Carpentier, 2010. 1st edition. Hardback. Illustrated with stills from the movies and sketches from Alan Leen and John Howe.
Howard Shore's Academy Award-winning score for The Lord of the Rings has been hailed as among the greatest film music ever written. Sweeping in scope, it is an interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth as music --- an operatic tapestry of cultures, histories, languages, and principles. The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films takes the reader on an unprecedented journey into the heart of this history-making opus with extensive music examples, original manuscript scores, a rarities CD, and fascinating glimpses into the creative process from the composer himself. Includes Exclusive Rarities CD of unreleased LOTR music Color stills from the films. Like the Lord of the Rings story itself, this book is a journey. Adams makes us hear the music, feel the tension or hope or despair through impassioned narrative and a rich musical vocabulary. -Blogcritics ...Could easily be one of the most significant and important books ever written on the analysis of a film score.... a masterwork. -Aint It Cool News An impressive literary debut that will thrill both Rings and soundtrack fans... as meticulous as it is entertaining. -FIlm Music Magazine Compellingly readable... nothing short of masterful. -DauntlessMedia A monumental feat, a superb resource, and above all, a very enjoyable read.*
Manchester University Press, 2008. 1st edition. Hardback.
Focuses on the business of the event film, and includes chapters on techniques and meanings ranging from music to spirituality. This title offers essays on multimedia products associated with the films. It also contains a dossier of reviews, interviews, production details and box-office returns.*
1st edition. Hardback. With more than 600 paintings and drawings.
1st edition. Paperback.*
It's one of the most anticipated movies ever, and now you can see for yourself how the magic of Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece was created on screen in The Lord of the Rings: Official Movie Guide. Brian Sibley's straightforward approach takes the reader from the initial conception of the film, as it was developed and passed around studios (it initially started life as a two-hour condensed version of the three novels), to the months of complicated special effects works necessary to do justice to Tolkien's extraordinary imagination. There are interviews with the key cast and production members and all the proceedings are liberally decorated with full colour photographs from the film itself. Sibley manages to perfectly document the painstaking attention to detail by the filmmakers, much of which will be missed by many movie-goers, but he also captures a sense of camaraderie from all involved in their efforts to make the best movie possible. If it's facts and background trivia you're after then this is the best place to be and is the perfect starting point to those new to Tolkien or eager to find out more about how epic films are put together. Dedicated fans who have been following the filmmaking process via the internet won't find anything here they didn't already know, but this is still a very good companion
One piece of the first advance promotional postcard-sized 14 page concertina-style foldout for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - great pics of Legolas (spelled LegoRas!), Gandalf, Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Boromir, Aragorn, Gimli, Bilbo Baggins, Galadriel, Arwen, Elrond, Saruman, Sauron, Orcs, Black Rider, the Ring, map of Middle Earth, etc. - a great little booklet!!
One piece of the advance promotional postcard-sized 18 page concertina-style foldout for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - more great pics of the crew, and some nice graphics not available anywhere else!!
One piece of the advance promotional postcard-sized 18 page concertina-style foldout for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - EVEN more great pics of the crew, and probably the best of the three!!
Text mainly in Japanese, some in English.*
Catalogue of the Canadian leg of the travelling exhibition of movie props, costumes, weapons and such. A number of articels and an interview with Peter Jackson.
London, 2012 (but actually published in 2011). Paperback. Illustrated.
Fantasy addresses a previously neglected area within Film Studies. The book looks at the key aesthetics, themes, debates and issues at work within this increasingly popular genre and examines influential films and franchises that illustrate these concerns. Recent case study film series discussed will include:
The authors also consider fantasy film and its relationship to myth, legend and fairytale, examining its important role in contemporary culture. The book provides an historical overview of the genre and its evolution, contextualising each fantasy film within its socio-cultural period and with reference to relevant critical theory.
This is the perfect introduction to the world of fantasy film and offers a spring board to investigations into the links and associations made between film and gender, sexuality, psychology, philosophy, religion and more.*
Lulu, 2005. 1st edition. Paperback. Illustrated with photo's.
What should you do if your spouse becomes addicted to the Lord of the Rings movies and swoons at the very mention of Orlando Bloom's name? (Thud. Quick, fetch the smelling salts.) How about taking the advice of a strange apparition that reveals itself in a dream? An apparition that looks remarkably like the director of the movies, Peter Jackson, but not quite remarkably enough to prompt legal action. An apparition that recommends touring New Zealand in an effort to prove that its sheep pastures aren't really filled by frolicking Hobbits. Just sheep and the occasional zorbing local. This is the hilarious tale of such a tour, featuring snow capped mountains and turquoise lakes, flightless birds and flying cattle, bungy jumping grannies and the carrot mafia, strange yellow eyes peering up from a road map and hotel receptionists always desperate to know win you are living. *
