JWjustJW64's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[When you and your Robot companion have to save the Galaxy and be home in time to watch Flurpball]

I love how gritty and claustrophobic this song feels. It feels like trying to navigate through a dense asteroid field in a game or something; very well done

TurtleBox420 responds:

Thanks! I've never played Ratchet and Clank but I'd imagine, given the circumstances, you'd fly through at least one or two asteriod fields.

[Try Resisting Me]

Both drops at 0:44 and 2:00 caught me off guard (in a really good way). I don't know the language to accurately describe dubstep but they both hit much harder than I was expecting. Not in an entirely bombastic and in-your-face way but in more of a subtle and meticulous way. Whatever you'd call that, I absolutely love the energy it gives off. The progression of this song is really satisfying, and I love how the second drop plays off the first one but almost imbues it with more energy using the faster percussion to push through to 2:27. 2:27 - 3:26 is a really nice conclusion to the track, I like how it switches back to the half-time percussion halfway through to reverse the way that the dubstep sections progressed. All around this is phenomenal; I'll be listening to this again.

[Dimrain47 - At the Speed of Light (Vorlex Remix)]

I have to respect your tag game here it's quite impressive ᗒ∇ᗕ. I think 0:38 - 1:49 is my favorite section of the track, I really like the progression here and your unique ideas. Some of the other parts of the track (namely 0:06 - 0:38) I think suffer from a slight lack of cohesion, although I felt this mostly on the first listen and not so much on subsequent listens. I think the main thing that caught my ear was that in some of the piano transitions the mix got quiet a little too drastically for my taste, but that's a minor nitpick at best. I like 1:49 - 3:03 as well but I think the first half had slightly more unique ideas. I do really like what you did with the transition at 2:37 though. The ending 3:03 - 4:13 is really clean as well, it feels more climactic than the original song and I think it would make for a sick GD level. Overall this is very nice, I think most of my minor gripes with it are more personal preference than anything actually wrong with the track. Great work on the remix!

[Farewell]

The progression here and build-up are really good, I really like that organ synth in the background that starts at 1:36, it does wonders to make the track feel so layered. The outro is hella clean too, it's a really good way to round out the ending.

[What Dreams are Made Of~]

It feels like a dream soaring above the clouds, so bright and airy. I could drown in this soundscape, it's so pleasant. I especially like how cohesive and still original each of the melodies are, it gives the song a feeling of constantly moving forward which keeps it always fresh and never boring. The intro and outro are also super clean. Real peak stuff right here ^o^//

[Routine Break]

This song gives me this feeling... not quite nostalgia but something similar. A feeling of comfort and familiarity, like I heard it in a past life, but yet it is still brand new to me. It's really well done, and I love the contrast between the more chill sections at the start and the more chaotic sections around 1:00. The vibes here are just absolutely on point, I'd love to hear this in a game someday.

[Secret Box]

It's been ages since I've heard this one. Awesome that we're finally able to have this version. I reckon I rocked a little harder with these drops back when I was around 12 or so when I first heard this but it still goes hard

Zanzlanz responds:

Hey welcome back!
And hahah I feel. Dubstep in general kind of got washed out when the "loudness wars" and riddim scene took over. A lot of EDM I used to enjoy like 15 years ago sounds soo tame in comparison to nowadays :O