The film’s Prologue plunges the audience into the world of Middle-earth and the plight of the One Ring in a standalone sequence establishing the enormous tale about to unfold. Shore’s music acts as a prelude, introducing brief clips of the thematic material that will populate the score as the story progresses. Heard here for the first time are a choral rendering (see Footsteps of Doom) of the Elvish Lothlórien theme; Mordor’s Skip Beat accompaniment, the Descending Third accompaniment, the Sauron/Evil of the Ring theme; the Ringwraith theme; the bitter Fall of Men motive; and even t… read more
The film’s Prologue plunges the audience into the world of Middle-earth and the plight of the One Ring in a standalone sequence establishing the enor… read more
The film’s Prologue plunges the audience into the world of Middle-earth and the plight of the One Ring in a standalone sequence establishing the enormous tale about to unfold. Shore’s mu… read more
Howard Leslie Shore OC (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer who is notable for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies. He won three Academy Awards for his work on the first trilogy, with one being for the original song "Into the West", an award he shared with Eurythmics lead vocalist Annie Lennox and writer/producer Fran Walsh, who wrote the lyrics. He is also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since… read more
Howard Leslie Shore OC (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer who is notable for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord … read more
Howard Leslie Shore OC (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer who is notable for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies. He… read more
