MaestroSorrow's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Alyk's Disappearance]

Neat!

very mysterious... where did OCON go? Kidnapped?! Who knows ;).

I like OCON's stuff too, as well as yours. Great feel you introduce here Chaoz_of_Yakuza, I loved dwelling in it for a while now. 4/5 from me.

Chaoz-of-Yakuza responds:

Ocon is somewhere gone in texas man. wont be back for a while. Thanks for the review!
-DJ Yakuza-

[Fearful Grace]

Swreeet!

XD, I had the craziest image with your description and this song.

Two guys fighting, and then one of them reaches to his back, the other's thinking "my god, he's gonna pull a grand blade that could slay the heavens!", but instead, the guy pulls out one of those ribbon thingies on a long stick commonly used in ballet, and begins to prance around, such a serious look on his face.

I'm going to stop now xD.

I'm sorry, thats just my messed up imagery.

The song itself is very very enjoyable, and I loved to float in its core for quite a long period of time. YOu deserve more recognition then you're getting. Great stuff here ItakaTakashi.

I would have liked to hear some background strings in here as well, some really deep ones for a foundation. I think you already have something like that, but it's not loud enough, should be loud enough to make an impact.

5/5 from me ItakaTakashi, very well done.

GeijinTakashi responds:

Glad you got such a beautiful image with this...now I need to find a flash artist to do this...god the possibilites!

[Epic Flash]

Wunderbar!

I REALLY enjoyed the beginning, and the end, and like you said they were teh Euro, so I guess this is my way of saying, I really like Euro ^^.

Still, the song sounded damn amazing, and the fact that it scored so low, really pisses me off.

I would have liked some strings in here, but thats probably just my classical composer guts kicking in, so you should probably ignore that ^^.

5/5 from me dj_padman1, keep them coming, you're damn good.

dj-padman1 responds:

Thanks for your kind words MaestroSorrow. First just let me say that from the time I first started here, I've always enjoyed listening to your classical pieces. You dominate that field.

You have compositional skills that I can only dream of!

Nobody can probably tell, but there actually some synth strings that kick in when the beat is dropped (I think from memory) in the middle part. It's not really authentic though, just a high synth tone. It can't compare to the lushness of real strings, as exhibited in your tracks.

Thanks for your time and your review, it's much appreciated.

[Determination's Rebirth]

Awesome.

I love that drumloop ^^, teh greatest drumloop ever!

But on another note, this melody you present to us is exceptional Smanning, the piano flows very pleasently, and the guitar is just as good. The both of them pull it off even better. I don't think i've ever heard the piano and guitar going off at the same time, and actually have it sound good. You have managed to do just this, and for that, I congratulate you.

I have listened to your other tracks, and I must say, you have indeed increased in skill drastically. Hats off to you, I have bookmarked your page. You have a ton of potential, and want to see just how far you will go.

5/5 from me Smanning, keep them coming.

Manningzor responds:

Wow! Thanks for the kind words! ^_^

I shall indeed keep 'em coming. :D

[-=LJC=- Genre Invasion]

Wow, impressive.

get the HELL out of my genre >_<!

Heh, I joke, I jest, I jibe.

Amazing stuff here LJCoffee, very interesting sounds, brinking on the border of random even, yet it holds a very complex nature, which is anything but random.

This song was strange enough to leave me speechless, for suggestions ^^. Don't take that the wrong way, it was still a teh sexy song.

5/5 from me LJCoffee, taking over the classical like that ;).

LJCoffee responds:

Thanks Maestro, I'm not trying to take anything over - nothing like that at all - not that I could if I wanted to. There are so many really kick-ass composers - yourself included - that could mop the floor with my sorry butt without even breaking a sweat.

I just recently decided to submit at least one track to each genre on NG and it just happened that I started with "classical" - even though the track didn't quite fit, it was close enough for my purpose.

Looks like I have another 27 or 28 to go! Wish me luck!

Thanks again, your comments really mean a lot to me considering how well you do in that genre.

[Be that way (5:31)]

Teh Awesome

I really liked the intro, very serene, very inviting.

You have an amazing voice WinTang, i'm dead serious about this.

Have you tried reverbing your voice? I think it would add a lot of neatness to it, though might make it tad bit hard to understand.

Very clean, clear lyrics (by clean, I mean I can understand them, no distortion ;)).

A great song to listen to while sitting back, and letting the world just wash you by.

Until it gets all hyper! I loved it when you just got all hyper like that, extremely effective, and the lyrics again, were very enjoyable.

heh, and then back to the nice serenity... but I won't trust it, it's gonna get all mean on me again i'm sure >:'(

5/5 from me WinTang, great stuff, keep them coming.

WinTang responds:

Cheers man, awesome review.

Thanks for the appreciation of my voice... this is actually me almost four years ago :) It's off a demo of which I've submitted some other songs (Utopia and its intro, Feathered Friends, Overdid, Butterscotch blues).

The reverb would've been a nice idea. I will see if I'll remaster the tracks one day. My uncle did it for me - I bet he still has the seperate tracks.

I'm glad that you are so positive, because your own music is fucking awesome. Let's be friends :)

[Ending Theme]

Great!

as a classical composer myself, I place a huge load of emphasis on orchestration, you wanted comments on it, good sir you will get it ;).

I really like the sound of this song, it's core eminates nostalgia, and I can SO see reunited friends and warriors.

And then you have a stab of sadness after the piano, one of them didn't come back? Blasphamy! Fear not, their death was not in vain T-T.

Still, amazing story.

Now onto the review.

I am quite taken by how you mixed the electric guitar for this. The electric guitar is not a very nostalgic instrument, but in this case it works well, and I credit this due to the melody.

I really like the strings you have in the background, near the end, they build up rather nicely, and the ending was pretty good too.

The oboe was a pretty good choice to use, but I don't know why you just cut it out when the electric guitar came in. It left without warning, and left a little emptyness. I would have definatly kept it going.

My FAVORITE part of this song, was with the quick harp notes, the "sad" part I was referring to. That harp is well played, and used. I can hear some bells in this song, I think that would have added quite a bit of power.

Nice choirs. A bit too quiet, but still quite nice.

Overal, DAMN fine piece afliXion. 5/5 from me. Keep them coming ;).

afliXion responds:

I can tell you must have some classical training, this is a very in-depth and well articulated review.
I don't quite understand that 2nd paragraph, but it sounded cool. :p
The electric guitar isn't really a traditional instrument in the classical orchestra, but I think it works well and adds good texture, which is why I add it to most of my orchestrations. Thanks for noticing.
For the string section I was imitating Rimsky-Korsakov's technique, that is, having each section somplete. (root, 3rd and 5th, like at the end.)
The oboe and flute sometimes sounded like a cut off I agree, but its due to my bad equipment. I can't control dynamics of individual instrumens on Finale with out it messing up the recording. (That or I couldn't think of an oboe line to write at that part ;)
Originally, I had used much more harp notes your talking about. But on this Finale equipment it drowned out the melody to much, so I could only use it at a few places. I had the same problem with choirs.
I'm really glad you liked, and thanks for my best review. :)

[FX Storm]

Awesome.

Nice reverbed clap, really sounds neat.

This whole song has a very neat core to it. I'm more of a classical composer, so I don't really know much about techno/trance, but I do know plenty about melody.

This is a rather simple melody, but it works wonderfully, nice synths in the background. I especially enjoyed it after you introduced that high synth halfway through the song.

Great stuff man. 5/5 from me.

DJ-Frost responds:

I appreciate the review. I Think the distortion on the drums was a pretty crafty part of the song, too. And that high synth actually came in at the techno kick, but the cutoff filter was timed so perfectly it was crazy. FL Forever!

[Industrialization]

Neat

heh, I think this would have been more suited in "Industry" genre.

I quite like the feel, quite interesting. I don't do much music like this, so I have little advice to give you. Keep it up ^^.

MastaBrad responds:

lol, thanks. I didn't know about the Industry Genre, I'll check it out.

Thank you for the review!

[Kingdom Fire]

This one is really good.

Yay for battle music!

The first thing that came to mind for me, was make that begining part faster, I'm going to go as far as pretty much double the tempo there. I am however assuming too much, so please, if that is not the kind of battle you want going on (like Zroi Mai Grawd, just kill KILL KILLL!), then I wouldn't do what I just said.

This battle music you give us, is one filled with a strugglers journey, that constant timpini gives the air of continuation, and when it speeds up, it adds a neat level of excitement.

I would add another octave on those brass instruments, down one, from what you have now. Perhaps even make the original go down one, because that would give a much darker mood... again, I am assuming however, as it stands, this is a more final fantasy normal battle theme, and if this is what you wanted, you have completely perfected it.

I just like to throw suggestions ^^.

5/5 from me again Atomic. Keep them coming.

Nemo responds:

Thanks for the review Maestro! Your suggestion with the octaves is actually a good one and I think it would add to the score quite well. I would do this, but I do not have the file on me (I just use a Sibelius demo and record it, so there is no saving of compositions... *sigh*). I'm really glad you like my songs and I've got quite a few more coming. In fact, once 11:00 hits I am going to add my second battle song, which I think is my best one yet. I also am going to compose some more mellow "Journey" music and others. I appreciate your support! Thanks again!