With a deepening series of minor chords beneath dissonant high strings, Saruman’s spiked wheel turns, sinking his body into the flood waters, and causing his palantír to fall from his robe. Pippin spots the vile orb glowing beneath the murky waters and hurries over to retrieve it. Gandalf quickly confiscates the object, but Pippin is intrigued. The camera pushes in on his widening eyes as the orchestra condenses to an obsessively enveloping D-natural. The mode shifts to A minor and the rasp of the Hardanger fiddle sings the score’s first statement of the Rohan Fanfare. The story ret… read more
With a deepening series of minor chords beneath dissonant high strings, Saruman’s spiked wheel turns, sinking his body into the flood waters, and cau… read more
With a deepening series of minor chords beneath dissonant high strings, Saruman’s spiked wheel turns, sinking his body into the flood waters, and causing his palantír to fall from his ro… 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
