stunkel's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Oscine Undergrowth WIP]

I honestly don't know why this is such a low rating. I don't think this song should be at 2 stars at all. The song actually sounds pretty unique, I like it a lot. A lot of 8-bit and piano mix, which sounds nice. Around :56 seconds in, the background synths really make a good build. The biggest complaint is that its too short! The song has so much more potential than that! Nice work though.

5/5 to boost up your ratings :P

[Dancing A Daydream]

Not gonna lie, the title caught my attention. And I had no idea what to expect from a song involving dancing, day dreams, and the idea of the song being in industrial. Although the song is repetitive, I think you can get away with it, because the song really fits a movie score type song. Maybe a horror film, where a person is walking through an abandoned warehouse, looking for the killer of his wife. I don't know, something like that. Or maybe he is trying to avoid a killer who has been stalking him. This is an interesting piece though. Nothing really to complain about. Nice work!

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

4/5 star review

[Breaking Free]

Interesting. I really like it... the background staccato violins kind of get annoying after a while until it gets to 1:02. Then it really changes up, and gives a very interesting contrast to the piece. The piece kind of reminds me of inception a little bit. Relating it to "Time" by hans zimmer. It sounds awesome though dude, no complains really. Great job!

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

4.5/5 review

D3vilsheep responds:

Oh yes. Those damn staccato triplets...the bane of using a computer to emulate actual human players. Well maybe I'll go back and see if I can clean the intro up a bit. Thanks for the review! I'll definitely be checking out your song.

[CMBT: Velvet Scabbards and Neon Gunpowder]

Interesting idea. I can picture a detective walking around in the night following someone to see where they are headed. The song has nice flow and works really well for a movie score. Also, since this was an ambient song, I thought that the bass drum in the beginning should have a bit of reverb on it to give a more wondering and mysterious effect. The piano has to be my favorite part. And the drums are perfect as well. Everything flows so neatly in here. Nothing really else. I like it a lot!

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

4/5 review
5/5 star rating

Anchorwind responds:

Thanks for putting some thought into your review!

[I'm Not Alone (Original)]

I like your ideas in the song. I think you need to go for a fuller sound. I know I am no exception to this, but your software instruments could be much better, this could be wayyy better if they were more realistic. But I can use my imagination when listening, so it's no big deal. And I won't take points off for that. The low tom drum playing in the beginning and goes through out the entire song needs to be lower. I think that the style of this sound would do much better from it. You change the song up a lot which is great, but when I heard the first melody, I was expecting something like a boss battle of some sort. But then it goes into a happier phase, I think you should try to stay with one theme in your music. Because this is classified as orchestral, I was honestly expecting it to keep in the battle sequence mode. The biggest thing that this song could improve from is having a fuller sound, try adding some more instruments in the background like violins legato, staccato, trumpets in the background besides the main melody. And try adding some reverb on the instruments! They will sound more realistic! But nice work dude, it has potential.

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

3.5/5 review
5/5 stars

claus1989 responds:

Thank you for the great advice, I will surely work on that :)

[Forgotten]

Nice dude! :D

[Boundless Old Soul]

I love songs like this. It's the kind of song you can just sit and relax to. Not have a care in the world. And I agree with the review below me. The piano had an awesome sound as well as the other acoustic instruments. I wasn't sure if I liked it when the piano went into the minor key melody such as the one at 1:28. The other piano parts were awesome though. That is really the only bad thing about the song though. Nice work man. Keep it up.

Neon-Bard responds:

Thanks Stunkel! :)

Basically when I want to cheer myself up, I like to put myself into that kind of mindset by just not having a care in the world as you put it. I'll keep what you said in mind about the piano, I have to try and work harder on those melodies. Thanks a bunch for the review! :)

[Diamond Lady]

Damn, nice intro. Very catchy and going strong and hard right away. I think your voice could use some improvement and maybe be turned down a little. For the most part your voice sounds really good though... It just sounds like you are trying too hard at some points. Nice work though! It takes a lot to sing in a song and share it to a website!

VitranDango responds:

Thanks! Yeah, I was redoing a older song of mine, and I couldn't get the mix just quite the way I wanted to (I'd have to rerecord the guitar, and my guitar is broke at the moment) when I tried to lower the vocal mix, the guitars started to bleed with the voice (No multitrack for most of the song, kindof remixing a singular track I made awhile back). I still have alot of learn about proper compression. Yes, I share the exact same opinion. The melody in the verses maybe a bit forced out and I kindof gotten sick of working on finding a proper way, so its just another case of "Eh, good enough". haha. Thanks again!

[Magnanimous Night Monster]

Nice work dude! Sounds really good! Very video gamey and pretty intense! Nice melodies used as well! :) Keep it up!

Neon-Bard responds:

Thanks Stunkel! :)

To be honest, I'm not really fond of this track. It was sitting in my project folder for a while though, so I thought it was about time to fix up a few things and submit it.

[Just Imagine]

Pretty good dude!