But I did find a list of top-selling soundtracks.
Anybody can be a prop class clown.
Xander ,'Touched'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
sumi - Feb 09, 2004 12:44:08 pm PST #1789 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
tina f. - Feb 09, 2004 12:45:48 pm PST #1790 of 3902
Billboard only gives me current chart position (that's all I can find there anyway)- whereas I am looking for an educated guess as to total sales of the soundtrack albums.
Like I said - weird question - I just thought I'd ask.
tina f. - Feb 09, 2004 12:48:15 pm PST #1791 of 3902
Thanks sumi. Those are all traditional soundtrack albums - and not scores though I think. Maybe Titanic is a score.
Basically I am in a music nerd argument with somone who thinks the soundtracks are only for the Tolkien freaks and aren't big with the general public. I know he's wrong and I'm trying to find proof.
ROTK went as high as No. 36 on the Billboard chart - but I want a more solid basis for telling him he's a dumbass.
billytea - Feb 09, 2004 12:50:10 pm PST #1792 of 3902
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
This goes double if your name is Leonardo DiCaprio.
t recasting all Leonardo's subsequent movies with a flamey eyeball
t notes little change to giant sucking sound
Huh. Turns out LOTR is just like a cross between Catch Me if You Can and Gangs of New York.
Isildur: "Who is this under moi knoife?"
Narrator: "In the upcoming feature, the part of the Witch-King of Angmar will be played by Tom Hanks."
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2004 12:51:49 pm PST #1793 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Angmar would make a lovely girl's name.
Except for how it wouldn't.
billytea - Feb 09, 2004 12:54:01 pm PST #1794 of 3902
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Angmar would make a lovely girl's name.
Except for how it wouldn't.
Wait for my upcoming book on relationship advice, "Witch-Kings Are From Angmar, Witch-Queens Are From New Orleans".
sumi - Feb 09, 2004 1:32:48 pm PST #1795 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Do you think that sales are secret? Because you might try getting in touch with Reprise -- they would certainly have that information.
sumi - Feb 09, 2004 1:43:51 pm PST #1796 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Okay I found this:
Since its release in late November, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King" has racked up sales in excess of 300,000 units, joining its bestselling predecessors "The Fellowship Of The Ring" (2001) and "The Two Towers" (2002), which have sold over 3 million units worldwide. Additionally, "The Two Towers" soundtrack has been nominated for a Grammy as Best Original Score.
500,000 units = 1 gold record
1,000,000 units = 1 platinum record
Would that help your friend understand?
sumi - Feb 09, 2004 2:14:29 pm PST #1797 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
PJ is on E! News live today (about the DGA Award).
Steph L. - Feb 09, 2004 2:19:19 pm PST #1798 of 3902
I look more rad than Lutheranism
So, um, there really is an "Atlantis" in the LotR books?
Cause, see, since I haven't read them, I trust you folks for my information. So....Atlantis? Like the Donovan song?