Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-( Black Abyssal Feelings )-]

Needs more

There isn't happening too much in this piece. While I can get the picture of a black abyss while listening to this it's just too repetitve with little to no changes during the song.

A few more instruments wouldn't hurt here and also a break in the current structure which seems to consist only of a single sound being repeated over and over again.

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[Mellow Man]

Good

The melodies in this song are very great. They are catchy and original, I think I could listen to them the whole day and they wouldn't get boring.

However, the drums could use some more work, the kick sounds very weak and the drum pattern doesn't seem to change too much during the song.

Also the outro could use a little extra touch. I know it's kinda hard to find a good outro for a song, but I think a fade out might work quite well here. At least the cymbal at the very end of the song doesn't really fit there, so maybe it will already sound better if you would just leave that out.

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[Mortal Kombat vs. DjBracksta]

Starts slow but gets amazing later on

While I still prefer the original version (it's just too awesome) I have to say that this is a very interesting remix. I like that you put so much of your own work into this and created a whole new song with it.
Sometimes remixes tend to sound too much like the original and the author just changed a few notes. But you changed a lot more than just a few notes. In fact - judging by your author comment - this wasn't even planned as a mortal kombat remix in the beginning.

Anyway, the intro is a bit messy, there seems to be too much going on at the same time, but the song constantly gets better and after about 1 minute the song just sounds awesome.

The outro is done very nicely, even though there's a pretty long silence at the end. I like how you slowly end this song, it sounds much better as if you had ended it with a big clash of cymbals at the end.

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Bracksta responds:

you are very observant :). yep, i am working on finishing the original song before i added mortal kombat in. the intro seems messy because i am introducing two melodies at once, it was not to easy. i agree that the original is very hard to stand up to, so i just threw a bracksta wrench into the sucka and tried my best. i am very glad that i ended the song slowly because if i didn't the listener would have had no cuddle time after the storm of sound and would have been like, "What the hell man?!" lol. thanks for the great review and vote and time Haggard :D, always happy to have your input!

[3 Souls Traverse the Forest]

Sad...

I agree with Blackhole12, the FX in this song are a bit too loud. They sometimes overpower the other instruments, which is a real pity.

While the melodies are very nice and catchy they don't seem to change too much during the song. Especially the background beat stays the same for nearly the whole song.

This makes the song very repetitive and I think you should try to vary it a bit.

But apart from that I really like the song. It creats a very sad mood, but it's not just "sad", it's also calm. As if someone is thinking about and old friend who died some years ago. Of course the person is sad, but he also got over the loss, meaning that the sorrow doesn't "dictate" the normal life anymore.

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[Spiritual Hunt & Slow Cosmic]

Low sound quality but nice song

Yeah, the sound quality of this piece is kinda low, but it still is good enough to enjoy this song. The atmosphere it creates is very dense and in fact very "spiritual".

I like the guitar the most here, it has a very nice rhythm and being a guitar player myself I tend to focus on the guitars when listening to a song, heh.

Anyway, the background melodies are very nice as well and they support the guitar with good melodies that add a lot to the nice atmosphere.

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Monkeydelic responds:

Thanks for the review :)

Namaste.

[Hope-Demo]

It's a good start

Starts off quite slow, but it gets better with every second the song plays. I really like the build up you have done so far.

However, I too think you should change the drums once the guitar sets in. Those very soft drums don't really fit together too well with the more hard sounding guitar.

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itsameyayo responds:

Agreed on the drums. I'll have a friend help out there. :)

-ImperfectDisciple

[Strangled - the deeper wo]

Nice but quiet

The atmosphere lingers between dark, hopeless and hopeful. It's a bit hard to describe. For example the tunes we can hear throughout the song (the first time we can hear them is already in the first second) sound almost sinister, while on the other hands there are melodies and sounds that sound really hopeful (at around 15 seconds into the song, also this part of the main melody reminds me a lot of Final Fantasy VII, but no special scene comes to my mind... it just feels as if I had heard a similar chord progression in this game).

Anyway, while the atmosphere is very nice the song itself is a bit too short for my liking. Also it keeps itself in the background too much. There's no instrument that stands out. All tunes try to make room for the other instruments, yet no instrument fills the "gap" there.
I'm not talking about turning this into an "in your face" song, but for me, it's too quiet right now.

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[Fertile Grounds and Open Skies]

Good but too short

And once again the mix between ambient and DnB is done very well. The melodies here create a quite dark and somewhat cold atmosphere and the constant drums that don't change too much during this song just underline the darkness of this song even though the title "open skies" would suggest a more happy atmosphere. But the lyrics also indicate that this song isn't meant to be happy.

My only real negative point is the fact that this song is too short. It barely started and then it's already over again. So yeah... make it longer! :P

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SessileNomad responds:

yeah its too short, it happens though

yeah this track isnt really a happy one, i guess the title could impose that though

[The Ostrich Run]

Good

The 8bit/16bit feel of this piece is very nice, takes me back to some old classic games, heh.

The intro is done nice as well, the build up is done very carefully and the song developes at a pretty good speed. I also like the rhythm of the piano very much, it's very driving.

However, the lead melody (the one that starts at 0:23) is sometimes all over the place the first time it can be heard. This sounds a bit strange. Later on in the piece the melody fits quite well to the other instruments, but here it sounds a bit out of place.

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The-Mercenary responds:

I can see why you might say that, but I wanted it to get complex(0:35) because the part following it is very simple, and the other purpose is that it goes back to it later in the song, if I changed it or took it out, it would sound unfamiliar and seem out of place later on in the song. Sometimes music sounds wierd the first time you hear it, but it makes more sense as you keep listening to it.