| The fantasy trilogy has proven much more challenging for Shore than most movies. Shore is essentially scoring one long, 9-hour story, and he must use his orchestrations to tie all three films together. “You’re ultimately dealing with a nine- to 10-hour film. You’re creating a large musical work, a 10-hour piece, using all the Tolkien languages.“ It’s the unusual nature of this project that earns Shore the privilege of viewing each film nine months before its release. Right now, he’s in the first stage of his creative planning. That means watching The Return of the King for hours on end, getting a sense of the film’s moods and rhythms, deciding where to go with the score. “It’s the beginning process because you just want to absorb it and feel something about it. Then comes the more technical process. How does the music relate to the film? What are the tempos? What are the colors?“ |
