08 The Lord of the Rings / The Rings of Power: Side by Side - Part II

Kinotes

English - October 13, 2022 04:42 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Previous Episode: 07 The Lord of the Rings / The Rings of Power: Side by Side - Part I

In this two-part Kinotes series, we look at Bear McCreary’s work on the new “Lord of the Rings” TV show, THE RINGS OF POWER as it relates to Howard Shore’s expansive score for the LORD OF THE RINGS film trilogy. McCreary wasn’t allowed to use the music from the movies, but felt it was important to stay true to the musical tapestry Shore established for Middle-earth.

In the second episode, we tackle the human realms: Gondor, Númenor, Rohan, and the Southlands, and some of the figures associated with them. We also look at star-crossed Elf and human relationships, Sauron and the various villainous figures of the show and movies, and try to use McCreary’s music to speculate about mysterious characters from the show.

Show Notes:

00:00 - Introduction & Recap

03:11 - Music of the High Men: Gondor & Númenor

11:20 - Human Heroes: Elendil & Isildur / Aragorn

16:37 - Star-Crossed Love: Aragorn & Arwen / Bronwyn & Arondir

21:12 - Music of the Middle & Low Men: Rohan & The Southlands

27:57 - Halbrand

19:06 - The Dark Lord Sauron

28:42 - Challengers: Saruman & Adar

40:15 - Dark Servants: The Nazgûl

43:42 - Mystery Figures: The Stranger & The Mystics

49:06 - Gandalf the White

50:24 - Outro / Sources / Social Media / “White Leaves”

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All episodes are written and produced by Nick Nylen.

Sources:

Books: THE MUSIC OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS by Doug Adams. Available used on Amazon.
Podcasts: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING series of “The Soundtrack Show” by David W. Collins. Available on Apple Podcasts.
Interviews: Bear McCreary interview for YouTube channel In Deep Geek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyf7WQ6wQt8

Blog: Bear McCreary’s blog series on making the music for THE RINGS OF POWER - https://bearmccreary.com/bears-blog

Others: The insights and musical analysis of Frank Lehman (@fmlehman on Twitter) and Monoverantus on YouTube & Twitter (@AMoverus) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbyg3ujMxvifnRRHFrlCvmg/featured

The Tolkien Professor Corey Olson (@tolkienprof and @SignumU) on Twitter.