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Vitals

Birthday
• 1985-07-23
Gender
• Male
Location
• Chichester, England
Member Since
• 2003-08-04
Occupation
• Ex-OtakuBoards Team Miyazaki Leader, Actor, Writer, Director, Stage Combatant...
Real Name
• N/A

Personal

Achievements
• Becoming a Moderator on OtakuBoards, starting up my own production company with my best friend Dan.
Anime Fan Since
• I liked the Mysterious Cities of Gold before I did Pokemon, but Pokemon was the first Japanese Anime I really liked.
Favorite Anime
• Digimon, Wolf's Rain, Mysterious Cities of Gold, Outlaw Star, RahXephon, Zoids, Princess Mononoke, Trigun, Howl's Moving Castle, Bleach, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, One Piece, Fruits Basket
Goals
• To write my series of stories, and to act in cool stuff.
Hobbies
• Writing, acting, anime, GameCube, Wii, swordfighting
Talents
• Stage combat, writing, acting, being vaguely humourous, and listening.

myOtaku.com: Solo Tremaine

Thursday, August 26, 2004

Sounds of Solo Part 1: Films

I have a very large soundtrack collection, it came to my attention as I was sorting it out today. So large, that I can divide it into two main categories and still have too much to post about.

Technically speaking they aren't all mine, but a lot of them live in my room. My mum and sister often take a few to listen to, so they're all over the place.

So first then, come the film soundtracks. Collectively, in no particular order, they are:

Shrek (Songs and Score)
Antz
Chicken Run
The World Is Not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
Best of Bond
The Essential James Bond
Star Wars:
-Ultimate Episode 1
-Episode 1
-Episode 2
-Return of the Jedi
Stargate
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
The 13th Warrior
Armageddon
Moulin Rouge (1 and 2)
Terminator 2
Evita
X-Men
X-Men 2
Hook
Pirates of the Caribbean
Finding Nemo
The Lion King Collection
The Mummy Returns
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Matrix Revolutions (Dan still has this, sod >.>)
Gladiator
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Batman Returns
Edward Scissorhands
Danny Elfman's Music for a Darkened Theatre Volumes 1 and 2
The Full Monty
Austin Powers- The Spy Who Shagged Me

The anime films I'll include in the next post since I have enough anime to warrant its own category, heh ^_^;

The ones I listen to most are probably The Matrix Revolutions and Pirates of the Caribbean. There's just something about those scores that captures a certain dramatic element that makes them stand out in their own right- they're the ones I can most easily dream my scenarios to, and that's something that greatly affects the music I listen to. The World Is Not Enough and X-Men 2 have some fantastic bits in them, and Hook is one of the most beautiful scores ever created. John Williams is amazing. And British ^_~

Danny Elfman creates such a fantastic atmosphere... it's usual for a score to be diverse in separate pieces, but he can create such a bitter-sweet, eerie yet charming piece of music that combines itself together and loses none of those elements. I have a huge amount of respect for people who can create music and create it well, to such a degree that it can actually move you. Listening to Hook on its own often brings me close to tears at times. Admittedly I have to be in the right mood, but the fact that it can do that anyway is certainly something.

If I had to recommend one soundtrack out of all these... it would have to depend on what you were looking for. Epic: Lord of the Rings. For romantic action, Pirates of the Caribbean. For something softer and more gentle, Hook. It depends on your style. But there are some that really stand out, regardless of what you normally like.

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