Tangerine's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Amarna [NGMC 2025]]

Very nice!

[Stones River]

My goodness, where to start with this one? I love it so much. You can easily hear the classical influences, especially at 0:43. Let's just take a second to talk about this. Absolutely masterclass I love it so much. Don't be surprised if you see me attempt something similar in the future. Whatever strings you used here sound amazing :)

It's been a hot minute since I've heard Tennessee and I really love what you did with it. It went from funny trumpet shenanigans into a beautifully orchestrated masterpiece. I genuinely love how much you use the woodwinds. Personally, they're the most slept-on family right before unpitched perc.

You're unnaturally skilled at making music to fit wars. The beginning of this piece matches the tone I would expect for a track about the Civil War. The beautiful violins and strings at the beginning add so much flavour.

10/10 for using the lower register of the celesta so effectively. The celesta usually sounds like such a playful instrument but the lower register has a completely different feel. It still retains the characteristics but without as much brightness to its timbre.

Going back to 00:43 - 00:53, MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM that is so good I struggle to express it. I go back and listen to the original Tennessee and I can barely believe it's the same person who made them both. How much you've improved is quite insane. I love how much orchestral music you're making, but I wonder how you'd sound if you tried a trance track again using all that you've learnt.

At 1:20, the pizz strings sound so crisp I love it. It's so sharp and quiet; a perfect contrast to the flutes which are the complete opposite. The build-up to the final climax is done very well. It's a shame the ending is done so quickly. I feel like you could have done more with it. It sounds like it was cut in half and we hear the second half. It's got so much punch and power yet not enough time to really make use of it. However, the very end is a lovely touch. I always love big dramatic endings.

Criminal that this wasn't frontpaged. It has so much charm to it.

50Steaks responds:

Glad to see your extended review! I didn’t compose the ending the same way I do most of my pieces. I made the ending WAY before I made the buildup and thus the transition into it probably didn’t feel super natural. Also with these two most recent pieces I’ve been experimenting with dead silence more as a tool for emphasis and this was my first attempt at it. I think cirrus did a significantly better job at using it though. I guess they can’t frontpage everything lol.

Been thinking about a possible return to trance. But I’m worried that it’ll sound the same as before because I’m in a completely different software now. Orchestration rules and such just don’t apply at all in fl and that’s scary. Unless I somehow blended these instruments with synths and somehow like exported a mp3 file or something. But that sounds really challenging tbh and a little impractical since I can’t mix exactly the way I want.

Side note, by celesta do you mean hand bells or glockenspiel? I didn’t use that in this piece, only presage. I assume you mean hand bells cause I do use the lower register. It makes more sense when you think about this piece as a hand bell concerto.

I’m surprised you have so much to say about 0:43 and not the part immediately following, which is my favorite part of the piece obviously.

Before uploading I made a few dynamic modifications to the intro and to the first chorus because the ending was just so much louder and I didn’t like that. Ultimately I think that was a mistake. The solo violin projects above everything wayyyy too much but I just wanted to get this out so I could move on to wrapping up cirrus, which is just so much more experimental and also got the FP. But I’m glad to see you enjoyed this one nonetheless! This will NOT be the last time I step into remaking old states.

[The Minimallist]

God knows the world needs more of this

Solacitude responds:

Did you get this sense of calmness, a soothing effec?
It is what I got from composing this one, and from anytime I listen to it.
Good for the mind. I'm glad you enjoyed ^^

[-Mustard Gas-]

Nice!

Creeperforce24 responds:

Haven’t see you in a while! Hello :D

[The tale of Sir Corvin]

So dramatic! I love it

Solacitude responds:

I love dramatic music ^^
I'm glad you like it too! I hope it's at least as dramatic as Corvin's fate :)

[CEO's in 2025]

Anyone but Luigi!

[10 Years in the Joint]

I wasn't mentally prepared to hear english. Very cool song tho!

CasualBreather responds:

Thanks man ! A pleasure!

[Weird foreign language fast freestyle]

I think this is a sign from above

[Sky]

Your orchestration is such an inspiration

HollandAlbright responds:

That's so kind, thank you!

[Permeate]

Neat track! House is pretty different to what I typically do, so take my tips and advice with a grain of salt.

From what I've learnt over the years I've been doing music, having a strong memorable melody is an ace up your sleeve. Something that people can quietly sing to themselves in the shower is the goal, especially for electronic genres (slightly less so for more traditional genres).

I'd suggest playing around with more complex rhythms and compositional techniques. Lots of variation between sections whilst still staying true to the song you're making. I'm not super familiar with house so I'm not quite sure if it is one of the genres which pride themselves on their simplicity, but I think trying out new rhythms would do you a lot of good!