By Thomas Ferkol eidolonorpheus Bandcamp eidolonorpheus SoundCloud EidolonOrpheus Twitter.
Cover art by sicklydoodles sicklydoodles Tumblr.
Released 3/14/2011.
Art released 10/25/2017.
Duration: 4:04.

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Download sheet music files.
Read artist commentary.

Tracks that Dreamers and The Dead references:

• Cuddlefish by Thomas Ferkol

Tracks that reference Dreamers and The Dead:

From Fandom:

• Λ Ғ ߠ Є Ԗ Ը ا िƎ by Kal-la-kal-la
• Anamnesis by Kanishka

Tracks that sample Dreamers and The Dead:

From Fandom:

• Λ Ғ ߠ Є Ԗ Ը ا िƎ by Kal-la-kal-la

Print or download sheet music files:

• Sheet music by Thomas Ferkol (original composer)

  • Dreamers and The Dead - Thomas Ferkol.pdf (573.1 kB)

Artist commentary:

Thomas Ferkol: (booklet commentary)

(World of the Afterlife)

A piece for the characters in the afterlife, mainly Feferi, and the general ambience of the dream bubbles. Originally, I tried a mix of various brass instruments, percussion, string orchestra, koto, and an electric bass. It didn't feel right. So I pushed that piece aside altogether and restarted with an instrumentation more reminiscent of that used in "Cuddlefish," the troll theme I made for Feferi right before I joined the music team. The intro piano was meant to feel spacey, reminiscent of "Eldritch" and "English," sort of bringing the listener into the afterlife. When the flute enters, I feel that this was as Feferi communicated with the Elder Gods of setting up her dream bubble. The orchestral crescendo brings us to the area deep in space where the bubbles float. From then on, we travel past several bubbles, just absorbing the scenery. The rest of the piece contains glimpses of other events within the bubbles, such as Feferi and Jade's dream chats and the shocking developments concerning the troll session's guardian code. And, of course, a major key ending for all the happy folks floating around in the afterlife.

Toby Fox: (album organizer)

Thomas is continually on point with his orchestral stuff. He actually made a bunch of awesome troll-related tracks that are on his tindeck.

Go check out the track "Cuddlefish" - he actually uses a minor version of the melody from that at 2:50. Dude is a talent.

Homestuck: (original track art)