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diff --git a/album/lofam4/album.txt b/album/lofam4/album.txt index 313a49ef..69ab9cec 100644 --- a/album/lofam4/album.txt +++ b/album/lofam4/album.txt @@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ Commentary: *Except for Violet and Gold. If I don't finish that, I think several people would have it out for me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: ~~DISC 1~~ -Directory: disc1-lofam4 Artist: Lambda Bledsoe, ndividedbyzero References: Homestuck Title Screen -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1-2 +Duration: 0:32 +Directory: disc1-lofam4 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-1-2 +- https://youtu.be/vKih1dFsXZU?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Lambda Bledsoe:</i> I'm, uh, actually not really much of a musician. I'm mostly just good at recognizing melodies. We didn't have anyone lined up to do the disc jingles (though I assumed maybe Veri would do then, as on LoFaM2+3) so I mentioned to Cait that I had the idea of making each disc a song representative of each prior LoFaM. I sent her files of myself vocalizing the melodies and she transcribed them. @@ -48,8 +51,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Merge Artist: Kouta, polysaw Track Art: Circlejourney +Duration: 3:12 References: Serenade, Beatdown (Strider Style) -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/merge +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/merge +- https://youtu.be/UZW48Yk3GB4?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Kouta:</i> After writing [[Denizen]], my only thought was that I really wanted to keep writing dubstep, but good dubstep. That was when I deicided to reach out to my good friend poly, who I'm a big fan of. Her dubstep is as great as her production skill, so at the time it was the perfect arrangement. It was hard working together long-distance, but we somehow made it work through all-nighter Skype calls and a lot of caffeine. The way our styles differ and yet somehow met in the middle helped make Merge exactly what I hoped it'd be. @@ -61,8 +67,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Jungle #3 Artist: cookiefonster Track Art: Fitzwibble +Duration: 4:05 References: Another Jungle, Oppa Toby Style -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-3 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-3 +- https://youtu.be/QP60dR-SEhY?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>cookiefonster:</i> Similarly to several other songs on this album, this started as a rescore of [S] Jane: Enter for this collaborative project where people would come up with new music for all the flashes in Homestuck. The goal here was to make a song similar in style to Another Jungle (a very underappreciated song) without actually quoting it other than the way that song quotes Sburban Jungle. It was quite a challenge not borrowing anything else from other songs except for when I used a part of Oppa Toby Style towards the end, but this song was fun to make and I'm happy enough with the end result even if it's not as punchy as the original. @@ -76,7 +85,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Frost and Clockwork Artist: Circlejourney Track Art: RaChoTamer -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/frost-and-clockwork +Duration: 3:11 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/frost-and-clockwork +- https://youtu.be/3Bf_au1-r9A?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Circlejourney:</i> This track was my very first piece of fanmusic, composed in 2013 immediately after I finished reading the Homestuck archive and adapted for LoFaM4 in 2016. It's an attempt to capture the joy I felt reading Homestuck for the first time, and a tribute to one of my favoourite things about the comic—the juxtapositions of intimately small details against cold, fathomless space. @@ -88,8 +100,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Reunited Artist: Shandy Track Art: nights +Duration: 4:21 References: Sburban Jungle, Endless Climb -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reunited +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reunited +- https://youtu.be/kBx8zlGYYvk?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Shandy:</i> This song was written to celebrate the reunion of Rose and Roxy in the 4/29/15 Homestuck update! It was so weet and triumphant, so I tried to reflect that in the music. The main melody is structured kinf of like a call-and-response between the two of them. @@ -99,7 +114,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Prospitian Crescent Artist: Mmetafour Track Art: Brawlitup99 -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-crescent +Duration: 4:21 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-crescent +- https://youtu.be/Z1wJl53DjKA?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Mmetafour:</i> A little piece I put together, thinking about the broken moon of Prospit during the final battle between Jack and PM. @@ -109,7 +127,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Altitude Artist: Whimsy Track Art: yazshu -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/altitude +Duration: 2:34 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/altitude +- https://youtu.be/awL_UjIeyo0?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Whimsy:</i> This song in its early stages was meant to be about the medium and space. But as soon as it was put in a recording with appropriate instruments, it reminded me a lot more of LOWAS than anything else, so it just sort of became that. All it took was a borderline distasteful amount of reverb to add a feeling of elevation, and it became Altitude. I always think of John's quest bed whenever I hear this song, probably just because it's the only really high-up point on the whole planet. @@ -120,11 +141,14 @@ Commentary: Track: Midnight Artist: TirantBacon Track Art: Calicorn +Duration: 2:47 References: - Midnight Suffer - Liquid Negrocity - Amen, Brother -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/midnight +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/midnight +- https://youtu.be/VYG6ppBirVs?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>TirantBacon:</i> As an acknowledgement, this song in many ways was mostly inspired by the tune "Black" By Radiation (or Toby Fox I guess). I made this song as a "remix" of sorts of the song called "Midnight Suffers", something I made for the mostly popular fanventure, cool and new web comic. If anything, I'd say it was directly copied from Black, and that I did a mostly poor effort to recreate the style... Nonetheless, I did focus on trying to incorporate some transition points in the song where it would actually deviate from the original arrangement, and I suppose it works quite well even when it's not on paper. @@ -135,13 +159,16 @@ Commentary: Track: Dersite Artist: Aris Martinian Track Art: plaidcushion +Duration: 1:51 References: - Flare - English - Derse Dreamers - Cascade (Beta) - Courser -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dersite +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dersite +- https://youtu.be/M_KnHTd2jn0?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Aris Martinian:</i> I'm actually not a huge fan of this song. See, I more or less made the whole album Cyclica in a couple of days, and this short "here are a bunch of melodies over the Flare arpeggios" only took me an huor or two. I really think there are parts of Cyclica that are better (if you haven't listened to Cyclica yet, you should do that; you can find the full album <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME3r64_NsnM">on YouTube</a>). A bunch of people seemed to like Dersite, and it made it onto Cool and New Greatest Hits, so here it is I guess. The violin note holds are unrealistic, the synth is weird as fuck, the piano is bad. But everyone liked it. Except for Veri. Veri didn't like it. Bless you Veri. @@ -151,8 +178,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Pax Condesca Artist: Viko Riféo Track Art: Circlejourney +Duration: 2:37 References: Calamari Inkantation, Crystalanthemums, Negastrife -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pax-condesca +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pax-condesca +- https://youtu.be/H-uu7kKH8dk?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Viko Riféo:</i> Wait why did this get on the album it sucks @@ -164,8 +194,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Blind Pilot Artist: Kurtis Burton Track Art: Adamantist +Duration: 4:11 References: Gold Pilot, The Blind Prophet -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blind-pilot +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blind-pilot +- https://youtu.be/D_CyxkI8ffw?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Adamantist:</i> the Blind Pilot is leading what is left of his people through unknown lengths to a new home, albeit despite his own will. lonely encaged flighting spirit with a glimmer of hope. digital whispers of draining life. that is what I felt the Blind Pilot is. @@ -174,11 +207,14 @@ Commentary: Additional note: this is the first of four Gold Pilot arranges to appear on the album, and boy does it start off the trend well. I hope you enjoy all their unique spins on the original! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Daywalker ~Rise~ -Artist: Yishan Mai +Artist: Catboss Track Art: Emily Jane -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/daywalker-rise +Duration: 3:12 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/daywalker-rise +- https://youtu.be/U6VQKqsiW4s?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: - <i>Yishan Mai:</i> + <i>Catboss:</i> holy shiiiit it's uh that third track I made for the Homestuck music contest. wow. remember that? that was so long ago. anyway this was a track for Kanaya, at that part where she comes back as a rainbow drinker and slaughteres everyone. it's super great. I redid this track from the ground up for lofam 4, updated the flute playing and everything. Is it better? Is it worse? who knows, really <i><b>Kal-la-kal-la:</b></i> @@ -187,8 +223,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Savior of the Waking World (Cement City Remix) Artist: Cement City Track Art: Chalaite +Duration: 5:40 References: Savior of the Waking World -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-waking-world-cement-city-remix +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-waking-world-cement-city-remix +- https://youtu.be/wBzoGYEZtUQ?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i><b>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</b></i> It's a remix of Savior of the Waking World. That's something you couldn't possibly have found out unless you read this very commentary. Aren't you doing youreslf a favor by looking through this? @@ -197,7 +236,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Skaian Dreamers Artist: Difarem Track Art: Chumi -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-dreamers +Duration: 2:27 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-dreamers +- https://youtu.be/bLRgAwqfvHw?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Difarem:</i> This track has quite the story! It was originally meant to be fake "loading screen" music, to accompany a parodic video on the Cool and New Music Team youtube channel about Overseer v3 (a web-based sburb web game, whose development team I used to be part of) being shut down by What Pumpkin (though the C&D was later found out to be fake). The project fell through, so I continued working on it and posted it on the LOFAM Discord server, where it got approved (thanks Lambda), though the deadline had tehcnically passed. @@ -207,8 +249,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Emerald Waltz Artist: Willow Ascenzo Track Art: Beta +Duration: 4:13 References: Darling Kanaya -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-waltz +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-waltz +- https://youtu.be/cH0MZZTmDpY?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i><b>wheals:</b></i> Of all the main characters in Homestuck, Kanaya is perhaps the most suited to a soft orchestral/piano piece like this. The song pulls off some great production orchestra-wise while putting a lovely 3/4 twist on Darling Kanaya. @@ -218,7 +263,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Intermission Artist: Joe Ouellet Track Art: Lukanya -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/intermission +Duration: 5:09 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/intermission +- https://youtu.be/Qu-VrKoUSKU?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> John exploring the Land of Mounds and Xenon searching for his friends evoked some melancholy feels for me. @@ -229,8 +277,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Retconjuration Artist: ndividedbyzero Track Art: William Leonard +Duration: 2:33 References: Windchime Foley, Homestuck Anthem -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/retconjuration +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/retconjuration +- https://youtu.be/OaT69NSo3Ds?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> As one of the oddball Retcon Lovers out there, the scene where John becomes unstuck in canon is one of my favorite moments in the entire comic. Thinking about it inspired me to make a song about the retcon; specifically, the introduction of John's powers, followed by the way they're used to save the entire timeline from its catastrophic doom. This time around, the game gets completed... but maybe the ending isn't so happy, as we're reminded there's still four kids trapped in the retcon juju, waiting endlessly for freedom in paradox space. @@ -241,7 +292,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Formation Artist: Hadron Kalido Track Art: meigender -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/formation +Duration: 3:43 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/formation +- https://youtu.be/dml3MDHvjmM?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Hadron Kalido:</i> This song is for Cool and New Webcomic, but I like it a lot and a lot of people like it too, so I want the world to see it. It is inspired by a lot of the new-age synthpop, which itself is inspired by the 1980s. In this time of rapid community music projects being built I want y'all to remember; we're all musicians and that is the blood that festers throughout the body. We're all alike in our different ways. love you all thanks have fun :> @@ -251,7 +305,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Scales Artist: Helena Ruth Track Art: Shu -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scales +Duration: 3:35 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/scales +- https://youtu.be/Joq_AQZzbVE?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Lyrics: I was putting on airs,<br>as I put up my hair<br>to look right through,<br>like you're not even there<br>and I've cried in the night...<br>for the fate of a knife,<br>when object's destiny ends a life, and I can't quite put into words,<br>the things that I've heard.<br>the riddles I thought that I'd solved when I learned<br>the way, oh, everything goes...<br>I couldn't quite know<br>it just took a while for the true facts to show @@ -268,7 +325,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Glide Artist: Veritas Unae Track Art: Circlejourney -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/glide +Duration: 1:47 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/glide +- https://youtu.be/vV7wSEH_lh0?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Veritas Unae:</i> Originally, this piece was written for a good friend of mine, Patrick. He was running the fan adventure Loftlocked at the time, and I'd supplied the comic with a lot of music in conjunction with Kurtis (who is also on this album! Check him out!) Pat had approached me to write a haunting refrain for a harp playing character, Eliza. This theme would eventually form part of several songs written by Kurtis and myself, and the most prominent of which, Lamental, was made into another song, Infinity's Lament. It is a fun, jovial melody that turns darker as Eliza becomes less sure of herself and her playing. However, in a Homestuck specific context, consider Rose playing the rain, plucking strings but quickly finding herself at odds with her own land quest. Who knows? The beauty of music is that you can make your own interpretations. @@ -279,12 +339,15 @@ Commentary: Track: Limelight Artist: psithurist Track Art: Jenny +Duration: 3:11 References: - The Lyrist - Flare - Even in Death - English -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/limelight +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/limelight +- https://youtu.be/nHOzQpvGbHY?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>psithurist:</i> Limelight was made for the unfinished Act 8 fan continuation of Homestuck, and was used in the flash [S] Resolve. It's a theme for alt-Calliope, as she merges her soul with Davepeta's and the other half of Gamzee's, hence the meows and the high-pitched Secret Honks in the middle section. The working title was Miss America, because it's like, the opposite of Lord English? Shoutout to whoever came up with that one on the Act 8 team. This one was suepr fun to make since I got to use a lot of wacky sampling techniques and also I just love Calliope a whole god damn lot okay. @@ -294,8 +357,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Bonehead Destiny (LoFaM Cut) Artist: Grace Medley Track Art: Elanor Pam +Duration: 4:16 References: Unite Synchronization -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bonehead-destiny-lofam-cut +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/bonehead-destiny-lofam-cut +- https://youtu.be/wmJt4OJoI38?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Grace Medley:</i> This song was originally written for FLSA's Problem Sleuth album, however those of you who've heard the original may notice some subtle differences. This song is meant to be a theme for late-game PS, with the first half representing the over-the-top surrealism of Higgs Bonehead's sacrifice, and the second, the far more interesting rush to beat DMK. I pretty much spent the ages 10-12 listening to Daft Punk and Digitalism near-exclusively, and I think the influence shines through pretty clearly here. The second half is a slight nod to the rush of [S] Dirk: Unite and Synchronize, which I feel is stylistically similar to the pacing from the end of PS. @@ -305,13 +371,16 @@ Commentary: Track: Stubborn Throes Artist: SplitSuns Track Art: Neiratina +Duration: 3:08 References: - Chorale for Jaspers - Amen, Brother - Aggrieve - Battle Against an Unfathomable Enemy - At The Price of Oblivion -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/stubborn-throes +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/stubborn-throes +- https://youtu.be/AVy88ePWytE?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>SplitSuns:</i> This track was made for the Cool and New Music Team's Volume 7. It was based on the hypothetical question "What if Rose went grimdark?" which was based off of a series of shitposts on the /r/homestuck subreddit. With this song, I tried to make it mirror the chain of events that occur to Rose before and after she goes grimdark in the comic. It starts off relatively simple, but quickly goes ominous and unsettling as she stares into the cueball in "Seer: Ask." Then suddenly the song explodes into a blistering drum-and-bass track with booming organs to tell you that, in fact, shit just got real. The song was meant to be reminiscent of "Your Best Nightmare" from Undertale, and I hope I was able to pull that effect off. The song concludes in much the same way it began as Rose, in her newly darkened state, flies into space. All things considered, I had a lot of fun making this song. @@ -320,11 +389,14 @@ Commentary: Track: My Lady Greensleeves Artist: Shandy Track Art: Shandy +Duration: 2:21 References: - Black Rose / Green Sun - Greensleeves - Endless Climb -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/my-lady-greensleeves +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/my-lady-greensleeves +- https://youtu.be/0lfeOeIA4is?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Shandy:</i> Some ships may come and go, but Rosemary is forever. @@ -335,7 +407,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Highland Thunder Artist: Thomas Ferkol Track Art: Elanor Pam -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/highland-thunder +Duration: 3:20 +References: Danger! High Voltage +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/highland-thunder +- https://youtu.be/2sXRcKDYKZM?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Elanor Pam:</i> This was very much a test-bed for photoshop brushes and adjustment layers I had yet to touch on, all while putting the speed in speedpaint. @@ -345,7 +421,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Ghosts Artist: David Dycus Track Art: Elanor Pam -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ghosts +Duration: 3:04 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ghosts +- https://youtu.be/RZ6YpMNED_s?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>David Dycus:</i> This started out as an attempt to make a song in the style of Death Grips, but ended up going in a different direction. It was a challenge to try and make something equal parts creepy and danceable. @@ -355,8 +434,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Pilotwave Artist: Interrobang Track Art: Robin +Duration: 2:37 References: Gold Pilot, Courser, Courage -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pilotwave +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pilotwave +- https://youtu.be/Ozqewxm2QcQ?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Interrobang:</i> This song began when I was messing around and thought I wanted to make some v a p o r w a v e. I really like the glitchy sections of Gold Pilot, and my initial plan was to slow those parts down, loop them, add drums, etc - the usual vaporwave stuff - that's also how it got its name, thanks to its project file. However once this started to happen I realized what I had written was very different, and that it had turned into some strange Gold Pilot remix. While I worked on other things for UMSPAF and CANMT, this song was on the back burner and I wasn't sure I'd actually finish it, but I stuck with it and just added things as they came to me (I'll admit that Lambda showing some interest in the song was a bit of motivation). At some point one of the later versions ended up getting accepted to LOFAM4, which was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one, and so I wrapped up production. @@ -367,7 +449,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Aura of Colour Artist: olegoleg123 Track Art: insecureIllustrator -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aura-of-colour +Duration: 3:43 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/aura-of-colour +- https://youtu.be/rxiNzk64tSw?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>olegoleg123:</i> Aura of Colour is one of my older tracks, originally completely unrelated to Homestuck and only then adapted as a theme for Rose and submitted as such. It is the piece that marked my transition form straightup EDM to more VGM-styled music. @@ -380,8 +465,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Beyond the Death of the King Artist: Seth Massey Track Art: sailorleo +Duration: 3:41 References: Orchid Horror -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beyond-the-death-of-the-king +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beyond-the-death-of-the-king +- https://youtu.be/NjZUfVUvXOg?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Seth Massey:</i> This was supposed to be a fill in track for a finished trackart for LOFAM2 about Calmasis and I liked it and pianos @@ -393,8 +481,11 @@ Commentary: Track: En Masse Artist: The Great Anansi Track Art: rawlithmora +Duration: 3:38 References: Scratch, English, Rex Duodecim Angelus -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/en-masse +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/en-masse +- https://youtu.be/NSx06mX8aEI?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>The Great Anansi:</i> 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! @@ -404,7 +495,10 @@ Commentary: Track: [GRIEF] Artist: Nicholas Nakano Track Art: Griever -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grief +Duration: 3:06 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grief +- https://youtu.be/GKwajHc6l4I?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Nicholas Nakano:</i> 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. @@ -416,7 +510,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Plethoric Euphoria Artist: Seijen Track Art: Trufflemeep -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/plethoric-euphoria +Duration: 2:07 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/plethoric-euphoria +- https://youtu.be/zthLAMi3bac?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Seijen:</i> "how do I make a fuure bass song withuot sounding generic or like a total douche?" you don't, youre a douche. Accept it and move on with life. The only saving grace this track has is the tempo. Most future bass is 130 or 144. Nah fam, we're going 150 on this since 150 and 175 are all I know. This track was exclusively made with harmor and maybe 1 serum. Fuck the system, and fuck my CPU since like exsanguinated, FL crashse 3/4 of the times I try to open the tracks. RIP the dream. @@ -426,8 +523,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Buffskull Artist: Noisemaker Track Art: Benedict Ide +Duration: 2:33 References: Spider8reath, Spider's Claw -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/buffskull +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/buffskull +- https://youtu.be/UtZZTF8ZMgc?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Noisemaker:</i> An extension of a very, very short segment of a group collaboration (7 GRAND END from the Cool and New Music Team), it seemed unfitting to leave something like this in its short, unfinished state. @@ -437,8 +537,11 @@ Commentary: Track: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (theh0nestman Version) Artist: theh0nestman Track Art: dodostad +Duration: 4:22 References: I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-theh0nestman-version +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-theh0nestman-version +- https://youtu.be/g_kgqsN-Bmc?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i><b>Aris Martinian:</b></i> After the acapella and post-punk versions of I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew, you may be wondering how there could possibly be a unique version of this song without stooping to What Pumpkin's level and making "I'm a Member of the Midnight Ska." theh0nestman manages to take this early 20th century classic somewhere entirely new. This version of the song has a country rock feel to it, with soft verses leading into harder, crunchier choruses, and the bridges between verses taking us into previously uncharted melodic territory. @@ -448,11 +551,14 @@ Commentary: Track: Crystalendofgames Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley Track Art: Circlejourney +Duration: 6:55 References: - Crystamanthequins - Sburban Jungle - Flare -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalendofgames +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalendofgames +- https://youtu.be/Hm1ev7TKmSA?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Jamie Paige Stanley:</i> Well, here I am again. Paige Stanley, closing disc 1 of a LOFAM, 4 years after I last did it. In that time, I technically became an Official Music Team Contributor!! I helped my dear friend Marcy Nabors with creating [[Solar Voyage]] and [[Renewed Return]] from Volume 10. I got 12 bucks on Paypal from What Pumpkin for that! Andrew Hussie bought me lunch! I got burgs with homestuck money! @@ -463,11 +569,14 @@ Commentary: This is one part of a larger image formed by the covers of this, [[Ultimate Alchemy]], and [[Black Hole / White Door]]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: ~~DISC 2~~ -Directory: disc2-lofam4 Artist: Lambda Bledsoe, ndividedbyzero Track Art: Buck +Duration: 0:16 References: Jackpot -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2-2 +Directory: disc2-lofam4 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-2-2 +- https://youtu.be/eHrtKUpIbWM?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Lambda Bledsoe:</i> For a lot of people LoFaM2 is the best (released) LoFaM, which is... sort of weird, as someone that did it. Personally, I sort of think of 2 and 3 as parts of one whole because they were so close in proudction and a number of songs were moved from the former to the latter. @@ -478,8 +587,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Hiatus Artist: Kevin Grant Track Art: Trufflemeep +Duration: 2:45 References: Upward Movement (Dave Owns) -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hiatus +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hiatus +- https://youtu.be/kOKKXW4NsCs?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Kevin Grant:</i> This song was made, unsurprisingly, during one of the many Hiatuses that Homestuck had over the years. I wanted to capture the feeling of hopeful waiting combined with the sadness that came with the lack of content. @@ -489,6 +601,7 @@ Commentary: Track: HOMOSUCK. DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION. Artist: ndividedbyzero Track Art: Nick Tucker +Duration: 6:40 References: - Homosuck Swan Song - Homosuck Anthem @@ -523,7 +636,9 @@ References: - Cascade (Beta) - Aggrieve - Oh Hi There, Lil Cal -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/homosuck-directors-cut-of-the-year-edition +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/homosuck-directors-cut-of-the-year-edition +- https://youtu.be/OKIXqg_ZzcM?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> Initially, I was going to compose this as one of those classic "ironically bad" songs, which I love dearly. At some point, it became clear I was going to drive it in a bit of a different direction, and then a few more directions, until I'd pretty much done a sick 360 degree spin across the musical canvas that is FL Studio. Wow that was kind of a weird metapohr? All in all, what you hear is what you get, and that's pretty much all I have to say on the matter. I don't want to take up too much of the commentary space, so I'll leave the rest of it ot Nick and... uh, well, yeah. @@ -595,12 +710,15 @@ 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 -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-ngames-bowmix-explicit +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-ngames-bowmix-explicit +- https://youtu.be/Vo7tZPGX9Sg?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Ngame:</i> 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. @@ -611,8 +729,11 @@ Track: Schrödinger's Harbinger Directory: schrodingers-harbinger Artist: Noisemaker Track Art: Benedict Ide +Duration: 2:21 References: Aggrieve, Chorale for Jaspers -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/schr-dingers-harbinger +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/schr-dingers-harbinger +- https://youtu.be/n39rrqi8XPM?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Credits: <i>Noisemaker:</i> 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. @@ -622,7 +743,10 @@ Credits: Track: Listless Squiddly Bliss Artist: Marcy Nabors Track Art: dodostad -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/listless-squiddly-bliss +Duration: 0:51 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/listless-squiddly-bliss +- https://youtu.be/m3sA6i8c7y0?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> 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. @@ -632,13 +756,16 @@ Commentary: Track: All the Luck Artist: Xoro Laventer Track Art: Phil Gibson +Duration: 2:32 References: - Spider's Claw - MeGaLoVania - Terezi's Theme - Spider8ite!!!!!!!! - Lotus -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/all-the-luck +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/all-the-luck +- https://youtu.be/MZXlfsMFPNw?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Phil Gibson:</i> Vriska is gr8 and thank goodness she saved all of space and time so we could hear this album @@ -648,7 +775,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Wizest Wizord Artist: rilez, Natrox Track Art: Trufflemeep -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wisest-wizord +Duration: 3:12 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wisest-wizord +- https://youtu.be/pdKy7Ex0WAk?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Trufflemeep:</i> 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. @@ -658,7 +788,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Prospit Towers Artist: SerialSymphony Track Art: sonotcanon -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospit-towers +Duration: 3:36 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospit-towers +- https://youtu.be/nw0YXJ0fKkU?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>SerialSymphony:</i> 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! @@ -668,7 +801,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Red Artist: Tamara Fritz Track Art: nights -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red +Duration: 2:58 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red +- https://youtu.be/2DYQtfGgntI?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Lyrics: Darling you are the same as you used to be<br>You never should apologize to me<br>Sometimes in stiller moments you still sound okay<br>Although you can't quite work out what to say<br>I never felt lost in your arms<br>I never felt low in your heart And I know you try to say the things you used to say<br>And I blame myself for letting things get this way<br>And I'll do my best, to stay by your side<br>Through all the worst, and better times<br>You're a little different and we're both dead<br>But you and I are still flaming red @@ -683,8 +819,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Daydreamer Artist: electric lantern Track Art: Elanor Pam +Duration: 1:48 References: Old Secret, Spider Dance, Atomyk Ebonpyre, Derse Dreamers -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/daydreamer +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/daydreamer +- https://youtu.be/2wqnd4OaYvk?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Elanor Pam:</i> 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? @@ -695,8 +834,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Grimbark Artist: Willow Ascenzo Track Art: Amethyst Barron +Duration: 3:37 References: Penumbra Phantasm -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grimbark +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/grimbark +- https://youtu.be/IqzKEk9s5Lg?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Amethyst Barron:</i> A space werewolf with reality warping powers would be terrifying and I wanted to reflect that. Also I really like drawing drooly sharp teeth. @@ -706,8 +848,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Upward Meowvement (Davepetasprite^2 Owns) Artist: LydianChord Track Art: CybeR +Duration: 2:01 Referenes: Upward Movement (Dave Owns), Nepeta's Theme -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/upward-meowvement-davepetasprite-2-owns +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/upward-meowvement-davepetasprite-2-owns +- https://youtu.be/wkbjr98bx9I?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i><b>Kal-la-kal-la:</b></i> 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. @@ -716,8 +861,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Requited (Dirtiest Remix) Artist: David Dycus Track Art: Josefin B. +Duration: 5:08 Referenes: Requited -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/requited-dirtiest-remix +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/requited-dirtiest-remix +- https://youtu.be/CK3XrBtxc4w?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>David Dycus:</i> Plazmataz is amazing. @@ -729,8 +877,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Expanses of Interstellar Space Artist: Elaine Wang Track Art: yazshu +Duration: 4:14 References: Gold Pilot -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/expanses-of-interstellar-space +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/expanses-of-interstellar-space +- https://youtu.be/sMcenyPOHeE?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>yazshu:</i> 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. @@ -740,6 +891,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Horizontal Headshot Artist: Aris Martinian Track Art: dazed-squid +Duration: 2:51 References: - Unite Synchronization - Orange Hat @@ -755,7 +907,9 @@ References: - Jungle #3 - Sburban Resolution - Showtime (Original Mix) -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/horizontal-headshot +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/horizontal-headshot +- https://youtu.be/XfBz4kvoU7Q?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Aris Martinian:</i> 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. @@ -765,6 +919,7 @@ Commentary: Track: One and a Half Midnight Artist: Xoro Laventer Track Art: Selan Pike +Duration: 2:22 References: - Liquid Negrocity - Amen, Brother @@ -781,7 +936,9 @@ References: - Moshi Moshi? - English - ~~ADDITIONAL MAYHEM~~ -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/one-and-a-half-midnight +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/one-and-a-half-midnight +- https://youtu.be/Cv6Ca070MPk?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Selan Pike:</i> LET THEM FIGHT @@ -789,8 +946,11 @@ Commentary: 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 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fractal-flowers-nui +- https://youtu.be/RN5LBP9kqm0?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Kal-la-kal-la:</i> 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. @@ -804,8 +964,11 @@ Track: Ringleader Artist: Cryptanark Contributors: TirantBacon (mastering) Track Art: nights +Duration: 3:07 References: English, Liquid Negrocity, Let's All Rock the Heist -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ringleader +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ringleader +- https://youtu.be/pF3yZSQqCFY?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Cryptanark:</i> 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 @@ -816,6 +979,7 @@ 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) @@ -861,7 +1025,9 @@ References: - JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 - Daydreamer - Sburban Metro -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-the-dead +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-the-dead +- https://youtu.be/qJii_lbgYN0?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Veritas Unae:</i> I'm really sorry I delayed this album. I hope this is worth it. @@ -921,8 +1087,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Atomyk Clockwyrk Artist: Marcy Nabors Track Art: dazed-squid +Duration: 1:56 References: Endless Climb, Atomyk Ebonpyre -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/atomyk-clockwyrk +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/atomyk-clockwyrk +- https://youtu.be/jeStLlyaJ5s?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> 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. @@ -933,7 +1102,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Cleopatra's Cocktail Party Artist: Thomas Ferkol Track Art: nights -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cleopatras-cocktail-party +Duration: 3:45 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cleopatras-cocktail-party +- https://youtu.be/YL9xC_Ft-5s?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>nights:</i> 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) @@ -943,8 +1115,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Quest Crypt Artist: ndividedbyzero Track Art: sweetjegus +Duration: 1:19 References: Sburban Jungle -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/quest-crypt +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/quest-crypt +- https://youtu.be/xl97AV5vxSc?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> 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. @@ -955,6 +1130,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Noble Ascendance Artist: WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES Track Art: Aeritus +Duration: 6:31 References: - Even in Death - Another Jungle @@ -965,7 +1141,9 @@ References: - Oppa Toby Style - Hate You - Ruins -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/noble-ascendance +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/noble-ascendance +- https://youtu.be/L7PcXM_NuqI?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> 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. @@ -977,8 +1155,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Sunslammer (Cement City Remix) Artist: Cement City Track Art: Cro +Duration: 3:12 References: Sunslammer -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunslammer-cement-city-remix +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sunslammer-cement-city-remix +- https://youtu.be/fL9YfUCMuBs?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Cro:</i> 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. @@ -998,8 +1179,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Climbing to Infinity Artist: SplitSuns Track Art: SplitSuns +Duration: 4:28 References: Endless Climb -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/climbing-to-infinity +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/climbing-to-infinity +- https://youtu.be/RZmbjMySkJY?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>SplitSuns:</i> 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. @@ -1008,8 +1192,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Beatup (Shutdown) Artist: Astro Kid Track Art: Beta +Duration: 2:36 References: Beatup -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beatup-shutdown +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/beatup-shutdown +- https://youtu.be/HyLNyBrJp7U?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> 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. @@ -1018,8 +1205,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Airtime Assault Artist: Cerulean Track Art: Nuclear +Duration: 2:52 References: Beatdown (Strider Style), Doctor, Sburban Jungle -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/airtime-assault +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/airtime-assault +- https://youtu.be/UJRtFCU3HwU?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Cerulean:</i> 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. @@ -1031,8 +1221,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Robert Jailbreak Artist: Matthias Ramalho Track Art: Jaspy +Duration: 2:12 References: Pumpkin Cravings, Assail, Jackknive -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/robert-jailbreak +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/robert-jailbreak +- https://youtu.be/BaiE1IJwV_E?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Matthias Ramalho:</i> 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! @@ -1046,12 +1239,15 @@ Commentary: Track: hors Artist: Hadron Kalido Track Art: Griever +Duration: 3:17 References: - Horschestra STRONG Version - Sburban Jungle - English - Let the Squiddles Sleep (End Theme) -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hors +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/hors +- https://youtu.be/1Vsulg1rHyg?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Hadron Kalido:</i> 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 @@ -1061,12 +1257,15 @@ Commentary: Track: The Gemoni Mustard Blood Artist: cookiefonster Track Art: Melissa Peebles +Duration: 2:04 References: - The Mituna Method - The La2t Frontiier - The Blind Prophet - Gold Mage -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-gemoni-mustard-blood +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-gemoni-mustard-blood +- https://youtu.be/vf9Cwf5OqgE?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>cookiefonster:</i> 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. @@ -1078,8 +1277,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Reconciled Artist: Shandy Track Art: Beta +Duration: 4:07 References: Sburban Jungle, Atomyk Ebonpyre -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reconciled +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/reconciled +- https://youtu.be/oTRDtWd5JBM?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Shandy:</i> 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. @@ -1089,6 +1291,7 @@ Commentary: 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 @@ -1106,7 +1309,9 @@ References: - Do You Remem8er Me - Skaian Skirmish - Homestuck Anthem -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-something-really-excellent +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-something-really-excellent +- https://youtu.be/0XRCD67voTo?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Rhyselinn:</i> 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. @@ -1136,12 +1341,15 @@ 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 -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sin-and-the-salvation +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sin-and-the-salvation +- https://youtu.be/reMO9m2haoU?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>psithurist:</i> 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! @@ -1151,6 +1359,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Resend Artist: Noisemaker Track Art: yazshu +Duration: 4:48 References: - Cascade (Beta) - Crystalanthemums @@ -1160,7 +1369,9 @@ References: - Sunsetter - Showtime (Piano Refrain) - Endless Climb -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/resend +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/resend +- https://youtu.be/ECzDFJ_ACj0?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Noisemaker:</i> 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. @@ -1168,11 +1379,14 @@ Commentary: originally this song was going to be replaced by ocean man, per my request. it wasn't. fuck you bambosh ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: ~~DISC 3~~ -Directory: disc3-lofam4 Artist: Lambda Bledsoe, ndividedbyzero Track Art: Matrosha +Duration: 0:26 References: Starblaze -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3-2 +Directory: disc3-lofam4 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/disc-3-2 +- https://youtu.be/sSXmhZZMDNQ?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Lambda Bledsoe:</i> 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]], [[Garden of Eden:garden-of-eden-part-1]], [[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 [[Sord:sord]]). @@ -1183,8 +1397,11 @@ 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 -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pseudumbra-phauxtasm +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/pseudumbra-phauxtasm +- https://youtu.be/zzq3u6unwRg?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> 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. @@ -1199,8 +1416,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Crystalmethequins (Broken Bad) Artist: Astro Kid Track Art: tti +Duration: 6:33 References: Crystalmethequins -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalmethequins-broken-bad +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalmethequins-broken-bad +- https://youtu.be/dIfHLsPtDJE?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>tti:</i> dont do drugs @@ -1211,6 +1431,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Thyme on My Fries Artist: SplitSuns Track Art: Ephemerald +Duration: 3:24 References: - Axel F - Time on My Side @@ -1222,7 +1443,9 @@ References: - Vela-Nova - Unite Synchronization - MeGaLoVania -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thyme-on-my-fries +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/thyme-on-my-fries +- https://youtu.be/IYZCJAMCWLg?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>SplitSuns:</i> 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. @@ -1234,6 +1457,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Raise of the Conductor's Baton Artist: Hadron Kalido Track Art: Hadron Kalido +Duration: 3:02 References: - Formation - Skaia Voyages @@ -1242,7 +1466,9 @@ References: - Another Jungle - Celestial Fantasia - Homestuck Anthem -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/raise-of-the-conductors-baton +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/raise-of-the-conductors-baton +- https://youtu.be/8NgabIloI9U?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Hadron Kalido:</i> 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. @@ -1252,8 +1478,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Radness from Concentrate Artist: Whimsy Track Art: piskomil +Duration: 3:19 References: Beatdown (Strider Style) -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radness-from-concentrate +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/radness-from-concentrate +- https://youtu.be/ruD5hcRqhIs?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Whimsy:</i> 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. @@ -1264,7 +1493,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Conflict! Artist: Emelia K. Track Art: yazshu -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/conflict +Duration: 1:07 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/conflict +- https://youtu.be/Duj1TbqQ4Bs?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Emelia K.:</i> made for redditstuck. homestuck is bad @@ -1274,8 +1506,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Solar Momentum Artist: Nicholas Nakano Track Art: Mags +Duration: 2:51 References: Pushing Onwards, Sunsetter -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/solar-momentum +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/solar-momentum +- https://youtu.be/rV9WHJyx30A?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Nicholas Nakano:</i> 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. @@ -1285,6 +1520,7 @@ Commentary: Track: -Omega- Timeline Artist: Aris Martinian Track Art: cobaltmoth +Duration: 3:07 References: - Gold Pilot - English @@ -1293,7 +1529,9 @@ References: - Science Blaster - Formation - Sburban Jungle -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/omega-timeline +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/omega-timeline +- https://youtu.be/qAG2vYH3gzA?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Aris Martinian:</i> 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- @@ -1303,12 +1541,15 @@ Commentary: Track: Emerald Cinders Artist: Grace Medley Track Art: sonotcanon +Duration: 5:12 References: - Rhapsody in Green - Afraid of the Darko - Carne Vale - English -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-cinders +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/emerald-cinders +- https://youtu.be/XpIc_vizYRw?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Grace Medley:</i> 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. @@ -1318,7 +1559,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Sugar Cubes Artist: Xoro Laventer Track Art: fuchsi -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sugar-cubes +Duration: 1:44 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sugar-cubes +- https://youtu.be/DZd5TAXggSA?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i><b>ndividedbyzero:</b></i> 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. @@ -1330,7 +1574,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Fond Regard Artist: Lark Mordancy Track Art: Selan Pike -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fond-regard +Duration: 3:51 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fond-regard +- https://youtu.be/_C0iTqg5JFo?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Lark Mordancy:</i> This song was inspired by the cosmogonical aspects of the MSPA universe(s), and by those universes' cryptic creators. @@ -1340,11 +1587,14 @@ Commentary: Track: Prospitian Monody Artist: Viko Riféo Track Art: Jas +Duration: 2:04 References: - Cascade (Beta) - Rhapsody in Green - Rex Duodecim Angelus -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-monody +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-monody +- https://youtu.be/DvWBb8vi4-I?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Viko Riféo:</i> 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. @@ -1356,13 +1606,16 @@ Commentary: 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 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/shatter +- https://youtu.be/dxjSHHDLekQ?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>M3l0m4ni4c:</i> 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. @@ -1374,7 +1627,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Denizen Artist: Kouta Track Art: AS -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/denizen +Duration: 5:46 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/denizen +- https://youtu.be/Avz8eRHnoDA?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Kouta:</i> 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. @@ -1385,6 +1641,7 @@ Track: Ultimate Alchemy Artist: Interrobang Contributors: Seijen (mastering) Track Art: Circlejourney +Duration: 2:20 References: - Bilious - Earthsea Borealis @@ -1392,7 +1649,9 @@ References: - Umbral Ultimatum - Endless Climb - Even in Death -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ultimate-alchemy +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ultimate-alchemy +- https://youtu.be/0mYCTAeiHGw?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Interrobang:</i> 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. @@ -1405,7 +1664,10 @@ Track: The Sock Ruse Artist: Alex Votl Contributors: Facetious (Alex Votl) & Friends Track Art: Nick Tucker -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sock-ruse +Duration: 3:06 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-sock-ruse +- https://youtu.be/id6W02iqdwk?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Lyrics: Please <a href="feedback/index.html">send me</a> the lyrics, i love them but i cannot make out a few parts <3 <i>From <a href="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=007.jpg">Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff, page 7</a>.</i> @@ -1421,13 +1683,16 @@ Commentary: Track: Juju Breaker Artist: ndividedbyzero Track Art: Griever +Duration: 4:10 References: - Purple Bard - Sburban Jungle - Explore - English - Eternity Served Cold -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/juju-breaker +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/juju-breaker +- https://youtu.be/W46m0Qyes5g?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> 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. @@ -1439,7 +1704,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Tragic Heights Artist: Thomas Ferkol Track Art: nights -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tragic-heights +Duration: 3:02 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/tragic-heights +- https://youtu.be/9_IU46cLUq4?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>nights:</i> 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. @@ -1450,7 +1718,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Waltz for Calliope Artist: Shandy Track Art: Quietserval, Circlejourney -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/waltz-for-calliope +Duration: 3:03 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/waltz-for-calliope +- https://youtu.be/o3hdT6bOXvk?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Shandy:</i> 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. @@ -1462,8 +1733,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Everlasting Artist: Joe Ouellet Track Art: PatManDX +Duration: 4:40 References: Sburban Jungle, Doctor, Endless Climb, Even in Death -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/everlasting +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/everlasting +- https://youtu.be/oDwdsffF2yk?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> 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. @@ -1473,8 +1747,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Crystalline Repose Artist: Willow Ascenzo Track Art: dodostad +Duration: 5:42 References: Corridors of Time, Crystalanthemums -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalline-repose +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalline-repose +- https://youtu.be/-3Cld2xx2gI?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>dodostad:</i> I was just trying to capture Aradia to the sweet tunes of the song! @@ -1484,12 +1761,15 @@ Commentary: 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 -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-hole-white-door +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/black-hole-white-door +- https://youtu.be/ZQ2rZH_4xWY?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Circlejourney:</i> 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. @@ -1501,6 +1781,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Strife Mayhem Artist: Tri-gender Panini Track Art: Scarodactyl +Duration: 5:39 References: - Flare - Eternity Served Cold @@ -1510,7 +1791,9 @@ References: - Crystamanthequins - Black - MeGaLoVania -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strife-mayhem +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/strife-mayhem +- https://youtu.be/dZ7CuLWkK74?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Tri-gender Panini:</i> 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! @@ -1520,8 +1803,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Moonsetter (Strider Remix) Artist: Cement City Track Art: Kate Griffith +Duration: 2:26 References: Moonsetter, Mad About the Boy -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/moonsetter-strider-remix +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/moonsetter-strider-remix +- https://youtu.be/sbsaBi8OH2c?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i><b>Grace Medley:</b></i> 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. @@ -1531,8 +1817,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Exsanguinated Artist: Seijen Track Art: Kate Griffith +Duration: 4:26 References: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/exsanguinated -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/exsanguinated +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/exsanguinated +- https://youtu.be/_X8T8PjS8N4?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Seijen:</i> 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. @@ -1542,8 +1831,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Premortem Artist: Noisemaker Track Art: 0ysTezy, EllenZarael +Duration: 2:12 References: Purple Tyrant, Crustacean -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/premortem +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/premortem +- https://youtu.be/5cJNegoYjuU?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Noisemaker:</i> 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. @@ -1553,6 +1845,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Fruitjam Artist: ndividedbyzero Track Art: sweetjegus +Duration: 3:34 References: - Your Best Friend - Softly @@ -1575,7 +1868,9 @@ References: - September Pumpkin - Theme of Eastern Story - Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fruitjam +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fruitjam +- https://youtu.be/kKKh0izriyc?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>ndividedbyzero:</i> 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. @@ -1612,7 +1907,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Lightfall Artist: nights Track Art: nights -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lightfall +Duration: 1:47 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/lightfall +- https://youtu.be/Wmop6vIepPs?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>nights:</i> 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. @@ -1621,8 +1919,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Blanc Artist: Sean Gorter Track Art: Daniel McDonald +Duration: 5:00 References: Black -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blanc +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blanc +- https://youtu.be/_q2ox0WK1g4?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Sean Gorter:</i> 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. @@ -1632,6 +1933,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Collision Course (Davepeta's Movement) Artist: SplitSuns Track Art: Shadok123 +Duration: 4:05 References: - Upward Movement - Beatdown (Strider Style) @@ -1640,7 +1942,9 @@ References: - English - Olive Rogue - Hardchorale -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/collision-course-davepetas-movement +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/collision-course-davepetas-movement +- https://youtu.be/sIJW6g2kygU?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>SplitSuns:</i> 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. @@ -1651,6 +1955,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Revisit / Rewind Artist: Aris Martinian Track Art: nights +Duration: 6:13 References: - Doctor - Cascade (Beta) @@ -1679,7 +1984,9 @@ References: - Meet the Flintstones - Intro - RollerCoaster Tycoon Theme -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/revisit-rewind +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/revisit-rewind +- https://youtu.be/2Tm2S88RlCg?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>Aris Martiniain:</i> 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 <a href="https://coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/">go give it a glance</a>. 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. @@ -1719,8 +2026,11 @@ Track: Homestuck Sonata Artist: David Ellis Contributors: James Ellis (production) Track Art: Sozzay +Duration: 7:46 References: Homestuck, Penumbra Phantasm -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-sonata +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-sonata +- https://youtu.be/XSVpRK_L7mg?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>David Ellis:</i> 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! @@ -1730,8 +2040,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Wicker Kingdom Artist: Kurtis Burton Track Art: PatManDX +Duration: 3:58 References: White King -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wicker-kingdom +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wicker-kingdom +- https://youtu.be/ZawHf_JbItw?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Commentary: <i>PatManDX:</i> 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. @@ -1743,6 +2056,7 @@ Track: Skaian Rebirth Artist: Kris Flacke Contributors: Tamara Fritz (vocals) Track Art: Sam Garcia +Duration: 8:31 References: - Skies of Skaia - Aggrieve @@ -1753,7 +2067,9 @@ References: - Even in Death - Homestuck Anthem - Sburban Jungle -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-rebirth +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-rebirth +- https://youtu.be/7Uf-CCixByk?list=PLYr2YZ5D3rfQBkwagYEi_JPvVYUIVfxn6 Lyrics: (I will rise, I will go so far and)<br>(I will rise, I will go so far and)<br>(I will rise, I will go so far and)<br>(I will rise, I will go so far and)<br>Even in my death Commentary: |