"Overture" offers some connective tissue before it really, truly begins, bursting into Shore's Rohan theme over a sweeping, awe-inspiring aerial shot of Rohan. The War of the Rohirrim honors ...

Visually, it took me back to seeing The Two Towers again. Audibly, it was a pleasure hearing the Rohan theme again. It was like an evolved version in this film, and I love the work of Howard Shore ...

If I want to relive the valor of Éowyn and a shield-maiden riding as the horns of Shore’s Rohan theme boom, I’d just as soon put on that original 2003 magic, which this film never fully ...