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Even if I am French, I found that funny XD
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Good stuff, keep up the good work :)
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Wow !!! That was ... so ... Inspiring ! The graphics, the music the storyline, everything was great and well thought !
It's probably the best and the nicest flash, I ever seen until now !
GOOD JOB !
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LOL !
That was just so well done, and so funny !!!!
Keep the good work :P
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Not bad !
The chiptune with pads on the backgrounds sounds really nice.
I really appreciate the fact you actually mentioned VGMusic as being your MIDI provider, because a good portion of people posting video games song are in fact using MIDI files for VGM, claiming the entire song to be their own etc.
This is stealing ...
But anyways !
I do have 2 issues with your song. I know it's just some experiment, but you might want advices if not just don't read this LOL.
First of all, your square-ish lead is bit too high-pitch it's not pleasant for your ears after 1or 2 listens !! WHat you can do is lower its volume, or use one of Fl Studio's Equalizers :)
Also, ironically I found your song lacks depth. By that I mean low-pitch bass. Square basses usually sounds nice. A bass note from time to time would have been nice. Although THIS is really MY opinion, it's really up to you to decide !!!
:)
I think your experiment turned good ! Keep up the great work !!!
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Author's Response:
Thanks for the advice! It's funny how you say square-ish. This chiptune is completely and utterly square.
I agree that it could use some bass, but at the moment, I feel that it fits the "Orchestra with a Chiptune" theme. For example, most orchestrations are that bassy, but whatever.
Thanks for your comment!
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Cool !
Like the previous 2 people said, it sounds like a WesternRPG game, like Fable and Oblivion !
It sounds really good :)
Personally I would have called it town life, or something like that rather sleepy village, because your song is a bit too energetic at times to be representating a village, sleeping ;)
Also my main criticism would be your dynamics. Don't get me wrong : they VERY well made. It flows very well with your song, but they are a bit too aggressive to my taste. That's just ME though ! I find that suddenly the takes volume momentum (like at 2:40), there's a cymbal crash then quiet again !
The end was perfect though, because it sounded like if you were foreshadowing a higher ending volume :)
ALSO, it just be my earphones that deceives me, but I don't hear much bass instruments. If I get it right I think I hear a contrabass both in staccato and in legato :) Now do you video game music composer Jeremy Soule ? (Morrowind, Oblivion, Total Annihilation, Neverwinter Nights etc.) you should check him out if you don't know him because your style is really similar :)
What was I saying again ? LOL ! YES ! Your contrabass ! I think you use your contrabass more often, so to fill your song with all sort of notes from all the range of the EQ :)
That's just me though o:)
Anyways : great work ! Keep it up !
Author's Response:
Hey, thanks so much for the great review Bromine! I think I need to take the bass up a notch in most of my classical pieces, so I agree.
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First thing I notice is that you answered to every review posted on the song ! That's nice of you !
Now on to the music ! Rêves Mystiques ! Mystical Dreams ! That's a great name, however you could have translated in your comment so everyone knows, but on the other hand it's your choice if you want the title to remain as mystical as the song ;)
The intro is quite strange for such a title, but after the second listen I was OK with it. Maybe a bit too robotic, not soft enough ?
The pad at 0:20 works perfectly with the bass and kick drum ! That's great.
The violin that follow is really suited to the atmosphere, so is the piano. I love the synth at 1:15 followed by the ensemble, it sounds great. The clarinet (or oboe) is also suited to ambiance of the song.
At 1:41, the rhythm comes in. I think your snare is a bit too aggressive, it sounds a little too military if you see what I mean. I wouldn't have mind that, if the rhythm wasn't so irregular. Well yes, your rhythm does follows a pattern, but it doesn't sound regular, it sounds rather awkward.
Great piano pattern at 2:00.
At 2:44 NICE piano transition ( I should do that next time I compose something involving a piano) it was slowing down, but all of the sudden the piano is here to shaken things up !
The conclusion is not a fancy one, but simple ending works. But the volume of your flute or clarinet or oboe (or something else ?) and the very, very end, is too high, I think. It would have been better with something calm, to complete the mystical dream !
A bassline (even if sometimes it was following the melody) is present and that's great ! Bass frequency fills up the song !
So the only problem I have are the rhythm pattern, the choice of drum and at times, their volume that was ALMOST too high.
That's what I think of your song ! Great work with great potential you have here.
I hope I'll see you in "best of the week" in the future !
BromineFlare
PS. (you're going to say at the end of your comment : "Thanks for the review, Gravey" LOL ! Or will you ?!?!?)
Author's Response:
Wow! Awesome review!!! THANKS!!!
I should definitely address everything here, and I will!
First off, glad you liked the nifty little thing at 0:20. It was some synth thingy I messed around with for a while, and eventually got where I wanted it. Wasn't a pad, but rather a synth. Just to clarify is all.
I'm glad you liked the section following, a lot of work went into the buildup there. And it is definitely an oboe. Again, just to clarify. That was definitely something Gamer came up with at first, and I did some slight editing to. So the main idea there I have to credit to him.
The rhythm that you feel is awkward is a bit. I do not deny it, and I really liked it actually. I don't like the focus of my music to be in the percussion, so my rhythms are normally a little on the odd side so as not to distract the listener too much.
As for the ending, it is definitely simple. I really felt that was the way to go with this song, and Gamer was on the same page with me on that. So we just simply had a little swell at the end to give it some lift and then fall. Simple, yet effective.
I'm glad you enjoyed the tune! It is definitely a little out of my typical writing style. But it was my first collab with Gamer, so that is to be expected.
Merci pour la revue! :-P
-Gravey-
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