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[billybobab]

NAME: Jonathan Elliott
LOCATION: Wisconsin
AGE: 16
SEX: Male
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: Junior in High School next fall

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): AOTC, E.T., Empire of the Sun
FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Gladiator, LOTR
FAVORITE FILM(S): Emperor's New Groove
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): George Lucas, Steven Speilburg
SPECIAL INTEREST(S): Trumpet and Music

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: November 2001

That's about me!

[bruckhorn]

NAME: Michael P. Bates
LOCATION: The Left Coast, USA
AGE: 32
SEX: M
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: BA, Music Composition (worked in Classical Radio for ten years, now I'm a materials manager for a manufacturer)

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Empire Strikes Back, Schindler's List, Always
FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Star Trek III, Much Ado About Nothing, Lord of the Rings, Back to the Future, Kamen's concert hall stuff
FAVORITE FILM(S): Much Ado About Nothing ("I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.")
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): My best friend Patrick (even though he has yet to film the short that I wrote and scored for him)
SPECIAL INTEREST(S): Writing, managing my softball team

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: JWFAN.NET started directing me to it.

Oh yeah, I even know Harry's real name.

It's Harold, of course. He was named after me uncle, he was.

[PetePan]

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Empire Strikes Back, Schindler's List, Always

ALways

[Chris ChrusherComix]

I think everybody here knows me, and I DO hope that this is the last message board that we have to do this with for awhile, but here goes...

NAME: Christopher "ChrusherComix" Galletta
LOCATION: Upstate NY, USA
AGE: 28
SEX: (Celibate-until-marriage) Heterosexual Male
PROFESSION:Artist/Illustrator/Cartoonist/Writer
EDUCATION: High School (& my personal adult education without brainwashing attempts by agnostic and atheist liberal professors, LOL!)

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Most of them. However, here are my all-time favorites: All 5 existing Star Wars scores (The Empire Stikes Back being my favorite of these), The Fury, Jane Eyre, Hook, All 3 existing Indiana Jones scores (Raiders Of The Lost Ark being my favorite of those), A.I., E.T., Both Jaws scores (Jaws 2 a DISTANT favorite of those two), The two Jurassic Park scores (The Lost World is my favorite of the two), Images, Superman: The Movie, and at least two tracks off every other score he's done (No lie, it is the honest to God truth!).

FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Transformers: The Movie (Vince DiCola), Braveheart (James Horner), The Black Hole (John Barry), Rocky 1, 2, 3 & 5 (Bill Conti), Rocky 4 (Vince DiCola), Batman (Danny Elfman), and Conan The Barbarian (Basil Poledouris). Outside of those, I'm just a Williams fanatic.

FAVORITE FILM(S): Similar to my favorite film scores. All 5 Star Wars films (led by The Empire Strikes Back), Transformers: The Movie, Most of Spielberg's films (especially All 3 Indiana Jones films, E.T., the two Jurassic Parks, A.I., and Schindler's List), Braveheart, All 5 Rocky films, G.I. Joe: The Movie, Superman 1 & 2, Batman, The Fury, The Black Hole... and I could go on and on...

FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): Steven Spielberg, I like others bit have no more in particular...

FAVORITE BOOKS: The Bible, The Plot Of The Bible (Bob Enyart), The Ninja- and the following Nicholas Linnear Saga books (Eric V. Lustbader), Calvin And Hobbes comic collections (Bill Watterson), Various comic books (none recent), Star Wars (George Lucas), Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)...

FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Transformers (1984-87), Homefront (Early 90's show about post WW2 America), The Sopranos, King Of The Hill, The Simpsons, G.I. Joe (1984-87), Frasier, and Bob Enyart Live.

FAVORITE SPORTS/TEAMS (fan) : NBA (The San Antonio Spurs and whoever beats the LA Lakers), NFL (The New York Jets), and local Supermodified Racing (fastest "short track" race cars in the world).

FAVORITE SPORTS (Participate): Basketball, Go-Kart racing (I am the undisputed four-time consecutive champion of my curcuit), weightlifting, running, nutrition and fitness.

HOBBIES: John Williams CD collecting (well duh!), Transformers, Star Wars, and G.I. Joe action figure collecting, Home Theatres.

SPECIAL INTEREST(S): (All very much "Off topic" for this MB. ) God, Bible-literalist Judeao-Christianity, Conservative politics, Creationist science, www.KGOV.com, my family and my girlfriend, Maslin.

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE (Unofficially): Since summer 1999 when it was just about The Phantom Menace music and visited from friend's PCs.)

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE (Officially): July 2000 when I finally got my own PC.

I know I probably forgot something but oh well....

[Dr. Jones]

NAME:
LOCATION:
AGE:
SEX: male
PROFESSION/EDUCATION:

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Star Wars (all), Indy(all), JP1
FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S):
FAVORITE FILM(S): Star Wars, Indy, JP, Gladiator, Moulin Rouge, HP, Hook
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott
SPECIAL INTEREST(S): Music, Tennis, Playing Piano (all JW Themes)

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: 30th of May

[hardtolee420]

NAME: Pete
LOCATION: Maine, USA
AGE: 15
SEX: male
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: highschool (frosh)

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Star Wars II: AOTC
FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Lord of the Rings, Beautiful Mind, Perfect Storm, Forest Gump, Star Trek, Apollo 13,
FAVORITE FILM(S): Star Trek VIII: First Contact
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): Steven Speilberg
SPECIAL INTEREST(S): music, skiing, sailing,

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: June 3, 2002

[BigKenLittle]

Okay this is the third time I have tried to answer this thread... every other time, I have had to leave before finishing...


NAME: Kenneth Little
LOCATION: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
AGE: 35
SEX: Not in a loooooong while
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: television producer/I've got a couple of letters after my name

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): All of them (really)
FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): A Patch of Blue (Jerry Goldsmith); Star Trek:The Motion Picture (Jerry Goldsmith); Goldfinger (John Barry) almost anything by Henry Mancini
FAVORITE FILM(S): It's A Wonderful Life; E.T. ; Star Wars; Citizen Kane; Lawrence of Arabia; Gandhi; Rear Window
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): Steven Spielberg, David Lean, Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock
SPECIAL INTEREST(S): Music (singing, composition), Writing, and Art
VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: This latest incarnation since Last week, originally November 2001


Whew, made it...

[jasonblueeyes]

Jasonblueeyes:

Name: Jason S.
Location: St. John's, NF, Canada
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Profession: Film Historian

Favorite John Williams Scores: Indiana Jones Trilogy, Star Wars Saga,
E.T., Close Encounters, Jaws, Witches Of Eastwick, Superman, Schindler's List, 1941, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, plus many, many more.

Favorite Non-John Williams Scores: Once Upon A Time In America, Once Upon A Time In The West, The Godfather Saga, 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, Amarcord, Twin Peaks, Green Card, Crimson Tide.

Favorite Films: Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Godfather, 8 1/2, Schindler's List, Empire Strikes Back, Mean Streets, Last Temptation Of Christ, 2001:A Space Odyssey.

Favorite Directors: Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Federico Fellini, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Oliver Stone.

Special Interests: Movies, Music, Reading, Dating.

I had to Add this Post again because I never logged in when I made it out.

Jasonblueeyes.

[Johnnyecks]

NAME: John Townsend
LOCATION: Small town called West Milford. In NJ
AGE: 26
SEX: Male
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: Vice President of Lakeland Limousine

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): E.T., Star Wars (All four), Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., The Reivers, Witches of Eastwick, Hook........too many to list!
FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Iris, Gremlins II, Braveheart, The Omen, The Mummy, again...too many to list.
FAVORITE FILM(S): E.T.
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Baz Luhrmann,
SPECIAL INTEREST(S): Music, music, and music. Playing the piano, violin, singing, driving, the ocean, boats, roller coasters, photography.

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: A LOOOOoooong time ago.

[Trumpeteer]

Hello all!

NAME: Jeff Commings
LOCATION: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (we like to call this state "The Land of Entrapment")
AGE: 28
SEX: yes, please! seriously....male
PROFESSION: newspaper journalist

FAVE WILLIAMS SCORES: All of the Star Wars films, A.I., Harry Potter, Jaws, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, JFK, Home Alone

FAVE NON-WILLIAMS SCORES: The Omen , Aliens, Planet of the Apes (1968), The Untouchables, The Fugitive

FAVE FILMS: (top five, in order) Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Lion King, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ghost

FAVE DIRECTORS: Steven Spielberg, David Fincher (Seven and Panic Room), Alan Parker (does great musicals)

VISITING BOARD SINCE: Right now! June 2002

[Tim Muirheid]

[/quote]Abundance? We´re men, mostly!

Hector - who thinks more women should be seduced.... to the JWFan MBs! [/quote]

Speak for yourself, sir - I am 100% male!

NAME: Tim Muirheid
LOCATION: smack dab between Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas
AGE: 36
SEX: men, mostly
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: Hospital analyst / MS, 1991 The University of Texas, Austin

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): perennial - Empire, dark horse - Empire of the Sun
FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Batman (Elfman), Star Trek-TMP (Goldsmith)
FAVORITE FILM(S): Toy Story 2, Fight Club
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): Spielberg, Burton, Coen brothers
SPECIAL INTEREST(S): home theater, sports

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: around 2000 - 2001 while trying to make sense of TPM soundtracks

[Nosebleed]

NAME: Bill Hanna
LOCATION: Baltimore, but relocating to NH soon
AGE: 29
SEX: male
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: grad student, soon to be a postodoctoral fellow

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Changes all the time, but the constants are always: The Empire Strikes Back, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, A.I., Harry Potter, Seven Years in Tibet.

FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Danny Elfman's Sommersby and Black Beauty, Rachel Portman's The Legend of Bagger Vance, Goldsmith's Rudy, Debney's Cutthroat Island, Horner's Iris and Newton Howard's Unbreakable.

FAVORITE FILM(S): To be honest, I'm not a big film person. If I had to choose, I'd say the Star Wars saga, a handful of Merchant-Ivory pix (Howards End and The Remains of the Day) and a handful of Spielberg (Raiders, Schindler's List, A.I., and Saving Pvt. Ryan). But I mostly go for the music.
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): See above

SPECIAL INTEREST(S): nature writing, music history, collecting scores

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: I've lurked on and off for about a year and a half.

[Hector J. Guzman]

Abundance? We´re men, mostly!  

Hector - who thinks more women should be seduced.... to the JWFan MBs!


Speak for yourself, sir - I am 100% male!

:confused:



I meant in the messageboard... I can not say we're all men here... we have a couple of women, Mari and Ren... and perhaps (if indeed it was true) Holiday, with a mask on


Hector - who was trying not to reply in this thread but had to... 'coz some people will start cryin' and go taddle tale to the bosses

Nosebleed

Wha...???? :confused:

[hhssoccerplayer]

NAME: Brandon Beukema (Yes it is Dutch, my father is Dutch and I'm proud of it...although I wish they were in the world cup. Being ranked 6th in the world (or something like that) I think they should be in there over Saudi Arabia who looses to Germany 8-0...wouldn't you rather see Germany vr. Holland?)
LOCATION: Michigan
AGE: 17
SEX: Male
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: High School Student, Senor

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Them all..actually my favorites of them all are....Hook, ET, All the Star Wars, All the Indian Jones, and Jurassic Park
FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Gladiator and Lord of the Rings  
FAVORITE FILM(S): Star Wars, all of them, Rocky, 4th one is the best, and the Indiana Jones movies.  
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): Speilberg
SPECIAL INTEREST(S): John Williams music, trumpet, jazz, soccer, and women

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: Feb 2002

This is me....

[Figo]

...and women

With those other interests, I somehow doubt it. LOL

Just kidding. Welcome aboard!

Figo, off to eat dinner and listen to some Grieg.

[Ross]

FAVE DIRECTORS:  Alan Parker (does great musicals)

Amen!

Long live Evita!!!!

[Speckmann]

NAME: Matt K. Speckmann
LOCATION: Owosso, MI, USA
AGE: 21
SEX: M
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: Student (History)/Slacker
EDUCATION: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL), and University of Michigan-Flint

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superman (Rhino), too many to really list

FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Apollo 13

FAVORITE FILM(S): Any Steven Spielberg film, Star Wars Saga, Back to the Future Trilogy...(again, too many to really list)

FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): Steven Spielberg

FAVORITE BOOK(S): The Bible, The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection

FAVORITE TV SHOWS: The Practice, Alias, MacGyver, Knight Rider, GI Joe, Home Improvement, Friends, Sports Night, Boy Meets World, Mad About You, Cheers, The Cosby Show

FAVORITE SPORTS TEAMS (FAN): Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers (fair-weather fan)

FAVORITE SPORTS (PARTICIPATE): Hockey, Tennis, Golf, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer

SPECIAL INTEREST(S): Hockey, Tennis, Golf, DVDs, computers

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: 1999

[DarthArcher]

NAME: John J.W.
LOCATION: North Carolina - No man's land for Sci-fi and soundtrack fans
AGE: 29
SEX: male
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: Graphic Designer

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Superman, The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars, Far and Away, Hook, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Young Sherlock Holmes (Broughon), Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas (Elfman), Crimson Tide (Zimmer), Star Trek The Motion Picture (Goldsmith), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Sneakers (Horner), Predator, Back to the Future (Silvestri), Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Shore), North By Northwest (Herrman).

FAVORITE FILM(S): The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Back to the Future, Always, Jaws, Spider-Man, Star Trek's 2 & 6, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, Terminator 2, North by Northwest, Dial M For Murder, Young Sherlock Holmes.

FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Tony & Ridley Scott, Alfred Hitchcock, George Lucas, Tim Burton, Robert Zemekis, Sam Raimi.

SPECIAL INTEREST(S): Movies, Film Scores, Animation (Cel and CGI).

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: 2000

[Stefancos]

Darth Archer, your Avatar looks interesting.
Are you trying to become the 4th member of the Phantom Zone Trio?

Stefancos- the 1st member.

[PetePan]

NAME: John J.W.

It's cool to have the same initials as the master and even your first name is John.
The W. doesn't stand for Williams does it?

[Luke Skywalker]

Oops i though this was the same thread back in the old site, and didn't posted before...well here it is:

NAME: Manuel Mendoza (Lucas Cieloandante )
LOCATION: Zaragoza, SPAIN
AGE: 18
SEX: Male
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: 1st Year of Veterinary Degree

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): All Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Indy.
FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Shadows of the Empire, Jurassic Park III, Willow, Dragonheart.
FAVORITE FILM(S): Star Wars Saga, Indiana Jones Saga, Jurassic Park Saga
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
SPECIAL INTEREST(S): Star Wars Knowlegde, Dinosaurs, Animals and Nature (specially Birds of Prey)

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: I discovered it . February 2002

[Stefancos]

Glad to see you like intergalactic redheads to, Luke.

Stefancos- who knows now he's not the only geek here.

[mahler3]

NAME: Tim Burden
LOCATION: Northern Ireland
AGE: 26
SEX: Male
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: Cinema Management

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S):
Superman, Hook, Indy 3, Saving Private Ryan, Harry Potter, Empire Of The Sun, T.E.S.B. & E.T.

FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S):
Young Sherlock Holmes, Once Upon A Time In America, Prince Valiant, To Kill A Mocking Bird, The Sea Hawk, Krull, Dances With Wolves, Back To The Future, Wyatt Earp, The Final Conflict (Omen 3) & Mahler's complete symphonies (particularly no's 2, 3 & 8)

FAVORITE FILM(S):
The Godfather (1 & 2), Empire Of The Sun, Apocalypse Now, Superman, Jaws, Goodfellas, Sleuth, JFK, Once Upon A Time In America, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, The Apartment, Fargo, The Hudsucker Proxy & ET

FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S):
Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorcese, Oliver Stone, Ron Howard, Richard Donner, Sergio Leone & The Coen Brothers

SPECIAL INTEREST(S):
Art, Golf, Badminton, French Horn & Piano, Film & Film Music History, Leonard Bernstein & Gustav Mahler.

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: 1999 (cjb.net era)

[Luke Skywalker]

Glad to see you like intergalactic redheads to, Luke.

Stefancos- who knows now he's not the only geek here.

hey and i do not have to disguise her as the emperor to make her darker, she was the Emperor's Hand once

[Gamecube]

NAME: Gamecube Nintendo
LOCATION: St. Louis, MO, U.S.
SEX: Male
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: Student

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jaws, Home Alone, Hook, Raiders of the Lost Ark
FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): Batman, The Simpsons T.V. soundtrack, and Edward Scissorhands.
FAVORITE FILM(S): Star Wars, Edward ScisorHands,
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): Steven Speilberg
SPECIAL INTEREST(S): Video Games and Hockey (GO BLUES!!!!)

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: A few days ago

[CYPHER]

NAME: Doug Ramsey
LOCATION: Sydney, AUSTRALIA
AGE: 21
SEX: Male
PROFESSION/EDUCATION: Student

FAVORITE JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): The Empire Strikes Back
FAVORITE NON-JOHN WILLIAMS SCORE(S): The Thin Red Line - Hans Zimmer
FAVORITE FILM(S): The Silence of the Lambs, The Thin Red Line, Dances with Wolves, The Empire Strikes Back, Psycho
FAVORITE DIRECTOR(S): Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg
SPECIAL INTEREST(S): MOVIES, reading, Star Wars, TV, writing, X-Men comics, tennis

VISITING THIS BOARD SINCE: May 2002 (just hours after I saw Attack of the Clones and heard the strangely familiar yet thoroughly disconcerting sound of The Phantom Menace soundtrack over the last half of the film. Thank you all for providing me with information, and more importantly, solidarity in outrage).

[Morn]

Ooo, a neighbour!

[CYPHER]

And you said I was crazy! Must be something in the water, eh?

[Morn]

Yes...