anthonyragus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Bedtime Story]

"...and that's when the parallel minor attacked!" Another lovely, immersive piece. It's always a pleasure listening to your music. It's almost certainly just me, but that fa-sol resolution at the end (I think it's tenor sax) really sticks out, hehe. I know we're past the era of the Common Practice, and I know it was to match the ensemble and make way for the suspension in the piano, but there are other ways of approaching and even incorporating the suspension that would avoid this ABHORRENT CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY....
....Fantastic work.

Edit: Within the tonic scale, fa (Concert A note) resolves up a whole step to sol (Concert B note).

Everratic responds:

Thank you for the review! I’m glad you enjoy it :)

The last cadence is iv>I so I’m confused about what you mean. Can you elaborate?

[Turtle Shell]

Aw yee, SMW stomp/kick/shell sound, super interesting harmony, nonstop unreal cute/fun energy. This is incredible. Where does the "Laser!" and other voice come from? I don't think it's Metal Slug; I feel like I should know this.

Candle responds:

lmao ty ty! it's from sonic colors!

[space]

And it is good house, whoop whoop

[Falling Flower]

bring the funk, also Sonic is here

[Triskelion]

This is such a great implementation of a cool concept. I dig the dark atmosphere and transitions between sections. Low rumble and bassline coexist quite nicely. I would love to hear more interesting genre mashups like this. Fantastic work

EVLanche responds:

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I have got some more ideas in the back burner, but I'm not sure when they will make it out ^^;

[Super Baby Dragon Fight]

Woohoo, so quirky and lively. Great job!

[Soul of a Silver Dragon]

Raw raw, fight the powah (metal)! Absolutely shredding! I love the clear melody and your choices in changing the instruments that double the melody. I particularly enjoy 0:52 with that one guitar an octave up, holding out stepwise melody notes with vibrato, simple but powerful and effective. Super cool hybrid sound; your guitars, harpsichord (I think),and synths blend so well. There are times when the reverb seems pretty strong to my ears, but I like the overall level where it sits; perhaps a compressor to tame the peaks? WHATEVER, it's a fantastic track!

DanJohansen responds:

Glad you dig it man, appreciate taking the time to listen! Not gonna lie, I've thought about stepping up the reverb and delay effects a bit from time to time haha not the biggest fan of the modern dry sound. Rock on!

[God of Death]

Them drums extra crispy, hot damn. That 0:24 transition from chug to sustain almost sounds like a half-step modulation, extra brutal. Fun slip'n'slide solo weee! 2:44 augmented triads represent! A little sprinkle of 2 against 3 at 3:22 for the ladies. And top it all off with some tritone power chord badassery with a tremendous tremolo melody. Delicious track, good sir.

Metaljonus responds:

Thanks!

[it's raining again]

I love this idea. I can imagine this extending and branching into so many different direcitons.

[Thistle]

Those tutti swells are so good. They sound aleatoric, and the harmony from swell to swell is super compelling.

Cresince responds:

Yo thanks for listening! my writing style is mostly improv based which gives off that aleatoric feel (I can often slip into non fuctional harmony), you're the first person to pick up on it though lol. Your winning piece was fantastic, really felt like the melody was exploring the forest,I envisioned a line weaving through the trees, you painted a really great picture.