While we’re talking of audio delights, D.C. writes to say:
“The Hobbit” seems to have been reposted…it’s not the BBC version, but anything to make the day go by faster helps.”
Check it out here.
Thanks
Month: June 2000
Mentioning ‘Blind Guardian’ and their Tolkien-themed albums seems to have started a thread of correspondence as people draw our attention to their favourite Tolkien music. Blind Guardian got a lot of favourable mention, but they’re not the only band working in that area.
Gavin mentioned the Scandinavian musician Bo Hanssen, who wrote an album on Tolkien themes. I vaguely remember it being from the seventies. Whether it’s available on CD I don’t know. It has, Gavin says, a cool picture of a Nazgul on the cover, and the sleeve notes include a picture of Tolkien sitting in a forest.
Hilsen Orjen from Norway suggested checking out the band ‘Summoning.’ Though he warned, ‘…some may find the vocals a bit extreme.’
There’s audioclips of Summoning on the Web; which we’re looking for right now.
You can catch Sean Bean (Boromir) in an episode of the Storyteller Series on HBO at 5 pm ET.
The good folks at Cinescape have dropped me a line telling me about some promo ads New Line has out in a few trade mags.
You can see Sean Astin (Sam) in ‘Toy Soldiers’ on Cinemax. [More]
You can catch John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) in ‘Canvas’ on TMN. [More]
European Ringers can catch Sean Bean (Boromir) in ‘Sharpe’s Enemy’ on UK Gold Channel.