octopus58's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[kalimba break]

Very magical and bubbly, I love it! Starting off with a simple kalimba melody and then later layering it with more cozy warm instruments just builds up the happy feeling over the song. The progression is very beautiful, and feels so lovey. Amazing work, keep it up!!

[where hope?]

Sounds mysterious and desolate, nice! The chiptune/synthwave hybrid is pretty cool, I think you did a good job of balancing them both. There's a lot of interesting instruments too and some cool effects. Great work, keep it up as always :)

G2961 responds:

Thank you very much for your support and motivation! I appreciate your comment!

[WonderWall Cover on acoustic guitar]

This is so beautiful, the part with the guitar was fantastic. I love wonderballs its my favorite song

[Apple from the Scrapple]

I love that genesis sounding main lead in the beginning, it's super videogamey! And the guitars that come in right after are awesome. This definitely has a cool fusion feel and a weird but cool chord progression which gives this song a further unique feel. I honestly just love your use of FM instruments a bunch. The mood of this song also feels like some city like rush or something similar. Amazing work, keep it up once again!

[IM OUT OF TIME]

You should be proud, the soundscape in the beginning does sound very nice and clean! It immediately helps establish the atmosphere. The melody that comes after is very beautiful, and relaxing. Another mood that the song kinda generates is the feeling of the "end" if that makes sense? Like there's nothing after, or that there's nothing to do. It's very fitting to the title. But yeah awesome work, keep it up!

MashinaFM responds:

It's always my goal to be able to communicate the right feelings through my music, so I'm really glad I got those feelings across. Thank you for listening!

[His Theme (Vexilion Remix)]

Epic pizzicato string intro!!
I didn't know this is what this song was called lol, when the song started I was thinking huh this sounds familiar. Now I know why haha. The remix is awesome though! So much energy, and still definitely keeps that hopeful energy. Feels so climactic though, like you're already at the end of something and about to win. Your remix brought in great energy in general and made a completely fresh take on an already good song. Not always do you see people remix a good song and make it sound familiar yet new at the same time! Also I really love the bit crushed part, and the part that follows right after, it's really beautiful. Awesome work, keep it up!

Vexilion responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed the stringed and bitcrushed segments, those were some of my favorites things to create in this remix (besides the drop of course). Thanks for the cool in depth review and don't you worry, I love making music so you can expect to see more from me :)

[moraine]

I was wondering why the rhythm sounded so interesting, and it's because it seems like this song is in 7/4 haha. It's a cute song, very calm and something to zone out to. The melody while being repetitive always gets decorated with some kind of varied percussion or harmonic instrument. Just great work in general, keep it up!

dijek responds:

Thank you so much for listening! Yeah it’s non-metric time (5/4 or something). I have another song that goes 7/8 for 4 bars to 4/4 for 4 bars, so I like to mix it up a little 😎

[nobody's left]

I kind of assumed this song would sound sad because of the name, but it's actually kinda comfy? Like not happy necessarily but just calm. I love it though! The instruments are beautiful, and somehow despite being super repetitive it feels very nice to listen to. It just has a very sweet atmosphere and beautiful little melody. Great work, keep it up :D

[My Lil Wizard- Battle Action Theme]

Using DX7 is based :O
I love how this sounds though! Definitely a little spooky and wizardy haha. I also love when the sax kicks in for that additional suave feel. This sounds like something that easily could have came out in the 80s or something, reminds me of action suspense themes. I also love the mixing and how well the instruments just come together. Amazing and beautiful work, keep it up!!

[watersong.mp3]

Beautiful chord progression, and such a sweet melody! Kind of does feel like water, though I dunno why... maybe the wobbliness of some instruments? Either way it's such a calm song, and very reflective. I love when the bright instrument kicks in shortly after half way through, it brings a happy little glimmer towards the end of the song. Awesome work once again, keep it coming!!