Listening to Things: The Return of the King, original score by Howard Shore

After a weeklong hiatus, I'm back with this little "let's listen to all the music that won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in the twenty-first century" project with Howard Shore's score for The Return of the King. How many times have I listened to this? A lot. I couldn't begin to tell you … Continue reading Listening to Things: The Return of the King, original score by Howard Shore

Listening to Things: The Fellowship of the Ring original score by Howard Shore

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringby Howard Shore I couldn't begin to guess at how many times I've listened to this music. The soundtrack came out a few weeks before the movie did, and you can bet that I bought the CD as soon as I could. There were four promotional … Continue reading Listening to Things: The Fellowship of the Ring original score by Howard Shore

Sunday Sum-Up: November 13, 2022

Winter seems to have arrived here, having fallen from warm, almost spring-like weather earlier this week to positively wintry, sub-freezing temperatures. We even had some snow flurries yesterday! I was excited. My co-workers, less so. We got a bit of much-needed rain on Thursday morning, but otherwise, it's been fairly dry. Still. I'm hoping that … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: November 13, 2022