durn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The One They Call "Z"]

I'd say throw it under ... oh... hmm, nevermind

lol, was gonna say pop and then this classical piano breakdown jumped out and I was just like whaaa...? hehehe. umh, yeah, good question. :) really excellent, regardless. it's the scaling at the end that makes the genre hard to place, I'd say. though maybe rock would be best bet. :)

Nermio responds:

thanks!

coz it's not a typical videogame themed song, although it feels like anything could fit in the genre :P

[{Kavi} Pacifica]

nice warm bass for the intro

I like where you take it at a minute in, great use of samples. no complaints really, all the samples and synths seem well-suited. at about 1:54 some things seem to get a little over-compressed though. I like the detuning that follows though, nice way to break things down.

seems a little busy at around 2:40-3:15, can't quite place my finger on it but one of the pads seems amiss somehow. once you drop at 3:30 it sounds fine though.

just a few small things that felt off but otherwise really -really- well done. :)

DjKavi responds:

Thank you for the awesome review, its rare you get people to actually break down the track and tell you their opinions other than saying...crap...haha. Thanks for your time to review this.

[Melodium]

good natural grasp of harmony

just, as you said, you need to learn how to utilize the program's full potential. :)

TickleNinja responds:

I think what I need is someone showing me in person, it's how I learn best. Thanks for the review!

[Recolonization]

home alone 2010!

lol, seriously. it's like the montage sequence music for the up-till-now unspoken-of upcoming Home Alone movie! :d

which is to say that you've got some great skills! :) sounds very professionally done. just like something out of a movie. bravo. no complaints at all. to me this just sounds awesome and so suited to the season. :)

cakeofbeef responds:

Although I think Macaulay Culkin is an insult to film in general, I'm flattered to be compared to John Williams.
Thanks for the review!

["2010 Alien Encounter" - Theme]

ah, taken back to the 80s OF THE FUTURE!

lol, surreal in a way. I like it. nice stereo-widening of the drum samples. sounds very pretty. good stuff here, man. :)

[The Trumpet Age]

nice progression. :)

everything flows really well. not all the beat samples are quite right in terms of placement. case in point, you overuse the rimshot. should switch it up for a snare and do more fills every once in a while.

other than that, I liked it a lot. :) good try!

[-( Grim Skies )-]

like being on a spaceship

could definitely hear this being the atmospheric sample being played when walking through a hallway on a spaceship. quite nice. :)

Tykwa responds:

spaceship was my first goal, and then it morphed with nature.

[Hero's Destiny]

beautiful

now that I've listened to it twice I could definitely see this as two songs. the first part could definitely take longer to expand.

regardless, wonderfully done. really nice piece here. :) love the horns.

[Dooh Dooh Remix [WiP]]

Bouncy and happy!

Reminds me of my happy hardcore days but not as intrusively fast :D, you've done a swell job here. :) I wish you swiftness in getting it done.

ioneofmany responds:

Thank you very much sir! (:

[The Haze Maze Cave (Orchestra)]

mm haze maze cave

was definitely my favourite take on the mario theme when playing it on the 64.

I agree with SirKoto, the rhythm elements get a little repetitive. the shakers, specififcally. if you cut them in and out every 16 or 32 bars (depending on your structure) or so it'd help make the rhythm more progressive. really it's the fact that you keep the shakers at 1/32 for so long instead of as just part of a build, I think.

great instrumental melodies that unfortunately get bogged down by the repetitiveness of the shakers.

BowserThedestructive responds:

yeah thanks for the informative review sorry about that yes when planned the orchestrating formation of the mario 64 songs which is my main project right now i wanted to give haze maze cave a new lively different feel. Which included chopping the bar's to give different effect then i knew of before. So Now i use that chopping of the bar's effect to give a dynamic effect even more so then before. On other ones i have planned ill make sure to try not to have them has repetitive. But still keep their Endurance and orignal/Orignality feel.