The Shire

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The story moves forward to the waning years of the Third Age of Middle-earth as we are introduced to the Shire. The short piece of music that ushers us into the hobbits’ homeland was originally written for the theatrical cut of the film, but the early Shire scenes were shortened when the Prologue was lengthened, so Shore’s introductory music went unheard until the DVD edit. “We had the piece and I’d almost finished orchestrating it”, the composer recalls. “It didn’t have much of the full Shire theme in it yet, because it was just showing the history of the Shire in a montage. Now, y… read more
The story moves forward to the waning years of the Third Age of Middle-earth as we are introduced to the Shire. The short piece of music that ushers … read more
The story moves forward to the waning years of the Third Age of Middle-earth as we are introduced to the Shire. The short piece of music that ushers us into the hobbits’ homeland was ori… read more

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Howard Leslie Shore OC (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian 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 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 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

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