By Malcolm Brown dragonxvi SoundCloud dragonxvi Tumblr DragonXVI Twitter → Showtime (Original Mix) Next track by this artist and Kevin Regamey → Knives and Ivory Next track by this artist.
Cover art by Homestuck → Harlequin Next track art by this artist.
Released 8/9/2009.
Duration: 2:20.

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Also released as:

• (201110/24/2011; about 2 years, 2 months later) Showtime (Piano Refrain) (Homestuck Vol. 1-4)

Writing contributors:

• Kevin Regamey (arrangement)

Tracks that Showtime (Piano Refrain) references:

• Showtime (Original Mix) by Malcolm Brown

Tracks that reference Showtime (Piano Refrain):

From Official Discography:

• Heirfare by Alex Rosetti
• Light by Erik Scheele
• 3 In The Morning (Pianokind) by Erik Scheele
• Violet Mariner by Willow Ascenzo
• You Killed My Father (Prepare To Die) by Team Dogfight
• Conclude by Seth Peelle
• sometimes i call andrew hussie 'andy' and so far he hasn't corrected me by James Roach

From Fandom:

• Carolmanthetime by Erik Scheele
• Downtime by Thomas Ibarra
• Farewell by Fuzz
• The Will to Fight Further [Denizen Strife] by Kevin Grant and Catboss
• The Will to Fight (Original Mix) [Denizen Strife] by Kevin Grant
• Rectify by Thomas Ibarra
• Showtime (End Strife Remix) by Plumegeist
• Garden of Eden (Part 1) by Veritas Unae and David Ellis
• Cascante by Noisemaker
• Showtime (piano a fine) by Wheals
• can you give me a HAND by Pipko Fanfare
• Trumpets 2: Boogyloo by GoomFloops
• H by o
• Twenty Fifth of October V2 by Cecily Renns
• its music mmbaby by Hadron
• Tycoontime (Lame and Old) by Ngame
• -3x piano solo by Shwan
• A rollercoast ending by Shwan
• Tycoonkind by ostrichlittledungeon
• Spoopy Piano o-o; by bobthetacocat
• Resend by Noisemaker
• This song was made 30 minutes before the deadline so fuck you by WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES
• Plague by Cecily Renns
• Vaccine by Kusoro
• Step Back, Doors Closing; Step Back To Allow The Doors To Close by cookiefonster and Wheals
• HOMOSUCK. DIRECTOR'S CUT, OF THE YEAR EDITION. by keyboard cait
• Dance of the Dead by Veritas Unae
• Bowman's Credit Score: A Rock Opera by Noisemaker
• Homesick by Beatrice
• Gone in a moment by Not Eno
• 🎼 Fraymotif ! by Tee-vee
• Nostalgia Paradox by Levc
• Hometime by Isabella James
• Showtime (Homestuck Medley) by narcolepsyDriver
• Waltz in A Minor "Homestuck" (Op. 9) by casualclassical
• Switched-On Showtime by Not Eno
• Adventurous Ascent by LudicrousFalcon
• Showtime (piano) by Noah Wilk

From Beyond:

• oh, 2017? by jan Misali

From Additional Tracks:

• Skaia Voyages by Seth Peelle
• Monody by ostrichlittledungeon

Tracks that sample Showtime (Piano Refrain):

From Official Discography:

• Showtime Remix by Gabriel Nezovic

Flashes & games that feature Showtime (Piano Refrain):

• [S] John: Play haunting piano refrain.
• [S] YOU THERE. BOY.

Print or download sheet music files:

• Sheet music by afterthought

  • Showtime (Piano Refrain) - afterthought.pdf (81.3 kB)

Download MIDI/project files:

• MIDI by joethejrpgmaniac

  • Showtime (Piano Refrain) - joetherpgmaniac.mid (7.1 kB)
• MIDI by lugiaa

  • Showtime (Piano Refrain) - lugiaa.mid (6.3 kB)

Artist commentary:

Kevin Regamey:

To be honest, I've fallen off the MSPA train pretty hard. This has undoubtedly been the busiest year (or two) of my life, and I am only now returning to reacquaint myself with what the heck is up.

Malcolm wrote the chiptune version of Showtime first. I heard it, dug it, and created a piano arrangement just for the hell of it. Like Malcolm has said - earlier on, we didn't necessarily know what we were writing for, so we just wrote whatever spoke to us. I had posted a "Work in progress" version to the music boards, and I received some positive feedback. Positive enough for me to elaborate it into a full piece. As luck would have it, Andrew was finishing up the first playable page of Homestuck just as I posted the full version. As such, I was lucky enough to have the honour of first musical appearance in Homestuck, but most of the credit should certainly go to Malcolm - for defining John musically at such an early stage of the game, and for being the sole inspiration behind this track.

Oh, side note: My midi keyboard was misbehaving when I wrote this, so every note of the piece was clicked into a sequencer. D:

Crediting sources:

Kevin Regamey: (excerpt)

Malcolm wrote the chiptune version of Showtime first. I heard it, dug it, and created a piano arrangement just for the hell of it. [...] As luck would have it, Andrew was finishing up the first playable page of Homestuck just as I posted the full version. As such, I was lucky enough to have the honour of first musical appearance in Homestuck, but most of the credit should certainly go to Malcolm - for defining John musically at such an early stage of the game, and for being the sole inspiration behind this track.

Oh, side note: My midi keyboard was misbehaving when I wrote this, so every note of the piece was clicked into a sequencer. D:

Andrew Hussie: (MSPA newspost re: [S] John: Play haunting piano refrain, excerpt) 4/22/2009

I'm sure you've noticed I'm starting to work with music in this story. Naturally I have received a lot of queries about that piano piece. I put up a sound credits page to answer all such questions, in the present and future!

Andrew Hussie: (MSPA newspost re: [S] STRIFE!, excerpt) 4/28/2009

[...] That song, titled "Showtime", you might have noticed was the same song John played on his piano a few pages back. The piano reinterpretation of the theme was played by Kevin Regamey.

Homestuck: (Bandcamp credits blurb) 8/9/2009captured 8/14/2009

Written by Malcolm Brown
Arrangement by Kevin Regamey

Homestuck: (Bandcamp credits blurb on Homestuck Vol. 1-4) 10/24/2011captured 10/28/2011

Written by Malcolm Brown
Arrangement by Kevin Regamey

Homestuck: (Bandcamp credits blurb on "Homestuck Vol. 1-4 (with Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead)") 10/25/2019captured 1/6/2020

Written by Malcolm Brown
Arrangement by Kevin Regamey

Homestuck: (MSPA sound credits, excerpt) 4/22/2009captured 4/24/2009

Page 1977 - Piano refrain titled "Showtime"
Written by Malcolm "DragonXVI" Brown
Arrangement by Kevin "afterthought" Regamey

Homestuck: (MSPA sound credits, excerpt) sometime 4/25/2009 – 1/13/2010captured 1/13/2010

Page 1977 - "Showtime" (Piano refrain version)
Written by Malcolm Brown
Arrangement by Kevin Regamey

Homestuck: (MSPA sound credits, excerpt) sometime 6/14/2009 – 1/13/2010captured 1/13/2010

Page 2153 - "Showtime" (Full piano refrain. Click piano in study.)
Written by Malcolm Brown
Arrangement by Kevin Regamey

Homestuck: (MSPA sound credits, excerpt) sometime 10/31/2009 – 1/13/2010captured 1/13/2010

Page 2730 - "Jade's FreshJamz Media Player"
"Showtime Remix" (See Showtime Piano Refrain above.) Remix by Gabe Nezovic
[...]

Homestuck: (MSPA sound credits, excerpt) sometime 6/21/2012 – 8/5/2012captured 8/5/2012

Page 1977 - "Showtime (Piano Refrain)"
Available on Bandcamp in Homestuck Vol. 1-4
Written by Malcolm Brown
Arranged and performed by Kevin Regamey

Page 2153 - "Showtime (Piano Refrain)"
Available on Bandcamp in Homestuck Vol. 1-4
Written by Malcolm Brown
Arrangement by Kevin Regamey

Page 2730
"Showtime Remix"
Available on Bandcamp in Homestuck Vol. 1-4
"Showtime (Piano Refrain)" by Malcolm Brown and Kevin Regamey
Remix by Gabe Nezovic
[...]

Homestuck: (Homestuck sound credits) around 4/3/2018captured 7/17/2018

Page 77 - "Showtime (Piano Refrain)"
Available on Bandcamp in Homestuck Vol. 1-4
Written by Malcolm Brown
Arranged and performed by Kevin Regamey

Page 253 - "Showtime (Piano Refrain)"
Available on Bandcamp in Homestuck Vol. 1-4
Written by Malcolm Brown
Arrangement by Kevin Regamey

Page 830
"Showtime Remix"
Available on Bandcamp in Homestuck Vol. 1-4
"Showtime (Piano Refrain)" by Malcolm Brown and Kevin Regamey
Remix by Gabe Nezovic
[...]