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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:
Seth Massey:
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
wheals:
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.
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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:
The Great Anansi:
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!
SplitSuns:
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.
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Track: [GRIEF]
Artist: Nicholas Nakano
Track Art: Griever
Duration: 3:06
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grief
- https://youtu.be/GKwajHc6l4I
Commentary:
Nicholas Nakano:
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.
Griever:
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, References - [[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 - [[Upward Movement (Dave Owns)]] - 1:39-1:46, 1:55-2:02, 2:33-2:36 - [[Beatdown (Strider Style)]] - 1:47-1:54, 5:12-5:19, 5:34-5:49, 5:52-5:56 - [[Showtime (Original Mix)]] - 1:59-2:06 - [[Sburban Jungle]] - 2:01-2:06 - [[Theme]] - 2:07-2:30 - [[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 - [[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 - [[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 - [[Doctor]] - 4:42-4:46 - [[Endless Climb]] - 4:46-4:49 - [[Atomyk Ebonpyre]] - 4:50-4:53 - [[track:frost-vol6]] - 4:53-4:57 - [[Homestuck]] - 4:57-5:12 - [[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 - [[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: Ngame: 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 [[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, Bowman's Credit Score). 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 the Stutzbows (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: Aggrieve, Chorale for Jaspers Art Tags: - Rose - Jasprose - Roxy URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/schr-dingers-harbinger - https://youtu.be/n39rrqi8XPM Credits: Noisemaker: 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. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: 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: Marcy Nabors: 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. dodostad: 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 - MeGaLoVania - Terezi's Theme - Spider8ite!!!!!!!! - Lotus Art Tags: - Vriska URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/all-the-luck - https://youtu.be/MZXlfsMFPNw Commentary: Phil Gibson: Vriska is gr8 and thank goodness she saved all of space and time so we could hear this album wheals: 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 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wisest-wizord - https://youtu.be/pdKy7Ex0WAk Commentary: Trufflemeep: 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. wheals: 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 third 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 [S] Jade and Calliope: Rumble. 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: SerialSymphony: 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! WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: 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
You never should apologize to me
Sometimes in stiller moments you still sound okay
Although you can't quite work out what to say
I never felt lost in your arms
I never felt low in your heart And I know you try to say the things you used to say
And I blame myself for letting things get this way
And I'll do my best, to stay by your side
Through all the worst, and better times
You're a little different and we're both dead
But you and I are still flaming red So go ahead and feel like you need to scream
I should have listened to what you told me
I should have been with you that night
I should have been there as your knight And I know you try to say the things you used to say
And I blame myself for letting things get this way
And I'll do my best, to stay by your side
Through all the worst, and better times
You're a little different and we're both dead
But you and I are still flaming red
You and I are still flaming red Commentary: Tamara Fritz: 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. nights: 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: Old Secret, Spider Dance, Atomyk Ebonpyre, Derse Dreamers Art Tags: - Joey URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/daydreamer - https://youtu.be/2wqnd4OaYvk Commentary: Elanor Pam: 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? ndividedbyzero: 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 [[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: Amethyst Barron: A space werewolf with reality warping powers would be terrifying and I wanted to reflect that. Also I really like drawing drooly sharp teeth. Grace Medley: 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: 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: Kal-la-kal-la: 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 Referenes: Requited Art Tags: - Nepeta - Meulin - The Disciple URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/requited-dirtiest-remix - https://youtu.be/CK3XrBtxc4w Commentary: David Dycus: Plazmataz is amazing. For extra fun, play this in sync with the original version of Requited. Josefin B.: 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: yazshu: 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. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: 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? - Explore - Sburban Jungle - Even in Death - Hate You - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) - MeGaLoVania - Jungle #3 - Sburban Resolution - Showtime (Original Mix) URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/horizontal-headshot - https://youtu.be/XfBz4kvoU7Q Commentary: Aris Martinian: 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. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: 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 - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) - Double Midnight - I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew - Showtime (Original Mix) - Beatdown (Strider Style) - Freefall - Terezi's Theme - Unite Synchronization - Moonsetter - Sunsetter - Moshi Moshi? - English - ~~ADDITIONAL MAYHEM~~ Art Tags: - Jack Noir URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/one-and-a-half-midnight - https://youtu.be/Cv6Ca070MPk Commentary: Selan Pike: 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: Kal-la-kal-la: 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. Selan Pike: 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: Cryptanark: 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 nights: 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: - Showtime (Piano Refrain) - Verdancy (Bassline) - Chorale for Jaspers - Tall, Dark and Loathsome - 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: Veritas Unae: 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 [[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. Selan Pike: 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"
References: - Homestuck Vol. 1 - [[Showtime (Piano Refrain)]] - 00:00-00:37 - Homestuck Vol. 2 - [[Verdancy (Bassline)]] - 00:53-01:01 - Homestuck Vol. 3 - [[Chorale for Jaspers]] - 01:01-01:17 - Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead - [[Tall, Dark and Loathsome]] - 01:17-01:49 - Homestuck Vol. 4 - [[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 - :jokes: - 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 - :tobydog: - [[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: Endless Climb, Atomyk Ebonpyre Art Tags: - Dave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/atomyk-clockwyrk - https://youtu.be/jeStLlyaJ5s Commentary: Marcy Nabors: 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. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: 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: nights: 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) Grace Medley: 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: Sburban Jungle Art Tags: - Jane URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/quest-crypt - https://youtu.be/xl97AV5vxSc Commentary: ndividedbyzero: 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. sweetjegus: 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 - Beatdown (Strider Style) - Unite Synchronization - Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitler's Water Apocalypse - Sunsetter - Oppa Toby Style - Hate You - Ruins Art Tags: - Jane - Roxy - Dirk - Jake URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/noble-ascendance - https://youtu.be/L7PcXM_NuqI Commentary: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: 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 Two Master Classes, A Knife Enthusiast, and A Green Dude Walk Into a Bar. 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: Cro: 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. ndividedbyzero: 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: Endless Climb URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/climbing-to-infinity - https://youtu.be/RZmbjMySkJY Commentary: SplitSuns: 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: ndividedbyzero: 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: Beatdown (Strider Style), Doctor, Sburban Jungle Art Tags: - John - Dave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/airtime-assault - https://youtu.be/UJRtFCU3HwU Commentary: Cerulean: 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. nuclear333: 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: Mathias Ramalho: 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! Jaspy: 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 Robert J! Lake: What W h At W ho Did This ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: hors Artist: Hadron Track Art: Griever Duration: 3:17 References: - Horschestra STRONG Version - 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: Hadron: 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 Griver: 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: cookiefonster: 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. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: 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: Sburban Jungle, Atomyk Ebonpyre Art Tags: - Dave - Dirk - Sawtooth - Squarewave - Lil Cal - SBaHJ URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reconciled - https://youtu.be/oTRDtWd5JBM Commentary: Shandy: A track to celebrate the Striders finally talking and hasing out their differences! Because it's a Stirders song, I couldn't help adding a little breakdwon. 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. SplitSuns: 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 - Sburban Jungle - Skies of Skaia - Dawn of Man - Doctor - Endless Climb - 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: Rhyselinn: 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. Rebecca Peason: 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.
References: - [[The Beginning of Something Really Excellent]] - 0:00-0:42, 4:00-4:20, 4:32-4:42 - [[Sburban Jungle]] - 0:43-1:34, 4:21-4:54 - [[Skies of Skaia]] - 1:19-1:38 - [[Dawn of Man]] - 1:38-2:47 - [[Doctor]] - 2:06-2:09 - [[Endless Climb]] - 2:09-2:12 - [[Atomyk Ebonpyre]] - 2:13-2:16 - [[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 - 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: psithurist: 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! SmashCooper: 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 - Showtime (Piano Refrain) - Endless Climb Art Tags: - Caliborn - Gamzee - Rabbit URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/resend - https://youtu.be/ECzDFJ_ACj0 Commentary: Noisemaker: 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. yazshu: 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: Lambda Bledsoe: 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 does 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: Marcy Nabors: 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 Jamie Paige Stanley: 🅱️ Circlejourney: 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: tti: dont do drugs ndividedbyzero: 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 - 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: SplitSuns: 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. TwinBuilder: 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) - 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: Hadron: 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. Makin: 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, go watch [S] Finale when you're done with this album). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Radness from Concentrate Artist: Whimsy Track Art: piskomil Duration: 3:19 References: Beatdown (Strider Style) Art Tags: - Dave URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radness-from-concentrate - https://youtu.be/ruD5hcRqhIs Commentary: Whimsy: 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. piskomil: 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: Emelia K.: made for redditstuck. homestuck is bad yazshu: 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: Nicholas Nakano: 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. Mags: 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 - Sburban Jungle Art Tags: - Terezi URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/omega-timeline - https://youtu.be/qAG2vYH3gzA Commentary: Aris Martinian: 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- ndividedbyzero: 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: Grace Medley: 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 isa bout 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. sonotcanon: 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: ndividedbyzero: 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 WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: 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: Lark Mordancy: This song was inspired by the cosmogonical aspects of the MSPA universe(s), and by those universes' cryptic creators. Selan Pike: 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: Viko Riféo: 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. wheals: 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 three in the top left, which ended with the tree being put in at 8% transparency. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Shatter Artist: M3l0m4ni4c 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: M3l0m4ni4c: 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. Andiavang: "Boom boom boom boom
I want you in my room
Let's spend the night together
From now until forever
Boom boom boom boom
I wanna double boom
Let's spend the night together
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: Kouta: 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. AS: 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 - Endless Climb - Even in Death URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ultimate-alchemy - https://youtu.be/0mYCTAeiHGw Commentary: Interrobang: 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 amde 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. Circlejourney: 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) From Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff, page 7. Commentary: Alex Votl: 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. Nick Tucker: 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 - Sburban Jungle - Explore - English - Eternity Served Cold Art Tags: - The Felt URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/juju-breaker - https://youtu.be/W46m0Qyes5g Commentary: ndividedbyzero: 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. Griever: 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: nights: 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. WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES: 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: Shandy: 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. Quietserval: A representation of alternate Calliope's journey to achieve her ultimate goal. Circlejourney: 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: Sburban Jungle, Doctor, Endless Climb, Even in Death Art Tags: - Roxy URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/everlasting - https://youtu.be/oDwdsffF2yk Commentary: Joe Ouellet: 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. PatManDX: 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: dodostad: I was just trying to capture Aradia to the sweet tunes of the song! ndividedbyzero: 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 Hole / Green Sun - 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: Circlejourney: 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.
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.
Kal-la-kal-la:
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.
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Track: Strife Mayhem
Artist: Musical Panini
Track Art: Scarodactyl
Duration: 5:39
References:
- Flare
- Eternity Served Cold
- Carne Vale
- Showtime (Original Mix)
- Beatdown (Strider Style)
- Crystamanthequins
- Black
- 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
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strife-mayhem
- https://youtu.be/dZ7CuLWkK74
Commentary:
Tri-gender Panini:
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!
Scarodactyl:
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.
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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:
Grace Medley:
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.
WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:
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...
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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:
Seijen:
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. Bot 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.
Kal-la-kal-la:
The concept of vampires has existed for millennia. There seems to be a split amongst moder ndepictions 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.
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Track: Premortem
Artist: Noisemaker
Track Art: 0ysTezy, EllenZarael
Duration: 2:12
References: Purple Tyrant, Crustacean
Art Tags:
- Gamzee
- Kurloz
URLs:
- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/premortem
- https://youtu.be/5cJNegoYjuU
Commentary:
Noisemaker:
If some of you thought this was le canrival from Cool and New Webcomic's V8LUME, then you'd be right! I nitially 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.
0syTezy:
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.
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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
- 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:
ndividedbyzero:
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!
sweetjegus:
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.
Lambda Bledsoe:
she says lofam team but this song is mark's and my fault
References: - [[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 - [[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: nights: 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: Black Art Tags: - Midnight Crew URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blanc - https://youtu.be/_q2ox0WK1g4 Commentary: Sean Gorter: 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. Daniel McDonald: 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: - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) - 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: SplitSuns: 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. Shadok: 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
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Track: Revisit/Rewind
Directory: revisit-rewind
Artist: Aris Martinian
Track Art: nights
Duration: 6:13
References:
- Doctor
- Cascade (Beta)
- 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
- Chorale for Jaspers
- At The Price of Oblivion
- Contra
- Ascend
- MeGaLoVania
- Moshi Moshi?
- Unintentional Touhou
- CONTACT
- 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:
Aris Martiniain:
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 go give it a glance. I roughly settled on useing 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" vocalid for me. Revisit/Rewind, which is based heavily on Ascend, was released as the Cool and New Homestuck song for [S] Credits.
wheals:
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:
nights:
References: - [[Doctor]] - 0:07-0:29, 1:30-2:18, 2:26-2:48 - [[Cascade (Beta)]] - 0:15-0:44 - [[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 - [[Chorale for Jaspers]] - 2:03-2:10 - [[At The Price of Oblivion]] - 2:11-2:14 - [[Contra]] - 2:18-2:48 - [[MeGaLoVania]] - 2:50-3:05 - [[Moshi Moshi?]] - 2:50-3:05 - [[Unintentional Touhou]] - 3:05-3:20 - [[CONTACT]] - 3:20-3:50 - [[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: David Ellis: 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! Sozzay: 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: PatManDX: 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. Kal-la-kal-la: 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. 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: - Skies of Skaia - Aggrieve - Showtime (Original Mix) - Gardener - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) - Beatdown (Strider Style) - Even in Death - Homestuck Anthem - 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)
(I will rise, I will go so far and)
(I will rise, I will go so far and)
(I will rise, I will go so far and)
Even in my death Commentary: Sam Garcia: 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. ndividedbyzero: 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.