Howard Shore - Creating The Lord of the Rings Symphony A Composer's Journey Through Middle-earth Includes excerpts of live concert footage from The Lord of the Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists, documentary commentary by Howard Shore, and the illustrations of Alan Lee and John Howe. The concert footage was recorded live with the Montreal orchestra at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada in February 2004. 1:31 Prologue 5:24 The Shire 8:59 The Black Riders 11:32 The Fellowship 13:50 The Bridge Of khazad-Dum 16:26 Lothlorien 18:21 Isengard 19:38 The Breaking Of The Fellowship 22:31 Smeagol 23:26 Rohan 25:55 shadowfax 27:03 Treebeard 29:21 The March Of The Ents 30:40 Hope And Memory 32:24 The Lighting Of The Beacons 34:51 Anduril 37:07 The Destruction Of The ring 38:28 39:46 The Fellowship Reunited 42:54 43:39 The Grey Havens It must be frustrating for film composers sometimes. They spend months or sometimes years crafting an exquisite score for a film, it gets recorded and that's it. They can hear it any time the film is viewed, or perhaps there might be an accompanying CD release they can listen to, but generally you'd imagine that once the composer has finished his work on a film, he will move onto something new, perhaps borrowing elements of an existing score for a new one, but never really getting the chance to play the score in its entirety ever again. The score for the Lord Of The Rings trilogy is, much like the rest of the film, a little different. For starters it is really three film scores in one. It is a multi-award winning score as well, claiming two Academy Awards for the composer, Canadian Howard Shore. It is also, thanks to Shore's commitment to this project, a score that is going to live on for some time to come. It has been turned into a two hour symphony, played by a full orchestra and choir with iconic Alan Lee illustrations projected on a screen for the audience to enjoy. The performance contained in this 50 minute abridged version was recorded at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts in Montreal Canada in February 2004. The appreciative and large audience is treated to a full six movements with the orchestra, chorus, and soloists joined by conductor Howard Shore performing elements of the film score. Instantly recognisable movements from the Shire, The Black Riders, The Mines of Moria, the beautiful Rohan theme, and many others instantly bring an image from the film into your mind, such is the power of the score. For those that may need a little reminder of where certain movements lie, the Alan Lee illustrations projected onto a large screen at the back of the stage will help immensely. Scattered between the various movements is footage of Howard Shore at work recording the original score for the film with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and also speaking to camera, explaining his thought processes in creating the score.

• published: 15 Jul 2014
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