[Most anticipated track from KotCS?]

but who else (besides me) is going to be waiting at the record store on May 20, pounding down the doors, so you can get it!?

Amazon will have it waiting on my doorstep before noon.

Yeah, but the music store opens at 8. That's 4 hours, could listen to it 3 times by then...

[Most anticipated track from KotCS?]

"Journey to Akator" sounds interesting. (Anyone thinking of the ToD, voyage music on the elephants) I don't know about anyone else, but who else (besides me) is going to be waiting at the record store on May 20, pounding down the doors, so you can get it!?

[Goldsmith's "U.S. Marshals"]

What did anyone think of Goldsmith's "U.S. Marshals" score? I actually thought it was a bit weak, but it did have a few good moments. What do you all think?

[Scores you've heard, but...]

Just curious to know how many scores you've heard, where you haven't seen the movie it was written for. I can only think of a few things:

"The Adventures of Don Juan" - Max Steiner

"The Adventures of Mark Twain" - Max Steiner

"Cinema Paradio" - Ennio Morriconne

"The Witches of Eastwick" - Williams

"Robin Hood" - Ernest Korngold

"The Sugarland Express" - Williams

"Empire of the Sun" - Williams

That's all I can think of now.

[Soundtracks, Compilations, or other recently purchased Music]

E.T. (20th anniversary) Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Hp and ST,HP and Cos, HP and PoA. I had the Harry potters before, but they were from iTunes, and I got really fed up with the horribly low quality.

[What is the last score you listened to?]

Phantom Menace, Ultimate Edition.

[The Score that began your love of film music...]

Jurassic Park (Original) probably was the first to really put the bug in my ear. I had never really noticed movie music before that, until I heard the music when the helicopter is flying into the Island (First half of "Journey to the Island") I remember just rewinding that one scene over and over again, just to hear the music. I would say it snowballed from there. That was when I was 12, only 4 short years ago...

I would also have to add, upon further reflection, The Lord of the Rings. I saw Jurassic Park and Lord of the Rings for the first time very close together, and they both had a great impact on me. The "lighting of the Beacons" (of course) blew me off my feet. I saw Jurassic Park first in late 2003 and I also The Fellowship and Two Towers then also. (My parents wouldn't let me see LotR until I was 12 So, about the same time.

[The Score that began your love of film music...]

Jurassic Park (Original) probably was the first to really put the bug in my ear. I had never really noticed movie music before that, until I heard the music when the helicopter is flying into the Island (First half of "Journey to the Island") I remember just rewinding that one scene over and over again, just to hear the music. I would say it snowballed from there. That was when I was 12, only 4 short years ago...

[Is there such a thing as a "perfect" movie?]

I would, in all confidence, say the The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition only) IS absolute cinema perfection. Direction, acting, cinematography, production, concept art, MUSIC, sets, sound design (DTS): everything joins together to form 4 hours and 12 minutes of perfection. Despite its long run time, you still feel wanting for more, and not one second of film is wasted, or could have have been used in a better way. So... in case you couldn't guess, I vote Return of the King!

[What instrument(s) do you play?]

I play a lot of piano, and (my favourite) the Pipe Organ. There is nothing like blasting away with the "King of Instruments"... I love the organ. I also play a little (very little) violin, and (possibly) the best of them all, I conduct. Been studying for two years, read piles of books, and practice about 30-60 minutes a day depending on what the other instruments are demanding of me at the time. Conducting is the best!

[Anyone else think that Crusade's score is superior to Doom's?]

Very tough question, but in the end I would have to say The Last Crusade. There is something about that score that I really love. The "Grail" Theme knocks me senseless every time I hear it. Ah...so good.....

[What is the best Williams live concert you watched?]

I haven't gone to a concert yet, but I thought I could post this. I am very eagerly awaiting the upcoming 2008 Tanglewood Film Night he is giving which I have tickets for. Can't wait to hear the Indy IV suite he is going to play there! I love Tanglewood, and this is going to be a very memorable night I am sure. I am going to try my absolute hardest to meet him after the concert when he leaves back stage. Tanglewood is really nonchalant, so it should be rather easy, or so says my veteran Tanglewood-goer music teacher. Can't wait...

[Your Favorite Trilogy Of Scores]

I'd have to say it is a pretty close call between Star Wars OT and The Lord of the Rings. Lord of the Rings really hits me because I am a VERY Classically trained musician, and I really like Howard's style of a "pure" and "traditional" music sound. John Williams uses a lot of hit point with the picture, which is fine, but Howard Shore's score "glides" over the picture more, giving a more mature sound. Either way in my book, they are very close for 1st place, with LotR just a hair ahead.