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[A+B - Shitzophrenia]

NG VGM Challenge II - Void Heart: Review

Strange submission we got here.

The style is pretty unique, not something I come across often; it reminds me a lot of Earthbound for some reason, maybe it's the instrumentation that sounds like it's from a SNES soundfont or something.

Some instruments cover each other and viceversa pretty often, making the piece dull and unbalanced at first impact; after listening to the whole thing though, I think it was an intentional choice, taking into consideration the style of the track.

The distorted ambience reminds me of a mental breakdown, re-connecting therefore to the betrayal moment, and everything comes together because of this.
Overall, extravagant compositional choice, but still stands out well among the other pieces.

Thanks for participating!

Anonymous-Frog responds:

Your prompt definitely had 'JRPG' written all over it.

A few weeks ago, version 4.0 of BeepBox was released, adding more realistic sounding synthesisers, advanced filters, and more audio channels. If you click on the link in the description that says ‘Source Link’ (I link the original BeepBox URLs), you can see that I used the detune effect heavily.

Also keep in mind that I rushed this submission on the final day and struggled to come up with something good.
Expect me to come back if the VGMC returns in the following years.

[Void Heart]

NG VGM Challenge II - Void Heart: Review

Despite the track being quite short and flat at some points, without too much emotional impact, the piece can still fit in a very specific part of the story: its climax.

You can hear the dread among the melody, matching perfectly with the section when Shizo realizes he's been betrayed; I would have thought this would better fit in a Spooky/Mystery kind of context though, if it wasn't for the challenge prompt.

Even if the piece seems like it's still in the middle of production, the concept is very nice, and managed to remind me the story and the emotions it transmits. Overall, short but fine job.

Thanks for participating!

PenncilkDerpnz responds:

Thank you so much! ^^

[-Electroman Adventures V2-]

I forgot to leave an opinion down this song? Must amend.

A worthy successor of the classic Electroman: the new ending part is the cherry on top!

[{dj-N} Center of Existence]

There were other times, back when I first heard this song.
A classic for sure =)

[Africa calls]

You know this song is good when the first thing you think about is being in the middle of a safari during a sunset c:

[Moon City]

What an evolution we have here from the past year: this piece is fantastic! Congrats btw

[FD - Biosignatures]

The pads depth is fantastic, I could swim in it =)

[Poopstep]

Art

[Ahurac - NGUAC 2021 Knock-out Round Entry]

Bonkers! Reminds me a lot of MadHouseDude's Flock.

Ahurac responds:

Thanks a lot! Indeed it sounds like Flock yup

[Protagonist]

OH MY!