Hale-Bopp

I saw Pollock for about the 20th time last night. Best Ed Harris performance I've ever seen, unless someone could possibly turn me on to another piece of his work that tops this.

Cool! heh, puppetry is awesome. the way these effects guys reinvent their art for each new film they work on never ceases to amaze me. I remember as kid being scared out of my pants when I first saw the faces melting at the end. what a freaky moment.

Weren't those created with some form of traditional animation cells being placed on top of the actual film prints? I forget. Makes me wonder where one can go online and research how these films effects were created.

Chamber of Secrets. Watching the DVD a week ago brought tears to my eyes. No, the movie itself is emotionally devoid, but the soundtrack did that to me. waaaaah! *searches for an option to turn up the music volume and lower the sfx volume like you can do in video games....nope, no luck.*

Insomnia ...about 2 hrs. ago @_@ ... .. .

Which particular night, do you know??

I'm hoping to make it to Chicago, Nov. 29 (my birthday). It would be my first live John Williams experience.

A.I. is A.I. O_o

yeah, Guy Whitmore (an awesome interactive score writer, see No One Lives Forever) has created a few music tracks for Tron 2.0. I'm dying with anticipation to hear this new score. I'm thinking and hoping that it will set another new standard in the level of audio excellence for game composers everywhere. My understanding is that is stays true to the Tron sound mixing electronica w/orchestra. Can't wait! As for the movie, I've been a long time fan ever since I saw it in the theatres when I was 8. I've also enjoyed the arcade games. In fact, so much that I sequenced the music to MIDI which can be found at my website.

this is pretty sad... i mean, is this what this board is all about? bashing? honestly, I've seen better and more critiquing and less off-the-subject ranting on vgmusic.com which mostly consists of 13-year old gamers! geez. just what IS the average age of forumers here?

I'm gonna play my MIDI through Quicktime and then record it to an old casette tape recorder before running it back into my patchbay which runs into my soundcard which goes to my... Well, you get the idea. It's gonna rock!! (thumbs up)

nah, she needs to get her own video game first like... "Mary Kate and Ashley Vs. Mecha-McGuire at the Mini-Mall" after that she'll be ready. yeah.

Perfect! that settles it then.

It's too bad to hear that there's people who still defiantly DL music without paying for it while hard working song writers and musicians lose out. How do you justify this?

I thought they were bringing EVERYBODY back?!

ummm, so what file format did everyone/someone decide on for this contest? O_o (much confusion) EDIT: NM, I saw the Strongbad post up above.

gotcha!

Can you link me up to the last competition thread so I can check it out?If I decide to participate what else do I need to know before I prepare to compose? thanks.

Indy 1 & 3 share a timeline it seems, while Indy 2 appears as though it could have happened before, after, or in between 1 & 3.

My favorite Wind Waker tune right now is "Dragon Roost Island." It just makes me gleam with joy. really. I've been meaning to sequence that tune, I should check to see if anyone has already.

As a member of G.A.N.G. (and as a person who composes and enjoys other peoples music), it is my privilege to share with you the program list for the upcoming concert event. I thought some of you might find this of interest... _______________________________________________________ Organized by G.A.N.G member Thomas Boecker and performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra at Gewandhaus concert hall (www.gewandhaus.de) in Leipzig, Germany, the first video game music symphony concert outside of Japan takes place during the 2003 GC - Games Convention(www.gamesconvention.de), a leading games convention in Europe, on August 20th, 2003. GC is launching the live event as the convention opening ceremony. Please support the show; if this concert is a success then more will follow! Here are the details: Opening fanfare by Andy Brick Headhunter [E] Suite by Richard Jacques Welcome address Werner M. Dornscheidt President and CEO of Leipziger Messe GmbH Keynote speech Andrew P. Mooney Chairman of Disney Consumer Products Worldwide Final Fantasy VII Aeris's Theme by Nobuo Uematsu Outcast [E] Suite by Lennie Moore Opening address Stanislaw Tillich Minister Head of Government of the Free State of Saxony Merregnon Soundtrack - Volume 2 [E] Suite by Fabian Del Priore, Markus Holler, Andy Brick, Olof Gustafsson Shenmue Main Theme by Ryuji Iuchi, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Tom Clancy´s Splinter Cell Main Theme by Alexandre Desplat Quest for Glory V [E] Overture by Chance Thomas Mafia - The City Of Lost Heaven Main Theme by Vladimir Simunek Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [E] Suite by Jeremy Soule Spellforce - The Order of Dawn [E] Introduction by Pierre Langer, Tilman Sillescu Primal [E] Suite by Andrew Barnabas, Paul Arnold The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker [E] The Great Sea by Koji Kondo Tom Clancy´s Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield [E] Main Theme by Bill Brown Apidya [E] Suite by Chris Hülsbeck Medal of Honor - Rising Sun [E] Suite by Christopher Lennertz Final Fantasy Final Fantasy by Nobuo Uematsu [E] - World debut (or the title was played to which never so in this form) Admission for the audience: 7.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (after this there is no admission possible) Tickets available online at http://www.ticketonline.de/trans/prlist?IDX=9700453 G.A.N.G. Promoting Excellence in Interactive Audio ___________________________________________________

I know that next year when E3 has their big video game orchestral concert, they're going to immediately package together a DVD of the performance with behind the scenes extras and a CD release as well as a Pay-Per-View special so anyone in the world can watch it live! What I'm thinking is that I'd be surprised if they didn't at least record the Germany concert for some kind of CD release in the future. They'd almost be foolish not to, cuz I'd buy it, wouldn't you?

Hmmm, I haven't seen it yet... Is it worth seeing now or should I just wait for the DVD??

Cool, it's great to see more people aware of vgmusic.com. I frequent there myself at the forums and I also create some of the archived MIDI's there as well. It's amazing to me how many sequencers out there are just uploading thousands of MIDIs per month adding to the already 15,000+ MIDIs of game music in the archives. and it's all nicely labeled and categorized by game name and game system. yeah, it's pretty cool. The messageboards continuously offer an "original composition critique" section for any interested composers, so you can check it out anytime!

oh, man! I'd do anything to go to this concert!...i have to sit and weep because E3 didn't have their concert this year cuz they didn't feel fully prepared, BUT it's supposedly gonna be worth the wait for the 2004 concert due to have some major additions/upgrades (not really talked about anywhere that I know of) for next year. CAN'T WAIT! Hope you guys enjoy the concert in Europe. It should be a lot of fun.