Album: Desynced Vol. 2
Date: June 19, 2020
Date Added: February 12, 2021
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/album/desynced-vol-2
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP2Y9dl628nyJMzP2s-hwYbnpmqTYVpg
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Cover Art File Extension: png
Wallpaper Artists:
- artist:dizzims
- Jebb (edits for wiki)
Wallpaper File Extension: png
Color: '#667bd8'
Groups:
- Desynced
- Fandom
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Track: Skanthem
Artists:
- Levc
Duration: '2:48'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/skanthem
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJxxa-5Zjm4
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Kate (Desynced)
- Evan (Desynced)
- Momo (Desynced)
- Josh (Desynced)
- Enid (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- track:daughter-desynced
- track:cooldown-desynced
- Desynced Anthem
- Lunar Dance
- Vexation
- A Very Forgiving Kind of Guy
- Winds of Change
- Mirror Mirror
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Track: Light of the Sun
Artists:
- Levc
Duration: '2:22'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/light-of-the-sun
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFA2YHPlICg
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Prospit
Referenced Tracks:
- Sunsetter
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Track: Friends to the End
Additional Names:
- Friend to the End ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM8gZig7xyw))
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '2:41'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/friends-to-the-end
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EezvGa6nqa0
Cover Artists:
- Jules
Art Tags:
- Kate (Desynced)
- Evan (Desynced)
- Momo (Desynced)
- Josh (Desynced)
- Enid (Desynced)
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM8gZig7xyw), excerpt)
If I remember correctly, I wrote this track after an improv session i had on Christmas day. I thought the melody sounded pretty cool so I submitted it to the music team to see if it would fit on vol.2. I decided to make it a theme of the main group of kids and their friendship. There's not really a whole lot going on in this song, but I do think the main melody is pretty cool. Friendship truly is magic
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Track: Heart of the Land
Artists:
- Pascal van den Bos
Duration: '1:41'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/heart-of-the-land
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1WH25bRJ0g
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Kate (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- track:daughter-desynced
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Track: Heartbreaker
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '2:09'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/heartbreaker
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiNB-v_kyvU
Cover Artists:
- wumby
Referenced Tracks:
- Mirror Mirror
Art Tags:
- Evan (Desynced)
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgioduRO_1I), excerpt)
This song came out of the same improv session where I wrote [[Mirror Mirror]]. When I first transcribed it I thought it would make a good strife theme but I submitted it to the music team, [[artist:dizzims|Dizzy]] thought it might make a good song for Evan's Land theme instead. As a result of this suggestion I decided to make Mirror Mirror. However, I thought it might be cool to see if I could make the motif into it a strife theme. Hence the heartbreaker was born. I heavily altered the original arrangement I used for Mirror Mirror to make it sound more energetic and dynamic. I took a lot of influence from the track ["Into the Mind"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0EQ9goWZ0s) by Toby Fox as well as some touhou boss themes . While I'm not as happy with the instrumentation, I think the overall composition is pretty good and I like how I remixed Mirror Mirror.
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Track: Tsukuyomi
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '2:50'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/tsukuyomi
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MM0ehBmvAE
Cover Artists:
- Reaver
Art Tags:
- Momo (Desynced)
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5lNJX_K5Ng), excerpt)
If it wasn't apparent already, I was on a bit of a kick writing Strife themes for vol.2 lol. I wrote Tsukuyomi as a strife theme for Momo Tanaka. The idea was to write a intense rock/metal track with Japanese instruments in the vain of [[Atomic Bonsai]] and [Fuuga](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUKstGOfcVA) from Guilty Gear. I named it Tsukuyomi as a short of cheeky call back to "Moon" naming convention PB used with his track [[track:lunar-dance|"Lunar Dance."]] In hindsight maybe the naming scheme wasn't a great idea considering what role the moon plays in the comic. No I will not elaborate on what I mean by this.
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Track: What was Ya'll Thinking?
Additional Names:
- What Was Y'all Thinkin'? ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiiWmL0WN-8))
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '2:38'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/what-was-yall-thinking
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQtixQLqVeM
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Josh (Desynced)
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiiWmL0WN-8), excerpt)
When I asked if we needed any more tracks for Vol.2, [[artist:dizzims|Dizzy]] told me that she wanted a theme for everyone's favorite gamer, Josh Summer. She and Joseph said wanted something in a similar vain to [[track:arcjecs-theme|"Arcjec's theme"]] from the Vast Error Album, [[album:catch-322|Catch 322]]. Since that's like one of my favorite tracks from the Vast Error soundtrack, I was very much chomping at the bit to do Josh's theme. In terms of actual inspiration, I took influence from Walkaround style music found on albums like [[album:alterniabound|Alterniabound]] and the aforementioned catch 322. I also took notable influence from [[track:red-sucker|"Red Sucker"]] and the works of Carpenter Brute to create this really intense electronic rock song. Also before y'all ask, the title is a reference to a tik-tok that Joseph likes.
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Track: Do You Dream of Electric Sheep?
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '3:09'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/do-you-dream-of-electric-sheep
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkIYYmuRx0s
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Enid (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- track:asimov-3
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YiFDpXlaAs), excerpt)
So this is a song I've wanted to do for a long time. Early in the development of [[album:desynced-vol-1|Desynced Vol.1]], I attempted to write a theme for Yellow. Seeing as the comic was still in it's relative infancy it was a pretty big swing and miss on my part in terms of writing a song that fit them as a character. I decided to scrap it but I very much wanted to try again down the line when we knew more. Flash forward to when i got a chance to write some music for Yellow in the form [[track:asimov-3|"ASIMOV 3つの法律 (Lofi Beats To Engineer Alone To)"]] that I would get my chance. In terms of the song itself, [[artist:dizzims|dizzy]] wanted to me to take some influence from the track [[track:hip-shop|"Cool Shop"]] from the Deltarune soundtrack and write a chill song. I definitely tried my best but I do think I went a little hard towards the middle which might negate the chill vibe. I took a lot of the original melody elements from the lo-fi track I wrote for yellow and spiced it up with some swing. While I'm not the happiest in terms how the instrumentation came together, I'm glad it came together.
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Track: Egress
Directory: egress-desynced
Always Reference By Directory: true
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '2:38'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/egress
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmmVlnnO6zk
Cover Artists:
- Mikkynga
Art Tags:
- Evan (Desynced)
- Lee (Desynced)
- Ananke (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- Mirror Mirror
- track:alpha-admission
- track:daughter-desynced
- Mother Dearest
- track:escapade-desynced
- Tsukuyomi
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOsJkubh6ao), excerpt)
I have a lot of mixed feeling towards the track, which is weird since it's the track I'm probably most known for. [[artist:dizzims|Dizzy]] asked me to make the song for the a flash that would become [S]Evan: Exit very early on into Vol.2 Development. So I tried to make a track that was a multi faceted as something like [[Umbral Ultimatum]]. However, I felt like the track was a bit of a mess in terms of actual composition. it felt like it didn't really come together like I wanted and I was pretty bummed about it. However, when it got used in the flash, I turned my opinion around on it slightly. While it might not be my favorite song I did for vol.2, I do appreciate the experience it gave me.
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Track: Chat
Directory: chat-desynced
Always Reference By Directory: true
Artists:
- Levc
Duration: '2:53'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/chat
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG1CpnBSQU4
Cover Artists:
- Reaver
Art Tags:
- Kate (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- Winds of Change
- Light of the Sun
Commentary: |-
Levc: (Desynced OST Discord liveblog commentary)
chat was originally inspired by a leftover idea I had for a homestuck fan song
it was supposed to be a bossanova medley of many tracks from the comic
I really wanted to do something with the concept of "background music for when character are talking" since a lot of homestuck music tries to go for other more exciting places to give some kind of score
but since it is a comic with lots of words
it was weird to not find or remember a track about said lots of words
it was supposed to have the friendship theme, but I confused the motifs and didn't bother to correct
Jebb: (Desynced OST Discord liveblog commentary)
I mean, this perfectly fits that idea of a bg "chatting music" imo
It sounds a lot like a ringtone but that makes it even better
Levc: (Desynced OST Discord liveblog commentary)
if I remember correctly I made the rington first and then expanded it into the rest of the song so it makes sense lmao
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Track: Town of Breath
Artists:
- Pascal van den Bos
Duration: '1:02'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/town-of-breath
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RbQLOr6Pi4
Cover Artists:
- Sal
Art Tags:
- Kate (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- Heart of the Land
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Track: Desynsamba
Artists:
- Levc
Duration: '1:47'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/desynsamba
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruiZ7CuCtB0
Cover Artists:
- Reaver
Art Tags:
- Kate (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- Desynced Anthem
- Light of the Sun
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Track: Her Loving Embrace
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '1:38'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/her-loving-embrace
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSW2lLe-r6M
Cover Artists:
- Mikkynga
Art Tags:
- Gaea (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- Mother Dearest
- track:daughter-desynced
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxqQK3VXnJk), excerpt)
I wrote this track for the scrapped walkaround flash [S]Kate:Explore. Initially for the flash, the team was going to use the track [[track:mother-dearest|"Mother Dearest"]] as the theme for the Good Dear. I personally felt that it was a bit weird to use that song for some normal deer people, so I decided to make a quick remix that was more folksy and down to earth. While the song didn't get used like I wanted, the song did give me some interesting ideas for potential gaea songs I could do in the future.
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Track: Evanhenare1
Artists:
- Net
Duration: 0:43
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/evanhenare1
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs97JiNiArE
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Evan (Desynced)
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Track: Temporal Guardian - Electro Swing Remix
Artists:
- Spad3s
Duration: '2:06'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/temporal-guardian-electro-swing-remix
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ1Cp6QE_vg
Cover Artists:
- Jules
Art Tags:
- Kate's dad (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- Temporal Guardian
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Track: Allegro
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '2:38'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/allegro
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAUyv1aD7GA
Cover Artists:
- Reaver
Referenced Tracks:
- Mirror Mirror
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdjH5u2Lp1Y), excerpt)
As my last track for Vol.2, I figured that it might be fun to do a theme for Mum Henare. This song was actually my very first attempt writing something in the vain of Synth Funk/Disco, and think it turned out pretty well all things considered. I was heavily influenced by songs like ["Soda City Funk"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhIScvlFn2w) by Tim Legend and [[track:made-for-spades|"Made for Spades"]] by Cerulean. I chose the name Allegro less because the song is actually being played in Allegro and more because Allegro are described as being played in "a lively, spirited way." I felt like that description fit Mum Henare to a tee.
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Track: Lee's Theme
Artists:
- Pascal van den Bos
Duration: '1:33'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/lees-theme
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4mU-OvIILw
Cover Artists:
- Mikkynga
Art Tags:
- Momo (Desynced)
- Lee (Desynced)
- 'cw: blood'
---
Track: PSYCHO
Directory: psycho-desynced
Always Reference By Directory: true
Artists:
- Levc
Duration: '2:12'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/psycho
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEmI1tsaPmo
Cover Artists:
- Mikkynga
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Track: Bloodstained Camellias
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '1:40'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/bloodstained-camellias
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv4_wSgZyZM
Cover Artists:
- Jules
Art Tags:
- Momo (Desynced)
- Lee (Desynced)
- Earth
- 'cw: blood'
Referenced Tracks:
- Lunar Dance
- Tsukuyomi
Sampled Tracks:
- track:amen-brother
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SPAAxzHYB4), excerpt)
So I had the idea to make an [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|"Upward Movement"]] style song for Momo's confrontation with Lee that we see in the comic. I chopped up and Amen Break added a bit of [[Lunar Dance]] and [[Tsukuyomi]] and boom you get this track.
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Track: Inner Demons
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '3:42'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/inner-demons
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnsLHAt_CGM
Cover Artists:
- Mikkynga
Art Tags:
- Kate (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- track:daughter-desynced
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulE791FmY-0), excerpt)
So I got the idea to do this track shortly after the update dealing with Kate's past self. I thought it was an interesting moment in the comic and gave a lot of insight into kate's character. For the actual song itself, I decided to do something a littler different and try writing a very horror influenced track. The song opens with a ambient section but slowly transitions into a more distorted and violent section. I actually took a lot of inspiration from track ["Starjump"](https://radicaldreamland.bandcamp.com/track/starjump) by Lena Raine and you can really hear it in the drums I used in the second half. The influence especially makes sense when you consider this a song dealing with a manifestation of your personal issues much like in the game Celeste.
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Track: Hell Riders
Artists:
- SerialSymphony
Duration: '3:47'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/hell-riders
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOfg95SfI3w
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- 'cw: blood (abstract)'
---
Track: Puppet Master
Directory: puppet-master-desynced
Artists:
- Levc
Duration: '2:07'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/puppet-master
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqTzZO7_sD0
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Ananke (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- Amalgam
- A Very Forgiving Kind of Guy
- Heartbreaker
- Mirror Mirror
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Track: Rocket Power
Artists:
- Pascal van den Bos
Duration: '2:28'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/rocket-power
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCL3OxwHfy4
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Kate's dad (Desynced)
- Masky (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- track:cooldown-desynced
- track:escapade-desynced
- Light of the Sun
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Track: ASIMOV 3つの法律 (Lofi Beats to Engineer alone to)
Directory: asimov-3
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '2:08'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/asimov-3-lofi-beats-to-engineer-alone-to
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyj6sQKSChY
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Enid (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- Desynced Anthem
Sampled Tracks:
- 'Dialogue from 2001: A Space Odyssey'
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2PIOuVMCow), excerpt)
so I wanted to write some lo-fi hip hop for Desynced. When I asked [[artist:dizzims|dizzy]] who it would fit the best, she mentioned that something like that could fit yellow. As mentioned in my commentary for [[track:do-you-dream-of-electric-sheep|"Do You Dream of Electric Sheep?,"]] I really wanted to work on a song for Yellow for a while, so I saw this as a golden opportunity to make some music for them. When I wrote this song I tried to make a motif that I could remix into a full theme for Yellow. The end result is a bit mixed as it doesn't sound as lo-fi as it maybe could be but It was definitely a fun little diversion I did for Vol.2.
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Track: Pugnae Pythonissam
Artists:
- Levc
Duration: '3:38'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/pugnae-pythonissam
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZONu3nHFoQ
Cover Artists:
- serpaz
Art Tags:
- Kate (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- track:daughter-desynced
- track:cooldown-desynced
- Desynced Anthem
- Friends to the End
- Mother Dearest
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Track: Void of the Moon
Artists:
- Levc
Duration: '3:00'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/void-of-the-moon
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9PgRllP-gY
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Derse
Referenced Tracks:
- Light of the Sun
---
Track: Desynced
Artists:
- Rainy
Duration: '2:39'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/desynced
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiuX1hjknmw
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Referenced Tracks:
- Desynced Anthem
Commentary: |-
Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSEtjjWy4T0), excerpt)
I thought since there was a [[Desynced Anthem]] and figured a song just called Desynced would be a fun inclusion to make for Vol.2. Obviously, I took a lot of inspiration from [[track:homestuck|Mark Hadley's arrangement]] of [[track:homestuck-anthem|"Homestuck Anthem]] as well bit of influence from [[track:theme|"Theme"]] by Toby Fox. Not Really a whole lot to say about this since it's a pretty straightforward track.
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Track: Celestial Blaze
Artists:
- Pascal van den Bos
Duration: '2:47'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/celestial-blaze
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUr_v-Kspbs
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Skaia (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- Light of the Sun
- Desynced Anthem
- track:daughter-desynced
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Track: Vantablack
Artists:
- Levc
Duration: '3:38'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/vantablack
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5SU3rpk-f8
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- '"Her" (Desynced)'
Referenced Tracks:
- Void of the Moon
- Desynced Anthem
- track:daughter-desynced
---
Track: Arrival
Directory: arrival-desynced
Always Reference By Directory: true
Artists:
- Pascal van den Bos
Duration: '6:56'
URLs:
- https://desynced.bandcamp.com/track/arrival
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nButQ164PQ
Cover Artists:
- artist:dizzims
Art Tags:
- Masky (Desynced)
Referenced Tracks:
- Daughter (Short Ver.)
- track:alpha-admission
- Fate of the Heir
- Vexation
- track:escapade-desynced
- track:noir-desynced
- Cutest Companion
- Temporal Guardian
- Heartbreaker
- Mother Dearest
- track:cooldown-desynced
- A Very Forgiving Kind of Guy
- Lunar Dance
- Light of the Sun
- track:eclipse-desynced
- Town of Breath
- Lee's Theme
- track:daughter-desynced
- Desynced Anthem
- track:battle-elite-four-pokemon-black-and-white-versions