Reviews for _-={At Roads Ends}=-_

[KriosGaurd]

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At a crossroads, the wanderer Krios, and his ever-faithful companion, Cain, stop, and look at the three roads ahead. The first leads to a cathedral, with a small group of people praying, seen through the unstained windows, and continues winding into the forest. The center road, travel-worn with deep ruts where carriage after carriage has driven, leads to the nearby town of Calim. The third road, the one to the right, seems to lead into an ever reaching abyss, full of darkness, and they can both feel the evil emanating from it. Looking back at Cain, Krios points to the right, to which Cain nods. Krios looks back to the abyss, and starts a slow but sure walk into the abyss. Cain follows closely behind, whispering softly, "The land shall be cleansed..."

[Karco]

Exceptional...

Another song that you put quite a bit of effort into. So know what I'm going to do? I'm going to... treat you with the ending of the story with the sailors on the sea. (My reviews for Arise Sleeper and Wrath of a Vengeful Soul, remember? :P) This song seems perfect for it. But it's after the technicalities, as always...

It's interesting how, in the beginning, you cut off the strings in... the eighth measure? Something like that. It was in an odd way... or was it the reeverb that I'm hearing as that little extra sound? Aah, well. It was extra creative, I wish I had seen more of it later in the song.

Is that a flute I'm hearing? Don't hear that often from you... and now a music box! :D What would have been extra nice is if I had heard more than one note at a time from that music box... gah! It's getting drowned out by the strings, brass, and choir. :\ Maybe keeping it in seperate ranges from everything else (or playing it during quieter parts only) would help?

What are those extra low notes played on the 1st and 3rd beat towards the end of the song? Or, I should be asking, what's playing them? Another creative touch, anyway, and seeing as that I can remember hearing similar in other more professional orchestrations in movies or just alone as pieces, a professional touch as well. :D Not much else to add now... I suppose it's storytime. :D

Back on land, the family and friends of the sailors waited patiently for their return. Rumor began to spread and while some accepted it and broke down, others refused to believe it and continued to wait. Eventually only the strongest-willed remained.

Funerals were held for the sailors whose families had given up. They were shunned by the others, scorned as faithless and weak. But in fact, these "faithless" and "weak" families had it better in the long run. Being able to put it behind themselves, they looked towards the future and the issues at hand. The admittedly more stubborn group wasted away, trapped in the past.

Heh, my first story in a while. :D I almost came close to leaving you on another cliffhanger just for your reaction, but I couldn't think of anything realistic enough. XD Aah, well. I enjoyed the song, Maestro, great work! :D

MaestroRage responds:

How could I forget the sailors :D!?

The ending, yay :D!

The music box was actually a very high played Celesta. It does sound like a music box, and I assure you, that it cannot be played higher, playing it lower, gauarantees being lost in the mess that is the song.

Same story for it playing more then one note at a time. It just got muddy, and so to keep it crispy clear, and effective. A single solemn note was necessary --_--!

As for the ending. You know I had never actually confirmed that they had died. I had always thought "Maybe now they will be saved!", but I suppose with this ending, I will have to bid the images of those sailors I had seen a long time ago farewell.

I suppose I am one of the weak ones then ;')

Thank you for the review Karco, like always, they were greatly appreciated. Sorry for the delayed response, I had thought I had already responded to it!

I'm glad you liked the piece ^^

[SavageFurryBeast]

Respect

Whenever I hear your music I can't belive it was made by only one man. It's brilliant although I think the bell that sounds on 1:28 could wait one second. Yet this one is one of my favorites. If such music was made for something it had to be trully great. Shame I never played Tribal Wars.

MaestroRage responds:

ah that bell. That bell is difficult to time because of its strange nature, as it plays like .40 seconds after being told to. Or so I think, I can't get a precise measurement of time.

As for Tribal Wars, it is a game that you will either hate, or love. I have found few in the gray area. It consumed my soul for a year, then I had to cut it off. I still hold the game and the people I met there with a great sense of pride.

I'm glad you find these works to be entertaining SavageFurryBeast. I hope future submissions will continue to entertain you! Thank you for the review, i'm glad you liked it!

Here's hoping your own artwork will flourish! Thank you for the review, i'm glad you liked it!

[fillup0]

Great!

I can't belive I haven't reviewed this yet... Until now!

This piece is filled with emoction and its just one of my favourite pieces. I might use this in the next piece of work I make, which is in the form of youtube video. I am not good for flash... The first I submitted got blammed.

Anyway good luck in life and keep making these pieces that fill us with certain emoctions. And keep making funky pieces like "He's a pirate dance".

MaestroRage responds:

use however you want, I hope that it helps your project, or at the least, helps inspire you to go on!

I will try my best, though making He's a Pirante Dance took much more energy then i'd like it to have X'(, thank you for the review, i'm glad you liked it!

[Fargh82]

Woah

This reminds me of EVE online, which i stopped playing long ago, but thanks to this song im going to dig up my old profile and start up again.