CloakedSoup's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jeenah Jeenah]

Oh hot damn! The arrangement here is on point dude! :D

Deemo-R responds:

Thanks, man! Glad you liked it! :D

[Wâpacowanâw]

This music is pretty awesome! I would totally love to see this played by a string quartet and/or string orchestra in concert! If you have the chance to notate it, you could enter it into a competition or something.

zybor responds:

^____^ thank you for your review! cheers!

[Bartók - 36-37 Rhapsody (Woodwind Arr.)]

Oh sweet! We are actually doing percussion arrangements of Bartók's 'Allegro Barbaro,' right now in my orchestration class. I really liked this arrangement though! You did a great job of keeping all of the main lines interesting with all of the transfers between the instruments and keeping them in good ranges for when they were playing the melodies. I usually don't hear stuff like this from Bartók, so it was especially interesting to hear a more 'traditional' side to him. Well done!

Deemo-R responds:

Sorry I took a while to get back on this :P

I was also interested by this piece when it was assigned, as I hadn't heard of this particular collection of Bartók's work before. It's a funny coincidence that you're also doing an arrangement (and I'm jealous of the thought of a percussion arrangement being done in an orchestration class)! I found this piece not too difficult to arrange, but I found the need to "adapt" certain sections as a more engaging challenge than simply "assigning" a part to any one line because that was where the differences in each student's arrangement really stood out. Thanks for the feedback, hope your arrangement turns out nicely for you! :D

[A Date by the Fountain]

Excellent piece of music! I really liked the general ambiance that you created with it. My only real critique is that I felt that the running water sample could have moved more towards the background once more of the instruments came in. I felt it was too much in the front during some of the slightly more textured and layered instrumental/vocal parts. Other than that, superb job!

Bosa responds:

I actually increased its volume because I thought it was too low, seeing as it is the focal point of this loop. I also didn't want the music to be too loud, but that's just me.

Thank you for your review. Always appreciate hearing good feedback.

[Penderecki's Dream]

Ohoho A fan of Penderecki are you? I find his compositions quite wonderful to listen to. I need to get my hands on a string library that can do extended techniques so that I can do something like this! I love the way you built up the sound with the orchestration in this piece. You created some truly beautiful soundscapes. In true Penderecki fashion, I was half expecting to hear a C major chord at the end lol. Great job all around and a bold move to put something so 'modern' sounding into this contest, though I understand why most people could associate something like this with the image. I look forward to hearing more music from you in the future! 8D

Phonometrologist responds:

Thank you for commenting, and it's good to see yet another listener who enjoys Penderecki. The only two string libraries that I used for the whole track are a bit pricey, but are at least worth it for me being a Penderecki fan. They are 8Dio's CASE Solo String FX and 8Dio's CAGE Strings. I also demo'd the solo strings library so I didn't actually have to purchase it.