thecnoNSMB
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10 months ago We import all our music data from the Homestuck Music Wiki, so you should probably bring this to their attention. It might also be possible to implement this as a mod for the collection.
Every song in the Colors & Mayhem albums was renamed from what their creators originally intended, so I think it would be nice if their original name was included on the page along with referenced tracks & track commentary and such. I happen to have a list already:
Rust Servant = Handmaid of Death Bronze Rebel = If I Were Like Rufio Gold Pilot = The Green Odyssey Iron Infidel = Hymn of the Signless Olive Scribe = Theme of PM With Ring Jade Mother = The Real Heroes Teal Hunter = Bête Blanche Cobalt Corsair = Hussie Indigo Archer = Mechani% Purple Tyrant = VS. Gamzee Violet Mariner = Heirstrike Fuchsia Ruler = Wit)(ing )(our Rust Maid = Apocalypse Maid Bronze Page = Fiduspawn (Adventure Lies) Gold Mage = Playtime is Over Iron Knight = Caw Caw Motherfuckers Olive Rogue = Air for Eclectic Bass Jade Sylph = Rainbow Drinker Teal Seer = Pumpkinsniffle Puree Cobalt Thief = Luminous Indigo Heir = Dirk's Dersite Dirge Purple Bard = Paradox Remnant Violet Prince = The Fallen King Fuchsia Witch = Jake's Theme Green Ghost = Cosmic Surgeon Orchid Horror = Dersite Lament Red Disc = Ebonyk Attyre Blue Atom = The Middle of Something Truly Wonderful Cyan Beast = The Windy Thing Pink Cat = Void Hopper Orange Hat = Breakdown Emerald Terror = Hellmurder Island
also I found artist commentary on the hs music wiki for Gold Mage that isn't included in the collection:
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Yes, I'm still amused by the fact that the comments on the most popular YouTube upload of this song essentially consist of nothing but "THIS REMINDS ME OF X GAME".
And not one of them has ever guessed Baten Kaitos, which provided the primary sources of inspiration for this track (the two Chaotic Dance songs: link - link). Absolute madness.
So. Gold Mage. Originally known as "Playtime is Over" and written for Dirk Strider before being repurposed to Sollux. Probably my most successful song, before I wrote that remix of Amalgum from Undertale. The very first piece of music I ever made money on.
I shan't lie; I'm not as fond of this song as I used to be. Not because of the Homestuck connection or anything; simply because it's just too repettitive. Enough so that it lead to why the eventual remix of it turned out the way it did (too busy and cluttered in places - Gold Mage [Playtime is Over Mix]) It was so with purpose; I did intend for lyrics to go over this- I even wrote a few- but never recorded anything. But honestly, I can't quite bring myself to hate it. The chords are quite nice, what melodies there are + the basslines are pretty slick, and it was my first major musical success. Though the royalties have since slowed way, way down- it's like £10 every four months, if that- it was a major deal when it first dropped as a part of coloUrs & mayhem: Universe A. Even Toby Fox and (assuming I'm not misremembering entirely) Andrew Hussie had nice things to say about it- directly comarping it to EarthBound-type stuff and being astounded it was written, from the ground up, in a PS1 game.
I may not be much into Homestuck these days, and I definitely think the song is showing it's age... but, hell, it's special to me all the same. One of the most integral pieces of my early music career by a wide margin.