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"I can't carry the ring, BUT I CAN CARRY YOU!!!"
When I'm studying or working I usually like to put some background instrumental music on. This is not that music. This album commands your full attention from beginning to end. It is a story in itself- frightening, dramatic, triumphant, and above all, incredibly emotional. One of the most remarkle tracks is "Shelob's Lair." Most of the song is loud and dissonant- the kind of music that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up, as it should. However, at the end of the s...
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Howard Shore is the Lord of music composers
It's so sad that this is the end of the Trilogy. I sincerely enjoyed listening to the music of the 3 parts of the Lord of the Rings. Howard Shore spared no effort to make us feel the events of the story. His vision and enthusiasm were a great help to the making of this movie.- As usual, Shore brings some of the old music from the Fellowship of the Ring esp. in his first theme (A storm is coming). This time he lets us feel the moments when Smeagol was a hobbit enjoying his time in fishing wit...
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02/19/2004
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The Best Soundtrack Ever. Period.
The entire "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy is absolutely amazing and all are groundbreaking achievements in filmmaking but in my opinion they wouldn't be as good without the amazing master work of composer Howard Shore. 'The Return of the King', in particular, has the most expressive, emotional and dramatic music of the three films which perfectly complements the emotion and drama of the movie. The music alone is a work of genius. From the orchestral music to Annie Lennox's "Into the West",...
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Music Have Never Sounded This Good; Beautiful pieces!
This soundtrack is simply amazing. From start to finish, I was enthralled by the beautiful sounds of Middle-Earth that Howard Shore has created.A Storm Is Coming is a combination of several past sounds with new music incorporated into one beautiful introduction. Hope And Memory is one of my favourites; in fact its my ultimate favourite! This part was when Gandalf and Peregrin Took ride to Minas Tirith. A touching piece. Minas Tirith theme is another awesome track with loud and bold sounds of ...
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A spectacular soundtrack to a spectacular movie!
::Possible spoilers for those who havent seen RotK:: This soundtrack is absolutely amazing! I have heard a lot of soundtracks and this is the best by far. If you were teary-eyed at the end of Return of the King you will definitely be teary-eyed at the end of the soundtrack. It is the most moving soundtrack I've ever heard. Some of the highlights of it are: #2 (Hope and Memory). This is in Rohan, when Gandalf takes Pippin to Minas Tirith. Number 2 ends with a Shadowfax theme where (in the...
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Epic Soundtrack for an Epic Film
Soundtracks do not make or mar a film per se, but it cannot be denied that it is an important element. An irritating or faky soundtrack can make you laugh at what should be a serious part of the film, and would probably draw your attention away from the actual movie.
But then sometimes there are those soundtracks that come along that the listener just really likes. It captures the emotion of the film, it can deliver a mighty punch when necessary, but also presents softer parts where the...
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02/22/2004
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Into the West and into Greatness
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) In a time when most studios bank on a combination of bubble gum pop, hip hop and rap to sell soundtracks for a film, we are gifted with true greatness. Howard Shore looked at each film as a separate entity that required a continuous bridge as a theme, and different voices to carry each movie to the next. You had Enya (May it Be) for Fellowship of the Ring. For the Two Towers it was She...
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The perfect fit for the perfect movie
Howard Shore has proven his talent beyond any doubt with this, the third and final of the three soundtracks for The Lord of the Rings movies. The music is the perfect score for the three most incredible movies the world has seen, taking us from emotional heights, to depths, to simple and quiet moments with some of the most wonderful music you'll ever hope to hear, regardless of whether or not you have seen, or even wish to see, the cinema trilogy by New Line.I'd hoped to do a track-by-track a...
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Good but almost ruined by its incompleteness.
Sorry for posting this review twice. I didn't aware that I was logged in from my another account that I don't write reviews with.
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Right after my first viewing of the film, I headed to the local music store and bought this CD without any thought. To be honest, I didn't even look at the track list.The filmscore as played in the movie was too great. Several nice pieces of music integrated very well with the momentum of the film, and helped make this already-great-movie a better one...
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63 Score On A Par 72 Course... ;-)
I originally wrote a review of the score to "The Fellowship Of The Ring" which expressed general dissatisfaction. Since then, I must confess that I was _impressed_ with the score to "The Two Towers," and --- believe it or not --- I consider the score to "The Return Of The King" to be a _masterpiece_! I did not believe that Howard Shore could be capable of such growth and expresssion, but I am happy to report that my guess was mistaken. In this score, he is demon...
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