Waterflame

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**Waterflame** is a Norwegian Composer known for his many songs that were used in Main Levels and Community Levels. A vast majority of his Songs were labeled under the Video Game Music Genre. He's also well-known for his publisher's strict Copyright License, which has caused many different Copyright issues to come forth.

## History

### Biography

Waterflame, or **Christian Krogsvold**, was born on February 26th, 1989 in the capital of Norway, *Oslo*. He would slowly build up an interest into music composing the older he got. Once he turned 14 years old in 2003, he started an account on the website known as Newgrounds and went by the name **Chainsaw\_09**. He saw that there was a huge community on Newgrounds and saw that as an opportunity that appeared before him.

### The Chainsaw\_09 Era

Waterflame started his long history with Composing music in 2003, but wouldn't start uploading them to Newgrounds until 2004, with the song -sunrise-. It was Waterflame's first time using FL Studio to make a loop that he would end up putting on Newgrounds. This didn't garner him much attention, but it was a start for him to get into composing music. He would go out of his way to make 23 other songs during this time period, all receiving similar amounts of support.

In 2005, Waterflame would start to gain some attention on Newgrounds, more than he did in 2004. He made 16 different songs during this time period, with some of them peaking harder than others. The first one of these songs was -homeworld-.

### The Waterflame Era

Once 2006 came along, Waterflame would make a lot less songs than the other two years, 7 in total. However, one of these songs in 2006, -Space pirates-, had a different story. Once this song was released, not only did it blow up in popularity, but he also changed his Newgrounds name to the now well-known name **Waterflame**.

#### Rise in Popularity

The next year of Waterflame's career can be described as the year that changed Waterflame's status by a landslide. During this year, Waterflame released 15 different songs, with one of them in particular giving him a massive boost in popularity and is still one of the most popular songs on Newgrounds, -Glorious Morning-. This song primarily became popular because it was used in the game *Castle Crashers*, which will become more relevant only a year later. This was also the year Waterflame made his own YouTube channel.

2008 was another year of success for Waterflame, with 21 different songs being released. One in particular, -Jumper-, was used in Castle Crashers, giving Waterflame an even bigger boost into stardom. Along with that, his other songs also did decently well compared to the year prior.

In 2009, Waterflame released 12 more songs, with some of these being more vital in the later years for Waterflame. Overall, this year was a little more boring compared to the previous two years. However, the song -Time Machine- will become more relevant in the later years of his career. Waterflame also released his first album during this year, named **Green**.

2010 was an average year for Waterflame, with all 12 songs released that year doing decently in popularity, but not going insanely high in popularity.

2011 was a lower-performing year compared to the years prior, although Waterflame did release 18 songs within that year. All songs performed around the same when it came to popularity.

In 2012, Waterflame released the most songs within one year so far, 48 songs in total. Some of the songs released within this year would build up to become a few of his biggest hits, -Clutterfunk- for example. He also made a new Album named **Adventure**. Not only that, however, he also entered the "Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch" (NGADM) 2012, an event for Audios on Newgrounds.

In 2013, Waterflame released a total of 21 songs and one of these was the sequel to his most popular song, -Glorious Morning-, -Glorious Morning 2-. This year was also the slow rise of a game that would change Waterflame's career forever. He also released a new Album by the name of **Showdown**.

#### The Geometry Dash Era

The next year, a game would appear that used Waterflame's songs that we now know as Geometry Dash. During 2014, the popularity of the 28 songs released that year and the ones prior, would go up by quite a huge margin. This year is infamously known as the year that Waterflame realized his potential on Newgrounds and YouTube.

2015 was another eventful year for Waterflame. During 2015, Waterflame released 16 different songs, one being specifically made for the game that made him popular in the first place, Geometry Dash, -Geometrical Dominator-. The song was specifically made for the Version 2.0 update of Geometry Dash. He also hired his music publisher *TuneCore*, because he was starting to lose track of who was using his music fairly. Aside from these things, he also released his fourth Album named **Community Favorites**.

#### Slowing Down

In 2016, Waterflame released another 16 songs, with one of them being specifically made for a Community Level in GD, -Striker-.

In the next year, his amount of songs dwindled down to 7 songs in one year. He also released his fifth Album, **Surge**, which is most likely why there were less song released that year.

In 2018, Waterflame would release 20 different new songs, but these unfortunately were all left in the dark. Most of the songs were in the 10K and 20K downloads, astronomically lower than some of his other successes at 100K or more.

2019 was a similar year for Waterflame. He only released 9 songs during this year, with almost all of them performing around the same as 2018. However, one of the songs was a sequel to -Jumper-, one of his most popular songs, called -Jumper 2-.

2020 failed just as bad as the years prior. Waterflame released 10 songs in total, but none of them blew up in the slightest. He announced an album for the next year, however.

In 2021, Waterflame released 9 total songs, with similar success. However, one of the songs, -Octagon Force-, did perform a bit better because it was a sequel to another popular song of his, -Hexagon Force-. He also released his latest Album, called **Vast**.

#### Developments

In 2022, Waterflame has currently released 25 songs within this year. This was the year that Waterflame decided to experiment with different Music Genres, such as **Rock** music. He also had his own podcast on Newgrounds within this year. This was coincidentally also when Waterflame had been composing music for more than 10 years.

## Songs

Waterflame has released a total of 335 songs in his time as a Music Composer. Most of these songs are labeled as the **Video Game** music genre, but he also tried experimenting with other Music Genres, such as **Techno**.

### -sunrise-

**-sunrise-** (Ambient) was Waterflame's first ever loopable song that only lasted for 40 seconds. It was released on July 21st, 2004 and received positive feedback. It was the first time Waterflame uploaded one of his "songs" made with FL Studio on to Newgrounds.

### -plastic horror-

**-plastic horror-** (Video Game) was Waterflame's first song that can be found on Newgrounds, which lasts for 2 minutes and 51 seconds. It was released on July 21st, 2004 and received semi-positive feedback. It was a remix of another song that isn't on Newgrounds, named **-kknd tribute-**, which was a Tribute to a strategy game, named *Krush Kill 'n' Destroy*.

### -launch the tecno-

**-launch the tecno-** (Techno) is a 2-minute and 46-second song. It was released on July 22nd, 2004 and received semi-positive feedback. It was a Techno song with some Drum and Bass mixed into it and Waterflame ironically spelled Techno as "tecno", most likely because of his origin being Norwegian.

### PerfectDark: airbase remix

**PerfectDark: airbase remix** (Video Game) is a 1-minute and 58-second song, released on November 28th, 2004 and received positive feedback. It was a Remix of a song in the FPS game *Perfect Dark* on the *N64*.

### -when i sleep-

**-when i sleep-** (Techno) is a 3-minute and 13-second song, released on November 28th, 2004 and received positive feedback. It was Waterflame's first full serious song uploaded to Newgrounds.

### -fireburst-

**-fireburst-** (Techno) is a 2-minute and 48-second song, released on November 28th, 2004 and received positive feedback. This song was originally composed for a fighting movie, but Waterflame found the song to be too long to fit in that type of movie.

### -plingplong-

**-plingplong-** (Techno) is a 3-minute and 17-second song, released on November 28th, 2004 and received positive feedback. It's Waterflame's first song with the "music genre" of his own, which he calls "Japanese Drum and Bass".

### -axel f remix-

**-plingplong-** (Techno) is a 3-minute and 17-second song, released on November 29th, 2004 and received semi-positive feedback. This song is a Remix of Instructor Axel F's song from the film franchise *Beverly Hills Cop*.

### -it's time-

**-it's time-** (Drum N Bass) is a 2-minute and 53-second song, released on November 29th, 2004 and received positive feedback. It's a fast-melody Drum N Bass song with the occasional piano in there.

### -outpost theme-

**-outpost theme-** (Trance) is a 2-minute and 1-second song, released on November 29th, 2004 and received positive feedback. It's used as the Theme Song of his *Flash Trilogy*, known as *Outpost*.

### -acidbeatfunk-

**-acidbeatfunk-** (Techno) is a 4-minute and 1-second song, released on December 1st, 2004 and received positive feedback. It was originally composed in 2003 and is a crazy happy Techno song.

### -snow in the air-

**-snow in the air-** (Techno) is a 3-minute and 19-second song, released on December 2nd, 2004 and received positive feedback. The main melody of this song was played on his keyboard.

### -protoss rocks out!-

**-protoss rocks out!-** (Techno) is a 3-minute and 7-second song, released on December 4th, 2004 and received positive feedback. It's based off of the alien creatures named the *Protoss* from *StarCraft*.

### -purple sky-

**-purple sky-** (Techno) is a 3-minute and 7-second song, released on December 4th, 2004 and received positive feedback. Waterflame originally liked this song of his, but has grown to hate it the more he listened to it.

### -dark drone-

**-dark drone-** (Drum N Bass) is a 3-minute song, released on December 5th, 2004 and received semi-positive feedback. This song was composed a while before Waterflame published it.

### -boom booster-

**-boom booster-** (Drum N Bass) is a 1-minute and 37-second song, released on December 5th, 2004 and received semi-positive feedback. This song was a new Drum and Bass style Waterflame was trying out.

### -dreamy trainride-

**-dreamy trainride-** (Techno) is a 3-minute and 12-second song, released on December 5th, 2004 and received positive feedback. This was another song that Waterflame composed a while back.

### -sonic: ice cap remix-

**-sonic: ice cap remix-** (Video Game) is a 2-minute and 32-second song, released on December 5th, 2004 and received positive feedback. It's a Remix of the song *Ice Cap* from the game *Sonic the Hedgehog*.

### -corkspinn-

**-corkspinn-** (Drum N Bass) is a 1-minute and 45-second song, released on December 8th, 2004 and received semi-positive feedback. It's a remix of a very old song that Waterflame composed with the *Music 2000* program on the Playstation.

### -good ol' new funk-

**-good ol' new funk-** (Techno) is a 1-minute and 2-second song, released on December 11th, 2004 and received positive feedback. This is a loopable song that Waterflame made with an electric guitar simulation.

### -spring-

**-spring-** (General Rock) is a 2-minute and 10-second song, released on December 12th, 2004 and received positive feedback. It was Waterflame's first attempt at Rock Music.

### -dancing in the rain-

**-dancing in the rain-** (Techno) is a 3-minute and 32-second song, released on December 12th, 2004 and received positive feedback. This song featured an old beat that Waterflame didn't bother to originate.

### -plod construct-

**-plod construct-** (Drum N Bass) is a 3-minute and 50-second song, released on December 18th, 2004 and received positive feedback. Waterflame worked very long to get this song out and he exclaims that the song gets better as it goes.

### -terror wasp- (wasp remix)

**-terror wasp- (wasp remix)** (Drum N Bass) is a 2-minute and 9-second song, released on December 20th, 2004 and received positive feedback. This song was made a year prior to the actual release of the song. This was also the last song of the 2004 era.

### -homeworld-

**-homeworld-** (Techno) is a 4-minute and 1-second song, released on January 5th, 2005 and received positive feedback. It features alien Techno and strange vocals.

### -t.t.l.o.l. part 3-

**-t.t.l.o.l. part 3-** (Techno) is a 3-minute and 29-second song, released on January 9th, 2005 and received positive feedback. It was the third part of an 11-minute and 11-second song named *The Timeline of Life* that he had written.

### -lv. 3 (old) -

**-lv.3 (old) -** (Techno) is a 2-minute and 38-second song, released on January 9th, 2005 and received positive feedback. This was an old song Waterflame had made a while back. Waterflame had stated that this was the last song he would upload to Newgrounds, but that obviously didn't end up being true.

### -strikebeam-

**-strikebeam-** (Industrial) is a 2-minute and 24-second song, released on February 3rd, 2005 and received positive feedback. It was the first song after Waterflame announced that he would take a break from uploading songs to Newgrounds.

### -black flower-

**-black flower-** (Industrial) is a 1-minute and 24-second song, released on February 13th, 2005 and received positive feedback. Waterflame made this song when it was 4:00 AM in Waterflame's time.

### -t.t.l.o.l. part 2-

**-t.t.l.o.l. part 2-** (Industrial) is a 1-minute and 35-second song, released on February 22nd, 2005 and received positive feedback. This is the second part of Waterflame's 11-minute and 11-second song, named *The Timeline of Life*.

### -sky runner-

**-sky runner-** (Dance) is a 2-minute and 11-second song, released on March 8th, 2005 and received positive feedback. This was Wateflame's first 1/3 beat in a song, which Waterflame was a fan of. It's sometimes referred to as "Jumper 2005.
*W.I.P*

## Copyright Info

Waterflame is one of the most strict and controversial Music Composers in the Geometry Dash Community. Waterflame works under the **CC BY-NC-ND** license, or the **Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative**. This means that the song can be copied and used for Non-Commercial purposes, as long as there's credit to the original author of the song. If you do want to use their songs for Commercial purposes, you would have to contact Waterflame to discuss the details.

Waterflame is not responsible for any Copyright Infringement Abuse on YouTube or other sites, because his publisher, *TuneCore*, does all of this for him. TuneCore has been hated for the amount of Copyright issues that they've caused to YouTubers. The one way that YouTubers avoid these Copyright issues is by actually crediting the original author, or by trying to avoid punishment by upping the pitch, for example.

## Trivia

* Waterflame's real name is Christian Krogsvold.
* Waterflame went as *Chainsaw\_09* for the first few years, until he changed his Newgrounds name to *Waterflame* with the release of the song -Space Pirates-.
* Waterflame has made songs specifically for Geometry Dash in the past.

## Social Links

* Youtube: Waterflame
* Twitter: WaterflameMusic
* Spotify: Waterflame
* Newgrounds: Waterflame
* Facebook: Waterflame
* Waterflame's Official Site