michellpougnou's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Silent hill 2 Promise Ver 2.0]

Have you seen a little girl?

I don't like the 1min intro of nothing, It's raining and nothing happens, I know you want to create some kind of atmosphere as in SH2 but I don't thing it should take one full minute in order to do so.
The wind sample are nice and all but I'd rather be listening to the song instead of the weather, know what I mean?

ChemicalLegion responds:

my first negative feedback i know where your coming from but i like atmospheric ambient industrial kinda music thanks for the feed back

[Viola Tess]

Interesting

Nice effect, it will be nice for an industrial song intro.

AccountableMasses responds:

thanks.

[My Duty]

Epic game battle

Like Angelus1818 said, it's very impressive, we can sense the epic proportion of the movie/game and it's really nice.

There's a flaw at 0:47 where the violon fade in, it's a bit too brutal, listen to it and you'll see.
Also, the ending is brutal too, maybe it should be more gentle, it's way too violent and in contradiction with the whole ambiance created.

vai90 responds:

Hm, I see what you mean though I don't perceive it to be too brutal. At least not the violin fade in. The ending is definitely sudden, but it was meant to be the main theme of a game and the last hit marks the spot where the game menu should appear. Well, that was what I had in mind.

Thx for the constructive feedback! Very appreciated.

[Wielding A Sword Of Vengeance]

Good !

It reminds me of Zombie Shooter theme (some prequel to Alien Shooter), and it's a very pleasant compliment here.
The only flaw I can dig is the melting pot of electronic stuff, there's too many electronic at the same time and it get a bit confusing, maybe if the volume was a bit down, it'll be great.

Anyway, good job pal!

vai90 responds:

Thx!

[Paradise Man]

Wait a minute...

Yep ! That's E.T. theme dude, but I doubt that John Williams will sue you, so don't worry.
The techno part at 0:27 is too much loud, reduce the volume.

Randomman4 responds:

Hmm, just listened to the theme on Youtube, I couldn't find the rythm at all. I don't think its et's theme. But I will take that other comment into advice.

[Arnold Squirtlenegger]

Oh man..

It's awesome, I laughed so hard at Sean Connery impersonation because I didn't expect any of this, but It's a shame the song is repetitive as hell.
Hint hint ;)

hardtoplease responds:

hehe thank you.... hint hint

[[CG]-At the Gates of Hell]

Sounds familiar !

For a 5min work, it's nice, no need to try to justify yourself in order to avoid NG's zero bombers (but people are dumb, don't they).

The little melody sounds like every James bond theme and some songs from the Silent Hill series, and it's nice, the all electronic ambiance is cool too.

KroweMusic responds:

Yeah, zero bombers really destroy me on this site. I could be really popular but I always get set back by them :( Anyway, thanks for the review!

["Destructive Harmony"]

Lots of flaws

It's hard to listen to this song, the guitar seems out of tune at sometime.
The distorsion used for the guitar is a bit irritating.
There's too many stuff in the same time so it's hard to focus on one instrument and the melody is unpleasant.

You should focus more on the melody part and less on the "I want to put a lots of shit together and see what it gets", just be simple and keep one nice tune.

Overall, I like the 2:09 part, everything suddenly sounds "ok" for me even if it's a melting pot of "lots of stuff".

Kuma-AKA responds:

Thank you for the constuctive criticism. I undrestand what youre saying, and I somewhat agree. Thx again.

[Horror Scene]

Fix your mic

The rythm and the tune are simple, it's ok for a rap song.
Your lyrics are nice, the words are all related to horror in general, so it's a good job.

But the mic ruins everything. We can hear you spitting into the mic, it's unpleasant.
Also, you should try to use 2 or 3 more voices during the verse in order to get a nice stereo effect by singing twice the same lyrics.

juggaloallday responds:

yea im just starting out. lol. got wait for more money. to record better.. but thanks. im alwasy looking for help

[Reverse Memory]

Common space shooter song

Repetitive, the tune used are a little irritating, I can't sense any feeling going out from this song, only a feeling of something moving really fast, know what I mean?

Overall, your song could easily be use into a space shooter game for the Flash portal for NG,
I can perfectly imagine some nice space level with some spaceship shooting at things while listening to this song.

But musicaly speaking, it's not that good.

mopembopem responds:

I know what you mean, I only whish I had my original project so that I could change things around.