Organizing Homestuck Music

Variations on Homestuck Anthem.

You know, I bet you could play this symphony, all things considered. Terrible name. 0/10. anyway

Serenade 2: The Serenadening.

There are original bits, too, variations on the Serenade theme, which eventually slows down and fades out, setting the stage for some Ruins at 4:07.

This is going to be a fairly heavy one, so I'll do this mostly in list form.

Starts out with Endless Climb. 0:40 Crystalanthemums 1:48 Atomyk Ebonpyre 2:35 I always think this is dESPERADO rOCKET cHAIRS, but it's not. But if you were hearing that and thought "hey that sounds like something" and it was bothering you, you were probably thinking of that. 2:46 Doctor, which continues into the next mini section as the piece opens up. 3:10 Explore 3:16 Flare According to hsmusic.wiki, there's a sample of Three In The Morning somewhere around here, but I can't hear it. Explore continues, while at 3:34 there's arguably an instance of Those Four Notes from Sburban Jungle.

Those drums tho.

Anyway, at 5:04, the piece turns into an evolution of Even In Death/Upward Movement, particularly T'Morra's Belly Mix.

BONUS TRACK: Frustracean by Toby "Radiation" Fox

oh jesus christ.

BONUS TRACK: Another Countdown

As its title suggests, it's just a remix of Another Jungle, as Sburban Countdown is to Sburban Jungle.

Starts out as a dramatic, orchestral remix of Dissension, but it comes into its own around 1:13 with some original dramatism. At ~2:55, it has some stabs of Dissension, before the full reprise of the beginning at 3:10.

4:58 and the following section feel like a reference to something, but it may be original here. I'm a bit rusty at this.

Either way, it blends rhythmically into some Carefree Victory at 6:11, from a beautiful solo guitar.

7:11 brings us back the Dissension motif, undercut beautifully with Showtime on the horns.

My original The Plan™ was a bit ambitious, and possibly overestimated my own enthusiasm. That said, I am 100% going to finish the canon Homestuck albums. That means up to Vol. 10. Then, I'll go back from the beginning for a final sweep, checking xzaz and hsmusic.wiki, and only doing a deep listen if they have something listed that I don't. I'll also be doing bonus tracks that I skipped on account of being a baby with no money.

After that, I may do the Hiveswap albums. I have no plans to do anything from Beyond Canon, as I haven't read HS^2.