Phyrnna's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tears of blood - A.i.m.]

Sound: SADNESS!! T_T Mixing definitely needs a lot of work, and I think that is what is mostly holding this piece back from truly shining! D:

Composition: I like the piano lines you wrote for this track. Song structure wise, the song does get a bit repetitive. Also you could probably write more string parts in and/or more complex string parts.

Fit to Art: Sadly as the track stands, it only fits the art a bit. I can imagine that with better mixing how it can have so much more atmosphere to it and fit the image so much better!

Originality: Not too original of a track or an approach.

newslav responds:

Thank you kindly for your feedback. I'm only a beginner, so i couldn't put out of myself as much as i intended in the first place. Thanks for not beeing too harsh :D I'll do my best to sound and feel better in the future. Just remember that i'm still learning.
Best regards.
Newslav.

[Moonshower]

Sound: No issues at hand here.

Composition: While I have to say that ambient'ish tracks aren't my thing, this track is nicely written. It keeps interesting and has a decent dynamic to it.

Fit to Art: A fine pick of instruments that definitely convey the image well. The downward arps and pads help show the spectacular nature of the paired art and I think you did a wonderful interpretation of the art piece.

Originality: I'm not too familiar with the genre, but I wouldn't say that this piece is the most original either. Still, no points lost.

[Brofist! (Original Mix)]

Sound: Mixing sounds just fine. Moving on!

Composition: Composition is pretty good, although does get a tad bit repetitive. The use of instruments is nice and keeps it interesting.

Fit to Art: This track definitely fits the art quite well, from the genre to the song itself. It's a colorful track with a dash of awesome, and I definitely feel it.

Originality: This is a unique sounding track, although not the most original either. Still no loss here.

dj-rylath responds:

Thanks bro. :D
I'm glad you liked this one. I'm still trying to find my own style, and I'm trying to be more original.

[Enter the Captain Rainbow]

Sound: Mixing sounds just fine. Moving on!

Composition: Composition is pretty good, although does get a tad bit repetitive. The use of instruments is nice and keeps it interesting.

Fit to Art: This track definitely fits the art quite well, from the genre to the song itself. It's a colorful track with a dash of awesome, and I definitely feel it.

Originality: This is a unique sounding track, although not the most original either. Still no loss here.

DESHIEL responds:

thanks. :)

[Bordello Frostbite]

Sound: Mixing is solid.

Composition: Structure is well done, and it keeps the song fresh and not repetitive throughout. Use of the vocal samples was really well done.

Fit to Art: Well this track gave me shivers. The use and manipulation of vocal samples fits the art so well and conveys the feel of the image. The piano and dark sounding bass do their parts excellently to also help this along. I would say you nailed it down and then staple gunned it down a few times for good measure.

Originality: Definitely also scores in the originality department as the approach and execution were pretty interesting.

Quarl responds:

Thanks dude.

[Colossal Assault]

Sound: No particular mixing issues, very clean for an orchestral style song.

Composition: Excellent song structure and nice transitions between your section. Also your composition does a good job at keeping the song from being repetitive. I particularly enjoy your use of percussives.

Fit to Art: This song certainly fits the art paired with it very well. Very epic, very battle themed, and overall conveys the image very well.

Originality: As great as this piece is, it's not particularly original at all. Standard take on the image and also not particularly novel for its genre. Almost slightly generic too.

[A 3-D Revelation]

Sound: No mixing issues at hand here.

Composition: A decently simple composition with a simple structure. That would also be its weakness as the song gets repetitive by the middle. There's also not a big variance in sound between the instruments, so the sections kind of blend together.

Fit to Art: The track fits the art very well, and I'd say it conveys exactly what's in the art. This would be the main strength of this piece is how well it pairs with the art.

Originality: Not much originality here, pretty straightforward take on the art and nothing new to the genre.

xxxZigZagxxx responds:

Thanks for your thoughts. The song does get repetitious. I should try adding more interesting variance, release and tension. It does pair with the art well, I thought. Originality wasn't really a goal, but I can see where you're coming from in that it uses electronic cliches. I'll try to reach outside my comfort zone more. Thanks.

[Miyamoto Diyamoto (AIM)]

Sound: Nothing out of place here, but then again it's 8Bit, so not much that can go wrong usually.

Composition: This track has a pretty repetitive song structure to it, and as such sounds quite repetitive. The sound effects were nice and I think they were used nicely.

Fit to Art: Now automatically, this fits somewhat well being an 8Bit track to an "8Bit" artpiece. However I will say that's where it ends. The track is a lot more active and jumpy which is not the feeling that I think the art conveys. The art feels a lot more pensive.

Orignality: Can't say there's much originality here. Made an 8bit track for an 8bit art, so neither genre or approach are novel.

xxxZigZagxxx responds:

Thanks :D