Howard Shore in an interview with NorthJersey.com: “You’re composing not in relation to the spectacle” – of which “The Two Towers” has plenty – “but in relation to the drama on the screen. Keeping that in mind allows you to write in a more intimate and human way,” from the Norwegian fiddles of the Viking-like culture of Rohan to the wooden instruments associated with the ancient Treebeard.

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