By Willow Ascenzo wellmanicuredmusic Bandcamp wellmanicuredman SoundCloud YouTube YouTube mousegard Tumblr wellmanicuredmusic Tumblr wmm_ebooks Twitter qubeley Patreon ← Dance of Viridian and Violet Previous track by this artist → Pirates of Alternia: Dead Troll's Chest Next track by this artist.
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Released 12/15/2013.
Duration: 3:05.

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Tracks that Sign of the Scorpion references:

• Spider's Claw by Toby Fox

Artist commentary:

Willow Ascenzo: (composer, booklet commentary)

Sign of the Scorpion is an old track of mine, about maybe 14 or 15 months old, and while I'm legitimately proud of a lot of compositional elements, the mastering and production horrified me looking back on it. Like Dance of Viridian and Violet, I'd long since deleted the project file, since it was just a one-off Homestuck song that I figured I was unlikely to ever need again, so I made a new arrangement of the piece from scratch, taking elements I liked from the original and putting them in a new context. It doesn't quote any Homestuck themes (I don't believe the original did at all), except for a brief mention of Spider's Claw right at the end. The new arrangement has a bit more of a hard-rock feel and toned-down orchestral elements, making it a bit more reflective of Vriska as a character.

Ducky Senpai: (track artist)

I did a track art for one of Ascenzo's songs back in LOFAM2 as well and also the art for Rust Apocalypse. So, when I saw two songs by them on the available songs for track art, I couldn't really help myself. Their songs are great. I know you like it, I can tell. Hope the track art seems suitable, and that you'll enjoy that as well. I have nothing else to say on the matter. That's it.