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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Will in "A Gathering of Friends" Williams / Yo Yo Ma album with Pablo Sainz-Villegas & Jessica Zhou   
    The Viola Concerto is criminally underrated!
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    Doug Adams reacted to Jim Ware in Do you think John Williams works in his hotel rooms?   
    If we look at the fax numbers at the top of Williams' insert sketches for The Phantom Menace...

    We see two numbers. The 0181 number is Dakota Music - the music prep company for the film. The other number - 01714931895 - was the phone number for the Four Seasons on Park Lane in Central London. The hotel does indeed have piano that can be hired for events (and presumably composer guests).
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Once in Unreleased LOTR music teased for an event Tuesday   
    Oh, there's always a backstory  ... 
     
    https://vimeo.com/161081479
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Once in Unreleased LOTR music teased for an event Tuesday   
    In fairness, we will also be discussing (but not playing) a few alternate passages that haven’t been heard. (We aren’t discussing silly things like .43 seconds missing from the album for musical purposes. That falls under the “pedantry up with which I shall not put” category!  ) It should be cool though! 
     
    But yeah, I don’t love the overhyped promo. Feels a bit misleading. Love the hosts, and I get that this is how the internet works in 2021, but yeah ….
     
    If you’re in the mood for a more sedate discussion, I did a bit on BBC Radio 3 a week or so ago, and it came out quite well, I thought. Nothing there that diehards don’t already know, but I could read the phone book with that glorious music and it would still move me to tears! 

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012pd6
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Cerebral Cortex in The Music Of The Hobbit Films - Doug Adams' Book confirmed by Howard Shore   
    Wait, someone was supposed to pay me for that!? Rats!
     
    Contracts -- at least in my situation -- are not necessarily given expiration dates. Not that I think it would matter in this case. The rights are so specific that you can't really even shop these things around. Between the movie and likeness rights, the Tolkien Estate, and the music publishing, the book needs to be done a very specific way.
     
    Right now, I'm trying to see what comes with the Amazon show. My deep hope is that a) it sort of clears up some rights restrictions and b) it rekindles a bit of interest. We shall see. It doesn't help that the Amazon production itself is a bit of an enigma. (Note to Amazon: if you hire me as a music consultant, I will erase that last sentence.)
     
    Impossible Silence -- I don't want to get into it, but someone I was close with had a mental breakdown while we were in production. (This was not someone involved with Impossible Silence or film music at all.) Tragically, that person did not survive the ordeal. I turned my attention away from the book during that time, and it's been very difficult to regain momentum. We actually started the ball rolling again in 2019/2020, but the pandemic stopped everything once again. Compared to the suffering others experienced in both these circumstances, the derailing of a niche film music book is, of course, nothing at all. I only mention it to address the question. 
     
    Again, I still haven't given up hope. In this instance, putting a little time between writing and publishing actually makes the rights a bit easier. The few things that would had to have been cleared will all be public domain soon. So that's good.
     
    And hey, Spielberg is making a movie now that he's been trying to get going since before the days of E.T., so sometimes these things just take a long, long time!
     
     
     
     
     
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from blondheim in Unreleased LOTR music teased for an event Tuesday   
    Oh, there's always a backstory  ... 
     
    https://vimeo.com/161081479
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Monoverantus in Unreleased LOTR music teased for an event Tuesday   
    Oh, there's always a backstory  ... 
     
    https://vimeo.com/161081479
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Monoverantus in Unreleased LOTR music teased for an event Tuesday   
    In fairness, we will also be discussing (but not playing) a few alternate passages that haven’t been heard. (We aren’t discussing silly things like .43 seconds missing from the album for musical purposes. That falls under the “pedantry up with which I shall not put” category!  ) It should be cool though! 
     
    But yeah, I don’t love the overhyped promo. Feels a bit misleading. Love the hosts, and I get that this is how the internet works in 2021, but yeah ….
     
    If you’re in the mood for a more sedate discussion, I did a bit on BBC Radio 3 a week or so ago, and it came out quite well, I thought. Nothing there that diehards don’t already know, but I could read the phone book with that glorious music and it would still move me to tears! 

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012pd6
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Monoverantus in Unreleased LOTR music teased for an event Tuesday   
    We're doing a live commentary of the Rarities. TORN gets a little overzealous with their promos. I'll try to clarify on social media after holiday madness passes.
     
     
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Chen G. in Unreleased LOTR music teased for an event Tuesday   
    We're doing a live commentary of the Rarities. TORN gets a little overzealous with their promos. I'll try to clarify on social media after holiday madness passes.
     
     
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from rpvee in Unreleased LOTR music teased for an event Tuesday   
    We're doing a live commentary of the Rarities. TORN gets a little overzealous with their promos. I'll try to clarify on social media after holiday madness passes.
     
     
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from blondheim in The Music Of The Hobbit Films - Doug Adams' Book confirmed by Howard Shore   
    Nothing too fancy, but the first winter storm of the season was bearing down on NY, and planters were being bagged up in preparation. Didn't make for a very sightly intro, so a little digital removal was employed.
     
    This was shot exactly 8 years ago today, by the way. Unbelievable!  


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    Doug Adams got a reaction from blondheim in The Music Of The Hobbit Films - Doug Adams' Book confirmed by Howard Shore   
    Also worth noting that documentaries, by their nature, are still filmmaking. Certain elements are shaped to make them more easily observed. Clever editing, ADR, and even visual effects are still employed. (My first appearance in the Smaug video blog employs some subtle CGI, although you'd never know it!) 
     
    Just saying. 
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Bilbo in The Music Of The Hobbit Films - Doug Adams' Book confirmed by Howard Shore   
    Nothing too fancy, but the first winter storm of the season was bearing down on NY, and planters were being bagged up in preparation. Didn't make for a very sightly intro, so a little digital removal was employed.
     
    This was shot exactly 8 years ago today, by the way. Unbelievable!  


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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Bilbo in The Music Of The Hobbit Films - Doug Adams' Book confirmed by Howard Shore   
    Also worth noting that documentaries, by their nature, are still filmmaking. Certain elements are shaped to make them more easily observed. Clever editing, ADR, and even visual effects are still employed. (My first appearance in the Smaug video blog employs some subtle CGI, although you'd never know it!) 
     
    Just saying. 
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from mstrox in The Music Of The Hobbit Films - Doug Adams' Book confirmed by Howard Shore   
    Nothing too fancy, but the first winter storm of the season was bearing down on NY, and planters were being bagged up in preparation. Didn't make for a very sightly intro, so a little digital removal was employed.
     
    This was shot exactly 8 years ago today, by the way. Unbelievable!  


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    Doug Adams got a reaction from crumbs in The Music Of The Hobbit Films - Doug Adams' Book confirmed by Howard Shore   
    Nothing too fancy, but the first winter storm of the season was bearing down on NY, and planters were being bagged up in preparation. Didn't make for a very sightly intro, so a little digital removal was employed.
     
    This was shot exactly 8 years ago today, by the way. Unbelievable!  


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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Jay in The Music Of The Hobbit Films - Doug Adams' Book confirmed by Howard Shore   
    Nothing too fancy, but the first winter storm of the season was bearing down on NY, and planters were being bagged up in preparation. Didn't make for a very sightly intro, so a little digital removal was employed.
     
    This was shot exactly 8 years ago today, by the way. Unbelievable!  


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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Chen G. in The Music Of The Hobbit Films - Doug Adams' Book confirmed by Howard Shore   
    Also worth noting that documentaries, by their nature, are still filmmaking. Certain elements are shaped to make them more easily observed. Clever editing, ADR, and even visual effects are still employed. (My first appearance in the Smaug video blog employs some subtle CGI, although you'd never know it!) 
     
    Just saying. 
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Holko in The Music Of The Hobbit Films - Doug Adams' Book confirmed by Howard Shore   
    Nothing too fancy, but the first winter storm of the season was bearing down on NY, and planters were being bagged up in preparation. Didn't make for a very sightly intro, so a little digital removal was employed.
     
    This was shot exactly 8 years ago today, by the way. Unbelievable!  


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    Doug Adams reacted to Marc in Howard Shore's THE LORD OF THE RINGS   
    Merci beaucoup !
    LOTR music is always such a delight to play 
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    Doug Adams reacted to Marc in Howard Shore's THE LORD OF THE RINGS   
    Here are the Hns & Tpts from Khazad-dûm 
     
     
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Bilbo in Odds of a 4K UHD LOTR trilogy release?   
    Proof-of-concept. 
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    Doug Adams got a reaction from Jim Ware in Odds of a 4K UHD LOTR trilogy release?   
    Proof-of-concept. 
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    Doug Adams reacted to Jay in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (James Mangold, June 30 2023)   
    I agree with crumbs
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