This is awesome! I originally wanted to do something dark like this for the first round, but I ended up opting for a piano piece instead. Maybe later on...
Anyway, I love the mixture of orchestra and electronics. The balance is just right. I also like how the piece slowly develops. Amazing work.
I completely love your arrangements. Very subtle but is really what creates the intensity of this track.
Honestly. From the creator of tunes like Hillbilly Breakout and Wonky Blues... I wasn't expecting something QUITE that dark. This is one beast of a song, with a low end from out of hell and blaring brass. I've heard a lot of songs with similar dark, suspenseful parts, but this one pretty much takes the cake. The instruments all collaborate to bring forth an undeniable sense of impending doom, and the introduction of breakbeats and other electronic instruments only serves to augment this. The combination with the orchestral elements introduced earlier is perfect. The melodies too are all fitting and have the kind of chromaticism that's common for these doomy gloomy battle tracks.
Unfortunately I find it difficult to write much more about the tune, but it's for positive reasons: firstly, the flow is fantastic and there's never a place in the song that really feels like a transition or a turning point, the track just slowly evolves and transforms. The second reason is that this is one of the kinds of songs that I would much rather just sit back and enjoy than to analyze it too much.
9 points for sounds and instrumentation.
9 points for composition and melody/harmony.
10 points for theme/originality/other things that might impress.
Overall impression: 9.5
*drools over keyboard*
epic! :D