Erm..I could get to Rivendell by the date of the EE release, not sure about theatrical version. I end up doing lots of miles when I do walk, but can only walk a max of 4 days/wk due to working three 12-hr shifts on the other days. I'll pray on it...
Helen, I hope the Tolkien ensemble appeals more to you, didn't mean to frighten you off. It's not bad music, and I may start to enjoy it for listening purposes as it grows on me. But as music to learn and perform in some fashion oneself, it doesn't seem awfully accessible to me. Reminds me of a comment made by a choral director in another life, about The Messiah, that Handel intended people to leave the performance humming the melodies! That's not so bad a thing, and the music doesn't have to be simpleminded or banal to fall into that category. The Tolkien Ensemble didn't seem to have that intention in mind. Likewise much of what Donald Swann composed forThe Road Goes Ever On. Lovely music, but lots of intervals (either octave jumps or half-step chromatic progressions) that the average person might find daunting. Sigh. Howard Shore actually seems to have come the closest to what I'm thinking of. Maybe if enough fans clamor for it, there will be an edition of the songs from the movie which include The Walking Song (which Gandalf and Bilbo sang bits of)and the Lay of Luthien, and the Hobbit Dance Music...
*Peony pauses for breath, and to wipe up the drool*
I know there is sheet music out for much of the soundtrack already, just haven't got around to looking it over/thinking about purchase yet.
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"And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed on into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water."
-The Return of the King
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