The original music was composed by Howard Shore, with cinematography by Andrew Lesnie, (director of photography).

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Howard Shore won the Oscar for this category in 2001 for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

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The score, by Howard Shore, features sax solos by Ornette Coleman.

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It's such an incredible achievement that there's no way I cannot say that the best score this year is Howard Shore's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

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Wintory will be going head-to-head against not only The Artist (Ludovic Bource) and Hugo (Howard Shore), but also The Dark Knight Rises (Hans Zimmer) and The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams).

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Howard Shore, for example, created a radiant "Lord of the Rings" concert piece from his soundtracks, and John Corigliano's "Red Violin Concerto" is being released September 5 by Sony in a Joshua Bell-led recording.

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He returned from a holiday just as Brendan Nelson, installed after the shock of the Howard defeat, called a vote to shore up his crumbling leadership.

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