Album: In Medias Res Date: November 23, 2024 URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/album/in-medias-res - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfiB5F82NCc Cover Artists: - Tyson Northcutt - Sparaze Cover Art File Extension: png Track Art File Extension: png # Color: '#6e5d10' Color: '#6e840e' Groups: - Deconreconstruction Commentary: |- Vast Error: ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/album/in-medias-res), excerpt) Every moment has a soundtrack - Listen closely, and you'll hear it. A soundtrack for Act 3 Act 1 of Vast Error. Recommended for use between Pages 1645 - 2431. --- Section: Main album --- Track: Something Good Duration: 3:34 Artists: - Cerulean Cover Artists: - Prab URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/something-good --- Track: ハイパ energy drink Duration: 2:29 Artists: - Cerulean Cover Artists: - GalaxyMoo URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/energy-drink --- Track: Little Miss Fortune Duration: 2:19 Artists: - Rainy Cover Artists: - SilentNeptune URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/little-miss-fortune - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVei_d8DYvs Commentary: |- Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVei_d8DYvs), excerpt) Another older song for Vol.6 but one that you might have heard elsewhere already. I wrote Little Miss Fortune as a sad song for Serpaz. I felt like a lot of Serpaz’s music leaned heavily on being silly and goofy, so to stand out I decided to write something distinctly sad sounding. I remember the unreleased Homestuck song “Aradia’s Theme” was the main point of inspiration for this song. I do find it somewhat amusing that the song wound up forecasting the direction Serpaz’s story would go. Returning to the point I made at the start, if the b-section melody sounds familiar it’s because I remixed it in [[The Fool Does Not Laugh]], which was in turn remixed by both Rab in [[track:fools-plea|Fool’s plea]]. The song has a pretty far reaching musical legacy despite only now getting released. --- Track: Paradise Shatters Duration: 3:11 Artists: - Witch's Cadence - Nahu Pyrope (featuring) Cover Artists: - ValantWynn URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/paradise-shatters --- Track: Twice As Bright Duration: 6:16 Artists: - Cristata Cover Artists: - Divo URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/twice-as-bright --- Track: DYNAMISM Suffix Directory: true Duration: 3:04 Artists: - METIANULL Cover Artists: - rurichoo URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/dynamism --- Track: MELTDOWN Suffix Directory: true Duration: 3:07 Artists: - Ucklin Cover Artists: - verprost Contributors: - Tycoon (production) URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/meltdown Lyrics: |- I've got this whole exclusion zone all to myself It's winter in my room cause I make my own clouds You love me in an instant, I hurt you the next day You should've kept your distance or listen to them say That I could meltdown You're reaching out your hand to mess with my cell You'd have to be a fool to help me all the way out I'm flat on my back at the bottom of the pool I'd like to see you try to find a use for spent fuel And I could meltdown (Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me) (Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me) Maybe with the terror there's a power as well Marrying the pure core with the stakes and the doubt You're okay with the risk of occupational exposure I've put the warnings up and (all of) you still seem so sure But I could meltdown (I could meltdown) I'd like to see you try and find a use for spent fuel (I could meltdown) Maybe with the terror there's a power as well I'd like to see you try and find a use for spent fuel (Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me) (Don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me, don't leave me) Maybe with the terror there's a power as well (Don't leave me, don't leave me, dont leave me!) --- Track: White Vitriol Duration: 4:13 Artists: - Tycoon Cover Artists: - TK URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/white-vitriol Sampled Tracks: - Spatial Lights Above --- Track: Flyfish Duration: 2:54 Artists: - METIANULL Cover Artists: - Diz Art Tags: - 'cw: alcohol' - 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/flyfish --- Track: IN IT TO WIN IT Duration: 4:09 Artists: - Cristata Cover Artists: - captkirkland URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/in-it-to-win-it --- Track: The Respect You Rightfully Deserve Duration: 7:17 Artists: - autumnalEquinox Cover Artists: - bart skrampson Art Tags: - 'cw: drowning (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - track:the-respect-you-rightfully-deserve-soundcloud URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/the-respect-you-rightfully-deserve --- Track: Spiritstriker Duration: 3:30 Artists: - Witch's Cadence Cover Artists: - verprost URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/spiritstriker --- Track: The Stars Speak Back Duration: 3:20 Artists: - autumnalEquinox Cover Artists: - Awkward URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/the-stars-speak-back - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKhf2AxK0fM --- Track: Accel / Exceed Additional Names: - Name: >- Accel/Exceed Annotation: >- [Composer's YouTube title](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuHe2Vblu0) Duration: 2:31 Artists: - Rainy Cover Artists: - bisectro Art Tags: - 'cw: blood (abstract)' - 'cw: decapitation (abstract)' Referenced Tracks: - Like Tears in Rain URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/accel-exceed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuHe2Vblu0 Commentary: |- Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuHe2Vblu0), excerpt) Accel/Exceed was the first track of the new batch of songs I wrote for Vol.6 and is easily one of my favorites of the bunch. I initially wrote the main synth/piano motif when I was doing a bit of riff writing practice. I wanted to get a piano motif that sounded like the main riff from [“Lust Sin”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRMEZNW5Ais) by Daisuke Ishiwatari. I wasn’t even going to use it for Vast Error, but I felt like it was too good to not use for something. I remember reading the post-incursion part of the comic and having Hamifi fresh on the mind, so I decided to make a song for her using the motif I had written previously. When I started the song, I decided to take the song from the initial riff in a more action-y breakbeat direction in the vein of [“Fairfrozen”](https://ristaccia.bandcamp.com/track/fairfrozen-selicys-theme) by STEEL_PLUS. I’ve always associated Hamifi with “elegant” instrumentation like strings and piano in addition to corporate’s more electronic soundscape, so those made up the instrumental pallet I was working with. Writing this was different from the usual approach to song writing. Rather than focus on developing a melodic idea over the span of an entire track, I built the song with the main motif as the main backbone of the song. I think it allowed me to do a lot of different stuff structurally, such as meter changes and solos, as motif tied the whole song together. I did sneak a cheeky call back to [[track:like-tears-in-rain|“Like Tears in Rain”]] given the context of the song. I feel like its inclusion highlights how much Cecily’s memory weighs on Hamifi during her confrontation with Edolon. I’m not sure if it’s too self-indulgent to use my own track as a leitmotif like this but I like how it gives the songs layers. --- Track: Club Can't Handle Me Duration: 2:14 Artists: - Tycoon Cover Artists: - Y33H0Ws URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/club-cant-handle-me --- Track: Bloodletting Suffix Directory: true Duration: 2:37 Artists: - Witch's Cadence Cover Artists: - SilentNeptune Art Tags: - 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/bloodletting --- Track: Made With Love Duration: 1:22 Artists: - Cerulean Cover Artists: - PrincePeachu URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/made-with-love --- Section: Bonus tracks --- Track: Like Tears In Rain Additional Names: - Name: >- BONUS: Like Tears In Rain Annotation: >- [Bandcamp](https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-like-tears-in-rain) - Name: >- BONUS: Like Tears in Rain Annotation: >- [composer's YouTube title & description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzQuczkE2V4), [composer's track references](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuHe2Vblu0) Duration: 3:08 Artists: - Rainy Cover Artists: - Neviathan Art Tags: - 'cw: blood' URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-like-tears-in-rain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzQuczkE2V4 Commentary: |- Rainy: ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzQuczkE2V4), excerpt) Like Tears in Rain is probably one of the oldest songs for Vol.6 being written in like October of 2022. I wrote this song for Cecily because at the time, she had no official music outside of her themes in Snowbound Blood. It’s funny I wrote this song early into reading of SBB, so it was largely written based on her design, inference on plot details, and some of her music from the game. I knew pretty much immediately that I wanted this song to be evocative of media like Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell, so I leaned heavily into retro synth sounds. I vaguely recall that Grace Medley’s and SplitSuns’ more ambient cuts inspired the composition and production. While I don’t remember as much from the process, I do think having finished SBB recently that it works well as a song for Cecily. It feels evocative of her forlorn disposition and the begrudging role she plays as a corporate enforcer, which I think its pretty cool imo. --- Track: Rattling Rave Additional Names: - Name: >- BONUS: Rattling Rave Annotation: >- [Bandcamp](https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-rattling-rave) Duration: 3:24 Artists: - Tycoon Cover Artists: - Laurence-Does-Art URLs: - https://vasterror.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-rattling-rave