The Cantata Pansophical: An Exandrian Musical

I know I posted about this on tumblr yesterday, but I had to write a little more about it as a way to express my awe over this whole project.

I've been following the updates on this project since the idea was first floated to the community. Tumblr fans had been mashing up Hamilton and Critical Role in art and gifs and photosets since Hamilton came out. But a project of this scope is just beyond everything else, and it could've worked out so differently.

The work that it took to write these songs and make them fit both the story of Season 1 in addition to hitting the plot themes of Hamilton is mind boggling. Somehow they made it work and they made it work so incredibly well. I cried multiple times today listening to this whole thing. Seriously, if you're a fan of both Hamilton and Critical Role and you haven't listened to this yet, get on it. It's amazing.

The Critter community is pretty fantastic as far as fandoms go. I feel like it's worth mentioning how generous this community is. There's a call for charitable donations on the website if you like the work they've done, some of the cast gives suggestions on places you might give. To put something like this together for free and further -- to encourage charitable gifts as a way to appreciate the work, is such a wonderful thing.

The story in The Cantata Pansophical is centrally focused on the events of the Chroma Conclave with a little set up before hand. The cast is huge and extremely talented. Also, please take in the really fantastic and matched themes of the artwork on each song, it's impressive.

Be prepared... the emotional gut punches hit pretty hard.

This should take you to the playlist on YouTube. You can also check out the website with the download link in addition to additional materials like the lyrics.


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