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Then may I suggest having a listen to some William Ross scores? You'll get almost precisely that: classical composition. Not to the same level that Williams does it. But on a much greater level than "the rest". Some of Ross' musical elements behind the main melody would even be useless in their context as they provide a much deeper and more developped background setting than required by current scoring standards.

1) Didn't want to bash it. I kind of like that place more than the rest. 2) Couldn't name all of them.

Nah. There's still one or two I haven't joined. But if you want an explanation as to my multiple board presence, it's easy: various boards offer various perspectives. Just like groups of friends in real life, it seems that online communities tend to organize on the basis of common values, perspectives, opinions... even when the basics are supposed to be the same ("film music" in this case). Some people, such as myself, don't feel they belong to any particular message board community: not to the angry psychos at FSM; not to the modern fanboys of Filmtracks; nor to the Big T fanatics of FILMUS; nor to places dedicated to the cult of a particular personality (dare I say JWFan?). So we jump from place, like online drifters with no allegiance to any community.

Really? Hmmm... maybe scorecentral should be reported to appropriate board authorities.

Here's a question to those unhappy with William Ross: How many of you have heard William Ross' scores? What is it that you don't like about his music? or the other way around: How many of you have never heard any of William Ross' scores? How can you judge, if you haven't heard a note of his? I'm sort of curious, - given that William Ross is extremely unknown (compared with the big names: Williams, Goldsmith, Zimmer, etc) - given that William Ross has not scored (m)any major blockbusters - given that William Ross' scores are not available commercially on a wide scale (except My Dog Skip {Varese Sarabande}, The Evening Star {EMI/Angel} and 10-minute suite from My Fellow Americans {TVT Soundtrax}). And if it means anything, read this little snipped from Warner Bros' website: ( http://mydogskip.warnerbros.com/cmp/filmk.html ) Not everyone gets to be commissioned to compose in honour of a president. Let alone be nominated for a Pulitzer.

Yeah. Good thing Philips' and Sony's DSD saved him on that one.