Scarlatti's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Two Steps Forward]

Elfman+Beethoven

Sounds like a Beethoven bassline with an early Danny Elfman line on top. Pretty high praise from a guy whose two favorite composers are Beethoven and Elfman.

Bad-Atom responds:

Thanks,

Danny Elfman is a huge influence on some of my more cartoony themes, so I guess that came through there. :)

[NDP-Firestorm]

It's-a pretty good...

You're as good as any at developing and recapitulating ideas. That said, I think you might benefit from spending more time streamlining and improving those original thoughts. The very beginning (the most important part, in my opinion) was uninteresting. Try beginning with a note-against-note kind of texture, rather than a figurated one. Keep it simple, my homie.

Very good.

NDP responds:

Im not quite sure what you meant, but i apprecciate you taking the time to write, if it helps, these were compositions before i started studying incomposition at MgIll :) I only put these cause its always fun to hear where someone started, and some are good :P

Anyways thanx for writing

Nicolas..

[Messiah's Origin]

Neat

For a first submission, I found it awesome. Concordantly, it was groovalicious at times. Makes me think of some underground cave level from an old game. Don't stop writing music unless someone puts a gun to your head....or....if, um....let's see.....yeah.

Cool.

Gorthus responds:

Yeah, I don't expect to be leaving the music biz now that I have a job at a venue in Philly.....let's see.....yeah.

[FFVII Overworld Mix]

Meh

Sounds like you just revoiced a MIDI and put some kind of early 60s drum track behind it. I think arpeggios in both hands would have been cool, or at the very least a different beat somewhere in there. Even a fill on the drums would have been a relief.

XBrav responds:

I actually did write the tracks in this one, but yeah I think I'm losing my touch...

[Moonlight]

Not You

The Moonlight Sonata is one of my favorite pieces, but your re-voicing was entirely unoriginal. To cut and paste the work of an old master and revoice it, calling it your own, is reflective of your lack of willpower. I would humbly ask you to sit back, relax, and produce something of your own. Don't be afraid.

SharkStein responds:

I know this may be unoriginal but i'm submitting every music i ever done from i big map i have on my PC and the bad luck was that Moonlight was the 1st music i ever done.But thanks your review really helped me out 4 the future !

[Jake's Old School Dance Music]

Yeeeeeah.

Starts off real nice, gets a little heavy in middle. Needs to stick with the horns, go to a B part.

Audio-Star responds:

It was one of my first composings, if you further listen to my music, you'll notice a B section, you helped me realize this quite a bit.

[A Cool Classical Song]

Hmmm....

Hardly classical, but a good song. It's more easy listening meets boogie woogie.

Audio-Star responds:

Heh, I call classical a piano. Jk

What should I have put this in then?