Phronemophobia's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[AIM - Faith in Freedom]

I've never played Mirror's Edge, but this did make me think of Ghost in the Shell quite a bit. While I still believe this is a fantastic piece of music, it also feels like you were being a little... uh, "safe" with it. The whole thing began to sound kinda samey for last few minutes.

zybor responds:

Most idm have similar structure and they do start out slowly.

Thanks for the review :)

[AIM - Witches Night Out]

If somebody had told me this was ripped from a VG OST, I would have bought into that lie without question. On the one hand, it fits the art perfectly and I enjoy it considerably. On the other, this does nothing to stand out from numerous other songs I've heard from actual game soundtracks over the years, and that means so much to me. I want to listen to this and know that it's from you. I don't want to stop what I'm doing to try and remember who and where I got this song from each time I hear it on my player. I still want this on my playlist though. It's just too darn charming to ignore.

Thank you, Mr. Grail.

[LL (Old) - Enslaved To The Pain]

I didn't care for it. This sounds like it's trying to come across as depressing, unsettling, and hopeless, rather than doing so naturally. As a result, I felt nothing. The song is well-made, but it left no impression upon me.

Lich responds:

I must ask, could you clarify by what you mean by 'doing so naturally'? if I go and craft certain sounds to go towards the whole depressing and hopeless vibe, then what classifies between naturally and not-naturally?

The entire idea of something coming across as 'natural' or not sounds like a personal-bias instead of a proper explanation in this case.

[Chainsaw Tower | 2017]

I'm not a major fan of horror music, though I do like to collect a bunch of it solely for my Halloween playlist, and this is certainly worth adding to that list. It's also a fairly decent loop. Not perfect, but pretty darn close. Great job, Bert.

Bertn1991 responds:

Thanks for the kind feedback and for adding it to the list :-)

[AIM - Beat Down]

I do love fun, playful music. So much so that my score is a definitely going to be a biased one in your favor. The song is far more cheerful than the art it was inspired by, but I'd like to believe hearing this would put a smile on X's face. It certainly added one to mine.

Win or lose, I think you did a fine job with this, SirQ. Thank you. :)

[S P A C E S U R F I N]

It's not really all that loopy with the silence at the end.

From the comments, it seems you made this just to kill some time, so, obviously, I shouldn't be expecting much to begin with. The tune is competently made and I'm certain you could turn it into something far better, but, right now, it's simple and forgettable. Average.

Is there a chance you might go back and add some polish to this track, or did you feel like you just needed to practice a bit to keep yourself from getting rusty?

[Polka Parade | 2017]

I love everything about this.

Bertn1991 responds:

Eep thank you so much! ^.^

[Data Fatale]

This is fantastic. I especially like how you said you were "starting this long road" towards learning Synthwave only a month and a half ago, but it sure sounds like you've been specializing in the genre for far longer than that. It's proof of your talent, I suppose.

Thank you very much, Keren.

Keypat responds:

I'm glad you liked the track, this is gonna be a hell of EP, yeah!

[Chocolate Milk]

It delivers exactly what it promises, so I guess I can't fault it.

[Anathema Digital - Day Chip]

There's not enough variety to justify nearly six minutes. It's a great song, but I doubt I could fully enjoy this from start to finish after the first listen.