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2021-02-01 04:30:02

Newgrounds VGM Challenge - Virtual Bond: Review

Pretty short piece, i must say: probably you couldn't finish it on time, but that won't influence my opinion very much.
The track itself reminds me of Cave Story, and it has a nice flow, with a clever instruments choice; however, i have trouble finding some sort of context inside it for my prompt unfortunately.
Virtual Bond's about a couple overcoming their struggles together in a significant event; this is indeed a piece that could relate about a romantic situation, but there is no energy, no suspense at all. I can't picture my prompt inside this piece, no matter how much i try; this is more of a "lounge/relaxing" type of music, very similar to the menu music of many Zelda titles, like OOT or TP.

Now, to clarify: your piece is not bad, i never said that. It is, however, a bit off-topic, and i'm sorry the piece couldn't come out the way you wanted it to be.
Still, your efforts are not to be wasted: you have potential, and you can make this sort of WIP grow into something even bigger. You have all it takes to extend it and make it even better.

Thanks for participating!

splitprune responds:

Man, thanks a lot for the in-depth feedback. I did have a lot of ideas for this one, and I worked on it really hard for a couple of days, but then I just sort of fucked off and dropped it forever. Bad habit you know.

I really appreciate your response, thanks a million!

Field of Roses

2021-02-01 04:10:32

Newgrounds VGM Challenge - Virtual Bond: Review

The instruments you chose for this track remind me of Dimrain and Nighthawk; very clever choice, since their pieces are a good inspiration for my challenge.
Even if the first few seconds are quite strange, 0:28 manages to build up the pace effectively; good interpretation of a moment of tension and harsh heroes-monster clash, which keeps going for the first 2 minutes and a half or so.
What the first part lacks the most is atmosphere, it feels very dry; however, 2:43 and 3:17 fix that downside greatly. Strings are top notch, and they relate the most with what i was looking for. The piece evolves properly as well, to the point that i can picture the scene i had described in the prompt's introduction.
The only big downfall of this piece is the FL Slayer vst; a sequenced arpeggio could have worked better or, if you wanted to keep the guitar, you could have put a sidechain on it, so it wouldn't cover too much the other instruments.

Even if this track is, in my opinion, a bit too long and repetitive, and with some downsides here and there, it's a good piece, and it respects my prompt in a very good way.

Thanks for participating!

-Octagon Force-