Born Of Hope - Original Soundtrack

You may recall I did a review for the soundtrack for a fan-made film called The Hunt For Gollum which is made in the same mold as Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings Epic Trilogy.  I consider this film to be a bloody masterpiece.  What the film makers were able to achieve, along with the music is simply astounding.  Well, the crew is back for a second story, called Born Of Hope, this time based on the childhood of Aragorn and his Mother and Father.  Now I must confess that I STILL have not had the time to sit down and watch this epic film (it goes for 70 minutes), which anyone can watch online for free.  Again, there is a soundtrack which anyone can also download for free and I have been listening to this lately and would like to share my thoughts.
While I simply love listening to the soundtrack for THFG, there were only three composers on it and that gave it a feeling of one singular soundtrack.  Unfortunately, the same can't be said for Born Of Hope.  There are five composers and a further six contributors!  Because of this, the soundtrack lacks a sense of cohesiveness.  While THFG sounded like something Howard Shore had written, only a percentage of pieces on this soundtrack have the feeling of being a part of the Lord Of The Rings legacy.  Don't get me wrong, this is also a great accomplishment, but it needed to be tighter and under a smaller number of composers.
I have to say, the first half of the soundtrack is pretty, dare I say it, 'boring'.  It is generic bass sounds with the barest of melody.  However, I have to say the pieces by Rob Westwood are the most "Rings" sounding from Arador’s Blessing and Dírhael’s Approval to Aragorn Grows Up and The Fight For Survival and The Dúnedain Prevail to Arathorn's Final Battle and Gilraen Leaves for Rivendell.  All of his tracks are simply just magical to listen to.  I love the female singing at the end of Arathorn's Final Battle as well, it is so haunting and beautiful.
Adam Langston returns from THFG and some of his pieces are also very beautiful but I have to make special mention of Tobias Bublat's Ivorwen’s Foresight which incorporates a theme on The breaking Of The Fellowship but quicker and with his own unique flourish.  Just lovely.
The Wedding by David Finnamore sounds like something you might hear in an English medieval village county fair by a bunch of folk musicians.  This is not necessarily a bad thing but it really stands out as something different from the rest of the soundtrack and doesn't seem to fit snugly with the rest of the sound.
The final track Bloodline of the Kings by Jonathan Glew is growing on me.  I must say, when I heard it the first time, I really didn't like it.  But the more I listen to this soundtrack, the more I find I don't mind it and have found myself singing it at random times.
So in short, this is not as good a soundtrack as the one for The Hunt For Gollum, but there is some real gold to be found here.  Don't forget, this is all fan-made.  It is astonishing what they have all achieved.  I really can't wait to sit down in front of my computer and watch Born Of Hope, instead of spending my time typing.  A review for it will be coming soon, I promise.
In the meantime, here is the link to the website: http://www.bornofhope.com/ Make sure you check it out.