Friday evening I went to a concert given by the sister of M's ex and her students. She teaches ancient music (pre-baroque). One of her students is named Dana Howe - his parents came to the concert and bingo: his father was John Howe.
After recovering from the heart attack about dining after the concert in the company of the musicians and their family, I was for most of the diner too shy to abord Mr. Howe. After all, he had come to listen to his son and to be in family... and just imagine how terrible it must to meet people all the time who tell you: "Aren't you John Howe?"... etc. etc.
However, when saying good bye, I admitted my LOTR passion and he told me (he is a very quiet, very shy person, not very out-going by himself) I should have talked to him before. Well....
But then, he told me that he used the passion of his son for drawings about historical instruments and that he had drawn several for the Hobbit and talked to Howard Shore about the possibility of putting more ancient music played on original instruments in the sound-track.
Sorry, I just wanted to share that bit of information and show-off....
(The road goes ever on is the dedication John Howe wrote me in book I bought a few years ago at the Geneva book fair...)
Music in the Hobbit
Music in the Hobbit
"nolite te bastardes carborundorum".
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Voronwë the Faithful
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That's very cool, Nin. (I would have been wary of talking to him, too. Introverts!)
I'm very interested to see what comes out of John's conversation with Howard about "putting more ancient music played on orignal instruments in the soundtrack." That sounds quite intriguing.
I'm very interested to see what comes out of John's conversation with Howard about "putting more ancient music played on orignal instruments in the soundtrack." That sounds quite intriguing.
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What a fantastic personal tale, Nin! Thanks so much for sharing it with us. It just whets the appetite even more for the new soundtrack - which, of course if GDT follows PJ's lead, will be released before the film. 
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Nin, that is INCREDIBLY cool! 
About meeting John Howe
and about the possibility of his ancient music designs for TH movie.
Sweet!
About meeting John Howe
and about the possibility of his ancient music designs for TH movie. Sweet!
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That is cool Nin.
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.... John Rogers