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Here is the press release: THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY SOUNDTRACK 2CD SET DUE DECEMBER 11TH FROM WATERTOWER MUSIC Featuring Original Music by Academy Award™ Winner Howard Shore With An Original Song Performed by Neil Finn 2 CD Special Edition Soundtrack Also Available WaterTower Music has announced the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at all retailers on December 11th. 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). The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first of a trilogy of films from Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), will be released in the U.S. on December 14, 2012. Shore’s music for The Lord of the Rings Trilogy has been performed in concerts throughout the world. In 2003, Shore conducted the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the world premiere of The Lord of the Rings Symphony in Wellington, New Zealand. Since then, the work has had over 140 performances by the world’s most prestigious orchestras, and has even been the subject of a book, Music of The Lord of the Rings Films. "I have looked forward to returning to the imaginative world of Middle-earth for quite a while," says Shore. "I read all of the books by Tolkien, including The Hobbit, when I was in my twenties, and his deep love of nature and all things green resonates deeply with me." "It’s a thrill for us to work with Howard Shore on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey soundtrack" stated WaterTower Music head Jason Linn, "His reputation and body of work have long inspired us, and we look forward to another successful partnership as we embark on the next chapter of our journey together." One of today’s most respected, honored, and active composers and music conductors, Howard Shore previously worked with director Peter Jackson on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, which stands as his most towering achievement to date. He won three Academy Awards for his music for those films, two for Best Original Score, and one for Best Original Song. Shore has also won numerous other honors for his film work, including four Grammys and three Golden Globe Awards. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on WaterTower Music in the United States and Decca Records outside the United States. It will be available on December 11, 2012. The track listings for the 2 CD Standard and 2CD Deluxe versions are as follows: 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 Wil
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WOW - two discs of score! Amazing! I'm a bit confused - what are the tracks marked "Extended Version" extended from? In the regular 2-disc edition (vs the 2-disc special edition), are they shorter versions of those tracks? I guess these tracks are extended on the Special Edition set over the regular set.
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I'll preorder with Amazon, but I'm a little leary of the current $31.30 [Import] listing, so I'll probably wait until they have product information. This is the one score I can't wait for! Here is what I preordered from amazon, which looks like the special edition: http://www.amazon.com/The-Hobbit-Unexpected-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B009O07NDY/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1 It was a gold box special a few days ago, so I think I got it for $21. I also think the price will drop again. Amazon traditionally sells Watertower's single disc major releases (e.g. Harry Potter, Dark Knight Rises, Sherlock Holmes) for $9.99, so hopefully the two disc set will dip a bit more in price. But we will see . . .
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To make it easier for everyone to see what's different, here are the two trackslists, numbered by me, with differences on the Special Edition bolded Standard Edition (Currently $15.52 on Amazon): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009O07NBQ/jwfancom-20 Disc 1: 01. My Dear Frodo 02. Old Friends 03. An Unexpected Party 04. Axe or Sword? 05. Misty Mountains performed by Richard Armitage and The Dwarf Cast 06. The Adventure Begins 07. The World is Ahead 08. An Ancient Enemy 09. Radagast the Brown 10. Roast Mutton 11. A Troll-hoard 12. The Hill of Sorcery 13. Warg-scouts Disc 2: 14. The Hidden Valley 15. Moon Runes 16. The Defiler 17. The White Council 18. Over Hill 19. A Thunder Battle 20. Under Hill 21. Riddles in the Dark 22. Brass Buttons 23. Out of the Frying-Pan 24. A Good Omen 25. Song of the Lonely Mountain performed by Neil Finn 26. Dreaming of Bag End SPECIAL EDITION (Currently $22.23 on Amazon): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009O07NDY/jwfancom-20 DISC 1: 01. My Dear Frodo 02. Old Friends (Extended Version) 03. An Unexpected Party (Extended Version) 04. Blunt the Knives performed by The Dwarf Cast 05. Axe or Sword? 06. Misty Mountains performed by Richard Armitage and The Dwarf Cast 07. The Adventure Begins 08. The World is Ahead 09. An Ancient Enemy 10. Radagast the Brown (Extended Version) 11. The Trollshaws 12. Roast Mutton (Extended Version) 13. A Troll-hoard 14. The Hill of Sorcery 15. Warg-scouts DISC 2: 16. The Hidden Valley 17. Moon Runes (Extended Version) 18. The Defiler 19. The White Council (Extended Version) 20. Over Hill 21. A Thunder Battle 22. Under Hill 23. Riddles in the Dark 24. Brass Buttons 25. Out of the Frying-Pan 26. A Good Omen 27. Song of the Lonely Mountain (Extended Version) performed by Neil Finn 28. Dreaming of Bag End EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKS 29. A Very Respectable Hobbit 30. Erebor 31. The Dwarf Lords 32. The Edge of the Wild So the Special Edition CD has 6 ENTIRELY new tracks (two inserted into the flow of the score, and 4 tacked onto the end), and 7 EXTENDED tracks. Anyone want to take a stab at chronologically placing the 4 Bonus Tracks?
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I'm buying both versions, personally.
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Well, since I always want as much score as possible there´s only one choice here.
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