Lord Of The Rings Score
New York or Middle Earth: the Choice is Yours in London’s West End
London’s West End is famous the world over for its first-class theatrical productions and renowned musical adaptations. From Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest production of The Sound of Music – starring TV’s ‘How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria’ winner Connie Fisher – to the recent stage adaptation of the classic 1980s movie Dirty Dancing, London’s theatres attract visitors in their hoards. Moreover, London theatre breaks are especially popular with people interested in taking a short holiday in the UK’s bustling capital.
May 2007 sees the opening of two new plays in London’s West End that will have theatre fans across the UK chattering with excitement. The Theatre Royal on Drury Lane will be showing the world’s first adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’. Following on from the phenomenal success of Peter Jackson’s Oscar winning movie trilogy, the Theatre Royal’s new production of Tolkein’s epic masterpiece combines an ecstatic musical score with heart-stopping choreography and a spectacular stage design.
Featuring over 70 actors, singers and musicians, The Lord of the Rings stage play will follow Frodo Baggins on his amazing journey through Middle Earth – and the production looks likely to be a runaway success. Opening on May 9th, LOTR fans should make sure they book their tickets well in advance to secure a seat.
If enchanted rings and hairy hobbits aren’t quite your idea of an enjoyable night at the theatre, then you’re in luck: May also sees the opening of Fame at the Shaftsbury Theatre. The original high school musical, Fame revolves around a group of students in New York’s school for the Performing Arts. Like The Lord of the Rings, and starring Irene Cara, Fame was adapted into an Oscar winning film in 1980 and has since spawned generations of fans of both the film and the original stage musical alike.
The movie version of Fame was spawned from a successful TV series and the movies’ skyrocketing success gave rise to a host of films made in a similar genre, including Flashdance and Footloose. Today, many films, musicals and TV programmes aimed at teenagers still use the formula that Fame made so successful – the charting of the hopes and dreams of young, idealistic adolescents. Recent films such as Centre Stage and Disney’s High School Musical have followed a similar pattern, but none have so far rendered the timelessness and eternal appeal of the original Fame.
Opening on May 4th at the Shaftsbury Theatre on Shaftsbury Avenue, Fame promises a rollicking experience for any fan of the musical, the film – or simply anyone that desires a stunning stage musical experience! And, if you’re planning to visit London’s West End to see The Lord of the Rings or Fame this Spring, why not make a short theatre break out of it? That way you’ll get to take in London’s spectacular attractions and indulge in a spot of shopping while on a cultural weekend away.
Andrew Regan is a freelance online journalist who travels extensively.
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Andrew Regan is a freelance online journalist who travels extensively.
Lord Of The Rings Soundtrack – The Breaking Of The Fellowship (The Fellowship Of The Ring)
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Howard Shore Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony $2.18 Howard Shore – Creating The Lord of the Rings Symphony – A Composer’s Journey Through Middle-earth Includes excerpts of live concert footage from The Lord of the Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists, documentary commentary by Howard Shore, and the illustrations of Alan Lee and John Howe. The concert footage was recorded live at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts, M… |
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Lord of the Rings: Conquest $19.99 Middle-Earth stands on the brink of destruction, and you must unite to either save it, or destroy it, in The Lord of the Rings: Conquest. With every race bound to this fate, all you have to decide is what to do with the time given to you, and choose your allegiance. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent … |
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Lord of the Rings: Conquest $19.99 Middle-Earth stands on the brink of destruction, and you must unite to either save it, or destroy it, in The Lord of the Rings: Conquest. With every race bound to this fate, all you have to decide is what to do with the time given to you, and choose your allegiance. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent … |
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War in Middle Earth $25.00 Follow the footsteps of Frodo, Aragorn, and Gandalf as they battle to get The One Ring to the Crack of Doom. Ranged against you are all the evil forces of the Dark Lord Sauron and the corrupt wizard Saruman. The odds are overwhelming but you cannot afford to fail. The destiny of Middle Earth hangs in the balance…. |
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Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2 Collector’s Edition $29.99 In The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, the sequel to the critically acclaimed RTS game The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth you now have the chance to experience all that Middle-earth was meant to be. Given a new agreement with The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises that grants EA the rights to develop games based on the books, in addition to a separate … |
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Lord of the Rings – Fellowship of the Ring – 4 CD Cardz $2.00 These rectangular CD-ROMs are both Windows and Macintosh compatible. There are no additional software or hardware installation requirements. CD Cardz included are Frodo, Aragorn, Gandalf and the Ringwraiths…. |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $5.11 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 Kn… |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $4.32 SOUNDTRACK EL SEÃ’OR DE LOS ANILLOS 3: THE RETURN OF… |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $8.73 Howard Shore’s music for the massively successful first film chapter of Tolkien’s Ring saga won him the Oscar® for Best Original Score, something of a surprise given the music’s ambitious scale and determinedly dark overtones, factors that handily blurred the line between typical film fantasy music and accomplished concert work. Its sequel takes the same, often Wagnerian-scaled dramatic tack, fol… |
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Alfred Publishing 00-CBM02010 Concert Medley From The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Music Book $67.86 DESCRIPTIONS: Vivid musical imagery permeates this wonderful arrangement of selections from the Academy Award -winning Howard Shore film score. Titles included in the medley are The Prophesy and In Dreams among others. Dramatic and rich with emotion, this Jack Bullock arrangement of the film score is a welcome addition to band literature. (7:22). Please note that a medley is a combined arrangement of the songs listed, and does not include each song in full. |
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Alfred Publishing 00-MBM02046 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Music Book $41.95 DESCRIPTIONS: The first live-action movie from Tolkien’s three-part Lord of the Rings saga of hobbits, wizards, and elves contains a spectacular musical score by Howard Shore. Master arranger Victor Lopez takes many of the memorable themes and weaves them into a chart |
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Best Original Music Score Academy Award Winners: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr $78.41 Used – Chapters: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr, Henry Mancini, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Nino Rota, John Williams, Michel Legrand, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Bernard Herrmann, Hans Zimmer, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Paul McCartney, Brokeback Mountain, Slumdog Millionaire, Up, A. R. Rahman, Atonement, Robert B. Sherman, Jerry Goldsmith, Malcolm Arnold, James Horner, Let It Be, |
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Best Original Music Score Academy Award Winners: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr $54.28 New – Chapters: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr, Henry Mancini, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Nino Rota, John Williams, Michel Legrand, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Bernard Herrmann, Hans Zimmer, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Paul McCartney, Brokeback Mountain, Slumdog Millionaire, Up, A. R. Rahman, Atonement, Robert B. Sherman, Jerry Goldsmith, Malcolm Arnold, James Horner, Let It Be, |
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Best Original Music Score Academy Award Winners: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr $47.96 Used – Chapters: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr, Henry Mancini, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Nino Rota, John Williams, Michel Legrand, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Bernard Herrmann, Hans Zimmer, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Paul McCartney, Brokeback Mountain, Slumdog Millionaire, Up, A. R. Rahman, Atonement, Robert B. Sherman, Jerry Goldsmith, Malcolm Arnold, James Horner, Let It Be, |
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Best Original Music Score Academy Award Winners: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr $69.66 Used – Chapters: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr, Henry Mancini, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Nino Rota, John Williams, Michel Legrand, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Bernard Herrmann, Hans Zimmer, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Paul McCartney, Brokeback Mountain, Slumdog Millionaire, Up, A. R. Rahman, Atonement, Robert B. Sherman, Jerry Goldsmith, Malcolm Arnold, James Horner, Let It Be, |
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Best Original Music Score Academy Award Winners: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr $78.41 New – Chapters: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr, Henry Mancini, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Nino Rota, John Williams, Michel Legrand, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Bernard Herrmann, Hans Zimmer, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Paul McCartney, Brokeback Mountain, Slumdog Millionaire, Up, A. R. Rahman, Atonement, Robert B. Sherman, Jerry Goldsmith, Malcolm Arnold, James Horner, Let It Be, |
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Best Original Music Score Academy Award Winners: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr $54.43 Used – Chapters: The Beatles, Prince, John Lennon, George Harrison, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ringo Starr, Henry Mancini, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Nino Rota, John Williams, Michel Legrand, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Bernard Herrmann, Hans Zimmer, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Paul McCartney, Brokeback Mountain, Slumdog Millionaire, Up, A. R. Rahman, Atonement, Robert B. Sherman, Jerry Goldsmith, Malcolm Arnold, James Horner, Let It Be, |
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Enya – May It Be (From the Lord of the Rings) – Music Book $40 Performed by: Enya: May It Be (From the Lord of the Rings) Music Book, scoring: Concert Band;Score & Parts, instruments: Band |
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Gollum’s Song (from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) Conductor Score & Parts Concert Band – Alfred Publishing – 00-CBM03009 $39.41 DESCRIPTIONS: From The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, this is the emotional song that captured the hearts of movie-goers world wide. Arranged for beginning band, this serves as a terrific opportunity to reinforce accidentals using this familiar melody. Solemn and hFeatures: Conductor Score & Parts Pages: 170Music by Howard Shore, words by Fran Walsh / arr. Ralph FordFormat Conductor Score & Parts |
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Great Movie Themes Conductor Score & Parts – Alfred Publishing -00-33995 $75.55 Alfred Music Publishing is the world s largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational #44; reference #44; pop #44; and performance materials for teachers #44; students #44; professionals #44; and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument #44; style #44; and difficulty level. Stretch your performance music budget further with a collection of pieces for the price of one! The Alfred and Belwin Signature Performance Series combine several best-selling pieces by our popular composers and arrangers into one set of score and parts. Made for young bands and orchestras #44; each set contains full-length pieces that can be used together in one concert or separately #44; with themes such as classic popular Christmas #44; movies #44; international #44; pop #44; and Classics appropriate for Contest. Also available for choir and handbell choir. Enjoy quality music at a great value price! Use this piece for novelty and pop concerts. Titles: All Star (from Shrek) * The James Bond Theme (from Die Another Day) * Into the West (from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King). |
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History Of Violence (Score) $16.98 This is the latest collaboration between esteemed director David Cronenberg and Howard Shore. Best known for his score to The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Shore delivers a dynamic soundscape to Cronenberg’s thriller, starring Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt, and Ed Harris. Previous collaborations include The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, M. Butterfly, Crash, and eXistenZ, all spanning a period of nearly 20 years. |
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Howard Shore – Isengard Unleashed – From The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Sheet Music (Digital Download) $5.5 Howard Shore – Isengard Unleashed – From “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” Digital Sheetmusic – instantly downloadable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file (this arrangement contains complete lyrics), scoring: Piano/Vocal/Chords;Vocal Score, instruments: Voice 2;Voice 1;Piano;Choir |
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Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings Movie Music Hilites – Music Book $60 Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings Movie Music Hilites Music Book, scoring: Concert Band;Score & Parts, instruments: Band |
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Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings Symphonic Suite – Conductor’s Score – Music Book $9 Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings Symphonic Suite – Conductor’s Score Music Book, scoring: Orchestra;Conductor’s Score, instruments: Orchestra;String Orchestra |
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Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings Symphonic Suite – Music Book $80 Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings Symphonic Suite Music Book, scoring: Concert Band;Score & Parts, instruments: Band |
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Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring – The Complete Recordin $73.15 Original Soundtrack – This nicely packaged box set, spread out over three CDs and a DVD-Audio (which features the score in Surround Sound), contains the complete score for FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, t… |
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Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordin $61.55 This limited edition release includes a bonus DVD of trailers and “Howard Shore: An Introspective”.This elegantly packaged box set presents composer Howard Shore’s expansive score for the extended … |
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Into the West (from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) Conductor Score & Parts Concert Band Music by Howard Shore, words by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, Annie Lennox / arr. Douglas E. Wagner – Alfred Publishing -00-CBM04004 $54.29 DESCRIPTIONS: Into the West, from the Academy Award-winning film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won the Best Song category at the 2004 Academy Awards. Since the film’s release this beautiful ballad has received unending global acclaim. |
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Johan De Meij – Lord of the Rings, The (Symphony No. 1) – Complete Edition – Pocket-size Study Score – Music Book $25 Johan De Meij – Lord of the Rings, The (Symphony No. 1) – Complete Edition – Pocket-size Study Score Music Book, scoring: Study Score;Concert Band; 168 pages |