Ackee39's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Some melody flip challenge thing]

Last 3 seconds are cool

[Dragon's Madness]

Really great! The structuring/progression sound design and the melodies are all perfect. Some of the transitions are a bit rough, and i could have used more background noise so it would feel less empty; the emptiness makes the mixing look worse than it actually is. But apart from that, this is a really great leitmotif. Keep it up!

Also, i couldn't find any easter eggs between the hero and villain theme, though this is on my first listening. Id really apreciate a lot of musical storytelling, like, idk, if the villain has a counter ideology to the hero, then maybe their themes can stem from the same melody? And maybe make that melody the leitmotif of said ideology. Maybe you can also use the dies irae as a death leitmotif for people that kill people and/or die (aka what Sweeney Todd did). My point here is, theres a lot of potential for musical storytelling and subconscious manipulation through the music, and since youre the musician, id reccomend taking full advantage of that.

Again, this is great, and really looking forward to what you have in store :)

Synfang responds:

Well, can't really speak for the ideology of player characters that haven't been created yet (the players deserve the freedom of making their own characters, and as such dictate the characters' morals, so for all I know, they're gonna be similar to the villain, but the plot is designed to discourage evil behavior from the players, in a fashion similar to Undertale), but fair point. Your suggestion already had been implemented into a song I made as a boss theme for this villain (not yet released but should come in the next month or two), as it includes a twist on the earliest draft of the melody to Heroes (though this draft was scrapped because it didn't feel epic enough to me), if that counts for anything.

[Fallen Angels]

Nice! Vocals are a lot better than in BOTA

[Heroes]

Great! Now make a song called villains :)

Synfang responds:

Not doing that, but my next release after this one is the theme for the main villain of the aforementioned campaign, if that counts for anything.

[Lucid]

An incredible experience, great way of telling a story through music. You really nailed this one.

[MDK & meganeko - Supercharge]

This is an absoloute masterpiece. You and MDK really knocked this one out of the park.

[Lycan- "Bruh" (Neon Fire Remix)]

Very nice! Mixing is solid, drums are very nice and making the drop melodic was a risky but bold move that mostly panned out.

[La Llorona]

Holy shit this song is great. The vocals fit surprisingly well and the electro and stuff slap pretty hard, while also having a great melody and incredibly great (but creepy) lyrics! Prob my fav song from you, great job!

[Eight O'Eight]

vibe

[Cubic Fantasy]

funny thing is, this song has a higher rating than any of my songs LOL

Synfang responds:

Oof...

TBH, I have no freaking idea why this song's getting high ratings. :/