Howard Shore may not be a household name like John Williams, but even casual filmgoers could give any number of junctures at which the Lord of the Rings films would not be what they are without his contributions. Those films are not neglected in this release by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, recorded live at its facilities over a trio of concerts in 2023. The Lord of the Rings films, including The Hobbit, take up most of the first of the album’s three CDs, and one gets the sense that the films are fairly represented even if those wanting to luxuriate in their scores have other options. The main purpose here is to show the diversity of Shore’s scores, emphasized by his own statements that only in film music, once they find a director whose goals accord…

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