Two weeks before its launch on Amazon Prime, power ringsthe series of Lord of the Rings is revealed through its soundtrack, broadcast since Friday on all platforms of transmission.
The album, made up of 37 songs, was composed almost entirely by musician Bear McCreary, already at the origin of the series’ music. stranger, The Walking Dead Y snow drillsas well as movies 10 Cloverfield Street Y godzilla king of the monsters.
“JRR Tolkien’s books and their film adaptation have had a profound impact on my imagination throughout my life. I am honored to have composed music that will guide viewers through the events of the Second Age of Middle-earth,” he said in a statement. , published by the American medium Collider.
The most expensive series in history.
Only one track was not composed by Bear McCreary. This is the music for the credits, for which Howard Shore was invited. The director has worked on the soundtrack for all the film adaptations of JRR Tolkien’s novels.
power rings takes as its backdrop the Second Age, a fictional historical period of the universe invented by Tolkien and for which he has provided relatively little detail. The first season, which will air from September 2, reintroduces the world of Middle-earth. Very rejuvenated versions of Galadriel and Elrond (Morfydd Clark and Robert Aramayo) stand out since, although the Elves are supposed to be eternal, the series takes place 4000 years before the trilogy of films shot by Peter Jackson.
This is a very important project for Amazon Studios, which has been working on this series since 2017 and has invested, according to variety, $250 million to acquire the rights to Tolkien’s work and an additional $465 million to film the eight episodes of the first season. Which makes it the most expensive television series in history. Prime Video plans to shoot five seasons.
Source: BFM TV
