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Hiya, I'm a teen from India and a big music lover- strong of will and pure of heart, endlessly lazy and endlessly hard working with a temper that waxes and wanes faster than the moon.

For some reason, the nowadays "fashionable" rock/pop songs just never clicked with me. Even though almost everybody around me hipped n' hopped to them, even to songs with catchy music but the dumbest of dumb lyrics, right from when we were in first grade, I could never enjoy this type of music for some reason. Why? Go figure . So up till ninth grade, I was hardly a music fan, except that I used to listen to video game music from my favourite games like Sonic 3D, Toy Story 2 etc.

However, I was attracted to the music that played in the background of TV shows and cartoons and found myself humming to these relatively unknown (out here) tunes, especially from Alan Menken's Disney classics and cartoons like TaleSpin (the day I got its promo soundtrack made my month!!), Gummi Bears and DuckTales. I never knew this music was actually released on CDs, or that many people actually have it as their main interest. Sadly, out here we knew, and almost all people still know, this beautiful art only as "background music" or "background score". Oh well!

Then for the first time, after learning about it at a fansite, I listened to my first instrumental score that changed my life - The Lion King by Hans Zimmer - and one listen to his epic tracks like "...To Die For" and "King of Pride Rock" totally had me on my knees bowing to the divine power of orchestral music! Soon I started collecting more instrumental Disney stuff, mostly via Internet (go look in some Indian music shops and see for yourself how many orchestral scores you can find there ) and by the time I had Gladiator, again by Mr. Zimmer in my hands, I was a hardcore score fan and had found the bulk of the destiny of my music interest.

Though now I have taken up the guitar and trying to widen my range of interest in genres, my real passion was, is, and will be film score. My main area of interest is animated scores, especially Disney scores. I prefer scores which cover a wide range of emotions - action, drama, romance, peace, suspense, heroic, villainous, though I have a thing for action music. I naturally prefer scores which are primarily orchestral, but I'm ok with electronics and synth stuff as long as they're not overused (eg: "The Kraken" from PoTC-Dead Man's Chest, one of my favourite cues). You can see the reason behind the choice of my top 10 scores and favourite composers by this I'm sure! My # 1 top scores of all time are Lord of The Rings - The Return of The King by Howard Shore and The Lion King by Hans Zimmer.

I'm not too particularly choosy about scores either. Whether it is Jerry Goldsmith and Elmer Bernstein or Remote Control (formerly Media Ventures) synth and guitar anthems, they're all ok with me as long as I like the music. Though I do like quite some Golden/Silver age scores too, unlike most other film score fans I don't listen to them that much. I mainly listen to the 80's onwards scores and personally consider the 90's as my most favourite scores' age.

I also getting acquainted to some mainstream stuff now, and also listen to some Bollywood music. I also like to compose and record my own music on DAWs, and playing the guitar (still learning). I also have a great interest in science, especially Physics and Biology, and enjoy playing basketball and lawn tennis. I have composed quite a lot of instrumental stuff lately, and will upload it somewhere when I get time. I'd love to score a movie or at least a short programme someday!

Just for fun, here's some more stuff...

CURRENT TOP 25 SCORE TRACKS - (in order of my liking)

01. King Of Pride Rock (film version) (The Lion King bootleg version)
02. ...To Die For (film version) (The Lion King bootleg version (mono sound )
03. For Frodo (The Return Of The King : Complete Recordings)
04. Shieldmaiden Of Rohan (The Return Of The King : Complete Recordings)
05. The Lighting of The Beacons (The Return Of The King : Complete Recordings)
06. The Ultimate War (Hook)
07. The Bridge Of Khazad Dum (Fellowship of The Ring)
08. Raptors - Aladar Meets The Herd (Dinosaur Complete)
09. The Egg Travels from (Dinosaur)
10. Duel Of The Fates from (Star Wars - The Phantom Menace)
11. Arrival To Earth from(Transformers)
12. I Don't Think Now Is The Best Time (Pirates of The Carribean: At World's End)
13. Buckbeak's Flight (Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban)
14. Davy Jones (Pirates Of The Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest)
15. Battle For Varden (Eragon)
16. Wheel Of Fortune (Pirates Of The Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest)
17. The Battle (Aladdin)
18. Don Karnage's Cave (TaleSpin (promo)
19. Big Battle (TaleSpin (promo)
20. Sanctuary! (Hunchback of Notre Dame)
21. Storybook Ending (Enchanted)
22. The King Dies - Going After Rourke (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)
23. Cave Of Wonders (Aladdin)
24. Avalanche (Mulan (promo)
25. Battle On The Tower (Beauty and The Beast)

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TOP 10 COMPOSERS AND THEIR TOP 3 SCORES -

- Hans Zimmer
01 The Lion King
02 The Prince Of Egypt
03 PoTC: At World's End

- James Newton Howard
01 Waterworld
02 Dinosaur
03 Atlantis: The Lost Empire

- John Williams
01 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
02 Hook
03 Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

- Jerry Goldsmith
01 Mulan
02 First Knight
03 Air Force One

- Alan Menken
01 Hunchback of Notre Dame
02 Beauty And The Beast
03 Aladdin

- Howard Shore
01 LoTR - The Return of The King
02 LoTR - The Two Towers
03 LoTR - The Fellowship of the Ring

- Alan Silvestri
01 Judge Dredd
02 Back To The Future trilogy
03 Van Helsing

- David Arnold
01 Stargate
02 Independence Day
03 Godzilla

- Michael Giacchino
01 Medal of Honor - Frontline
02 Ratatouille
03 The Incredibles

- John Powell
01 Chicken Run (with Harry Gregson Williams)
02 The Road To El Dorado (with Hans Zimmer)
03 Kung Fu Panda (with Hans Zimmer)
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TOP 10 FILM SCORES- (in decreasing order of liking)

01. LORD OF THE RINGS - RETURN OF THE KING (Howard Shore) aaaaaaaaaaannnnd THE LION KING (Hans Zimmer) (The Two Kings!!)
02. CHICKEN RUN (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)
03. LORD OF THE RINGS - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Howard Shore)
04. HOOK (John Williams)
05. DINOSAUR (James Newton Howard)
06. CUTTHROAT ISLAND (John Debney)
07. X-MEN 3: THE LAST STAND (John Powell)
08. PRINCE OF EGYPT (Hans Zimmer)
09. MULAN (Jerry Goldsmith)
10. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END (Hans Zimmer)
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TOP 10 VIDEO GAME SCORES-

01. HALO 3 by Martin O' Donnell and Michael Salvatori
02. SUPERMAN RETURNS by Colin O' Malley
03. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by James Hannigan
04. BLACK by Michael Giacchino and Chris Tilton
05. MEDAL OF HONOR: AIRBORNE by Michael Giacchino
06. HITMAN 2: SILENT ASSASSIN by Jesper Kyd
07. MEDAL OF HONOR: FRONTLINE by Michael Giacchino
08. HALO 2 by Martin O' Donnell and Michael Salvatori
09. TOY STORY 2: ACTION GAME by Swallow Studios (?) (dunno composer, gotta find out)
10. COMMANDOS 2 by Mateo Pascual

That's 'bout all of it for now, I guess