octopus58's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Peirama]

So funky and groovy, I love it! The lead is awesome, and the harmony you add in is also great. I'm a big fan of bell and mallet like instruments so I also really enjoyed hearing those there. Definitely sounds like early 2000s clubby dance music. Great work, keep it up!!

Orenge1 responds:

Thank you so much! :)

Yes I guess that was the intention, to make something groovy sounding. I'm so happy the end result turned out so much better then I originally expected!

Thank you once again for the nice words! :)

[BurgeraX - Scorpion (DXLS RMX)]

This is such a good take on the original! I love the bass and the emphasis on the percussion. I also love the synthy bells in certain parts of the song that sound like they are very far in the distance, and the leads sound absolutely ecstatic. Just amazing all around, keep up the awesome work!

DXLS responds:

Thank you very much for your support! :D

[The Duck That's Actually a Bomb]

This sounds like a very interesting little level theme, I really like it! Kind of calm and mellow yet still exciting to some extent, which is pretty interesting. There's also a lot of variety going on too which is unusual to this extent, but in a very good way! That's because it just makes the whole song sound like an adventure going through many different parts. Interesting title too lol so bonus points for that. Anyways awesome work, keep it up!!

[BARU33 - Summon]

Really interesting direction to start out the intro so slow and far away from the intense part. Almost helps kind of emphasize the main part of the song very well. The actual drop is very beautiful and almost like ambient dubstep if that's a thing. Really love the chord progression you chose for this too, it feels very introspective. Amazing work, keep it up!

zZBaruNGZz responds:

Thx :)

[Choose Your Seeds]

Very mysterious especially with the way you did your string chords, good job! It really sounds like something from pvz too lol. Really liked the piano melody as well. Great job, keep it up!!

[Lavender Skies]

Your songs always catch my eye because they have interesting names and/or pictures haha. This one sounded pretty chill and definitely night time like, maybe even early night time. So I'd say you passed that feeling along through your music very well! I love the mix of different instruments with the synthy ones here, and the different phases of the song were also very nice to listen to. Just makes me feel happy. Keep up the amazing work as always!!

BusanBlack responds:

Wow thank you octopus. I've been really trying to capture some emotion within the pictures I took or drawings I made. Like how can I see this image and put sound to it. I think its all very fusion based as I am adding in different sound elements but I'm stoked that its coming together decently.

[mallet]

It's a really silly song but I really like it! I've almost never heard that "woop" sound effect work out in a good way but you nailed it lmao. I love the different phases and obviously the mallet instrument sounds really nice here too. Very sweet and nice, keep up the great work!!

Trubiso responds:

tysm :D yeah it is supposed to sound really goofy and light-hearted, i'm glad i could get that across

[Bossa Bossa]

So soothing... it reminds me of something from one of the Sonic Adventure games for some reason haha. I really love it though, it's got such a groovy little beat to it and sounds so nice! The percussion pattern was very suiting to the style you were going for, and the synthy mallets were perfect for lead melodic instruments. And the guitar backing was also an awesome idea. Keep up the amazing work, you did great on this!!

[Rewinding]

I don't know what Future Riddim is, but I know for sure that this song is amazing! You really picked up the intensity in the beginning and sustained it through your awesome progressions. The lead instrument sounds very chirpy when it gets to higher notes and otherwise sounds really calm and soothing even amongst the other intense instruments. The bass and percussion are also crisp and good. Beautiful work, keep it up!

TeirrelMusic responds:

WAO! Thank you very much really :D