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The only odd thing is the complete absence of the "Misty Mountains" theme that was so prominent in AUJ. Over at at JWFAN, they are speculating that this material may just be tracked into the film... we shall see... Chris. The Misty Mountains theme was very prominent in the final portion of the first film, used throughout the big action finale. However if I remember right it only appeared once in the score on the album, after the vocal version towards the beginning. As the tune wasn't written by Shore, I assume there was some reason behind its almost complete absence on the album.
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Dec 2, 2013 - 7:01 AM
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The only odd thing is the complete absence of the "Misty Mountains" theme that was so prominent in AUJ. Over at at JWFAN, they are speculating that this material may just be tracked into the film... we shall see... Chris. The Misty Mountains theme was very prominent in the final portion of the first film, used throughout the big action finale. However if I remember right it only appeared once in the score on the album, after the vocal version towards the beginning. As the tune wasn't written by Shore, I assume there was some reason behind its almost complete absence on the album. On the album, it appears at least twice (during the dwarf party's attack on the trolls during "Roast Mutton," and the grand statement during "Over Hill," the party's evacuation from Rivendell). I want to say that there is at least one more full statement during "Brass Buttons" or "Out of the Frying Pan," and I believe it is also hinted at several times before that on disc 1, prior any of the full orchestral statements. I'm not the expert on The Hobbit score (there are people at JWFan who I'm sure will have more accurate information than this), but I do believe it was well represented on album.
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Dec 2, 2013 - 9:32 AM
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Well from what I heard this has more lyrical consistency. The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey wandered and cues devolved. Desolation of Smaug at least flows better, though there is still a great deal of meandering underscore. The Hobbit over all doesn't have the thematic strength of the LOTR's. I completely agree with this. The two Hobbit scores thus far are both very good, but not up to the level of the phenomenal original trilogy. The biggest missing element is a strong memorable theme for Bilbo... he definitely does have a theme, but I really struggle to remember it! I also keep feeling that the themes haven't really taken off, as though Shore is holding back, waiting for some big dramatic statement of them in the final film. It doesn't help that our first exposure to these scores is in the two-disk editions, which makes is harder to identify thematic material as compared with the initial single-disk highlight albums of the original trilogy. I do have to give Shore top marks for how organically the Hobbit scores blend with the original trilogy scores. I found, when listening to Desolation of Smaug that I would hear repeated motifs and I had to really think hard to recall whether it originated in An Unexpected Journey or the original trilogy. Chris Agreed. For me The Hobbit is more like an average Hollywood film series in style, and sadly the scores are taking the same sonic background approach of modern film scores. It's missing strong individual character themes, and the grander of the LOTR's. Very little stands out.
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