Howard Shore

[bovine]

Any other fans of him in here? I've only heard the Lord of the Rings soundtracks but they really are something. Those scores are definitely a good place start for someone new to classical (that's what got me into it, at least).

Thoughts?

[CrazyBucket]

I'm a fan as well, and I agree that he is a good starting point for classical music.  Also, James Horner isn't a bad one to start with.

[Chaosgoatlaw]

There is a moment in the Lord of the Rings soundtrack(the part when Gandalf is rescued from Isengard by the eagles. I think the section starts when the moth flies in front of him) where I noticed a striking similarity to Burzum's Dunkelheit at about 4:40. Anyone else notice this? It's probably just a coincidence, but if it isn't, what does this mean? Howard Shore just might be a Burzum fan.

[Devamitra]

Absu treats celtic subjects without sounding celtic in the silly way I bet the soundtrack to the forthcoming Lord of the Rings movie is going to sound.

I wrote this in a review back in 2001. Some time after I heard the soundtrack for the first Lord of the Rings movie, prior to actually seeing it. I was pleasantly surprised. No fake celtic happy medieval folk, mostly just fog/battle atmospheres. Well, he did have some obligatory Stravinsky/Orff rip offs. But I listened to it again... many times.