(November 13, 2014 – Los Angeles, CA) – WaterTower Music has announced the release of the soundtrack to The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, with music composed by Academy Award®
winner Howard Shore, one of film music’s most respected, honored, and
active composers and conductors. The soundtrack also contains an
original song performed by Billy Boyd, who starred as Peregrin Took in The Lord Of The Rings
Trilogy. The soundtrack will be released in two configurations: a
standard 2 CD set and a Special Edition set, also with 2 CDs, and
featuring extended tracks, bonus tracks, and expanded liner notes. On
December 9th, both versions of the soundtrack will be
available digitally and on CD, except the 2CD Special Edition, which
will be available for purchase on December 16. Academy Award-winning
filmmaker Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies,
a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, is
the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular
masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The film will be
released in theaters worldwide on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, with
select international territories releasing on December 10, 2014.
The Battle Of The Five Armies is Howard Shore’s final musical voyage to Middle-earth – concluding his work with director Peter Jackson on both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.
“It's been such an incredible experience and I'm very pleased to be able to finally release this last Hobbit
film score. The connection to nature is very important to me and I
think that was also my connection to Tolkien’s work,” Shore noted.
Shore’s music for The Lord of the Rings Trilogy stands as his
most towering achievement to date, garnering three Academy Awards® for
his music for those films, two for Best Original Score, and one for Best
Original Song. His 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 Symphony and The Lord of the Rings - Live to Projection
concerts have been performed over 340 times by the world’s most
prestigious orchestras, and has been the subject of a book by Doug
Adams, The Music of The Lord of the Rings Films: A Comprehensive Account of Howard Shore's Scores.
Also included on the soundtrack is “The Last Goodbye,” performed by The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy star Billy Boyd, which he co-wrote with filmmakers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. “Billy is not just a wonderful actor but also an extremely accomplished singer/songwriter—we are so glad he agreed once again to share his talent with us,” the
filmmakers said jointly. “We cannot imagine a more perfect voice to
carry us away from the shores of Middle-earth…one last time”
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on WaterTower Music will be available on December 9, 2014, and is currently available for pre-order at iTunes and Amazon. The track listings for the 2 CD Standard edition and 2 CD Special Edition.
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From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins (Martin
Freeman), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and the Company of
Dwarves. The Dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed the vast wealth of their
homeland, but now must face the consequences of having unleashed the terrifying Dragon, Smaug, upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town.
As
he succumbs to dragon-sickness, the King Under the Mountain, Thorin
Oakenshield, sacrifices friendship and honor in his search for the
legendary Arkenstone. Unable to help Thorin see reason, Bilbo is driven
to make a desperate and dangerous choice, not knowing that even greater
perils lie ahead. An ancient enemy has returned to Middle-earth.
Sauron, the Dark Lord, has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth
attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As darkness converges on their
escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must
decide—unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life
and the lives of his friends as five great armies go to war.
Ian
McKellen returns as Gandalf the Grey, with Martin Freeman in the
central role of Bilbo Baggins, and Richard Armitage as Thorin
Oakenshield. The international ensemble cast is led by Evangeline
Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Connolly, James
Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Aidan Turner, Dean O'Gorman, Graham McTavish,
Stephen Fry, and Ryan Gage. The film also stars Cate Blanchett, Ian
Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Orlando Bloom, Mikael Persbrandt,
Sylvester McCoy, Peter Hambleton, John Callen, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy,
William Kircher, Stephen Hunter, Adam Brown, John Bell, Manu Bennett and
John Tui.
Directed by Peter Jackson, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
features a screenplay by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter
Jackson & Guillermo del Toro, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Jackson also produced the film, together with Carolynne Cunningham,
Zane Weiner and Fran Walsh. The executive producers are Alan Horn, Toby
Emmerich, Ken Kamins and Carolyn Blackwood, with Philippa Boyens and
Eileen Moran serving as co-producers.
New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Present a Wingnut Films Production, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
The film is a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pictures (MGM), with New Line managing production. The film will be
released worldwide on December 17, 2014, with select international
territories releasing on December 10, 2014. Warner Bros. Pictures is
handling worldwide theatrical distribution, with select international
territories as well as all international television distribution being
handled by MGM. www.thehobbit.com
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