Question for Doug: will the book contain information on the composition/design of the choral passages in the score. The chant used with the ring-wraiths was one of the things that got me interested in the FOTR score originally and I'd like to know more about the process of writing the choral sequences in pieces like 'Rivendell' and 'The Wolves of Isengard'. I'd also like to know more about the decisions behind the composition and texture of the choirs.

One passage that stands out for me is the female choir at the start of 'Rivendell'. There is one voice more distinctive than the others which adds an amazing, other-world quality.

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Christian, you did well at the end of all things I thought you'd do 'A Storm Is Coming' next (the third 'opening track'...)

Jim, thanks for the videos, they are great!

Greetings from London, where I've attended the LotR-Musical. I like it (the costumes and the lighting were great) - though the story was cut to the bone...

In my opinion, it's because the orchestration and also the thematic material is strangely sterile, emotionless and also not very subtle, which is a rarity with Howard Shore. It's certainly not a bad score, but it certainly doesn't give me the extra dose of pleasure either.

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Originally posted by Earl:
Hey vdemona, did you get to tweaking the "Incomplete Recordings" pic I'd uploaded? You said you'd try ur hand at something along those lines, and I'm waiting to see what u cud cook up

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Well I got to working on a cover for ROTK:CR a couple of days ago. The sizing is off but I think the image of Aragorn riding forth with his armies behind him would make a rather nice box set cover.

Thanks for the update, Doug. You keep us hungry for more as always!

Thanks for the update, Doug. You keep us hungry for more as always!

Thanks for the update, Doug. You keep us hungry for more as always!

Though vdemona, your pic is probably something that could be on the booklet or the inside CD-thingey... what Neo's done is cover material. But you've got those antiquated tones just right, it's so perfect.

(The font name for the names of the movies is "Albertus MT")

Many thanks to Marilynn/Magpie for the quick reaction - without her, the damage caused by the evil spammers would have been much greater.

And sorry about the slow update: I have just returned from a long vacation in the beautiful land of Cuba (I had actually just arrived there when Marilynn mailed).

Anyway, please go ahead and browse the site - and don't forget to add or change anything if you feel something's missing! I have added a simple anti-spam function, so hopefully the site will at least be safe for the next couple of months.

Here's the URL once again, just so you don't forget it: LOTRscores.com

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Originally posted by BigT1981:
Nice job Neo, I personally like yours better and it's possible that's how the box cover [b]MIGHT be.[/B]

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Originally posted by vdemona:
Well I'm sure what Neo's done is definitely what it actually will look like. I just decided to imagine a different looking cover.

More to come soon.

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Originally posted by weyhoops:
I am watching ROTK right now, and Gandalf and Pippin just walked out of Denethor's Hall after he yelled at them...and wow, the Minas Tirith (Silver Trumpets) theme. So, so great. Probably my favorite theme from all the scores. Does anyone have a favorite rendition of this theme? Mine might have to be in Lothlorien. Is it used in ROTK outside of the Pippin and Gandalf entry/exit scenes and the sword-forging scene? I'm only a third through the movie and it has been a while...

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A question for you: who decides what music is included in the DVD Audio menus?

-Bram

The horn motiff in Vory v Zakone reminds me very much of the Rohirrim motifs in The Two Towers, sans Norwegian fiddle.

Christopher Coleman from tracksounds.com writes: Just thought you'd like to mobilize the LOTR fans to help vote Howard Shore's LOTR scores as the "best of all time." Of course the competition is tough: Star Wars, Braveheart, Lawrence of Arabia, The Magnificent Seven, The Godfather...and many other classic film scores. The voting is happening at www.tracksounds.com

However, I'm not quite sure why this is labelled "development of the Fellowship theme", as that theme pretty much stays the same in both versions. The theme that gets a more elaborate workout in the EE version seems to me to be Aragorn's theme.<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE>

You are quite right Marian! Although Aragorn's theme is basically derived from the Fellowship's theme so it could be counted as a developent of the Fellowship material

I think the labelling was a little odd as one would expect that there are preceding and follow up videos for these if they are to illustrate the development of the theme. These 2 clips just show the difference of the scoring in the same TE and EE scene.