Finding the music for The Lord of the Rings was daunting, but orchestrator Christopher Nightingale found the sound by blending Finnish folk group Värttinä with A.R. Rahman’s eastern tones. We’ve had “The Music of the Night.” Now get ready for the Music of the Rings. Christopher Nightingale is the orchestrator and musical supervisor of the $27-million stage adaptation of The Lord of the Rings currently holding auditions in Toronto, and there’s one thing he wants to make perfectly clear. “I definitely wouldn’t describe it as a musical.” [More]
Month: May 2005
Images of ‘The Stash’ (heretofore called Viggo Mortensen) at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival in France. ‘The Stash’ is there to promote Canadian director David Cronenberg’s latest film ‘A History of Violence’ starring ‘The Stash’, Maria Bello and William Hurt. Take a look! [More]
(Editor’s note: ‘The Stash’ of course reffers to Viggo enormous moustache he’s sporting for his latest film, ‘Alatriste’ -Xo)
Tickets to the stage adaptation of JRRT’s Lord of the Rings are now available online and by phone or in-person. [More]
Ringer Spy elfmolester sends along these images from this past weekends Tolcon in Seattle. The event featured Kiran Shah, Ted Nasmith and more. [More]
Jan from the Houston Symphony writes: Tickets are now on sale for the Houston Symphony’s performances of Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony. Friday, July 8, 2005, 7:30 PM and Saturday, July 9, 2005 7:30 PM. [More]
Jan from the Houston Symphony writes: Tickets are now on sale for the Houston Symphony’s performances of Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony.
Friday, July 8, 2005, 7:30 PM and Saturday, July 9, 2005 7:30 PM
Jones Hall
615 Louisiana
Houston, Texas 77002
Alastair Willis, conductor
Houston Symphony Chorus
Charles Hausmann, director
Houston Children’s Chorus
Stephen Roddy, founder and director
Kaitlyn Lusk, lyric soprano
Concert ticket prices are $21-$56. Tickets are available at the Houston Symphony Customer Service Center, 615 Louisiana, by phone at (713) 224-7575 and online at here.
The Houston Museum of Natural Science and the Houston Symphony are offering a family package that includes four rear orchestra level tickets to the symphony concert and four passes to the The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: The Exhibition ? all for $189. To purchase this package you must call the Houston Symphony Customer Service Center at (713)224-7575.
To learn more about the Houston Museum of Natural Science The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: The Exhibition please click here: http://www.hmns.org