Elegant and eloquent, Howard Shore's score for The Return of the King shies away from excessive epic bombast. The composer weaves into the fabric familiar leitmotifs from the earlier two scores--such as the heroic "Fellowship" theme and the stirring "Rohan" theme--but now they are presented with a reflective sense of finality. Shore's distinctive orchestral palette for the trilogy ...
Schwarzenegger's time-travelling, world-wrecking cyborg is back in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, but most of the original film's creative team and cast have been replaced here, with Italian-born composer Marco Beltrami (who's cut his journeyman chops on a raft of contemporary SF/horror films and sequels, including the Scream franchise, Joy Ride, and Resident Evil) ...