Track-by-Track: Soundtrack Discussion and Analysis - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Tennis Ball Kid · 09-12-2005, 09:51 PM

Congrats, Lathriel.

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Just a sidenote: It would seem to me that the title "A Storm Is Coming" goes far better with track 2 than with track 1. Track 2 ("Hope and Memory") seems to embody the message musically of "A Storm Is Coming."

I'm not sure what you mean here...could you elaborate?

I don't quite understand "A Storm Is Coming" being the title for this track, given that it is a line in the film (EE only), and has nothing to do with the opening scene.

"Hope And Memory" I'll comment on when we get to that track...

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Elladan and Elrohir · 09-13-2005, 09:33 PM

Heh, sorry. What I was trying to say is that I think the title "A Storm is Coming" fits track 2 better, because the music of track 2 embodies the essence of that title. Whenever I hear it, I think, "Now that's what 'A Storm is Coming' sounds like in Howard Shore terms." Hope that's clearer.

In a nutshell, I'm just saying that track 1's title should, IMHO, be given to track 2. For that matter, track 2's title could almost be given to track 1.

Boy, I hope that gets understood.

The Tennis Ball Kid · 09-16-2005, 09:48 AM

I don't think anyone will mind this slight sidetrack....

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Shore's Rings Complete Recordings Coming
Source: Reprise Records
September 16, 2005

The complete Oscar and Grammy winning score to "The Fellowship of the Ring," from the epic film trilogy "The Lord of the Rings," will be available in a deluxe four-disc edition from Reprise/WMG Soundtracks on November 22nd, 2005.

This historic release contains over 180 minutes of music on three CDs, comprising the full score of the 2001 film, composed by Howard Shore. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Complete Recordings" marks the first edition of the three complete recording releases of the film trilogy whose score has been honored with three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. This deluxe set also includes exclusive new artwork, packaging, and extensive liner notes culled from "The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films," to be published in 2006. Enya's song "May It Be," which received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song and which she performed at the Academy Awards ceremony, is contained on "The Complete Recordings" within all-new selection titles that reflect the complete score being released in its entirety for the first time.

Says "The Lord of the Rings" director, Peter Jackson, "No matter how many great performances or exciting visuals we put together for the movie, we found that it was all somewhat two dimensional until we added the emotional heart of Howard Shore's music. Then, and only then, did the film come to life."

Added Paul Broucek, Executive Vice President of Music at New Line Cinema, "Listening to the breathtaking music Howard Shore created is like seeing the movie time and time again. You just close your eyes, open your ears and the whole film unfolds before you. Howard's work is incredibly visual, evocative and narrative."

Composer of over sixty film scores, Howard Shore brought a lifetime of experience to creating the epochal soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Shore used Tolkien's texts and drew from multiple periods throughout music history to evoke the book's enchanted worlds. He developed over 80 leitmotifs to describe the cultures of Middle-earth. Collaborating with authors/lyrists Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, he composed choral music including the Tolkien-created languages for the Elves (Quenya and Sindarin), the Dwarves (Khuzdûl), Men (Adûnaic) and the evil cultures of Mordor (Black Speech). The result was a movie music breakthrough that has been followed by such subsequent triumphs by Shore as The Aviator, Gangs of New York, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and "The Return of the King." "The Lord Of The Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra and Chorus," a two-hour work based on the twelve hours of score composed for the film trilogy, has been performed in over 70 concerts in cities all over the world.

Composed for symphony orchestra and three separate choirs, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Complete Recordings" highlights two original compositions by the multi-platinum Irish recording artist, Enya, including "Aníron (Theme for Aragorn and Arwen)" and "May It Be." Also featured in the score are solo performances by Elizabeth Fraser, Edward Ross, Mabel Faletolu as well as cast members Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan.

The fourth disc will present "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Complete Recordings" in 5.1 Surround Sound in DVD format. The set will also include exclusive new artwork, packaging, and extensive liner notes: "The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films -- Part I: The Fellowship of the Ring" by author Doug Adams.

"Appropriately enough for the film adaptation of one of fantasy literature's most enduring favorites," wrote the All Music Guide, "Howard Shore's score for Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' is traditional and majestic, using sweeping strings, brass and choral sections to create moments of fire-and-brimstone menace as well heroic triumph."

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Elladan and Elrohir · 09-16-2005, 12:39 PM

WOOHOO!!!

Sure, we knew it was probably coming sooner or later, but man, that's awesome! Now, along with saving up to buy the Extended Edition Collector's Gift Sets, I can also start saving up for the Complete Music Soundtracks! Bravo!

Encaitare · 09-16-2005, 03:12 PM

That full-score box set sounds awesome... I'd better start scrounging for money.

This track is, of course, from the part when Pippin goes off with Gandalf to Minas Tirith, leaving Merry behind. We have strings playing a hobbity tune that I think I recall from FotR, and the clarinet plays a sad variant of the Fellowship theme. The music then grows, beginning to introduce the Minas Tirith theme. This is followed by the Rohan theme on French horn, and a closing mainly on strings. (It's a short track, and pretty straightforward.)

As E&E brought up, the title of the track doesn't really make sense to me. I guess it could correspond with the scene in the EE, in which Merry talks about how he and Pippin used to do everything together. That could be the "memory" and Gandalf taking Pippin away could be the "hope," but it's a stretch.

Lathriel · 09-17-2005, 05:38 PM

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!! (about the CD set)ok, I better now.

I will also have to begin scrounging money together.

Hope and Memory...nice and short. I like how it begins so urgently and then the music slows down for the hobbit theme then it speeds up,only to slow down again for a version of the fellowship theme/Minas Tirith theme. I like how these two themes are woven together into one track.

Maybe it is called Hope because Gandalf and Merry Hope to arrive at Minas Tirith in time and Memory because Merry remembers when he and Pippin were in the Shire and how he had always looked out for Pippin.(He tells Aragorn this in the EE I think)

The Tennis Ball Kid · 09-17-2005, 06:24 PM

I think the "Hope" comes from the alternate cut of this scene, if you'll recall the theatrical trailer, there was a version of this scene where Merry says "You will see the Shire again"; Shore probably named the track at a point when they were still using it. And the memory part is fairly straight-forward then, pertaining to Merry remembering....

As for the music, it's lovely, one of the few tracks that can actually bring a tear to my eye. You can just feel Merry and Pippin's agony at being seperated.

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09-13-2005, 09:33 PM	#2
Elladan and Elrohir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Halls of Mandos Posts: 332	Heh, sorry. What I was trying to say is that I think the title "A Storm is Coming" fits track 2 better, because the music of track 2 embodies the essence of that title. Whenever I hear it, I think, "Now that's what 'A Storm is Coming' sounds like in Howard Shore terms." Hope that's clearer. In a nutshell, I'm just saying that track 1's title should, IMHO, be given to track 2. For that matter, track 2's title could almost be given to track 1. Boy, I hope that gets understood. __________________ "If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door." THE HOBBIT - IT'S COMING

09-16-2005, 12:39 PM	#4
Elladan and Elrohir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Halls of Mandos Posts: 332	WOOHOO!!! Sure, we knew it was probably coming sooner or later, but man, that's awesome! Now, along with saving up to buy the Extended Edition Collector's Gift Sets, I can also start saving up for the Complete Music Soundtracks! Bravo! __________________ "If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door." THE HOBBIT - IT'S COMING

09-16-2005, 03:12 PM	#5
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Track 2: Hope and Memory That full-score box set sounds awesome... I'd better start scrounging for money. This track is, of course, from the part when Pippin goes off with Gandalf to Minas Tirith, leaving Merry behind. We have strings playing a hobbity tune that I think I recall from FotR, and the clarinet plays a sad variant of the Fellowship theme. The music then grows, beginning to introduce the Minas Tirith theme. This is followed by the Rohan theme on French horn, and a closing mainly on strings. (It's a short track, and pretty straightforward.) As E&E brought up, the title of the track doesn't really make sense to me. I guess it could correspond with the scene in the EE, in which Merry talks about how he and Pippin used to do everything together. That could be the "memory" and Gandalf taking Pippin away could be the "hope," but it's a stretch.

09-17-2005, 05:38 PM	#6
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!! (about the CD set)ok, I better now. I will also have to begin scrounging money together. Hope and Memory...nice and short. I like how it begins so urgently and then the music slows down for the hobbit theme then it speeds up,only to slow down again for a version of the fellowship theme/Minas Tirith theme. I like how these two themes are woven together into one track. Maybe it is called Hope because Gandalf and Merry Hope to arrive at Minas Tirith in time and Memory because Merry remembers when he and Pippin were in the Shire and how he had always looked out for Pippin.(He tells Aragorn this in the EE I think) __________________ Back again

09-17-2005, 06:24 PM	#7
The Tennis Ball Kid Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 38	I think the "Hope" comes from the alternate cut of this scene, if you'll recall the theatrical trailer, there was a version of this scene where Merry says "You will see the Shire again"; Shore probably named the track at a point when they were still using it. And the memory part is fairly straight-forward then, pertaining to Merry remembering.... As for the music, it's lovely, one of the few tracks that can actually bring a tear to my eye. You can just feel Merry and Pippin's agony at being seperated. ttbk