Here's what Howard Shore had to say in March:

Here's what Guillermo Del Toro had to say this afternoon:

"Shore is the VOICE of these films and he will absolutely be invited back [for The Hobbit]. Peter and Fran have talked to him a couple of times already and Ive exchanged emails about the subject. He will return."

Here's what I have to say tonight:

"Oh good!"

Hear the rest of the Lucerne conversation with Howard here. Read the rest of Del Toro and Peter Jackson's Q&A sessions here. Assemble your dreams accordingly. The road goes ever on...

-Doug