 Music of The Hobbit film series

The music of "The Hobbit" film series is composed and produced by Howard Shore, who scored all three "The Lord of the Rings" films, to which The Hobbit trilogy is a prequel.The score continues the style of The Lord of the Rings score, and utilizes a vast ensemble, multiple musical forms and styles, a large number of leitmotives and various unusual instruments, adding to Shore's overarching music of the Middle-earth films.