Lord of the The Rings Symphony
Well, the Lord of the Rings Symphony program was broadcast last night on ARTV in Quebec (It still might be airing around the schedule, because that's how cable is),already having run last week on Bravo, the Canadian English Language channel. It got some nice reactions, admittedly from friends. The best was one who thought that Howard Shore's remarks were off the cuff. Actually they were carefully scripted: 13 different topics chosen and developed by Yours Truly, and then adapted by Howard and his assistant to his own voice.
Haven't seen the finished program yet. Wish it could have given the full two-hour symphony, instead of just the 45 minutes it was cut down to (plus 13 minutes of documentary mingled within it). Anyhow, everyone who cares will get a chance to see it when it's released as a DVD along with the Lord of the Rings Return of the King Extended edition set.
It was exciting working on this, especially as it was my introduction to the post-production aspects of a video production. It wasn't easy, for many reasons. Mainly because our subject was touring around the world at the time (and still is) with his Symphony, but things seemed to work out. I'm looking forward to the next show, whatever that is going to be!
This image is a face I saw in a half-waking nightmare while I was working on the project. (I worked hard on it, and the deadlines were short!) It was a gollum-like creature who broke through the wall above my bed and told me I had no right to be working on this. It happened so suddenly in the dream, it startled me awake. In this case, though, he was wrong, at least!
Also, all through the project, themes from the symphony invaded my head. My favourite, I suppose was "Gondor." I was a bigger Lord of the Rings fan when I was 14, but I suppose I can say the release of the trilogy, and my involvement (however minor) has made me one again. The films were well-done, but I thought concentrated more on the fighting than the story I remember.
Haven't seen the finished program yet. Wish it could have given the full two-hour symphony, instead of just the 45 minutes it was cut down to (plus 13 minutes of documentary mingled within it). Anyhow, everyone who cares will get a chance to see it when it's released as a DVD along with the Lord of the Rings Return of the King Extended edition set.
It was exciting working on this, especially as it was my introduction to the post-production aspects of a video production. It wasn't easy, for many reasons. Mainly because our subject was touring around the world at the time (and still is) with his Symphony, but things seemed to work out. I'm looking forward to the next show, whatever that is going to be!
This image is a face I saw in a half-waking nightmare while I was working on the project. (I worked hard on it, and the deadlines were short!) It was a gollum-like creature who broke through the wall above my bed and told me I had no right to be working on this. It happened so suddenly in the dream, it startled me awake. In this case, though, he was wrong, at least!
Also, all through the project, themes from the symphony invaded my head. My favourite, I suppose was "Gondor." I was a bigger Lord of the Rings fan when I was 14, but I suppose I can say the release of the trilogy, and my involvement (however minor) has made me one again. The films were well-done, but I thought concentrated more on the fighting than the story I remember.
posted by Jack Ruttan at 3:33 PM
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That's some really cool shit, although I admittedly fall udner the category of quasi-faker LotR fans; I loved the movies yet the books put me to sleep.
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