THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY SOUNDTRACK 2CD SET DUE 11 DECEMBER 2012
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY SOUNDTRACK 2CD SET
DUE 11 DECEMBER 2012
Featuring Original Music by Academy Award™ Winner Howard Shore
With An Original Song Performed by Neil Finn
~ 2 CD Special Edition Soundtrack Also Available ~
(01 November 2012 – Toronto, ON.) – Universal Music, the country’s leading music company has announced the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at all retailers on December 11. The soundtrack will be available both digitally and as a 2 CD set. A Special Edition of the soundtrack featuring six exclusive bonus tracks, seven extended score cues, and deluxe liner notes will also be available December 11. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey features original score by Academy Award® winner Howard Shore recorded at famed Abbey Road studios by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, it includes an original song entitled “Song of the Lonely Mountain”, written and performed by Neil Finn (Crowded House). The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first of a trilogy of films from Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), will be released in Canada and the U.S. on 14 December 2012. Shore’s music for The Lord of the Rings Trilogy has been performed in concerts throughout the world. In 2003, Shore conducted the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the world premiere of The Lord of the Rings Symphony in Wellington, New Zealand. Since then, the work has had over 140 performances by the world’s most prestigious orchestras, and has even been the subject of a book, Music of The Lord of the Rings Films. “I have looked forward to returning to the imaginative world of Middle-earth for quite a while,” says Shore. “I read all of the books by Tolkien, including The Hobbit, when I was in my twenties, and his deep love of nature and all things green resonates deeply with me.” One of today’s most respected, honoured, and active composers and music conductors, Howard Shore previously worked with director Peter Jackson on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, which stands as his most towering achievement to date. He won three Academy Awards for his music for those films, two for Best Original Score, and one for Best Original Song. Shore has also won numerous other honours for his film work, including four Grammys and three Golden Globe Awards. The track listings for the 2 CD Standard and 2CD Deluxe versions are as follows: THE HOBBIT SPECIAL EDITION TRACKLIST DISC 1:- My Dear Frodo
- Old Friends (Extended Version)
- An Unexpected Party (Extended Version)
- Blunt the Knives performed by The Dwarf Cast
- Axe or Sword?
- Misty Mountains performed by Richard Armitage and The Dwarf Cast
- The Adventure Begins
- The World is Ahead
- An Ancient Enemy
- Radagast the Brown (Extended Version)
- The Trollshaws
- Roast Mutton (Extended Version)
- A Troll-hoard
- The Hill of Sorcery
- Warg-scouts
- The Hidden Valley
- Moon Runes (Extended Version)
- The Defiler
- The White Council (Extended Version)
- Over Hill
- A Thunder Battle
- Under Hill
- Riddles in the Dark
- Brass Buttons
- Out of the Frying-Pan
- A Good Omen
- Song of the Lonely Mountain (Extended Version) performed by Neil Finn
- Dreaming of Bag End
- A Very Respectable Hobbit
- Erebor
- The Dwarf Lords
- The Edge of the Wild
- My Dear Frodo
- Old Friends
- An Unexpected Party
- 4. Axe or Sword?
- 5. Misty Mountains performed by Richard Armitage and The Dwarf Cast
- The Adventure Begins
- The World is Ahead
- An Ancient Enemy
- Radagast the Brown
- Roast Mutton
- A Troll-hoard
- The Hill of Sorcery
- Warg-scouts
- The Hidden Valley
- Moon Runes
- The Defiler
- The White Council
- Over Hill
- A Thunder Battle
- Under Hill
- Riddles in the Dark
- Brass Buttons
- Out of the Frying-Pan
- A Good Omen
- Song of the Lonely Mountain performed by Neil Finn
- Dreaming of Bag End