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1. The Adventure Begins film mix vs OST

   By Gollum Cat, August 8, 2016
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   • Jay
   • August 20, 2016

2. Helm's Deep as hacked as Naboo/Geonosis?

   By Miz, August 31, 2003
   • 31 replies
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   • Luke Skywalker
   • September 24, 2003

3. RotK Trailer - With NEW RotK music!

   By ChrisAfonso, September 27, 2003
   • 31 replies
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   • Ren
   • October 19, 2003

4. Khazad-Dum/Glamdring Vs. Parth Galen

   By Faleel, May 12, 2011
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   • Faleel
   • May 25, 2011

5. The Two Towers Sountrack Thoughts

   By Saxman717, December 18, 2002
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   • #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal
   • January 4, 2003

6. Orlando Bloom

   By ocelot, December 19, 2002
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   • ocelot
   • January 2, 2003

7. LOTR as "Other Topics"

   By jsawruk, December 26, 2002
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   • Marian Schedenig
   • December 27, 2002

8. Gollum's Song (lyrics)

   By Ren, June 4, 2003
   • 30 replies
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   • Ren
   • September 17, 2005

9. LOTR Concert in Amsterdam - Shore & Rosenman, plus Christopher Lee

   By Marian Schedenig, August 20, 2004
   • 30 replies
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   • #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal
   • September 16, 2004

10. What score was treated with more disrespect: TPM or The Hobbit..?

    By Sandor, December 22, 2012   

    • Score Talk
    • Movie Talk
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Score Talk
      • Movie Talk
      • John Williams
      • Howard Shore
      • Tolkien
      • The Hobbit
      • Star Wars
    • 30 replies
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    • Mr. K
    • December 29, 2012

11. The Lord Of The Rings Symphony. Amsterdam, November 9 2015

    By #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal, June 21, 2015
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    • Incanus
    • November 10, 2015

12. Two Towers Trailer online.

    By King Mark, September 30, 2002
    • 29 replies
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    • Romão
    • October 3, 2002

13. LOTR: FOTR soundtrack movie poster cover

    By Luke Skywalker, September 2, 2004
    • 29 replies
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    • John Crichton
    • September 5, 2004

14. Piano use?

    By Gollum Cat, November 30, 2016
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    • #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal
    • December 7, 2016

15. Score competition #6 FOTR versus LOTR

    By #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal, August 4, 2002
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    • Figo
    • August 13, 2002

16. Get your flames ready- TTT score hater here!

    By Morlock, January 18, 2003
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    • Morn
    • February 1, 2003

17. An Unexpected Poll: Six Films To View Them All

    By #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal, December 12, 2013
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    • Red
    • December 13, 2013

18. .

    By BloodBoal, November 11, 2014
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    • Incanus
    • January 19, 2015

19. The Lord of the Rings Symphony

    By Salacius, January 16, 2006   

    • LOR Symphony
    • 28 replies
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    • Todd
    • March 12, 2006

20. New Line Cinema Announces Silmarillion Trilogy - J.J. Abrams to Direct First Film

    By Will, April 1, 2017
    • 28 replies
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    • Simon McBride
    • April 13, 2017

21. The Lord Of The Rings: The Unabridged Audiobook

    By #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal, July 6, 2018
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    • Pellaeon
    • July 10, 2018

22. Shocking news regarding Return of the King

    By tpigeon, April 29, 2003
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    • Ren
    • May 1, 2003

23. Best LOTR Song

    By indy4, November 2, 2007
    • 27 replies
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    • Kendal_Ozzel
    • November 4, 2007

24. LOTR Complete Recordings PFD files!

    By #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal, January 24, 2010
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    • Wojo
    • January 26, 2010

25. .

    By BloodBoal, April 1, 2016
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    • SafeUnderHill
    • April 2, 2016

26. Lord of the Rigns 'EU'

    By Luke Skywalker, July 4, 2006
    • 26 replies
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    • ChrisAfonso
    • February 12, 2009

27. LOTR: FOTR/TTT Alternates Vs Film Versions

    By Faleel, January 18, 2013   

    • Score Talk
    • Tolkien
    • 26 replies
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    • Faleel
    • January 9, 2015

28. Howard Shore's path to Lord of the Rings

    By Naïve Old Fart, September 26, 2014
    • 26 replies
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    • gkgyver
    • October 1, 2014

29. Removing Cast Performances from LOTR CRs

    By Faleel, August 19, 2012
    • 26 replies
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    • Jilal
    • August 22, 2012

30. .

    By BloodBoal, August 31, 2016
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    • Bilbo
    • September 8, 2016

31. A Reading Order

    By Pellaeon, May 20, 2023
    • 26 replies
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    • Pellaeon
    • June 5, 2023

32. Is this message board a LOTR/TTT message board ?

    By David Vincent, December 21, 2002
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    • Morn
    • December 23, 2002

33. Favorite Musical Sequence in LOTR Scores

    By Incanus, October 7, 2005
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    • Incanus
    • October 11, 2005

34. .

    By BloodBoal, November 9, 2011
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    • Faleel
    • November 13, 2011

35. So... Robert Ziegler conducted part of AUJ??

    By Jay, February 25, 2015
    • 25 replies
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    • BloodBoal
    • February 26, 2015

36. LOTR Trilogy live to projection in Paris - October 14-16 2016

    By toothless, August 19, 2016   

    • LOTR Live
    • 25 replies
    • 2.3k views
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    • Jim Ware
    • November 4, 2016

37. ATTENTION MEMBER GOLDENEYE

    By Jay, September 22, 2016
    • 25 replies
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    • #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal
    • September 23, 2016

38. 20 years ago today this amazing FOTR teaser debuted

    By Jay, May 25, 2021
    • 25 replies
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    • Kühni
    • June 5, 2021

39. Isolated music track on FOTR 4 disk set

    By stewdog1, October 2, 2002
    • 24 replies
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    • King Mark
    • December 21, 2002

40. The Uruk-Hai, The Black Gate Is Closed

    By #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal, December 23, 2002
    • 24 replies
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    • ChrisAfonso
    • December 28, 2002

41. The Fellowship of the Ring: A Behind-the-Scenes Report

    By Kühni, October 8, 2016   

    • Lord of the Rings
    • Fellowship of the Ring
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Lord of the Rings
      • Fellowship of the Ring
      • LPO
      • Howard Shore
      • BtS
    • 24 replies
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    • SafeUnderHill
    • October 9, 2016

42. The JWFAN MB Consensus Top 2 LOTR scores

    By Hlao-roo, January 9, 2003
    • 23 replies
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    • Rogue_Leader
    • January 10, 2003

43. What Is Your Favorite Non-Shore Middle-Earth Score?

    By Faleel, November 21, 2012
    • 23 replies
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    • Marian Schedenig
    • November 22, 2012

44. My alternate Prologue Edit (with video)

    By Shoreboy, May 15, 2013
    • 23 replies
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    • Brónach
    • May 16, 2013

45. LOTR almost kills a man.

    By Indiana_Fett, February 14, 2006
    • 22 replies
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    • gkgyver
    • June 29, 2006

46. LotR (Shore) OSTs - special editions?

    By Pellaeon, August 8, 2018
    • 22 replies
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    • gkgyver
    • September 7, 2018

47. I bought The Two Towers CD today, but...

    By Guest, December 3, 2002
    • 21 replies
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    • King Mark
    • December 21, 2002

48. The POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY about BOFA thread

    By Jay, January 13, 2015
    • 21 replies
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    • Incanus
    • January 23, 2015

49. Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings" by Johan de Meij

    By Jay, August 23, 2016
    • 21 replies
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    • artguy360
    • February 28

50. First LOTR:TTT CD Review Online

    By Ricard, November 15, 2002
    • 20 replies
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    • King Mark
    • December 21, 2002

51. complete cue list for the the fellowship of the ring

    By ridan, August 14, 2003
    • 20 replies
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    • ridan
    • October 20, 2003

52. The Lord Of The Rings Symphony - Louisville - January 19 & 20 2007

    By Delorean90, October 27, 2006   

    • LOTR Symphony
    • 20 replies
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    • scottsinct
    • November 7, 2006

53. The Lord of the Rings Scores - Unusual Orchestral Arrangement?

    By GoodMusician, August 26, 2007
    • 20 replies
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    • GoodMusician
    • August 27, 2007

54. The Isengard Theme Vs. The Witchking/Orcs of Mordor motif

    By Faleel, June 7, 2011
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    • Faleel
    • June 8, 2011

55. Hobbit Scores - Play Count

    By SafeUnderHill, June 19, 2015
    • 20 replies
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    • Faleel
    • June 21, 2015

56. Non-Howard Shore Lord of the Rings Music

    By Simon McBride, August 14, 2016
    • 20 replies
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    • Simon McBride
    • August 16, 2016

57. LR OSTs - Novels Chrono Order

    By Pellaeon, August 31, 2018
    • 20 replies
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    • Chen G.
    • September 4, 2018

58. How many LOTR DVDs will you buy?

    By MrScratch, May 27, 2003
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    • ocelot
    • June 3, 2003

59. Does a Balrog have wings?

    By #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal, March 6, 2005
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    • #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal
    • April 1, 2005

60. How did everyone extract Hobbit DVD audio without distorting the sound?

    By bollemanneke, September 2, 2016
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    • Nick1Ø66
    • September 2, 2016

61. Question about scores for TDOS and TBOTFA

    By Jon Turner, February 2, 2020
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    • bollemanneke
    • April 22, 2020

62. Tracks from TTT hit the net

    By ST-321, November 13, 2002
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    • King Mark
    • December 21, 2002

63. All 3 Lord Of The Rings Extended Edition films being shown in AMC Theaters this month

    By Jay, June 14, 2011
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    • Joe Brausam
    • June 22, 2011

64. Tolkien text request

    By #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal, September 17, 2015
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    • #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal
    • September 17, 2015

65. The Road Goes Ever On And On

    By Ren, August 12, 2004
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    • Ren
    • August 13, 2004

66. Vinyl sound quality

    By Gollum Cat, January 9, 2019
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    • #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal
    • January 28, 2019

67. The Lord of the Rings: The Opera

    By Marian Schedenig, April 12
    • 18 replies
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    • Chen G.
    • April 13

68. The Two Towers Lyrics

    By Guest, January 3, 2003
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    • Guest
    • January 20, 2003

69. Happy Eleventy First Birthday J.R.R. Tolkien!

    By ST-321, January 3, 2003
    • 17 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Lurker
    • January 7, 2003

70. The Lord of the Rings Symphony - Australia?

    By Dean1700, February 17, 2004   

    • LOTR Symphony
    • 17 replies
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    • Dean1700
    • February 21, 2004

71. Lord of the Rings Orchestration / Instrumentation questions

    By Sharkissimo, November 27, 2013
    • 17 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • Jim Ware
    • March 1, 2016

72. Fellowship of the Ring Live To Projection in London - April 14-15 2009

    By Richard Penna, October 2, 2008   

    • LOTR Live
    • 17 replies
    • 753 views
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    • Richard Penna
    • April 18, 2009

73. POLL: Favorite McCreary RoP Theme

    By WampaRat, October 14, 2022
    • 17 replies
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    • Jay
    • October 21, 2022

74. On Oscar Night...

    By NeejaHalycon, February 27, 2004
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    • Lurker
    • March 1, 2004

75. .

    By BloodBoal, August 2, 2011
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    • Incanus
    • August 3, 2011

76. What if John Williams scored Jackson's films

    By A24, July 19, 2014
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    • Quintus
    • July 25, 2014

77. Conrad Pope comments on LOTR scores

    By SafeUnderHill, February 18, 2016
    • 16 replies
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    • gkgyver
    • April 13, 2016

78. Middle-Earth from Script to Screen: Building the World of the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit

    By Bilbo, May 13, 2017
    • 16 replies
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    • Smaug The Iron
    • November 9, 2017

79. New singer for TTT

    By scissorhands, November 1, 2002
    • 15 replies
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    • tpigeon
    • November 5, 2002

80. ROTK score recorded?

    By MrScratch, September 9, 2003
    • 15 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • MrScratch
    • September 11, 2003

81. The Lord of the Rings Symphony - Auditorium Theater - Chicago - October 8 & 9 2004

    By QMM, July 16, 2004   

    • LOTR Symphony
    • 15 replies
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    • Ricardo224
    • October 11, 2004

82. The Hobbit (1977 animated film)

    By diskobolus, November 6, 2007
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    • lordskylark
    • November 23, 2007

83. Happy Birthday, Professor Tolkien

    By Dixon Hill, January 3, 2014
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    • John Takis
    • January 4, 2014

84. Song of The Lonely Mountain

    By Muad'Dib, November 13, 2012
    • 15 replies
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    • Luke Skywalker
    • November 16, 2012

85. The Lord of the Rings has been voted the best soundtrack of all time for the sixth year running by Classic FM

    By Faleel, November 7, 2015
    • 15 replies
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    • Bilbo
    • November 8, 2015

86. Fun-Sized Hobbit Soundtrack Edits

    By panning, November 17, 2017
    • 15 replies
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    • panning
    • November 29, 2017

87. The Middle-Earth Cast Performance/Song Showdown Poll!

    By Faleel, January 3, 2013   

    • Tolkien
    • Score Talk
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Tolkien
      • Score Talk
      • Howard Shore
      • The Lord Of The Rings
    • 14 replies
    • 2.1k views
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    • Faleel
    • January 4, 2013

88. Inception in The Two Towers?

    By Arpy, September 8, 2014
    • 14 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Dixon Hill
    • September 9, 2014

89. The Lord Of The Rings Symphony - Parco della Musica, Italy - June 25 & 26 2009

    By TownerFan, April 24, 2009   

    • LOTR Symphony
    • 14 replies
    • 656 views
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    • Incanus
    • May 23, 2009

90. Question about the Complete Recordings DVDs

    By bollemanneke, August 18, 2016
    • 14 replies
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    • gkgyver
    • August 19, 2016

91. Symphony No. 5 'Return to Middle-earth' by Johan de Meij

    By Maglorfin, July 18, 2018
    • 14 replies
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    • The Illustrious Jerry
    • July 19, 2018

92. Personalized 1-disc edits of LOTR/Hobbit scores?

    By JJA, October 12, 2018   

    • LOTR
    • hobbit
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • LOTR
      • hobbit
      • edits
      • playlists
    • 14 replies
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    • gkgyver
    • April 2, 2021

93. RIP Christopher Tolkien

    By Chen G., January 16, 2020
    • 14 replies
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    • Pellaeon
    • January 19, 2020

94. Check out these couple of alternates I found

    By Quintus, January 27, 2020
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    • Faleel
    • January 27, 2020

95. Lord of the Rings film rights for sale

    By Chen G., February 9, 2022
    • 14 replies
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    • Chen G.
    • March 6, 2022

96. Music that evokes Middle-Earth not composed by Howard Shore

    By Romão, May 6, 2022
    • 14 replies
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    • Schilkeman
    • November 30, 2023

97. Is Howard Shore of LOTR the same Howard Shore

    By JoeinAR, June 13, 2002
    • 13 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Hlao-roo
    • June 21, 2002

98. The Lord of the Rings Symphony - The Hollywood Bowl - September 2004

    By Hector J. Guzman, May 12, 2004   

    • LOTR Symphony
    • 13 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Hector J. Guzman
    • May 27, 2004

99. Unpublished Tolkien book to be released in May

    By indy4, February 18, 2009
    • 13 replies
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    • Wojo
    • February 19, 2009

100. Favourite Hobbit Soundtrack Disc

     By SafeUnderHill, May 2, 2015
     • 13 replies
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     • Gnome in Plaid
     • May 5, 2015