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| Candlelight Supper by KennethLavrsen | 2 months ago |
 I love the bassline and the playfulness of the melody. The guitar ostinato/arpeggios in the background provide a great texture for the melody. Drums are great too. Really nice piece! |
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| Tomorrow When the War Began by ihussain | 2 months ago |
Very moody piece. Nicely mixed and the strings are well-layered. Vocals are really nice too. Great composition  |
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| Chemistry by ZipZipper | 5 months ago |
Whoah! I love the composition. And all of the sounds, they all sound so unique and well put together. The rhythms start really fast-paced and energetically, and you transition nicely to the middle segment, which provides a nice break. That piano solo is nice too, it gives the song excellent variety and sense of evolution, avoiding monotony, and telling a great story. And your transition back into the rhythm/beat is awesome. Finally you bring the song full circle in the end. Amazing! I'd only suggest dragging the ending out a tad bit longer to really fulfill all of the emotion you've built up. Nothing too exciting, just extending the fade of the strings to be a bit longer and the beat to subside more gradually. Can't say more than that. I absolutely love this piece! :D |
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| The Animals Went in Two by Two by ihussain | 5 months ago |
Great overall orchestration! My favorite part is towards the end when the choir and woodwinds come in |
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| Return to Planet by MarcHumpert | 5 months ago |
| @longshot: Thanks! Not sure if I should expand it or not - it seems to work well as a transitional song as it is |
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| 'Sonata for Flute, Oboe and Three Pianos (Mov't One)' by soulima | 5 months ago |
| Wow, once again you triumph with your classical music. The piano layering is utterly amazing, and the textures you create with the arpeggios and ostinatos are so awesome. This will be one I will study a lot |
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| The Hypnagogic Enlightenment of Captain Nemo by pharmakeus | 5 months ago |
| Whoah, I really love this! It's uniquely ambient for electric guitar, with a great mood. Kind of like Erik Satie meets the electric guitar. Instant favorite |
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| Rustling Leaves by ihussain | 5 months ago |
Collabs are always fun This definitely has a 60's british invasion feel, kind of like Chad & Jeremy. Your arrangement is really great. The piano is perfect, and the strings are nice and complex but not overdone. All of the accents are spot-on as well. |
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| Airborne Drop by MarcHumpert | 5 months ago |
| @Vixen: Thank you! @KennethLavrsen: Thanks a lot, I usually always have some visual story paired up to the music, I'm glad that came across! @Axelbreeze: I'm glad  @ihussain: Thanks, I really appreciate it! @pharmakeus: I certainly tried, thank you! @soulima: It was my secret weapon for the whole song! I thought it was too much, but it was such a driving force that it was hard to remove. I wouldn't want to be the drummer though in a live version of this (phew!) |
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| Longing For The Spring by KennethLavrsen | 5 months ago |
| This is cool! The instruments remind me a bit of a Beatles-style song. The drums are also really well-handled. Nice chord progressions also keep the song interesting |
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| It Could Happen to Anybody by Vixen | 5 months ago |
The singing is awesome! Obviously there is a lot of noise in the mic, but regardless the voice still comes through beautifully. And the orchestration is great |
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| Jailbreak / Stealing a Ship by MarcHumpert | 1 year ago |
| Thank you for more of your comments. @mfwmiles: thank you. part of me felt it was too short, but everything seemed to take up the amount of time needed. so perhaps as a standalone song it could leave someone wanting more, but for this particular scene it seems to work well. @soulima: thank you very much! i'm still revising the piece so I will try your suggestion! Thank you for listening and providing such great feedback, everyone! |
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| Jailbreak / Stealing a Ship by MarcHumpert | 1 year ago |
| Thank you very much! I appreciate everyone's comments and support. @RickWillingham: I have always wondered why iCompositions doesn't have a "soundtrack" category for music; it always seems awkward calling it "classical" |
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| junkyard wars by Lapskin | 1 year ago |
Damn I really like this song! I love all the levels of creativity and the weird visuals I get of robots built out of junk, fighting. Very cool piece! |
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| Sunset Boulevard - theme from musical by ihussain | 1 year ago |
| Really cool piece! kmmfoo is probably right, although it kind of sounds like 6/8 with brief sections in 7/8. The piano is really good though and I can only imagine the complications in trying to arrange this yourself. It's hard to tell if you panned the instruments, but panning them to orchestra positions would help the balance of the sounds: Higher strings to the left, lower strings to the right, piano slightly off-center to the left. |
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| Tenderly(rev2) by Xolv | 1 year ago |
This is a really cool piece! The arrangement is really nice and complex, but not overwhelming. One suggestion, since the piano sounds really beautiful and is the core of the song, would be to have a short passage somewhere in the middle where the piano plays solo. And then you gradually layer on all the other instruments. Otherwise this is a really beautiful piece. It's instantly a favorite! |
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| Follow the Bouncing Sledge Hammer by RubyDubidoux | 1 year ago |
| This is a really cool take on this song! Really nicely done, and I think this style gets a lot out of the lyrics in a totally different manner than Gabriel's. Great work! | |
| Hoedown from Rodeo by soulima | 1 year ago |
| Really cool. This is an excellent arrangement of Copland's song! The sheer amount of work you put into it is very impressive! | |
| van Diemen's Land by pharmakeus | 1 year ago |
| Really great work! Your singing brought a lot of power and passion to the words. | |
| Angelo's Blues by pharmakeus | 1 year ago |
| Great song! A lot of energy, really good vocals and killer guitar. | |
| Rephaim Valley Underworld by MarcHumpert | 1 year ago |
| @ pharmakeus: Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. @ ShadowofNine: Thank you so much for your opinion! I might try to expand the intro a bit, focusing on the string part that you liked. |
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| in a darksome wood by Mystified | 1 year ago |
Wow this is a total gem that I found in the archives! I love this song! Everything is well executed. You paint the atmosphere perfectly. The sound effects are wonderful. |
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| Aubade (for Flute and Piano) by soulima | 1 year ago |
| This is very pretty and soothing! The piano is really nice, I assume you recorded it all live (not note by note?) |
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| The House - Zelda: Ocarina of Time by MarcHumpert | 1 year ago |
| @ Project_S: Thank you very much! I'm glad, I was hoping it would have that effect! @ ZipZipper: Thank you for the insight! That French Horn has always bothered me too  I can't edit the original file anymore, but I might try to recreate it again in Cubase. |
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| Final Scene (2009 version) by ewigwanderer | 1 year ago |
| Yeah, this version is really great! | |
| Gerudo Valley by MarcHumpert | 2 years ago |
| Thanks everyone! @ Bachtoven: Which theme from ALTTP? @ Bass2X: If you're out there perhaps you'd be willing to record the trumpet solos? This piece is still a tossup for me; I'm on the fence about sound of the percussion and the guitar. I would like it to be a little more varied and less grating. |
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| Serenade of Water by MarcHumpert | 2 years ago |
| Thanks everyone! @ Silky: Yeah, I agree it's too short. This brings up the point I was debating, when composing, whether to expand with my own compositional interpretation while still keeping the core of the original the same. For this piece especially there is a lot that could be done with a nice buildup and nice coda. |
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| DARLIN' YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL - reload by Lagusaya2 | 2 years ago |
| I love the composition here! The melody gives me goosebumps and the lyrics are great. | |
| Heart of Gold (Neil Young Cover) by Bachthoven | 2 years ago |
I love this song, Neil Young is awesome. This cover is awesome and I love the polyphony of voices. Next up do Powderfinger! |
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| Goin' Up by ZipZipper | 2 years ago |
I like this song a lot! I love the consistent energy of it; it makes it very fun and lively. I'd definitely work more with the dynamics and reverb to give it a more realistic sound. Vary the accents (velocity) on the hi-hats to make it sound more naturalistic, and maybe even the same with the piano; the song starts and ends with a bang so having a softer moment in the middle that swells up for an explosive finish would be fitting. |
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| Bohemian Rhapsody (cover) by Basaran | 2 years ago |
This was a really fun composition with great production value! I love all the elements you creatively mixed together. Keep doing more! |
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| The Clifftop Fortress by MarcHumpert | 2 years ago |
| @soulima: thank you! @Doctor_Hops: thanks a lot; i'm glad it was visually evocative! @Mungo: thanks! i definitely prefer this to be played over a good sound system at home... or by an orchestra live |
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| Emily, Whenever I May Find Her – Simon & Garfunkel by OMNICELL | 2 years ago |
Great voice and arrangement! Makes me imagine a sweet play based on Simon & Garfunkel music. |
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| The Sewer System - Alter Ego by Williams | 2 years ago |
This is absolutely amazing! I love the string layering starting at 2:38 And it's absolutely amazing how the song holds interest for all 5 minutes. Just excellent! |
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| Need Your Love so Bad version 1 by Vixen | 2 years ago |
The singing and lyrics are great! I love the horns; the whole piece is really polished and great to listen to again and again! |
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| Spiritus Mundi by soulima | 2 years ago |
| Your orchestration is amazing! And the composition is outstanding! There are so many wonderful things going on, it really holds up well to multiple listens. | |
| The Clifftop Fortress by MarcHumpert | 2 years ago |
| Thanks everyone! My one dissatisfaction is the volume mix; originally it had a variable mix, but the variations in amplitude made the softer parts harder to hear  so I had to equalize the whole thing.Not sure how best to present the mix. |
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| Tropicana by MarcHumpert | 2 years ago |
| @ Soulima: Thanks to you and all our conversations! I made this, inspired by our talks! @ Mungo: Thanks a lot! O'Hearn's song is great! |
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| Final Scene by ewigwanderer | 2 years ago |
Very nice mix. So glad I stumbled across your music! I really like the time signature changes. |
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| Don't Mistake Your Hat For A Wife by Mungo | 2 years ago |
The beats in this are awesome! I love the bass guitar too. I could see this in a videogame or even a fight scene in a movie. Very nice!!! |
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| Theme and Variation # 1 from the 'August Variations' by soulima | 2 years ago |
| variation rocks and you have it down. keep making this! | |
| Pachelbel's Canon (Canon in D Major) by soulima | 2 years ago |
| This version literally blows every other one out of the water. Thank you for reinvigorating this song!!! |
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| Journey Into the Fog by MarcHumpert | 2 years ago |
| Thank you for the comments! Digifish is a royalty-free website based out of Australia that gave me permission to use their singer's vocals. I had previously composed the basic form of the harp/flute song and felt it would work well with their vocals. |
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| Theme (for the) August Variations by soulima | 2 years ago |
| I love how sprightly the song is! The orchestration is great as well as the ornamentation. |
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| Bulletz Suite (Videogame Soundtrack) by MarcHumpert | 2 years ago |
| @ Stan: Thank you very much! That's exciting, where is your son developing games? @ Shadow: Thanks! St. Germain is really cool! @ Pharmakeus: Thank you! |
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| Escape to Nowhere / Goodbye Dubai by MarcHumpert | 2 years ago |
| Thanks for the support everyone! Your feedback is very helpful! | |
| ALL LAID IN THE GROUND by Lagusaya2 | 2 years ago |
Very poignant in many many ways... Great job! |
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| Fireflies - Shadow Puppet OST by MarcHumpert | 2 years ago |
| Thanks SoN! Toveco, I think the song definitely could be expanded at the end. Thanks! |
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| Escape to Nowhere / Goodbye Dubai by MarcHumpert | 2 years ago |
| Thanks for the critiques! I am very interested in the fine details Silky; I definitely reduced the tempo artificially, though I'm not sure it would stretch the samples? For sure the tempo shift makes one of the percussion tracks with a lot of flange/distortion effects stand out more. I'll be on the hunt for some better samples. Thanks again! | |
| Voyager by soulima | 2 years ago |
| this is amazing! i can't even wrap my head around the complex layering of time signatures you have. this is really well orchestrated! great job! |
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| Blue Interlude by MarcHumpert | 3 years ago |
| Thank you. Bass2x, let me know what you end up doing with it! |
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| Sunrise by MarcHumpert | 4 years ago |
| Thank you! I doubled a Steinway piano with Celesta, and just mixed so they'd sound as one. |
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| Old Jam by RayLaVeau | 4 years ago |
| Great! Reminds me of Joe Satriani! Are you playing the melody live? | |
| The Juniper Tree by Mark_Hayes | 4 years ago |
| Very nice piano playing! | |
| [Theremin]-Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Cover) by rex | 4 years ago |
I'm loving your theremin work! Have you seen and/or heard the old Day The Earth Stood Still movie? |
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| Theremin- Moon River (cover) by rex | 4 years ago |
 Hahaha, great job, I love the melody. The harmony was distracting as was the beat, but I assume that wasn't the point of this song. Theremins are so hard to play (I've tried), so I give you congrats! |
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