By Max Wright mxwright SoundCloud imbrog Tumblr YouTube YouTube.
Cover art by Fortnight.
Released 12/25/2012.
Duration: 1:38.

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Tracks that The Note Desolation Plays references:

• Presentiment by Chrono Trigger and Yasunori Mitsuda

Artist commentary:

Max Wright: (composer, booklet commentary)

This is quite an old piece of mine, written mid-January 2010. As the title suggests, I wanted to write something that represented the first act of Homestuck, to capture the feeling of the story as we are introduced to its darker elements - the Wind Skims the Void flash is a good example to use. That page is almost like a title screen for the webcomic as a whole, not giving away a thing, but nudging ever so slightly towards things to come; likewise, the repeating piano ostinato in here pays tribute to the Chrono Trigger title music. Little did we know at the time, though, how destructive the conductor's baton can be.

Here's hoping for a happy ending.

Fortnight: (track artist, booklet commentary)

First of all- I love this track, it sounds to me like the start of something new, with hope and high expectations thrown in. I drew this track art based off that mood and also the unnamed flash from Act 1, page 1982.