Reviews for ==(Solace)==

[NekoMika]

So calm and beautiful

It feels like you were floating endlessly in space as you watch the end of events that came to be as you rushed to save the planet from a masked villain brought back to life by a time traveling fat kid. This song is really calm and has a lot of serenity and beauty in it I think. The way it plays out gives a feeling of finally being able to relax and be at peace with yourself.

The piano that plays sounds really good and kudos to eod696 as you said for playing it. It has a really soft feel to it and I really like how they played it as well. The notes were just perfect.

The guitar is really nice and sounds like a flamenco guitar I think, not entirely sure but that is how it sounds to me at least. Then when the piano comes back they seem to blend overall very well together to help give that feeling of peace as you watch the dark end game boss tyrant fall.

I really loved how nice the chorus sounded on my ears though, they gave that feeling of some people having been there with you since the start as you all watch how it all ends and how people can finally relax at long last. The drums have a good solid rhythm and I like the kick and snare combination used here.

The guitar I later find out is electric and those chords sound really beautiful to me. The piano descending was a nice touch here. For the most part the song seems to weave and tell a story of it's own.

The equalization here is very well balanced as the guitar and piano interweave together and sometimes even bring in the chorus and spaced synth at times. The bass here is also smooth and I enjoyed it as well.

Overall, very beautiful song, very well composed.

[Thunderstricken]

Awesome

Very ambient and interesting. I like it.

[xtreme500]

Brilliant, brilliant

Calming, and very well blended. How is it rock, though?
Doesn't remind me of anything in particular.

[Project-Epsilon]

Freefall :D

*Listens to this song while freefalling from 500,000 with no parachute*

[SkyeWint]

This is really a good song.

I have to say, I do like this. It has a very nice feel to it. I had started a song extremely similar to this a little before hearing it, actually. Guess I'll have to change it up a bit, huh? :P

Anyway.

The mixing on this is spot-on. The airy-ness of the reverb and delay works quite well, and doesn't cause problems. Kudos for that!

The tunes, harmonies, guitar, piano, drums, all are very, very well done. I'm quite glad about that, and can most definitely appreciate it.

There are only two problems I have.

The first is the general feel of it. Each section seems to drag on a bit too long. The beginning isn't bad, because it's constantly changing, adding more, giving new melodies (though this does give it a slight feeling of 'I don't know where I'm going'. It's not that much though, so I'm not going to go after it xD), and very obviously preparing for SOMETHING.
The middle part is awesome at first, but it kind of goes on for a very long time without changing. Specifically, from about 1:52 to 6:08 (with one break from about 4:20 to 4:35), the feel is almost exactly the same, and there doesn't feel like there's much variation. I know there is, and I can hear it, but it sounds like the same KIND of music there. I'd suggest having one or two more little breaks, or a larger one in the middle, where it calms down again. That would keep it from being a bit less monotonous, and while the solos/tune are great, they're just too similar to build off of for 4 whole minutes.

My only other 'problem' is more of just a person pet-peeve of mine. I don't really like how just about everything cuts out at the end. It works, it just seems a bit too empty to me. :<

Other than that, this is golden. And even with the bits that could be improved, I'd say this is the best song I've heard on newgrounds to date.

-Swint of the RRC-