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'The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films' coming soon

Doug Adams has been working on this book for almost a decade.In 2001, film music journalist Doug Adams was invited by Howard Shore to chronicle...
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Comic Con Special: Examining the Top 20 soundtracks for movies based on comic books

Since the massively publicized San Diego Comic Con is in full swing, we thought we’d get in on the action and celebrate a bit by exploring...
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Ten great scores by ten legendary movie soundtrack composers

Someone recently asked me who my 10 favorite film score composers were, and which of their scores is my favorite. It took me about a week of...
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Soundtrack review: A track-by-track analysis of Howard Shore's score to THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE

It is common knowledge that Howard Shore’s film scores are true musical adventures that lend themselves easily to enrapturing existence...
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Exclusive Interview: Howard Shore discusses the passion-play within THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE score

In the last decade, Howard Shore is among the very few Hollywood film music composers to become a household name. Although he has been in the...
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New York Times says that Lord of the Rings concert at Radio City Music Hall "surged" and "roared"

In what might just have been the concert of the decade (save possibly the competing Star Wars symphony tour), the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra...
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Haunted Halloween Harmony: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS soundtrack by Howard Shore

While re-classified as a crime-drama by today’s standards (thanks in part to the increasingly graphic liberties taken by primetime television...
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Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore making In-store appearance in New York on October 3!

In celebration of the release of his new CD Collector’s Edition Vol. 1 and the upcoming live performance of the complete score toLord of the...
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