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Gallant Last Stand

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How do we preserve our honor ? By keeping on the fight until the end of the end, or by not fighting since the beginning ?
I structured this track this way :
- 0:00-0:52 : the men (and our protagonist) are leaving their villages or towns in order to prepare to war, not necessarily in good moods if you see what I mean.
- 0:52-1:12 : the army is walking.
- 1:12-1:28 : the army is still walking, but they can see the enemies far away.
- 1:28-2:34 : fight ! :3
- 2:34-2:38 : the leader of the protagonist's army gets killed (stabbed in the front).
- 2:38-2:55 : the protagonist watches around him the devastation.
- 2:55-3:27 : he draws his sword and kills many enemies.
- 3:27-3:47 : he finally gets stabbed and stabbed again and again in turn.
- 3:47-4:04 : the protagonist is in transe.
- 4:04-4:38 : his sight stabilizes. He's in pain. His head hurts a lot (the painful vibrations from 4:21 to 4:38 are intended).
- 4:38-5:11 : he surpasses his pain and manages to fight a bit longer. Thanks to him, his army finally wins.
- 5:11-5:22 : he collapses. He's dead.
- 5:21-5:29 : we see all the corpses of the protagonist's army and of the enemy army. No one cares the protagonist died in hero : they're all gone.
(Blue Album)

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Interesting and original piece this :)
The mixing could really use some work though. Pretty much all the instruments are clashing and overtaking each other. Gotta work on the EQ, but you should also look a bit into compression as well.
The instruments don't sounds very cheap, which kind of ruins the sound experience together with the poor mixing.
Some of the transitions, like the one at 2:34, are kinda lazy. I believe it could have been done much better. As it is now it's like the song stops and starts on a new one.
Apart from the transitions I liked the arrangement and it was well thought through. I am a firm believer of structure though. Even though you want to be original and follow your heart, it is important that you don't get too stuck in "doing your own thing". IN my opinion music isn't about "expressing" emotions, but it's about "portraying" them. Thus if the listener isn't able to feel the same emotion you did when you made the piece, something is wrong. Focusing your song structure around basic musical structure principles, will increase the songs ability to portray your emotions to ANY listener.

As Zech already mentioned, this piece lacks background instruments at some parts. The part from 1:20 - 2:30 have no background instruments whatsoever. You should at least add a backup guitar with some chords here. Otherwise it just sounds stale.

Certainly isn't a bad track, and it has some really cool ideas in it. The mixing and sound design was what ruined it for me, but if you continue working on your mixing, and maybe get your hands on some better samples, I believe you can take your music to the next level :).

- Ectisity
Thx for requesting a review from the:
{Review Request Club}

MysteriousPresence responds:

Thanks a lot for the review ! =)
Yes, the EQ is my huge problem, thanks for making me notice ! I'll try to balance better next time ! :3
But I thought that was a cool transition, why does everyone hates it ? X) Well I think it gives the feeling of a new starting song because the next step is beginning at this moment !
Well... I'll try to conform too ! Even if it sounds sad to me... as long as I give people emotions... :3
I confess : you're right ! The 1:20-2:30 part has no background instruments... like really none ! But I'll work my details next time !
Well I'm afraid I never used any sample, and I don't wanna start using some !
Thanks again for the review, and glad you liked it a bit ! =)

Uuuh another epic song :3

The beginning is perfect. Like it should be. Epic.
Always keep in mind that epicness comes from perfection.

The drums are in this one better. The last note in the part from 1:00 to 1:30 may be better in moll. Try it, it may sound better. Or at least, it sounded to me like dur.

The rest of the song sounded like you head an intro from ManOwaR the whole time in the head and experimented with the variants you could do. At 2:50 it gets pretty nice. I feel how you get better at this stuff.

It felt like you have no idea how to build an epic song or at least the feeling but not the structure idea. I'll help you out -> http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/classical-music-the-movements-of-a-symphony.html
No, I don't think you're a dummy, but this'll help you out, getting structure in epic songs. As, in fact, almost 99% of the epic songs that exists are built after the structure of a symphony. ACTUALLY epic songs are nothing else as symphonys just in modern style with old and new instruments.

Example: Vedrim - Get Hype (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhnFUIBigv4) A hell of an epic song. If you listen closesly, you'll get what I mean. It's actually a symphony, an orchestra. But a modern one. And - it's epic ;)

This should be your goal. Give people goosebumbs with music. They should be amazed.

3.5/5 Stars
May the force be with you.

MysteriousPresence responds:

Thanks for the review !
"The drums are in this one better. The last note in the part from 1:00 to 1:30 may be better in moll" : I'm afraid I didn't understand anything ! X)

In fact I structured this song this way :
- 0:00-0:52 : the men (and our protagonist) are leaving their villages or towns in order to prepare to war, not necessarily in good moods if you see what I mean.
- 0:52-1:12 : the army is walking.
- 1:12-1:28 : the army is still walking, but they can see the enemies far away.
- 1:28-2:34 : fight ! :3
- 2:34-2:38 : the leader of the protagonist's army gets killed (stabbed in the front).
- 2:38-2:55 : the protagonist watches around him the devastation.
- 2:55-3:27 : he draws his sword and kills many enemies.
- 3:27-3:47 : he finally gets stabbed and stabbed again and again in turn.
- 3:47-4:04 : the protagonist is in transe.
- 4:04-4:38 : his sight stabilizes. He's in pain. His head hurts a lot (the painful vibrations from 4:21 to 4:38 are intended).
- 4:38-5:11 : he surpasses his pain and manages to fight a bit longer. Thanks to him, his army finally wins.
- 5:11-5:22 : he collapses. He's dead.
- 5:21-5:29 : we see all the corpses of the protagonist's army and of the enemy army. No one cares the protagonist died in hero : they're all gone.

I'm so gonna put this in the Author Comments... :3
Honestly I don't want to follow a classic structure for my songs, I really want to listen to my heart when I compose music. For example, Ectisity really liked Rebirth (http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/672994) because he could feel I did this song as I wanted to. And you in fact liked it a lot too ! =D
Thanks again for the review ! Oh and by the way, I really didn't like GET HYPE! : I couldn't feel any emotions ! X)

I really like how it starts off really soft and then progresses into a more intense song, but then becomes soft again at the end.

It kind of captures the emotional rollercoaster that is war. Like, it's sad in the beginning that a country has to go to war. Then when the song gets more intense, it's like a war with all of the battling. Finally, when it gets soft again at the end of the song, it's capturing the sadness of the lives that were lost.

It's a really nice song. The only thing I don't like is that drop that happens a couple of times in the song, like at 2:01 and 2:35.

MysteriousPresence responds:

Thanks for the review !
I'm glad you get the structure of the song because this was an important point to me when I was composing it ! That's like exactly what I was thinking about ! =3
I actually love that drop but that's a matter of taste I guess ! X)
Thanks again, and glad you liked it ! =)

*Good Stuff*
- Good melodies.
- Really liked the buildup to 2:56.
- Instruments fit together well.
- The end was well done.

*Stuff to Work on*
- Very beginning came on too slow, I maybe would have added one more string.
- For a portion of the song (mostly around 1:20 - 2:30) there were very few background instruments.
- 3:46 didn't transition very well, that could be fixed.

*Overall*
Not bad work! Before this I didn't really like guitars but now I think I will take a second look.
Keep up the good work. =D

MysteriousPresence responds:

Hey, thanks again (you already made a really helpful review on Rebirth) for that constructive review ! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

Thanks for the melodies, as I already said in Rebirth, I think the melodies are the best point in my music, my "little plus" (I'm totally bragging) ! ^^
Thanks too for that buildup, I think that's my favorite part in the music !
I'll work on improving my intros, there's often a lack of instruments ! ^^
Totally right for the second part of the music (00:52-02:38), there's just a bass and drums in the background, I'll work on that ! :3
You're right again (are you always right ? X) ) 03:35-03:46 is reaaally ugly ! Each time I listen to it, I wonder how could I do something so horrible ? :'D

I'm glad I changed your mind about the guitars ! X)
Thanks a lot for that constructive review, this will help me a lot ! :3

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Score
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Uploaded
Mar 2, 2016
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Genre
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5 min 30 sec

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