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Released 7/20/2024.
Duration: 2:15.

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Tracks that Gale-Force (vs. John) references:

• Showtime (Piano Refrain) by Kevin Regamey
• Doctor by Buzinkai and Clark Powell
• Harlequin by Mark J. Hadley
• Sburban Jungle by Michael Guy Bowman

Artist commentary for Gale-Force (vs. John):

Guffy ✑ Bandcamp about blurb

originally named "jonny boy"

the characters i feel i woulda been the best at got taken like immediately

so i took the chance to do something ive wanted to for a while, emulate some kinda yoko shimomura style stuff

yoko shimomura's work has this powerful, but beautiful sounding piano, and since i'm doing stuff for John this is a good time for piano

im borrowing bits from showtime, doctor, sburban something, and harlequin in places

there was an electric guitar i had which i felt happy with in the intro but Pro Tools crashed and my backup lost a bunch of changes i had made to it i couldnt recover, so it had to say goodbye :(

i wanted to involve more stuff with solo strings but i didnt want to push it too far into rose territory. i've also been fucking around with breakbeats and stuff lately so ive had to keep that out of here too lol (edit: i didnt keep it out i had to play with them)

i got stuck with this track a lot and i feel like you can probably hear it by the way its kinda segmented around where i started playing with motifs and sections from other john-related songs but i'd like to think it works out.

also endings are HARD sometimes dude.

1/3/2025with respect to this album —
about 5 months, 14 days later Guffy ✑ HSMusic Discord

yo i wrote this and im doing my best to remember whats what

• 0:00-0:10 - i dont remember if this is a direct reference oops
• 0:10-0:13 - showtime (piano refrain)
• 0:12-0:35 - doctor [the organ, the piano runs are just embellishment]
• 0:48-1:10 - ??? [NO IDEA as of this moment, going through backups to try pick it apart]
• 1:36-2:00 - harlequin

thankfully i have 150 backups, apparently

i am 80% sure i only used showtime, doctor, sburban whatever and harlequin

0:48-1:10 MIGHT be doctor but key changed and note lengths all made the same?? i truly cant tell or remember anymore
edit: no thats what i did in that post into section. idk what this shit is

oh the organ part in that might be arranged from harlequin

1/4/2025with respect to this album —
about 5 months, 15 days later Guffy ✑ HSMusic Discord

alright so for gale force its like

• 0:00–0:10 ??? [no reference i think? i do not Remember]
• 0:10-0:13 showtime (piano refrain)
• 0:12-0:35 doctor [the organ], showtime (piano refrain) [the end of some of the piano runs]
• 0:35-0:47 showtime (piano refrain) [i think this is the piano refrain? the original mix has different embellishments and the refrain specific phrase ending i keep quoting that the original mix doesnt have]
• 0:47–0:58 ??? [i genuinely have NO idea what this is. could be filler? could be pre-emptive chords for the next part? i have 150 backups of this track working on it and theres an ominous gap where this section was worked on]
• 0:58–1:10 harlequin [pitch changed and note length fuckery]
• 1:10–1:33 Sburban (something)
• 1:22–1:36 showtime (piano refrain) [again :)]
• 1:36–2:00 harlequin [this time quicker paced than the first tee hee]
• 2:02- ??? [this is just the intro again, but without the showtime ending]

Referencing sources for Gale-Force (vs. John): Referencing sources for Gale-Force (vs. John)…

Guffy ✑ Bandcamp about blurb

so i took the chance to do something ive wanted to for a while, emulate some kinda yoko shimomura style stuff [...]

im borrowing bits from showtime, doctor, sburban something, and harlequin in places [...]

i got stuck with this track a lot and i feel like you can probably hear it by the way its kinda segmented around where i started playing with motifs and sections from other john-related songs but i'd like to think it works out.

1/7/2025with respect to this album —
about 5 months, 18 days later Quasar Nebula: wiki editor

Also see detailed reference breakdown in artist commentary.