London Symphony Orchestra the composer conducted, the rest of the programme was conducted by Coates, who overran his rehearsal time at the expense of Elgar's. Lady Elgar wrote, "that brutal selfish ill-mannered bounder ... that brute Coates went on rehearsing." In "The Observer" Newman wrote, "There have been rumours about during the week of inadequate rehearsal. Whatever the explanation, the sad fact remains that never, in all probability, has so great an orchestra made so lamentable an exhibition of itself." Coates remained as chief conductor for two seasons, and after the initial debacle is credited by Morrison with "breathing life and energy into
Abbey Road Studios 1984 when EMI merged with Thorn Electrical Industries to become Thorn EMI. Abbey Road's success in the scoring business continued after the partnership ended. John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra used the studios to record the scores of four films from the "Star Wars" franchise from "Return of the Jedi" in 1983 until "Revenge of the Sith" in 2005. All three film scores for "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy ("The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King"), composed by Howard Shore and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, were mixed at