cool!
Wow... this was a lot longer than I was expecting.
Last year I made the NG Mall Music Collab, and it saw an unprecedented amount of submissions, some of whom their first time posting to NG! So this year, I thought I'd do it again with a gimmick, and lo and behold EVEN MORE PEOPLE SUBMITTED! Crazy. You guys are crazy.
For those who didn't see the original BBS post, the idea was make music you'd think would play at night in a mall. Maybe ambient/mallsoft-esque music, or Caretaker vibes, or creepy vibes, or just regular mall music, who knows!
The end result is a fever dream in a really cool way, many tracks were normal, some spooky, some reverby, so I tried my best to organize them in a way that made sense. It starts with more upbeat and "happier(?)" sounding tracks, and gradually evolves to slower or darker tones, ending with pure ambient, and ending with the mall opening, the most upbeat track.
I hope you enjoy the massive amount of effort that was put into this from everybody!
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TIMESTAMPS (updated, thank you CrimsonKero):
0:20 TeffyD - Closing Time
1:50 BASCUTI - 1130pm
3:38 JinZ - I said... WE'RE CLOSED
5:28 YoanBB - This Other Store Nearby
9:05 Person - The Night Begins
10:58 AzureFrontline - Autumnal Elevator
13:02 Janbuilder - Corsica Yacht Express
16:26 Creeperforce Thanks for Shopping! (at Metro Market)
18:04 Crimson - Dump Season
21:46 Ratedkid - The Unknown Alley
24:47 Aalasteir - Electronic Shop
27:16 DoubleDenial - Just Give Me Your Wallet
28:58 Morpherence - Castle Crashers (muzak mix)
30:00 Father Beef - Mallsynth
32:10 Pomarzyn - Overtime Hour
34:16 HC1 - Mall
35:36 MrPurple - Erm, the Giant is Rolling
38:12 Tin3Sn - Liminality
42:42 LANPartyAnimal - Night Shift
45:35 LHPixel8 - Endless Paths
46:57 POSTELVIS - You'll Be Glad It's Over
52:38 Tuxed - MallNo
56:25 HC1 - Bearing Fruit
57:47 Shletty - shop 4ever
59:40 Traft - Waiting Alone
1:02:43 Wobwobrob - Eclipse
1:05:19 UrnSudden - Weatherchannel
1:07:14 Xanxoepico - Fashion Dreams
1:10:10 Icyflag - Hazy
1:13:58 Zuwer_WS - 会いたくなる単調な歌
1:16:23 Ironmlp - Lo Sostenido Menor
1:22:19 Dekaeo / MilkClock - Mall Castle (After Hours)
1:26:34 Beeetelgeuse - Mallsoft
1:28:47 Crimson - 雪崩
1:31:25 AppLmage - Sweepersong
1:34:14 KJBurbankVA - Break-in
1:35:16 Napt - NG Mall Collab
1:37:29 CM47 - Wet Floor
1:38:57 Yawnmorning - Mall Music
1:43:46 StixDevs - Journey Through an Old Mall
1:49:08 Trazzz123 - Echoes in the Food Court
1:51:51 3manon - Getting Funky in the Abandoned Mall
1:54:16 Carboluka - Mall Open 24/7 Forever
1:57:04 Centiphil - Miss Tulip
1:59:17 Forgotten Dawn - Alternate Past
2:02:00 Solacitude - The Minimalist
2:05:16 HC1 - It was... My Way
2:06:08 Centiphil - Morning Shift
*UPDATE*
With help from other users, there is evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that two tracks were made using AI, those have been removed.
cool!
will this be uploaded to youtube? (pls)
lets go!
Eventually!
Only one removed song: HEAVEN - MALL SONG, previously at 34:16, affected the timestamps.
The other appeared at the very end.
HC1 - Mall had previously appeared at 35:40, all tracks after this now appear 1 min 24 secs earlier.
UPDATED tracklist
34:16 HC1 - Mall
35:36 MrPurple - Erm, the Giant is Rolling
38:12 Tin3Sn - Liminality
42:42 LANPartyAnimal - Night Shift
45:35 LHPixel8 - Endless Paths
46:57 POSTELVIS - You'll Be Glad It's Over
52:38 Tuxed - MallNo
56:25 HC1 - Bearing Fruit
57:47 Shletty - shop 4ever
59:40 Traft - Waiting Alone
1:02:43 Wobwobrob - Eclipse
1:05:19 UrnSudden - Weatherchannel
1:07:14 Xanxoepico - Fashion Dreams
1:10:10 Icyflag - Hazy
1:13:58 Zuwer_WS - 会いたくなる単調な歌
1:16:23 Ironmlp - Lo Sostenido Menor
1:22:19 Dekaeo / MilkClock - Mall Castle (After Hours)
1:26:34 Beeetelgeuse - Mallsoft
1:28:47 Crimson - 雪崩
1:31:25 AppLmage - Sweepersong
1:34:14 KJBurbankVA - Break-in
1:35:16 Napt - NG Mall Collab
1:37:29 CM47 - Wet Floor
1:38:57 Yawnmorning - Mall Music
1:43:46 StixDevs - Journey Through an Old Mall
1:49:08 Trazzz123 - Echoes in the Food Court
1:51:51 3manon - Getting Funky in the Abandoned Mall
1:54:16 Carboluka - Mall Open 24/7 Forever
1:57:04 Centiphil - Miss Tulip
1:59:17 Forgotten Dawn - Alternate Past
2:02:00 Solacitude - The Minimalist
2:05:16 HC1 - It was... My Way
2:06:08 Centiphil - Morning Shift
bro thank you so much, you're amazing!
Absolute fricking goat
Here are my favorite tracks from the collab!
This will be literally 99% subjective so please don't get discouraged if I don't mention your track 0_0
Huge GGs to everyone in the collab, and thanks to Teffy for dealing with all of this!
Teffy's first track is sooo coooool
The sound design part at the beginning introduces the vibe so well 0_0
BASCUTI's track continues the same vibe I feel like. It's as if a poorly preserved mall speaker was playing mall music and it's reaaaally moody.
JinZ's is a weiiiird banger. It doesn't interpret the closed mall as a creepy place I feel like, but as a... normal, but unconventional vibe place. That's creative I'll admit. My only complaint would be that that random keychange is quite jarring ngl
YoannBB's track is kinda mid I'll admit also why is the store blasting funk-ish at night
Janbuilder's is a STRAIGHT banger. Bro wasn't tired after making the animation of the collab??
I want to give this one another listen when I can as my listening conditions are trash atm but DAMNNNN BRO. (I can't hear the bass but it seems so coooool).
Also why can't I find you in the artist list? Let me put 5 stars on that thing
Aalasteir's ISNT a track I'd go out of my way to listen to but whaaaat??? Never heard anything like that and if your electronic store sounds like that at night plz nuke it I don't want it near me. Still though whaaat, GGs on the soundscape!
Father Beef's is quite relaxed compared to some nightmarish tracks like Aalasteir's. It's quite relaxing (and the slightly misplaced piano notes are cool too)
From this point onward I'm pretty sure that the time codes are inaccurate due to the primal beings who used AI so I'm stopping here and will continue when the description is fixed!
I've always imagined Newgrounds as a huge city of artists and their creations. This makes me feel like I'm actually at a record label in a mall giving all these talented composers a chance.
Big congratulations on the project! It was relaxing and great to listen to while doing homework and drawing. I'll definitely give it a longer look when I have the time. It's clear there's a lot of talent here!
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