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LastSilmaril -> OK, a bit underwhelming, but fitting. (15/11/2012 7:27:47 AM)
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Just listened to the score all the way through; here are some snap impressions:
1) The song at the end is awful.
2) The score overall will probably fit the film nicely, but the new themes - I could actually only identify one, for the dwarves - were not particularly compelling, I'm sorry to say. In my experience, this usually tracks with how strong the movie is, or how strong the characters being associated with a certain motif are. So that's a bit worrisome.
3) The score certainly sounds like it belongs in the LotR universe as Shore has thusfar defined it. The Moria guys and the boy's choir that sang the 'innocent' Ring theme are back, for example. But irrespective of the vocalists, or the hints of themes (see 4), it just 'feels right'.
4) Hearing the old themes in new arrangements (including The Shire, Lorien, Rivendell, the Ring) was awesome; it also gave clues as to what would be going on in the movie (I made a conscious effort not to read the track names).
5) The streaming player desperately needs an update. Sometime near the end, maybe twenty minutes from it, the sound completely drops out from the right channel. (I switched headphones, to no avail, and then tried sliding the Windows volume control to see if the level sound would still come out on both channels, and it did. It's a problem with the player.) Pausing does not work and sends you back to the beginning; this also screws up the time elapsed as it'll sort of blink and switch between new actual time elapsed and the time you paused it on. Also, time elapsed is not broken down into hours. Of these, the stereo dropout is the biggest problem. That said,
6) Thank you Empire for bringing up this treat!
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