For those who really liked the LBT soundtrack (I would say that's most of us here) I have a recommendation for you if you seek some new tunes for your stale ipod collection.

James Horner, LBT's composer was a busy man in 1987-1988 and not only did he give us LBT's wonderful orchestral score, there was another score he worked on concurrently, and some have called it the sister score to LBT based on the themes, motifs, melodies, and such.  It is Horner's score to the movie, Willow.

The cd is far cheaper and readily available for those who seek another solid, classy experience in film music.  The album is even broken into "concert pieces" like LBT with long sweeping passages and themes.  The "If We Hold on Together" theme that is reminiscent and repeated often in LBT is similar to Willow's theme (and even Elora Danan's theme) in that you hear bits and pieces of this theme interwoven everywhere in the score.

Definitely worth trying LBT fans.    

Links:

http://www.amazon.com/Willow-James-Horner/...81577530&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Willow-James-Horner/...81577530&sr=1-1  $6 used


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jORgHv7zGc4&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uffu88pMwhM&feature=related

For those that are looking to add to their Disney music collections, amazon.com has a lot of Disney albums going for $5.00 in their mp3 downloads section.

So far I've seen these offered:

Ratatouille
Toy Story 2
Finding Nemo
Wall-E
The Incredibles

Some of the cds in the used section are cheaper, but some are not. It'll be up to you to decide whether to buy a track or two or the whole thing.    

http://sites.google.com/site/mistmantlechronicles/  (not finished but I'm updating throughout the day)

http://z7.invisionfree.com/Mistmantle/index.php?act=idx


I felt about doing these things once I finished up the final book in the chronicles and discovered there is no web community at all for the series.  None!  It certainly disappointed me so I had some spare time today to get some things started online for the book series Mistmantle Chronicles.

As always, I'm looking for help on the site and the forums.  Please join and help me out if you'd like.  I'm willing to give you guys first dibs on staff as well because I know a lot of members here and that's always a good thing.  

Just think....this is how the GOF started out waaaaaay back when.       I've no clue if all this will work out, but I'm willing to give it a try.

Iris (Mumbling) joins the GOF staff today as a global moderator.          She has great qualities as a person, one who will enhance our community as part of our staff and is a very reliable and competent individual.

We haven't had a global moderator in four years here, so here is what a global moderator does:

- moderates all forums and sections on the GOF
- can warn members if they get out of line
- open/close, pin topics in all forums and sections on the GOF
- voting powers within the Rock Circle


Welcome to the team Iris!    

That's a WOW comment from me.  Yeah, I said it...I may never listen on speakers again.

So why am I saying this?  Because I found this: http://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_dsp_dolbyhp

Of course, what made it better was that I already use foobar2000 and because I had PowerDVD installed on my computer, I had the dll file that was needed to make it work.  Basically what the plugin does for headphone users is make the sound seem as if its in 5.1 surrounding you and not "in your head".  I've tested a lot of soundtracks/orchestra stuff in the "Live" setting and it sounds really nice (like I'm in a concert hall)!!!  Even monophonic material sounds like its presented over a wide-speaker system rather than some tiny chamber in the middle of your head.  This is definitely one of the better headphone plugins I've ever tried or listened to.

If your system has the Dolby dll file, its something you should try if you find yourself constantly using headphones.

I'm glad I gave it a try!  

No that's not how many messages are in my inbox!    

I'm speaking of here, us, the GOF...in another 1,000 posts/messages, we'll be at a quarter of a million messages.  I didn't even pay much attention until I looked and I saw what was there.  What's more amazing is we're still very much that small, humble LBT community started five and half years ago yet through the dedication and contributions of so many, we are the premier LBT discussion forum!    

Thank you ALL for making the GOF what it is today and what it will be for thousands of messages to come!    

Don't know how I got here but watch the master at work.

http://donbluthanimation.com/tips.php?c=1&t=88

Tell us the good things that happened to you in 2009 (in a sea of bad things).

Mine are in no particular order:

- keeping my job and working for another year despite a really bad year

- learning I didn't have carpal tunnel in my wrist and could still bowl once my muscles healed

- having one of my better bowling years as of late (two 700 series)

- my trip to Walt Disney World

- my aunt got married in September...it took a long 40+ years to find the right person

1. A day without sunshine is like night.

2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5. Remember, half the people you know are below average.

6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

7. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

8. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.

9. Support bacteria. They're the only culture most people have.

10. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

11. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

12. If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.

13. How many of you believe in psychokinesis? Raise my hand.

14. OK, so what's the speed of dark?

15. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

16. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

17. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

18. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

19. What happens if you get scared half to death, twice?

20. Why do psychics have to ask you your name?

21. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering, 'What the heck happened?'

22. Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.

23. Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

24. Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.



Happy Saturday everyone.  

I usually have a set of images for our GOF christmas images, but this year I figured I'd open it up to see if any of you had anything in particular you'd think would work for the GOF.  If I like it, I'll add it into the forum in some way.

Share away.