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\u2018Lord of the Rings\u2019 score voted nation\u2019s favourite film music.<\/p>\n
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Howard Shore, award-winning Canadian composer of Lord of the Rings, said it\u2019s \u201can honour\u201d to have his music voted the nation\u2019s favourite.<\/p>\n Howard Shore\u2019s blockbuster score to The Lord of the Rings trilogy has been voted the nation\u2019s most popular film music!<\/p>\n On Monday 25 August we unveiled the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame<\/a> in partnership with Radio Times, a countdown of the nation\u2019s 100 favourite film scores featuring nine hours of epic music which captured the memories and emotions of cinema\u2019s best loved movies.<\/p>\n More than 10,000 votes were cast in this year\u2019s chart, and the number one was revealed just before 7pm by Jonathan Ross. The countdown will be available via catch up on Global Player<\/a> for seven days.<\/p>\n Since its release in 2001, The Lord of the Rings trilogy has enjoyed phenomenal worldwide success, becoming one of the highest grossing film series ever and winning the hearts of Middle-earth fans across the world. This is the third consecutive year that Shore\u2019s multi award-winning score has been voted the nation\u2019s favourite.<\/p>\n Howard Shore<\/a> said: \u201cIt\u2019s an honour that The Lord of the Rings has topped the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame for the third year running. I\u2019m deeply grateful to all the Classic FM listeners who voted. It is wonderful that audiences continue to enjoy this musical journey through J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s Middle-earth, and I am thrilled the music resonates so strongly today.\u201d<\/p>\n Epic \u2018Lord of the Rings\u2019! Orchestra turns Royal Albert Hall into Middle Earth | Classic FM Live<\/p>\n The Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame 2025 has also revealed the chart\u2019s most dramatic climbs. John Williams<\/a>\u2019 iconic score for the film Jaws, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has jumped 27 places to number 13. When it was released in 1975, Steven Spielberg\u2019s groundbreaking film won three Academy Awards, including one for Williams\u2019 score. To mark the movie\u2019s monumental milestone, the original blockbuster has been re-released in cinemas, including IMAX.<\/p>\n Michael Giacchino\u2019s score for the 2009 Disney Pixar animation Up also jumped 27 places to No.66.<\/p>\n Although John Williams narrowly missed out on the chart\u2019s number one, he took both second and third places with his seminal themes for Schindler\u2019s List and Star Wars respectively. Jurassic Park \u2013 another legendary score from John Williams \u2013 is at number five. The latest film in the franchise, Jurassic World: Rebirth, was released last month, featuring a score that pays homage to Williams\u2019 original theme.<\/p>\n This year, both Hans Zimmer<\/a> and John Williams celebrate joint first place as the nation\u2019s favourite film music composers, with 11 entries each in the countdown. Williams has three entries in the top 10 alone, and Hans Zimmer has two, with Interstellar up seven places to number nine. The launch of his new orchestral tour The World of Hans Zimmer \u2013 A New Dimension next month is testament to the growing popularity of his music.<\/p>\n Anna Lapwood – Hans Zimmer ‘Interstellar’ LIVE <\/p>\n The top 10 also features acclaimed composers John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Out of Africa) and Ennio Morricone <\/a>(The Good, the Bad and the Ugly). Plus, Classic FM\u2019s Composer in Residence Debbie Wiseman<\/a> reenters the Top 10 with her music to Wilde.<\/p>\n New entries for 2025 include Stephen Schwartz\u2019s Wicked, fresh from its major-screen adaptation, entering the chart at number 55. Mission: Impossible has also made its first chart entry in the Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame, boosted by the release of Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning, which was billed as the franchise\u2019s finale.<\/p>\n Jonathan Ross, who presents Classic FM\u2019s twice weekly film music programme Classic FM at the Movies, said: \u201cThe Lord of the Rings is legendary in every sense, the storytelling, the world-building, and of course, Howard Shore\u2019s unforgettable music. It\u2019s a score that sweeps you away to another world, and I\u2019m not surprised that our listeners have crowned it number one again.\u201d<\/p>\n The Classic FM Movie Music Hall of Fame 2025 \u2013 top 20:The Lord of the Rings \u2013 Howard ShoreSchindler\u2019s List \u2013 John WilliamsStar Wars \u2013 John WilliamsGladiator \u2013 Hans ZimmerJurassic Park \u2013 John WilliamsOut of Africa \u2013 John BarryDances with Wolves \u2013 John BarryThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly \u2013 Ennio MorriconeInterstellar \u2013 Hans ZimmerWilde \u2013 Debbie WisemanChariots of Fire \u2013\u00a0VangelisHarry Potter \u2013 John WilliamsJaws \u2013 John WilliamsThe Mission \u2013 Ennio MorriconeThe Godfather \u2013\u00a0Nino RotaPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl \u2013 Klaus BadeltTitanic \u2013 James HornerDoctor Zhivago \u2013 Maurice JarreHow to Train Your Dragon \u2013 John PowellIndiana Jones \u2013 John Williams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"25 August 2025, 19:00 | Updated: 25 August 2025, 19:29 \u2018Lord of the Rings\u2019 score voted nation\u2019s favourite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-92862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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