Who composed the musical score for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy?

Howard Shore composed the musical score for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Shore wrote the orchestral music for The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. His score uses recurring themes for characters, cultures, locations, and ideas, including the Shire, the Fellowship, Mordor, and the Ring.

The music combines large orchestral forces, choirs, solo voices, and instruments associated with different parts of Middle-earth. Shore’s approach gives the three films a unified musical structure while allowing each story to develop its own sound.

He won Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King. He also won Best Original Song for “Into the West,” written for the trilogy’s final film. John Williams, Hans Zimmer, and James Horner did not compose this trilogy.