octopus58's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[It Wasn't A Dream (True Love) | SynnCloud]

This was such a beautiful song! I love how you did the guitar and the percussion, and the effect over the song that sounds maybe slightly vibrato-y is also really nice. All of this just sounds relaxing and deep a little, making me doze off but in a good way! The startup was also really fun. Great work, keep it up!

SynnCloud responds:

OGM OGM THANK YOU SO MUCHH <333333

[Forgotten Ceremony]

Very interesting way to make a slightly scary and menacing song. The droning bagpipes help a lot with the feeling of dragging, building up to the next bang of the drum. The melody also sounds very celtic and ancient in a way. The percussion work is also great and the mastering is perfect for the mood you were going for! Amazing work, keep it up :)

LexRodent responds:

Thanks for listening and your review.
This piece it's a little far from what I'm used to do.
It's great to know I was able to make it work and gave it the right feel.

[Rushing]

Very funky and jazzy, I like it! There was a part that sounded very complex at like 1:17 ish but I think you actually pulled it off perfectly. As for the rest of the song, the melody is beautiful, the long chords are very interesting for the mood, and the percussion fits perfectly for the style! Amazing work, keep it coming :)

Viraxor responds:

Thank you for feedback and for your great reviews!

[Riding through the Shadows]

This was really interesting, I like the melody from start to finish! And you're right, the part at 2:54 is crazy good, especially with the filling and growling deep bass that starts to play. It really also sounds like a "riding" song because of the beat and speed, it's very nice. I love the synths and the strings very much as well. Beautiful work, keep it coming!

DXLS responds:

Thank you so much! :3

[Outsider]

Very interesting and bouncy, I like it! It's a cool combination of maybe like, dance and dubstep. There's even a little bit of metal in there too which is nice. The dubstep segments are great and you managed to pull of the cool sounds perfectly! But everything else is great too and beautiful, especially the chiptune lead. Great work, keep it up!

Rollanan responds:

hey big thanks!!!!!!!! and yeah i was thinking of those metal double bass runs stuff

[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!!

[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

[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!

[2004]

I was expecting a lead as the main instruments but I was (pleasantly) surprised to hear that the melody was played by the piano, and that later you had a cool gated effect and slight distortion on it. You managed to replicate the feel you were going for pretty well, which is cool! The whole song sounded very bouncy and exciting, kinda like most songs during that time. I also love the ending too, it's a nice way to simmer down the track. Great work, keep it coming!

LGmusic responds:

thanks!

[Snow-Covered Wonderland]

Even though the melody would repeat, it's done in a good and beautiful way. The whole song sounded magical and cheerful, and even slightly anticipative. Kind of like a precursor to the holidays type of feeling actually! I loved the main bell instrument you used because it sounded very wintery and the percussion fit with everything very well. Keep up the great work :)

ShockDragon responds:

Thanks! As for that bell instrument, it was actually a music box that was done. The power of chromatic percussion!