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There are those spammers (and bots) that are easily identified, as they just register and then post links to unrelated stuff they are spamming.
I don't reply to such threads and just report them, as that is apparently easiest for the FSM moderation.
Case of emiliano, yes, it seems to be the same pattern. It's always telling if somebody just registers, opens a new thread that and the first post contains a link to somewhere else. Doesn't mean it's a spammer, but it's at least the first impression. Also telling that if once it's answered, there is just the next link "and what is this"? Perhaps they are just trying to boost their soundcloud clicks, who knows.
It's not big deal to me... as long as it is contained in one post. I just find it odd that people think that it's somehow worth their time. If it's not interesting to me, I just ignore it, if it's spam for sure, I report it. (The only posts I ever report here are clear spam&scam posts, other than that, I don't bother the mods.)
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These spam threads are more popular than some of mine! 
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Or it could just be somebody for whom English isn't a first or second language, maybe quite young, who's heard a bit of music tracked into a relatively obscure movie (at least to general Western audiences) and wants to know what it is, but isn't up on netiquette and online behaviour. Can't get too judgemental about it: I for one was probably not that different many decades ago.
I listened to the sound clip a couple of times, I didn't recognise it or the style, and I left it at that. No-one's been asked for money, no-one's been linked to dubious websites except a YouTube link that's exactly what it's claimed to be.
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There are those spammers (and bots) that are easily identified, as they just register and then post links to unrelated stuff they are spamming. I don't reply to such threads and just report them, as that is apparently easiest for the FSM moderation.
Case of emiliano, yes, it seems to be the same pattern. It's always telling if somebody just registers, opens a new thread that and the first post contains a link to somewhere else. Doesn't mean it's a spammer, but it's at least the first impression. Also telling that if once it's answered, there is just the next link "and what is this"? Perhaps they are just trying to boost their soundcloud clicks, who knows.
It's not big deal to me... as long as it is contained in one post. I just find it odd that people think that it's somehow worth their time. It not interesting to me, I just ignore it, if it's spam for sure, I report it. (The only posts I ever report here are clear spam&scam posts, other than that, I don't bother the mods.)
Hey nic ...mighty good advice from someone who invited a spambot to our zooms!!! Lol 
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Yep, graham your new name Si Que Grudgo Bastardo.
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Ha ha! He's created a special thread just for me! Have a look at it, have a laugh, but don't reply. It will be gone soon.
Could be a tactic that tries to provoke someone to reply to his thread.
Goes to the theory that internet trolls have some inner void they need to fill, so if at least some people in the Net react to them, they feel some form of gratification. Like throwing ripples in a pond. Of course, people on the Net always react to whatever you throw in there, so you might as well striving for something constructive, but I guess some people are just bored at home yet cannot come up with anything better.
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Or it could just be somebody for whom English isn't a first or second language, maybe quite young, who's heard a bit of music tracked into a relatively obscure movie (at least to general Western audiences) and wants to know what it is, but isn't up on netiquette and online behaviour. Can't get too judgemental about it: I for one was probably not that different many decades ago.
I listened to the sound clip a couple of times, I didn't recognise it or the style, and I left it at that. No-one's been asked for money, no-one's been linked to dubious websites except a YouTube link that's exactly what it's claimed to be.
Except that it is improbable that young folks new to the Internet who are not up to Netiquette and behavior end up here on an old film music discussion board. They'd go trolling on Reddit or Facebook or the like.
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Hey nic ...mighty good advice from someone who invited a spambot to our zooms!!! Lol
LOL... er, hey, what? I did what?
By the way, visit this link here for a University degree: http:// getyouruniversitydegreehereforlotsofmoneyviawesternunion.info
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Okay, I've just reported that 'Prince Damian' Bot to the mods.
He's been an annoying Spammer since Day* One!!
*see what I did there? 
Hahaha. The only thing I have in common with spam is the colour of my legs, on a good day!
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Identity finally revealed-
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I remember years ago when spammers were met with outrage (which is what they wanted). This seemed more to be a source of......meh, you want to try this? no-one is taking you seriously.
Actually, spammers want you to click on their links (and then do or get whatever they have ready for you), it's trolls that want you to get outraged. Spammers do it for the money, trolls for the heck of it. There are possibly some hybrid forms, though you do not encounter them often in the wild.
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