Tracksounds has an audio interview up with composer Inon Zur on his work on Lord of the Rings: War in the North:
 

Composer Inon Zur, a devoted Tolkien and Lord of the Rings fan talks about his latest composing project: Snowblind’s LORD OF THE RINGS: WAR IN THE NORTH. He talks about how appreciates the differing challenges that such games provide, the experience of conducting 3 live performances of his music at E3 this year, and more!
 
Episode Highlights
 
00:52 — Welcome and Intro: Inon Zur
02:35 — How were you feeling the day of the game and score release?
04:38 — conducting the live performances at E3
07:26 — What was your connection to The Lord of the Rings prior to this project?
09:33 — How did you come on to this project?
11:34 — Walking the line of making the music your own but connecting it to Shore
15:09 — Starting from scratch or buidling onto an existing musical world.
19:12 — Concluding thoughts

Hear the interview here.