Coming from a 3ds max background it was rather.... Iffy on what I should say and how I should review it. You had some goods and bads but mostly I saw bad. I'm sorry but I'm going to give you my honest opinion here. I'll review you as a 3d artist perspective because I've done a little animating (mostly modeling).

Your animation was... terrible at times. Max has a walking and running with the nice foot step animation settings. I realize animating in max can be a tedious thing but alot more effort could of gone into your frames. I felt it was rather lacking though.

Your lighting was good, I felt you did fine with that.

Your modeling and texturing was very simple. You could of modeled more detail and textured more precise but I suppose that wasn't the effect you were trying to achieve with this animation. Texturing is a pain and runs up the render time so I realize you might have kept it simple for the sake of rendering. All together some of your models looked imported (aka the gun and maybe the airplane) the human characters were iffy. You did fine other then that I suppose.

The animation in a whole was thought out and the use of camera was good. The idea of the animation was conveyed. Pixar quality is a pain to achieve and just all around long to render. I know from the past that making a 3 second animation took me over 3 hours to set up and render. To comlplete a full animation takes a long time as you stated. So I congratulate you on your award and hope to see something again from you. Don't take anything I said personally because I hope to see more of this on newgrounds. Maybe even get a section on the sight for 3d eh?

Good luck.

Aight so lets get down to business.

Start off with a happy sound and move on from there to build off it. As far as EQing and the sound of the synthe I'm sure Karco went over that. I'm not a very technical guy but I review by what I hear next in my head. If you do what I hear then your in heading the right direction.

At about 56 seconds you let me down man. :( I was honesty hoping for high energy peak for the first half of the song. You had the build but not the release I was looking for.

Well we continue on from there and don't have too much variation till about half way mark of the song. Your drums don't seem to change much. As it is common in Trance to have pretty basic patterns I'm sure you could of livened them up and made them a bit more complex. It might help to add more body to the song.

It's missing a few elements to be outstanding. A few pads to add to the frequency range could of helped. A song you can feel through out you is a great way to know if your making a good song.

The overall structure could use some work to make builds and peaks apparent. You used transition VeC samples that usually go to a higher energy but you used them to transition to lower energy at parts. While its a good idea its miss leading in some cases.

Overall your getting better but still need to work on the sound and structure.

I was never a big fan of chip tunes till I started watching your live shows and listening to your music. At first I thought this was another one of your great chiptunes but then it evolved into something more at the end. Which made me sad because it was so short. The peak of the song I think could of used more focus because I'll be honest with you it gave me a great feeling of freedom. (Not many songs on newgrounds do that for me).

The overall idea of the song is great and the drums are amazing as usual. You introduce that awesome bass halfway through the song but its not too noticeable at first. It then makes it's introduction with full force at 3:30 and the amount of emotional expression is amazing but I only wish it lasted longer.

I can only hope to achieve the quality of your songs in the future and will use your songs as a goal to reach. Best of luck man and give me a message when another live show goes up.

I have to say the intro was magnificent and has your style and choice of sounds. While the song is staying true to the original I think you could of done more justice and mixed it up and made it your own even more.

It sounded like your background arp was a preset from either vanguard or Sytrus I can't remember. The less people may notice these things the better off you are sound wise.

Overall it's a good tribute not too much new was brought to the table but over all good.