New Life (ke-life.xm)

Posted by arcturus on Thu 24th Jun 2004, rated 9 / 10.

I really like this song's chord progression. It's pretty unique, and the author builds upon it with some very intersting and well written leads. There's a lot of echoing going on in this song, almost to the point of excess, but it provides a nice atmosphere. This song is always interesting to listen to throughout the four minutes it plays. The author keeps on trying new things with the music in order to add variety, and it works. I thought the key change late in the song was awkward, however. Perhaps the pitch slide up on the leads contributed to that - key changes don't need to have such an obvious segue. Still, this song is very good, and is an easy recommendation. Excellent sample set. They all sounded very nice and clear, and work well given the music. Nice, professional job on writing out the music. Volume levels are appropriate, with the exception of instrument 4 in pattern 48 (and subsequent patterns) - that one should have been toned down just a bit. Good use of stereo panning, the directionality employed really added to the depth of this song's sound. Great job.