ILG924's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Grieg - Once Upon a Time (Orchestral Arr.)]

Very nice arrangement, thanks for sharing

Deemo-R responds:

It's a very new experience to hear a room full of people play something that you've written; definitely makes you crave more! Haha.

[Luminous Cosmos]

I really like this. It'd go well with those night-sky timelapse videos, definitely paints that kind of atmosphere.
I'm kind of around the same amount of unfinished projects, even got a list of ones that I really want to finish but I never do lol

Deemo-R responds:

Hey, man! It's been forever since I last heard from you; I really hope you're doing well! Sorry to hear that you're sitting in the same boat, but honestly, I'm a bit comforted by the solidarity, so thank you at the same time, haha. Glad you liked it, and I hope we can both move past this current plateau sooner or later!

[Orchestra Doodle #1]

Sounds great even unfinished, especially when the choir comes in. The rhythms feel natural, you did a very nice job with that. Can you tell me what software you used?

Deemo-R responds:

Ah, thanks for reminding me to put it in the description! I used Logic Pro X as the DAW for this one, which was a bit awkward as I'm not used to its layout and had to insert notes via laptop touchpad instead of a MIDI keyboard. I just recently got Omnisphere 2, so that's the majority of what you hear in the ambience & tension layers. The choir is 8dio's Requiem Pro, which I've had since mid-2015, but never uploaded any of the pieces I made that used them. The percussion is all from Impact Soundworks's Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion, which I am personally a big fan of. The couple of gong and china rubs you hear are from Lux Nox's Perc+. Everything else comes from the default Kontakt library, including the strings, brass, and harp/celeste.

Thanks for checking it out, ILG! :)

[Holy Crappuccino!]

Nice job on this, I found it interesting the whole way through, and those melodies reminded me of The Halloween Tree!

[Send Reinforcements]

I like the writing in this, really interesting. I can hear the Nobuo Uematsu influence
Also, I checked your Youtube page out and we have the same keyboard!

JoeyFreezeMusic responds:

Thanks a lot man, Nobuo is my hero. You have the U-Control too huh?

[A Trendsetter is a Fashionable Go-Getter]

I was wondering where you've been, this sounds great! Bossa nova chord progressions and rhythm have always interested me so this was an instant 5. You got a really nice mix too. Is this supposed to be like an Animal Crossing shop theme?

Deemo-R responds:

I've been really applying myself at college, it's been a great experience thus far! This bossa nova progression is extremely simple aside from 1:07 where it changes for a bit (though it's not very complicated either once you break it down), but it's the first thing I've uploaded with any real use of extended harmonies. The simplicity also lets it work better as background music in this case. The mix came together pretty nicely with little to no legwork. With proper part-writing and a bit of adjustment to the faders for the instruments coming in too loud (like the organ), it really worked itself out.

I actually went back and listened to some AC music before finishing this up, and it's a lot more minimal than something like this. Still, I kind of intended for it to be a cheesy shop theme for something like that, yeah. I was just going for pretty nondescript so that it could fit into any variety of situations since it's not being made for anything in particular.

Thanks for the support man! I really appreciate it! :)

[Benevolent Tycoon]

Really does sound like something from a SNES game. Nice work, I like your writing

BenTibbetts responds:

Thank you!

[Angustia na Neblina]

Nice job, I really like your orchestral writing

guilhermevl1 responds:

Thanks man. It was tough to write haha I'm not used to orchestral stuff.

[Ice Cream Carousel]

Didn't get an email notification for this for some reason
I really like the instruments in this one, the sax is an interesting choice and it fits pretty well.

[That Moment of Instinct]

Have another 5. I really liked this, the mix sounds great, it's always nice to listen to your compositions. I like the bit from 1:40 to 2:06, the bass reminds me of the SNES Final Fantasy games. The organs in this song sound really nice too

Deemo-R responds:

Thanks ILG, that means a lot! I actually stuck with one organ this time around since I wasn't trying to spend too long fiddling with the track. I was even about to write some small solo sections, but decided to throw those out since I felt they were going to eat up my time and push the song past its welcome. The bass part at 1:40 came from the sketching phase, where I initially wrote this as an entirely 8-bit piece with a very active triangle bassline. Though most of it got thrown out, I wanted to give the bass at least one spot to break out from parroting the guitar xD

I'm glad you enjoy listening, the feeling is mutual! Thanks for reviewing again! :D