FICTIONAL_UNIVERSE by drophead

FICTIONAL UNIVERSE IS A PROJECT I CREATED TO COMBINE MY LOVE OF SCIENCE FICTION AND MUSIC. I WROTE AND RECORDED ALL THE MUSIC AND LYRICS FOR THIS ALBUM INSPIRED BY SCIENCE FICTION FILMS, BOOKS, AND SERIES, AND IN MOST INSTANCES HAVE USED AUDIO SAMPLES FROM THE FILMS TO FURTHER CONNECT THESE SONGS TO THEIR SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. I HAVE NO RIGHTS TO THE AUDIO SAMPLES FROM THESE VARIOUS SOURCES, BUT I HAVE ATTRIBUTED CREDIT TO THEM IN THE FORM OF WEB LINKS TO EACH OF THEIR WIKIPEDIA PAGES, AFTER THE LYRICS TO EACH SONG, FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THESE GREAT FILMS, BOOKS, AND SERIES THAT LED TO THE EXISTENCE OF THIS PROJECT. THIS ALBUM IS ENTIRELY FREE, IT HAS SERVED AS A PASSION PROJECT FOR ME, AND A CREATIVE OUTLET, AS WELL AS A HOMAGE TO THESE GREAT IDEAS, AND THEIR ARTISTIC CREATORS, ALL OF WHOM I ADMIRE AND RESPECT.

001_PROLOGUE
THIS IS JUST A "PRIMER" FOR THE ALBUM, IF YOU WILL, AND AS SUCH, I HAVE FEATURED AN AUDIO SAMPLE FROM ARGUABLY THE BEST HARD INDIE SCI-FI MOVIE EVER MADE, "PRIMER" CREATED BY SHANE CARRUTH.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_(film)

002_HAMMERFALL
HAMMERFALL IS A REFERENCE TO A COMET CRASHING DOWN ON EARTH AND DEVASTATING LIFE AS WE KNOW IT. IT IS FROM A GREAT SCI-FI BOOK CALLED "LUCIFER'S HAMMER" WRITTEN BY LARRY NIVEN AND JERRY POURNELLE. THE AUDIO SAMPLES USED ARE ACTUALLY JUST FROM A COUPLE OF OLD NEWS BROADCASTS, ONE FROM A SCIENTIST SPEAKING ABOUT A COMET FROM NEW ZEALAND, AND THE OTHER A REPORTER SPEAKING ABOUT TORNADO DEVASTATION IN THE US.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer%27s_Hammer

003_MAGNETRINE
MAGNETRINE IS A REFERENCE TO THE SOURCE OF LEVITATION DISCS THAT EXIST IN THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SIMON STÅLENHAG'S MASTERFUL UNIVERSE, AND BOOK-TURNED-SERIES "TALES FROM THE LOOP". HE IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE ARTIST, AND I'LL PROVIDE HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LINK AS WELL. ALSO, THE AUDIO SAMPLE I USED IN THIS SONG IS FROM A SPEECH BY WIDELY KNOWN THEORETICAL PHYSICIST, STEPHEN HAWKING, AND I'LL LIST A LINK TO HIS WIKI PAGE AS WELL.

LINKS:
HTTPS://WWW.SIMONSTALENHAG.SE/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_St%C3%A5lenhag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking

004_GOM_JABBAR
GOM JABBAR IS A REFERENCE TO THE BOOK-TURNED-FILMS, "DUNE" BY FRANK HERBERT. I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED THAT A NEW FILM VERSION OF "DUNE" IS COMING OUT VERY SOON. I LOVED THE ORIGINAL DAVID LYNCH FILM VERSION, BUT LOOK EVEN MORE FORWARD TO THIS NEW DENIS VILLENEUEVE VERSION.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)

005_REPLICANT
REPLICANT IS A REFERENCE TO THE FILM "BLADE RUNNER" BY RIDLEY SCOTT. OFTEN LISTED AS THE PINNACLE OF SCI-FI IN FILM, THIS MOVIE, BASED ON "DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?" BY PHILIP K. DICK, IS A MASTERPIECE AND HAS GONE FAR TO CEMENT RIDLEY SCOTT'S PLACE AS ONE OF THE GREATEST SCI-FI FILMMAKERS OF ALL TIME.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner

006_HUMAN_ERROR
HUMAN ERROR IS A REFERENCE TO THE FILM "2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY" BY STANLEY KUBRICK. ANOTHER CLASSIC, AND ALL-TIME GREAT SCI-FI FILM, "2001" WAS, AND STILL IS IN A LOT OF WAYS, FAR AHEAD OF ITS TIME. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GONE AWRY HAS BECOME THE BASIS FOR MANY SCI-FI CLASSICS SINCE, AND I ASSUME THEY ALL WOULD CREDIT THIS FILM FOR INSPIRATION.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)

007_MACHINE_LEARNING
MACHINE LEARNING IS INSPIRED BY THE EXCELLENT SERIES "DEVS" BY ALEX GARLAND. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE, IS ALARMING TO ALOT OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE OF THE IMPLICATIONS INVOLVED IN RELYING ON, AND RELINQUISHING POWER TO MACHINES, CAPABLE AND ALREADY SUPERIOR HUMAN BEINGS IN MANY WAYS. THE SERIES ALSO ASKS THE QUESTIONS ABOUT FREE WILL AND/OR PREDETERMINISM, WHICH ARE A PANDORA'S BOX OF THEIR OWN. I WILL PROVIDE ALEX GARLAND'S WIKI PAGE AS WELL, AS HE HAS MANY ADDITIONAL MIND-BLOWING SCI-FI PROJECTS HE HAS CREATED.

LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Garland

008_TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IS INSPIRED BY YET ANOTHER CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE BY RIDLEY SCOTT. HIS FILM, "ALIEN" IS NOT ONLY IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE OF IT'S LASTING INFLUENCE ON OTHER SCI-FI GENRE FILMS, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT'S A ANOTHER MASTERWORK THAT IS RECOGNIZED BY MANY AS ANOTHER ONE OF THE BEST SCI-FI FILMS OF ALL-TIME, WHICH IF YOU ARE COUNTING, LAND THE SAME GUY A 2ND ONE ON THIS LIST ALONE! RIDLEY SCOTT IS A LEGEND IN HIS TIME.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film)

009_MAINFRAME
MAINFRAME IS INSPIRED BY 1982'S FILM "TRON" BY STEVEN LISBERGER. IT'S A GROUNDBREAKING SCI-FI WORK THAT UTILIZED COMPUTER GRAPHICS LONG BEFORE THEY WERE USED IN MOVIES BEFORE. ABOUT COMPUTERS, INSIDE THE WORLD OF A COMPUTER, AND USING ALOT OF TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY, THE GRAPHICS MAY HAVE AGED A LITTLE, BUT THE IDEAS REPRESENTED REMAIN UNIQUE AND THE FILM IS STILL VISUALLY SPECTACULAR.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron

010_SUBLIMINATION
SUBLIMINATION IS INSPIRED BY JOHN CARPENTER'S "THEY LIVE". A FILM THAT USES A SCI-FI ALIEN INVASION PLOT TO UNDERLINE THE DISPARITY IN CLASS, WEALTH AND POWER IN AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE 'OBEY' GRAPHIC POPULARIZED BY STREET ARTIST SHEPARD FAIREY WAS BASICALLY TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THIS FILM, AND IT'S FUNNY AND FITTING THAT A PROPAGANDA ART FORM THAT BECAME MASSIVELY POPULAR AND TRENDY WAS DERIVED STRAIGHT FROM A FILM THAT'S GOAL WAS TO UNCOVER HIDDEN PROPAGANDA. THE ACTING WASN'T THE GREATEST, BUT THE IDEA BEHIND IT ALL WAS VERY ORIGINAL.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live

011_CRUCIFORMS
CRUCIFORMS IS INSPIRED BY A SECTION OF DAN SIMMON'S EPIC SCI-FI NOBEL "HYPERION". BASICALLY, IN THE BOOK, CRUCIFORMS ARE PARASITIC CREATURES THAT INVADE A HUMAN BODY AND RESURRECT IT FROM DEATH. IN THE STORY, A MAN HAS BEEN CRUCIFIED ONTO A LIGHTNING TREE, THAT KEEPS ELECTROCUTING HIM, BUT THANKS TO THE PARASITES, HE IS CONTINUALLY BROUGHT BACK, ONLY TO BE KILLED OVER AND OVER. THERE ARE LOTS OF GREAT MOMENTS IN MANY OF DAN SIMMONS WORKS, BUT THIS ONE WAS MOST UNIQUE AND MEMORABLE TO ME.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(Simmons_novel)

012_SPLIT_FACE
SPLIT FACE IS INSPIRED BY ANOTHER PRODUCT OF 1982, AND ANOTHER JOHN CARPENTER FILM, HIS CLASSIC AND BEST KNOWN SCI-FI WORK, "THE THING". JOHN CARPENTER, LIKE RIDLEY SCOTT, IS ONE OF OUR GENERATION'S BEST AND MOST PROLIFIC SCI-FI FILM MAKERS, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE IS ALSO A GREAT MUSICIAN IN HIS OWN RIGHT. "THE THING" IS A CLASSIC THAT STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, AND IS STILL JUST AS GREAT A WATCH TODAY AS IT EVER WAS.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)

various incarnations of loud noise set to rhythm created by or including some dude named tom burns.