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If it is second (and I'm not sure it is), it is, in my estimation, a very, very distant second. (Everybody I know can hum the "Star Wars" theme, and recognize at least four melodies from that saga. I don't know anybody who can hum a "Rings" theme, and only a few who might recognize the opening Ring theme if they heard it.) Additionally, those "Star Wars" soundtracks are very basic repressings in standard jewel cases. Not true of the "Rings" sets (though perhaps they could be reissued that way).
And this would be a repressing as well. Only...wait...it's in a cardboard and paper case! Oh no! Well, that's just impossible now isn't it.
Give me a break. The cases aren't made of a steel and gold.
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LOTR is second to Star Wars, I would say, among franchise score recognition and popularity.
Aha! And here we have the kernel of the misconception.
Yes, LOTR is very popular, but it is also receding in the public memory, whilst Star Wars is still very present.
Yeah, the Lord of the Rings trilogy didn't have an entire trilogy of prequels, each grossing around $1 billion, in the last few years. No, that didn't happen at all. The reason these don't exist is laziness and incompetence on the part of the labels. Pure and simple. These little no-name films get deluxe edition scores released by small labels, whilst these recordings just sit around waiting to be released to an eager fanbase.
I'm sorry, but I really don't think there's as huge a market for these complete recordings as you claim there is. Like I said before, the original one disc releases are more than sufficient for the average fan and those are still widely available.
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Yeah, the Lord of the Rings trilogy didn't have an entire trilogy of prequels, each grossing around $1 billion, in the last few years. No, that didn't happen at all.
Yes, it did. But the Hobbit films didn't have anywhere near the cultural impact the original trilogy did. And you'll also notice that the box office dropped for each Hobbit picture, where the opposite happened on LOTR, which picked up new viewers for each installment.
The reason these don't exist is laziness and incompetence on the part of the labels. Pure and simple. These little no-name films get deluxe edition scores released by small labels, whilst these recordings just sit around waiting to be released to an eager fanbase.
I see you have it all figured out, and you know what? You have convinced me!
Reprise Records are fools for not catering to the desires of the hordes of fans just climbing over each other to get these sets that you and only you can see!
Honestly, it seems that whatever you're doing, you're in the wrong business. You need to take up producing soundtrack albums, because it seems that you can just get stuff done. Who would have thought that all it takes is just denying the validity of any possible obstacle?
So get on it so we can have those budget-priced CRs. If they're such a shoo-in, go to Reprise and tell them you're the new boss!!!
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Yeah, the Lord of the Rings trilogy didn't have an entire trilogy of prequels, each grossing around $1 billion, in the last few years. No, that didn't happen at all.
Yes, it did. But the Hobbit films didn't have anywhere near the cultural impact the original trilogy did. And you'll also notice that the box office dropped for each Hobbit picture, where the opposite happened on LOTR, which picked up new viewers for each installment.
Each film made at or just below $1 billion dollars. I don't give a shit if they weren't as popular as LOTR (financially, they were), they are part of the same series and kept the franchise alive in popular culture this decade. That was my point, since someone brought up that the only reason Star Wars keeps getting re-released are because of new films. Which by the way, there has been one new Star Wars film in the last 11 years. Not exactly James Bond, now is it?
I see you have it all figured out, and you know what? You have convinced me!
Reprise Records are fools for not catering to the desires of the hordes of fans just climbing over each other to get these sets that you and only you can see!
Honestly, it seems that whatever you're doing, you're in the wrong business. You need to take up producing soundtrack albums, because it seems that you can just get stuff done. Who would have thought that all it takes is just denying the validity of any possible obstacle?
So get on it so we can have those budget-priced CRs. If they're such a shoo-in, go to Reprise and tell them you're the new boss!!!
These have been released before. This isn't rocket science.
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Why are you still telling us this, and not the people at Reprise Records, who will obviously put you in charge of their soundtrack division once you explain your level of expertise in all of this to them?
Just show up at their offices and dazzle them with your reasoning, as you have done here. It should work.
Hell, with the conviction you have, I'm surprised you're not the CEO already…
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Does anyone know of anywhere online I can still find the annotated score PDFs for each of the 3 releases that went online on the official websites when the sets were released? The links at http://www.lordoftherings-soundtrack.com no longer work. I'm going through Doug Adams book along with the physical liner notes from the sets but I downloaded these PDFs to an old computer back in the day and can't find them. Any help appreciated!
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Thanks so much Henry but a kind soul has already got them to me!
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I'm beginning to grow worried we'll never see TTT or FOTR ever again in their extended forms.....
Will these negotiations EVER finish?!
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Don't suppose there's been any movement on this?
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Really hoping The Two Towers and Return of the King are coming too. I'm going to get these to have the high-res surround on Blu-ray instead of DVD-A.
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