cRAVE01's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Twilight Sucks]

Love it!

excellent mixture of talented pad work and high-energy trance. I'll be keeping my eye on you >_o please keep me informed if you put another song up and I will review it!

[Earthworm jim the Descent]

It's great in it's own right

very enjoyable. would love to see a full length song if it sounded like this. Truly glad I checked this one out!

Ritz190 responds:

by the looks of my ratings, not alot of people think so. thanks for the review man. glad you like it

[{Kavi} Nautilus]

BRAVO!

I very much enjoyed it! love the ambient feel you managed to slip in with the high energy lead and percussions without overshadowing the ambient elements! If this is still a WiP, might I suggest a melody? I heard a simple piano melody playing in my head the whole way through.

if you update this, please let me know! I really liked this! as well as any other DnB you load and are really excited about!

[Once upon a Star ]D.M.[]

very nice

hmmm, this one is very interesting. Started off on a different foot, nice light and air. It makes the lead synth that you brought in very strong at first, but it quickly establishes itself and fits nicely. The little solo you have at 1:30 is GREAT and soulful. And the little trance afterward is very fun to listen to! 9 and 5

Darren-M responds:

soulful, now that is a term i havent head used on my music! thanks so much friend, that little bit of trance was my favorite part

thanks for the review :D

[Sta ima Lala ]D.M.[]

Fun indeed.

Nice little thing to dance wildly to. I do like that Psy-feel you have going. My personal favorite-part of the song was a little after the halfway point (about1:52) where things kinda transitioned nicely into a less-psy-more-lifted-trance feel. Transitions were great. I gotta ask, where do you get your sound clips. The vocal "ow" or "ooh" you have playing throughout is playful and border-line funny, but fits very well and compliments the other elements of the song. The instrument that faded in at :25 was just a hair loud for my tastes (it became a little distracting towards the end of the song).

All in all, a fun lil song. 8/10 and a 5 outta 5

Darren-M responds:

at :46 that weird vox sounding thing is actually a synth i made if thats what you mean but if you are referring to the obvious shouting oh sample, then yeah that is from a sample pack a friend gave me that came from his dj equipment. usually i record my own vox samples but i couldnt pass up using this one, you are right it is really fun sounding.

that instrument at :25 might be too loud yes, good ear! ill fix that.

thanks for the review

[Waiting For Never ]D.M.[]

10! A FREAKING 10!

TEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!

[05 - Reflected Falls [DKC3]]

very fun

k, so I made a ReMix of this a couple months back and ever since I've listened to it *almost* non-stop. It was weird listening to this ReMix b/c it showed me JUST HOW MUCH I techno-cised it. There were also parts I didn't emphasize in my mix, so when I heard it here I was like: woah! I forgot that is there! Kinda like rediscovering the song ^___^ This is a refreshing ReMake with techno percussion and an ever so-slightly emphasized bass to lend itself to techno (ah yes, and a piano solo added).

This was my third favorite on the album.

(I think the piano has the right/appropriate volume)

UnrealReno responds:

Gotta love your comments ^^!

Anyway, this was the last addition to the Album (we changed the order of the track in the end, hence this being Track 5).
I love the source but couldn't find the right turn in our own version.
In the final week we, thanksfully, did and I'm glad you like the result :D!

Keep em coming! <3

[04 - Aqua Sphere [DKC]]

well done

It's a very fun ReMix. You brought the tempo up to a nice speed. I personally would have liked to have seen the very beginning to be closer to the original tempo and then sped up ... but personal preference doesn't subtract from enjoying this Mix. kept all the soothing elements of the original and added a nice bass and synth line to compliment it.

Well done. probably my second favorite song on the album ^__'

UnrealReno responds:

Thanks for your comments :)!
Hopefully there'll be lots of more Remixes from this theme (not only from our hands) because it's a great source!

[08 - Forest Rhythm [DKC2]]

I looked forward to this one most

And my anticipation was not disapointed. Not in the least. Retains the captivatingly light-hearted feel of the original with a nice shot a Trance-Energy. Hands down the best techno ReMix I've heard of this theme - dare I say - ever. Yes, ever. I listened to this on repeat for two days straight. Obsession? Not me ...

I'll be honest, in the light of listening to this ReMix, I feel a little intimidated to try and ReMix this theme like I've always invisioned hearing it b/c you nailed it so spot on ... I know that any EnchFrst Theme I attempt will be stacked up against this one for it to pass my approval.

SO WAY TO MAKE A KICK ASS SONG! I'll be listening to this for days to come ^__^

UnrealReno responds:

Haha, thanks cRAVE :)!
Enjoy the Remix and I'll be watching your uploads :D!

[DKC - Ice Ballad]

k. WOW

Not many songs get me to say "wow", but this one did bro! when the strings came in at :12, excellent! I had to restart it to a) hear it again and b) b/c I was so impressed by those strings that I completely wasn't paying attention to the song! With how the strings start, the song has much more a feel of some-kind of irish/scottish/i-dunno-what jig . . . That said, I would have LOVED to hear a pan flute somewhere - but that's a personal opinion and I didn't subtract in the rating b/c of that. It sounds spot-on-awesome with the guitar and piano! And have I mentioned those awesome strings you got there yet? (ok, I am done talking about the strings ^__')

I like that you started this one out with the calm as the original does. Laid things out nicely for those strings(doh!). All the instruments are well chosen and placed once things start picking up.

There are sum parts that are a little funny. like 1:02 :( there sounded to be some discord/disharmony. 2:03 sounds more accurate tho . . . dunno if you did anything different there . . . Wasn't too sure about that repeated guitar note at 1:45-1:57.

But other than those two gripes, this is a good ReMix you've got here ^___^