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8/11/02 - She said yes! A note from the Filmtracks
webmaster: On July 26th, I asked my long time best friend/girl
friend/better half (a.k.a. Stella) to marry me, and, to my great relief,
she agreed to face the world together. Now, with suggestions from every
far reaching corner of the planet, we are planning a life of kids, roller
coasters, passion, and, yes, film music. While she may not love my other
passion in life (baseball!), she does love movies and is supportive in
every way of a long lasting future for Filmtracks.com. That is, if we can
ever finish moving in together, appease the new in-laws, and figure out
how we can avoid paying as many taxes as possible. Thus, updates at
Filmtracks will be sparse for the time being. Check back in a short while,
however, and you'll find a number of new features and projects that I was
working on before the engagement, including a whole new look to the site,
a huge update to the Faux Pas page (the
bizarre mail just keeps coming!), and an eBay-like auction section. Thanks
to all who have sent their best wishes to Stella and me during this
awesome and exciting time! And yes, we'll have all sorts of
(decent) pictures on our Wedding Site sometime
soon as well. --Christian
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7/8/02 - The Scorpion King: (John Debney) "Inspired by the
legendary Egyptian warrior introduced in the film The Mummy
Returns, the third installment of The Mummy series concentrates
on The Scorpion King and his 16th Century battle against an evil
visionary and ruler of the famed city of Gomorrah. Wrestling star Dwayne
Johnson (otherwise known for some reason as "The Rock") stars as the
Scorpion King, bulging with 21st Century nutritional supplements, but
nevertheless battling evil henchmen to the sound of John Debney's action
packed score. John Debney, whose action music often needs no supplements,
follows Jerry Goldsmith and Alan Silvestri as the composers of the films
in the series. His music eclectic in style and his career spanning nearly
every possible genre, Debney is a master at both orchestral themes and
synthetic rhythms. Of all the composers producing large orchestral works
in Hollywood, Debney is the most talented at also creating satisfying rock
and roll music as well. These talents have landed him some less than
desirable scoring assignments and until now, his mastery of the orchestral
and synthetic had not yet merged on a grand scale...." **** Read the entire
review.
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7/6/02 - Ice Age: (David Newman) "A talented composer in
many genres, David Newman has the knack for providing energetic scores for
films that normally wouldn't be known best for those scores. An example of
such a project is Ice Age, which did moderately well in theatres
before fading from mind. It hasn't experienced the same longevity of
Shrek or Monsters, Inc., and the score has thus fallen by
the wayside as a result. The album release of Newman's music for Ice
Age was also delayed until much of the hype surrounding the film had
fizzled, furthering the obscurity of Newman's lighthearted score. Die hard
fans of animated films, however, took note of several heightened score
cues and song uses that put an album for the film in demand. David Newman,
more than most other composers, has suffered from a very successful career
without enjoying much album success. As mentioned previously, much of his
best work has been produced for films that don't receive consideration for
an album release..." *** Read the entire
review.
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