JILLIAM_A Sad Quiet World
Really digin the bass/piano interaction. 1:12 nice breakdown to the bass element, drums at 2:03 are very passionate- love it, 3:13 here’s that mean sound again- sounds cool.
I feel like it represents the theme well. So good job on that.
All in all a very good track, a mixed vibe – playful piano maybe even mischievous- mean bass.
ANTHEMIC_NDE
Tommy Lee Jones?… points right there. Definity an epic intro. Like the violin understatement and the bell sound, The pad under the snaps was nice at about 1:52, double time bass at 3:00 is interesting -very bouncy through here- good dynamics, 4:17 pad under the plucks… I’m seeing a pattern in your preferences.
Good work.
Clueless_DarkDays
Strange intro, grabbed me right away, great sound design, metallic and dark, sounds mechanized and tribal, like the drum solo at 2:10, the complete silence followed by the slow bass roll was a nice change, 3:00 spooky eerie feeling here, 3:39 personal highlight of this track for me really like the timbre of that droning depressor.
High marks for following the theme and for your sound design (or preset choice, which ever)
Los_Rospjierdolonos_Lost_your_head
Whoa… Mr. boombastic, the ride cybal to the bass at :45 was a nice break, syncopation of the knock sound- cool, is that a dulcimer?- gives good contrast to the beat, radio static- nice touch.
Mountaine_Who Knew
Insta points for the foley, this follow like a movie- I like that, 1:11 great sound byte!, 1:27 the melody/Rhythm combo is great- very appealing, 1:35 Im getting an 80’s movie vibe, 2:07 nice suspenseful feeling here followed by a release- my personal highlight of the track. Nice bass. That kick kind of shut the door on the whole track.
The track had a definite two parts to it. The theme was followed as was best represented at about :40. Very entertaining and creative track.
The Exponent_Desolation
Nice full spectra, movie trailer type impact- very good, fell off a cliff at 1:13, cut off of the Hello was the best use of a sample inn this round, very good melody change up at 1:29- warbly and all- very good and the highlight for me, 2:16 choir burst into the scene- sweet, 2:53 the piano reappears- I didn’t realize it was still there- awesome, 3:00 urgent feeling towards the end- nice build up and release at 3:34. The impact kind of shut the door on the track
I thought you did a skillful job on the arrangement, especially considering the VSCO 2 CE. The sound bytes placements were masterful.
The theme was adhered to very closely.
Good track, to me the clear winner this round without a doubt.
toadhjo_Apocalypse_Makes_Perfect
The opening pulled me in right away- very interesting and good use of depth, 1:22 another great use of sound byte- loved the warp at the end, definitely an ominous and anxious feel to the arrangement, the distorted guitar followed by the rolling thunder into the nature sound with the piano was flat out cool and was the highlight for me. I wont lie, it gave me a shiver.
I thought you followed the theme and the sound byte placements were a nice touch.
UprightJoe_A Call Unanswered
I like the ambient sounds in the intro, the percussive quality of the piano really stuck out- I like it, the pounding percussion at :41 was attention grabbing, the breakdown at :59 was cool- like those military type snares, 1:26 that melody is catchy, 1:44 nice change here, 2:20 created an anxious feeling, delay filling the space o the piano was nice.
I thought you followed the theme and you had a good melody.
DoctorBob-PhoneFreakin
Intro sounds like digital garbage- which I’m sure you were after, 1:03 harp was a nice contrast, epicness written all over this, great melody, rolls right into the 2:57 change… that was awesome and my personal highlight, 3:57 gives a serene sense of floating, that piano tucked back in the mix really gives some glue to this.
You definitely had the epic criteria on this track and I thought the arrangement was great
erictracks-maybeitsagoodthing
Interesting drums, I like the panning of the guitar, :38 nice move here, 1:02 I like the guitar sound, 1:08 the drum is well timed, very tasteful selection of sound, 1:52 yeah man… that’s the stuff, 2:33 we just entered prog territory… I’m in! 3:01 nice move again… personal highlight, 4:03 that synth was a nice touch.
I thought the track was excellent and had several great moments.
MarkS-Strange Things
The intro sample fit the scenario very well, minimal- kept me anticipating, 1:50 cool sweep, the brokenness at 1:54 struck me, 2:22 that rising tone is intresting, all around 3:00 sounds wonky- gives the feeling something’s off, 3:13 more confusion, 4:00 great sound byte, outro with the vibraslap…hmmm
Honestly, I’ve never heard anything like this… so points for that.
Good job on capturing the confusing broken nature of the EU 13 situation.
TrojakEW_Restart
Nice percussion, great dynamics, the cliché Booj At :34… now were in movie trailer mode, :53 vocal created a beauty scene. 1:10 flute sounds great followed by more vocal was powerful, 1:45 I like the subtly changes in the percussion sounds, 1:54 fade to Violins, the cello to birds at the end was a nice ending.
Since I see you being so free with critiques of others, please allow me to as well:
From the list of software used I expected great things as those pretty much play themselves and is hard not to produce something that sounds fantastic (8dio and Heavyocity put a lot of hard work in those).
But I found the melodies lacked creativity and some of the vocal parts were disjointed (1:20 and 2:29 for example).
You really depended on Clara’s vocal phrases almost entirely to carry this track but they clashed (sonically) with the cello at times (2:15 as one example). It did not speak “blackout” theme to me as was described in the thread intro: “Something that represents a more darker/brooding feeling”. It sounds like pretend Hollywood and It felt like an overreach into something wanabe grandiose.
I thought you made a good mix but missed the high mark you set for yourself.
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01 (12 pts) - The Exponent_Desolation
02 (11 pts) - Clueless_DarkDays
03 (10 pts) - TrojakEW_Restart
04 (9 pts) - toadhjo_Apocalypse_Makes_Perfect
05 (8 pts) - erictracks-maybeitsagoodthing
06 (7 pts) - UprightJoe_A Call Unanswered
07 (6 pts) - Mountaine_Who Knew
08 (5 pts) - DoctorBob-PhoneFreakin
09 (4 pts) - ANTHEMIC_NDE
10 (3 pts) - JILLIAM_A Sad Quiet World
11 (2 pts) - MarkS-Strange Things
12 (1 pts) - LosRospjierdolonos_Lost_your_head
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