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Howard Shore

Anthology - The Paris Concerts

Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: March 21, 2025

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1 The Noble Wood (I Roderyn) - From The Hobbit  
2 Where the Shadows Lie - From The Lord of the Rings  
3 The History of the Ring - From The Lord of the Rings  
4 A Long-Expected Party - From The Lord of the Rings  
5 The Seduction of the Ring - From The Lord of the Rings  
6 A Black Shadow - From The Lord of the Rings  
7 Last Homely House - From The Lord of the Rings  
8 Turning Southwards - From The Lord of the Rings  
9 The Road Under the Mountain - From The Lord of the Rings  
10 The Halls of Durin - From The Lord of the Rings  
11 Durin's Bane - From The Lord of the Rings  
12 The Golden Wood - From The Lord of the Rings  
13 Gandalf’s Lament - From The Lord of the Rings  
14 Beyond Lothlo´rien - From The Lord of the Rings  
15 The Anduin - From The Lord of the Rings  
16 The White Hand - From The Lord of the Rings  
17 The Passing of Boromir - From The Lord of the Rings  
18 The Fate of the Bearer - From The Lord of the Rings  
19 In Dreams - From The Lord of the Rings  
20 Catania  
21 Esther Kahn (Paris Suite)  
22 Eastern Promises  
23 Tatiana - Trans-Siberian Diary - From Eastern Promises  
24 Main Title - From The Fly  
25 Plasma Pool - From The Fly  
26 Stathis Enters - From The Fly  
27 The Stairs - From The Fly  
28 The Jump - From The Fly  
29 Finale - From The Fly  
30 Naked Lunch  
31 Fadela's Coven_Dr. Benway - From Naked Lunch  
32 Main Title (Transcr. for Theremin and Orchestra) - From Ed Wood  
33 Grave Robbers (Transcr. for Theremin and Orchestra) - From Ed Wood  
34 This Is the One (Transcr. for Theremin and Orchestra) - From Ed Wood  
35 Crash  
36 CineTerra - From Crash  
37 Mechanism Of Occupant Ejection - From Crash  
38 Mirror Image - From Crash  
39 Where's the Car - From Crash  
40 Sexual Logic - From Crash  
41 Road Research Laboratory - From Crash  
42 Chromium Bower - From Crash  
43 Triton - From Crash  
44 Prophecy Is Dirty and Ragged - From Crash  
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The dawn of the 21st century brought a seismic change for the composer when New Zealander Peter Jackson invited him to write the music for The Lord of the Rings trilogy, followed a decade later by The Hobbit. The blockbuster films introduced the wonders of Shore’s writing – here applied to storytelling on an epic scale – to audiences worldwide. “I honestly believe I managed to connect with Tolkien’s work and his love of nature, which I also share,” says Shore. “I wrote that music with my heart."

Another musical triptych was created in the spring of 2023 at the Maison de Radio France in Paris: a Howard Shore weekend presented three concerts aimed at defining the mysterious contours of the composer’s multifaceted output. Two concerts featuring the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (one conducted by Ludwig Wicki, the other by Bastien Stil) bookended a third for reduced forces which focused more on experimental compositions. Pieces for 216 performers rubbed shoulders, for instance, with Catania (for solo piano), revealing the extent of Shore’s chameleon-like ability to switch between the most varied of genres and scales. The biggest thrill of the weekend was the chance it offered to rediscover scores of different styles and from different eras juxtaposed in the same program and given a coherent thread by being played by the same team of musicians.

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