> they had a great opportunity to do something interesting and alien with the music In their defense, as a film score alone, disregarding the source material,

> they had a great opportunity to do something interesting and alien with the music In their defense, as a film score alone, disregarding the source material, at least they had a score—unlike most subsequent action/adventure movies, e.g. 21st century DC and Marvel movies with some incidental mood sounds in the background but never a melody to be heard. But yes, I've only read Hobbit and the first few chapters of Fellowship, but to me Bo Hansson's 1970 album better evokes Middle-earth than Shore's score.