The conversation at FSM Boards initiated this thought. Truthfully, even I consider it quite a revolting idea that someone would be commissioned to compose a piece of music for the victims and heroes of 9-11-2001 - and besides, Jerry Goldsmith has already done it. Yet, the John Williams fans out there are seriously trying to get him to compose a piece for the tragedy (- in my opinion, Williams has composed ENOUGH of these kind of "eulogies").

So, what would be YOUR choice ? WHOM would you like to see composing a piece for 9-11-2001, OR should some things just be left untouched, uncomposed that is ?

My vote would be Alan Silvestri
(- but once, again, I'm not seriously commissioning anybody to do this; I'm really not on a crusade here to hurt anyone's feelings).

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Originally posted by Jeron:
Are we going to have a eulogy for every event that occurs between now and then? Let's not jump the gun...

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We should have a eulogy for the 600-points that the Dow lost today.

And a eulogy for the 60MB my hard drive lost when I downloaded the (very cool) demo of "Return to Castle Wolfenstein".

etc. etc.

Dan

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Originally posted by dgoldwas:
And a eulogy for the 60MB my hard drive lost when I downloaded the (very cool) demo of "Return to Castle Wolfenstein".

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My cousin urged me to download is earlier this morning... perhaps I should. Cue up another eulogy.

On a more serious note, we really shouldn't be kidding around about eulogies like this. It makes light of something that certainly shouldn't be made light of. On topic: I think that only after everything has been said and done, should an in-memorium piece be composed. Like I said, a lot can happen between now and then... the significance of the piece might grow (God forbid), depending...

Jeron

I don't think there is anything offensive by considering this now. This event was terrible, it was huge, it was simply unbelievable. Yes, let's honor those who lost their lives with a eulogy, ain't nothing wrong with that.

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Originally posted by dgoldwas:

And a eulogy for the 60MB my hard drive lost when I downloaded the (very cool) demo of "Return to Castle Wolfenstein".

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Oh yeah, I'm off to download this one!

Ah, to think back to the good ole days of Wolf 3d!

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Originally posted by jonathan_little:
Ah, to think back to the good ole days of Wolf 3d!

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And to think it was like 800k.

Features:

· State-of-the-art graphic environment featuring 256-color, smooth scrolling virtual reality.
· Professionally-composed music with AdLib, Sound Blaster, or 100% compatible sound board.
· Four levels of difficulty for the novice to experienced player.
· Nazis, evil scientists, mutants and more with knives, pistols and machine guns.
· 60 action-packed levels of play. Six incredible missions.

System Requirements:

· IBM-PC and Compatibles.
· 640K RAM.
· Hard Disk Drive.
· 286+.
· VGA Graphics.
· Joystick and mouse optional.
· Supports Sound Blaster, AdLib and 100% compatible sound cards.

Woohoo baby!

And for the new one (well, the demo at least):

Windows® 98/ME/2000/NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 3) OS
100% Windows 98/ME/2000/NT 4.0 compatible system (including all 32bit drivers)
Intel Pentium® II 500Mhz processor or better
128 MB RAM
16 MB video card
Microsoft® Direct X® 8.0a (not included)
70 MB free hard disk space for game files
100 MB free hard disk space for swap files
100% fully OpenGL® compliant 3-D video card

Amazing how things just bloom, eh?

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
Playing "Doom-style" games with a joystick?? Ouch.

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It's not as bad as you would think; Wolfenstein 3D was really a "flat" game. You couldn't look up or down, and there were no stairs.

So you would just push forward, turn left or right, or move backwards.

Firing all the while.

Dan

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Originally posted by dgoldwas:
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[b]Are we going to have a eulogy for every event that occurs between now and then? Let's not jump the gun...<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE>

We should have a eulogy for the 600-points that the Dow lost today.

And a eulogy for the 60MB my hard drive lost when I downloaded the (very cool) demo of "Return to Castle Wolfenstein".

etc. etc.

Dan

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You have my condolences.

Last I heard, 62 countries lost people in the attack.

I would not be at all surprised if John Williams eventually got commissioned to compose something, or John Adams, John Corigliano, or John Tavener. (weird, all the Johns in that group)

Given Elliot Goldenthal's Fire, Water, Paper oratorio, he's a prime candidate because he IS a New Yorker. That oratorio is a stunning tear jerker.

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Originally posted by jonathan_little:
I need a new video card. This Matrox G200 just doesn't cut it for new games. RAM is pretty cheap, too.

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Then you want the Matrox Millenium G550.

Mmm mmmm mmmm!
http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/mill_g550/home.cfm

'cept I was commissioned to do it. If you look hard enough, there are a ton of songs out there dedicated to this event.

"Under Siege - Grounded" http://www.mp3.com/edgen