Calamaistr's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Falling Snow]

Tranquil ambience, good thematic appliance of the instrumentations correlating with the setting.

Can see this working as a title screen thing, not as a level track as its simply too static for that. :)
-cal.

Satyre responds:

Thanks for the review. I have to add some more parts to the song in the future, cause as you mentioned it's to static atm to be used as a level track, which it was meant to be used to. Other reviewers from the project gave me that hint too :)

[Through Time And Space]

perfect loop, but this track is more suited for a town imo, must be the toms and choice of instrumentation on the melody. From my experience what works best for a space tune are cut synths or sines and likewise beeps..

Then again i dont know anything about this project so perhaps its relevant to the whole.

good work anyway.
-cal.

Satyre responds:

Thanks for the suggestions of the instrumentation. It is supposed to be played as a space travel music for a child game. The songs "winter" and "falling snow" are also supposed to be played in the same game (which is unpublished atm), maybe they can be heard to see if they their style fit together. It's interesting to hear that it could be used as a town theme, which I really didn't imagine :)

[--3 short 8bit game loops--]

why the heck did i have this on loop for a hour lol.

must be nice to listen to or something, go finish those tracks if you havent already. :P

GlitchAssassIn93 responds:

I will finish the tracks for sure! Thanx =)

[The Coldest Place on Zebes]

Never played medroid, just came in here to say that (after learning it is form a game and not a original work, otherwise i wouldve had more to say, sorry) the mix is very complimenting.

MiguelVolkov responds:

Oh thanks... I really wish this was mine... Nintendo's composers are just great. Thanks for your comment =)

[The Umbrella Salesman]

All i can think of listening to this is miyazaki. :) Im sure thats enough of a compliment.

steampianist responds:

oh wow thank you

[Under Her Control (NT Mix)]

Where i think it could be better is the mix and trying to make it less -full-.

It creates a kind of hiss, or blur (of sound). Also the rephrain sounds wrong (with the change in percussion) cause of the hissing.

Everything else is pretty spot on, the echo in the guitar is a nice add.
I do miss the little jazzy piano whirls though.

deliverance84 responds:

Yup, I can't diss agree because I was aware of the distortion when I put it on. I have recently gone over this song again, and I've sorted a couple of things out, but it's still too demo sounding to put it on. I will make this song awesome, I love the original. The piano whirls I know. I will do a far more accurate mix in the near future. Thanks for the review.

[The town that lies between]

I knew it, i just knew you had to have made the track in asslevania, i recogniced your style :P
Beats me why i wasnt asked though, i love projects like these. Ohwell.

Thumbs up, its very enjoyable in that game.

Genclops responds:

Thanks, he used one of my oldest tracks - I didn't compose a new one for him. Very happy you enjoyed it in the game!

[[Wr] 01: Main Menu]

With a two and a half minute main theme score who wants to even play the game? :P
And its pretty good aswell, i like how the progression glues to itself and doesnt stray wich gives a very threatening and glooming mood. Really crisp organ too, wish i had one of those.
-cal.

samulis responds:

I think the organ is actually from Garritan's organ pack. One of the garritan products that is actually worthwhile checking out. I've also heard some of their Instant Orchestra and it really sounds quite good, which is surprising.

[[Wr] 06: Tavern]

Getting a slight suikoden vibe here but its to short and i think other chord choices here and there wouldve made it better. :)

samulis responds:

Mmmm... it's just a little stinger for entering the tavern. There was going to be a little band in there playing.

[[Wr] 11: Battle, Pt. 1]

Very enjoyable, i like how the strings intersect. Thats hard to do right for most people.
All the percussive tingles and clingclangs in the background add alot of atmosphere aswell.

samulis responds:

I love playing around with string lines and counterpoint in my pieces. When the new game I'm doing music for, Airscape, comes out, you'll see a helluva lot more of that but with all sorts of instruments. Very contrapuntal stuff. :)