Good stuff! Takes me back and reminds me of the music in ''Chrono Trigger'', especially ''Froggs Theme''. It has an epic feel that could be built upon but I quite enjoy this 'simple' adventurous style as well!
Keep it up!
Reviews for "Anthem of the Adventurer"
ChronoNomad responds:
Glad you like it, and thanks for leaving a review!
Funny that you mention Frog's Theme from Chrono Trigger. I actually whipped up a cover of it just before this round of the competition officially began, having been so inspired by this song and its medieval vibe. Go check it out! Go! GO NOW! :D
Nice job being the first one to finish the first round of NGADM ;-)
I like this, it fits your comments perfectly. It's like I'm going on an adventure! I feel like Link! Or something.
I like the choice of instruments. I really enjoy the reeds that sit on top of the mix and add this soaring feel to the song.
The percussion is subtle and well done.
Anyways, I have a few suggestions for improvement.
The mixing is generally good, but I would suggest to make the 'most important' instruments (in this case, the violin(?) that carries the lead melody) louder than the others. Right now everything is about equal volume, which makes it harder to understand the song without listening closely.
There's a minor mixing problem where you have the french horn at the same frequency level as the strings. I can tell you panned because otherwise they would clash, but I think that you should just remove it - or move it out of the clashing range. Same thing with the oboe(? I'm bad with instruments.) at 1:00.
The dynamic (volume) level of the whole song is pretty flat. I'd suggest to make the parts where you have transitions a little louder (with crashes or what have you). Like, you modulate up a key or two at the end, but the listener could almost miss it entirely because there's nothing in there to indicate a change is coming.
Last, it feels a little repetitive. I think if you fix the dynamic levels like I said before this will clear up a little bit because the song will feel like it's constantly changing. However, I don't think it'll fix all of the problems because I think the song is just too long for the number of ideas you have. This is an easy fix - just make the song shorter. I always believe that it's better to make the song a tad too short and have the listener press replay than have it be a bit too long and have the listener get bored.
That's all the criticism I have! It's a lot, but it's mostly easy to fix stuff, which is good. Nice work on the song, I liked it!
ChronoNomad responds:
Yes, that is a lot of information to process, but I really appreciate the time and effort that you put into your review. You make a lot of excellent suggestions, and of course I want this piece to be as good as it can possibly be. At least I've managed to gain a bit of a deadline buffer zone somehow, so I should be able to expend a bit more time on this one.
I've also started on my next submission, but that can temporarily go on the back burner. Hopefully I'll receive more reviews with yet more feedback, even as I'm working on your suggestions. This could get interesting, but I'll just have to make sure I don't lose track of the next piece in the process. Thanks again for the phenomenally informational review! I truly appreciate it. ^_^
Not b ad song. I love that blown instrument thing. Not sure how it is called. Reminds me of HOMM.
I am not sure how you compose for that many violins but I would have reduced the attack and release for some of them to make like more powerful staccato hits if you know what I mean. I might be way off commenting on this but I kinda found that most of violin libraries are kinda made for these slow cinematic songs and sometimes they just don't have enough power and sound kind of like pads so you have to tweak it a bit.
Good luck
ChronoNomad responds:
I'm not sure if you mean the brass, which is a French Horn, or one of the woodwinds and reeds, which include the Piccolo, Oboe, and Bassoon. It's definitely gotta be one of those since everything else is a stringed instrument. :)
I've only been using FL Studio since the end of March/beginning of April, so I'm still learning how to effectively adjust the attack on Soundfont samples. Chalk it up to inexperience, I suppose. I really appreciate the comments and suggestions. Thanks for the great review, and good luck to you, as well!
i don't have a lot of knowledge in the classical field so I can't really critique anything
love this song though. reminds me of some of the songs in rise of nations. :)
ChronoNomad responds:
Wow...thanks, man! Your review means a heck of a lot to me. Can't wait to hear your beach-inspired submission! ^_^