Annotation

Box set containing entire score in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround on DVD-Audio (disc 4), a digipak containing the three CDs, and a a small book of liner notes. Additional liner notes were available on a LotR soundtracks site hosted by New Line, but have since been removed. They are currently archived in Wikipedia, linked from the Music of the Lord of the Rings article.

Annotation last modified on 2018-09-26 00:00 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Weathertop
recording of:
Weathertop
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore42:14
2The Caverns of Isengard
recording of:
A Moth in Isengard (Nature’s Reclamation)
lyricist:
Philippa Boyens
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
translator:
David Salo
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore44:54
3Give Up the Halfling
recording of:
Arwen's Prayer
lyricist:
Philippa Boyens
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore34:49
4Orthanc
recording of:
Orthanc
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore1:06
5Rivendell
recording of:
Hymn to Elbereth
lyricist:
J.R.R. Tolkien
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer) and J.R.R. Tolkien
translator:
David Salo
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore3:26
6The Sword That Was Broken
recording of:
The Sword That Was Broken
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore3:34
7The Council of Elrond Assembles / Aníron (Theme for Aragorn and Arwen)
engineer and producer:
Nicky Ryan
vocals:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Aníron (theme for Aragorn and Arwen, from LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring)
orchestrator:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
lyricist:
Roma Ryan
composer:
Eithne Ní Bhraonáin (Irish singer-songwriter) and Nicky Ryan
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and EMI Songs Ltd.
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
recording of:
The Council of Elrond Assembles
composer:
Enya (Irish singer-songwriter) and Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore feat. Enya4:01
8The Great Eye
recording of:
The Great Eye
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore5:31
9Gilraen’s Memorial
recording of:
Gilraen’s Song
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
librettist:
Philippa Boyens
translator:
David Salo
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore5:02
10The Pass of Caradhras
recording of:
The Seduction of the Ring
lyricist:
J.R.R. Tolkien
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
translator:
David Salo
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore5:04
11The Doors of Durin
recording of:
Gandalf at the Door to Moria
lyricist:
Philippa Boyens
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
translator:
David Salo
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore6:03
12Moria
recording of:
Durin’s Song
lyricist:
Philippa Boyens
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
translator:
David Salo
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore2:28
13Gollum
recording of:
Gollum
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore2:27
14Balin’s Tomb
recording of:
Balin’s Tomb
composer:
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
part of:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film soundtrack)
Howard Shore8:30
CD 3
DVD-Audio 4: Entire Score in Superior Sound

Credits

Release

art direction:Ellen Wakayama
photography:Benjamin Ealovega
liner notes:Doug Adams (music journalist)
miscellaneous support:album coordination
Ruth Cornes (task: music contractor)
Karen Elliott (task: production coordinator)
Vic Fraser
Alan Frey (task: album coordinating supervisor)
Jeff Grace (task: technical coordinator)
Isobel Griffiths (task: music contractor)
Kevin Mahonchuk (task: musical preparation)
Adriana Marinescu (task: musical preparation)
David Woodcock (violinist) (task: musical preparation)
mixer:Jonathan Allen (engineer)
Peter Cobbin (recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
assistant producer:John Wriggle
associate producer:Michael Tremante
executive producer:Jeff Aldrich (A&R)
Paul Broucek
Peter Jackson (director, producer and screenwriter)
Fran Walsh
producer:Suzana Perić
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
assistant editor:Marie Ebbing
editor:Nancy Allen (music editor)
Andrew Dudman (UK recording engineer and mixer, early 21c)
Jennifer Dunnington
Simon Kiln
Suzana Perić
Michael Price (composer, conductor and producer - Film and TV)
Mark Willsher
orchestrator:Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
mastering:Peter Mew (Senior sound engineer at Abbey Road Studios)
12 string guitar [twelve-string guitar] and guitar [six-string guitar]:John Parricelli
bodhrán:Alan Kelly (guitarist, bodhrán player and lead vocalist of the folk group The Barleyshakes)
Robert White (reed/bagpipe player)
fiddle:Dermot Crehan
Mike Taylor (Production music composer)
hammered dulcimer [dulcimer]:Greg Knowles (guitarist)
harp [celtic harp]:Jean Kelly (Irish harpist)
Gillian Tingay
musette de cour [musette]:Edward Hession
Tracey Goldsmith
ney [ney flute]:Alan Doherty
Jan Hendrickse
other instruments [drones]:Robert White (reed/bagpipe player)
other instruments [monochord]:Sonia Slany (violinist)
other instruments [rhaita]:Jan Hendrickse
sarangi:Sylvia Hallett
tin whistle [pennywhistle]:Alan Doherty
Mike Taylor (Production music composer)
orchestra:London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
conductor:Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
chorus master:Terry Edwards (British choir director)
Igelese Ete
Michael McCarthy (classical bass vocalist, choirmaster)
choir vocals:The London Oratory School Schola
London Voices
design:Ryan Corey
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood
Air Lyndhurst (main recording hall of AIR Studios) in Hampstead
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford
Wellington Town Hall in Wellington
mastered at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/779652 [info]
ASIN:US: B000BNI90O [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:May It Be by Enya (Irish singer-songwriter)
part of:Academy Award for Best Music (Original Score) (2002 - 74th (Winner and Nominees)) (number: 1) (order: 1)
The Lord of the Rings: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks (number: 1) (order: 1)
Academy Award winners for “Best Original Score” (soundtrack collection) (number: 74) (order: 4)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/77788 [info]
other databases:http://soundtrackcollector.com/title/35695/ [info]
IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000592125 [info]
Wikidata:Q16252672 [info]