Seamonky's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[<|>: Worthless]

Woah, Heavy loop!

This is a heavy loop indeed! When I first heard this song, I had my speakers up pretty loud and the music scared me a little. I was so lost in my own little world. Well, anyways, this is tough and I like it. Nice Work!

TritoneAngel responds:

Thanks a lot man! This is one of my favorites.

[Subterranean]

Really nice beats!

This is a really smooth jazzy loop. Sounds very old school to me somehow. I really don't know how this song was inspired by a subway musician at the Union Square. You gotta give me some info about that. My shoulders are still moving. This is a really nice loop!

-$eamonky

TritoneAngel responds:

Thanks a lot dude!

Well, I take the train to and from work everyday, and nearly everyday there's at least two different musical groups performing in the Union Square station at 14th St. Usually, one is a small group of jazz/rock performers on the upstairs walkway, and the other is a solo act on the downstairs platform (either the hipster jazz-xylophone guy, the Israeli-centric accordion guy, or occasionally the unbelievable Asian box zither dude). Anyhoo, on one occassion, the group upstairs was playing this jazzy vamp - the piano player was playing this repetitive three chord progression, the drummer was bustin' out this heavy hip-hop beat behind it, and I believe it was either a sax or a trumpet soloing over it. The chords were just awesome I thought -- so much vagueness, implied transitions unresolved, and rich with possibilities. Three little chords just voiced in such a fluid way that they seemed to grow out of one another. The chord progression just stuck in my head for the whole hour-long ride home; as soon as I got in, I transcribed it, changed the key to something I liked better, then added the bassline and a cool beat to it. Thus, "Subterranean" was born, as I named it to memorialize where it came from. ("14th Street Randomness" just didn't have quite the same ring to it.)

[<|>: Game Over]

Game over is right!

It sounds like somthing from the Final Fantasy series when you die in a battle. In a way, this song is pretty sad when you listen to it a third time. It's so sad when you lose in a game and it says game over. It makes me want to break the damn controller. Nice Work!

-$eamonky

TritoneAngel responds:

lol -- don't go breakin' stuff Seamonky; then I wouldn't be able to have as many of your reviews, and that would suck.

Thanks again, dude!

The video game I made it for was to be sort of a Final Fantasy VII meets Lord of the Rings type dealie, so I think it would have fit the mood, particularly with the other musical things I composed for the game. I'll try and post some of the other material in the future, as people seem to have reacted well to this one.

BTW - you rule! Keep on reviewin' as yours are damn good. Glad I'm keepin' you interested.

[<|>: Silly Babbitt Tricks]

Nice start off with the paino!

It sounded like somthing from a scary movie. When the song got faster, then things started to get really crazy. The piano beats are really good. This was good and keep up the good work!

-$eamonky

TritoneAngel responds:

Thanks for the review, Seamonky!

Actually, that's one of the more prevalent places for atonal music -- movie soundtracks, particularly horror movies. The viewer usually doesn't notice it because it fits really well with the visuals, just sort of blending in, so I definitely see what you mean.

Now, if someone wants to use it for a creepy/scary flash, I'm all for it!

[<|>: MegaManX - Boss Intro v.1]

Just like the second one.

But this one has more feeling and this one is much better. It sounds more heaver that the second Boss intro. Keep doing the good work TritoneAngel!

TritoneAngel responds:

Thanks again buddy! I like v.1 a lot better too, but I wanted to do v.2 in the correct key and with a heavier feel to make different kinds of fans & flash artists happy.

[<|>: MegaManX - Boss Intro v.2]

Pretty good!

It's snowing in NY, yay! Well, anyways, it was kinda short but overall its pretty good. I guess I can call this a loop. The Megaman music in the games were really good and I enjoyed this Boss intro remix. Nice work!

-$eamonky

TritoneAngel responds:

Yeah man, my car is freakin' buried here in Brooklyn.

Thanks for the review, dude! This is actually not meant as a loop, but rather as the intro to flashes and stuff like that. It sounds kind of scrubby as a loop, I think.

[<|>: End of Time]

Now this is something I rarely hear.

Pretty good beats. I like how you put the song perfectly with the beats. I sounds like one of my old school racing games. Nice work!

-$eamonky

TritoneAngel responds:

Thanks a lot man! Again, I appreciate the review -- you've damn near reviewed everything I've submitted! Means a lot, especially when you're reviewing my originals. I wrote this one a few years ago and it just sort of sat around for a while. I always liked this song, and I'm glad you did too. Thanks again.

[<|>: West of the Mountains]

Nicely put with the jazz!

Gotta love the beats and the jazzy feeling in this song. The guitar sounded pretty awesome. This music is classical. Nice work!

-$eamonky

TritoneAngel responds:

Thanks again, dude! This was actually just something I wrote spontaneously, but it came out pretty solidly I thought. It's nice to bust out my jazzy side from time to time. Glad you liked it!

[<|>: FFIV -- Within the Giant]

A classic game with a good remix!

Final Fantasy 4 was a really good game to play. It nice to hear a remix of a very good song back in the old days when I was playing Final Fantasy 4. Nice beats as well. Great job!

-$eamonky

TritoneAngel responds:

Thank you very much, man! This was one of my favorites from that game. I'm not quite sure why people (other than you) are ranking it so low - I thought it came out rather well.

Thanks again, for another great review.

[Blue Light Special]

Very smooth!

This songs sounds very calm, I like it. the Beginning of the song sorta sounded like Grand Theft Auto. The rest of the song sounds like somthing from the early 70's or the game called Ridge Racer Type 4. This song impressed me. Nice work! Keep up the good work!

-$eamonky

TritoneAngel responds:

Thanks a lot dude! You've been giving me a ton of reviews and I appreciate you taking the time to look through all these.

I got the idea from the GTA3 theme in the beginning, and then just starting riffing off it to get this song and turn it into my own thing.