Howard Shore is the true voice of the Lord of the Rings

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2003)

Alright, alright, Peter Jackson really deserves all the praise he can recieve, but if there is one person I think should also win an oscar, it is Howard Shore. So many times scores for movies are incidental, by-products and usually secondary, but Howard Shore's music shapes and drives the whole series. Every scene has his score, whether it be haunting (the Elvish themes), sinister and menacing (Gollum's themes, Shelob's theme), or simply mighty and majestic (battle music, hero themes) the score brings you in and makes everything seem so much more real and so full of life. I know, I know, I'm a music nerd as well as a fantasy nerd, but still, I personally think Howard Shore should win the Oscar, and the Golden Globe, and whatever else awards there are.