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Howard Shore's The Battle of the Five Armies (Hobbit Part 3)


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The late-added drums are on the DOS OST. You can hear them when the group enters the Woodland Realm, for example.

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Boyens, Walsh and Boyd are very good news.

Though I wonder why Shore isn't involved? I mean, when did the compositional finesse of Middle Earth songs move towards ambitious amateurs twanging away?

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I distinctly remember two young girls back in 2003, couldn't have been older than 16, commenting during the film how they loved the music in the death scene of Theoden.

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It's the exact same schedule DOS had. The premiere is about a month away.

Wasn't Conrad called back later though?

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Boyens, Walsh and Boyd are very good news.

Though I wonder why Shore isn't involved? I mean, when did the compositional finesse of Middle Earth songs move towards ambitious amateurs twanging away?

Was Shore credited as a writer when he provided the backing to May It Be?

Yes.

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Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan as the primary creators received the oscar nomination for 'May it be'. From the album credits you wouldn't even be able to tell if Shore was involved at all with 'May it be'. His role as secondary creator/orchestrator isn't noted. Hopefully it's the same case here and he is involved somehow, although I'm extremely doubtful that he is.

I believe he might be explicitly credited on the single release, although I don't have it so can't verify.

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Bilbo-ho-yodel-dee-do fro-hom the Shi-hi-hi-hi-ree-ree-hi-ree-yah?

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Bring on the Alpine horn!

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The source is also quoted in my post - under the picture so easy to miss. :)

Karol

You must have added that to your post after the fact :)

And yup - last year the track list leaked on Nov 4, which was a Monday 5 weeks + 1 day before the OST's Tuesday Dec 10 release date.

This year, the Monday 5 weeks before the OSTs Tuesday Dec 9 release date would be Monday Nov 3

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Cool, good work!

BTW, with still no samples or track list to discuss, anybody want to talk about potential music again?

I hope everyone is excited for this score as much as I am!

It will be the culmination of not only The Hobbit's story, but the entire LOTR/TH series as a whole.

I expect we'll hear definitive versions of themes such as Smaug, Erebor, Thorin, House Of Durin, The Arkenstone, Tauriel, Tauriel/Kili, Girion and Lake-town.

There will probably be a bunch of new themes, though I except less new themes than either of the prior scores introduced, and less than ROTK introduced. The only major new character not yet introduced is Dain Ironfoot, and it's possible his thematic material was already introduced in AUJ (heard in the tracks "An Unexpected Party" [3:43] and "The Dwarf Lords".

Beyond that, there could be a theme for The White Council (when Gandalf, Saruman, Galadriel, Elrond, and Radagast fight Sauron in Dol Guldur). There could be a new theme, or new variation on existing Sauron material for Azog and Bolg's orc and warg army. There could be a new theme for the eagles, maybe one for the Lake-town men in battle.

There could be some kind of overacting theme for the Battle of Five Armies itself too.

I think it's very likely we'll finally get to hear the full Beorn theme that was only hinted at in DOS too (the recent published sheet music show how it continues from what's used in the score to a cool ending reminiscent of Nature's Reclamation)

I think the big question is which of the great themes introduced in AUJ that were completely dropped in DOS will return in BOFA?

One of the coolest and most radically different from the sound of LOTR themes in AUJ was Radagast's Theme, which was completely absent from DOS despite his character returning. Will we hear it in BOFA?

Bilbo had 3 major themes in AUJ - his Main Theme aka Baggins/Took Theme, his Adventure Theme, and his Fussy theme. Only the latter two returned, and only in small cameos. Will he hear the definite conclusion of his main theme?

Shore wrote a great theme for Thorin's Company for the first film that was mostly replaced by Misty Mountains. Will either return in Part 3?

What else can we expect from BOFA? What scenes from the book are people most looking forward to hearing the score for?

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I think I've said something about this before, and since it was probably long-winded, I'll keep it brief. I'd like to hear something more powerful and complex developed for Azog and his army, perhaps not dissimilar to the Mordor Fourth Age theme (on a related note, I guess if the Witchking is involved at DG, as we all suspect, that theme might be glimpsed there). Also it would be very nice to hear glimpses of the Dwarrowdelf theme, either as a motif for Balin or, most likely, if he brings up the idea of leading an expedition to reclaim Khazad Dum during his last meeting with Bilbo. And yes, I've made no secret of my wish to hear the Misty Mountains theme again, at least one more time.

The Dwarvish material should be spectacular. Hopefully we get plenty of choral stuff.

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