Doug Adams

He’s not “stepping away.” He completed his score and recorded it. 

Recording of the score has been completed on October 18.

Production cover. The final would likely need to reflect the film imagery more directly. Actors' likenesses, etc. Sorry! 

Excellent question. And there's a story there. But for another time. 

I have a theory that the softer choir mixes in the CR are the result of the 5.1 surround mix being directly baked down to the stereo mix. With the chorus primarily in the rear speakers in the DVD mix, they lost a lot of presence in the stereo. I'm not speculating on whether or not this was a choice or an oversight. Well ... I *am* speculating, but I'm not writing it here!   

Jay is correct.

Jay is correct.

Jay is correct.

Jay is correct.

I have a theory that the softer choir mixes in the CR are the result of the 5.1 surround mix being directly baked down to the stereo mix. With the chorus primarily in the rear speakers in the DVD mix, they lost a lot of presence in the stereo. I'm not speculating on whether or not this was a choice or an oversight. Well ... I *am* speculating, but I'm not writing it here!   

Excellent question. And there's a story there. But for another time. 

Excellent question. And there's a story there. But for another time. 

Doug was invited to the recording sessions and the premiere. But I hear he didn't go. 

Excellent question. And there's a story there. But for another time. 

Doug was invited to the recording sessions and the premiere. But I hear he didn't go. 

Excellent question. And there's a story there. But for another time. 

Excellent question. And there's a story there. But for another time. 

Doug was invited to the recording sessions and the premiere. But I hear he didn't go. 

Excellent question. And there's a story there. But for another time. 

Doug was invited to the recording sessions and the premiere. But I hear he didn't go. 

Doug was invited to the recording sessions and the premiere. But I hear he didn't go. 

Doug was invited to the recording sessions and the premiere. But I hear he didn't go. 

Doug was invited to the recording sessions and the premiere. But I hear he didn't go. 

I consider Lord of the Rings the greatest score ever written, but I have to admit, Rings of Power is growing on me. I did not expect much coming into it and consider it a major missed opportunity that Bear did not proactively seek to build on Shore's world - legal hand-tying notwithstanding. (Side gripe: The Harry Potter franchise was also a missed opportunity the size of a truck.) Would've been great to honor the instrumentation/vocalization for each group of people. Would've been great to honor certain intervals and patterns. It's possible that Amazon ghosted Shore like they ghosted Peter Jackson. Who knows. (Doug's reaction/s or lack thereof seems to imply that more went on than meets the eye, but maybe that's just me reading into things.)
 
While this score doesn't live up to the levels of Shore's work, it honestly does seem to me to be a very concerted effort in the right direction, complaints notwithstanding. There are portions of the score that are genuinely beautiful in their own right. I'm hoping that they do actually release weekly full-score albums for each episode. My listener experience improved quite a bit once I realized the first major chunk of the existing album was suites.
 
The most bizarre thing to me so far is the use of what basically amounts to folksy hobbit-stumping music for . . . Durin???

Correct.