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[Giga La Nora]

Interesting.

Not exactly what I'd call a loop, but definitely what I'd call a good attempt. Sadly, I didn't even understand a word of the first two lines you wrote in the Author's Comments :P (I'm only Grade 3 Theory D:) so I'll judge this as a song not as a project, but anyway, this is still pretty well done ;).

The melodies are really nice. I don't see why the others don't think it as a piratey melody, it does sound quite piratey IMO. At least something that reminds me of the sea. I liked the melody you used at around 0:11, and I also enjoyed that you didn't leave the clarinet playing legato notes all the time, but switched fluently from legato to staccato. Kept me listening without getting bored ;). This should be much louder though, because I had to turn the volume up a lot to hear it clearly, and then, when someone sent me a message on MSN, the sound blasted through my speakers. D:

The instruments aren't that good quality, but that's MIDI for me I guess. I really agree wih Haggard; you should make a newer version which doesn't have to do with Composition Assignments with much better quality instruments, more variety of instruments, and maybe making it longer, since I really like the melodies you used over here.

I can't really complain about transitions. Maybe you should look into the viola's transition at 0:25 as Calamaistr said, but other than that, the song played nice and smoothly. Structure and variety are great, and there was no fixed chorus, so the song didn't get monotonous at all. It did get a little random at times, but Classical usually doesn't have any choruses being repeated every few bars, so they're bound to sometimes get a little random. Intro was good, it's nice that you started it a little quiter than the rest of the song instead of suddenly starting it loudly. Ending was very nice too. It ended on the right note and at the right time, with a nice little melody before it ends. Sorry for the long paragraph =\.

It's a nice little piece, with a lot of variety, some very nice melodies, and good intro and outro. Just work on making it louder, longer, with better instruments/more instruments all in another version and you'll have a great song. Drop me a line if you submit a new version of this :D. By the way, this is more Classical than VG :\.
7/10
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sarias responds:

A B Aprime is a form structure pop form is AABA (typically) in classical music A would be the original melody, and B is a new melody, then A prime is like A but a little different. I hope that explains that a little bit. Anyways dont worry about this long review I thought it very helpful and thank you for actually putting in the time to say something useful. also for this one I have considered lengthening it, and arranging it for orchestra, I think it would be cool I will let you know if I do that :) thanks for the awesome review

[Gunnin' For a Knife Fight]

You almost got a 10 :P

This is a really good song; a different style from Intercontinental, which shows that you have a good range of different musical styles. Good job on this, it's nicely done :).

Melodies, as Kirbyfemur said, are catchy, but not those really annoying ones which can't get out of your head, thankfully :P. I liked the piano melodies most, they were quite unique and interesting, plus they were the catchiest. I think you stuck a bit too much to the higher notes though, maybe you could even it out by playing some piano background melodies a few octaves lower.

The instruments are all really cool. Piano isn't that good quality though, but other than that, the instruments were all really unique and awesome. Instrument at the beginning was great, and I liked the one at 0:33, it was a nice touch to the song. You could add some strings though as B-RadGfromOV said, since background depth isn't too good. This could also use a vocal sample as well ;). I liked the sweep effect you did at 1:05.

The transitions are well done, and all were smooth. Every instrument was introduced well too, and nothing felt too sudden or rough in the song. The transition at 1:05 and the one at 2:57 were my favourites. Structure is perfect for hip-hop, but the variety needs fixing. The instrument at 0:33, although it was cool, got quite repetitive in the song, and I think this could do with more alternate piano melodies and variety of background instruments.

The intro was great, with an excellent buildup to the main melody. It's the ending which I'm not too sure about. It's a fade ending, and I really don't enjoy fade endings in songs. It was kind of a bummer, since the song was close to building down for a slow ending, but instead it faded away. Fade endings don't usually give good impressions to listeners, since the thing they remember most after they've heard the whole song would be the ending, and if the ending is bad, then they'd see the song as not so good, but if you manage to think of a good ending for this, I think the song would be much better off. End it with some ritardando or something, that usually works, maybe with a fade of the drum beat as well, before it plays the last note. Sorry for the long paragraph :(.

The drums had a nice beat to them, similar to the one in Intercontinental, and the samples were great, plus they fit with the song very well. What I didn't like was that they were very repetitive. There were a few subtle changes in the beat throughout the song, but the beat very rarely changed, and it got very annoying. Hip-hop's one of the easiest genres to think up beats for, so I'm sure you can invent some alternate beats in this.

I enjoyed this song; you definitely have a talent in composing hip-hop masterpieces like this. Just work on background depth, variety of drums and melodies, and the ending. Superb job overall though, I was just nitpicking, and in general this is one really enjoyable song. Sorry if I did any mistakes in this review, and sorry that it's so short (OK, "short"), since I usually write longer reviews than this on such long songs, but I'm kind of in a hurry right now. Keep up the good work.
9/10
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[(CHS) Do Not Resist!!!]

This is what I call a boss theme!

I enjoyed this quite a lot. It's a really interesting mixture of orchestral and guitar, which rarely come out as good as you managed in this song. It does have a few defects here and there, but honestly, this is a really awesome song. Good job.

Melodies are catchy, especially the ones played by the strings. Guitar melodies are really nice too, but the orchestral side of this, IMO, is better than the guitars side of this. 1:01 and 2:16 were pure awesomeness, my favourite parts of the whole song for sure. You gotta love rythm changes XD. I liked how towards the last part of the song you switched to choir only, and then the strings slowly came in; it gave the fast-paced action of the song a little breather, which always is important in boss battles. I think you made it last a bit too long though, and although this makes a great song, I don't think it'll fit too well as BG boss music to a flash game.

Instruments are all great choices, and the fact that you managed to combine orchestral with a distorted guitar. The guitar gave this song a nice VG-ish feel, although I definitely agree with Kirbyfemur that the orchestral needs more of a role in this song. You can definitely achieve epic bossish themes with orchestral instruments. Add some orchestra hits, brass, etc, since the guitar seems to overpower the classical side of this a bit too much. Choir was a very nice touch to the song though, can't complain about that. Oh, and is that a flute I'm hearing at 0:26? Whatever it was, it fit so well!

The transitions were all smooth. I liked that you hinted that a guitar was about to come in at 0:24, it made the guitar get introduced more smoothly. Lol, first thing I thought when I heard 0:24 was that the guitar was about to come in but at the last minute, it thought that it wasn't the right time to come in the song, so changed its mind :P. Anyway, all new instruments were introduced very well in the song, and the buildup of the strings at the choir part was excellent. Loved the transition at 3:05, by the way. The faint bass roll started the song back up to the action part very well.

The song is also very well structured. Not much to say about the structure, it was perfect. Variety isn't the best over here, though. I thought that the guitar was varied decently, but the background choirs need more variation, and the strings did get quite repetitive too. Maybe you could try and give a strings solo somewhere in the song to remove the repetitiveness that the strings have, something really fast paced. Then, the drums slowly come in, then the choirs, and then the song goes action-packed again with the guitar.

Intro was fantastic. Choirs are always great to start songs up, and you used them very well in the intro. Ending, on the other hand, needs to be worked on. Fade endings, IMO, really don't fit well with boss themes, so you should try and think up a proper ending. I really like Haggard's idea of connecting with that one note, you should give that a try. Maybe you can give the song a calm ambient ending with the choirs, and then start the next one with choirs too, starting it on the same note as this one ended with. Anything to take away that fade X(.

The drums fit so flawlessly with the song. This had a very fast-paced drum beat, and I loved the drum beat you used at 1:01 and 2:16. My only concern is that, well, they're not chaotic enough. They gave an epic feel to the song, but I think they should be a little more all over the place. Not too much, or it'll sound random, but they could use a crazier drum beat, a little similar to the one you did at 1:01 and 2:16, except a little more crazy. I mean, the series is called CHAOS element, after all :P. Also, in the louder climaxes of the song, the drums were way too quiet. Still, they had very good samples, and fit with the song, so good job.

You really have a talent in making boss themes, and I hope to see more songs as purely amazing as these. Keep up the great work!!
9/10
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I'd keep going, but I'm afraid I might end up running out of spa

ChaosDragon004 responds:

I really appreciate the feedback here it really means alot. Thanks for going into great detail with this because it helps even more when I know exactly whats going on. Oh, sorry 've been away for a while because mycomputer is broken, sad to say.

[My Heart Is For You }{Alix1}{]

No lessons and you manage to make a great song?

Wow, that's impressive. This is quite an emotional piece, and it's really well done. Good job.

Sad melodies... this song is full of them. There were many melodies here to stop the song from becoming boring, and there are some really nice melodies, especially towards the end with the fast notes at 1:51, as Thief1337 said. You should've continued the song a little more like that, since it sort of came and went so suddenly without any reason. Then you could try and end the song slowly and softly after. As Kirbyfemur said, it was nice to have some parts with silence in them instead of non-stop notes.

What I didn't like was that you practically stayed at the same volume of the piano, with no changes in the automation throughout, or if there was, just a little. I'd like some tempo changes, like rallentandos, and times when the song plays softer. Maybe a few crescendos, that is, the song goes from soft to loud, and stuff like that. A piano piece isn't a piano piece without that kind of stuff ;).

The piano sample was great quality... I'm actually wondering if that's a real piano or not O_o. The lyrics are really well written. I'm not usually the one to enjoy lyirics in songs, but that's only my opinion, and I'm sure the song would be much better off with those lyrics sung with it. Maybe you could even try and post another version of this with more instruments like strings and stuff.

The transitions were all done perfectly, and the song flowed very smoothly. The variety in this piece is extraordinary. There was no fixed chorus, but I won't reduce marks for that, because I think it sounds better without a chorus. Intro was great, a nice way to start the song, but the ending was quite abrupt. Try an arpeggio ending; they usually work out well in piano songs, or you can repeat the fast notes for another bar, and then end it how you did.

This is a really nice piece; if only Newgrounds could appreciate piano songs like this... Oh well, it's a good song, and I enjoyed it. Just needs more tempo/volume changes IMO, a better ending, and maybe if you could make it longer that'd be great :3.
8/10
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alix1 responds:

:) Thanks. This is just my Korg midi piano. :)Im actually playing this but the piano sound is synthesized. Maybe I'll add some crescendos if I modify this song any more. :P Thanks for the review!

[Aleos]

Creepy XD

It'd definitely do perfect as BG music to a haunted house part in a video game. Wish I knew Flash; I'd definitely use this if I wanted to go for something spooky :(. Anyway, good job overall, I enjoyed it!

Melodies are very nice, especially the ones with the piano. They gave that tension that's always needed in a haunted house game. I liked the part at 1:36, it was well done, and then when all of the melodies started playing together, it was fantastic. That sort of spooky harpsichord (?) sound in the background had some very cool melodies as well, and served as excellent acompaniment to this song.

The instruments were great, including that harpsichord, and the strings added a lot of depth to the song. Piano was OK quality. What could be a nice addition over here is the use of an organ; I'd love to hear a fast paced organ solo somewhere towards the middle, or close to the end of the song. I'm not sure if you used choir voices in here or not (I'm deaf from one ear so I can never be sure :'[ ), but if you didn't, then you should add some, since they always sound well with scary songs. If you did, then, excellent job, just turn 'em up a little ^^.

What I think would be cool is if you added some sound effects to the song. A lot of large soundfonts come with spooky sound effects like heart beats, screams, doors creaking/shutting, etc. (you can PM me if you want any). Maybe you could try and make a beat out of those sound effects to accompany the main melody :P. OK, so that's just a crazy experiment and chances are it'll come out horribly :\, but still, try and add a few sound effects here and there.

Transitions fit perfectly with the feel you were going for in this song. They were all relatively smooth, without anything feeling too sudden. Sometimes, new instruments were introduced rather suddenly, namely the piano, but that was probably intentional, since it sounds better in the song like that than with a smooth transition. Structure was all over the place, which is what made this song so unique, creepy and awesome. Variety here was perfect too; the song never got boring.

Lol, the first part reminds me a little of the Undertaker's entrance theme :P. Well, it was definitely a good intro, and the strings smoothly fading in were a nice touch. As a loop though, it wasn't that impressive. It's a little awkward to make good intro's with loops, because with loops, intro's usually start immediately with the main melody without any gradual progressions, and since you have such a good intro, I think this would be better off as a full song. Either that, or you try and end it as you started it, with a bell every 4 beats. Make it slowly fade down to just the bell at the end, and you should have a smooth loop.

I really liked your use of the bell, it was creative and gave a 'graveyard' feel to the song, if you get what I mean. I think it could use a little more reverb to it, you know, giving it that booming feel. Also, apart from the bell, there was no noticeable percussion. You could add some delayed and reverbed reverse cymbals and maybe a few heavily reverbed kicks. Shakers do wonders in songs like these too. Or you could try my crazy idea of making a beat out of sound effects XP.

As I said before, this'd make a superb background soundtrack to a haunted house. Needs a bit of work regarding the lack of percussion, rough loop, and lack of sound effects, but this is still a really good song. Keep up the great work!
9/10
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Kirbyfemur responds:

First off let me give you some specks on this song to give you an idea of just how crazy I am in how its composed xD

The entire song is in 32/4 at 100 tempo. BUT not only that and most all of the song is in triplets, all except for the "Bell" part and the parts where the strings get a "Solo". Don't ask me why, It just my brain seems to function better when dealing with triplets, and obviously it seems to be working out for me.

The "Harpsichord" part you heard was actually supposed to be acoustic guitar, but but would seem even though they probably failed at sounding like it, they still sounded cool.

The bells are done on the down beats, but each of the bells note lengths are 8 beats long. Lol again my crazy ass just loves doing stuff like that.

And because it's in 32/4 time it gave me far more freedom to do what I wanted, but I made sure i didn't go too crazy with it.

Thanks for the review, I'll try to add some sort of percussion part to it, though i don't know if I come up with something, if i should just submit it separately. Eh i'll figure it out eventually, again thanks! =3

[-Set In Motion-]

I heard that chord progression 50 times before...

...But who cares, generic chord progressions don't necessarily make your song bad. Nice job, this is a pretty cool song you have here ;).

Melodies, as I said, were generic, and not the best I've heard, but still nice. Climax at 1:08 was well done, but I wished the song, at 1:36, would take a break from the main melody, and then the melody starts fading in slowly, along with some drums soon after. Well, I hope I'm allowed to use other songs as reference... anyway, take this song (remove spaces) as an example: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/277684 ...at 1:21, there's a break from the main action-packed melodies of the song. Something like that would do wonders in this song ^^.

Instruments are very nice, and not that generic. It didn't move onto that very familiar saw wave along with a few bells in the background and a bland kick beat like what happens in a lot of dance songs. Loved the square wave that first distinctly appeared at 0:13, and the one playing the melodies was quite interesting. 1:07, if I'm not mistaken, had a vocal sample. Nice job putting it there, but I would've preferred if you increased its volume some more. Good sound effects throughout the song though.

The transitions were all smooth, and some were very well done, like the one with the vocal sample at 1:07. All new instruments were introduced very well, too. Song structure and variety aren't so good though. It was just that same chord progression with the square wave playing for practically the whole song, and it got rather annoying. I'd prefer you removed the square wave, or even better, make it play other melodies, and leave the melody that its playing right now to the bass.

Intro was great. It started a little too softly, and I had to turn the volume up quite a bit to see if what I was hearing was a very soft melody or just silence, so you could turn up the first part a little, but other than that, excellent intro, with a cool sound effect that moved into the main melody at 0:13. The ending was a fade ending, and I really wish it wasn't, since fade endings almost never turn out that good. I can't think of any way to end it though, sorry :( ; just try and think up an ending which isn't too abrupt or wierd, and fits well with the song.

The drums, as Kirbyfemur said, were very good. Wish they were louder though; at times I wondered if they were even there. Still, they were varied (well, I *think* they were varied anyway... I could barely hear them :P), had nice samples, good beats, fit with the song extremely well, and I liked that you used a crash cymbal here and there to mark new parts in the song.

Overall, I enjoyed this song, although it has a few defects, namely fade ending, quiet drums/vocal sample/intro, and variety. Fix those, maybe think up a few more melodies too, and you have yourself a top-5 worthy song ^^.
8/10
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Liam3003 responds:

Top 5 worthy song? Now, that really is a long shot. lol, After reading this review the first time I decided to change some things in the song, changed the intro and made the vocals louder, I'm not going to upload it because I'm actually now thinking I should remake the entire song.
variation, variation, variation. I need some..
Anyway, Thanks for the great review.

[Piano_Force [Box Killa]]

Yeah, definitely sounds like Fire Emblem...

Man, you've never heard of Fire Emblem before? Heh, and I thought *I* lived in a cave :P. Lol, just joking ^^... anyway, onto the review... This is quite a nice little piece you got here. Nice job :).

Melodies are better than the Piano Force 2 melodies IMO. They sound strangely familiar, especially the main melody, but who cares when they're just awesome :D. As Haggard said, not many parts stood out, so it would make a good background music, maybe a fantasy RPG in a medieval-based village. Still, if you weren't really aiming for background music, but rather for the song to be played alone, I'd suggest more parts in the song that make you say 'Oh, that's new'. Maybe a key signature/tempo/key change, and some parts with more piano accompaniment (I finally learnt how to spell it XD) in the background, like arpeggio's and stuff to accompany the main melody.

I don't really have much to talk about when it comes to the instrument choice, lol, it was only piano :\. I wish you'd make another version of this, or maybe a completely new song with different melodyes, maybe a little more 'dance-ish' and action packed (hehe, check out my latest song Power of the Piano to get what I mean >D) with piano still being the main instrument, but having other things accompany it like drums, choirs, bass, pads, etc. Then, what would be cool is if you add a robotic whispered voice with a bit of delay and reverb on it saying 'Piano Force' or something. Just an idea ^^. Oh, and something that bugged me a little in the song was that it was a bit too quiet. Turn up the piano, it can be one of the mightiest, yet one of the softest instruments out there, but rght now I want mighty >:3.

Transitions were fine, and the song played very smoothly throughout. I liked the transition you did at 0:26. Structure was quite simple, with not many alternate melodies to make the song varied, so yes, it did get rather repetitive. It was just practically 2 melodies playing one at a time, with one of the melodies being changed a little in some parts of the song. I expected at 1:04 to have a new melody introduced, but I was disappointed to hear that same melody playing again :|. Seriously, you had heaps of melodies in Piano Force 3, I'm sure you could do the same with this song :\.

Intro was fine, wish it had progressed a little more gradually to the main melody, but it was OK. Ending was a fade ending, which was rather disappointing, so you should try and make it a proper ending. I have a good idea for an ending, but it would take me another 1000 characacters to explain it to you, and even then you probably wouldn't understand me :P.

As I said before, this is a nice piece. Not so amazing on its own, but it'd do good as BG music. If you want it as a song not BG music, then remember to fix that ending, make this longer, vary it, and put in more parts that stand out. Still, in general, nice job, I enjoyed it ^^.
8/10
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[FL are you ready?]

Yeah, you've got a lot more to learn on FL :P

It's your first audio submission, so I can't give you a high score, although you've got an OK loop over here. For a first song, I've seen much worse, but this isn't particularly fantastic either. Still, it's what practice is for, right?

Melodies are quite good. The main melody did get a little monotonous, but it was OK nevertheless. The background melodies were alright, and I liked that you had more than one instrument playing; usually in first time submissions there's blandly one instrument at a time playing, but you did a good job mixing them all together. Still, as Kirbyfemur said, the background melodies were too and repetitive. Instead of using the same background melody in every part of the song, vary it entirely, maybe even giving it its own solo before the main instument comes in again.

As for the instruments, I don't know if you used default presets in FL Studio, but if you did, don't worry, it's normal, everyone does that, but after some time try using downloaded VST's and soundfonts and the like from the Net. Anyway, choice of instruments was fine, and I liked the vocal sample at the beginning. What I would've preferred though was that you recorded yourself saying 'Are you ready' and editing it in a waveform editor to make it sound better and fit with the loop.

The transitions were done quite well, remembering that this is just a small loop. Structure and variety are quite good for a loop too, but this only is a melody repeated err... 2 and a half times, except in different keys, and with a repetitive background, so you should think up some alternate melodies to remove the monotony this song has.

As for the intro, it was well made with the vocal sample, but I think this didn't loop that well. I'd rather you turn this into a song of at least one minute and then end it properly. Either that, or if you're adamant about looping it, then you'll have to take that vocal sample out, improve the ending by matching it with the beginning and starting the song suddenly, so I'd prefer if you tried to expand this into a song.

Not much to say about the percussion. It wasn't bad, but I think you should use more samples, like a snare, and maybe a few splash cymbals or soft crash cymbals here and there to mark new parts in the song.

It's definitely a good start, for a first song. Has some problems, but that's normal in every song. Don't let the low score put you down, this is impressive for your first song, and trust me, it's definitely better than my first song, or the first song of quite a lot of other people. Good job!
5/10
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jake-thesnake responds:

Thanks, I'm really glad I could get some honest opinions about my "song." Now I know, (based on your review), the things that I need to work, and improve on. I realize that this was very repetitive, short, very bad loop, and had very few instruments; but next time I will follow your advice and make it more interesting.

Thanks man, and once again I appreciate the honest review.

[SN |Lost, But on Her Way| SN]

Ambient and Dnb with a touch of Glitch?...

...Seriously, why am I not surprised? Lol, still, great song. You have a lot of talent; so much talent that you got me downloading glitch... And man, you've got to be a darn genius to get me to download glitch music...

The piano melodies are excellent. There were many alternate melodies, and they were all so epic. The closer the song got to the end, the better the melodies were. Loved the part at 1:43, it was an awesome break from the overload of glitch effects and drum beats. The only complaint I have is that the piano stuck to the high notes only, which got a little annoying. Add some piano accompaniment in the bass to even it out.

Instruments are great, as usual. Piano wasn't that good quality, but I think this piano would do better in a song like this than a good quality piano would XD. Loved the ambient pads and choirs in the background, they added a lot of background depth to the song and fit perfectly with the heavenly or otherworldy theme you were going for in this song. I'll just complain about that piano sometimes having its notes blurred together a lot, and it was hard to make out if what was playing was a piano or just another sound effect.

Speaking of effects, man, this song is covered in them! The delayed sound effect thing that was a little like a reverse cymbal which appeared first at 0:48 was really cool and made good transitions, and you used so many reverse cymbals and glitch effects. Vocal sample at the beginning was a really creative idea, good job. It fit perfectly with the song without disrupting it.

Transitions are just how the always are in your songs. Purely epic. There were many amazing transitions which made the song flow smoothly throughout, but I think my favourite would be at 1:09. It had a nice glitch effect, and didn't ruin the feel of the song. Another favourite transition of mine was where the drums stopped and left the piano playing on its own at 0:24 before the drums came in. I liked how you introduce the drums right after with that brief glitch effect.

The song is well-built with a brilliant song structure, and the variety was just amazing. So many melodies without making it sound repetitive; I don't see why this didn't make it to the top 5 O_o. Anyway; onto the intro... As I said, vocal sample was a great idea, and I think the only way to improve the intro would be to turn up the volume of the vocal sample at the beginning. After that guy says "Come", it becomes difficult to make out the "The Afterlife Awaits You", so by turning it up you'll be able to hear what's being said more clearly. As for the ending, I'm not much of a fan of arpeggio-based endings, but I must say, this turned out perfectly. The slight ritardando you did was awesome too. Hm, sorry for the long paragraph :\.

The drums... well, the drums... TBH, I couldn't make out when there was a drum playing and when there was a glitch effect playing, since they were mixed so well together :P. Still, they fit very well with the song (it's still a mystery how you manage to get ambient sound so awesome with DnB) and they had good samples. I liked how in some calmer parts you did a softer drum beat, other than just doing something bland like a kick every beat. The drums, like the melodies, were extremely varied as well, so they never got boring to listen to.

I can tell why it's one of your best songs. So much variety, so many effects, so many catchy melodies, so much awesomeness, you sure have a talent at producing. My only complaint is that piano being too high pitched, so it needs accompaniment in the bass to even it out, and that the piano's notes were blurred together quite a lot which I think would be better if you increase their velocity and maybe take away a little bit of reverb that was put on them. Other than those two very small defects, I can't find anything at all wrong with this excellent submission. Keep up the great work, and I hope you enjoyed one of my best reviews (my best review for your best song XD).
10/10
5/5
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Reached the character limit XD XD!!!!

SessileNomad responds:

WHOO got a 10 from Supersteph54, not an easy thing to do xD

the piano is really hard to use bass notes sometimes cuz it will start clipping, it is honestly hard to use a variety of piano notes, at least for me it is...

those vocals are actually my voice, pitch shifted a little bit

meh arpegio endings are somthing i very rarely do so i thought i might give it a try, plus i think it ended quite well, nice and quaint

lol you always reach the character limit xD

peace out dude, really glad that you liked it, its really hard to get a good score from u on this stuff

peace out

[Waaaar!]

Not the best I've heard...

I guess it would make an OK battle theme, but needs quite a bit more work to it.

Melodies are great, and give a mighty feel to the song. I liked the one at 0:43 most. What I didn't like is what I think is a phaser that you used at around 0:15, I think it ruined the song a little. You can keep it there, just turn it down slightly. Also, the song does have a lot of 'hissing' or static, whatever it is. I don't know if that's your guitar sample or just some glitch, but it really sounds like it came out of a 64-bit RPG :P.

I personally don't like the sound of that guitar. I think that a boss theme doesn't necessarily need guitar, but choirs and saw waves work well too, so if a guitar in the song doesn't work well, you can use those. Also, piano was way too quiet, you should turn up its volume, since I can barely hear it except in some parts, which made the song sound random.

The transitions were quite rough, for example the one at 0:42-0:43. The melody was a completely different rythm and it sort of jumped out abruptly. Even the slower part of the guitar which came at 0:55 had a rough transition to it. The transition at 1:08-1:09-ish was OK, but I think you shouldn't do that many rythm changes in a boss theme, since it would distract the player as he's fighting the boss. Keep a steady rythm, I think this song would be better off like that.

The variety is quite good, I don't see why the others see it as repetitive, but the structure is pretty wierd. Try the simple structure of: Intro - Chorus - Alternate Melody 1 - Chorus - Alternate Melody 2 - Chorus (with a few changes in the background) - Alternate Melody 1 - Alternate Melody 2 - Chorus - End. Give it a try and see how it fares in the song. As for the intro, it wasn't bad, and it looped perfectly, so nothing to complain about there.

The drums are barely heard, and they don't have the best samples I've heard. You should turn them up a little (making sure they don't drown the piano) and try and find better samples (I have a rock drum kit soundfont if you'd like it, just send me a PM). Still, they were nicely varied, had good drum rolls and fit with the song, so good job ;).

It has its defects, like all other songs, namely wierd structure, constant rythm changes, quiet drums, almost non-existent piano and some strange hissing sounds in the background. Fix those, and I think this song will be more like a boss battle and less like a collection of catchy melodies.
7/10
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Centrist responds:

Wow, thank you for the depth of your review! I admit, you're right on most things, and I thank you for the quality of examining my song. I was kinda going for like.. a "Quick idea for an actual song" type..well..song. If this was made into an actual track made by an actual band, with some of it spread out mind you, and yatta yatta. xD.

Again, thank you! I'll keep your words in mind for future tracks.