Major success came in 2001 with his score to "", the first film in the highly acclaimed "The Lord of the Rings trilogy". The news that Shore would score the trilogy surprised some, since he was primarily associated with dark, ominous films and had never scored an epic of this scale. However, the score was hugely successful and won Shore his first Oscar, as well as a Grammy Award, and garnered Shore nominations for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. The music editor on the trilogy was Suzana Peric. An excerpt from "The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm" was used in a teaser for 2013's Superman film, "Man of Steel".