The Lord of the Rings - How Howard Shore Uses Voices

Howard’s Shore scores for ’The Lord of the Rings’ films are full of voices. They are used to accompany the cultures of Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits and Men and are the primary way we as listeners hear, and engage with, . Tolkien’s language and poetry. But this vocal music is as much associated with darkness as it is light. In this first of three videos looking at Howard’s Shore music for ’The Lord of the Rings’, I consider how Shore uses voices, and choral music, to accompany the One Ring’s journey, from the Shire, all the way to the fires of Mount Doom. VIDEOS IN THIS SERIES The Lord of the Rings - How Howard Shore Builds Tension: The Lord of the Rings - How Howard Shore Makes Us Care: ▶ Support my channel: ▶ Subscribe: Website: Twitter: Soundcloud: FURTHER READING/RESEARCH The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films: A Comprehensive Account of Howard Shore’s Scores (Book & Rarities CD): =sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=doug adams lord of the rings&qid=1584395792&sr=8-1 Judith Bernanke, “Howard Shore’s Ring Cycle: The Film Score and Its Operatic Strategy“ (From: Studying the Event Film: The Lord of the Rings) New York: Manchester University Press, 2008. FURTHER WATCHING How Howard Shore brought out the dark side of Middle Earth: #LordoftheRings #HowardShore