Angel's Deep Shadow (adshadow.xm)

Posted by Rikimbo on Thu 30th Dec 2004, rated 9 / 10.

Yes! Morgan hit a home run with this one. I think this is his best work so far. The song starts off with a rather long vocal telling a story that I don't think I have to write down here. To be honest, I don't like storytelling vocals, because it really kills the replay value of a song (the song's ability to be played back over and over again without getting annoying). That's only my opinion though. Really the way the vocal sample is embedded in there with the wind blowing and the strings is masterfully done. Right after the storyteller shuts up, it's all good from there. Morgan catches your attention right away with his usual style of drumbeat and brings in some great piano shortly after. Some subtle effects using techno noises and panning really give this a great sound. The strings throughout are beautiful. The piece has great variation, always moving in waves of sound, bringing in and out the beat. And this goes on for over six minutes! I especially like the part with the bells. Patterns 27 to 32 strike me as somewhat annoying, but it's right before the bells, so it makes them sound that much better. Overall this is an excellent piece of work, with extreme contrast and really great sound. Very little to complain about. As I've said in another review, Morgan's been doing this for long enoug that's he's pretty much mastered the technical stuff. I can't find anything to complain about this time. Well, maybe I can complain about filesize, but really for a six-minute whopper like this one, it's worth it. Great use of panning and volume slides, especially on the strings. Clearly alot of attention was put into detail here. Oh, one little thing; I have no idea what the title has to do with the story... Oh well, it must be my lack of poetic-ness. Like I said earlier, I think this is really Morgan's best work, so download this masterpiece now!