Mattashi's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mysterious Calm]

Wow 23 minutes! Really loved it! it's very relaxing and it does have an rpg feeling to it.
Your song gave me nostalgia, Kinda feels like a song that could have been used in Chrono Trigger.
Awesome work and can't wait to hear more :)

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Thanks a lot, Mattashi!
I can understand why this seems to give an rpg-ish feeling to people, as the instruments that are used are pretty commong in several rpg games :3
I'm sure this sounds like something that could've been in Chrono Trigger, but my main inspiration is surely from Final Fantasy VII :D

Your new album is astonishing!

[Elegance]

So relaxing! I love it :) it sounds like a song that should be played on a title screen of an mmorpg.
Nice work.

VideoGameManiac responds:

Thank you, much appreciated! :D

[Fangs of the Wicked Witch]

Really awesome work! It might not sound like a battle theme in the beginning but it does start to feel like it a bit later on in the song like the part that starts around 00:25 (with the xylophone? I love this!).
And I really loved it around 01:03
can't wait to hear your mini album!

[Sorcerers Path - The Ice Tower]

Listening to this gave me a "Home Alone" feeling xD. I wonder if you were inspired by John Williams.
I really love the music your writing for this game and I think it will be worth buying just for the music alone :)

SoundChris responds:

Thanks so much - the "home alone" feeling is quite what i wanted to create since loneliness plays a big role in this level. I was not really inspired by williams, but like i said if you use celesta it will always remind of harry potter or even more of the nut cracker by tschajkowsky :)

I am really happy you like the games soundtrack in general - since this is the very first soundtrack that i score :D

All the best,
Chris

[A park in Mosul]

Religion is supposed to bring us peace yet it's what started almost every war.
I really can't believe how they can just decapitate children like that, there must be something wrong with them. It really makes me sick.
This track is very dark and like Kat said eerie.
Great work on it.

Phonometrologist responds:

Religion without grace creates two types of people: those that become prideful because they can keep all the “rules,” and depressed people because they cannot. Religion in itself doesn’t bring peace and that has become quite apparent.
This is what Martin Luther King Jr called “The Drum Major Instinct” in his last sermon before he was murdered. The desire of the human heart to be first—the pride and self-righteousness that people perpetuate onto others more often than not result in violence and hate for another as they themselves attempt to reach supremacy. It’s just so easy to take that form through religion. The idea that “we” know right and are better because of what “we” believe. Love doesn’t insist on its own way, and so in the absence of that, people will kill those that are different or that are perceived to be weaker. But children? That’s a whole other evil that I wasn’t prepared to read about and see.

One mistake that a people can make is to think that they can never get to that point. That these types of behaviors only belong to primitive people. We have to remember that through one of the most educated and technological advanced societies of the world in the early 20th Century, Germany has done many similar atrocities over an ideology that they were greater than the rest.
My point isn’t meant for pessimism, but rather to remind and encourage, because through these stories there is a hope and a renewed focus to live abundantly in serving others.
Thank you for making time to listen and leaving a comment. For me personally, this track is dark in a sense of being lost through the sadness of it all rather than being purely frightening. It has been quite therapeutic.

[Fanfareium]

Nice little fanfare :D
The quality of the instruments don't really matter much because I really like the structure and the melody of it which for me is always way more important than the samples being used.
Sounds like something coming straight out of an old snes game :)
Good job!

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Thanks a lot for the encouraging words :)!
I definitely agree. I always look much more at the structure and melody of a song, than I look at other things, when I rate it.
I also tend to focus much more on the composition itself when I make songs. I'm trying to get better at mixing and such too, but I really don't have any time at all at the moment :(

[VA Heroine's death]

*Nostalgia tear* This was awesome xD you should definitely upload some of your music on here. can't wait! :D

[Are You Afraid?]

2 Great steam punk composers joining forces, how much better can it get :D
Good luck to you guys in the NGADM hope you guys get far!

[Towards Madness]

Nice composition! this would fit awesome for maybe a boss battle or an escape theme. I really loved the string work and the brass part that came in at 01:19
Keep it up :)

[Sorcerers Path - The Forest]

Awesome work Chris! Your composition reminded me of some of Danny Elfman's work.
Only thing I would do is work on the loop a little, it doesn't need much maybe a short fade in at the intro?
Would love to hear your music in that game, when do you think it'll be finished?

SoundChris responds:

Hey Mattashi!

You were right, the influence in the choir passage was danny elfman. I always loved how he used the childrens choir in sincere contexts. I also wanted to finally trst 8Dio´s Liberis which i have purchased when it was 50% of a few weeks ago. The piece originally had a fade in, but when it looped there was always this fade in while the track should still feel consisting. So the game developer will create this fade in so it will occur only the first time the track starts. I also thought if i should make a song version... we will see.

The game "The Sorcerer´s Path" will be released for ios and pc. We are working on the demo right now and everybody is doing a great job. Its really a pleasure to work for this enthusiastic team :D
Thanks a lot for leaving your thoughts here. Glad you liked the piece :D

All the best!