#CAVE STORY SOUNDTRACK GESTATION FULL#

The Way Back Home: That new idea from frame 12 on is nice. Seal Chamber: Nothing to say about this one. Running Hell: No issues, extra stuff at frame 12-13 sounds nice. Last Battle: I like all the additions in this one, the portamento is again well-executed on the melody. I guess it lengthens a bit, but for me it interrupts the groove a bit. I wish more people covering this would try to emulate the note cut 'pops', I've always thought they give this song a unique character, whether or not they were intentional.Д¬harge: Sounds good, but I don't really see the point in transposing it before the loop. Last Cave: I prefer the double-time drums of the original over yours.Д«alcony: good, but the bass feels a bit overpowering - I'd cut one of the two bass channels. Hero's End: Not really feeling the saw bass, I think it sounds better without it.

#CAVE STORY SOUNDTRACK GESTATION FULL#

Scorching Back: Great additions on this one, but I'd have the Pulse 2 melody at 0C come in right away at full volume instead of fading in - frames 0C and 0D feel a little bare rhythmically without that melody. Oppression: Nothing mcuh to say about this one. The new drum groove from 16 to 19 is also nice. Jenka 2: The countermelody carried by the triangle for the first frames could stand to be a bit louder. Tyrant: Drums don't sound quite right, I would've done noise and triangle drums instead of DPCM, just for a little more precision tuning. The little break at the end of 05 is really cool, I might have even extended it further to the end of that frame. Meltdown: I'm assuming you took some cues from the beta version for this? I like it. Drums seem a bit bass-heavy at parts, but you did the alternating feel starting at 0C very well, so that's forgiven. The extra ornamentation you did with the triangle fits well, too.Д®yes of Flame: Melody changes don't sound too bad, but the melody does seem a bit quiet. On the other hand, the double-time starting at frame 18 sounds great. Grasstown: I definitely don't like changing the drums to add in a backbeat during the intro, it doesn't feel right. I'd say put in some bass on the triangle track but there's no bass in the original. Pulse: Love the triangle slide down at frame 03, but it feels like it slides down into nothing rather than arriving somewhere. Mischievous Robot: Don't really like your choice of tom DPCM, but otherwise excellent. Safety: The triangle seems a bit too quiet to serve the melody that starts at frame 10, otherwise good. The original is more of a sustain, and I think it works better that way. (Anyone else get what I'm feeling here?)Д¬emetary: I'd make the sawtooth bass a little slower to decay - instead of D straight to 7, maybe D to A or B. I felt like you didn't quite capture that. This happens a few other times in the song. In the original, there's a strong backbeat pretty much throughout, but the drums in the second half of frame 02 sort of 'suspend' the backbeat with the fill, building tension into a release at frame 03. Gravity: Excellent except for one little gripe and this is a problem I've found with most covers, one that I'm not sure other people even get, like a weird feel thing.

The pitch bending stuff fits the mood.Д«alrog's Theme: That short, strong vibrato on the melody in 00-03 is really clever, totally fits the mood. Plant: I actually like the melody touches and harmonies on this one. Like what you did with the drums frame 08-0A, but the fill at the end of 0A seems a little too much for this song, maybe drop the 32nd notes? Mimiga Village: Little melody touches are alright. Gestation: Not a big fan of the countermelody at 0C, but it's alright. I feel this one should be kept simple, though. Prepare for nit-picking.Д¬ave Story: Instrumentation is nice, solo on chorus 3 is a little hard to hear.ДЄccess: Background chords don't feel right to me but they're not too obtrusive. I don't usually do this but I love Cave Story too much to pass it up this time.

Cave story soundtrack gestation