By Michael Guy Bowman bowman Bandcamp YouTube YouTube mguybowman Twitter michaelguybowman.com Other mguybowman Instagram ← Pony Chorale Previous track by this artist → Hauntjam Next track by this artist and Fenris.
Cover art by Homestuck ← The Ballad of Jack Noir Previous track art by this artist → Hauntjam Next track art by this artist.
Released 2/4/2010.
Duration: 2:59.

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Tracks that reference Lunar Eclipse:

From Fandom:

• G A M E R E C L I P S E by Interrobang

Tracks that sample Lunar Eclipse:

From Fandom:

• G A M E R E C L I P S E by Interrobang

Artist commentary:

Michael Guy Bowman: (co-composer, from Music and Stuff)

The Midnight Crew album was the first of our really high-concept releases with the fake bands, especially since we attempted to invent some kind of goth-jazz genre out of thin air, despite the team's minimal understanding of goth music or jazz. I opted to imitate Weather Report and the sort of spacey, insidious-sounding grooves they put together on Mysterious Traveler to create "Lunar Eclipse". I like the atmospheric nature of the track, plus Fenris' sax solo that I diced up and added a ton of digital reverb to, although Fenris has completely disappeared since recording the solo in 2009.

(Continued in Hauntjam!)

Michael Guy Bowman: (Bowmantown Discord, excerpt) 8/5/2017

I tend to hold on to ideas and use them when they're ready. Forever was an idea I'd been holding on to for about five years. Lunar eclipse I think was 3 or 4 before I arranged it. Lots of my stuff bakes for months or years. Sometimes the first drafts suck but I find myself humming it later. That's how I know.

Michael Guy Bowman: (Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music, adapted to text) 7/20/2024

My contribution on the Midnight Crew album was an original called Lunar Eclipse, featuring sax by someone named Fenris, who we've never heard from again! We don't know what happened to them.