Hi Harry, Yesterday evening I was able to go to "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Score Performed Live to the Epic Motion Picture" in Lucerne in Switzerland. Composer Howard Shore attended, and participated in a small session on the scoring the music for FOTR. Towards the end the audience had the opportunity to ask some questions. One person asked about his involvement in THE HOBBIT. Mr. Shore replied that he is involved. Apparently he has been working on ideas since working on the THE TWO TOWERS. For Mr. Shore it will be the first time he will be working with Guillermo del Toro. Regards Kris