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Title: Into the East
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Artist: TiLT
Genre: Classical/New Age: Classical (Orchestral)
Reviewed by: _douglas on September 11, 2007 (All reviews by _douglas)

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1Overall Description
Wow, what a fantastic piece of music. Anyone who has not checked this out already based on the reviews already posted so far and mass of comments do so right now!

The piece is astounding, it has a very movie soundtrack feel to it which is great. It provides a really nice piece of music to chill out to and it's pretty inspirational when working on any projects where I just need some nice inspiration music to chill out to in the background.

5/5
 
2Creativity Description
It's a nice creative piece. I really enjoy the eastern style of music that is pretty hard to come across these days. I'd really like to add more to my collection so it's a real gem when a piece as good as this pops up. I wouldn't say the piece has a completely original sound as it is following a kind of classical asian feel but it is definitely a unique piece and you definitely bring something new to the genre.
 
3Artistic License Description
I think some of the samples are really what make the song shine. The song kicks off to an amazing start with what I think you said was a Koto and some nice background ambience. It brings a lot of mood to the piece and the Koto has an astounding sound. Really makes the song shine.
 
4Arrangement Description
The arrangement is pretty minimalist to begin with. It starts off with a bit of ambience and one instrument, then one by one other instruments bring themselves in until we get some epic percussion and some really climatic music.

One thing I would like to add as a kind of downer towards the song is that the ending comes far too suddenly. The song is really amazing and it just ends when you are least expecting it. If I'm kind of brutal with my honesty here it sounded like you had run out of steam on the song and thought, oh I'll just close it there by slapping a note on the end. That may sound very harsh to just out and say but I like to be honest in these reviews and don't get me wrong, I do really love the song.
 
5Sound Quality Description
I don't really have much to say in this section of the review that I haven't really mentioned in the review already. I said it before that the samples used really make the song shine and are amazingly well put together. Some of the best production in an independant song that I have ever heard and I have no doubt that I will be seeing your name in some movie or game soundtrack in the future.
 
6Does it work as a piece of music Description
A final summary for the song. Astounding piece, amazing sound, amazing composition. The first piece on TiS that I've given a five star rating on. The only downside I can mention is the ending of the song is very anti-climatic after a climatic build up in the song. Naturally the song doesn't have to have a climatic end but I felt like nothing really happened in the ending which left me a little dissappointed.

Other than it's a top song and well worth a download. I think even if it's not your style of music everyone should at least give this song a play.

5/5
 
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