octopus58's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mystery (Original Mix)]

This is very nice to listen to! The melody is very "spaced out", the percussion is nice and clicky so it sounds very fresh, and the melody is just beautiful and uplifting. It's definitely mysterious, but it sounds like a good, fun kind of mysterious too which is nice. Just a great job in general. Keep up the great work :D

GalaxyTones responds:

Thank you! <3

[Summer Grays (3h project)]

This kind of song reminds me of maybe cloudy or stormy days in tropical places, it doesn't sound sunny, yet still tropical and a little dark! Which is honestly really cool, it's not often that music makes me feel or think of something specific. The progression of this track is great, and it helps maintain interest throughout the whole thing; yet the chords repeat giving a constant familiarity which is nice. I also love the pads you used here, they really help with the mood. Great work, keep it coming!

[Oh No...]

This is very cool! It kind of feels like the first part is an intro or a cutscene in a game, while the part after the break is the awesome main menu or something haha. The instruments and how you used them are great too, really helps build up the tension over time and have them all climax at once which does a lot of emotional stuff. Awesome work as always, keep it up!!

ZaazNG responds:

Thank you so much! It definitely wasn't this complex when I first wrote it, very glad that you enjoyed it <3

[qwers]

Definitely sounds very creepy, but I see what you mean by nostalgic. Not sure I ever heard this combo before, but it's very unusual and interesting. The grainyness helped add to the creepy feeling along with the chord progression, but the end past 02:30 just gets completely messed up and I love it for what it's going for! It's unusual but in a good way, so keep it up with your creative work :)

vitmg responds:

Thank you!!

[ARMADAN]

The melody that comes after the drop is very interesting, and it shifts a lot in terms of where it's going which is pretty cool! The intro leads into it a lot but when it finally drops it feels great haha. The textures you used were also amazing, very underwater like and generally very smooth yet crisp. It just sounds really nice all around, so great job and keep it up :D

[Enemy Fleet Approaching]

It sounds very gloomy at the start, but it definitely picks up pace around half way which is really cool because it feels you can really feel the "approach" musically. I feel like storytelling is a big part of cinematic music and you definitely have it done very well here! Also the instrumentation choice is great, and the string melodies with the occasional vocal stabs really help build intensity, as well as the drums changing throughout. Awesome work, keep it coming :D

SokolMusic responds:

To me, that is what music should be about; telling a story, depicting a scene, or conveying an emotion. Achieving that in a song difficult to do in my opinion, but hearing that kind of feedback is what makes this hobby enjoyable, and worth the many, many, MANY hours that it takes to produce a track like this.

Thanks for the great feedback!

[Rooftop Viewer]

This sounds very chill and pretty, I always enjoy combinations of chiptune and more HD instruments like the drums you used for example. The over melody just sounds happy and the intro leads into a more deep mood as the bass sinks in. Great job, keep it up :D

[Left Short]

I really appreciate the attempt as it's already somewhat rare for people to make music in any time signature that's not 3/4 or 4/4 (me included lol) but this is taking it like 10 steps further lmao. And yet despite this, it still sounds really interesting. Disorienting kind of, but that could fit well in a lot of scenarios so I think it only goes towards the benefit here. And you're right, this is ridiculous, but in the totally fun and experimental way! Keep having fun and keep it up :)

MandrakeGuy responds:

thank you! in fact i only know one instance of decimal time signatures out there and thats Phonon's track "Emme" which uses decimal time signatures in its first drop, i hope to maybe even explore them further and see where they can be useful in regular music :POG: <3

[Jupiter]

I feel like you really captured the monstrous energy you were going for! This sounds kind of majestic, suspenseful, and cautious. There's like a feeling of almost danger when listening to this but amazement at the same time. I love how you used bass in this case to emphasize emotion, and the percussive pattern was also really nice to listen to and helped establish the edge feeling. The little chiptune break was really nice too and acted as a nice segway into yet another powerful part. I really love how this composition went, keep up the amazing work!

lexycat responds:

Thank you so much for this detailed review! Yes, I was mostly going for displaying the planet as a giant monstrous entity, yet still our protector