The Aviator [Original Score] (2005)

About this title: One would think that, after spending four years in Middle Earth providing Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy with its gargantuan Oscar-winning score, composer Howard Shore would take a little time off. Instead, the prolific Shore immediately set his sights on Martin Scorsese' s Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator. Shore wastes little time in discarding his last project's epic choral arrangements and thunderous percussion, opting for a neo-classical feel that conjures up images of old silent films and pre-Cold War Hollywood -- coincidentally, Shore's next project, Jackson's remake of ... read more

Tracks:

1. Icarus [Shore]
2. There Is No Great Genius Without Some Form of Madness [Shore]
3. Muirfield [Shore]
4. H-1 Racer Plane [Shore]
5. Quarantine [Shore]
6. Hollywood 1927 [Shore]
7. The Mighty Hercules [Shore]
8. Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. [Shore]
9. America's Aviation Hero [Shore]
10. 7000 Romaine [Shore]
11. The Germ Free Zone [Shore]
12. Screening Room [Shore]
13. Long Beach Harbour 1947 [Shore]
14. The Way of the Future [Shore]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.