octopus58's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[This Is Not Your Bed]

I like how it gets creepier the longer the song goes on, I feel that's what really gives it its truly ominous feel. It has a very pretty start that sounds a little happy but just slowly deteriorates the further it goes on. The instrumentation is also beautiful, and so are the transitions between the phases of the song. Ending on just noise was a great idea too to make it more scary. Amazing work, keep it up!!

[Lunarvion]

Interesting long buildup that goes into something more climactic, nice! I like the spacey feel to the song and how everything is so intense in the middle. You built up a lot of tension making it feel like an action scene almost. The instruments are also very well mixed together and everything gets to be heard. Great work, keep it coming!

[waves]

This was really nice to listen to! I liked the melody and chord progression, and how you just made it flow so relaxingly and beautifully. I also really enjoyed the little rhodes piano solo in the middle and then how it continues into the rest of the song, it adds good variation. Great work, keep it up :)

Tsunami990 responds:

BIG thanks :D

[A.P.Earth - "Nebulae" | Cosmic Frontier]

Really groovy and colorful with lots of different nice phases, great job on this! I like how all the instruments come together and just the instrument choice in general, it really fits this happy and bright mood of the song. After the first drop is also just such a cool part, how it gets so intense and exciting! Amazing work, keep it coming :D

[Bright Abyss]

Definitely sounds very interesting, I'm happy you decided to finish this :)
The song itself can be perceived as both happy and sad for sure, which is interesting. It has these kind of hopeful feelings/sounds like something that would play as the sun rises, but could also be something that seems like a plummeting, dark and depressing feeling. It's rare that songs can feel like two completely opposite emotions depending how you view it. The sound design is also very well done, I like your main leads, your chirpy noises, your echo-y noises, and everything in between. Awesome work on this, keep it up!!

Mart111n responds:

Thank you very much!

[Fresh!est]

The breaks in this song sound very cool, great job! It's definitely very intense, especially as in certain parts it drifts away from being mostly melodic to mostly breaks and percussion. But I also really love the melodic sections too, they are very funky with a cool chord progression! And you have so many nice clicky instruments too. It just generally sounds very suave and fresh haha. Amazing work, keep it up!!

[A Tale From Before Then]

Very well done once again! You portray a kind of mysterious theme here, with very beautiful instrumentation and progression. The shifts in the melody evoke a feeling of curiosity and wander kinda which is really nice. The mixing is very well done for an orchestral setting, and the choice in instruments fit this perfectly too! Great work, keep it coming :D

Deemo-R responds:

Thank you! Definitely wanted something mysterious and slightly melancholic here!

[Tergiversation]

I dunno why but this song makes me think of some kind of grand, intense showdown with a strong foe at a castle or something. I absolutely love the progression of the melody, the melody itself is also something very beautiful and emotionally intense. There's a whole lot of variation going on here which makes the song interesting from beginning to end. And also you have an excellent mix between acoustic and electronic instruments. Amazing work, keep it up!!

[Popping Fresh]

Definitely sounds like something calm and beautiful that reminds me of the beach! The pitch flagellating chords really evoke this kind of nostalgic/past feeling, and the wave samples just kinda put you in the place. They kinda cut off randomly at one point though, it might've been nicer with a fade. Mixing could also use a tiny bit more work as sometimes it feels like it peaks a little with the bass haha. Otherwise it's really nice, keep up the great work!

Lumiflag responds:

yeah, I just noticed that the wave sample just stopped. I'll fix that in a minute by the time I'm writing this, but thanks for the review !