When director Peter Jackson asked Howard Shore to compose the score for “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, Shore studied J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world before beginning four years of writing music. At a Master’s Tea Tuesday afternoon, Shore shared insights about composing, orchestrating, conducting and producing more than ten hours of music to accompany “The Lord of the Rings” films in front of more than 100 students in the Branford College common room. The Academy Award-winning composer, who also wrote the scores for “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “Doubt,” among others, also told stories about working on other genres of music before his venture into cinema. Shore began the talk by describing his first encounters with music. From the beginning, his clarinet teacher felt it was important that he learn music composition techniques such as harmony and counterpoint, he said. By the time Shore was 11 years old, he was already writing small pieces. Shore shares insights on ‘Rings’ trilogy
Category: Movie Fellowship of the Ring
To my delight, while flipping through channels on the TV tonight, I came across The Fellowship of the Ring playing on TNT. Sure enough, after checking their site, they’re doing another Lord of the Rings Marathon this weekend. The Two Towers will play tomorrow night (Saturday) at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Then, as is their custom, they will play all three movies on Sunday. The Fellowship of the Ring will start at 11:30 a.m. EST on Sunday, culminating with The Return of the King at 7:00 p.m. EST. If you live in the U.S. and have cable or satellite TV, be sure and take this opportunity to revisit Middle-earth. Read More
Elven x sends this in: This week’s guest on Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib is Michael Regina from TORN (our own Xoanon) And with lots to talk about and a full summary of what’s been happening in the realms of Middle-Earth Please feel free to comment on the show and the discussion! Fictional Frontiers is aired Sundays at 11am Philadelphia time. You can listen online at WJNC1360AM Philadelphia, listen to the podcasts, or visit the Fictional Frontiers website.
From The Londonist: How many times have you been sitting at home, hungover, on a Sunday thinking to yourself “If only there was a film marathon where I could be catching up on my hobbit and elf movie watching”? If you’re like us, you think that virtually every weekend. Well, you are in luck. The Roxy Bar & Screen is hosting a series of film doubles and trebles, and they’ve just announced their newest lineup for 22 February. All the Lord of the Rings films. In one day. We adore a movie marathon, and think this one sounds fantastic. Preview: Lord of The Rings Mega Marathon
Susanne sends along this link to an hilarious collection of spoof movie posters with a LOTR theme, featured over at empireonline.com. From the website: “We asked our readers to mash up classic film posters and a given theme, and they answered in droves. See the best of the best here: you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be appalled at the punning…” More…
French Ringers, and anyone in the vicinity of the City of Lights in late January, will be able to catch a showing of the theatrical versions of all three Lord of the Rings movies at the Cinéma Abel Gance in Courbevoie. The festivities will begin at 20:00 on the 24th of January and continue into the next morning. Breakfast (or second breakfast) will be offered by the cinema for those brave enough to make it to the end of the marathon. A great opportunity to see the trilogy again on the big screen! Advanced reservations are recommended. Read More