Magpie writes: Doug Adams, author of the the upcoming book The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films, now has a blog. He writes: This blog will serve as a one-stop web source for news, information and discussion regarding Howard Shore’s Rings scores — in addition to audio/video, rss feed, voicemail, etc. (The blog is) a chance for me to stay in touch with fans of Howard Shore’s amazing work — and, hopefully, an efficient way of keeping everyone on top of the latest comings and goings as we enter the final phase of The Music of the Lord of the Rings project. Doug Adams Blog Update
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Magpie writes: Doug Adams, author of the CR liner notes, annotated score and upcoming book on the LOTR soundtrack, has devoted his latest podcast at Film Score Monthly to the Complete Recordings of the ROTK. In the 15 minute podcast he answers questions posed by fans about the CR-ROTK including; how film edits affected the music, what scene Arwen’s Song was intended for, a question arising from his talk at ORC re: a new Ring Theme and the difference in sound for ROTK’s score (than in the first two movies) . Continue reading “Doug Adams Podcast Available”
Dan from soundtrack.net writes: With the exception of 2004, there has been a Lord of the Rings soundtrack released every year since 2001. SoundtrackNet has been there to bring our readers First Listens, Interviews and First Looks. The trilogy has finally come to a close, with this year’s release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings, and SoundtrackNet – as always – is proud to bring you our first look at the box set. ROTK: The Complete Recordings First Look
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS SET FOR RELEASE November 20, 2007 ON REPRISE/WMG SOUNDTRACKS: Howard Shore’s complete Oscar®-winning score for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, from the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, will be available for the first time in a deluxe five-disc edition from Reprise/WMG Soundtracks on November 20, 2007.
This historic release contains 3 hours and 50 minutes of music on four CDs, comprising the full score of the 2003 film. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings marks the third and final edition of the three complete recording releases of the film trilogy whose score has been honored with three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. This deluxe set includes exclusive new artwork, packaging, liner notes written by Doug Adams, author of the forthcoming book The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films, and features Annie Lennox performing the Oscar®-winning song “Into the West.” Continue reading “ROTK: The Complete Recordings Press Release”
Magpie writes: The annotated score for the Complete Recordings of the ROTK is now available online! These annotated scores are free pdfs, they contain descriptions of the music on a track by track basis. Even if you don’t yet have the Complete Recordings, you can sometimes make some assumptions of what movie music is being discussed and glean some interesting information. Continue reading “Annotated ROTK Score Online Now!”
Christopher Coleman from tracksounds.com: In addition to the new contest I emailed you about earlier re: the RETURN OF THE KING: COMPLETE RECORDINGS. We also just posted our review of said title here, suffice it to say, it received our highest rating 10/10 and it includes three soundclips. Hope you all find it news-worthy.