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[Arctique Fire]

Kill bill siren spotted

Intro is interesting. Sample is slowed down a bit too much and feela grainy, and also a bit out of place. 808 is a bit loud and clips a little bit, ruining immersion.

Following section is not bad. The 808 really drowns out the other instruments, you need to turn that down lol. I'm neither getting racing nor arctic vibes from this. Admittedly, the vocals are pretty catchy. Guitar in the background is chill.

All in all, not bad. Ideas are there, but your mixing and composition fell a little flat. Keep practicing those and you'll be good to go.

Composition: 5/10
Mixing and Mastering: 4/10
Relevance to Theme: 2/10

CasualBreather responds:

Thanks a lot for the feedback!

[ArikXu & arsalchowdhurymusic - Wanderers of the White Wilderness]

Intro is very icy and chill, pads and bell-tyoe thing in the bg are fire. Mix is very clean, if a bit quiet, and I feel like it could use some more low-end elements. I enjoy the vocals.

Breakdown at 1:06 is nice. I feel like the arctic theme is debatable after the intro, kinda just feels like generic DnB to me. But it's pretty damn good DnB! It also feels a bit repetitive for my taste, and I would've like to have heard some more variation throughout. All in all, well done!

Composition: 8.4/10
Mixing/Mastering: 9.5/10
Relevance to Theme: 8/10

aedis-syopeen responds:

Thank you for the comment! ArikXu was quite proud of the breakdown in this song XD

[Definition of Insanity]

Doing something over and over again, and expecting a different result than what happens every time

the definition of insanity

G2961 responds:

What do you mean?

Oh, I got it

[Mo i Rana [NGMC 2025]]

Intro is going hard. I feel like I'm in the arctic right now. Car sound was a nice touch. Synths feel a little dry and underprocessed.

0:18 section is neat, giving me some strong Mario Kart vibes. Drums could be a little more present in the mix, and the guitar feels mechanical. I enjoy the instrumentation. 0:45 once again, that guitar is quite robotic. 0:58 I'm getting Sharkbite OST vibes? (idk if you've ever played that game but it's pretty chill). Melodic content is a little repetitive. Mix is alright, could be a bit fuller. Maybe add some saturation or something to achieve that.

1:25 def feels like the final stretch of the race. Losing the arctic theme a little bit, but sonically it's great. Key change at 1:38 is refreshing. Ending is nice, feels like you just won the race and the crowd is cheering for you.

All in all, well done guys! Mixing and mastering could use some work, but you got some great sounds in there. Good luck!

Composition: 8/10
Mixing and Mastering: 7.2/10
Relevance to Theme: 8/10

Benji-G responds:

Appreciate it we do!

[Cave Monsters]

WOOOO THIS IS GAS

Solactro responds:

Thank you Crispy!! ^^

[eb_spUky]

Beginning is giving strong Toby Fox vibes. Love the ambience you got going on. At around 0:28 the sample cuts off early and for a moment there's no sound playing, which kind of kills the ambient mood you had going.

Following section is nice, I would've liked to hear some more building off of the previous section, because they sound almost exactly the same. Again there's that brief moment of silence going into the next section which I don't like, but the drums make up for it; they go pretty hard. They get a bit repetitive after a while, and a cool melody line or something could really hit that last section home. Transition to the ending feels quite rushed, and once again there's that annoying brief silence going into the outro, which I do enjoy but wish it was less disconnected with the rest of the track.

Overall, you did a good job with this one, but struggled with arrangement a bit. There's three distinct sections, but they all feel disconnected from one another and could benefit from some cool drum fills or FX. 7.8/10. I look forward to hearing more of your works!

GaryGilbenson responds:

Thank you so much for the genuine criticism, I really appreciate it!
I get what you're saying, and yeah I agree, the sections don't flow into each other as well as I thought at first.
And yeah, you caught me, I had no idea what I was doing with the drum fill at the end lmao
I think I was going for something cool but horribly executed it.
Toby is one of my greatest inspirations, and I'm glad it shines here.

[The Concept]

SHES IN LOVE WITH THE CONCEPT AS IF WE'RE ALL JUST HOW SHE IMAAAAGINED 'CAUSE WE'RE IN LOVE WE JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET WELL TELL ME HOW i'M SUPPOSED TO SEE THE MAAAGIC

very dimrain nice job

G2961 responds:

Tun... tu-tuuun...... Tun... Tun-tun......

[fantasylife]

This is super hardcore and epic, love the way you chopped up the amen throughout. The vocals are also a nice touch, they fit the mood of the track really nicely. If I had to say one thing it, it's just that your mix is quite quiet. You gotta turn that shi up a bit you feel me?

Nice work!

simvlacrvm responds:

yeah - that isnt an issue from this point forward looking back lol

[Glass Houses]

Yeah the other guy is right this is good SCP-3008 ambience

I like how you kept adding new lead elements to keep things interesting, while keeping the same accompaniment in the bg. Fav part is around 1:39 when you introduce that weird reversed sample thing, and I'd actually like to have heard it used more because I think it really fits the mood of the track. Well done, Mr. Black!

BusanBlack responds:

Thank you. I didnt really know anything about SCP-3008 but I looked up some music and it sounds awesome.

[Descent into Madness 2]

Cinematic and beautiful. Well done!

Tangerine responds:

'Preciate it!