MaestroSorrow's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hell's Only Angel]

Loved the solo.

Definatly not an angel i'd like to watch over me... or would I? An angel this dangerous could serve well...

ANYWAYS, on to the review!

Again, you've succeeded in portraying an image effectively, it gets a bit repetitive, but then you introduced that solo, that INSANE solo, and I was greatly pleased by that piece, because it gave the piece a fair amount of life, and a good amount of flavour.

The drum beat is solid, though I would have liked to hear it more varied, it gets a bit repetive.

Still, overal a great piece, distortion levels are perfect, volume levels good.

5/5 from me Chrizzly, keep them coming ^^.

Chrizzly responds:

Thank you greatly...i was very worried about this one though...when i listen to it on NG it ends right when the first verse starts...and i was thinking: "Is it just my com or everybody's?" Now it seems like it wasnt on evryone's....luckily....youve got great reviews man! Thanx!

[Smart Ball Lv5 REMIX[LOOP]]

Sweetness!

I don't know this tune... though I feel I should --_--"

Still, its a very catchy and lovely theme, instrument choices on your part were exceptional, and that harp that goes off with the strange percussion gave it a sense of flavour I have never heard before, I would like to know where you found the samples for them!

5/5, for some pretty damn interesting and diverse concepts here Highland.

The fact it loops really well only makes it better ^^!

Highland-Furies responds:

Thanks again for your support Maestro,, Ill be checking out your stuff soon...
You can add me to your list of buddies.

[strings for breakfast]

Great!

XD

I don't know why, but I laughed when I heard this piece.

Not because its bad, oh no! Because of the image I got.

For SOME reason I instantly thought of some old English people with those white wigs and more facepaint then kids on Halloween, acting all snobbish XD.

Enough of that, ONTO THE REVIEW!

The strings work very well together, they don't compete, but they work together, hand in hand, they build a world to dwell in (in my case, that english world).

I would improve sound quality, it sounds a bit raw, but melody wise, exceptional.

5/5 from me attempted, keep them coming ^^

attemptedperfection responds:

Yeah, this one's straight out of Sibelius, so the quality certainly isn't optimum. I'll probably arrange it out in Buzz at some point... I'm looking forward to how that will sound. I'm just not looking forward to the tedious re-writing it'll require... ah well.
You made me crack up with your description of the stuffy British farts. Now I'll never be able to listen to this one without that picture in my head. XD
maybe when the Buzz version comes out, it'll inspire visions of elderly ravers.
Thanks for the review!

[Man of Sorrow (MMD-MS Collab)]

A lot of effort!

Oh man, this song ROXORS!! hee, I wonder why ^^.

Alright so let me tell the listeners just what happened with this piece.

First there was a rumble in the sky, and MilkMan_Dan offered to carry my babies, I refused on the grounds that Chronomaut would kill us both, and so we settled for a collab project.

Our BIGGEST issue, was the fact niether myself or Dan knew how to read or write notes (save some basic bass notes), and Dan loves his piano, and uses no program such as Fruity Studio's and I can't play worth anything and only use programs...

... how does one proceed with given situations?

Well we started off with a melody, that MilkMan gave me, and then I went and listened to it for about 4 hours, to determine what exactly would work with this piece.

A solo was born.

It was crap, and so another solo was born.

Now the last step, the crucial duet... how could we fuse both of us together without using a program on bothsides? Very very delicate and careful planning. I created a basic foundation, and MilkMan filled in all the gaps.

Then he fused in some great voiceacting, a good amount of editing, and BAM! Here it is ^^

Enjoy it, it took a lot of effort.

MilkMan-Dan responds:

Ahhh Maestro... guess they didn't like my voice... not sexy enough I think. In our next Collab we'll remove that. I must say this was alot of fun... I've never been so giddy for a piece of music. I want everyone to know it has been a great honor working with MaestroSorrow... he is truly an amazing artist. Hopefully we'll inspire some future collabs between other great artists. :).

[Guess the game!]

Yay!

IS THAT FROM CHIP AND DALE?!

I played that game as a kid ALL the god damned time!

I loved it!

The electric sound was a bit too loud, but just remembering the game was realy sweet.

Thanks for the childhood memory ^^.

4/5 cuz of the really loud saw, keep them coming.

MarioMusicMaker3 responds:

OMFG! SOMBODY GUESED!!!! i didnt think n e 1 would get this! good job! every body else, plz review the song now! this guy is right. that was frickikn fast1

[Untitled Menu Music___]

Quite moving.

I think you should definatly use this for another game, it sounds pretty damn neat.

I kind of wonder what kind of game you were planning to use this for? It sounds like an action/RPG game... am I correct?

I really like the pad use here, the washing sensation was what gave this piece some real solid flavour to sink my teeth into.

I can hear this piece have a violin playing with the pad, but that could just be my overactive classical composer spirit talking.

Its pretty damn fine the way it is. The bass was a little too quiet, I could feel it (my earphones vibrated with the bass), and I could slightly make it out, but for sure, it should be a bit louder, I feel that would make give it a more solid feel.

The ending was a nice way of ending it.

4/5 this time John, because it got a bit repetitive, but still good.

Keep them coming.

JohnFloyd responds:

Excellent points, MS. I was a little concerned that the bass might be too low of a frequency... it sounds good on my equipment, and would probably rock with a subwoofer, but I should add a little high frequency to it for those without a lot of bass response. And the repetition is spot-on, when I specifically write menu music I sort of think that I should be encouraging players to play instead of just sit there... but I should probably stop doing that. :)

[Restaurant___]

How pleasant!

what a pleasent change from Insane Asylum X_x, heh its strange to have such opposite spectrums in the same place.

I don't know if you created this, because it sounds so god damn convincing, I listened to it like 10 times to try and listen if there were any repeated comments in the background, to indicate a loop, and I was able to find nothing.

I don't know what to say about it, heh, its EXACTLY what I would hear at a crowded restaurant, and thats why I was confused if it was a recording X_x.

I'm going to go on my instinct that you created it, and so i'm giving you a 5/5 because it was so god damn convincing!

JohnFloyd responds:

Thanks for the comments, MS! All my audio is 100% original. Although, the dialogue here is me reading excerpts from a number of movie scripts, and I did not write the movies. I worked really, really hard to get this sounding as slick as it does.

[Amathophobia]

Neat!

ah the intro to this piece was nice and short, quickly gets into the action, this was a bonus.

The guitar notes are pretty neat and catchy.

The pad you used to accompany the guitar at the beginning should be reconsidered, it works fine by itself, but when its playing with the guitar, it seems a bit off.

You've got a lot of diversity in this piece, I can realy hear the effort in it, so I must commend you on that.

Heh, I just noticed the scratch sound effects used in the background, I suppose that means you do use Fruity Studio's (as I think thats where I heard it from).

Neat song Hermit, this gets 5/5 from me, because of its intense diversity. Keep them coming.

Hermit-Canal responds:

thank you very much.
listening to it again...The pads
dont really fit in with the guitar do they?

[Kim Is Old and Bells]

Good stuff!

hmm, this piece was quite different, I rather enjoyed it, on to the review!

The progression to the song is good, however its a bit long, I would like to hear it with a shortened intro.

The bells do add their own flavour, and when you make them do their solo, it takes on a different light, gives new meaning, and this was something in the song I really liked.

The guitar like instrument you introduced and had fading out after the bells however I didn't quite enjoy, it seemed a bit too raw and loud, I would recommend adding maybe a flanger effect (if your using Fruity Studio's) to give it a strange effect, I think you may like it.

I see you mixed up the bells melody after the guitar, however I would look over those notes, they seem a bit random and sour.

4/5 from me Hermit, keep them coming.

Hermit-Canal responds:

Yes, I know.
Im quite proud of the "New light" the bells cast.
Thanks for the input

[Syko]

Good stuff!

It has a nice feel for sure, nice and energetic, and yet I sense some anger and tensity in it.

What a strange piece ^^.

I don't know why, but I can hear this song with some kind of reverbing heavy bell, that goes off, especially at the gap of silence, I think that would add a LOT of flavour.

As a classical composer myself I tend to suggest things that may not belong in the genre, if this is the case I apologize --_--".

Still, good stuff.

4/5 from Allen, keep them coming.

Always-Dark responds:

Thank you, it means alot coming from you. I've seen your work and its really good. You have to be to make classical music.

-Allen