CainRedfield's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jungle Life Original Compositi]

Relaxing piece. After I heard "Shadows" I had to listen to more. I really like the feeling you have in this song, it starts off really relaxing and somber, and slowly builds into an almost walking like song, like you're walking through a forest in awe of the sights around. Again, a really awesome piece!

SteveSyz responds:

thanks so much! :P

[Epic Music- Shadows]

This is really awesome! It kind of reminds me of "Dive Into the Heart" from the first Kingdom Hearts game. Definitely has a really epic feeling for either a movie or video game. Best of luck in your endeavors, pursuing a career in music can be incredibly difficult (especially if that career doesn't involve teaching), but you definitely have some incredible talent, and I'm sure you'll be able to make a name for yourself! Keep on writing the amazing music :)

SteveSyz responds:

thank you so much! ive got my fingers crossed :D

[I Miss You]

Pretty piece :) I really like the strings you used. They added so much, especially when they began to play in the higher octave. Really love this one.

stephenstripling responds:

Thanks a bunch, glad you liked it! :)

[Legions of War]

Really cool epic piece. My only qualm with it would be that it didn't feel like your low frequencies had enough power. The bass drum for whatever reason didn't really seem to "explode" I guess would be a good word for it. Otherwise, the song is incredible, great build, and a really fun listen!

nmarnson responds:

you are right. I also realized that and am going to pay more attention to it for future pieces.

[[IV]A Chance of Rain]

This song had a really cool ambient feeling to begin with, but when the percussion hit, became a really strong leading piece. I like the syncopated feeling you were able to get with the percussion, it's always much more interesting to have syncopation in a beat rather than a simple back beat. As a drum teacher by profession, I approve of your use of percussion to accentuate your songs strengths, rather than just simply "throwing in" some percussion just to have percussion. Very nice song!

IglicaV responds:

Yeah, I actually planned to make an ambient song, but when I added percussion, I decided to make something with more life in it :). It's great that you liked it, and thank you for your comment!

[The Night Song]

I listen to more of your work after hearing "Gates of Heaven" and this pieces is equally as amazing. The melodies are so pretty, and the way the harps are harmonize together is truly beautiful. I was going to give this a 4.5/5 since it would be really awesome to listen to this track if it was remastered. But then I realized that part of what makes this song so awesome, is it's retro RPG like sound. It reminds me of something that would be in one of the first Final Fantasy games or really any NES RPG. I love your work, definitely can't wait until you release your next track!

Bardash responds:

Thank you once again for your review.

I am hoping one day to remaster the track, but this version of the song has grown on me over the years. It was my first publicly released track and people seem to love it the way it is.

Thanks again for listening.

[Gates of Heaven]

Damn that's epic. It started off strong, and there was never a dull moment in the song. I really liked the percussion, strings, and choral aspects of the song. the percussion gave the song a really cool rolling feel. Definitely could picture this as a song at the beginning of a battle scene in a movie, showing both sides setting up, with the soldiers all glimpsing at their memorabilia of their families one last time before charging into battle. You can probably tell I got a very specific feeling from this song. I really love it though, awesome piece. I'm excited to hear what else you come up with!

Bardash responds:

Thank you for listening and for your review!

I am glad you enjoyed the composition.

[{!RGH} The Tribal Rites]

Sounds like the choir is saying "Teemo" and that terrifies me. But on a serious note, the drums and string instrument (not sure what it is exactly, and I feel slightly embarrassed admitting that) were neat at around 1:05. But at the 1:55 mark was where the piece started to get really cool. Definitely made my head bob, in a nice chill and relaxed sort of way. I like the unique sound and style you have going on in this piece :)

RyeGuyHead responds:

I have no idea what they're saying, haha. Why would Teemo be so scary though?

Don't feel bad that about not knowing the instrument. It's a "Chinese Guzheng Zither"...so, yeah...

Unique is never a bad thing :D

[What's Going On Here]

As far as the concept and tone goes, I think this is a pretty cool piece. I just would have liked to have heard you elaborate a little more on the piece rather than just have 1 or 2 different sounds/instruments. I'd love to hear this piece in the future if you ever do take it any further!

AlxEllis responds:

Thanks for the review, I'll admit this one was a little rushed, I uploaded it more to see if people liked the sound I currently had before expanding it, I tried to get the "Resident Evil" mansion theme style, the sort of "looming" threat if you get me.

I will definitely be extending this one, thanks for the review :)

[Eclipse]

I like the muffled sounding rain at the start. It added quite a bit to the piece. I would have liked to have heard it just fade a bit more to the background when the vocals started, rather than fading out completely. But otherwise, awesome sounding vocals, my only qualm with this piece, is that it is too short.

etherealwinds responds:

Sometimes I like to keep pieces shorter when I feel I've put everything I can into that certain piece, rather than making it longer for the sake of it being longer and it having parts that don't fit, you know? ^.^ I'm glad you liked it!