prog17's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Liquid Silver]

Very good ambiance

I like to browse Newgrounds for music for running tabletop games. This is exactly the kind of thing I see playing in a water filled dungeon or a sea side port town. Very relaxing with just an edge of feeling something is right around the corner. Really good, would work well in a flash game. Keep up the good work!

Periculous22 responds:

thank you for the review, boy would I love to get a song put into a game

[Megaman Legends 2: Mother Zone]

Very nice recreation

I almost want to dock a point because you don't change a whole lot of the song, but why change something already good?

It's a REALLY good remastering/recreation of the song just before the climax of MML2. This song is HAUNTING in context of the game and you really capture that in the second half of this track. Great job.

ProudOne responds:

I know it almost doesnt qualify for beeing called a remix, but some things are different. I just aimed for subtle changes to not smother the original's calm and creepy feeling

Thank you for the listen.

[Still Blastin']

You got a download out of me in under 30 seconds

I'm a huge megaman fan myself, I loved this. Great work as usual ma'am, look forward to the next song

NemesisTheory responds:

Thirty seconds? wow that's fast <333
I'm glad yet another Megaman fan likes the song! <33

Thanks a lot for the support and the review!

[gabbergabbergabberkick]

Oddly catchy

It's somewhere between the line of catchy and annoying. Strangely it fits a character I'm using for my tabletop gaming group, so thanks for this. Good work

Prodigal responds:

HAHAHAHAHAH

your welcome man, I had fun making this to be honest.

[Abandonia-Drum Loop]

Two problems

1) It sounds like the beginning of the song and ends up not going anywhere, it could have used more
2) It ends and then there's a gap before it loops again (granted this could be because of uploading or any such problems)

If you add more to it this could end up being a really fun loop

TheCon-Sept responds:

Its a drum loop... Its not supposed to be a full song... I don't think anyone else realizes this...

However it is going to be used in the BGM for my review stuff.

[Megaman Legends 2 - Def Zone]

Gotta agree

It's a good song and a one of the most memorable from the game (this was the last hallway before the final boss right?) but I think if you could replace that snare drum with a well timed, in synch bass beat then this song would be just fantastic.

Can't wait to see more MML2 songs

ProudOne responds:

It actually was the whole Space station Level before you entered the place with all the bosses

[{dj-N} The End of Time]

One of the greats

I really think I'm able to say that. Newgrounds' motto is "Everything by everyone" and here we have an amazing aural experience from an 18 year old PC Repair Technician (If your personal page is to believed). That fact alone is fantastic, but honestly I've listened to your songs for a while and this really tops off what's been a heck of a growing experience. If you took this and compared it to your earlier stuff the comparison is night and day.

I really have no experience making songs from scratch, but my dabbling with midi remixes lets me take a step back and look at something like this, then look at such a successful backlog of work, and it's just mind blowing to see. Here's to several more years of such fantastic music!

dj-Nate responds:

19 years old now ;)

[Megaman Legends - Ruins Theme]

Got a download from me

Having just played through MML2 again its great to hear some quality takes on the soundtrack (one of the best I've heard in a video game). I'd love to see some more songs so I'll second the train battle from MML2 (preferably the second phase, yes there is actually a difference).

Excellent work on this one though, a great take on one great song. Can't wait to hear more!

ProudOne responds:

I think i'll try the train battle, then! Thank you! I connect a lot of wasted days to that game XD

[{425} CraZe]

In defense of the artist

Yes guys, the top 50 is ALWAYS going to sound similar because the crowd who actually votes likes a certain kind of music, therefore the songs are going to be of similar genre or style. It is in no way an act of plagiarism or cheap copy-catting that two separate artists can create songs of the same genre with similar beats and rhythm.

That said, take each song for what it is. 425 has done a spectacular job from the first set of notes grabbing our attention with a small, one layer synth (a commonly used style with most drum and bass or techno songs). He then progresses with well done drums, breakbeats, bass and the like. Its a good song and its in the top 50 because of this. The fact that its been in popular games on the portal also would help its score because its going to get a lot of views because of this.

So kudos to 425 for a catchy rhythm and some well done synth, and silence your ignorant selves, you biased blam spamming nut jobs.

Michael425 responds:

First off, thank you for coming to my support in this flood of amateur critics, and thank you for looking beyond the fact that my song was on Top 30. It is hard for people to leave honest reviews when their opinions are clouded by the fact that my song got a high score.

I'm glad you liked my song.

Thanks for defending me, it takes too much time/effort for me to respond to people in the way you did. Thanks.

~Michael425~