So, with that terrible disappointment addressed Main Title begins with a fifteen note thematic introduction, as some rather noble-sounding but also rather melancholic horns introduce Shore’s new main theme for the series. Thematic continuity would be great, but alas it seems not to be for this. It’s disappointing of course, but not entirely unexpected as it is an entirely different company working on this new series. It certainly sounds like there are hints toward them at times, and Shore’s style in this main title cue certainly sounds like his LOTR work, but no actual, full themes reprise at all. Now I should preface before we really get started for what I assume are legal/rights reasons, none of the Lord Of The Rings or Hobbit themes are used in the Rings Of Power score. Howard Shore opens the album, with his one and only track “Main Title”. My expectations were certainly high after that announcement, I can tell you that! And so, now nearly a full five years after the original announcement from Amazon, the Rings Of Power television series is finally upon us, and the long-awaited soundtrack album is in our hands, so with introductions over with and without further ado – let’s begin. The responsibility for the full score would then fall to composer Bear McCreary, who while no Howard Shore, is in fairness a damned solid composer in his own right, at least in my opinion. In the many months leading up to its release, speculation and rumour were high as to what if any role Howard Shore himself might play in the music for the series, until finally in January this year it was formally announced he would indeed be taking part… though only for the title theme. Back in the early 2000s, Howard Shore wrote what are quite literally some of the most iconic film scores ever created for Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Two Towers and The Return Of The King, and so to say musical expectations were high when a new Lord Of The Rings television series was announced back in 2017, is putting it very mildly indeed. Amongst popular media franchises nowadays, I’d say it’s this and Star Wars that are most closely intertwined with, and indeed most well known for their composed music. Howard Shore’s new title theme is a bit nothing though, sadly.Īh, The Lord Of The Rings. Bear McCreary’s gorgeously orchestrated score for The Rings Of Power pays some stylistic respect to Howard Shore’s iconic scores but is simply stellar just in its own right, with the dramatically hopeful new theme for Galadriel and the thunderously grandiose Númenor motif being particular thematic standouts, as well as the numerous incredible action setpieces dotted througout the album.
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