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Since I was going to post Goodbye Gemini and that happened to (sort of) fit the Halloween theme, I thought I'd post another Christopher Gunning score, but as far as I know, whales aren't nearly so scary.

It's to the Helen Mirren / Paul Scofield 'see a whale, pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck' movie.

Enjoy!

Track List:

01 - Bryher, And The Curse Of Samson (Narration By Paul Scofield)
02 - Gracie Plays Truant
03 - The Birdman's Gift
04 - The Islanders
05 - Tempest - And First Visit To The Birdman
06 - The Crown Investigators
07 - Daniel's Gift For The Birdman
08 - War, And Jack's Dilemma
09 - Goodbye Jack
10 - The Birdman's Warning
11 - Lured To Samson
12 - Clemmie's Lament
13 - Whale Beached
14 - Saving The Whale
15 - Torches In The Sea
16 - Daniel
17 - Well Full: The Sailor Returns: Re-United!
18 - Redeemed

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When The Whales Came (1989) (Christopher Gunning) (Rapidshare)
When The Whales Came (1989) (Christopher Gunning) (Megaupload)

around 89 MB

@ 320 Kbps

Here's another one that probably nobody needs again since it's been posted in various places, but hey, what's life if you can't add your own superfluous rip to the mix?

Now that I think about it, does anybody really need Plan 9 From Outer Space ripped at high quality 320 Kbps in pristine CD quality? Uh......well, truth be told, I forgot to set the encoder to a lower bitrate when I did this. Sometimes when I'm ripping these things I forget to reset it to different bitrates which is why you see some things at ridiculously high bitrates when they don't need to be. I've gotta stop doing that though because 320 takes up an enormous amount of space on the hard drive. Almost twice the size of 192 Kbps (and don't believe those people that say it doesn't make that much extra difference space-wise!). Originally, I was thinking of posting it at 128 Kbps, but I know people want all the extra clarity they can get when they're listening to aliens tell us how stupid we humans are.

But as a consolation for insulting extra-terrestrials, the soundtrack (with score, dialogue, sound effects, and anything else that can possibly be recorded) is in one long untitled track.

Is this really the worst film ever made? Well, out of all the films I've ever seen, it does go right up there. But on the other hand, I've seen films that were a lot more boring than Plan 9, so it seems to me that ought to count for something. It raises the interesting question, 'Are films that are better made technically, but a lot less interesting and a lot more dull, better or worse?' I don't know actually. I'd have to say the dull ones are worse though.

I wish I could ask Bela Lugosi what he thought of this film, but he died while filming it (which is why you see a weird double hiding behind a cape throughout a lot of the picture). Well, if I could talk to a resurrected Bela Lugosi, I'd probably want to ask him about a lot of other things before getting to Plan 9, but you know what I mean. It'd be interesting just to talk to Tor Johnson or Vampira. Or Lyle Talbot. Or Nicole Kidman. (She wasn't in Plan 9 as far as I know, but it would still be interesting...............Is it wrong to hate Keith Urban?)

Boy, my mind wanders after writing so many of these posts in a row (but what's my excuse the rest of the time?)

Also, if I remember right, in case anybody was wondering, I think the music was stock library music. But I could be wrong. I didn't really want to have to dig out the liner notes again. I'm sure you can look it up somewhere. I do remember the liner notes mentioning The Grapes of Wrath though, if that helps. Don't ask me why. (Oh, and I forgot to mention that it's the Performance Records version, but you could probably tell that by now. I don't think the other version out there is one long track.)

Enjoy!

Track List (because how else would you be able to tell what you're listening to?):

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1956) - 01 - Track01

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Plan 9 From Outer Space (1956) - Part 1 (Rapidshare) (around 90 MB)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1956) - Part 2 (Rapidshare) (around 73 MB)

OR

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1956) (Megaupload)

around 163 MB

@ 320 Kbps

Boy, I'm getting a little punchy writing all these posts. Here's another old rip of mine and like so many of the others, I'm sure other people have posted this by now though perhaps not so much in the main part of blogs.

This is the Pony Express version of the score to the American remake (starring Jeff Bridges & Kiefer Sutherland) of the Dutch film.

Well, it's Goldsm|th and it's about a vanishing.....what more do you want? Happy Halloween!

Enjoy!

Track List:

The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 01 - Barney
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 02 - Diane And Jack
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 03 - The Last Of Diane
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 04 - Vanished
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 05 - A New Love
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 06 - Obsession
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 07 - A New Life
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 08 - Barney's Story
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 09 - Diane's Fate
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 10 - Jack's Choice
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 11 - Night Chase
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 12 - Grave Trouble / Resolution
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 13 - No Coffee

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The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) [Pony Express] (Rapidshare)
The Vanishing (1993) (Jerry Goldsm|th) [Pony Express] (Megaupload)

around 69 MB

Well, last Halloween I posted the Southern Cross version of King Kong so this year I thought I'd post the Stromberg version. Yeah, I know, I'm sure it's been posted elsewhere by now, but it's Halloween, so why not? Again, buy it if you can because these discs are wonderful to own!

I love the fact that Stromberg & Morgan & The Moscow Symphony reconstruct and put out so much of this material. I definitely need to buy more of them myself. Well, I bought this one so that's something at least. Now all I have to do is buy the other 100 or so. (Okay, it's not that many, but it sure seems like it.)

In fact, if I remember right, I think I used this version on that Flying Themes compilation at the beginning of the blog.

Uh....where was I? Hmmm.......King Kong, big ape movie, Fay Wray being pawed, Bruce Cabot being Bruce Cabot, Empire State Building, worst idea for an amusement attraction since Jurassic Park, and twas beauty doing something or other.

Enjoy!

P.S. Shouldn't Track #05 be, 'Meeting With The African-American Men'? Well, since they weren't American, probably not. It reminds me of the time that I was talking about Jerry Goldsmith with a friend of mine and my friend referred to the characters in Mulan as Asian-Americans. Before I could stop myself from being pedantic (too late already!), I ended up mentioning to him that they weren't really American. We had a good laugh about that (after he punched me in the face......okay, that didn't really happen, but I'm sure he was thinking about it).

Track List:

King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 01 - Main Title
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 02 - A Boat In The Fog
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 03 - The Island - The Railing
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 04 - Jungle Dance
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 05 - Meeting With The Black Men (punia! casco!!)
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 06 - The Little Monkey Escapes
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 07 - Sea At Night - Forgotten Island
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 08 - Aboriginal Sacrificial Dance
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 09 - Entrance Of Kong - The Sailors - Stegosaurus
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 10 - The Bronte
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 11 - Log Sequence
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 12 - Cryptic Shadows
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 13 - Stolen Love - The Cave
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 14 - The Snake - The Bird - The Swimmers
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 15 - The Return
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 16 - 'Hey Look Out! It's Kong, Kong's Coming!'
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 17 - King Kong March
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 18 - Fanfares 1, 2, 3
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 19 - Kong Escapes
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 20 - Elevated Train Sequence
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 21 - Aeroplanes
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) - 22 - Finale ('It Was Beauty Killed The Beast')

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King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) [cond.Stromberg] - Part 1 (Rapidshare)
King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) [cond.Stromberg] - Part 2 (Rapidshare)

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King Kong (1933) (Max Steiner) [cond.Stromberg] (Megaupload)

around 170 MB

@ 320 Kbps

Here's one I've been meaning to post for a long time ever since Detective Mitchell put it on his wish list. (By the way, does anybody know whatever happened to Detective Mitchell? Hope he's doing well. If you ever read this, Detective, say Hi!) Well, I felt bad that I never got around to posting this when he asked for it, but better late than never. Well, I waited so long that just as I was thinking of posting it, I realized it would make a good Halloween post, so I guess I can be thankful for small favors.

Well, what can you say about a movie with Michael Moriarty and David Carradine in it? Hmmm......I can only imagine what the conversations must've been like at lunch.

Enjoy some giant winged serpent music!

Track List:

Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 01 - Q: Main Title
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 02 - Filet of Human Soul
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 03 - Blood Drops From The Sky
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 04 - Jewelry Heist
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 05 - Chrysler Building
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 06 - Womb At The Top
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 07 - Corpse In The Rafters
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 08 - He Crawls, He Flies
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 09 - The Winged Serpent (1982)
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 10 - Crunch, Crunch
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 11 - Joan Learns The Ugly Truth
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 12 - A Bird's Eye View - Manhattan
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 13 - Shep's Report Dumped
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 14 - Troops Prepare - Giant Omelette
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 15 - Prime Suspect
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 16 - Ritual In The Warehouse
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 17 - Big Bird's Last Stand
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 18 - Witchdoctor's Revenge
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 19 - Another Stab At It
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 20 - Chicken Or the Egg
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 21 - Q: End Title
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) - 22 - Dancing Too Close To The Flame - [Vocal]

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Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) (Rapidshare)
Q, The Winged Serpent (1982) (Robert O. Ragland) (Megaupload)

around 67 MB

Here's the (again, common) score to the Julian Sands / Richard E. Grant film. You have to pretty much like any film with Mary Woronov, I say.

I'm sure someone's posted this several times by now, but off-hand I can't remember anybody. Probably Phelpster at Manchester Morgue and many others have done it somewhere.

Well, did that convince you to download it? (Uh, well at least it convinced me to go to The Manchester Morgue. That's the important thing.)

Enjoy!

Track List:

Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) - 01 - The Sentence
Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) - 02 - Ill Wind
Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) - 03 - The Ring
Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) - 04 - The Trance
Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) - 05 - Old Age
Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) - 06 - Grownig Pains
Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) - 07 - The Weather Vane
Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) - 08 - Nails
Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) - 09 - The Uninvited
Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) - 10 - Salt Water Attack
Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) - 11 - The Salt Flats

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Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) (Rapidshare)
Warlock (1989) (Jerry Goldsmith) (Megaupload)

around 79 MB

Here's another one I always intended on posting when I started the blog, but a few blogs did it along the way, so I didn't bother. (Yes, it's another old rip of mine and yes I was feeling lazy). People post the individual scores so much, but it's always nice to have a roundup of Nightmares from time to time.

Again, if it's still available, buy it because you can't have too many Nightmares.

Enjoy!

P.S. Don't worry, the actual filenames aren't this long. I abbreviated them on the actual track titles (but if you really want, you can always make them longer after you unzip it. 1000 or 2000 characters is always a good length).

Track List:

01 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 1 (1984) (Charles Bernstein) - Prologue
02 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 1 (1984) (Charles Bernstein) - Main Title
03 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 1 (1984) (Charles Bernstein) - Dream Attack
04 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 1 (1984) (Charles Bernstein) - Sleep Clinic
05 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 1 (1984) (Charles Bernstein) - Terror in the Tub
06 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 1 (1984) (Charles Bernstein) - Lurking
07 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 1 (1984) (Charles Bernstein) - Fountain of Blood
08 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 1 (1984) (Charles Bernstein) - Evil Freddy
09 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) (Christopher Young) - Main Title
10 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) (Christopher Young) - Kissing Freddy on the Catwalk
11 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) (Christopher Young) - 'Kill For Me'
12 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) (Christopher Young) - Sports Attack / Threatening Angela
13 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) (Christopher Young) - Freed of Her
14 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) (Christopher Young) - Snake-in-the-Class
15 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 3: The Dream Warrior (1987) (Angelo Badalamenti) - Opening
16 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 3: The Dream Warrior (1987) (Angelo Badalamenti) - Taryn's Deepest Fear
17 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 3: The Dream Warrior (1987) (Angelo Badalamenti) - Deceptive Romance
18 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 3: The Dream Warrior (1987) (Angelo Badalamenti) - Rumbling Room
19 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 3: The Dream Warrior (1987) (Angelo Badalamenti) - Puppet Walk
20 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) (Craig Safan) - Freddy's Back
21 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) (Craig Safan) - Joey's Wet Dream
22 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) (Craig Safan) - Freddy's Pizza Restaurant
23 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) (Craig Safan) - Debbie Checks In / Time Circles
24 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) (Jay Ferguson) - Prologue - Elm Street Kids
25 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) (Jay Ferguson) - Main Title
26 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) (Jay Ferguson) - Don't Drink and Drive
27 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) (Jay Ferguson) - The Asylum
28 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) (Jay Ferguson) - Hell on Wheels
29 - A N|ghtmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989) (Jay Ferguson) - Freddy Cuts Up
30 - Freddy's Dead: The Final N|ghtmare (1991) (Brian May) - Opening Titles
31 - Freddy's Dead: The Final N|ghtmare (1991) (Brian May) - Main Title
32 - Freddy's Dead: The Final N|ghtmare (1991) (Brian May) - Mama's Q-Tip
33 - Freddy's Dead: The Final N|ghtmare (1991) (Brian May) - Back with Doc
34 - Freddy's Dead: The Final N|ghtmare (1991) (Brian May) - Freddy Wins
35 - Freddy's Dead: The Final N|ghtmare (1991) (Brian May) - Happy Father's Day

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Freddy's Favorites - The Best of A N|ghtmare on Elm Street (1993) (Rapidshare)
Freddy's Favorites - The Best of A N|ghtmare on Elm Street (1993) (Megaupload)

around 102 MB

Another one from the old rip pile. This is one of my favorite Tom Selleck movies. Sure, he's not on for long, but I think he does a great job. I guess it also stars Genevieve Bujold and Michael Douglas and I think it has to do with some medical condition.

Another pretty common album that always gets posted somewhere (even here, I think, by Thingmaker), but I thought I'd add my inferior old rip too. I knew I should've called the blog, 'Inferior Old Rips'.

I don't know about you, but I can't get enough disco versions of Goldsm|th love themes. Happy Halloween (and try not to get into too many comas if you can help it)!

Enjoy!

Track List:

Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 01 - Jefferson Institute
Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 02 - Study In Anatomy
Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 03 - A Chance Encounter
Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 04 - Love Theme from 'Coma'
Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 05 - A Free Ride
Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 06 - O.R. 8
Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 07 - The Long View
Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 08 - A Lucky Patient
Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 09 - Love Theme from 'Coma' (Disco Version)
Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 10 - Disco Strut [composed by Don Peake]

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Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) (Rapidshare)
Coma (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) (Megaupload)

around 53 MB

Does anybody really need another posting of Damien? Uh.....I forget why I'm posting this now that I think about it. Maybe it was so I can get my paper stamped that says that I'm the 100th blog to post this. Well, it probably has something to do with Halloween, Goldsm|th, old rips, and other junk.

Well, how wrong could you go anyway? I'm sure most people have this in one form or another by now, but how can you resist a cute little tyke like Damien?

Enjoy!

Track List:

Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 01 - Main Title
Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 02 - Runaway Train
Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 03 - Claws
Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 04 - Thoughtful Night
Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 05 - Broken Ice
Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 06 - Fallen Temple
Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 07 - I Love You, Mark
Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 08 - Shafted
Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 09 - The Knife
Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) - 10 - End Title (All The Power)

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Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) (Rapidshare)
Damien - Omen II (1978) (Jerry Goldsm|th) (Megaupload)

around 50 MB

It occurs to me that I don't put up enough Elmer Bernstein, but it's probably just because so many people post it all over the place. But it's Halloween (and this is another old rip of mine that I haven't posted before, so it fit really well into that whole lazy-and-didn't-want-to-go-to-a-lot-of-trouble-before-Halloween thing), so I thought I'd post it.

What's scarier than Macauley Culkin? I'm not sure, but if you don't want to know what happens to the dog, I'd skip Track #10.

Enjoy!

Track List:

The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 01 - The Good Son
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 02 - Hospital
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 03 - Mark Arrives
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 04 - Evil
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 05 - Goodbye
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 06 - Treehouse
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 07 - Rocks & Rails
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 08 - Dog Chase
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 09 - Mom
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 10 - Killing the Dog
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 11 - Mr. Highway
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 12 - Dark
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 13 - Skating & Drowning
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 14 - Funeral
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 15 - Susan
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 16 - Richard's Duck
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 17 - Threat
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 18 - The Cliff
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) - 19 - End Credits

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The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) (Rapidshare)
The Good Son (1993) (Elmer Bernstein) (Megaupload)

around 64 MB

Here's another old rip I pulled out since there are so many Halloween-oriented themes scattered throughout, but normally I wouldn't post this because other people have posted this in various places and it seems like it must be pretty available in stores somewhere, but since it's a special occasion, here it is.

I'm so out of the loop as far as availability goes, but if it is still fairly available, you won't regret buying these too (always gotta love artwork & liner notes and those great double CD jewel cases! I love the way they flip open so you can hold 2 CD's in the space of 1.). Even though I have a bunch of the original scores these came from I still bought these so that should tell you how much you won't regret buying them too. Okay, I can't read your mind through the computer, but I'm still guessing that regret won't be there.

I stuck them all in one large file so it may be a bit of a download, but hey, I'm not twisting your arm. No, actually, I'm not twisting your arm. Look down. See.

I think I just got a bit lazy and didn't want to have to zip them separately, but it's a very nice set nonetheless.

Enjoy!

P.S. If you have any trouble because of the long filenames, you might try opening the files on the desktop if you've got your hard drive folders too deeply nested. And you can always rename them later if you want.

Track List:

Vol. 1:

Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 01 - Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985) - Suite
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 02 - Batman (1989) - Suite
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 03 - Dick Tracy (1990) - Main Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 04 - Beetlejuice (1988) - Main Titles / End Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 05 - Nightbreed (1990) - Main Titles / Meat For The Beast / End Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 06 - Darkman (1990) - Main Titles / Woe The Darkman, Woe
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 07 - Back To School (1986) - Study Montage
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 08 - Midnight Run (1988) - Suite
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 09 - Wisdom (1986) - Change Of Life / Close Call In Albuquerque
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 10 - Hot To Trot (1988) - Main Titles / Wandering Don
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 11 - Big Top Pee Wee (1988) - Main Titles / Rise 'N Shine / Pee Wee's Love Theme
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 12 - The Simpsons - Theme
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 13 - Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Jar (1986) - Suite
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 14 - Tales From The Crypt - Theme
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 15 - Face Like A Frog - Suite
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 16 - Forbidden Zone (1980) - Love Theme
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1 - 17 - Scrooged (1988) - Suite

Vol. 2:

Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-01 - Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Main Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-02 - Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Storytime
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-03 - Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Suite
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-04 - Edward Scissorhands (1990) - Suburbia-Barber
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-05 - Edward Scissorhands (1990) - The Grand Finale
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-06 - Dolores Claiborne (1994) - Main Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-07 - Dolores Claiborne (1994) - Vera's World
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-08 - Dolores Claiborne (1994) - Flashback
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-09 - Dolores Claiborne (1994) - Sad Room
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-10 - Dolores Claiborne (1994) - End Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-11 - To Die For (1995) - Main Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-12 - To Die For (1995) - Suzie's Theme
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-13 - To Die For (1995) - Busted
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-14 - To Die For (1995) - Wheepy Donuts
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-15 - To Die For (1995) - Finale
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-16 - Black Beauty (1994) - Main Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-17 - Black Beauty (1994) - Baby Beauty
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-18 - Black Beauty (1994) - Jump For Joy
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-19 - Black Beauty (1994) - Frolick-Sick
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-20 - Black Beauty (1994) - Bye Bye Jerry
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-21 - Black Beauty (1994) - Memories
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-22 - Black Beauty (1994) - End Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-23 - Batman Returns (1992) - Birth Of A Penguin
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-24 - Batman Returns (1992) - Trouble Suite
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-25 - Batman Returns (1992) - The Finale
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 1-26 - Batman Returns (1992) - End Titles

Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-01 - Mission: Impossible (1996) - Trouble
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-02 - Mission: Impossible (1996) - Looking For Job
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-03 - Mission: Impossible (1996) - Betrayal
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-04 - Sommersby (1993) - Main Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-05 - Sommersby (1993) - Return Montage
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-06 - Sommersby (1993) - Finale-End Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-07 - Dead Presidents (1995) - Main Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-08 - Dead Presidents (1995) - Daughter
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-09 - Dead Presidents (1995) - Montage
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-10 - Dead Presidents (1995) - Nam
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-11 - Dead Presidents (1995) - Nightmare
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-12 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Overture
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-13 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Jack and Sally Suite
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-14 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - Christmas Eve Montage
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-15 - Freeway - Main Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-16 - Freeway - On the Road
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-17 - Freeway - Back in the Car
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-18 - Shrunken Heads - Main Titles
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-19 - Amazing Stories - Family Dog - Suite Part 1
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-20 - Amazing Stories - Family Dog - Suite Part 2
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-21 - Amazing Stories - Mummy, Daddy
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-22 - Barkley Superhero - Nike Commercial
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-23 - The Flash - Theme
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-24 - Pee Wee's Playhouse - Suite Part 1
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-25 - Pee Wee's Playhouse - Suite Part 2
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-26 - Pee Wee's Playhouse - Suite Part 3
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-27 - Pee Wee's Playhouse - Suite Part 4
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-28 - Beetlejuice (Animated TV Series) - Theme
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2 - 2-29 - This Is Halloween - Orig. Demo for 'Nightmare Before Christmas'

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Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vols. 1 & 2 (Danny Elfm@n) - Part 1 (Rapidshare)
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vols. 1 & 2 (Danny Elfm@n) - Part 2 (Rapidshare)
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vols. 1 & 2 (Danny Elfm@n) - Part 3 (Rapidshare)
Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vols. 1 & 2 (Danny Elfm@n) - Part 4 (Rapidshare)

OR

Music For A Darkened Theatre, Vols. 1 & 2 (Danny Elfm@n) (Megaupload)

around 314 MB

Boy, I don't think I've posted any John Ottman since Eight Legged Freaks (but don't quote me, it gets hard to tell). Another composer I really like (I know, there probably aren't that many that fall into the other category).

This has many fun pieces from various scores and if it's still around run out and buy the CD; you'll really enjoy it! It's always better to have the original, but if you can live with compressed digital copies, be my guest (actually go for both.....it's so much fun to have CD's & mp3's!)

For people who remember the Malcolm McDowell remake of Fantasy Island (there weren't that many episodes, now that I think about it), you'll enjoy hearing the music from it.

And I suppose in keeping with the Halloween theme, 'Halloween H20' sort of fits (along with Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Apt Pupil, Lake Placid......well, you get the idea.) And do you consider 'Cruel Intentions' a horror film?

Enjoy!

Track List:

John Ottman - 01 - Cruel Intent|ons - Pussy
John Ottman - 02 - Cruel Intent|ons - Metropolis
John Ottman - 03 - Cruel Intent|ons - Confessions
John Ottman - 04 - Cruel Intent|ons - Sibling Encounters
John Ottman - 05 - Cruel Intent|ons - Juicy Conspiracy
John Ottman - 06 - Cruel Intent|ons - Reflections
John Ottman - 07 - Cruel Intent|ons - Enticing Deal
John Ottman - 08 - Cruel Intent|ons - Secret Society
John Ottman - 09 - Cruel Intent|ons - Jealousy
John Ottman - 10 - Cruel Intent|ons - Consequences
John Ottman - 11 - Fantasy Island - Suite
John Ottman - 12 - Incognito - Theme (Reprise)
John Ottman - 13 - Halloween H20 - Main Titles
John Ottman - 14 - Snow White: A Tale of Terror - Theme
John Ottman - 15 - The Cable Guy - Theme - ['This Concludes Our Broadcast Day']
John Ottman - 16 - Incognito - Tricks Of The Trade
John Ottman - 17 - Apt Pupil - Theme
John Ottman - 18 - Lake Placid - Suite
John Ottman - 19 - Incognito - The Creation

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John Ottman (Music Inspired by the film 'Cruel Intentions') (Rapidshare)
John Ottman (Music Inspired by the film 'Cruel Intentions') (Megaupload)

around 93 MB

And since this was in the box right next to 'La Ragazza Di Bube', as I was pulling out 'La Ragazza Di Bube', I accidentally pulled out this one along with it. I always meant to rip and post this a long time ago, but it seemed that at least one other blog posted it back then (probably one of the horror blogs), so I didn't bother.

But in my effort to go ahead and post more duplicates, I decided to go ahead and rip this one while I was at it.

Then, after I ripped it, I happened to visit The Manchester Morgue after a long time away from that great blog (I don't think I've done any extensive blog surfing in 7 or 8 months!) and Phelpster just posted this not that long ago! (Boy, how many times has that happened? Well, usually I see these things before I rip them, so I don't usually bother posting them. Now you know one of the reasons I don't end up posting as much music!) Well, since it was all ready to go anyway, here it is.

You know, it strikes me that I don't talk enough about The Manchester Morgue. It's that same way with all the great blogs out there. It always seems obvious to me how much I like them, but then I realize I hardly mention them on the blog at all. Well, The Morgue is a blog that even if Phelpster weren't posting any music at all, I would enjoy reading it just for the pure entertainment value. The writing and the music is always so enjoyable. I wish I could keep current with all the great blogs out there, but I'm still working on Request Post #4's downloads! Oh, well, thank God Phelpster is still around doing the Morgue.

I'm always afraid I'm going to visit one of these great blogs and they're going to be gone. That's another reason I haven't done much blog surfing lately. Until I can catch up, I don't want to see how much bad news awaits with all the blog closures. I'm still lamenting 7 Black Notes' departure, but at least I know he's still around contributing from time to time so that's always a comfort. Hate to see such a great guy with such a great blog stop blogging and I hope he starts it back up someday.

Well, enough digressing. Hmmm.......Tentacles. There's nothing more I love than seeing Henry Fonda, Shelley Winters, and John Huston in a post-Jaws octopus film. The score isn't actually quite the horror score you would expect, but more of a light, almost fun loungey score. That's probably not entirely accurate. See, I told you I'm terrible at describing music. Well, it's a good score nonetheless. And I'm not entirely sure, but I think it's the first time I've ever had the sentences, 'My Son's Friend Is A Champion Pisser' and 'Happiness Is Having Two Killer Whales As Friends' on the blog.

Enjoy!

Track List:

Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 01 - Small Town Pleasures
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 02 - She'll Never Come Back
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 03 - My Son's Friend Is A Champion Pisser
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 04 - Summer And Winter
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 05 - San Diego, Yellow Cab
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 06 - Happiness Is Having Two Killer Whales As Friends
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 07 - Too Risky A Day For A Regatta
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 08 - Sorry, I Have To Go
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 09 - Scotch For Two
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 10 - The Killer Whales' Games
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 11 - The Capture Of The Giant Octopus
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 12 - Two Old Kids
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) - 13 - Tentacles

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Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) (Rapidshare)
Tentacoli (1977) (Stelvio Cipriani) (Megaupload)

around 91 MB

@ 320 Kbps

I had occasion to read an old Request Post (yes, I do that from time to time especially when I'm behind on my downloading or processing of old files!) and I noticed that 'Isbum' had posted this LP and said if anybody had the CD that they should post it. So I pulled this out and started ripping it when I realized that the track titles seemed familiar. I realized I had read it elsewhere in the Post and sure enough 'D' had already posted the CD later on in response to Isbum's suggestion. Well, since I already started ripping (and since 'D' had posted it on Sendspace and it has since gone dead), I decided to post it anyway.

It's a great score (do 'Isbum' or 'D' post any other kind?) and the CD version contains a couple of tracks at the end not in Isbum's LP rip (though his version had two track #15's one of which, '15 - Village Market part 2' upon a very cursory comparison doesn't seem to be included in the CD version, but it could've just been rolled into one of the other tracks). Either way, download both and enjoy twice the great music!

Track List:

La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 01 - Bube
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 02 - Stefano
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 03 - Rievocazione
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 04 - Liberazione
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 05 - Bube, Addio!
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 06 - ...Un Rimpianto
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 07 - Desiderio Spento
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 08 - Malinconia Lontana
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 09 - Passi
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 10 - Viene La Sera
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 11 - Nebbia Sul Fiume
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 12 - Mara... T'Amo
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 13 - Nascosti!
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 14 - Ricordo Tragico
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 15 - Mercato Paesano
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 16 - Risveglio
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 17 - Ansie
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 18 - Citta Lontana
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 19 - Sei Tu Sola - [C. Cassola & Valentino Bucchi]
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) - 20 - La Ragazza Di Bube - [C. Cassola & Valentino Bucchi]

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La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) (Rapidshare)
La Ragazza Di Bube (1963) (Carlo Rustichelli) (Megaupload)

around 96 MB

@ 320 Kbps

Happy Bastille Day! I thought I'd post some albums in honor of the occasion and these are dedicated to all the French (and people who live in France) friends, ami(e)s, and readers of this blog like Mickey, Breton Girl, Quinlan, and all the other wonderful Gallic people out there (there are at least one or two other French readers that my mind is having trouble coming up with right now, so let me know who I've forgotten!). Or if you just like French bread, French wine, or French fries, you're perfectly welcome to listen to these as well.

If you've been dying to listen to more music from aquatic shows then this may be the music for you. It's Francis Lai's 'Musique Originale Du Spectacle Feerique De Muriel Hermine Sirella'. 'Sirella, Une Legende De Muriel Hermine, Mise En Scene Par Francis Morane.'

I don't know what the year is for this show since it doesn't seem to be listed anywhere on the album and I didn't have time to come in beforehand to find out, but I'm sure you could do the same Googling that I could if you're really curious. Any album that has a cover with a mermaid riding two sea horses has to make you at least a little bit curious.

Update: Okay, I just looked it up and this show was from 1991 to 1994!

Enjoy!

Track List:

Sirella (Francis Lai) - 01 - Le Parc
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 02 - Sirella (Les Trois Royaumes)
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 03 - Sirella (Le Royaume De L'Eau)
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 04 - Sirella Sur La Terre (Le Royaume Des Hommes)
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 05 - Sirella Dans Les Airs (Le Royaume Des Cieux)
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 06 - Le Desespoir De Sirella
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 07 - L'Etre De Lumiere
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 08 - Sirella Sur La Terre (L'Apocalypse)
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 09 - Tiyou
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 10 - Sirella Dans Les Airs
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 11 - Sirella (Duo D'Amour)
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 12 - L'Etre De Lumiere (La Reapparition)
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 13 - Sirella Sur La Terre (La Metamorphose Des Hommes)
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 14 - Sirella (Le Ballet Final)
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 15 - Le Parc (Le Retour)
Sirella (Francis Lai) - 16 - La Chanson De Sirella - [Vocal - Liliane Davis]

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Sirella (Francis Lai) - Part 1 (Rapidshare) (around 95 MB)
Sirella (Francis Lai) - Part 2 (Rapidshare) (around 84 MB)

OR

Sirella (Francis Lai) (Megaupload)

around 179 MB

@ 320 Kbps

Here's another entry in my celebration of Bastille Day. Some nice music in various styles by Francois Dompierre from assorted movies of the 1980's. Sure, I know this is a bit of a cheat since Francois Dompierre is Canadian, but the music is still good (and the liner notes are in French, at least). After all, I bet the French are sick of listening to composers from France by now. Non? Okay, well at least I bet they're not sick of listening to good music! I know I'm not.

Since I'm not really good at describing music I won't bother to try, but I suppose you can download it and judge it for yourself. Then if you don't like it, you can always delete it. If on the other hand you like it, you'll get the experience of liking it. I think that's how it works. Happy Bastille Day!

Enjoy!

Track List:

01 - Mario (1984) (Francois Dompierre) - L'Exergue
02 - Mario (1984) (Francois Dompierre) - L'Appel Du Coyotte
03 - Le Matou (1985) (Francois Dompierre) - Ratablavaski
04 - Le Matou (1985) (Francois Dompierre) - Monsieur Emile
05 - Le Declin De L'Empire Americain (1986) (Francois Dompierre) - Le Declin De L'Empire Americain
06 - Le Declin De L'Empire Americain (1986) (Francois Dompierre) - La Chasse
07 - Le Declin De L'Empire Americain (1986) (Francois Dompierre) - Le Temps Qui Fuit
08 - The Kid Brother - Kenny (1987) (Francois Dompierre) - Training
09 - The Kid Brother - Kenny (1987) (Francois Dompierre) - The Dog
10 - Les Portes Tournantes (1988) (Francois Dompierre) - Les Portes Tournantes (Ouverture)
11 - Les Portes Tournantes (1988) (Francois Dompierre) - La Gigue Du Val D'Amour
12 - Les Portes Tournantes (1988) (Francois Dompierre) - Le Depart
13 - Les Portes Tournantes (1988) (Francois Dompierre) - Sur Le Quai
14 - Les Portes Tournantes (1988) (Francois Dompierre) - You Don't Kill A Piano Player
15 - Les Portes Tournantes (1988) (Francois Dompierre) - Lauda
16 - Les Portes Tournantes (1988) (Francois Dompierre) - Le Portes Tournantes (Fin)
17 - Urgence (1988) (Francois Dompierre) - Dr. Forest
18 - Urgence (1988) (Francois Dompierre) - L'Artere
19 - Urgence (1988) (Francois Dompierre) - Les Nuages

Mario (1984) by Jean Beaudin
Le Matou (1985) by Jean Beaudin
Le Declin De L'Empire Americain (The Decline Of The American Empire) (1986) by Denys Arcand - [Musique Francois Dompierre Sur Des Themes De Haendel]
The Kid Brother - Kenny (1987) by Claude Gagnon
Les Portes Tournantes (The Revolving Doors) (1988) by Francis Mankiewicz
Urgence (1988) by Colin Lowe & Tony Ianuzielo

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Francois Dompierre - Musiques Originales De Films - Part 1 (Rapidshare) (around 70 MB)
Francois Dompierre - Musiques Originales De Films - Part 2 (Rapidshare) (around 62 MB)

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Francois Dompierre - Musiques Originales De Films (Megaupload)

around 132 MB

@ 320 Kbps

And here's another score celebrating Bastille Day. It's a nice dramatic score to the Sylvie Vartan / Michel Piccoli film.

Again, I want to wish all my friends in France that I've met through this blog a happy Bastille Day, a happy belated Fourth of July, and a happy early Christmas!

Enjoy!

Track List:

L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) - 01 - Cuore Addolorato - [Vocal - Claire D'Asta]
L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) - 02 - Generique Debut
L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) - 03 - L'Annonce Faite Au Mari
L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) - 04 - Explication Du Crime
L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) - 05 - Cecile
L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) - 06 - Le Vieux Juge
L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) - 07 - Provocation De Cecile
L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) - 08 - Fantasme
L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) - 09 - Reception
L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) - 10 - Generique De Fin
L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) - 11 - Cuore Addolorato (Version Courte) - [Vocal - Claire D'Asta]

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L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) (Rapidshare)
L'Ange Noir (1994) (Jean Musy) (Megaupload)

around 91 MB

@ 320 Kbps

Jason (Imagineer1138) had trouble downloading a copy of this file in my archives so I decided to re-up it in a rar file. He got some kind of formatting error in downloading it and I don't know what the problem was. I know some people used to have problems when I used to use zip files instead of rar files in the early days of the blog, but I don't know if that was the problem, but I re-zipped it here in a rar file and added dialogue tracks from MisterLesterKeen's great blog that weren't in my original file.

I haven't had anybody mention having any problems with the files since I switched back to using rar files and so this is probably the first time I've gotten that kind of comment in maybe 7 or 8 months, so I don't know what else it could be.

I don't know if Jason has already gotten help with this problem since he left his comments a few weeks ago, but I thought I'd post it anyway. Hopefully he sees this (If you haven't gotten it yet, please let me know if this works for you!). And if you (or anyone else) has a problem with any of the files, let me know......it may take me a while, but eventually it'll show up on the blog.

Another thing I've noticed is that a few people throughout the course of the blog have been disappointed when they found a Rapidshare file deleted or not working for them but they never even bothered trying the Megaupload file which was still working, but usually this seems to be from new or one-time-only readers. Also, I was in the middle of a massive and total blog re-up of all the old dead Rapidshare.de links to newer Rapidshare.com ones (before my most recent absence) when I lost my Premium account, so unfortunately all of those links (and all the rest of the Rapidshare ones except for the newest ones) aren't connected to an account anymore. I think Rapidshare extended their files from 45 to 90 days, so they're all likely to still be active for a long time, but now I have no way of keeping track of the files at a glance (and I get no Premium points from any of them :(( )

I'll probably re-up all those files again to get them onto my new Premium account. I had only finished the first couple of months' worth of archives (and some random ones in the middle), but it's still quite a few files. So if you see a third link back in the archives, the first one will be to the newer account, the second one will be to the older Rapidshare.com re-up that isn't associated with any Premium account anymore, and the third one will be to Megaupload. Hopefully I haven't hopelessly confused everybody by now!

I normally wouldn't bother as long as the links are still good, but I'd like to have some way of keeping track of all the files and now that Rapidshare gave me an automatic 8000 Premium points for just getting a new account, I actually have a shot at getting a free month in a reasonable amount of time, so I figured if I was going to finish all those re-ups anyway I might as well re-do all the ones I've already done. File that under the 'nobody cares except for nomwl1' category.

And another thing for that category..............And before my absence, I could never get RapidUploader (the software that Rapidshare uses) to work properly. One minute it would upload files, the next it wouldn't and never once have any of the other features on it worked the way they were supposed to. I think it was a combination of the library constantly updating their system here and Rapidshare constantly tweaking and changing their software (every time I come in Rapidshare seems to change something). In fact, for the longest time, it didn't work at all, but when I came back this last time, it finally worked perfectly! Every feature works the way it's supposed to and now it works like a charm. It's fantastic!

In the past when it did work, it used to only be able to upload one file at a time so I was always forced to manually start an upload when one was done, but I still used it because the upload rates were incredibly fast. You can usually do a normal size file in 2-3 minutes. But when it didn't work, I use to have to upload them in the usual way which was usually at a rate of 40 Kbps per second. It would take 20 to 40 minutes to upload one file. It sort of defeated one of the main reasons to have a Premium account. But now that it works, I was able to upload 4 discs worth of files (I had left unfinished before my absence) in a little over an hour! I just put them in the queue, they uploaded one right after the other, and they were done before I knew it. So, now it makes it a lot easier to do re-ups. Hopefully, it'll stay working for a while before they decide to 'improve' it again so it stops working altogether.

Also, a few people have left comments asking me what the password was to open a file. It's usually above the link and on the majority of the files is 'youdont'. On older files, it's 'you_dont_have_to_visit'. Hope that helps some people (and here's hoping they happen to read an entry about The Odd Couple!)

Enjoy!

Track List:

The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 01 - The Odd Couple (Vocal)
The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 02 - Domestic Quarrel (Dialogue)
The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 03 - Metropole
The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 04 - Dirty Poker (Dialogue)
The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 05 - Tomatoes
The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 06 - Down With The Lights
The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 07 - The Odd Couple (Main Title)
The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 08 - Clean Poker (Dialogue)
The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 09 - Man Chases Man
The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 10 - Curse Of The Cat People
The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 11 - Oscar Blows Up (Dialogue)
The Odd Couple (1968) (Neal Hefti) - 12 - End Title

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The Odd Couple (1968 Film) (Neal Hefti) (Rapidshare)
The Odd Couple (1968 Film) (Neal Hefti) (Megaupload) (Put in a new link for the old dead one!)

around 54 MB

@ 256 & 320 Kbps

P.S. Oh, yeah. The Odd Couple is a great movie, a great play, and a fantastic soundtrack, Neal Hefti is a great composer, blah, blah, blah.

ON MYSTERIES ANSWERED, SPAM, AND GREG:

A NOTE TO ANYONE STILL READING THE BLOG. If you see spam (repetitious phrases that are cut and pasted several times) in any of the comment sections, ignore them. I will delete them the next time I come in. I've already deleted the last round of comments.

You know, the last time I came in (when I posted the 4th of July 'Marches-A-Go-Go' compilation), I noticed another round of spamming in addition to comments left by a 'fake' Greg and the 'real' Greg in the top 6 or 7 posts of the blog. This also happened the time before that when I posted all the new posts that included the Alternate Stage Music & TV Chars. Vol. 2 entries.

And it got me to thinking about the goals of all of this. The spam in particular has always been a mystery to me. When the spam first started, it was confined to the Request Post and it only seemed to be in response to all the fighting that was going on in there between Greg and other people. As I mentioned in my essay, I thought this was the spammer's way of commenting on all the turmoil and trying to get people to stop or at least to annoy them. But there have always been several things I could never figure out about the spammer including these particular mysteries:

1) If the spammer's goal was to satirize or lampoon the people arguing, why didn't he ever say anything? Why was it that all of his spam consisted of quotes of the people arguing, but never any threats to keep doing it if people didn't stop or frustration over why it was happening, etc.?

2) Why wasn't the spammer like other people in there who were either mad at Greg or at the people fighting with Greg? Why weren't any of his quotes things like, 'Greg is stupid' or 'I hate Filmpac', etc.?

3) Why did he seem to appear out of nowhere? I had never had this kind of spamming on the blog before.

4) Why did the spammer come back a week or two later after he had done it the first time? The first time he did it, I thought he was frustrated with the fighting and wanted to get people to stop. Sort of like a guy who sees two people fighting and starts screaming at the top of his lungs right next to them to annoy them and get them to quit, I thought. Then there was no more spamming for a week or two and then suddenly it reappeared.

5) When the spammer came back, why did he start doing it over a 2 or 3 day period? The first two times he did it, it was on the weekend, I think, so I thought he was just some random regular reader who was only popping in on a Saturday or Sunday. I thought maybe that was the only time he had an opportunity to read the Request Post. But then he came back and started doing it on a Sunday, Monday, etc.

6) Why was there suddenly long, weird comments in foreign languages? Eventually when the fighting got really bad in there, someone started posting long passages of stories or text in Arabic and other languages that I don't quite remember. Possibly Dutch or French, etc. 4 or 5 of them. But it wasn't offensive as far as I could tell, but just someone or multiple people dumping in 4 or 5 really long passages of text in addition to the spam.

7) Why did the spam suddenly spill out into the main part of the blog? Eventually it left the Request Post and started showing up slowly in a few of the main posts.

8) Why did the spam eventually change to not just quotes from the fights, but things like 'Piss poor moderator' (which I realized later was a quote from Greg in the Request Post) or nonsensical rantings or lewd profanity-laden sentences? It seemed as if there were now 2 or 3 different spammers and now they were starting to say idiotic things not connected to the fighting and they were now using quotes that were attacking me as well as other things.

9) Why was the spam continuing and even getting worse after the fighting seemed to stop and then even after I eventually (and temporarily) shut the Request Post down?

10) Why was the spammer now posting things in the top 6 or 7 posts in things like the Mystery compilation or 'The Railway Children'? He couldn't really have any expectation that very many people would ever read them in the older posts. And certainly spamming things like 'No Music Is Being Posted Here' in a music post never made any sense either.

11) And especially these last couple of times, why was the spam getting worse even though there was fighting at all, the Request Post was closed, and I had just posted a bunch of new music? And this last time, the spam was now saying things like 'Bad blogger', etc. attacking me and the blog. This especially didn't make any sense.

........and there were mysteries about Greg's comments that I could never figure out as well. The last 4 or 5 times I've come in over the last few months, Greg keeps leaving comments about me moderating the blog or failing that, shutting down the Request Post. This last time I came in after I posted my essay on the subject, he left a comment now saying that I should either moderate comments or shut the blog down. He onstensibly was complaining about how what I will call a 'fake' Greg (using a different blogger profile) has been posting comments with links to the pages of 'real' Greg's blog, Soundtrack Rarities. Now Greg's motives, goals and thought processes have always been somewhat of a mystery to me, but here are a few of the nagging ones:

1) Why, after it was clear that I was not going to turn on comment moderation or turn off anonymous comments, did Greg keep beating this dead horse?

2) Why did his latest comment seem even more frustrated than he had been in the past when I already fully explained myself in the essay?

3) Why did he expect me to shut my own blog down? There wasn't anyone saying anything bad about him anymore. The Request Post was temporarily shut down. No more fighting going on. Did he seriously think I was going to shut down my blog because someone is posting links to the pages of his blog?

4) Why did he keep coming back here when things were already pretty quiet?

5) Why was he constantly so outraged about this 'fake' Greg? 'Fake' Greg wasn't saying anything bad about him. He wasn't pretending to be him and saying a bunch of obnoxious things. He was simply posting links to the pages of Greg's blog. He wasn't even posting the actual links to the files, but to the blog pages. Why should this bother Greg to the extent that he wanted me to shut the blog down?

I STARTED THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE MYSTERIES WHILE I WAS READING THIS LAST ROUND OF COMMENTS AND SPAM. I could never figure out the goals of the spammer and I kept thinking about Greg's goals. Then it dawned on me (and I know a lot of you will be way ahead of me on this), but then I realized that their goals were identical!

Now, for obvious reasons, when the spamming first started, I suspected Greg of doing it, but I dismissed it because I didn't feel that was Greg's style. When he wants to attack or annoy people, he just insults them directly. He didn't seem to be the type of person to hide behind anonymous nicknames, etc. He didn't seem to care if people were annoyed with him anyway so why would he bother to hide, let alone spam? So I assumed it was a regular reader who decided to attack the people fighting. This really bothered me to think it was a regular reader since he was essentially just attacking the blog and what regular reader has ever hated the blog enough to attack it like that?

BUT IF YOU CONSIDER THAT IT WAS GREG DOING THE SPAMMING from the very beginning and that his goal was to attack me and the blog so that I would have to turn off anonymous comments or turn on comment moderation, then every single mystery and question mark that I could never understand about all of these situations is perfectly answered!

He was trying to make it look like multiple spammers totally unrelated to him were doing this. He also wanted to annoy other people here, but not look bad doing it.

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MYSTERIES ANSWERED:

1) If the spammer's goal was to satirize or lampoon the people arguing, why didn't he ever say anything? Because Greg knew if he said anything people would be able to tell that it was him doing it. Also, that's Greg's style. He often leaves links advertising his blog or other blogs and says very little or nothing at all. Just like the spam. And since his goal was not only to annoy other people, but to create such a chaotic atmosphere that I would be forced to turn off anonymous comments or turn on comment moderation, he didn't care about saying anything like 'stop the fighting and I'll stop.'

2) Why wasn't the spammer like other people in there who were either mad at Greg or at the people fighting with Greg? Well, obviously he wasn't going to post quotes that made him look bad and he knew if he directly insulted people he was fighting with but not himself with these spamming quotes that people would automatically know it was him.

3) Why did he seem to appear out of nowhere? Well, he didn't. He was here all the time. It always bothered me to think that all of this fighting was prompting a disgruntled regular reader to attack my blog by spamming it and then later a bunch of weirdos to descend on it with weird and nonsensical spam. But when you consider that it was just one weirdo who was here the whole time, it makes a lot more sense. I knew that people who came here didn't suddenly become idiotic. It just didn't seem characteristic of people who visited this blog. But who was the one visitor who's been as persistent, obsessive and irrational as the spammer?

4) Why did the spammer come back a week or two later after he had done it the first time? Because Greg thought it would work the first time, but when I didn't bow to his wishes, he decided to keep doing it.

5) When the spammer came back, why did he start doing it over a 2 or 3 day period? Because he thought doing it on the weekends when I usually came in would attract my attention. He didn't realize that I was gone during that whole period. So then he started doing it more often and on different days. I could never figure out why the spammer just happened to follow these arguments at the right times and was following them closely enough to pick out specific quotes. But I'm glad to know it was confined to just one nut and not anybody else.

6) Why were there suddenly long, weird comments in foreign languages? When the initial spamming didn't work, Greg thought he would up the ante and do something that was really noticeable but not too offensive. He wanted to keep out anonymous people but he didn't want to disrupt the atmosphere so much that he killed the Request Post. He still wanted to be able to advertise his blog. It must've really drove Greg crazy when I deleted all of it, but wouldn't turn off anonymous comments!

7) Why did the spam suddenly spill out into the main part of the blog? When the obnoxious spam didn't work in the Request Post, he decided to really get my attention and he started attacking the main part of the blog. He thought he would convince me that there was a bigger problem here that wasn't just confined to the Request Post.

8) Why did the spam eventually change to not just quotes from the fights, but things like 'Piss poor moderator' (which I realized later was a quote from Greg in the Request Post) or nonsensical rantings or lewd profanity-laden sentences? After everything else failed to work, he started getting upset with me and shifted from random quotes to other things hoping that it would convince me of the seriousness of the problem of these random anonymous people showing up here. He also wanted to make me think that it was more than one person so some of them were quotes and others were nonsensical rantings. Nobody has ever left weird sexual comments or ones attacking me before, so I always thought it was completely odd how it just spontaneously started. The irony is that Greg thought this would convince me that anonymous people were bad but all it did was make me more disgusted with how Greg had ruined the atmosphere here to the point that these weirdos had suddenly showed up.

9) Why was the spam continuing and even getting worse after the fighting seemed to stop and then eventually I temporarily shut the Request Post down? Because it was never about people's disappointment over the lack of music being posted or even all the fighting. The goal was to attack the blog regardless of what was going on. That was one of Greg's mistakes. Eventually the irrationality of it was too much of a Greg trademark to think it was anybody else.

10) Why was the spammer now posting things in the top 6 or 7 posts in things like the Mystery compilation or 'The Railway Children'? Because he wasn't trying to spam readers or annoy people fighting with him. He was trying to get my attention and he knew I read the comment sections of those posts. Annoying people who came here and happened to read those comments was just an added bonus to him.

11) And these last couple of times, why was the spam getting worse even though there was no more fighting, the Request Post was closed, and I had just posted a bunch of new music? Again, that was Greg's fundamental mistake. That's what made it so obvious that he was doing it. Who else but him would come here and do that? Why would someone else be disgusted that I posted a lot of new music and call me a bad blogger? Because Greg didn't care anything about the music. He never did and probably never has. He just wants to get people to visit his blog, I think, and have a place he can hang out where people won't ban him.

AND WHAT ABOUT THOSE GREG MYSTERIES?:

1) Why, after it was clear that I was not going to turn on comment moderation or turn off anonymous comments, did Greg keep beating this dead horse? Because he kept expecting that his harassing tactics would change my mind. That's why he kept bringing it up. Anybody else would've stopped asking or drifted away by now. He was waiting for the spamming and trolling to take effect and that's why he kept asking me the same question over and over again.

2) Why did his latest comment seem even more frustrated than he had been in the past when I already fully explained myself in the essay? Because he expected that when I posted that essay that I was going to say that I was turning off anonymous comments, but when I didn't, it drove him even crazier. If he wasn't the one spamming, he would've just accepted my explanation and moved on. But it drove him absolutely nuts that his spamming wasn't working. And it also explains why he keeps saying that I'm the one who has ruined the blog by not moderating comments. He thinks it was all the trolling against him that was the problem and he thought spamming and attacking me was the solution. When I wouldn't do what he wanted me to do, he blamed me for not doing comment moderation and so in his mind, I was the obstacle to restoring the Request Post to what it once was. And he resented this because he wasn't able to participate at Isbum's or any other forum in the same way. That's why he obsesses about it over here. He still fails to understand that it was he who ruined the Request Post, not the trolls or me. As long as he's here, it's never going to be any good.

3) Why did he expect me to shut my own blog down? Because if I wasn't going to do what he wanted, he would rather I just blow the whole place up to prevent people from ever saying anything about him here. I think he wanted to still be able to have some place to comment but without the possibility of anonymous people attacking him. That's why he keeps commenting at Isbum's place. He knows Isbum will keep out anonymous people and he hopes that if he doesn't say anything too obnoxious that maybe Isbum will let his comments go through. He's too dense to see the rule about no Greg's there. But since he knows he can't comment there without Isbum deleting it (and God knows how many other places are keeping him out), he knows he's still able to comment here and he's hoping he can do that but without the harassment. He claims not to have read my essay, but he now knows that he's no longer welcome here and that I'll delete his comments when I see them in any other parts of the blog, so if he can't convince me to do comment moderation he would rather I just shut the whole place down. That's also why he didn't care about reporting my blog to Blogger.com before. It's almost too funny. At every turn, he's thwarted.

4) Why did he keep coming back here when things were already pretty quiet? Because he was waiting to see the response to each round of spam. And because he likes obsessively attacking things. And because this is one of the few places where his comments will stay up for a while. And because he's generally vengeful. And I think he's vainly hoping that if I turn off anonymous comments and re-open the Request Post he can still hang out here and things will be peaceful. He knows if he starts a Request Post at his place there won't be enough people for it to work. That's probably why he's never done it at his place. I almost suspect that he figures that if I shut this place down, more people will go over to his place. I know....that sounds pretty irrational to me too.

5) Why was he constantly so outraged about this 'fake' Greg? Because he wasn't. He was just using this as an excuse to give me a reason as to why he was still upset and why I should do moderation. Since he knew the Request Post was closed he couldn't claim I should moderate comments when nobody was fighting with him anymore. And he wasn't about to fake comments insulting himself, so what else could he do? He had to pretend to be 'fake' Greg to give himself an excuse to keep asking me about moderation while having the added bonus of advertising his blog so people would still go over there.


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Here's an example:

'Fake' Greg:
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CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC (1980) - Village People special edition soundtrack

Movie Radio Spots - SciFi Movies

NANCY DREW (1938-1939) - Music themes from the original film classics

THE WIZARD OF OZ - 1950 Lux Radio Theater broadcast with Judy garland

THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) - Deluxe soundtrack edition

THE WIZARD OF OZ - 1939 Maxwell House Good News radio broadcast
# posted by Greg : Tuesday, June 26, 2007 10:17:00 AM



...and the 'real' Greg:
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....and here we go AGAIN! SEE WHAT I MEAN, NOMWL? Same thing I said in the other Comments on your blog's homepage.....and you're going to let THIS sort of shit continue? :-P

I am NOT posting these links to my blog....whoever the asshole is doing this, they THINK they're making people THINK it's me.....but they're too fucking stupid to realize that the profile number of my REAL name (as is in this posting) is DIFFERENT than the profile number THEY have.

Sorry, Nomwl....but you brought this on yourself by NOT moderating your blog's comments!

# posted by Greg : Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:12:00 PM

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That's why it never made any sense. Who would be that upset about somebody essentially advertising his blog? Anybody pretending to be him just to annoy him would have no reason to think he's going to read the comment section of 'The Railway Children'. And why would this 'fake' Greg have any expectation that a whole lot of other people would read it in an old comment section anyway? And even more stupidly, in this last round of comments, the 'real' Greg had this 'fake' Greg leave a long list of links to his blog, the 'real' Greg leaves an outraged comment claiming that this isn't him after that, and then the 'fake' Greg leaves 3 or 4 updated links to new entries at Greg's blog right after that. Who in their right mind is going to think that that's a 'fake' Greg?

And this 'fake' Greg never says anything bad about Greg or makes any other comment except for leaving links. Again, another Greg trademark (identical to the spamming). In fact, another big tip-off that this was Greg doing this is that he did the same thing two times in a row. He'd leave a comment in the first 6 or 7 posts as 'fake' Greg (or something else I can't remember) under a different blogger profile, he'd leave a comment as the 'real' Greg right after that, and then do a bunch of spamming (different comments in each post) right after that. He's done this same thing the last two times I came in. All practically in unison. Do it once and it might be a coincidence. Do it twice and you're just an idiot.

And I thought it was odd that the 'fake' Greg posted his comments first before the spam. In the past, the spam always seemed to be first to discourage comments. But of course, if the 'real' Greg had the 'fake' Greg post all those links after the spam, people would be a lot less likely to read the advertisements to his blog.

But one of the biggest things that got me to think along these lines was that one of the last pieces of spam I read maybe 3 weeks before I came in to post the Alternative Stage Music, et al. was one saying something like 'You should shut this blog down'. Now at the time it seemed odd because up until then nobody had ever said that. Everybody who came here either wanted to see it stay open or expressed dismay over the situation, but nobody ever wanted me to shut it down. And the rest of the spam here had either been quotes or nonsensical or profane rants, but this was the first one that seemed to address me specifically with a request like that. I didn't think too much about it. I just figured someone didn't like seeing what was happening here so I deleted it, but I still thought it was pretty odd because it didn't make sense. Usually people bothered by the comments would just stop reading them or stay away until things got better. Nobody expressed the feeling that it should go away altogether.

And then I read this most recent comment by Greg saying how I should shut the blog down if I wasn't going to moderate comments. Still, I didn't immediately make the connection, but once I realized what the real method in all this madness was, it all fit neatly into place.

And then later, when I finally read the comment section of the Essay post at home, I saw that Breton Girl and Filmpac had pointed out more things. Breton Girl too noticed how the spam had changed and was now attacking me and the blog. And Filmpac pointed out that Greg had accidentally used his real blogger profile when he cut and pasted some new spam in that comment section. Greg claimed he was just adding to the actual spammer, but if anybody needs any more proof, there it is. If I hadn't been thinking this already, by the time I read that I might've been tempted to think it could still be a coincidence. After all, all of this is just conjecture and circumstantial, and so even with something like using his own blogger profile, etc. it could still be someone else doing it the rest of the time. But all those things that didn't make sense before are so perfectly answered by Greg's twisted motives and behavior that it seems impossible to think anything else.

I think Greg relies on the very tenuous hope that without proof, people will still give him the benefit of the doubt. But it all becomes too obvious when he and the spammer are the only ones still leaving obnoxious comments. No one else has reason to at this point.

Oh, and here's another comment he left pretending to be someone else:

NOMWL, SORRY TO SAY THIS<> THIS SHIT WILL NEVER STOP UNLESS YOU MODERATE YOUR BLOG OR SHUT IT THE HELL DOWN!!!!
# posted by the anality of evil : Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:26:00 AM

He's still trying to convince me that other people are copying his comments and attacking the blog.

Actually, I suppose I would be madder at Greg if he weren't so ridiculous. You probably can't tell, but I'm laughing hysterically right now thinking of how he kept wanting me to turn on comment moderation or get rid of anonymous people and he's been frustrated at every turn. (He can't even get Blogger.com to do his dirty work.) And it has only been my stubborness which has kept me from seriously considering it. But of course, knowing now that it's really just Greg who wants this, you can probably tell I have no intention of ever doing it.

The thing Greg failed to realize is that it was never the trolling or the spamming that really bothered me. The spamming was like a mosquito biting my neck. Greg was like a German Shepherd eating my leg. I'm hardly going to be bothered by the spamming. Greg already ruined the atmosphere here with his treatment of other people; the spamming was only icing on the cake.

You know, I almost suspect the reason that he attacked other people here in the Request Post until he drove them away and later seemed to get along with newer readers here once he had driven out so many other people was that he might've resented and envied people like Isbum, Filmpac, Rocket and others. (Of course, his disgusting treatment of Breton Girl is still a mystery to me since she wasn't posting as much music as those guys, but it probably just fits in with the whole 'Greg is a jerk' theory.) I get the feeling that he was intimidated by those guys and felt the need to put them down, but once he could be the one providing links and info to people then he settled down. And I suspect that's why he wants to hang out here because he wants to be 'king of the hill' and 'big man on campus' here without people criticizing him.

It also explains why he wants to shut this blog down. He probably doesn't want this material hanging around here if he can't lord it over people without getting called on it. I can't really see why I would intimidate him, but maybe he's bothered by anyone who really knows the kind of person he is. Only newer people would tolerate him and allow him to play the role of chief music fulfiller and information dispenser. I would normally think he could do this at his own blog and I still have a hard time understanding why he needs my blog to do it, but that seems to be the only explanation. He may not have enough people coming over to his blog to do it. Failing that, he would like to try and shut down every other place that threatens his sense of being a 'big man'.

Actually, I do kind of hate to psychoanalyze someone like that since it seems unfair, but well forgive any lapse in fair play since he's been attacking my blog. I'm not really all that mad or even irritated at Greg even though it may seem that way. It's a relief to know that I don't have a bunch of malcontents at the blog, but just one really annoying and persistent one. It actually makes me feel a lot better about the blog (though I have to say my opinion of Greg has gone down somewhat).

SO IT'S CLEAR THAT GREG IS DELIBERATELY ATTACKING THIS BLOG WITH SPAM AND LINKS TO HIS OWN BLOG. And he wants to shut it down if he can't get his own way. And if you see any of this spam or any of his comments anywhere on this blog, please ignore them until I can delete them. (And if you want to ignore them at other blogs too, please feel perfectly free.) You can go to his blog if you see something you think is interesting on one of his 'fake' Greg advertisements, but also be aware that you're just validating his childish attacks and his selfish desire to advertise his blog. Still, I don't think you should have to miss out on good music just because the person posting it is.....well, Greg, but just keep in mind who's really advertising his blog. It's certainly not a 'fake' Greg.

And I should be opening up a new Request Post some time in the future, so if you see Greg doing any of that stuff in there too, ignore it.

And to Greg, you're certainly welcome to continue spamming me, but just know that I realize what you're doing, so it isn't going to work. You might as well leave and stay away because I'm going to delete your comments when I see them. (Depending on what they are, I might leave them up in the comment section of the Essay post, but anywhere else and they're going to be deleted along with your spam and advertisements.)

I hate censorship and would normally never do it under any circumstances but Greg is an extreme and isolated case. I'm not deleting his comments for the benefit of anyone else. Not for any of the people who left, any of the trolls who fight with him or because he's cluttering up my blog. I delete them simply because I'm fed up with him showing up here all the time. I don't know how I can make it any plainer. He constantly goes where he's not wanted and I've tried to give him every chance to make a graceful exit, but he insists on attacking blogs where he's not welcome. Anybody else would've stopped by now, but since he is so persistently returning here with his comments, obnoxious behavior, and spamming, I will basically delete his comments whenever I come in. I know it's kind of pain for everyone else to have to read them until they're gone, but try to ignore them. Don't respond to him if you can help it. If you want to fight with him, do it in the comment section of the Essay Post. Thanks!

It's a real shame. He could've been a pretty good member of the blogging community, but he chose this route. He couldn't be satisfied with just getting along with people. Oh, well. His loss, not anybody else's I suppose.


P.S. And I suspect Greg's reaction to this will be to deny it and continue to show up here. He may even continue to spam or make even worse comments pretending to be other people. If so, just continue to ignore it. Thanks!