III International Film Music Conference

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

We've been discussing this year's International Film Music Conference a bit in the thread on Madrid's Soncinemad Festival, but it really deserves its own topic.

So right now, confirmed guests include David Arnold, John Powell, John Debney, and Bruce Broughton.

So, which JWFans will be there?

As of right now, I've made zero arrangements, trying to figure out what's the best option. But I'm still leaning more towards going to Úbeda than to the Madrid festival. I'm thinking of just going to a travel agency and acquire some info on flights, hotels, and prices and the like. Perhaps some more experienced travellers have other advice?

Discuss!

JWFan attendees:

Mr. Breathmask

Neimoidian

Olivier

scissorhands

Stefan Cosman

???

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

It's fairly likely that I will be there this year.

If I don't face a sudden financial calamity, or get eaten by a bear. (one being more likely then the other).

I do hope they will have 2 concerts instead of one like last year.

[Josh500 1,615]

Hmmm . . . I had no idea there was such a festival in Madrid. I would like to visit Madrid. And where the heck is Ubeda, anyway? Unfortunately I'm bit low on cash right now . . .

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Yeah it's not like this thread has not been hovering here for the last 2 weeks......

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Well, this one hasn't.

[scissorhands 16]

I'm going to Úbeda. But, as you may have guessed, I have no idea about flights. But if you have to fly to Madrid, then you must go to Úbeda by train or bus (unless you want to spend your salary in a taxi). Or with some friend's car, obviously.

Hotels: the organization booked almost every hotel in Úbeda last year, so they made the reservation in your name (you choose the hotel depending on the price, stars, etc. and also how many days you'll stay there). I hope they do the same this year. If you can share one bedroom with a friend it will be much better (single rooms were something like 25-50 euros a day, double rooms 40-60).

You can add Javier Navarrete to the guests list, somebody might like to have his/her Pat's Labyrinth CD get signed.

[Josh500 1,615]

Yeah it's not like this thread has not been hovering here for the last 2 weeks......

Do you mean for the last two minutes . . . ?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Shit the link didn't show!

Anyway.

Last year I spend a very resonable €23 a night for a airconditioned room, only 3 minutes away from the festival.

I doubt you can get that arranged for Madrid.

[Josh500 1,615]

Well, I don't read every thread here. I'm selective.

23 Euros! That's pretty good! So, who here is coming for certain? If it's in July, I might come too . . . just gotta start saving now.

[scissorhands 16]

Well, I don't read every thread here. I'm selective.

23 Euros! That's pretty good! So, who here is coming for certain? If it's in July, I might come too . . . just gotta start saving now.

Powell, Debney, Broughton, Arnold and Navarrete. So far.

[Josh500 1,615]

Hmmm. Not the top composers. But what the heck!

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

The thread about the Madrid festival is here, Josh.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Another reason to return to Spain is the high quality of the apple cider in that country.

[nightscape94 965]

I'd love to go as an excuse to visit spain and buy a new guitar, but I don't have the money or time to devote to such a cause at the moment. Maybe in a couple years.

Tim

[fommes 154]

This is starting to look interesting.

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

So if I'm not mistaken, you have to fly to Madrid (probably via either Frankfurt or Hamburg if you're flying from Amsterdam and are on a budget), and then take the train for about 3 hours, and then a last bus ride, yes?

Looks like a full day of travel.

[Ollie 1,059]

Just make sure you take plenty of pictures for us.

[scissorhands 16]

So if I'm not mistaken, you have to fly to Madrid (probably via either Frankfurt or Hamburg if you're flying from Amsterdam and are on a budget), and then take the train for about 3 hours, and then a last bus ride, yes?

Looks like a full day of travel.

I took a direct bus from Madrid to Úbeda.

[fommes 154]

Looks like it's first plane-then subway-then bus (or first train, then bus). I'm a bit discouraged by the travelling route. In what kind of a dump do they hold these film music events anyway.

[nightscape94 965]

I believe it's in the back of a porno theater.

Tim

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Hotels: the organization booked almost every hotel in Úbeda last year, so they made the reservation in your name (you choose the hotel depending on the price, stars, etc. and also how many days you'll stay there). I hope they do the same this year. If you can share one bedroom with a friend it will be much better (single rooms were something like 25-50 euros a day, double rooms 40-60).

So if I do the preregistering thing, I might not have to worry about finding a hotel? When will we know if the organisation is doing this again? How exactly did it work last year?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Isn't it better for you to fly to Malaga instead of Madrid Marc?

I believe the bus/train journey would be a lot shorter.

Also, be advised that if you travel without a native, you might have to deal with some language barriers.

Englisg is not as widespread in small Spanish town as it is here.

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Perhaps, but it'll probably add 100 Euros to the ticket price.

Flying to Granada is even more expensive.

How did you travel last year, Steef?

[fommes 154]

He had himself beamed up.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I traveled from Schiphol to Madrid (with a 5 hour delay I might add).

Then from Atocha station to a town near Ubeda (Linares i think) with the train, took about 3 hours. And then a 15 minute cab ride.

[Romão 2,274]

If I do end up goint to this thing, I am going by Madrid, so perhaps we could arrange some sort of meet up. My Spanish is far from perfect, but it is reasonable enough.

[scissorhands 16]

So if I do the preregistering thing, I might not have to worry about finding a hotel? When will we know if the organisation is doing this again? How exactly did it work last year?

Preregister phase is going to end this saturday and the final registration will start. Don't worry if you were not pre-registered, it's not important (it just made sure a better place in the concert). As for the hotels, I will send them an e-mail to ask for information.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Roque Baños is also coming to Ubeda this year.

How cool is that!

[Elmo Lewis 6]

He's a fellow stutter. Which makes his lectures both interesting and insufferable at the same time.

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Has anyone received their e-mail with username and password for final registration yet?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I have not even registered yet.

I did last year though, does that count?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I just re-registered and paid. For some reason the price has gone up 40 %, inflation must have hit Spain hard.

When July gets closer I think we should do a list with everyone here who's going, so we could perhaps arrange a decent JWFAN.NET gathering, that will make the one in Boston seems like kattenpis.

[scissorhands 16]

I just re-registered and paid. For some reason the price has gone up 40 %, inflation must have hit Spain hard.

It's allegedly to avoid last year's loss or deficit and afford a little more decent orchestra ...I'm not happy with it either.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Well word to mouth about last years festival was extremely positive, so they should be selling some tickets.

On the other hand they don't have a near legendary composer like Poledouris this year.

[Neimoidian 14]

I am going to register tomorrow :/ Quite late, but hopefully there will still be a place for me

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

BTW, I still maintain that, unlike Peio, I did not detect any major flaws from the orchestra.

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

I just re-registered and paid. For some reason the price has gone up 40 %, inflation must have hit Spain hard.

Re-registered?

I've received confirmation of my pre-registration and payment, saying I would also get a message with username and password to complete my registration. Haven't seen that yet.

When July gets closer I think we should do a list with everyone here who's going, so we could perhaps arrange a decent JWFAN.NET gathering, that will make the one in Boston seems like kattenpis.

And hell yeah!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I nominate Marc as our official JWFAN Meeting Moderator, who will take care of us and make sure we don't get lost.

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Now there's a funny idea.

You've been there, I haven't.

You do it!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I have no authority, I am no Moderator.

With great power comes great responsibility.....

[Miguel Andrade 1,266]

I'm really considering going to this. I'll probably go with Romão, either by car -- i.e. mine -- or by train to Madrid, and bus to Ubeda.

And would be such a treat to meet up with all of you guys...

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Cool, it would be great to meet you and Merkel.

[Miguel Andrade 1,266]

Cool, it would be great to meet you and Merkel.

And I would say teh same thing on meeting you

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Naturally, it would be a great honor, for both of you.

[Miguel Andrade 1,266]

Naturally, it would be a great honor, for both of you.

Naturally

[Neimoidian 14]

Naturally, it would be a great honor, for both of you.

Naturally

At the first glance I thought you had written "horror", not "honor"

[Miguel Andrade 1,266]

Naturally, it would be a great honor, for both of you.

Naturally

At the first glance I thought you had written "horror", not "honor"

No, never... I know that Stefan is a really nice guy, despite his efforts to look the other way around.

[Olivier 5]

I could not attend last year, and missed a wonderful event. I would love to go this time-- but I have already missed the pre-registration to get one of the best seats.

The problem will be going there, of course. I don't speak Spanish, by the way. They had better speak French. Or English.

Anyway, if I can make it-- and even if I can't-- I guess board members could arrange to meet somewhere easy in Madrid. Captain Cosman could lead the away team from there

Which is the better? Plane to Madrid or to Granada or some place nearer Ubeda? It looks like a rocky mountainous place on the map.

Couldn't they have chosen some place easy to go, like, say, Paris, for instance?

Seriously: how was this town chosen?

[Neimoidian 14]

I send them my money today, so it will take few more days to get registered. I will probably get a seat in the last row too Now I have to find myself a place to sleep and some decent transport.

[Miguel Andrade 1,266]

Couldn't they have chosen some place easy to go, like, say, Paris, for instance?

Seriously: how was this town chosen?

The best place woudl be Oporto, naturally. We have the gorgeus Casa da Música (House of Music), which is actually not so gorgeus, at least the actual concert hall, and a great orchesta, the ONP, which as I'm told, lack the professionalism of any serious orchestra...

I did recently atended a concert of them with music by Herrmann, my friend Nuno Malo (www.nunomalo.com), and Prokofiev, and well... they weren't all that hot. Surely no BSO or LSO.