‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Soundtrack Drops Ahead of Premiere
thewrap.comhere to listen to “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Season One: Amazon Original Series Soundtrack.)On the red carpet at the premiere of “The Rings of Power” earlier this week in Los Angeles, McCreary told TheWrap that much detail went into crafting music for each of the kingdoms and types of creatures in the series.“Every sort of faction, every area needed to have an identity that was so distinct that when individual themes for individual characters from those areas are heard, you know where they’re from,” McCreary said. “So I wrote umbrella themes for each place.
And then, underneath the umbrella were four or five different themes that had to fit it. And they all had to sound like they were part of one score.
It wasn’t like you were flipping channels on the radio. So I created a foundation of orchestra and choir, which is very much in the fan expectation of what this should sound like.
And then started pulling in soloists, unique influences from areas of the world that I would only use for certain groups. That was a huge logistical challenge.
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