Reviews for _-={This Frozen Land}=-_

[Oracle-Of-Dreams]

Exellent.

Had no Idea you were doing multiple projects at the time Maestro. Btw how is your work on the epic going? I have the finale worked out so when your ready to see it let me know.

Here is what I see in this piece.
Nothing left. All she had was nothing left. The war was something that promised a bright ending for her people, but the damage was far too great. After a great twenty years she had watched her people suffer and die at their home and on the field of battle. A fortress of ice was all that remained of the queen's kingdom. She had made a decision to end the war immediately. At one point, on the battlefield she rose her hands and cast an ice across the land like none had ever seen before. It had taken all she had to do, but the consequences were dire. All her foes had perished. Her people had perished, her king, was gone. All that remained of anything on the planet was Ice... and herself. She had etched into the walls of her frozen castle a day later, "I am the Cryos Queen... And this is my tomb." for years she waited, for death to come... but nothing ever moved in her frozen tomb... nothing. Every night she cried, wanting her kingdom, her happy people, and her loving king all back with her. But she hated herself for the mistake she made. After a great ghost had come to her, many years after, she had written one final thing on the great walls of the frozen city, for all who could ever find it to read... "My tomb hath not taken me, and death refuses me... farewell".

Maestro, thank you, this is the story of the coming of Chelsea Morina to Dreamshire, as the Cryos Queen, where she now resides in her crystal palace with her new king, Marcus Rainmaster.

MaestroRage responds:

I am glad you were able to make some use of it. Yeah sorry about the delay on the epic track, that will be done tonight, I just had to get this done first :D.

This Cryos Queen... she commands an AWESOME power to freeze an entire kingdom. I swear it is god like to be able to erase so much and keep it all frozen.

I really want to read this story of yours now, one day I hope you will grace my eyes with it :D.

Thank you for the review, i'm glad you liked the piece!

[itsameyayo]

Pretty tight, not the best thing for flying...

...but it's enjoyable none the less.

-Whenever you have that piano only break, make it reeverb and/or have a more gliding and fluent tone, this is supposed to be flying, it needs to fly smoothly and not go through turbulence. Keep that a common theme with background-ish stuff.

-Sleigh bells, a nice add, but needs to be softer. It sticks out like a nerd at the fashion convention, it doesn't work until the nerd becomes cool, make the nerd cool (or just soften the sleigh bells, your choice :P)

-Overall, very nice, loved the flute, ocarina, and vox!

-ImperfectDisciple-

-Check my newest piece!

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/view.php?id=1184995

MaestroRage responds:

Thanks for the review Imperfect, it's been a very long time man, how you been ^^?

The Sleigh bells were a tad loud weren't they? Oh well, it's not worth a resubmit for just that, if too many people claim the same thing, then I guess I would have to :D.

I'll drop by your page as soon as I have the time Imperfect, I promise, if I don't get to your song in 3 days, please drop me a pm, I do tend to forget tasks in the shuffle of the day.

Thank you for the review, i'm glad you liked the piece ^^.

[Karco]

Eerily calm... chilling.

Hmm... I was wondering how you would make a chilly-sounding song. I guess I'll find out now.

Nice opening with the piano, there... and the strings come in - very fitting, by the way - and then plenty of other instruments come in, and the song starts sounding a LOT better... the piano speeding up was especially nice but it should have been louder, in my opinion.

I didn't like the male choir so much, really... I can understand your reasons to use it but this didn't seem a fitting choice in my opinion. It hurt the peaceful, eerie sense somewhat that a female choir, in my opinion, would have added to. That's my opinion, though... what do you think?

Hmmm... I hear a flutish instrument that seems to be a favorite of yours... or, at least, it matches your style very well. Any chance you could tell me what it's called? :)

I LOVE the atmosphere in this song... so calm and chilly, yet epic as well - and it fits perfectly what you were aiming at, too!

Those jingling bells... those are pretty cool, Maestro, and well-used, too... well enough, apparently, they deserve their own mini-paragraph. :P (More like a sentence, but you get the idea.)

Last paragraph of praise, I promise. But I really like this song. :D Transitions are very smooth in this song, I barely notice them... great job there. And when I saw that you said the song loops, I was expecting a cut-off sort of ending... but you surprised me and ended it the same way you started.

Great song overall... this has my 5, and I've downloaded it as well. Looking forward to more of your works... and now, storytime. :)

This story surprised me a bit, especially since it's on something I hardly take any interest in at all. It's also influenced a bit by your description... "Gently flying over frozen land." At least, the setting is. But... here it is.

We sit in a cabin high up on a mountain. A fire burns gently inside, the crackling of the wood sounding eerliy soothing to the group of mountaineers sitting inside, around the fire, under blankets, sipping cocoa. It's been several hours since they arrived and they all sit awake, silently.

Their cocoa is cold and the wood the fire burns on has diminished greatly as well. They have returned from the mountain, several near-death experiences having happened. Yet as twilight falls, the frost refuses to leave them alone and let them forget what they barely avoided, slipping in through the cracks in the walls to chill the fire, their bodies, and their souls.

Hope you enjoyed my review and my story... again, I'm looking forward to more of your songs. :)

MaestroRage responds:

I always enjoy your reviews Karco, you seem to be able to see so many layers of the piece, it makes me happy to see you break it down like this.

This flute instrument thats captured my SOUL is called the Panflute, originated in North America I believe, I don't rightly know what time period it was made, but I gotta tell you, it's got a HUGE range, and each octave in my opinion gives the instrument a new angle and edge to be used for. It's crazyness I tell you.

The sleigh bells were perhaps too loud and too frequent in my opinion, perhaps I should have just kept them to one segment instead of 2, but I do love them so :'(, they do after all belong to the bell family, and I love bells.

The male choir part, ah yes, this was an area of much debate for me. You see I wanted to give the landscape a somewhat unfriendly, more foreboding feel. Though I realize the female choir would have in fact made it gentler, more chilling, I also wanted to include the dangers of being here, the deep and angry core of this frozen landscape, unforgiving yet beutiful.

For your story. You seem to have nailed the feeling of the piece perfectly. That is what I meant by the unforgiving cold, brutal but so silent. As if they sat with old man winter itself, placing his bony fingers on their shoulders.

"I'll be back, for all of you" and leaves them for only a few hours.

I greatly enjoyed the review and story, thank you for both Karco, i'm glad you liked the piece ^^.

[DefenseAssassin]

Wow i really liked this one.

very bery very well constructed..

MaestroRage responds:

Ah, new words! A treat in itself! I'm glad you liked the piece, thank you for the review!

[gleegleep]

This is very well done.

I like how the way this develops. I like the use of piano in the middle, and the way you use the choir sound makes this sound a bit Russian.

5/5, 10/10, faved.