# Thread on sources for film scores **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 26, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366 "2012-06-26T17:36:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366/1 "2012-06-26T17:36:38Z")
My google-fu has failed me. There was a recent thread for someone making a film looking for free or cheap sources of score music. Can anyone link me to it? ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366/2 "2012-06-27T00:55:59Z")
maybe this is it: > **[Is there an inexpensive place to buy classical sheet music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=639264)** > > I’ve been listening to a lot of chamber music lately and I would like buy copies of some of the sheet music so I can follow along while I’m listening. Are there some inexpensive places I can buy online? I also live close to Arizona State University... ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366/3 "2012-06-27T03:50:30Z")
Nope, but thanks for looking 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366/4 "2012-06-27T04:04:44Z")
Well, the [usual advice](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9034110#post9034110) in such cases is: > [@](#): > > **How do I find out what happened to a missing thread or poster?** > > If you have a question about a thread or poster who “disappeared,” please DO NOT post an inquiry. In probably 95% of such cases, the thread (or poster) that vanished was an attention-seeker – a spammer , sock, or troll. They’re out for any attention, even negative attention, and we don’t want to give it to them. They disappear, as do their posts. And as do posts about them. > > So, if you have a question about such, please email a moderator. DO NOT post your question. DO NOT give these folks any publicity, acknowledgement, or recognition. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366/5 "2012-06-27T12:36:20Z")
I don’t think it was that sort of thread Dewey. I doubt it’s missing, I just forgot to subscribe to it, and am having trouble finding it. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366/6 "2012-06-27T12:53:35Z")
The closest I could find on google was a thread that mentions the thread you are looking for, but there was no link in that thread. It was in CS earlier this month. Not knowing what keywords to use make it a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack, as the obvious keywords are too common. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366/7 "2012-06-27T13:14:20Z")
Can you link me to that? It might help me to know how long ago it was. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366/8 "2012-06-27T13:39:08Z")
Believe it or not, trying to recreate the search on google doesn’t show the thread in question anymore. I believe it was around June 6, 2012, in Cafe Society. EDIT—found it: > **[Best film scores to otherwise weak movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=655892)** > > My wife and I occasionally find ourselves watching an average to poor quality movie, but loving the score. Basically, if the Academy Awards would evaluate purely on the score, some of these films could win the Best Original Score Oscar, despite being... ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366/9 "2012-06-27T13:48:48Z")
I think the reference from that thread to an earlier one meant [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=655142), entitled “Movies you love for the music.”