Homestuck/Music

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Homestuck's music is associated with and released by a small record label, called What Pumpkin (named after a popular Running Gag / meme from MS Paint Adventures 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 external ones, to the point that there is more than enough music to provide leitmotifs for everyone and everything in Homestuck.

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 Andrew Hussie could ever possibly use, much to the benefit of the readers. As such, music on this page falls into one of three categories:

  • Numbered Volumes: Contain most of the music used in the comic, and pertain most closely to the events of the story.
  • Side Projects: Often explore groups or material running parallel to the story. At least 2 have been "composed" by characters in the comic itself.
  • Solo Albums: Beginning with the release of Strife [1], Andrew has decided to showcase the talents of the individuals of the music team by giving them all a chance to perform solo. Typically, these albums explore genres not normally done on the team albums, and play around with the format more. These albums typically have music that does not appear in the comic at all.

Work is currently underway for Homestuck tracks to be available on the Rock Band Network; the first batch of songs to appear is expected to include Sunslammer and Dance of Thorns.

The fans have also not been idle, and have made their own musical contributions.

Gushing about this stuff, of course, goes on the associated Awesome Music page. However, it is of note that the Homestuck label is perhaps the most successful label on Bandcamp, and while Bandcamp does not release direct statistics, many of the Homestuck albums are top sellers long after their releases.

Artists on the music team with their own pages:


The What Pumpkin music label is on the following albums:

Volumes 1-4

  • Homestuck Vols. 1-4 is a Compilation Rerelease of the first, second, third, and fifth official releases of Homestuck music, rereleased 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 [2] are no longer available for purchase. It contains 41 songs:
    • Showtime (Piano Refrain) (featured in the first [S update])
    • Harlequin (featured briefly here, and again at length here)
    • Showtime (Original Mix) (featured here)
    • Sburban Jungle (Brief Mix) (featured here; removed from the Volume 1-4 rerelease)
    • Aggrieve (Violin Refrain) (featured here)
    • Sburban Countdown (featured here, as the End of Act 1)
    • Aggrieve (featured here)
    • Showtime (Imp Strife Mix) (featured in three closely spaced parts)
    • Nannaquin (featured here)
    • Skies of Skaia (featured here)
    • Aggrieve (Violin Redux) (Bonus) (removed from the Volume 1-4 rerelease)
    • Harlequin (Rock Version) (featured here, in a Mini Game)
    • John Sleeps / Skaian Magicant (featured here and here; added in the Volume 1-4 rerelease, available for free)
    • Upward Movement (Dave Owns)[3] (featured here)
    • Vagabounce (featured here)
    • Explore (featured here, as the End of Act 2)
    • Gardener (featured here; added in the Volume 1-4 rerelease, available for free)
    • Showtime Remix (featured as part of Jade's FreshJamz! music player)
    • Aggrieve Remix (featured as part of Jade's FreshJamz! music player)
    • Verdancy (Bassline) (featured as part of Jade's FreshJamz! music player)
    • Potential Verdancy (featured as part of Jade's FreshJamz! music player; added in the Volume 1-4 rerelease, available for free)
    • Beatdown (Strider Style) (featured here)
    • Harleboss (featured here and here)
    • Beatdown (Round 2) (featured here)
    • Dissension (Original) (featured here)
    • Dissension (Remix)
    • Ohgodwhat (featured as part of Jade's FreshJamz! music player)
    • Ohgodwhat Remix (featured as part of Jade's FreshJamz! music player)
    • Rediscover Fusion (featured as part of Jade's FreshJamz! music player)
    • Explore Remix (featured as part of Jade's FreshJamz! music player)
    • Chorale for Jaspers (featured here)
    • Pony Chorale (featured here, as an Easter Egg in the above flash, and again here as an Easter Egg in a later flash)
    • Revelawesome (featured here)
    • Hardlyquin (featured here)
    • Carefree Victory (featured here, as the victory theme music)
    • Ballad of Awakening (featured here)
    • Sburban Jungle (featured here, as the End of Act 3)
    • Three in the Morning (RJ's I Can Barely Sleep In This Casino Remix)
    • Doctor (featured here, as the opener for Act 4)
    • Endless Climb (featured here)
    • Atomyk Ebonpyre (featured here)
    • Black (featured here, on the one-year anniversary of Homestuck, and briefly here)
    • Doctor (Original Loop) (Bonus) (added in the Volume 1-4 rerelease)


Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead

  • 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 Fake Band album, based on the four members of the Midnight Crew, and is described by the creators as "jazz noir". It was released on February 4, 2010. It contains:
    • Three in the Morning (featured here, in the only Flash of the intermission)
    • Blue Noir
    • Dead Shuffle (featured here)
    • Hearts Flush
    • Knives and Ivory
    • Liquid Negrocity
    • Hollow Suit
    • Ante Matter
    • The Ballad of Jack Noir
    • Lunar Eclipse
    • Hauntjam
    • Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius
    • Ace of Trump
    • Moonshine
    • Tall, Dark and Loathsome
    • Joker's Wild
    • Livin' It Up
    • Hauntjelly


Volume 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 65 songs [4] . 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:
    • Homestuck Anthem (featured here, in the opener of Act 6)
    • Skaian Skirmish (featured here)
    • Savior of the Waking World (featured here, on the 612th day of Homestuck)
    • Clockwork Melody
    • Heirfare
    • Jade's Lullaby
    • Aggrievance
    • Happy Cat Song!
    • Hardchorale
    • An Unbreakable Union (featured here, as the first song)
    • Skaian Ride
    • White
    • Octoroon Rangoon (featured here, as part of Dave's Phat Dream Machine)
    • Pumpkin Cravings
    • Welcome to the New Extreme (featured here, as part of Dave's Phat Dream Machine)
    • Crystalanthemums (featured as part of Jade's FreshJamz! music player)
    • Skaia (Incipisphere Mix)
    • Sarabande
    • Clockwork Sorrow
    • Phantasmagoric Waltz (featured here, as part of Dave's Phat Dream Machine)
    • Sunslammer (featured here)
    • Lotus Land Story
    • Chorale for War
    • Unsheath'd (featured here, as part of Dave's Phat Dream Machine)
    • Versus (featured slightly remixed here)
    • Planet Healer (featured here)
    • Bed of Rose's/Dreams of Derse (featured briefly here)
    • Skaian Flight
    • How Do I Live (Bunny Back in the Box Version) (featured here and here)
    • Dupliblaze COMAGMA
    • Moonshatter
    • Sunsetter
    • Lotus
    • Ruins (With Strings) (featured here)
    • Ectobiology
    • Upholding the Law
    • Underworld
    • Crystamanthequins (featured here, in the only Flash of Act 5 Act 1)
    • Endless Climbing
    • Land of the Salamanders
    • Medical Emergency
    • Clockwork Contrivance
    • Get Up
    • Vertical Motion
    • The Beginning Of Something Really Excellent (featured here)
    • Pyrocumulus (Kickstart)
    • Skaian Skuffle
    • Throwdown
    • Valhalla
    • Amphibious Subterrain
    • Light
    • Softly
    • Greenhouse
    • Space Prankster
    • Ecstasy
    • Snow Pollen
    • Candles and Clockwork
    • Can Town
    • Plague Doctor
    • Enlightenment
    • Doctor Remix
    • Biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence
    • Song of Life
    • Descend (featured here, in the End of Act 4 and on the 413th day of Homestuck)
    • Homestuck (featured here, in the opener of Act 5 Act 2)


Alternia

  • Alternia is the seventh official album. It is a solo album by Toby "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[5], 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:
    • Crustacean
    • Showdown ("featured" briefly here)
    • mIrAcLeS
    • The Lemonsnout Turnabout
    • Phaze and Blood
    • psych0ruins
    • Walls Covered In Blood
    • dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS,
    • Death of the Lusii
    • Virgin Orb
    • The La2t Frontiier
    • Skaian Summoning
    • Spider's Claw (Bonus) (featured briefly here)
    • Staring (Bonus)
    • Keepers (Bonus)
    • The Thirteenth Hour (Bonus)
    • Theme (Bonus)
    • Walls Covered In Blood (DX)(Bonus)[6]


Squiddles!

  • Squiddles! is the eighth official album and another side album, this time recounting the exploits of a fictional television show's protagonists, Squiddles, as they use The Power of Friendship and The Power of Love to defeat Skipper Plumbthroat and the horrors of The Furthest Ring. It was released on August 26, 2010. It contains:
    • Squiddles! (briefly featured here)
    • Rainbow Valley
    • Squiddle Parade
    • Squiddle March
    • Tangled Waltz
    • Sun-Speckled Squiddly Afternoon
    • Squiddles Campfire
    • Friendship is Paramount
    • Lazybones
    • Tentacles
    • Squiddles Happytime Fun Go!
    • The Sound of Pure Squid Giggles
    • Squiddle Samba
    • Squiddles in Paradise
    • Squiddidle!
    • Catchyegrabber (Skipper Plumbthroat's Song)
    • Plumbthroat Gives Chase
    • Squiddles the Movie Trailer - The Day the Unicorns Couldn't Play
    • Carefree Princess Berryboo
    • Mister Bowman Tells You About the Squiddles
    • Ocean Stars
    • Let the Squiddles Sleep (End Theme) (featured here)
    • Friendship Aneurysm (Bonus) (briefly sampled here[7])


The Felt

  • The Felt is the ninth album and another Fake Band album, this time based on The Felt and accordingly themed around their array of time-based powers; the team refers to its style as "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:
    • Jade Dragon
    • Swing of the Clock
    • Rhapsody in Green
    • Humphrey's Lullaby
    • Clockwork Reversal
    • Chartreuse Rewind
    • The Broken Clock
    • Apocryphal Antithesis
    • Trails
    • Baroqueback Bowtier (Scratch's Lament)
    • Scratch
    • Omelette Sandwich
    • Temporal Piano
    • Time Paradox
    • Eldritch
    • English (featured here for the second intermission)
    • Variations


Volume 6: Heir Transparent


Strife!

  • Strife! is another solo album, this time by Joren "Tensei" de Bruin, consisting of seven new songs. It's primarily composed of Hard Rock 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:
    • Stormspirit
    • Heir Conditioning (previewed briefly prior to release here)
    • Dance of Thorns
    • Time on my Side (featured here)
    • Atomic Bonsai
    • Knife's Edge
    • Make a Wish (Bonus)


Alternia Βound


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:


Volume 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:
    • Black Rose / Green Sun (featured here)
    • At The Price of Oblivion (featured partially here)
    • Even in Death (featured here)
    • Terezi Owns (featured here)
    • Trial and Execution
    • The Carnival (featured here)
    • Spider8reath
    • Lifdoff
    • Awakening
    • Havoc To Be Wrought (featured here)
    • Play The Wind
    • Rumble at the Rink (featured here)
    • Let's All Rock the Heist
    • WSW-Beatdown
    • Earthsea Borealis
    • Warhammer of Zillyhoo (featured here)
    • Savior of the Dreaming Dead (featured here, remixed slightly, in parts 3, 4, and 5 of the End of Act 5)
    • Maplehoof's Adventure (Bonus)
    • Sburban Reversal (Bonus) (Featured here)
    • White Host, Green Room (Bonus)[12]


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 [13]. It is unlike many of the Homestuck albums in that most of the songs are accompanied by vocals. It contains:


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:
    • Carapacian Dominion
    • Aimless Morning Gold
    • Endless Expanse
    • Gilded Sands
    • Years in the Future
    • Mayor Maynot
    • We Walk
    • Requiem for an Exile
    • Raggy Looking Dance
    • Riches to Ruins Movements I & II
    • Litrichean Rioghail
    • Ruins Rising
    • What a Daring Dream
    • Nightmare
    • Vagabounce Remix (Bonus)
    • Tomahawk Head (Bonus)


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:
    • The Prelude
    • Genesis
    • Eden
    • Exodus
    • Requiem
    • The Meek
    • Chronicles
    • Rapture
    • Creation
    • Revelations I
    • Revelations II
    • Revelations III


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[14]. It consists of eight tracks, the first four applying to Prospit and the latter four to Derse [15].
    • Hallowed Halls
    • The Golden Towers
    • Prospit Dreamers
    • Center of Brilliance
    • Darkened Streets
    • The Obsidian Towers
    • Derse Dreamers (featured here, as part of Dave's Phat Dream Machine.)
    • Core of Darkness


Volume 8

  • Volume 8 is the nineteenth official album, released on 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.
    • Calamity
    • Do You Remem8er Me
    • Flare (featured here, remixed slightly, in part 3 of the End of Act 5)
    • Galactic Cancer
    • Serenade
    • Frog Forager
    • Love You (Feferi's Theme)
    • Ocean Stars Falling
    • Escape Pod
    • Davesprite
    • Airtime
    • Frog Hunt
    • Terraform
    • Unite Synchronization
    • Homefree
    • Galaxy Hearts
    • Scourge Sisters
    • Arcade Thunder
    • Pyrocumulus (Sicknasty)
    • Kingside Castle
    • Temporary
    • Gust of Heir
    • Afraid of the Darko
    • Even in Death (T'Morra's Belly Mix)
    • Bargaining with the Beast
    • Frostbite
    • The Lost Child
    • Questant's Lament
    • Hussie Hunt
    • Havoc
    • Drift into the Sun
    • Infinity Mechanism (featured here)
    • Revered Return
    • Judgment Day
    • Lotus (Bloom)
    • Cascade (featured here, as the composited full track of the End of Act 5[16])
    • I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Acapella) (featured here)
    • How Do I Live (D8 Night Version) (Bonus)
    • Cascade (Beta) (Bonus) (featured here, remixed slightly, in parts 1 and 2 of the End of Act 5[17])
    • Black Hole / Green Sun (Bonus) (featured here, in parts 6 and 7 of the End of Act 5)
    • Carefree Action (Bonus)
    • null (Bonus) [18] A boosted and rightways track can be seen here. [dead link]


Song of Skaia

  • Song of Skaia is the twentieth official album and ninth 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.


Colours and Mayhem

  • 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.
    • Universe A was released on April 2, 2012. It focuses on the Troll Session and Alternia and consists of 32 tracks [19].
    • Universe B was released on April 13th, 2012, for Homestuck's third anniversary. It focuses primarily on characters from the Human Sessions. It consists of 32 songs.
      • --SIDE 1--
      • Green Ghost [44]
      • Orchid Horror [45]
      • Red Disc [46]
      • Blue Atom [47]
      • --SIDE 2--
      • Cyan Beast [48]
      • Pink Cat [49]
      • Orange Hat [50]
      • Emerald Terror [51]
      • --ADDITIONAL MAYHEM--
      • Squiddle Song
      • Pendulum
      • Pale Rapture
      • Do The Windy Thing
      • Pilot Light
      • Ohgodcat
      • Cupcake Girl
      • Phantasmic Youngsters
      • Battle Brotocol
      • Bec Noir
      • The Vast Glub
      • WV: Become the Mayor of Cans
      • March of the Batterwitch
      • Coolkid
      • Clockstopper
      • Dapper Dueling
      • Checkmate
      • Vodka Mutiny
      • Dord Waltz
      • Rustless Fall
      • Pipeorgankind


Unnamed Album

  • This unnamed album is a future album, believed to be the twenty-third official album, apparently focusing on music of the Post-Scratch Session and Act 6. It has 3 known songs, though the album has been referred to as large. Based on the songs known to be in it, it seems to be Volume 9. It however is some time from release.
    • Another Jungle (featured here as part of the End of Act 6 Act 2)
    • A Taste For Adventure (featured here as part of the End of Act 6 Act 2)
    • Anbroids (featured here)
  • It also likely includes the following:
    • Frustracean (featured here)

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  1. ↑ Alternia was also a solo album, but it doesn't fit in with the pattern of the others, being priced at $6.12, and the themes are recurring
  2. ↑ originally released on August 19 2009, December 14 2009, December 15 2009, and April 13 2010 respectively
  3. ↑ Previously called "Dave Fucking Owns At This Game". The drumline in this song has become a major leitmotif of Homestuck.
  4. ↑ it used to have 71, but someone was caught accidentally plagiarizing a song and had their submissions removed
  5. ↑ The last three songs are bonuses with the purchase of the album while the first three are still part of the album
  6. ↑ remixed to not be entirely in Mario Paint
  7. ↑ Interestingly, the entire album was spawned from this brief snippet and composed over the summer of 2010
  8. ↑ The song originated as a Final Boss composition for a Halloween-themed Game Mod of EarthBound that Radiation did years before Homestuck.
  9. ↑ As of the latest album, this is the cheapest album at only $.16 per track.
  10. ↑ The Japanese lyrics are "Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa" which translates to "The Princess of Time has stopped the dog"
  11. ↑ Translation: King of the Twelve Angels
  12. ↑ The intro features excerpts from "Terezi Owns", "Cascade", a Cut Song titled "The King In Red", and "Black Rose / Green Sun".
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ The Prospit half is very light hearted and full of piano, bass, and flute, whereas the Derse half is a lot darker with more synths and violin solos
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ This contains all the songs and is the only place to hear the slightly tweaked portions of each song, but conversely also has some transitions between them built in and not the complete track.
  17. ↑ Word Of Tensei is that it was originally intended to be his take on Descend, the End of Act 4 song. When synced up, the two fit remarkably well - and to some extent Descend set to the first part of Cascade works too.
  18. ↑ This was initially included in the .zip, but is not listed as being part of the album count, has no album art, and is a reversed and very quiet preview of a future track. Radiation later removed it as it apparently wasn't meant to be there.
  19. ↑ One artist's submissions ("Indigo Archer" and "Purple Tyrant") were removed due to plagiarism. Tracks of the same name but different composition were later added to the album in their place, and may be downloaded for free
  20. ↑ Handmaid of Death
  21. ↑ If I Were Like Rufio (Tavros)
  22. ↑ The Green Odyssey (Bec)
  23. ↑ Hymn of the Signless
  24. ↑ Theme of PM With Ring
  25. ↑ The Real Heroes (Kids)
  26. ↑ Bete Blanche (PM)
  27. ↑ Hussie
  28. ↑ Mechani% (Equius)
  29. ↑ Vs. Gamzee
  30. ↑ Heirstrike (John)
  31. ↑ Witc)(ing )(our
  32. ↑ Apocalypse Maid
  33. ↑ Fidusspawn (Adventure Lies)
  34. ↑ Playtime is Over (Dirk)
  35. ↑ Caw Caw Motherfuckers (Davesprite)
  36. ↑ Air for Eclectic Bass (Jade)
  37. ↑ Rainbow Drinker
  38. ↑ Pumpkinsniffle Puree
  39. ↑ Luminous (Serenity)
  40. ↑ Dirk's Dersite Dirge
  41. ↑ Paradox Remnant
  42. ↑ The Fallen King (White King)
  43. ↑ Jake's Theme
  44. ↑ Cosmic Surgeon
  45. ↑ Dersite Lament (Rose & Derse)
  46. ↑ Ebonyk Attyre (Hephaestus)
  47. ↑ The Middle of Something Truly Wonderful
  48. ↑ The Windy Thing (John)
  49. ↑ Void Hopper
  50. ↑ Breakdown
  51. ↑ Hellmurder Island
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