Nick Parker

I am studying English every day.

I am thinking of the specifics... perhaps a video...?

Last year was Close Encounters of the Third Kind's thirtieth anniversary... why did they not release another edition of its score?

I envy you. I could watch the film for fifteen minutes before I changed the channel to "TNT" in disgust. Fortunately, Jurassic Park (my English grammar book informs me that film and novel titles are "italicised") was showing (with limited commercials). On that note, I like Wayne Knight as "Dennis".

I have a theory on the "surprising" financial success of "Sex and the City". When a female goes to the film theater, they can never go alone: they must always bring a friend along (usually of the same gender), even if that aforementioned friend does not wish to see that particular film. For example, last week, my older sister was forced to view "Mamma Mia!" because her friend simply refused to see Heath Ledger's final performance (which my sister wanted to see). My sister does not like that person anymore.

My opinion of James Horner (which was never truly high) has been lowered, though I have never heard of this "Gabriel Yard".

I am sorry if the above comment read like an accusation to you, Delorean90. I was only making a statement. You have my apologies.

Another villain I really like is Danny Devito in... well, in any villainous role he performs (he is a wonderfully hilarious "sleazeball" in "Matilda"), but "Batman Returns", specifically. I love how he does all these all these horrendous acts, and yet, ultimately, you feel sorrow for him when he dies (I did, anyways).

Yes, it was indeed.

Burton and Schumacher are in entirely different leagues (Michael Keaton is Batman!). Do not compare them. The same can be said of Elfman and Goldenthal.

I am purchasing the following Compact Discs later today from "Amazon.com", most of which I am embarassed to admit that I have not owned: "Jaws" (2000 release) - I shall now rectify the error of having never owned a John Williams score from the early 1970's. "E.T." (Extended Edition) - I can now stop kicking myself for not owning it. "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" - I have not heard a "traditional" Danny Elfman score for a while. "Serenada Schizophrana" - I have never heard it before. "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" - I have been waiting for an expanded release for years, but I cannot resist the temptation any longer.

Since we are on the subject, does anyone have information about an official expanded release of the "Star Wars: Prequel Trilogy" scores? I have no problem with any of John Williams' work for the prequels, and I would gladly purchase the Compact Discs, so long as they are in the same format as that of the "Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition" releases.

Does anyone else have a suspicion that Concord plans to release the Compact Discs for the "Indiana Jones Trilogy" (hopefully to be given the "Star Wars: Special Edition" treatment) to coincide with the Digital Versatile Disc release of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" on the fourteenth of October?

I have downloaded this "Sibelius". I believe it is better than "Finale NotePad 2008" in many ways, though I am too poor to afford it, and must thus use a save-disabled (of all the features to omit) demo. As for "ins".... What is this "autodidact" of which you speak? Paragraphs concerning musical grammar make my head swim circles in an Olympic Pool. Though, yes, I would like to see these "basic song arrangements".

Begun, this musical debate has.

Harry Potter never seemed the "summer film" to me.

Yes, yes, thank you all for your input. I have downloaded a program entitled "Finale Notepad 2008". I am now trying to understand what these "majors" and "minors" mean.

Was it now? Interesting: does that aforementioned tactic pertain to a variation of the phrase that I have heard: "If you cannot beat them, join them. Then beat them."?

I believe I like the first option the best. I cannot say why (reasoning escapes my mind). Perhaps because of John Williams' end credit suites.

Thank you, Mr. Stefan Cosman, for the "Wikipedia" article. I saw quite a number of impressive scores.

Interesting.... Now how does this "online magazine" function, would you mind telling me?

I laugh at your comment, Henry Buck. Yes, let us hope that John Williams will replace this "Nicholas Hooper". His music suited the film, but is not spectacular, as Williams' scores were.

I am confused. This "FSM".... It is a magazine that is devoted to film music?

I could not watch [movie title deleted for the sake of everybody] without laughing and vomiting simultaneously. I believe that that film is The Joker's true origin story.

I believe you are forgetting John WIlliams' score for "The Cowboys". Though I cannot purchase the Compact Disc (I do not have forty dollars to spend on one disc), the video tape I watch highlights three of his pieces for the film, which might be considered a precursor to the underused "Isolated Score" feature.