Doug Adams (music journalist)

Doug Adams

Adams at a book signing on October 7, 2010
Nationality American
Occupation Musicologist, author

Doug Adams is a music journalist and author. He is the author of The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films, a book about the music in The Lord of the Rings films.[1]

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Career

Adams previously worked for Film Score Monthly.[2]

After graduate school in 2001,[3] Adams was selected by Howard Shore to observe and document his work on The Lord of the Rings films.[4] Adams spent just under ten years writing the book, The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films.[5] He also wrote much of the text in the booklets packaged with the extended versions of The Lord of the Rings scores.

Adams' association with Howard Shore continued in 2011, during which time he acted as an advisor to Shore's The Lord of the Rings in Concert series[6] and produced a recording of an orchestrion for the film Hugo.[7]

Personal life

Adams lives in Chicago.[5] He is a percussionist.[8]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Burlingame, Jon (October 7, 2010). "New book explores 'Lord of the Rings' music". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118025302.html?categoryId=2431&cs=1. Retrieved 8 October 2010. 
  2. ^ Halfyard, Janet K. (2004). Danny Elfman's Batman: a film score guide. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810851261. http://books.google.com/books?id=OGOYqpxsyRgC&pg=PA153&dq=%22doug+adams%22+%22film+score+monthly%22&hl=en&ei=oXquTN7OC8T38Abs1snkBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22doug%20adams%22%20%22film%20score%20monthly%22&f=false. 
  3. ^ "Interview Doug Adams". Filmmusicsite.com. September 24, 2010. http://www.filmmusicsite.com/news.cgi?go=detail&id=944&lang=en. Retrieved 8 October 2010. 
  4. ^ Margini, Matt (September 21, 2010). "Middle-earth's musicologist". Washington Square News. http://nyunews.com/arts/2010/09/20/21pretent/. Retrieved 8 October 2010. 
  5. ^ a b Morgan, David (October 6, 2010). "Middle Earth Returns to Radio City". CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/07/entertainment/main6934408.shtml. Retrieved 8 October 2010. 
  6. ^ Adams, Doug. "AM Northwest Flashback". http://www.musicoflotr.com/2011/11/am-northwest-flashback.html. Retrieved 28 November 2011. 
  7. ^ Adams, Doug. "Hugo and the Orchestrion". http://www.musicoflotr.com/2011/11/hugo-and-orchestrion.html. Retrieved 28 November 2011. 
  8. ^ Del Signore, John (September 22, 2009). "Doug Adams, Lord of the Rings Musicologist". Gothamist. http://gothamist.com/2009/09/22/doug_adams_author.php. Retrieved 8 October 2010. 

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