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ScoreKeeper Says Goodbye To FORBIDDEN PLANET Co-Composer Bebe Barron...

Scorekeeper is a curse! by LordPorkington	May 29th, 2008 08:30:45 AM
Please don't mention John Williams or Danny Elfman. Back on topic though, I shall watch Forbidden Planet this weekend as it's been gathering dust on my shelf for quite some time. RIP Mrs Barron.
thats 3 composers by cheifchirpa3000	May 29th, 2008 08:32:05 AM
2 moe directors to go. r.i.p.
I think there is a documentary PBS showed by EriamJH	May 29th, 2008 08:36:28 AM
...that featured this amazing couple and the history of the score? Truly creepy, and summarizes the 1950s "cutting edge of technology" and was often imitated.
And you thought "Scorekeeper" was a music reference... by palimpsest	May 29th, 2008 08:50:54 AM
It's like s/he's Death's accountant or something... That aside, thanks for these articles. It's only right that these industry figures and (musical innovators in Barron's case) get some mention on their passing.
this happens in THREES?! by ArcadianDS	May 29th, 2008 09:15:46 AM
What other unknown random name guy who scored something in a movie is going to die next?! The memoriam tribute at the National Unknown Guys Who Doodle Notes On Staff Paper Awards Ceremony will be a tough one to watch this year.
I think Scorekeeper is knocking these guys off... by Sledge Hammer	May 29th, 2008 09:27:45 AM
"it puts the lotion on it's skin or else it gets an obituary again"
John Williams just sent to an Undisclosed by Samuel Fulmer	May 29th, 2008 09:46:39 AM
location along with Dick Cheney.
Danny Elfman hires brigade of by Samuel Fulmer	May 29th, 2008 09:47:23 AM
ninjas
Seriously, armed guards need to be employed!!! by Gabba-UK	May 29th, 2008 11:03:39 AM
and all good composers taken into police protection!!! Three of them? WTF!!! FBI needs to get a tail on Scorekeeper ASA fucking P!!!
Eesh, SK by I am the most horrible	May 29th, 2008 11:52:04 AM
I hope you get a good long break from the RIPs Scorekeeper. ...after this one: RIP Barron, much obliged for the music.
It's been said that the triumvirate ... by TheCap	May 29th, 2008 11:55:53 AM
... of captain, first officer and ship's doctor that Star Trek so heavily relies upon was prototypes by the same trioka in Forbidden Planet. Now we lose both musical geniuses who were critical to the success of these classic sci-fi entities. Horrifically sad .. may they both enjoy a well-deserved eternal rest.
Yet Justin Timberlake still lives by Trazadone	May 29th, 2008 12:19:57 PM

I might be wrong by saintaugust	May 29th, 2008 12:47:55 PM
but shouldn't it be "non-diegetic?"
No, seriously. Please stop this. by BiggusDickus	May 29th, 2008 02:55:58 PM
'Co-composer'? Where do you draw the line with this? 'Eighth Stormtrooper From The Left In Episode IV No Longer With Us'? Ridiculous. Also, can't believe no-one's got a 'decomposing composer' gag in yet...
Somebody snackcaked the sumbitch.... by 2for2true	May 29th, 2008 02:56:29 PM
fargin' iceholes...
by eggart	May 29th, 2008 04:00:44 PM
What a sorry audience.
Who's Killing Off All The Composers??? by Media Messiah	May 29th, 2008 06:35:55 PM
It's a conspiracy!!! Somebody is knocking-off all of the great film and tv composers!!! Who's next...John Williams???
RIP Harvey Korman by I am the most horrible	May 29th, 2008 07:25:02 PM
Headley!
I 2nd that emotion Nos. Jones by I am the most horrible	May 29th, 2008 07:35:34 PM
Feh!
Indeed. I weep for all my music composing bastard children by YouAreAllMyBastardChildren	May 29th, 2008 08:30:10 PM
The great Musician in the sky gladly welcomes them home.
Don't be morons and show some respect. His tributes are great by Proman1984	May 29th, 2008 09:38:46 PM
There are a lot of film composers out there, a lot more than people realize.
Forbidden Planet score: one of the greatest in cinema history by JacksParasites	May 30th, 2008 12:45:14 AM
It was even discussed in my graduate class on music in film. Nothing quite like it. Sure, latest sci-fi films might have tried to copy it but they never got it right. He will be missed.
Eerie because the score sounded... by Zompar Usilon	May 30th, 2008 03:28:15 AM
like the actual "voice" of planet Saturn. You may check this out. http://tiny.cc/QXOaY You can't deny the similarities.
Nosferatu Jones by BiggusDickus	May 30th, 2008 04:25:30 AM
Point taken, though your righteous indignation is a source of much amusement. Getting all sniffy about an off-the-cuff comment I made regarding someone you've never met simply because one aspect of their work touched your life on the three or four occasions you encountered it is priceless, dear boy. You remind me of those interminable fools who leave flowers at crime scenes, despite having never even seen the murdered people in question. All that faux regret mock angush and none of them can even recall the last time they bought their own mothers a bunch. Laughable. Anyway, since I touched a nerve in your shallow little world, please allow me to do so again. In the words of Eric Idle: "They're decomposing composers, there's nothing much anyone can do. You can still hear Beethoven, but Beethoven cannot hear you." Foam on, lowbrow person...
Bebe Barron died on April 20 by donnarumsfeld	May 30th, 2008 07:21:13 AM
No curse of threes here...

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