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Howard Shore is a Canadian composer, conductor and orchestrator noted for his film scores. [1]He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies.
Howard Shore, composer of The Lord of the Rings film score. The Canadian composer and conductor Howard Shore composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced the film trilogy's music. [6] The filmmakers had considered the American composer James Horner [7] and the Polish composer Wojciech Kilar for the role. [8]
Shore wrote the music for Canadian magician Doug Henning's magic musical Spellbound in 1974 and, from 1975 to 1980, he was the musical director for Michaels' influential late-night NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, [11] appearing in many musical sketches, including Howard Shore and His All-Nurse Band, and dressed as a beekeeper for a ...
Following the style of his music for The Lord of the Rings film series, Howard Shore constructed the score for The Hobbit using many strong recognisable musical themes. The musicologist Doug Adams described these as "an encyclopedic network of leitmotifs: dozens of themes that represented cultures, characters, objects, and dramatic concepts in Middle-earth."
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on 20 November 2001. It was composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Howard Shore, and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the London Voices, London Oratory School Schola choir and multiple featured instrumental and vocal soloists.
Despite this, musicians Plan 9—Janet Roddick, David Donaldson, and Steve Roche—and David Long returned from the films to provide music during filming for the first season, [6] and Howard Shore, who composed the original scores for Jackson's films, also returned. Shore was first reported to be in discussions for the series in September 2020.
Composed by Howard Shore, the soundtrack was released by MCA Records on CD, LP, and cassette on February 5, 1991. The original release featured 13 tracks. The original release featured 13 tracks. An expanded edition, including previously unreleased material, was released by Quartet Records on February 14, 2018, and reissued in 2021 to coincide ...