Smeagirl and many other fans sent along this email from HarperCollins: As a registered member of the official HarperCollins site for J.R.R. Tolkien, we wanted to give you the best opportunity possible to take advantage of a forthcoming, special signed and limited edition of his final masterpiece – The Children Of Húrin. The book is an essential for all Tolkien fans and represents a unique opportunity, with only 500 being printed. Click here to register your interest or read on for more information. As you are doubtless aware, The Children Of Húrin was completed by his son Christopher last year and the special signed and limited edition is being released in conjunction with the Tolkien estate and publisher HarperCollins. Continue reading “HarperCollins Offers Signed Limited Editions of ‘The Children Of Húrin’!”
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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!”
Nick Lyons writes: I just had a new book published titled FIREBREATHING FANTAYS TRIVIA. I thought your readers might be interested in the book as it contains LOTR questions. Here is a press release for the book to give you an idea of what it is about: Newington, CT. – Fantasy fans will soon have a new way to test their knowledge with the new release from Ladder Press, Firebreathing Fantasy Trivia.
Inside these pages, readers will find hundreds of trivia, clue, fill-in-the-blank, and multiple choice questions. In addition, there are drawing and acting games for two or more players. From Potter, Pirates, and Princesses to Muppets, Magic, and Monty Python, this trivia book contains questions from timeless Fantasy film and television classics to new favorites. Order ‘Firebreathing Fantasy Trivia’ on Amazon.com Today!
Looking for a chance to win a LOTR item from Sideshow Collectibles? Sideshow has just launched their ‘Thanks for Collecting‘ giveaway in which a prize is awarded each day until Nov 22nd. Among the prizes are a Lurtz Premium Format Figure, a King of the Dead Crown and the highly-sought after Minas Morgul Environment. For complete details on how to participate, jump on over to SideshowCollectibles.com. [Learn More…]
From the folks at WETA: Our big news is that Richard Taylor, that head of Weta Workshop was inducted into the Massey University Hall of Fame in the weekend. Richard attended the Wellington based University before starting up Weta. Here are this week’s other highlights for your news:
Weta’s work on Australian kids television show [More]
Becoming King Kong exhibition in its final days [More]
Rayguns for ‘the geek who has everything’
Figures.com interviews Sculptors behind Hellgate: London figures [More]
Behind the scenes: King Kong concept design explained
Wacky Dr Grordborts creates a two headed character
Mini Raygun prize pack competition winners announced