In Elven Lands (Music On Ancient And Modern Instruments - Inspired By The Wrtitings Of J.R.R. Tolkien) [Digipa - Fellowship

Advantages: Absolutely fantastic, there's no other word to describe it
Disadvantages: Silly rubber DVD nob and price can be hefty

...much more steeped in the Eastern tones, with an air of mysticism hovering above everything, this being particularly true to the cue "Caras Galadhon." After we get to know that Lothlorien is not the place of great dread, the music also becomes less exotic, though never abandoning its fundamental roots. - Dwarves - The Dwarves are represented in a more rigidly stony tones. This music is all concentrated to the scenes where the Fellowship travel through Moria. Moria itself is characterised by a heavily rising wall of parallel fifths. Its most obvious appearance takes place during the Balrog scenes where a male chorus chants in Dwarvish while a group of rugby players grunt in the background. On a more stately level there is the music for the Dwarrowfeld, the ancient city the Dwarves had built inside the mountain. Heard in "Balin's Tomb... Read review

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Advantages: One of the most powerful scores for a long time
Disadvantages: I have none

...-Earth. There is a certain wistfulness to the main "Ring" theme (called by Shore as "The History of the Ring theme") heard in the very beginning of the film (and on album in "The Great River") that is very sad and ancient. The music for the Hobbits on the other hand is very innocent and folksy, later on refining into the more gentle Fellowship music. The evil of Mordor is represented by a massive assault on blistering brass and twirling strings, coupled with a massive chorus, and this style is also retained for the other evil of Isengard with a more clanging and mechanical aspect to it. The main Fellowship is then given a heroic brass-led theme that crops up often after the middle of the film, while it is only being hinted at in the beginning (getting its best presentations in the cues "The Ring Goes South" and "The Bridge of Khazad-Dum"). Apart... Read review

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Advantages: Mostly pleasant listening and has some quite good ideas
Disadvantages: But when it comes to execution falters down into generic blandness

...Witch, who is causing Narnia to be covered in a perpetual state of winter. It's not long before the rest of the children also come across to Narnia that eventually results in Edmund being captured by the White Witch and the rest of the kids have to journey across Narnia to find the help of Aslan, the lion king on the side of good, if they want to beat the witch. Directed by Shrek's Andrew Adamson, the first Narnia movie is a wonderfully filmed adventure that contains some state-of-the-art (or somewhat) CGI effects, dazzling cinematography and production values trying to go after The Lord of the Rings in quality. If anything, the subject matter has been much compared with that of Lewis' contemporary J.R.R. Tolkien and his creation of The Lord of the Rings. This comparison has become even greater since Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien... Read review

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