History Music / Homestuck

* StylisticSuck: "[=GameGrl=] (Original 1993 Mix)" and and "[=GameGrl=] (Original 1993 Mix)" are both cringe-inducing raps done for comedy.

** [[MarioPaint Walls Covered In Blood]]

*** Nepeta has [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/walls-covered-in-blood Walls Covered In Blood]] and is associated with MarioPaint music.

** John has [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-piano-refrain-2 Showtime]], [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-2 Doctor]], and nearing the finale, [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pipeorgankind Pipeorgankind]].

* EverythingIsAnInstrument: "The March of the Batterwitch" uses a kettle pot boiling and other sounds common in a kitchen to make a fitting theme for the diabolical Betty Crocker.

** [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom The]] [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Blind]] [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Prophet]] (Bonus) [-(featured [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=007208 here]], combine with two other songs)-]

> [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Go Back]]

** ''Colors and Mayhem'' has "Temporal Shenanigans" that includes ticking clocks as well.

* TickTockTune: ''The Felt'', being an album which reflects on the eponymous gang and its time powers, has three songs with clock ticking: "Swing of the Clock", "The Broken Clock" and "Time Paradox".

** Jack Noir has [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/liquid-negrocity Liquid Negrocity]] as his theme. He is also associated with trumpets and heavy guitars.]]

By and large, the first several albums are composed entirely of music that has been used in the comic, but as the comic has gone on, the artists simply churn out more music than AndrewHussie could ever possibly use, much to the benefit of the readers. As such, music on this page falls into one of three categories:

%%[[http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?43018-Homestuck-songs-coming-to-the-Rock-Band-Network%21 Work is currently underway]] for ''Homestuck'' tracks to be available on the ''RockBand'' Network; the first batch of songs to appear is expected to include ''Sunslammer'' and ''Dance of Thorns''.

** [[Creator/GeorgeGershwin Rhapsody in Green]]

** [[GeorgeGershwin Rhapsody in Green]]

* ''[[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-at-the-price-of-oblivion Homestuck Volume 7: At the Price of Oblivion]]'' is the fourteenth official album, released on May 31, 2011. Compared to some of the previous Volumes, it is a much darker album overall, reflecting the darker tone the story had taken at the time. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-8 Volume 8]] is the nineteenth official album, released on [[ArcNumber October 25]] 2011, the same date as the massive End of Act 5 flash. It has 41 tracks including the bonus songs. It returns to more of ''Homestuck'''s chiptune/electrical roots, with heavy infusions of later orchestral and rock elements present as well.

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/song-of-skaia Song of Skaia]] is the twentieth official album and seventh solo album, released January 1, 2012. It is a solo single release by Mark Hadley (with vocals and lyrics by Tarien Ainuvë), and the second shortest Homestuck album, with only 3 tracks. It is mainly based on a previous song of Hadley's, 'Skies of Skaia', from Volume One.

* coloUrs and mayhem is actually two releases, the twenty-first and twenty-second official releases respectively. They are the results of a fan music contest and therefore all songs are from musicians not associated with the Music Team. However, many songs were renamed and some were reassigned to different characters. Because so many songs were selected, it is split into two albums, subtitled Universe A and Universe B. Universe A is primarily ambient and orchestral songs, while Universe B is more energetic and lively. Both albums also display heavy influences of rock, chiptune, and electronic music. They are mostly composed of original songs, though Universe B does include several remixes.

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9 Volume 9]] is the twenty-third official release and focuses on characters from Act 6. It was released on June 12, 2012, in recognition of Act 5 Act 1 (or Hivebent)'s second anniversary. It hearkens back to Volume 1, and was intended to originally be a parallel to it, but as Act 6 diversified from Act 1, so did Volume 9. Thus many of the tracks are [[CallBack Call Backs]] to previous tracks, and overall the album has more of a chiptune and orchestral tone. It has 51 tracks.

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/symphony-impossible-to-play Symphony Impossible to Play]] is the twenty-fourth official release and eighth solo album, this time by Clark "Plazmataz" Powell. It is his second solo album, the first being ''Medium''. It is a short concept album, of a symphonic arrangement of existing ''Homestuck'' tracks. It was released on August 1, 2012.

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/one-year-older One Year Older]] is the twenty-fifth official release and ninth solo album, this time by Erik "Jit" Scheele. It is an album focused on John's journey through the first five acts, conveyed primarily using piano. It consists of seventeen tracks.

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/genesis-frog Genesis Frog]] is the twenty-sixth official release and the tenth solo album, this time by Alexander Rosetti. It is an album focused on the Consorts of the Human Session and Bilious Slick, as well as being tangentially related to Jade, using a symphonic palette and a goofy style. It consists of 19 tracks.

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/cherubim Cherubim]] is the twenty-seventh official release and is focused on the two Cherub characters, Calliope and Caliborn. The tracks follow a theme of duality, with the first track in a pair representing Calliope and the second track representing Caliborn. It consists of 11 tracks.

* [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/s-collide [S] Collide.]] is the twenty-eighth official release, and contains the songs used in the animation of the same name. It consists of 4 tracks.

* [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/act-7 Act 7]] is the twenty-ninth official release, and contains only a single track, which was used in the animation of the same name.

* [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-10 Homestuck Vol. 10]] is the thirtieth official release and consists of 25 tracks. It came out after the comic's conclusion, and acts as a sort of sendoff to the comic.

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4 Homestuck Vols. 1-4]] is a CompilationRerelease of the first, second, third, and [[NonIndicativeName fifth]] official releases of ''Homestuck'' music, re-released at a cheaper price. It covers music from Act 1 to the middle of Act 4. It was released on October 24, 2011, containing (almost) all the tracks of Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as three "new" tracks, originally created in early 2010 to substitute for tracks removed due to dispute-related departures from the music team, but were not previously available in any other album; these three tracks are available separately for free. The original individual four albums [[note]]originally released on August 19 2009, December 14 2009, December 15 2009, and April 13 2010 respectively[[/note]] are no longer available for purchase. It contains 41 songs:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead-2 Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead]] was the fourth official release and the first to mainly consist of music not used in the comic. It is a FakeBand album, based on the four members of the [[Characters/HomestuckTheMidnightCrew Midnight Crew]], and is described by the creators as "jazz noir". It was released on February 4, 2010. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5 Homestuck Vol. 5]] is the sixth official release of ''Homestuck'' music for download. While not the first album to contain music not used in the comic, it takes the idea and runs wild with it. Despite the fact that it is called an "album", it has ''[[UpToEleven 65]] songs'' [[note]]it used to have 71, but someone was caught accidentally plagiarizing a song and had their submissions removed[[/note]] . It covers music from the middle of Act 4 to partially through Act 5 Act 2, as well as replacing a few removed songs in Act 3. It was released June 13, 2010. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alternia Alternia]] is the seventh official album. It is a solo album by Toby "[[AwesomeMcCoolName Radiation]]" Fox, composed specifically with the trolls in mind, and is the first of the solo albums. It was released less than halfway through the ''Hivebent'' story arc of ''Homestuck'', so it contains some themes that fit less than perfectly with the trolls they were intended to evoke. It also contains six bonus tracks[[note]]The last three songs are bonuses with the purchase of the album while the first three are still part of the album.[[/note]], which are not listed as official because they are largely incomplete, inappropriate entirely for the characters, or remixes. It was released on July 18, 2010. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/squiddles Squiddles!]] is the eighth official album and another side album, this time recounting the exploits of a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional television show]]'s protagonists, Squiddles, as they use ThePowerOfFriendship and ThePowerOfLove to defeat [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Skipper Plumbthroat]] and the horrors of [[EldritchAbomination The Furthest Ring]]. It was released on August 26, 2010. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/the-felt The Felt]] is the ninth album and another FakeBand album, this time based on The Felt and accordingly themed around their array of [[TimeyWimeyBall time-based powers]]; the team refers to its style as [[ShapedLikeItself "temporelechestral"]]. It plays a lot with reversed and skipping tracks combined with classical music and synthesized music. It was released on December 2, 2010. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-6-heir-transparent Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent]] is the [[NonIndicativeName tenth]] official album. It has 21 songs. Some of them were previewed in a prototypical form in [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004692 a hidden room]] months before anyone knew they'd be on the album. It was released on January 5, 2011. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/strife Strife!]] is another solo album, this time by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin, consisting of seven new songs. It's primarily composed of HardRock songs, focusing on the original main cast of the kids, and interspersing each of their songs with their signature instrument. Notably, unlike most of the songs on this page, Tensei actually played and recorded all of the guitars and bass guitars on the album, rather than using samples. It was released February 16, 2011. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alterniabound AlterniaBound]] is the twelfth official album, based on the trolls and their exploits in Act 5 Act 2. In many respects it can be considered a sequel to Alternia. It consists of twenty two songs with eight bonus tracks. [[note]]As of the latest album, this is the cheapest album at only $.16 per track.[[/note]]. It was released on March 14, 2011. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/medium Medium]] is the thirteenth official album and the third solo album, this one by Clark "Plazmataz" Powell. It focuses on the kids's Lands, with two songs for each one. The musical style is arranged and largely subdued environmental pieces; each theme also is played at least partially in the associated kid's musical instrument and style. It was released for ''Homestuck'''s second anniversary, albeit a little late on April 14, 2011. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-7-at-the-price-of-oblivion Homestuck Volume 7: At the Price of Oblivion]] is the fourteenth official album, released on May 31, 2011. Compared to some of the previous Volumes, it is a much darker album overall, reflecting the darker tone the story had taken at the time. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido]] is the fifteenth official released on May 31, 2011. It's the fourth solo album, this time from Michael Bowman. It's a themed album, unlike the others in that it is set during Sburb proper.[[labelnote:backstory]]To quote the Bandcamp site: "Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido, agents of Prospit and Derse. They once fought on the battlefield as their respective nemeses, only to be united by a common epiphany - the truth behind the Ultimate Riddle. Gazing upon the Skaian clouds, the secrets of the past, present, and future are now well guarded by these strange sentinels who spread enlightenment through their cryptic music and dance. Together, they hope their songs may be a beacon to all those who undertake the Riddle". However according to Andrew's newspost, it is about a separate session and doesn't correspond to the events in the story.[[/labelnote]] It is unlike many of the ''Homestuck'' albums in that most of the songs are accompanied by vocals. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/the-wanderers The Wanderers]] is the sixteenth official album, released on July 14th, 2011. Another themed album, this time based on the Exiles, such an album having been long clamored for by the fans. It is self described as "ethnoelectric", being evocative of regional/tribal music and bringing ''Homestuck'''s penchant for synths into the mix. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/sburb Sburb]] is the seventeenth official album, released on July 13th, 2011. It is the fifth solo album, composed by Tyler Dever and performed by Erik "Jit" Scheele. It is performed entirely on the piano and includes sheet music with purchase of the album. It contains:

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/prospit-derse/ Prospit & Derse]] is the eighteenth official album and the sixth solo album, this time from Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri. It was released on August 22nd, 2011. It focuses on the planets of Derse and Prospit, themed roughly around the four kids exploring the two planets. It is split between two genres, the first half of the album being upbeat classical pieces while the later half is more dark electrical. The tracks are mostly played with the instruments associated with the kids[[note]]The Prospit half is very lighthearted and full of piano, bass, and flute, whereas the Derse half is a lot darker with more synths and violin solos[[/note]]. It consists of eight tracks, the first four applying to Prospit and the latter four to Derse [[note]]Solatrus has noted that the Derse tracks are more of his forte and believes they are the stronger part of the album, but is proud of Prospit regardless. YMMV completely of course.[[/note]].

* TheElevatorFromIpanema: The sixth volume album features a track called Elevatorstuck which remixes the ''Homestuck'' Theme into the style of this trope, though the flashes in which it was ultimately used had nothing to do with elevators. Its usually used as background music, [[MostAnnoyingSound or to infuriate and annoy people who complain]] [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn about the background music.]]

** WV has [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vagabounce-2 Vagabounce*** Karkat has [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crustacean Crustacean]], and is primarily associated with chiptune-esque synths.

** Right behind "Revered Return" is "Overture (Canon Edit}" from ''Act 7'', which is a two minute extension of Clark Powell's "Overture" from ''Symphony Impossible to Play'', a song that's nine minute on the dot and was specifically made to conclude the ''Homestuck'' webcomic.

* Leitmotif: Most characters have not only a song (or several!) associated with them, but also an instrument.

** WV has [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vagabounce-2 Vagabounce]] as his theme.

** Jack Noir has [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/liquid-negrocity Liquid Negrocity]] as his theme. He is also associated with trumpets and heavy guitars.
* MinimalisticCoverArt: The album cover for ''Medium'' mostly consists of white space, with a simplified Land of Wind and Shade and some oil in the middle.

* TotallyRadical: [=GameBro=] (Original 1990 Mix) and [=GameGrl=] (Original 1993 Mix) emulate stereotypical ideas of what being "cool" meant in the nineties with truly awful rap music.

** Jack Noir has [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/liquid-negrocity Liquid Negrocity]] as his theme. He is also associated with trumpets and heavy guitars.]]

* MinimalisticCoverCover: The album cover for ''Medium'' mostly consists of white space, with a simplified Land of Wind and Shade and some oil in the middle.

* MinimalisticAlbumCover: The cover for ''Medium'' mostly consists of white space, with a simplified Land of Wind and Shade and some oil in the middle.

* AwardBaitSong: Michael Guy Bowman covers two of these (specifically "[[Film/ConAir How Do I Live]]" and "[[Film/{{Armageddon}}) I Don't Want To Miss a Thing]]") and exaggerates them to the point of comedy.

** [[GratuitousRap [=GameBro=]]] (Original 1990 Mix) [-(featured [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=007208 here]], combined with two other songs.)-]

** Ascend

* [[https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-10 Homestuck Vol. 10]] is the thirtieth official release and consists of 25 tracks. It came out after the comic's conclusion, and acts as a sort of sendoff.

** THIS Pumpkin

** [[Series/DoctorWho Arisen]] [[{{Vocaloid}} Anew]] [[note]]The Japanese lyrics are "Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa" which translates to "The Princess of Time has stopped the dog".[[/note]]

* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/song-of-skaia Song of Skaia]] is the twentieth official album and seventh solo album, released January 1, 2012. It is a solo single release by Mark Hadley (with vocals and lyrics by Tarien Ainuvë), and the shortest Homestuck album, with only 3 tracks. It is mainly based on a previous song of Hadley's, 'Skies of Skaia', from Volume One.

''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''[='=]s music is associated with and released by a small record label, called [[http://www.whatpumpkin.com/home.php What Pumpkin]] (named after a popular RunningGag / [[MemeticMutation meme]] from ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' as a whole). This small group of musicians has created a vast variety of original music in myriad genres and styles, and a similarly large variety of remixes and covers of both their own tracks and [[Film/ConAir external]] [[Film/{{Armageddon}} ones]], to the point that there is more than enough music to provide {{leitmotif}}s for [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters everyone and everything]] in ''Homestuck''.