Composer Threads The Official Howard Shore Thread

[Disco Stu 15,495]

That.... could've used less Middle-Earth.

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

No Crash? No Seven? No Dogma? Fuck that shit.

[Incanus 5,714]

That is quite a one-LotR-sided playlist, curated or not. So many missing important Shore scores.

[John 2,032]

What a rubbish playlist! Where's "A Knife In The Dark"? And they left out Hugo!

[Disco Stu 15,495]

No Aviator, no deal.

 

This is also when I sadly discover that the Nobody's Fool OST is not available on Spotify.  One of my favorite Shore scores.

[Bilbo 3,709]

Shur I could just just put the ME scores on shuffle on my iPod for that!

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[Gnome in Plaid 219]

12 hours ago, Incanus said:

So many missing important Shore scores.

That's putting it mildly.  There's one track in the entire playlist that isn't either Middle-Earth or Twilight, and that one track is from Spotlight.  I can understand there being omissions when there's such a large body of work, but this is on par with making a "This is John Williams" list but having it contain only SW (with the focus on TFA and the Prequels, yet making sure there's room to throw in "Jedi Rocks" and Burtt's Arena cue), KOTCS, and, just to shake things up, one single cue from Stepmom.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Just wanted to point out how brilliant and subtle the part-writing during the opening of Balin's Tomb is.  It's sort of Sibelian, especially the clarinets, and the 3rd and 4th trumpets, and the trombones - beautiful crossing of voices with the bass trombone jumping over 1 and 2 at the big Dwarrowdelf shot.  Easily lost in the full texture, but when you look at elements from these scores like this one under a microscope you see why everything fuses together in such a sonorous and satisfying way.

[KK 3,307]

I was in a very Kilar-esque mood tonight, and I was reminded how much of a "spiritual" mentor this man must have been for Shore. I wish he embraced his earlier fondness for the Polish school more often in his concert works.

 

 

[gkgyver 1,645]

On 14. April 2017 at 2:16 PM, Stefancos said:

He really doesn't care about LOTR anymore and would rather talk about his concert works.

 

LOTR was just a project he took on for a few years but no longer represents him musically.

 

He feels that, in the long run, it negatively affected his career.

 

Wow, that's some bullshit.

[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Wow, you've spotted Stefan taking the piss.  I'll alert the media.

[Faleel 5,346]

New concert work: http://www.howardshore.com/sea-to-sea-world-premiere/

[Jay 37,346]

Very first track features more Enya than Shore.  Nice job, Spotify

[Faleel 5,346]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

Very first track features more Enya than Shore.  Nice job, Spotify

That was almost two months ago!

[Jay 37,346]

I've been catching up on threads I haven't read in a while

[Bilbo 3,709]

 

[Jay 37,346]

Huh.  I saw that on Amazon a few days ago and didn't think to post about it.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Honestly they should have just not bothered with any LOTR/Hobbit cues and just release a second volume called "Essential Middle-Earth" or whatever.  There's not enough there from those movies to call it a representative sampling and they could have used the space for other non-Tolkien cues.

[Incanus 5,714]

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The Essential Howard Shore

DISC ONE
Ed Wood (1994) “Main Title”
Crash (1996) “Crash”
After Hours (1985) “9PM”
Dead Ringers (1989) “Main Title”
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) “Main Title”
The Departed (2006) “Cops or Criminals”
Hugo (2011) “Coeur volant” performed by Zaz
Hugo (2011) “The Magician”
Eastern Promises (2008) “Eastern Promises”
Eastern Promises (2008) “Tatiana”
The Aviator (2004) “Icarus”
A History of Violence (2007) “The Staircase”
The Score (2001) “Bye Bye”
The Brood (1979) “Main Title”
Scanners (1981) “Main Title”
Esther Kahn (2000) “Five in the Gods / Lessons”
Esther Kahn (2000) “You Are Like A Diamond”
Naked Lunch (1992) “Naked Lunch”
Videodrome (1982) “A Slow Burn”
Twilight: Eclipse (2010) “Mountain Peak/Jacob’s Theme”
Big (1986) “Opening”

DISC TWO
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) “Mrs. Doubtfire”
The Fly (1986) “Main Title”
Philadelphia (1994) “Senior Associate Andrew Beckett”
Philadelphia (1994) “Minor Catastrophe”
The Last Mimzy (2007) “Hello (I Love You)” performed by Roger Waters
The Game (1997) “Happy Birthday, Nicholas”
Spotlight (2015) “Investigative Journalism / The Story Breaks”
Se7en (1996) “Apartment #604”
Panic Room (2002) “Main Title”
Looking for Richard (1996) “Richard, Duke of York”
Nobody’s Fool (1994) “Main Title”
Before and After (1996) “Jacob’s Gone”
LOTR: FOTR (2001) “The Prophecy”
LOTR: FOTR (2001) “Concerning Hobbits”
LOTR: TTT (2002) “Gollum’s Song” performed by Emiliana Torrini
LOTR: ROTK (2003) “Into the West” performed by Annie Lennox
The Hobbit: AUJ (2012) “Dreaming of Bag End”
The Hobbit: DOS (2013) “Beyond the Forest”
The Hobbit: BOTFA (2014) “Ironfoot”

 

6 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

Honestly they should have just not bothered with any LOTR/Hobbit cues and just release a second volume called "Essential Middle-Earth" or whatever.  There's not enough there from those movies to call it a representative sampling and they could have used the space for other non-Tolkien cues.

They put only the end credit songs from TTT and RotK on this compilation feels very inadequate. Although what could ever quite encapsulate the mammoth efforts in single tracks is a good question.  At least the Hobbit scores had varying length end credit suites.

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[Nick1Ø66 4,711]

3 hours ago, Incanus said:

 

They put only the end credit songs from TTT and RotK on this compilation feels very inadequate. Although what could ever quite encapsulate the mammoth efforts in single tracks is a good question.

 

They could just put the entire extended end credits sequence from each of the three films, including the "fan club" end credits from the EE's, on a single disc. Haven't listened to those in quite some time, but that's around an hour of music and I think that would give you highlights from most of the major themes.

 

Can't remember how well those were arranged though, and if they included any extended or alternate cues.

[Holko 9,519]

18 minutes ago, Nick1066 said:

and if they included any extended or alternate cues.

I actually remember on my last watch I was disappointed how this was the perfect opportunity to present good alternates and they did not use it.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Holko 9,519]

Oh well, time for another rewatch then. There's 3 commentaries I haven't heard yet!

[Incanus 5,714]

27 minutes ago, BloodBoal said:

They did actually: there's the alternate The Breaking Of The Fellowship, the alternate Gandalf The White, and a few other rarities, if I remember correctly.

Indeed. And the Concerning Hobbits with the fiddle solo closer to the theatrical version.

[Nick1Ø66 4,711]

So is music from the fan club credits basically a combination of OST and film arrangements, with a few alternate cues?

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[Jim Ware 526]

1 hour ago, BloodBoal said:

Shore only wrote music specifically for the end credits with The Hobbit.

 

All six films have music specifically written for the end credits. 

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I knew what you meant BB.  He never wrote music specifically meant to play all the way to the end of the credits like Williams does often.

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[Bilbo 3,709]

I asked Doug if everything was taken from OSTs and he believed they were. 

[toothless 963]

I just learnt that before this event (https://goo.gl/2nCKca), Howard Shore will held a signing session where he'll sign autographs on this newly released CD set. So I'll definitely go earlier and buy it before the event   And I'm curious to see what might be the "musical surprise" !

[SafeUnderHill 205]

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Howard Shore said:

I've put this off for far too long. I regret to announce this is the end. I am going now. I bid you all a very fond farewell. Goodbye.

 

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Well, I haven't heard any news that Cronenberg is retired.

[Bilbo 3,709]

I Asked Doug the other week. 

 

He he was supposedly set for something big last year but it fell through. 

 

Not retired though. 

[Faleel 5,346]

Was Pete's dragon last year ?

[Bilbo 3,709]

Oh yeah, that must have been it! Forgot about that one!

[Once 605]

He was also supposed to do Silence, before Scorsese decided not to have original music written for it.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Silence had original music

[Fancyarcher 350]

Yeah it just intentionally treated more like short sound, though, so I can understand anyone who thinks there was no music. 

[Faleel 5,346]

Sea to Sea was released yesterday: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/howard-shore-sea-to-sea-single/1318783017

[BloodBoal 7,538]

So I see.

[Bilbo 3,709]

Si!

[gkgyver 1,645]

Just listened to this. Choral Shore is the best Shore.

[TownerFan 4,983]

Here's the world premiere of L'aube, a song cycle for mezzo-soprano and orchestra composed by Howard Shore on text by his wife Elizabeth Cotnoir:

 

 

L’Aube (The Dawn) for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra
(WORLD PREMIÈRE/TSO COMMISSION)
I. La Terre (The Land)

II. L’Eau (The Water)
III. Les Plantes (The Plants)
IV. Les Animaux (The Animals)

V. Les Ancêtres (The Ancestors)

 

Peter Oundjian, conductor

Howard Shore, composer

Elizabeth Cotnoir, text 

Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano

Recorded live at Roy Thomson Hall on Oct. 20.

 

 

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This song cycle is our thank you to our hospitable Earth.

We harken back to the fundamentals, to the basic foundation that is our natural world, our dear planet. We also venture to look beyond the human-created boundaries found on a map, those invisible lines on the ground, and set our awareness on “all that is green and good”, to quote J.R.R. Tolkien; that which

is shared by all sentient beings. This is the true richness o ered to humanity. This is where we place value. This is what we are grateful for and what we vow to protect for future generations of sentient beings. Our hope is to impart the connectedness of everything and the fact that we all share the same planet, no matter our super cial di erences. Look and listen to the natural world. Consider our place within it.

While Canada celebrates 150 years of the Confederation, one must also recognize that the history of these lands reaches back much farther into the past and was populated by so many of our ancestors whose footprints are still in the land. These songs honour the founders of the Confederation, and more so, those who came before them whose contributions cannot be overlooked.

This song cycle is a humble prayer of forgiveness, to our planet and to each other, in an e ort to heal our world. Respect.

Program note by Elizabeth Cotnoir and Howard Shore

 

 

https://www.tso.ca/sites/default/files/tribute-maureen-forrester.pdf

 

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