beautiful build-up to an awesome drop, just wished it was a bit longer!

Holy shit I love this. Everything about it. It's pure beauty. 10/10 no doubt

I like the emotional appeal of the strings at the beginning, as well as the rich atmosphere. There’s a nice sense of climax into :22, but the call-and-response action between the brass stabs and the piano doesn’t work very well for me. I think the piano’s rhythm kinda gets in the way of the brass’s reverb fade-out, which makes it difficult to discern the beat. I like the drop at 1:03, but there might be a bit too much reverb at the lead-up at :50 or so. It’s hard to hear the strings at :50, although they’re used well again by 1:28. The cello solo at 1:49 sounded particularly haunting. The sound design here is great, if not entirely authentic-sounding. The second drop serves as a good way of hitting the piece home. I think you overuse the stop-start transitions a bit, although overall the structuring in this piece is good too. Nice work overall, Saruz! :)

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.5/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1.25/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.75/2
Instrumentation and sound design
1/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.5/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.75/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
8.5/10

This is amazing!

Mind if I...Geometry Dash?