query: who wrote the score to lord of the rings

pos: Howard Shore Howard Shore Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer who is notable for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" film trilogies. He won three Academy Awards for his work on the first trilogy, with one being for the original song "Into the West", an award he shared with Eurythmics lead vocalist Annie Lennox and writer/producer Fran Walsh, who wrote the lyrics. He is also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of

neg: Music of The Lord of the Rings film series Music of The Lord of the Rings film series The music of "The Lord of the Rings" film series was composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced by Howard Shore. The scores are often considered to represent one of the greatest achievements in the history of film music in terms of length of the score, the size of the staged forces, the unusual instrumentation, the featured soloists, the multitude of musical styles and the number of recurring musical themes used. Shore wrote many hours of music for "The Lord of the Rings", effectively scoring the entire film length. Over 13 hours of

neg: Doug Adams (music journalist) Doug Adams (music journalist) Doug Adams is a musician, author, lecturer, and educator. He is the author of "The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films", a book about the music in "The Lord of the Rings" films. Adams previously worked for Film Score Monthly where, among other articles, he wrote extensive analyses of the themes used in John Williams' Star Wars film scores. After graduate school in 2001, Adams was selected by Howard Shore to observe and document his work on "The Lord of the Rings" films. Adams spent just under ten years writing the book, "The Music

neg: The Lord of the Rings Online a download manager released by Turbine. "The Lord of the Rings Online" received wide universal acclaim thus far, as reviews continue to appear since the game's initial release. GameDaily awarded the game 9/10, praising its rich, fantasy-themed universe, well-integrated trait and title system, and a story that remains true to the works of Tolkien. Yahoo! Video Games wrote a review with few negative mentions, awarding the game a score of 4/5, while "Computer and Video Games" called the game an essential purchase for "Lord of the Rings" fans, scoring the game a 9.2/10. Eurogamer scored the game a 9.0/10, calling

neg: Music of The Hobbit film series Music of The Hobbit film series The music of "The Hobbit" film series is composed and produced by Howard Shore, who scored all three "The Lord of the Rings" films, to which The Hobbit trilogy is a prequel. The score continues the style of The Lord of the Rings score, and utlizies a vast ensemble, multiple musical forms and styles, a large number of leitmotives and various unusual instruments, adding to Shore's overarching music of the Middle-earth films. Shore composed over nine hours of music, featuring 65 new musical themes and reprising 50 themes from the Lord of the Rings.

neg: Music of The Hobbit film series song "The Last Goodbye". The two-disc special edition contains two bonus tracks and five extended tracks. Music of The Hobbit film series The music of "The Hobbit" film series is composed and produced by Howard Shore, who scored all three "The Lord of the Rings" films, to which The Hobbit trilogy is a prequel. The score continues the style of The Lord of the Rings score, and utlizies a vast ensemble, multiple musical forms and styles, a large number of leitmotives and various unusual instruments, adding to Shore's overarching music of the Middle-earth films. Shore composed over nine hours of

neg: Music of The Hobbit film series (who often serve as featured soloists in the live performances of his Lord of the Rings scores), often in conjunction with the music of nature or the Elves. Unlike The Lord of the Rings, no boy soprano or young girls were used in the score. As with "The Lord of the Rings", the scores from "The Hobbit" were also largely vocal works, including choirs and soloists, as well as diegetic music and songs for the end-credits of each film. Howard Shore composed "The Valley of Imladris" - a diegetic piece for lute, lyre, wood flute and harp that is performed

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring a system that copied recorded imagery of fire. The musical score for "The Lord of the Rings" films was composed by Howard Shore. It was performed by the 100-strong New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Voices, The London Oratory School Schola, and the Maori Samoan Choir, and featured several vocal soloists. Shore wrote almost four hours of finalised music for the film (of which just over three hours are used as underscore), featuring a number of non-orchestral instruments, and a large number (49-62) of leitmotives. Two original songs, "Aníron" and the end title theme "May It

neg: Music of The Lord of the Rings film series This trend was followed in the documentation of The Music of The Hobbit, with a 10-minute HD documentary of the score to An Unexpected Journey and a 40-minute one for The Desolation of Smaug, as well an episode of the production diary being dedicated to it. Music of The Lord of the Rings film series The music of "The Lord of the Rings" film series was composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced by Howard Shore. The scores are often considered to represent one of the greatest achievements in the history of film music in terms of length of the score, the

neg: Themes of The Lord of the Rings one man who had given in to temptation can return to the good path and give his life, however ineffectively, for a good cause. Themes of The Lord of the Rings Since the publications of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit" and "The Silmarillion", a wealth of secondary literature has been published discussing the literary themes and archetypes present in the stories. Tolkien also wrote about the themes of his books in letters to friends, family and fans, and often within the books themselves. In his Foreword to the Second Edition of "The Lord of

neg: The Lord of the Rings (pinball) The Lord of the Rings (pinball) The Lord of the Rings is a 2003 pinball game designed by George Gomez and distributed by Stern Pinball. It is based on The Lord of the Rings (film series), which was first released in 2001. It features the highest possible score multiplier in pinball to date: During a combined "Two Towers" and "Gollum" Multiball it is possible to achieve a 84x Jackpot (when scoring seven subsequent combo Jackpot shots, having the 2x scoring Elf gift and the Sméagol phase of Gollum Multiball running at once). This game was re-released in December 2009 as

neg: David Long (New Zealand musician) David Long (New Zealand musician) David Long is a musician, composer and producer. He has worked on all of Peter Jackson’s films of the last decade. In 2009 he composed additional score for Peter Jackson’s "The Lovely Bones". For "" he wrote (in collaboration with Plan 9 Music) ‘Misty Mountain’, a song for the dwarves that also features as the major theme in the score and was used as the basis for the credits song by Neil Finn. He wrote music and created musical sound design for Peter Jackson’s "The Lord of the Rings" and "King Kong" (also with Plan

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king GameRankings, the game had an average score of 78% based on 25 reviews. On Metacritic, the game had an average score of 78 out of 100, based on 22 reviews. NZGamer.com gave the expansion an 8.0 out of 10, crediting the games improvement of many aspects over the original Battle for Middle-Earth, as well as the games campaign for its use of a lesser known part of Middle-earth's history. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king is

neg: Howard Shore Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King". He received his fourth nomination for his work on "Hugo". Shore has also received six Golden Globe nominations, winning three consecutive awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song - "Into the West" for "" (2003) and "The Aviator" (2004), making him the second composer (after Alan Menken) to have received consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Score. He also won three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Score for each of the Lord of the Rings films, and received a second award in 2003 for the song "Into the

neg: Lego The Lord of the Rings (video game) Second Age "fair" form (Annatar), and three other characters, and the second one includes characters such as a Mini-Balrog and a Corsair of Umbar. The third one includes only tools, such as the Three Elven rings, and a fourth includes a special Faramir and a Barrow-wight. There is no way to buy the DLC for the PC version of the game. "Lego The Lord of the Rings" has received generally positive reviews from critics, mostly praising the story, humour and visuals based on Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. GameRankings gave it a score of 82% based on 12

neg: The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) a guide. Mike Ploog (co-creator of Werewolf by Night) was one of numerous staff taking a role in animation on this film. Ploog also was involved in other Ralph Bakshi animations, notably "Wizards" and "Hey Good Lookin"'. The film score was composed by Leonard Rosenman. Bakshi wanted to include music by Led Zeppelin but producer Saul Zaentz insisted upon an orchestral score because he would not be able to release the band's music on his Fantasy Records label. Bakshi later stated that he hated Rosenman's score, which he found to be too cliché. In "Lord of the Rings: Popular Culture

neg: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Boys choir were recorded in AIR Lyndhurst, London. The score featured a few new themes for Dain, Gundabad (featuring a "chorus" of didgeridoos) and the Dwarves' war preparations, but focused more on blending and clashing the themes against one another, eventually bringing the themes to a resolution. Billy Boyd, who played Peregrin Took in "The Lord of the Rings", wrote and recorded the song "The Last Goodbye" to be played over the end credits of the film. A teaser trailer for the film was released on July 28, 2014 attached to "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Into the Storm", and "If

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age a minor character or extra who appeared at some point in the films, and who was named by the production crew but never named on-screen. "The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age" received "mixed or average reviews" across all systems; the GameCube version holds an aggregate score of 74 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on twenty-five reviews; the PlayStation 2 version 73 out of 100, based on thirty-five reviews; and the Xbox version 75 out of 100, based on thirty-eight reviews. Eurogamer's Patrick Garratt scored the Xbox version 7 out of 10. Comparing the combat system to "Final

neg: Music of The Lord of the Rings film series pool" as well as what are outright effects like horn calls) are even featured on the album. Some of it, like Aragorn's coronation chant, even appears in the Lord of the Rings Symphony. Furthermore, many of the musical sound effects like horn-calls were made to complement the score while other pieces shared a more coincidental connection to the score, such as the stepwise melody of "The Edge of Night" (evoking the Shire music) and its open-fifth opening figure, evoking Gondor, where it is sung in the film. Others like the diegetic 5/4-time drum-beats were outright inspired by the score. Within

neg: The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest of turning the relatively dark fantasy of classic "Lord of the Rings" into a family-friendly Wii game, with Sam playing up Aragorn's heroism and omitting grislier details." The game received mixed reviews. The DS version holds an aggregate score of 55% on GameRankings. The PlayStation 2 version holds an aggregate score of 50%. The PlayStation 3 version holds scores of 60% on GameRankings, and 58 out of 100 on Metacritic. The PlayStation Portable version a score of 50% on GameRankings. The Wii version holds scores of 58% on GameRankings, and 58 out of 100 on Metacritic. GameSpot's Carolyn Petit scored

neg: Music of The Lord of the Rings film series being conducted by their respective choirmaster, under Shore's supervision. Shore was insistent on not using any electronic sounds in the recording of the score, although he did use mock-ups in the preparation of the score. The film score for "The Lord of the Rings" incorporates extensive vocal music blended with the orchestral arrangements. The great majority of the lyrics used in the libretto are in the invented languages of Middle-earth, representing the various cultures and races in Tolkien's writings. These languages include Quenya and Sindarin associated with Elves, Adûnaic and Rohirric for Men, and Khuzdul of the Dwarves. Old English

neg: The Hobbit (film series) Battle of the Five Armies". Additional musicians, including two gamelan orchestras, and the London Voices and Tiffin' boys choir, augmented the orchestra. Musicians Neil Finn and Ed Sheeran contributed to the score as well as some actors including Richard Armitage and the cast of dwarves, James Nesbitt and Barry Humphries (in the extended edition). Clara Sanabras and Grace Davidson sang the soprano parts. As with "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Weta Digital was involved in the creation of special effects. However, as opposed to "The Lord of the Rings", where the actors who played Orcs portrayed them through full-body

neg: Music of The Hobbit film series latter's Song, "I See Fire", was released as a single. The special edition contains one bonus track and twelve extended tracks. The soundtrack album for "The Battle of the Five Armies" was released on 8 December 2014. Both a Standard Edition and a Special Edition were released. The score was performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Wellington University Gamelan Orchestra as it was for "The Desolation of Smaug". The London Voices and soprano Grace Davidson provided the vocal performances. For the song, Billy Boyd, who played Peregrin Took in "The Lord of the Rings", wrote and recorded the

neg: Middle-earth in film Lesnie. As with the trilogy, props were generally crafted by Weta Workshop and visual effects managed by Weta Digital. Additionally, composer Howard Shore, who wrote the score for "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, confirmed his role in all three parts of the film project. Following the release of "The Battle of the Five Armies", Freeman reprised his role as Bilbo Baggins in the "Saturday Night Live" sketch known interchangeably either as "The Office: Middle Earth" or "The Hobbit Office", alongside Bobby Moynihan, Taran Killam, Kyle Mooney and Kate McKinnon as Gandalf, Gollum, Legolas and Tauriel respectively as they

neg: The Lord of the Rings: Conquest the "grand scale... of the universe". IGN did, however, praise the game for its "easily recognizable" locations, though said that the plot for the Rise of Sauron campaign could have been "stronger", while Game Informer believed that there was no story of any kind "outside of clips stolen from the motion picture". IGN commended the game's musical score and claimed that "diehard fans of both online, class-based games and "The Lord of the Rings"" would enjoy the game, a view not shared by some other reviewers who believed that fans of the books would be the most likely to hate

neg: Themes of The Lord of the Rings Themes of The Lord of the Rings Since the publications of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit" and "The Silmarillion", a wealth of secondary literature has been published discussing the literary themes and archetypes present in the stories. Tolkien also wrote about the themes of his books in letters to friends, family and fans, and often within the books themselves. In his Foreword to the Second Edition of "The Lord of the Rings", Tolkien said that he "disliked allegory in all its forms" (using the word "applicability" instead), and told those claiming the story was

neg: Translations of The Lord of the Rings Translations of The Lord of the Rings "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien, written originally in English, has since been translated, with varying degrees of success, into dozens of other languages. Tolkien, an expert in Germanic philology, scrutinized those that were under preparation during his lifetime, and had comments that reflect both the translation process and his work. To aid translators, and because he was unhappy with some choices made by early translators such as Åke Ohlmarks, Tolkien wrote his Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings in 1967 (released publicly in 1975

neg: Music of The Hobbit film series The Lord of the Rings. Existing themes The first film is the most reliant on existing themes, and that reliance was expanded upon in the final film, including multiple cases of tracked music. Nevertheless, most themes are introduced in more devolved expression and evolve to their starting point from The Lord of the Rings. There are, nevertheless some puzzling thematic connections: There are various unconfirmed themes and non-thematic recurring figures that are nevertheless important to the storytelling in the score: As with "The Lord of the Rings", many soloists performed music for the three films. To support the more Dwarf-centric

neg: Music of The Hobbit film series as a cast performer and Neil Finn for the end credits song. The two-disc special edition contains six bonus tracks and six extended tracks. The full score was nominated at the 11th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards, and "Song of the Lonely Mountain" received a nomination for the Houston Film Critics Society Awards. Allmusic's reviewer wrote favourably about the album, but noted that the soundtrack was not as "sweeping and epic as that for [Jackson's] "The Lord of the Rings"", attributing this to the smaller scale of Bilbo's adventure as compared to the events of "The Lord of

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (soundtrack) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (soundtrack) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was released on November 25, 2003. It was composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Howard Shore, and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Voices, and the London Oratory School Schola. The limited edition contains a bonus DVD with the track "Use Well the Days" by Annie Lennox, song texts, photo gallery, and the LOTR trilogy supertrailer. The score to Return of the King is the most expansive of the three: containing over four hours of finalized music, scoring

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers final chapter". The film holds a Metacritic score of 87 out of 100, based on 39 reviews, indicating "Universal Acclaim". The Battle of Helm's Deep has been named as one of the greatest screen battles of all time, while Gollum was named as the third favourite computer-generated film character by "Entertainment Weekly" in 2007. In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic fantasy adventure

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (soundtrack) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (soundtrack) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on December 10, 2002. It was composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Howard Shore, and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Voices, and the London Oratory School Schola. "" comes in a regular and a limited edition, the latter containing the additional track "Farewell to Lórien". "The Two Towers" won the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album. In 2006, Reprise Records released a multi-disc set for the film, titled "The Complete Recordings." These contain the

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) heavily before laying down their money on one or the other Tolkien games." In September, just prior to the release of "The Fellowship", Vivendi reiterated that more Middle-earth games would be coming soon; the already in development "The Hobbit", the two sequels to "Fellowship" (both of which would feature online multiplayer) and two newly announced games; "The Lord of the Rings: Middle-earth Online" and "". "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" was met with mixed to negative reviews. The Game Boy Advance version holds an aggregate score of 51 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on

neg: Music of The Lord of the Rings film series Boyd. The role of these pieces within the structure of the music of the Lord of the Rings is arguable. While they weren't composed by Howard Shore, they often were accompanied by the score: The second verse of "Edge of Night" was accompanied by the string section and picked up by the clarinet, Gandalf's performance of the Old Walking song was harmonized by the orchestra, the underscore to both of Enya's compositions was orchestrated and conducted by Howard Shore. The fiddle accompaniment of the Drinking Score is even featured in the live performances. All of those pieces (excluding "rock and

neg: The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm's Deep music in the soundtrack is in a similar orchestral score to previous releases from "The Lord of the Rings Online", with a tense and dramatic atmosphere. Reviews of "Helm's Deep" have been mixed. TenTonHammer praised the class changes, the Epic Battles, and the quality of the landscape, but criticizing the musical score "a step backwards" from "Riders of Rohan", the monetization that reduced the overall value of the expansion, and the small number of Epic Battles, giving Helm's Deep an overall rating of 90/100. GameFront was more critical, rating "Helm's Deep" 64/100. "The problem with the big battles of Helm’s

neg: The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) a Golden Gryphon award for the film at the Giffoni Film Festival. Critics were generally mixed in their responses to the film, but generally considered it to be a "flawed but inspired interpretation". Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, which compiles reviews from a wide range of critics, gives the film a score of 50% based on reviews from 30 critics. Frank Barrow of "The Hollywood Reporter" wrote that the film was "daring and unusual in concept." Joseph Gelmis of "Newsday" wrote that "the film's principal reward is a visual experience unlike anything that other animated features are doing at the

neg: The Hobbit (film series) each Hobbit soundtrack was released in a two-CD, two-hour release. The music features 64-70 new leitmotives, about 40 leitmotives returning from The Lord of the Rings, and a variety of non-orchestral instruments, including bagpipes, didgeridoos and a whole Gamelan orchestra. The score for "An Unexpected Journey" was primarily played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (as it was for "The Lord of the Rings"), London Voices and Tiffin' Boys choir, although Jackson and Shore chose the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (which participated in scoring a large section of the Fellowship of the Ring) to score "The Desolation of Smaug" and "The

neg: The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) Return of the King" in 1980 as a sequel to "The Hobbit", but also completing the story begun in Bakshi's film by adapting the final novel, though the Rankin-Bass production offers no stylistic continuation from the earlier film. "The Lord of the Rings" was a financial success. The film grossed $30.5 million at the box office, based on a $4 million budget. The film was nominated for both the Hugo and Saturn Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation and Best Fantasy Film, respectively. Leonard Rosenman's score was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Motion Picture Score, and Bakshi won

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring of the Ring" was acclaimed by film critics and was one of 2001's best reviewed films. The film holds a 91% approval rating on aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes based on 227 reviews and an average score of 8.2/10. The site's main consensus reads "Full of eye-popping special effects, and featuring a pitch-perfect cast, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" brings J.R.R. Tolkien's classic to vivid life". The film holds a score of 92 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 34 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim", with the film gaining the site's seal of "Must See".

neg: Tolkien fandom in Scandinavia. The Tolkien Society of Sweden was founded in Gothenburg in 1968 ("of Sweden" was added in 1969 to avoid confusion with the UK society) and The Tolkien Society Forodrim was founded in Sweden in 1972. Denmark has two Tolkien societies, Bri, the Danish Tolkien Society and Imladris, which is a virtual community only. Some fans, known as Tolkien tourists, travel for the purpose of visiting "Lord of the Rings" and Tolkien-related sites. Isaac Asimov, who had read "The Lord of the Rings" three times by Tolkien's death in September 1973, wrote a Black Widowers short story as tribute

neg: Philippa Boyens as a young Hobbit in a flashback of the Old Took's party in the extended edition of "". Boyens first became a Tolkien fan as a child. When she came on board to help the writing team on "The Lord of the Rings", she had already read the book seven times. Philippa Boyens Philippa Boyens, MNZM, is a New Zealand screenwriter and producer who co-wrote the screenplay for Peter Jackson's films "The Lord of the Rings" series, "King Kong", "The Lovely Bones", and the three-part film "The Hobbit", all with Jackson and Fran Walsh. She, Jackson, and Walsh won the

neg: J. R. R. Tolkien by the UK's "Big Read" survey, about 250,000 Germans found "The Lord of the Rings" to be their favourite work of literature. Tolkien wrote a brief "Sketch of the Mythology", which included the tales of Beren and Lúthien and of Túrin; and that sketch eventually evolved into the "Quenta Silmarillion", an epic history that Tolkien started three times but never published. Tolkien desperately hoped to publish it along with "The Lord of the Rings", but publishers (both Allen & Unwin and Collins) declined. Moreover, printing costs were very high in 1950s Britain, requiring "The Lord of the Rings" to be

neg: Themes of The Lord of the Rings particularly clear in Tolkien's treatment of the rural Shire and its race of simple, complacent hobbits, who ultimately go on to defeat an evil whose more obvious counterparts were great wizards, kings, and the aforementioned kingdoms of good. Likewise, though Tolkien's magic, immortal elves seem to act as an idealized version of a comparatively lowly humankind, their inability to accept change causes a "deep nostalgia for [an] edenic past", which in turn becomes their "great folly". Tolkien wrote about "The Lord of the Rings" and death in his "Letters": Throughout "The Silmarillion", death is referred to as the "gift (and

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson based on the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" (1954–1955). It is the first instalment in "The Lord of the Rings series", and was followed by "" (2002) and "" (2003), based on the second and third volumes of "The Lord of the Rings". Set in Middle-earth, the story tells of the Dark Lord Sauron (Sala Baker), who is seeking the One Ring.

neg: Translations of The Lord of the Rings with the Dutch and Swedish translations, Tolkien asked that With a view to the planned Danish translation, Tolkien decided to take action in order to avoid similar disappointments in the future. On 2 January 1967, he wrote to Otto B. Lindhardt, of the Danish publisher Gyldendals Bibliotek: Photocopies of this "commentary" were sent to translators of "The Lord of the Rings" by Allen & Unwin from 1967. After Tolkien's death, it was published as Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings, edited by Christopher Tolkien in "A Tolkien Compass" (1975). Hammond and Scull (2005) have newly transcribed

neg: The Lord of the Rings & Unwin, led to the book being offered to Collins in 1950. Tolkien intended "The Silmarillion" (itself largely unrevised at this point) to be published along with "The Lord of the Rings," but A&U were unwilling to do this. After Milton Waldman, his contact at Collins, expressed the belief that "The Lord of the Rings" itself "urgently wanted cutting", Tolkien eventually demanded that they publish the book in 1952. Collins did not; and so Tolkien wrote to Allen and Unwin, saying, "I would gladly consider the publication of any part of the stuff", fearing his work would never see the

neg: Music of The Lord of the Rings film series a rule of the Academy to not nominate sequel scores that reuse old themes, a rule that was undone specifically as to allow for the nomination of Return of the King. The latter film also won an Oscar statuette for Best Song, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Shore's music for "The Lord of the Rings" has become the most successful composition of his career and one of the most popular motion picture scores in history. Along with his Music of The Hobbit film series, the prequels to the Lord of

neg: The Lord of the Rings the Shadow", "The Treason of Isengard", "The War of the Ring", and "Sauron Defeated". The novel has been translated, with various degrees of success, into at least 56 languages. Tolkien, an expert in philology, examined many of these translations, and made comments on each that reflect both the translation process and his work. As he was unhappy with some choices made by early translators, such as the Swedish translation by Åke Ohlmarks, Tolkien wrote a "Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings" (1967). Because "The Lord of the Rings" purports to be a translation of the fictitious

neg: Doug Adams (music journalist) of the Lord of the Rings Films". He also wrote the booklets and liner notes packaged with the extended versions of "The Lord of the Rings" scores. Adams also works at Hickory Creek Middle School in Frankfort Illinois as a Band Director. Adams' association with Howard Shore continued in 2011, during which time he acted as an advisor to Shore's "The Lord of the Rings in Concert" series and produced a recording of an orchestrion for the film "Hugo". In late 2013, he was seen in two documentaries: "The Songs of the Hobbit" (which was included with the extended edition

neg: The Lord of the Rings "Journey in the Dark", and "Hobbits". In 1989 the symphony was awarded the Sudler Composition Award, awarded biennially for best wind band composition. The Danish Tolkien Ensemble have released a number of albums that feature the complete poems and songs of "The Lord of the Rings" set to music, with some featuring recitation by Christopher Lee. Enya wrote an instrumental piece called "Lothlórien" in 1991, and composed two songs for the film ""—"May It Be" (sung in English and Quenya) and "Aníron" (sung in Sindarin). "The Lord of the Rings" has had a profound and wide-ranging impact on popular culture,

neg: Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien character obsessed with "The Lord of the Rings" who creates a post-apocalyptic community based upon the Elves and Dúnedain of Middle-earth. The same plot point was used by the Russian writer Vladimir Berezin in his novel "Road Signs" (from the Universe of Metro 2033). Another Russian writer, Kirill Eskov, wrote "The Last Ringbearer", about the events in "Lord of the Rings" from the perspective of Sauron. Stephen King, best known for horror novels, has acknowledged Tolkien's influence on his novel "The Stand" as well as his fantasy series "The Dark Tower". Several other prominent fantasy writers, including Michael Swanwick, Raymond

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (Game Boy Advance) the Dark Lord Sauron. Units known as standard-bearers are also occasionally available to either side and add to the command points on a given flank. The campaign comprises 24 levels in addition to two tutorial levels and six bonus missions. All of the missions in a given episode must be completed to move to the next portion of the trilogy. Several bonus levels and heroes are unlockable by meeting specific conditions while playing the game. The game received "average" reviews, according to video game review score aggregator Metacritic. The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (Game Boy Advance) The

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers shot against bluescreen. The musical score for "The Two Towers" was composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Howard Shore, who also composed the music for the other two films in the series. While the scores for its predecessor and sequel won the Academy Award for Best Score, the soundtrack for "The Two Towers" was not nominated. Initially there was confusion over the score's eligibility due to a new rule applying to sequels, but the Academy did declare it eligible. The score features The London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices, The London Oratory School Schola, and several vocal and instrumental soloists, including soprano

neg: Alessio Cavatore Alessio Cavatore Alessio Cavatore is a game designer. Alessio Cavatore was born in Turin, Italy, on Valentine's Day, 1972. In 1995 Cavatore moved to Nottingham (U.K.) to work for Games Workshop. He wrote several supplements for "Warhammer Fantasy Battle" before heading up the "Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game". In 2004 Cavatore was made responsible for all rules material published for the company's three main tabletop systems — "Warhammer", "Warhammer 40,000", and "The Lord of the Rings" — and, in 2006, he wrote the rules for a new edition of "Warhammer". Working closely with Rick Priestley, Cavatore has been

neg: Mithril Mithril Mithril is a fictional metal found in the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, which is present in his Middle-earth, and also appears in many other works of derivative fantasy. It is described as resembling silver but being stronger and lighter than steel. The author first wrote of it in "The Lord of the Rings", and it is retrospectively mentioned in the third, revised edition of "The Hobbit" in 1966. In the first 1937 edition, the mail shirt given to Bilbo Baggins is described as being made of "silvered steel". In "The Lord of the Rings", Tolkien wrote that

neg: Translation of The Lord of the Rings into Swedish the same translator. The translation project attracted great interest from both Tolkien fans and Swedish media in general. In 2007 Andersson published a book called "Översättarens anmärkningar" ("The translator's notes") based on his diary during the project. Ohlmarks' translations of "The Lord of the Rings": Andersson and Olsson's translations of "The Lord of the Rings": The various translations of "The Hobbit": Translation of The Lord of the Rings into Swedish The translations of "The Lord of the Rings" into Swedish have been the subject of controversy. Åke Ohlmarks (1911–1984) was a prolific translator, who during his career published Swedish versions

neg: The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel "The Hobbit", but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, "The Lord of the Rings" is one of the best-selling novels ever written, with over 150 million copies sold. The title of the novel refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron, who had in an earlier age created the One Ring to rule

neg: The Lord of the Rings (pinball) "The Lord of the Rings: Limited Edition", which adds a shaker motor and updated software. The main objective of the game is to light and start three multiballs, each of them coupled to one of the movies of the trilogy, and to finally "Destroy the Ring": Note: Multiball features are more difficult to start based on settings and subsequent triggers. For example, Fellowship multiball on Hard may only be triggered via Barad-Dûr while on easy all three shots are open to initiate the feature. Another example is during Two Towers, a player may score and stack cumulative sword locks during

neg: The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated high fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi. It is an adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings", comprising "The Fellowship of the Ring" and the first half of "The Two Towers". Set in Middle-earth, the film follows a group of hobbits, elves, men, dwarves, and wizards who form a fellowship. They embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring made by the Dark Lord Sauron, and ensure his destruction. Ralph Bakshi encountered Tolkien's writing early in

neg: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Zealand Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and Tiffin' Boys Choir, as well as two New Zealand Gamelan orchestras. The score featured themes from the previous film and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but relied heavily on the themes of Smaug, Laketown, the Woodland Realm (including themes for Tauriel and for Legolas), etc. In the process, the themes for the company of the Dwarves were discontinued and were replaced by a new thematic identity. The original motion picture soundtrack album was released on 10 December 2013. It received positive reviews, especially for its new themes. English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran wrote and

neg: Music of The Lord of the Rings film series "" (which was scored at a faster pace than the other two) and "" (with Shore also, unusually, providing an original score with new themes for the trailer, as well) with the final sessions taking place in Watford on 20 March 2004. Shore wrote the music effectively for the entire film length. In the finished film, some of the music was dialed out while other parts were looped or tracked and re-tracked, so overall about 90% of the finished film contains music. The music was performed primarily by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and three choirs: London Voices (for mixed and

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II agreement gave Electronic Arts the rights to build video games based on "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy. The new deal gives Electronic Arts the opportunity to create video games with original stories tied closely with the "Lord of the Rings" universe. In the same announcement, Electronic Arts revealed two games that its EA Los Angeles division would be developing with the license: "The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II" for Windows—a sequel to ""—and "" for the PlayStation Portable. On November 10, 2005, Electronic Arts announced that Hugo Weaving, who played Elrond in the "Lord

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King the trilogy would be in the region of $6 billion following an investment of $300 million ($426 million including marketing costs). "The Return of the King" holds an approval rating of 93% on the aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 269 reviews, with an average rating of 8.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Visually breathtaking and emotionally powerful, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" is a moving and satisfying conclusion to a great trilogy". The film holds a weighted average score of 94 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 41 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

neg: Music of The Lord of the Rings film series by each theatrical film on four consecutive nights. The choir and orchestra are amplified for sake of control over the sound mix with the film, which is supplied with subtitles in the local language. The score and the scoring process, like the rest of the making of the Lord of the Rings, merited extensive documentation. Each film featured a section of "making-of" dedicated entirely to the music, describing some of the main themes and pieces, and Shore's approach, as well the diegetic music and end-credits songs. Shore also took part in the audio commentary of each film. The recording sessions

neg: Rob Lord (musician) Rob Lord (musician) Rob Lord (born in 1966 in Coventry, England) is a London-based musician and composer who toured and recorded for a number of groups playing keyboards and guitar for The Primitives, Dodgy, The Conells, Voice of the Beehive, and Grace, who Rob wrote the song "You're Not Mine" for and toured with Michael Jackson. Rob also had his own bands Starpower and Vagabond Joy signed to EMI and Rough Trade. In 2004 Rob composed the score to "Slipstream", his first Hollywood feature and followed that with horror features "" and "". In 2006 Rob composed the full score

neg: Gary Russell "Torchwood". He has written a number of "Doctor Who" spin-off novels and in 2000 co-wrote with executive producer Philip Segal the book "Doctor Who: Regeneration" (HarperCollins, ), the making-of book of the 1996 "Doctor Who" television movie, as well as the TV movie's novelisation in 1996. He wrote a series of "The Art of The Lord of the Rings", one per film, plus a fourth featuring material that couldn't be fitted into the individual volumes, and contributed to "Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic" with Andy Serkis. He also wrote the behind-the-scenes book on the making of the Matthew Warchus

neg: Lord of the Rings (musical) Lord of the Rings (musical) The Lord of the Rings is the most prominent of several theatre adaptations of J. R. R. Tolkien's epic high fantasy novel of the same name, with music by A. R. Rahman, Christopher Nightingale and the band Värttinä, and book and lyrics by Matthew Warchus and Shaun McKenna. Set in the world of Middle-earth, "The Lord of the Rings" tells the tale of a humble hobbit who is asked to play the hero and undertake a treacherous mission to destroy an evil, magic ring without being seduced by its power. The show was first performed

neg: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North edition "War in the North" poster signed by Jim Lee, and early access to the "War in the North" digital comic; and for Walmart, a "Dwarf Theme Pack," giving the player access to rare Dwarven equipment. "The Lord of the Rings: War in the North" received "mixed or average reviews" across all systems; the PC version holds an aggregate score of 66 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on twenty-five reviews; the PlayStation 3 version 63 out of 100, based on thirty-five reviews; the Xbox 360 version 61 out of 100, based on thirty-eight reviews. "Official Xbox Magazine"s Cameron Lewis

neg: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (soundtrack) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (soundtrack) A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Music from the Motion Picture is the film score of the 2001 film of the same name, composed and conducted by John Williams. The original score was composed by Williams and featured singers Lara Fabian on two songs and Josh Groban on one. Soprano Barbara Bonney provided the vocal solos in several tracks. The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score (ceding to the score of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"), the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (ceding to the score

neg: Translations of The Lord of the Rings Ring", Finnish "Taru Sormusten Herrasta" "Legend of the Lord of the Rings", the first Norwegian translation "Krigen om ringen" "The War of the Ring", and West Frisian, "Master fan Alle Ringen" "Master of All Rings". Tolkien in both the Dutch and the Swedish case objected strongly while the translations were in progress, in particular regarding the adaptation of proper names. Despite lengthy correspondence, Tolkien did not succeed in convincing the Dutch translator of his objections, and was similarly frustrated in the Swedish case. Regarding the Dutch version, he wrote However, if one reads the Dutch version, little has changed except

neg: Music of The Lord of the Rings film series of Evil and the World of Men, and are as follows: The themes above have been identified by musicologist Doug Adams, namely in his Liner Notes and "The Music of the Lord of the Rings films" book, based on the intentions of Howard Shore as presented in the Complete Recordings. However, there are other motivs in the score, in three forms: themes that don't recur in the films or the Complete Recordings but do recur in alternate forms of the soundtracks like the Original Soundtrack or Rarities; motivs that are distinctive variants or components of existing themes, and other recurring

neg: Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien series). Stephen Oliver composed his incidental music score for the 1981 BBC radio drama adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings". Paul Corfield Godfrey has written a large number of works based on Tolkien, the most significant of which is the four-evening cycle on "The Silmarillion" but also including three operas based on "The Lord of the Rings": "Tom Bombadil" (one act), "The Black Gate is closed" (three acts) and "The Grey Havens". He has also published several sets of songs including "Seven Tolkien Songs", "Songs of the Mark" and "Shadow-Bride". His third symphony, "Ainulindalë", is based on the opening

neg: Translation of The Lord of the Rings into Swedish Translation of The Lord of the Rings into Swedish The translations of "The Lord of the Rings" into Swedish have been the subject of controversy. Åke Ohlmarks (1911–1984) was a prolific translator, who during his career published Swedish versions of Shakespeare, Dante and the Qur'an. His translation of "The Lord of the Rings", however, was intensely disliked by author J. R. R. Tolkien, more so even than Shuchart's Dutch translation, as is evident from a 1957 letter to Rayner Unwin: Examples singled out by Tolkien in the same letter: Other dubious translations include "Vattnadal" "Water-dale" for "Rivendell", apparently by way

neg: The Lord of the Rings (film series) September 2009, the dispute was settled. The success of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy led to Jackson directing a trilogy of prequels based on Tolkien's children's book "The Hobbit". The films, which were released between 2012 and 2014, used much of the cast and crew of "The Lord of the Rings", including Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Ian Holm (as older Bilbo), Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom who reprised their roles. Although the "Hobbit" films were even more commercially successful than "The Lord of the Rings", they received mixed reviews from critics. Numerous video

neg: The Lord of the Rings Amazon will be the producer in conjunction with the Tolkien Estate and The Tolkien Trust, HarperCollins and New Line Television. According to a 2018 report, it will be the most expensive TV show ever produced. In 1990, Recorded Books published an audio version of "The Lord of the Rings", with British actor Rob Inglis – who had previously starred in his own one-man stage productions of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" – reading. A large-scale musical theatre adaptation, "The Lord of the Rings" was first staged in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2006 and opened in London in

neg: Music of The Lord of the Rings film series Williams' 18-hour composition to Star Wars features about fifty themes overall, and other film compositions (such as James Horner's Titanic) featuring but a handful, thereby making Shore's work on the Lord of the Rings films by far the most thematically-rich of any cinematic work, and when coupled with his work on The Hobbit trilogy, even rivals Wagner's Ring catalog of leitmotivs, making it not the only the most thematically complex film score but one of the most leitmotivically-nuanced works in the history of orchestral music. The themes below are as they appear across the three films, sorted out into their

neg: The Twilight Saga (film series) debuted at #2 on the "Billboard" 200, later jumped to #1 with 153,000 copies sold. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon: The Score" was released on November 24, 2009. The score for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse was composed by Howard Shore, who composed the scores for "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The film's soundtrack was released on June 8, 2010 by Atlantic Records in conjunction with music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas' Chop Shop label. The lead single from the soundtrack is "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)", performed by the British band Muse. The soundtrack debuted at number two on the

neg: Frodo Baggins Bilbo in the same company's adaptation of "The Hobbit". In the 1981 BBC radio serial of "The Lord of the Rings", Frodo is played by Ian Holm, who later played Bilbo in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings". In the 1993 television miniseries "Hobitit" by Finnish broadcaster Yle, Frodo is played by Taneli Mäkelä. In "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy (2001-2003) directed by Peter Jackson, Frodo is played by American actor Elijah Wood. Dan Timmons writes in the Mythopoeic Society's "Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings" (Mythopoeic Press,

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game) "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, stated that the video game tie-in for his next film, "King Kong", would not be developed by EA but by Ubisoft. Jackson's manager claimed that despite EA saying the filmmakers were heavily involved in the making of the game, the developers were not interested in Jackson's input on the game. Additionally, Jackson had played "Beyond Good & Evil", and wanted to work with producer Michel Ancel, who was at Ubisoft. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II The Battle for Middle-earth II"; and "The Art of the Game", a gallery featuring hundreds of cinematic paintings and concept art created for the game. It was given generally favorable reviews, receiving an aggregated score of 84% at Metacritic for its Windows version. Praise focused on its successful integration of the "Lord of the Rings" franchise with the real-time strategy genre, while criticism targeted the game's unbalanced multiplayer mode. "The Battle for Middle-earth II" was given the Editor's Choice Award from IGN. At the end of its debut month of March 2006, "The Battle for Middle-earth II" reached fourth in

neg: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers not otherwise have been possible". The magazine concluded that those who enjoyed the first game in the series would enjoy its sequel, while newcomers might be confused but "still find "Towers" a worthy piece of entertainment". J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers J.R.R. Tolkien<nowiki>'</nowiki>s The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers is a video game published by Interplay Productions. It is an adaptation of "The Two Towers" by J.R.R. Tolkien, being the second volume in "The Lord of the Rings". The game was released in 1992 for DOS, PC-98, and FM

neg: The Lord of the Rings that "the English-speaking world is divided into those who have read "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" and those who are going to read them". The "New York Herald Tribune" also seemed to have an idea of how popular the books would become, writing in its review that they were "destined to outlast our time". W. H. Auden, an admirer of Tolkien's writings, regarded "The Lord of the Rings" as a "masterpiece", further stating that in some cases it outdid the achievement of John Milton's "Paradise Lost". "New York Times" reviewer Judith Shulevitz criticized the "pedantry" of Tolkien's

neg: Music of The Lord of the Rings film series gestures which aren't leitmotives, but are nevertheless important to the narrative aspect of the score; and pieces of music (mostly diegetic music and musical sound effects) that were not written by Shore but are nevertheless used in conjunction with his score and reappear thematically. The validity with which these motivs are identified as themes varies. Some of these motivs went unused in the film (and the Complete Recording), but appeared several times over the course of the original soundtrack release (which are not covered by the book) or the Rarities Archives as well as the Lord of the Ring Symphony

neg: The Worm Ouroboros to find and recover Goldry Bluszco. Three armies, under the influence of an enchantment, chase each other in an endless campaign until the heroes shatter the cycle on their quest. "The Worm Ouroboros" is often compared with J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" (which it predates by 32 years). Tolkien read "The Worm Ouroboros", and praised it in print. C. S. Lewis wrote a short preface to an anthology of Eddison's works, including "The Worm Ouroboros", concluding that "No writer can be said to remind us of Eddison." In contrast to "The Lord of the Rings", to

neg: Hobbit present tense, and the prologue "Concerning Hobbits" in "The Lord of the Rings" implies they had survived into Tolkien's day. Kocher notes that Tolkien's literary techniques require us to increasingly view hobbits as like us, especially when placed under moral pressure to survive a war that threatens to devastate their land. Frodo becomes in some ways the symbolic representation of the conscience of hobbits, a point made explicitly in the story "Leaf by Niggle" which Tolkien wrote at the same time as the first nine chapters of "The Lord of the Rings". Niggle is a painter struggling against the summons

neg: Howard Shore and Dogs" (1996), directed by Michael Lehmann; he also collaborated on two films with Cronenberg, along with Tom Hanks' directorial debut, "That Thing You Do!". Shore also composed the score of the 2000 film "The Cell". Major success came in 2001 with his score to "", the first film in the highly acclaimed "The Lord of the Rings trilogy". The news that Shore would score the trilogy surprised some, since he was primarily associated with dark, ominous films and had never scored an epic of this scale. However, the score was hugely successful and won Shore his first Oscar, as

neg: The Lord of the Rings (film series) games were released to supplement the film series. They include: "," Pinball, "", "", , "", "", "", "", "The Lord of the Rings Online", "", "", "", "Lego The Lord of the Rings", "Guardians of Middle-earth", "Lego The Hobbit (video game)", "", and "". The Lord of the Rings (film series) The Lord of the Rings is a film series consisting of three epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. They are based on the novel "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are subtitled "" (2001), "" (2002) and "" (2003). They

neg: Matthew Warchus an adaptation of Sam Shepard's play "Simpatico" – which he co-wrote and directed, starring Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Albert Finney and Sharon Stone. In 2000 he directed Sam Shepard's "True West" starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly. In 2002 he directed "Our House," at the Cambridge Theatre, a new musical written by Tim Firth featuring the music of Madness which won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. In 2007 he directed "Lord of the Rings", the stage adaptation of "Lord of the Rings", which played at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane from May 2007 to July 2008.

neg: The Lord of the Rings reader surveys. In the 2003 "Big Read" survey conducted in Britain by the BBC, "The Lord of the Rings" was found to be the "Nation's best-loved book". In similar 2004 polls both Germany and Australia also found "The Lord of the Rings" to be their favourite book. In a 1999 poll of Amazon.com customers, "The Lord of the Rings" was judged to be their favourite "book of the millennium". "The Lord of the Rings" was awarded the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award in 2009. Although "The Lord of the Rings" was published in the 1950s, Tolkien insisted that the One

neg: Eärendil own mythology". The longest poem in "The Lord of the Rings" is the song about Eärendil which Bilbo sings at Rivendell. This poem has an extraordinarily complex history. Long before writing "The Lord of the Rings", Tolkien wrote a poem he called "Errantry", probably in the early 1930s, which was published in "The Oxford Magazine" on Nov. 9, 1933. Although this fanciful poem does not mention Eärendil, nor does it refer to any names or events from his mythology, Bilbo's song ultimately derives from it. There are six texts of different versions of this poem extant in Tolkien's papers, and

neg: Rob Inglis (TV series, 1986); as Alan Clark in "Casualty" (TV series, 2002). Inglis has narrated audiobooks by Tolkien (described below), and the first three books by Ursula K. Le Guin in the Earthsea Cycle. In the 1970s and 80s, Inglis wrote, produced and acted in one-man stage dramatisations of "The Hobbit" and " The Lord of the Rings". These performances have been described as "award winning". It was through his one-man stage adaptions that he was noticed by Recorded Books and asked to narrate an unabridged edition of "Lord of the Rings" (1990) and soon after "The Hobbit" (1991). It was

neg: The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion It is available in both hardcover and paperback. The "Reader's Companion" was designed to accompany the revised one-volume 50th anniversary edition of "The Lord of the Rings" (Houghton Mifflin, 2004; ). "The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion" won the 2006 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies. The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion (2005) is a nonfiction book written by scholars Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull. It is an annotated reference to J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". Hammond and Scull proceed chapter-by-chapter from the

neg: Return of the Kane of pop culture references are made in the episode: In addition to the series' theme song, "We Used to Be Friends", by The Dandy Warhols, the following music can be heard in the episode: This episode was directed by Sarah Pia Anderson and co-written by series creator Rob Thomas (who wrote the story) and Phil Klemmer (who wrote the teleplay). This episode is the first to be directed by a female director. The episode's title is a joking reference to "The Return of the King", the third volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel "The Lord of the Rings", or

neg: Lord of the Rings Adventure Game Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game" (2002) and "The One Ring Roleplaying Game" (2011), were published respectively by Decipher Inc. and Cubicle 7. Except for the original source material, the Decipher and Cubicle 7 games share no link to ICE's "Lord of the Rings Adventure Game" and use entirely different rules systems. Lord of the Rings Adventure Game Lord of the Rings Adventure Game is a role-playing game based on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien (specifically "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit") under license from Tolkien Enterprises. Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) published the game until they lost the

neg: Howard Shore disallowed the submission of scores which contained themes from previous work. However, the implementation of this rule change was subsequently postponed, meaning the score remained eligible. Ultimately, "The Two Towers" score did not receive an Academy Award nomination; Shore did, however, receive a BAFTA nomination for "Gangs of New York". In 2003, he composed the score for the final film in "The Lord of the Rings trilogy", "". The film was the most successful film in the trilogy and the most successful of the year. Shore won his second Oscar for Best Original Score, as well as a third for

neg: The House of the Wolfings "The House of the Wolfings" was one of the influences on J. R. R. Tolkien's popular "The Lord of the Rings". In a December 31, 1960 letter published in "The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien", (p. 303), Tolkien wrote: 'The Dead Marshes and the approaches to the Morannon owe something to Northern France after the Battle of the Somme. They owe more to William Morris and his Huns and Romans, as in "The House of the Wolfings" or "The Roots of the Mountains"." Among the numerous parallels with "The Lord of the Rings", Morris has Old English-style placenames such

neg: Translations of The Lord of the Rings "black magic" and Nazism. Ohlmarks' translation was only superseded in 2005, by a new translation by Erik Andersson with poems interpreted by Lotta Olsson. As a reaction to his disappointment with the Dutch and Swedish translations, Tolkien wrote his Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings and subsequently gained himself a larger influence on translations into other Germanic languages, namely the Danish and the German version. Frankfurt-based Margaret Carroux qualified for the German version published by Klett-Cotta on basis of her translation of Tolkien's short story Leaf by Niggle, that she had translated solely to give him

neg: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King score sees the full introduction of the Gondor theme, originally heard during Boromir's speeches at the in "The Fellowship of the Ring" and at Osgiliath in "The Two Towers" Extended Edition. Shore also used the Gondor theme with the new ascending coda (which is unique to this film) in his score for the trailer of the film. The score features the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices, the London Oratory School Schola and featured vocal soloists. The score is the most expansive of the three: scoring effectively the entire movie length, not including additional music written for the trailer and various

neg: Themes of The Lord of the Rings Jesus Christ in three main characters of "The Lord of the Rings": Gandalf, Frodo and Aragorn. While Chausse found "facets of the personality of Jesus" in them, Kreeft wrote that "they exemplify the Old Testament threefold Messianic symbolism of prophet (Gandalf), priest (Frodo), and king (Aragorn)." Mark Stucky sees this character as a symbol of the resurrection of Christ. "Moria", where Gandalf fell, is reminiscent of "Moriah", and Christian tradition holds that Mount Moriah, where Isaac was to be sacrificed to God, was the same hill as Mount Calvary, where Christ was crucified – and that the sacrifice of Isaac

neg: The Two Towers The Two Towers The Two Towers is the second volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy novel "The Lord of the Rings". It is preceded by "The Fellowship of the Ring" and followed by "The Return of the King". "The Lord of the Rings" is composed of six "books", aside from an introduction, a prologue and six appendices. The novel was originally published as three separate volumes due to post-World War II paper shortages and size and price considerations. "The Two Towers" covers Books III and IV. Tolkien wrote, ""The Two Towers" gets as near as possible to finding

neg: The Lord of the Rings the 'good' characters have darker sides that feature in the story, and likewise some of the villains have "good impulses". Therefore the categorization of characters as either 'protagonists' or 'antagonists' below indicates their "general" role in the story. "The Lord of the Rings" started as a sequel to J. R. R. Tolkien's work "The Hobbit," published in 1937. The popularity of "The Hobbit" had led George Allen & Unwin, the publishers, to request a sequel. Tolkien warned them that he wrote quite slowly, and responded with several stories he had already developed. Having rejected his contemporary drafts for "The Silmarillion",