I mentioned in my first report from Cannes this year, that Harry from AintitCool, was really looking forward to our first taste of the Howard Shore score in the screened footage. He’s had a chance to collect his ideas and even talk to Howard Shore. himself. [More]
Month: May 2001
I mentioned in my first report from Cannes this year, that Harry from AintitCool, was really looking forward to our first taste of the Howard Shore score in the screened footage. He’s had a chance to collect his ideas and even talk to Howard Shore himself. [More]
According to our polls, 32.6% of us are set to explode before the LOTR films come out. We’ll try and come up with some distractions in the meantime. [More]
For the 32.6% of us who are going to explode by the time the films come out, we can try and find some relief in doing other Tolkien-related things to distract ourselves from the movies. Not all of you will have found the audio recording on Tolkien reading from LOTR on Salon.com – that’s always worth a listen just to hear him do Gollum’s voice.[More]
Along the same lines, there’s always the BBC audio version of LOTR on tape, with Ian Holm playing Frodo instead of Bilbo as he does in the film. This is THE classic version. Sam wrote in with good news for British Ringers:
“I noticed in WHSmiths (a big chain in England for books, CD’s, magazines, newspapers, you name it) that they are now selling the 13 tape audio cassette box set for twenty pounds (£20) which if you ask me is a pretty good bargain…whether it’s going for cheaper elsewhere I’ve got no idea…” [Nope, costs about twice as much here even allowing for the exchange rate-T.]
Elsewhere, Rallas alerted me to this:
“Debbie Ridpath Ohi, a Toronto writer and musician, has invited Tolkien fans and foes alike to join her as she wades her way through the yarn that has won the odd accolade as greatest book of the 20th century.” You get to see an experienced writer respond to the book for the first time, and then there’s the responses to her from other people. It’s great to see a skeptic getting gradually drawn in to the story.[More]
How many of you caught what Peter Jackson and the hobbits are singing in the video clip from Sweden’s TV4?
“O sweet is the sound of falling rain/ and the brook thaleaps from hill to plain;
But better than rain or rippling streams/ is Water Hot that smokes and steams.”
Catch it here. Check out also the close-ups of some props.
Barnes & Noble is offering a free course on Lord of the Rings! It starts June 4th and is being taught by a Ph.D. in Folklore/Mythology. This is the first time they have offered this course. There are lessons which offer a lot of information, quizzes, a message board, and so on. Sounds like a lot of fun and some good learning! Thanks to staff member Pippin Took for the heads up! [More]