Lyrics and jobs well done
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LOTR The Musical!
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Anyone remember the 1976 animated Hobbit? As I remember from my youth, they had actually produced a decent number of songs with music set to the original lyrics for the songs/poems in the text. It was kind of a shame that they couldn't do the same for LoTR, and instead resorted to that horrid soundtrack.
Part of what made the Hobbit work was that the music conceivably corresponded to the "time period" of the story - a sort of renaissance style music in some cases. And the orcs had a downright thrilling chorus. Very well done. I can't really imagine a musical with a score along the lines of current broadway offerings. It certainly sounds bad to me.
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Anyone remember the 1976 animated Hobbit? As I remember from my youth, they had actually produced a decent number of songs with music set to the original lyrics for the songs/poems in the text. It was kind of a shame that they couldn't do the same for LoTR, and instead resorted to that horrid soundtrack.
Part of what made the Hobbit work was that the music conceivably corresponded to the "time period" of the story - a sort of renaissance style music in some cases. And the orcs had a downright thrilling chorus. Very well done. I can't really imagine a musical with a score along the lines of current broadway offerings. It certainly sounds bad to me.