Dance of the Dead
Por Veritas Unae (
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Carátula por Selan Pike (
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Lanzado el 9/9/2017.
Duración: 13:04.
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Contribuidores:
- Nick Smalley (additional vocals)
Pistas que Dance of the Dead referencia:
- Showtime (Piano Refrain) por Kevin Regamey
- Verdancy (Bassline) por Kalibration
- Chorale for Jaspers por Michael Guy Bowman
- Tall, Dark and Loathsome por Clark Powell
- Ballad of Awakening por Malcolm Brown
- Versus por Toby Fox
- Skaian Summoning por Toby Fox
- Tangled Waltz por Michael Guy Bowman
- Omelette Sandwich por Mark J. Hadley
- A Tender Moment por Toby Fox
- Atomic Bonsai por Tensei
- A Fairy Battle por Toby Fox
- Heat por Clark Powell
- Beta Version por Michael Guy Bowman
- Let's All Rock the Heist por Robert J! Lake
- Revelations II por James Dever
- Aimless Morning Gold por Michael Guy Bowman
- Core of Darkness por Solatrus
- Escape Pod por Michael Guy Bowman
- Skaian Birth por Mark J. Hadley
- Temporal Shenanigans por Rachel Rose Mitchell
- Pendulum por Shandy
- Skaianet por Mark J. Hadley
- II - Sarabande por Clark Powell
- Underfoot por Erik Scheele
- Pondsquatter por Alex Rosetti
- Red Sucker por Kalibration
- Oppa Toby Style por Toby Fox
- Train por Buzinkai
- Penumbra Phantasm por Toby Fox
- Jack and Black Queen por Miss Prince
- Phantom Echoes por Andrew Huo
- Spider8ite!!!!!!!! por Kalibration
- Gods of the New World [Universe Creation] por Max Wright
- Jade Aubade por Trent West
- Bathearst's Theme por Eston Schweickart
- For Beforus por Nate Tronerud
- Four Kids and a Game They Play Together por Robert J! Lake
- Monochromatic Shenanigans por Kusoro
- Rouge on the Rox por Tensei
- JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 por SerialSymphony y Circlejourney
- Daydreamer por electric lantern
- Sburban Metro por Veritas Unae
Comentario del artista:
Veritas Unae:
I'm really sorry I delayed this album. I hope this is worth it.
Originally, when LoFaM 3 wrapped up and we were considering how LoFaM 4 could tie everything up, I approached konec0 about what should be done for the 'dance' track in that album could end up being. One of the original ideas was a song initially called 'Requiem Momentum / Moment of Dance'. Like Garden of Eden and konec0's dance tracks before it, it was going to flow between piano medleys (based around Requiem from Sburb) and high tempo dance segments. Eventually the ideas drifted towards being a love letter to all of Homestuck music, in particular, one that featured at least one song from every album. (Well... except Act 7, I have to draw lines somewhere; it's here I apologise to anyone expecting me to tackle the CaNMT discography.)
From there, konec0's involvement in the fan music scene dropped somewhat, and I was still particularly excited about this idea around the time the ball actually started rolling on LoFaM 4. So I decided to try and revive the dead dance. Humorously, Requiem no longer shows up in the piece, so Dance of the Dead is a bit of a misnomer, but I think the frantic pace and thematic idea of the beta kids and the Midnight Crew jamming together in the Farthest Ring is one we can all appreciate. The choice to go with jazz for the piece is mostly due to how comfortable I feel writing for small jazz ensembles. Another funny thing to note is that I gave anything tricky or unplayable to Jade (consider some of the basslines or the double notes on flute) - she must hve pulled out her dreambot again! (Not withstandding, I think a couple of carapacians picked up some alto saxes.)
Many thanks to all the amazing fan musicians who populated the sheet music thread back in the day. So amny of those scores were invaluable to me. Also thanks to TheOtherN on musescore for their incredible transcription of Watercolour, Alex Rosetti for the Pondsquatter MIDI, Max Wright for Gods of the New World sheet music, Nate Tronerud for the For Beforus sheet music, Tensei for the Rouge on the Rox MIDI, Circlejourney for the JUST1C3 MIDI, and Marcy for her incredible melody notating skills.
Selan Pike:
I think it makes a statement, and that statement is, "I've been playing too much Persona 5", or perhaps "I hate drawing musical isntruments"
References:
- Homestuck Vol. 1 - Showtime (Piano Refrain) - 00:00-00:37
- Homestuck Vol. 2 - Verdancy (Bassline) - 00:53-01:01
- Homestuck Vol. 3 - Chorale for Jaspers - 01:01-01:17
- Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead - Tall, Dark and Loathsome - 01:17-01:49
- Homestuck Vol. 4 - Ballad of Awakening - 01:25-01:49
- Homestuck Vol. 5 - Versus - 01:41-02:05
- Alternia - Skaian Summoning - 02:06-02:55
- Squiddles! - Tangled Waltz - 02:23-02:55
- The Felt - Omelette Sandwich - 02:55-03:42
- Homestuck Vol. 6 - A Tender Moment - 03:09-03:42
- Strife! - Atomic Bonsai - 03:27-04:00
- AlterniaBound - A Fairy Battle - 03:47-04:00
- Medium - Heat - 04:03-04:21
- Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido - Beta Version - 04:22-04:39
- Homestuck Vol. 7 - Let's All Rock the Heist - 04:22-04:39
- Sburb - Revelations II - 04:39-04:56
- The Wanderers - Aimless Morning Gold - 04:46-04:56
- Prospit & Derse - Core of Darkness - 04:56-05:27
- Homestuck Vol. 8 - Escape Pod - 05:03-05:10
- Song of Skaia - Skaian Birth - 05:10-05:27
- coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A - Temporal Shenanigans - 05:18-05:27
- coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B - Pendulum - 05:30-06:18
- :jokes: - Watercolour - 05:30-06:26
- Homestuck Vol. 9 - Skaianet - 06:26-6:58
- Symphony Impossible to Play - II - Sarabande - 06:42-06:58
- One Year Older - Underfoot - 06:58-07:16
- Genesis Frog - Pondsquatter - 07:16-07:30
- Cherubim - Red Sucker - 07:32-07:49
- [S] Collide. - Oppa Toby Style - 07:40-07:49
- Homestuck Vol. 10 - Train - 07:58-09:01
- :tobydog: - Penumbra Phantasm - 08:20-08:38
- Homestuck for the Holidays - George the Conductor - 09:05-09:11
- Land of Fans and Music - Jack and Black Queen - 09:11-09:33
- Jailbreak Vol. 1 - Phantom Echoes - 09:33-10:05
- Tomb of the Ancestors - Spider8ite!!!!!!!! - 09:41-10:05
- SBURB OST - Gods of the New World [Universe Creation] - 10:07-10:40
- Land of Fans and Music 2 - Jade Aubade - 10:23-10:57
- Land of Fans and Music 3 - Bathearst's Theme - 10:49-10:57
- Beforus - For Beforus - 10:57-11:24
- Stuckhome Syndrome Part 1 V1 - Four Kids and a Game They Play Together - 11:16-11:24
- Weird Puzzle Tunes - Monochromatic Shenanigans - 11:24-11:41
- Strife 2 - Rouge on the Rox - 11:41-11:58
- Ancestral - JUST1C3 R41NS FROM 4BOV3 - 11:56-11:21
- Land of Fans and Music 4 - Daydreamer - 11:58-12:13
- P[S] - Sburban Metro - 12:21-13:04