The Fireside

Terrific news everyone!! The Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack is now EVEN MORE widely available!! Here are the links and formats (sorry let's assume that the vinyl set is sold out. did you get one? Either way, THIS is the one you need.). Expect The Two Towers (and possibly a 'remastered' (digital) edition of The Return of the King to come when their respective vinyl sets do [I say 'possibly' for The Return of the King because it's the newest, and therefore, already exists on some digital music / streaming services, whereas the first two hadn't previously] Anyway, here are the links no matter how you listen to music  I'm pushing this, because these are the soundtracks you SHOULD listen to, like how the extended editions are the ones you SHOULD watch. Here are the formats in which you can nab the 'definitive' Fellowship  soundtrack, no matter how you listen to music: CD (and blu-ray audio) set : https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Fellowship-...

Good day all! Yesterday evening, TheOneRing.Net hosted a live session with Doug Adams, 'musical scholar' for Howard shore's Middle-earth movie scores. He has assisted Howard tremendously with The Complete Recordings (even going so far to do the liner notes, which were expanded into its own book called The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films ). Last night, I asked my question (twice - once at the beginning of the session and properly during question time). I had asked: "Doug - can you provide any updates on either 'The Music of the Hobbit Films' book *OR* 'The Hobbit Complete Recordings?' His answer, to paraphrase is this: The Book: - it is already completed in some form. (My guess is rough version, first draft etc.) He said "I'm looking at it right now, actually." This was during a live video session, so it most likely only exists digitally at this point. Either way, this is great news - the book is underway to some degree, and will be ...