Twilight Elf writes: The compilation CD, “The Celtic Circle”, features a Howard Shore track entitled “The FOTR Suite”, which isn’t found on both the FOTR & TTT OSTs. This is the 1st time I’ve spotted a LOTR track in a compilation. There’s also a version of “May It Be”, by Ryan & Rachel O’Connell. Other artistes featured include Sinead O’Connor, Loreena McKennitt, Clannad etc. [More] [Shop]
Day: August 9, 2003
mattman writes: Thought you guys might like to know that Toys’R’Us in the US will be running a special for the week of Aug 17th-23rd, if you reserve your copy of the 2 disc TTT set for $5 down your total price will only be $14.99 + tax.
Carwen writes: The British Royal Mint is going to produce legal tender LOTR coins. There was an story on this (“Lord of the Rings: A New Adventure in Coinage”) in Numismatist. It includes pictures of the designs for three coins (Frodo, Sauron, and the Ring). (PDF Document) [More]
Lady of the Mist writes: Here are my pictures of the LOTR picnic that took place July 26 at San Francisco’s Stern Grove. We wanted to share it with our TORn sibs. [More]
Caradoc writes: There was a Verizon commercial promoting their ROTK promo. It looked like it had short clips from TTT. It ended with the “Can you hear me now?” guy asking his well known question while holding the gates Helms Deep against battering ram hordes.
Readers who venture beyond the material published while Tolkien was alive, are quickly faced with ambiguity: what is the right version of a story? What is the ‘correct’ history of Galadriel? What is the ‘correct’ background of the orcs? [More]