MC6 Round 1 Results - Memories Of Babylon

 
"Memories Of Babylon"
(m6i-mbab.zip)

by

Boris Flash
(Flash)


This song competed in the intermediate division of Music Contest 6, where it ranked in block 3.

Judge: Odonnell ,Bek

The dark and atmospheric introduction uses some original and very effective industrial-ambient sounds, but some of the pauses between patterns are about a beat too long. A good quality set of samples used with some nice dark mysterious sounds in here among some standard ones. Piano chords in 34 onwards provide a good melodious lift and the orchestral sounds work well complementing each other, especially the flute and piano, but in places the melody is too regimented. Patterns 41 onwards loses atmosphere a little due to the horn and the beat, a beat was not necessary in this style of track. There are some nice ideas in this song which have been put together fairly well and with good production but could use just a little more originality and polish.

Judge: Soderstrom ,Tim

This reminds me of Terminator (the movie). In fact, if they ever make a Terminator 3, you should call them up! =) I really like the feeling in this song it's emotionally stirring. The strings are a little high, and that beggining bass sounds out of place. Creative use of samples. Very neat flow, I like how you make this peice feel like a play, or movie of some sort. You could have introduced the melody a little earlier. Order 21 is kind of late, considering the 4:00 "suggestion". The piano is also a bit tinney, and the precussion is fairly simple. Also, during this little melodic point in the song, you seem to have faded things out too quickly, again, probably because of the 4:00. You could have picked things up a bit to. For example, a fast precussion explosion. This sounds similar to a movie sound track, so, that could be compared to "the chase" scene or some sort. All in all, a very good tune. I will contiune to listen to it for some time to come. GOOD WORK!

Judge: Glines ,Mark

Nice use of bass. The lead brass (track 31 among other places) is a little late hitting its note tho. It has a lack of newage-techno-beat, and when it does have a beat, its very simple... but it actually doesn't sound bad that way. I like the heavy use of waves for background, both bass and treble. This song is unique in a lot of ways, for instance, using high-pitched long-lasting flute-like waves for background. Has a distinct sense of atmosphere throughout. Very well-done piece. :)

Judge: Khalili ,Mehran

Dark and sinister beginning reasonably pulled off. Strings sound like they were looped in a hurry which really ruins them; try to set similar loop points to get a clean loop. I like the transitions between the parts and the piece works well as a 'soundtrack' type tune. Some of the melodies are quite catchy, and I like the piano stabs two thirds of the way through the piece. When the drums do get going - oddly towards the end - the snare is way too weak to carry them. Overall, a pretty listenable tune but lacking in several areas: good panning (use default panning more, rely on panning envelopes less), sample quality, and echoes/volume mixing.

Judge: Haskin ,Ian

-sets modd well, draws me in -nice use of various FX (song speed etc.) -great use of interesting variations through the structure of the song -nice sample set (is there a high-quality version of this song?) -stays true to the theme throughout -more overlap of samples on pitch changes would smooth out the song (notice samples being slightly cut off at times) very enjoyable!, epic movie-score-esque piece

Judge: Gong ,Abe

Nice intro, great sense of suspense. But once the 'first' intro was over and I wanted to hear the track get going, there were two more fade outs and two more themes before it even began to move in 26 (? I think) and even then it didn't really move. When you finally got around to it in order 50 or so, there was the beginning of a nice climax, but again, you never got there. Samples were good for the most part, any given pattern had a great texture to it; they just didn't lead anywhere specific. Technical was fine, you didn't need anything excessively fancy. I really liked the overall tone of this song, but I would've liked to hear a few more layers, and some of the themes repeated a little more, even if it ran over 4:00. If anything hurt you it was your lack of progression.

Judge: Putzolu ,Jean-pierre

Nice idea but too less inspiration.This song no changes ist always is a ground structure.