Film Composer Howard Shore
Soundtrack Maven Up for Another Oscar for 'Return of the King'
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Composer Howard Shore.
The much anticipated Academy Award ceremony is on Sunday. One movie in particular is expected to have a field day -- Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. It's up for Best Picture and Best Director, along with nine other nominations, including Best Original Score.
NPR's Fred Child spoke with composer Howard Shore about the music he wrote for the film. When Shore talks about it the setting of this movie, it almost seems as if he's talking about a real culture, a real place, that just happened to exist a long time ago.
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