The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Complete Recordings An epic film score receives epic treatment with The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring/Complete Recordings. Released for the first time on CD, the complete score for the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy contains more than 180 minutes of music on three CDs plus a DVD-Audio disc of the entire score in Surround Sound. Breathtaking and majestic, the 2001 Oscar and Grammy winning score compsted by Howard Shore also includes Enya’s Oscar nominated “May It Be.” For fans of any of The Lord of the Rings films, the Fellowship of the Ring/Complete Recordings is an essential experience. [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]

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Andrew sends along this announcement: New York University’s The Gallatin Film Series, The Tisch School of the Arts & Andrew Vannata present The Lord of the Rings:

FOTR: September 24, 2004 6:00 pm
TTT: October 1, 2004 6:00 pm
ROTK: October 8, 2004 6:00 pm

Cantor Film Center
36 East 8th Street
at University Place

Open to All
Free Admission
Seating First Come Basis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Movie and music mogul Saul Zaentz has sued the studio behind the hit “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy for more than $20 million in unpaid royalties, Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported on Thursday. Zaentz’s claim against New Line Cinema, a unit of Time Warner Inc., was spelled out in a complaint filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the paper said. [More]