I still say they've got it backwards
Nov. 7th, 2006 07:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
acroyearListening to the 5.1 mix from the new Two Towers Complete Recordings cd set (Best Buy isn't carrying it, unlike Fellowship, so I had to go to B&N instead).
The main problem I have with it? Just like Fellowship, they've got the liner notes backwards. The booklet in the CD has the heavy music-analysis stuff on themes and variations and all that technical lot and (assuming they publish it online, as it's not there yet) the pdf @ the website has the track-by-track rundown of what you're actually hearing.
This is backwards. Only the really die-hard nutball (like ME!) is interested in actually seeing sheet-music score and is willing to go download it. If I've bought the thing, I'm likely more interested right away in the track-by-track descriptions as I'm listening to it for the first time, and I'll go look at the score and thematic analysis later.
It's like giving me color commentary before the play-by-play has said anything - it just doesn't work.
The music, on the other hand, is fantastic. Lots of little details and blending of themes that were left out of the original 1-disc CD from 2002.
Shame we gotta wait another year for Return of the King...
Also, amazon still doesn't have a listing for Doug Adams book on the music which was supposed to be out this year. They may be delaying it until all three scores are out which would really be annoying...
Update: The soundtrack website is updated with the new release and the link to the pdf file.
The main problem I have with it? Just like Fellowship, they've got the liner notes backwards. The booklet in the CD has the heavy music-analysis stuff on themes and variations and all that technical lot and (assuming they publish it online, as it's not there yet) the pdf @ the website has the track-by-track rundown of what you're actually hearing.
This is backwards. Only the really die-hard nutball (like ME!) is interested in actually seeing sheet-music score and is willing to go download it. If I've bought the thing, I'm likely more interested right away in the track-by-track descriptions as I'm listening to it for the first time, and I'll go look at the score and thematic analysis later.
It's like giving me color commentary before the play-by-play has said anything - it just doesn't work.
The music, on the other hand, is fantastic. Lots of little details and blending of themes that were left out of the original 1-disc CD from 2002.
Shame we gotta wait another year for Return of the King...
Also, amazon still doesn't have a listing for Doug Adams book on the music which was supposed to be out this year. They may be delaying it until all three scores are out which would really be annoying...
Update: The soundtrack website is updated with the new release and the link to the pdf file.
