Score: 10

"love it"

submission: -Orr- Four Brave Champions

date: November 22, 2009

hey man, love the song, its part of what inspired me to buy Castle Crashers, which is an excellent game. So thanks for the music, and contributing to a fantastic game

Score: 7

"not sure...."

submission: Azarthian Girl {=MMD=}

date: April 7, 2009

mmd, i like this song, but its kind of dissapointing. First off, I love the light piano strokes strewn in the background, and how it seems to interact with the music and vocals. The melody is original and interesting, and the instrumental is my favorite part.

The biggest problem with this song in my humble opinion is the emotion, or lack thereof. I actually had to go back and listen to your other songs, and if you do this and ignore the words, you can still feel the point your trying to get across. The vocals, while technically good as far as I can tell, seem to have lost their fullness and meaning in this song. Granted its about a video game but it inevitably lacks the passion that attracted me to your other songs.

Anyone else that submitted this would have gotten and 8 or 9, but im just hoping for the next song I can convince you to bring the love and passion even at the expense of some technical details.

I am curious to see if you agree with me on this, but thanks for posting again nonetheless, downloaded into my giant stack of MMD songs :)

Score: 7

"alright"

submission: Final Summer

date: October 24, 2008

good composition and its a catchy tune but it doesnt really have anything new or interesting to offer. Its one track of one instrument and although its well done, its nothing special.

why is a song with a score of 3.53 first one the list compared to songs 4.25+?????

Score: 10

"not perfect"

submission: That Strange Noise (2007)

date: October 19, 2008

quite honestly i didnt think the song was much of a comedy. sounded more like a buildup to a kind of really naive adventurer, very lighthearted with a bounce to their step hoping along down an ejoyable path.

then i watched the movie (it works take out the spaces in "a rt" and "T ongue" after u paste it), and altho it felt like more of a comedy it still didnt seem to match the animation. I felt like it had too much body for such a goofy little movie (which was enjoyable nonetheless). It also felt like the movie and soundtrack peaked at slightly diffrent times. Really liked the picture in the ending credits tho :P

Score: 10

"finally!"

submission: Mariah of the Dreams

date: October 19, 2008

my 2nd favorite song of yours finally available to download. I was worried there might be a copyright issue with this one, but thankfully not!

absolutely lovely song. I love the dynamic nature of the song, where we can just feel it building up, particularly the one at 1:50. Ill forgive the abrupt ending since it is just a demo, but i love how triumphant it sounds at the end. I hope to be able to see this movie whenever possible to finally hear the best musician on NG finally make it to a commercial movie.

I am also very glad u choose the strings, they balance the piano so beautifully, and the triumphant love really shines through this piece so far. gl with the rest of it mate!

Score: 10

"diffrent"

submission: Snow Ruins (2007)

date: October 4, 2008

More ambient than ur other works, less exciting and less complicated than most of your other recent songs you have uploaded.
But who says thats a bad thing?
Really lovely feel to it, I really like the chorus and love the strings coming in at around 1:04. Really blends in a most excellent way. Reminded me of the tracks from Oblivion which kind of capture of feel of a very calm and pretty countryside. Snow portrays the calmness better tho, so I like your naming too. Its basically just a great relaxing song.

- toucanman -

oh btw gratz on being featured, you deserve it. A Magnificent journey is still my fav but ive really enjoyed all ur recent music. thanks for coming back buddy!

Score: 9

"that was fast"

submission: Here You Lay {=MMD=}

date: September 21, 2008

Okay here we go MMD,
First off I wanted to say i am excited by how quickly this came after ur last song. Its always worth the wait, but this along is exciting

Second, im trying to turn over a new leaf which is why its taken so long for me to write this, Im trying to listen to songs a whole bunch of times before I comment my first impressions.

But now down to the meat and potatoes. I first want to comment on you singing. You sound much more confident, with no hesitation about the pretty impressive range of notes you hit on this song. That being said the voice and percussion was nicely balanced, and you did an admirable job basically carrying the song with just the voice and percussion altho the drums sounded like they were not quite synched at times. The other instruments in the back kinda of blend together to create a sort of... i dont know, but there really isnt much in the way of distinct sounds other than that voice and drums which I would have enjoyed.

So now we arrive at the vocals, and the feel of the words doesnt mesh real well with the tone of the song in my opinion. Altho the music takes on a darker feel than the beginning couple of bars the lyrics are pretty somber and sad if I've understood them correctly. But that doesnt seem to be a problem with anyone else so mayhaps im in the minority.

All in all its an enjoyable song, where much of the time the voices are background instruments, a new twist in your songs. Its not my favorite, but i have already enjoyed it several times. thanks for posting this one so soon!

- toucanman -

Score: 9

"old style"

submission: Main Titles

date: September 17, 2008

Well dan,
this one did indeed remind me of ur old music, it just had that feel, must be the kit u were using. Anyways this has a very nice background feel to it, i particularly like it the Main Theme. Its great as always but its not as good as A Magnificent Journey. I cant believe how few people have found you again. In any case im looking foreward to the next song u release.

Out of curiosity do you have any plans to remake some of the old songs with the new kit? the new kit sounds so much cleaner, i was just wondering

- toucanman -

Score: 10

"good"

submission: Hybrid Statement

date: September 7, 2008

although less my style music, it was very enjoyable. I like the mix of excitement of hybrid with the relaxing hymn and then back to the excitement. I must say my favorite part was the hymn also, but really the whole song was awesome and i find it hard to critique or offer any suggestions cause it sounds so professional.

you are the man, dan

- toucanman -

Score: 10

"keyword magnificent"

submission: A Magnificent Journey

date: September 7, 2008

Man i havent even gotte to the end of this song but its so awesome already. I hope all the people in my dorms like classical music, cause they r gonna b hearing this one alot. This has seriously awesome composition, everything balances out and mixes perfectly. I just finished the song and the finale is amzing. This is even better than i remember ur older songs, might just be because its new. This is professional grade here man. I just couldnt stop smiling through the whole song. And as much as you may not like the beginning, I liked the kind of quiet beginning to an amazing song. And it was so happy. To much classical music is real depressing, this was just awesome. Nice work man.

- toucanman -