SafeUnderHill 205 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 It's the theme in triple octaves. First violins, second violins and celli three octaves apart, which gives it that grand, space-y sound. And it's backed by pretty much only brass, which adds to that open, somewhat lucid sound. I think the choir which is present in both the RotK concert suite and live performances is not on the CR. SafeUnderHill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gkgyver 1,645 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Ugggh, shades of the GoldenEye Overture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Faleel 5,328 Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 On 5/8/2016 at 1:09 PM, gkgyver said: I think the choir which is present in both the RotK concert suite and live performances is not on the CR. I personally think it's there, just mixed really really low. (I believe you can hear it better in the Symphony) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,328 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 https://mobile.twitter.com/DougAdamsMusic/status/1018984719692828672?p=v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Well now that statement finally makes more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,280 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Always a bummer to see empty SafeUnderHill posts Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Why are they blank btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, Barnald said: Why are they blank btw? He went through all 4,000 of his posts and manually edited each of them to be blank. It's actually kind of insane. Always was a bit of a nut, if you ask me. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,280 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 It's so bizarre to me that anyone who is completely anonymous on a forum would spend their free time doing that. It's not like he used his real name. If he wanted to leave JWFan behind, all he had to do was just never log in here again. Nobody he knows IRL or online would ever connect him to here. Ditto for Bloodboal, who was even more anonymous. S'weird. Bilbo and Holko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 BB didn't blank all of them though, right? I thought it was just a selection. I assume there was some method to it. Unless he's just taking longer to do it, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Maglorfin 196 Posted July 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2018 Sorry to interrupt that discussion but I just can't stop marvelling at the way the Minas Tirith theme is played (after equally lovely attacca transition from Caras Galadhon/Lament for Gandalf) by solo horn and trumpet at the beginning of The Mirror of Galadriel on the LotR CR! So beautiful and poignant, and absolutely perfect for the scene between Aragorn and Boromir which the music accompanies. Incanus, Holko, Barnald and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Just now, Maglorfin said: Sorry to interrupt that discussion It wasn't so much a discussion as a wake. 1 minute ago, Maglorfin said: I just can't stop marvelling at the way the Minas Tirith theme is played (after equally lovely attacca transition from Caras Galadhon/Lament for Gandalf) by solo horn and trumpet at the beginning of The Mirror of Galadriel on the LotR CR! So beautiful and poignant, and absolutely perfect for the scene between Aragorn and Boromir which the music accompanies. A favorite moment of mine as well! Maglorfin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,280 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Yup, one of my favorite passages in the score - and a moment I never really noticed until the CRs came out. Great stuff. Maglorfin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Incanus 5,713 Posted July 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2018 20 minutes ago, Maglorfin said: Sorry to interrupt that discussion but I just can't stop marvelling at the way the Minas Tirith theme is played (after equally lovely attacca transition from Caras Galadhon/Lament for Gandalf) by solo horn and trumpet at the beginning of The Mirror of Galadriel on the LotR CR! So beautiful and poignant, and absolutely perfect for the scene between Aragorn and Boromir which the music accompanies. Perfect scoring by Shore. I remember getting emotional while watching the film with the music accompanying Sean Bean's words. Absolute poetry. Shore captures that feeling of both nostalgia and the glory and majesty of Gondor as remembered by Boromir intertwined with longing. Just brilliant! Barnald, Nick1Ø66, Bilbo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 31 minutes ago, Incanus said: Perfect scoring by Shore. I remember getting emotional while watching the film with the music accompanying Sean Bean's words. Absolute poetry. Shore captures that feeling of both nostalgia and the glory and majesty of Gondor as remembered by Boromir intertwined with longing. Just brilliant! Boromir: My father is a noble man, but his rule is failing, and our people lose faith. He looks to me to make things right and I would do it. I would see the glory of Gondor restored. Have you ever seen it, Aragorn? The White Tower of Ecthelion, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver, its banners caught high in the morning breeze? Have you ever been called home by the clear ringing of silver trumpets? Aragorn: I have seen the White City, long ago. Boromir: One day, our paths will lead us there. And the tower guard shall take up the call: "The Lords of Gondor have returned." HUGE goosebumps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 JWFan needs more OG LOTR music discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,280 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Yes! I listened to a complete edit of Fellowship yesterday, after not having heard the score in a while. Man, I was blown away all over again by how GOOD that score is. It just does everything right! Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2018 I've been listening to it too a few times these last few weeks. The OST and the CR. \ It's simply a fantastic score Bilbo, Dixon Hill and Nick1Ø66 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,280 Posted July 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2018 I'm pretty sure it's my favorite film score of all time Bilbo, Nick1Ø66 and Dixon Hill 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,642 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I go through phases where I really burn myself out on LOTR and have to cut it cold turkey so I can listen to it with fresher ears. I've been there for 2018. I'm listening to only new albums, and sloooooowly going alphabetically through my other scores and giving them good listens. I own some scores I've only listened to once or twice. Anyway, I'll get to L eventually and I bet it'll be glorious. FOTR is definitely my favorite score. Jay and Bilbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,497 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Overall, Fellowship is definitely my favourite, it's consistently great. Return of the King has a ton of highlights, some of which tower over Fellowship, but is therefore much more uneven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Return of the King will always be my personal favorite of the bunch, but I'll be the first to admit that that score has a lot of filler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,687 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 My heart swells whenever these scores are discussed. Bofur01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,328 Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 10 hours ago, Maglorfin said: Boromir: My father is a noble man, but his rule is failing, and our people lose faith. He looks to me to make things right and I would do it. I would see the glory of Gondor restored. Have you ever seen it, Aragorn? The White Tower of Ecthelion, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver, its banners caught high in the morning breeze? Have you ever been called home by the clear ringing of silver trumpets? Aragorn: I have seen the White City, long ago. Boromir: One day, our paths will lead us there. And the tower guard shall take up the call: "The Lords of Gondor have returned." HUGE goosebumps! 😭 Barnald 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I fucking love Sean Bean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,497 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I bawled my eyes out seeing the finale on the big screen for the first time at Bratislava's LTP event 2 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I'm gone the moment he rushes in to help Merry and Pippin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,497 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I can recompose myself when the speech is done and the Fellowship theme plays, then completely broken again when Gandalf's sentence echoes and Frodo makes his decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,280 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Supreme film-making, Peter Jackson on the top of his game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2018 8 hours ago, Holko said: I can recompose myself when the speech is done and the Fellowship theme plays, then completely broken again when Gandalf's sentence echoes and Frodo makes his decision. "So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - Gandalf *Stefancos failing to restrain tears* Nick1Ø66, Dixon Hill and Maglorfin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,687 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 While Return of the King is my least favourite of the three, I readily admit it has some of the most emotionally resonant bits of the trilogy... "You bow to no one..." and "How do you pick up the threads of an old life..." ...get me every time. Damn it, you guys are going to make me do my marathon re-watch early this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,943 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 If its more emotionally effective - it is the better movie. Not to mention the better score. Really, with this trilogy, all this "pick a favorite" sport is much more of an exercise of splitting hairs. All three films and scores are cut from the same cloth. They're not separate entries - they're different parts of a single entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Anyone else really love the moments when Aragorn sings? The coronation is the obvious one but also when Frodo overhears him in FOTR. That's a great "in the world of Middle-Earth" moment. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,280 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I like the FOTR moment much more than the ROTK one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,497 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 A bit obvious but Sam’s speech at the end of TTT is just beautiful. Brings tears every time. ”Even darkness must pass” Geez I’m tearing up thinking about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,687 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Elrond's counselling his daughter on the mortality of men is a perfect marriage of image and music..."An image of the splendor of the kings of men in glory, undimmed before the breaking of the world." Pure cinematic sublimity. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,497 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you... But I can carry you! Come on! The Valinor Theme swells, marking this in the movie continuity as the exact moment Samwise Gamgee, a little Hobbit gardener who doesn't like adventures, earns his place on a boat to the Undying Lands forbidden for all mortals... Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Nick1066 said: Elrond's counselling his daughter on the mortality of men, is a perfect marriage of image and music..."An image of the splendor of the kings of men in glory, undimmed before the breaking of the world." Pure cinematic sublimity. That scene could be my favorite from the trilogy. It's devastatingly effective and seems to capture so much of what Tolkien was about. Deeply profound stuff from everyone involved. Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 The closest PJ got to truly capturing the sadness of the Elves. Doomed to live forever. Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I wish I connected with the elf stuff as much y’all did. I think it’s effective but I don’t think I like it to the rapturous degree I see described above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,687 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Stefancos said: The closest PJ got to truly capturing the sadness of the Elves. Doomed to live forever. For it is the doom of men that they forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,943 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 9 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I wish I connected with the elf stuff as much y’all did. I know someone who has a similar problem: he can’t get emotionally involved with the relationship of Arwen and Aragorn, which I can understand: it doesn’t have a lot of setup: it’s just there from the word go. There’s a deleted scene that may have helped with that. I don’t mind as much, because the main themes of this series are family (we don’t see a complete family until the last frame) and same-sex friendships; the romance is kind of disposable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Holko said: The Valinor Theme swells, marking this in the movie continuity as the exact moment Samwise Gamgee, a little Hobbit gardener who doesn't like adventures, earns his place on a boat to the Undying Lands forbidden for all mortals... Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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