To paraphrase Frodo Baggins: It has been 11 years since The Return of the King, and the wound has never fully healed. When all will have been said and done about the Middle-Earth sextology, Howard Shore will be remembered as one of the few members of the creative team who has never, ever lost sight of the heart in Tolkien's stories. For Battle Of The Five Armies, the same scoring process was put into motion as on Desolation Of Smaug. Howard Shore penned his thematic ideas, had them approved by Peter Jackson, and then proceeded to put down the score onto paper in New York, which was then forwarded to Conrad Pope, who finished the full orchestrations according to Shore's sketches, and conducted the music in Wellington, New Zealand, with Peter Jackson in the booth. Sessions took place in September, with a few pick-ups in October. As with Desolation Of Smaug, the score was locked at that point, and was then editorially conformed for the final cut of the film. The result in Desolationof Smaug was a film version of the score, which was in major parts chopped apart and dialed out, hurting the pace of the movie in some scenes, which could have been avoided, had Jackson and the studio scheduled additional scoring sessions for rewrites, as it was the case with every Ring film, including An Unexpected Journey.Read more › It's difficult to find words to express the emotion this final cinematic chapter in the Middle-Earth saga carries. Perhaps the only way it can be truly expressed is through music. I am listening to the soundtrack for the fourth (and certainly not last!) time as I write this, and I have come to one overarching conclusion: Howard Shore is a genius. The sheer thematic complexity, dramatic gusto, and emotional power of this score demonstrates why he is the one and only composer who can create music worthy of J.R.R. Tolkien's magnificent world and characters. In the score for An Unexpected Journey, Shore was mostly working with familiar material as he subtly set up new ideas and themes which would ultimately develop and come to light over the trilogy. By contrast, The Desolation of Smaug was almost entirely new material, and Shore seemingly reveled in the ability to construct dozens of new themes and soundscapes. Now, with his final entry, he strikes the perfect balance between revisiting old ideas, recreating past themes, and dabbling in several entirely new ones. Opening track "Fire and Water" hooks one's attention from the outset, as it weaves together themes for Girion, Bard (whose themes are sounding quite heroic), Smaug, and even hints subtly at Tauriel's theme. We hear new renditions of some of the choral work from DOS's "My Armor Is Iron," but in much more dramatic fashion. Also in this track comes an entirely unexpected and utterly beautiful choral theme for Bard's family--a breath of fresh air in the midst of the dragon's destruction and chaos. (This particular theme is barely even hinted at in The Desolation of Smaug, but gets full development throughout this soundtrack.Read more › Although there is less new thematic material compared to the previous movies, Howard Shore delivers in “The Battle of the Five Armies”. In fact, most of the album focuses on reprising past themes already heard, mostly, in “The Desolation of Smaug”. Most of these renditions will be darker and grimmer and it’s important to remember that, unlike the first two chapters, this final episode will be static; protagonists won’t be discovering new worlds and cultures because the journey has ended and there is only a big battle ahead of them. Characters, worlds and cultures have already been introduced which might account for the lack of new thematic material. Yet, there are some beautiful new arrangements of previously heard themes. For example, the Lake-Town theme sparks in its full glory as never before at the end of “Ironfoot (Extended Version)”, the fabulous wrap-up song of the entire album; there is also a nice glimpse of it in “Mithril” alongside Thorin’s theme. You will also get a bombastic rendition of The Ent’s March in “To the Death” and a grand version of the theme for Durin’s folk in “Sons of Durin”, together with Thorin’s theme. Missing completely is the theme for Tauriel, but her love theme is resurrected in “Shores of the Long Lake” and “Courage and Wisdom”. Like in “The Desolation of Smaug”, the album for “The Battle of the Five Armies” picks up in the latter half. However, the first part does feature an outstanding track that introduces the grand theme composed for this last chapter: “Battle for the Mountain” is a major action cue of the whole Hobbit trilogy. To further dwell in the action material, if you are interested in the best action cues, listen to “Battle for the Mountain”, “Sons of Durin”, and “To the Death”.Read more ›
Music of The Hobbit film series
Nov 1, 2014.. Thanks to Amazon's France website, we now have the track list for Howard Shore's score for the third and final Hobbit film The Battle of the Five ..
For the soundtrack of the 2003 video game, see The Hobbit (2003 video game). .. In The Battle of the Five Armies soundtrack, it is played in "Beyond Sorrow and ..
Amazon.com: Howard Shore: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Edition): Music.
The music of The Hobbit film series is composed and produced by Howard Shore, who scored all three The Lord of the Rings films. The music for An Unexpected Journey was performed and recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra as it was for The Lord of the Rings. However, the music for The Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies was performed and recorded by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Release Date: 2014-12-09. • Deluxe · CD •. New music from Howard Shore to ..
Nov 18, 2014.. WaterTower Music will release of the soundtrack to The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, with music composed by Academy Award® ..
Dec 9, 2014.. Preview songs from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Special Edition] by Howard Shore on the ..
Dec 17, 2014.. The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies Soundtrack Now Available.. It was the best and I seriously can't wait five or so more months before I ..
