From Jordan: I caught a brief segment on swords and historical parallel in Tolkien’s literature on the Canadian…
Continue ReadingFrom Jordan:
I caught a brief segment on swords and historical parallel in Tolkien’s literature on the Canadian Discovery channel today, and afterwards they mentioned that starting December 13th they are going to air a 5-part series on the science behind Lord of the Rings, where they will talk about the languages, geography, evolution amongst the elves/dwarves/humans, and special effects in the movies; amongst other things. Just thought I’d give a head’s up, it sounds interesting.
Marcus writes: I just found an interesting article that talks about how Tolkien’s heroes are often the characters most would least expect to be heroic and how the road to victory is often the one last considered. A good read! [More]
Karen wrote in to say that she noticed that the song ‘In Dreams’, which is a recurring theme throughout the LOTR score, sounded farmiliar to her. [More]
It seems that Karen’s post prompted a flood of mail, some requesting to know more, some packed-full of information. For those who are wondering what exactly the song is, just read on! [More]
From Karen:
Has anybody else noticed that the song “In Dreams”, which is a recurring theme throughout the LOTR score, sounds familiar? It drove me crazy for a few hours until I figured out where I’d heard it before. The tune is almost identical to an old familiar hymn that most of us learned in childhood. The first two measures are exactly identical, and the next two are the same only a third higher than the hymn tune. I’m sure that this was entirely unintentional on Walsh’s and Shore’s part. It’s an easy thing to happen when you’re writing music. And it didn’t spoil the score for me; on the contrary it added a depth and connection with my childhood. I don’t want to spoil it for anybody, so I’ll just say that the hymn was written by Maltbie Babcock in 1901.
Adam writes: I managed to pick up advance tickets for December 19th yesterday at my local Silver City theater (Ontario, Canada). They said they are selling tickets for the 19th and the 20th only for a limited number of shows (unless the demand goes up even more).
Brian mailed us to say that an interview with Elijah Wood features on the Irish website WoW.ie about becoming Frodo Baggins and why he’s keen to return to Ireland. [More]
