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I think it should be artistically scored with the Spitfire Audio Bernard Herrmann Toolkit -- or selections from the vast array of Herrmann's original library recordings. Herrmann and Tolkien -- a match made in heaven!
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(And yet with BEN-HUR, improved tech did not help a bit...probably even hurt).
That was actually one of my problems with the LOTR movies -- the overuse of technology. Obviously CGI was the only way to create a dragon or balrog, but they relied CGI for far too much, even landscapes, and as a result the films all looked fake to me. Even at the end of Return of the King -- they honestly couldn't be bothered to shoot on a real beach? It's not like beaches are hard to find in New Zealand. 
When you compare the visual realization of LOTR to Willow -- and Willow may not have been a "great movie", but it did prove (13 years before LOTR) that one could pull off an impressive fantasy with massive armies consisting of real extras, and utilize real New Zealand landscapes without embellishing them with fake effects work (oh, and cast actual small people, who also looked more believable than a shrunken Elijah Wood). Honestly, I thought the LOTR movies looked more like The Polar Express than they did live action.
In any case, it's time Jackson disassociated himself from all things Tolkien, and allowed room for other interpretations of the author's work.
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(And yet with BEN-HUR, improved tech did not help a bit...probably even hurt).
That was actually one of my problems with the LOTR movies -- the overuse of technology. Obviously CGI was the only way to create a dragon or balrog, but they relied CGI for far too much, even landscapes, and as a result the films all looked fake to me. Even at the end of Return of the King -- they honestly couldn't be bothered to shoot on a real beach? It's not like beaches are hard to find in New Zealand.
When you compare the visual realization of LOTR to Willow -- and Willow may not have been a "great movie", but it did prove (13 years before LOTR) that one could pull off an impressive fantasy with massive armies consisting of real extras, and utilize real New Zealand landscapes without embellishing them with fake effects work (oh, and cast actual small people, who also looked more believable than a shrunken Elijah Wood). Honestly, I thought the LOTR movies looked more like The Polar Express than they did live action.
In any case, it's time Jackson disassociated himself from all things Tolkien, and allowed room for other interpretations of the author's work.
May not have been a great movie... ?!!!!
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Maybe those guys from Stranger Things can apply their synth skills to Middle Earth. LOL.
Seriously though, I'd like to see someone newer take on this series. I've become a big fan of Christopher Willis of late and given the breadth of his musical knowledge, I think he could do a nice job.
Of course, if they went with someone tried and true, I'd love Don Davis to return to his tv roots.
If we are putting out pie-in-the-sky wishes, I always thought Yared would tackle a project like this so wonderfully since he's got a great melodic sense but also a keen dramatic one as well with a stylistic diversity that could cover the world of Tolkien. Wishful thinking however...
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Best suggestion I've heard so far is Bear McCreary, if he could somehow fit it into his schedule. His work on Outlander, Human Target, and DaVinci's Demons makes me confident he would knock this out of the part. Multitude of themes -- he can nail that. Old-fashioned orchestral writing with epic feel? Check. Exotic instruments for multiple different Middle Earth cultures? Hell yes. I just hope he'd leave the hurdy-gurdy out of this one...
Yavar
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I'm almost ashamed that no one has brought up Mike Oldfield yet. John Scott will be busy doing the Mission Impossible series for the foreseeable future, but Mike Oldfield's at least 40 years younger and could easily handle an epic assignment like Lord Of The Rings.
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May not have been a great movie... ?!!!!
Oops...sorry, I forgot you were a member here, General! 
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They aren't. The last I heard, the show is a LotR prequel.
Isn't that called "The Hobbit"?
The show takes place in between The Hobbit and LotR. Although it sounds like it might start overlapping with the latter as it progresses.
Well, I already have a roleplaying game which does that, so...........
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As you maybe aware, Amazon has acquired the rights to adapt The Lord of the Rings for the princely sum of $250 million. The series is excepted to cost upwards of $1 Billion.
Again? Good grief.
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Best suggestion I've heard so far is Bear McCreary, if he could somehow fit it into his schedule. His work on Outlander, Human Target, and DaVinci's Demons makes me confident he would knock this out of the part. Multitude of themes -- he can nail that. Old-fashioned orchestral writing with epic feel? Check. Exotic instruments for multiple different Middle Earth cultures? Hell yes. I just hope he'd leave the hurdy-gurdy out of this one...
Yavar
And bagpipes. Please GOD, no more bagpipes.
Like!
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Not the biggest fan of McCreary - I don’t think he has a specific enough voice to craft something that feels as unique to the story as what Shore did.
Shore would be the best fit, or perhaps James Newton Howard. Maybe Shore and Howard could team up.
Also Silvestri may not be the best choice but would be very INTERESTING.
Unfortunately this is probably going to Zimmer / Djawadi. Yuck.
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