Очень красиво.

Aaaa, I wanted these to be done a lot sooner, but at long last it's finally here:
Official VGMC'21 Review~!
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Hiya, it looks like this is your track intended for Fathomless Caverns, not “Extraterrestrial Life”. Let me know if that's wrong. Also, it's a bit unfortunate you only submitted one song for this prompt, but oh well, the review continues!

Right away, I like the atmosphere you're going for, with the very icy and brittle texture. Your mix is a bit busy at times, with long reverberations intersecting with other instruments. I would've liked it if your instruments each had their own space, in order to emphasize the interactions between their textures. One example is the bass pad you have at the bottom of your arrangement which clashes with your piano.

My biggest gripe is that you only have a single level of intensity throughout the entire song. Given the longer nature of your track, this gets tiring near the end. I would love to see more dynamics in your piece. There are tons of interesting things you could try out to mix up your dynamics, such as having a slow, quieter section with an icy timbre, or throwing in a transition to a section designed around waves of intensity.

A few smaller notes:
- I think the section around 2:52 feels a bit bland, as the main melody there is relatively uniform. I would've loved a melody that had some high energy & low energy moments, even if its just a little bit.
- Some of your synths feel a little flat. A small amount of layering instruments could add some nice details to them.
- Effects like 3:08 help to give the track momentum, however there's no progression leading up to this moment, and it doesn't lead to a very significant change, so I'm left a bit disappointed.
- I think the melodies in your piece could benefit from some more space, rather than trying to fill every moment with something. One example of this is your main melody around 1:43, which sounds somewhat directionless at times.
- I would've loved it if you came up with a more creative way to end your song than to simply fade out, such as reducing energy by transitioning to a more atmospheric texture, for example.

Despite my focus on all the negative aspects, there were a lot of things you did right, and I really liked how you approached this concept. Well done! I rate this song 1 endless cave.

ps: feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions (discord or ng) & we can chat more about your song!

Excellent!!

How monotone, but cool, this is very good