I wanted to be able to guide others with the same passion as myself.  The following websites have been invaluable resources in my search for knowledge of composing and the tools to do such.  I hope that these link open doors for you on your own personal, musical journey.

My newest and most favorite site for film scoring education.

My number one place to go for general information on virtual instruments and sample libraries.

EastWest Quantum Leap is one of the premiere sample developers of top notch virtual instruments. I use their products all the time.

Discussion of sample libraries. Also, the Garritan section has the "Principles of Orchestration" section which is pretty amazing.

A forum for learning the techniques of recording and mixing audio.

Thinkspace offers educational courses for orchestration and film-based composition in general.

PureMix has been one of my favorite resources for learning about recording, mixing, all the tools required, and how to use them.

This is a huge forum for discussion of virtual instruments and effects VSTs. I think of it as more for synth-based VSTs but it really covers about everything.