Top notch, bro. Top notch. 10/10 would recommend to be winner of everything. I love.
Reviews for "Chip 'n' Swing"
Yahtzei responds:
¡Muchas gracias! Me alegro de que te guste. ^^
Huh. Well, would you look at that! I'm clearly not big on the electronic varieties of music, preferring to play live instruments myself...but the composition here is wonderful! You've got an excellent swing to the beat, interesting change-ups, sweet solos, key changes, floating airy sections, and almost a dirty casino feel to the close-out!
This is some seriously cool music! Respect!
Yahtzei responds:
Thanks a lot! :) I'm glad you enjoyed it ^^ and yeah, I usually make quite simple loops for video game BGM, but I had to make something that stands up on its own here that can hold the listener's attention without a game attached to it. Well, it seemed to hold your attention, so I'm happy :D
I can tell you've put a lot of work into this. Musically, this is interesting. It's got a nice basic structure, and changes up enough to keep it from being repetitive. The arrangement is good too, all the parts blend together nicely, and the transitions between the different portions of the song are smooth and unnoticeable. I could definitely see this being a track on something like Donkey Kong Country, very nice. As far as the mix goes, this song also excels. It is smooth and sweetened, and avoids the classic, painful high end hiss of actual chip generated music. Clean and clear. Good work, and good luck! Keep it up.
I love all of this. The rhythm, melody and everything else :D
I liked the arpeggios at the beginning. The drums were cool. I liked how the track sort of built on the chords at the beginning as it went onwards. The melodies are cool. The one at :49 has an especially cathartic vibe to it. I also like the variety you started incorporating at 1:19. It sounds really fitting for a videogame. The production quality is pretty high, although I think you might’ve been able to fill some more texture at times, even if that simply involved using more reverb. This piece is varied a lot, though, which is usually a good thing, although I think you took it a little too far. It kind of lacks coherence after a point. You never brought back any of the more memorable melodies from the first half of the piece during the second half. You also ended the piece a little ambiguously, which was not really in keeping with the videogame theme. In fact, practically speaking 0:00 to 1:16 and 1:17 to 3:20 could be entirely separate songs, albeit probably part of the same game. Still, my main problem with the piece is that you never really bring it full circle by the end. I suppose you could say it’s structurally disjointed. I admire your sense of harmony and rhythm, though. The jazzy vibes you have during the second half of the piece are awesome. Keep at it, man. ;)
8.5/10
This review was written for the Newgrounds Audio Death Match 2015.