 It's nice to be recognized...It's much nicer to be recognized by a magazine that is distributed to over 1 million North Americans ever week! And even nicer to be recognized again! I was originally in EW back in February of 1999, named "Best of Breed: Music". It was mind blowing knowing that sites like StarWars.Com were named "Best of Breed: Movies" and here was my little site, beating out the whole of the Internet... Then in June of 2001, MFADP was included in an article on movie music websites in their music section (the "It List" issue with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst on the cover). Below are both articles with links to them on EW's website. Below is an excerpt from the article by Glenn Gaslin from the June 29th, 2001 issue (#601) of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. On the Track: A Web guide to movie music -- These sites tune in to scores and soundtracks both popular and obscure Ah, summer blockbuster season: undead pharaohs, world wars, wisecracking computer animations, and hour upon hour of mellow instrumental music -- especially so online, where soundtracks are in greater demand than collectible ''Shrek'' cups. ''When you're a fan of film music, you don't have a lot of outlets,'' says Ryan Keaveney, who runs Danny Elfman's Music for a Darkened People. ''The Internet is the only place.'' Danny Elfman's Music for a Darkened People Basically an Elfman radio station, these pages stream samples of scores from the former rock star's post-Oingo Boingo works, from ''Beetlejuice'' to ''Mars Attacks!'' Also discover such Elfman goodies as hard-to-find themes from ''Dolores Claiborne'' and even a Nike commercial. With the longtime Tim Burton coconspirator now scoring ''Planet of the Apes,'' webmaster Keaveney can't help drooling ''We can expect some of his best action music since 'Batman.''' A Check out the article at EW's website Below is the original text of the review, by Gillian Flynn as it first appeared (with screen shot) in the February 15th 1999 issue (#470) of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. DANNY ELFMAN'S MUSIC FOR A DARKENED PEOPLE A fan site honoring the composer behind the themes of "The Simpsons," "Men in Black," and more. If you watch "The Simpsons" for its opening theme, meet your kindred spirit. Elfmaniac (Ryan Keaveney) meticulously tends the ne plus ultra of Danny Elfman Internet homages -- and, in the bargain, demonstrates what a good fan site looks like. There are more than 100 RealAudio snatches of Elfman-scored films, from "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" to the Oscar-nominated "Men in Black," and Elfmaniac also trolls the Internet for the latest on his guy, whether it's an old Elfman quote or the latest rumor on possible future projects like "Sleepy Hollow." An Elfman fan without this URL is like Pee-wee without his bike. "A" -- Gillian Flynn Check the review out at Entertainment Weekly's website |
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