ITT We discuss the best parts of the Lord of the Rings film score
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Lightning of the Beacons (Return of the King Complete Recordings) is the most incredible thing ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUWRmyg4Emo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUWRmyg4Emo&feature=related
This is true, but I find that diversity is kinda signposted blatantly throughout (imho), like "THIS IS THE VIOLENT WAR TYPE MUSIC" or "THIS IS THE MYSTERIOUS THEME" or "HERE'S THE LOVABLE FELLOWSHIP THEME AGAIN"... it feels very paint by numbers to me, as a whole, although the individual parts function well enough. I also felt there was not enough sufficient leitmotivic development through the score(s), which is odd considering it's a leitmotif-driven score. Why introduce all these themes if you barely develop them? He repeats them almost verbatim scored in the exact same way(s) each time, more or less.Branduil said:
But that's because I'm a huge fan and proponent of leitmotivic development through a film score, and it's why I'll always prefer something, like, say, The Face of Voldemort from Harry Potter over a well composed but ultimately superficial (imho) sequence of evocative orchestral notes.
It's ironic really, I feel; it's like the 'twinkling music' of a kids' film (Harry Potter) is less "childish" than an epic medieval war adventure (LOTR).
MagicJackBauer
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HP is not a kids book.BowieZ said:
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There's a song/theme from the movies that I believe played in each of them, and I can't for the life of me find the right song.
It's got this almost elfish 'heavenly' vibe going on with it, yet it's also none of the songs on this thread. I may have to dig up one of the movies to find it.
I'm pretty sure it pops up when something magical or good happens from time to time. It almost sounds like that Evanstar one.
It's got this almost elfish 'heavenly' vibe going on with it, yet it's also none of the songs on this thread. I may have to dig up one of the movies to find it.
I'm pretty sure it pops up when something magical or good happens from time to time. It almost sounds like that Evanstar one.
British Monsoon
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I hate the awful Irish sounding Hobbit theme - I have no idea how anyone reading the books could get the impression that the Hobbits were ever intended to be based on the Irish. The Shire and it's inhabitants in Tolkien's text clearly draw on the quintessentially English countryside village - yet whenever Hobbits are in frame in Peter Jackson's films, Irish pipes and Penny Whistles are the soundtracks focus, not to mention the fact that Pippin & Merry have been turned into Irish buffoons in some misguided attempt at comic relief.
Also, the small snatch you hear of 'The Road Goes Ever On' in the film is laughable - in the movie it's a jaunty Hobbit travelling song, yet in the books it always seemed to me to be a much more melancholic song tinged with regret and longing. Just another example of why the 1981 BBC Radio adaption has yet to be surpassed;
http://www.youtube.com/user/RingsradioDrama
Also, the small snatch you hear of 'The Road Goes Ever On' in the film is laughable - in the movie it's a jaunty Hobbit travelling song, yet in the books it always seemed to me to be a much more melancholic song tinged with regret and longing. Just another example of why the 1981 BBC Radio adaption has yet to be surpassed;
http://www.youtube.com/user/RingsradioDrama
British Monsoon
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Monocle said:
I guess so, and laughable was proably too strong a dismissal in retrospect, it just seemed to me another example of Jackson & co misunderstanding the source material - the points where the poem appears in the book (Bilbo leaving Bag End, Frodo & the Hobbits leaving the Shire, Bilbo on the way to the Grey Havens) make it clear that it's a somewhat mournful tune, which makes it all the more perplexing to me that they'd use it as a jaunty travelling song when a more appropriate song like 'Upon the Hearth' is already available.
DrForester
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Been such a long time since I listened to the score, but I remember my favorite ones being:
Concerning Hobbits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV9IZW8F1u8
Journey In The Dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_jJmQWs7nk
Really love how it slowly picks up at about 2:25 to about 3:30. Really enjoyed the Moria bits in the movie.
Forth Eorlingas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESnMzQZubKg
Music really matched the scene. Found the latter portion pretty powerful, esp near 2:40.
For people looking for the Da Daaaa Dun Dun Dunnnnnn theme, this one has a good piece of it at the very beginning:
The Bridge Of Khazad Dum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hss1puOeBmU
Concerning Hobbits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV9IZW8F1u8
Journey In The Dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_jJmQWs7nk
Really love how it slowly picks up at about 2:25 to about 3:30. Really enjoyed the Moria bits in the movie.
Forth Eorlingas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESnMzQZubKg
Music really matched the scene. Found the latter portion pretty powerful, esp near 2:40.
For people looking for the Da Daaaa Dun Dun Dunnnnnn theme, this one has a good piece of it at the very beginning:
The Bridge Of Khazad Dum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hss1puOeBmU
Dabookerman
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Yeah!
Went to see The Two Towers yesterday at the Royal Albert Hall. Movie was played with ALL the music played by a live 200 person orchestra. It was epic.
Battle of the Pelennor Fields. FUCK YEAH
Stunning piece of music.
Oh and one of the most EPIC pieces of climactic music EVER.
The Crack of Doom.
WyndhamPrice
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Dabookerman said:
That sounds like so much fun. I know they did that at Radio City Music Hall in NY but I missed it. I wish it would come to Philadelphia.
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