By Veritas Unae veritasunae Bandcamp veritasunae SoundCloud and David Ellis alunaticsdaydream Bandcamp a-lunatics-daydream SoundCloud ducksual Tumblr.
Cover art by azuzatori azuzatori Tumblr.
Released 12/15/2013.
Duration: 8:15.

Listen on Bandcamp or YouTube.

Read artist commentary.

Tracks that Garden of Eden (Part 1) references:

• Eden by James Dever
• psych0ruins by Toby Fox
• Doctor by Buzinkai and Clark Powell
• Savior of the Dreaming Dead by Malcolm Brown
• Sburban Jungle by Michael Guy Bowman
• Growing Up by Eston Schweickart
• Flare by Clark Powell
• Showtime (Piano Refrain) by Kevin Regamey
• Heir Conditioning by Tensei
• Dawn of Man by Michael Guy Bowman
• Cascade (Beta) by Tensei
• Liquid Negrocity by Toby Fox
• Ruins by Erik Scheele
• Black Rose / Green Sun by Malcolm Brown

Tracks that reference Garden of Eden (Part 1):

From Fandom:

• Garden of Eden (Part 2) by Veritas Unae and David Ellis

Artist commentary:

Veritas Unae: (composer, booklet commentary)

Wow. This piece was a huge undertaking that started back when I first played Eden sometime... last year I think? I really connected with James's piece, so much so that I made sure to let him know (and continue to let him know) how easy and intuitive it felt to play. I experimented with it, transitioning into psych0ruins, and then into Doctor. Being heavily inspired by Konec0's dance medleys, I thought to extend the piece, and extended it I did. Up until the Walk Stab Walk / Earthsea Borealis section was all ad lib'd on my piano, as I picked pieces I thought I could move between, and beyond there I wrote original scores straight into Sibelius which I could barely dream of playing. This piece developed into what you hear today, including the seret ending! I hope it moves you, as all of Homestuck's music has moved me. Enjoy listening to this 31 song medley! Some day I'll learn to play it.

A 'quick' fact, I had planned to continue the Killed By 8r8k Spider section through over the top of the Unite Synchronization ostinato, but when I played back the section after the high G, stacatto F into the ostinato, I felt a powerful urge to just get straight back into the final version of Eden, which was written on whim straight into that 4/4 pattern and more fluidly in B minor. It feels like a new life has been breathed into Eden because of it, and I'm so happy to be the man to have done it!

azuzatori: (track artist)

scoot did piano
i drew piano

Veritas Unae:

Full Song Credits

Eden - James Dever
Psych0ruins - Toby "Radiation" Fox
Doctor - Buzinkai
Savior of the Dreaming Dead - Malcolm Brown
Sburban Jungle - Michael Guy Bowman
Lotus - Seth Peelle
Growing Up - Eston "silence" Schweickart
Flare - Clark "Plazmataz" Powell
Showtime - Malcolm Brown
Heir Conditioning - Joren "Tensei" de Bruin
Dawn of Man - Michael Guy Bowman (+ Sburban Jungle)
Cascade - Joren "Tensei" de Bruin
Liquid Negrocity - Toby "Radiation" Fox
Ruins (With String) - Erik "Jit" Scheele
Black Rose / Green Sun - Malcolm Brown

(Continued in Part 2)