Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings | Classic FM Live

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Classic FM's Orchestra in the South of England, plays Howard Shore's epic music for 'The Lord of the Rings' under the baton of music director Kirill Karabits, at the Royal Albert Hall for Classic FM Live in October 2022.

Filmed by Global for a Sky Arts TV production.

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[chiconeededthemoney]

I really hope 200 years from now, people in the future listen to our versions of great classical music like this the way we listen to Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Bach and say the names Williams, Shore, Zimmer the way we say those other men's names.

[demoneIephant]

Anyone else become incredibly emotional at this or is it just me?

[michaelfvt]

Timeless music for a timeless trilogy of films. I don’t know if even Tolkien could imagine how many people lives have been touched by his work

[gbuddy]

I could easily spend the rest of my life listening to Howard Shore's beautiful Lord of the Rings music 24 hours a day. Heavenly.

[prakharpandey]

i literally cried, this is too beautiful for this world

[Envelope_grene]

Sent me places, brings me a lot of emotions, gossbumps etc 🍅

[deadsetanime]

Humanity gets lots of things wrong before we ever figure it out but one thing that we got right is music. I love all of it.

[JohnHaigney]

Mr Tolkein must be so proud that Mr Jackson and his wonderful team turned the unfilmable LOTR into a visual and auditory masterpirce. Thank you Mr Peter Jackson that I was privilleged to watch them all on the cinema. It was a wonderful 3 years I will never forget.

[kevindodds]

The flute part in the middle always gives me goosebumps

[TheRevan]

Next year I might be traveling to Hobbiton for a dream trip to New Zealand and Australia. If I do I'm making a howard shore lotrs playlist.

[jakehorsburgh]

The way the Hobbit theme on flute always comes out the massive grand sequences really mirror the plot of the books. Incredible music

[johnr.thomas]

If Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and others were alive today they would write music for film, surely today's composers rank among them. Beautiful music.❤

[bmabs]

I've said it before but Howard Shore's score for this trilogy is a monumental achievement. The motifs, the use of Tolkien's constructed languages worked into the chorals. And it's fitting given that the very universe as created by Tolkien was shaped through music.

[katie.s.]

1:32 instant goosebumps every time. Gosh, Howard Shore is a genius. A truly beautiful soundtrack for equally gorgeous films.

[marykeegan]

I love, love, love Howard Shore’s gorgeous music! Howard Shore really created the perfect Lord of the Rings magic!

[patrickderaaff]

This left me speechless and in tears. So beautiful.

[Mayank...Raw__at]

1:59 my favourite flute ever all timee
Mr frudoo this is over

[davefb]

Gets me in the feels this stuff, holding back the tears here. Beautiful piece of music.

[dstoney]

This literally brings tears to my eyes

[tonnaga]

What a classic orchestra 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Forever the best track.