导演的话
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A cold, rainy night in September, 2014 – I am sitting in the lovely old,wooden Wellington Town Hall.
It is late in the evening and the wonderful New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has nearly finished a long session of recording a piece from “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.”
Our inimitable Orchestrator and Conductor, Conrad Pope calls the day to a close. The magnificent old auditorium which has been filled with the soaring music of Howard Shore’s score begins to fall silent.
I have sat here before on many occasions, taking a moment to think about what has been done and what is left to do. But for the first time since we began working on The Hobbit nearly seven years ago, a sense of something coming to an end washes over me. I don’t particularly know why I should feel this way on this night … we still have a long road ahead of us before we finish recording. Perhaps it is because, as Bilbo tells Gandalf, it is the last road.
I’ve never considered myself particularly musical, I can’t read a note, can’t play an instrument, and my family has forbidden me from singing – anything, ever. And yet over the last fourteen years I have been lucky enough to spend many hours listening to, giving notes on and losing myself in Howard Shore’s music of Middle-earth. I’ve been lucky enough to work with people who are, in fact, musical to the very tips of their fingers.
From the creative genius of Howard Shore (who kindly forgives my musical ignorance and manages to interpret my notes), to the masterful skill of Conrad Pope, the ingenuity of the legendary Pete Cobbin, the quiet talent of Kirsty Whalley, our extraordinary editor Mark Willsher, our clever and caring producers Erin Scully and Paul Broucek, and the brilliant musicians of the NZSO - from all of these wonderful people, I have learnt so much. I have learnt how music builds the movement of the story, how it is a dance of drama and emotion, of dark tones and light, how it is the very heartbeat of the film.
Later that evening, at home, Fran suggests we ask Billy Boyd - with his sweet and haunting voice - if he would help write and sing the nal song. This movie is epic, full of battles and tragedies, but it is also about friendship and family. So yes, Billy is absolutely the perfect person to say our last goodbye. He comes down to New Zealand; records the end song and Fran’s instincts once again are proven to be right.
Professor Tolkien noted in The Hobbit that all stories must come to an end. Now that we have come, finally and inevitably, to the close of ours, I would like to say one last thing.
I am so very glad I got to share in this adventure with all of you. The joy it has given me is more than any director deserves.
PETER JACKSON
Wellington, NZ. 14th October 2014
A cold, rainy night in September, 2014 – I am sitting in the lovely old,wooden Wellington Town Hall.
It is late in the evening and the wonderful New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has nearly finished a long session of recording a piece from “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.”
Our inimitable Orchestrator and Conductor, Conrad Pope calls the day to a close. The magnificent old auditorium which has been filled with the soaring music of Howard Shore’s score begins to fall silent.
I have sat here before on many occasions, taking a moment to think about what has been done and what is left to do. But for the first time since we began working on The Hobbit nearly seven years ago, a sense of something coming to an end washes over me. I don’t particularly know why I should feel this way on this night … we still have a long road ahead of us before we finish recording. Perhaps it is because, as Bilbo tells Gandalf, it is the last road.
I’ve never considered myself particularly musical, I can’t read a note, can’t play an instrument, and my family has forbidden me from singing – anything, ever. And yet over the last fourteen years I have been lucky enough to spend many hours listening to, giving notes on and losing myself in Howard Shore’s music of Middle-earth. I’ve been lucky enough to work with people who are, in fact, musical to the very tips of their fingers.
From the creative genius of Howard Shore (who kindly forgives my musical ignorance and manages to interpret my notes), to the masterful skill of Conrad Pope, the ingenuity of the legendary Pete Cobbin, the quiet talent of Kirsty Whalley, our extraordinary editor Mark Willsher, our clever and caring producers Erin Scully and Paul Broucek, and the brilliant musicians of the NZSO - from all of these wonderful people, I have learnt so much. I have learnt how music builds the movement of the story, how it is a dance of drama and emotion, of dark tones and light, how it is the very heartbeat of the film.
Later that evening, at home, Fran suggests we ask Billy Boyd - with his sweet and haunting voice - if he would help write and sing the nal song. This movie is epic, full of battles and tragedies, but it is also about friendship and family. So yes, Billy is absolutely the perfect person to say our last goodbye. He comes down to New Zealand; records the end song and Fran’s instincts once again are proven to be right.
Professor Tolkien noted in The Hobbit that all stories must come to an end. Now that we have come, finally and inevitably, to the close of ours, I would like to say one last thing.
I am so very glad I got to share in this adventure with all of you. The joy it has given me is more than any director deserves.
PETER JACKSON
Wellington, NZ. 14th October 2014
- 表演者: Howard Shore
- 发行时间: 2014-12-15
- 流派: 原声
- 出版者: WaterTower Music
- 专辑类型: 专辑