- Is it a ‚must-have‘?
- What other popular score could you liken it to?
- How's the sound quality?
- Would it be compatible with my taste if I usually buy Williams, don’t buy Zimmer and deny that I used to buy James horner?

As always, recommendations are always appreciated. You guys introduced my to Korngold, and I’m still grateful for that!

In specific:

I can't say that it's a must-have. But then, this is entertainment: NOTHING is a must-have. http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/smile.gif">
However, I consider it to be a particularly rich score, with some action cues easily matching anything that John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith have done.

What would I complare it to? Hmm ... that's a tough one. For some reason, Trevor Jones's score to "The Dark Crystal" comes to mind.

I can't comment on sound-quality; I don't have sufficiently well-trained ears. But I can't pick any problems with it.

If you buy John Williams scores, and (apparently) dislike Zimmer's then I'm presuming that you prefer a more traditional scoring and orchestrational approach.
On this basis, I'd certainly recommend this music, as I would also recommend John Debney's "CutThroat Island", and Danny Elfman's "Batman" and "Batman Returns".

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np GONE IN 60 SECONDS

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I'll look into it if I get the chance.

np ARMAGEDDON (I'm on a Rabin high today http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/biggrin.gif">)

If I remember correctly, I think a lot of Bakshi's animated stuff is somewhat adult-oriented, correct? So I assume LORD OF THE RINGS is different from his usual stuff and is more kid-oriented?

np ARMAGEDDON

I don't know how you prefer to listen to albums, but for a first-timer, I'd start them off with the magnificent "Helm's Deep" and just play out the rest of the score to the end, THEN start at the beginning.

Hats off again to Intrada for making the CD sound so perfect and beautiful -- a thousand miles better than the ghastly double LP version.

NP: "The Five Sacred Trees" (John Williams)

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For me, Rosenman's Lord of the Rings is one of the very best works ever composed. It depends on your tastes, of course, but if you like it, then it's a must-have.

Would it be compatible with my taste if I usually buy Williams, don’t buy Zimmer and deny that I used to buy James horner?

I usually buy Williams, don't buy Zimmer, and used to buy (and still do sometimse) James Horner.

You guys introduced my to Korngold, and I’m still grateful for that!

I love Korngold! http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/smile.gif">

What other popular score could you liken it to?

Hard to tell. i think it's been described above very well. It's very similar to the other Rosenman scores I've heard, meaning that some of the snippets of his Apes scores that I've heard sound like they're taken straight out of LOTR (of course, they were composed earlier), and that there's a similar piece in the main themes of LOTR and ST 4, which could seamlessly combine the two works.

How's the sound quality?

On the original album, horrible. On the Intrada re-release it's very good, and in fact so much better that some tracks sound totally different. I never noticed the Blaster Beam on the original CD.

The original release had a shorter version of the main theme march at the beginning of the CD, but the Intrada release wisely removes this piece, at it was not in the film and the whole score works by slowly developing the main theme and only revealing it in it's fully developed form at the very end.

The Intrada release also contains liner notes and a short analysis of each track by Rosenman himself, in his typical self-confident (to express it kindly) but informative style.

In short: This is one of the best, most amazing, most inspiring and most complex scores you'll ever hear.

As for the film, it's really bad, but I still love it because with all the things they did wrong, it's still Lord of the Rings (though butchered). The film stops in the middle of the story, but it introduced me to the novel, and I still enjoy watching it - WHERE'S A DVD RELEASE!?

NP: The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)

And I think Rocco was trying exactly the same as you. http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/wink.gif">

I'm well aware that the score is presented chronologically on the Intrada disc -- and I really do worry that if a neophyte is made to sit through the entire album from start to finish, he or she will want to throw the thing across the room within half an hour. The last few cues are, to me, among the album's most powerful, and all back-to-back. If you can get someone to fall in love with "Helm's Deep" and the "End Credits" first, then appreciating the rest shouldn't be as big a problem at all. But the gloomy, murky nature of most of the picture is inevitably echoed by the music, and I just think that someone unused to the film or the soundtrack might be unnecessarily turned off.

I say all this having no idea of what Gunnar's stamina, likes or dislikes genuinely are. http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/biggrin.gif">

NP: Hellraiser (Christopher Young)

NP~> TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT - Cliff Eldelman

Although I like the way the harp stands out in "The Journey Begins" on the first release, it's much louder than on the Intrada version.

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And btw - both of you - in my view - are two of the most outstanding posters here on this board.

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Why, thanks! http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/smile.gif">

I guess a DVD release might never happen, given the bad reviews of the film. I could imagine though that it'd sell very well. What bothers me is that now would probably the best time for a release, when everybody is anticipating Peter Jackson's trilogy. After that has been released, I'm sure considerably fewer people will be interested in the Bakshi version.

And I also liked that, despite of the discussions going on elsewhere on this board, the FSMMB was again a very useful resource (if only for me).