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Just finished - The End, The Beatrice Letters - Lemony Snicket Currently reading - Lisey's Story - Stephen King Up next - Equus - Peter Shafer Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

I'm absolutely in shock. What a terrible loss of a great talent. :cry: My condolences to Ms. Walker's family. Anthony

The best composer to brood to is Mahler. Especially the fifth and sixth Symphonies. Or Kindertodtenlieder. Anthony

The accents in Jaws are very symmetrical and repetitious: da-da-DUM-da, da-da-DUM-da; they fall on the beat. In The Rite, however, the accents are intentionally off-kilter; sometimes they fall on the beat, at other times, off. The opening eight measures of the ostinato go like this: da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-DUM-da-DUM, da-da-da-da, da-DUM-da-da, DUM-da-da-da, DUM-da-da-da, da-DUM-da-da. Stravinsky's rhythmic variations are numerous throughout. Anthony

LOL I wish my alarm clock would play The Cowboys Overture every morning. Anthony

"The Light", Poltergeist Anthony

Not sure about Euro Disney, but his music definitely plays at Disneland in Anaheim. I bought the "Official Album of the Disneyland Resort" last year when I was there, and it has Giacchino's music. Also, it has Williams's music from Star Tours and the Indiana Jones Ride. Anthony

Answering this question can't be done by long pondering. The more you think about the question, the greater number of times you'll find yourself thinking "Oh, but what about . . ." Each movement so perfectly fulfills its role and uses its unique orchestral pallet to do so. From the opening bass figues of "Mars" to the final chorus of "Neptune" fading away into the icy depths of space, each planet becomes my favorite while I'm listening to it. In order to answer the poll, I went with immediate gut reaction: "Mercury, the Winged Messenger". I see I'm only the second to vote that way ( Ross) Anthony, wondering who else has an orchestral score for this that they follow along with while listening.

Since Joe's idea for the Top Ten list a few years ago is what actually got me to register here, I'll be more than happy to participate in this list as well. #1 - The Cowboys Overture (By Request) #2 - Journey to the Island (Jurassic Park) #3 - The 'Float' (Catch Me If You Can) #4 - Fawkes the Phoenix (The Chamber of Secrets) #5 - The Battle of Hoth (The Empire Strikes Back Disc 1 [1997]) Anthony - who can think of about a dozen more tracks that deserve to be in the list.

How do you know there's a singer at your door? They can't find the key, and don't know when to come in. Anthony

In order of purchase, I have The Cowboys Overture Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra The Sorcerer's Stone - Children's Suite The Chamber of Secrets The Prisoner of Azkaban Call Of The Champions Battle Of The Heroes Across The Stars My next purchase will probably be either Summon the Heroes or the Close Encounters Excerpts. Anthony

Just off the top of my head, 2002 = The Float, Across The Stars, Anderton's Great Escape, Fawkes's Theme, The Chamber of Secrets, The Spiders, The Spyders, Catch Me If You Can, The Flying Car, The Chase Through Coruscant = Some of Williams's best.

Wow! How much did I love this? I've been toying around with the idea of putting together something similar to this myself, but I never seem to have the time. Good stuff. Anthony

I watched South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me back to back, and was actually in pain from laughing so hard. Monty Python and The Holy Grail is a great comedy, but I'd say my favorite is It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. An absolute classic, from the moment Jimmy Durante kicks the bucket right up to Ethel Merman falling flat on her ass, the laughs just don't stop. Anthony

I voted for Potter, although I enjoy both, and don't consider Harry Potter to be any better than Star Trek. But, I'm am definitely more versed in the Potterverse than I am with the Federation, so that was the deciding factor. Anthony "The Arrival Of Baby Harry" -- no joke, that's what just came on my music player.