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[TBBAM: Ivan's Theme]

An Army Marches

I can't quite work out if the hero of the piece is a hero on his way to war or returning from that with his forces decimated. Possibly both, as it could be a flashback from the walking wounded to how glorious the force was when they left etc.

I think that the beat has a somewhat industrial quality about it, as if things are being made or people are hard at work in one respect or another.

I think that this is a great piece and I'd love to see what becomes of Ivan and how this tune will affect the flash that it is used with.

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BudGPStudios responds:

That is a pretty interesting way to think of the song, but the it only refers to one person as he performs his mafia duties. I get where you're coming with the flashback to when the army was better, and really why the song paints a picture of an army in your mind is because at the beginning and the end of the song it fades from/to an old record style radio filter. It gives it the empire-like feeling as if the song is their anthem and it's being broadcast around the empire and played on old, badly wired loudspeakers hung from poles. You probably get the flashback feeling after the radio filter fades away restoring the song's depth and tone, making it seem as though some transition was made. Anyways... thanks for the review.

[Echoz- Castles]

Nice tune

Although I'm unsure about the choice of sounds for the background counter-melody when the girl is singing, but overall the piece is good.

There is a good deal of variation and a nice dynamic beat to the piece - I think that I'd like to see it loop better, but aside from making it slightly longer and adding more lyrics, there really isn't much you can do to improve on this tune. Seriously.

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EchozAurora responds:

Thanks! =D

Yeah.. still workin on stuff though.. definitely getting better.

[GeneralSpyTheme]

Bond, or Powers?

Not a bad sounding piece, this is probably somewhere between the two extremes of film spying. I like the way that it sounds similar to the themes sung by Shirley Bassey back in the 1960s.

I think it could do with a little more than just being a general spy theme - it needs to become more than just a background tune. This is the proper undercover spy, so it needs to be seen as a soiree at a Monte Carlo Casino or an Oil Baron's Ball on his private yacht that is the size of Luxembourg, for example.

We've got the mingling nicely, but it needs something else. If it's going to be this length, it needs to loop better, otherwise another minute or so will help you to expand upon this theory.

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[+The Lycanthrope+]

Sounds like a forest chase

I like the part about halfway through the tune where it sounds like changing. I was hoping that you would change something about the track from here, although it doesn't seem to have become anything else - same beat, same instruments, very similar tune.

I think that it could be a combat tune as well, but it would need a little something else - perhaps taking away the beat slightly and adding another dimension, possibly an edge, to the other instruments, to add the impression of blood being spilled.

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WritersBlock responds:

Yeah, interesting ideas. I didn't put too much tought into a "transformation", it was more of a jumbled mess that somehow fit together to make a song. ^_^
Thanks for your review.

[Fancy Mike - Time Travel]

Nice loop

This piece works well, bringing the 1950s flicks into the 21st Century I can see where the inspiration has come from.

I think that this could maybe have done with a pause int he middle, to give the piece some emphasis and take away from the more-or-less samey qualities of the piece, which do become quite apparent after 2 or 3 runs around the block.

Still, it's a piece that sounds fiftys, even without the traditional 'record scratching' overlay that I was expecting.

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[<==Floating Freely==>]

Shame it doesn't loop

I think this is a decent sounding tune, with a good few components thrown into the mix. The piano and synthesised keyboard go together well and despite the fact that you can't really hear the bass between the two of those components.

I think it would have worked better as a non-stop loop, since the fade out at the end doesn't really do anything for me. Give it a more even-handed loop, to produce something that would be useful on various time-based games, that could be used ad infinitum, depandant upon the user's needs.

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DjCompass responds:

I could hear the bass with my headset... or earbuds... XP
Perhaps. If anyone agrees, feel free to contact me and i'll make a loop version :P
Thanks for the review.

[Happy B-day, Nav!!]

Just Wrong

Even with the hi-tech additions of Syntrus, MS Paint, a stapler, AND your Nokia 313G5 to the track's conception, you have failed to make it just right. What we have is two beats that even failed to loop.

If you're trying to say happy birthday to a friend of yours, please do so by making a news post, for example. This is not the constructive way to be have on Newgrounds and I'd have thought that you would have been aware of this right now.

If this is not the submission that you intended, please feel free to submit it again and i will render a suitable review.

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[[ Infiltration ]]

Not a bad one

I think that this has a nice tempo to it, giving the track something to build on. I especially liked the way that you varied the tempo, effectively giving choruses and verses, depending on the quicker or slower sides of the track.

The variation was good and so was the length. I would consider adding something to the end, as it does tend to fade away, rather than leaving with a bang, like I was expecting.

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[From Inside]

Nicely done

A tasteful and well arranged song. The editing is good and I would suggest that a little mastering work is still required on the guitar, as I think I caught one or two sour notes in the intro and bridges.

Other than that, it's a good tune, a well written set of lyrics and a nice sounding piece all told.

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Satoris responds:

Hey, thanks a lot for the review, we're sending the song in for another mix and I'm sure we'll get that guitar thing settled. Thanks again for listening!

[Jxl180 - Experimental]

Interesting...

I think that this song certainly fits into the miscelaneous experimentation section of the Audio Portal. I think that you've just thrown out a random bunch of sounds and have tried to tie them together with a beat in order to make them into some sort of melody... It hasn't worked, as some of these sounds clash far too much for them to make any decent tune.

I would however take a few bits and pieces from the requisite parts and try something expanded with these, so don't give up hope on the track altogether just yet.

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jxl180 responds:

Thank you for the review. This was really a way for me to explore further into FL and see if there were any sounds that I have overlooked or haven't tried yet.

Thank you,
jxl180