Nemesis 249 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Can you recommend important / very good tracks which could open the door for the LOTR music for me? I have all the recordings but have yet to find access to the music. Thankful for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2019 Start with the OST to The Fellowship Of The Ring. Chen G., Unlucky Bastard, crocodile and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,659 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I agree with Stefan - if you're not drawn in by the FOTR OST, or even just by the 1-2 punch of The Prophecy and Concerning Hobbits, maybe LOTR music just isn't your thing! The Illustrious Jerry and bollemanneke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,467 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Yup, just starting listening to the FOTR OST album from 2001 from track #1. That's surely the best way to know if these scores are for you. All the OSTs are free on Spotify. I guess the second best way would be to just watch the movies again and pay attention to the music in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Start with the OST to The Fellowship Of The Ring. Yip. If the cello in The Prophecy doesn’t grab you you’re actually doomed as a human. The Illustrious Jerry and Chen G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jay said: Yup, just starting listening to the FOTR OST album from 2001 from track #1. That's surely the best way to know if these scores are for you. All the OSTs are free on Spotify. I guess the second best way would be to just watch the movies again and pay attention to the music in them I remember needing a few listens for the score to really start clicking. And yes, watching the film helps. Damn, i think i'll listen to the OST in a bit! Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,467 Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2019 If you really don't want to spend 70 minutes listening to the OST, I suppose I can recommend you try this playlist of 5 tracks from it instead 1) 01 The Prophecy 2) 02 Concerning Hobbits 3) 13 The Bridge of Khazad Dum 4) 15 The Great River 5) 17 The Breaking of the Fellowship Nemesis, Smaug The Iron, Chen G. and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,002 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 19 minutes ago, Nemesis said: Can you recommend important / very good tracks which could open the door for the LOTR music for me? I have all the recordings but have yet to find access to the music. Start with the first piece or two of the Fellowship of the Ring OST. Few and far between indeed are the music albums/concerts that open stronger than this OST does with The Prophecy. Afterwards, you can either continue with the OST and later expand into extended releases (The Symphony can also be a good jumping-off point) or you could jump straight into it. I'm working on a "roadshow" fan-edit, which is basically a fancy name for suites meant to play before/between/after the individual blurays of the films - that could help people who have no fimiliarization of the music outside of the picture itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,467 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Damn, i think i'll listen to the OST in a bit! Ditto. This discussion makes me want to listen to it on my next commute now Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John 2,032 Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2019 The Fellowship of the Ring OST is better than everything. Chen G., The Illustrious Jerry, Bilbo and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,002 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Certainly The Prophecy is. Glorious piece of music. And let's not forget the fan-credits, shall we? No collection of Middle Earth music will ever be even half-complete without the NZSO's Breaking of the Fellowship. Brings tears to one's eyes. 8 minutes ago, Jay said: Ditto. This discussion makes me want to listen to it on my next commute now Same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis 249 Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 Thanks for all your inputs. I will give the OST another try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,516 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 . Smaug The Iron and Nemesis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,229 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 If listening to the OSTs from the beginning isn't doing anything for you, I'd suggest trying The Battle of the Pelennor Fields from the Complete Recordings (Disc 3, Track 4). Nemesis and Smaug The Iron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,002 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, Fabulin said: My idea might be a bit against the current, but hear this: No, no, no! THIS: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Glóin the Dark 1,229 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Chen G. said: No, no, no! That version is an abomination and should be illegal by all standards of human decency. Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, Fabulin said: I don't like this inferior version I actually prefer the major mode OST version to the minor mode film one. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,002 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Brother! Just now, Glóin the Dark said: should be illegal by all standards of human decency. For what, being one of the most rousing pieces of music ever composed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, Chen G. said: For what, being one of the most rousing pieces of music ever composed? They don't understand! Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mstrox 6,659 Posted February 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2019 If these still haven't opened the door for you, check this one out. Glóin the Dark, The Illustrious Jerry, Chen G. and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, mstrox said: If these still haven't opened the door for you, check this one out. I like you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,516 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Just now, mstrox said: If these still haven't opened the door for you, check this one out. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,229 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, Chen G. said: ...being one of the most rousing pieces of music ever composed? It isn't even the most rousing piece of music ever composed in accompaniment to that particular scene! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Major mode is more rousing than minor mode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,592 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, Glóin the Dark said: No, no, no! That version is an abomination and should be illegal by all standards of human decency. I absolutely agree, uploading music to youtube with the 480p option, making it that highly compressed, should be a capital offense. Chen G. and Glóin the Dark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,002 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 One ought be hanged, drawn and quartered for it...oh, wait, wrong movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,516 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Major mode is more rousing than minor mode! Major mode will make you fight for your playground. Minor mode will make you fight for the Soviet Union! Glóin the Dark and Chen G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,229 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 8 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Major mode is more rousing than minor mode! The major one is like beer with too many hops and not enough malt! The minor one is perfectly balanced with conflicting characteristics... KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,002 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Oh, the minor-moded one certainly works, especially within the context of the film. But its great to have that major-moded one. After culminative hours and hours of moody Howard Shore music, its great to have something that's so unabashedly and blatantly uplifting. Its the main component of my entr'acte music for The Return of the King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 The FOTR OST is a great starting point, but it's also the toughest one to get into if you're stepping into the world for the first time (because of its poor pacing and general arrangement). I stand by my belief that the ROTK OST is best designed. But...The Prophecy ought to be everyone's first foray into Middle-Earth. Oh, and stay away from the Symphony. It's not very good. Nemesis and Chen G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,002 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, KK said: The FOTR OST is a great starting point, but it's also the toughest one to get into if you're stepping into the world for the first time (because of its poor pacing and general arrangement) Yeah, outside of the first two or three tracks and the endings its a bit of a Ringwraith-fest, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I remember reading some old archived initial reaction posts to when the OST first came out and how some of the naysayers couldn't hear any themes. I can see why the OST can give one that impression. It's just poorly arranged. I came into LOTR headfirst with the CRs. But I can only imagine how much of a musical revelation the FOTR CR set must have been. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Score 771 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Nemesis said: Can you recommend important / very good tracks which could open the door for the LOTR music for me? I have all the recordings but have yet to find access to the music. Thankful for any help I'll give a different suggestion: start with the Symphony. The first two movements (corresponding to FOTR) are particularly well assembled and they give a very good introduction to the (larger) score, while being self-contained. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,276 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I remember in 2001 listening to the OST, being completely in entranced with the very first track, and subsequently being quite taken aback with the second track. To this day, I still strongly dislike the Hobbit music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,002 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, Score said: start with the Symphony. The first two movements (corresponding to FOTR) are particularly well assembled and they give a very good introduction to the (larger) score, while being self-contained. Yeah, its like an abstract of the score as a whole. During the first movement, I like the insertion of The History of the One Ring on Cor Anglais into The Prophecy. Works very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, KK said: It's just poorly arranged. It's the best arranged of all the OST's. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,002 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I love it dearly, but it has nothing on the transition from The White Tree to The Steward of Gondor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 The Symphony is poorly arranged (includes all the shoddy musical transitions from album edits, and some questionable tempo choices), and the performance of the recording just doesn't compare to the original. I'd suggest visiting that after you've run through the actual OSTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Exactly. the performance and recording is a vital aspect of these scores. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,239 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I think this is a good starting point: Glóin the Dark and Chen G. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Or Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,041 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I'd also go with the OST of the first score followed by viewing the film, then move onto the next OST and film, and the third... If it doesn't click that way then it perhaps never will. Karol Chen G. and Nemesis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,002 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 6 hours ago, Chen G. said: Quote Ditto. This discussion makes me want to listen to it on my next commute now Same! It is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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