May 21st, 2006
for the week ending may 20, 2006. stats: a superlative week here at tunequest. 394 songs played over 25 hours and 40 minutes. a further 5 songs were removed from the library for a net progress of 399, a new record. frankly, i'm surprised by the results. an afternoon braves game and a couple of extented meetings cut into my normal office listening time and i didn't ...
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May 10th, 2006
In the pantheon of composers who have worked on Star Trek, none are more prolific than Dennis McCarthy, who has been working with the franchise since the debut episode of The Next Generation to the final episode of Enterprise. Of course, whether you think that's a good thing or bad depends on your opinion of his music.
With the rather large caveat that Mr. McCarthy's composing abilities were limited by ...
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April 13th, 2006
wow. a whirlwind of music the past couple days. i guess that's what happens when impending deadlines force you to stay at the office into the wee hours of the evening. who says publishing isn't a rewarding field?
some great music this time around:
alan silvestri [back to the future ii]
christopher franke [babylon 5: the ragged edge]
string theory [anhedonia]
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March 27th, 2006
exclusively composed music today it seems, mostly from film and television, though the most excellent slavonic dances were mixed in as well.
bavarian radio orchestra performing dvorak's slavonic dances op.46
joseph loduca [army of darkness]
alan silvestri [back to the future]
christopher franke [babylon 5: in the beginning]
the boston pops performing select john ...
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March 10th, 2006
this morning i increased the number songs on the tunequest playlist from 300 to 1000 songs. that translates to about 110 albums or so, alphabetically ranging from '0' to 'Bo.' even though alpha-by-album method pretty much ensures a random assortment of musical styles, i decided i wanted an even larger variety to choose from. so without further ado, here are today's entries.
thomas newman [american beauty]
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