I almost cried when I was listening to the first movement in the LOTR symphony tonight. The symphony was everything I imagined. It was sold out. Every song played to its perfection. Great singers. Great orchestra. And great men\’s and women\’s choir. And absolutely fantastic children\’s choir. It was one of those spine-tingling musical events. But I admit that I used to be such a LOTR fanatic that this was quite a moving experience for me.
It reminded me of last summer which I spent watching the first two movies on HBO over and over again. Then how I listened to the soundtrack for at least 8 months every single day. My favorite songs have always been \”Concerning Hobbits\”, \”The Breaking of the Fellowship\”, \”Forth Eorlingas\”, and \”Evenstar\”. Even though Howard Shore wasn\’t there to conduct, it was still amazing. Billy Boyd (who played Pippin the hobbit) made a short appearance to sing his short poetic piece from Return of the King.
Last summer, I heard about the LOTR symphony. Unfortunately it was going to be in California when I had already left for Pittsburgh and it was going to be in Pittsburgh before I had arrived. I had thought of trying to go to Connecticut in November, but ditched the idea. When Carol proposed the idea a few weeks ago, I was so estastic. I started turning in a LOTR geek, quoting lines from the movie (and book). How can nobody not llike the quote All you have to do is decide what to do with the time given to you. Babbling about LOTR trivia. Maybe not that extreme.
Soundtrack music takes up approximately half of my playlist nowadays. For me, music recalls moments. Any Backstreet Boys songs reminds me of my wistful stupid liking-boys moments. Eurodance reminds me of my naivete of freshman year. And soundtrack music is in a league of its own. It reminds me of themes in the movie. The emotions. The thoughts. The people I saw it with. The feeling of the characters in the story.
Next: tour of New Zealand to see the original shooting locations of LOTR
lotr being the object of geek love is an affliction which i\’ve only seen exhibited by girls.
(somehow, that makes it less geeky…?)
asian girls, especially, now that i think about it.
i honestly don\’t know why. maybe because the only cool characters, strider and legoass, are men, and the women are cold, strong, and heartless…?
plus there\’s the midget factor. as we all know, that did it for snow white, and she was hottest in all the land. =D
hahahahahaha. ahahahahahaha! I don\’t know why\’s that funny, but it wasn\’t about Strider or Legolas. It wasn\’t about Viggo or Orlando. I wasn\’t fascinated by them. It was the adventure (maybe the hobbits). None of the actors caught my fancy as much as the soundtrack did. And the storyline itself. I read all 3 books and of course prefer the books over the movie. But what can I say!
ah yes, the lotr soundtrack.