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My set arrived from Mondo today. Have listened twice and it’s seriously worth the postage to the UK. Incredible music.
Has anyone done a deep dive into the ‘episode’ soundtrack releases and come up with a ‘best of’ list that are not on the cd album?
I echo BrenKel's question. I thoroughly enjoyed the 2-CD album, but am interested on the opinions of people here have on how each episode compares to the OST. I of course plan on listening to them all myself online, but still, I enjoy the discourse and opinions of others more experienced than myself.
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Any news about physical releases of the complete score ?
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There isn't even a digital release of the complete score; The episodic albums are not complete (nor chronological)
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I have this.
I was talking about digital editions of each episode.
It's around 8 hours of music!
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Bear hinted 4 months ago that the episodic albums would receive a physical release (bolding is mine):
The Season One Soundtrack Album for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was released digitally across all platforms on August 19th. The individual episodic albums are being released exclusively on Amazon Music, as each episode streams on Prime Video. Once all episodes stream, these albums will be available on all digital platforms. Collectors of physical media, stay tuned for news in the near future!
https://bearmccreary.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-appendices-part-4/
But as you can see, the quote does not indicate whether the "physical media" he mentioned is CD or vinyl (or both), and no release window was given.
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I think that releases are cancelled, same as „Avatar 2” CD release.
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Mar 29, 2023 - 3:43 AM
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JamesTalbot
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Well, the first season is over, and I watched it to the end just to hear McCreary’s music in context. (The show lost me, but not because of lack of fidelity to Tolkien or ludicrous complaints about wokeness. I just have very limited patience for portentous dialogue like “Perilous are these whisperings” spoken by characters who feel like mannequins in fancy costumes. It reminded me of one good book, you can look here https://freebooksummary.com/category/the-magicians to read more about it. And nine hours leading to “shocking reveals” just isn’t my thing. We knew Sauron was around, and which one of these ciphers he was lurking as held zero interest for me, and neither did the creation of Mordor, which had no consequence whatever in this season. Slo-mo cannot on its own make these goings-on dramatic.)
But I have no such complaints about McCreary’s score, which I found to be consistently inventive, melodic, and exciting. The episodic releases are a bit long for me (such is the nature of the beast), but I was very impressed by how he wove the various themes and colors together as the season progressed. To me, the music was as involving as I wanted the series itself to be, and I look forward to more of McCreary’s work in this world, even as I swear I won’t get suckered into watching season two. (Hold me to it, guys!)
100% agree, I had the same feeling after watching the first season.
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