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- CommentAuthorAnthony
- CommentTimeFeb 8th 2008
This was an awesome thread on Score Reviews and I am adamant it's started again. Some people posted some hilarious comments. I can't remember them all, but some of the funniest were:

- Only a film music fan looks out for the composers name at the end of a trailer.

- Only a film music fan would stay throughout the entire credits of a Media Ventures film to see who actually scored it.

- Only a film music fan would say or point out the composers name for every trailer they see at the cinema with friends, despite the fact no one else cares.

I can't remember any more, keep 'em coming!
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeFeb 8th 2008 edited
"- Only a film music fan looks out for the composers name at the end of a trailer."

.....and cheers; yeap, that's me; and i force my accompaniment to cheer along with me;
Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeFeb 8th 2008
"- Only a film music fan would say or point out the composers name for every trailer they see at the cinema"

...........even BEFORE it is actually shown on screen.
Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
- CommentAuthorAnthony
- CommentTimeFeb 8th 2008
- Only a film music fan says the composers name if they hear music they know in a trailer. Still no one around you knows what you're on about.
- CommentAuthorJoep
- CommentTimeFeb 17th 2008
read this thread!
- CommentAuthorStavroula
- CommentTimeFeb 17th 2008
Christodoulides wrote
"- Only a film music fan would say or point out the composers name for every trailer they see at the cinema"

...........even BEFORE it is actually shown on screen.

Oppsss!That's me too!And my boyfriend has developed a "ok love don't get overexcited" look everytime we watch a new trailer.
Whatever you gaze rests on,do not use your vision, but the eyes of your soul...She knows better...
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeFeb 17th 2008 edited
hehe i know! My case is getting worse you know, for the entire last month i've been quietly (sometimes NOT so quietly :P ) cheering when composer names are coming up in the theater!
Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
- CommentAuthorStavroula
- CommentTimeFeb 17th 2008 edited
Well, I know what you mean!Imagine me during the film saying things like "baby,listen to this wonderful theme" and "oh, here comes the variation now" and "I want this score tomorrow!" and this kinds of things!
By the way, I missed you talking to me!
Whatever you gaze rests on,do not use your vision, but the eyes of your soul...She knows better...
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeFeb 17th 2008
I know sweety, i am in Cyprus for the presidential elections, i will send you an extensive p.m asap! xxxx
Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeFeb 17th 2008
Christodoulides wrote
I know sweety, i am in Cyprus for the presidential elections, i will send you an extensive p.m asap! xxxx

Hey, you never talk like that to me!
- CommentAuthorBobdH
- CommentTimeFeb 17th 2008 edited
Christodoulides wrote
I know sweety, i am in Cyprus for the presidential elections, i will send you an extensive p.m asap! xxxx

Yeah, I heard it on the news the elections are today! You did your civilian duty already? You must do your part!
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeFeb 17th 2008
I did, it's obligatory. But i am deeply disappointed by the results....oh well
Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008
Steven wrote

Christodoulides wrote
I know sweety, i am in Cyprus for the presidential elections, i will send you an extensive p.m asap! xxxx

Hey, you never talk like that to me!

...if he did you'd be scared.....very scared!
On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
- CommentAuthorDemonStar
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008
I'm the only one in my family (and maybe my school) who knows each and every movie by its composer instead of its director! And whenever a particularly good piece of score pops up, I whisper "Whoa, I want that cue". Even my parents find that strange sometimes
- CommentAuthorBregje
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008
Only a film score fan glows with pride when the composers name is in huge font on the theatre screen in the opening titles, almost as if the composer is someone we know personally!!

Anyone else feels like that?? I cannot help but smile and think 'Yeah, that's my Hans' or something stupid like that!
- CommentAuthorDemonStar
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008
Bregje wrote
Only a film score fan glows with pride when the composers name is in huge font on the theatre screen in the opening titles, almost as if the composer is someone we know personally!!

Anyone else feels like that?? I cannot help but smile and think 'Yeah, that's my Hans' or something stupid like that!

Amen to that As I mentioned, I knew films by the composer rather than director for many years! I remember in tenth grade when my Grammar teacher asked me who directed The Lord of The Rings trilogy (for a film review practice session) I replied... "I don't remember, but Howard Shore scored it". Out here that will be counted as a pretty weird statement as hardly anyone pays attention to a film's score, let alone knowing the name of composers. I doubt they know how to spell "John Williams"
- CommentAuthorMarselus
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008 edited
Bregje wrote
Only a film score fan glows with pride when the composers name is in huge font on the theatre screen in the opening titles, almost as if the composer is someone we know personally!!

Of course, and the feeling is better when the name of the composer appears when the music is played out loud.

Only a film score fan can recognise a movie just by listening to some notes of the score (not even a theme, just 4 or 5 notes). Of course no need to be in front of the TV, you may be far from it.
This happened to me the other day; I arrived home and listened some notes of the piano theme of "The House of the Spirits". "ThatÂ´s my Hans (or my Nick Glennie-Smith )", I thought
Anything with an orchestra or with a choir....at some point will reach you
- CommentAuthorAnthony
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008
Only a film music fan smiles when the composer does something interesting with the music (i.e a fanfare) when their name appears in the credits.
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008 edited
I literally get goosebumps whenever composer names pop up in credits and titles at the cinema; and i harass whoever is with me at the time. I am sick!
Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008
Timmer wrote

Steven wrote

Christodoulides wrote
I know sweety, i am in Cyprus for the presidential elections, i will send you an extensive p.m asap! xxxx

Hey, you never talk like that to me!

...if he did you'd be scared.....very scared!

True. But at least I'd feel special.

Selected Themes (Promo/bootleg (?)) | Alan Silvestri
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008
Christodoulides wrote
I literally get goosebumps whenever composer names pop up in credits and titles at the cinema; and i harass whoever is with me at the time. I am sick!

I've got my flatmates doing that to some degree now. Usually something along the lines of: "Hey, I know that composer! It's him innit!?"
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008 edited
And i got my sweety to do that stuff. She's way cool as she came up with a way of remembering who's who mainly by recognizing the RC composers using a very cool way (see below). From that point onwards, she connects dots and names in her mind and comes up with various correct guesses and associations further on!

I'll give you an example: last week we got to the cinema to watch GONE BABY GONE. When the opening titles came up and HARRY GREGSON WILLIAMS' name showed up, she instantly asked me:

"Isn't him a Zimmer's minion?

And i didn't say anything else, i just giggled
Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
- CommentAuthorStavroula
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008
Amen brother you did it! You passed on the virus!!!
I have gone a step further!He now asks me to give him the scores of the films we watch together!
Whatever you gaze rests on,do not use your vision, but the eyes of your soul...She knows better...
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008 edited
I did something like that too but shhhhhhh it's still a surprise

Gone baby gone is a wonderful film btw. I appreciated the score as well even before i watched the film but now that i have done that as well, my appreciation has risen further. It's a very mature and fitting musical work, bravo to Harry.
Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
- CommentAuthorjustin boggan
- CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008
Yeah, I started the thread, as I recall, after a member used the word "scoregasm" in a thread. And I said only a score fan would use that word.
The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008
Hehe indeed. I don't think anyone would ever use that.....word if he / she weren't a film score nut! "Scoregasm"!
Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
- CommentAuthorFilmscoregirl
- CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008
Ok, so I don't know if this is too geeky or what but...

"Only a film music fan would clap loudly while sitting in the movie theater, when the 'music by' comes up on the screen with a favorite composer's name attached to it."

I've been known to do this a few times. I think I might have even whooped and hollered once even. I just think my enthusiasm gets the better of me sometimes.
Anyone else? *hopes there are others just like her so she's not embarrassed*
- CommentAuthorDemonStar
- CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008 edited
Filmscoregirl wrote
I've been known to do this a few times. I think I might have even whooped and hollered once even. I just think my enthusiasm gets the better of me sometimes.
Anyone else? *hopes there are others just like her so she's not embarrassed*

Nope, you're not the only one and that's nothing to be embarassed about. I really did that in the theater when James Newton Howard's name came up in the credits in the movie "Dinosaur". The music played during the this portion of the credits (a reprise of "The Egg Travels") sounded truly awesome in surround sound in the hall!!
- CommentAuthormoviescore
- CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008
Only a film music fan gets angry when some hack has put a "2-for-1" sticker on the DVD cover just so that it covers the composer's credit.
- CommentAuthorBobdH
- CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008 edited
Christodoulides wrote
Hehe indeed. I don't think anyone would ever use that.....word if he / she weren't a film score nut! "Scoregasm"!

Hehe, I used that word towards a friend once. He loves a filmscore occasionally; he loves Donnie Darko and Thin Red Line, but also Toccata & Dreamscapes from Goldenthals Final Fantasy and some big choral pieces, so I thought it was worth a shot to play CheValiers de Sangreal from The Da Vinci Code to him. It didn't really do a lot to him, so I said, "No? You're not getting a scoregasm from this?", and he looked utterly disgusted at me. "No, not at all!!"

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