Popular Post SUH 65 Posted October 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2019 I came across this impressive fan produced audiobook of The Hobbit. What's fun about it is the ties to the films - the video thumbnails, the character's accents and the score. I've had a lot of fun listening to various snippets - and think members here who don't enjoy Jackson's adaptations but like the scores will appreciate hearing the music against pure Tolkien. You may already enjoy reading the book whilst listening to the scores, but there is a certain thrill to hearing the score sync up perfectly to moments like the introduction of Gandalf (matching the film) at 8:55: I think the narrator does a great job overall, and there are well-done sound effects/ambiances too. He seems to know the scores well and applies the themes pretty faithfully to the scenes they underscore, though there are occasional issues with the mixing and editing. Honestly, the themes for Laketown, the Woodland Realm, House of Durin and Smaug are so perfectly fitting for their respective subjects and I'm glad they're getting a bigger chance to shine here! Would love for them to have more awareness among fan circles, as the Rohan, Gondor, Fellowship and Mordor themes did before! A rather fun thing he did was adapt the songs that didn't make the films, making use of Shore's score. Here (after a rousing statement of the Laketown theme), he uses the House of Durin theme to create one of the songs from Laketown at 16:15: Would to be interested to know if anyone here has the dedication and interest to listen to the whole thing! I'm actually quite tempted to myself (I've never read the book!). Fabulin, The Illustrious Jerry, Chen G. and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 13 minutes ago, SUH said: I've never read the book! Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 @SUH Spoiler Read Quote the Spoiler book Spoiler SUH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,647 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 It’s one of my all-time favorite books! Well worth the read, and unlike LOTR it’s very quick and breezy! I‘m not much of an audiobook guy, but I blipped around this and it seems very well done. SUH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 12 hours ago, SUH said: (I've never read the book!). It's quicker than watching the films! mstrox and Fabulin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,337 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I came across something similar years ago when someone had pasted HP music all over the Potter audiobooks. They only used the OST, so, yeah… pretty repetitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bofur01 245 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 There’s also a similar unabridged audiobook for LotR by Phil Dragash, which was apparently the inspiration for this project - I think I prefer the Hobbit as there’s less meddling done with the music. Although, some of the moments in both the Hobbit and LotR with the soundtracks synced up to the corresponding moments in Tolkien’s prose are absolutely magnificent. SUH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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