(July, 28, 2010\u2014New York, NY) Carpentier and Alfred Music Publishing are pleased to announce the release of The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films, a comprehensive account of Howard Shore\u2019s score for the trilogy, by Doug Adams. The book will be available in the European Union on September 28 and in the U.S. and worldwide on October 5, 2010.<\/p>\n
The culmination of almost a decade of writing and research, The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films is an unprecedented look at Howard Shore\u2019s Academy Award\u00ae-winning score, with extensive music examples, original manuscript scores, a rarities CD, and glimpses into the creative process from the composer, himself. <\/p>\n
The 416-page full-color volume features a Foreword by Howard Shore, an Introduction by The Lord of the Rings screenwriter\/producer Fran Walsh, original sketches by John Howe and Alan Lee, and numerous images from the films. Also included in the book, courtesy of Howe Records, is \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rarities Archive\u201d a CD presenting 21 tracks of previously unreleased music created for the films, and an audio interview with Howard Shore.<\/p>\n
The score for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy has been hailed as some of the greatest film music ever written. Sweeping in scope, it is a musical interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s Middle-earth\u2014an operatic tapestry of cultures, histories, languages, and people.<\/p>\n
\u201cHoward Shore\u2019s [LOTR] music has touched millions of people the world over,\u201d said Adams. \u201cIt\u2019s been my great pleasure to assemble a piece that chronicles the creation of this music, and examines exactly how it tells this classic story.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoug was a detective uncovering clues, tracing how one theme or character related to another,\u201d said Shore. \u201cHe not only shows the themes and motifs for characters, cultures, objects, and their connection to Tolkien\u2019s work, but also the ideas that were sometimes buried deep inside the writing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cResearching Shore\u2019s music has been a true adventure,\u201d described Adams. \u201cHis work is every bit as intricate and passionate as Tolkien\u2019s Middle-earth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doug Adams, a Chicago-based author and musicologist, was invited in 2001 by Howard Shore to observe and document his work on Peter Jackson\u2019s motion picture trilogy. Adams attended recording sessions, examined the original scores, and was given complete access to the composer\u2019s archives. As an acknowledged authority on Howard Shore\u2019s music, Adams has become a regular fixture at concerts and events across the globe. He runs the popular blog, www.musicoflotr.com<\/a>, which documents his work on this project and brings fans together in ongoing discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (July, 28, 2010\u2014New York, NY) Carpentier and Alfred Music Publishing are pleased to announce the release of The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[163,21,5,18],"tags":[275,1238],"class_list":["post-37706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-merchandise-books","category-shore","category-lotr-movies","category-merchandise","tag-doug-adams","tag-the-music-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-films"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-9Oa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}