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Daywalker ~Rise~ Listen on: SoundCloud
Catboss ✑ SoundCloud description
DEBUNK
The last of my three entries to the Homestuck Music Contest, the other two being Guns Blazing and Vodka Mutiny.
A song for Kanaya, this song is - in my opinion - the weakest contender of the lot. Daywalker nonetheless marks my first attempt at using real audio in a song - I recorded the flute performance myself. Unfortunately, my playing, recording, and production are definitely not up to snuff, honestly. Given that it was recorded with a terrible laptop mic, with a player who hadn't played in a long while (me), I suppose that was honestly no surprise.
However, I love both the harp and flute melodies in this song. It was a blast to play, and I'd definitely think about using them again at some point in the future.
haunt Listen on: YouTube
Niklink: wiki editor
This track is also known as 'Hussjam' in the current iteration of the Homestuck Sound Test.
>Lexxer: Ascend
Quasar Nebula: wiki editor
From James Roach's decommissioned fantroll album.
Lullaby of the furthest ring (2/21) Listen on: Tumblr, HSMusic (wiki archive)
very loose music box fm synth arrangement of let the squiddles sleep that never went anywhere
"enjoy"
Quasar Nebula: wiki editor
Released on Tumblr on February 21, 2013; the linked file is dated two years earlier, on January 28, 2011 (21:29:16 UTC).
Old Skacret Listen on: HSMusic (wiki archive)
Makin: wiki editor
James Roach took down this track after a year or two and never reuploaded it.
Pascal Kepler, Thief of Mind
Quasar Nebula: wiki editor
From James Roach's decommissioned fantroll album.
Rex English Listen on: YouTube
Niklink: wiki editor
Unofficial name. Archived link to the original Tumblr post.
Skaian Shuffle Listen on: Tumblr, YouTube, HSMusic (wiki archive)
This one is called Skaian Shuffle. Warning: hard limiting, repetitive structure, and cheap beats.
I made this something like two years ago, and I never let it be published because the quality is really only so-so. However, recently I've been working with Riki Tsuji on remastering some Homestuck tunes for the DJ set he'll be playing live at the Austin meetup. For this reason, I've pulled Shuffle out of the mothballs and remastered it to be more conducive to bapping.
Bapping is what we in the music industry call DJing. We're very professional.
Teal Hunter, White Dragon Listen on: SoundCloud, YouTube
Teal Hunter, White Dragon
I remixed Teal Hunter. Now it sounds cooler!
Willow Ascenzo ✑ SoundCloud description
A remix of my song "Teal Hunter" from "coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A"
An updated version is featured on my EP "Rust Apocalypse"!
The Thirteenth Troll Listen on: YouTube
Toby Fox ✑
did something cute with UU’s theme from Alternia
u_u;;;
The Undying Listen on: YouTube
Right around when Cherubim came out in March, I got a few requests to hear what the original sketches were for Red Sucker and Green Lolly. These were the skeletons that I gave the team. I worked with them through the process with input and suggestions on the pacing and structure, but they really took these simple ideas and ran in the best possible direction!
The cherubs are bizarre creatures, and everything about them is pretty far out there, so I focused on chromaticism in the themes to give it some off kilter base. Caliborn is (pardon my French) a little shit. He’s diabolical and selfish. I decided to base this skeleton on a minor triad to give it a darker tone right off the bat. Mirroring it on the Calliope sketch accidentally gave it a Kuja’s Theme tone to it, which I ended up loving. I immediately approached Kali about adding his own personal flare to it. I’ve always been a monumental fan of his compositions, especially TOTA, which was the sound I was looking for. He nailed it exponentially!
The Uranian Listen on: YouTube
Right around when Cherubim came out in March, I got a few requests to hear what the original sketches were for Red Sucker and Green Lolly. These were the skeletons that I gave the team. I worked with them through the process with input and suggestions on the pacing and structure, but they really took these simple ideas and ran in the best possible direction!
The cherubs are bizarre creatures, and everything about them is pretty far out there, so I focused on chromaticism in the themes to give it some off kilter base. Caliborn is (pardon my French) a little shit. He’s diabolical and selfish. I decided to base this skeleton on a minor triad to give it a darker tone right off the bat. Mirroring it on the Calliope sketch accidentally gave it a Kuja’s Theme tone to it, which I ended up loving. I immediately approached Kali about adding his own personal flare to it. I’ve always been a monumental fan of his compositions, especially TOTA, which was the sound I was looking for. He nailed it exponentially!
Valor Listen on: Tumblr, YouTube
"Valor"
A combination of the original Showtime and Dissension I made to serve as a strife theme for Jake English a year ago. I was actually going to make strife tunes for all of the alpha kids, but I was worried that Valor might be feel repetitive with Assault on the same album. Then Bowman made Elephant Gun and I just stopped working on it.
Interestingly this file was last modified on 11/5/11.
Wily Espionage Listen on: HSMusic (wiki archive)
Going places?
#wip #roxy lalonde #derse
🤡 Listen on: YouTube
Tee-vee ✑
BGM for the Grand Highblood route of DistantQuest, a fan-made friendsim game about the troll Ancestors from Homestuck. Check it out here: distantpast.itch.io/distantquest
Bandcamp release of the full soundtrack to come soon once the final character routes will be released !
720413 Listen on: HSMusic (wiki archive)
Track released 2/4/2013.
720413
A work in progress, blending two songs. Basically the sequel to Sburban Genesis.
Amphibian Archeology Listen on: Tumblr, HSMusic (wiki archive)
Track released 5/28/2012.
Amphibian Archeology
Here’s another Homestuck tune, this time for the Frog Temple and all its inhabitants. Jade inspired the bass and flute, while the rest is based on the Exiles. I intended it to sound desert-like. This piece was a blast to work on, as was Pacific Lullaby. I hope I will be able to submit one or the other for consideration on Land of Fans and Music II.
Ascend (Famitracker 8-Bit Cover) Listen on: YouTube
cookiefonster ✑ YouTube description
An 8-bit cover of the song titled Ascend from the new music album, Homestuck Volume 10. As far as I'm aware I'm the first person on YouTube to post an 8-bit cover of a song from Volume 10 so that's a pretty cool acomplishment.
Edit: And now I'm the first to 8-bit cover the ending credits song in Homestuck. How cool is that???
Original song by Tensei. He has heard this cover.
At My Own Tempo (Beta) Listen on: SoundCloud
Uploaded for archival purposes.
Finished/fully released version of this track is on Desynced's "Anthology II" album.
Batrachian Biogeny Listen on: Tumblr, HSMusic (wiki archive)
Track released 1/7/2012.
Batrachian Biogeny
This song is my entry to the Homestuck Music Competition. It’s a theme for Bilious Slick, the glowing frog who also happens to be an entire universe. The celebratory melody represents the tremendous achievement of creating a Genesis Frog and the awe the Consorts and Prospitians have for it. There are hints of disturbances to come, however.
BURN BRIGHT (Preview) Listen on: YouTube
Track released 7/31/2024.
punkipatch ✑ YouTube description
when i made this, it wasn't for anything in particular, but now...
well, who knows!
Calming Quartz (Beta) Listen on: SoundCloud
The first Version of Calming Quartz, my song for the album Xenoplanetarium, a Homestuck Fan Album. I wasn't happy with this version so I redid the entire song. This song references Land of Quartz and Melody by Thomas Ferkol.
Chelsea: Examine Room Listen on: HSMusic (wiki archive)
Quasar Nebula: wiki editor
Unofficial name, since this wasn't officially released. (Nice Wizard's Newest Works features some tracks from Redditstuck, but not this one.)
DAVE STRIDER'S COOL MIXTAPE Listen on: SoundCloud
Circlejourney ✑ HSMusic Discord, wrote The Light's Rebellion
so I just had a memory hit me out of nowhere - me and serialsymphony discussed quoting each other's tracks reciprocally back when Dave Strider's Cool Mixtape was meant to be on Cosmic Caretakers. i.e. this track does reference The Light's Rebellion at 2:56
we both made the front half of our tracks, and then traded motifs in the back half, so it really is a reciprocal reference
sorry for your ears @ anyone who listens through this to confirm its existence
SerialSymphony ✑ Tumblr ask, excerpt
Lilith: [...] how does shitjazz.wav relate to DAVE STRIDER'S COOL MIXTAPE? cause the sbahj show sample is autotuned in DSCM, but in shitjazz, it's not; how are they related? which came first?
COOL MIXTAPE came first, but they're the same song, if there's any difference between the two it's likely just some weird thing that happened when exporting to .wav instead of .mp3, or maybe a random change I added and forgot about.
As a fun piece of Lore(TM), i chose the soundcloud image for that one based on a profile picture my brother used to use, I thought it was the perfect 'generic anime white guy' version of Dave and it made the horrible quality of the song twice as ironic, which I'm sure he'd approve of.
I really spent way too much time making music back then. Feels ridiculous to look back at it now.
Friendsim 2 Prologue End Fanfare
Niklink: wiki editor
The four fanfares used in the different endings for Friendsim 2's prologue are variations on the same motif. Since they were all released simultaneously, we don't currently know the exact relationship between them, but in the meantime this track entry ensures they appear as being related to each other.
Friendsim 2 Volume 12 Clownery
Lilithtreasure: wiki editor
The four clown tracks used in Friendsim 2's Volume 12 are variations on the same motif; however, we do not know the exact relationship between the four tracks, since they were released together. In the meantime, this track entry will ensure they appear as being related to each other.
Heir of Grief Sax Cover Listen on: YouTube
As we near the end of Homestuck, please listen to this cover of Joren "Tensei" de Bruin's "Heir of Grief" on saxophone.
Since its beginning on April 13, 2009, Homestuck has accumulated over 8000 pages and 800,000 words and numerous characters. With End of Act 6's flash [S] Collide, the final act has begun. It's hard to believe that on April 13, 2016, the entire journey will be over.
EQUIPMENT (it doesn't require the best!)
Instrument: Conn 24M Alto Saxophone
Mouthpiece: JodyJazz HR 6M
Ligature: Rovner C1RL MK III
Reed: Vandoren Java 2
Mic: Blue Yeti
Camera: Canon EOS SL1/100DDAW: Reaper
Video Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Keep your head down, Rustblood! [Sax Cover Story] Listen on: YouTube
Rustbloods, unite! Do not be content to keep your head down with this sax cover of James Roach & Toby Fox's "Keep your head down" and "Rustblood".
This cover story was surprisingly difficult to do. Hiveswap (the long awaited sidequest for the Homestuck series) is very new, so there's a real possibility of spoiling things -- and this is especially the case since there are folks who are already familiar with Homestuck and folks who are not.
This cover story could be like the prequel to the events of Hiveswap, maybe. Or at least, an imagining of something that could fit there.
►EQUIPMENT◄
🎷 Instrument : Conn 24M Alto Saxophone
Mouthpiece: JodyJazz HR 6M
Ligature: Rovner C1RL MK III
Reed: Vandoren Java 2🎤 Mic: Electro Voice RE-20
📷 Camera: Canon EOS SL1/100D🎛️ DAW: Reaper
🎞️ Video Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
The Land Of Wind And Shade Listen on: SoundCloud
This is sort of a tribute tune to the Webcomic "MS Paint Adventures". It's very fresh; I recorded it almost as soon as I finished writing it. I slathered on Phasers, Chorus, Reverb and Echo to support the dreamy feel of the piece. It's played almost entirely with harmonics. Altered Tuning, too. ;)
Enjoy!
luke_rave_f Listen on: HSMusic (wiki archive)
Quasar Nebula: wiki editor
Unofficial name, not officially released.
Mother (Raid Cover/Remix) Listen on: YouTube
i meant to upload this at midnight but i got hit with food poisoning so i had to take drugs for the mind-numbing pain and go straight to sleep. i'm still in a lot of pain right now as i upload this. but i don't wanna miss the date. so forgive me if any details look off about the video. blame the food poisoning.
also, i kind of forgot it was 6/12 so i had to rush. i made this whole thing entirely over the course of this past weekend. i wish i could've spent more time mixing, getting a good guitar/bass tone, etc. but we'll just have to live with what i have now. maybe i'll make some more adjustments to the audio when i don't have food poisoning anymore.
this video marks the first on-camera appearance of my electric guitar, which i bought in march. and it's not even functioning as a guitar for most of this video. well, anyway, i now have a full rhythm section! drums, keys, bass. well. it's not technically a bass, but whatever. i'll take what i can get. and yeah. my drumstick broke on the last beat of the tune. very lucky. or unlucky.
i went a little harder with the jazz harmony on this one. a lot of 9ths and 13ths and dorian and lydian. some b9's and b5's and #5's in there too. it might sound weird to you if you ain't about it, but you'll get used to it. i sure did.
and i'm still working on that osu! video. it's coming soon.
Mutiny - Remix Listen on: YouTube
Caelan Kier ✑ YouTube description
By far the best removed song.
This song got removed from HOMESTUCK because there was issues with the artist, it's a shame...
I did this in FL Studio.
Pacific Lullaby Listen on: Tumblr, HSMusic (wiki archive)
Track released 5/27/2012.
Pacific Lullaby
Felt like working on something more peaceful today, so I came up with a theme for Jade on her Pacific island. Finally figured out how to use half these instruments as well, which is a plus on the side of musical education.
Stalemate Listen on: Tumblr, HSMusic (wiki archive)
Track released 8/6/2012.
Stalemate
Yay, new music, this time for Jack and PM as they traverse the Furthest Ring. Still trying to figure out the mastering controls. I have no idea what I’m doing.
Includes elements of Black, Sburban Jungle, Explore, and Flare. Inspired by Noirscape.
EDIT: This is an old draft. Still in progress.
Stalemate Listen on: Tumblr, HSMusic (wiki archive)
Track released 8/25/2012.
same date as this track Lark Mordancy ✑ Tumblr
Stalemate
Yeah! Another draft with more corrections. It shouldn’t sound so terrible now.
Anyways, this is for Jack and PM in their chase through the Furthest Ring. Quotes from Sburban Jungle (as usual), Explore, Flare, and Black. Inspired by Noirscape. How do you feel about it?
Quasar Nebula: wiki editor
This artwork is by Nic Carey and has been available from the artist as a print, but the original source (probably on Tumblr) is currently lost. The full artwork has been included on the MSPA wiki since March 7, 2011 and on MSPA Booru since November 4, 2012.
Too L8 Listen on: Tumblr, HSMusic (wiki archive)
Track released 1/20/2012.
Too L8
This is my final entry to the Homestuck Music Contest, this time for Vriska. This song was written with her confession scene in mind, so it quotes from John’s leitmotif Doctor as well as MeGaLoVania and Spider’s Claw for Vriska. There’s also a bit of Sburban Jungle, Homestuck Anthem, and BL1ND JUST1C3: 1NT3RROG4T1ON, since I like to end my songs on a morbid note.
The piano/chiptune combo from WV returns here, since I find it fairly useful for setting a melancholy mood. The electric guitar and bass were pretty much required, this being a Vriska theme after all. The alternation between the heavy guitar parts and the lighter piano sections was chosen to reflect the changing tone of Vriska’s conversation with John, the leitmotifs roughly matching the various subjects they talk about.
Too L8 took longer to put together than BB and WV combined, mostly due to school and sickness, but I’m still not certain about parts of it. Feedback was greatly appreciated on the first two songs, and any comments on this one would be fantastic.
Void Hopper Listen on: Tumblr, HSMusic (wiki archive)
Track released 2/14/2012.
Nachturne - Void Hopper
Alright, I finally got to submitting this (half an hour before the deadline oops). Unfortunately I had to leave out the chiptune section because of time constraints but I think I managed to pull it together in the end! I added a few new sections too so hopefully no harm done!
Read more Here!
Void Hopper Listen on: Tumblr, HSMusic (wiki archive)
Track released 1/30/2012.
Nachturne - Void Hopper (Work in Progress)
So yeah I guess I’m doing the music contest for Homestuck! Roxy is my favorite character so I decided to see if I couldn’t do her justice with a piece of music!
The beginning is supposed to be wizardy, and I tossed in a waltz rendition of Jasper’s theme because cats. After that, I used the bassline from Aggrievance (Mom’s strife theme). Then a chiptune section because she’s a gamer grrrl. I’m still a little unsure about the part at the end because I’m afraid that it might not fit her very well, but we’ll see. It’s supposed to represent her sleepwalking dreamself flying around Derse and the Furthest Ring.
More to come soon!
Wanderer's Vigil Listen on: Tumblr, HSMusic (wiki archive)
Track released 1/8/2012.
Wanderer’s Vigil
This is my second entry to the Homestuck Music Contest. This song is for WV in his various identities, from Villein to Vagabond. The industrial drum set was chosen to give a feel for his origins as a pawn in the vast mechanisms of SBURB, while the determined mood is based on his defiance in the face of overwhelming odds. The song briefly quotes from Sburban Jungle, along with Skaian Skirmish.
Wanderer's Vigil Listen on: Tumblr, HSMusic (wiki archive)
Track released 6/25/2012.
Wanderer’s Vigil (First Update)
Back in the old days of a couple months ago, I entered a piece called Wanderer’s Vigil into the Homestuck Music Competition. It was pretty low-quality, but I think I’ve figured out some of the parts that didn’t work in it, such as the square waves and lack of equalization. Here’s an updated rendition. It’s still in progress, and feedback on what to work on next would be great, but it’s at least better than it was. Whoo, musical progress!
Oh, yeah, and it’s a theme for WV on the Battlefield. Quotes are from Skaian Skirmish and Sburban Jungle.
The Well Listen on: Bandcamp, YouTube
Mathias Ramalho ✑ Composer
Made for a MSPA-styled, DnD Session, named "Colored Castles"
Chronic Jungle (Redone) Listen on: SoundCloud
cookiefonster ✑ SoundCloud description
crypt said chronic jungle from call and new 2 sounded exactly like all my other music from that time (i made that thing in fucking november) so i redid it by remixing the same songs but with actual thought into it so its really a completely different song. i still made it in about an hour total but i like to think im good at music now.
im not redoing my other song (bolin's cereal journey) because even though i dont like that song either i dont see much "couldve been better/more interesting" in it either. i mean its already hard enough to make splitsuns better and i failed in that but at least made a maybe more interesting rack. its still a minute long track i made in an hour but my mind tells me this time the track isnt complete shit.
in any case this is the first actual song i made and finished in just over two months so yay for that. it was a good musical exercise
半影の復帰 Listen on: SoundCloud
coolandnewwebcomic.bandcamp.com/track/penumbra-phantasm-extended
Track art by Nights
will i ever finish this? find out never
Makin ✑
This is an unfinished version of the song known as "Hankage Fantazumu 2", which was never finished.
Ascending Strife Listen on: YouTube
Pascal van den Bos ✑ YouTube description
So this song has kind of an upsetting backstory to it, when i was working on it one of the plugins crashed and basically deleted the entire file, that's why i wasn't able to mix this properly. It was also supposed to be used on STLaP2 but after what happened i decided not to add it. I hope you guys still enjoy it and thanks so much to Vilros Safron on HSA for commissioning me! Check them here: aminoapps.com
Quasar Nebula: wiki editor
The YouTube upload for this track uses a crop of an artwork Vilros Safron shared on Amino.
A certain person did this wonderful thing for my boy
Dr. Plushie ✑ artwork
And you can find that person here:
Check out Dr. Plushie (@OCrusaider): (dead link)
Deception
Pascal van den Bos ✑ HSMusic Discord
as said earlier its from the sound test, but the soundtest thats online doesnt have even half of it in there
Dimlight
Quasar Nebula: wiki editor
Currently not released, but included in reference lists.
Driven Factor
Quasar Nebula: wiki editor
Currently not released, but included in reference lists.
Pascal van den Bos ✑ HSMusic Discord
its also a soundtest song
was later turned into collapse reprise from umspaf 5 i think
Static Dust
Quasar Nebula: wiki editor
Currently not released, but included in reference lists.
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