Howard Shore and the LOTR Symphony - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tigerlily Gamgee · 03-28-2004, 09:04 PM

Hey all. I recently returned from my awesome trip to Columbus, OH where I got to see Howard Shore conduct the LOTR Symphony. I recommend trying to make this show if it is coming to a city near you (you can check howardshore.com for the schedule). Or, if it's not coming to a city near you, but your city has an orchestra... write them and request that they look into doing that. FredO of the fan club boards did that in Pittsburgh, and they took his advice. He now has a bunch of free tickets for the show!

Anyway, I wanted to report some stuff that Mr. Shore mentioned at his CD signing yesterday...
When asked if he was going to record the symphony to be released on CD, his answer was "yes"
He also said that they are looking into recording the whole scores for all three movies. He said that FOTR would take 3 CDs, while TTT and ROTK would take 4 CDs! Wow, I hope they do this, because I would buy it for sure!

Has anyone else been to one of these concerts? It truly was an experience. Many audience members were crying... it was beautiful! Howard Shore was truly a delight, and quite a sport as you can see here - http://www.ladyofrohan.com/shore1.JPG
Haha!
My favorite thing was that the symphony includes much music that wasn't recorded onto the sountracks, including the ever-loved "Shadowfax theme"!!!

Well, that's my report/news brief!
And here's a group of happy fans - http://www.ladyofrohan.com/shore2.JPG

Gorwingel · 03-28-2004, 09:13 PM

Well I am going to be attending one of his shows coming up in Seattle on July 17, and I can't wait

I am very happy though that you had such a great time. But I hope though that he does a signing here too, though I have heard nothing about anything of that kind.

He has always looked like such a great person, and I have of course wanted to meet him.

Oh, and I would buy the whole score. I sure hope they come out with it, because currently the scores are my favorite CD's

That photo is so great too

Tigerlily Gamgee · 03-28-2004, 09:16 PM

You may want to keep in touch with someone at the symphony about a signing being done there. They didn't advertise it at all for the Columbus show... the people who knew about it were those who asked at the concert, or those who asked an employee of the Symphony before hand. Also, it wasn't even set until about a week before the actual show. So, I'd keep on them about it, because it may not be a publicly advertised thing.

Knight of Gondor · 03-28-2004, 10:06 PM

I would REALLY want to have the entire movie score released on CD! When I'm acting out the motions of battling Uruk-hai on Amon Hen, I hate to have the music skip some stuff! Like the all-male choir when the axe-toting uruk comes down on the hobbits, but Boromir saves them by blocking the blow? Those parts were cool, but left out.

I really hope he does release them all, and I trust that all you eyes and ears out there will keep us posted.

Tigerlily Gamgee · 03-29-2004, 12:27 AM

If you are interested... I have put together a musical montage video of the Howard Shore moot. It's approx. 20 MB big, 5 minutes and 11 seconds long, and it's in Quicktime format. It'll only work correctly if you have the most recent version of Quicktime downloaded onto your computer.
If you want to view this, I beg you to right click and save it to your own computer, because I don't have the bandwidth on my server to support everyone just trying to watch it on the web.

RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE HERE

Essex · 03-29-2004, 02:53 AM

I'm going to the concert at the royal festival hall in London on May 23rd. Anyone else going?

This should make an excellent end to the weekend as it's the day after the cup final. (as long as we beat the mancs on saturday)

Lûthien Nénharma · 06-21-2004, 06:28 PM

I am at the time being learning how to play into the west..IT ROCKS!

Lathriel · 06-23-2004, 02:09 PM

I ENVY ALL OF YOU!!! You are so lucky, I would love to go but when he visited Canada he only went to Montreal, he didn't even come out to Calgary, AB or some other place out West. If he had gone to Vancouver I would probably have begged my fammily for tickets because it is not too far, however Montreal is. I guess I will have to write an e-mail after I come back from vacation, but I don't know if Calgary's philharmonic orchestra is big enough.

Although I envy you guys good for you that you were able to go.

Gorwingel · 07-17-2004, 04:41 PM

Well I will be attending the Symphony in Seattle tonight

I of course will be offering a full report tomorrow, and I can't wait

Gorwingel · 07-19-2004, 11:49 PM

Well, I'm back and I had a very good time

I don't know where to start, but it was very cool. One interesting thing was that we ended up in seats only about 8 feet from the stage! We couldn't really see the choir in the back, but we did have a great view of Howard, I could even read some of the music, and I saw that his coat had pink lining! (which I found to be quite surprising)

The music was wonderful and they did a great job. The Symphony looked like they were having a great time. The entire first half consisted of the music from Fellowship, and then the second half TTT and ROTK. The drawings by Alan Lee were cool (because many of them looked like they had been specifically drawn for the Symphony), but at times I did find it to be overkill. My favorite musical part has to be "Return of the King" from ROTK. It is my absolute favorite part on the soundtrack and it was performed wonderfully during the concert.

The choir was wonderful, the symphony was wonderful, and we gave them an about 5 minute standing ovation. It was a wonderful evening

Well now I'm off to San Diego for Comic-Con. I will be gone for two weeks, but I will write when I come back.
See Ya!

Mariska Greenleaf · 07-20-2004, 07:15 AM

Well, it's good to hear that you enjoyed it, Gorwingel!
You were apparently lucky with your seats, which wasn't the case for me, we had lousy seats, but because so many people didn't show up (can you believe that???), we were allowed to move a little closer. But that was still far away...

We could perfectly see the drawings though. You know that every time there is a performance they do so with the "local" orchestra? I must say, no matter how much I liked it, that the belgian musicians often made mistakes, especially the picollo solo (not sure it is a picollo, but I'm talking about the Shire theme) was very trembling and sometimes out of key, because the man who played it was obviously very nervous...

03-28-2004, 09:04 PM	#1
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Howard Shore and the LOTR Symphony Hey all. I recently returned from my awesome trip to Columbus, OH where I got to see Howard Shore conduct the LOTR Symphony. I recommend trying to make this show if it is coming to a city near you (you can check howardshore.com for the schedule). Or, if it's not coming to a city near you, but your city has an orchestra... write them and request that they look into doing that. FredO of the fan club boards did that in Pittsburgh, and they took his advice. He now has a bunch of free tickets for the show! Anyway, I wanted to report some stuff that Mr. Shore mentioned at his CD signing yesterday... When asked if he was going to record the symphony to be released on CD, his answer was "yes" He also said that they are looking into recording the whole scores for all three movies. He said that FOTR would take 3 CDs, while TTT and ROTK would take 4 CDs! Wow, I hope they do this, because I would buy it for sure! Has anyone else been to one of these concerts? It truly was an experience. Many audience members were crying... it was beautiful! Howard Shore was truly a delight, and quite a sport as you can see here - http://www.ladyofrohan.com/shore1.JPG Haha! My favorite thing was that the symphony includes much music that wasn't recorded onto the sountracks, including the ever-loved "Shadowfax theme"!!! Well, that's my report/news brief! And here's a group of happy fans - http://www.ladyofrohan.com/shore2.JPG __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

03-28-2004, 09:13 PM	#2
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,419	Well I am going to be attending one of his shows coming up in Seattle on July 17, and I can't wait I am very happy though that you had such a great time. But I hope though that he does a signing here too, though I have heard nothing about anything of that kind. He has always looked like such a great person, and I have of course wanted to meet him. Oh, and I would buy the whole score. I sure hope they come out with it, because currently the scores are my favorite CD's That photo is so great too __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

03-28-2004, 09:16 PM	#3
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	You may want to keep in touch with someone at the symphony about a signing being done there. They didn't advertise it at all for the Columbus show... the people who knew about it were those who asked at the concert, or those who asked an employee of the Symphony before hand. Also, it wasn't even set until about a week before the actual show. So, I'd keep on them about it, because it may not be a publicly advertised thing. __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

03-28-2004, 10:06 PM	#4
Knight of Gondor Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 744	I would REALLY want to have the entire movie score released on CD! When I'm acting out the motions of battling Uruk-hai on Amon Hen, I hate to have the music skip some stuff! Like the all-male choir when the axe-toting uruk comes down on the hobbits, but Boromir saves them by blocking the blow? Those parts were cool, but left out. I really hope he does release them all, and I trust that all you eyes and ears out there will keep us posted. __________________ Eagerly awaiting the REAL Return of the King - Jesus Christ! Revelation 19:11-16

03-29-2004, 12:27 AM	#5
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	If you are interested... I have put together a musical montage video of the Howard Shore moot. It's approx. 20 MB big, 5 minutes and 11 seconds long, and it's in Quicktime format. It'll only work correctly if you have the most recent version of Quicktime downloaded onto your computer. If you want to view this, I beg you to right click and save it to your own computer, because I don't have the bandwidth on my server to support everyone just trying to watch it on the web. RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE HERE __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

03-29-2004, 02:53 AM	#6
Essex Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 886	I'm going to the concert at the royal festival hall in London on May 23rd. Anyone else going? This should make an excellent end to the weekend as it's the day after the cup final. (as long as we beat the mancs on saturday)

06-21-2004, 06:28 PM	#7
Lûthien Nénharma Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Rivendell, Middle Earth Posts: 23	Howard Shore I am at the time being learning how to play into the west..IT ROCKS! __________________ I would rather share one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone ~Arwen~

06-23-2004, 02:09 PM	#8
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	I ENVY ALL OF YOU!!! You are so lucky, I would love to go but when he visited Canada he only went to Montreal, he didn't even come out to Calgary, AB or some other place out West. If he had gone to Vancouver I would probably have begged my fammily for tickets because it is not too far, however Montreal is. I guess I will have to write an e-mail after I come back from vacation, but I don't know if Calgary's philharmonic orchestra is big enough. Although I envy you guys good for you that you were able to go. __________________ Back again

07-17-2004, 04:41 PM	#9
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,419	Well I will be attending the Symphony in Seattle tonight I of course will be offering a full report tomorrow, and I can't wait __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

07-19-2004, 11:49 PM	#10
Gorwingel Beholder of the Mists Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now Posts: 1,419	Well, I'm back and I had a very good time I don't know where to start, but it was very cool. One interesting thing was that we ended up in seats only about 8 feet from the stage! We couldn't really see the choir in the back, but we did have a great view of Howard, I could even read some of the music, and I saw that his coat had pink lining! (which I found to be quite surprising) The music was wonderful and they did a great job. The Symphony looked like they were having a great time. The entire first half consisted of the music from Fellowship, and then the second half TTT and ROTK. The drawings by Alan Lee were cool (because many of them looked like they had been specifically drawn for the Symphony), but at times I did find it to be overkill. My favorite musical part has to be "Return of the King" from ROTK. It is my absolute favorite part on the soundtrack and it was performed wonderfully during the concert. The choir was wonderful, the symphony was wonderful, and we gave them an about 5 minute standing ovation. It was a wonderful evening Well now I'm off to San Diego for Comic-Con. I will be gone for two weeks, but I will write when I come back. See Ya! __________________ Wanted - Wonderfully witty quote that consists of pure brilliance

07-20-2004, 07:15 AM	#11
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Well, it's good to hear that you enjoyed it, Gorwingel! You were apparently lucky with your seats, which wasn't the case for me, we had lousy seats, but because so many people didn't show up (can you believe that???), we were allowed to move a little closer. But that was still far away... We could perfectly see the drawings though. You know that every time there is a performance they do so with the "local" orchestra? I must say, no matter how much I liked it, that the belgian musicians often made mistakes, especially the picollo solo (not sure it is a picollo, but I'm talking about the Shire theme) was very trembling and sometimes out of key, because the man who played it was obviously very nervous... __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.