While at the inn of the Prancing Pony, Frodo sings a song called “The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late.” Now, Tolkien had an amazing talent for making the rhythm and melody of a song clear as day even if all you’ve to go on are the lyrics. It’s not just the score that the cartoon gets wrong the songs too are wrong. Rosenman really couldn’t have picked a worse six notes to serve as the score’s central motif-especially bad when you think of Howard Shore’s “ Fellowship Theme,” a sequence of perfectly-placed notes, nine of which represent the nine companions. “Of all the worst things that could happen, this is the worst possible thing!” The derivative and upbeat main theme is best described with a quote from My Little Pony: Aside from getting the emotions wrong most of the time, the score is the most clichéd ’70s fantasy score I’ve ever heard, which on its own would have made it unworthy of Tolkien’s work. The orc chanting during the solarized battle at Helm’s Deep was alright (nowhere near as good as the Howard Shore equivalent), but everything else about Rosenman’s score is awful. These articles were originally from my previous blog at My miniature painting articles range from updates concerning what I’m painting to full guides on how to paint. Miniatures Posts about my hobby of painting The Lord of the Rings miniatures from Games Workshop.There’s a lot more to most of the characters and plot elements in the book, and even a twelve-hour masterpiece of a movie just can’t compare. Overall, Tolkien’s books are deeper and more complex than any film adaptation could be.

The Lord of the Rings Explained In this series of short articles, I talk about the various ways Tolkien’s books differ from the film adaptations.

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