Is Lord Of The Rings Composer Howard Shore Returning To Score The Rings Of Power?
Prime Video By Jenna Busch/July 21, 2022 2:24 pm EST
The score for Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy is one of the few soundtracks I listen to over and over again. Howard Shore’s work is gorgeous and moody, and immediately sends me right back to Middle-earth. When the upcoming Prime Video prequel series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” was announced, everyone wondered who would be doing the music for it. Would Shore return? We may be journeying to thousands of years before the films, to the Second Age of Middle-earth, but it’s still the same world, still based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, still shot in New Zealand (at least for now), and some of the characters are the same. (Those elves live a heck of a long time.)
Prime Video has confirmed that we will be getting a main musical theme from Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore for the new series, according to Deadline. However, there’s more information, and I’m happy to report that it is wonderful: In addition to Shore’s theme, Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary will be composing the score for the episodes.
Is Lord Of The Rings Composer Howard Shore Returning To Score The Rings Of Power?
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By Jenna Busch/July 21, 2022 2:24 pm EST
The score for Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy is one of the few soundtracks I listen to over and over again. Howard Shore’s work is gorgeous and moody, and immediately sends me right back to Middle-earth. When the upcoming Prime Video prequel series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” was announced, everyone wondered who would be doing the music for it. Would Shore return? We may be journeying to thousands of years before the films, to the Second Age of Middle-earth, but it’s still the same world, still based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, still shot in New Zealand (at least for now), and some of the characters are the same. (Those elves live a heck of a long time.)
Prime Video has confirmed that we will be getting a main musical theme from Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore for the new series, according to Deadline. However, there’s more information, and I’m happy to report that it is wonderful: In addition to Shore’s theme, Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary will be composing the score for the episodes.
Prime Video has confirmed that we will be getting a main musical theme from Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore for the new series, according to Deadline. However, there’s more information, and I’m happy to report that it is wonderful: In addition to Shore’s theme, Emmy-winning composer Bear McCreary will be composing the score for the episodes.
The legacy continues
And McCreary stated:
“With their deep understanding of the Tolkien legendarium, coupled with two of the greatest musical talents of our age, we’re thrilled that Howard and Bear are joining us on this epic journey to Middle-earth.”
“As I set out to compose the score for this series, I strove to honor Howard Shore’s musical legacy. When I heard his majestic main title, I was struck by how perfectly his theme and my original score, though crafted separately, fit together so beautifully. I am excited for audiences to join us on this new musical journey to Middle-earth.”
You don’t have to wait for the premiere to hear some music
Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.
