McGorilla42's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Gentle Breeze (With Strings and Brass)]

Wonderful piece of music! I'm usually not a fan of "pretty" arpeggiated piano, but this somehow spoke to me and I enjoyed it. It feels sincere and creates a very peaceful, uplifting mood. The mix could do with a little tweaking (probably just some EQing around the low-mids), but I still love it!

Have you found someone to play this for you yet? I do read and play sheet music, but I'm not sure if I'll have time in the near future :( This actually sounds pretty convincing for MIDI so you did a great job with that too!

JessieYun responds:

Hello, MrGorilla.

Thank you very much for the comment and suggestion! So glad you enjoyed the piece!

No, not yet -- but will be happy to update when I find one! :)

[Look to the Stars | Project 5: Sightseer OST]

Ah, Finn this is fantastic! I'm impressed that you can nail this as well so many other styles. During NGADM I loved your work, but wrongly assumed that that was your only forte, but here you've shown you're incredibly versatile. Amazing. I could learn a lot from you!

FinnMK responds:

Thanks so much!

[Make It Easy]

I keep coming back to your stuff and it's always really so great. You have a talent for writing catchy dead-simple, but super catchy and interesting melodies and creating spacious, yet somehow still full-sounding mixes. The weird thing is that I would never expect to enjoy this sort of music but your music gives me uncontrollable feels. You're really good! Keep it up and I won't be surprised to see you doing big things in a few years.

[We Are Heroes]

This is a really great track, Finn! I'm very excited to see how you and John/Ethan do against each other. Best of luck and congrats for making it so far!

FinnMK responds:

Thanks a bunch!

[C'mon, Girl]

Jordi + Fred = <3

Great work, guys and good luck for the grand finals!

johnfn responds:

McGorilla42 + us = <3

[Chapter II: Believe]

This is wonderful, Jordi! I'm so happy to see how well this turned out considering your mood and time pressure that was put on you. This piece felt truly sincere in a way that a lot of songs of such a deeply personal nature struggle to. I can't wait to see the results of this round and have my fingers crossed for you. Excellent work! :)

etherealwinds responds:

I think that a lot of the time, when you don't have to force a song, it will in some ways just create itself. It doesn't require a lot of effort or frustration, so I was lucky this time. I had put myself under a lot of pressure to force myself to create something before, and it's just nice sometimes to shed that and just make something without worrying about what you're making. <3

[The Fall]

Amazing song, guys! What's especially impressive is that you popped this out last second with less than a third of the time the rest of us had. I was also so happy when I heard Jordi singing even though that was very naughty of you.

Great work and good luck this round! :)

johnfn responds:

TY MC (DOG) GORILLA I L U

[Pikachu Joins a Metal Band]

Haha, this is amazing, man. Feel like Pikachu could be a little louder in the mix, but giving an opinion on a silly song is kinda silly too! This is hilarious 5*

TSRBand responds:

Haha thanks for checking it out! You're right though shoulda cranked it up a bit more on Pikachu's mic :P

[Elysium]

It blows me away that you're able to create something like this "last minute". Stunning as always, Jordi! :) Loved hearing the harp -- did you record it? Didn't expect the change around 2:35, but it was great. Your music creates images for me and that's special and not easy to do! Good luck <3

etherealwinds responds:

Well, I did make a start on it on the 9th but then I got bored and went on a night out lol. Came back on the 10th and worked non-stop til about 2am. Dunno where I found the motivation really, it sorta just unfolded as I was working on it. The harp is from a sample library I really enjoy using, Concert Sam Harp?? It's really easy to work with and means I don't have to get out of bed hahaha <3

Good luck to you too Dan!

[Past Midnight (Unpolished)]

Sounds like you an I had an almost identical experience with this round. I enjoyed my piece at the start but toward the end I really struggled to do any work on it and also submitted a piece that I wouldn't have otherwise would it not have been for the NGADM deadline.

That being said, this isn't as awful as you think it is. I think it has a lot of interesting parts! I doubt you're in the mood for any types of pointers or opinions after how you described your feelings toward this piece, but I feel that this has tons of potential to become maybe two or three different songs if you ever work up the energy to return to it.

Good luck this round.

Onefin responds:

if you gave me any pointers i would probably tell you that i would have fixed it had i enjoyed the piece :p