The song has since been taken off of bandcamp when the first four albums were condensed into one, sadly. The early mix has a slightly different feel, and thus still has an appeal separate from that of the full song.
If you want to get someone hooked on Homestuck, this ties with Crystamanthequins for the best page to show them.
How about Black, the theme for Jack Noir's ascension in the one-year anniversary flash. Or Liquid Negrocity, its sorta-proto-remix. Both are pure, distilled cool that's darker than midnight.
I feel Atomyk Ebonpyre from the fourth album should be emphasized. Like, if the Crowning Moment of Awesome page had a theme song, that should probably be it, because it is awesome and has already played in two ridiculously awesome scenes that are basically the textbook definition of CMoA.
Does anyone else think it sounds like Wily's disappearing blocks, not unlike Heat Man's Level?
If you're looking for a beautiful song that represents really well the feeling of being brought to a new world, look no further, here it is: Endless. Climb.
-EXCLUSIVE-
Gardener, Jade's chill and hauntingly relaxing baseline, is now available to download for free!
The End of Act 4 animation brought us "Descend", aka: "The Crowning Medley of Awesome", since it manages to mix together nearly every singleLeitmotif used in the series thus far.
It's so orgasmic it's almost like it's having sex with your ears.
The final bit is based on a fan piece called "Mannequin". So the ID is a bit off on that second one... if only because it actually has a tribute all to itself! ("Walk-Stab-Walk", which see)
"The Beginning of Something Really Excellent" deserves a mention. It's a remix of Jade's advanced bass solo seen here. Which is also an excellent piece. Both selections are uplifting and catchy. Bec can be seen for a moment on Jade's roof happily bobbing his head to the music.
Other way around, actually. Gardener was based on Something Really Excellent.
"An Unbreakable Union", the replacement for Jade's Strife song against Bec, though in a very very different style and a big departure from what Mutiny was, is a spectacular song in its own right.
The exclusion of "Sunslammer" from this page would be unacceptable.
Ruins (With Strings), a mournful, ponderous, and heart-achingly beautiful track that embodies, I imagine, how it feels to drift weightlessly amongst the dream clouds of Skaia.
And also because it's an absolutely awesome cover, and quite possibly the best version of the song ever made in an unironic sense.
Try listening to the original after hearing this. It's just not possible anymore. The cover is just that amazing.
For whatever reason, this troper has found that Planet Healer is capable of evoking very strong emotions for her (perhaps connected to nostalgia). The way the track is used in the webcomic also helps add to the track's sentimental value.
This troper agrees, but the feeling it gives him just makes him want to listen to it more.
Pyrocumulus (Kickstart) is just amazing. Makes me think of the Queen of Prospit, PM, arriving to meet John in order to do something awesome.
This Troper particularly likes it for the fact that it's so easy to picture Vriska just grabbing a guitar and rocking out with this track.
Pianokind is a combination of Showtime, Aggrieve and 3 In The Morning that starts with a foreboding march of Snowman's leitmotif and segues into a bombastic Boss Remix that easily tops the three songs that produced it.
A Tender Moment, a very touching piece that just soothes the heart.
Courser at first seemed pretty out of place other than the melody, then it occurred to me that the Japanese instrumentation and presentation seemed fitting for a dogwith godlike powers.
Tribal Ebonpyre definitely sounds like what would become of Dave's music if the denizens of his world got their claws on it. Awesome and hilarious at the same time.
Elevatorstuck was once a respectably calming tune, now this troper can't stop laughing his ass off!
Awakening is reminiscent of JRPG Boss Battle music, and would be perfect for Rose and John's fight with Jack, if it hadn't become a complete Curb-Stomp Battle.
According to the composer, it's intended to be the theme of John's Denizen, Typheus.
Everybody grab your leather jackets and full-piece dresses, because we are going to do the TIME WARP! To the Fifties!
Terezi Owns, the Upward Movement remix from Seer: Ascend. It's just as epic as the original.
Something about this Gregorian style chant for John's latest weapon just really tickles me. It's lyrics consist solely of 'Warhammer of Zillyhoo'. Actually made me like the ridiculous looking thing.
How about the newest remix of Doctor: Savior Of The Dreaming Dead? What about its metal riffs? Its orchestrated choir? How about all of it?
Its use in the EOA 5 only adds to the badass feeling it has and will have continually.
Lifdoff. It's a simply beautiful and incredibly hopeful tune, and is surprisingly beautiful and melodic for something named after a SBAHJ joke.
Even in Death is a haunting, slow song, until out of NOWHERE the drum line from "Upwards Movement" (yeah, that drum line) comes and the song amps up... only to eventually fade back. It's quite well done.
Used perfectly when it appears in the comic itself.
Spider8reath is very nice, especially when those sexy horns come in.
And brass parts are great too. Hey-oo!
This is practically perfect to be Vriska's leitmotif. Anyone else noticed that anything to do with spiders already tends to include electric guitars and horns? This is the perfect example.
The Carnival is a remix of Harlequin, one of the very first songs from the strip. In this incarnation, it's perfect for Gamzee's leitmotif: starting out calm, even melancholy, and gradually increasing in speed and pitch like a nightmare fairground ride.
Havoc To Be Wrought is chillingly excellent, and those screaming noises at the end...
Word of Composer is that it's a distorted barn owl, originally intended to sound like the horrorterrors' screams of pain.
Trial And Execution is rather overlooked. It has powerful drum beats and is very strong.
Homestuck Volume 8
If a single song could do justice to [S] Cascade and not a whole bunch, Infinity Mechanism would be it.
It is later put to good use in the end of Act 6 Intermission 1.
Cascade, the endlessly amazing full track from the EoA animation.
Highlights include the music that plays:
During Dave and Rose's ascensions to the God Tiers,
That violin solo deserves a mention of its own.
When Jade ascends to the God Tier,
During the Red Miles,
That bit where everything happens all at once, just before the green sun explodes and right after Jade has just collected all the planets.
Davesprite stands out as one of this Troper's favorite songs.
Unite Synchronization is just a wonderful song that combines all of the kid's instruments in perfect harmony, as if they were playing in a band together
This troper never much cared about shipping, but Do You Remem8er Me almost single-handedly made him jump to the John/Vriska camp, even though one half of it is already dead.
Seconded. Even if you don't ship it, the song is just plain gorgeous.
Thirded, though while I love the song, I find that a John/Rose song would also be appropriate in the coming forward. The reason I like this song is because, while it certainly is a sad song to help us remember Vriska (Though some could wonder why we would want to, due to her Chronic Backstabbing Disorder), it is also a song that is somewhat uplifting to help us move on and be our own heroes, something that Vriska did truly want more.
There's a lot of emotional feel here for the character that was originally the absolute bitch of the cast.
Personally, I thought it was cool that they threw in some of Lifdoff in there.
That's actually Showtime, John's first leitmotif. Both Liffdoff and Do You Remem8er Me just both have it in major key, making it sound more uplifting and hopeful.
Gust of Heir is one of two songs that This Troper actually wants to listen to all the way to the end every time.
Black Rose/Green Sun just got ten times more awesome with Black Hole/Green Sun . That amazing electric guitar and violin is guaranteed to give you chills.
To clarify on both, Terraform opens with a fantastic sample of Frost from Volume 6 and then descends into a fantastic rock song, reminiscent of Bec Noir's arrival on Jade's planet.
Calamity is an excellent song to open Volume 8 and to introduce the new techniques used. The song utilizes various time signatures like 15/16 and 5/4, which creates a highly surreal environment on the first listen. The melody is both relaxing and kickass. Bowman has not failed us yet again.
Serenade is a really beautiful piano piece that needs some mention.
Finally, Feferi has a theme that fits her perfectly: Love You.
Airtime feels very hopeful, which is well done given the electronic samples.
Even In Death (T'Morra's Belly Mix) is a well done remix of Even in Death from Volume 7, including violins and choirs, and possibly surpasses the original.
Lotus (Bloom) is a very beautiful song that feels very serene.
Kingside Castle. That flute is just the icing on the cake in this one.
Alternia is made by, as Andrew said, one of the best of the best composers of What Pumpkin. It shows. The La2t Frontiier is a personal favorite, featuring a bit of a reprise of Sunslammer, an already amazing tune from the fifth album.
With that in mind, if at any point you see a song made by Toby "Radiation" Fox, you're in for a treat.
The Thirteenth Hour, one of the Alternia album's bonus tracks that can only be listened to after purchase, is probably better known for the Wild Mass Guessing it's based upon. However the theme itself is beautifully haunting, and at the same time, hopeful.
mIrAcLes may have been abandoned as a theme, but it is probably the most relaxing, least sinister song on the entire album, which fits Gamzee's initial personality to a tee.
To any Taurus, dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS is amazing. Or to any Hispanic music fan. Or to some other people, too.
While the happy-go-lucky, easygoing feel of Keepers doesn't quite fit Feferi and definitely doesn't match Eridan, it's still a lovely piano tune.
Squiddles
Let the Squiddles Sleep (End Theme)'s constant contrast is jarring and maddening, which represents very well the contrast between Squiddles' looks and their roots.
On another note, the song Ocean Stars is a wonderfully calming song.
"Omelette Sandwich" starts out with just some string chords, plays itself through, and then keeps rewinding itself to the beginning and adding new instrument groups and generally getting more frenetic, just like Eggs. It's an amazing effect.
Seconded. Considered one of the best tracks in the album by very, very many.
Time Paradox is amazing, simply for how it switches between a slow melody and a fast paced rock ballad, it feels like something out of Castlevania.
Chartreuse Rewind is absolutely amazing, starting out smooth and calm, then slowly progressing into something incredibly epic. The melody is catchy, the beat is nice, the various instruments intertwine perfectly...what's not to love about this beautiful piece?
Jade Dragon. This Troper, being of half-Asian descent, loves the distinct Asian influences while maintaining an extremely fantastic temporal theme.
Strife!
Opening Theme: Stormspirit. Less than a minute long, it still does a fairly good job of raising the listener's expectations. And it leads right into...
John's Theme: Heir Conditioning. An energetic tune that comes as powerful as the strongest wind. *
Rose's Theme: Dance of Thorns. An interesting tune that sounds almost like Miss Lalonde herself: Elegant, poised, and ready for conflict
Whoever thought that classical music, heavy metal, and chiptunes mixed together in a combat theme could form something so GODDAMN pulse-poundingly awesome?
Dave's Theme: Time on My Side. A jumpy tune as fast-paced as Dave's mad skillz.
Among other things, there is a 4/3 sped up version that is known to make your love for the original do a fucking pirouette off the handle. Also, when I checked "Crowning Music Homestuck", Time on My Side was the third result after tvtropes.
Jade's Theme: Atomic Bonsai. A fast paced, oriental piece that gives off an actiony mysticism.
This troper swears it could be passed off as an alternate theme for Baiken in the next Guilty Gear game.
Extra: Knife's Edge. Its intended purpose is a bit of a mystery, but if the cover art is anything to go by, it's meant as a theme for the second showdown between Bro and Jack Noir. And it totally would have worked.
Finally, it is worth noting that in all these songs, the guitar tracks are done with an actual guitar, rather than samples.
Something else worth noting is that each of the songs related to the kids has the specific instruments they have been known to play. John's theme has a piano, Rose's theme has a violin, Dave's theme has a turntable, and Jade's theme has a flute and a bass.
Since Gamzee doesn't really have a theme, he gets something more interesting: he parodies the Black King's theme with honks. This is to further expand upon his role as a mimic, as seen here.
The themes also play in a specific order. *
BK ,Karkat, Terezi, BK, Tavros, Kanaya, Equius and Nepeta, Eridan and Feferi, BK, Aradia and Sollux, Gamzee, BK, and lastly Vriska
This was also apparently the general order of the trolls' battle with the Black King in canon. Amazing badassery—as expected of the composer of the very first Homestuck piece.
And to signify that everyone was still on the same team, Eridan and Feferi share the theme Keepers.
Alternia is an already heartbreaking theme made even more heartbreaking. Somehow. Don't ask me how it works. It just does.
While it is definitely poignant, this troper hears a quiet determination in the song. True, the trolls have sacrificed a great deal, but this track feels like the moment when they realize that the few things (and little time) they have left are still precious and worth fighting for.
This song becomes even more heartbreaking after learning about Alternia's peaceful origins.
Chaotic Strength is every metal fan's dream come true, in a way that matches how crazy Equius's strength is.
Blackest Heart (With Honks) one might not think honks are the scariest sound ever, but together with the atmospheric dread of this track, it works surprisingly well.
Not just that: if you pay attention, you'll notice that much of the song is reminiscent of Black; in other words, this is the theme for the (so far hypothetical) showdown between Vriska and Jack Noir. Thus the art.
What's even better is its appearance in [S] Flip. The glitches, added specifically for the flash, only heighten the suspense leading up to whatever the next few updates have in store.
Requiem Of Sunshine And Rainbows, Kanpire's theme, which manages to mix traditional organ music with techno. Accoding to the supplemental material it was influenced by Castlevania and it shows.
Arisen Anew, Godtier Aradia's theme, is just plain fun. It's also the only Homestuck track right now with vocal(oid)s, that's not a parody cover or Stupid Statement Dance Mix.
And the unexpected appearance of... the Doctor?!. Well, Homestuck does use the Timey Wimey Ball left and right, so it makes sense to use that quote.
Trollian Standoff is a showdown between Vriska, Eridan and Gamzee, and it is magnificent.
Don't forget the Radio Play version, which only adds to the terrific crime-solving atmosphere.
This is pretty much the epitome of 1940s influenced music in the modern age.
Eridan's Theme deserves a mention, due to being surprisingly catchy, actually having LYRICS (check the supplemental PDF!), and having a middle section that consists of a shoutout to Catchyegrabber (Skipper Plumbthroat's theme) from the Squiddles album, signifying the similarities between Eridan and the grouchy pirate.
Karkat's Theme is probably the only song I know that makes you feel cranky and frustrated and at the same time just makes you want to sway side to side.
Why isn't Dreamers and the Dead not here yet? This piece after all manages to combine the mysteriousness that surrounds the Dream Bubbles and the revivals they permit.
A whole album of ambient music based on the kids' planets? Two tunes for each planet - and syncing them together (like 'Shade' and Wind') makes even more awesome music? Hell yes!
This troper loves Heat and Rain the most.
Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido
Chain of Prospit is easily one of the best tracks in Homestuck yet, simply because it's just damn good.
No Release is the ultimate caliginous romance ballad.
Sburb
The Prelude is simply beautiful. Especially the little remix of Homestuck in the middle.
Arguably, the whole album. It is not only beautiful all the way through, but is essentially a story told in piano. It can be a story telling of the events in Homestuck, or a story in and of itself with a little imagination. The Prelude leads up to the story. Genesis creates the setting. Eden introduces the characters. Exodus sets up a conflict. Requiem escalates the conflict. The Meek and Chronicles acts as a backdrop for the characters' effort to solve the conflict. Rapture and Creation seem lead up to the climax Revelations I. Revelations II works as a resolution. Revelations III is perfect as an epilogue, possibly hinting at future stories to come. It could really work well as the soundtrack for most any story, all done on real piano. Awesome.
Years In The Future is an excellent atmospheric piece that perfectly captures the feel of the monitor stations the Exiles spend so much time in. The cover art is also a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming for the five Exiles.
Mayor Maynot also deserves a mention, if only for the sudden quote of Blue's Clues near the middle.
The song is comprised entirely of the obsessions of WV, PM, and AR, ("Mayor", "Here's the mail, it never fails", and "I AM THE LAW!") repeated over and over again in oddly scratchy, electronic sounding voices. By rights, it should be incredibly obnoxious, but it's actually very fun to listen to. That's a Crowning Moment of Awesome right there.
Also What A Daring Dream, in a similar vein. It has such a cool, but creepy atmosphere and if you listen carefully you can actually hear the text being recited.
Tomahawk Head is, as one commenter put it, AR's theme forever.
Prospit & Derse
Hallowed Halls is this troper's favorite excluding the remixes, feeling that it very well represents the beauty of the golden cities.
The single Song of Skaia is just breathtaking, with the soprano singing in Latin and Quenya. Mark Hadley actually asked the Tolkien estate for permission, and they said yes.
The severe clash between the orchestral of the rest of Universe A's first half and the EarthBound-esque techno-rock of Fuschia Ruler (seriously, I keep expecting it to burst into the guitar riffs from "Cease to Exist/Pokey Means Business") becomes eerily logical when someone points out that the rest of the ancestors are dead and the Condesce is still very much alive and active.
~Side 2~
Rust Maid is lovely and reminds this troper of Banjo Kazooie.
Bronze Page, although pretty silly, is still an awesome tune.
I see all of your awesomesauce, and raise you to the INCREDIBLY epic VIOLET. PRINCE. No matter how you feel about Eridan, this song is pure unrivaled awesome.
Universe B in general is a much more energetic and upbeat album, which seems to have made it much more endearing to the fans than the relatively orchestral Universe A.
~SIDE 1~
Green Ghost is an amazing song that seems to just fits John perfectly.
Orchid Horror has an excellent reprise of Black Rose/Green Sun, in addition to a spooky rendition of Chorale.
Red Disc is a remix of Atomyk Ebonpyre that has a nice feel with the instruments involved and rather chilling.
Blue Atom is awesome, upbeat and jazzy, which again Radiation himself admitted as much.
~SIDE 2~
Cyan Beast is a perfect example of how upbeat the album can get, and it sounds amazing.
Roxy's song has its mood constantly changing with interesting results.
Emerald Terror is slow compared to the other character themes, but is also very ominous and has a nice tune. Sounds like (and the cover art supports this) Jake is being followed by something that jumps out at him in the end...
Squiddle Song does a great job of pulling off the "goofy, fun song with horrific lyrics" thing without being obnoxious or stale. It lacks the cloying self-awareness that most such songs convey and plays the whole thing utterly straight. And that's wonderful.
Haha, oh look, a song called Ohgodcat. Hehe, must be an Ohgodwhat remix. Wait. Hold on... is that... Centerfold? What? Sure it doesn't make any sense, but it's awesome as hell.
This troper considers Bec Noir to be another awesome piece.
The Vast Glub uses simple piano and synth effects to grow into something way more beautiful and epic than the sum of its parts.
Coolkid and Checkmate are high octane aural excitement. Checkmate in particular is great boss music; just imagine facing off against Bec Noir to this.
Pipeorgankind has weight and fitting musical nods to Bach's "Tocatta and Fugue in D minor". It really is an amazing track to end the album off on. It has a haunting tune, and has hints of Harlequin mixed in.
Gotta say that Pale Rapture is a pretty awesome piece.
It's very reminiscent of Nujabes' World Without Words, which is a very good thing.
Pendulum manages to be very rhythmical and beautiful at the same time.
This troper can't stop listening to an early version of "The Ballad of Jack Noir". The pre-chipbiting version had not only piano but also full vocals, something in no other song back then.
Toby Radiation Fox uploaded two songs onto Youtube relative to Homestuck that deserve mention here. One was named StarKind, and the other, Dumbral Ultimatum. The first was inspired from a thread post where a forum member thought the Green Sun card Rose found in her land could actually be used as a weapon. Fox ran with it, and used various music from Secret of Mana to create the song. The second song, DA, was a rough cut of Umbral Ultimatum that sounds just as rocking and frantic as Jade: Enter update page. Starkind was later used in Land of Fans and Music.
Also, the composer Eidolon Orpheus deserves some special message.
There is something to be said about this song when you've played it more times in one day than you have Karkat's official theme song in three months.
Now that we know about the Ancestors, it feels more like the Sufferer's theme than Karkat's.
''Aquatic Aristocracy'' - A baroque, harpsichord-driven theme for Eridan; considerably more menacing than his actual theme song.
There's also his theme ''Land of Quartz and Melody'' for Aradia's planet, which just plain fits. As does his theme for the Midnight Crew Intermission and the Felts' house, ''Like Clockwork''. The rest of his alternative themes for the trolls are also pretty awesome.
MyUsernamesMud, the composer of said mashup, is one of the major contributors to the Fan Music thread. One of his most notable accomplishments is creating music for ALL of the Trolls' session's Lands. His theme for Terezi's Land of Thought and Flow is particularly notable, but they're all awesome.
From the same mashmaster: When you mix GameBro (from Vol. 6) and Upward Movement (from Vol. 2), two already epic tunes, you get this. Warning: It is recommended that you have an extra pair of pants on hand.
Radiation did his own take on Libera Me From Hell. AND IT IS AWESOME.
Thought Descend couldn't get any cooler? I give you Decend — Pianokind.
Before you catch yourself thinking, 'hmm, some of those notes sound a bit off', it should be noted this particular performer plays most of these piano covers by ear.
Pediatrician, a fanmade remix of Doctor that is absolutely bass-tastic (not to mention all the other sections from all the kids' instruments - even beatboxing!)
Besides Temporal Shenanigans above, Youtuber Rachel Macwhirter has composed a few Homestuck-inspired pieces.
AutoDevote is a fairly obscure musician, who has done quite a few Homestuck fan-pieces. This Troper's favorite piece is a little remix of Atomyk Ebonpyre called Schrodinger's Session, which sports some awesome body-rocking tunes.
He is also responsible for "Downtime" in the Land of Fans and Music.
A music video of Schrodinger's Session was made on Youtube. The quality could be better, but the synchronization is just beautiful.
Irradiated is simply fantastic, as is the animation that goes with it.
Some may have seen Hussie recommend Savior of the Slammin Jam, a surprisingly good mashup of Savior of the Dreaming Dead with the infamous Space Jam. However, SlammaLoVania, another mashup of the latter but with MeGaLoVania, arguably is even more awesome. Both are actually pretty good - even in a non-ironic way.
The appropriately titled The Happiest Homestuck Song Ever. While the sound editing isn't the best in the world, you'll be too busy smiling to care.
Although it's only considered fan music as long as it doesn't show up on any future albums, Radiation's themes for both Her Imperious Condenscension and Meenah are both great, if short, tunes.
I'm shocked that PhemieC hasn't been mentioned yet. Her folk songs are flat out fantastic, especially with her simple yet effective guitar playing over the haunting vocals. Just look at Ugly Story (a song about Eridan), or even Made of Death (about Aradia).
From the same guy that made MeGaDanceVaNia, here comes Dance-Stab-Dance. At least 30 Homestuck songs remixed into one peppy dance song.
Land of Fans and Music
Nearly all of the Homestuck Gaiden release Land of Fans and Music is awesome, much of it filled with leitmotifs from the comic with original songs that are just as amazing.
Jack and Black Queen, a duet that perfectly captures the kismesissitude of Jack Noir and the Black Queen.
MyUsernamesMud'sLand of Wrath and Angels was so good that it made it onto the Land of Fans and Music album.
Moody Mister Gemini, by Eidolon Orpheus, a fun lounge tune that totally captures the feelings of our favorite Mister Gemini.
Toby "Radiation" Fox's Starkind is now available for download!
Beginnings (Press Start to Play) brings forth the most beautiful senses of Nostalgia for me, and brings me right back to how I felt when I first started reading Homestuck.
Growin' Up Strider has so much potential to be Dave's walkaround theme, it's not even funny.
The Drawing of the Four includes, but is not limited to, a violin version of Beatdown. It's exactly as cool as it sounds.
MeGaDanceVania is a remix of 20 different Homestuck songs, all mixed together in an awesomely upbeat song. This remix ups the catchiness level of every single one of them by about 100%.
Heir-Seer-Knight-Witch, a medley of orchestral arrangements of each kid's Land theme, contains this troper's favorite renditions of each song it remixes.
The song Final Stand definitely lives up to its badass name.
Growing Up is a medley of Homestuck songs that also happens to include "How Do I Live" - unironically the most beautiful cover of that song.
A Trance remix of Doctor that keeps close to the haunting feel of the original while putting its own flavor on it? Hell yes.
Talk about epicness en-coaxed in epicness enshrouded in epicness. twoward2 the heaven2 is fast, rich, loud, and tough.
I am noting a lack of R3DGL4R3 in here. The percussion is indescribable.
Speaking of percussion, pawnce! has a very cool tribal beat.
SUBJUGGLATION has an intense beat, creepy laughter, and just seems to fit the Grand Highblood perfectly.
Personally, I like aN UNHOLY RITUAL, and its mix of tribal feel with Spider8ite.
0_0is eerie, spacey, with electronic elements that make you realize the full extent of the Handmaid's influence. Perfect for the accomplice to the indestructible immortal demon.
A couplemore. These are quite distorted, but you can still hear Harlequin influences. The first is from Nannasprite's introduction, the second from John's Betty Crocker-induced mental breakdown.
It should be noted, because it has to go somewhere, that Harlequin composer Mark Hadley actually connects Homestuck to the original new media, oft-animated/partially-sprite based comic Kid Radd. That's his music headlining the final and only sound-enabled comic.
Remember Black from Jack Noir's rise to power in the first anniversary flash? What about the iconic phrase "Make her a member of the Midnight Crew?" Well now we have where it's from with I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew in this update.
Warning, all respect for the original Time on my Side may plummet after hearing it in 1.33 speed.
All the 1.33 speed songs come from one youtuber named fourthirdsfaster, and are (almost) a perfect fourth (.02 halfsteps off). Some songs, particularly those which use non-instrumental sound effects, sound off (ok for glitch Bl1nd Just1c3 and English, not for Homestuck Anthem). The ones which don't pure,high-strungawesome. Black deserves a special mention, just because we get the starting catchphrase seemingly sung by a gnome.
Explore sounds pretty cool when in reverse. Then Malcom Brown saw it and made it angelic.
Then there's "Mutiny", the original music from Jade's Strife against Bec. It's since been replaced after the original composer left the music staff.
Bill Bolin might have ragequit the team, but his music is still awesome. Take Guardian, for example, a damn hauntingly relaxing bassline originally from this flash. Unfortunately, Bolin has done his best to wipe all traces of his homestuck work from the internet, so finding a stable link to the track is impractical.
