octopus58's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Vanilla Nexus - Underwater]

Interesting combination of chiptune percussion with what acoustic style you already had going at 0:40 ish, and the compression through the track is also pretty interesting :)

I like the melody and how it's kinda deep in a way, but then basically becomes more intense. It works well for an underwater segment for sure I think. Also the occasional little piano flairs are beautiful! Keep up the awesome work :D

[Hypno-girl]

Just from 30 seconds in I knew this was going straight to my favorites, this sounds amazing! Like your other track I listened to this has great energy and an exciting melody to follow along to. Even with such a small range of sounds you make such a full beautiful masterpiece. Keep up the amazing work!!

[false]

Very gloomy and moody, and although repetitive for the first half you manage to keep it interesting by constantly increasing the anticipation and more. It's a very beautiful song, and would work well during a dramatic moment in some kind of action movie or drama. It kinda reminds me of a movie I saw too lol. I absolutely love how the guitar sounds throughout the whole song, and the amazing effects and layering you got going on. This is beautiful, keep up the amazing work!!

[aggressive]

Dancy and groovy, even a little funky, I love it! It doesn't stagnate and changes often enough to be exciting and cool. The bass is popping and the main instruments are so cohesive. The piano is so beautiful especially when there are solos. This is just amazing overall and I love it, amazing work and keep it coming!!!

SchoolMusician responds:

Thank you so much for listening to my music!!

[Ghost Party]

That random jolt of energy at 0:40 ish sounded so good, I love that part! It really helps kick off the song after the spooky intro into a beautiful melody. I really love some of the chord progressions and changes you have, and I love the rhythm you got going through the track. It never stagnates and always feels very exciting. Just beautiful work all together and super impressive, keep it up!!!

[Funky Little Loop Boi]

This is definitely very funky and fun to listen to, I like it :)

The main funky lead was really cool and dancy, and the little pitch bends here just really help add to that funk feeling too. I love the slow introduction of instruments over time towards the middle, where it feels like everything is finally coming together. The percussion really helped the song pop and stand out too. Keep up the awesome work!

[Supernatural Siege]

Very interesting of you to basically split the song into three parts, each one continuing from where the other left off. You pulled it off very well, but man the third part is my favorite as it's just intense and combines everything good from the past two plus more! Throughout the whole song I really liked your choice of instruments and dynamics to make it sound like a real orchestral piece. I also say this a lot, but I really like how you managed to make this cinematic piece feel like it's depicting a story, as I feel that the cinematic genre is perfect for that purpose. Amazing work, keep it up!!

courtemanche437 responds:

Thank you very much for your insight! Technically most of the instrumentation and melodies came from just single notes in a piano roll in FL Studio, but I did at least have to try and figure out which sequences sounded best together, and there are still some parts that I actually did write out full melodies manually, such as the guitar in the first part and the brass halfway through. It's funny, when I was making this song, I never really thought of it as telling a story, just some really cool music being pieced together that so happened to work out that way :P

[Glass]

This sounds exciting, adventurey, and maybe even a little battle like? In any way it's really cool, I love how the song progresses and it's very dynamic energy! The pluck sounds very fun and happy, and the harmony instruments really help bring it's sound out. I also really liked the way you ended the song too. Great job, keep it up!

[MIXTICE - Synthetic Life]

Very groovy, perfect for synthwave. The actual synths you used were pretty good and retro sounding, and the mixing was great! The bass was mastered really good, and the drums also sound 80s like which is great for matching the genre and style. The melody even though maybe slightly repetitive doesn't get boring because it's carried by changes in effects and instruments. Great work, keep it up!

Mixtice responds:

Thank you for your comments, they are very nice to read!