Howard Shore | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2LP

Howard Shore is a composer whose film scores combine detailed orchestral writing with recurring musical themes. His music for The Lord of the Rings gives distinct characters and places their own instrumental colours and melodic identities.

Howard Shore's score for The Return of the King develops themes from the trilogy towards its final dramatic resolution. This vinyl edition presents the published soundtrack programme.

Track Listing

Side A

1. A Storm Is Coming
2. Hope and Memory
3. Minas Tirith (feat. Ben Del Maestro)
4. The White Tree
5. The Steward of Gondor (feat. Billy Boyd)
6. Minas Morgul

Side B

1. The Ride of the Rohirrim
2. Twilight and Shadow (feat. Renee Fleming)
3. Cirith Ungol
4. Anduril
5. Shelob's Lair
6. Ash and Smoke

Side C

1. The Fields of the Pelennor
2. Hope Fails
3. The Black Gate Opens (feat. Sir James Galway)
4. The End of All Things (feat. Renee Fleming)

Side D

1. The Return of the King (feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen and Renee Fleming)
2. The Grey Havens (feat. Sir James Galway)
3. Into the West - By Annie Lennox