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The Lord of the Rings (1978 Film) | 
 enlarge | Artist: Leonard Rosenman
Label: Lord of the Rings
Category: Music
Buy New: $18.98
New (24) Used (12) Collectible (1) from $2.75
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 203842
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 025218400121
EAN: 0025218400121
ASIN: B00005QY2R
Release Date: November 13, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | History of the Rings | | • | Gandalf Throws the Ring | | • | Journey Begins/Encounter With the Ringwraiths | | • | Trying to Kill Hobbits | | • | Escape to Rivendell | | • | Company of the Ring | | • | Mines of Moria | | • | Battle in the Mines/The Balrog | | • | Mithrandir | | • | Frodo Disappears | | • | Following the Orcs | | • | Fleeing Orcs | | • | Attacks of the Orcs | | • | Gandalf Remembers | | • | Riders of Rohan | | • | Helm's Deep | | • | Dawn Battle/Theoden's Victory | | • | Voyage to Mordor/Theme from the Lord of the Rings |
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Album Description
Japanese reissue & the worldwide CD debut of Leonard Rosenman's soundtrack to Ralph Bakshi's 1978 cinematic interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy. 15 tracks. 1997 Victor release.
Album Details
The Soundtrack to the 1978 Animated Feature Film "Lord of the Rings". Features an Original Scorefrom Leaonard Rosenman.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Rosemans' Redoubt June 14, 2008
For those of you who lined up for this movie at it's initial release, you will remember how thrilled we were to finally see somebody trying to do a serious version of LOTR. As I get older, I have fewer qualms with the Rankin/Bass HObbit, but I will never come to terms with Return Of The King,wich was retarded drivel. However-
Sitting in a dark theater, sipping coke that cost what a gallon of gas does today, we were on pins and needles. Then, up comes the movie- and Roseman attacks, a full frontal assualt with everything in his arsenal, a rolling barrage that must have soiled the pants of his brass section. After recovering missing babies and hair peices that have been blown away in the initial fray, he turns to skirmishing and the odd sniper attack. The rest of the score is a simple battle of attrition; the victims are fewer, and less noticable. He mellows somewhat, and takes prisoners.
If it sounds like I don't like the score, nay! This is a walk down memory lane, a nostalgic interlude. Bakshi's LOTR was a big event in the lives of fantasy and Tolkien fans, a really big deal. We were obsessed with it, and eagerly awaited the second half....and got Rankin Bass and singing Orcs. I had the score on LP, lost for decades now. I even had the little picture book they used to release on movies, chock full of great stills from the movie. In my head, when I read and re-read LOTR, more that not Bakshi's visuals were in my head, and Roseman's score on the turntable. Just be warned, some parts are not for the weak of heart. Do not play around excitable barnyard animals, or the mentally impaired, as the side efects have yet to be determined. Oh, and don't buy this unless you have seen the movie! Once you have, and can apply the two, you can begin to appreciate it for it's own merits.
So there you have it. A strange cult thing for Middle-earth piners. Yes, Mr. Beagle, we would go there as quick as we could, but we can't..so we indulge ourselves with old movies and soundtracks, and try to figure out why Peter Jackson could make a movie with so much right...and so much wrong. You won't see Arwen take all of Frodo's strong secnes, or Faramir act like a poor man's Boromir or the other PJ re-writes that got under our skins in Bakshi's movie, and you will have a very different vision with Roseman's soundtrack. If you crave adventure of a new and different kind, you won't regret the meagre investment. But don't inhale until you build up a slight tolerance.
 read carefully May 17, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While this looks like the "original soundtrack", Read carefully and note that this is a Japanese reissue and doesn't sound anything like the soundtrack I was anticipating from the movie. My error in not reading the details, but the CD cover and wording of the page are somewhat misleading.
Best part of this sub par movie May 11, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The animated 1978 Lord of the Rings movie disappoints in almost every aspect of its production except the music. Rosenman is able to capture almost as well as Shore the spirit of Tolkien. Unfortunately it doesn't always ring true, because unlike the recent LOTR trilogy scores, Rosenman doesn't use actual elvish and dwarvish in his chorale pieces. This detracts somewhat from the overall listening experience. Rosenman's main theme is enchanting and my only criticism of that, is that it is underused. The other problem Rosenman has, is that this score does resemble some of his other work most noticebly Star Trek IV. Overall this is a fine score, not a great one, but it is enjoyable.
For those fanatics of the movie only October 4, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
What happens when the guy who did the theme for "Combat!" does a fantasy film's theme? Voila!
This soundtrack is really a hit and miss, as far as most soundtracks go. I only bought it because I consider the animated LOTR to be one of the most "craptastic" films ever made, and my cult love for it went that far. The problem with this soundtrack is two-fold, however:
On one hand, it is like many film soundtracks in which you would probably have to see the visuals in order to fully enjoy it. Otherwise, its just a bunch of notes. Some tracks do actually suit well on their own, particularly the last three tracks and "Mithrandil," but otherwise you would probably have to be a fan of the movie before venturing to buy this.
The funny thing is...the main theme actually isn't all that bad...but yet again there's a catch. On it's own its a good theme, and the tracks that are easy to listen to on their own are good as well...but when you actually SEE the movie you realize how poorly placed they are. "The Dawn Battle/Theoden's Victory" is EXTREMELY melodramatic in the film, with lots of wind instruments playing a loud, sad song as the orcs slowly advance on our heroes. Heck, just listen to the first few seconds of "History of the Ring" - that's how the movie opens folks, an artillery barrage from every instrument in the orchestra.
Like I said, if you loved the movie and never read the book in your life, I would suggest buying this. If you didn't like the movie, it's not worth your money. Might have not been worth my money...oh well!
 Talk About the Soundtrack, NOT the Movie July 15, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
All of the reviews I read on the page about the Soundtrack reviewed the MOVIE, instead! At least, the ones I bothered to read.
Concerning the SOUNDTRACK, Rosenman's score compares VERY favorably to Howard Shore's scores for Peter Jackson's films. I actually prefer Rosenman's score over Shore's for one simple reason ... there are tracks on THIS soundtrack that I can hum along with. They're MEMORABLE, compared to Shore's.
Now, don't get me wrong ... I LIKE Shore's three soundtracks ... just not as much as I like Rosenman's. It's just that there are few tracks on all three of Shore's works that I think to myself, "You know, I'd really like to hear such-and-such track (May It Be, Gollum's Song, and Into The West being notable exceptions)." Very few of the tracks evoke a memory or an emotional response from me, by which I gauge an exceptional soundtrack. Rosenman's soundtrack DOES!
Best Tracks being: Mines of Moria, The Battle In The Mines: The Balrog, Riders of Rohan, Helm's Deep, Dawn Battle; Theoden's Victory, and Mithrandir.
Shore's LotR Soundtracks would get 4 stars each. Rosenman's, 5 stars.
Just my take on the matter. I hope it helps.
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