Chance Thomas – LOTRO Players

Deseret News Interviews Chance Thomas

Yesterday January 3rd would have been Tolkien’s 126th birthday, to mark this Deseret News had a wonderful interview with Chance Thomas about all his work making the wonderful music of LOTRO.

“Everybody is familiar with the Peter Jackson films and the music from those films, I’m the other Lord of the Rings composer.”

They talked about the 10th-anniversary soundtrack a bit

“First of all, I went to the songs that the players seemed to love the most, they had to be on there, And then I wanted to tell a story. I wanted the music to take you on this epic adventure. … So as I put the music together, it was designed to give you a journey of imagination through Middle-earth.”

And ended up talking about the Ever On song that everyone loves

“I took that poem and that phrase, ‘Ever on,’ and I made a folky/pop song out of it to commemorate 10 years of this game going on and on and on, In the books, the story sort of ends at Mordor … but the approach that Lord of the Rings Online has taken is that, ‘No, the story goes ever on and on.’”

You can read the full interview over at the Deseret News website

A tip of the hat to Trotter for the heads up on this!

Mordor Soundtrack Available Now

You might recall that we told you that, the Mordor soundtrack was coming, and the time is neigh, you can download it enjoy the dark and brooding music anytime you wish, not just when you’re battling the forces of the dark lord.

You can watch a great interview with Chance Thomas and two of the musicians that play on the soundtrack below, this was done Thursday during Coumminty Manager’s Cordovan live stream “Cord Of The Rings”

The soundtrack includes the bonus song “Ever On”

You can purchase the soundtrack via the official HugeSound Records Page, or Via Amazon MP3, as well as iTunes.

The Amazon link found above is an AFFILIATE Link, LOTRO Players will receive a small percent of the sale, this is another way you can help support the site.

Mordor Soundtrack Releasing November 1st

HUGEsound Records will release LOTRO Mordor original video game soundtrack through all major digital music outlets worldwide on November 1, 2017.

The soundtrack album features the game’s new original score, composed and produced by Chance Thomas, an avid lifelong fan of The Lord of the Rings.

Each music track can be previewed for free at the HUGEsound Records download site: www.hugesoundrecords.com/mordor/

“Mordor is a terrifying place,This score is definitely darker and more martial than my previous LOTRO music. But it’s still Tolkien. There is a sense of reaching for light beneath the
oppressiveness, threads of beauty and strength, even in the midst of overwhelming shadow.” – Chance Thomas Composer

The Mordor original score was performed by the Utah Film Orchestra and Choir, the same groups that performed Chance’s original scores for LOTRO’s Riders of RohanTM, Mines of MoriaTM and Shadows of AngmarTM releases. Additional featured performers on the Mordor soundtrack include David Osmond on vocals, Aaron Ashton on the fiddle, Jeannine Goeckeritz on flutes, Daron Bradford on penny whistle, Nicole Pinnell on cello, and Rich Dixon on guitars. The score was recorded at HUGEsound Post Production in Salt Lake City, Utah. Michael James Greene engineered and mixed the recordings.

Visit HUGEsound Records at www.HUGEsoundRecords.com

LOTRO Mordor Soundtrack On The Way

Over on Chance Thomas facebook page, he announced that the soundtrack to Mordor will soon be releasing, we don’t have many details yet, other than the release date will be Nov 1st

In a comment, he was asked if there would be a physical cd release, ala the 10th-anniversary soundtrack and he replied with

Not sure about a CD package yet. They supported it for the 10th anniversary since it was sort of a collector’s item. We’ll have to see what kind of traction the Mordor soundtrack gets when it’s released. If it does well, they’ll probably spring for a CD package!

LOTRO 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Double CD Package Sells Out

Over on Chance Thomas’s Facebook page he announced the 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Double CD Package sold out, immeditly of there first pressing.

You can head over to Hugesound (Chance’s Music Site) and order yourself a copy of the second printing, which he also announced was coming!

*The Amazon link found above is an AFFILIATE Link, LOTRO Players will receive a small percent of the sale, this is another way you can help support the site.*

The Amazon link found above is an AFFILIATE Link, LOTRO Players will receive a small percent of the sale, this is another way you can help support the site.