Joe Odea "The Biggest Glory Fan in the World!"

Aside from my official title, My name is Joe Odea. I am 15 years old - a sophomore IB Diploma canidate at Nogales High School, which is in Nogales Arizona; right at the US - Mexico border.The only thing I really do is act in our drama department here- Maroon Masque. I have since been in about six or seven productions ranging from A Midsummer Nights Dream, to Flowers for Algernon, for which I was the sound designer, as well as an actor, and in which I used TONS of Horner music!

I have currently undergone the learning of HTML and web publishing to create my own James Horner fan page, which should be up anytime soon.

I have been a James Horner fan ever since I heard the beautiful score in Glory , which touched and inspired me in ways I never thought film music could do.The haunting choir to the somber mood- are the epitome of Horner. I mean, can you honestly listen to track 11 or the beginnig of track 12 without nearly breaking into tears?! My god, nearly every time I listen to this I am overwhelmed. The strange thing is that I heard the score before I was interested in film music, therefore I didn't even think about going and buying the score. So about two years ago I saw Glory again, this time beeing a huge film music fan. Although I immediatly wanted to buy this, it took nearly two years of searching, and this summer in Seattle, I finally found it!!! I found the Shrine during a search for a Horner page. Since then I have shared in many interesting discussions, made new friends and I would like to believe that I have made some kind of mark here; and no I don't mean my endless ranting and raving about Glory , which I guess made me think of the self-appointed title...yes I know it's not as glamorus as Horner's Biggest Fan in the Known Universe" but it's close!

I have just started to collect Horner and now my count is about 16 or 17 Horner scores, although I do hope to increse that number greatly in the coming years!For those interested in what I have in my collection visit my pages' discography (which may or may not be up when you read this) Although I have just started to spend money on hard to find scores, I would suggest that any fan should visit Intrada and order from them. A great selection, and wonderful support (no that was in no way indorsed by them...HINT HINT...)

Along with my craze about Horner's music, I love Star Trek, and computer games. Other things that I love are Clancy books, Chricton books, and Mel Brooks movies. Anyway I suppose that does it for me, for more info or just to talk e-mail me at Sppamboyy@juno.com If you want to know why I am called spamboy, e-mail me. I hope this has offered some insight as to who I am, and why I am here. I am honored to be with the other Horner fans here, and I join them in saying thanks to Elmo who has put hard work and determination into what we consider a home of sorts, where we can come everyday and talk about what brought us here in the first place--James Horner.