25-to-Life's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Garden Of Moonlight]

Quite the unique artist you are!

I've been listening to most of your songs for a long time now, you to seem a liking to the classical/orchestrated designs and yet the rebelious touch of the heart-pounding heavy metal. I believe that you could really pull off a very well done orchestrated score piece with incredible depth and harmonic, symphonic tones that sway the public's emotions. You know a song that creates/tells a story, each interpretation unique in its own way.

This song is an example of emotional scoring, a song that begins to tell a story unlike anyother with its very own purpose. It does feel like a calm night, with the fullmoon overhead, hanging up there nice and bright in the clear midnight skies. A cool breeze sweeping the garden, letting all of the aromas flow throughout the garden and plains beyond. It's very well done and I ask you to add to this song, by embellishing the piece with much more strings and maybe incorparate a flute or horn. This has a lot of potential to go even farther than one might think, for it's the artist to decide when his masterpiece is completed.

I've been on newgrounds for quite sometime and listened to many composers and score writers. I recommend you listens to Danman87 (Denny Schneidermesser), Soulus Lunes, and Milkman Dan, these are just a few composers whom I believe may inspire you to create some more great music. Anyways, excellent work on the this song I look foward to what yet has to come from you.

rtnario responds:

For one, you sure are correct with your description about what I like. I'm a metalhead, no doubt, but yes, I am very much interested in classical/orchestrated designs and of course I love the fusion of both!

I see, never thought that I'd ever consider one of my random classical pieces as emotional scoring...see, I actually make things like these on a whim, when I'm not up to going back and making something loud. But it doesn't mean I don't give my all into making sure the melodies are special and give more emotion and feel than most of my metal video game remixes. The ability to do that in these designs is what makes me all the more curious with an interest completely different from my interest in metal.

As to adding to the piece, yes, who knows? Maybe someday I'll turn this into something even more grand way in the future, but as it stands it's pretty great for me and it's something I consider to be one of the best classical pieces I've ever written, ever. I'll keep that suggestion in mind for things to come!

And yeah, I've been pretty inactive around Newgrounds thanks to being busy in real life, but I'll make some time to find some inspiration for myself and my classical side :) Thank you!

[Castlevania 2: Bloody Tears.]

Nice!

I remember having the midi and listening to it non stop and i find a pretty good equilivent to the original midi. If you would remaster not "remix" this song you should add some snare drums and tone down the electrical and only use piano with nice heavy and dark tone.
P.S. Enhancing the strings to something sharper and more frantic like would give this a very creepy theme.
Good Job!! 10/10 5/5

KatzuyaSagara responds:

Thanks n_n
Hope you enjoy my other works here on NG.
Take Care

[-ganon95- Bit.trip Part2- CORE]

Pretty good!

I Like the flow of the song, and i see you have kept your somewhat repetive habits to a minimum, which is a big improvement from what i used listen to a couple years back.Indeed time has sharpened your skills and you are using them for more unique purposes. Also, I think it wouldn't hurt to add some different tones in the mix like some piano or some strings, but i do like the 8-bit feel i can't say anything bad about that. However I do believe the percussion could be spiced up if you either way if you could make them heavier or flater to compliment some of the simpler tunes and tones. Overall, the remix is well done, nice job on combining 4 songs into a nice upbeat remix. Keep up the good work, look foward for hearing some new work soon.

ganon95 responds:

thanks!

im currently in the middle of making part 3 and its turning out pretty sweet so far.

i agree that its not very repetitive, even considering its 12 mins long, i am very satisfied with that outcome.

there will be piano in part 3 and part 1 did actually have a little bit of piano too so you should check that out :)

[Solus- 12]

Such a Wonderful Piece

It's been awhile since i've listen to you work so I thought I check on what you have done. Simply amazing, the tone of this song is a calm tune that progresses to a serious tone, to a somber tone, and finally the epic climatic tune. Very well done, best I've heard since some of Danman87's work. This song throws me into many many different emotions, peace, joy, sadness, death, and the feeling of that last hope.
This Masterpiece would be incredible if was performed by an orcestra, so many elements, tones, and emotions. This would be great if you decide to make and orcestrated album to sell, that's if you have decided to do tht. I can't stop listening to this wonderful song.
Please keep up the excellent work Solus!

SolusLunes responds:

Danman87? That is high praise indeed. :D

[-ganon95- Blue/eiffel 65 remix]

Again, i listen to one of your great songs.

I have listen to this for quite a while now, and its starting to sink in a little. The song itself is great it just needs some fine tuning, then it would be better.

ganon95 responds:

thanks! but theres nothing i can do about changing it, cuz for one i made it in the demo of fl7 and i don't have a flp to use and second its got too many views to edit .

but still thnx for the 10!

[Coldplay - Clocks (DJ XeMeX Remix)]

interesting...indeed

Very amusing mix. It's been a while since I last heard this song, it's nice to hear a calm mix of it once in a while. Good Job keep it up.

9/10 5/5

CAK3MAT3 responds:

thanks man :) . glad u like :D

[Streamline(Remix)]

Respectable attempt I would say...

Not the best I've heard, but you know what? It's awesome for a first try at a remix anyways, I recommend that you incorparate some piano on this song then it will be a little better at least, well depending how you incorparate it dood. Good Job!

Pezmobile responds:

Thanks, and you're right it would sound better with some piano.
Check out some of my other music too!
=D

[-ganon95- Basshunter song 3]

You've done it again

It sounds this was rebuilt from the ground-up. It doesn't sound like u modified the old song or remixed. Nice I really mean it very pleasant to the mind.10/10 5/5

P.S. Make more and dont stop dood

ganon95 responds:

thnx

[-ganon95- Tetris 3]

Yes!! Another great song dood

Loved it! Not too high nor too low just right. I Recomended it to a bunch of my friends and they seem to like it as well. The tones were pleasant not annoying like most tetris songs.

P.S. Awesome mix Keep at it and dont stop remember this ill keep an eye out for any of ur new additions. =P

ganon95 responds:

alrighty

[-ganon95- legend of zelda]

Great job

Im gonna say and ppl can hate, But im a HUGE Legend of Zelda Fan. Nuff said UR awesome. 10/10 5/5

P.S. U deserve BILLIONS of cookies and pancakes with lots and lots of syrup lmao lol

ganon95 responds:

cookies and pancakes? ive heard the cookies part but pancakes? bring em on