Popular Post John 2,032 Posted April 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2019 Film composer Hans Zimmer to compose the score for Amazon’s LOTR series. Quote Film composer Hans Zimmer, who created the scores to many critically acclaimed films such as “The Lion King”, “The Dark Knight” trilogy and “Dunkirk”, will lend his musical talents once more to Amazon’s as-yet-unnamed series, set in author J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional fantasy world, Middle-earth. “I feel incredibly lucky and blessed to compose the score for this impressive undertaking”, the composer said recently in an interview with HR. “Of course I can’t get very specific with details of the show, but believe me, fans of Peter Jackson’s films, and especially his “Hobbit” trilogy are going to eat this up. It will be wonderful.” Amazon’s Middle-earth series will debut on the platform in 2020. mstrox, Smaug The Iron and Cerebral Cortex 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Holko 9,526 Posted April 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2019 A. A. Ron, Not Mr. Big and bollemanneke 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I hope he does the Inception noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Could be worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mstrox 6,651 Posted April 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2019 Can we get a Hans Zimmer subforum inside the Middle Earth subforum? Loert, The Illustrious Jerry, Jurassic Shark and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 A dream within a dream! Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,742 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I like Hans and I like Middle Earth, but I am not at all sold on this idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I can hear the excessive use of the Duduk from here... Goodbye, rhaita and nay flute! You will be missed. Hapostalow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,688 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 So, which producer panicked and phoned up Hans? It also means we'll probably get Balfe's idea of Middle Earth. ....Yaaaay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 They don't have April Fool's Day in the UK, Rich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,688 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I'm too tired, and busy musing about Brexit to notice completely obvious April Fools' day jokes! Move along... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Yeah this is a joke. It's actually me doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Incanus 5,714 Posted April 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2019 On 4/2/2019 at 12:00 AM, Knox Harrington said: Yeah this is a joke. It's actually me doing it. Gnome in Plaid, Jurassic Shark and Cerebral Cortex 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 On 4/1/2019 at 7:35 PM, Richard Penna said: It also means we'll probably get Balfe's idea of Middle Earth. ....Yaaaay... Balfe doing Middle-earth would literally be the worst case scenario for me. I’ll take anyone else. People guve Djawadi’s Thrones a lot of stick but I’ll take that any day of the week and twice on Sundays instead! Jurassic Shark and Chen G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 After The Hobbit movies, my expectations for any Tolkien series are so low that I'd be willing to give anything a chance, including an unconventional scoring choice. But my imaginary Vegas odds put Djawadi ahead of anyone else at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 I’ll probably be hung for it but I’d probably be ok without Djawadi given some of the options out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedigoScan 324 Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 On 4/1/2019 at 3:42 PM, mstrox said: I hope he does the Inception noise I mean Shore already did that sort of for the Out of the Frying Pan scene from AUJ Evanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 I'm probably one of the few who would actually love to hear a Zimmer score in the LOTR universe, had this been true. Hey....what the hell am I doing in the LOTR sub-forums anyway? *sneaking out again* Jurassic Shark and Chen G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 On 4/14/2019 at 8:44 PM, Thor said: I'm probably one of the few who would actually love to hear a Zimmer score in the LOTR universe, had this been true. Hey....what the hell am I doing in the LOTR sub-forums anyway? *sneaking out again* Just listen to Game of Thrones - that's a good approximation of what Zimmer's music would sound like in the LOTR universe. Hapostalow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,688 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I was going to say that a Zimmer take on LotR would likely be more melodic and varied than GoT, then I remembered I've never watched or heard GoT beyond a few clips, and I think the main theme is a bit meh. But I do think Zimmer's got a better range than Djawadi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapostalow 2 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Haha, if that post were true, then we would just hear some electronic drones and synth pads and I would certainly be NOT here for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_grig 472 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Let's take this opportunity to ask who will probably take over the series. Do you think it will be a classic composer for movies (Doyle, Giacchino, Howard,...) or maybe someone more unknown? Very difficult to answer in my opinion. https://amp.reddit.com/r/soundtracks/comments/o771e8/amazon_lotr_series_who_will_compose_the_music/ btw I would be very unhappy with Hans Zimmer. I think LOTR deserves a proper orchestral sound and not this electronic clutter based on 3 pop chords. Actually, I'm generally unhappy that a series is being made. Everything these days is just remakes and extensions for the sake of commercialization. But that's another topic! So, who's doing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 52 minutes ago, Michael G. said: So, who's doing it? I have some evidence is to who might be doing it, but (1) I want to wait for Fellowship of the Fans to divulge it first and (2) I'm still not all that sold on the veracity of the information itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,892 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Tom Holkenborg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawgoon 100 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Good lord above. I spotted the thread title and... So easy to be fooled by an out-of-season April's joke. As for the actual composer - I am guessing it is Giacchino, because 1) His Jurassic World 2 director is on board as a producer, 2) He's been taking far fewer projects than he's used to - many of which were simply themes for another composer to score the gig with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Manakin Skywalker said: Tom Holkenborg? 3 hours ago, Drawgoon said: As for the actual composer - I am guessing it is Giacchino As far as we can tell, no and no. I think Fellowship of the Fans is going to reveal it in two weeks' time. I'll reveal it here fractionately prior to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawgoon 100 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Strange. I was almost certain it is going to be Giacchino. Everything seemed to fit. If he is not involved then the only obvious option is Djawadi - not the most inspired choice, but I suppose his work for GoT was successful enough to the eyes of those who are making the call here. I would have said David Arnold too - an unlikely choice given his low-profile works of late I guess, but he seems to be friends with Giacchino and, the same director/composer relation that had me assume Giacchino was going to get this gig, might have worked in Arnold's favor. Like one of those cases where we hear a composer was asked to score a film,the composer turned down the offer but said, hey, I know someone who can. I'd be surprised if Howard Shore returned but that'd be cool too - even if I didn't really dig his work for the Hobbits. Supposedly Conrad Pope did a lot of heavy lifting on those films. Maybe he'll be give the opportunity, the same way Simon Franglen got his for the Avatars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 20 minutes ago, Drawgoon said: I'd be surprised if Howard Shore returned but that'd be cool too - even if I didn't really dig his work for the Hobbits. Supposedly Conrad Pope did a lot of heavy lifting on those films. For now, I will say that, based Fellowship of the Fans' information - and this isn't to be taken as hard fact - Howard Shore is seemingly involved in some capacity (beyond just a "themes by" credit, appearantly). And this issue of Conrad Pope's supposed involvement in composing The Hobbit had been debunked by @Doug Adams and @Jim Ware. He was just the orchestrator (as he had been in a large number of John Williams scores) and conductor. 20 minutes ago, Drawgoon said: The only obvious option is Djawadi - not the most inspired choice, but I suppose his work for GoT was successful enough to the eyes of those who are making the call here. I would have said David Arnold too Neither of the above, if Fellowship's information is to be believed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bofur01 245 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 If it’s John Powell I will be pretty pleased, but not terribly hopeful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, Bofur01 said: If it’s John Powell I will be pretty pleased, Its not, if the information is to believed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 Any involvement by shore is a good thing. Drawgoon, Chen G. and Evanus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawgoon 100 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 If Shore is involved to some degree then their composer of choice must be someone who is happy to 1) score a gig using someone else's ideas and 2) handle the sort of tunes this man writes. That's not something many composers like to do in general - especially not when the reference themes have the complexity of Shore's writings. This news doesn't rule out RCP's involvement, but it does make it harder to imagine the usual RCP sound could work in this film - should those folks get involved. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, Drawgoon said: That's not something many composers like to do in general - especially not when the reference themes have the complexity of Shore's writings. Basically, that man needs to study Adams' The Music of The Lord of the Rings and Music of The Hobbit. There already a huge bank of thematic ideas that are perfectly applicable to this series: the Lorien theme would probably be very appropriate for Galadriel, the Diminishment of the Elves, the History of the One Ring, the Descending Thirds, etc... The issue is more in composing new themes that are cut from the same cloth as the old ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_grig 472 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Nice that you are making a mystery out of it and making us wait, if we can trust you at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Michael G. said: if we can trust you at all By all means, don't. Like I said, I'm not entirely sold on the veracity of the information myself, but at least its something. Maybe its the sort of thing where, once its out, will end-up getting verified after-the-fact by those involved. Anyhow, its not my scoop to divulge so far ahead of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Chen G. said: By all means, don't. Like I said, I'm not entirely sold on the veracity of the information myself, but at least its something. Maybe its the sort of thing where, once its out, will end-up getting verified after-the-fact by those involved. Anyhow, its not my scoop to divulge so far ahead of time. Now, listen carefully. Who is going to be a composer on project like Lord of the Rings is very important here. To give us news incorrect news would be most unwise. And you should not suggest you have a name unless you're sure. And say nothing if it's Hans Zimmer. In fact, it's better if you don't speak at all, Chen G. Kühni 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I'll present it with what I feel is the right degree of certainity. I don't think its from a bad source, for what it counts. But as a historian and ex-intelligence, unless it comes from a proper production document that I see with my own eyes - which it doesn't - I will be reluctant to treat it as absolute fact. Meanwhile, I'll stop responding to composer names before the right name gets out there by elimination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Doug Adams 494 Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 9 hours ago, Chen G. said: Basically, that man needs to study Adams' The Music of The Lord of the Rings and Music of The Hobbit. Or hire me! michael_grig, Chen G., SUH and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toothless 963 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Bear McCreary or Mychael Danna ? On 9/9/2021 at 3:48 PM, Drawgoon said: If Shore is involved to some degree then their composer of choice must be someone who is happy to 1) score a gig using someone else's ideas and 2) handle the sort of tunes this man writes. That's not something many composers like to do in general - especially not when the reference themes have the complexity of Shore's writings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,075 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 4/14/2019 at 12:44 PM, Thor said: I'm probably one of the few who would actually love to hear a Zimmer score in the LOTR universe, had this been true. BWAAAM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,368 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Probably, Ramin Djawadi will get the job to score the LotR series. HBO has good experience with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 I've already ruled out Djawadi. Again, given the information is correct (and I'm getting more and more convinced it is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 963 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 How about someone unexpected like Desplat 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 10:34 PM, Chen G. said: Meanwhile, I'll stop responding to composer names before the right name gets out there by elimination. I'll report the news just prior to sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 4:09 PM, GerateWohl said: Probably, Ramin Djawadi will get the job to score the LotR series. HBO has good experience with him. But this is not HBO but Amazon Prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,075 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Poteto potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 it is the same? I didnt knew it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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