Soundtrack (Television)
Adventure Time: Come Along with Me (Original Sou


5.0
classic

Review

by chris. USER (51 Reviews)
September 8th, 2018 | 22 replies


Release Date: 2018 | Tracklist

Review Summary: You and I will always be back then

10 years is a long time for something to last. It’s not forever, but it’s long enough to feel that burning absence when it ends. Adventure Time started off as just a playful childlike romp filled with swords and monsters. As time went on though, it became much more than that. It taught about self-meaning. It taught about bonds, and how they can be created and broken. It taught about how that despite everything and anything that happens, life still goes on. Time Adventure paints that last idea beautifully with only three lines.

”Singing will happen, happening, happened
Will happen, happening, happened
And we will happen again and again”


I grew up alongside Adventure Time, and with that I do feel a lingering sadness from watching its finale. In a decade, the show told countless stories. Some profound and others just plain fun. While it’s a shame that it’s over, it ended in such a way that makes it easier to accept as it showed extremely well that an end is never truly an end and that things will still continue to happen even if it’s not within view. I personally think it’s a powerful message, and the perfect send-off for the series.

The finale came along with its own soundtrack, filled with original though short tracks. Most of it is as atmospheric as it is bubbly; sporadic and unique as the show itself. It all builds up into the emotional center of the album and finale, into the song “Time Adventure”. Sung by the entire voice cast, it’s both beautifully tear-jerking and optimistic towards the future. “Island Song”, the cheerful with a hint of melancholy indie romp that closed out every show, is also the most fitting end for the finale’s soundtrack.

“Come along with me
And the butterflies and bees
We can wander through the forest
And do so as we please
Living so merrily”




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McTime50
September 9th 2018


1021 Comments


You should try going through again then. There's a lot of great moments of TV entertainment, especially the episode that won an Oscar where Jake details the nature and animals around him.

McTime50
September 9th 2018


1021 Comments


you could start with season 1 but there are a lot of just playful episodes where nothing much happens for a lot of the earlier seasons. the whole cartoon network audience thing. there was a list somewhere of essential episodes iirc. I'll send you it as soon as I find it.

McTime50
September 9th 2018


1021 Comments


when steven universe and especially gumball ends, that will be the end of many peoples (teens, young adults) childhoods.

McTime50
September 9th 2018


1021 Comments


gumball is actually in its final season right now, ending this year or next year. feelsbadman.

Gyromania
September 9th 2018


37023 Comments


Was kind of expecting more from the finale but it's still good. When Golb was changing I was hoping things would get fucked up but then it just takes off

McTime50
September 9th 2018


1021 Comments


golb changing was a crazy minute or two of animation tbh.

Gyromania
September 9th 2018


37023 Comments


Yeah it was some of the best I've seen in the series. Made the Lich look like child's play. Was sort of anticlimactic though. Was kind of hoping some peeps would die or something, have a more emotional conclusion. Wouldn't have been out of place with its theme of reincarnation.

Gyromania
September 9th 2018


37023 Comments


Gotta say, Adventure Time's music has always been excellent. They have a penchant for writing wistful dreamlike tunes such as "Sun Cycles" and "Waving to You". Really like the darker and sadder stuff they do too, like the first 10 seconds of "Main Title" (I can't think of any other track names to reference, this is my first AT OST, but these short tracks have appeared all throughout the series)

McTime50
September 9th 2018


1021 Comments


Time Adventure gets me choked up, though I think Rebecca did it better at the comic con panel. seeing John DiMaggio break down never fails to bring a few tears.

Gyromania
September 9th 2018


37023 Comments


^ nah man, the immaturity and tangential nature of it is what I loved so much. It gets a little too serious in later seasons. Almost consistently great (it was either season 5 or 6 that sucked ass), but the earlier stuff is prime. Prob seasons 2- 4 being the strongest

Zig
September 9th 2018


2747 Comments


Adventure Time socks are awesome!

McTime50
September 9th 2018


1021 Comments


@Bloon, it gets less immature. 100%

bonjohh
September 10th 2018


5 Comments


this show owned and i'll miss it a lot

McTime50
September 10th 2018


1021 Comments


same. though, there's a new show in the works called "Infinity Train" that looks promising. gotta look towards the future.

SteakByrnes
September 11th 2018


29757 Comments


Nice review for a great show. I still gotta finish it, but I was super into it when it first came on the air. I just gotta get through the last few seasons

keza
September 11th 2018


489 Comments


Seasons 4-5 are the peak of the show honestly, the trilogy from The Lich through Jake The Dog might be one of my favourite animated moments ever. It gets so fucked up so fast yet doesn't lose its humour. (Something some of the later episodes may have learned from, though I do love those too)

keza
September 11th 2018


489 Comments


Also Time Adventure is a friggin gorgeous song, Rebecca Sugar has a way of making really simple songwriting pull so much emotion.

Gyromania
September 11th 2018


37023 Comments


I get the lyrical theme of reincarnation in that song but honestly find it kind of cringey

McTime50
September 11th 2018


1021 Comments


It’s more emotional from timing and implication. It’s a goodbye song for the fans, and it really hits hard if you were invested in the series all the way through.

Gyromania
September 11th 2018


37023 Comments


Yes I get that it's a goodbye song that also alludes to their theme of reincarnation, but they've written far better songs imo (coming from someone who was invested throughout the entire series).

Your 5 for this is kind of baffling. They have some good songs here but a lot of filler and random like 30 second snippets that don't work nearly as well out of context. They have episodes with way better songwriting. Just can't imagine someone replaying this album lol



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