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This one was a real rollercoaster (in a good way). As a sequel to the original (one of my favorite works of yours) it does an amazing job at expanding and telling a more coherent story using the motifs. And to me that’s the best part: the melodies and harmonic techniques used here are a step up from the original, probably up to the level of massacre at the carnival. But there are a few stipulations I have regarding some more nitpicky aspects of the piece. A really noticeable issue with what I assume to be the limiter in the last part seems to act sporadically in trying to reduce the gain of the instruments, producing a slightly disorienting effect in my opinion. But this is a super easy fix: just turn down the volume of the last part down to the volume of the first “emotional height” (or at least, that’s what I do; it lets me avoid all the issues with the limiter, of which I have never really been able to get to work for me).
But that’s kind of my only complaint. I love the way the ending is structured, and perhaps its sudden entrance was intentional. 1:28 the tempo changes could be made a little more subtle, as it might’ve taken the roller coaster thing too literally lol, but keep it if it fits what you wanted. Is it weird that this piece reminds me of hearts of iron 4? With the Victorian era thing you mentioned and the fact that the game’s soundtrack is orchestrated similarly. Anyways great job on this one as always.

Well this is certainly a change of pace. A weirdly happy, jumpy sound with fairly basic instrumentation compared to your previous works, yet still brings a lot to the table. When I think about the state of the world though, this definitely doesn’t come to mind lmao.
The chords and melodies hard carry this entire song, but I can’t help but feel like this could’ve been much longer with more variations on the main theme. Either way, good job for just an hour.

Tangerine responds:

lol ty.

I have a pretty big project waiting in limbo at the moment. I feel like you're going to like the instrumentation choices I made ;))) (lots of the big violins)

I can’t get GD out of my head lmao.

If you’re going to make a 6 minute song, you kinda have to change things up significantly as the piece progresses. I don’t really see that at all here; I was expecting a massive drop with lots of percussion and cool sounds but it just never happened. The main synth you use is cool but can’t carry an entire song like this, unfortunately. Cool musical ideas though!

Lirrezzz responds:

I'll have to disagree, but thank you for the comment and giving your thoughts :)

NG’s most underrated artist??

I do think this would’ve been better with just ambient voices/choir over some juicy cinematic textures for six minutes (like the intro). I definitely feel like the singing, while fairly decent considering your size (actually REALLY GOOD considering your size), took away from the potential I see in this song that’s just emanating from the poster you have in the description.

PixxlMan responds:

Thank you for your review! I really appreciate your points here. I've got more cinematic stuff coming up, and recently got my hands on a really nice "ambient"ish vocal vst which seems like a nice fit

Pitched up version of “Heartbeat” by childish Gambino.

Unfortunately I think this sticks a little too close to the original for me to be able to scout you.

Has a sense of sheer unease throughout the entire thing, giving off a cool vibe. It’s just too simple and has no dynamic contrast to speak of. But it certainly indicates that you can take things so much further. I also think it’s a little long and repetitive for what it is.

galoshe responds:

I made it in beepbox so idk if you can change the dynamics. Also, I should've just kept it to 1 loop since I only wrote 24 bar but had it loop twice while exporting.

It’s simple, but it’s got potential. Work on making your next songs longer and more fleshed out with proper progression and melodic structuring. Also, I’d say try not to end your pieces so abruptly.

RoShamboMusic responds:

What program do I use? I use Beep box. I don't know what other music programs to use, but I want something simple.

Your affiliations with GD is concerning when you post a song of this quality and have no other history on newgrounds. Are you sure this is your music?

You have the opposite problem to many amateur musicians on NG that I see. Usually the issue isn’t musical inspiration or ideas, but the mixing. It seems you have the mixing down pretty good, all things considered. The issue here is that the melody is incredibly repetitive despite being very groovy and there isn’t enough synth variety. But it shows so much potential for an awesome funky take on Halloween spooky music that I’m giving it four and a half stars regardless.

DancarMar responds:

Thanks for your advice, I try to keep my songs from repeating the melody too much, but it always happens to me that I can't make another melody to finish the track and sometimes I repeat the intro, I will try to make more music without the melody being repeated and have more variety :D

Finally finished with working on a song for each of the 50 states! Moving on to more miscellaneous series and music.

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