As Sugar puts it in Maria Bustillos’ epic treatise on "Adventure Time": ![]() That concision is part of what makes the music so striking as art, serving as both isolated work and a conscious part of a much larger whole. And even more than "Adventure Time", "Steven Universe" is practically a musical-songs like "Strong in the Real Way" or "What Can I Do for You?" are thematically and emotionally dense enough to take whole acts and episodes-or, in one case, a whole season of television-and transform them into minute-long, concentrated bursts of creative energy. The Gems’ family dynamic riffs on Sugar’s progressive, artistically productive childhood-Steven is based on her younger brother Steven, who works on the show himself. ![]() (Both air on Cartoon Network-Sugar continued working on "Adventure Time" through the show’s fifth season, when committing to the two shows at the same time became impossible.)Īs an extremely quick summary: the show focuses on the makeshift family formed by Steven, a young boy, and the Crystal Gems, aliens who defend the world, one of whom is voiced by the singer Estelle. And if anything, that quality is intensified in the work Sugar has done on "Steven Universe", the show she created while working on "Adventure Time". Because an expression of emotion so powerful is absolutely riveting. And the entire cast joined in to sing the show’s rousing theme song.The performance, in which Marceline sings Simon’s words, accompanied by his shriveled present self, feels like watching an intimate, painful fight tearing apart a family-we, and Finn, feel like we should look away, but can’t. Dietz’s solo on “Tower Of Mistakes” showed off the elegant simplicity of most lyrics in a Steve Universe episode. Estelle flubbed some fun lyrics in a defiant song ( “Stronger Than You”) while getting both sides of the room to sing along with her. ![]() Magno crushed a heart-wrenching ballad about her character competing against Steven’s father Greg in a love triangle with Steven’s mother ( “It’s Over”). It's hard to imagine that attendees expected a morning concert at all, let alone one with such verve. Liu’s guitar lines sound a bit like The Pillows, who soundtracked beloved anime FLCL, and the compositions by Tran and Velema have delightfully eerie electronic touches like the music on Gravity Falls. Greg” and various fan-favorite past episodes.įormer supervising director Ian Jones-Quartey served as MC, introducing composers Aivi Tran and Steven “Surasshu” Velema on synths, storyboard artist Jeff Liu on guitar, writer Ben Levin on bass, creator Rebecca Sugar on guitar and vocals, and the voices of Steven (Zach Callision), Amethyst (Michaela Dietz), Pearl (Deedee Magno), and Garnet (Estelle)-who together made a formidable band. Instead, the front of the ballroom was full of music stands and instruments, and the panel turned into a live concert of songs from “Mr. Greg,” the show’s first fully musical episode which aired on Tuesday, the Steven Universe panel skipped the typical long-table setup for its panel. And the day kicked off with a packed room of Steven Universe fans thrilled to witness the Cartoon Network show’s return to Comic Con. ![]() At Comic-Con, Friday is all about animation-at least in the Indigo Ballroom across the street from the San Diego Convention Center.
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