2010.04 Added Post
Grad review.
2009.02.28 Review and clips from Drillbit
Taylor.2009.02.27 Review and clips from License
to wed.
2009.02.27 Toe in water. Updated reviews for Charlie Bartlett and The
Sentinel.
2008.10.12 Expanded details of the new Buffy music release added to the BUFFYVERSE.
2008-09-23 Transcribed 'Sons of Marshall' cue from We
are Marshall on request. Miniature gem for cello and piano.
2008-09 Buffy music released by Rounder Records. Features music from seasons
2-5. All Beck.
2008-08-20 Review of What Happens in Vegas
2008-05-16 Justin has come up with still more small pearls of wisdom regarding
additional composers for Buffy.
2008-01-27 Added 3 Needles
(film)
2008-01-20
Added Fred Claus (CD)
2007-10-23 Added Year of the Dog (CD).
2007-10-22 Added School for Scoundrels to the filmography.
2007-10-21
Review of The Seeker (The
Darks Is Rising) added to the filmography.
2007.10.16
Charlie Bartlett CD details, review etc. added to filmography.
More news added to Douglas Romayne's
section.
2007.04.24 Douglas Romayne Stevens update
2007.04.13 Details and review of The
Perfect Man (2005) added to the filmography.
2007.03.04 Details and review of Zoom
(2006) added to filmography. Also modified review of Confidence
(2003) after finally watching the film.
2007.02.28 Details and review of Starstruck
(1998) added to the filmography.
2007.02.10 Details and
review of Two for the
Money (2005) added to filmography
2007.02.03 Details and review of Yours,
Mine & Ours (2005), with great sound clips.
2007.01.28 Details and review of the Varese Sarabande release of the We
Are Marshall score. Also added an interview transcript to RESOURCES/LINKS
page - see description for details.
2006.07.30 Buffyverse update: 'Passion'
(2.17) added; plus an important note on themes added to 'Amends'
(3.10) by Ian Miller (scroll to yellow text on the page)
2006.07.23 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.
A look at the soundtrack release which also covers music from the first film.
See filmography.
2006.07.02 Buffy episode 2.16
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered is given the full treatment, with clips,
promos, examples, review, quotables and the customarily impenetrable cue-by-cue
commentary. Worth the wait? I hope so.
2006.06.18 Music-in-film comments added to the Pink Panther review
2006.05.07 The Sentinel soundtrack reviewed
in the filmography.
2006.04.04 Pink Panther soundtrack reviewed in the filmography.
2006.04.01 Buffyverse
updates: DRS news and reviews; comments on episodes; Ian Livingstone added
to "hall of fame".
2006.03.11 Ice Princess details added to the filmography.
2006.01.29 F/X The Series is added to the film/tv-ography;
updates to the "other Buffy composers"
section, including especially Douglas Romayne Stevens; some new links added
to the resources page.
2005.10.05 Rob Gokee reviews Buffy episode 3.14
Bad Girls.
2005.08.25 Rob Gokee reviews Buffy episode 3.13
The zeppo.
2005.08.14 Rob Gokee reviews Buffy episode
3.12 Helpless
2005.08.07 News update. A Gokee review will follow next week. Message Board
Gallery created.
2005.07.31 Rob Gokee's review of Buffy episode 3.11
Gingerbread
2005.07.22 Miss Congeniality
2 gets a cursory review, and a treat: a
piano arrangement of the tragic ending to Buffy episode: "The
Wish".
2005.07.10 Rob Gokee reviews Buffy episode 3.10
Amends. A bevy of the usual review, cue-by-cue, music examples and promo
downloads.
2005.07.10 Rob Gokee reviews Buffy classic: 3.09
The Wish
2005.07.03 Rob Gokee reviews: 3.08
Lover's Walk; slight update of the "others" section
2005.06.19 Rob Gokee delivers the verdict on 3.06
Band Candy, and Justin Boggan and Blunt have collaborated on giving the
"other Buffy composers"
listing a big boost. Fascinating stuff.
2005.06.12 Interstate 60,
arguably one of Beck's most rewarding film projects, is given a thorough examination
- review, cue-by-cue, clips, musical examples, credits, etc.
2005.06.05 Rob Gokee steamrollers through Buffy episode 3.05 "Homecoming",
picking out the main theme and discussing the score as a whole.
2005.05.30 Buffy episode "Beauty
and the beasts" gets the full Gokee treatment, with sound clips,
musical examples, and the usual plethora of commentary and review. We spoil
you, we really do.
2005.05.15 Dickie Roberts:
Former Child Star. Music, clips, details, cue-commentary. Many thanks
to CB. Details added to the Other
Buffy composers section, courtesy of Justin Boggan.
2005.05.07 Buffy update: "Innocence"
from season 2: the thrilling closing half of the two-parter.
2005.05.01 Buffy update: "Surprise",
where Beck's music comes into its own. Also an update for Douglas
Romayne Stevens.
2005.04.24 Filmography updated
with a feature on 1997 TV movie Killing Mr Griffin.
2005.04.17 Filmography updated
with a big feature on Big Fat Liar.
2005.04.04 Rob Gokee's update: Buffy 3.02
"Dead Man's Party". News
update from CB.
2005.03.23 Taxi completes the Film/TV-ography's listing for 2004.
2005.03.20 "Anne" (Buffy 3.01): full details, cue-by-cue analysis,
promo track, and the episode's principal theme illustrated with midi. Author:
Rob Gokee
2005.03.13 Double trouble! A new Buffy episode disected in The Buffyverse
(plus update of Douglas Romayne Stevens' details), and early film Hostile
Intent is squeezed for creative juices in the Film/tv-ography (just remember
to scroll down).
2005.03.06 Without a Paddle sploshes onto the filmography, complete
with fantastic clips and quote from the DVD commentary, as well as the usual
review, credits and naff dialogue. Also more links etc. added to the Resources/Links
page. And more updates in the pipeline, so watch out for next Sunday.
2005.02.27 Elektra score and CD have been added to the Film/TV-ography.
Resources/Links update.
2005.02.20 Details of Angel added to the film/tv-ography: sound clips,
an overview of CB's contribution, and details of the mostly-Kral CD release!
2005.02.13 Details for Little Black Book added to the Film/TV-ography.
2005.02.06 Dog Park details added to the Film/TV-ography. Again,
it's a bit old, so scroll down for it
2005.01.30 Airborne details added
2005.01.23 Just Married details added to the Film/TV-ography. Also
a piano arrangement of the marimba love theme. Updated Douglas Romayne Stevens
details in the Buffyverse/others section
2005.01.16 American Wedding details added to the Film/TV-ography
2005.01.10 Saved! details added; new 'additional composer' added
to the Buffyverse, and Kral update
2004.11.21 The Skulls III details added to the Film/TV-ography
2004.11.15 Douglas Romayne Stevens news added to the Buffy-Hall-of-Fame
2004.11.15 Message Booard now a permanent feature: apologies for ads on
the board
2004 .11.07 Cinderella story gets the works in the Film/TV-ography.
Can Blunt be finally catching up with the super-scorer?!
2004.10.12 Caracara debuts in the Film/TV-ography. Dated 1999, this
TV movie fills in a gap in the listings
2004.09.26 Details of Alex Kharlamov and Marina Kotsios added to the
Buffyverse hall of fame
2004.09.11 Brian Rolston added to the
Buffyverse hall of fame as additional composer for Angel season
4.
2004.09.08 Cheaper by the dozen finally gets the Bluntinstrument
treatment in the Film/TV-ography
2004.08.26 Garfield details added to Film/tvogaphy
2004.07.04 Small update to Douglas Romayne Stevens news, and draft track listing
for Robert Kral's projected Angel disc (with tiny Chris Beck credit)
- click here
2004.06.24 Details of Coming Soon added to Film/TV-ography
2004.06.16 Details of Slap Her She's French added
2004.03.14 Update to details for Douglas Romayne Stevens in the "other
composers" section of Buffyverse
2004.03.11 Update to "other composers" in the Buffyverse section,
volunteered by Justin Boggan
2003.10.27 Details of contrasting UK and US versions of Radio Sunnydale
added to Buffyverse section
2003.10.19 The Event soundtrack details and clips added
2003.10.15 Under the Tuscan sun soundtrack details, review and clips
added to film/tv-ography (2003)
2003.10.07 Wolf girl (Blood moon) details added to film/tv-ography
(2001)
2003.09.01 Biography updated with information from new publicist
2003..8.20 TV/Filmography update: new films noted, and details of 5 past
scores added
2003.08 Only news updates planned for now. Expect a well-overdue filmography
content boost by September. E-mail me if you want reminding when it happens.
2003.06.23 An update to the Biography section, which includes news of his
recent projects and details of his representatves previously missed from the
page. The Buffyverse section includes an additional 'hall of fame' composer.
Expect the filmography section finally to get fleshed out over the summer.
2003.01.14 The links page has had some tinkering, mainly due to the sad
demise (hopefully short-term) of download pages for Beck's Buffy score MP3s.
Any news, please e-mail me
2003.01.05 Details, review and sound clip added to the "TV/filmography"
section for the film Bone Daddy (1998)
2003.01.01 Links checked, a section added to the Buffyverse for other Buffy/Angel
composers, news updates. 2003.01.05 update: details concerning Robert Duncan
added
PLEASE UPDATE ME!
Anything I get wrong or anything it looks like I am overlooking, please e-mail
me!
2002.11.7-12 BUFFYVERSE updates: Insider report on the Buffy Conference,
'Blood, Text and Fears', plus responses from Drs Knights and Halfyard
2002.10.08 MAJOR SITE UPDATE
The Buffyverse now has its own section, leaving current Beck projects welcome
breathing space. Updates on Beck's Tuxedo score release and current projects
in the News section
2002.09.23 BUFFY SCORE NOW RELEASED! - Beck's music
hitches onto the Once More, With Feeling bandwagon. Click here
for details and reasons to buy.
2002.07.08 Some major additions to the Resources/Links page to your left.
Don't forget to scroll to the bottom to catch the new audio/mp3 links. After
a brief break, next week will see the return of the Buffy episode feature...
2.06 Halloween!
2002.07.01 Site review: Sounds To Bite For. Friendly-but-Blunt checks out
a Buffy/Beck site with a creative twist. Read
All About It!
2002.06.17-23 2.04 Inca mummy
princess -the third in a series of features looking at Beck's Buffy scores,
and including the promo mp3, a blow-by-blow account of the score-in-action,
with musical examples and midis for non-pianists.
2002.06.03 The second installment of the Buffy score blow-by-blow is now
up: 2.02
Some assembly required.Updates now fortnightly: next addition Monday
17th June 2002
PLEASE UPDATE ME!
Anything I get wrong or anything it looks like I am overlooking, please e-mail
me!
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promos and been altered and limited in order to preserve the originals' copyright
condition. This is a resource site and not a fan site; it is strictly non-profit,
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not hesitate to contact me.
2010.04
Added All About Steve
review.
2010.02.26
Percy Jackson
& The Olympians: The Lightning Thief reviewed; Also updated Two
for the Money with CD details and review. Also reviewed The
Hangover. 
2009.11.21
Pink Panther 2
finally reviewed
2009.03.27/04.03
Review of Phoebe
in Wonderland.
