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Music : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring from: Reprise / Wea List Price: $29.98 Price: $29.85 You Save: $0.13 ( 0%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0093624823827 Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition, Soundtrack Label: Reprise / Wea Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Reprise / Wea Release Date: November 20, 2001 Studio: Reprise / Wea Sales Rank: 134571 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Containing the same tracklisting as the standard edition, this deluxe digipack features four fold-out panels and is wrapped in red leatherette with the title stamped in foil on the front and the spine. It also contains a special 24-page booklet. Amazon.com: Score composer Howard Shore has informed this first installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy with his distinctly modern sensibilities. Revolving loosely around a brief, heroic brass theme, this epic is infused with a powerful rhythmic thrust and a musical range that encompasses centuries (from the Renaissance pastoralism of "Concerning Hobbits" to the fiery, Prokofiev-influenced drama of "A Knife in the Dark"). Key to the score's sense of mystery and magical place are the rich choral passages that are interspersed throughout, some so ominously gothic they make The Phantom Menace's "Duel of the Fates" sound almost sunny by comparison. Enya's contributions ("The Council of Elrond" and the song "May It Be") add a sense of organic tranquility, but it's Shore's Wagnerian-scaled orchestral score that should long be cherished by admirers of film music and hobbits alike. --Jerry McCulley Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - The soundscapes of Middle EarthThis disc is a wonderful selection of pieces from the original score to the film, arranged very nicely so that one piece flows into the next smoothly. I highly recommend listening whilst working; you sort of drift along with the music, vivid images of Middle Earth popping into your head now and then. It is a very nice soundtrack all in all; atmospheric at times, symphonic at others. Rating: - Awe inspiring!What can I say that hasn't already been said about Howard Shore's magnificent score for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy? A soundtrack can define the whole atmosphere of a film, and this fully orchestrated work certainly does that with sweep, splendor and wonder, alternately humanizing (hobbit-izing?) the characters, imbuing the landscape with magic and capturing the world-shaking impact of events of mythic proportions. And this was no easy task considering the iconoclastic status of the story and the superb quality of Peter Jackson's filmmaking. This is a truly a soundtrack for the ages--a fitting accompaniment to a film for the ages! Every aspect of life, from the extreme to the mundane, is captured in this music. Listening to it can make ... Read More: Rating:  - Great addition to your LOTR collection!!!A must have for all LOTR fans. Brilliant composing by Howard Shore and great additions by Enya. I have seen FOTR 16 times, and have it memorized. Therefore, the soundtrack is a great way to bring back those great memorys. Some songs are ghostly sinister and get your heart racing while other are very calm, and emotional. I was not a fan of classical music, but I am now. Any fan of the movie or even of classical music should get this one. The price is more than your average cd, but hey, this is not your average cd. Rating: - Limited edition a great value for an upscale packageThe special limited edition of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" packages the soundtrack to one of 2001's best films in an elegant and upscale, yet still very affordable, deluxe package. Bound in red leather, it has two parchment-look pockets inside, one containing the CD, the other containing the CD booklet on heavy cardstock paper -- this is one CD booklet that won't be in tatters after a few readings. Unlike so many soundtracks, this one holds up as an album in its own right, with the pastoral hobbit themes -- one of the highlights of the soundtrack for all three movies -- clashing with the dramatic themes accompanying the agents of Mordor. This latter is especially impressive, since John Williams' bombastic Imperial ... Read More: Rating: - Relive the movie with this fantastic scoreI've seen FOTR about 10 times - maybe not into the hardcore fan category, but it's definitely my favorite movie. (with the exception of TTT!) I bought the soundtrack after seeing the movie 3 or 4 times. It's amazing! If I'm somewhere where I don't have a DVD player, I pop in the CD and it's like reliving the whole movie!! I hear this little choral section, and I can see in my head the innkeeper hiding behind the doorway at the Prancing Pony while the ringwraiths stomp by...I hear another instrumental part and can see the fellowship running across the Bridge in the mines. This is definitely the most amazing filmscore soundtrack I've ever heard, and I highly recommend it especially if you have the movie almost memorized! |
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