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ScoreKeeper Says Goodbye To Leonard Rosenman

Where's... by Sailor Rip	Mar 5th, 2008 09:33:28 AM
the Gary Gygax obit?
Wow... by Sailor Rip	Mar 5th, 2008 09:50:15 AM
...I guess I'm not the only one who never heard of this guy. Hello! Echo! Echo! It's lonely in here.
I agree with Sailor Rip - Needs more Gary Gygax by Squashua	Mar 5th, 2008 09:52:22 AM
If, for nothing else, his rolls dice Futurama role, let alone the game that united most of us.
Yeah... by Sailor Rip	Mar 5th, 2008 09:53:24 AM
Especially being that all this week they have been reviewing the new D&D 4th edition rules on this site.
The animated Lord of the Rings... by Rameses	Mar 5th, 2008 10:03:40 AM
had an awful score !
ouch by Sailor Rip	Mar 5th, 2008 10:05:37 AM
I hope when I die my talkback is better than this one.
Tatata-TA-TA-TAAAA RooooboCoooooop! by SpencerTrilby	Mar 5th, 2008 10:17:41 AM
One must respect the balls Leo Rosenman proved he had to replace Basil Poledouris for RoboCop 2. RIP, Sir.
Don't Forget Score keeper... by Seany-Wan	Mar 5th, 2008 10:18:17 AM
He did Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country. I especailly like the theme for Rura Penthe... R.I.P.
Race With The Devil by Josh Acid	Mar 5th, 2008 10:27:41 AM
Just today I was planning a future double-feature screening of Race With The Devil and The 'Burbs for myself and my friends, and I was thinking about how good Rosenman's score is for RWTD...I love that movie, but that score is one of the few things that truly rises above the "grindhouse" nature of the whole thing...It's truly sinister. Now I'm all sad...
And Seany-Wan... by Josh Acid	Mar 5th, 2008 10:33:01 AM
Rosenman scored Star Trek IV, not VI...Undiscovered Country was by Cliff Eidelman.
Rosenmann was a good composer BUT! by ttringle	Mar 5th, 2008 10:37:18 AM
Robocop 2's theme sucked ass. He should not have replaced the main theme from such a wildly popular movie. Imagine how Empire would have sounded if someone had replaced williams and decided to do away with the Star Wars opening theme. I love his Lord of the Rings soundtrack simply because it was the first movie that attempted it and the soundtrack was one of the few good things about that movie in retrospect. His music however is very recognizable as is most good composers.
5 seconds till the Abe Vigoda fella comes in... by ricarleite	Mar 5th, 2008 10:42:35 AM
4, 3, 2...
Err....well.... by The True Priapic	Mar 5th, 2008 10:47:25 AM
Robocop 2 was an absolutely terrible score but LOTR was a really memorable score for me.I tend to think Rosenman will be remembered for his scores for James Dean's movies East of Eden and Rebel without a Cause.Generally I feel sad for his family but nothing....absolutely NOTHING will ever make up for Leonard Nimoy using him instead of James Horner for STAR TREK IV:THE VOYAGE HOME.After 2 terrific scores Nimoy fucking shafted the trilogy(made a lovely movie but...)by leaving Horner out.The day I bought a Marvel comic that had an advert for IV and squinted hard to check Horner was on board and found....~????!!?? Rosenman was doing the score.WTF? My geek red mist descended and never lifted.He got nominated for an oscar for that fucking score too.God,it's awful.Awful..............Sorry you are dead,Leonard.It wasn't your fault but fucking hell Robocop 2 and Trek 4 were terrible scores."Like pearls to swine" eh,Leonard?
Donde est el obit de GARY GYGAX?????? by mr_sinister7381	Mar 5th, 2008 10:47:38 AM
Sprechenze geek??? This site fucking blows.
@Seany-Wan by photoboy	Mar 5th, 2008 10:53:03 AM
He did Star Trek IV The Voyage Home, not VI The Undiscovered Country. Cliff Eidelman did VI, and a very good job he did too. Rosenman made some decent scores in his time, RIP. I don't get the lack of Gygax TB either, I mean they've had sneak peaks at the latest D&D yet can't be bothered to put up anything when D&D's creator dies? Guess that shows which one they're getting paid for....
Obit TB for Gary Gygax missed it's saving throw by indyjonez100	Mar 5th, 2008 11:22:59 AM
That's why it's not on here. Why no love for Gygax. He was also on Code Monkeys (on G4) as himself as well.
GARY GYGAX 1938-2008 by Stereotypical Evil Archer	Mar 5th, 2008 11:27:59 AM

Certainly a very impresive filmography and 2 Oscars by Proman1984	Mar 5th, 2008 11:31:37 AM
I saw he worked on Barry Lyndon/ Very impressive.
Stereotypical Evil Archer by ricarleite	Mar 5th, 2008 11:32:53 AM
Penny Arcade huh
how could you ignore star trek 4 by BendersShinyAss	Mar 5th, 2008 11:37:58 AM
proof that a bad score can't ruin a good movie. I always enjoyed the way robocop 2 was the same medly but somehow it worked on that film.
I reveal my Inmost Self unto my God. by Barry Convex	Mar 5th, 2008 11:44:43 AM
All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful The good Bomb made us all
The True Priapic by BendersShinyAss	Mar 5th, 2008 11:49:03 AM
I remember doing the exact same thing except it was for star trek 6..... I was preying Horner would return. here, check this out... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =GOP2GrF8hho remember, spaces :)
I quite liked the Trek IV score by kwisatzhaderach	Mar 5th, 2008 11:58:53 AM
and his work on Barry Lyndon was magisterial.
Star Trek IV by spaceworlder	Mar 5th, 2008 12:12:03 PM
That was a beautiful score, especially when he quotes the original series theme at the end. R.I.P, Mr. Rosenman.
Not to be an ass... by Ravyn	Mar 5th, 2008 12:13:14 PM
Would one of you Black-boxers post the Gygax obit already?!?!?!?!?
RoboCop 2 soundtrack... by theoyboy	Mar 5th, 2008 12:16:32 PM
Very underrated. He did a good job making the character his own with his score, especially considering there was already the iconic Robo theme from Mr. Basil Poledouris (may he rest in peace as well.) Check it out some time.
Correction... by Seany-Wan	Mar 5th, 2008 12:19:14 PM
Thanks for the heads up guys. My mistake. I particularly liked the music played in Star Trek IV when the bird of prey takes off from Vulcan.
Trek IV by Son of Hades	Mar 5th, 2008 12:19:16 PM
Trek IV's score I quite liked, as it happens. A pity the main theme it was a direct copy of his LotR one.
Ou est l'obituarie pour M. Gygax? by TomBodet	Mar 5th, 2008 12:19:24 PM
French Giant Robots wanna know, 3-1. Esp in Ohio and TX.
So who did Gary Gygax insult on this site? by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Mar 5th, 2008 12:28:46 PM
Wait, I know. He must have been a republican.
I Just Watched Rebel Without a Cause for the First Time Last Nig by grungies	Mar 5th, 2008 12:33:19 PM
Indeed, it was a masterpiece of a film with one heck of a soundtrack. I'd never heard of this guy before, but now I think I'll check out more of his work.
Robocop 2 by Jack Colby	Mar 5th, 2008 12:42:23 PM
Nothing wrong with it on it's own, but after following Poledouris' original definitive themes it is lacking. I think a big part of what hurts Robocop 2 was the decision to not use the original themes (that, and the script is kind of a mess.) As for the lack of a Gygax obit, obviously the only so-called "geek" on this site that knows or cares anything about D&D or RPGs is Massawyrm. Maybe he will write something...
PS: by Jack Colby	Mar 5th, 2008 12:45:48 PM
I'm not saying Massawyrm is a so-called geek, but rather those who are totally cut off from certain major geek passtimes (RPGs, video games, etc.) are. Most of AICN's writers are not actually "well rounded" (no jokes please) geeks or immersed in overall geek culture apart from movies.
DAMN... by superduper3000	Mar 5th, 2008 12:58:26 PM
I JUST watched the entire Apes saga last weekend, and was surprised to see his name replacing Jerry Goldsmith on the forth one... Sad, sad news... but he lived a good life. http://tinyurl.com/2qdpmv
GYGAX tribute... by I am the most horrible	Mar 5th, 2008 01:07:10 PM
...will supposedly be added to the 4th D&D edition in a few weeks. We'll probably see that before we see a proper headline on AICN. Very disappointing.
Barry Lyndon and Prophecy by bswise	Mar 5th, 2008 02:02:27 PM
His work on Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, with its primal "war drum" theme for the dueling scenes and its layers of classical and Irish folk music, is just amazing. On the other end of the spectrum, his score for Frankenheimer's Prophecy is also notably excellent and is, easily, the best thing about that particular big freakin’ mutant bear movie from the ‘70s.
FORGOT STAR TREK IV? by skywalkerfamily	Mar 5th, 2008 04:12:44 PM
It's the only Trek score that's been nominated for an Oscar.
LOTR by SnootyBoots	Mar 5th, 2008 05:28:20 PM
Haven't seen Bakshi's movie in a long time, but I remember the score was damn grand.
skywalkerfamily, you forgot Jerry Goldsmith by Mr Incredible	Mar 5th, 2008 09:31:22 PM
Jerry Goldsmith's score for Star Trek: The Motion Picture was nominated for an Academy Award for Original Music Score in 1979.
RIP Mr Rosenman by Luna Moth	Mar 5th, 2008 10:10:39 PM
My sincere condolences to his family. I found some of his work today, and enjoyed it.
Now where the fuck is Gary's obit?!?! by Luna Moth	Mar 5th, 2008 10:11:44 PM
Forgive me for being pushy, but there had better be some hard-working elves in the back room, cooking up something good.

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