Author Doug Adams (The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films) joins Christopher Coleman and Marius Masalar to break down Howard Shore's score for the final Hobbit installment: The Battle of the Five Armies. Richard Buxton joins in for our first WHYBLT (What Have You Been Listening To) segment of 2015 and we also take a few twitter questions for Doug Adams about The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings scores.
Episode Highlights
00:30 — Introduction and "What Have You Been Listening To?"
22:39 — Battle of the Five Armies - movie discussion
33:25 — Battle of the Five Armies - movie discussion (spoilers)
45:08 — Battle of the Five Armies - music in context (spoliers)
50:27 — The Hobbit versus The Lord of the Rings
63:09 — Twitter question - "Will there be a Complete Recordings of The Hobbit?"
66:29 — "Unexpected Unresolution"
76:48 — Twitter questions: LOTR re-recordings? The Music of the Hobbit Films book?
84:02 — The Hobbit on vinyl - digital versus physical releases
94:03 — The legacy of the six films and the six scores
Music Selections
00:02 — Sons of Durin (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) by Howard Shore
12:46 — The Seeding (Civilization: Beyond Earth) by Jeff Knorr
16:37 — Bathfime (The Homesman) by Marco Beltrami
17:51 — Into The Starscape (The Last Starfighter) by Craig Safan
22:13 — Battle for the Mountain (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) by Howard Shore
44:39 — The Darkest Hour (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) by Howard Shore
49:08 — Sons of Durin (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) by Howard Shore
56:01 — The Ruins of Dale (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) by Howard Shore
60:21 — Feast of Starlight (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) by Howard Shore
102:30 — There and Back Again (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) by Howard Shore
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