There could be better instruments.
Personally, I think the original is much better. You could do so much better; the instrument choice sounds kind of... how do I put this... putting bells or something for a song as epic as Riku's Theme just didn't sound right. I'm only rating it so high because you managed to hit (almost) every note and Riku's Theme must be one of my favorite KH songs.
Well ofcourse the original is loads better xD We're talking about Yoko Shimomura here, Yoko Shimomura is a god! xD
I personally kinda liked the bells, it made it a bit more mysterious think =p
So awesome I voted it 5 and it lost points.
"BRILLIANT! 10/10" - The New York Times
"A STYLE YOU FIND ONCE IN A LIFETIME; A SONG YOU LISTEN TO OVER 9000 TIMES!" - The Wall Street Journal
"HEROIN IS A GENIUS! ALL HAIL ILLEGAL HEROIN!" - Parade
"THIS SONG DID REMIND ME OF FRESH MILK!" - Nintendo Power
"I FOUND THIS AWESOME SONG UNDER AN UMBRELLA!" - Highlights
thanks for score and comment.
Happy you enjoyed it. I will try to post more soon. I've been real busy with other stuff, but i'm working on a few things that can go along side our fresh fridge milk!
Another amazing piece.
Like RetromanOMG said, this is completely your style. It's just, the way you change it... Great job. Great, great job.
Thanks! Your reviews are always appreciated.
Great. I love it. So much.
What can I say? Another great piece, buddy. I especially loved the part from 1:05 to 1:18. It's not very suitable for most game bosses, though it has a hint of that kind of game material, doesn't it? It's more of an excellent techno trance. The may you put in the slider was great, and you really know how to make parts sound dynamic. The only problem is some parts don't sound exactly like they should go together. I find this more often than not in your songs, though this time they sound close. Not very much a problem though, as not the average listener would notice. The rest are all compliments, and I think you have enough of those. Great, great job.
I'm actually very suprised no one has used any of your songs in an animation. It will only be a matter time, with this song.
Haha well thanks, man. I appreciate your enthusiasm and your support.
I agree that it doesn't fit for most bosses, but I pictured more of a dynamic and major boss, or the title could imply that this is a more major song of mine compared to the rest. Ha, either one.
I think I know what you mean about some of the parts not seemingly going together. I use a lot of jazzy scales (not jazz in mood, but in essence), so that may be what you're hearing. I also believe that brief dissonance can enhance the more coherent areas.
As for the using in animation thing, I may have an animator friend making a movie, but he also makes music so he may just use his own, haha.
I am up for any offers though! I'd be pumped to have it used in anything.
Thanks!
Way too repetitive.
I think every good song should have a base tune, but this is just too much. Probably 40 lines of one thing over and over again, except with maybe 1 note changed. It gets a little boring. It's a nice tune, but I can't get over that.
Also, what's with the 8 second space at the end? I use Fruity Loops 9 XXL and that doesn't happen for me. Oh, well, doesn't really matter.
I think that if you add some real variety, you could make this into a helluva song.
Thx for the comment drew, your view is really appreciated
Near Perfection.
It is by far your best musical creation. I mostly clicked on this because I thought it would be a remix of the song Passion from Kingdom Hearts 2, but there's no loss, because this is great. It sounds very professional. It wouldn't be fair, though, to give it a 10, because it was not perfect. I don't give songs that I think aren't perfect 10s. It's so close, though, I had to argue with myself with a few minutes what to give it. I really do like it. Keep making music.
Thanks!
I really would like to know what exactly makes this song better than all of the rest. I'm sure I tried out some stuff with it that I didn't try in other songs, so let me know what parts are exceptionally good!
And I plan on making more music. Thanks for the encouragement!
Uuuhhhh...
Remixing all of your songs together isn't a bad idea, but this remix is just.... ugh. It doesn't work at all, I'm sorry. But you knew that already.
Yeah, I tried to make the crappiest song I could. That 3 equates to a 9 in my book.
In other words, I'm hoping this song "fails."
Doesn't sound full enough.
I feel you didn't add enough instruments. Putting the 8-bit and the modern instruments together was a good idea, but not very creative (though I would have done the same thing, if FL Studio had an 8-bit). I did not like how you took out some of the notes in the main chorus, it made it sound awkward. Ameteur work at the best.
Although I strongly disagree with what you said, I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
:P I like it!
It's pretty nice. Sorry it's so simple, but this is all I really have to say. I really liked it, and don't give up on making music.
Thank you! I don't plan on giving up anytime soon!
It's great, a bit repetitive, but who cares?
This is a great piece. I'm giving you a 7/10, because of a few reasons. There's no tempo changes, the piece sounds a bit empty, and near the middle it gets really weird. It is a little repetitive, but without the repetitivity, it would not be as good a piece. I really think you should continue making music.
I am very glad to know someone wants me to continue composing, especially since I have a new laptop on which I can do so more frequently!
Your honest review is very helpful. I would add tempo changes probably, but all I can figure that would make sense in songs like mine would be a breakdown somewhere, which I can do but never think of, and even those only seem to work during faster paced songs.
Regarding the piece sounding empty, I'm sure you're right but I don't know what you mean by "empty." Maybe you could send me a message later and let me know how to bump it up!
Haha, also, about the whole "really weird" middle part, that's just the style of music to which I tend to stray. I like to be as unique as I can be so that I can have my own sound, if you know what I mean.
The repetition, as you stated, was somewhat necessary, but the only reason it was as repetitive as it was is because this was supposed to sound similar to my song "Quick Descent" that I wrote back in November of 2009, which was also one of my first songs ever and very, very repetitive.
Thank you so much for your review!
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