From 973ed8df374f7e6bc0f4497437e6fad9caba43b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "(quasar) nebula" Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 20:01:05 -0300 Subject: - [[track:nicer-links|Nicer links]] + [[Nicer links]] --- album/stlap.yaml | 30 +++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'album/stlap.yaml') diff --git a/album/stlap.yaml b/album/stlap.yaml index 293aca76..f60b5ad1 100644 --- a/album/stlap.yaml +++ b/album/stlap.yaml @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Commentary: |- Pascal van den Bos: (composer, booklet commentary) - For this track i went for the style of music i think Dad listens to, a jazzier version of [[track:under-the-hat|Under the Hat]] fit this idea. Also the chiptune breakdown in the middle is supposed to reference [[track:showtime-original-mix|the original Strife! theme for dad]]. So later with a bit of saxophone it worked! I think it came out pretty well, and i think this is what you'd hear whenever you walk into the kitchen when Dad is baking. + For this track i went for the style of music i think Dad listens to, a jazzier version of [[Under the Hat]] fit this idea. Also the chiptune breakdown in the middle is supposed to reference [[track:showtime-original-mix|the original Strife! theme for dad]]. So later with a bit of saxophone it worked! I think it came out pretty well, and i think this is what you'd hear whenever you walk into the kitchen when Dad is baking. --- Track: Penumbra Phantasm (Frosty Style) Additional Names: @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- apatheticPianist: (composer, booklet commentary) - As you've probably gathered from listening to it, this song is themed around the first five acts of Homestuck! It has a similar structure to [[track:cue-the-curtains|Cue the Curtains]], but with five parts instead of four (which is oddly appropriate, in retrospect - five parts, five acts): John, Rose, Dave and Jade, Bec Noir and Vriska's machinations that led to him, and finally the kids' ascensions and the Scratch. The title uses Vriska's quirk for two reasons: because she had a pretty big hand in the creation of Bec Noir... and also becasue she's "stealing the spotlight" from the Beta Kids. Anyways, a huge thanks to [[artist:pascal-van-den-bos|PotatoBoss]] for mastering this song, and I hope y'all enjoy it! + As you've probably gathered from listening to it, this song is themed around the first five acts of Homestuck! It has a similar structure to [[Cue the Curtains]], but with five parts instead of four (which is oddly appropriate, in retrospect - five parts, five acts): John, Rose, Dave and Jade, Bec Noir and Vriska's machinations that led to him, and finally the kids' ascensions and the Scratch. The title uses Vriska's quirk for two reasons: because she had a pretty big hand in the creation of Bec Noir... and also becasue she's "stealing the spotlight" from the Beta Kids. Anyways, a huge thanks to [[artist:pascal-van-den-bos|PotatoBoss]] for mastering this song, and I hope y'all enjoy it! --- Track: Me/Ga/Lo/Vania Artists: @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Commentary: |- Pascal van den Bos: (composer, booklet commentary) - I was trying to create kind of a battle theme for a john dave team battle, the name hospitalized is another joke on [[track:doctor|doctor]] because doctor is partially in it. but this is something i'd imagine plays when john and dave are battling together. Fun fact (again): the sick lead is the Romantic Trumpet from Touhou with way too much chorus. + I was trying to create kind of a battle theme for a john dave team battle, the name hospitalized is another joke on [[doctor]] because doctor is partially in it. but this is something i'd imagine plays when john and dave are battling together. Fun fact (again): the sick lead is the Romantic Trumpet from Touhou with way too much chorus. --- Track: Temporal Virtuoso Artists: @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Commentary: |- Pascal van den Bos: (composer, booklet commentary) - I really like to make dave songs, this song was inspired by a bass player on youtube named [Davie504](https://www.youtube.com/user/Davie504). I wrote the first bass parts with some squares (the square in the middle even sounds like [[track:walk-stab-walk-r-and-e|Walk Stab Walk]] even though i didn't intend it to) to give it some variation. Then some phat beats for dave coolness and [[track:time-on-my-side|Time on My Side]] combined with [[track:cascade-beta|Cascade]] to give it max awesomeness, i guess you could see it as a strife theme for alpha Dave fighting those clowns on top of the "purple house". + I really like to make dave songs, this song was inspired by a bass player on youtube named [Davie504](https://www.youtube.com/user/Davie504). I wrote the first bass parts with some squares (the square in the middle even sounds like [[track:walk-stab-walk-r-and-e|Walk Stab Walk]] even though i didn't intend it to) to give it some variation. Then some phat beats for dave coolness and [[Time on My Side]] combined with [[track:cascade-beta|Cascade]] to give it max awesomeness, i guess you could see it as a strife theme for alpha Dave fighting those clowns on top of the "purple house". --- Section: Disc 2 --- @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- Pascal van den Bos: (composer, booklet commentary) - With this track i kinda wanted to remake a Strife! theme for Mom. The bass in the beginning is building the tension of Rose trying to sneak out of the house, and when [[track:aggrieve|Aggrieve]] starts playing you know she got busted. I also added parts of [[track:sburban-jungle|Sburban Jungle]] to foreshadow her entering the medium soon, and the guitar just makes everything 10x cooler. + With this track i kinda wanted to remake a Strife! theme for Mom. The bass in the beginning is building the tension of Rose trying to sneak out of the house, and when [[Aggrieve]] starts playing you know she got busted. I also added parts of [[Sburban Jungle]] to foreshadow her entering the medium soon, and the guitar just makes everything 10x cooler. --- Track: More Real than Kraft Mayo Artists: @@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Commentary: |- Pascal van den Bos: (composer, booklet commentary) - I was messing around with a midi i made of Rob Scallon's [[track:rain-rob-scallon|"Rain"]], and i found out that if everything is a square, it sounds like a Cavestory song. So when i added [[track:doctor|"Doctor"]] into it, it got even better. The sweet drums and the high square from [[track:windswept-shale|"Windswept Shale"]] by Baleish finished it up and made the song sound as good as it does. Also the title is kind of a nudge at "Rain" if you haven't noticed yet (ahahah I'm so clever HEEHEEHOOHOO). + I was messing around with a midi i made of Rob Scallon's [[track:rain-rob-scallon|"Rain"]], and i found out that if everything is a square, it sounds like a Cavestory song. So when i added [["Doctor"]] into it, it got even better. The sweet drums and the high square from [["Windswept Shale"]] by Baleish finished it up and made the song sound as good as it does. Also the title is kind of a nudge at "Rain" if you haven't noticed yet (ahahah I'm so clever HEEHEEHOOHOO). --- Section: Disc 3 --- @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ URLs: Commentary: |- Caelan Kier: (composer, booklet commentary) - Chill beats + weird pads with spooky progressions = something that sounds like LoHAC or Dave or something else I don't know don't judge me! (also I pretty much just copied [[track:heat|Heat]] from the [[album:medium|medium album]] for this because that sounds Dave-y) + Chill beats + weird pads with spooky progressions = something that sounds like LoHAC or Dave or something else I don't know don't judge me! (also I pretty much just copied [[Heat]] from the [[album:medium|medium album]] for this because that sounds Dave-y) --- Track: Outrageously Awesome Hashrap Battle Artists: @@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- Caelan Kier: (composer, booklet commentary) - This song was kinda having an identity crisis since this was gonna be a song for LoWAS as you can see by the title & intro bit, but then I did the breakdown and the [[track:heat|Heat]] motif and it didn't seem like it would fit very well so i was just like "heck it." and thought this should be song about the Forge. Nothing else to say besides damn that bass makes me wet. + This song was kinda having an identity crisis since this was gonna be a song for LoWAS as you can see by the title & intro bit, but then I did the breakdown and the [[Heat]] motif and it didn't seem like it would fit very well so i was just like "heck it." and thought this should be song about the Forge. Nothing else to say besides damn that bass makes me wet. --- Track: Slammed 8y the Sun!!!!!!!! Additional Names: @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- Thomas Ferkol: (composer, booklet commentary) - Wander was the result of there not being enough [[track:explore|Explore]] remixes. Back around the time I joined the music team, I was listening to Explore and thought the orchestration of the synths would translate well to strings. I'd also probably been listening to old Apocalyptica at the time, resulting in a cello ensemble with plodding gritty drum loops. While Explore soars above the remains of the world, Wander is grounded and more subdued. The interlude of ambient jungle noises was partially to reflect the world reverting back to nature, and the distant atmosphere and distorted portions are sort of the echoes and ruins left behind. + Wander was the result of there not being enough [[Explore]] remixes. Back around the time I joined the music team, I was listening to Explore and thought the orchestration of the synths would translate well to strings. I'd also probably been listening to old Apocalyptica at the time, resulting in a cello ensemble with plodding gritty drum loops. While Explore soars above the remains of the world, Wander is grounded and more subdued. The interlude of ambient jungle noises was partially to reflect the world reverting back to nature, and the distant atmosphere and distorted portions are sort of the echoes and ruins left behind. --- Track: Take a Stand! Artists: @@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- Pascal van den Bos: (composer, booklet commentary) - I wanted to use the awesome [[track:verdancy-bassline|Verdancy bassline]] as a funny jingle, so i learned how to play it and improvised some parts and added a sick drumloop for that [[track:potential-verdancy|potential verdancy]] feel... Not much else to say on that... Here, have a Crab Apple. + I wanted to use the awesome [[Verdancy bassline]] as a funny jingle, so i learned how to play it and improvised some parts and added a sick drumloop for that [[potential verdancy]] feel... Not much else to say on that... Here, have a Crab Apple. --- Track: Fetch The Bullet! Artists: @@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- Pascal van den Bos: (composer, booklet commentary) - This is an interesting one, Fetch the Bullet! Is based entirely on the flash [[flash:980|[S] Jade: Retrieve Package]] (specifically the old version). The song is paying its respects to the removed track [[track:mutiny|Mutiny]] which needed some love, it was removed for a reason but it's still a great (and one of my favourites) track. I also used alot of spacey synths to signify Bec traveling to space and teleporting all over the place and shit. And then [[track:MeGaLoVania|MeGaLoVania]] and [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] are in there for some reason. I also put in the Ultimate Guitar kit again for the reference to Jade knowing how to play guitar (man do i love that soundfont). + This is an interesting one, Fetch the Bullet! Is based entirely on the flash [[flash:980|[S] Jade: Retrieve Package]] (specifically the old version). The song is paying its respects to the removed track [[Mutiny]] which needed some love, it was removed for a reason but it's still a great (and one of my favourites) track. I also used alot of spacey synths to signify Bec traveling to space and teleporting all over the place and shit. And then [[track:MeGaLoVania|MeGaLoVania]] and [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] are in there for some reason. I also put in the Ultimate Guitar kit again for the reference to Jade knowing how to play guitar (man do i love that soundfont). --- Track: Urban Forest Artists: @@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- Pascal van den Bos: (composer, booklet commentary) - I was originally just going to play [[track:gardener|Gardener]] as a cover, but then I realised that's completely unoriginal and i remembered i can play some other random songs. So i just mixed those in and improvised some parts of Gardener and you get this! Fun fact: i had to play this like 30 times over because i kept fucking up (wow that wasn't fun at all). + I was originally just going to play [[Gardener]] as a cover, but then I realised that's completely unoriginal and i remembered i can play some other random songs. So i just mixed those in and improvised some parts of Gardener and you get this! Fun fact: i had to play this like 30 times over because i kept fucking up (wow that wasn't fun at all). --- Track: Starsetter Suffix Directory: true @@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- CALIKID: (composer, booklet commentary) - Ahh yes. The rain. Your friends. Your friends and the rain. But under an umbrella of course. Kick back and relax as you listen to this chill jam inspired by Toby Fox's [[track:moonsetter|Moonsetter]]. It's truly a masterpiece. The melody is so sweet that people can't help but make remixes of it, which is exactly what this is. A remix of just that. With ambience and a sick beat, this song fills every need fitted to *survive* on a barren planet that you made with your chums in a video game that may or may not destroy the world. + Ahh yes. The rain. Your friends. Your friends and the rain. But under an umbrella of course. Kick back and relax as you listen to this chill jam inspired by Toby Fox's [[Moonsetter]]. It's truly a masterpiece. The melody is so sweet that people can't help but make remixes of it, which is exactly what this is. A remix of just that. With ambience and a sick beat, this song fills every need fitted to *survive* on a barren planet that you made with your chums in a video game that may or may not destroy the world. --- Track: Endless Dreamers Artists: @@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- CALIKID: (composer, booklet commentary) - I was originally planning on doing [[track:endless-climb|Endless Climb]] but somehow in the middle it changed to [[track:derse-dreamers|Derse Dreamers]] too so I decided to go with it. It's full of action and heavy saws. I thought it would be cool to add a bit of a mellow sound to the beginning though so I went with that. I hope you like it! + I was originally planning on doing [[Endless Climb]] but somehow in the middle it changed to [[Derse Dreamers]] too so I decided to go with it. It's full of action and heavy saws. I thought it would be cool to add a bit of a mellow sound to the beginning though so I went with that. I hope you like it! --- Track: Cue the Curtains Artists: @@ -807,4 +807,4 @@ Referenced Tracks: Commentary: |- apatheticPianist: (composer, booklet commentary) - Somewhat ironically, this song actually came before [[track:8r8k-the-8ottle|8r8k the 8ottle]] - when I joined the album, a song themed around EOA6 / Collide was the first thing that came to mind, and this is the result! As you've probably noticed, it's separated pretty evenly into four parts: first Vriska vs. Lord English, then Terezi and the Striders vs. Lord Jack and Spades Slick, then the HIC fight, and finally an ending meant to call back (forward?) to Act 7. Also, giant thanks to [[artist:pascal-van-den-bos|PotatoBoss]] for mastering it and 8r8k the 8ottle - they definitely wouldn't have had that extra Homestuck kick without his help, hehe. Aside from that, nothing much else to say about it - it's a giant pile of motifs that I really enjoyed composing! + Somewhat ironically, this song actually came before [[8r8k the 8ottle]] - when I joined the album, a song themed around EOA6 / Collide was the first thing that came to mind, and this is the result! As you've probably noticed, it's separated pretty evenly into four parts: first Vriska vs. Lord English, then Terezi and the Striders vs. Lord Jack and Spades Slick, then the HIC fight, and finally an ending meant to call back (forward?) to Act 7. Also, giant thanks to [[artist:pascal-van-den-bos|PotatoBoss]] for mastering it and 8r8k the 8ottle - they definitely wouldn't have had that extra Homestuck kick without his help, hehe. Aside from that, nothing much else to say about it - it's a giant pile of motifs that I really enjoyed composing! -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5