It's a solid song, but here are a few suggestions I have.
The beginning reminded me a bit too much of one of The Beatles' songs, not sure which one as I don't listen to them at all, but it did.
One issue I have with the song is the snare drum, it just sounds bad, I'd toy around with the snares and see what else you can come up with... Not sure if you'd know but it reminds me of Lars Ulrich's snare in the St. Anger album, which a lot of people hated.
Besides that, it's a solid track, and I can't see anything else that I would personally change about it.
Keep it up.
Thanks EpicFail for your criticism. I will continually explore new drum beats and snare types as diverse as possible to build on what you have pointed out. Thanks for listening
I have a soft spot for songs like these.
Like I said in the summary, this is a very powerful track, at least in my own opinion of course.
I loved the intro, but thought that maybe it got in to the song a little too soon after the intro, like it just happened instantly almost.
A climax, would be nice like the other guy had said, but since that isn't possible it obviously will never be happening.
I'd say work as much as you can with focusing on doing climaxes in your music if you are no good at it, you can only get better... If you choose to work on it, post them up here as you go and I will be happy to let you know what I think..
Besides that, I really enjoyed the song. Reminded me of a number of movies and games, which is always a good thing, to have music remind you of something else.
I hope to see this be one of the top NAC submissions, best of luck!
Hey, I appreciate such a quick response to my request :D. Thanks!
"I have a soft spot for songs like these.
Like I said in the summary, this is a very powerful track, at least in my own opinion of course."
Actually some people have told me it's not powerful enough to be called 'Legend'. Still, I tried to give it powerful parts, and quieter parts, since in my opinion it gives it a nice amount of diversity.
"I loved the intro, but thought that maybe it got in to the song a little too soon after the intro, like it just happened instantly almost."
Lol, you're right. I told this to another reviewer below me - the thing is, usually I make my songs with an intro in my head. Then, I evolve the melody from the intro. In this case, I thought of the melody first (which came to me when I was playing scales on my piano) and I was so eager to start the melody that I made the intro short :P.
"A climax, would be nice like the other guy had said, but since that isn't possible it obviously will never be happening.
I'd say work as much as you can with focusing on doing climaxes in your music if you are no good at it, you can only get better... If you choose to work on it, post them up here as you go and I will be happy to let you know what I think.."
Yeah I'm definitely going to work on my climaxes and buildups sometime.
Although if I ever edit this track, it'll probably be a big, significant edit which will be longer and have none of the problems that reviewers have pointed out in this song, since right now this submission has passed 3,000 listens so it doesn't let me edit it with a new version.
"Besides that, I really enjoyed the song. Reminded me of a number of movies and games, which is always a good thing, to have music remind you of something else."
Thanks, I appreciate the support!
"I hope to see this be one of the top NAC submissions, best of luck!"
Actually it didn't make it to the top :(. There were some pretty amazing submissions so I doubted it was going to make it in the first place. Still, I got a frontpage and a lot of great feedback so who am I to complain, right?
I love the intro, so much... It really caught my attention as a listener, and not as somebody just looking to quickly listen to a piece and give my thoughts on it. I feel so strange when I listen to this piece, as if I am on the edge of my seat during the beginning or something...
I enjoyed to be completely honest with you, after the intro was very nice as well, at first it felt as if it belonged in some sort of fantasy world (my opinion), but then I realized how great this would be as background music to a strange horror movie introduction.
I have heard a few submissions for this NAC contest, and a lot of them have lots of potential to be winners, this is one of them.
I wish you the best of luck.
9/10 - Would have been a 10 if it wasn't so short, I felt it didn't do the justice that it really could within that length of time, I wish it were at least double what it is, but I can't always get what I want, can I?
5/5 - I don't have it in me to give something this good anything lower, I just wish it were longer is all, but there is no 4.5 button!
Thank you for the review :) A few others I've shared this composition with have said it needs to be longer -- I have a longer version that I'm working on, but I wouldn't have been able to finish it in time for the contest.
It was heavily inspired by Danny Elfman's early scores (collaborations with Tim Burton, which usually had that sort of fantasy-horror vibe, e.g. "Edward Scissorhands," "Beetlejuice," "Nightmare Before Christmas"), so I think that's why it made you feel that way. That sort of music-box sound does work very nicely in horror film context, I'm not sure why but it inherently sounds a bit creepy and unnerved, as though you know something bad will happen. (After all, it would be quite a boring film if nothing happened!)
There are quite a few entries in the NAC competition, but they are all of very high quality... I'd be rather lucky to place in the top 8!
First off, I'd like to say something completely unrelated to the song: I love that you're from Canada, especially BC... Perhaps you could be doing stuff at Shambhala some time! Canada has a great scene for music like this.
As for the track, I don't even know where to start.
I suppose since I haven't heard the original I can't really compare it to that one, but judging by the original authors you review, you did an excellent job remixing it... I don't have a single doubt about that at all.
Real complex track, it is almost hard to believe that this was made in FL 9... I can't imagine how much work was put in to this.
Regardless man, you're an awesome DJ, it shouldn't be too hard to get your name out there in Canada, I'll show your shit off to some friends in Saskatchewan for sure, I'm sure they'll dig it.
Keep at it, you're great.
Like your description says, the combination of the solo guitar and orchestra is very good I think. Something I haven't heard much on the audio portal, perhaps I am not looking hard enough.
I really like the idea behind the song, and I think when it comes to classical music a little story behind it is a good thing, as it can really get the audience thinking about it, and expressing their imagination with your music, as much as you had done while making it.
While the submissions not flawless, it's hard for me to point out what's wrong with it because it isn't my typical kind of music.
I'd say, just keep making music like this if you truly enjoy it, and eventually you will be making some of the best classical pieces on the portal.
Also, the song got me thinking that the story with this song in the back would make a very interesting flash animation... Perhaps we will see that one day?
This is a really good one dude, I just wish it were longer!!
Very comfortable track, love it all besides the length really, a song like this feels so... Empty with it being only 49 - 50 seconds long... Honestly, I think you'd be nearing a masterpiece here if you were to keep going with it, maybe about a 4:00 - 5:00 minute track, and then you'd be good to go.
I love the use of instruments, kicks in it are nice, like I said... Only problem is the length.
This is a great one man!
Like hamstercake said, from the darker feeling to the happy, more up beat kind of feeling was excellent. Use of instruments as well. I don't think I've heard a better audio submission before.
It seems like it would be a great track for a silent flash, just the music in it and the animation. I can see it now, and it would be excellent... I wish you good luck in the contest or whatever this is made for... It's great man, keep at it... I have no doubt that you will win.
Lol, thanks alot, this is for brokendeck's NAC, but alot of the other submissions
on this contest are simply too good to make me believe I have a chance...
Thanks for the compliment anyways, I'll take it as it is!
I write this review as the song still plays.. My first issue with it is the very sudden start. It doesn't seem like the beginning of the song at all, so that's a pretty big issue. Since this is still in a rough state, I'd suggest you work on fixing that up.
From that point on, everything was fine, I really like the drums throughout the song... Until about 2m 13s, I really stopped enjoying it at that part, just the sound that is being made wasn't very appealing to me is all.
Basically, besides the parts where the guitar is doing that, the song is really good. My only suggestions are to work on an intro for it, rather than a very sudden start, it makes sense to have an intro to me... I mean the end of the song goes quiet, like it has an outro... Makes more sense to have one at the beginning though, just because of the sudden start like I said.
Whatever though man, besides that it's a solid track. Keep at it.
thanks for the review, to be honest tho i was going for a sudden intro that just punches in, but i may possibly think about adding a quiet synth intro.
You're a really good guitar player, Ryan.
I don't pay attention to mainstream music so I can't say that I've heard the original song, but I'm imagining that this is much better than the original one.
Quality is nice too, what do you use to record?
I'm not sure how to make a long in depth review with something like this, just keep doing what you do man... You're a talented guitar player for sure.
En Rogel (listen to this song)