I found out that one of our former board members, H Rocco (Guy Mariner Tucker) passed away.
http://www.tohokingdom.com/

http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/conquestoftheplanetofapes

I'm sure there is lots more, including all of his posts in our forum:

http://www.moviemusic.com/cgi-bin/mb/search.pl?query=rocco&results=25

R.I.P. Guy!

By the way, Mark, I've posted this info over at FSM as well (with reference to your post here), since he was a regular there as well. Hope that is OK.

I had many conversations with Guy, here, at FSM and by e-mail.

I remember being very agitated by the mess that made him leave the message boards all those years ago (I think it was briefly before I went to London for the 2001 Goldsmith concert). Unfortunately, I didn't manage to keep e-mail contact with him for very long.

All those years ago, he was among the most intelligent and well-written members of these boards. He's certainly partly responsible for my (still too small) interest in Christopher Young.

RIP

PS: Every once in a while, when one of these old threads gets pushed back to the top with a new post, you can find his posts. We had far more in-depth discussions in those days.

joan, I believe it was not all that long ago that we were talking about how time indeed has a way of healing wounds...specifically in deference to the "mess" cited above. Which makes the irony of losing yet another 'Guy', before his time, all the more bitter.

According to the website announcing his passing, there is a memorial service in the works. I shall try to attend.

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Peter, thank you for posting that link to his posts. Had a wonderful nostalgic bout of the 'best medicine'.

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
All those years ago, he was among the most intelligent and well-written members of these boards.

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Amen to that. He and Tom Scofield were my two favorite posters.

The "mess" need not be rehashed, although curiosity is quite expected and understandable. And as such, it will inevitably be rehashed. But not right now, at least from my end.

Suffice it to say that Guy was a huge part of a remarkable weekend 6 years ago in Detroit when a few of us emerged from cyberspace and met in the flesh for the Goldsmith concerts and more. "More" included terrific encounters with Jerry himself.

Shaun

LOL LOL LOL

I missed all the hubbub about his departure. I think I'm sort of happy about that. I'll miss him.

Howard, that thread brought several huge smiles to my face. Thank you!

I do volunteer work in hospice care now, and have an even greater belief in the unique and *fragile* beauty of Life. And I know that it's far too damn short for rancor.

Any time that someone as profoundly intelligent and completely, inarguably talented as Guy Tucker leaves this world, the fabric of our existence is diminished. There was a time we called each other Friend; and I hope that he has left Friends that remember him well, as I will choose to. The damages of the past are locked there & my prayer is that he has found lasting peace.

Be Well and Happy, everyone.

---- Mark

For many years acquiring Japanese film music on LP was a dicey proposition. The records were hard to find, pricey when you did find them, and then all in Japanese so that you never knew what you were listening to. You could hear these great scores while watching Japanese films but your chances of locating them on disc were next to impossible.

All of Guy's posts usually had an NP note of some Akira Ifukube score. Guy was the first guy (no pun intended) who made it clear to me that the scores were out there, could be found & acquired, and could be translated. In fact, my first complete Ifukube scores came from cassette tapes that Guy was willing to make for me (including the score to Whale God which he particularly liked). For that alone, I owe Guy immeasurably.