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It's a good song. I'm a bit depressed myself to actually feel like doing a nice huge long review for you and your music, but I wanted to drop this one in here to let you know I'll get 'em to ya as soon as possible.
Hopefully they'll make ya feel better :)
Another excellent piece!
As in your comments, this is definitely a chill 'n bass. The bass is evident, but it isn't too fast or hardcore. It's, y'know, chill :p
There is one strange thing about this song in that it doesn't really have an intro, it just goes right into the song after the opening crash. Therefore, clearly, I cannot give you a score based on the traditional parts of the song. I will adjust them to modify :D
Body (0:00-1:27) - Very nice rising in terms of the energy level, but you still manage to keep it relaxed and in-control. I especially enjoy the portion around 0:50 where you introduce a harmony using a synth; it really sounds good! I'd like to see more of that harmonic synth in future pieces :D Overall this section does very well in not only getting right to the action (no real intro to speak of) but also managing to retain a nice relaxed feel with a lot of energy. Paradoxical? Maybe, but it works! (3/3)
Respite (1:27-3:06) - This real trancey, low-key section still retains a lot of the energy but it isn't nearly as intense, which I think does the song well. It doesn't stand out quite so much in its features, but it is still well put together. It could use a little something of its own, though. (2/3)
Outro (3:07-end) - This section is real bouncey and really just sounds like an outro, assuming it's at the end of a song, but it also really sounds like an intro or a transfer to another section of the song. Perhaps some expansion after it? That would be cool, I think, to explore that ending sound a bit more. Most artists just do a five, maybe ten second outro, but you really got kinda far into it with nearly 30 seconds of a differing harmony from the rest of the song. Halfway there, I suppose ^^ (2.5/3)
And, as usual, the one remaining point is my "fudge factor" in the "do I like it" area. Well, yes, I do like it. (1/1)
That brings you to a grand total of 8.5/10. There's certainly room for expansion or improvement, but not too much! A really great song all around, I 5'd it and downloaded it, looking forward to your next piece!
Quality review right here. Really appreciate the comments, makes me see what part of the song was good and what might need work.
If I could vote on this review, it'd be a 5.
Excellently made!
Uses creative instrumentals (I detect harmonica! XD) to make a pretty upbeat ambient feeling.
The real downside, for me, though, is that I don't really LIKE ambient... too repetetive and boring as a style on the whole :(
So, my two "I like it" points were absent, but it's very well put together nonetheless, and receives a 7/8 on everything else.
Very nice!
For a bit of a preview I think it's very well polished overall.
The classic piano at the beginning is a nice touch, and at this point, honestly, it's come to be expected that you throw some piano in your songs. It's basically your signature instrument :p
It sounds tight, nice synth regardless of your favorite one going away (D;), and it's got quite a bit of energy to it. Not much else to say now, but if the final product is as polished as this I think it'll do well.
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Quite possibly my favorite Mario remix of ALL TIME, this really captures the feel of the castle, remaining dark and gloomy like the original, while making it a lot more, y'know, techno-y and stuff. It's really just a very well done cover of the song, but I don't care, it's great. I have nothing wrong with this song, great job ;)
Very nicely done!
I just hope you got ParagonX9's permission to use her Flying Battery Zone remix :P
IM from Reaper93: Me fucked up on the review of your S3/S&K medley. I thought you had used ParagonX9's Flying Battery Zone, turned out to be yours. If you can delete it, please do, that's a 100% my bad, but Newgrounds won't let me edit reviews.
My reply: Its cool bro, I did base it off hers though. She does do some pretty awesome work.
Very nicely done ;)
I'm a big fan of that Mario castle remix you put out a while ago, so I decided to check out your other music and ended up starting here. To begin, I like how it loops. That could be very useful to some people :D
The song isn't TOO repetetive, but it IS short, and thus I must say that after listening to it the equivalent of a 4-5 minute fully fledged song results in it getting a tad annoying. The beat was nice, the melody was great, just needs to be longer and, y'know, less loop-etetive :p
Really a piece of work!
To begin, that stereo effect prior to 0:45 is absolutely brilliantly done, it gives the song an amazingly lively feel.
The theme is nice, too :p
The only thing that's really wrong with the song is that it's a bit too repetetive. You get 45 seconds of great intro, and then over two minutes of the exact same thing over and over. Gets a bit boring :(
Because you asked for one :P
Here is your review:
There are very few things that could be improved with this song, and I think perhaps the very beginning area of the intro could be rewritten a bit (maybe the first thirty seconds?) It sounds a bit too complacent for the energy that comes later from that nice bassline that kicks in around the first minute and becomes the real theme of the song.
However, I really liked the spacing of the theme breaks (for instance, the one around 2 minutes really helped with keeping the song fresh), as well as the high pitched bell-ish sounding instrument used during them. Really lends the song a kind of fresh start every time, which I really think helps to keep me interested in listening to the whole thing (as you said, long tracks take a lot out of you :p)
Barely any room for improvement, 9/10, 5/5, DL'd.
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Playing Company of Heroes, was looking at this during the loading screen, so no time for a real review, but I approve!
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