Collector's Edition 3CD + Blu-Ray Audio Box Set!
Complete Grammy Award Winning Score + 48 Page Book!
An epic film score receives epic treatment with The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - The Complete Recordings on 3CDs & one Blu-Ray Audio Disc.
The Lord of the Rings is one of most successful trilogies in film history earning 17 Academy Awards® including three for its music. Beyond critical acclaim, the music from the films also enjoyed wide commercial success, collectively selling 7 million copies. Directed by Peter Jackson,The Lord of the Rings films are based on the popular J.R.R. Tolkien novel of the same name.
The music for all three films was composed, orchestrated and conducted by Howard Shore. The music he wrote for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with contributions from the choirs: the London Voices and the London Oratory School Schola boy's choir. The album was certified gold in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada and won the Grammy Award ® for Best Score Soundtrack Album. The set comes with extensive liner notes from author Doug Adams, who analyzes many of the themes and motifs used throughout the score.
Breathtaking and majestic the score composed by Howard Shore is an essential experience for fans of any of The Lord of the Rings films.
"There's probably never been as ambitious a film score as Howard Shore's 10-hour epic for the 'Lord of the Rings' series... the music is rich and complex, drawing on a vast range of styles and exotic instruments to evoke J.R.R. Tolkien's world of elves, hobbits and warlocks. But it's more than just background music: Shore uses an elaborate leitmotif technique (where musical themes are associated with specific characters or ideas, and are developed across the entire series) to hold the sprawling tale together. Lush, beautiful and full of intriguing surprises, it's no wonder that it's become one of the most popular film scores ever written." - Stephen Brookes, Washington Post, May 2008
Features:
• Deluxe 4-Disc Collector's Box with Blue Leather-style spine
• 3CDs + Blu-Ray Audio
• Entire score on 3 CDs plus Blu-Ray Audio containing High-Resolution 5.1 & Stereo Mixes
• Blu-Ray Audio: Entire score in DTS-HD Master Audio Surround Sound / DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo Sound / High Resolution Surround Sound (48kHz/24-bit) / High Resolution Stereo (48kHz/24-bit)
• 48 Page Book
• Extensive liner notes from author Doug Adams
• Music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Howard Shore
• Performances by The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Elizabeth Fraser and Emiliana Torrini
Selections:
CD 1:
1. Glamdring
2. Elven Rope
3. Lost In Emyn Muil
4. My Precious
5. Ugluk's Warriors
6. The Three Hunters
7. The Banishment Of Eomer
8. Night Camp
9. The Plains Of Rohan
10. Fangorn
11. The Dead Marshes
12. "Wraiths On Wings"
13. Gandalf The White
14. The Dreams Of Trees
15. The Heir Of Numenor
16. Ent-draught
CD 2:
1. Edoras
2. The Court Of Meduseld
3. Theoden King - Featuring "The Funeral Of Theodred" performed by Miranda Otto
4. The King's Decision
5. Exodus From Edoras
6. The Forests Of Ithilien
7. One Of The Dunedain - Featuring "Evenstar" perfromed by Isabel Bayrakdarian
8. The Wolves Of Isengard
9. Refuge At Helm's Deep
10. The Voice Of Saruman
11. Arwen's Fate - Featuring "The Grace Of The Valar" performed by Sheila Chandra
12. The Story Foretold
13. Sons Of The Steward
14. Rock And Pool
15. Faramir's Good Council
CD 3:
1. Aragorn's Return
2. War Is Upon Us
3. "Where Is The Horse And The Rider?"
4. The Host Of The Eldar
5. The Battle Of The Hornburg
6. The Breach Of The Deeping Wall
7. The Entmoot Decides
8. Retreat - Featuring "Haldir's Lament" performed by Elizabeth Fraser
9. Master Peregrin's Plan
10. The Last March Of The Ents - Featuring Ben Del Maestro
11. The Nazgul Attack
12. Theoden Rides Forth - Featuring Ben Del Maestro
13. The Tales That Really Matter
14. "Long Ways To Go Yet" - Featuring "Gollum's Song" performed by Emiliana Torrini
Blu-Ray Audio - Entire Score in Superior Sound:
Advanced Resolution Surround
Dolby Stereo
Dolby Surrond
Complete Grammy Award Winning Score + 48 Page Book!
An epic film score receives epic treatment with The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - The Complete Recordings on 3CDs & one Blu-Ray Audio Disc.
The Lord of the Rings is one of most successful trilogies in film history earning 17 Academy Awards® including three for its music. Beyond critical acclaim, the music from the films also enjoyed wide commercial success, collectively selling 7 million copies. Directed by Peter Jackson,The Lord of the Rings films are based on the popular J.R.R. Tolkien novel of the same name.
The music for all three films was composed, orchestrated and conducted by Howard Shore. The music he wrote for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with contributions from the choirs: the London Voices and the London Oratory School Schola boy's choir. The album was certified gold in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada and won the Grammy Award ® for Best Score Soundtrack Album. The set comes with extensive liner notes from author Doug Adams, who analyzes many of the themes and motifs used throughout the score.
Breathtaking and majestic the score composed by Howard Shore is an essential experience for fans of any of The Lord of the Rings films.
"There's probably never been as ambitious a film score as Howard Shore's 10-hour epic for the 'Lord of the Rings' series... the music is rich and complex, drawing on a vast range of styles and exotic instruments to evoke J.R.R. Tolkien's world of elves, hobbits and warlocks. But it's more than just background music: Shore uses an elaborate leitmotif technique (where musical themes are associated with specific characters or ideas, and are developed across the entire series) to hold the sprawling tale together. Lush, beautiful and full of intriguing surprises, it's no wonder that it's become one of the most popular film scores ever written." - Stephen Brookes, Washington Post, May 2008
Features:
• Deluxe 4-Disc Collector's Box with Blue Leather-style spine
• 3CDs + Blu-Ray Audio
• Entire score on 3 CDs plus Blu-Ray Audio containing High-Resolution 5.1 & Stereo Mixes
• Blu-Ray Audio: Entire score in DTS-HD Master Audio Surround Sound / DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo Sound / High Resolution Surround Sound (48kHz/24-bit) / High Resolution Stereo (48kHz/24-bit)
• 48 Page Book
• Extensive liner notes from author Doug Adams
• Music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Howard Shore
• Performances by The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Elizabeth Fraser and Emiliana Torrini
Selections:
CD 1:
1. Glamdring
2. Elven Rope
3. Lost In Emyn Muil
4. My Precious
5. Ugluk's Warriors
6. The Three Hunters
7. The Banishment Of Eomer
8. Night Camp
9. The Plains Of Rohan
10. Fangorn
11. The Dead Marshes
12. "Wraiths On Wings"
13. Gandalf The White
14. The Dreams Of Trees
15. The Heir Of Numenor
16. Ent-draught
CD 2:
1. Edoras
2. The Court Of Meduseld
3. Theoden King - Featuring "The Funeral Of Theodred" performed by Miranda Otto
4. The King's Decision
5. Exodus From Edoras
6. The Forests Of Ithilien
7. One Of The Dunedain - Featuring "Evenstar" perfromed by Isabel Bayrakdarian
8. The Wolves Of Isengard
9. Refuge At Helm's Deep
10. The Voice Of Saruman
11. Arwen's Fate - Featuring "The Grace Of The Valar" performed by Sheila Chandra
12. The Story Foretold
13. Sons Of The Steward
14. Rock And Pool
15. Faramir's Good Council
CD 3:
1. Aragorn's Return
2. War Is Upon Us
3. "Where Is The Horse And The Rider?"
4. The Host Of The Eldar
5. The Battle Of The Hornburg
6. The Breach Of The Deeping Wall
7. The Entmoot Decides
8. Retreat - Featuring "Haldir's Lament" performed by Elizabeth Fraser
9. Master Peregrin's Plan
10. The Last March Of The Ents - Featuring Ben Del Maestro
11. The Nazgul Attack
12. Theoden Rides Forth - Featuring Ben Del Maestro
13. The Tales That Really Matter
14. "Long Ways To Go Yet" - Featuring "Gollum's Song" performed by Emiliana Torrini
Blu-Ray Audio - Entire Score in Superior Sound:
Advanced Resolution Surround
Dolby Stereo
Dolby Surrond
