sysrq868's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Why Birds Sleep Well (Part 1)]

Scary... :S

I like the fade in + pitch down effect half way through the pad loop. It sort of gives it the kick it needs, being quite far pretty beatless.

Overall, it's scary and yet so relaxing. I'm typing this on my bed, and I'm really struggling not to fall asleep... heh

I was going to give you 8 on originality, but the bizarre title just cries out for an extra originality point. ;D

Good job, keep it up man!

Gillenium responds:

It's funny that you should mention the falling asleep thing, cause I forgot to mention that I designed this big track (the whole thing's almost 19 minutes long. Expect more parts soon!) to be listened to before bed, in order to get that maximum "tripping" effect :D There's no better musical mindset than struggling to stay awake. Thanks for the review, dude.

[Sim City 3000 Theme]

Hmm.....

For some fleeting seconds in the intro (while the melody didn't play) it sounded like Batman Theme. Maybe an inch too high/low/flat/fat?

Also the melody seemed too quiet. If you played this to a live recording yourself, are you too shy? It was hard to hear the melody itself.

But anydays, this is a good version. Keep it up!

[The Ego is Broken]

Blastoff.

I don't really like techno either, but this is just great. Is it me or does the song really between styles from techno to jazzy pop for a microsecond and back? I dunno. Gave 7 for Originality since it just sounds like ninetysome other songs from Audio Portal or not that I've heard...

Great song. Weird name. 5/5, 10/10. Keep it up, this is what I want to hear.

ShinDenjin responds:

great man. thanks for the review^_^

[Sickel In Your Back]

Creepy.

That's a good track. Keep it up man!

digital-musician responds:

I say thanks to all who voted for my first song. I didnt think it would even get into the top 20. So keep on the look out for my next goth-based song.

[Genesis]

Wow.

So good, I used it in my toon. I like the atmosphere and style. After all, great clip.

[Killer Joe]

Ah.

The song reminded me from time to time about one of the Transport Tycoon Deluxe's songs. Good game, good track and a bloody good piece of work, young man! I'm impressed.

Gwave responds:

Why thank you fine sir!

[DJ Runaway - Quit Biting]

Nice

Nice work to be your 50th song on Newgrounds (if not completely out of my counts)!

When there's no beat, I often hear it off-beat because of the echo.

Still, a bloody good track with great fills.

DJRunaway responds:

Well, it's actually my 190th song, but you're forgiven :) The off-beat effect was on purpose actually, but I'm glad you heard it in the first place :) Thanks man!

Greetz,
DJ Runaway

[March of Testament]

Thoughtful.

This reminds me of the Age Of Empires I: The Rise Of Rome soundtrack. Especially the drum loop. Very early-Microsoft-style. Gave me some high thoughts.

Bet this isn't your original melody.

But don't hate me if it is.

tedJohnston responds:

hey, thanks for reviewing!

it IS my own original melody...so I guess I'll take that as a compliment? hahaha. it DOES, however, sound kind of like Terminator...but I only realized this LATER.

I'm glad you liked it, and thanks for not docking Originality points despite your suspicions that I stole the melody. ;)

cheers.

-tedJohnston

[Forest Lullaby]

Wow.

This is greatest piece of it's category I've ever heard. It's just waaayyy too short. The song has athmosphere and tone but how do you expect even the greatest flash guru of all time to make the watchers to feel anything if the background song lasts for only 36 seconds / 14 tabs? Extend it. The flash authors should shorten the long music for their needs, not the other way around. If this track would be say... 2 minutes long, this would be double platinium and in the first place every toplist. Shame on you wasting a beautiful and perfect composition to be in a too short song.

In short: Beautiful but short. Extend it. Way more.

tedJohnston responds:

hey, thanks for reviewing!

again, the reason for the length was because this song was composed specifically as background music for a certain video clip.

the song in itself was intended to be short. I happen to like the song at its present length, and have had many tell me the same.

your comment about flash authors brings up a great point...put it this way: I would NEVER have ANY flash artist use ANY of my songs AS-IS...I would always collaborate with each individual artist over the needs of the specific song. in this case, with Forest Lullaby, if any artist were to use this song in a flash, I would happily extend it or otherwise change it for his/her needs, as would I with any of my other songs.

so flash artists, keep that in mind! I am willing to customize songs for your flash projects.

as a stand-alone piece, I have said it before: this song would work best as a short, one-shot, transitional interlude in a album...or something of that sort.

thanks again for reviewing...glad you liked it!

-tedJohnston