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On December 13th (12th in the UK), 2005 the complete music of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring will be released. It is a 3 disc set with 37 tracks and also includes a DVD featuring the entire soundtrack in Surround Sound. You can buy it either on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk .
You can also read a review of the soundtrack at SoundtrackNet.
Stuff report that a deal, which will allow the LotR exhibition to return to NZ, has been agreed between Te Papa, The Museum of New Zealand, and Peter Jackson. Instead of cash PJ has asked the museum to buy him a vintage Sopwith Camel airplane engine.
The exhibition will run for a six month period starting in April 2006.
A nationwide poll has revealed that Australians favorite film is the Lord of the Rings trilogy. You can read more at News.com.au.
Have you ever wondered when your favorite stars from Lord of the Rings will be on TV? Now you can know! The CoE TV Guide will list almost all of the shows featuring actors and actresses from Lord of the Rings, and what channel their show will be on (US only). All times EST.
At Playbill.com you can now view the second part of an exclusive behind the scenes video about the making of the stage version of The Lord of the Rings.
Cardiff University’s Centre for Lifelong Learning is delivering a new on-line course entitled The Foundations of Middle-Earth: Myth, Language and Ideology in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Literature. The course tutor is Dimitra Fimi and there are further details about the course here.
In this interview at The Star Rob Howell, designer for the stage version of Lord of the Rings, talks about his work on the project. The central shape of the set is a circle, made up of “three interconnected turntables, with 17 lifts inside them, the entire structure weighing 40 tonnes”.
Read about some of the new changes to EA’s forthcoming game, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II. The article can be read at IGN.com.
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