THE
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS
SET FOR RELEASE November 20, 2007 ON REPRISE/WMG SOUNDTRACKS
Available For The First Time!
Howard Shore’s complete Oscar®-winning score for The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King, from the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, will
be available for the first time in a deluxe five-disc edition from Reprise/WMG
Soundtracks on November 20, 2007.
This historic release contains 3 hours and 50 minutes of music on four CDs,
comprising the full score of the 2003 film. The Lord of the Rings: The Return
of the King – The Complete Recordings marks the third and final edition
of the three complete recording releases of the film trilogy whose score has
been honored with three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe
Awards. This deluxe set includes exclusive new artwork, packaging, liner notes
written by Doug Adams, author of the forthcoming book The Music of the Lord
of the Rings Films, and features Annie Lennox performing the Oscar®-winning
song “Into the West.”
Composed for symphony orchestra, adult and children’s choir, and soloists,
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings
was performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Voices, The London
Oratory School Schola featuring vocal performances by Annie Lennox, Renée
Fleming, Sissel, Ben Del Maestro and cast members Billy Boyd, Liv Tyler, Viggo
Mortensen, and Dominic Monaghan. The score also features solos performed by
renowned flautist Sir James Galway.
The fifth disc is a DVD-Audio presenting the entire The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King, The Complete Recordings in Advanced Resolution Surround
Sound, Advanced Resolution Stereo Sound, Dolby Digital Surround Sound, and Dolby
Digital Stereo Sound.
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – The Complete Recordings
was released on December 13, 2005 and spent months in Amazon.com’s top
100 Sales Ranking, garnering some of the best reviews of the year. “For
fans of any of The Lord of the Rings films, The Fellowship of the Ring/Complete
Recordings is an essential experience,” Heather Phares, All Music Guide.
“The Complete Recordings is last year’s most important archival soundtrack
release, expanding and preserving one of the finest and most significant recent
scores in all of film music. Shore’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy is an operatic
symphony that is among the finest musical accomplishments of the last half-century.
The plethora of unreleased material on this beautifully packaged edition is
mouth-watering at the least, and the sonic dynamic achieved on the surround
sound DVD of the entire 180-minute score is simply astonishing.” Randall
Larson, Music From the Movies.
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