Here’s a proper write-up suitable for a music blog, database entry (like Discogs or RateYourMusic), or a private tracker torrent description. Format: FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) Source: CD / Digital Download (24-bit / 16-bit) Label: Reprise Records / Warner Bros. Records Composer & Conductor: Howard Shore Performed by: London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices, London Oratory School Schola, & various soloists (Enya, Annie Lennox, Emilíana Torrini, Billy Boyd, Viggo Mortensen) Overview Howard Shore’s Academy Award-winning score for The Lord of the Rings is widely regarded as a landmark achievement in film music. Spanning over twelve hours of music across the three films, Shore’s work blends symphonic grandeur with Celtic folk melodies, angular modernist dissonance, and deeply emotional leitmotifs (over 90 recurring themes) to create a cohesive musical universe that rivals Wagner’s Ring Cycle .