HUGEsound
Records Presents
THE
LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINETM
10th
Anniversary Commemorative Soundtrack
Featuring
Original Music By Chance Thomas
The
Other
Lord of the Rings Composer
(June
19th,
2017 – Los Angeles, CA) – HUGEsound Records will release THE
LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINETM
10th
Anniversary Commemorative original video game soundtrack
through
all major digital music outlets worldwide on June 23rd. The
album features the game’s original score by Chance Thomas, an avid
lifelong fan of The Lord of the Rings. This 26-song double album
features Thomas’ very best work over the past 10 years – music so
emotionally nuanced it’s as if it sprang forth from the pages of
LotR itself.
“Seeing
this collection of music released to the world is like watching a
dream come true,” states Thomas. “Who could have imagined such a
thing, when I was growing up an obscure and geeky kid in Oklahoma?
Each track is performed by classically trained musicians, pouring
their passion into fine acoustic instruments. All so skilled, so
talented, and so engaged. It is beyond belief to me.”
THE
LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINETM
has been transporting Tolkien fans to Middle-earth
for 10 years, and with that comes the release of this incredible
collection of music. Much like the beloved books this extraordinary
world is based upon, the music Thomas creates has an immersive,
fantastic quality that truly is a perfect companion for anyone who
enjoys
the
world created by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Chance
Thomas began writing music for The Lord of the Rings well before
Howard Shore tackled the soundtrack for Jackson’s trilogy. He has
already contributed to 9 games and expansions spanning a 20-year
period, and just started work on a 10th
expansion. All of this music – orchestral, choral, and acoustic
ensemble music – is completely original and is all based on
personal research conducted into the literature by Chance Thomas
himself.
When
he first began composing music based on The Lord of the Rings, Chance
spent months intensely researching the books – eventually running
into years – pulling out everything professor Tolkien wrote about
music, song, voices, instruments, even the effect that music had on
people and environments. He collected these references, sorted
through them, organized and then distilled all of his research into a
26-page document which he called The Tolkien Music Style Guide.
For
each of the 5 key races in Middle-earth, his Style Guide lists
specific instrumental palettes, vocal ranges, stylistic guidelines,
even home keys – all based on references and inferences drawn
directly from the text.
About
Chance Thomas:
Chance
Thomas is an American composer, best known for his award-winning
original music scores for blockbuster videos games. He also composes
for film, animation, television and virtual reality.
Chance
has been entrusted with prestigious titles and high-value
entertainment properties throughout his career – The
Lord
of the Rings, Marvel, Avatar, Dungeons & Dragons, King Kong
and many more. He has a knack for unravelling the unique DNA of each
IP, conveyed in music that is both original and unmistakably
resonant of each. That ability continues to
win the trust of stake holders and delight fans worldwide.
The
Lord of the Rings Online may
be Chance's most widely admired work. Each of his
compositions is based on years of personal research into
the literature - painstakingly crafting instrumental
palettes, vocal ranges, stylistic tendencies and emotional conjuring
based on direct references and inferences scattered throughout the
text. According to Game Developer Magazine, the result is a
score, "...drawn
from the very pen of Tolkien's writings, ringing of truth to anyone
familiar with its pages."
His movie
and TV scores include an Oscar™ winning film (The
ChubbChubbs),
an Emmy™ winning PSA (Rise
Above the Blues), Emmy™
nominated TV movie (Lost
Treasure Hunt) and
music for popular shows like The
Bachelorette, Pawn Stars, The Daily Show and America's
Most Wanted.
In
the late 1990's Chance led a successful movement which brought
game music into the Grammy Awards™ for the first time. He
helped found the Game Audio Network Guild and is a former Chair
of the Music and Sound Peer Committees for the Academy of
Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Disc
One:
- The House of Tom Bombadil
- Moria
- Drums in the Deep
- Ages of the Golden Wood
- Learning to Ride
- Horse Lords of Norcrofts
- Khazad Dum
- Tears of Nimrodel
- Urgent Errands
- Hills of the Shire
- Song of the Dwarves
- The Hollin Gate
- Calm Before the Storm
Disc
Two:
- LOTRO Legacy
- Theme for Rohan
- The Eored
- Corruption and High Treason
- Rivendell
- Chant for Sauron
- Boromir’s Last Stand
- Shadow of the Argonath
- The Entwash Vale
- Orc Hunt
- The Grey Havens
- Party in the Shire
- Heart of a Hero
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