100 Greatest Film Scores by Matt Lawson & Laurence E. MacDonald

Author:Matt Lawson & Laurence E. MacDonald [Lawson, Matt & MacDonald, Laurence E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2018-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

(2001)

Howard Shore

The Film

In December of 2014, Peter Jackson completed a monumental task that seemed unthinkable as recently as the 1990s. Jackson and his production team had brought J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy epics, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, to life on screen over a thirteen-year period.

The films have all been commercially successful, grossing billions of dollars worldwide, with the full complement of six films finding themselves within the top-forty rankings of all time in terms of box-office earnings. Through the success of the two trilogies, Jackson established himself as a leading director, and the profiles of actors such as Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, and Andy Serkis have been raised significantly.

However, the production of the six films and the trials of translating such revered literature into the medium of the big screen brought significant protest from within the Tolkien family, as well as pressure from millions of expectant fans. Jackson needed to assemble a prestigious production team in order to do Tolkien’s respected works cinematic justice. One of the greatest decisions he had to make was choosing someone who would succeed in conjuring Tolkien’s world musically.

The Fellowship of the Ring received thirteen nominations for Academy Awards and won four of those: Best Score, Best Makeup, Best Visual Effects, and Best Cinematography. In total, the film received 152 nominations for awards worldwide and won 98. While not the most successful of the trilogy in terms of awards, The Fellowship of the Ring was still universally acclaimed. The trilogy became the most awarded film series of all time, receiving an astonishing 475 awards from 800 nominations.

The first film, highlighted in this chapter, was The Fellowship of the Ring, released in December 2001. It had a budget of $93 million and grossed $871 million worldwide.

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