Ericho's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Motherkirber]

Motherkirber?

I don't really understand the title very much, but I can at least enjoy this as much as I should. I'm more used to hearing music sung by you from video games, but this was quite different. I guess this is meant to be more of a take on classical music which I like. I used to play the piano and could easily memorize the scale stuff. This was apparently once again used without any instruments, making it all the more impresive. Do you ever use any instruments?

[Terry 11]

Hmm, not bad

Of course I'm a huge fan of your games, but I'm getting more used to your audio and I would have to say it's okay. This didn't have lot of variety to it, but it still worked well for what it was supposed to be. I'm getting to know your beats better. I think you should put a bunch of these things into one submission, instead of numerous. People could appreciate and understand the variety of your music better. I didn't interpret this as optimstic, as much as I believed it was relaxing.

[Creep]

Nice

This wasn't on par with some of the other stuff you've submitted, but it was still good. I think it works well as being something created for a "Title Screen" type short. It works fine as a loop and it gives the viewer a calming, relaxing feeling. I was expecting something kind of darker actually, with the name "Creep" but it still worked out fine. You should put this in a game of yours and for that matter, try out making games yourself. I thought the music moved pretty fluidly throughout the whole three minutes.

[Halloween FX]

Pretty nice!

Ah, it's a pity I didn't hear this closing to Halloween. Anyway, it's a great song and I can understand why it's been used in a total of 4 entries. It truly gives a feeling of mischeviousness and malice to the listener, which came off as pretty frightening to me. The dramatic pauses at the beginning and the tension building up help it further. The beat never let down for a second, fully giving off a feeling of mischeviousness. The evil laugh at the end was nice too.

[Space in the 80s]

80s?

Woah, you made yet another impressive song! I didn't know what to think of this, as it was quite different than your regular stuff which itself has a lot of variety. This really gave me a feeling of science-fiction although I guess that's not what you are aiming for. I especially like the laughs you casually make at the end of the song. It gives off the impression that you had a lot of fun doing this, which I'm sure you did. The beat was of course fantastic and the use of instruments.

[Kirbwolf]

Woah, very nice!

I liked this a lot, even though I'm not familiar with the Star Fox music! I really love how you use your voice to give out an exaggerated style of the characters yelling, but still using background music to make it sound smoother. You definitley use a different range of voices in the different characters. This was enjoyable the whole way through, especially near the end with the change in tone. I was expecting that cliched "Do a barrel roll", but then again it is cliched. I think you may in fact be my favorite audio artist here, as well as favorite flash artist.

[Terry 8]

I didn't think it was too bad

I don't understand why this has such a low score. It seems fine to me, although it certainly isn't one of the best I have ever heard. This didn't remind me of Crash Bandicoot, it actually reminded me more of Sonic the Hedgehog, probably because I'm just more used to that music than CB music. I thought this worked just fine as a video game loop, even if it didn't sound too original. I think you at least tried to come up with something nice. My suggestions would be to have more variety in the kind of instruments being used and the beats made.

[Mindframe]

Hey, great!

Well, I'm glad to be introduced to your stuff more! This was a really nice song and it had a verya artsy feeling to its subtlety. It was just a cool song with a nice use of instruments the whole 2 minutes. It's pretty flashy, and I think it works very well as a "simple" game-soundtrack and maybe even a bit too classy for something "simple". The use of fading at the end was always good, as I don't hear that in some audio submissions. It kind of sounded like a computer starting up at the beginning.

[FF7 Battle theme DnB mix]

Great!

Being on the Internet a lot, I've become much more familiar with Final Fantasy music. This was a great representation of an enjoyable theme. It gave me a feeling of adventure and triumphantness, which works very well for the Final Fantasy series (not just 7). It's probably one of the best I have heard in a long time. I haven't heard the original version (that you made) but this seems great by itself. I'm surprised it hasn't been used in any entries.

[Locust Toybox]

It was good

I guess I didn't find this as good as other people would think, but it was entertaining enough. I thought the title gave off a feeling of myseriousness and creepiness. I was a bit disappointed to find that it didn't really have that tone. It was still something good to listen to, with a good use of instruments giving off more of a relaxing feeling. It was somewhat goofy to me, which works out well too. It's nice to hear you use different tones of music.