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ScoreKeeper Gives You A Heads Up About The Forthcoming LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING Complete Recordings CD Release!!

Great score by kwisatzhaderach	Oct 30th, 2007 08:37:31 AM
Especially the Gondor theme. In fact the music was probably the best thing about the films, on reflection.
I picked the first two when they were on sale ... by chrth	Oct 30th, 2007 08:37:54 AM
earlier this year on Amazon (back in August). Great deal, great albums. Definitely worth it.
Howard Shore interview by pacino33	Oct 30th, 2007 09:11:31 AM
Great review of this tremendous achievement from Shore. You can hear my interview with Howard SHore, as he discusses his working relationship with David Cronenberg and his epic 'Lord of the Rings' scores by visiting: http://blogtalkradio.com/hostp age.aspx?show_id=50081
One thing I love about Scorekeeper's articles... by Osmosis Jones	Oct 30th, 2007 09:19:17 AM
...is that he always links to EVERY ONE of his previous articles. Great idea for a site without a fucking SERACH FUNCTION.
That's "search" by Osmosis Jones	Oct 30th, 2007 09:19:37 AM
Fuck...
Osmosis Jones: There's a Search function by chrth	Oct 30th, 2007 09:21:30 AM
Not a good one, mind you. Nor an accurate one. But considering the site it's on, I find it appropriate.
Want this. by Nordling	Oct 30th, 2007 09:38:13 AM
Alas, must wait until after Christmas.
Try www.howardshore.com instead by dapaschad	Oct 30th, 2007 11:51:02 AM
The soundtrack-site has not been updated yet.
CASH COW by bythehairofsanjaya	Oct 30th, 2007 12:14:35 PM
Well I wondered when the ole cash cow would start mooing again. Although I will have to admit I enjoy my Minas Tirith scale model. Only 30 years from now when I'm really senile I'll have to ask myself: "Why do you have a miniture bust of Cate Blanchet on your book shelf?"
can we get all of Golum's dialogue on audio track? by Doctor Zoidberg	Oct 30th, 2007 12:28:31 PM

I still have to get The Two Towers: The Complete Recordings by Mr_Incredible	Oct 30th, 2007 12:36:02 PM
It was never released in shops over her (that would be the Netherlands) as far as I know. At least, not where I live. The only option was to buy it online, which I kept delaying. Mainly because of the price. But now that The Return of the King: The Complete Recordings is around the corner, I will get them both at the same time.
This release marks the best day of the year by Evil Hobbit	Oct 30th, 2007 01:12:06 PM
Can't wait to get this precious in my hands. After this the Lotr movie journey realy ends. Perhaps someday Howard will come close to Holland again for a symphony concert but other then that it's realy over. To me the RotK score marks the best conclusion for a musical masterpiece imaginable. November 6 can't come soon enough!
Yawn by Abominable Snowcone	Oct 30th, 2007 02:12:44 PM
The trilogy wasn't bad. I enjoyed watching them. Once. Can't bring myself to watching them again.
BUY!! BUY!!! BUY!! by Tal111	Oct 30th, 2007 03:38:44 PM
You little consumers you!! Don't wait and then when a special deluxe collectors edition is released buy that too....you need to have everything!! Coming soon- LOTR Special Edition Adult Diapers AND LOTR Special Edition Imaginary Girlfriend.
You can read the rest of this article at... by Gus Van Rant	Oct 30th, 2007 04:34:31 PM
WhoGivesAShit.com
Don't forget to add the name Elizabeth Fraser by seppukudkurosawa	Oct 30th, 2007 07:39:59 PM
to the list of contributors to the LOTR scores. Every time someone plays a Cocteau Twins album or watches the Lord of the Rings within a square mile of me and I hear her ethereal voice fluttering to my eardrums, I stop dead in my tracks and thank fuck she was born.
OK, my man inside informs me that she didn't sing on ROTK by seppukudkurosawa	Oct 30th, 2007 07:52:06 PM
Thanks for that, Howie. My bad. Elizabeth Fraser
In other news... by duct tape wallet	Oct 30th, 2007 08:00:39 PM
Robert Goulet is dead.
? by seppukudkurosawa	Oct 30th, 2007 08:22:01 PM
That last bit of the post was meant to read Elizabeth Fraser>Annie Lennox (the ">" means Fraser's better, right? I find it hard to keep up with you kids and your crazy Internets lingo).
Great. Where's Star Wars? by Anakin Whoopass	Oct 30th, 2007 09:00:28 PM
When do we get the Star Wars prequel scores, not album edits, not concert arrangements, and not the literal "sound track" of the film as edited to fit un-scored visual changes?
Yes! by DarthJedi	Oct 30th, 2007 09:18:05 PM
Very cool. I'll hopefully get this for Christmas and round out the collection! Definitely the most expensive CD set I've ever bought, but worth every penny. Some amazing music here folks.
I'm with you Anakin by DarthJedi	Oct 30th, 2007 09:19:24 PM
Double the original trilogy on that. But I wouldn't hold your breath knowing Lucas.
Chrth, WHAT search function? by Osmosis Jones	Oct 30th, 2007 10:07:58 PM
There's a "search" box in the upper right corner, but it doesn't DO anything.
This is NOT the end! Even more of Shore's LOTR music to come!! by Admonisher	Oct 31st, 2007 01:18:12 PM
How can there be any MORE, you ask? Are these not the COMPLETE recordings? Well, yes and no. Scorekeeper mentioned Doug Adams' upcoming book "The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films", which will probably be released in time for the 2008 holiday season. What he DIDN'T mention is that special multimedia content is being produced for the book, including tons of previously unheard music. We're talking early drafts, alternate conceptions, compositions that only appeared in the theatrical-edits, and all sorts of nifty "rarities". This is all being discussed, with frequent updates from Doug, at the MovieMusic.com forums: http://www.moviemusic.com/mb/F orum1/HTML/015975.html In short, we have MUCH more to look forward to!
And the Looting of Tolkien's Corpse continues. by Ringwearer9	Oct 31st, 2007 04:14:51 PM
Yay
Is there one for Fellowship? by theycallmemrglass	Oct 31st, 2007 08:08:45 PM
I liked Gandalf singing in the Shire, and Viggo's mumbling singing while everyone was asleep!
Listen to a suite from RoTK by popcornscores	Oct 31st, 2007 08:50:22 PM
Over at www.ScoreNotes.com...an online suite and review with sound clips is available. It's a mammoth score and one that needs a time dedication to listen to it (3 hours plus).
There is indeed one for Fellowship... by Admonisher	Oct 31st, 2007 08:56:04 PM
...and Two Towers as well. Gandalf in the Shire and Aragorn singing the Lay of Luthien are indeed on the FOTR Complete Recordings, along with other vocal performances. Same for TTT -- no Gollum singing at the Forbidden Pool, though. :-)
you pitiful cynics by caveman_astronaut	Nov 1st, 2007 06:08:11 AM
crack me up. Waaaah they changed too much from the books!!! Waaah I'm too cool for this series. Waaah star wars is better! Did i leave anything out? Bottom line, it's a good soundtrack, whether you saw the movies or not. Enjoy it or get the fudge out and lets those of us who are interested discuss it among ourselves in peace, you pathetic message board obsessed trolls. Peace.
ROTK CD Release Date Pushed Back by ScoreKeeper	Nov 1st, 2007 09:34:32 AM
I just got word that the release date for this set has been pushed back until November 20th.
Yeah, pushed back due to the California wildfires... by Admonisher	Nov 2nd, 2007 12:30:41 PM
Apparently the manufacturing plant in CA had to temporarily shut down. A shame, but understandable.

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