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Obviously sorry to hear the news, but having closed my website recently after all those years of reviewing, I certainly can't blame you. It's been nice to have some time to myself and actually catch up with some of the movies, whose music I have been reviewing. However, unlike me, it seems you will still be very much active and continuing luck and success with those projects you are involved in. All it remains is for me to say a big thank you for everything. I now have many scores I once never could have dreamed of owning.
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I doubt any soundtrack producer makes enough to retire to an island.
I've had a few days to assimilate Lukas' shocker and I'm still a little shaken. Seriously, a world without the FSM label will (for me) be like what the world's been without Jerry Goldsmith. There was always this gold standard out there whose next effort caused excited anticipation on my part. I've expressed my gratitude in the past but let me say it again--Lukas, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all the labors of love that you've gifted us with over the last 11-12 years. Richard Kraft said it most eloquently, so I wouldn't even try to top his thoughts.
When the end of the year comes and if I have the surplus of funds I expect to, I'm going to pay tribute to the FSM label by finally ordering the SUPERMAN box, the Mandel set, and WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? Hell, I may even get the Ron Jones box.
"Good Night, Mrs. Calabash, where ever you are."
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Maybe Lukas Kendall made so much money out of this stuff that he's able to retire early to a small island he's bought. Yes, that's it!
If you are calling my 1994 Subaru Impreza an "island"...not much room in the back to sleep though.
Lukas
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Thanks Lukas, thanks for all the great music.
The very first soundtrack I tried to locate in a record store was the Poseidon Adventure some time in 1972/73. I was 8 years old. I didn’t know then it would take 25 years to be released, but I never stopped hoping. And I’m glad you didn’t either.
Thank you.
Mike
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Sep 14, 2011 - 8:27 PM
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ScottDS
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(This is a stream of consciousness thing...) 
When I sat in on the film music panel at the NY Comic-Con with some of our fellow posters, I asked, "When is the other shoe gonna drop?" I sincerely hope this is not it since many of us only got into the hobby a few years ago.
On one hand, yeah it sucks there's a much smaller market for Golden Age titles now and I take some of that responsibility. As one of the board's resident younglings (28), I admit I'm: a.) inclined to buy more 80s and 90s titles than other decades, and b.) I simply don't have tons of experience with Golden Age scores, though I seek to rectify that. (I purchased the Gerhardt reissues earlier this year - good stuff!)
On the other hand, I don't believe we're gonna run out of "holy grails" anytime soon. Sure, it's been a rollercoaster ride for a few years now (starting around Intrada's Alien release) but, like Roger and M.V. are fond of saying, deals can be made, masters can be found, etc. I do feel bad for folks waiting for the next, say, Herbert Stothart release while us kids get spoiled with three Goldsmith titles in two weeks! If there's a better business model, I'm sure it's only a matter of time before it's found.
As for Lukas, from reading the Ron Jones set notes, it's obvious that he and I would've been best friends as kids. I'm trying to look on the bright side here - a few less titles a month means more money in our wallets which means we can buy other titles we may have skipped... and with Lukas "in the field" so to speak, other labels might get access to certain libraries, labels, etc. that they don't have now. I'm sure this will all even out in the end.
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I'm going to put aside some time today to come up with a better reply than this. So I'll just say this one thing to sum up my thoughts and leave it at that for now:
FUCK.
I am saddened to hear this. I really am. I will be honest and say I can't positively reflect on the legacy of FSM (but what a great legacy it is!)
There are so many scores that would have SHINED under the FSM label. I so wanted to have Psycho II, Exorcist II, Supergirl, The Lonely Guy, a JAWS box set, some PINO DONAGGIO titles, etc.
I WILL say this much, Lukas FSM has been my favorite of all the soundtrack companies. Everything you released was gold. The package deal - the sound quality, the booklets with the liner notes, ALL OF IT. I love FSM and am heartbroken in my ways to see it go.
Well, thanks for the great releases. 
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Lukas, will you delete the titles as soon as you released 250th CD? There are many titles I'd like to buy.
Me too. Oh, me too!
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Sep 15, 2011 - 7:19 PM
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Thgil
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Lukas,
I honestly don't know how to reply to this news. I hadn't been online for a couple of days. Everything was fine. Then I got online a few days ago and FSM's end had been announced. Everything not fine.
This site was one of the first I discovered when first really getting ka-razy with film scores in high school. I remember seeing all these titles I didn't know and being elated that the internet had enabled such a wonderful thing to exist. I know the site's not going away and that you're going to continue working on album releases (for which I'm thrilled) but the FSM label has been an absolute gem.
Just the other day, while listening to the expanded Explorers for the first time, I couldn't help but think about the way FSM and Intrada have got to be my favorite labels. Between the two of you, we've seen tons and tons of things released that we would now be lost without. You're bookends for the love of the art. It sounds stupid, but it's true. You guys never cease to surprise the fans with the releases you manage to produce. If my love of your label wasn't absolutely solidified by the time you'd released Heavy Metal it nearly caused me to die of joy when the Ron Jones Box was officially released. It had been a dream of mine for years to get even a few more of his miniature masterpieces released. When the box was announced, you could have knocked me over with an isolinear chip. Whenever I think of dream-come-true releases, that one's always within the first three... and that's if I'm generous to other releases.
You've helped to revolutionize how this business is done and you've helped all of your fortunate customers put these precious plastic discs into our players and enjoy the music on its own, free of all the trappings of their respective films (The Satan Bug notwithstanding; I kid, I kid).
I had to put off my response to this announcement for days to collect my thoughts. Days later, I still don't know what to say, with one exception.
Thank you. Thank you for all you've done and for being as generous with your time and talents as you have been. And thank you for being one of the few professional obsessed fans surrounded by all the other obsessed fans who have mundane jobs. We buy the releases. You make them happen.
- Ka-razyfilmscorefan (aka Nick)
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Sep 17, 2011 - 4:36 PM
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eeeper
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(Personal note: it was trying to find a complete score of Star Trek II that sent me to SAE and then onto FSM.)
It's kinda sad to hear FSM is shutting down the label. The day I found out the news, I had just finished listening to LaLa Land's Commando score and had just scored a cheap copy of John Williams Space Camp score. As I ended the Commando CD, my thoughts turned to the Ron Jones Project and the Superman Anthology CD's. Finally, I thought, finally, I'll get them. And then think about Poltergeist.
Now, I find myself coming down to Earth with the sobering reality of the need for now, and buying these tracks. Now, I know that it might be a few years before they're out of print but they will, one day, go out of print. And that's sad. But as I'm learning from hanging out in the forums, and whenever I remember to renew my FSM subscription, the state of film score releases has never been better. If not for people like Lukas and others like him, we'd still be beholden to the major labels and their fickle wait and see attitude. Scores that people thought were lost forever are alive and loved by their fans who in turn will introduce them to new fans.
I'm glad that FSM and Retrograde exists/existed and that we are/were able to enjoy the efforts of a small band of people who had the same love for film music as we did. They just had a drive to produce the CD's that we didn't.
So, even though Lukas isn't going anywhere as he already said, I feel a need to say thank you, Lukas, and good luck with whatever and wherever your clever little mind takes you. And us.
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It dawned on me that I'll miss the well written booklets- and the sheer attention to perfect, complete presentations.
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I suspect that FSM has had a good week sales wise.
I've bought 9 this week with more to come.
As someone said on another thread they were stuffed by the 1000-1500 edition which seemed to need buying before the FSM 3000, and sometimes more, editions.
I also suspect FSM could have a few more sellouts before they finally release their last CD.
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