mutty99's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[FD - The City of Sorrow]

I see this in a GD level, or even in a small indie game

ForgottenDawn responds:

I like the small indie game alternative. 👍

[Fallen Kingdom]

I like the choirs harmonization!

Hi-hats are a bit too strong for me, but it's a very minor nitpick. Doesn't influence my rating.

JacksonTime responds:

Thanks man. Haha I thought so too after uploading. Just quickly updated it with a new mix where I mellowed out the hats a little more

[FD - Fractured Memory]

I am a huge fan of those synth basses, like the one starting at 0:58. Sweet ear candy!

Good experimental take and context.

ForgottenDawn responds:

Cheers, thank you so much~

[HEART.VOID]

NG VGM Challenge II - Void Heart: Review

I've always had a thing for those kinds of song titles, which seem almost "decorative" to me.

Technical-wise, this piece is outstanding! Very good use of sidechain, bass and drums don't overlap each other, it's good! If there is something I wanna point out, it's about the transitions and the way they are related to the challenge prompt.

In the story, a lot of dramatic and very bad things happen to the main character, making it get a dark turn for most part: in comparison, while this piece is balanced and composed well, I find it a tad bit too "happy" at times, and with not enough spaces for the dark parts in the second half of the track. It could have helped if you made the bridge section darker, with more suspense involved and less sudden.

Despite that, you're the only one who attempted to represent the entire story in his submission rather than just a part of it, kudos.
Overall, good interpretation, great mixing and juicy sidechain =))

Thanks for participating!

chiptami responds:

hehe thank you so much too for giving me the extra time to do this and also for making this great prompt; will be glad to do another mutty99 prompt in the next installment of the vgm challenge

til' then be seeing you! :DD

[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! ^^

[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

[The Blues for Beginning Experts]

The Ultimate Friendzone Song.

LuckyDee responds:

Shit that's the title I should have run with XD

[Glimmering Balcony]

Not bad!

Akromaly responds:

Thanks :)

[morfeel]

It's something you could hear in Ace Attorney

trevor8 responds:

haha, now that you mention it, i can definitely hear a similar sound palette