stunkel's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[YRETSYM]

I love your melody, it sounds really awesome and reminds me of the song "The Moon" from the ducktales on NES. But you went in a totally different direction. I expected it to go in a very video gamey direction, your intro literally screams it out. I think that with that intro melody it could go into a REALLY happy sounding song. Something like waterflame does on newgrounds. But what you did here is interesting too. Definitely unique to a lot of things I hear. I think this song needs a more defined structure. It actually is really spooky almost, but the way it is structure just makes me curious because it flows together well and it gives off a sort of movie score feel to it. I can't describe it. It's really weird. But overall, the song is pretty good dude! Nice work!

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "Boundless" and give feedback!

4/5 star review
5/5 star rating

PHIctitious5 responds:

interesting...
your analysis is very helpful -
i personally enjoy a progressive feel, as the song takes you on a journey!
cheers!

5

[Animus]

I started listening to this song and I saw it was seven minutes long. I almost hit the back button, but that piano in the beginning really made me stay. This is an amazing movie score of a song. I don't care what you made it for, I can see a montage of a persons life play to this song. It's interesting, really. The subtle guitar and.... saxophone? Was honestly not expecting that at all. And the voices kinda reminded me of lion king for some reason XD But the thing that popped into to my head which I couldn't get out, was the movie Cloud Atlas... for most of the song at least. I don't think it's out in theaters yet, but go watch the trailer for that movie. You will be amazed. It was mostly the piano that brought that out. Seriously though, listening to this was an interesting experience. It was soooo long, but it went by so fast and I didn't get bored one minute of it. Everything flowed really nicely for some reason, and it's a real thinking song. Emotional too. But it's really good man. Seriously, great work.

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "Boundless" and give feedback!

4.5/5 stars
5/5 star review

MattBat27 responds:

Thank you so much for this feedback dude. I put a lot into this and it means the world to hear how you perceived it and such. I'm so thankful. I'll definitely check your song out too. Help a brotha out, ya digg?

[Spontaneous]

Congrats on geting FL studios! But now to review the song. I would start by saying this song is a little too repetitive for my taste. I think others might find this to be true as well... So maybe you could try adding some other parts to the song. I know you change up the melody, but it is still very hard to tell a difference from them all because they have the same formula if that makes sense. Also, changing up the drums might help, it gets very repetitive and can definitely be better if you take it out more often and put in some drum fill to cue transitions. Changing the intro might help as well, try starting the song off with just the synth melody, then go into a steady bass drum sound. Also, the song could definitely improve by adding more instruments. Right now it sounds a little bland with just one melody and a a repeating drum pattern, but if you add maybe another synth in the background to accompany the melodies. The song could turn into something better though! Keep at it.

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my new song "Boundless" and give feedback!

3.5/5 stars
5/5 star rating

DubstepNachos responds:

Thanks for the feedback :D

[eversteady]

You have some nice melodies and composure in this song. I enjoyed it a lot actually. I can't really comment on much. The one thing that kinda bugged me was your intro built up and I was expecting to hear a more epic or more intense song it was building at :39 it sounds like it should be going into a totally new and upbeat awesome song. Everything before that predicts it. But once it got into that next part of the song. It was pretty good. It sounded a little bland at sometimes because it was only a drum beat going. But it all flowed very nicely! Nice work! Your composure and structure was awesome, I would love to see what you can do with orchestral or something like that.

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "Boundless" and give feedback!

4/5 star review
5/5 star rating

blackjack213 responds:

will do my friend!

[Champaign in the Elevator]

Very interesting! I really like the approach to the song and how you started it out and everything. I can see it as a film score to a movie of some sort. And I love the guitar fading in and out at 1:03. Just awesome. The drum has a fun feel that makes me want to dance almost. AND THE FLUTES AT 1:27!! Love any sort of flutes really :3 The song does kind of get awkward when it breaks away from the song to do some sound effects like at 1:25. It turns out to work well as a transition though, sometimes it just sounds a little awkward. Also, the xylophone solo at 1:41 is good, but when it starts to get flat, I don't know, I think I can see what you are going for, but I don't really think it fits too well. The song is really interesting overall, great use of instruments. It sounds like it would go along to a montage of people doing goofy stuff in an elevator and they get themselves back into shape by the time they get to the next floor to stop at to look normal for the people who walk in. I really enjoyed listening to this though, awesome work.

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "Boundless" and give feedback!

4/5 star review
5/5 rating

mjattie responds:

Hello Stunkel,

thanks a lot for this review! Our intension was to make the music speak for itself and I have to agree that because of al the sound effects and crazy solos this song just got less serious, but we've had a great time composing this.

btw, at 1:41 it's not a xylophone but a marimba... :P this friend of mine gets really angry when you say that, lol...

I'll check this song of yours ;)

[Dead World Order]

I love the drum instrument you use. Especially the snare drum! I think the song needs more color to it. It just isn't full enough and there aren't enough melodies in the song. I think the song needs more bass as well. Could use some violins and other stuff as well. I think you could come up with a better transition for the part at 1:46. It kinda just seems off and needs to just flow right into more smoothly. But the song is pretty good. Needs some work though. Keep it up!

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "Boundless" and give feedback!

3.5/5 review
5/5 star rating

Tremulos responds:

I agree, it needs some work. I'm actually pretty lazy when it comes to this kind of stuff; usually I just write loops as a result. That particular transition was tough, and eventually I just let it be (like I said, lazy). Drums are what I enjoy writing the most, and for this song I actually combined a generic Fruity Loops electronic set with the drum program that I use and got creative, so I'm glad you liked the drums! Thanks for the review; I'll check out that song!

[Recorda-me]

I love it. Really relaxing. The electric guitar is really awesome. I really should make a jazz song DX The combination of the piano, drums, guitar is just great. At 1:56 there was a jump in volume on the guitar. But I think I read that you are playing this on guitar?? That is really impressive dude. Nice improv man. It's really awesome. Doing jazz music isn't easy, especially improvising DX Nice work though man.

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "Boundless" and give feedback!

4.5/5
5/5 star rating

Lageira responds:

Hey thanks man, that jump on volume was actually a lick from Coltrane i am working on and it sounds kinda weird on guitar but on saxofone it makes more sense.

Still thanks for the feedback and ill make sure to check out your song as soon as possible.

Cheers

[Maybe]

The piano sound is just so soft. The piano combined with the drums makes an awesome combination, the bells could be a little softer i think, but that doesn't really bother me too much, I just think it would fit in with the theme much better. Again, love the piano, the part a :45 is fantastic too. I just get this feeling when I listen to this song... Full of peace and wonder... it almost sounds like movie score, like the movie is ending and the hero talks about what he learned. I thought there could be a better transition going into the part at 1:28. And the staccato violins in the background at the point is a little uneasy sounding to me. I think if they were shorter, or maybe if they were a tuned percussion instrument, it could work a lot better. The song actually has nice structure, most of the transitions are pretty great and creates nice flow. The only times when you need to better the transitions is at 1:28 and 2:33... I think it's just the fact that you are dropping instruments and going down into softer part of the song. It's just something to work on is all. 3:17 is the best part of the song. When the new instrument whistling tuned percussion sounding synth instrument comes in... I don't know what it is, but it is really awesome. Just great job really. Great feel to the song.

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "Boundless" and give feedback

4.5/ 5 stars
5/5 star review

Everratic responds:

Thankyou. That whistle part at 3:17 was already in the song but I made it louder for that part of the song. I agree the song needs better transitions.

[Superintelligent Machine]

I'm not really big into dubstep... but I thought I would give this a listen and a review anyways :D i think there could have been a better build to the song at 1:21 where the dubstep kicks in. And definitely try to get a fuller sound during the dubstep parts! And the song could definitely be fuller all around. The synth that starts at 2:12 could be playing throughout the song more often! It gives some more variety as well as giving the song a fuller sound for sure! The songs structure could use some work as well. It just seems a little messy to me. There is no real sense of melody, but I think you can get away with it since it's a dubstep song. But overall it's pretty good. Again dubstep isn't my thing. But I thought it was decent!

4/5 star review
5/5 star rating

Flashmovieboy responds:

Thank you a lot for the feedback! I appreciate that you took your time to point out which parts of the song were good and which ones I need to work with more. When I am creating something on FL, I always have this tendency to get bored very quickly, which means I often rebuild the song several times before finishing. Also, I am still counting myself as a beginner, there is lots of stuff I simply can't figure out, like making decent dubstep drops and so on. . . Good advice about the structure, by the way. It's something that's easy to lost track on when rebuilding and experimenting, but important indeed. Definetly trying to keep these pointers in mind when I'm working on some new beats!

[glare from the spotlight]

I don't get why people rate these songs so low -_- The song isn't my style, but it doesn't sound bad. At some parts it kinda reminds me of a Van Halen guitar riff :D Which is a HUGE compliment. I think this song is a little too slow tempo wise though. It has cool and fast guitar solos going through the song, but it sounds like its being held back by the speed of the song. Also, the song could use more instruments, it seems a little bit empty and needs to get that full sound. I think you should pump up the bass mix to make it a little better, and maybe add some violins, and definitely bring up the drum mix. It needs work for improvement, but I think it's pretty decent.

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "Boundless" and give feedback!

3.5/5 stars
5/5 star rating (Just to boost your score up a bit :D)

HighBallers responds:

Always great to hear feed back. HA Van Halen, i love that old mother fucker. Yeah, i purposely created this song to be slow....lol but maybe i did it a lil too much. You know.....i honestly thought about adding other instruments. Maybe help the flow a lil bit more.