Arponax's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tough fight]

quality stuff here

[AIM - Boombox]

cool song fits the inspiration really well :D

When im trying to make something fonky i go for Blues scale....the fonkiest of them all XDD at from what i know, and i dont know many scales XD

[Contrasts. (AIM 2023)]

I like this alot, good job.

Kinda reminds me of Made in abyss OST at some points, the strings and those subtle pads.
And those little drums in the background XD awesome.

The change at the end, great storytelling.

Really nicely fits to the arts composition.

[AIM - The Child of the Moon]

Heh, another rainy song. Seems like we are about to make a story out of all these pictures and songs :D

So, @ChordsInMotion made prequel...a calm windy day before a big storm, i made the storm and you, the sequel, the night after. XDDD love it

I wish you luck in AIM too, the song has nice atmos and drops feel on point and the part on 1:12 reminded me of WaterFlame - Glorious Morning XDD

[FD - Pipe Rooms]

I dunno why it just reminded me of that THX intro XDD.

Really interesting piece tho...the picture reminded me of Shadow flare of those steamy pipes that are in the dungeons and stuff...really cool.

I would really imagine this to progress into some plucky bass arp that starts some sort of event or bossfight :D

Good job, love it.

[Sudatory]

Lol this just gives me sort of really hard type of synthwave :D the kick, the snare and the synth, mmhm yummy.

How you did that bass movement...is it some sort of filter? or just automating distortion strength? sounds really dope.

those little drum rolls are a cool element too, i personally would expect some larger change in the second half where it just changes in that complete banger and the bass just goes completely crazy or something XDD its a techno tho and that tends to be simple, so really nice job.

This too sounds very videogame-y tho :D all those songs i reviewed in this layer sounds like it should be in a game.....maybe its because composers tend to go for more underground and experimental genres when making music for games? who knows :D i find it interesting tho.

Mechanical-Head responds:

the bass indeed has a filter with sync mode in vital, which doesn't actually do that much, it mostly sounds like that because of sidechain hehe. And yeah, I agree the track could've gone a LOT crazier, but I basically made this in a rush because of time constraints :/

Glad you enjoyed it though! :D

[Anathema]

Calm piece, i like it.
I love the how you did the percs in this one i should experiment with these kinda perc loops too XD
It kinda reminds me of Terraria Otherworld OST (unreleased game, the soundtrack is really dope tho).

Maybe the kick could be a little more present? a little distortion on it or maybe just louder just to make it more forward in the mix.

Aside from that really nice track i like it alot, just another kind of inspiration from this challenge :D keep up the good work.

[vaping music]

Listening to this im kinda realising how interesting the gaming/movie music can be.....like, even tho you didnt really meant it to be in a game(or atleast i think...correct me if im wrong), it really feels like im going through some sort of biome in terraria or maybe a a little bit trippy kinda dungeon in some Rogue Like game.

I would most likely not listen to anything like this but it is something i would like to make for a videogame one day. Like this alot gives me great inspiration, good job.

As Retro said this could be followed by some more pumped up track for a little bossfight or an event :D

[House Of Immolation NGAIC Layer 3]

When i saw Doom metal i thought it supposed to be as in DOOM eternal music XDD

Metal was always a big unknown for me and i think ill still prefer rock or more melodic and rhythmical music :D

BUT DAYUM THAT GUITAR SOLO XDDD i love it so much, you really did piece of good work here.

[FD - Requiem for a Dying Universe]

I really like this......i personally have big problem to not like make something over the top hype song XDD and since i want to focus more on cinematic music its kinda problem XDD

You told really nice little scene with these sounds, really curious about the fourth layer.

I was thinking what could be added but its already done so well......maybe here and there could fit some subtle cinematic drum rolls or some little string riffs to fill the void or help with setting the mood for specific sequence....but it really hits nice. Good job.

ForgottenDawn responds:

Appreciated, thanks!