Do film composers use performance enhancing drugs?

[Hlao-roo 390]

What do you think?

[Quintus 6,503]

If cocktails count as drugs then he'll yeah.

[John Crichton 4]

Pre-scoring session steroid testing should be mandatory.

[Ollie 1,375]

I know, Williams damn near rip my arm from its socket when he shook my hand.

I think I also heard talk of a post concert bong.

[Datameister 2,586]

Yes. No question about it.

[Jill Sandwich 11,172]

They all end up like Syd Barrett.

[publicist 4,650]

You think a piece like NEPTUNE'S BAR came to Williams by accident?

[Koray Savas 2,260]

He was definitely tripping when he wrote that one!

[Wojo 2,458]

They all end up like Syd Barrett.

Yea, if they live longer than 27. That's the cutoff.

[Naïve Old Fart 13,032]

Of course they use them: they are called "talent", and "imagination".

[Wojo 2,458]

Yes, well the last time someone got high off "imagination," Robin Williams wiped blue goo out of his eyes and Gene Wilder popped a coronary.

[gkgyver 1,647]

I thought the thread title meant if composers use software to enhance the performance ...

[OneBuckFilms 517]

I don't think Composers use performance enhancing drugs, but I'd imagine some listeners may be using film scores as drug enhancing performances

[Hlao-roo 390]

I'm surprised no one here actually ventured a serious answer. Informal polls have indicated widespread use of psychostimulants (beyond caffeine) and beta blockers in academia. Given the pressures of the modern film scoring scene, it's likely some composers resort regularly to consuming cognitive enhancers. I'm just wondering how prevalent the practice is.

[fommes 165]

Of course. It's especially prevalent in such closed filmmusic communities as Remote Control, where they can grow their own private stash unnoticed.

[Naïve Old Fart 13,032]

Yes, well the last time someone got high off "imagination," Robin Williams wiped blue goo out of his eyes and Gene Wilder popped a coronary.

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Wojo, what, in the name of Sam Hill, are you talking about, and who is this Sam Hill guy, anyway?!

I'm surprised no one here actually ventured a serious answer. Informal polls have indicated widespread use of psychostimulants (beyond caffeine) and beta blockers in academia. Given the pressures of the modern film scoring scene, it's likely some composers resort regularly to consuming cognitive enhancers. I'm just wondering how prevalent the practice is.

I'm sorry; was this meant to be serious?