From f94d6062e474f082465b9e78c79e7bba88da7302 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(quasar) nebula" Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:21:46 -0300 Subject: drop "composer" commentary annotations Except in a few cool and new albums --- album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) (limited to 'album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml') diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml index 50ef8cb7..1283b559 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Sheet Music Files: Files: - 'Crystalmethequins - Do The Musicy Thing (piano score).pdf' Commentary: |- - Clark Powell: (composer, [Tumblr](https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/25042898937/the-ancients-have-called-it-crystalmethequins), 6/13/2012) + Clark Powell: ([Tumblr](https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/25042898937/the-ancients-have-called-it-crystalmethequins), 6/13/2012) The ancients have called it... Crystalmethequins. @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Anbroids V2.0 - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - Malcolm Brown: (composer, [Tumblr](https://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/post/25169840906/anbroids-20-a-commentary-with-bonus), 06/15/2012) + Malcolm Brown: ([Tumblr](https://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/post/25169840906/anbroids-20-a-commentary-with-bonus), 06/15/2012) DAVE: we are in the shit now
DAVE: we are motherfuckin entrenched in this bitch @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - "Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse - Caustic.mid" Commentary: |- - Malcolm Brown: (composer, [Tumblr](https://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/post/25099654505/pumpkin-party-in-sea-hitlers-water-apocalypse-a), 06/14/2012) + Malcolm Brown: ([Tumblr](https://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/post/25099654505/pumpkin-party-in-sea-hitlers-water-apocalypse-a), 06/14/2012) 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. @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Another Jungle - Purple1222119 (flash version).mid' Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217221129/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25249439835/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-another), excerpt, 6/16/2012) + Michael Guy Bowman: ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217221129/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25249439835/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-another), excerpt, 6/16/2012) Before this track was [[flash:4665|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? @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ Lyrics: |- (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!) Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217213819/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25256423852/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-gamegrl), 6/16/2012) + Michael Guy Bowman: ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217213819/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25256423852/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-gamegrl), 6/16/2012) 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. @@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Austin, Atlantis - silverseer (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - Clark Powell: (composer, [Tumblr](https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/25106444118/austin-atlantis-nothing-inspires-me-more-than), 6/14/2012) + Clark Powell: ([Tumblr](https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/25106444118/austin-atlantis-nothing-inspires-me-more-than), 6/14/2012) Austin, Atlantis @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Despot - adamus (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - Erik Scheele: (composer, [Tumblr](https://erikscheele.tumblr.com/post/24963696053/volume-9), excerpt, 6/12/2012) + Erik Scheele: ([Tumblr](https://erikscheele.tumblr.com/post/24963696053/volume-9), excerpt, 6/12/2012) Started as a sequel to [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement]], before [[artist:andrew-hussie|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. @@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ Art Tags: - Maplehoof - GameBro Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217215239/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25318296794/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about), excerpt, 6/17/2012) + Michael Guy Bowman: ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217215239/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25318296794/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about), excerpt, 6/17/2012) 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 [[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. @@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Lifdoff - Unite Synchronization Commentary: |- - Malcolm Brown: (composer, [Tumblr](https://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/post/25013635613/encore-a-commentary), 06/13/2012) + Malcolm Brown: ([Tumblr](https://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/post/25013635613/encore-a-commentary), 06/13/2012) Let's talk about Encore! Or "Showtime 2: Encore". @@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - English - Explore Commentary: |- - Mark J. Hadley: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + Mark J. Hadley: (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) 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. @@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ Track Artwork: Attach Above: true Source: album download Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217214959/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25321675570/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-elephant), excerpt, 6/17/2012) + Michael Guy Bowman: ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217214959/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25321675570/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-elephant), excerpt, 6/17/2012) 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. @@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ Lyrics: |- FEEL FEEL FEEL FEEL GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD
FEEL FEEL FEEL FEEL GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD
(Bustin' makes me feel good!)
FEEL FEEL FEEL FEEL GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD
FEEL FEEL FEEL FEEL GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD
(Bustin' makes me feel good!) Bu-bu-bu-bustin' makes me feel good!
Bu-bu-bu-bustin'!
Bu-bu-bu-bu-bustin'!
Bu-bu-bu-bustin' makes me feel good! Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217221127/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25336980539/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-busting), excerpt, 6/17/2012) + Michael Guy Bowman: ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217221127/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25336980539/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-busting), excerpt, 6/17/2012) 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 [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik Scheele]] and [[artist:richard-gung|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"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpAF8bGm-MM) for a good example). @@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Tavrisprite Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217214957/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25387008672/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about), excerpt, 6/18/2012) + Michael Guy Bowman: ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217214957/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25387008672/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about), excerpt, 6/18/2012) 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. @@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Bring your wife and trouble, it can never trouble you Make her a member of the Midnight Crew! Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217215206/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25388396201/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-im-a), excerpt, 6/18/2012) + Michael Guy Bowman: ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217215206/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25388396201/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-im-a), excerpt, 6/18/2012) One of the things I'd always felt was curious about our re-appropriation of the [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew|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. @@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Three in the Morning (Aftermath) - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - Erik Scheele: (composer, [Tumblr](https://erikscheele.tumblr.com/post/24963696053/volume-9), excerpt, 6/12/2012) + Erik Scheele: ([Tumblr](https://erikscheele.tumblr.com/post/24963696053/volume-9), excerpt, 6/12/2012) I don't remember how long ago it was that [[artist:clark-powell|Plaz]] asked me to do an improvisation around her [[Three In The Morning]], but I did it, and here it is! --- @@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ Art Tags: - Roxy - Fenestrology Commentary: |- - Solatrus: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + Solatrus: (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) 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. @@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Requited - IronInvoker47.mid' Commentary: |- - Clark Powell: (composer, [Tumblr](https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/25169140282/requited-back-on-volume-8-i-wrote-a-song-called), 6/15/2012) + Clark Powell: ([Tumblr](https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/25169140282/requited-back-on-volume-8-i-wrote-a-song-called), 6/15/2012) Requited @@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Candles and Clockwork (Alpha Version) - Twix Stix.mid' Commentary: |- - James Dever: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + James Dever: (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) History @@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Courser Commentary: |- - Alex Rosetti: (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + Alex Rosetti: (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) 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! --- @@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Noirscape - asmolfirefly.mid' Commentary: |- - David Ellis: (composer, [Tumblr](https://ducksual.tumblr.com/post/25874791771/noirscape-homestuck-vol-9-track-commentary), 6/25/2012) + David Ellis: ([Tumblr](https://ducksual.tumblr.com/post/25874791771/noirscape-homestuck-vol-9-track-commentary), 6/25/2012) This tune got some pretty cool art from [[artist:kendle-iulus]]. I don't really know anything other than 'wow, that's really cool'. @@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Another Jungle Commentary: |- - Michael Guy Bowman: (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217213920/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25389363191/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-another), excerpt, 6/18/2012) + Michael Guy Bowman: ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217213920/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/25389363191/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-another), excerpt, 6/18/2012) 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. -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5