FaeryTaleAdventurer's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Battlements ~P~ (Teaser)]

Been playing so much TF2 lately, that seeing the word "Battlements" made me immediately think of the game. Listening to this, however gives me the idea that this tune would be just too awesome to use in TF2. I like the progress being made, and look forward to hearing the complete soundtrack to EBF IV!

Listening to this with my new iFrogz Mogul btw. Very well balanced and serious direction you have here! The percussion section at least at the beginning reminds me of one of the menu themes used in Combat Arms.

-FTA

[The Extreme MaX MiX]

Ergheiz12 is next to wrong, at least for the beginning part. The beginning of this song references The Nightmare Begins from FFVII. The rest of the song essentially is classic Final Fantasy Uematsu-style battle music, like Birth of A God, J-E-N-O-V-A, and numerous other final battle tunes.

I like this too. It sounds like a very nice tribute to the classic FF franchise, before X-2 onwards changed the system, perhaps forever.

-FTA

[paralyzed by moonbeam]

Not baaad. It's nice to know you had a thing for GB back in the day.

Hikari responds:

hehe

[Rose Inn]

When I heard this in-game, composer Tomohito Nishiura immediately came to mind. I really thought that this came from one of the games he composed for, it sounded so close. I about went as far as to think it was recorded from the PS2s audio synthesizer, as it sounded that close to the work he did for the PS2 game Dark Cloud 2 (Dark Chronicle).

Sir, I really believe this needs to be a soundtrack on BandCamp or something, with the custom designed album 'n' everything. It's absolutely warming to hear what sounds like it was heavily inspired by Nishiura-san.

-FTA

SpikeVallentine responds:

Dear FaeryTaleAdventurer.

Someone else mentioned DarkCloud. I have never played it or heard the music! I just did a search and I really enjoy his music! Beautiful. He is now my new influence.
(Nobuo Uemetsu / Joe Hisaishi are also my favorites)

That's good if it sounds like his stuff I guess, because I dig his work.

[DNC_BuZz]

I really like the sound of this! Much about the sound(s) makes me think this was done with a module tracker like Renoise.

With regards to your question, I think it depends on the software that you use to convert the tracks. I dunno, maybe you could "override" the delay, by having the .mp3 converted in a program like Audacity?

That's the best I can think of! The looping sounds fine here, I don't even notice a delay at all!

-FaeryTaleAdventurer

demofreak responds:

Yes, thanks for the review FaeryTaleAdcenturer, I did notice that there is no longer a delay after i fiddled with putting it as a loop from the song/loop option, and the delay happily disappeared :)

(Putting it out there i did put it on Audacity and cut the delay, but when i convert to mp3 format it makes a delay that is noticeable in a loop;)

[Purity ~P~]

Lovely job

I think this song in a way reflects the style of Epic Battle Fantasy II's title theme best. The melody's just slightly different, but other than that very much like EBF II, but with drums.

With regards to the drums, I thought it'd be nice to have a snare in there that would have a big massive bass/reverb/echo (a very beautiful atmospheric sound) effect, to better balance everything out, if not just for the sake of the drums! I'd add it every third beat if given half the chance.

And perhaps in that case even throw in a nice little bass line. Oh, I'm starting to get carried away here, but I just feel that there's a way to really bring out the song in a more whole way.

In terms of your "minimalism" approach, I'd suggest giving a song like Ragnarok Online's title song or even that of Granado Espada's a listen. These are great examples of the ability to maximize the "less is more" feel.

-FTA

Phyrnna responds:

You, sir, hit that nail right on its head! I was certainly aiming for the style from EBF2's intro. While I can also certainly imagine the song being better with an additional bassline, snares, maybe an acoustic guitar, I wanted to keep it simple. :)

[Those Who Fight (Demo) ~P~]

Rockin'!

I like this "new" guitar VST you have. It has a much more realistic sound to it, than the ones I've heard in earlier songs.

It has a flavor to it that sounds like it was done by "The MiniBosses". If you or someone else did the electric guitar live, then that's definitely a ig step up.

The overall feel of the song seems fresh and quite different from what I've heard in your library so far. I look forward to hearing some guitar solos and/or riffs in this song, to make it feel more lively.

There's one instrument in there i think needs to either be tweaked or omitted, and it sounds like a piano. I usually don't hear pianos in rock/metal. If it's not a piano, I still think it sounds a bit out of place.

I think the drums are okay, they just need some more punch to them. To give it a more upfront feel. Mainly the snares if anything at all needs real punch to it. I'd probably go even as far as to say that the kit needs a bit of reverb to help distance itself a bit more from the other instruments.

I think the bassline needs some more presence. I can barely hear it, to even note that there's even a bass player present.

Organ sounds awesome as always. That's perhaps the one thing that doesn't really need to be changed.

I wish you the best of luck with all of your future projects. This newest demo may not be perfect, but it certainly is good enough to note that it's a sign of better things to come!

Pull all the stops (pun-somewhat intended), Phyrnna! Keep up the awesomeness!

-FTA

P.S. as others have said, the name of the song has been used in the Final Fantasy series (I actually thought I was about to hear a cover myself), but you don't really have to change the title if you want to. Perhaps something a little less well-known like "Those Whom are Fighters" or "Enter the Fighters" might be an example of some alternates to use. It's probably a rare case that the name of a song is actually under copyright, though I could be wrong.

I understand the EBF series is heavily based on the FF franchise, but keeping the title of this song, or changing it is 100% up to you.

[Unplug]

A sleeper success

Wow, I may feel tired now, but this feels like a nice "conclusion" to the whole load of songs I listened to earlier. One of the drugs that seems to offer a little taste of all the others.

Voices, drums, pie-ano, and gee-tar? It's the works in this, with a big side of [insert random psychedelic drug here].

I feel like I'm in so many different places at once. I feel like I'm at a beach, drinking a margarita, watching ghosts flying over my head.

I hear a big influence of "Sofa Surfers (Richard Dorfmeiester Remix)" coming from this, if you ask me. A fine tune, if you haven't heard it.

Rest well, and hopefully this review will be the wake-up call you've been looking for.

I may be out of it now, but I definitely feel a RUSH!

-FTA

uint responds:

It was a very nice way to wake up indeed. For once I tried my best at creating some music and I have to say those reviews are very rewarding.

It's interesting, because I had none of the images you described in my head when coming up with this piece. They do fit though.

I checked out the song. I really like this sort of chillout stuff. Now you should check out Jazzanova - Coffee Talk if you don't know it. It's a bit more on the experimental and mysterious side, but still fairly relaxing if you ask me.

Thanks!

[BLK- AcidTimeTrip]

My mind actually went blank

Great use of instruments, I listened to the song in full one time around, and only remember the beginning and ending (nice loop on that, btw).

For the time you had left on it, I kind of hear the psyche feeling a bit warped and unnatural in some spots.

The sax feels as random as it does feel appropriate for this song. Keep doing what you're doing, BLK.

-FTA

blackzilver responds:

Heey im glad actually understood what i was trying to do with this song. And also thanks for the review :)
Very thankfull!

[Iconoclasm (Nov. NAC)]

Good and Great

Very neat, like how the drug seems to gradually pick up in its strength, as time passes on. Going from industrial, to synth-crazy, and all of a sudden a voice says [the cliche]

"and now something completely different", which is essentially the moneyshot of this song! And on cue, it gets uber-crazy!

Nice stuff, and the effects are good too. The abrupt silence is a nice touch. Huh?

-FTA