The National Board of Review has awarded Howard Shore an award for Career Achievement in Film Music Composition. Take a look at the list of other award winners here. [More] [nbrmp.org]
Month: December 2005
The folks from Project-Monaghan write: we are excited to announce an auction of an awesome Lord of the Rings, Return of the King poster autographed by Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, and John Rhys-Davies. All proceeds from the auction will go to TreePeople LA, www.treepeople.org, an environmental care non-profit organization that Dominic Monaghan supports. [More]
Dan writes: SoundtrackNet takes a look at the new expansive box set containing the complete recording of Howard Shore’s award-winning score to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. “Howard Shore’s Oscar-winning, Golden Globe-winning, and Grammy Award-winning score to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was just the beginning of an epic 12-hour long Lord of the Rings saga that would catapult him to the forefront of the film music world. Now, for the first time, the complete soundtrack to the extended DVD cut of the first film has been released in one very pretty package. Each film in the trilogy has a different tone, but in hindsight, The Fellowship of the Ring stands out more than its successors: it is the one that introduces and develops the majority of the key themes that would come to play massive roles in the world of middle-Earth and our understanding of it.” [More]
Edward Douglas writes: Most people will know Andy Serkis from…No, I can’t do it. I just can’t write another of my usual generic intros for this particular interview, since I’m beyond frustrated with how little respect Andy Serkis gets from his peers. For goodness sake! Let’s give this talented actor an Oscar already! He helped create one of the most fully realized CG characters on film, as Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, but now, he’s given humanity and true emotion to a giant CGI gorilla in Peter Jackson’s remake of the monster movie classic, King Kong, and yet, he’s probably going to be ignored again. It’s bad enough that he plays the title role in the movie, yet ends up getting fourth billing. [More]
Access Hollywood was all over the red carpet premiere of King Kong in New York City. In this clip from the show they ask Andy Serkis to do a little ‘Gollum vs. Kong’ and Andy quickly corrects them and says it must be Gollum vs. Smeagol vs. Kong…an interesting thing to imagine! Take a look. (11.4MB MOV) [More]
Elijah Wood has been confirmed as a guest for ORC: One Ring Convention at the Pasadena Center in Pasadena, CA from January 20th to 22nd. 2006. Click here for ticket information! [Tickets]
Speaking of ORC, if you are an amateur artist, looking to see if you can make it in the art world, this is the perfect event for you. We are currently looking for amateur artists, who can do Children’s Animation, Illustration and Cartooning, to take on our professional Iron Artists. [More]