Bosa's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Russians [Int.]]

sooooo gooood. It specifically reminds me of my days as a cow herder in the west.

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and five starz

samulis responds:

Hahahaha

I got my music 5-voted by BOSA!!! AHHHH111!!1!! *cries in joy*

My life is complete!

[The way we are]

Very emotional, indeed. Of course it's difficult to listen to this with the same perspective as you, but I can clearly hear the romantic vibe you're portraying throughout the entire track. But at the same time, there is a faint sense of loneliness I think. This could be played at both a wedding and a funeral.

Excellent work, as always. I don't have to sweat or fret when I'm looking for quality music, because your stuff is readily available to me whenever I'm seeking a certain musical mood. Your work is great, and I hope to be more like you someday.

MarkySpark responds:

You have no need to aspire to be like anyone YOU ARE BOSA! and you're works are truly magnificent my friend.

[Onyx Heaven]

It's great!

The only downside to this is the bass drum of some sort (a taiko perhaps) that's being repeatedly played in the background and it's massively overpowering everything else in the setup.

I must say, however, that this is an excellent first attempt at cinematic greatness. Don't let any wannabe musical punks tell you otherwise. I'm not a master of cinematic music by any means, but I can at least give you my honest perspective: you're doing an excellent job.

Lich responds:

Thank you for responding :)

I'll remember to tone-it-down on the Bass Drums in the future. I kind of went overboard on it just because I love the sound of it but playing around in the sequencer with it at the moment, it does sound better when I make it sound slightly softer and take out some of the quieter hits.

[Rain in the Winter]

Your typical electronic track. It was pretty much what I would expect, and it is quite good as far as quality is concerned.

Of course drumbeats in these songs are almost always repetitive, but it would be nice to hear some more fills and some more dynamics there. But overall, I liked the song. The instruments were quite soothing despite the drums.

One question, though: Why 'Rain in the Winter' for the title?

I will voteth five, my good sir.

pfrequency responds:

Thanks for the review! Drums are definitely something I can improve on, I agree with you on that. The title I just kind of spontaneously chose because of the weather where I live. I feel like snow is the only good part of cold winter, rain in the winter is just depressing. My titles are never very profound, lol.

[-The Journey Home-(Piano)]

What rubbish. How revolting.

Just kidding... I hope I'm reviewing the correct song, but even if I'm not, I must say that you are truly impressive. You know how to affect emotion in your music, and that is a sought after gift for any type of musician (most dudes don't realize what a great quality that is to have). I can feel the emotion in your sequencing/playing style, and it immersed me into a story that only I could think of.

Something keeps bothering me though. I could have sworn I judged a different song than this. I mean, this is the right song.. but it seems different than the one I judged. Oh well. I may be so daft that I'm missing something quite obvious, I don't know. I'm absent.

But anyways, the only things that caused me slight discomfort was the instrument quality. I know it's piano, but I felt as though it was being played on an electronic keyboard. Not such a big deal, but it would've been nice to have heard a live recording of your piano performance.

Otherwise, good show. The emotional effect was this song's greatest strong point. But DANG I feel like I'm reviewing the wrong song for some reason. Oh well.

4/5 Stars
5/5 Spam Vote

Back-From-Purgatory responds:

That's cause you are reviewing the wrong one, this is the piano only version. ;3

The version I submitted to the contest was submitted right before this one.

But regardless... yeah... I can't play this live, I played the base of it, but then added stuff as necessary to fill it out, cause I'm not that great of a pianist and can only play so much at a time. But the samples are from a real piano... although I'll admit I probably didn't humanize quite enough to really give it a live performance feel... cause I'm really bad a humanizing.

Regardless... glad you liked it!

[~SW~ Astral Nation]

Quite splendid!

From start to finish, I noticed how... different this song is. The idea in itself was quite intriguing enough for me. Even though you took a journey through different styles of music, you still maintained the same theme throughout the song, which was well done. How brilliant.

I already discussed mastering with you, sir. But the quality of the programs used is another matter. They were quite average, I suppose, but you utilized them to their full potential without making them sound too synthy (to coin a phrase). The bagpipes were a nice touch, but not very realistic for my tastes. I did like the playing style of the guitar. Anything that resembles the early 90's is fine by me. The guitar reminded me of the midi instrument, but not too much.

I am reminded greatly of Age of Empires, or the Civilization games. I enjoy your work sir, and I give to thee four stars along with a five vote.

SkyeWint responds:

Good day sir. Thank you for taking the time to review, it's helpful to understand how you were judging!

To start out - I definitely wanted to try something "different". No point in doing the same old thing that everyone else is doing. Having the same simple theme throughout the piece was done to tie it together - as nice as pure soundtrack is, I prefer to have something to keep a piece together throughout many changes - it's all one piece.

We did indeed already discuss mastering.

When it comes to programs, I would have to disagree with you. While the orchestral instruments in the first few parts were from Edirol and therefore average, the strings, piano, and instruments in the second half were mainly from Omnisphere - I would not call Omnisphere an "average" program. I do agree about the bagpipes, they weren't used realistically. It was not precisely my intention to use them realistically, but I can see how there would be points taken off there, it's a very stylistic choice and so far it's been fairly controversial among people I've shown this to. The guitar was actually one of my lowest-quality instruments, seeing as it was a simple soundfont. The reason it may have sounded higher-quality is because I ran it through two Guitar Rig amps (another VST on the level of Omnisphere).

Age of Empires and Civilization could have easily been some inspiration for the idea of this piece. I'm not sure what really inspired it exactly - it's very rare I manage to pinpoint the original source of inspiration for many of my odd pieces.

[From The Heart]

I liked it, anyways. I tried to boost your score back up with a five vote, but it seems as though a bunch of crackheads zero voted you into oblivion.

JJM121 responds:

Thanks, Bosa. It's really starting to get annoying with the zero-voters...

[A New King]

I have nothing but adoration for this song. It has that very distinctive 'Awesome' sound! Every instrument you've used aids each other in a subtle, yet satisfying way that really brings out the cheerful theme you were going for. Great work. :D

I shall voteth five, sir.

stunkel responds:

Oh thanks! Glad you liked it so much. I really appreciate the compliments and everything.

Thanks for the review!

[Into the Dragons Lair]

Clever use of sound effects, lol. This reminds me of some pc game I played back in 1994.

Very medieval and nostalgic for me, and that is always a good thing in my opinion. Five vote, my good sir.

SoundChris responds:

Thanks a lot, milord!

[Primoris]

Reminds me of the Terminator.

Metroid Prime is a good game, and I'm glad that you are so diverse in your musical style. I'd say that you could almost do about anything with music. The synth sounds just added to the positive and determined atmosphere that is portrayed throughout the song.

I would of liked to of heard more refined and expressive brass instruments, though. The french horns seem lacking without any wind power.

I give unto thee... 4.5 out of 5 stars, and a Five VOTEDETH

Step responds:

Whoops, sorry for taking so long to answer. Thanks a lot for the great review! Yeah I was never really that satisfied with East/West Symphonic Orchestra's brass. Ah well!

Glad you like it man.