Album Art, Release Date for The Hobbit Soundtrack Revealed

Watertower Music has officially announced the release date for the soundtrack of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and it’s coming on December 11, just three days before the film…

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).

Below you can take a look at the album art for both the standard and special editions and the track listing for each (via Fandango). You can pre-order your copy of the special edition by clicking here.

The film follows the titular hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever… Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities… A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.

Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and many, many more star in the December 14 release.

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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

DISC 2:

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

EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKS

A Very Respectable Hobbit

Erebor

The Dwarf Lords

The Edge of the Wild

THE HOBBIT STANDARD EDITION TRACKLIST

Disc 1:

My Dear Frodo

Old Friends

An Unexpected Party

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

Roast Mutton

A Troll-hoard

The Hill of Sorcery

Warg-scouts

Disc 2:

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

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