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 Posted:   Sep 21, 2018 - 4:56 PM   
 By:   henry   (Member)

I can't decide between Conti or Williams for my favorite composer. I have all of their cds and love them both. BTW, my copy of LLL's SAVING PRIVATE RYAN arrived, but it's a Christmas present from my parents so it will be awhile before I can listen to it.

 
 Posted:   Sep 21, 2018 - 5:37 PM   
 By:   ZapBrannigan   (Member)

If you count actual plays and enduring attachments to scores, my number one is James Horner.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 21, 2018 - 6:27 PM   
 By:   Spymaster   (Member)

Not this again...

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 21, 2018 - 8:39 PM   
 By:   Filmmaker   (Member)

Don’t you mean you Conticide?

 
 Posted:   Sep 21, 2018 - 9:24 PM   
 By:   David Sones (Allardyce)   (Member)

I can't decide between Conti or Williams for my favorite composer. I have all of their cds and love them both.

Then do what I do. Accept that you have two favorite composers, and they're just gonna have to live with each other sharing your admiration of them. smile

(Alternatively, ask yourself if you were on a desert island and could only have CDs from Williams or Conti, not both...who would you pick? I bet you could pick one. Ya know....if you MUST choose. I still think option 1 is best.)

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 21, 2018 - 11:19 PM   
 By:   Tall Guy   (Member)

I can't decide between Conti or Williams for my favorite composer.


Just accept that it’s Jerry Goldsmith and move on.

 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 12:43 AM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

Yes if you cant choose for your desert island - imagine a mafia contract killer putting a gun to your head and making you choose? I bet you could then henry! smile

 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 12:44 AM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 3:26 AM   
 By:   Stephen Woolston   (Member)

Angst over how you rank composers is an indication of fandomnal nerdicitis.

Prescription: take two placebos, go to the seaside and play beach volleyball with some ladies who look like the Baywatch ladies we watched in the 80s. Then you'll realise it really doesn't matter.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 3:31 AM   
 By:   Tango Urilla   (Member)

Angst over how you rank composers is an indication of fandomnal nerdicitis.

Prescription: take two placebos, go to the seaside and play beach volleyball with some ladies who look like the Baywatch ladies we watched in the 80s. Then you'll realise it really doesn't matter.


But in real life are 80s Baywatch babes more attracted to John Williams fans or Bill Conti fans? That might be the fastest way to answer the question.

 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 8:48 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

I know you're not asking for our opinion. But let me just say, it's not even a question in my book.

 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 10:17 AM   
 By:   Dr. Nigel Channing   (Member)

I’ll decide for you: Williams.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 10:27 AM   
 By:   Spymaster   (Member)

It'll end up being Conti. That's how it ended up last time he pondered this question!

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 11:09 AM   
 By:   henry   (Member)

It'll end up being Conti. That's how it ended up last time he pondered this question!

Spymaster, I have nothing against you, but you seem to always have it in for me.

 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 11:54 AM   
 By:   judy the hutt   (Member)

I can't decide between Conti or Williams for my favorite composer.


Just accept that it’s Jerry Goldsmith and move on.


No but thanks anyway

 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 12:32 PM   
 By:   Jim Phelps   (Member)

I can't decide between Conti or Williams for my favorite composer.

Just accept that it’s Jerry Goldsmith and move on.


Make it Jerry Fielding and you got yourself a deal!

(I sometimes "negotiate" for henry free of charge).

To be honest, I was "concerned" at what I perceived to be henry's Conti abandonment in recent months.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 5:25 PM   
 By:   Spymaster   (Member)

Spymaster, I have nothing against you, but you seem to always have it in for me.

Not at all. Just noting that you have pondered this exact same thing before.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 5:39 PM   
 By:   henry   (Member)

Spymaster, I have nothing against you, but you seem to always have it in for me.

Not at all. Just noting that you have pondered this exact same thing before.


Sorry for the accusation. And you're correct I do repeat myself sometimes. I see how it can be annoying, I won't do it anymore. No hard feelings.

 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 6:18 PM   
 By:   ZapBrannigan   (Member)

It's NOT annoying. We ALL come back to our favorite subjects, and there's always more conversation to be had.

Did I love Titanic once and forget about it? No. Am I done talking about Star Trek music? You wish!

Henry is right to point out the enormous danger potential in any conflict between Conti music and Williams music. But I must point out that the possibility, the potential, for knowledge and advancement is equally great!

 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2018 - 7:07 PM   
 By:   Sigerson Holmes   (Member)

RISK, gentlemen. RISK IS OUR BUSINESS.

(Sorry, couldn't help myself. But you all already know there's something wrong with me.)

BTW, when I think "Henry," I usually think "that Conti fanatic."

For what it's worth.

 
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