Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[*- Dreams and Nightmares]

Simon and Garfunkel Mk II

Seriously, this totally reminds me of Simon and Garfunkel. The melody especially in the intro is so simple yet so effective, that I was instantly nodding my head to it.

When the vocals set it I was reminded of the already mentioned Simon and Garfunkel. I don't know exactly why, but maybe it's the simple melodies together with two singers singing together in harmony. Well, at least it sounds as if there are two people singing. Or is this just an effect on the voice?

Anyway, this is a very nice song, this goes straight into my favorites. :)

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[Race On (WIP) [SFPL]]

Incomplete?

I don't know, this sounds pretty much complete to me. Would be nice to hear that in a racing game, and not only because of the title. ;)

I think this would fit nicely in racing games like Gran Turismo, especially for tracks with lots of forests along the streets.

Only issue with this song is that it is rather short, so a little bit more work in the middle would be a pretty nice thing.

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SFaPiL2 responds:

Ok, it's good to read that the structure is complete (length aside). I'll focus on spicing up the middle a bit and making it longer then.

Thank you Haggard ^__^.

[The Ice Queen's Palace]

Cold...

Yeah, this sounds very cold. But what can you expect from a song that's called "Ice Queen's Palace", right?

I agree with SessileNomad, though. The song is a bit too quiet, there are parts where you can hardly hear the instruments, except for when you turn up your speakers of course. But normally my speakers are set to a volume level where I can hear everything else just fine, so I think your song needs to be a tad bit louder.

Aynway, the melodies sound pretty nice and as I've already stated, very cold. It just all needs to be a bit louder. :)

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sarias responds:

I can hear it just fine? Its from the poem fire and Ice and I took the ice's perspective of course its cold lol :)

[Welcome to W0RLD]

Nice 8-bit sounds

The intro is a bit boring. You stay too long on one beat there before you change it. After about 24 seconds the song gets a lot better when the other insturments set in. It takes away a bit from the boringness of the beat we listen to the time before.

However, the main melody that starts at around 0:45 is very good. It's catchy and it sounds pretty happy. It also kept me listening.

The break at 1:25 is a bit abrupt, maybe a fade would work better here (fade the beat in and the other beat we've been listening to before out).
Same goes for when you change back to the other beat.

The looping is done very well. At first I didn't even realize the song was starting over. :)

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PuffballsUnited responds:

I like the part when the song changes rhythm. I can see why people would think it's too abrupt, and I'm not quite sure if I think so or not.

[No Parking]

Generic at first, but better later on

At first I thought that this sounds pretty generic, as if I heard this a bilion times before. But once the melodies set in it got much better. I even found myself moving a bit to the melody. :)

I also like that you put some breaks from the main beat in there, especially the first one at 1:12 sounds very nice. I was hoping that it would go on a bit longer, but no such luck. :(

Anyway, this is a very nice song, good job!

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sumguy720 responds:

I usually start my songs with something generic, just because I usually write them on the fly, and it's just to get me in the mood for the chord progression. Maybe this is something I should change... I'll look at some more professional music and see how they start their songs, perhaps I'll gain some insight.
Glad you like the break at 1:12, I was sort of nervous as to whether or not it fit in well.
Thank you for the review!

[Asinine Display of Faith]

Sounds chaotic

On the first listen I thought: "Oh boy, what's that? Sounds as if the beat is all over the place..."
Then I made a little pause and started the song again. This time I could identify the beat and realized that the effects you used make this song sound chaoitc, but this time I liked what I heard. It sounds interesting and pretty different from what you can normaly hear in the audio portal, so your song is very original, I guess.

I also liked how heavy this song was, it's quite awesome.

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[FFX_Battle_Theme [Box-Kil]

Very nice

I don't know how often I listened to the battle theme while I played the game a few years ago. I really like what you've done with it. The echo sound on some of the instruments is a pretty good choice. This gives the song a very relaxed atmosphere, pretty different from what the battle theme was intended for (you shouldn't relax in a battle, you should fight -.- )-

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[NGStyle_DNB_Menu]

Nice

Yeah, I think this would sound very good in a menu. I like the intro very much. The snare sounds pretty good and the rhythm here is nice as well.

Later on in the song it gets a lot more quiet, but it still sounds pretty good.
Also the loop is done very well, so if this would be included in a flash to have some music in the menue there wouldn't be a gap, which really is a good thing. :)

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[First Musings]

Sounds like music for a trailer

And I mean that sort of trailer for movies, not like caravans. ^^

I nearly expected to see some movie scenes popping up on the screen for an upcoming animated movie like "Shrek" or "Up".
The background beat just reminds me of some trailers I saw...

The strings are pretty good here as well. The melodies are pretty catchy and even now after the 8th or 9th time I listen to this while writing the review and doing other things the song doesn't get boring. It still sounds fresh and delightful .

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loansindi responds:

Thanks for the review, I'm glad you liked it!

[Thank You - BK]

Good

I think this would work really well in a strategy game, like Command & Conquer (you know, those kind of futuristic strategy games). The song isn't too distracting and it gives the player something nice to listen to while he is playing the game.

You have some very good melodies in this song, I especially like the one we can hear towards the end of the song (at around the 3 minute mark). It is catchy and really driving, "forcing" the player to play faster and do something or else his opponent will just crush him.

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Bracksta responds:

lol, that is an awesome take on the song, i never thought of it that way! thanks so much haggard for the review it is always appreciated :D