The Music of Middle-earth
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Free | Tizian Zeltner | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The film score consists of more than 80 leitmotifs or themes that relate to specific characters, locations or cultures of Middle-earth.
This project tries to provide an interactive listening experience that highlights all theme occurrences throughout the soundtrack in form of a simple, user-friendly application.
Note: None of the music is part of this application. The albums must be acquired separately.
The app includes information about the following albums:
The "Original Soundtrack" albums released between 2001 and 2003.
The "Complete Recordings" albums released between 2005 and 2007.
The "Rarities Archive" album released 2010 together with 'The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films' by Doug Adams.
If you own some of the albums, you can listen to the tracks and all indexed sections directly from the application in an interactive way.
Additionally, when listening to a track, the currently playing themes are displayed.
More information and a desktop version that runs on Windows and Mac available at:
http://musicofmiddleearth.com/
Features
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- List of all themes and tracks
- List theme occurrences by theme or by track
- Listen to the tracks or specific theme occurrences
- Display currently playing themes while listening to the tracks
Reviews
Won't open ?
Why should you care
I'm sure I would LOVE this app if it actually opened. I try to open it but it always crashes! If u fix this I will give u a five star rating but I can't even use the app!!!
It's ok
Jack Loftus
I love it but it says that I don't have it even though I own a song from the ROTK complete recordings
No. Just no.
Correnna
Don't waste you're time and data. You have to have the film score on iTunes to be able to hear the songs. No stars, if possible.
Umm...
Morgoth16731018
Looks like you new to have the music already, I was looking for a quick way of getting it
Pointless App
rnsia
It is merely a filtering app for music you already have on your device. Does not contain any music by itself. All music must be purchased/downloaded separately from the app. Not sure what the concept of this app was... Anybody who would have the songs already, would more than likely have some sort of filtered album already. Useless app that serves no function and provides no benefit to the user.
Doesn’t provide any use
ThisTakenTooFApple
Short of a more detailed break down of scores, just buh the music, this doesn’t provide the songs
Haters don’t understand.
Nico Hendriks
The people who said this app is “pointless” clearly just don’t understand its point at all. This app does not come with full movie soundtracks (as that would be pirating) but rather groups them thematically in a very well-considered manner. You can either just use the app to find a song’s name and look it up or if the albums are purchased on iTunes, the app can play them directly. I use this app for Dungeons and Dragons. I like to play to music and this app is super helpful in finding which parts of which songs of which movie’s score will fit best with the vibe I’m looking for. For example, if my heroes are adventuring through Dwarven ruins, I can open the app, scroll to the “Dwarf” section and find a number of songs from throughout the trilogy that are mostly used during scenes involving Dwarves. Then I simply type the title into YouTube or Spotify and listen away! Those who disliked the app are certainly allowed to do so, but I’ve given it 5 stars because it performs exactly as described in the App Store and would think that those people simply didn’t understand or had no use for its function.
Great app, overall
Webster's Rogue 1
There seems to be confusion among ppl who previously downloaded this app. It does not give you the soundtracks. Rather, if you already have them on iTunes it links to them. It’s generally a great app. The albums it links to are: the “Original Soundtrack,” the “Complete Recording,” and the “Rarities Archive.” This last one doesn’t come up on my iTunes and I’ve never heard if it. I think there are a couple mistakes, like under the theme for “Rohan Fanfare,” the piece under the track “Uruk-Hai” is, I think, the theme for the Fellowship, not for Rohan. But I may be wrong.
