50Steaks's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Infinite]

Ok this is awesome but your BASS CLEF IS UPSIDE DOWN AAAAAAA

OVERSCORE responds:

Yeah I noticed that the next morning and was so disappointed in myself 😂😭

[Variations on a Theme by 50Steaks]

That transition at 1:29 was pure musical genius. And of course the faint but present chime right after is truly glorious as well. The way the percussion fades in is awesome. Your experience in electronic music seems to have influenced 4:25 quite a bit, creating a form of the delay effect manually using an echoing technique. Makes for quite a unique sound on a familiar theme at this point. Was that a rush e reference at 6:30? Quite spicy chords at 9:13, though I get the impression that the dynamics differences were there only to jumpscare you with the percussion and brass at times. The textures at 11:40 are certainly quite interesting and feel very fleshed out. That chord change at 14:13 is very satisfying to the ears indeed. And then we get the big bad 17:04, the craziest section of the piece so far. I do notice a distinct lack of kick drum which is interesting, given that it was a core part of the percussion in the original. But you made it work by replacing the kick with bass drum and covering the hole left behind with enough wind runs to knock out a flock of birds. The section that follows reminds me deeply of Kevin Macleod followed by Matty Gunby for some reason, probably because that’s exactly what you were referencing. But it’s Matty Gunby if he took his ideas to the places he should’ve. A glorious return to the intro motif brings us back to a Mozart-esque variation at 20:08 with a contemporary twist. Due to being on a trip as I write this, I’m unable to listen and follow along with the score, so I’m not exactly sure where the variations are. The following few minutes up to 27:30 have to be my favorite so far. The grooviness of the piano meshes very well with the many alto saxophones you enlisted. The waltz afterwards is also cool, though not quite as energetic or interesting as the previous part. And then we enter the final fugue with an entirely misplaced vibraslap which is truly glorious. I was about to complain how it was missing from this piece because of the waveform not showing it at the end, but it’s actually just before the final variation. You mentioned how the finale had two pieces I would be familiar with. After listening, I could of course identify the incredibly well placed happy birthday theme and the despicable me 4 theme as well, probably alluding to our watching of the original minions movie last year. And that is how you chose to end off arguably your magnum opus. No other piece of yours even revels in the grandeur of this gargantuan composition.

[Midnight RAVEn]

This is honestly pretty good especially for your age. When I was 13 I was making stuff like this awful garbage.
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/835122
The main thing I’d do is just take that whole lead synth and drop it an octave at 1:25. That’s kind of it.

Damn 3:23 is super dramatic and cool sounding. You’re honestly so underrated the audio portal is a different beast this year lmao. You have a lot of potential so keep it up!

RottingTob responds:

damn this was made in only like 2 days and is one of my lazier beats outside of the drumming. thanks though.

[TOO SEE SUNRISE]

Sounds very mashuppable on tiktok. You’ve earned a follow.

[Cute Waltz]

Last I checked, Halloween wasn’t in mid July. Definitely needs some attention as I have zero complaints. I’m a sucker for scary violin pizzicato and music box. Everything here is pretty tropey tbh but it still sounds great so I guess that’s all that matters.

[choose]

Super cool, spacey soundtrack. Definitely leaning toward short and sweet, although I do wish there was a little more going on as the track continues.

[Ice Shards]

Holy crap you’re so underrated! This is freaking amazing and you only have 30 fans?! BRB gonna go do smth real quick with this one.

[Joystick Jam]

Damnnnn 1:30 is so catchy! Wish you kept that theme a little longer and built off of it more at 3:16 while combining it with the bass more somehow. But yeah this is very solid all around.

[Return]

This sounds super cool at parts! Especially when there’s a new section. But it feels very drawn out and it feels like this could’ve been 3 minutes with a very similar effect by cutting down on the repeated measures. You start to do this around 3:19 but by then a lot of listeners probably already got bored :(. And then the rest of the song doesn’t really change or add anything from what we’ve already heard too much. I too had a bad habit of making super long intros which bored listeners before they even got into my song. The way to mitigate that is to add enough to keep them interested while calling back to the new elements you introduced in the previously empty sounding intro later in the song. Or at least that’s how I did it. Regardless, this is a very solid start.

DaveJMusic responds:

Alright, thanks for your advice!