Phronemophobia's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Busy Beaver (2019)]

"You horrible fowl! How dare you waddle your way into my dam and start quacking during my wooderful song!"

Man, I love it when you deliver a quirky, upbeat track. It's my favorite kind of music, but you probably know that, Bertn. You definitely know that, Bertn. You obviously know you're Bertn.

Bertn1991 responds:

Ducks shall inherit the Earth, busy beavers be dammed. I am the one and only Bubm1994 and quirky is my middle name ^w^

[Across the Zodiac (2019)]

I went through that album shortly after it was up on YouTube. It's a beautiful gift for the holiday season, Bertn. You didn't have to trouble yourself like that (nor should you have!), but I guess you're too kind for your own good.

I hope you have a more wondrous holiday planned tomorrow than I do with my lonely frozen pizza dinner and IBC Root Beer. I did receive the adorable Duck Hunt Duo amiibo from a friend at work, so maybe I'll toy around with that on Smash.

Bertn1991 responds:

You are a shining gem. Thanks so much for making the day a little brighter. Happy someone enjoyed the album ^.^

Also, frozen pizza is pretty good, but it's even better cooked! Hot pizza, cold IBC, happy Bertn. Also also, I'm sucker for Amiibos so that actually sounds like a wonderful gift.

[Undercover Hobo]

Initially, I imagined a playable Wario lurking around the red-light district of Crypt of the Necrodancer, but now it's Mitsuda's "Remains of the Factory" with Crono looking like Afro Samurai. Either way, I've clearly not had enough sleep today.

HoboKa responds:

How do you come up with these comparisons, sleep or no? I just can't draw on stuff like that normally. HA. Thanks for great comments as usual man.

[Funkertron2000 [Remix] - ToeJam & Earl]

My only two bits of nitpicking are the sprinkling of TJ&E voice clips throughout and that this piece doesn't differentiate itself enough from other remixes of the same song outside of the use of those clips. "Big, Big, Big Earl" goes along with the music... becomes part of it. I'm all for that sort of thing. Then, there's the random "Rap!" and "Jammin!" that comes across as minor irritations/ They're just there for the sake of it, and I rather they were not. It's still a TJ&E remix though. The internet can always use more of those. This one just doesn't stand out much among them.

HoboKa responds:

Well, a lukewarm reception beats a frigid one. Thanks mate. I suspect I'll be getting the same comments in my compo, though I submitted it as a BONUS, not an eligible entry to vote on.
Still, I had fun making this.

Also, if you REALLY want my worst work, check out my sonic 2 remix. It'll kill you >:3

[SHMUP Stage Uno]

Man, I haven't heard a first stage shoot'em up sound this good since Cat Girl Without Salad: Amuse~Bouche, though the tone is far different from the fun and quirky setting created by Virt's Radical Galaxy. This feels more like Streets of Rage... in Space!

HoboKa responds:

Nice, you always have the best comments man.

[[Front Mission 3] Frontline Powow]

Initially, I was beginning to feel slightly peeved by how "safe" you were playing it with this remix, but, halfway into it, I began to realize the differences and had to stop what I was doing in order to find the original piece and listen to this one again for a side-by-side comparison. It's a twenty-year-old game, so the improved sound quality is already appreciated, but you added a much needed layer to the music to help emphasize the mechanical aspect of the franchise that I thought the original was a little too soft about, and hearing it all come together from 2:15 onward is especially rewarding.

Now I'm curious. You wouldn't happen to have or thought about composing a remix from the Wars series, would you?

HoboKa responds:

Really appreciate the comments. This one actually won me a competition round at PRC (though there was only 1 other entry haha)
Don't have enough context about the 'Wars series'. And I never actually beat any of them, though I own 3 on psn. I used to own 4, but got side-tracked so many times and I just sold it along with all my other ps2 games. Guess I could download it...

But if you really want, you can PM me and maybe we can hash something out. I might do up a tune or 2 for you, provided there are MIDIs :)

[[Sonic CD remix] Titillating Tempest]

Not sure why Flops tagged me fo... oh shit! It's HoboKa from OCR!

I don't know enough about music to figure out why this wasn't included on the album, but I'm glad I have the chance to finally add it to the album's folder on my computer... where it belongs!

Thank you for this (and Jaded by Death), and welcome to Newgrounds!

Edit: Checking over my playlist, it IS on there. So, it actually did pass the bar?

HoboKa responds:

Uh...No. It did not pass. https://ocremix.org/community/topic/38074-no-sonic-cd-us-titillating-tempest/?tab=comments#comment-758792

In fact, that is the fate of many of my ReMixes*. J00j Panel** doesn't appreciate a lot of my music. So I needed to branch out with SoundCloud and Newgrounds. I hope this doesn't poison your image of me haha.

Anyhow, I really appreciate that you like Jaded by Death. Think I have a few other posted tunes too... (edit) Oh and I appreciate that you like this remix too, obviously. Lotta work went into this beast >:3

[endK - Gotta Go Blast!]

Not a major fan of Sonic (I prefer the spin-off games more than the main series), but the music is undeniably some of the best in all of medium. Mixing in a bit of Mega Man and, most importantly, a healthy portion of endK talent really turns this into one of my favorite Why-the-fuck-is-this-masterpiece-so-short! tracks that I normally only find in SiIvaGunner albums. I'd wish it was longer, but I'm always afraid the extended version would ruin the magic of the piece.

Anyways, good luck in the competition, Filip, and, as usual, I'll wait until this is on BC to download it.

endKmusic responds:

I'm sure that if there was no deadline it could've be longer.
However, I imagined this as a trailer, short and sweet.
Thanks for the feedback Phro, always love hearing from you! <3
I'll check those albums out.

[endK - Midnight Chariots]

I do love adding music to my Halloween playlist.
I do love adding music to my endKBertn playlist.

Imagine a modern day chase sequence happening, except the pursuer is the Headless Horseman. A ghost horse can move as fast as a car, right? Maybe?

endKmusic responds:

Hahahaha, wasn't intended to be haloween-ish, but here we are.
Yeah, for sure + there's no crashing risk.
...and most importantly - no need for insurance.
<3!

[Broken Souls]

This is definitely a rough song with the biggest issue I have being the messy vocals fighting to be heard over the rest of the music. I have no clue what is being said throughout most of it.

If you hadn't already mentioned it in your comments section, I probably wouldn't have had the heart to make any complaints.

:(

Quebi responds:

Yeah. It was impossible to manage with me packing for college and buying stuff and the vocalist doing the same, with NGUAC happening simultaneously. Mixing barely happened and mastering was non-existent. I do plan to fix all the issues when I'm moved into my dorm though, and release a polished version.