Score: 8

"Nice but a bit strange"

submission: -SOES-Nora (update)

date: October 22, 2006

Since this song is the "chart-leader" of the Classical section I've finally got myself together to write a review about it.

As I mentioned in the title it's quite nice - until these dissonant chrods came in. But lets start with the beginning.

The starting harps are ok - I would have made them a bit more softer, like the way you did in other parts.

The drums and the tambourine makes a good rythm to the whole track - they are fitting greatly to the whole composition giving a bit medieval feeling to it.

But these dissonant chrods... I understand your aim with that but - personally - I wouldn't have done it like this way. There should be a part where you play the harmonic melody and another where you play the dissonant - but this is my personal opinion about it. The sure thing is that these changes in the harmony make the whole song unique.

Otherwise this is a nice track and really got some mystical feel for it and does really has potencial showing a dissonant side of a personality.

Score: 7

"Gentle melody"

submission: Spirits of the Sky

date: October 19, 2006

Hm really gentle melody you have here - I loved it when the guitarre went with the piano. Great job. Well the song in this way is a good one nothing special.

I could imagine some strings when the piano is hand in hand with the guitarre. And these instruments volume raise together to a top - that could be really touching.

There was a high-pitched guiterre at the end... well I feel that it doesn't fit there...

After all nice work - far better than the points you have now. But keep up this is good!

Score: 9

"Nice and gentle"

submission: Hand of the Priestess

date: October 18, 2006

Hy there!

I think this traks is really nice - the melody flows softly... It's really relaxing to hear this.

Well maybe my ears misleaded me but the beginning and the first minutes sounded like Aeris theme from FF7 - the structure of the song was different but the melody was so familiar...

And the whole music had a kind of FF like feel for it - but this is rather a positive thing.

I enjoyed it greatly. Great piano play. Just the relaxing thing I need right now. So congratulation - keep it up!

Score: 10

"Really stylish"

submission: A Foresty Loop

date: October 17, 2006

Hy there Simon!

This is a really good track you have here. The strange it was that:

1) - not the melody caught my ears it was the structure and the constantly vibrating strings that lead my imagination. So the structure is great... I think you've learned or you are still learning classical music.

2) - the feeling wasn't so forest-like... well for me at least. It's a bit darker forest if you want to keep the title...:)

I can't tell you any negative things I've heard in there or any suggestions how to make it better.

Wonderfull work, keep it up!

Thanks for your vote, madboss! You voted 5 for A Foresty Loop, keeping its score at 5.00.

Score: 9

"Nice work!"

submission: _-/|While Heaven Burns

date: October 16, 2006

Hy there Maestro!

I've found your segment-account and I must say these sons are showing great things to come... especially in this case.

I loved the beginning: great action score here, with the choir, strings, drums... simply great, loved it...

After that the drums droped and the strings went on - and the organ came in. Well I don't know... I don't like that organ sound. A know what ypur aiming - a church organ sound would blow this stuff up (in a good way) - but this organ is a bit powerlessly sounding for me...

Anyway: patience maestro, wait for the right moment of inspiration and this song will be finished. I'll wait up.

P.S.: I've got a new submission and I suffered a lot with it - like you with this one. Pls drop a rev when you visit my site. "For King and Country" is the song.

Score: 10

"Moving and beautifull!"

submission: Ode to the lonely

date: October 16, 2006

Great work there! I loved this one - altough I don't really like solo-instrumental music but this one hit me.

The melody was really beautifull-sad and served the aim that you targeted asolutely well: showing sorrow and sadness of loss.

When the deeper piano hit came there was some anger in the track - and came a part where you repetead the deeper melody parts... now that was great - I don't know why but I loved that the most.

But the main melody is also very well done. Great job!

P.S.: if you're in the mood pls check out my stuff as well. Thnx in advance!

Score: 5

"I hope you like constructive criticism..."

submission: We Win

date: October 16, 2006

... because this will come.

This track as I've seen tried to melt a lot of stiles together - the main string line was classical, there was some synths like in a trance or techno trak, there were beats like in a d&b track and so on.

I think you should focus only one (or maximum 2) genres at once. I'm not telling you that you shouldn't put mani stiles together but I think the learning process will be easier.

I liked the main string pattern - I think it's good, moving and dinamic, you shoul only smoother it's volume level beacuse it hits trough my speakers. The same goes to the piano - these instruments were too loud.

The melodies were also ok but I would do longer melodies for some intermediari parts. And the track could use some more veriated and smoothered structure. What I mean: the changes between the parts should be more gentle not just a cut. And these internal parts should be more worked out more not just for a few second.

Otherwise I think you have potencial in mixing these genres. I loved the part where the main string patter went with the drums. It really had great dinamics.

So - more melodies, better volume leveling, mastering, but more work with the internal parts and it could be a hard hitting track.

So keep up!

Score: 10

"OMG... I've lost my words..."

submission: Welcome to the Field

date: October 16, 2006

Wow dude...
You've imperessed me so much... that I feel I'm a nobody in making music and I have to leave the AP...

But I wont...:) This is awesome... Especially the choir part... It was... like a real choir from a filmscore. Like I'd hear a rejected Gladiator score... Simply beautifull. And then the strings come in. No words are in my head now to express the cataclism of that...

The only one tiny little thing that I'd suggest that dont interrupt the string part so hardly with the drums - let the volume down and then... But I know filmscores are know from sudden changes. I use them also .)

So... Absolutely fantastic job. What program did you used for it? EWQLSO? If yes I'll have to get that... I wanna things like that...

You made me yelous... in a good way >:)

Fantastic job again... Congratulations!

P.S.: I have a recent audio sub. "For King and Country". If you got time pls drop a review. I tried something like here... but I see with less effort.

Score: 9

"Good job!"

submission: Omni Mali Dei (update)

date: October 16, 2006

Hy there!

Nice job here Deflektor, I liked this song very much! The beginning with that deep piano was great. It rally had a dark atmosphere - especially when the choir came in. The strings brought also some freaky effect to it. So great job!

Some suggestions: I'd rather use a chello or some deep strings instead of the flute - it would give a more darker feeling to the song.

About the atmosphere to the whole: I think it had this kind of Halloweenish feeling for it - I imagined a dark ceremony under it where dark robed people standing and drinking blood, whispering dark hymns... nice isn't it?

I also liked the slowdown at the end. So nice job there. I liked it alot. Keep it up!

Score: 7

"Nice try"

submission: Loyal Oath

date: October 12, 2006

Hy there!
There's really some similarities between this track and the "Pirates of the Caribbian" soundtrack - it's because you're melody has some parts that quite the same.
But yes - it's a different track. And it's quite ok but it could have been better.
The most important: try to variate your melodies. It's not necessery to write an intermediary melody but if you repeat the same melody continously - no matter that it is plaied on another instrument - the song will become boring. You must vary your songs better than this. At the end you repeted the main melody too much.
The melody was ok and the instruments sounded good as well but maybe you should try to play more instruments or some slow strings at the background - but that depends on your will.
Otherwise it was a nice and enjoyable try. Keep it up this way!