Mattashi's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[To Zanarkand (Piano Cover)]

That was very beautiful played Lucid, your a very talented pianist :)
I loved your additions and I think no matter how much you play it you will always think that you can do better even though your already amazing at it. I have the same thing and I think many other artists have it aswell :)
So much nostalgia... I wish they could make awesome Final Fantasy games like that again it seemed it went a bit downhill after Squaresoft joined Enix I also miss Nobuo's work.
Awesome cover!

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Thanks, Mattashi :)

I too think that many artists feel the same about many things.
I've always felt that nostalgia is one of the most powerful emotions, which really shows in different forms of art. Everything that reminds you of the past, whether good or bad, impacts you a lot.
I miss Nobuos work as well, as well as the old Final Fantasy feel. FF XIII was a good try, but it doesn't even compare to the older titles :(

You're an amazing guitarist, btw o.O
Your cover of "The Choice" wakes so many feels :)

[Run Hobo Run]

So awesome and catchy too!

SourJovis responds:

Thanks man!

[Beware the Troll (WiP)]

Awesome boss battle! What is that crazy instrument you hear at 00:22 is that a vocal? I love it!
Nice work Chris :)

SoundChris responds:

Thanks man! The instrument is a patch from the CAGE Brass (if i remember correctly it were the french horns) and the articulation is called tongue flutter - sounds quite funny and really reminds of a vocal thing :D Glad you enjoyed it good sir!

[Getting Outfitted]

One day you'll make good music? This sounds great man!
Also nice work on the loops hadn't noticed it started over till I heard it a couple of times :)
I'm loving your melodies and I think this could fit nicely in an RPG game aswell!
Good job keep it up :)

Deemo-R responds:

Thanks for the compliment, though I'm always looking to be at the next level. My mixing and general orchestration could just be soooo much better, y'know?

I'll keep working at it, thank you for the review! (As well as the follow ;3)

[Engage]

That must be one hell of an epic car.
Nice work! :)

LunyAlex responds:

Thank you, haha! Much obliged!

[FFX Battle Theme (Piano Cover)]

My favorite Final Fantasy game!
This was an amazing cover! Your arrangement was beautiful, did you do it all in one take? can you share me some of your piano skills? :)
I like how you didn't take some of the errors out this will make it sound much more humanized. (I didn't really hear any mistakes though)
you should do "Back to Zanarkand" aswell :D

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Final Fantasy is a great series of games! FFX is my second favorite game from the series, without a doubt :D

I'm glad you liked my arrangement, and yes, I did it all in one take. There where a few small errors that just sounded so wrong I edited them out through the MIDI-file (I only did one recording of the piece, as I didn't have much time), but this track is mostly unedited (I ran the MIDI-file through the piano again once I had fixed it).

"can you share me some of your piano skills? :) "

=> Only if you share your amazing composing and mixing skills with me! :D

Yeah, usually I don't remove any errors at all. I think they're part of the playing, to the most part.
There are several mistakes, but it's always much more difficult for the listener to find them, I've noticed :p

You know, "To Zanarkand" is my favorite piano piece of all time, and the very first real piece that I ever learned, more than 5 years ago now. I can play it quite well, and I'm sure I'll record a version of it some day :D

Thanks again for reviewing and for being so awesome! ;)

[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

[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.