#Howard Shore

[is-that-sand-in-my-waffles]

name a more comforting piece of music than "Concerning Hobbits" by Howard Shore

[vigilantegreen]

Everyone always says "Howard Shore didn't have to go that hard for the LOTR soundtrack" but no one ever talks about the soundtrack for The Hobbit! Are you kidding! It's amazing! It's beautiful! It brings tears to my eyes! It's so good!

[filmscorememes]

[sindar-princeling]

was listening to a radio station with classical music and movie soundtracks and they NOT ONLY played concerning hobbits BUT ALSO had a short message before like "Hello this is Howard Shore wishing you a good day, you're listening to XYZ Station" so my day is fucking MADE

[earl-grey-sky]

An incomplete list of movies where the composers did NOT have to go that hard

How To Train Your Dragon (2010) - I put Test Drive on my study playlist but I can never focus to it bc I'm too busy ascending. what is that motif and why does it do that to me. I've never even seen the movie.

Tarzan (1999) - nothing has ever affected me more than 80s pop star Phil Collins singing about a boy raised by gorillas

Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) - no explanation needed.

let me know which ones I missed lol

[gandalf-the-fool]

[benvolioknowsbest-blog]

There's something about the piece "The Breaking of the Fellowship" that brings me so much comfort from the beginning right through to the end. The way it flows between motifs and carries you away with each member of the fellowship. The hobbits themes are just so perfect, they're earnest in their calls from home. It's like someone has taken my brain, wrapped it in the softest blanket and is lulling me into a gentle peace. Howard Shore is a genius.

[chicken-wayng]

I like how I can go into my dispensary and ask them for "that shit Howard Shore was smoking when he made the lotr sound track," and they know exactly what I want

[iwanderbecauseimlost]

As much as I love Thranduil, I bet his parties have no shit over this.

[oldshowbiz]

“Doug Henning, who I knew from school... We went out for coffee.

I said, ‘So what do you want to do?’ Because I knew he was doing magic all around.

He said, ‘Well, if I could raise some money to do these big illusions, I’d like to go on tour with a rock group and do these theatrical events with rock music and magic.’

I said, ‘That sounds like it���s going to be expensive, going place to place. Why don’t we do it in a theater as a theatrical show?’

I was able to do that. We started this show.

Amazingly, David Cronenberg wrote the book, I directed and produced, Howard Shore was my composer, Paul Shaffer was our bandleader.

We did this really complex lovely show with magic tricks and stuff.” - Ivan Reitman talking about the 1973 stage production Spellbound

[ringsofpowerconfessions]

"Many people don't realise that Howard Shore did the opening theme for Rings of Power. I love Bear's music but wish Howard would of done more music for the show too. 😊"

[figureskatingcostumes]

Young You's Lord of the Rings costume (with two different headpieces) at the 2024 World Championships and 2024 South Korean National Championships.

And in detail:

(Sources: 1, 2, 3 and 4)

[et-cant-phone-home-no-signal]

more lotr babbling tonight but i just really want to emphasise how much i love the music from the rings of power. i know half the fandom hates the show's guts but i genuinely think it's so fun and beautiful and the music is the Absolute Highlight and without it, it wouldn't be the same in the exact same way that if howard shore hadn't done the lotr and hobbit music for the movies, it would not have felt remotely the same. thank you bear mccreary i love you very much <333 the elrond half-elven theme is probably my favourite but honestly, it's hard to pick because each theme is so distinct and beautiful in its own way and i truly adore the númenor theme, he got that one so so right because it's absolutely nothing like any other music in the lotr adaptations that we've had, stunning musical decisions were made

[nightmares-2]

A song i will always associate with the House of Fëanor is 'The Kraken' by Howard Shore.

I dont know why exactly, maybe the sense of Dread and power, maybe something else. But every time i'll listen to it i'll think of them and their deeds in the first age.

[lizziestudieshistory]

31.08.2034 - Dusting off my very much neglected musical knowledge to read Doug Adams's The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films. It's a beautifully nerdy book and gives me an excellent excuse to listen to the complete recordings for each of the films again. I'm just over half way through Fellowship at the moment and very much enjoying myself.

Currently reading: The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films by Doug Adams; Morality Play by Barry Unsworth