Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Somewhere in Nevada]

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I like how the song builds up. First 30 seconds are pretty quiet, but slowly there are more parts added.

I really like the melodies you used here. They are very catchy. Also, the beats create a dense atmosphere.

I'm not sure if this fits into a madness movie (I haven't watched that many anyway), but it defenatly fits to a big fighting scene.

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WritersBlock responds:

Yeah, I think I'm getting pretty good with creating an atmosphere now, but as for specific themes, I'm still trying to get those down. I just write, and follow an instinct, which ends up being different from my original goal. Thanks for the review.

[Art]

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It seems to me as this is highly underrated. I mean, it's good in every aspect. The sound quality is very good and the mixing is done good as well. Everything can be clearly heard and nothing is overpowered. There are no statics in here...

The music is good too. The melody and the "na na na na na"-bits are very catchy and are almost as good to be sung in a football stadium like White Stripes "Seven Nation Army".

Also, this reminds me of something... some band or some song. But I really can't put my finger on it...

Anyways, great song!

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BreakingFaces responds:

Thanks! :D

[Digital High]

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I like the melodies in this track. They are very catchy and I still can hear them in my head, even though I already stoped the track some minutes ago.

The beats are also very nice and together with the melodies they make up for a great song.

However, for my taste there's too little diversification from the main beat and main melody.

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Bob-Music responds:

Understandable, it does stick to a pretty strict pattern throughout but thanks for scoring high anyway :)

[basshunter song loop]

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It sounds as if you tried to put in too many things in a too short song. You had a lot going on at the same time so it is very hard to focus on something special here.

Try to make the song longer and try to build it up better. Use one effect/instrument/melody, add another, slowly fade out the first and start with a third instrument/effect/melody, and so on.

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[The Death of Hank]

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The "intro" of this track seems a bit too long. It takes some time until finally something happens when the faster sets in.

I guess it would work better and sound less repititve when it is included into a movie. Then we not only have the song to listen to but also the plot to follow on the screen (and indeed, it worked quite well when I read through your description while listening to the song).

I like the ending of that song. The hold note may say: "Ok folks, this was the LAST episode ever" or it may say: "to be continued...".

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WritersBlock responds:

Hehe, thanks. Yeah, I've been going through a learning curve on structure recently, compensating short, under-developed tunes for long, perhaps too paced out songs. I'm just waiting for that to balance so that my music won't need the movie to still be an interesting song to listen to.

[(FMC) -=Revelation=-]

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This is a nicely paced song with a good beat and great melodies.
The statics in this song are no problem. I fact, I thought at first that they belong to the song and I think they fit very nice to the track.

This should be a bit longer, though... ;)

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[.:HMS:. Venture - Omega]

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It's a very intense song. I like how it builds up over the time.
I also like the somewhat dark atmosphere of the song.

The beat is very nice and the melodies are good too.

But it sounds somewhat a little too random. I'm missing something like a leitmotif in this song.

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[.:HMS:. Methodic]

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Great variation of the Castlevania theme. It's amazing how you put a lot of instruments into this and it still all works out at the end.
Even the drum rolls fit into the concept, I would have never expected that.

Only unfitting thing is that... guitar that we can hear at around :55 into the song. Maybe this part should be played by a simple piano.

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[.:HMS:. Accepting a Soul]

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It's a very nice track with good melodies and a very nice beat.

I especially like that melody that starts at around 1:45 into the song. I think you may emphasize that slight echo there a bit more.

Other than that, I think there should be added a bit more to the track in general. A nice hookline or a spacey theme that appears on a few occasion during the song.
Right now it keeps itself too much in the background to be really outstanding.

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HMS-Productions responds:

lol 1:45 was my favorite part of the song. I only realized how mixer tracks automation clips and whatnot work after I made this song, so that may have had an effect.

Thanks for teh review

[Sorrow Had Its Wayv2]

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I really liked this track. Improvisations are always nice, especially when they are done with an acoustic guitar (a very underated instrument if you ask me ;) ).

Some parts of this seem to be vary random, but then, it's improvised so there's really nothing wrong with that.

Sometimes there where a few clapping/clicking sounds in it, which was a little bit annoying as it distracted me a bit from the guitar.

Also, the intro could have been done a bit better. Right now it seems as if you just stopped playing. A slow fade out while you continue playing would sound much better in my opinion.

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