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Re: I've seen LOTR

Oliver J. Hanau
SubjectRe: I've seen LOTR
FromOliver J. Hanau
Date01/26/2002 12:50 (01/26/2002 12:50)
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Rimrunner wrote:

Rimrunner
The score is melodramatic, overdone, and laden with choruses.

"Laden with choruses?" Watch "Crimson Tide" or "The Peacemaker" or almost anything else by my dear compatriot Hans Zimmer and then come back to talk about laden with choruses.

In other words, it's just right.

Loveitloveitloveitloveit. I think I played it more often already than the TPM score. Heck, I'll put it on right now.

A while ago, it occurred to me to think of Shore's score in terms of the original, incomplete release of the ANH score. The thought of a a two-CD LotR:FotR score with four more CDs further developing some of the themes made me weak at the knees. And I never liked Shore much before this. I sorta enjoyed his "The Cell" score but that went a completely different way.

[Frodo and Sam leaving the rest of the Company]

In fact, though it's heresy to say so, I think I like the way it was done in the movie better.

I'm about thirty pages away from the end of Book Two (i.e. Part One) and I cannot remember the number of times I've thought how much better the movie did something.

Oliver.