Demodex 557 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I would love to have a concert arrangement of some of Howard Shore's themes, especially Rohan and Gondor, but I don't know if any have ever been released. 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Not that I've ever heard of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 The closest to something like that could be the midi mock-up demos on the Rarities disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 And the end credit medleys  And people's personal arrangements on youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 A lot of the alternates and pieces on the fan-credits, OST and Symphony function like concert arrangements of thematic material: Concerning Hobbits, The Black Rider, the Gandalf the White and instrumental Evenstar pieces in the fan-credits of The Two Towers, etcetra... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 Ok. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 I found those mockups incredibly boring and repetitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I've been going through all my Erich Kunzel CDs, and came across arrangement of themes (from the first film) he did, here it is:    What do people think of it? It's a bit... random in how it goes from one theme to another, but some of the arrangements are kinda fun? Nothing really sounds like the original recordings, they are all changed up a bit, mostly in orchestration. Demodex and artguy360 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 I’ve always liked it well enough, except for the weird march variation of the Fellowship at the end that closes it, which feels very un-LOTR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Oooh I don't remember that, time to listen again  OK yea, the last 40 seconds of that suite are a bit out of left field, eh? Sounds like someone coming up with a demo for like, winning the Helm's Deep battle before the second movie was out or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,690 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 I like the strong brass in the opening section as a nice contrast to the lighter fairytale-esque orchestration, and generally his reorchestrations make really effective use of the smaller ensemble. The transitions range from rather nice to downright jarring though.  The May It Be section is really beautiful! (surerly one of the best ever credits songs that doesn't use a film theme) The last 40 seconds I think starts well (one of the better transitions) but I don't like that ending... it feels like an unnecessarily OTT build-up - the opposite of what Shore did at the end of The Ring Goes South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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