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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000059.txt from 2003/12

From: "Tim Hunt" <tim@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] LOTR - movie music
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:15:07 -0500

doublereed-l-admin@-----.edu wrote:
> I just read that The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King movie (set
> for release here this week - yes I'm going; hope they'll let me take
> a pillow for my back as it's 4 hrs. long) - uses NO electronic
> intstruments.
>
> Wonder how one could find out the names of the doublereed players in
> the orchestra. Perhaps they used a number of them over the year it
> took to produce the film? Just curious.

They record all the music at the end, in a matter of weeks.

I have just finished watching all the extras on the Two Towers DVD, and for
film 2 they recorded the music near London (probably for film 1 too). In
fact, the music was recorded in Watford Town Hall, which brought back
memories because I grew up in Watford and my first ever classical concert
was when my parents took me to one at the town hall.

(Not the best acoustic in the world, the comment on the making-of
documentary is that they wanted a unique sound. Still, the pan across the
orchestra gave a wonderful view of the bassoons. No idea who they were
though.)

The orchestra was basically a large orchestra, with a lot of extra bits
(e.g. lots of wooden percussion for the ents). The London Symphony Orchestra
records a lot of soundtracks, but I can't remember if it was them, and I
can't find the answer in IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167261/

Tim.