The Guild of Canadian Film Composers will present a fascinating discussion on Howard Shore’s Academy Award winning music with three distinguished panelists: Genie award-winning composer and President of the Guild of Canadian Film Composers, Christopher Dedrick; Howard Dyck, CBC host of Choral Concert, Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, and Artistic Director of the Kitchener Waterloo Philharmonic Choir’s presentation of The Lord of the Rings Symphony and Doug Adams, author of The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films. The “trialogue” will take place at 5:30 p.m. prior to the evening performance of The Lord of the Rings Symphony in the South Lobby of Roy Thomson Hall, Sunday, June 5, Toronto. [More]
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Vicki Shane writes: Canadian artist Ted Nasmith is at the top of his game with a new book, and several new projects in the offing. And his friends (and fellow artists) will tell you there is no one more deserving. Ted Nasmith is not only an exceptionally talented artist he is also a very nice man. I had the opportunity to catch up with him recently at his studio. [More]
From orsymphony.org: The musical journey to Middle Earth begins. This concert event features more than 200 musicians performing music from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Illustrations and storyboards projected above the stage guide the audience in this otherworldly quest for one ring to rule them all. Tickets start at $15 [More]
The music in the Lord of the Rings has been voted the greatest movie soundtrack of all time. A poll by Classic FM gave 44,000 listeners the chance to vote for their favourite movie tunes. [More]
World famous – in New Zealand and sometimes out. Grant Smithies casts a critical eye over NZ pop culture’s most significant figures. People say the best way to understand any country is to become familiar with its great painters, poets, novelists and composers. Not true. To find out how any nation really ticks, go directly to its popular culture…Whenever the conversation turns to local movies, one film-maker bestrides the local landscape like King Kong, namely Peter Jackson. [More]
If you’re a Star Wars fan, pop along to #moviechat on the TORn IRC server and join in our ‘Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi’ viewing party! We’ll be starting in just under an hour and then watching the film together. [Join the chat!] (Once in the main channel, type /join #moviechat )