Today is Viggo Mortensen’s Birthday. Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is an American theater and movie actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He is known for his role as Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Day: October 20, 2007
Daisy writes: Check out the update on Howard Shore’s website about the upcoming release of the Extended edition of the ROTK soundtrack: “Howard Shore’s complete Oscar-winning score for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, from the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, will be available in a deluxe five-disc edition from Reprise/WMG Soundtracks on November 13, 2007.
This historic release contains 3 hours and 50 minutes of music on four CDs, comprising the full score of the 2003 film. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — The Complete Recordings marks the third and final edition of the three complete recording releases of the film trilogy whose score has been honored with three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. This deluxe set includes exclusive new artwork, packaging, liner notes written by Doug Adams, author of the forthcoming book The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films and features Annie Lennox performing the Oscar-winning song “Into the West.””
Here are the latest news headlines from the wonderful world of Weta:
Rayguns book opens for sale
Win YOUR head sculpted on a Weta statue
Weta’s design work in kids book featured on TV
Limited Edition Raygun prints released
Weta Bug visits the crazy worlds of conventions in Australia
Convention Costumes – how do they get made?
New testimonial from the Dr Grordbort’s universe
This weekend we’ll be at the Armageddon convention in Auckland, please drop by and say hello if you are attending. www.pulpexpo.com