From MovieScore Magazine's Website today:
EXCLUSIVE. Howard Shore is on board to compose the original score for the third film in the Twilight series, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Temple Hill Entertainment today confirmed to MovieScore Magazine that the Lord of the Rings composer is going to write the music for the film, following in the footsteps of Carter Burwell (who scored the first film in 2008) and Alexandre Desplat (who wrote the music for the second, New Moon). Shore has begun work, spotting the movie, this week.
Howard Shore is, of course, best known for the Tolkien trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson, an epic work that is currently touring the world in concert form, performed live to projection. Shore also recently rescored the Mel Gibson action thriller Edge of Darkness for Warner Bros, replacing John Corigliano. This film is opening in the US next week.
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As someone who loves movie scores this is HUGE news. Howard Shore is amazing. Not just for LOTR but also for films such as The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, The Departed and The Aviator and has won Oscars, Golden Globes and Grammys.
In other words, this is a big name in music and considering The Departed and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy are two of my favorite scores I am very excited.
To make this interactive, though I would like you to tell me your favorite score OR your favorite Original Soundtrack. OR BOTH.