Great job!!!
Im sure that with your talent, your songs can
be the next best soundtrack in any game. Well done
Reviews for "From the Foreshadows (A->N)"
ApproachingNirvana responds:
Thanks for the review! Hopefully we can make something of our talents, we'll see! Check out our Myspace for some new stuff!
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Hey to both of you,
This one deserved to be on the top 5 list. Only took you two days? Two days to make the vocals, the instruments, and the composition? You guys are really fast. Must have been really inspired. Here are my comments.
1) Great build up to start the song. Sounds sneaky if that makes sense to you.
2) 41 seconds in the background instrument sounds like something I heard before. I think you could have worked on that composition more.
3) I wish I could understand what the guy is saying. However, that has nothing to do with your score. I like the voice. Who's voice is that from you two?
4) 1:34 I like the drums, but the cello and violin didn't mesh well. Sounded a bit too messy here.
5) 2:06 great way to transition. Well done. Quite suspenseful.
6) 2:41 Kudos on the low man choir voice. Creepy, but that's a good thing.
The problem with this song is that for listening its okay, but with a movie this would be great for. Looks like your song got used in a flash, so maybe I'll check that game out to see how well this song fit. Overall a 5/5 and 9/10 review. Almost near 10 but I can't pick a score to the tenth decimal place. Keep it up.
Bye for now
ApproachingNirvana responds:
Thanks for the lengthy review!
When we said 2 days, we basically meant that it was 2 days straight. In total we spent about 30 hrs on this song - so in all fairness, it was a long two days. We sort of hit the creative bug and went with it.
The vocals are actually not words. They're treated more as an instrument in and of itself than traditional vocals. It added to the suspense so that really worked. I (SinJim) sang the main part with Renoak on the chant/BG vocals.
The viola part is actually quickly thrown together. I can agree with you on the better mixing and takes on this part, but we threw it together in the 30 hours when we had to get what was written in our head on to our computer. For the album version, our violist has more time to practice and more time to record better takes. So that shouldn't be an issue.
This is definitely meant to be more of a cinematic score, but it stands on its own as a song to listen to.
Thanks again!
Awsome!
This piece was greatly put together. Everything sounds very good and the beats are very well put together. Great song!
ApproachingNirvana responds:
Thanks!
Love it...
This song reminds me of one of the RPG games that I've played though. May have forgotten the name of the game, but the song is still fresh in my mind. Thanks for bringing back the memory. Cheers :)
ApproachingNirvana responds:
Thank you for the comments!
Ah neo classical
Inspired from Requiem for a Dream? However I enjoy the spin you put on it and made it your own. I am writing a story hopefully one day when my skill as an artist matches up with what I want I would definitely want a good music style to go along with it.
Thank you for giving me more ideas to use ^^ keep up the good work!
ApproachingNirvana responds:
Thanks for the review! I'm amazed that you recognized our inspiration, there. We indeed took a hefty amount of inspiration from Requiem for a Dream and you'd be able to tell if we told you but you recognized it right off the bat.
Thanks again! Don't forget to check out our other stuff on our Myspace!