The Borderline, by Skyshard

The Borderline

by Skyshard

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1.	Melochromatic Sunset 06:30	info	buy track
2.	Utopia 24XX 02:00	info	buy track
3.	Still Only Human 03:24	info	buy track
4.	Digitalized Anxiety 04:40	info	buy track
5.	Inside the Crystal Pyramid 03:33	info	buy track
6.	Alien Feeling 02:40	info	buy track
7.	I'm I safe (Elevator Theme 1) 01:33	info	buy track
8.	Mirror 04:07	info	buy track
9.	The Runaway 02:50	info	buy track
10.	Dystopian Lights 04:30	info	buy track
11.	Downtown 04:55	info	buy track
12.	100 Ions 05:00	info	buy track
13.	Blaze Shot 04:15	info	buy track
14.	Onto Adventure of Ending Times 03:33	info	buy track
15.	Distant City Lights 04:40	info	buy track
16.	The Truth 01:00	info	buy track
17.	Infiltration 03:15	info	buy track
18.	Heist 03:15	info	buy track
19.	Into the Depts (Elevator Theme 2) 01:37	info	buy track
20.	Facility Underground 03:10	info	buy track
21.	Endless Labyrinth 03:30	info	buy track
22.	Horrifying Discovery 01:15	info	buy track
23.	Numbers 03:20	info	buy track
24.	A Team till the End 01:35	info	buy track
25.	Blackout 01:15	info	buy track
26.	Awaken 02:01	info	buy track
27.	Alone in the Dark 03:00	info	buy track
28.	The Brush of Creation 06:40	info	buy track
29.	End of the Line 04:05	info	buy track
30.	The Pursuit 03:50	info	buy track
31.	Descending into Madness (Elevator Theme 3) 01:40	info	buy track
32.	Escape the World 04:00	info	buy track
33.	The Atlas of Worlds 04:00	info	buy track
34.	Their Place Beyond the Stars 04:20	info	buy track
35.	The Scientist 02:30	info	buy track
36.	Stray Out 04:35	info	buy track
37.	The Other Side 07:30	info	buy track
38.	Beyond the Borderline 09:05	info	buy track
39.	Dystopian Skylines (Bonus Track) 02:30	info	buy track
40.	Running the Shadows (Bonus Track) 03:25	info	buy track
41.	Digital Paradise (Bonus Track) 03:20	info	buy track
42.	Her Trace in the Shattered Skies (Bonus Track) 05:50	info	buy track

about

The Borderline is my 3rd full length album, and an attempt to make a full concept soundtrack for my own story.
This project started over a year ago and was slowly in the work since then.
Now, I’m finally ready to release it to the world.
Truth is, nothing is ever ready. There is always stuff to improve. But if I don’t release it now, it will probably never happen. So, it’s the best time for that.
In short, I’d say this is my dystopian EQG, with a guy as main character.

Plot wise, this album tells the story of Henry Sullivan (please tell me somebody got the reference I worked so hard to make it funny), a young (30-something yo) fella who lives on Earth in a far dystopian future.
In that future, Earth has been drained of its valuable resources, the moon is no more, and the sun has died, drained as well from its warmth entirely, and replaced with an artificial analogue.
The remaining population on the planet works for the last big megacorporation in charge, while the rest of humanity has already set home in other far stars.
Our protagonist is a scientist, working for a medium size salary on the bastion of said corporation, which is called Skybreach (sorry).
It was originally called Renraku as reference to Shadowrun, but I can’t keep the name for obvious reasons.
After a strange incident, the scientist gets the chance to uncover the truth behind the corporation doings and ends up in the most unexpected situation.
This album tells that story and opens a “lore-path” for my musical MLP fanon, on which I’m slowly working.

Each track has some story written in the description, and you can find the originally written “book” as bonus with the album.

This album is royalty-free. Feel free to use on anything, as far as you credit me and make it free.
If you're making a paid project, feel free to DM me to discuss royalties.

credits

released December 26, 2021

Everything by Skyshard.

Special thanks: Matrix S. Heirfrost for rendering an epic version of the "Atlas" (the one you can see on the cover) and for literally helping me designing it.

Elevator sounds and some other background elements:
www.freetousesounds.com

Additional thanks: All my dear friends for supporting me during my mental breakdowns caused by this album.

Small little thanks: Microsoft for the latest version of Word 365, because its better than it was the last year and I could quickly fix some grammar on the story like 1 hour before the release.

One of the major inspirations for this album was the world of Shadowrun, and one of the bonus-tracks is dedicated to it, but another big thanks is going to the folk's from Aviators server who organized that writing contest a long time ago, thanks to which I wrote this story.

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Skyshard Costa Rica

I'm just a small little pony. No more. No less.
I do music. I cover different genres like EDM, synthwave or hybrid orchestra soundtracks.
Most of my music is based on my headcanon stories about colored horses.
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