Score: 8

"Woh..."

submission: Roll

date: July 16, 2006

very dark, very dijointed melodies.

The atmosphere is that of a calm madness, like a vile corrupted disease calmly fusing with the mind.

A very strange, original piece. I absolutely adored it, I have no suggestions on how to make it wierder. I deem this an experimental success.

Good stuff Professor_Doom, good stuff indeed.

Score: 8

"Neat"

submission: Galactic summer (3:27)

date: July 16, 2006

Hello WinTang

Lets begin our review with mood and atmosphere this song presents.

Its definately a jazzy piece, i'm not going to lie to you, its not my type of music, but I know good music when I hear it.

I see celestial dancing with this piece, like a 70's disco, but several thousand miles in space. Smooth, sweet, and laid back.

It morphs pretty quickly with that jazz and piano duet segment, a lonely segment really. I feel a kind of desolute feeling really.

Lets talk a bit about instruments and melody.
The intro was pretty good with that pad? like instrument. I found the melody was pretty neat, again since it's not my type of music per say, I didn't find it that catchy, but I did still enjoy it.

The percussional beats were simple, but effective in their little dance.

I suppose thats all I have to say about this piece, sorry for the short review, I don't have any suggestions for this piece ^^.

Good stuff, keep up the good fight, and keep them coming.

Score: 9

"Interesting..."

submission: Bosa Revolution

date: July 16, 2006

Hello Bosa. I am glad to see you submit something, lets begin our review with the mood and atmosphere your song presents.

The subtle, soft beginning was pretty neat, convinient, happy, innocent, and on a lesser scale, but not insignifcantly, hopeful. The harp really did work out, quite glad you put that in there, really gives it a neat twist.

at 0:50 when you bring in that choir. I was very taken by it. It sounds very real, is that your voice? If it is, its a wonderful voice, and works well with reverb. It gives me an image of a women, probably of celtic origin, slightly dancing through a field of flowers.

All is good.

Suddenly at 1:14 the sky turns red, swirling clouds of black rage manifest to consume the sky and light the sun would want to shower the ground with.

The dark choir there, did what it was meant to do. As well as those strings that followed shortly after.

I liked the layer you added on the strings at 1:53, it gave it a much more darker feeling, yet it was a suffering darkness, a darkness bent on crushing only because of the pain it went through before. A man in black robes, standing in the flower field, watching this women, as the flowers around him begin to die.

The women looks up with fear in her eyes at 2:37, and begins to venture towards him. Holding his angry gaze, she carefully makes her way to him. She holds his face at 2:50.

Unexpectantly the man's eyes begin to water, and his hands drop to his side, and he gazes up to the sky. A single tear strikes down the ground, and he begins to crumble away.

Sorry, for the long story, this is just what I get from listening to it.

Now to talk a bit about instruments and melody.

I feel some background strings, low octaves would help make this song more powerful, some right chords could have that beginning extremely powerful stuff. I liked the silence you presented around 0:53.

I'm also thinking, when the really dark music comes in, an organ. Some bells, and an organ. Epic destructive evil, a reckoning of absolute chaos. You present this feeling with the brass here as well, I just feel it would have been better emphasised with the addition of these bells.

The brass part was a tad saturated for me too, but again my earphones suck, it just as you said, helps me focus on the song ;).

Also as a contradictory idea, perhaps having a flute in those parts too. Kind of like Ying-Yang thing, you know, happy flute, evil flute, happy flute, evil flute kind of thing.

This is what I get from this song Bosa, keep up the good fight, I really enjoyed it.

Score: 9

"Awesome"

submission: Ice Princess(in memoriam)

date: July 15, 2006

Lets begin our review by analysing the mood and atmosphere the song sends.

Begins off on a very dark key, a very omnipotent kind of voice really. I get a lot of anger in this piece. Its subtle, but its there, in massive supply embedded deeply in there. Kind of overpowers the sorrow.

A feeling of being lost is in here too, I imagine wandering in icy caverns for weeks on end, no means or even desire to get out. I like it here, cold, desolete, and void from any distracting aspects of life.

The image I get is that of an Ice Princess dancing in total darkness, a single ray of light from the ceiling shines down, allowing glimpses of her every once in a while, but all is silent.

A very interesting image and story I get, lets get to the instruments and melody.

I really like the introduction of that oboe at 0:46, it is one of the key factors that made me envision the embedded anger. It also serves as a great way to usher in the rest of the pieces.

1:16, that large bang followed up by another smash at 1:22 launches into another feeling. A noble, defiant feeling. Great use.

I really like the repetitive methods you used to end the piece. Suffering that doesn't end.

I wonder what this song would sound like with a harp, playing with the piano. Or an organ, an organ would in my opinion really gave it some exotic and powerful imagery.

I don't have much time, so i'm afraid ill have to cut the review short here. Please listen to my track, I would greatly appreciate the feedback.

5/5 from me sorohanro, keep them coming, this was powerful stuff.

Score: 9

"Awesome"

submission: -Orr-(ST) Love

date: July 15, 2006

Hello DavidOrr

Lets begin our review by analysing mood and atmosphere.

heh, there is really not much to analyse, its a very happy, love torn song. I swear to god, the first three notes made me think of "You are my Sunshine!"

A very hopeful, bright future feel comes from this piece. Yet the image I get from it is quite strange. I an old man sitting on a bench, in Autamn, leaves falling in great numbers, in a park somewhere. The birds are leaving, people on bikes just going by him. He smiles, his love for this spot, this time is great, and unfaltering.

A great image.

Lets talk a bit about instruments.

Great work on that piano, I mean come on, you seem to play pretty damn well. Sets the mood right away. I also like the level of reverb going on here, enough to really make it special, but not enough to wash out the rest of the instruments.

I think those spic strings should be abit louder.

I also feel the flute was a tad bit overpowering. I like the idea of strings and flute playing the same melody, makes for a neat sound, though I can't help wondering how it would if you had it play a counter melody. When that flute goes on by itself, I feel it makes itself really heard.

You lost some points in clarity, because I had to really strain to hear those strings in the background, didn't even realize it until the third time I listened to the song.

Did you reverb that flute like a madman? I really like it, but I think you may have gone a little overboard ;).

I have nothing to add or remove from this song DavidOrr, very powerful stuff. I would like your feedback on my piece, I think you have a great understanding of music.

Keep them coming DavidOrr, I know you will go wherever you want to, and beyond that.

Score: 9

"Neat"

submission: KoT - Lord of Storm and War

date: July 15, 2006

Hello Killer_Of_Trolls.

Lets begin our review by analysing mood and atmosphere of the song.

It has a dark atmosphere, no doubt, a very neat powerful feeling.

I really like the build up first 30 seconds, and then the brutal brass comes in. It stops a little randomly though, however those bass drums with those bells worked little miracles in on itself, I really liked that part.

I could also make out some cello's going on during that time, I think they should have been a tad louder.

That harp and cello(?) near the end was also pretty effective in the story it tells.

I like the ending with the bells, nice!

I'd like you to listen to my work, I would like your feedback, you are one of the better composers that i've seen around here. Thank you ^^.

Great stuff Killer_of_Trolls, keep them coming.

Score: 7

"Good song"

submission: Scarboro fair

date: July 15, 2006

Hello Nisse_swe

I love the song Scarbarou Fair. Its an awesome song.

lets talk about instruments.

I feel that like _Arbiter_ stated, some better instruments are needed, yet I kind of like the midi sounds. I think thats a whistle synth, not a flute, I could be wrong, in any case I liked it. The flute part later on though, definatly needs to be a tad bit louder.

I also like the harp just fine :P. Could just be me, but I think it should be overpowering, it only drops in every once in a while anyways.

Check out my song Nisse_swe, I would like your feedback on it ^^.

Good stuff, keep them coming, eventually you will go where you want to, and beyond if the spirit wills it.

Score: 9

"Damn nice"

submission: Tority (MTech)

date: July 15, 2006

Hello JamesMillen.

Lets begin our review with mood and analysis of atmosphere.

You're song is quite misleading JamesMillen, starting off like that, and then so fully jumping into the circus scene.

The beginning part made me think of a great wall scene. A soldier looking over the forest littered scene from atop a great wall, squinting against the light. And then he see's a circus!

yay!

The instruments were all good quality, and you managed to do good with those trumpets. I've been looking to find realistic trumpets, ones like this.

You did something I wouldn't really expect in a circus song, at 1:45 the song gets a bit darker then I would have expected, great flute trilling there.

I found the percussional aspects a little bland though, I think it could have used a base kick every once in a while, and just mixed up a tad more.

If I could ask you to review my work I would really like to hear what you have to say about it. Thank you.

Good stuff though, definatlely one of the better pieces here on Newgrounds. 5/5 from me JamesMillen, keep them coming ^^.

Score: 9

"Gentle, swaying..."

submission: One Last Goodbye V.2

date: July 15, 2006

Hello DJ_Dinero.

Lets begin our review with analysis of mood and atmosphere it gives me.

Well how to say sad piano? You've done it quite nicely with this piece. A simple, yet effective melody, and one that is constantly changing. I get a very sad story, as your name would suggest, a gentle, serene goodbye. Forever? Maybe, at 1:04 the melody changes a bit to a more hopeful one. It may be goodbye, but damnit its not the end of the world!

Now lets talk a bit about instruments and melody.

I know this was meant to be a solo piano piece, but god help me, i'm incompetent when it comes to solo instrument compositions, i'm always thinking "add more!" and this will probably one day be my undoing >:(.

Stupid me. Anyways, here's a few suggestions, of course none you have to take, but here they are anyways.

I feel if you added a flute and gentle violin to sing with the piano, it would make the song so much sadder, perhaps a low cello as well? Some ghost bells would add a really sad tone as well.

1:43 is a really sad part. I thought that part was a bit more special then the rest of the song. Not sure why, I just enjoyed it more.

Very good piano skills you have going on here Dinero, good stuff.

Of course at the end of the day Dinero, you are the creator, and I the mere suggestor ;).

If I could ask you to listen to my song, I would thank you.

5/5 from me Dinero. Keep them coming.

Score: 9

"Neat"

submission: Reborn army of fallen knignts

date: July 15, 2006

hello again Deflektor76.

Lets begin our review with mood and atmosphere if gives me.

The melody doesn't really scream "reborn" to me, more "triumphant". I can imagine a knight holding his blade up in the desert air, his robes flapping noisily in the harsh winds.

Anyways, now a bit about instruments.

I said desert because I get a very arabian feel from the song, mostly from those high strings.

I would like to suggest the use of the flute and bells. Bells would say "A day of reckoning" or "A day of birth", the flute, would give it a happier feeling, a more gentle touch.

The melody here is nice, constantly changing, good stuff.

Could I ask you to listen to my piece? I would like your feedback on it. Thank you.

At least this is what I think, 4/5 from Deflektor76, keep them coming ^^.