MaestroRage's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Brotherhood: Don't Leave Me]

Sweet

I love choirs...

a lot...

and I love your image...

a lot...

The strings in my opinion were a tad too high pitched, but it got the screaming of pain imagery across right away. I still feel though that they were slightly overpowering the other instruments.

The deep chords support the song well.

Ended so soon...

I loved it when the strings and choirs went at it, really that was awesome.

Nice reverbed, deep piano.

My only qualm with this piece was the high violins, other then that, a sweet, sorrow filled piece.

I am still going to make "Make the Rain Stop" one day Setu ;). Because I believe "Make It Rain" was your first hit here in our cosy Newgrounds.

Keep them coming!

Setu-Firestorm responds:

Hey, I appreciate your honesty. I'm not a perfect composer, and I sometimes find it funny when people read into my subtle mistakes as if they were intended.

But hey, critiques are always appreciated so long as they are meaningful.

Thanks for the review.

[TAA--The Final Battle!]

Impressive!

This was EQUAL YES!

That heart beat like delayed kick at the beginning was PHENOMENAL for the effect it gave the piece. It set up the mood right away!

That orchestra hit? like sound with that punishing drums were very ideal!

I didn't quite like how you had the drums panned in so many ways, I guess it would be damn cool on surround sound, but with earphones, they got a tad tiring. Overdone I believe.

I love when it broke down and hit that quiet period, with just that heart beat.

There were some screeching sounds? Nice sound effect use btw.

This was some serious goodness. I would have liked to hear some more diversity with the beat, but it was gloriously dark, and that was gloriously win! Easily a 5/5 from me TheAmatuerAnimator, keep up the good fight, keep them coming!

TheAmateurAnimator responds:

Whoa, thanks! I don't think I've ever received a review from you with so many exclamation marks in it.
I know what you mean with the drums--I think I should have panned them less, make it almost imperceptible--then it would give the listener a little "easter egg."
Thanks for the review!

[Game Remix - Jurassic Park]

Neat

This is a pretty damn slick beat! I think I know which game you're talking about. Was it the one where you can either be human or dinosaur, if you were a dinosaur you'd eat the humans for health, if you were human... well... you'd shoot and try not to die?

In any case, the beat is nice, solid, and I like your arrangement of them!

Work well done! I don't have much to say but I wanted to drop my support, keep up the good fight Bad-Atom, and keep them coming! I'd like to invite you to check out my work sometime!

Bad-Atom responds:

Thanks,

You're thinking of the Genesis version of the game (the superior one, to boot). The NES one was a forgettable top-down shooter. But that theme always stuck in my head.

And if you listen carefully, I mixed in the opening theme from the movie score at the beginning and end of the remix. I'll check out your stuff too!

[The Kings Death Note]

Good effort

hey brandon2002

A neat idea you have going on here, you have a rather neat melody line.

I like it better when the flute is playing with the strings over the piano, I felt the piano kind of disrupted the song's flow, but with the strings, it worked marvelously.

I would recommend for the piano to be playing much deeper lower chords, or even just a constant note, to bring about more sadness.

When you mention king, I get the feeling of a sad epic, and epics use a good deal of french horns and strings. Of course I understand that you are a beginner in Fruity Loops, and it took me a good while to get good at it, this piece reminds me of my early works.

I hear some good potential in you Brandon, keep up the good fight and keep them coming! I'd like to invite you to check out my work sometime!

brandon2002 responds:

Thank you very much for your encouragment
I will defintly check out your music!

[Simon (cover song)]

Sweet

wow, you have a band?!?!?!

You've voice is very crisp, very powerful, I like it, and I can understand the lyrics!!! A feat rare here in our dear and beloved audio portal.

I don't know the original file, as this is a cover.

Meh.

I have absolutely nothing to say about the piece Setu, sorry I can't think of anything, but I wanted to drop my support anyways, you're a great deal more talented then I originally thought.

Setu-Firestorm responds:

Actually, I don't have a band. All of this was virtual instruments. I step-recorded every part to this song (including drums), and spent at least 2 to 3 hours EQing everything just the way I wanted it.

Thanks for the compliment, although it almost sounded a bit "I didn't like you at first"-ish. =P

Anyhoo, thanks.

[='''Highway Three'''=]

Neat

ah you're a member of soundaid too!?

Heh, I am also! I'm glad you've joined the effort.

Now onto teh song.

Many several good points were brought up, it has a very retro, neat feel to it. I didn't quite see Sonic, but I saw... like... Tetris.

Don't ask why, but I did :D

quite a strange mix of sounds for sure. Glitchy, happy, and segments of more serious tones.

In any case, it WAS a rather interesting piece attempted. Keep em coming!

attemptedperfection responds:

Haha, wasn't I the one who got you interested in soundaid to begin with? I'll have to check out your page... anyway, glad you liked it, and thanks for the review! (nobody's mentioning the crazy mixing of time signatures in the beginning of the song! I guess that means I did such a good job that nobody noticed ;)

[.:Because:.]

hmm

You just love to give me these chills >:(

Your songs are going to make me all depressed, and paranoid. This one sounds like some crazy zombie is consuming and in the background, a choir of demons are singing this song, which I guess was pointed out to be a beatles song.

I love this version more though, far more... entertaining >:}

There are birds in the background?!

Loops damn well too.

Where did you get these sound effects, that eating, glass clinking, flesh ripping sounds, are evil :(

Well made Red, keep up the good fight!

RedHotPoker responds:

I honestly cant believe i scared you with these. And as for where i got all the sounds from..... I made them all myself. :) I am probably most prod of this song as it is almost completely mine. (except the Beatles)And if there are birds in the background i didn't put them there :D

Thank you for another great review.

[.:3:.]

my god...

JEBUS! What the hell was that?!

That insane crackling sound, that FREAKY ass monster sound. It brings back way too many Silent Hill memories... I couldn't sleep for months ._.

MONTHS!

In any case, this is one of the best scares i've had in a really long time. Where did you get these samples?! That speaking in the beginning was perfect... pure ace. It set the mood perfectly.

Keep them coming RedHotPoker, this was... brilliant.

RedHotPoker responds:

Lol. I'm sorry if i brought back horrible memories of silenthill. I honestly cant believe that I scared you. Lol thanks man your an inspiration.

[.:2:.]

Sweet

This one was rather entertaining too. I didn't quite find it as scary as the other one, but the choirs here work excellently. Where did you get the choir sounds?

In any case, it's another great ambiant piece. I should really try my hand at this genre.

How did you build that very end, with those crazy build up of sounds before it loops. I've always wondered how to do that.

In any case, another great work, i'm glad I jumped to your page. Keep up the good fight RedHotPoker :D! Keep em coming.

RedHotPoker responds:

I'm afraid to say that i took the choir from the fable game album. :( There's like two entire tracks of just silence and beautifully done choir. Also the crazy build up sound is some what of a mystery to me. I can't remember what i did but i guess I just took a string sound and doted it around and then have a underlying synth panning across.

Anyway thanks for the review.

[.:1:.]

o_o

A very interesting title, and a very interesting atmosphere.

You know what... this song actually scares me. I mean really, the more I listen to it, the more scared I get. I actually had to turn it off after I turned off the lights in my room and listened to it in the darkness.

It's the imagery I get from that crackling old record sound (how DID you get that?), and the steady thumping, with the ever so faint synths.

It's a damn useful loop if ever I heard one. Well done, keep up the good fight!

RedHotPoker responds:

Lol. I scared you? You have no idea how good that makes me feel inside. :) And seen as your interested, i have a really old mike (from like 7 years ago) and when you record silence it gives off the sound of constant static. So i simple injected silence every so often and boom it was done.