{"id":2270,"date":"2003-11-20T22:43:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-21T03:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=2270"},"modified":"2021-05-31T22:49:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T02:49:14","slug":"knowing-the-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/11\/20\/knowing-the-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowing the Score"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    I am consumed with watching all of The Two Towers<\/i>: Extended Edition, so my blog might as well reflect that with its third straight LOTR<\/i> entry. This Tuesday brings the release of the new Return of the King<\/i> score CD. The official soundtrack site<\/a> is still advertising last year’s CDs unfortunately, despite word of an Internet-only edition, but it looks like all three releases of the score can be purchased from Amazon.\\r\\n
1-Disc Standard Release<\/a>
3-CD Release (w\/Fellowship<\/i> & Two Towers<\/i> CDs)<\/a>
CD\/DVD Internet-Only release (with video featurettes)<\/a><\/center>    And speaking of movie music, it is with much regret I make mention of the passing of Michael Kamen<\/a>. On Tuesday he died of a heart attack, at the age of 55. His scores for Adventures of Baron Munchausen<\/i> and Brazil<\/i> are big favorites of mine and he will be greatly missed.   [2:22 PM]<\/b>
    Update<\/b>: Here is Michael Kamen’s last post<\/a> on his own message board. It contains a little autobiography and some thoughts on movie scoring and, by way of Band of Brothers<\/i>, on war.
    Also, I am reminded that Soundtrack.net has an interview with Howard Shore<\/a> and that the end-titles song from Return of the King<\/i> can be heard<\/a> at the official movie site.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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