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Darth_Vader-Anakin 
Registered: Jul '02
14748_Duality IV
Date Posted: 8/16/07 10:30pm Subject: Score Check - a new review site
Okay, time for a bit of shameless self promotion. I've just started a new review blog and I'd like to know what you think. I have very little musical background, but I don't think that's all that important -- some might disagree. I'm used to harsh criticism, so let me have it. I'm not asking whether or not you agree with my assessment, but rather if it was a worthwhile read and why or why not. I'm new to the whole formal review type writing, and I'd like to improve as much as possible, so I'll definitely listen to what you have to say.

http://scorecheck.blogspot.com/

 

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Well_Of_Souls 
Registered: Aug '01
46109_Indiana Jones
Date Posted: 8/17/07 9:25pm Subject: RE: Score Check - a new review site
Good first review. I don't think your lack of musical knowledge as you called it affected you any; you seem to have a strong grasp of what makes a score good or bad.

Looking forward to reading more. happy

 

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Whitey 
Registered: Jan '03
42358_Jacen Solo
Date Posted: 8/18/07 11:15am Subject: RE: Score Check - a new review site
Heh, I was thinking the same thing about Kilar's Dracula.

The sequence in the Inn, right?

Good first review.

 

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Cerrabore 
Registered: Jan '04
20893_Kreia
Date Posted: 8/18/07 11:58am Subject: RE: Score Check - a new review site
I haven't heard this Stardust, but it seems a mark of a good review that you're calling it out for being repetitive and unoriginal.

 

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Darth_Vader-Anakin 
Registered: Jul '02
14748_Duality IV
Date Posted: 8/19/07 1:37pm Subject: RE: Score Check - a new review site
Thanks for the compliments. I hope to get a new review up once a week -- with this week being an exception since I've just started back at school and I'm still getting my stuff organized here.

Hopefully as I write more, I'll find some kind of review style of my own and the reading won't be quite as dry.

Whitey posted:
Heh, I was thinking the same thing about Kilar's Dracula.

The sequence in the Inn, right?

Good first review.


Yep. That's probably the most blatant example in the whole score.

 

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Whitey 
Registered: Jan '03
42358_Jacen Solo
Date Posted: 8/19/07 10:30pm Subject: RE: Score Check - a new review site
Yeah, in fact, whenever I think back on that scene a choirless "The Storm" plays in my head.

 

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andy1044 
Registered: Aug '06
13782_John Williams
Date Posted: 9/14/07 5:44pm Subject: RE: Score Check - a new review site
What are you reviewing next?

 

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Darth_Vader-Anakin 
Registered: Jul '02
14748_Duality IV
Date Posted: 9/14/07 9:49pm Subject: RE: Score Check - a new review site
My hope is to review Howard Shore's new Eastern Promises when I get a chance to pick it up. I don't know when that'll be though. I've been so busy with school work though, I've gone a few days where I've only had one meal! I'm hoping it will slow down soon...

 

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Trentman359 
Registered: Oct '02
8150_Han Solo
Date Posted: 10/3/07 2:33pm Subject: RE: Score Check - a new review site
I'm looking forward to the next review. happy

 

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Darth_Vader-Anakin 
Registered: Jul '02
14748_Duality IV
Date Posted: 10/13/07 9:46pm Subject: RE: Score Check - a new review site - Date Edited: 10/13/07 10:01pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Vader-Anakin
Review for Eastern Promises is up. I'm researching the best way to do an RSS feed so that I don't have to post here every time I write something.

Next up will be Elizabeth: The Golden Age by Craig Armstrong and A.R. Rahman.

 

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