Tolkien fans had long had an idea of what the music of Middle Earth should sound like thanks to the importance of song in the author’s work, but Shore managed to please everyone by respecting the ideas presented in the book and expanding upon them in ways that fantasy lovers could have never dreamed of. Shore, a longtime film composer who cut his teeth as Saturday Night Live‘s first musical director, had already racked up an impressive legacy with his scores for films ranging from The Fly to Silence of the Lambs when he was selected to compose the music for The Fellowship of the Ring. evil in an uncertain age are more relevant than ever, a general sense of awesomeness), but the power of Howard Shore’s incredible scores for these films should not be overlooked. the perfect casting, scripts that mold Tolkien’s gargantuan epic into a somewhat pared down story, how the themes of good vs. There are a lot of reasons why The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King continue to strike a chord with audiences (i.e. Would a filmmaker best known for his forays into stylish horror somehow be able to adapt the visual language of Tolkien for the big screen? Fortunately the answer was a resounding yes, and his film adaptations of the famed battle for the One Ring are now enduring classics.
As anyone who spent hours on a dial-up modem waiting for the original teaser for The Fellowship of the Ring to download would be quick to point out, before these films came out they were by no means considered surefire hits. The Hobbit-esque director accomplished something that everyone from The Beatles to Ralph Bakshi attempted and failed, to make a respectful adaptation of J.R.R. Even with all of the box office success, fan idolation, and critical acclaim - including a still jaw-dropping takeover of the 2004 Oscars by The Return of the King - Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy still feels under appreciated.
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