Beautiful Dreams (radical_-_beautiful_dreams.xm)

Overall Impression (7/10)

I liked the sound of this little tune from radical,you could say it's a dream-trance type tune,and by that i mean it has the vocal "beautiful dream"some lovely dreame-ish strings&piano that add to the melody and to the overall feeling.there is nothing really wrong with the tune it's self maybe just a bit on the short side at over 3mins.

Technique, Arrangement, Composition (6/10)

The tracking side of the track could have been better.the beat section is just boom boom with a hi hit which has been done a lot with this type of track,also some sections are just not right there is a few parts with just that beat and that does take away from the main tune.the overall compositon is fine and the samples do work the track well enough,just let down slightly by technique.

Development (6/10)

Like any dream-tracne tune it has to have a lovely melody,and as such this does have that even if it's a bit short.the melody and the vocal do work well to help build up the track,The melody could have used more variton shame in a way since it's nicely done with that nice piano with strings,it's just the parts in between that take away from the track as a whole.the break in the middle at 1.43 seems out of place with just the vocal and the boom beat,other than that it comes across well for a few plays

Creativity (6/10)

The track is thought out well and all the parts that should be there are there,the start is lovely and dream-ish the beat does spoil it some what by being to loud.the vocal samples are used well enough it's the dream parts that come across better nice melody for the piano with strings,theres just not enough varaiton with in the track just comes across empty in places

Enjoyment (6/10)

Overall this is well tracked piece of dream trance if it was not for the piano and the strings section i dont think i would replay this,it's missing some thing that just gives it life.And in some ways that is a shame because it has been well thought out the samples do work in bringing that nice dream-ish effect.