000 --- a/album/xenoplanetarium.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,247 +0,0 @@ -Album: Xenoplanetarium -Date: December 8, 2017 -Date Added: January 12, 2021 -Color: #d790ca -Cover Art: nights -Banner Art: nights -Banner Dimensions: 1100x203 -Groups: -- Unofficial MSPA Fans -- Fandom -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/xenoplanetarium -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2E1aOkERtLWw6sipk5O3dpsYZryDtrNR -Art Tags: -- Aradia -- Tavros -- Sollux -- Karkat -- Nepeta -- Kanaya -- Terezi -- Vriska -- Equius -- Gamzee -- Eridan -- Feferi -- Angels -- Lil Cal -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - <center>XENOPLANETARIUM</center> - <b>Organization:</b><br>Lambda Bledsoe<br>Makin<br>SplitSuns<br>Veritas Unae - <b>Booklet:</b><br>Circlejourney<br>Interrobang - <b>Cover Illustration:</b><br>nights - <b>Additional Thanks:</b><br>The Homestuck Music Team<br>Andrew Hussie and What Pumpkin - <i>nights:</i> - I've redrawn this piece 3 times, two were sketches and the third was completed, but I felt it didn't make for a good cover. (Shown <s>on facing page</s> below - It makes for a pretty bangin' wallpaper though!) I tried to stuff as much symbolism in this piece as possible. This is also full of new experiences for me, 'cause it was pretty much the first time I've drawn this many varied characters all in one canvas. It's also the first time I've drawn some of the trolls, too. All in all, it was an absolute delight to work on it and see everything come together, I'm raelly happy for the chance to help with this album. - <img src="media/misc/xenoplanetarium-alt.jpg" width="1400" height="1400"> - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> - (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Calming Quartz -Artist: PoisonedElite -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Art Tags: Aradia, cw: body horror -Duration: 2:05 -References: Calming Quartz (Beta) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/calming-quartz -- https://youtu.be/i_rH12hll8A -Commentary: - <i>PoisonedElite:</i> - So, uh, hi, I'm PoisonedElite, or Poize. - This is actually the second version of Calming Quartz. - The first version (which can be found <a href="https://soundcloud.com/poisonedelite/calming-quartz-beta/s-2FvRp">here</a>) I wasn't very happy with, so I ended up redoing the entire song, and now I like it! - I started the first version in June and then made the revision over the course of October in about 1-2 weeks. - The atmosphere of sounds echoing off of the quartz all over Aradia's land informed how I wrote the entire song. - I want to thank ndividedbyzero, Grace Medley, and everyone else for all of their help and advice on the song, as well as thanks to Nuclear for naming the song. - (p.s. special thanks to psithurist for being so cool.) - <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b> - LOQAM has a very eerie atmosphere to it that is captured to amazing effect in this artwork. The jagged textures of quartz crystals provide a nice backdrop when paired with the howling, almost glowing sky. There's a ton of detail put into every area of this piece, and that's especially noticable in the Aradiabot occupying the left of the composition. Her damaged and decaying appearance helps to add to the unsettling nature of the piece. Aradia herself is also visible in the art as well. Isn't it a little weird that these two different versions of Aradia are in the same piece...? Then again, if there was ever to be a troll that showed up in two places at the same time, it's her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Sandy Skyline -Artist: Aris Martinian -Track Art: Roxy Scarf -Duration: 2:53 -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sandy-skyline -- https://youtu.be/vjMeokNP2E4 -Commentary: - <b><i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i></b> - Decisions must be made. Onward the world must turn. No one can truly understand how the wind blows its way into your heart. King you are not, young page. Even though she might try to be your queen, her manipulations will bring you only misery. Yes, you must attempt to carve your own path instead of having one make a path for you. - Of course, you cannot do this. Love, though you possess it not, will be your undoing. Likely it is that you shall be utterly destroyed by your "queen". Inopportune this fate is, but do not let yourself become dejected. Embrace the breeze, and you will become greater than even she could have expected, far in both the past and the future. - <b><i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i></b> - This piece by Roxy Scarf paints the scenery of Tavros's planet in very, very warm hues, capturing the desert-y atmosphere of the place quite well in this ghostwriter's opinion. You can also see one of the seven gates above Tavros's hive. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Deep Fried -Artist: Kanishka -Track Art: artisticallyCrafty -Duration: 4:00 -References: The La2t Frontiier -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/deep-fried -- https://youtu.be/VL-k3TDTxSA -Commentary: - <i>Kanishka:</i> - I'm not entirely sure whether it was a good idea to make something so intense and hectic, seeing as XP follows the same theme as [[album:medium]]. - I tried to draw inspiration from the Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble and Lorn at some point, but it didn't exactly work out, so I kinda just... gave up on maing an ambient track and went on to convey atmosphere of a hostile sweltering place that is Land of Brans and Fire through a more upbeat song? - Well, I guess Deep Fried still does its job somewhat decently, despite being a hot mess and having a horrid name I already regret coming up with. - P.S. Can't help but thank umspaf folk (especially Split) for all the feedback. - P.P.S. Track art by artisticallyCrafty kicks ass, and I found it really inspiring while working on the song. - <i>artisticallyCrafty:</i> - Deep Fried is my first time collaborating with the many amazing musicians and artists of LOFAM. I was ecstatic to be able to create something for a planet we only see twice and have very little knowledge about other than BRAINS and FIRE, so I went with essentially the first thing that popped into my head when I heard the preview of the song: a view of the vastness of the Medium from one of the tendrils of the many brains cooking near the flames. - This piece has kind of evolved as the music has been reworked so there is an emphasis on the planet of fire and the multitude of neurons firing to send thoughts, actions, and commands across the span of the brain field. - <s>(look mom! i'm using my medical knowledge for something dear to my heart!)</s> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Red Pulse -Artist: ehlsea -Track Art: Elanor Pam -Art Tags: cw: blood (abstract) -Duration: 3:25 -References: Karkat's Theme -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-pulse -- https://youtu.be/uZrnoad2yUQ -Commentary: - <i>ehlsea:</i> - As I was writing this song, I wanted it to sound like a video game styled theme for the land. A pulsing beat drives the song with hazy pads and synths. - <b><i>SplitSuns:</i></b> - LOPAH is home to an oppressive and bloody landscape, quite literally so. I mean, the oceans are legitimately made of blood. If that isn't metal I don't know what is. Anyway, this artwork conveys the hostility of stepping foot in such an environment masterfully, with the moody skies, foreboding architecture, and blood-rivers that cut into the terrain and seem to take up the entire canvas. There's great care taken into even the most minor aspects of the lighting so that the piece as a whole feels truly complete. The end result: a pretty cool-looking place, all things considered. Just try not to lose your footing; no one should have to experience being submerged in blood. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Oolongcat -Artist: Ucklin -Track Art: TheChaoMaster -Duration: 2:43 -References: Nepeta's Theme, Horschestra, Rex Duodecim Angelus -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/oolongcat -- https://youtu.be/bQBkjUo9q10 -Commentary: - <i>Ucklin:</i> - This song was created in less than a week after another artist left the project and took their LOLCAT song with them. (I never heard that one!) I started composing it with the little kalimba riff and added from there. I was excited to create a song using instruments that I actually play, and most of the song is acoustic - but time constraints proved to stop me from getting good ocarina takes for the lead, so I scrambled at the last minute to find a replacement and ended up using touch control erhu on my iPad! I wasn't and still am not completely satisfied with the melody, but I felt better about it after I incorporated a version mostly in the pentatonic scale along with the original version, which was then used as a development. I think my main inspirations for this song were the tea and Asian-looking mountains of Nepeta's land, as well as the "snowy" landscape. - <i>TheChaoMaster:</i> - This is painted in acrylic, as I was inspired to paint more after finishing my high school major work which also focused on backgrounds and landscapes. I thought it would be good to try my hand at a fantasy setting. Lolcat is a very cute land and is very bright so I incorporated both of those aspects into my piece. The acrylic paints also match the acoustic song. - <b><i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i></b> - huzzah the nine kettle pots we<br>on sugar we rest on you see<br>friends of the cat<br>nothing wrong with that<br>now shut up and have some damn tea -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Light Like Raindrops -Artist: Grace Medley -Track Art: Circlejourney -Duration: 3:15 -References: Frog Forager, track:theotokos -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/light-like-raindrops -- https://youtu.be/7at_By7l078 -Commentary: - <i>Grace Medley:</i> - I made this really touching piano piece a fwe months ago, then I realised that it was just an unintentional cover of Magicant from Mother. So I started again (Sorry CJ!!). By that time CJ had more or less finished their cover art for this track though, so I decided to take inspiration from that, and wrote a piece supposed to sound like a string quintet playing by the ocean at night. I had an idea for a viola line, which I built as the main melody, and later realising how well [[track:frog-forager]] would work with it (especially, you know, because of all the frogs), I had the second violin play that melody while the first follows it as sort of a canon. Then I got writer's block. Then [[album:ancestral]] happened, and I instantly came to love Skip's track [[track:theotokos]], so I built a section around that, too. The title was suggested by Kal-la-kal-la around the same time I finished it. - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - The Land of Rays and Frogs is, to me, one of the most aesthetically pleasing lands in Homestuck, with everything submerged underwater and beams of light ascending like infinitely tall pillars from the sea. That, coupled with the incomplete version of the track that Grace had shared at the time, made this an easy pick for me. - I did my best to capture the grandeur (as I picture it) of the Land of Rays and Frogs in my illustration for this wonderfully serene piece of music, focusing on reflections of the light rays in the water, which this track brings to mind.* - *This is only accurate assuming Power doesn't completely rework it considering it's an unintentional Magicant arrangement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Delta Divination -Artist: ndividedbyzero -Track Art: Chumi -Duration: 3:27 -References: Retconjuration, Terezi's Theme -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/delta-divination -- https://youtu.be/GcXi5JoU_94 -Commentary: - <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> - "Time is like a river that splits into creeks or pools into lakes or careens down waterfalls. I have the map, and I steer the ship." -Garnet, Steven Universe - The above quote is a pretty succinct summary of why I decided to name this track Delta Divination. River deltas are where the flow of water exits into a (generally) larger body of water, whether an ocean, sea, lake, or something else - just like the narrow path of the present branches and exits into endless streams of choices and possibilities. As the planet of the mind player, LOTAF facilitates thinking about each and every direction as its own river delta. Also, LOTAF has rivers too! There's a non-abstract justification for ya! - This track let me do a bunch of things I'm always happy to experiment with, like using 80s synths with radical pitch bends, smooth guitars and bitcrushed drums, so I'm glad I got the opportunity to work on it. I made certain parts of this track represent "clearing the mind", in a sense - note how the drums get far less bitcrushy after a certain point, for instance. Also, what kind of loser references their own song??? Pshh, I know, right. [[track:retconjuration]] gave me an opportunity to narratively represent the idea of "making your own luck" though, relevant to the apotheosis of Terezi's journey as a mind player, so that's what counts in the end. - <i>Chumi:</i> - It was super fun drawnig for Delta Divination, thank you to the music and management team for putting this together! - I love Terezi, as much as I never draw her... and I also love drawing landscapes! Two dragonmoms with one meteor! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Acquiesce -Artist: psithurist -Track Art: Jas -Art Tags: Denizens -Duration: 4:25 -References: Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!!, Spider's Claw -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/acquiesce -- https://youtu.be/TS5ibctqo5U -Lyrics: - what's in the water<br>whose voice in the waves<br>they cry for their daughter<br>the siren of rays - on battered rocks<br>follow the compass - these high tides are heartless<br>and taller than gods<br>and when comes the darkness<br>you'll be lost to the flood - x marks the spot<br>right through the iris -Commentary: - <i>psithurist:</i> - Originally I was aiming for a sea shanty, with an accordian and a more upbeat vibe, but I really wanted to play up the feelings of desolation and loneliness that all the Homestuck lands present. I guess the pirate influence comes through in this too, though, as they're not without their fair share of ghostly myths and tales, which I tried to express with eerie lyrics and lots of reverb, like you're standing in a big spooky cave or something. Also, it's kind of funky for some reason? Thanks to the managers for being patient with me on this one and Courtney Valentine for naming it love you all mwah - <i>Jas:</i> - In the waves of LOMAT Cetus lurks awaiting the child of light. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Depths and Water -Artist: Blackhole -Track Art: Cosmic -Duration: 7:15 -References: Indigo Heir -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/depths-and-water -- https://youtu.be/Y6N6qPUberY -Commentary: - <i>Blackhole:</i> - Selecting LoCaS for my track presented me with a challenge of how to compose a track for a land that has silence as one of its elements. Thankfully, the theme of caves gave me something to work with, and I decided to lean into the soft, echoing quality of underground spaces. I decided that the best way to convey the "silence" would be to have a slowly building intro defined by subtle sounds and silent breaks, with the melody coming in as a subtle echo that slowly builds to crescendo. I tried to give the lead instruments a diffuse, echoing quality to carry on the theme. I'm hoping the builds and silent breaks give the desired effect without ultimately being too minimal and drawn-out. I felt that dripping water was another strong but subtle scene-setting sound element. It also gave me a sound concept that I used for the glass bells, which I tried to give the same feel while building to an arpeggio-style melody to give the track some velocity. Most of the time I spent on the track probably went into arranging the bells, as a lot of thought had to go into the note placement, and I ended up having to compose the part twice after I realized too late that the first version didn't sound correct alongside the main melody. In terms of influences, I think the piece takes some cues from one of the slower pieces from the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack, particularly for what became the cello section. Oh, and of course I couldn't write a Homestuck track without including at least a nod to the OST, so I snuck in a little bit of Indigo Heir at the end for Equius during the final contemplative fadeout. Overall I'm pretty proud of this track, and I hope you enjoy it! - <i>Cosmic:</i> - I had lots of fun working on this piece, and the input from others really helped me learn new ways to do things and helped the piece come together to what it is now. I feel that the hardest part was making all the pieces of the art meld together into one cohesive and nice to look at image. I hope everyone listening enjoys the song and the art, and I hope they like the album as a whole as it was put together with help from all sorts of talented musicians and artists whom I respect greatly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Carnival of Nescience -Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES -Track Art: genericDragon -Duration: 2:05 -References: -- track:miracles-icp -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/carnival-of-nescience -- https://youtu.be/Bjwg6RjvTzI -Commentary: - <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> - Gosh, I started this song way back in March, when I was starting to get some dim idea of how the fuck music works. At the time, when I was tossing around ideas for what a theme for LOTAM might sound like, I happened to keep going back to the same thing. Magical stoner guitar, baby. Zilly as it must sound, I thought it would make for a neat song. Entreated by this concept, I started work. Enter me doing something a little more different from what I made at the time. - Issue: I needed to shoehorn in an ICP reference. - Solution: I would ask Cait for an ICP clip to shoehorn in, which she assisted by sending me clips of Miracles that were flanged beyond belief, thanks. - After adding on several horn samples over an actual clip, I automated the tempo, so I could have a lurching vibe to that section, and I could get started on the song proper. - Basically, I wanted to create something that had a slight uneasy vibe to it, but was otherwise an easy listen. As it happened, I thought guitars run through many, many flangers would be a nice way of achieving that. Doped up sounding instruments would sound fairly not-high-Gamzee-y, I thought. - Can't say I had much of a plan beyond that. Hate to plan out absolutely everything in advance to be quite honest. As I first added drums, I thought of using noise channels, but was too lazy to actually find good settings, so I bit-crushed normal sounding drums as a placeholder. Rather than change it later on however, I found that the drums already worked quite well as normal fucking drums, so I kept them as is. After that, I added a synth arpeggiation, which much much later at the suggestion of SplitSuns I put an automated pitchbend over, which might be a <i>little</i> hard to hear in the final mix, but eh. Can't particularly say anything that more interesting about the production. That about wraps it I'd say. Even though this song is fairly old by now, I'm still fairly happy with it. Rather works well for the subject matter, not to toot my own horn. - <i>genericDragon:</i> - This piece was a bit of a challenge for me, since landscapes aren't really my strong suit. This was also my first contribution to unofficialmspafans. To me, the song had a kind of dreamy, hazy feel to it, and I tried to reflect that the best I could in the artwork. LOTAM is an interesting land, and I had a lot of fun drawing this. I hope that you guys will all enjoy this song as much as I did! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: Round Perdition's Flames -Artist: Kal-la-kal-la -Track Art: Caitlin Beamer -Art Tags: Angels -Duration: 3:44 -References: Eridan's Theme -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/round-perditions-flames -- https://youtu.be/331ZPNLIdZo -Commentary: - <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> - "I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Malestrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up" - Wrath and angels. The title of Eridan's land makes no mention of the actual <i>structure</i> of it. There's a curious contrast between these vast, looming cathedrals, that I like to imagine full of immeasurable stillness and silence, and the destructive war behind the violet-blooded seadweller and the wrathful angels that dwell upon the planet. This piece is intended to represent something of that duality. Title arising from the movement for solidarity between mariners hunting great white perfectly harmless monsters. Big ups to SGM cello and whatever Serum present I used for the wobble bass. Obnoxious bro-step approximated roughly 4 lyfe. - <i>Caitlin Beamer:</i> - LOWAA is my favourite land, so I was very excited to get to draw this piece. My collabs have almost always been written ones, never involving music, so this was an interesting way for me to try that out - especially when Kal-la-kal-la surprised me with exactly the type of music I love! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Track: The Hyaline -Artist: Circlejourney -Track Art: allyssinian -Art Tags: Feferi -Duration: 4:13 -References: Fuchsia Moonrise, Love You (Feferi's Theme) -URLs: -- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-hyaline -- https://youtu.be/dDbC9VpsMtc -Commentary: - <i>Circlejourney:</i> - I started creating The Hyaline in March 2017. At the point when I was deliberating over which land to make a track for, I'd already composed music for both Meenah and the Condesce, and I thought it'd be cool to complete the fuchsia troll set. - For me, oceanic (or more generally watery) scenes bring to mind a classic piano + string ensemble setup, with the strings laying down a serene backdrop and the piano's broken chords calling to mind the refraction of light through waves. I had a flute play the melody becaus I relate flutes to glass (y'know, wine flutes...) and also because they're fantastic at carrying slow melodies over more hectic instrumentation. - This piece was a real pleasure to compose; it came very naturally and took me about three days in total. Back when Ver iwas still planning on doing a dream bubble medley to close the album, he asked that we give our tracks distinct melodies, and I promised that mine would be heartbreakingly beautiful; I'm not sure I delivered on that promise but I do think it sounds pretty sweet at least. - As for the title, "hyaline" has two meanings - "resembling glass" and "clear sky/sea" - in other worsd, the perfect fit for Feferi's aquarium-themed land. It's also a fairly simple but uncommon word that I figure would make it easy to remember. - <i>allyssinian:</i> - I wanted to show off the feel and personality that Feferi and her planet share, to go with the light music. In particular I wanted to reference 'Sing Sweet Nightingale' from Disney's Cinderlla, to reflect the watery, bubbly, dreamy feel of Feferi's planet. |