07-25-2017, 10:30 PM
(07-25-2017, 12:22 AM)bigcat1969 Wrote: It has been some time since I watched LOTR. I really must do that again. I do remember they had countless endings. Now when I watch them I shall also try to pay more attention to the music.
You definitely should. LotR are my all-time favorite movies and I've watched them... well I don't know, probably 30 or 40 times over the years? I have a personal tradition of watching LotR in its entirety at least once a year. They're simply a showcase of brilliant movie making on all levels and by now they're so full of nostalgia that watching them just gives me a nice, warm feeling. They're not perfect by any means, but they certainly do far more things right than wrong.
As for the music... well it's absolutely worth checking out more closely, but TBH it's not my favorite part of the trilogy. Howard Shore knows what he's doing and there's some nice and memorable stuff in there. I was really into the LotR soundtrack back in the day. But it hasn't really stuck with me like other scores from great movies have. Listening to it nowadays I actually find it a little bland overall. OTOH Shore isn't a composer in the Williams/Goldsmith/Silvestri/Horner/etc category, so it's to be expected that his work sounds different. I guess it comes down to tastes and preferences.
