“The earlier versions were slower, more like a lullaby,” she said, “ it didn't feel right.” Citing her own experience with panic attacks and how “mindful meditation” can help, Sugar said that she struggled to find a way to make the song not just reflect “that frantic place” her mind can go to when she’s particularly anxious, but the steadiness that can actually calm her down. “Take a moment, remind yourself, to take a moment and find yourself,” goes the chorus, before Garnet makes the soothing assurance that “it’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay.”Īs Sugar tells it, “Here Comes a Thought” was one of the trickiest songs she’s ever had to write for the show. One of the best examples of how the show does this is “Here Comes a Thought,” a song that Garnet (voiced by Estelle) starts singing as a way to help Steven ( Zach Callison) and his best friend Connie ( Grace Rolek) combat anxiety. Some of the most powerful Steven Universe songs are the ones that take a moment to breathe, refocus, and give us a peek into the mind of a character who’s having a particularly hard time. “Here Comes a Thought” teaches a vital lesson about how to manage anxiety To get more of an idea of how the team works together, here are some of the insights Sugar, Tran, and Velema shared about making five of the soundtrack’s best songs, which were also some of the most challenging ones to write. “Then I'll send it to and they'll make sense out of it.” "A lot of times I'm kind of going by ear, making things up until they feel right,” Sugar said. Sugar - whose background is in animation and who worked on Adventure Time before creating Steven Universe - credits her collaboration with equally detail-oriented people like Tran and Velema with helping her create music that comes out of “the guts and souls of these characters” to tell bigger, better stories. “The whole show is profoundly overthought."Īnd that suits Steven Universe just fine. In fact, they’ve put so much thought it that even the smallest details that came up during our conversation inevitably ended up having a detailed (and totally fascinating) backstory. They, along with Steven Universe’s storyboard artists and directors, have meticulously shaped the series into one of the most thoughtful on television. I recently sat down with Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar and composers Aivi Tran and Steven “Surasshu” Velema to talk about how the show’s music comes together, and how music ties into the show’s overall evolution. This evolution has given the show’s characters room to learn (and sing!) about everything from love and trust to anxiety and grief.Īs of June 2, fans have the opportunity to hear many of the show’s best songs in one place with the release of Steven Universe Soundtrack: Volume 1, a comprehensive collection that feels like taking a trip through the show itself. Often, they serve as perfectly distinct, bite-sized embodiments of what the characters are feeling in any given moment, swerving from deeply human to eerily alien depending on what the scene calls for. While Steven Universe’s songs are sometimes still there just there for fun - à la “Cookie Cat,” a jingle about Steven’s favorite adorable ice cream sandwiches - they increasingly play more of a role in the story.
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