Symphony orchestras don’t often face such strong demand that they have to add extra concert dates. But that’s what’s been happening when orchestras present the symphonic arrangement of Howard Shore’s music for “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy. The Seattle Symphony, for one, announced one performance but had to add three more after demand outstripped supply. [More]
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Hobbit rap mega-stars Quickbeam and Bombadil, known throughout the lands as Lords of the Rhymes, will release ‘Lords of the Rhymes: Ye untolde tale’ next month, and will offer concertgoers a sneak preview of the film at their upcoming show at Lit on August 6. [More]
On July 29, 1954 publisher George Allen & Unwin published the first edition of The Fellowship of the Ring in Great Britain, an edition of 3,500 copies. An American edition from Houghton-Mifflin followed in October, 1954. In behalf of the staff and readers of TheOneRing.net, from fans world wide, from all those lives that have been touched by this work we celebrate this remarkable book that only improves with age. Happy Golden Anniversary!
According to The Hollywood Reporter Jamie Bell (If I am not mistaken best known for his part in ‘Billy Elliot’) and Evan Parke (‘Planet of the Apes’) have joined the cast for Jackson’s King Kong. Bell is set to play a young cameraman while Parke will play the first mate of ‘The Venture’, the boat sailing towards Skull Island. [More]
David Baxter writes: Hugo award winning science fiction author and futurist Vernor Vinge wrote a story in 1967 called “The Apprentice” where the protagonist stole computer time from a corporation in order to make a completely computer generated version of LOTR. It has been reprinted in “The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge”. Fans should check it out. It’s short but sweet.
Laurelinthegolden writes: I just received issue #16 of the LOTR Fan Club magazine, and it’s reported Howard Shore will come out with a NINE disc set with the complete scores to each movie. 2 discs for FoTR, 3 each for TTT and RoTK, and the last disc featuring unreleased rarities along with commentary from Shore. Plus, plans are in the works to release a two disc live recording of The Lord of The Rings Symphony, and a DVD which includes a documentary on the making of the symphony and a performance by the Montreal Symphony. Looks like music fans will have much to look forward to!