By Rhyselinn rhyselinn Tumblr ← Ancestral Anthem Previous track by this artist.
Cover art by Rebecca Peason reasonpeason Tumblr ← Disc Three Previous track art by this artist → Chaotic Strength Next track art by this artist.
Released 9/9/2017.
Duration: 5:02.

Listen on Bandcamp or YouTube.

Read artist commentary.

Tracks that The End of Something Really Excellent references:

• The Beginning of Something Really Excellent by Robert J! Lake
• Sburban Jungle by Michael Guy Bowman
• Skies of Skaia by Mark J. Hadley
• Dawn of Man by Michael Guy Bowman
• Doctor by Buzinkai
• Endless Climb by Buzinkai
• Atomyk Ebonpyre by Toby Fox
• Frost by Solatrus
• Cascade (Beta) by Tensei
• Infinity Mechanism by Thomas Ferkol
• Another Jungle by Michael Guy Bowman
• Even in Death by Clark Powell
• Lotus by Seth Peelle
• Do You Remem8er Me by Malcolm Brown
• Skaian Skirmish by Toby Fox
• Homestuck Anthem by Clark Powell

Artist commentary:

Rhyselinn: (composer, booklet commentary)

The Beginning of Something Really Excellent is a fun song that takes place early in the story when not much is known about the world of Homestuck. The End of Something Really Excellent is a song I wrote as kind of a book end, a symbolic song that encapsulates the journey all the characters went on, and kind of retells it in song format. From the beginning the kids went into Sburb (Sburban Jungle), learned the mythos of the Medium (Skies of Skaia), took upon them the mantle of heroes (Dawn of Man), explored their worlds (Doctor, Endless Climb, Atomyk Ebonpyre, Frost), did a bunch of stuff to salvage their session (Cascade), scratched their session and made a new one (Another Jungle, Even in Death), reflected on the journey they went on (Do You Remem8er Me), fought a great final battle for the sake of the session (Skaian Skirmish), and beat the game of Sburb (reprise of Sburban Jungle), and with it reached the end of the story. And so did the readers.

Homestuck has been a heck of an adventure, one that I had the privilege of watching firsthand for some number of years. I am honored to be able to pay a tribute to such a beautiful thing with my comparatively small contribution to this project. A million thanks to Andrew Hussie and all the artists/musicians who put in so much work to make the comic into what it became. It truly was something really excellent.

Rebecca Peason: (track artist, booklet commentary)

The End of Something Really Excellent brings a lot to mind. To the end of the story, to the end of the adventure, end of the game, the fighting, the dying, etc. Listening to it I thought of when The Beginning of Something Really Excellent played in comic and started there. The concepts jumped but in the end, I wanted something that speaks to the end of the harrowing journey playing this game was. What a relief it is that the fighting is over and for now can be left behind.

Unofficial MSPA Fans: (booklet commentary)

References

• The Beginning of Something Really Excellent - Robert J! Lake (0:00–0:42, 4:00–4:20, 4:32–4:42)
• Sburban Jungle - Michael Guy Bowman (0:43–1:34, 4:21–4:54)
• Skies of Skaia - Mark J. Hadley (1:19–1:38)
• Dawn of Man - Michael Guy Bowman (1:38–2:47)
• Doctor - Buzinkai (2:06–2:09)
• Endless Climb - Buzinkai (2:09–2:12)
• Atomyk Ebonpyre - Toby Fox (2:13–2:16)
• Frost - Solatrus (2:16–2:23)
• Cascade (Beta) - Tensei (2:23–2:27)
• Infinity Mechanism - Thomas Ferkol (2:27–2:29)
• Another Jungle - Michael Guy Bowman (2:47–3:02)
• Even in Death - Clark Powell (3:01–3:14)
• Lotus - Seth Peelle (3:08–3:12)
• Do You Remem8er Me - Malcolm Brown (3:17–4:20)
• Skaian Skirmish - Andrew Huo and Toby Fox (3:38–4:00)
• Homestuck Anthem - Clark Powell (4:42–4:54)