I hear the story of your 24 hour struggle to write a track for the NGADM! xP
Although I'll say, for the short amount of time that you had for working on this track, you did a very good job. ^.^ The mixing sounds a little off at some parts, and there's also a need to actually work more on it. That ending sounded like you ran out of time and just clicked render. xD
In any case, great effort, and I wish you the best!
~Phyrnna ^_^
Haha. Thanks! You're right, the mixing probably suffered the most from the time constraints. And the ending I suppose. It sounded good when I exported it, but I swear it has changed a bit since then...
Whatever, this is my submission and I stand by it. I probably won't make it to the next round because Steampianist's track is AMAZING, but this was fun anyway. :)
excellent! I love the latter half, partly because it sounds almost similar to my own submission, especially the 7/8 drum pattern. I guess great minds think alike. ;-)
I love the string part that kicks in at 2:40 onward. it conveys a sense of suspense which is perfect for a main title sequence. considering you wrote this in a limited window of time, you did a great job!
Thanks a lot! I definitely see the similarity! ;)
What i think is good on this track is that you tried to be versitile. You changed the mood quite good. Just the transitions could be better. I dont know if its my boxes but i think the strings could need more volume. But like MichaelJ i think some of the ideas are pretty cool. Hope you will got less softwar / hardwareproblems in the future ... i know this problem. It stops the creative flow while composing and its extremely hard do stay motivated. For this circumstances good job!
This is an NGADM Round 2 review.
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Well, the first thing I was delighted to see was that this time you actually made a full-length idea, and not a small almost experimental track with little content. This is, in fact, entirely the other extreme. It's long and crammed full of sweet ideas and content! Other than a slight generic feeling I got from this track, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Some aspects of it are really professional-sounding, especially due to your clear mix, great interplay of different elements, and, of course, excellent instrument samples and sounds. For instance, 2:16, while being a pretty typical transitional element in this kind of music, sounded phenomenal, and what followed was a great 7/8 section with immaculate percussion work.
As I said, there are some great ideas here, full of detail that I can only truly appreciate when I turn my volume up. For example, I love the atmospheric pad you use at the beginning, the saw synth in the background 1:07, the way the brass staccato plays along with the percussion at 2:21, the many reverse effects you use in the track, and so on. I like how at 3:18 you, in a sense, brought all of the different ideas of the track together, such as the single notes of the piano from the very beginning and the drum beat from 1:07, all layered on top of your fast-paced background from 2:21. Solid composition overall, and immaculate atmosphere-building.
I'm not quite sure about the track's production. As I said above, to truly enjoy this track, I had to turn up the volume a lot. Surely enough, I checked your waveform, and the only form of mastering you seem to have done is a quick normalise at the end, because there's a lot of unused headroom due to a spike in the waveform at the very end which hit the normalising threshold. Even when I turn my volume up, I still feel that the instruments are all confined towards a limited range of frequencies and could've spanned a more expansive range of the mix. I'd like to feel more low-end boom from the drums and a sharper high-end.
This track is a bit lacking in production, despite being clear and pleasant to listen to, and it's a bit generic, but overall solid!
Score: 8.3/10
Hey benjerman I promised myself id drop a review
Man I felt I just won by sheer luck if you had more time on this track it couldve been an awesome close shave. the intro was really good and I love all the ideas but I guess the 2nd theme just felt abrupt and disconnected but its an awesome effort considering the time you have left
But ill say this if you made a longer version of something like saharan sunrise or clicky I wouldve gotten nervous. simple yet and I as I said in my news post Magnetizing or captivating. There is nostalgia and there is this addictive element as well (though im not sure what it is). I really think this sort of music is your forte (in my opinion at least)
Anyways thank you for sharing my track and keep composing awesome songs
Hey, thanks for the review! And I think you won by quite a bit more than a "close shave."
Cheers, and keep making awesome stuff!