Score: 6

"Unorthodox, raw, breathtaking, inspiring!"

submission: Who Needs Drugs

date: September 20, 2009

The lyrics are really simple, to the point where they become really funny in a strange sort of way, its because you're speaking in syllables. The really subdued beat somehow compliments the vocals and just gives the whole thing a comical kind of tone. It makes me feel like doing my own kind of one of these tracks, we should do a collaboration when I get a microphone, that would be so funny.

One of my ideas is that we both do a verse each and then halfway through the song, we start talking over each other and the song becomes all confusing, that would just be trippy, or like echoing each other's lyrics, sort of like 'who needs drugs?' and then an echo that says 'I need drugs'.

Score: 10

"It All Starts Here"

submission: It's Dawn

date: September 15, 2009

What an awesome, atmospheric and powerful song this is. Anything that can draw goosebumps on a first listen has to be great, the riff just gives you that overwhelming emotional sensation of intense build-up. Its like a wave of adrenaline and should definitely be used for a big film.

"Are we just going to lie down and accept this! We need to stop running! Stop hiding and cowering! Now is the time that we stand up and show them, make them realise! That they are in a war! A war that is beyond them, one that they will not win!"

Score: 10

"Echoes of the Genius"

submission: Echoes of the Future

date: September 3, 2009

This song and Ryan's Quest are both bang on the money. I must have left this song looped on my headphones over a hundred times while I thought of ideas, most of my ideas were dark bleak scary ideas, lines of dialogue, characters for my scripts, the song gives off that end of the world apocalyptic sense, like the aftermath of an atom bomb or something horrific. The song is so versatile that it inspires limitless ideas and themes, the atmosphere is foggy and empty, feels so cold.

At 2.20 when that bass comes in, it sort of speeds up and becomes a little more dominant, it would be great to use this as a springboard for speeding up the track and also improvising the piano riff and strings, taking the emotional aspect to a faster paced and more emotional level. The song is already very spinetingly, but it could be even more, I'd also love to hear the inclusion of siren wails/drones or like a whale cry type of effect, it would sound brilliant.

I'm giving this a ten, because it packs a punch, the emotional foundations have been laid, you have a real gem of a track here and alternative versions are something I'd look forward to if you did them. I would particularly like to hear the pitter patter of drums and bass building up towards the end.

Score: 10

"Too good to be seen and not heard"

submission: Ryan's Quest

date: September 3, 2009

This is sheer quality and not just because it has my name in it. Everything just feels right, there is a lot of warmth in the melody, which makes the song feel very noble and uplifting, you get the feeling as though everything is going to be alright.

The blend of sounds all work well together, there is nothing that you could add to improve the song, you can't say this part is too loud, or this part needs taking out or putting in, the composition is perfect.

Score: 10

"Drone-tastic"

submission: .drowning.

date: August 17, 2009

Very very unorthodox, but extremely creative, I love stuff like this, especially how you stretch out the main chords, while blending such an anomalous conflation of psychotropic visuals, reminds me a little of the Twilight Zone intro.

The song has a very haunting and droning quality to it, but the way in which the sounds scratch and stutter give this eerie feeling that there is no closure. Its the kind of sound that would be perfect at the opening credits of a horror film, showing all newspaper cuttings and forensic discoveries, blood, body parts etc, the visuals would be all grainy or glitchy, that would work great.

Score: 10

"Touch of class"

submission: Burly - Winter of the Heart

date: August 17, 2009

Loved this song from the first listen, everything about it feels so natural. Sounds a little like a Black Eyed Peas kind of tone, the piano riffs are just gorgeous, and the chorus violin notes are really classy, they really personify the mood, the whole singing and mood has a unique warmth and presence to it which makes the song feel full and something you can't help but hum along to.

The girl does a great job singing the chorus and you yourself have a good rapping presence, its sombre but uplifting.

10/10 5/5 Awesome high quality song.

Score: 10

"Flows like a river"

submission: JK:.Immobility

date: July 27, 2009

I'm not that awestruck on the background melodies, but the flow composition is perfect and I'd love to rap over this beat. I've just been throwing freestyles over it and know that what I got would sound great at this particular speed.

Can I use the track for a song I got wrote?

Score: 8

"Nice"

submission: Android Invasion

date: July 27, 2009

This is pretty good, it reminds me of Metal Gear Solid 2, with the constant drumming driving beat and the noises in the background that reverberate and slap remind me of Terminator. Its a feel good song and gives you a sense of a stealth-like invasion, the effects are excellently mixed. The strings get really intense at the end, so its a shame not to see a longer song with a more prolonged use of the strings in combination with the beat and bass.

Score: 10

"Silent Classic"

submission: Silent Hill Promise

date: July 11, 2009

As soon as the drums came in, I had to review this, its brilliant, has the right mood, atmosphere and tempo and of course I like the Silent Hill melody.

Everything feels right, the melody is calm and not invasive, it brings in the chorus naturally with the backward sounds and the snares really slap like I want them to.

I have a great storytelling song in mind, when I get a mic, then I'll do the vocals for this track and let you hear it.

Score: 10

"Good Throne"

submission: Eve of Battle

date: June 20, 2009

This is definitely my favourite out of all the Blood Throne scores, simply because it sounds like in-game music for Metal Gear Solid, it has that relaxed ambient tone with the choir/percussion and enough variation to keep it as an infinitely joyful listening experience while playing.

I think the song just needs a touch more amplitude and presence, but not too much as to make it invasive on the game. I can't fault the percussion as it sounds really good and clean.