The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (2004) (VG)

Director:

Richard Taylor

Writers:

Nuno Miranda (translation and adaptation)
Mical Pedriana (writer)
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Release Date:

6 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy | War

Plot:

You play the events of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, both with the Fellowship of the Ring and the larger War of the Ring. |

Plot Keywords:

Calvary | Castle | Quest | Real Time Strategy | Siege

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Greg Ellis	...	Various
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Orcs / Cattle (voice)
David Boat	...	Gondorian Archer (voice)
Chris Edgerly	...	Aragorn / eomer / additional voices
Crispin Freeman	...	Legolas Greenleaf (voice)
James Horan	...	Boromir (voice)
Bob Joles	...	Gimli / Treebeard / Additional Voices
Christopher Lee	...	Saruman (voice)
David Lodge	...	Rider of Rohan (voice)
Ian McKellen	...	Gandalf (voice)
Paul Mercier	...	Uruk Hai (voice)
Jim Meskimen	...	Trolls (voice)
Matt Mullins
Phil Proctor	...	King Theoden of Rohan (voice)
Brianne Siddall	...	Eowyn of Rohan (voice)
Isaac C. Singleton Jr.	...	Lurtz (voice)
Stephen Stanton	...	Uruk Hai (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Haradrim Warriors (voice)
Simon Templeman	...	Gondor Soldier / Narrator / Various
James Kevin Ward	...	Tower Guard (voice)
Joe Whyte	...	Easterlings (voice)

Directed by
Richard Taylor

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nuno Miranda		translation and adaptation
Mical Pedriana		writer
J.R.R. Tolkien		characters

Produced by
Amer Ajami	....	associate producer
Harvard Bonin	....	senior producer
Amir Rahimi	....	assistant producer
Mark Skaggs	....	executive producer
Mike Verdu	....	senior producer

Original Music by
James Christopherson
Jamie Christopherson
Howard Shore

Cinematography by
Richard Taylor

Film Editing by
Benjamin Hopkins		(video)
Nate Hubbard

Art Direction by
Matt J. Britton

Art Department
Jose Albanil	....	artist
Elie Arabian	....	artist
Scott Berri	....	art production coordinator: Electronic Arts
Greg Black	....	cinematic artist
Fernando Castillo	....	cinematic artist
Warren Fu	....	artist
Kevin Griffith	....	artist
Charles Jacobi	....	artist
Michael Jones	....	lead effects artist
Thomas Jung	....	artist
Insun Kang	....	artist
Eric Kearns	....	artist
Richard Kriegler	....	senior artist
Tse Cheng Lo	....	artist
Greg Luzniak	....	artist
Velinda Pelayo	....	artist
Phelicia Ramlogan	....	artist
J.R. Register	....	artist
Richard Smith	....	artist
Timothy D. Williams	....	artist

Sound Department
Courtney Bishop	....	original dialogue recordist
Ed Cerrato	....	sound designer
Ed Cerrato	....	sound effects editor
Evan T. Chen	....	sound designer
David Fries	....	sound director
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Mical Pedriana	....	supervising sound editor
Sean Wiedeman	....	sound recording engineer

Visual Effects by
Jang Chol Lee	....	background texture technical director: EA
Casey Robinson	....	effects artist

Animation Department
Eugene Jarvis	....	animator
Mike Laygo	....	animator

Music Department
Bill Brown	....	composer: additional music
Robert Puff	....	music preparation
James T. Sale	....	orchestrator: conductor
Jamie Christopherson	....	additional orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
John Ahlquist	....	lead software engineer
Chris Corry	....	senior development director
Ashlea Earl	....	motion capture talent
Martin Hoffesommer	....	lead software engineer
Lutz Latta	....	software engineer
Mark Lorenzen	....	software engineer
Andrew McDonald	....	software engineer
Zak Middleton	....	software engineer
Craig Owens	....	marketing manager
Shawn Rogers	....	software engineer
Donavon Stinson	....	motion capture talent
M. Ryan Glover	....	quality assurance analyst (uncredited)

Other Companies

• House of Moves Motion Capture Studios  motion capture

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Movie Connections:

Spin off from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Best Lord of the rings game ever!

Battle for middle Earth was everything i wanted it to be and more. The starting levels with only the fellowship was a little bit boring, but when you get to the sieges it is great!

My favorite level is the siege of Minas Tirth, Helms Deep comes up second.

The only thing that let this game down is when an army is getting attacked it sometimes does nothing and let themselves get killed.

The ancillary battles get boring after a while so its best to complete them quickly, so you can enjoy the bigger battles. The heroes make the game more exciting to play.

Battle for Middle Earth would have been better if the good teams were a little more different, the same with the evil army.

Also if you could play as the dwarfs and elves a little bit more.

Other than that it the best Lord of the Rings game ever. EA games have finally made a game for everyone to enjoy! Recommend to all.

9/10