Sorry for the lack of updates… I’ve been traveling a lot lately. And, in fact, I’m heading out again tonight, so I’ll have to be brief.

Yes, I can confirm the ROTK delay. It is not related to rescheduling, legal issues or anything of that sort. The delay pertains strictly to the creation of the physical product which, because of the additional CD and the double-sided DVD in this set, has become a bit more involved than in the past.

No cause for alarm, though I certainly understand your frustrations.

The Annotated Score is its final edits now… I hope it’ll answer your questions regarding unused material, etc. Oh, and FYI, the sequencing on the album represents the film’s structure at the time Shore scored it (save for Sissel’s piece). So when questions arise regarding “why is scene X before scene Y on this album…” it’s because that’s how the film was originally edited and that’s how it was scored.

Ok, I’m late! Gotta run! Yay, airports!

-Doug

PS – keep those questions coming in to the Podcast, they’ve been outstanding so far! I’d still love to hear from more of you… Magpie, I’m looking at you! We should be up and running around early November.

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PPS -- Pop quiz, why am I proud to be post 440?

Because 440 + the number of posts from the older threads makes a nice round number?

Because your book is finished at 440 pages?

No idea, really. Have a safe flight, Doug!

I think, that would be a good question for Doug's podcast,...

-Sabsi

PS: Re: 440: There will be 440 minutes of unused music on the RaritiesDiscs ??

27 days to go (again!!!)

P.S.:Predictible

P.P.S.:440?The number of days until the book and the last discs get released?

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Originally posted by Cavalier_of_Palahndtüs:
440 = A4 (piano)

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there are two number four in 440 and there is like 2*4=8

SO :Instead of 8 days for a Tracks will be played again on streamming soundtrack dot com the ROtK -CR is available after 4 days (and maybe 4 hours).

I have seen the buttons at green color and they are yellow when H.S. is already in the Queue.

I'm not sure why I trimmed it before. Anyway, enjoy!

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Originally posted by Jim Ware:
I altered my 'White Rider' video to include more unused and alternate music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFxFtBcTJmU

I'm not sure why I trimmed it before. Anyway, enjoy!

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it's interesting like "Tulta tuo.." seem to fit for this scene the two in fact. as if the call with triplets were for Theoden rides Forth first.

There is a motif that can be heard more than once in TTT, but I don't recall reading about it in the liner notes. It's in "Edoras" and begins at 1:18. Is this a a theme?

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Double-sided DVD... why not double-layered?

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Perhaps it's both (a DVD-18).

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Originally posted by Olorin:

Perhaps it's both (a DVD-18).

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Happy Birthday, Howard Shore.

I'm not as old as Howard, but old enough to remember the heady days of Saturday Night Live back when it was funny. I had vague memories of the "All Nurse Band" but only vague. And I could never find images on the web (large enough) to refresh my memory. It suddenly dawned on me that, if I could figure out what episode it was, I could rent it from Netflix. And so I did. And, being a magpie, I have to 'collect'.

So, I present, Howard Shore and his All Nurse Band:
http://www.geocities.com/magpie930/AllNurseBand/Nurse.htm

Enjoy.

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It should all work now. Thanks for the heads up.

Thank you so much for sharing this, Magpie!
So I was right about SNL *yay me*

Here's to many many more great years of Tolkien music...

2008 - The Lord of the Rings: The Rarities
2009 - The Hobbit (OST)
2010 - The Hobbit: The Complete Recordings
2011 - The Hobbit: The Rarities

Have a great day Mr.Shore, you've reason to celebrate like a Hobbit

And thanks to Marilynn for the SNL piece I was almost certain this was the surprise you were promising us as you refered to the Roots and Beginnings

Congratulations from me as well...not that it will do anyone good, but they're coming from the heart!

Bientôt plus de Bougies que de Gateau

J'espére vous voir L'été prochain lors de la Symphonie du Seigneur des Anneaux a Paris.

je vous souhaite Beaucoup d'autres bandes Originales d'excellents films (surtout un : la musique du cambrioleur "cric crac cric crac.... "). Ou que beaucoup de films souhaitent avoir un excellent musicien comme vous pour faire leurs musiques. Mais comme très souvent les deux vont "de pair". un souhait d'une encore longue carriére dans le cinema est un souhait suffisant.

Joyeux 61 ans Howard Leslie Shore. Une couronne d'or et d'argent pour vous qui n'avez jamais perdu la tête pour scorer n'importe quoi.

Dambedir,Minas Morgul, Romuald.

Happy birthday & herzlichen Glückwunsch, Mr. Shore!

By my calculations, I have now heard almost four fifths of the soundtrack - though all out of order, or course. I'm so looking forward to being able to hear everything straight through from beginning to end in just under a month's time. Not to mention reading Doug's liner notes and annotated score, and finally finding out about the last set of themes.

Here's a thought: for those who have listened to some tracks, what is your favourite track so far?

I know it's hard to pick a favourite, but the first that comes to my mind is the first track I heard - The Foot of Orthanc. It has some really great defeated versions of the Isengard theme and the Five Beat Pattern, and it was all so sublimely subtle. I can't wait to hear it again!

Isengard theme is oppressive and imperious, unchanging, relentless, music for metal and wheels, Mordor theme embodies the true evil and wickedness in the story, being instantly menacing, twisted, threatening, almost screaming its fury and Evil to the world. Shore manipulates his themes so that both get heavier and heavier from score to score and in the end Mordor theme mirrors the proximity of the Land of Shadow itself and the growing power of Sauron and his armies.

What is also wonderful is the way Shore adds his secondary motifs to these themes. Mordor Skip-Beat, Threat of Mordor, Descending Thirds motif, 5/4 Beat Pattern and Mordor Outline all so naturally join each other and the main villains' themes. They build a web of themes, dense but coherent slipping so easily in and out among all the other material.

This has been in my experience a rare thing that I have not heard in such big scale in any other score. This interrelatedness is a great strength and amoung the things that have kept me admiring this music for all these years.