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''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'''s music is associated with and released by a small record label, called [http://www.whatpumpkin.com What Pumpkin] (named after a popular [[Running Gag]] / [[Memetic Mutation|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 [[Con Air|external]] [[Armageddon (Film)|ones]], to the point that there is more than enough music to provide [[Leitmotif|leitmotifs]] for [[Loads and Loads of Characters|everyone and everything]] in ''Homestuck''.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120129091019/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 ''[[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 [[Homestuck (Webcomic)/Fan Music|have made their own musical contributions.]]

Gushing about this stuff, of course, goes on the [[Homestuck (Webcomic)/Awesome Music|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.

* [[Toby Fox (Music)|Toby Fox]]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104184621/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4 Homestuck Vols. 1-4] is a [[Compilation Rerelease]] of the first, second, third, and [[Non-Indicative Name|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 <ref>originally released on August 19 2009, December 14 2009, December 15 2009, and April 13 2010 respectively</ref> are no longer available for purchase. It contains 41 songs:

** Skies of Skaia <small>(featured [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002322 here])</small>

** Upward Movement (Dave Owns)<ref> Previously called "Dave Fucking Owns At This Game". The drumline in this song has become a major leitmotif of ''Homestuck''.</ref> <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921112610/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002565 here])</small>

** Vagabounce <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921091852/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002621 here])</small>

** Explore <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921183211/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002657 here], as the End of Act 2)</small>

** Beatdown (Strider Style) <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922073753/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002736 here])</small>

** Ohgodwhat <small>(featured as part of Jade's [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002730 FreshJamz!] music player)</small>

** Ohgodwhat Remix <small>(featured as part of Jade's [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002730 FreshJamz!] music player)</small>

** Pony Chorale <small>(featured [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=pony here], as an [[Easter Egg]] in the above flash, and again [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927174328/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=pony2 here] as an [[Easter Egg]] in a later flash)</small>

** Hardlyquin <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921104243/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002879 here])</small>

** Carefree Victory <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921095256/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002880 here], as the victory theme music)</small>

** Sburban Jungle <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921161947/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003049 here], as the End of Act 3)</small>

** Three in the Morning (RJ's I Can Barely Sleep In This Casino Remix)

** Atomyk Ebonpyre <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921165219/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003541 here])</small>

** Black <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922010523/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003568 here], on the one-year anniversary of ''Homestuck'', and briefly [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006842 here])</small>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104184555/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 [[Fake Band]] album, based on the four members of the [[Homestuck (Webcomic)/The Midnight CrewCharacters/CharactersExiles|Midnight Crew]], and is described by the creators as "jazz noir". It was released on February 4, 2010. It contains:

** Three in the Morning <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921104644/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003167 here], in the only Flash of the intermission)</small>

** Liquid Negrocity

** Carbon [[A Clockwork Orange (Literaturenovel)|Nadsat]] / Cuestick Genius

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104182543/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 ''[[Up to Eleven|65]] songs'' <ref>it used to have 71, but someone was caught accidentally plagiarizing a song and had their submissions removed</ref> . 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:

** Skaian Skirmish <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921134341/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003701 here])</small>

** Jade's Lullaby

** Aggrievance

** [[Excited Episode Title|Happy Cat Song!]]

** Hardchorale

** An Unbreakable Union <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921095256/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002880 here], as the first song)</small>

** White

** [[Touhou|Lotus Land]] [[Shout -Out|Story]]

** Chorale for War

** Bed of Rose's/Dreams of Derse <small>(featured briefly [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003556 here])</small>

** Skaian Flight

** [[Con Air|How Do I Live]] ([[Cover Version|Bunny Back in the Box Version]]) <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922063602/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003831 here] and [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004687 here])</small>

** Dupliblaze COMAGMA

** Moonshatter

** Sunsetter

** Lotus

** Ectobiology

** Upholding the Law

** Crystamanthequins <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921154619/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004478 here], in the only Flash of Act 5 Act 1)</small>

** Endless Climbing

** Medical Emergency

** Get Up

** Pyrocumulus (Kickstart)

** Skaian Skuffle

** Throwdown

** Valhalla

** Light

** Softly

** Greenhouse

** Space Prankster

** Ecstasy

** Snow Pollen

** Candles and Clockwork

** Can Town

** Plague Doctor

** Enlightenment

** Doctor Remix

** Biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence

** Song of Life

** [[Medley|Descend]] <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922004702/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003840 here], in the End of Act 4 and on the [[Arc Number|413th]] day of ''Homestuck'')</small>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104182954/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alternia Alternia] is the seventh official album. It is a solo album by Toby "[[Awesome McCoolname|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<ref> The last three songs are bonuses with the purchase of the album while the first three are still part of the album</ref>, 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:

** mIrAcLeS

** Phaze and Blood

** psych0ruins

** dESPERADO ROCKET CHAIRS,

** Death of the Lusii

** The La2t Frontiier

** Skaian Summoning

** Staring (Bonus)

** Keepers (Bonus)

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104183037/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/squiddles Squiddles!] is the eighth official album and another side album, this time recounting the exploits of a [[Show Within a Show|fictional television show]]'s protagonists, Squiddles, as they use [[The Power of Friendship]] and [[The Power of Love]] to defeat [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Skipper Plumbthroat]] and the horrors of [[Eldritch Abomination|The Furthest Ring]]. It was released on August 26, 2010. It contains:

** Squiddles! <small>([[Interrupting Meme|briefly]] featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922004702/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003840 here])</small>

** Squiddle Parade

** Squiddle March

** Tangled Waltz

** Sun-Speckled Squiddly Afternoon

** Squiddles Campfire

** Friendship is Paramount

** Lazybones

** 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

** Ocean Stars

** Friendship Aneurysm (Bonus) <small>(briefly sampled [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922004702/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003840 here]<ref> Interestingly, the entire album was spawned from this brief snippet and composed over the summer of 2010</ref>)</small>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104183044/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/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 [[Timey-Wimey Ball|time-based powers]]; the team refers to its style as [[Shaped Like Itself|"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

** [[George Gershwin|Rhapsody in Green]]

** Humphrey's Lullaby

** Clockwork Reversal

** Chartreuse Rewind

** [[Uncommon Time|The Broken Clock]]

** Apocryphal Antithesis

** Trails

** Scratch

** Temporal Piano

** Time Paradox

** Eldritch

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104184558/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-6-heir-transparent Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent] is the [[Non-Indicative Name|tenth]] official album. It has 21 songs; every song from it featured in-comic did so in Act 5 Act 2. Some of the songs 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:

** [[Slippy -Slidey Ice World|Frost]] <small>(featured [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004888 here])</small>

** [[Armageddon (Film)|I Don't Want to]] [[Ship Tease|Miss a Thing]] <small>(featured [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002238 here] as an [[Easter Egg]], also featured [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006927 here])</small>

** MeGaLoVania <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921193614/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005197 here], previewed in an earlier form in the music room [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004692 here]<ref>The song originated as a [[Final Boss]] composition for a Halloween-themed [[Game Mod]] of ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'' that Radiation did years before ''Homestuck''.</ref>)</small>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104183021/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 [[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

** Dance of Thorns

** Atomic Bonsai

** Knife's Edge

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104183018/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. <ref> As of the latest album, this is the cheapest album at only $.16 per track.</ref>. It was released on March 14, 2011. It contains:

** [[Doctor Who (TV)|Arisen]] [[Vocaloid|Anew]] <ref> The Japanese lyrics are "Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa" which translates to "The Princess of Time has stopped the dog"</ref>

** Nepeta's Theme <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921134616/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005338 here])</small>

** Horschestra STRONG Version <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921134616/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005338 here])</small>

** Blackest Heart (With Honks) <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921134616/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005338 here])</small>

** [[Creepy Circus Music|Midnight Calliope]] <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921134616/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005338 here])</small>

** [[EarthboundEarthBound|AlterniaBound]] (Bonus) <small>(previewed in the music room [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004692 here])</small>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104183002/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:

** Frogs

** [[Slippy -Slidey Ice World|Frost]]

** Wind

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104182612/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:

** Trial and Execution

** Spider8reath

** Awakening

** Let's All Rock the Heist

** Earthsea Borealis

** [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Warhammer of Zillyhoo]] <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921205349/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005579 here])</small>

** Savior of the Dreaming Dead <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101082400/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/cascade.php?s=6&p=6009 here], remixed slightly, in parts 3, 4, and 5 of the End of Act 5)</small>

** White Host, Green Room (Bonus)<ref>The intro features excerpts from "Terezi Owns", "Cascade", a [[Cut Song]] titled [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20190814163119/https://tenseimusic.tumblr.com/post/17709451675/if-you-bought-homestuck-volume-7-you-might-be "The King In Red"], and "Black Rose / Green Sun".</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104182958/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 <ref> 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.</ref>. It is unlike many of the ''Homestuck'' albums in that most of the songs are accompanied by vocals. It contains:

** Forever

** [[Two Thousand and One2001: A Space Odyssey|Dawn of Man]]

** Beta Version

** Lies with the Sea

** [[Problem Sleuth|Pumpkin Tide]]

** The Deeper You Go

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104183024/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:

** Aimless Morning Gold

** [[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask|Gilded Sands]]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104183041/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:

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104182609/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<ref> 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</ref>. It consists of eight tracks, the first four applying to Prospit and the latter four to Derse <ref>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.</ref>.

** Hallowed Halls

** The Golden Towers

** Prospit Dreamers

** Darkened Streets

** Core of Darkness

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104184610/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-8 Volume 8] is the nineteenth official album, released on [[Arc Number|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 <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101082400/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/cascade.php?s=6&p=6009 here], remixed slightly, in part 3 of the End of Act 5)</small>

** Serenade

** Love You (Feferi's Theme)

** Ocean Stars Falling

** Escape Pod

** Davesprite

** Airtime

** Frog Hunt

** Terraform

** Unite Synchronization

** Homefree

** Galaxy Hearts

** Arcade Thunder

** Kingside Castle

** Temporary

** Afraid of the Darko

** Bargaining with the Beast

** Frostbite

** Havoc

** Drift into the Sun

** Revered Return

** Judgment Day

** Cascade <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101082400/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/cascade.php?s=6&p=6009 here], as the composited full track of the End of Act 5<ref> 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.</ref>)</small>

** Cascade (Beta) (Bonus) <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101082400/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/cascade.php?s=6&p=6009 here], remixed slightly, in parts 1 and 2 of the End of Act 5<ref>Word Of Tensei is that it was originally intended to be his take on Descend, the End of Act 4 song. When [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpit6s7X8w4&feature=player_embedded synced up], the two fit remarkably well - and to some extent [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty6E3FJ6CCo&feature=watch_response Descend set to the first part of Cascade works too].</ref>)</small>

** Black Hole / Green Sun (Bonus) <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101082400/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/cascade.php?s=6&p=6009 here], in parts 6 and 7 of the End of Act 5)</small>

** null (Bonus) [[hottip:Note:<ref> 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.</ref> A boosted and rightways track can be seen [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15665674/null_reversed_boosted.ogg here.]{{Dead link}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104184613/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/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.

*** [[Dragonforce (Music)DragonForce|Iron Knight]] <ref> Caw Caw Motherfuckers (Davesprite)</ref>

*** Nine Lives One Love

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104184624/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-b 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.

*** Squiddle Song

*** Pale Rapture

*** Pilot Light

*** Ohgodcat

*** Cupcake Girl

*** Phantasmic Youngsters

*** Bec Noir

*** The Vast Glub

*** WV: Become the Mayor of Cans

*** Coolkid

*** Clockstopper

*** Dapper Dueling

*** Vodka Mutiny

*** Pipeorgankind

* It also likely includes the following:

** Frustracean <small>(featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922022043/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006273 here])</small>

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