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The New Line rep said Kilar's name has indeed been brought up in association with LOTR, but revealed New Line's favorite to score the trilogy is James Horner (Aliens, Braveheart, Titanic)."

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Jeron

dex: The answer will be easy...if you tell me which character he plays!

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Originally posted by dex:
I believe he plays . . . Boromir. Not sure if it's spelled right, but it's similar if it's not.

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Originally posted by SEBULBA:
I think given the opportunity, he could do quite well.

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Marian,
have you never heard KRULL?!
For Me!,And probably More than a few people on this board,The best Horner score BAR NONE!!, And for Me one of a few soundtracks I can listen to from begining to end without wanting to skip a track or two!!
On Horners recent form I still hope it'll be Kilar for LOTR!!....We'll have to wait and see!

Rocco: I'd recommend it. It's a bad film, but Tolkien's story is so phenomenal and Rosenman's score, too, they nearly save the movie. I saw it countless times as a child before I read the novel, so I still love the film.

1. "Patriot Games"
2. "Clear and Present Danger"
3. "The Hunt For Red October"

I always liked the Rankin-Bass cartoon versions of THE HOBBIT and RETURN OF THE KING (I don't even know how they managed to wrest the rights from Saul Zaentz.)

Now, to the new version: Epic fantasy does seem to bring out the best in Horner, but he's been so unpredictable in recent years that I would not really want to see him on this project. I thought Kilar was a more INTERESTING choice, but I've no clue if he can pull it off either ... I bet Elfman would do an interesting job, but there are always other competitors. As I said when this whole thing arose about two years ago, I wrote, "Why not give a new guy a chance?" This would be an amazing chance for a younger talent to really show his stuff.

Marian, KRULL was called KRULL in German, it's a movie from the early 1980's, and I agree that it is among Horner's best works. He wrote it in the same year he did BRAINSTORM and GORKY PARK, all very strong scores IMO. Yeah... those were the days. Anyway, there were several releases of the soundtrack, the best of which was a limited complete 2CD edition of the score (only available here, I think: http://www.supercollector.com/ ).

dex: Without any real spoilers: Boromir's character is ambiguos.

Wedge: Well, Kilar's career spans across four decades now... I think he will be on safe ground even IF LOTR should turn out to be a real stinker. He would still be my number one choice for the project.

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(FSM Silver Age Classics)
(Wow, I'd never have thought that this score would see such a fine release! Who-Hoo!)

Dan (UK)

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Originally posted by Timmer:
Marian,
You have got to get KRULL!
If you can't find it, give me a month or so and I'll send you a CDR!!...Honest!!!
(I have a few PC problems at the moment....So NO cd writer)
Damn it I had better make that 'Antartica' Too!

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Hm, I don't have any experience with private international CD shippings, but that would be great. I was looking for Antartica today, but didn't find it ('twas a store that generally has only a small classic section).

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Seriously, Horner can paint one helluva a pretty picture when he puts his mind to it, but I have yet to hear him really get musically INSIDE the emotional and intellectual core of a picture the way someone like Williams or Goldsmith can. Frankly, LOTR NEEDS a score of that caliber. Kilar seems to be qualified, but it's one heckuva challenge. He must be scared as hell ... this is the kind of score that can make or break a career.

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Completely right. That's what I tried to say above.

Hmmmm...."Krull" was years and years and years ago. And, IMO, not a great score. Loud, yes. Flowery, yes. Full of action, yes. This was in his Jerry Goldsmith period!

But since "Krull" he has had much bigger fish to fry...and what did we get???

Apollo 13 -- disappointing, with touches of everyone under the sun who ever composed music.

Braveheart -- Celtic noodlings, barely memorable and tedious.

Titanic -- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

And you guys want him to RUIN LOTR??????

Gimme a break!

If it were Horner on LOTR, we'd be lucky if it sounded as good as BALTO (probably my favorite of his from the past five years, but really NOT the kind of sound I think these pictures are going to want.) It would probably wind up sounding more of a PAGEMASTER/BICENTENNIAL MAN mishmash.

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Originally posted by H Rocco:
I'm not sure Kilar is the man or not, based on the few works of his I've heard -- all very dark and brooding, as was the original Rosenman score, so perhaps that's appropriate.

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Marian: I think what I was trying to get at was, I've never HEARD Kilar do anything light. I know very little of his music -- DRACULA, a couple of Themes collections, that awesomely oppressive Holocaust-related classical piece that was used in some of the SCHINDLER'S LIST trailers -- he's no amateur, no doubt he has lighter pieces in his resume. No composer worth his chops doesn't have both, but when Kilar seems to be going for a lighter sound, it's STILL damned heavy. This may be perfect for the world Peter Jackson and Frances Walsh will try to portray; it's not for me to say. If it was between him and Horner, I'd pick Kilar in a flash.

Here's an offbeat suggestion, but I've been wondering about what ELSE she can do ever since she bailed out of MULAN: What about Rachel Portman? She writes wonderful melodies (if they're all kind of interchangeable at this point, but maybe it's a phase) and I'd be very curious to hear her try her hand at action.

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Originally posted by H Rocco:
I think what I was trying to get at was, I've never HEARD Kilar do anything light. I know very little of his music -- DRACULA, a couple of Themes collections, that awesomely oppressive Holocaust-related classical piece that was used in some of the SCHINDLER'S LIST trailers -- he's no amateur, no doubt he has lighter pieces in his resume. No composer worth his chops doesn't have both, but when Kilar seems to be going for a lighter sound, it's STILL damned heavy.

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I know even less of Kilar's works than you - I have his Dracula and Ninth Gate, and I've heard Death and the Maiden in the film. So I know exactly what you mean: He's a very talented composer, but I don't yet know his "light side", so I can't be sure that he's perfect for this movie.

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This may be perfect for the world Peter Jackson and Frances Walsh will try to portray; it's not for me to say. If it was between him and Horner, I'd pick Kilar in a flash.

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I hope they do NOT base the films solely on the "dark side" of the original story. That would really mean abandoning the story's "soul".

But between Horner and Kilar, I'd also pick Kilar instantly.

I've only catched parts of Willow on TV. The score was really good from what I've heard, but you just can't compare this movie with LOTR. It's completely different. And while I liked the score and will probably pick it up if I come across it, it got me thinking for 15 minutes until I knew where that short phrase from the chariot chase is from: One of Robert Schumann's symphonies. Believe me, I really don't try to add yet another rip-off to Horner's list, but what can I do if he DOES make them?

Still, Horner's score is quite beautiful. Just a shame that I can't really praise him for it now.

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