Andy Serkis Silmarillion audiobook
31 Oct, 2022
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2022/10/31 3:05:46 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2022/10/31 3:05:46 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Don't know if this has been announced anywhere or not through other channels, but Andy Serkis said in an interview recently that he's going to be doing an audiobook for the Silmarillion.
I've lived with the books because I've read the audiobook of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit as a charity thing for the NHS called Hobbitathon, which we did during the pandemic, and actually I'm about to do The Silmarillion, so the world of Tolkien has never left me.
Should be interesting to see how he approaches S, since it doesn't necessarily lend itself to being performed with character voices, it's more of a read-through sort of book. He has the voice(s), obviously.
I wonder why they did not use Samuel and Timothy West for this?
Though I'm confident of a good recording from either the West's or Serkis.
Though I'm confident of a good recording from either the West's or Serkis.
I enjoyed his Hobbits, less so for Rings which I could never finish tbh. I found his character voices baffling in some cases and badly chosen by all involved.
The Silmarillion needs a majestic voice and of the choices, the Wests are clear winners on that front.
The Silmarillion needs a majestic voice and of the choices, the Wests are clear winners on that front.
Cinema’s “Gollum” reads The Silmarillion. It’s quite uncomfortable knowing how much this would have distressed Christopher.
Ulmo wrote:
Cinema’s “Gollum” reads The Silmarillion. It’s quite uncomfortable knowing how much this would have distressed Christopher.
His voice was fine for The Hobbit but for the Silmarillion? He simply doesn't have the majestic sound in his voice imo.
Trotter wrote:
I wonder why they did not use Samuel and Timothy West for this?
I imagine that (at least internationally) they are more likely to generate a bigger buzz and word-of-mouth for the audiobook by having it recorded by Serkis; which will probably lead to more sales.
Anything will be an improvement over the Shaw audiobook...Serkis will most likely pronounce Illuvatar correctly
I've heard that Tolkien audiobooks are selling incredibly well, so I imagine that the publisher feels that a Serkis Silmarillion will follow suit. It definitely will not be to everyone's taste (nothing ever is) but getting many movie/TV fans to buy a Silmarillion audiobook is a win overall I think.
I don't recall ever hearing that Christopher was anti-audiobook - it isn't a dramatization or abridgement/adaptation of Tolkien's words, just a reading.
I don't recall ever hearing that Christopher was anti-audiobook - it isn't a dramatization or abridgement/adaptation of Tolkien's words, just a reading.
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