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Interview with ‘Lord of the Rings: War in the North’ composer Inon Zur


November 9, 2011

Tracksounds has an audio interview up with composer Inon Zur on his work on Lord of the Rings: War in the North:
 

Composer Inon Zur, a devoted Tolkien and Lord of the Rings fan talks about his latest composing project: Snowblind’s LORD OF THE RINGS: WAR IN THE NORTH. He talks about how appreciates the differing challenges that such games provide, the experience of conducting 3 live performances of his music at E3 this year, and more!
 
Episode Highlights
 
00:52 — Welcome and Intro: Inon Zur
02:35 — How were you feeling the day of the game and score release?
04:38 — conducting the live performances at E3
07:26 — What was your connection to The Lord of the Rings prior to this project?
09:33 — How did you come on to this project?
11:34 — Walking the line of making the music your own but connecting it to Shore
15:09 — Starting from scratch or buidling onto an existing musical world.
19:12 — Concluding thoughts

 

Hear the interview here.
 





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Behind the music for ‘The Lord of the Rings’


October 5, 2010

Check out this great feature over at Tracksounds:

Likely the most appreciated, analyzed, and awarded scores of the new millennium has been HOWARD SHORE’S epic, original score for Peter Jackson’s LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY.  Years after the some of the most complete soundtrack releases ever, comes the lost awaited book and CD release, THE MUSIC OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS – A Comprehensive Account of Howard Shore’s Scores.  This unique volume was researched, compiled and written by author DOUG ADAMS alongside Howard Shore and his creative team.  The result is an even more detailed look at, not only the music, but it’s evolution.


Tracksounds is proud to bring you this in-depth look “behind the score” of The Lord of the Rings. In this edition:


- SoundCast Interview with author Doug Adams
– Book review by Peter Nickalls
– Rarities CD review by Peter Nickalls
– Select photos from the Signature Session in London.


Hop on over to Tracksounds for the full lowdown






  Posted by Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound - Contact

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The sound design for ‘Lord of the Rings’


April 26, 2010

Designing Sound has found four great videos on the sound design for the ‘Lord of the Rings’ series:

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  Posted by Asbjoern Andersen, Epic Sound - Contact

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