![]() 3.9 Recurring music not by Howard Shore.3.7.3 Themes for the Gloom of Middle-earth.3.5 Themes for the Fellowship of the Ring.3.1.3 The Hobbit Accompaniment figures. Jackson had had a concept for the music while writing the script, imagining music playing along that had "a Celtic feel without being Celtic" and wanting to add some of J.R.R. Tolkien's poetry back into the soundtrack. When he began previsualizing sequences to create an animatic, he started putting existing music to it. The track, compiled with the assistance of local musicians Plan 9 and David Longe, had included music from Braveheart and Last of the Mohicans for "the more epic moments" but was dominated by music from scores written by Howard Shore. In later conversations with the studio, New Line suggested Doctor James Horner, who scored Braveheart and Titanic, but Jackson insisted on Howard Shore. Howard had read the books while on-tour in the seventies, and agreed to visit New Zealand where he met the filmmakers and a few other members of the creative team. He stayed in a local house in New Zealand, where he had a piano placed, and composed an early iteration of the Shire theme, Frodo's theme and the Fellowship, all before Jackson rolled cameras on the film. Howard Shore worked on the films for four years, starting with a 26-minute section of score that went with the bulk of the Cannes presentation, made while the films were being shot, and then for each consecutive year for lengthy recording sessions, including more recording booked specifically for each extended edition. Shore also had ideas for The Hobbit around this time, and got to put them to use when he teamed with Jackson for the second trilogy. Shore had contacted the London Philharmonic Orchestra (along with the London Voices and the London Oratory Boy Choir) to score the films, although the Moria segment of The Fellowship of the Ring (recorded for Cannes) as well as The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies, were both recorded in New Zealand by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Gamelan Orchestra and the Maori Samoan Choir. The scores utilize a large symphony orchestra, three large choirs (men, SATB and boys), stage bands comprised of various world instruments, and various soloists. The music itself was created using a technique called leitmotif (leading motives), where the bulk of the score is comprised of interconnected, recurring themes that represent various narrative elements, and develop as the narrative unfolds. I owned two and the stone in the first one lasted for just over two years of daily wear and the second one lasted for about four years (which isn't too bad, but for $140.00 I would think that The NC would have found a better method to mount the stone).In working on the scores, Shore had accrued an immense catalogue of around 160 leitmotivs. The main problem that I have with it is that the stone is only glued in and will fall out over time. This one is pretty good overall and has a pretty good likeness to the screen used prop although it is more cleaned up and has more detail. Here are some pics and descriptions of some of the more unique versions that I've owned: I have found a couple that are close, but most are just knock-offs of the Noble Collection version (some of which are not very good). Overall I have owned about (12) different versions of this ring, but have always wanted one exactly like the pic above. Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I have been searching for a screen accurate Ring of Barahir for a few years now. So there you go, a little history on each ring! The ring of Aragorn is more properly known as the Ring of Barahir, given to Barahir long ago by Finrod Felagund (one of the high elf kings) for coming to his rescue in battle. Once Sauron rose to power again, however, they knew that should he conquor that the rings would be directly under his control again, and should he fail that the power of the rings as well should fail and therefore so would their society. ![]() Once Sauron was "destroyed" and the One severed from his hands, the Elves used their three rings again to help maintain their domains (Lothlorien and Rivendell). Upon Sauron putting on the One Ring, he was aware of this, and likewise so were the elves of Sauron's who then removed their rings. The elven rings, however, were made more powerful than any of the others save for, of course, Sauron's One Ring. The three elven rings are in fact the "three rings for elven kings under the sky", three of the rings of power under Sauron's command. ![]() Remember in the Balrog standoff scene, Gandalf says "I am the servant of the secret fire, wielder of the flame of Arnor!"? he's referring to Narya, the ring he wears. Narya is worn by Gandalf, and is the ring of fire. Vilya is worn by Elrond, and is the ring of air Nenya is worn by Galadriel, and is the ring of water Nearest underground station: Covent Garden. PS- the rings are named Nenya, Narya, and Vilya. The Noble Collection UK Ltd., 2628 Neal Street, London WC2H 9QQ. Re: How accurate are the NC LOTR other rings? ![]()
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