Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Voice of the Rain]

Good track

It's a good track. The atmosphere it creates is great.
I like the sound samples you used throughout the track. At first we can hear some birds chirping, it seems as if it is a nice and warm day. But the music already foreshadows that there's a storm coming.

Later we can hear the rain falling, the music now creates an almost sad atmosphere. As if the rain doesn't bring relief and doesn't wash away all the sorrow... but it carries sorrow with it.
This impression is strengthened by the fact that we still can hear the rain fall even though the music already faded away.

The ending may be a bit too long though. Or the sound of the falling rain is too low. Maybe it would work better if you not only fade out the music, but also fade in the rain sounds at the same time, so that it seems as if the rain outpowers the music in the end.

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gregaaron89 responds:

Thanks a lot for your review, that was really helpful! Glad you liked it.

[Lost Heaven (Mafia Mix)]

Nice, but repititve

The build up in the intro is done very nicely. At first I thought this was going to be another boring techno song. But you added more and more stuff, makeing the song more and more interesting while doing so.

I love the synths in the background. They create a very nice atmosphere.

However, the song gets a bit repittive after a while. Maybe it's because it is nearly 7 minutes long. It's hard to create a song with such length without getting repititve.
Maybe if you try to shorten the song a bit it would be more varied.

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WritersBlock responds:

:D
Thanks for your review. Yeah, a bit more practice and experience and I'll hopefully fix this repetitiveness problem that I've got.
<3

[Firebolt - Above(demo)]

A bit too generic

The intro is a bit too generic for me, but I like the melodies you put in the background.

I especially liked the part where you completely took out the drum beat. It has a very nice atmosphere to it. Also, the change over to the next part (again with drums) is done very well.

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FlamingFirebolt responds:

Generic, IMO a bit yes. I'm still fairly new to to trance and generic is the easiest for me :). I'll keep in mind to stay more origenal next time.

Anyhow, thanks you liked it.

[.:HMS:. Diligently]

Good song

It's a nice song. The sounds and melodies are very good and you are right when you say that the song really starts at 1:28. But the part before that isn't bad, but a nice build up for that part at 1:28.

However, I think the song is a tad bit too "aggressive"... or maybe I am just not in the right mood right now for this song?
Anyway, I think the song is too prominent and doesn't keep itself in the background that good.

But apart from that little "flaw" the song is very good!

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[Shadow Play]

Generic?

Yes, I think most trance songs are generic. But this luckily isn't "most trance songs"! ;)

Even though this song is over 6 minutes long it doesn't get boring, repititve or "generic". I like the various parts you put into the song and even more than that I like how you manage to change from one part to another part without disrupting the flow of the song.

Good work!

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TheBellmaker responds:

Thank you very much for the review Haggard. I really tried to make it as interesting as possible so people would listen to all 6 minutes. Thanks for listening to my song!

[Gambling Music]

You should do a chocobo remix

You should do a remix on that country style chocobo theme from Final Fantasy VII (the one that played when visiting the chocobo races).

The song sounds indeed very FF-like, but I don't think I have heard it in any FF game... at leat the highwind theme from FF VII is different, I don't have the others in mind right now.

Anyways, good job as always!

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[House M.D. Remix]

I don't watch House

I don't watch the series, so I really can't tell if you did a good job on the remix or not.

But it sounds good nevertheless. It's a bit short, but well... it's for a TV series, so it HAS to be short, right? ^^

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[Tetroniphone]

Nice idea

Ah, the classic tetris song. It gets so fucking annoying after a while, but it's a tune one will never forget, heh.

The idea with the ringtones is pretty nice, but it sounds a bit off from time to time. I can't really point my finger to places where it sounds off, but there's this feeling that it should sound a little bit different from time to time.

Anyway, I think the idea is quite original and you'll get a bonus star for that. :)

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[Requiem to an e String]

Good song

I know how you feel. It's sad when a string breaks. Especially when you have to replace it with a different string. My e-string broke quite some time ago and I had to replace it with a fucking b-string... :/

Well, the piano sounds very sad and when the guitar suddendly sets in it doesn't sound so fitting at first. But it gets better some seconds later.

The "double solo" (played with two guitars? Or did you use an effect board there?) sounds a bit off from time to time. I think it would be better to only play the solo with only one guitar/without the effect.

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GronmonSE responds:

I recorded the thing twice (my string broke whilst playing it the second time as you can tell by the abruptness, hence the name), and both came out wrong, so I decided to be lazy and mixed them together :D

Thanks for the review. And yeah, it's a bitch to replace your string, specially when your guitar has a complicated system ._.;

[Runescape {^}-{Alix1}-{^}]

Nice background music

This is a very nice tune to be played in the backround while doing something else. The piano sounds pretty nice and also the main melody is pretty catchy.

Only thing is that the song doesn't change that much during it's playtime.

I don't know if this fits to Runescape or not as I've never played that game. ^^

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alix1 responds:

really? wow. i thought everyone has played this game at some point or another.