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. :)

[PanzerKraft (AIM Entry)]

Sound: Mixing is pretty solid. I don't know how I feel about the vocals, just because I feel like they should be more prominent, however perhaps that's just my preference.

Composition: I particularly enjoyed the composition on this one and also the lyrics. Honestly well done, I quite enjoyed the song! The mix of electronic and screamo is pretty awesome.

Fit to Art: I don't know how well this song fits the art. It's not the first thing that comes to mind when looking at the art because the art's color palette and overall tone is much calmer than the song suggests. However I can definitely see how the song will fit. Interesting take.

Originality: Major props here. A different approach to the art paired from what most would do, and the execution is pretty interesting as well!

Lich responds:

Thanks for the review.

I didn't distort the vocals enough in this piece, that's why it sounds like it's not prominent enough. If I turned the distortion right up, it would sound just like the vocal-work in 'The Outlier'.

[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.

[Missa Angelis - Kyrie]

Sound: Mixing sounds pretty solid. The Choirs definitely need work on the attack to not sound so synthesized.

Composition: A very standard and classical form in composition, so nothing wrong here. Classical or in this case Baroque music theory works pretty well. Of course, for the modern sentiments of music, this track is also slightly sleep inducing as most pieces of that style are.

Fit to Art: No doubt about it this piece fits the art paired with it quite well. The choirs and organs are an excellent choice of instruments and the melody and harmonies do convey the image well.

Originality: While there is nothing novel to the style in this song, I find there is quite some originality in that you decided to pick this style for the art piece.

SoundChris responds:

Thanks a lot for your review! I definitely will try to improve the sound of the choir, experiment with the reverb settings and the attack and releases in the futere- new system makes it possible. So i agree with that issues concerning the choir!

I dont think that classical or baroque music is slightly sleep inducing. I didnt notice it for a very long time, but e.g. jazz has already begun @ J.S. Bach. If you look at the three-voiced preludes / fuges of the second book of bachs well tempred piano and their structure then just combine groups of 4 or 8 notes to chords and you will have unbelievable impressive jazz chords. I didnt believe it myself until i tried it out but i guarantee it is worth a look - trust me! This stuff can be extremely inspiring and there are lots of great ideas you can get out of that material - no matter what kind of genre you are composing for. But you are right that a lot of people dont think this style of music to be very interesting.

Thanks a lot for your review and all the Best!

Chris

[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