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[among the championcast-TTC CHG]

Amazing composition.

It's a great composition, but I can't say it fits too well with your story.

The introduction is a bit messy at times, but this actually could fit with the story. The main character is confused, and meets this huge group of armed personell.

Sure, the story fits the song, but in the same way the last piece I reviewed by you. As a general theme song, this song works, but it doesn't tell a story the same way, not as literal.

Other than those two complaints, I have nothing bad to say about this. Again, I'm looking forward to see you chip in on the Litterature Portal whenever it comes around, and reviewing your next piece. I'm starting to get into the story as well now.

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Calamaistr responds:

As said before you're always welcome to freely review the rest of the album anytime you want.

Not all tracks are as heavy on the story in the sense that they follow a 'happening scene by scene, a few tracks are moreof themes of individual characters or locations aswell. :)

[Machine Room]

Good loop, not so good song.

I'm glad you marked this as a loop.

It has this dark, frightening feel to it throughout the entire track. It would fit well in a game, but not any game. Something dark and violent, yes. It would work out very well. Due to the short pause you've added at the end, it doesn't loop too well, though.

Even though it's a loop it has to try not to be repetitive, and even though you do switch it up from time to time, it gets somewhat repetitive after a short while. Might be due to lack of variation in the rhythmic section. Experiment a bit with it!

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Cimba responds:

Newgrounds inserts the silence at the end automatically

[_/Move For Me\_ [SS Rmx]]

Awesome track!

Absolutely a very entertaining track. I haven't heard the original, so my review will be based on this being an original.

Being that it's such a long song (at least after NG standards), it often gets really hard to keep it original throughout the entire song and not make it repeat itself, while still making it sound like one song and not multiple songs smashed together.

Now, why do I write this? Because you managed to avoid all that. This is a great song that lasts a full six minutes (and one second), without growing boring.

The bassline throughout the song backed up the main melody very well, be it the one tune or the a capella, it never sounds meager or slimmed down. It doesn't really get boring either, thought it doesn't really change a lot. The sounds used to compose the bassline change up quite often, if you get what I mean. Might be a bad way of putting things.

The acapella you downloaded also sounds really great, implemented into the song,m or vice-versa. Melody was catchy, and easy to listen to.

The absolute intro, with the clash was a bit cheesy, but other than that I can't really complain. The outro wasn't too bad, but maybe a bit dragged out, seeing as it doesn't change up at all. Then again, I'm pretty sure it'd feel naked if it weren't there.

Would be fun to see the first version of the song, as I see you've done some edits later on.

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ShootingStar responds:

Wow :D I'm so glad you liked it so much, and thanks for the well structured review! Hard to get those now-a-days :D
Thanks so much for the review!! :D I appreciate it sooo much ;)

ShootingStar

[No Words (Sky High Edit)]

Very nice tune

Not too sure of the genre myself, but that doesn't really matter right now.

What a great track. Feels pretty happy, at least that's my impression of it. Either way, it's a fun tune with loads of variation.

Melodically it's not a very technically challenging song. It's rather simple, and just varied enough to keep people entertained and listening throughout the song. I really like the way the tune breaks down at some parts.

The rhythms might be a little simple, but they too change up somewhat, so it really isn't too bad.

The buzzy bass got kind of annoying after some time, though. It was just the same rhythm throughout the entire song, which felt very repetitive after some time. Also, you took the easy way out on the ending of the song, with a simple fading out, which I'm no fan of.

Also, I guess I should say I didn't listen to the original before I listened to this, as I wanted to review it as a single piece. I'm sure my impression would be somewhat different if I had done so.

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aryst0krat responds:

Hey, great review! Thanks! If we ever re-work this tune, we'll keep what you said in mind, especially with the bass and the ending. :)

As for the original, I tend to think of them as two separate songs, so it's no big deal.

[Rough Edge]

Highly repetitive

There is very little that goes on in this song, and seeing as it's marked as techno, I'll review it according to that.

It's a rather short tune, and it shouldn't be too hard to make it varied and somewhat original. The problem with this short song is that you don't really have any variation. It's really the same thing throughout the entire song.

I think it's categorized wrong when it comes to genre. If it were placed under ambient, it could've been a pretty neat track, that could fit in the background of a dark or disturbing flash.

Work more on variation, unless you want to switch into ambient. Don't think you can just drop variation when going ambien, but keeping it exciting isn't as vital with ambient as with techno/trance.

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[RD2010 - I'm a Robot]

Batteries or no batteries, you should've won.

An intensely entertaining and fun track to listen. It figuratively has EVERYTHING, and it works out very well.

Rhythmically, it's varied and generally original. Though some samples were a bit generic, you could pretty much skip from any place to any other place and find different rhythms, which keeps the songg oing without ever making iteven remotely boring.

The melodic part is also extremely varied. A well-balanced mix of different genres, played pretty much on the same instruments (with variation, of course, but the same type of instruments) make a song that isn't cluttered, but sounds very original and works very well throughout a total of four minutes. Everything from the jazzy to the techno...ey parts, were awesome.

You also chose a great way to end the song, with a funny punchline to the entire song. The lyrics are fun, and I did chuckle towards the end. The vocals didn't sound a lot like a robot, and they were somewhat out of tune, but the out-of-tune part did sort of fit very well with the whole robotic theme.

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Step responds:

"An intensely entertaining and fun track to listen. It figuratively has EVERYTHING, and it works out very well."

Thanks! We tried to make it as enjoyable and fun as possible!

"Rhythmically, it's varied and generally original. Though some samples were a bit generic, you could pretty much skip from any place to any other place and find different rhythms, which keeps the songg oing without ever making iteven remotely boring."

Exactly what we tried to do :). Yeah the samples were a bit generic but I tried as much layering as I could to make unique sounds. I personally like the lead synth at the beginning, but some people might not like it since it sounds a bit like an organ :3.

"The melodic part is also extremely varied. A well-balanced mix of different genres, played pretty much on the same instruments (with variation, of course, but the same type of instruments) make a song that isn't cluttered, but sounds very original and works very well throughout a total of four minutes. Everything from the jazzy to the techno...ey parts, were awesome."

That's probably because this is a collaboration between four different people, which means four different opinions, and, since Darklight and I made the melodies, two different melodic styles. I must say that Darklight really did a great job with the melodies ^^.

"You also chose a great way to end the song, with a funny punchline to the entire song. The lyrics are fun, and I did chuckle towards the end. The vocals didn't sound a lot like a robot, and they were somewhat out of tune, but the out-of-tune part did sort of fit very well with the whole robotic theme."

I personally didn't want to make it sound robotic so it can sound as funny as possible. The ending was Fro's idea, so I'll have to thank him for that, although the speech at the end was mine xD.

Anyway, thanks for the great review!

[[dB] Chasing Shadows]

Immersive.

I found that reading the first paragraph of the author's comment while listening to the intro worked really well. The song really has that somewhat sad but hoping feel to it. "All isn't lost quite yet." This would be a great opening song for a flash movie.

All in all a very simple composition, but very interesting and feels quite immersive to me, even though some parts consist of simply piano playing the melody and the drums playing a rather generic rhythm.

Variation isn't an issue here, you vary it very well throughout the entire song, with different instruments, but not too many and never too cluttered, and the melody change a lot throughout the songs. In many cases the stripped-down sound of the piano playing with the drums could sound bad, but I think you pulled it off neatly. It wouldn't have worked in a different setting.

I do however feel the drums at about 01.00 are slightly out-of-place, because the rhythm is a bit too... I don't know how to put it, groovy? Nah, that's not it. Either way, it's nitpicking and it's pretty much a great track as is. Love the pan!

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Decibel responds:

Thanks, your input is very much appreciated as this is my most appreciated song IMO. Yes, I varied quite a Lot cuz I would have liked this in a flash movie.
Thanks for stopping by,
>DJ<

[(CHS) S&K: Suicide From Above]

Interesting

So, is it a remix, or?

A pretty interesting intro with some neat synths that work well throughout the song. The rhythmics section here at the beginning is also well-made, but it gets very repetitive after not too long due to lack of variation, and this goes on throughout pretty much the entire song.

On the melody side of things, however, variation isn't a problem, as the song varies a lot throughout the entire song, with well-made melodies.

The ending was also very simple, and slightly cheap. I've always felt that the fade-out is a cheap way to end a song, like the easy way out, and this is no different. The rhythm just goes on and doesn't end until it's faded all the way out.

Just get some variation into the rhythmic section and the song'll be a lot better.

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ChaosDragon004 responds:

I appreciate that. I will be doing a remastered version of all my songs after I learn how to ballance more. I will definately be adding more to the songs so you dont get the same exact song lol. I will fix the errors in this song when that time comes so be on the lookout. Thanks again.

[Let's clean up the oil spill]

Sounds disturbing, for some reason.

I'm not sure how this has much to say with the oil spill, though.

It's a really relaxing track and it does remind me of water, could be used in some childs games based under water, sure.

However, I don't see how this has much to do with oil spill. It does sound a bit out of tune, like the harmonies are a bit off, at times, which I guess could be a metaphor for the oil, but after reading the reviews, it seems like that wasn't the intention.

It doesn't really loop either, because of the second or two of silence at the end of the track.

Being so short, it's not really possible to get any much repetition, it sounds okay, but had it been longer, it'd easily be a very repetitive track.

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