Ericho's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[New: Activation - Dj Jäger]

Very crazy!

Wow, I have to give this props for being one of the zaniest songs I've heard in a long time. It's still one of my favorites, but it's definitley worth checking out. I think the best part is the "What does this button do?" bit. I have no idea why Samuel L. Jackson would be saying a phrase from "Dexter's Labrotory" but it's pretty cool. I like how there's such an emphasis on madness here. It's not all over the place, it's still organized.

I hope you further make good pieces like this. I like the different use of voices too. I'm sorry I didn't review this earlier, as I think I missed the deadline for giving this a higher rating. Oh well, it's a great song and it's interesting to try to make sense out of it. It's hard to pinpoint a single genre, but it kinds of sounds like rock.

[My Little Pony: Fim Derp Theme]

Wow...

I was expecting this to be similiar to a Derpy song I heard earlier. This didn't seem to have anything to do with Derpy Hooves. Then again, the character only had one line in the entire series ("muffins") so you can't really tell what a song by her would sound like. It certainly seems like you had fun with this ridiculous song. The best part about it was that I learned the full lyrics to the song. I never knew it was "did you know you are my very best friend".

It kind of makes you wonder why they don't have "Friendship Is Magic" in the song itself. It seems like they would want to seperate it from the other shows. It does annoying after awhile, but then again it's only 35 seconds long. You certainly have a funny sounding voice when using this. Oh well, MLPFIM forever I guess!

[Humble Rain.]

Strange song

It was a bit hard to make of what I really thought of this song. It mostly worked because it had such a well made demeanor to it. It's too bad it didn't seem to amount to that much in the end. It's still worth listening to, because it really does give off a strong sense of emotion. I imagine that this is the kind of music that would be inspired by living in a prison. It reminds me of that classic movie "The Shawshank Redemption".

That will always go down in history as one of the best films ever made. It even seems like the sounds are being made by people in that movie. We all have feelings like this inside of us at times. Sometimes, they are hard to control, but they always come out to us in the end. I am glad to have heard such a powerful song.

[Violence...]

I remember this!

This is from one of my all time favorite scenes from Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator". It's just great to hear this wonderful speech. The only thing I didn't like here was that I felt it could have been without the music itself. This is such a powerful speech it felt a bit spoiled by the silly tone. I know that might not sound like much of a complaint, but it kind of bothers me. Then again, I heard the whole movie was supposed to be a comedy.

I like how it fades off in the distance like it should. Hopefully, we will always remember Chaplin's words and manage to find ourselves in scenarios where we can make things better. His words are so inspirational. I guess it would have worked better if it was a serious dramatic song. Not that long, but it doesn't need to be.

[Leaves.]

Oh, I get it

I knew the tune sounded familiar, but I couldn't figure out what it was or what it meant. As you got out of the remix part, it became evident. It helps that this is a really good song. It's a great song that makes you think about all the things you have done in your life or whatever your interpretation is. What's cool also is how this has a true sense of zaniness to it. You would have never expected a song like "California Dreaming" to be like that.

I kept thinking that the song was called "California Raining". There must be some pretty hot parts of California, so that song would make sense to me. Who knew that leaves could create something so crazy? Sometimes screwing around with songs is all you need to make something cool. It could have been a tad more original, though.

[ECHO - Alive [RD2011]]

Quite interesting

I think this song's strongest point was how it really went out of its way to create a sense of wonder. It was a bit hard to come up with a definite tone for this, but it was still very nicely done. I like when you put so much effort into the author's comments. It makes it seem like there's a good sense of wanting to make a story. I didn't even realize that this related to robots. A guess a lot of submissions are just tech based.

You get a sense of not so much being creeped out, as just being in a strange land. The song takes it time putting effort into how ridiculous it is. It was the kind of song that you would imagine would cause people to think about the night. It's kind of about technology and the future. It's great to see how well this folds out.

[Automaton - RD2011]

It got better

Judging from the score and the first minute, I wasn't expecting that much. I guess I'm just so used to listening to songs that has scores of well over 4.30. This actually turned out to be a lot better than I thought. It isn't until around 1:21 that it really gets good. It's mostly because this is the time where the music starts to get creepier. It mostly struck me as weird before, but this was when it got into real emotion.

It could probably use more variety at first, but it's well worth the wait. I like how it just seems to be going all over the place with this music. You can get a sense of random things going on and just being shot out everywhere. It's simply a cool feeling. It could probably use some more variety after it reaches the good part, because it goes on a bit too long.

Quarl responds:

I completely agree with you/everyone else who has commented on the repetition but my lazy production habits make me the kind of guy who refuses to open up old project files to make them better :/

[XS - Hallow (Feat. Veela)]

Strange song

This song didn't strike me as being particularly good or bad, just plain weird. I think there might have been a glitch, because it seemed to beep at times. Then again, that was probably part of the song. It did seem like there was a good amount of spirit put into this weird song. It seems like you really were trying to create an original remix of something popular. I'm not even sure what it is you're trying to remix.

It seemed to really give off a sense of madness to me. It was also perhaps one of hope but simply a bizarre one. I thought the female voice was pretty good in this, even if it did seem a little off. It's a pretty strange song that probably gave off a good sense of horror as well. I am glad you managed to get popular with this.

[Deathless (Instrumental D]

Nice and hard

While it didn't have the most variety, this was still a very nice song. It mostly works because it's so relentless with how hardcore it is. It isn't cheesy or anything, just the kind of thing we want from a song. I can certianly understand why this was used in a cartoon about a warrior guy. It has most of what makes heavy metal so popular. While I myself am not the biggest fan of it, I can certianly not deny its popularity.

It's great how you consistently play up how awesome it is. It also really helps that there's such a high spirit to it. It's not done for the sake of making something flashy, it's done for the sake of entertainment. That's how I like to imagine most songs here are made. I think it gets best around 2:19 when it has more holy sounds.

[~NK~ "Take Me Away"]

Another great song!

I was fully entertained by this song, because it had such a good sense of madness. I can tell that this was used in a Madness flahs. I think its strongest point is how it consistently keeps its insanity up. There is just so much going on here it's hard not to get absorbed into it! My only complaint is that it does seem a bit too loud. Well, it certainly seems louder than most of the other audio submissions I have been listening to.

It's still a great song and I can tell there was a lot of effort put into it. It just gives off the style of tons of things happening at one time! Hopefully, we can all continue to make great songs like this. It keeps you up for a long time, even if it's only four minutes long. Thank you for giving us this great and wonderfully fast paced song!