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Month: April 2002
Lee Ann wrote in: “My 17yo daughter and I found several copies of the LotR soundtrack sheet music at the Music Mart in New Mexico. The skill level for these pieces is, in my daughter’s estimation, intermediate.
“She played through “The Prophecy” and “Many Meetings,” which were both lovely arrangements and true to the soundtrack. I was glad to see the words for “The Prophecy,” since I have trouble understanding the singers on the soundtrack CD.
People can e-mail info@musicmart.com for more information.”
Elisa suggests another way to get the music: “Go to this site and type “Lord of the Rings” into the search box–there are all kinds of goodies in there! See the second page of results for the piano/vocal score we discussed.”
She added “I would guess you’d need to be about level 3 or maybe 4 to handle the piano score (which is what I have) easily. My two kids both started piano lessons in kindergarten, and my 4th grader is working on “May It Be” with little difficulty. I’ve played piano on and off all my life (and poorly), and I can sight read these. They are not really in hard keys–E Major and A Major are the most challenging ones, and they’re designed to be eminently playable (so they’ll sell, duh). “Aniron (Theme for Aragorn and Arwen)” is perhaps the most challenging–it changes time signature a couple of times (3/4 to 4/4 and back) and has a lot of accidentals–it starts in A-flat Major and ends on a D-flat chord. But it is quite short and still not what I would consider hard at all.
The vocal lines are all in the middle range, mostly in the octave above middle C.
The nicest part is the English translation of all the Elvish lyrics! “Lament for Gandalf” is given, and “Aniron.” I don’t think these are in the CD liner notes.
And Elwing wrote in: “I found a site that sells the Warner Brother’s new piano music score for LOTR here
Another site selling the music, according to Daniela, is SheetmusicPlus.com
Articles on Figwit have turned up on USA Today, Der Herr Der Ringe, and the UK Daily Mirror over the last few days. Little do they know what surprises Figwit has in store for them at the official site. Coming soon….
Trevor found a very nice interview with Bernard Hill (theoden) on SCI-FI.com. Hill states he feels the films make Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien’s profound themes more accessible to audiences. “What’s wonderful about the films is that, for all the depth [of the stories]…” [More]
Zorina was first to check in with a report about Viggo’s signing session: “After learning about Viggo’s book signing from TORN, I rushed down to the International Center of Photography tonight after work.” [More]
After learning about Viggo’s book signing from TORN, I rushed down to the International Center of Photography tonight after work. In the pouring rain people began to line up. I got there at 5:30 pm and the line had already stretched out the door and around the block! We were a bit miffed that the store would only allow 20 people inside at a time but still everyone waited – no one deserted the line. We chatted as umberalls were opened and shared.
By 6:00 pm Viggo arrived (on time!) and saw everyone waiting in what was now a raging thunderstorm. This man cares for his fans! He insisted ICP bend the rules and let the fans line up inside out of the rain and they relented! Thank you Viggo for getting us in out of the rain! It was crowded and noisy but very well organized considering.
Viggo took his time with everyone who went up to ask for his signature. He signed everything presented and made everyone feel that they were special by looking into their eyes. Before you could say anything he was asking you for your name and saying thank you to you for showing up! A true gentleman! He posed for photos with anyone who asked.
Well by now he is off having dinner with Billy Boyd who is also in town and appearing out at Stony Brook at the SciFi convention being held there. I’m home and very happy to have met a truly creative man. (Thanks to Zorina for this first report about Viggo’s appearance!!)