Slick!
How could I NOT review this piece XD. Hey fellow Maestro!
This piece is quite ingenious, the melody has the perfect Arabian quality to it. The sound quality is quite high as well. What VST are you using for these?
There is really nothing I can suggest to make this piece better, work well done! Keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
Hi Maestro Rage. Have you heard of Garritan Personal Orchestra? Well that is what I used for this. Do you have any suggestions for software? What do you use? Is it free or did you pay? Message me back if you can. ;)
I'm actually looking for choir synths.
Thank you for your review.
Good, but repetitious
The beginning of this song reminded me of a Wendy's Commercial XD. They have this really epic music, and I absolutely adored that melody.
The piano plays that melody pretty much throughout the piece. The other instruments are constantly changing to allow diversity as it progresses, which is nice.
After that initial change, the song gets a tad too repetitious. Nothing really happens for a while, then those high strings come in, and again quite repetitious. I don't this song needed to be this long to be honest.
Overall the song held a lot of potential, but it didn't move around enough to make it something amazing. It loops rather well.
Work well done regardless, keep up the good fight!
Yes, in its current form, it is very repetitive, but I wrote this on acoustic guitar, with lyrics... I just completely rearranged it for piano and set synth sounds, with the synth imitating the vocals... In its current form there is no harm to cutting down the size of the song (and I might do this with my other songs of this layout).
Cheers for the comment, glad it has a little "epic" touch to it.
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Neat
The reversed speaking was neat. But when that woman came in, it became very evident that it was reverse talk. With the guy in the background, it sounded like it belonged in the background, which it did. As it doesn't really add anything melody wise to the piece I felt the woman speaking backgrounds could have been quieter, and less evident.
After the song picks up however that is not the case, the womans backwards speaking is the right volume.
The synths are all co-operative. Those bass synths were really quite something else. Work well done there.
All in all, some good work here! Keep up the good fight Rouge! I'd like to invite you to my page someday! Keep em coming.
thank you for the feedback. :) Im glad some one likes it. I was about to ditch this one and from the looks of it everyone likes this best lol go figure
Chillz fo sho
Though i'd drop a review while i'm here... again... *sigh*.
In any case I really like the mellowness of this piece Curry. That bass especially is what I feel made this piece that extra something else. It added the ultimate "chill" atmosphere, which I feel is quite Newgrounds related. It loops quite well and doesn't get tiring despite it's simplicity.
What is that percussional sound you have playing every measure?
An interesting mix of sounds for sure, diverse and chilled, again, why I thought this fit the bill quite well!
keep up the good fight Currie, and keep em coming!
Hey Maestro!
I appreciate the review a lot man, I felt that it was quite a chilled tune as well. I was getting stressed about studying for exams, so tried to record something to alleviate myself after I saw the new MAC topic. Turned out pretty well I think, I felt better anyway :P.
Maybe a little too chilled for the AF people but hopefully Tom will enjoy it! Cheers for the comments mate, Ill be looking forward to listening to some of your newer tunes :).
This too was quite great
I really like this piece. It reminds me of those pretty remorseful days. Like gazing upon the most wonderful scene, in which the thing most precious to you was destroyed. Be it a lover, a close friend, an item of great value, something that lingers great pain to great happiness.
It's rather short, but thats okay, for what is there, it is quite something else.
The oboe leading drive was a perfect choice for this song. There is a bassoon in the background? Clarinet maybe? I do not recognize that instrument playing with the background chords, but that too aids the song.
In my own personal taste I would have preferred to hear a flute and oboe duet later on in the song, to express the beauty side of this song more, for that is what I feel when I hear it. Sadness, and Joy. Bitter harmony.
The ending was well created. A soft fade out would have worked also, but this too was acceptable.
I also wonder, what if some trumpets/trombones were playing with or even playing a counter melody with the oboe? It would produce a more military requiem kind of feel, which may not be what you want at all, but it is a suggestion none the less.
I Liked this song, like all your others Beacon. I look forward to new pieces from you! I'd also like to invite you to check out some of my work sometime! Keep up the good fight and keep them coming!
Thanks.
It's a bass clarinet, just so you know.
I might do a military thing...
And your work is brilliant.
Thanks for reviewing!
Very slick!
I grew up on this cartoon! So I was so damn pleased to see a song of it up here!
As stated the piano is too loud, but I didn't find anything else out of order.
The sound quality of these pieces are incredible, and the transitions of mood in this piece is what really gets me. From such a heroic, to a darker feel.
My personal favorite is when those treble strings come in with that trombone? section.
Bloody brilliant in my opinion.
As I don't really remember the original song that well, I do not know how much of this is similar to the original song,and how much if any is new. But in either case, it was very well done. Keep up the good fight Beacon! I am glad I found you!
Thanks!
This was done in Garritan Personal Orchestra, that's my secret to realism...
I listened to the DVD version, so it's pretty faithful, or as faithful as it can be when you do it entirely by ear. Which in my case, is pretty alright.
I liked that bit as well, it was the only bit I DIDN'T screw up in some capacity...
Ah well, thanks anyway.
Nicely done!
I love the feel of this song!
The sparse, yet insanely varied percussion beats gives off the perfect vibe for the instruments. The melody itself seems to resonate with a more desert, arabian sensation.
The song loops perfectly.
This VST sounds like Edirol Orchestral. Am I correct? Or Synful Orchestra, one of those.
I love it when the oboe and the high strings start together with that percussion splash. I felt that second the song took on more strength upon itself.
And when those strings and oboe drops to reveal that solo violin.
That melody was quite interesting. Quite sad and well accompanied with the harp.
It is a simple song for sure, but one I really enjoyed listening to. Work well done Ludzix, work well done. I'd like to invite you to check out my work sometime, keep up the good fight and keep them coming!
Missed - this VST is Miroslav Philharmonik ;)
Soothing
Hey MpGrill
This song is quite simple. It progresses simple, and smoothly, though that being said, the melody it plays is actually a very very interesting melody.
There were some notes that clashed, but overall it was a very subtle, and enjoyable track. The strings in the background was nice, but the chords they played went from sad, to tense, too often.
Keep up the good fight MpGrill! I'd like to invite you to check out my work sometime. Keep em coming!
I wanted to make it a little bit simple ...but thanks for your review!
Ive checked your audio tracks..theyre great:)
I applaud the effort!
you know, I really liked the melodic line in this piece! The synths need to be upgraded, the strings the synths in general, but moving past all that, focusing on the melody itself, this piece shows some interesting potential.
When the strings and the chords meet, there is a fair deal of clashing there, be sure to watch out for dissonance (or when 2 keys play right beside each other), as this generally creates an uncomfortable feeling (very useful for tense, scary moments!)
I liked it when the bell like things joined in.
From that reverse symbol I take it you use Fruity Studio's? Which one?
I would highly recommend using Sytrus as a great starting kit, some amazing synths there. The pads would provide you with great background sounds.
In any case, I admire your effort Alex-J, keep up the good fight and keep them coming! You can go as far as you want.
Hey thanx for the tips! As you said, yeah Sytrus would surely help but I didn't even know my music would end up being not bad so i just tried blending some new stuff in it. Btw I use fruity studios 6 and 7 (because i dont always use same computer).
Thanx for taking your time to come by and review my music, this is a good example why newgrounds audio site is great, because really good artists take the time to give help and comment less advanced music makers. Its like if everyone could talk to a famous person whenever they needed it.
So I appreciate your review and ill review more of ur stuff cya!
:'( so sweet
Hello Bosa.
This song my friend, is pure brilliance. It's such a simple song, with chords and the piano... but my sir, those chords and that piano.
Brilliant. Just... brilliant.
Losing somebody close to you is never easy, and it does tend to leave scars, but I am a firm believer of the saying "The most beautiful things, comes from the darkest places", and you happened to have proven this saying.
That punishing percussion boom at the end, worked for it's purpose INCREDIBLY well.
When that flute came in, it was a tad sudden, but it was not unappreciated. The melody it plays, just like every other instrument here, plays wonderfully.
Loops awesome too.
Brilliant Work Bosa. I am glad you have not given up on us yet. Thank you for sharing this work with us! Easily a 5/5 from me
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