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Score: 10

"Epic"

by: Draga

date: May 30, 2008

Dude, just.....dude. Awsome song.

Plus, Strawberry-Starburst. your story is gr8

Score: 10

"something else i'd share"

by: Strawberry-Starburst

date: March 21, 2008

here's another story i wrote while listening to this song. your music is very inspiring!

defiantly he roared away
as if to dull his pain
too long he'd sat, quiet and still
atop the poignant hill
awaiting his beloved maria
exactly a year, season through season
driven by love, forgetting all rationality and reason
but as the last snow flake fell upon the ground
his heart stopped cold, unable to continue on without his dearest maria
whom was never to be found

Score: 10

"tiz back"

by: geacu

date: November 30, 2007

and course u get 10 stars from me

Score: 8

"Well..."

by: GeLaTiNoUsTuRnCoAt

date: October 22, 2007

To be fair, I prefer more aggressive music, but comparing what I felt in the song to what it was meant to do for the player, especially as a song for the intro, I don't think this ranks as high as the other songs I've heard from you. The intro is the first thing a gamer ever gets out of the game... usually the music starts even before the opening cutscene fades in or the menu screen pops up in front of them... and for a game about defying gods, well, you'd expect it to pull out all the stops to get your attention.

Although, again, it's more of a personal preference than anything against the piece you have here.

Score: 9

"Sweeet"

by: The-Fallen-1

date: October 20, 2007

It's lovely, Though it's short. it has it all!

Cheers, Dennis

Score: 9

"Epic!"

by: scoutzero

date: September 10, 2007

I believe everyone is saying "Epic!" for every one of your songs. I don't have time for a story, unfortunately, so I'll just review the song.

The melody is great, and I like the flute part. However, there is one thing that is lacking in your recent songs. Variety. The song stays basically the same. There needs to be more variety.

Also, your songs are too short. -.-

Anyway, 4/5

Keep making more music! :)

Score: 10

"Interesting..."

by: Zen-Zudokai

date: May 10, 2007

Interesing in the least Maestro. I'm afraid however there is just not enough coming from this piece to make a full story. But a clear image is formed on the other hand, so here it is. A young man stands before the coffins in a fueneral of his parents. He is young and in his mind he lacked the power to save them. For he had started to walk down the crooked wide path of evil in life. His parents tried in vain to save him but his stubborness and arrogance was so wide and broad that they could not get through to him. As a result as they cross a road, their minds preoccupied with their sons condition, they are both struck by a truck and die. The son, greived by this, drops to his knees and weeps. However, he stands up and he says, "I swear on your graves, and before God, that will for the rest of my life walk...the path less travelled...the path you both took. I failed once before to pick myself up and it took your lives in the process. I failed before...NEVER AGAIN!!" And with those solemn, strong, cryptic words the boy walks the strightist and narrowest of paths that very few take...and few continue to do so. Hey, it looks like I was able to get a story out of this! That's a surprise. By the way, it's been a while since I asked but how is that conclusion song coming along? I hope it's doing well. Keep up the good work...

Score: 9

"Good"

by: Heinrich

date: May 5, 2007

Great intro piece! This reminds me of an intro of a movie I used to watch as a kid with the near silence and the drums with a soothing ending after the climax to make it sound like something epic was over and the action was falling. The clarity was good as usual; you are very creative with the instruments and very bold sounding.

Great Job, Sir!

Score: 10

"Ten for Ten"

by: denvermagi

date: May 5, 2007

Hello again maestro. Well, this piece is about as perfect as you can get it I think. First off the sound clarity was excellent in this piece. I don't know whether you used a new program or what, but its good. Another thing, is that this piece had absolutely nothing out of place. Everything was in key and working together. The chior and the lone chime that begins at 0:53 completes the Intro quite nicely. Now, enough technical stuff.

This piece definately seems like an intro into an epic game or perhaps a character's primary theme. Excellent work on this one maestro. I would even go so far as to say that the piece would work well in a Final Fantasy game for a character's theme, perhaps a noble knight or a lone wizard? Well which ever, good work and keep it up.

Score: 9

"Garr. I'm blown away. >:("

by: Karco

date: May 1, 2007

I'm working on an epic orchestral of my own and this blows mine away... dunno. Like idle air by a hurricane. XD Ironic how that relates to parts of my story. That aside: This is really, really epic.

You're definitely trying to be creative with your instruments, though the flute in the beginning doesn't quite fit - it fits just a second later but for a moment it sounds wrong. :\ I think it's measures 5 through 8. Sounds like a different instrument would fill that position at that point better... just a thought. That aside your efforts for originality aren't wasted as it makes the song that much better. :D

Just a thought... your melody, in places, is all quarter notes. And while the notes themselves, pitchwise, are great, the rhythms I think could have been a bit more creative than that. ;) It's the easy path to go with simple rhythms but knowing you, you should be able to put in that extra bit of effort to make it... that much better. ;)

Defiance is a VERY appropriate title for this song. You'll see in my story...

The view starts high in the sky, level with the sun and the moon, but rapidly descending through the clouds. Of many shapes and sizes, the clouds are everywhere and get lighter as the view descends farther. The sun is bright. Fast, visible currents of wind can be seen tearing up the air, moving in ribbonlike patterns, leaving trails behind them of the clouds they burst through.

The view shifts out of the range of the clouds and a great mountain takes up the full picture. Cone-shaped, green at the foothills and white at the summit, the view then expands and the clouds from before are shown in a different view than before : encircling the mountain. The sky is clear above the peak, however, and the camera rapidly shifts to that peak.

A man is climbing the mountain. He struggles - he has been at it for days. He is muscular, and gruff, and while not quite shady he holds a distinctly "wrong" feeling about him. Not evil, but not a normal person either. The mountain steepens as he approaches the summit but he refuses to allow the mountain to conquer him. Rather, he pushes onward.

Through one last mighty heave he reaches the summit. He stands at the top and beholds the panorama. He looks up at the sun, glaring angrily and menacingly down upon him, as if ready, but waiting, to strike him off the summit. He views the moon next. Its unusual paleness, despite its closeness to the sun, almost personifies fear within its rocky surface. Lastly, he views the clouds. He is the only one they do not offer shade from the harsh light and heat of the sun.

The man looks up at the hole between the ring in the clouds. He looks at the sun and moon again. He shouts. "Begone!" He casts his hands up. As the moon, slowly moving the entire time, envelops the sun, it (the sun) explodes in brightness. Long involved in a cruel struggle, these deities of nature have reached the trial of their lives. Did the moon provide safety for the man? Did the clouds keep out the incredible light for the rest of the world? Or has the sun finally overwhelmed the earth and all relating to it?

The answer is known by those who lived... if any.

Notice I tried to make this one match the theme this was made for... I think I did a pretty good job. :P What do you think? Does it match the epic-ness of the piece itself? Hope you enjoy the review, as always... great job with the song. Voted 5, looking forward to more... :)