Episode #54 - The Hobbit: A Game of Themes

Author Doug Adams returns to the SoundCast to talk about Howard Shore's score for part one of THE HOBBIT trilogy. Find out which Tracksounds staffer has yet to see the film, how the presentation format of the film effected our experience, how the score caused some headscratching, and how this whole thing is just a huge "game of themes."

Episode Highlights

00:00 Blunt the Opening and Doug Adams Intro

05:46 What we were expecting from this film

19:58 General reactions and comparing to Lord of the Rings

11:45 Reacting to the film and it's music (spoilers)

31:21 Headscratching: Reacting to the score

49:56 A Game of Themes?

78:50 Wrapping it up

Music Selections

00:00 "Blunt the Knives" (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey SE) by Howard Shore

00:40 "The Adventure Begins" (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey SE) by Howard Shore

05:23 "The World is Ahead" (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey SE) by Howard Shore

19:25 "Warg-Scouts" (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey SE) by Howard Shore

31:04 "A Thunder Battle" (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey SE) by Howard Shore

50:40 "The Crack of Doom"(LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring) by Howard Shore

57:41 "Out of the Frying-Pan" (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey SE) by Howard Shore

59:40 "The Breaking of the Fellowship" (LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring) by Howard Shore

72:47 "02_Old Friends (Extended)" (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey SE) by Howard Shore

76:58 "Radagast the Brown (Extended)" (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey SE) by Howard Shore

83:29 "Dreaming of Bag End" (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey SE) by Howard Shore

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