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Not bad

Hi popraz! As I promised here's my review about the song.

First of all - it's really nicely mastered and arranged. I liked the instrumantation as well. Especially the sound of the electric gitar was really awesome.

I like the upbeat starting that breaks around 0:54 but still rises with choir and trombone (french horn?) to 1:47. Really uplifting and great sounding!

After 2:27 - awesome melody starts on the strings! I'd really loved to hear more from it maybe in a more developed way.

The tune that kicks in at 3:06 is really dinamic - loved it! Uplifting and really fits for the title and the whole concept that you wanted to showcase with the music. And it loops damn well btw.

I was thinking a lot about the track because there was something that bothered me and I couldn't figure out what is it but after the 4th listening I realised (this opininon is based on my personal taste): there is no really main tune or segment of the track.

You've put a lot of effort into it and created a lot of smaller segments and I think these are too much for a track in this lenght. And because of this non of these segments are well and fully developed or introduced and that's why it seems a bit rushed for me.

So next time maybe less but more developed segments and tunes would be better. But as I mentioned this is my personal opinion.

Otherwise good and characteristic track that has the unique marks of your own style (strings-style, percussion arangements).

So this time 8/10 and 4/5 from me - dl'd.

I hope my review will be helpfull.

Greetings:

MadBoss

popraz responds:

Very helpful. Thank you ! And you are absolutely right about the lack of a sense of solid structure. It hasn't been rushed, on the contrary, I've probably spent too much time on it. I did this song in about three weeks, working only small bits now and then, and that probably fractured the main idea. I never realised that, until now because I was too preocupied about the small things and I missed the bigger picture, but that's what reviews are for. Thank you for taking the time to write.

Moving along...

"Extreme ends of the spectrum are where your musical talent flows the most, when you're sad or when you're happy, that's when you can make a masterpiece as simply as you can walk or run." - this is what you've written in your comment and how true I think it is! I can really understand this thought and the situation you are in.

Great job about the track - it really carries a kind of 'moving on' feeling. with a lot of hope encapsulated inside.

Some minor suggestion: make some more segment in the song. I mean: lover the strings and put them more in the background, and let the piano to fill the place - but keep the pace. I think it'd sound great and give some more variety and depth/emotion to the song and wouldn't sound so 'full' and constant all the way.

But toherwise the song really caught me... 5/5, 10/10 dl'd

Congrats and good luck!

MadBoss

Dj-Flux responds:

Yes, I agree entirely. Like I said, "Revision 1", I have lots of work to do! :]

I'll definitely fix the fullness in time, I hope, as my skill increases. This orchestra is tough stuff to work with, dynamics dynamics dynamics. That's my flaw currently, yeah?

Thanks a lot for the review, I'm glad you liked the song. :]

Almost a rock song

Hey - really great tune and dinamic song. I loved the whole atmosphere you've set in the song. And the sudden blow at the beginning @ 00:30 and the sudden ending sounded also great - altough it didn't really work but it did here.

The brass staccato sound was particularly great. The percussion set and the rythm almost cries for a distorted gitar or some heavy gitar riffs.

The main tune was really kick ass - maybe you should have added some more variations when you've repeated them - but the song is not repetitive at all.

5/5, 10/10, dl'd.
Great job!

MadBoss

Great sound!

Hey!

I really loved the arrangement and the overall sounding of the track! Especially the pusating rythm of the marcato strings and staccato brass gave me chills. Yeah it's a bit repetitive theme but who cares... I love it!

My bigest problem with the track was the ending - too abrupt, A suddent orchestral hit after a riseing section would be a great touch for this song after my opinion but this way the song ends now it's a bit dissapointing.

Otherwise great job - good sound and mastering and nicely sounding samples!

5/5, 8/10, dl'd

Greetings:

MadBoss

Zajed responds:

much appreciation
i actually thought that the people gonna complain about the calm part lol

tanks alot for takin the time to leave a review

Is Romania such a dark place?

Hey popraz!

I knew that Romania is not the best developed country but I've never thought that it could be such a dark place - considering this after your music.

The main tone is really dark - the flute-like sound with the deep synths were an awesome start. And the build up too. I liked the small synth-sound in the background. Give a unique feeling to the track.

After the song I imagine a dark and forsaken land where ruins and mechanical, and metal garbage lies everywhere and the people of the land are like pale zombies... is Romania so bad?

After 2:35 starts a great ending - I liked the bell. I think this ending has more potential you could have made it longer and with even bigger sound (using the french-horn samples, like in one of your earlier songs). And I suggest you to use staccato strings if you have proper samples because they can give some more dinamism to the track.

So good job here. I liked the track. I'm not giving it a 10 because you've made better compositions earlier but this is a great piece nonenthless.

9/10, 5/5

Greetings:

MadBoss

popraz responds:

Thank you for the review. Well Romania isn't really that bad (though sometimes I'd swear it is), it's just that I have a really dark outlook on life, which helps me do a lot of dark music. This song actually carries some intentional sci-fi undertones, tipical dark future stuff. I wanted it to be a classical song with a hard synth edge. It actually was longer, but the contest rules limited the length to about 4 minutes, and the final movements went past that. Maybe I'll submit it later on. I will keep exploring the song though, thank you for the suggestions.

Wow

Great build up in the beginning. The melody is a bit repetitive but you always give a new instrument on it and the main percussion takes the whole track on it's back. So it never becomes boring or something.

I love the rythm and the arrangement of the percussion set - really driving and dinamic. And the strings are a perfect guidance for them.

I can't really find any bad points for the track. Nice job - keep up this good work,
5/5
10/10
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MadBoss

Sycross responds:

Thank you! Always glad to read a good review.

My mind of music!

Massively epic and uplifting piece that has a haunting intro build up - after I've heard it I knew I'll downoad this song and write the review.

The darker ending part was nice too - altough I think you could throw some woodwind (english horn, oboe) it to make it more variable/dramatic.

The ending piano theme was only a short showcase - you've ended it way too abruptly. Maybe after a short break you could insert a bit longer piano solo guided with some soft strings in the background - that would make more judgement to the song.

Otherwise great track. Loved the beginning and the sounds that you are using. Because of the ending I give it a 9/10 but you deserve a 5/5. (And a download.)

Cheers!

MadBoss

EvilHatX responds:

Thanks, glad to hear that :-)

And also thanks for the detailed feedback - I agree completely about the ending, which was a big struggle in this song - I actually cut over a minute's material and 6-8 hours of work in the process of trying to make a fitting end.

Unfortunately I don't have woodwinds yet (only got strings, percussion and a horn ensemble of 8 players), but I'll try lengthen the piano piece whenever I find time.

So thanks, I appreciate you took your time ;)

Like the end of everythin...

Hy popraz!

There's a lot of emotion and images whirling inside my head inspired by your music...

To be objective: the start was really good - mistical a bit yet dark and scary. I really liked the overall sounding - and you've really put some work into the song to make it more variable in terms of instrumentation. The brass (trombone?) was a new sound for me - I haven't heard it earlier in your songs but it was a good choice for this song.

The whole song was like a huge, epic collapse of an empire or an epic sacrifice of a hero who dies to give life for others. This song has lot of epic proportion and a 'big' sound and this is new from you. Your songs are didn't used to be that epic but I think you could bare with this too:)

So congrats - great job!
5/5 10/10

popraz responds:

Glad you think it's different from my usual work, epic even. The brass is actually a french horn, and I started using it more often recently, it's addictive. Thank you very much for the review !

Gentle and a wonderfull present!

Hey Maestro!

It has been a dam long time since I've last reviewed one of your songs - but this song made me grab my keyboard and write one.

Yes it's easy to hear that this kind of soundscape is different from your typical sounds - but I must say it's really good and it's good to hear something different, more romantic, more gentle than just epic blowing (those are great too - I just say you should do some other kinds of songs like this too).

The last segment when the french horn comes in makes me imagine a big, epic romance that lasts for ages... so the song has a lot of power. I love the violin sound troughout the song, great touch.

Only the choir disturbed me a bit, because you didn't used it at the end and faded out quite fast. And even when you was using it it was too much in the background so I think the choir is not so important for the song.

This is my only complaint otherwise great song, great to hear such tunes from you. 5/5, 10/10 - congrats!

Keep up your great work - and I'm sure Mandi will be happy to hear this;)

MadBoss

Beautifull Christmas song!

Hy there!

It was ages ago since I last wrote a review about your songs - to be honest I was damn busy and never got the time to check out the NG AP properly. But now I've seen this song and I thought I'll write one.

I knew your songs from earlier - I was expecting a piano piece, but the gitar(?) suprised me. But it was a good choice I loved the flow of the song. The introdution of the strings and the string marcato was another great choice - give some extra playfullness of the song,

The whole composition is relaxing yet uplifting and gives a warming Christmas/Holiday feeling - to be honest I think this song could fit to any uplifting moment in a lifetime can be not only Christmas.

So all word lead to this: wonderfull job, enjoied troughout the whole track.
10/10; 5/5; downloaded to my best of NG-classical folder.

I hope you had a happy Christmas and I wish you a happy and peacefull New Year!

Greetings:

MadBoss

Turning-Japanese responds:

Hi again, Madboss. I hope you enjoyed your holiday season.
It's funny to think that being familiar with my music you'd associate me with the piano - I play a bit of piano (a few classical, a few Beatles tunes) but mainly I am a classical guitarist, although you wouldn't know it to listen to this piece and its
wandering tempo, it's several mistakes.

I'm glad you like the way this one came out - I'm still kind of on the fence about it.
Thanks as always for your listen!

Hey, I'm composing music - mostly cinematic soundtrack type of things (symphonic or hybrid sounds) but I'm also composing trance / EDM tracks. Feel free to save a copy and use any tracks on this page. Enjoy the music!

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