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ScoreKeeper's Fantastic Fest 2007 Round Up!!

1st by DarthScotsman	Oct 4th, 2007 11:05:35 AM
Yeah Baby!
first? by Jugdish	Oct 4th, 2007 11:07:18 AM
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cool stuff by Turd Furgeson	Oct 4th, 2007 11:07:34 AM
makes up for the EFNY news....
Why call yourself ScoreKeeper by Geronimo Jackson	Oct 4th, 2007 11:14:21 AM
When you are clearly musically illiterate. The guy can only describe a score by comparing it to another one.
astroboy teaser by ironic_name	Oct 4th, 2007 11:14:55 AM
http://tinyurl.com/2lt9v5 second time I've posted news on here.
Southland Tales soundtrack! by PVIII	Oct 4th, 2007 11:16:22 AM
c'mon that Moby has some creepy stuff (i.e. that song used in the X-files).
Scorekeeper by gengrievous82	Oct 4th, 2007 11:26:31 AM
@Geronimo Jackson Actually he does use a lot of musical terminology and in the realm of film scores, the best way to relay the tone of a particular film's score IS to compare it another film that most people have seen.
on the contrary by Geronimo Jackson	Oct 4th, 2007 11:46:56 AM
He rarely, if ever uses music terminology. He talks about 'vibes', makes comparisons or uses the vaguest descriptions. Obviously you are musically illiterate too, because you haven't picked up on this. When most people talk about cinematic style and drop a name, they at least qualify it with a description of what they mean. They don't just say: 'the film was Bergman in this scene, then switched to a Kar Wai Wong in the next...'
Geronimo Jackson by gengrievous82	Oct 4th, 2007 11:55:28 AM
Okaaay, whatever. Try reading his past articles sometime. Oops. You know what, I made an assumption about you. That wasn't nice. I take it back. You know, kind of like how you do with the whole musically illiterate thing. But whatever, that's your thing and you're entitled to it. Actually, I am a music minor, no music pun intended (see, I know a few musical terms here and there) and I've been playing French horn since the age of 7. Scorekeeper, not to brown nose too much here, does write very concise articles on film scores and that's just my opinion. I also read sites like filmtracks.com, which are very very heavy on the music terminology, which are good for people like you and me (I just made another assumption about you knowing a thing or two about music so don't disappoint me. Just kidding). Then there are articles like Scorekeeper's for readers that just like to sit back and listen to a good film score without worrying if the composer was leaning too much on one or more given motifs coughJames Hornercough.
Speaking of Dave Grusin`s "GOONIES" score..... by Elgyn6655321	Oct 4th, 2007 12:33:25 PM
.....why the HELL has it never been released??? I mean it`s a classic 80`s film score!!!
Thanks Scorekeeper by palimpsest	Oct 4th, 2007 12:34:29 PM
Another enjoyable article! A pity you didn't find the Joby Talbot work that good, as he'd seldom disappointed in the past (especially his non-film work). Thanks again for the effort you're putting in. It is appreciated.
Good Article! by konkrete590	Oct 4th, 2007 12:44:48 PM
I liked the score for the beginning of There Will be Blood. It kept me tense for the first half hour to 45 minutes. Have to agree with PVIII, the Southland score was great!
Music literacy... by ScoreKeeper	Oct 4th, 2007 12:59:35 PM
What does musical literacy have to do with enjoying film music? I guess I wasn’t aware that to really love film scores you had to know when music was resolving the antecedent phrase of the primary theme with a plagal cadence before modulating on a secondary dominant to the subdominant of the tonic key. Or to be able to recognize two opposing counterpoint lines constructed of whole-tone hexatonic scales. Who would’ve ever thought that in order to deeply love film music it was paramount that you grasp the understanding of non-triadic units, polychord functionality, and the spelling of a German augmented sixth chord in the key of Eb (Ab, Eb, C, and F#) and what it resolves to (the mediant...G). Sorry all you music illiterates out there. There’ll be no enjoyment of film music for you!
You miss the point ScoreKeeper and Grevious by Geronimo Jackson	Oct 4th, 2007 01:19:05 PM
Nice little show off there btw way ScoreKeeper. My post has nothing to do with some elitist view of music appreciation, I don't know how you came up with that angle on my critique. It was a comment on your journalism. If you aspire to have more than a completely shallow description of the music some terminology could help; some discussion of idioms, orchestral techniques, or at least some creative writing skills. Film reviewers have no trouble writing reviews of intelligence and substance for the 'lay-person' without getting bogged down in terminology. But perhaps I am making this comment on the wrong site.
Geronimo Jackson by gengrievous82	Oct 4th, 2007 01:29:33 PM
So now you went from your critical stance on musical literacy to criticizing journalistic skill. Interesting. You're both assuming and fickle. Scorekeeper has a good a very good point and it's what I was trying to convey in my last sentence in my last comment. You don't need to worry about understanding anything technical about music to enjoy it.
Grievous by Geronimo Jackson	Oct 4th, 2007 01:45:48 PM
Obviously you don't have the analytical skills to interpret what I'm saying, so this will be might last post. Look up the word 'fickle' in the dictionary. His articles are musically illiterate. You don't have to understand anything about music in order to enjoy it, but to get something substantial out of an article about music, to actually learn something about it, you better look beyond his stuff.
ScoreKeeper rules! by Musicballs	Oct 4th, 2007 01:48:57 PM
Scorekeeper, can you arrange for John Williams to answer everyone's questions for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull like Sylvestor Stallone did for Rocky Balboa?
Geronimo Jackson by gengrievous82	Oct 4th, 2007 02:13:11 PM
I did and your name came up. Surprisingly, it also linked to obscure. Not sure why. Sometimes to enjoy something, you don't have to demand the deepest most allegorical meaning of it. Instead of analyzing the living crap out of something, try sitting back, relaxing, and enjoying it. You just might like it. Oh, and Scorekeeper, keep the articles coming. They're the best and your interviews are awesome. Like Musicballs says, try and score a Q&A with John Williams. That would be awesome.
oh I am so in agreement about that rock pop song... by TheRealSeveren	Oct 4th, 2007 03:19:00 PM
at the end of SPIRAL. Its also in the cemetary scene and undermines the emotional core of the flick. I almost asked them about it at the QandA but I didnt want to criticize that choice in a public setting like that. That song cue ruined the end of the movie for me and seemed like an insert suggested by an executive rather than a choice made by the filmmakers. Why not play some Bitches Brew at the end?
This would win column of the year on... by Gus Van Rant	Oct 4th, 2007 07:25:56 PM
www.WhoGivesAFuck.com/shitty
Anyone remember Sloth from the Goonies? by Gus Van Rant	Oct 4th, 2007 07:26:38 PM
I think he wrote this column...HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!
Film Music Fan by casinoskunk	Oct 31st, 2007 07:55:02 PM
i have been listening to film music since i was 5 years old. I dont know crap about music theory. i just know what i like! Why does scorekeeper get so much hate? talkbackers are worthless anymore.
What the fuck???? by Bobo_Vision	Oct 31st, 2007 08:23:50 PM
Whats with all these old articles?

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