Faleel 5,360 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 To be fair... Just kidding, I got nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,969 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Episode 4 blog https://bearmccreary.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-episode-104/ Chen G. and Monoverantus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monoverantus 363 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 21 hours ago, Chen G. said: Sure, but McCreary's Elven music is absent those exotic hues (orchestrationally and otherwise), so the connection is not there to be made. Interesting point. I think a case could be made that giving Galadriel's brassy theme to Númenor and Númenor's exotic theme to Galadriel would be more in line with Shore's artistic vision. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 Yes, very much so! Galadriel's music, with its big leap sounds straight of Gondor or something! Oh, that's what your musical examples spell out. Nevermind me then! Monoverantus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 1,038 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 If he makes it seem like he wrote these in October, why wait till now to release these when the hype is gone? Monoverantus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 artguy360 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted February 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2023 Well done Bear, and richly deserved. Surely the best television score of the year. It feels appropriate at this moment to quote what the ever-humble Rosenman said of his own score for the same franchise, "When a film fails, it pulls everything connected with it down to oblivion. Unfortunately, in this case, it includes a score of great complexity and sophistication." Edmilson, Monoverantus and Chen G. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 When I heard the fun theme for Khazad-Dum: I kept thinking it reminded me of something I couldn't quite place. Today I finally remembered the piece it reminded of: A. A. Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JNHFan2000 2,969 Posted March 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2023 Episide 5 blog https://bearmccreary.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-episode-105/ JibberJabberwocky, enderdrag64 and Monoverantus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Not that awards mean anything, but still troubling for the IMFCA to give this Score of the Year. I’ll admit to having an extremely exaggerated opinion on this score. I’ve made peace (well, as much as I can) with the fact that everyone else seems to like it a lot. Score of the year, though? That has to be an exaggeration of the other direction, right? I mean, I can admit my opinion doesn’t cover everyone under my umbrella, but isn’t the opinion that Rings of Power is score of the year essentially as extreme? Or do all of you agree, it’s your favorite, and I’m just over here clutching my few measly scheckles of hope that you all just ‘like it fine enough’? TolkienSS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,969 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 It's the right choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 It's great, absolutely deserving the award Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark 316 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 It’s absolutely the best score of this year and a competitor for best of the decade (so far)! TolkienSS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,695 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 2 hours ago, blondheim said: but isn’t the opinion that Rings of Power is score of the year essentially as extreme? Or do all of you agree, it’s your favorite, and I’m just over here clutching my few measly scheckles of hope that you all just ‘like it fine enough’? Afraid not! It's my favourite score of last year by miles. If the oscars included TV scores, I'd expect him to be a shoe-in. I suppose if you turn things around, I would find awarding the Fabelmans score of the year 'extreme' so we both have our little battles. At some point I'm going to have to actually buy the albums, as I've basically lost any hope they're going to do a physical episode set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,532 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Stark said: It’s absolutely the best score of this year and a competitor for best of the decade (so far)! Yep, this is where I stand too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,360 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 I highly doubt this score will end up as score of the decade for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TolkienSS 407 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 On 11/03/2023 at 2:53 PM, Stark said: It’s absolutely the best score of this year and a competitor for best of the decade (so far)! Thank god "decade" only covers 2 years (so far). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark 316 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 13 hours ago, TolkienSS said: Thank god "decade" only covers 2 years (so far). Plenty of time for season 2’s score to be even better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post artguy360 1,844 Posted March 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2023 Elrond Half Elven is secretly one of the best themes in the show. The main melody has a quiet dignity to it. And the B part played on horn is just lovely. enderdrag64, Bofur01, Cerebral Cortex and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igger6 894 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 11 hours ago, artguy360 said: Elrond Half Elven is secretly one of the best themes in the show. The main melody has a quiet dignity to it. And the B part played on horn is just lovely. Agreed. The Durin theme is absolutely knockout dwarf music as well, particularly in its variability (demonstrated ably in the concert suite but also, I'm sure, in the episode cues, which I have yet to fully delve into). This is such score-of-the-year material that I honestly have trouble extricating what I love about the show (which coexists alongside what I hate about it) from what I love about the score (which is just about everything). Has anyone done a roundup of what material is exclusive to the episode albums? Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Just now, igger6 said: Has anyone done a roundup of what material is exclusive to the episode albums? That was done here as soon as each episode aired Here you go https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iPZSq84CsDwNeyokPVDh4adCyagChXIEW9X_-sYu5sc igger6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,969 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Blog for Episode 6 https://bearmccreary.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-episode-106/ enderdrag64 and Monoverantus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Interesting passage there: “Nolwa Mahtar” was not written as a theme, merely a one-off cue for an especially exciting scene. Even as I sketched, however, I felt this cue had the potential to be really memorable. Months later, Amazon asked me to compose and perform a suite of The Rings of Power score to debut with a live orchestra at the massive San Diego Comic Con panel. Knowing this would be the first occasion fans hear my score, I wondered: which theme had the potential to best grab the attention of sixty-five-hundred fans crowded into Hall H? I realized that the best candidate was not a theme at all, but “Nolwa Mahtar.” These bombastic choral chords provided the perfect fanfare to introduce my work to the Comic Con crowd! (Even now, I don’t consider “Nolwa Mahtar” one of the series’ primary musical themes, but I must admit I’m on the lookout for an opportunity in the future to turn it into one.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 On 25/03/2023 at 4:14 AM, artguy360 said: Elrond Half Elven is secretly one of the best themes in the show. The main melody has a quiet dignity to it. And the B part played on horn is just lovely. I absolutely love it. And Elendil and Isildur. Karol artguy360 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Laserschwert 475 Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 If only... crocodile, Edmilson, Knight of Ren and 12 others 8 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,695 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 I've lost all hope for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 1,038 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Idk why he would tease it when the show started and said they would be coming out soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TolkienSS 407 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Producing a niche product for a niche crowd (Soundtrack collectors) may not be a priority when a show flops as hard as this one. I don't know why tease it in the first place if there's no concrete plan. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monoverantus 363 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 5 hours ago, Laserschwert said: How on Earth did you make this? It had me absolutely fooled for a second... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 Photoshop or equivalent software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,532 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 5 hours ago, Laserschwert said: If only... Amazing work! Any chance you could share the box's front cover on its own? Maybe even reframed to square if you really have too much time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 7 hours ago, Laserschwert said: If only... That's gorgeous. Great work! If that were the real thing, I'd almost be tempted to buy it. Almost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Laserschwert 475 Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 4 hours ago, Jay said: Photoshop or equivalent software It's a bit more complicated than that, since I've used Blender for it, though Photoshop definitely played a role for all the box/cover/label designs. Cerebral Cortex, mstrox, Jay and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,695 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 I love JWFan for the insane amount of effort people will put into completely fake things But I also hate you now because I can't buy this... I really believed the resolution of LotR fans to buy literally anything would lead to this sort of thing being made. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 39 minutes ago, Laserschwert said: It's a bit more complicated than that, since I've used Blender for it, though Photoshop definitely played a role for all the box/cover/label designs. I would read an entire blog post about the making of this! Laserschwert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,287 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 39 minutes ago, Laserschwert said: It's a bit more complicated than that, since I've used Blender for it, though Photoshop definitely played a role for all the box/cover/label designs. Dear Jeff. Do something useful with your obscene wealth and get @Laserschwert in to make this happen. Love JWFan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,373 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 On 19/04/2023 at 12:05 AM, Laserschwert said: This is Trivial Pursuit, isn't it? Laserschwert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert 475 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 1 hour ago, GerateWohl said: This is Trivial Pursuit, isn't it? Didn't notice that. Well, there's only so much you can do with a frame and a title. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 18/4/2023 at 7:47 AM, Richard Penna said: I've lost all hope for that Same here. I’m just going to buy the digital and not care if they don’t come out on disc! I think the OST is the one I’ll come back to most anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,360 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 1 hour ago, mstrox said: Same here. I’m just going to buy the digital and not care if they don’t come out on disc! I think the OST is the one I’ll come back to most anyway. Which one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 The only OST album that the subject of this thread has? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Well, technically, there are three if you count Amazon exclusive streaming version of OST with two extra tracks and the shortened vinyl programme. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,360 Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 And then the other 8 (other other 1 if you group them into one mega release). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 On 3/5/2023 at 12:54 PM, A Farewell to Kings said: Which one? I have the CD of the OST. I don’t stream, and it’s my understanding that any bonus tracks are found elsewhere on the episode albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 Yes, the music that's in those two bonus tracks is all on the episode 6 album. "Find The Light" is the first 3 minutes and change of "In Defiance Of Death", while "The Promised King" is a combo of two cues, each of which is inside the much longer "Transformed By Darkness" track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 https://deadline.com/2023/05/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-bear-mccreary-interview-sound-and-screen-1235363233 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,695 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Quote In writing themes for each character, McCreary encountered a challenge in composing for Halbrand and Sauron – two characters whose connection isn’t discovered until Season 1’s final episode. “I couldn’t have just completely unrelated themes and I couldn’t have the same theme,” said McCreary. “So actually, Halbrand’s theme is Sauron’s theme played backwards… the difference is that I make [Halbrand’s] theme sound more noble – I reharmonize it, I play it in a solo French horn.” I didn't spot that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 I want to say that was pointed out here the day the OST dropped, but searching "backwards" or "reverse" doesn't find it. Not sure if the search engine picks up things in spoiler blocks though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,950 Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 Look up inverted or retrograde perhaps. That's more accepted terminology for that. A musican would simply look at those two and say "its the same music." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,374 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Ah nice, that found one reference to it after the season aired On 15/10/2022 at 7:22 AM, Edmund said: Halbrand's theme being an inverted version of Sauron's theme (or vice versa) turned out to be relevant after all! I like that. Although it's a bit weird that it will continue to carry that association if it is used for the Southlanders going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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