From dc873feb1cf1c1a442e17e15766276d9ae1e7443 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florrie Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 16:13:50 -0300 Subject: recompose, refine --- album/lofam2/album.txt | 378 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 293 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-) (limited to 'album/lofam2') diff --git a/album/lofam2/album.txt b/album/lofam2/album.txt index 274335e6..64e0ab6d 100644 --- a/album/lofam2/album.txt +++ b/album/lofam2/album.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ FG: #33a1c9 Canon: Fanon URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fans-and-music-2 -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_Njm6JMBBED5Iz-9Cct870dIQ3ip-6dF +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Liza Fletcher: This album means a lot to me, for a lot of reasons. Not just because it represents literally months of planning, organization, rounds of messaging, upsets, drama, triumph and general hard work on the part of me and some very good friends of mine. Not just because we managed to get some of the top talent in the fandom to contribute not only music but track art. Not just because that talent includes music and art team members and the uniquely universally beloved superfan Dante Basco. Not just because that talent also includes many friends I love dearly, some of whom I got to know through this project. @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Commentary:
Special Thanks: -CONCEPTION/ORGANIZATION-
Lambda Bledsoe
Liza Fletcher - -ORGANIZATION TEAM-
Slogbait
Veritas Unae
Rachel Rose Mitchell
Paige 'hrmnzr" Stanley
Astro Kid
clumsyroyalty (clumsyroyalty)
Shoona
Charles "Crazy-8" Neudorf
Yishan Mai (Cat Boss)
Brad "Avinoch" Griffin
Mark "Dagoth Xil" Ciocca + -ORGANIZATION TEAM-
Slogbait
Veritas Unae
Rachel Rose Mitchell
Paige 'hrmnzr" Stanley
Astro Kid
clumsyroyalty (clumsyroyalty)
Shoona
Charles "Crazy-8" Neudorf
Catboss (Cat Boss)
Brad "Avinoch" Griffin
Mark "Dagoth Xil" Ciocca -MASTERING-
Brad "Avinoch" Griffin
Veritas Unae -COMMENTARY BOOKLET-
Brad "Avinoch" Griffin -WEBSITE CODING-
Veritas Unae @@ -24,21 +24,27 @@ Commentary: -INSPIRATION-
Andrew Hussie & What Pumpkin Studios
The Homestuck Music Team ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: •~DISK 1~• -Directory: disk1-lofam2 Artist: Veritas Unae Track Art: none +Duration: 0:31 References: The Paradox Paradigm -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/o-disk-1-o +Directory: disk1-lofam2 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/o-disk-1-o +- https://youtu.be/x_pSKzA1_Eg?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Chronology Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley Track Art: Skylar +Duration: 7:44 References: - English - Sburban Jungle - The Paradox Paradigm - --Emperical -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/chronology +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/chronology +- https://youtu.be/AP6PIJRi4_w?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Jamie Paige Stanley: Hi there!! Welcome to the second LOFAM. Kind of sounds like some really gangster hiphop group or something. Anyways this is a song I made JUST FOR THE ALBUM!!! Wowee. There's a lot going on here. There's the intro which is like Lord English taking a proverbial shit on everything by existing or something like that, then it sort of BLEHs and goes into the main part of the song. Right off the bat you've got Sburban Jungle's marimba part played backwards on a piano, and then there's some stuff from a fan song that I don't remember the title of. THEN there's stuff from Condy's song off the unofficial ancestor album, and some stuff from some other things. There's basically a lot of things!! It's a very thing filled song. @@ -48,8 +54,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Jackpot Artist: Charles Neudorf, Marcy Nabors Track Art: 8bitkitten +Duration: 3:57 References: Aggrieve -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackpot +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackpot +- https://youtu.be/QQoiR0npnSs?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Charles Neudorf: Jackpot was originally "written" by me for the Homestuck music contest. I say written in quotation marks because at the time all I had was a cool basline and a title, I was in a complete musical slump on what to do with the piece, and so I turned to my friend Shadolith for help. Shadolith not only helped to come up with better ideas for the song, but actually finished most if it on her own. I'm really glad she did though, otherwise the song would have never been finished, and it wouldn't be playing in your ears right now! @@ -59,8 +68,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Satellite Physician Artist: Joe Ouellet Track Art: grayscaleOddysey +Duration: 3:27 References: Doctor, Penumbra Phantasm -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/satellite-physician +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/satellite-physician +- https://youtu.be/RCPevVDN7xE?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Joe Ouellet: Before making this song, I had wanted to do a remix of Doctor for a while. There are so many remixes and different versions of this song that I knew there were infinite possibilities when it came to remixing the song. When it finally came time to start, I wanted to go for the spacey, electronic, hardcore sounding style that I attempted a little bit with [[Electrocumulus]]. This song actually turned out much better than I expected. When confronted for a name for this piece, I wanted ot name it something like "Planet Healer." I decided to just swap out a few synonyms and voila, Satellite Physician was done! @@ -70,8 +82,11 @@ Commentary: Track: A Study In Skaia Artist: David Ellis Track Art: dodostad +Duration: 3:02 References: Skies of Skaia -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-study-in-skaia +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-study-in-skaia +- https://youtu.be/csgfrTQGOaw?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: David Ellis: I don't really have much to say about this. I'd been messing about on guitar and found that most of the first theme from Skies of Skaia was playable with harmonics in standard tuning, and only the top note wasn't possible. By returning to EADF#BE and putting a capo on at the 5th fret it was possible then to play the whole thing. @@ -83,7 +98,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Cuddlefish Artist: Thomas Ferkol Track Art: Seth Massey -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cuddlefish +Duration: 3:40 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cuddlefish +- https://youtu.be/KN0VCAGHVxY?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Brad Griffin: No Commentary. Sorry fellow fans and booklet readers. No haiku this time either. Just an empty page, with nothing to entertain you except the track title, artist credits, and pretty arts to the right. @@ -98,8 +116,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Rectify Artist: Thomas Ibarra Track Art: Seth Massey +Duration: 2:52 References: Liquid Negrocity, Atomyk Ebonpyre, Showtime (Piano Refrain) -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rectify +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rectify +- https://youtu.be/GTtM6ZIyJ7Q?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Thomas Ibarra: My second entry to the music contest, Rectify, was a follow-up to [[Irradiated]] in that it presented the same goal of making something different with the Black/Liquid Negrocity leitmotif. In this composition, based on Cascade, the menacing tone of Black would be turned into a battle theme for the good, as if Jack had performed a heelturn in light of impressive character development. It was a fun, fulfilling project that taught me many new things. @@ -107,7 +128,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Rabbunctious! Artist: Brad Griffin Track Art: Dawn Davis -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rabbunctious +Duration: 2:12 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rabbunctious +- https://youtu.be/2_dL-0FzxTE?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Brad Griffin: The rabbit has been an evolving background character throughout the entirety of Homestuck, and I felt the most recent iteration (mischevious-robo-Strider-bunny!!!!) warranted its own theme song. @@ -119,8 +143,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Skaian Starstorm Artist: Astro Kid Track Art: Dawn Davis +Duration: 4:17 References: Skaian Skirmish, Skaian Shuffle -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-starstorm +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-starstorm +- https://youtu.be/oTOwhix_Zqw?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Brad Griffin: NO COMMENTARY HERE! @@ -129,12 +156,15 @@ Commentary: AS IF SENSING THE CHANGE IN THE CAPTIVE CREATURE'S DEMEANOR, THE ASCENT SEEMS TO STEADY AND SWIFTEN. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Good Dog (Best Friend) -Artist: Yishan Mai +Artist: Catboss Track Art: Christina Lillard +Duration: 4:26 References: Courser, Carefree Action -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/good-dog-best-friend +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/good-dog-best-friend +- https://youtu.be/pYYBRLIKRQ8?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: - Yishan Mai: + Catboss: ~ in loving memory of becquerel ~ He was a good dog, and the best friend anyone could ever hope to have. Christina Lillard: @@ -143,6 +173,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Unforgiving Terrain Artist: Eston Schweickart Track Art: Cap +Duration: 4:11 References: - Endless Expanse - Carapacian Dominion @@ -150,7 +181,9 @@ References: - Growing Up - Gilded Sands - Nightmare -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/unforgiving-terrain +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/unforgiving-terrain +- https://youtu.be/I0THAb_V18A?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Eston Schweickart: I wrote Unforgiving Terrain shortly after The Wanderers album came out. It was just an excuse to have fun with sound design and listen to Carapacian Dominion over and over. It's called Unforgiving Terrain because titles are hard. The project file is called Frozen Ruins but I guess I didn't use that name because I ended up not including Frost like I had planned. @@ -160,7 +193,10 @@ Commentary: Track: CR1M1N4L, CR1M1N4L Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell Track Art: Pandora -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cr1m1n4l-cr1m1n4l +Duration: 4:15 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/cr1m1n4l-cr1m1n4l +- https://youtu.be/V3C1H4l9eIU?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Lyrics: Well, what have we here?
The accursed sits and shakes with fear.
You know how that makes me...
...makes me grin from ear to ear! Your lemony fear isn't all I can smell.
You're not hiding your deceit very well.
Tell us, you swindler, what drove you to such crimes.
And hurry it up, don't waste tyrannical time! @@ -184,8 +220,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Squiddles In Sunglasses Artist: Eston Schweickart Track Art: RaChoTamer +Duration: 1:08 References: Friendship is Paramount, Squiddle Samba -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/squiddles-in-sunglasses +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/squiddles-in-sunglasses +- https://youtu.be/Cf9oKcZ2nPA?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Eston Schweickart: Squiddles in Sunglasses was originally part of a 6-part Homestuck medley that as going tobe around 12 minutes long when finished. Halway through I realized that I didn't like anything was writing, so I did what any good artist does when faced with self-doubt and gave up. A few months later I listened to the old project files again and liked this part enough to make it its own piece. I think inspiration for this style came from Average White Band's Pick Up the Pieces but I acn't remember for sure. @@ -193,8 +232,11 @@ Commentary: Track: JackBot Artist: Astro Kid Track Art: Brenden Cameron +Duration: 4:23 References: Jackpot -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackbot +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jackbot +- https://youtu.be/9GFVQ6ZalCc?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Brad Griffin: NO COMMENTARY HERE! @@ -209,8 +251,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Crystalguitarthemums Artist: Erik Scheele Track Art: dodostad +Duration: 2:20 References: Crystalanthemums -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalguitarthemums +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/crystalguitarthemums +- https://youtu.be/fkmxRiQZdb4?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Erik Scheele: one day I found a guitar thing and messed around with crystalanthemums @@ -221,8 +266,11 @@ Commentary: Track: The Ballad of Maplehoof Artist: Ian White, Lauren Collis, Mike Anderson Track Art: Shoona +Duration: 5:17 References: Pony Chorale, Upward Movement (Dave Owns) -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-ballad-of-maplehoof +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-ballad-of-maplehoof +- https://youtu.be/0NrHukinkmw?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Lyrics: Come gather round me, children
I'll sing you the tale
The Ballad of Maplehoof
Though she was but a foal
Her story touched us all
Sing the Ballad of Maplehoof Maplehoof, Maplehoof
Ride, Maplehoof, Ride @@ -248,8 +296,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Rainbow Rebirth Artist: David Ellis Track Art: Maddie Haines +Duration: 4:20 References: Savior of the Waking World -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rainbow-rebirth +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rainbow-rebirth +- https://youtu.be/ziiK_Q23WbA?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Davlid Ellis: This piece was written for Kanaya and was essentially supposed to be a kind of score for the unseen scene where she wakes up as a rainbow drinker. The non-scene this is a score for follows the structure of '[S] John: Rise Up' somewhat, with the middle horn stab section hinting towards one of the themes from Savior of the Waking World/Doctor but being off somehow (shifting time signatures too) to try to show the different nature of her return. The scene for the piece ends when she goes all vampirey on Feferi. @@ -258,8 +309,9 @@ Commentary: I saw the name Rainbow Rebirth and immediately wanted to do something cool with Kanaya and her fairly new rainbow drinker status, since I was pretty dang sure that was what the title was referencing. Since it was her care for the matriorb that led up to her transformation, I thought it made the most sense to include it, as well as rainbow colors, obviously, into this picture. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Psychedelic Psychodelic -Artist: Yishan Mai +Artist: Catboss Track Art: Amethyst Barron +Duration: 4:54 References: - Atomyk Ebonpyre - English @@ -267,9 +319,11 @@ References: - The Ballad of Jack Noir - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) - Let's All Rock the Heist -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/psychedelic-psychodelic +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/psychedelic-psychodelic +- https://youtu.be/Sq42ueaXI-4?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: - Yishan Mai: + Catboss: Well, here you are. Big guy's got a fancy gun, and all you've got is a bloody knife. But it's gonna be enough. It always has been. @@ -280,8 +334,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Flare (With Vocals) Artist: horizon Track Art: PV +Duration: 3:02 References: Flare -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/flare-with-vocals +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/flare-with-vocals +- https://youtu.be/btHd1zrjkqY?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Lyrics: Things fall apart so easily;
they break away at the seams And it seems
this is the life I was fated to lead
Dreams dead in the water
and you ought to let them pass @@ -301,7 +358,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Sports Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley Track Art: Spectrumfizz -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sports +Duration: 1:34 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sports +- https://youtu.be/Hai8r6SGKV4?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Jamie Paige Stanley: Hey, you. Yeah, you. No, this isn't Paige speaking. It's Florrie. Me. Please, for goodness sake, tell me that I forgot to embed the commentary image for this track here. I don't have access to the booklet on which I'm writing this ATM, so I can't grab a screenshot. Plz. Thank you. @@ -313,7 +373,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Dirgeish Artist: Nick Smalley, Andrew Huo Track Art: Seth Massey -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dirgeish +Duration: 2:41 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dirgeish +- https://youtu.be/t9KgQojuzQ4?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Nick Smalley: Dirgeish was made in 2008, a year before Homestuck even started! Crazy, right? Who ever thought life existed before Homestuck, ha ha ha... I made the original in about an hour, and when I got on the Homestuck music team, I had the help of Adghar (Andrew Who!!!!) to complete it! @@ -321,8 +384,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Electrocumulus Artist: Joe Ouellet Track Art: plaidcushion +Duration: 3:10 References: Pyrocumulus (Kickstart), Skaian Skuffle -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electrocumulus +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electrocumulus +- https://youtu.be/GN3RTQJ2y2o?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Joe Ouellet: Electrocumulus is a remix of Pyrocumulus by RJ Lake and was my first ever attempt at remixing an official Homestuck track. Looking back, I have no idea why I chose to remix this song in particular; it must have just been stuck in my head that day. As one could gather from the title, this remix is supposed to be an upbeat, elecronic remix. As I was composing, it seemed to turn into a dance track of sorts. The genre still fit my idea, so I kept going. I think it was a rather successful first Homestuck remix. @@ -332,8 +398,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Three in the Morning (Kali's 2 in the AM PM Edit) Artist: Kalibration Track Art: Toon Lettuce +Duration: 4:00 References: Three in the Morning (RJ's I Can Barely Sleep In This Casino Remix) -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-kalis-2-in-the-am-pm-edit +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/three-in-the-morning-kalis-2-in-the-am-pm-edit +- https://youtu.be/i1na9f3xHiA?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Kalibration: Its a song, I made it, the computer
Great it's RJ music track enjoyed, that could bring
(⅃°ヘ°)⅃ @@ -344,12 +413,15 @@ Commentary: Track: Showtime (End Strife Remix) Artist: Plumegeist Track Art: devonianecho +Duration: 4:57 References: - Showtime (Original Mix) - Showtime (Piano Refrain) - Sburban Jungle - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-end-strife-remix +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-end-strife-remix +- https://youtu.be/Ru9a5pAXfw0?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Plumegeist: I composed SHowtime End Strife remix roughly five months after the time I got into Homestuck. Around this time I was still really just a budding musician, and I wanted to make something heavy out of the Showtime theme by Malcolm Brown. The idea was imagining what kind of soundtrack would be backing the kids as they face Lord English in a climactic battle. I was proud of it at the time but in retrospect it never really aged that well. Despite this it remained one of my most popular works. @@ -361,7 +433,10 @@ Track: Soulb0t Artist: Charles Neudorf Track Art: Somnivus References: psych0ruins -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/soulb0t +Duration: 3:42 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/soulb0t +- https://youtu.be/3d0jm_sPD9A?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Charles Neudorf: Soulb0t was conceived after I tried writing the familiar Psych0ruins apreggio to test out a new synth I downloaded. It sounded really cool to me, so I figured "why not just write an electronic remix of Psych0ruins all together." So I did just that. It took a while to get the melody jsut right, and if it wasn't for the various friends who helped me to decide what osunded good or bad, this song wouldn't have sounded nearly as good. @@ -382,7 +457,9 @@ References: - Spider's Claw - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) - Liquid Negrocity -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fighting-spirit +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fighting-spirit +- https://youtu.be/2Scn4TRi7m0?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Kevin Grant: My goal was to mash up as many Homestuck songs as I could. I ended up mixing 12 together. I really think the part at the end with Black, Showtime and Beatdown works well, and I discovered that Showtime is the Homestuck equivalent of Guile's Theme: It goes with everything. @@ -392,12 +469,15 @@ Commentary: Track: Irradiated Artist: Thomas Ibarra Track Art: Spectrumfizz +Duration: 2:21 References: - Harlequin - Liquid Negrocity - Sburban Jungle - Carefree Action -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/irradiated +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/irradiated +- https://youtu.be/M_lXyhRBOhk?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Thomas Ibarra: Irradiated is really an identifying track for my work, I've been told before that this track is the first that came to mind when mentioning my callsign SparksD2145. Similarly to a good portion of my work Black/Liquid Negrocity's leitmotif plays a prominent feature in the composition, providing the base melody for the entire track. The idea for Irradiated spurred from Jade: Enter, as a high-velocity and energetic track with none other than Jack Noir at the center; my goal was to take Black and give it a different feel. After a short hiatus, my track Irradiated featured in my first tribute animation on YouTube for Homestuck. @@ -407,8 +487,11 @@ Commentary: Track: He Is Already Here Artist: Brenden Cameron Track Art: clumsyroyalty +Duration: 4:11 References: Rhapsody in Green, English, Sburban Jungle -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/he-is-already-here +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/he-is-already-here +- https://youtu.be/XTyFPX0dn_U?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Brenden Cameron: Ever since 'The Felt' came out, I've been in love with that piano ditty at the start of Variations and in the reversed Rhapsody in Green. @@ -420,6 +503,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Rise of the Denizens Artist: Domble Track Art: Christina Lillard +Duration: 3:01 References: - Courser - Earthsea Borealis @@ -428,7 +512,9 @@ References: - Dawn of Man - the rose rap - Cascade -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rise-of-the-denizens +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/rise-of-the-denizens +- https://youtu.be/C0WiWG6BVbw?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Domble: The original version of the track sounded nothing like this. What I want is for people who heard the first one to think, "wow, this guy really got less bad in a year." It references all the songs it originally did, whether in the same basic way (Courser, Ruins) or differently (Dawn of Man, the rose rap). @@ -441,8 +527,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Sburban Genesis Artist: Lark Mordancy Track Art: plaidcushion +Duration: 4:00 References: Dawn of Man, Sburban Jungle, Exodus -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-genesis +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-genesis +- https://youtu.be/DPX6j-JM7Bw?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Lark Mordancy: Though Sburban Jungle was the first song to hook me on Michael Guy Bowman's music, my heart lies with Mobious Trip and Hadron Kaleido. Dawn of Man is a favorite of mine from that album, and it also happens to be a partial remix of Sburban Jungle. In the Homestuck tradition, the natural thing to do then was mix them together, along with a cameo from Exodus, featured in SBURB. The instruments are based primarily on Dawn of Man, bringing in some of Sburban Jungle's mallet percussion and a few of my own additions. The result is Sburban Genesis, a song ultimately inspired by the mysterious origins of the game and its multi-universal legacy. @@ -452,8 +541,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Who Mourns for Jack Noir? Artist: Nitrosparxx Track Art: Corrina +Duration: 7:21 References: Liquid Negrocity, The Beginning of Something Really Excellent -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/who-mourns-for-jack-noir +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/who-mourns-for-jack-noir +- https://youtu.be/usR1fpqUXR0?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Nitrosparxx: Quite possibly the saddest piece of music I've ever written. This was what I was originally going to use for the fan album, but I decided to drop it half way through making it on the grounds that it didn't sound like a Homestuck song. Jack Noir (and by extension, Bec Noir) always struck me as a tragic character. The way I see it, he's always violent because of the abuse he receives from the black queen. He's physically shut down all other emotions save for hatred because as far as he's concerned, there is no such thing. However things change for him when Bec becomes prototyped. He suddenly has a heart and has new feelings. Bec's influence taught him what it's like to feel for someone else, although Jack desperately tried so hard to ignore these feelings. When Jade died, Jack finally knew what it felt to lose someone so close to your heart. A tragic character indeed... @@ -463,7 +555,10 @@ Commentary: Track: The Seer and the Tribesmen Artist: Thomas Ferkol Track Art: Dawn Davis -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-seer-and-the-tribesmen +Duration: 3:01 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-seer-and-the-tribesmen +- https://youtu.be/pjbFi9f_F7Y?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Brad Griffin: No commentary here! @@ -476,7 +571,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Four Artist: Trent West Track Art: Nekachen -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/four +Duration: 4:11 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/four +- https://youtu.be/eB2Isac-eXs?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Nekachen: When I listened to Four for the first time, I imagined the entire Incipisphere as if it were one of those cool panoramic views of the universe. The title more than likely relates to the planets the kids arrive upon in the Medium, so I decided to use that aspect to create the basis of my idea. I recreated most of the planets from scratch while using references, used *tons* of Photoshop effects to create shading and light sources, and utilized stock images to create what I believe represents the "Four" planets within the Incipisphere that the song centers around. @@ -484,8 +582,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Prospitian Lullaby Artist: Jamie Paige Stanley Track Art: Shoona +Duration: 4:45 References: Homestuck Anthem, Sburban Jungle -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-lullaby +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prospitian-lullaby +- https://youtu.be/yLL4-WYFO7Q?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Jamie Paige Stanley: Hello again!! Disk one is coming to a close. I hope you've enjoyed the fan land and of music so far!! This is a lullaby based mostly off of Homestuck Anthem by Clark "Plazmataz" Powell and Sburban Jungle by Michael Guy Bowman. It's really slowa nd sweet and has my favorite chord thingy ever which is the F to F minor thing going on there. It's all in all a song that you hopefully fall asleep listening to because that's what it's supposed to do!! And you might need a nap after listening to disk one. In fact, for the full Land of Fans and Musics Experience The Second™, take a nap in between the two disks. Yes. Anyways, I hope you enjoy our musical stylings and that you don't buy this album because that's illegal. @@ -493,11 +594,14 @@ Commentary: [END OF DISK 1] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: •~Disk 2~• -Directory: disk2-lofam2 Artist: Veritas Unae Track Art: melodiousDiscord +Duration: 0:20 References: White King, Sburban Jungle -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/o-disk-2-o +Directory: disk2-lofam2 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/o-disk-2-o +- https://youtu.be/vSVpByKsjwA?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Lambda Bledsoe: Hi. I'm Lambda Bledsoe, or Xzaz. I started the project to put LoFaM2 together. @@ -510,10 +614,13 @@ Commentary: Track: Brofessor Layton (Every Puzzle Has A Brolution) Artist: Ian White Track Art: doctoroftime +Duration: 3:37 References: - GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) - Layton's Theme -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/brofessor-layton-every-puzzle-has-a-brolution +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/brofessor-layton-every-puzzle-has-a-brolution +- https://youtu.be/gIeRocDm8Aw?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Ian White: This is... this is I don't know. I think Neudorf told me to do this, so I did it. It works pretty good. @@ -525,15 +632,19 @@ Commentary: Track: ElecTrollCopSwing Artist: Astro Kid Track Art: Rachel Weiss +Duration: 4:17 References: Revolution 909, Trollcops, Fuck tha Police -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electrollcopswing +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/electrollcopswing +- https://youtu.be/cMzUrZMMIG0?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Rachel Weiss: I was thinking that it would be in a speakeasy during the jazz era, and Terezi is there undercover to knock heads and bring the sweet taste of justice to miscreats and wrong-doers. Or something like that, heh heh. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Dance-Stab-Dance -Artist: Yishan Mai +Artist: Catboss Track Art: Dawn Davis +Duration: 11:12 References: - MeGaDanceVaNia - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) @@ -571,9 +682,11 @@ References: - Savior of the Dreaming Dead - Black Hole / Green Sun - At The Price of Oblivion -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-stab-dance +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dance-stab-dance +- https://youtu.be/13RA9z5S-MA?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: - Yishan Mai: + Catboss: I've wanted to make a squel for MeGaDanceVaNia for a while, but only recently did I actually get around to it. Some songs are in here because they were in flashes; others are in here because they're my personal favorites, like Gaia Queen. And Infinity Mechanism is in there because Thomas once complained that no one remixed his songs, so THAT'S FOR YOU THOMAS. The full list of songs is on the next page below, so I'm just going to run over what I consider to be the hgihlights of this song: - Another Jungle + Let's All Rock The Heist @@ -625,7 +738,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Trapped Artist: Yan Rodriguez Track Art: Gunsandwwands -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/trapped +Duration: 1:25 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/trapped +- https://youtu.be/BzUmLUgjkdk?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Yan Rodriguez: Back when I had a far more depressing view on being trapped in the veil I wanted to make a short tune for it using a chrod progression I played on piano all the time and really wanted to use. Reminds me a bit of how some of the chords go in Shadow of the Colossus, but a lot less epic. @@ -633,11 +749,14 @@ Commentary: Track: Til The Last Breath Artist: Brenden Cameron Track Art: Racheme +Duration: 3:09 References: - Showtime (Original Mix) - Doctor - Sburban Jungle -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/till-the-last-breath +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/till-the-last-breath +- https://youtu.be/LKua4UM8qZU?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Brenden Cameron: Originally titled 'A Heroic Death', this song was my second entry into the Homestuck Fanmusic contest, as well as the second song I've ever released in general. @@ -650,7 +769,10 @@ Commentary: Track: The Note Desolation Plays Artist: Max Wright Track Art: Fortnight -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-note-desolation-plays +Duration: 1:38 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-note-desolation-plays +- https://youtu.be/-NOJYYn-V2Q?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Max Wright: This is quite an old piece of mine, written mid-January 2010. As the title suggests, I wanted to write something that represented the first act of Homestuck, to capture the feeling of the story as we are introduced to its darker elements - the Wind Skims the Void flash is a good example to use. That page is almost like a title screen for the webcomic as a whole, not giving away a thing, but nudging ever so slightly towards things to come; likewise, the repeating piano ostinato in here pays tribute to the Chrono Trigger title music. Little did we know at the time, though, how destructive the conductor's baton can be. @@ -661,8 +783,11 @@ Commentary: Track: I'm The Doctor Artist: Veritas Unae Track Art: Strideer +Duration: 2:06 References: Doctor, Doctor Who Theme -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-the-doctor +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/im-the-doctor +- https://youtu.be/XehoWGG3SFo?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Veritas Unae: I recall this was primiarily composed for two reasons. One: Combining the Doctor Who theme with Doctor needed to happen. Two: The Doctor Who Sburb fan adventure was something I had just discovered and I wanted to compose something for it. There's not much to be said about this one. It's Doctor + Doctor Who Theme. Yeah. @@ -670,7 +795,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Wind In My Heir Artist: Joe Ouellet Track Art: Racheme -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wind-in-my-heir +Duration: 3:27 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/wind-in-my-heir +- https://youtu.be/hwYXNdhsZIA?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Joe Oullet: WIMH is one of my fisrt original Homestuck fan-pieces. Originally entered in the contest to select tracks for Colours and Mayhem, it was a song geared towards John and his powers as an Heir of Breath. I chose a very laid back feel to this piece, progressing fom a soft choir at the beginning, picking up an arpeggiated synth and kick on the way to a more intense section of the song. I wanted the song to flow just like the wind: starting softly, the breeze picks up gradually, when suddenly a gust of wind comes, only to leave just as fast as it came. @@ -678,6 +806,7 @@ Commentary: Track: Fighting Spirit ~Second Form~ Artist: Kevin Grant Track Art: sketchcomplex +Duration: 4:22 References: - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) - Endless Climb @@ -695,7 +824,9 @@ References: - Ocean Stars - Homestuck Anthem - How Do I Live -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fighting-spirit-second-form +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/fighting-spirit-second-form +- https://youtu.be/gX4RAeGIDEM?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Kevin Grant: With 16 songs included in the mashup, it's a far mroe complicated piece than the original. I tried to include many songs from Volume 8, like the Ocean Stars Falling bit near the end. I think it flows smoother than the original due to both song choice, and the one-year difference in skill level when creating the song. Both are made entirely in Famitracker. @@ -703,7 +834,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Corkscrew Sundown Artist: Trent West Track Art: straightfacedgriff -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/corkscrew-sundown +Duration: 4:14 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/corkscrew-sundown +- https://youtu.be/sJVzHZJBAhA?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: straightfacedgriff: This is my favourite song on the album, and I ended up doing two track arts for it. This one is better, I think! I decided to use Doc Scratch because the song was about the Green Sun, and out of all the characters associated with it, I felt Doc Scratch best suited the song. @@ -711,11 +845,14 @@ Commentary: Track: Doghead Artist: Willow Ascenzo, D. Crystal Track Art: albel-is-mine +Duration: 3:19 References: - Chorale for Jaspers - Sburban Jungle - Carefree Action -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/doghead +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/doghead +- https://youtu.be/wXJ4nXAu2CM?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Willow Ascenzo: I got the idea for "Doghead" shortly after "Cascade" and Jade's incredible ascension. I set out to create something epic, fast-paced, and exciting, but once I'd finished the first part, I found it was missing something. So I approached MSPA forumite and fellow Homestuck fan musician D. Crystal to see if he could add some guitar and drum tracks. He was happy to oblige, and the endresult turned out much better than the work I could do by myself. I learned two lessons that one day: one, that two heads are better than one and collaboration is incredibly fun, and two, that electric guitars make everything better. @@ -723,7 +860,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Jane's Theme Artist: David Dycus Track Art: positivelymorbid -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/janes-theme +Duration: 2:14 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/janes-theme +- https://youtu.be/J-Ff0WoEiS8?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: David Dycus: Jane's theme was my third and final entry into the HS music contest, conceived and completed less than a day before I made my submission. It obviously didn't make the cut, and Jane ended up receiving a much more badass theme in the form of [[Cyan Beast]]. At the time when I wrote the song (around January 29, 2012), we really didn't know much about Jane beyond the fact that she was a nice girl who enjoyed baking. I tried to give her a theme that was quaint and melodic, not too energetic like my other submissions; compared to most of the other characters, Jane is very down-to-earth, which I admired. Structurally, it loosely parallels [[Fuchsia Witch]], which was originally titled "Jake's Theme." @@ -733,6 +873,7 @@ Commentary: Track: The Four Thrones Artist: Samm Neiland Track Art: Reid Slater +Duration: 5:15 References: - Sburban Jungle - Showtime (Original Mix) @@ -741,7 +882,9 @@ References: - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) - Homestuck Anthem - Dissension (Original) -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-four-thrones +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-four-thrones +- https://youtu.be/gjRlg2sGgN0?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Samm Neiland: So this was done mostly as a self response to another fan track I did which was a minute or so long music box rendition of Showtime. While pretty, it hardly showcased my abilities as a musician or a producer. So in about the span of the week, I arranged, composed, and produced a traditional string quartet, heavily inspired by cellist and multitrack recording artist, Zoë Keating. All the recording was done with only my viola and my signature production style. @@ -752,7 +895,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Jade Aubade Artist: Trent West Track Art: nappotuna -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jade-aubade +Duration: 3:59 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/jade-aubade +- https://youtu.be/NHjYM56U2os?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: nappotuna: Listening to the song, I immediately wanted to do something involving Jade doing something cool. When I asked Trogg bout it, I learned that the song was actually based more so on the Green Sun. I didn't want to just trash my current progress with Jade so I changed things up a little. Added the Sun in the back, changed the light sources into more green-like tones, et cetera. @@ -761,7 +907,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Blood Knight Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell Track Art: Elanor Pam -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blood-knight-2 +Duration: 4:29 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/blood-knight-2 +- https://youtu.be/kmnBn-BKAzg?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Rachel Rose Mitchell: When I amde Blood Knight, I was still pretty exhausted from putting Mechani% - now known as [[Indigo Archer]] - together. I'd never made anything as complex as Indigo Archer bfeore and on top of that I had massive anxieties about getting into the competition. I was stressed out! So Blood Knight nearly never happened. @@ -771,17 +920,23 @@ Commentary: Track: In The Shadow of a Fractured Sun Artist: Artisticpolo Track Art: megalovriska -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-shadow-of-a-fractured-sun +Duration: 4:44 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-shadow-of-a-fractured-sun +- https://youtu.be/Mu93RembYqM?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Artisticpolo: Initially a [[Frost:frost-vol6]] remix but it became something else. The square-wave arpeggio that you hear is probably the only thing that is now reminiscent of that remix. It was because of the harp that this grew into something different. I actually composed this while the composition was playing. I would listen to the notes I had composed, and I would just place new notes where I think they would work while listening. Somehow, everything just seemed to fit together - the violins, the synths, the percussion - everything just worked. The structure of this composition just flowed. I'm pretty sure this is one of my bset pieces so far. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Red Miles -Directory: red-miles-lofam2 Artist: David Dycus Track Art: Amethyst Barron +Duration: 2:25 References: Sburban Jungle -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-miles +Directory: red-miles-lofam2 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/red-miles +- https://youtu.be/uYkKgHTi-S0?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: David Dycus: Red Miles was the first Homestuck song I ever completed, early in 2011. I had just installed a new copy of FL Studio after losing my old copy in a hard drive crash two years earlier. I imemediately threw together about five Homestuck songs in a desperate attempt to get on the music team. Shortly thereafter, I discovered about a thousand other fan musicians like myself (and also LOFAM I), and quietly accepted that I would never, ever be on an official Homestuck album. @@ -789,9 +944,12 @@ Commentary: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Elegy for a Thief (Dreamscape Remix) Artist: Willow Ascenzo -References: Spider's Claw Track Art: Cap -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/elegy-for-a-thief-dreamscape-remix +Duration: 1:$8 +References: Spider's Claw +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/elegy-for-a-thief-dreamscape-remix +- https://youtu.be/dod8eS9-JMc?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Willow Ascenzo: I wrote Elegy for a Thief back in August 2011, inspired by the evocative image of ghost-Vriska standing in the snow outside John's house. After re-arranging it into a solo piano piece, I sat on it for a while. Eventually I began to work on another remix, but forgot about it. Then the song was nominated for Land of Fans and Music 2, and I rushed to polish up the song now that I had better tools and more skill. But I'd lost the original file, and the only remaining part of the scrapped remix was the right-hand piano notes (luckily, those were the most important part of the song)! The new remix is exotic and a bit hypnotic, syumbolizing John and Vriska's journey through the sureal and fantastic memory-realms of the afterlife. @@ -802,7 +960,10 @@ Commentary: Track: We Won't Wander Alone Artist: Land of Ships and Music Track Art: tacostothenorth -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-wont-wander-alone +Duration: 3:54 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/we-wont-wander-alone +- https://youtu.be/xFXXrQoAZs4?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Lyrics: PM: You have ensnared me with your democratic charm
And I know that together this land won't fall
I'd like to be the one hanging on this mayor's arm
We can rule these sands until the trees grow tall WV: Your royal quest has brought you here to me
From the golden castle in the night
and I would venture to call it destiny
and we dance beneath the fireflies' light @@ -815,7 +976,10 @@ Lyrics: Track: Embittered Shore Artist: Max Wright Track Art: clumsyroyalty -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/embittered-shore +Duration: 3:22 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/embittered-shore +- https://youtu.be/6NIkdexVdT4?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Max Wright: I've always liked the idea behind Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido, and the mysterious character canvas that the album brought across. So, from there, I wanted to contribute my own ideas of how MTaHK were represented, and ended up with Embittered Shore. I wanted the piece to have that 'Bowman' quality to it, while still refraining from outright copying his ideas off in any particular way - the heavy use of guitars and fleeting synths was my way of capturing the emotion that Bowman injects into his music, to bring across his characterization. Ultimately, the piece ends the way it started - it is a brief window through which the troubled characters may be projected and represented. @@ -823,10 +987,13 @@ Commentary: Track: Ye Flarey Gentlemen Artist: Clark Powell Track Art: Dawn Davis +Duration: 2:46 References: - Flare - God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ye-flarey-gentlemen +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ye-flarey-gentlemen +- https://youtu.be/AWWt9nhx6t0?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Clark Powell: This song was made at Christmas. @@ -837,7 +1004,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Finale Strife Artist: Willow Ascenzo Track Art: Ducky Senpai -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/finale-strife +Duration: 4:13 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/finale-strife +- https://youtu.be/THrQgH-xopg?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Willow Ascenzo: I began "Finale Strife" as a long, slow-burning build-up song for the final battle with Lord English, in a similar vein to "Finale Toccata" from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. That, however, didn't pan out, and it ended up turning into a fast-paced, high-energy strife theme more in the vein of "The Curse of Sorrow" from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (the only Castlevania game I've actually come close to beating), especially the organ, electric guitar, and snappy drum kit. The main melody has some resemblance to the Black King's theme from [[Rex Duodecim Angelus]] by Malcolm Brown, but not enough to qualify as a remix or arrangement. @@ -847,7 +1017,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Gangsta Artist: Dante Basco Track Art: clumsyroyalty -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gangsta +Duration: 2:59 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/gangsta +- https://youtu.be/YR3O-23PD3o?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Lyrics: ??? Commentary: @@ -860,17 +1033,22 @@ Track: Joy And Dreams Eternal Artist: Malcolm Brown Track Art: Fitzwibble References: Ballad of Awakening -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/joy-and-dreams-eternal +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/joy-and-dreams-eternal +- https://youtu.be/KlKvnXvJ5a8?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Fitzwibble: When I first heard this song, I got this sense of... I guess you could call it grand scale? Glrious grandscaliness? No wait that is dumb. I wanted to do something that captured that feeling, and it made me think of the panel where we see Prospit rising over the towers of the moon, and I could just imagine Jade flying around and marvelling at this amazing view. I hope I did the song justice! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track: Guns Blazing -Artist: Yishan Mai +Artist: Catboss Track Art: angryoct -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/guns-blazing +Duration: 2:45 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/guns-blazing +- https://youtu.be/nzXoB2hXYCw?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: - Yishan Mai: + Catboss: The first song I made for the Homestuck contest, and IMO the best! It's supposed to be a Showtime for the new generaiton, a strife theme for Jake English - although the melody ended up sounding more like Dissension than Showtime. The progression is spposed to be Showtime-esque as well, starting from the piano refrain, going into a hciptune-esque portion, and finally building to a BOSS FIGHT version, using punchy drums (the punchiest!) to simulate gunshots. So close your eyes and imagine Jake doing that thing where he flies through the air shooting both guns at once. Yes. So sweet. Wouldn't it be great if there were an aimated flash to go with it? That would be SUPER SWEET. (Bonus fun fact: the last 30 seconds of the song was actually the first part to be conceptualized!) @@ -878,8 +1056,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Showtime (Svix Mix) Artist: Svix Track Art: PV +Duration: 2:51 References: Showtime (Original Mix) -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-svix-mix +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-svix-mix +- https://youtu.be/dodzDnjmY9Q?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Svix: I created the first verison of my Showtime remix back in September 2009 shortly after I started getting into Homestuck, it seemed to go down well and a few months later I was invited to be part of the official music team. @@ -890,7 +1071,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Ugly Story Artist: PhemieC Track Art: prismatic-void -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ugly-story +Duration: 3:19 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ugly-story +- https://youtu.be/Nbxu8jl_jVU?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Lyrics: I am a prince and I live in a ship and I aim my rifle and I shoot from the hip
and I have a friend I pity quite a bit
She said, "Grab your gun, let's have some fun, share with me your perigees
I have responsibilities, I cannot run!" "I do not wish the death of any living thing,
I might be a killer but one day I shall be a queen
and put an end to slaughter, but until then I'm keen
on staking claim to land and sea and everyfin between." @@ -914,7 +1098,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Dark Funk Artist: Kevin Grant Track Art: Shoona -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dark-funk +Duration: 2:47 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/dark-funk +- https://youtu.be/7m3FoAy7An4?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Kevin Grant: This didn't start out as a Homestuck themed song, but once I realized that it mached up with the dark and moody feel of the Midnight Crew, I decided to complete it with that goal in mind. The song itself is pretty simple, all in all. I just really dig that bassline. @@ -922,7 +1109,10 @@ Commentary: Track: A Stitch In Time Artist: Joe Ouellet Track Art: AS -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-stitch-in-time +Duration: 2:26 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/a-stitch-in-time +- https://youtu.be/_y_NODhJfDE?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Joe Ouellet: When given the chance ot make an extra track for LOFAM 2, I jumped at the opportunity. It turns out I was assigned a Felt realted track, specifically to Stitch. I wanted to stay true to the feel of the album The Felt. I used strings, light percussion, and most importantly, I messed around with teh tempo. This was a little bit of a challenge for me, but I think it turned outa lright. Fun fact; The glitchy effect was not on purpose, it was an export error I thought sounded cool so I kept it. @@ -930,12 +1120,15 @@ Commentary: Track: Ave Dei Novi Artist: Willow Ascenzo Track Art: xkoraxayomex +Duration: 3:48 References: - Doctor - Dissension (Original) - Aggrieve - Atomyk Ebonpyre -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ave-dei-novi +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/ave-dei-novi +- https://youtu.be/y3jkIF6yMkc?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Willow Ascenzo: When I started "Ave Dei Novi" (a song made just for Land of Fans and Music 2), I fully intended that it would be the biggest, strongest, most well-composed, best Homestuck fan composition I've workedo n tto date, a sort of capstone of Homestuck fan music. The first Land of Fans and Music had two of my early songs on it, and I felt it was appropriate that I do my best and show how far I'd come in a year for the second album. "Ave Dei Novi" takes its cue, partially, from the bombastic and incredible Gundam Unicorn soundtrack by Sawano Hiroyuki, especially in the orchestra and percussion grooves, which I worked very hard on. I think I'm most proud of the bongo groove breakdown in the middle and the "Atomyk Ebonpyre" section near the end. Those two parts ended up especially fantastic. @@ -947,7 +1140,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Nevermore (Can't Sleep, Crows Will Find Me) Artist: Thomas Ferkol Track Art: Amethyst Barron -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/nevermore-cant-sleep-crows-will-find-me +Duration: 3:08 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/nevermore-cant-sleep-crows-will-find-me +- https://youtu.be/SCNRj_vp9SM?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Brad Griffin: No commentary here! @@ -961,8 +1157,11 @@ Commentary: Track: Prophecy Artist: David Dycus Track Art: Daysi +Duration: 2:26 References: Penumbra Phantasm -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prophecy +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/prophecy +- https://youtu.be/uFGakc3gyDM?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: David Dycus: Prophecy was made in February of 2011, a couple of months after I re-installed FL Studio. [[Umbral Ultimatum]] remains one of my favorite HS songs, and I wanted to do something in 3/4 time using the opening melody. The song's development is kind of a blur to me now, I was busy with work and was experiencing some anxiety problems, and threw the song together over a two or three-day period, but it obviously took a very dark turn somewhere along the way. Whatever happened, I'm still pretty pleased with how it turned out. @@ -970,6 +1169,7 @@ Commentary: Track: The Dance of Oblivion Artist: Domble Track Art: piskomil +Duration: 3:10 References: - At The Price of Oblivion - Rex Duodecim Angelus @@ -977,7 +1177,9 @@ References: - Sburban Jungle - An Unbreakable Union - Mutiny -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-dance-of-oblivion +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/the-dance-of-oblivion +- https://youtu.be/dw9fX9Z6jK4?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Domble: The original version of this track had huge problems. I kept the writing mostly the same, only adding little flourishes here and there and improving the overall sound of the piece dramatically. It just sounds nicer now, and that guitar solo part at the end helps add a real finish to the piece while referencing both titular trakcs in a different, significant way. @@ -986,10 +1188,13 @@ Commentary: Track: Alphamatic Replacement Artist: Xauric Track Art: dodostad -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alphamatic-replacement +Duration: 4:13 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/alphamatic-replacement +- https://youtu.be/IEI_jZ4jiOU?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Xauric: - So... this piece was originally designed to just be... exactly that. Just another piece. It wasn't meant for Homestuck, it wasn't meant or Tumblr ora nyone to see it. But a fantastic friend of mine told me about the Homestuck Music competition, so I figured why not. I sent this in after tweaking it a bit, and just for fun, threw it upon Tumblr. I then left for vacation, but still had internet access. I came back to see my song exploded on Tumblr, and was promptly getting upwards of 1,000-3,000 views a week. Needless to say, I was ecstatic. The song itself was kind of... my own personal blend? I love songs that combine organic and inorganic elements, and with Homestuck being the big thing on the block lately, I decided to try it out. As evidence by this album, it didn't make it, but it certainly was a big hit. However, what's funnier is that the version I put on Tumblr was the unmastered version, so when I put the mastered version up, it didn't get nearly as many hits as the unmastered version. + So... this piece was originally designed to just be... exactly that. Just another piece. It wasn't meant for Homestuck, it wasn't meant or Tumblr or anyone to see it. But a fantastic friend of mine told me about the Homestuck Music competition, so I figured why not. I sent this in after tweaking it a bit, and just for fun, threw it upon Tumblr. I then left for vacation, but still had internet access. I came back to see my song exploded on Tumblr, and was promptly getting upwards of 1,000-3,000 views a week. Needless to say, I was ecstatic. The song itself was kind of... my own personal blend? I love songs that combine organic and inorganic elements, and with Homestuck being the big thing on the block lately, I decided to try it out. As evidence by this album, it didn't make it, but it certainly was a big hit. However, what's funnier is that the version I put on Tumblr was the unmastered version, so when I put the mastered version up, it didn't get nearly as many hits as the unmastered version. A lot of people have asked me whether or not I'm going to make a second Homestuck track. And as much as I love the motivation from fans to do so, I don't think I could handle trying to one-up a piece like this and failing. So, here's to you, Homestuck. dodostad: For me the sogn was about alpha kids, no question about it. It took me a long time to come up with a composition that I liked and that seemed to fit the song. LOOK OUT FOR THE MILES JANE @@ -997,7 +1202,10 @@ Commentary: Track: Planetarium Artist: Rachel Rose Mitchell Track Art: Spectrumfizz -URLs: https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/planetarium +Duration: 3:13 +URLs: +- https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/planetarium +- https://youtu.be/0J76sysYCOE?list=PLnVpmehyaOFZuWBGTwXgaTHoEU0I81xei Commentary: Rachel Rose Mitchell: Planetarium was the first piece of Homestuck fan music I ever made. I'd oly just caught up with the archives when I was set a composition assignment or university. Having never used Logic to compose before, I had fun playing with a bunch of the different inbuilt instruments. When I found the koto, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I tried to make it sound somewhat ethereal and otherworldly to represent the Incipisphere in all its beautiful weirdness. To try to do that, I threw a whole lot of reverb and delay at pretty much every track. I really did not know what I was doing, but it was fun. -- cgit 1.3.0-6-gf8a5