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Originally Posted by Morthoron

Yes, although I enjoyed Howard Shore's score (and appreciate the immense amount of work he put into it), I think I would have preferred a minimalist approach to the music, with less reliance on orchestra and more on the instrumentation present in the story. But that's just me and my personal interpretation.

I enjoyed the score as well but I wouldn't say it was great. No, it was good, not great. Many Hollywood blockbusters have featured some unforgettable classical music (the Star Wars-series for example, with the Imperial March as the stand-out piece) but the LotR's OST will not be remembered for very long I'm afraid. And I'm sorry all you Enya-fans out there but to me she is the epitome of all that music should not be: ingratiating, bland and over-produced. Not that I'm seriously suggesting that Johnny Thunders should have been chosen instead, although that would have been fun.

Originally Posted by Morthoron

P.S. How about Floyd's Wish You Were Here for the scene where Frodo orders Sam to leave, or maybe at the point where they are about to die in the lava ouside Mount Doom:

Not a bad choice that although I think that undoubtedly great song suffers somewhat from over-exposure.