Ericho's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Kane Theme]

Too sweet!

I am personally not a fan of the Kane series (nor do I know much about it) but man, was this awesome! There was just such a wonderful sense of awe and unexpectedness. It sounds a little like heavy metal. Some heavy metal sounds make the mistake of being a bit too "hard" but this manages to have a very nice grace to go with it. It never lets up for a minute, even though it is only three minutes long. My favorite part is at 2:10 when the tone seems to get darker.

I can now recognize it more as using the organ. I would be familiar with those kinds of instruments as I used to play the piano. I saw and reviewed the cartoon this was featured in and I find it odd I do not recall it. You'd think such an awesome tune would be something I could pick up well. This is not just for video game fans, but music fans!

Bezo responds:

It's the theme of Kane the professional wrestler, not the...whatever you're talking about. Thanks for the review though. :D

[The Dark-Haired Girl]

Dark hair?

Yep, this reminded me of the little red-haired girl from "Peanuts". I guess red hair could count as dark hair? This was a very interesting piece, because there was such grace to it. It just seems like a very generic tune and could be applied to any number of everyday things. I imagine it could even apply to me, as I am sitting lonely one night writing just one of the thousands of reviews I have written. This is great because it's just so peaceful.

The author comments made it seem like a more depressing song. I interpreted it more of a song that you could really relax to. You can tell that I once played the piano as I can recognize all of the notes being played. There seem to be some other instruments, perhaps percussion, as well. It is great to find joy in such simplicity.

Cuzone responds:

My song was about another girl, one with proper black hair. Thank you for the review, sir, it's very nice to hear from a fellow musician!

[Ocean Water - Odoghan]

A very rocking song!

Odoghan is a pretty funny name for a band but this submission was still great! It had a great sense of spirit to it as well as a great sense of action. It's so entertaining to hear such meaningful lyrics. While they might not be the most memorable, they are overall very well done and just really sweet to listen to. This is a fairly long song for an audio submission here and you perked up my interest for a good long time. It's funny how this song itself seems to be somewhat about songs!

It is great that you have your own band and are submitting things to the portal. The interludes are good too because they really create a sense of rest. In fact, most of this song is actually fairly light-hearted, at least for a rock song. It makes you realize how powerful ocean water is and what it can mean to a person. The way the words echo is very nicely done as well.

[One Winged Angel (Metal)]

It is awesome

What really turned me on to this was that it was of course a remixing of One Winged Angel, one of the most popular video game songs ever made. The only thing I did not like was that it did seem a bit muddled. It's still very hard to create anything bad out of a song as awesome as this. It's a little hard to tell what it is a remix of at first. What really works is that you put in a good sense of creativity by modifying another song. The tune still has a good amount of originality to it.

I am glad you are acknowledging all the people who helped with every single instrument on this. There's just so much going on at one time! I'd have to say the best part is the most famous part of the song where they say, "Sephiroth!". I believe that's what they say, right? It kind of gives you the feeling of traveling into a deep, mad world.

[Leo & Satan Theme - Original]

Leo Satan!

This is a great song and the only thing I have to complain about is how it just ends too quickly! It would have been cool if you put in the audio clip of Leo saying something at the end. When I first listen to it, it sounds a lot like "Kneel Satan". Looking at the entries and the title, I can pretty sure it's actually "Leo Satan". This is appropriate for the series, because it sets up the role of Satan in this. I am glad you got help from people like (Happy?)Harry.

I don't know much about how audio submissions are done, but you could have credited them if you wanted to. While short, that has rarely stopped an audio piece from being great before. You could have maybe cut off the last couple of seconds as it's just silence. I look forward to new episodes of "Leo & Satan". It's popular stuff like that that keeps the website going.

[Khuskan -Welcome to the Future]

What a pleasant song

I can understand why this has been used in nearly a dozen entries. While not the best, it's very well done because it creates such a wonderful and cozy feeling to the listener. There's just nothing malicious about this at all. From beginning to end, it's an extremely soft song that really allows you to just relax. It has a great ambitious attitude with it but not one of action. It also brings about a good feeling of wonder.

It kind of sounds like stereotypical alien signals with a sort of "whoo oooo" sound. It sounds like you were trying to name a fictional country. Kazahkstan comes to mind and that is in fact a real country and it happens to be the largest landlocked country in the world. I certainly didn't think of Borat but pure bliss when listening to this. It also kind of appeals to your inner child.

[Eternal Memories at Midnight]

Quite soft, if a little too soft

This was quite a moving piece, but its main fault was that I could honestly barely hear it. Yes, I can turn up the volume but it's a bit of an inconvience. What was the coolest about this was that it consistently kept a very meaningful melody to it. It could have used a bit more variety, but it works well with what it is. I can understand why this would be the extended and simplified version of something. It seems like it was made entirely on piano.

The title itself is very graceful and certainly prepares something nice for the listener. It's hard to tell when this begins or ends so you can really listen to it any time in the song. While not midnight now, it makes me aware of how I am typing this review at night. Speaking of memories, it does remind me of when I used to play the piano. This would probably be better as part of something bigger.

ObsidianSnow responds:

The low volume is actually just an export issue I encountered back when I was using Reason 2.0. It seemed that it wanted to automatically balance the master volume for every export, and brought everything to about this volume. I'd re-export it from Reason 4 now, but NG won't let me edit this song anymore. Too many views, or downloads, or something.

But anyways, thanks for the review, Ericho!

[{Lazy Summer Days}]

That was weird, but great!

The weirdest thing about this was how it started so fast paced at first! I thought the title was a joke because it just seemed to really remind me of action at first. I guess it helps that it was used in "Madness: Deus Ex Machina" one of my favorite flashes. The thing that makes this so great is how it really makes you think back of those lazy summer days. It's quite nostalgic because I didn't have to get a job back then. There's just so much soul in this as it has a great and cheerful tune.

Listening back to the beginning, I can now understand it as being like the rest of the song, better. It is fairly fast paced but still makes you think of summer. This is the summer where you can buy ice cream cones and run in the sprinkler. Maybe someday I will be able to enjoy that with my own kids, if I ever get them. Thank you for having such a great spirit to this wonderful song.

[Strykjärn - Svälj Din Stolthet]

Quite hardcore!

Well, I really have little idea about what is going on here, but it's sure awesome! I wish I knew what these foreign lyrics mean and I think it's Swedish or something. My only complaint is that it does seem a bit repetitive. Of course, this complaint is easily forgotten when you sit down and realize how truly awesome this music is! It seems like every 90's rock band came together to create this. It's perfect music for the "Dad 'N Me" series.

You really don't have to point out that there are no vocals here. I mean, I'd say three fourths of the songs I have reviewed here don't have lyrics. I can tell you spent a long time recording this as there's so much going on. Your fingers would probably be on fire from grabbing those guitar strings so many times. It just shows how hard rock will live on.

Dimoria responds:

Actually we wrote the song the same day as we recorded it so :p

[Our Invaders - Hania]

1,000TH AUDIO REVIEW!

Here is another crazy song from you. While I can recognize the voice easily, what really turned me on was how random this song was. I can just imagine your image as presented in your icon singing this song. This was great because it seemed like you were putting a real story into this. While at times incomprehensible, still great because it has such great detail put into the lyrics. There are many phases of this too.

The most emotional part was easily when you did not have the "Left Right Left Right" stuff being said. It's nice to understand what the song means in your author's comments. I am also very proud to say that you have the honor of being the 1,000th song I have reviewed! I am glad to have come so far in my reviews! Overall, you create a great atmosphere.