Product Description

The Limited Edition 3-CD version comes packaged in a special slipcase with 18 character cards from the trilogy.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. The Prophecy - One Ring To Rule Them
2. Concerning Hobbits
3. The Shawdow Of The Past
4. The Treason Of Isengard
5. The Black Rider
6. At The Sign Of The Prancing Pony
7. A Knife In The Dark
8. Flight To The Ford
9. Many Meetings
10. The Council Of Elrond / Featuring Aniron
11. The Ring Goes South
12. A Journey In The Dark
13. The Bridge Of Khazad Dum
14. Lothlorien
15. The Great River
16. Amon Hen
17. The Breaking Of The Fellowship
18. May It Be - Featuring Enya

Disc 2:

1. Fountains Of Stone
2. The Taming Of Smeagol
3. The Riders Of Rohan
4. The Passage Of The Marshes
5. The Uruk-Hai
6. The King Of The Golden Hall
7. The Black Gate Is Closed
8. Evenstar - Featuring Isabel Bayradkarian
9. The White Rider
10. Treebeard
11. The Leave Taking
12. Helm's Deep
13. The Forbidden Pool
14. Breath Of Life - Featuring Sheila Chandra
15. Thr Hornburg
16. Forth Eorlingas - Featuring Ben Del Maestro
17. Isengard Unleashed - Featuring Elizabeth Freaser & Bend Del Maestro
18. Samwise The Brave
19. Gollum's Song - Performed by Emilia Torrini

Disc 3:

1. A Storm Is Coming
2. Hope And Memory
3. Minas Trith - Featuring Ben Del Maestro
4. The White Tree
5. The Steward Of Gondor - Featuring Billy Boyd
6. Minas Morgul
7. The Ride Of The Rohirrim
8. Twilight And Shadow - Featuring Renee Fleming
9. Cirith Ungol
10. Anduril
11. Shelob's Lair
12. Ash And Smoke
13. The Fields Of The Pelennor
14. Hope Fails
15. The Black Gate Opens - Featuring Sir James Galway
16. The End Of All Things - Featuring Renee Fleming
17. The Return Of The King - Featuring Sir James Galway Viggo Mortensen & Renee Fleming
18. The Grey Havens - Featuring Sir James Galway
19. Into The West - Performed By Annie Lennox

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #556 in Music
• Released on: 2003-12-15
• Number of discs: 3
• Formats: Box set, Enhanced, Soundtrack

Customer Reviews

Music at a Master level
I purchased these CDs individually as and when they were originally released. I have to say that the Fellowship of the Ring is my favourite, by the way. However, I also bought the extremely deluxe 4 disc (or in the case of ROTK, 5 disc) sets when the 'complete' scores were released (also worth buying, despite their price). One thing the 'complete' scores don't have is the first track from FOTR - "The Prophecy" (though parts of it exist in the 'complete' score). If you're a soundtrack enthusiast, then small variations or alternate takes presented here in the 'limited' 1-disc releases will interest you. In The Two Towers, for example, you here different mixes and end of cues not heard in the 'complete' scores, the same stands for Return of the King. And if like many, you think the LOTR is a bit too long to sit and watch in one sitting, then this one disc-a-film release (basically a third of the music Howard Shore composed) will suit you nicely, though really you're missing a lot of gems that are to be found in the 'Complete Recordings', also available on Amazon.
Great listening for great filmmaking.

Experience the film again and again through this soundtrack
While there are many fine film soundtracks, this is one that stands on its own as music.

The signature refrains such as those for the Riders of Rohan and the Uruk-hai transport you instantly to Middle Earth.

While I'm not a classical music listener as a rule, as a fan of the film, this soundtrack is the perfect accompaniment to both work and relaxation.

This soundtrack is a must for any LOTR fan.

Very Good
If you've seen the film you will know the tunes inside out I would imagine, and here they are for your personal enjoyment. The composition is so varied, and there are some truly evocative numbers on here. Howard Shore did a remarkable job really here. It is true that the Return of the King lacks something, but this is more than made up for by the first two which possess music for all tastes and moods.
Wasn't sure about the cards you get free with this though, of the members of the cast. All seemed a bit gimicky to me. There are reasons this soundtrack has one awards, not least of which being the 'best original score' Oscar.
Of course, the fact that you get all 3 for a reasonable price is the true bonus, and if your reading this its probably just a matter of deciding which one to get. Get this one, trust me.