Darling Kanaya


Tags: Kanaya
By Toby Fox (
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Cover art by vorpos (
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Released 3/14/2011.
Art released 10/25/2017.
Duration: 2:07.
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Download sheet music files.
Download MIDI/project files.
Read artist commentary.
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Print or download sheet music files:
- Piano score by Dudemaster47
Download MIDI/project files:
- MIDI by IronInvoker47 (piano)
- MIDI by Unknown
- Darling Kanaya - Unknown (piano).mid (4.4 kB)
Artist commentary:
Toby Fox:
(Kanaya Walkabout)
I didn't call it "Kanaya's Theme" because I didn't think that it was stylish enough for her. I originally wrote it as the theme just for walking around her house, but I think it turned out to fit her really well as a character despite my own doubts.
Like Terezi's theme, "Darling Kanaya" isn't a remix of her Alternia track (Virgin Orb), but it contains some similar stuff. There are heavily vibrato'd strings... wavering, luscious 7th chords... melodic piano... lots of arpeggios... and a general uplifting feeling of satisfying, calm emotion. She is one of the very few characters in Hivebent that I would categorize as "sane" by human standards, and thus actually one of my favorite trolls. And despite the semi-low quality of the instrumentation, this is one of my favorite tracks by myself.
It's all kind of ghostly and heartfelt, like a sad look out the window with a romance novel in your lap, and then a knowing, welcoming smile. I think that makes sense considering she's an undead vampire now! Or not.
Homestuck:
(original track art)