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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2010
    I definitely look forward to hearing it.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2010
    HOBBIT
    Almost semi-confirmed it seems
    http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2010/11 … ack-again/
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorChrK
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2011 edited
    Well, Shore's score was one of two reasons why I sat down and suffered through this abysmal movie. ****½ from me.

    The other reason were Taylor Lautner's abs. biggrin
  1. So strange that Howard Shore's thread has gone three months without an update!
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
  2. ChrK wrote
    Well, Shore's score was one of two reasons why I sat down and suffered through this abysmal movie. ****½ from me.

    The other reason were Taylor Lautner's abs. biggrin


    I did with Eclipse what I did with Dragonball Evolution. I listened the score but I didn't watched the movie.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2011
    franz_conrad wrote
    So strange that Howard Shore's thread has gone three months without an update!

    Not so strange if you consider that there hasn't been an update with a worthwhile score from him for some years now.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
  3. He shore doesn't seem to be composing these days. wink
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2011
    biggrin
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorScribe
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2011
    Oh my goodness........ rolleyes smile
    I love you all. Never change. Well, unless you want to!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeMar 18th 2011
    At last, new project for Howard Shore.

    C7nema recently reported that Howard Shore is attached to reunite with his long term collaborator David Cronenberg to write the score for the upcoming drama Cosmopolis.

    More here:
    http://filmmusicreporter.wordpress.com/ … osmopolis/

    And original source here:
    http://www.c7nema.net/index.php?option= … osmopolis-
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
  4. Now THAT is worth advertising.
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeJun 25th 2011
    The trailer for David Cronenberg's A DANGEROUS METHOD has appeared online, and the credits say: Music Composed and Adapted by Howard Shore. Maybe some classical music worked into it?

    Trailer can be seen here:
    http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3449592857/
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      CommentAuthorJim Ware
    • CommentTimeJun 26th 2011
    BobdH wrote
    Maybe some classical music worked into it?


    It's a distinct possibility! wink
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeJun 26th 2011
    What are you saying, Shore worked Wagner into his score?
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeAug 9th 2011 edited
    YES!

    The Lord of the Rings Symphony
    This title will be released on September 13, 2011.

    Audio CD
    Number of Discs: 2
    Label: HOWE RECORDS

    http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Sympho … amp;sr=8-1


    Let's hope it's a nice recording...
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeAug 9th 2011
    Thank God it's not that lethargic performance from the DVD.

    -Erik-
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeAug 9th 2011
    This seriously needs 2 CDs? How long is it?
  5. I remember that Shore said that the full LOTR Symphony was two hours long.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2011
    I'm really looking forward to this. cool
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2011 edited
    It's a symphony from 3 scores for 3 hour films, so an extract of 9 hours of music (and that's only if you don't count the extended editions). Why are you surprised? wink
  6. Well, suites of Wagner highlights manage to cut his things down a little bit more. wink
    (Mind you, it helps that he isn't around anymore.)
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2011
    Ordered!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2011
    franz_conrad wrote
    Well, suites of Wagner highlights manage to cut his things down a little bit more. wink
    (Mind you, it helps that he isn't around anymore.)


    biggrin

    It's also the only way I can comfortably digest Wagner wink
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2011
    BobdH wrote
    It's a symphony from 3 scores for 3 hour films, so an extract of 9 hours of music (and that's only if you don't count the extended editions). Why are you surprised? wink


    I don't know. For some reason I just assumed it would be a bit tighter. I'd love an hour's worth of highlights from these scores - could be one of the great modern film music experiences, I'd have thought. Two hours doesn't feel like it's enough different from just listening to the OSTs to make it that worthwhile.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2011
    Timmer wrote
    franz_conrad wrote
    Well, suites of Wagner highlights manage to cut his things down a little bit more. wink
    (Mind you, it helps that he isn't around anymore.)


    biggrin

    It's also the only way I can comfortably digest Wagner wink


    I've listened to the entirety of Wagner's Ring Cycle.....once!


    Anybody else here listened to the whole thing?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  7. Wagner's Ring Cycle? Goodness no!
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
  8. Saying that though, I have yet to listen to all of Shore's expanded/complete releases.
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2011
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    Saying that though, I have yet to listen to all of Shore's expanded/complete releases.

    But you bought them? confused
    Kazoo
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeAug 10th 2011
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    Saying that though, I have yet to listen to all of Shore's expanded/complete releases.


    That's why I didn't bother. I love love Shore's work for these films but the single disc releases are enough for me.

    The Lord of The Rings "symphony" really intrigues me, I'm definitely going to buy it but I wonder what format it'll take? Will it have 'movements'? Or could it more accfurately be called a suite? Enquiriung minds want to know.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorJim Ware
    • CommentTimeAug 11th 2011 edited
    I wrote this earlier in the year after the recordings in Switzerland -
    Structurally, the content of the symphony is very similar to that of the original single-disc soundtrack albums. Other than being divided into six ‘movements’ the term ‘symphony’ is not particularly accurate; the piece is comprised entirely of music from the films with no unique material or development. Shore’s preference for including his original versions of compositions is noticeable throughout, two noticeable examples being the ‘Prologue’ and ‘The Lighting of the Beacons’. Familiarity with the complete scores can make the symphony something of a disjointed listening experience, particularly during some awkward transitions between unrelated pieces.

    The bulk of the symphony (the entire first half) is taken up with material from ‘Fellowship’, including a number of pieces from the Extended Edition. Although the material can sustain the interest of the audience for this length of time, it gives the whole piece an unbalanced feel with the final four movements feeling more than a little rushed.

    Movements three and four for ‘The Two Towers’ are the weakest in the symphony. Due to the jumpy, complicated intercutting of multiple storylines in the film, the score includes a number of outstanding musical moments but little in the way of lengthy, developed pieces.

    At a little under four hours ’The Return of the King’ is by far the longest score of the trilogy, but movements five and six seem to be the shortest. The score represents the confluence of the disparate story threads of the trilogy, and the thematic material is combined, ornamented and developed accordingly. The movements are a reasonable distillation of the score, but can never match the breadth and scope of the full thing.


    and on a more positive note...

    Despite the lengthy performance history of the piece it has never been committed to disc until now. The Lucerne-based 21st Century Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ludwig Wicki may not be familiar to the average listener unless they have followed the ‘Live to Projection’ performances of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ scores. The orchestra specialises in film music and has developed a long-standing relationship with Howard Shore, having premiered all of the ‘live to projection’ productions (in both Switzerland and New York), and will be performing a lot more of it during an upcoming ‘Lord of the Rings’ and Howard Shore festival in Lucerne this March. The intimate familiarity with the material made them the perfect choice to commit the symphony to disc at two live performances earlier this month.

    Not having heard the entirety of the piece since September 2004 (when Shore conducted at the Royal Albert Hall) and the prospect of another visit to Lucerne gave me a perfectly reasonable excuse to escape from London for the weekend.

    Despite my earlier criticisms of the structure of the piece itself, I cannot find fault with the performance of the orchestra and chorus. Maestro Wicki knows exactly how to treat this material and seemed to enjoy the rare freedom of conducting this music without the need to synchronise to picture. As for the symphony itself, it still disappoints, particularly now that the ‘complete recordings’ and ‘rarities archive’ are available - it is an appetiser rather than the main course.