Pesterquest Soundtrack - Commentary
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Pesterquest Soundtrack Listen on: store.steampowered.com
Enjoy the fine-grooving tunes of Pesterquest, the grimsical episodic visual novel adventure set in the darkly funny Homestuck universe.
Quasar Nebula: (wiki editor)
This soundtrack released exclusively on Steam as paid DLC for Pesterquest; it's got some quirks, discussed below, but is probably the best and only official release of Pesterquest's we'll ever see.
Most tracks were originally composed by James Roach for Pesterquest; almost all of his tracks were included on this soundtrack release, though six were not:
- 2chords ("Dave Route Prelude")
- the drone rhythmic motif which can be found in act 1 and act 2 (not credited)
- it's a cover of 'made of time' (not credited)
- IT'S NOTHING (not credited)
- this is like... what was it... > [S] MSPAR: Remember ("Chaos Audio")
- normal song name ("Afterw@rd Theme")
Various tracks from prior releases were featured throughout Pesterquest. Some of these were released again on this soundtrack, while others weren't. Featured in Pesterquest from earlier Homestuck releases, and not on this soundtrack:
- WORST END, by James Roach ("Prologue Theme")
- END OF FRIENDVANGELION, by James Roach (not credited)
- Superego, by Yan Rodriguez ("Vriska's Theme")
- Bronze Rebel, by Yan Rodriguez ("Tavros' Theme")
- The La2t Frontiier, by Toby Fox ("Eridan & Sollux battle")
- Stress, by Buzinkai and Toby Fox ("Dirk's Theme")
- Embittered Shore, by Max Wright ("Reader's Theme")
Pesterquest features several tracks by artists who weren't formally part of the Homestuck music team. Across the lists above and the main track list, these are tracks featured from the Homestuck fan community:
- Superego, from coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A
- Indigo Heir, from coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A
- Bronze Rebel, from coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A
- Embittered Shore, from Land of Fans and Music 2
In Roachian fashion, most track names have slight (to significant) differences between their soundtrack release on Steam, individual track releases on SoundCloud, and the in-game credits list. All of these are noted on each track; on the wiki, the album's track list extracts the "main" part of the name of each track as part of the Steam release.
The album cover artwork is from the Steam library; track artworks for select James Roach tracks are from their releases on SoundCloud.
Quasar Nebula: (wiki editor)
During the timeframe where this album hadn't yet been released on Steam, tempest2k and other fans compiled the new tracks featured in Pesterquest into an album ready for anyone's music library, including full metadata and track artworks. This lacks the tracks featured elsewhere on Homestuck's discography, so it compliments the rest of a Homestuck library quite well. Visit this compilation on Google Drive.
(Reach out through tempest2k's carrd if you want your own tracks removed from this compilation, or to the wiki if you require the download link removed from HSMusic outright.)
Friendvangelion: Rebuild Listen on: SoundCloud, YouTube
how mysterious
sometimes i call andrew hussie 'andy' and so far he hasn't corrected me Listen on: SoundCloud, YouTube
SO! PesterQuest is out. We've been sitting on this one for a while. This first route has been done for a while. It was supposed to come out back on 6/12 but our new publisher had us sit on it for reasons that are beyond even me. Anyway, big ups to Malcolm and Mark for letting me use their themes.
I don't know if I'll have as much time or energy to do the tracks for pesterquest like i did for friendsim since i got a new job. I will try my best.
please support The Trevor Project Listen on: SoundCloud, YouTube
I wasn't certain how to approach this one. I knew if I was going to use the theme from endless climb it wouldn't feel right accepting any money for it. These things don't exactly pay well to begin with tbh, so i thought I would use the platform i've been given to try and do something... even a little positive.
at first the song was just going to be called "play the rain" because naming it something stupid, while keeping up with tradition, seemed like it would be in bad taste. at some point while i was working on it i started looking into various charities i could donate the proceeds to, and it hit me that i could just ask to make the title in the credits a link to the charity.
suicide is something that is hard for me to talk about. its very personal. i tend to internalize feelings in order not to.. bother anyone. a few months ago i called a suicide hotline when i hit a really low point and i think just the act of calling made me feel... in charge somehow? feelings are fucked up. don't be afraid to talk to someone. even if it is a stranger at the other end of a call. take that step. you're not bad for feeling that way.
so anyway. endless climb was one of the very first homestuck songs that really drew me in, and doing a cover of it all those years ago really got me back into taking composition seriously. it could easily be argued that this song changed my life for the better.
if you want to know more about the trevor project, or just suicide prevention in general visit thetrevorproject.org
ill probably just name this one something normal oh no wait oh jeez aw beans Listen on: SoundCloud, YouTube
well cats outta the bag i did the dave route. when andrew approached me about writing it i had very little writing experience outside of my personal projects. im glad andrew had faith in me and i hope you guys like it. itll come out at 11 AM EDT.
for this one and the next routes music im gonna try and keep with the tradition of uploading it the morning of.
24/7 lo fi anime beats to question your sexuality to Listen on: SoundCloud, YouTube
i just wanted to do more than one song so i did two and a half. hope you like it. thanks for all the support! also im in this image can u find me LMAO
Carefree Victory (REMIX) ft. Spell-n-Speak Listen on: SoundCloud, YouTube
jades theme! wow we've really come a long way huh fellas?
i always really liked carefree victory and its really one of the only songs that felt like uniquely hers. towards the end i try and do something that like... every homestuck musician i think tries at least once: getting all 4 of the kid's instruments to play something nice together. i think i did alright, i subbed in beatboxing for daves turntables cause its not like you can just carry those anywhere. i guess as opposed to johns piano?? LMAO
musically i have jade start on bass, and as more of her friends come in she gets a little more confident in her basslines. anyway thats my fanfic.
this is the last new piece i'll be doing for the forseeable future, or until i feel like doing another one which might be immediately. ive been doing this on a largely volunteer basis for a while since the budget constraints were tight and we need to pay the bg and sprite artists a reasonable amount. I wanted all four kids to have music by me and i think we'll be digging into the homestuck archive for other stuff.
anyway i hope you've enjoyed the ride! its been a little bittersweet at times for me but i'll miss posting new stuff every two weeks.
CRUSTacean Listen on: SoundCloud, YouTube
there are a handful of people out there who really thought we were just gonna put karkalicious in there.
CH3CK TH3 M3T4D4T4 Listen on: SoundCloud, YouTube
dont actually do that you clowns
yeah it is Listen on: SoundCloud, YouTube
big ups to Tamara "TOTALSPIFFAGE" Fritz for really knocking it outta the park with these vocals.
THIS TIME ITS ERIDAN Listen on: SoundCloud, YouTube
in its base form this song used to be about a cat and is like more than a decade old
Pesterquest Soundtrack
Track list (1–23)