2003 soundtrack anthology by Howard Shore
2003 soundtrack album by Howard Shore
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Male monarch |
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| Released | 25 November 2003 (2003-eleven-25) |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 72:05 |
| Label | Reprise |
| Producer | Howard Shore |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(2002) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Rex
(2003) | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(2012) | |
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- "Into the Westward"
Released: Nov 2003 |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Male monarch is the soundtrack for the 2003 epic fantasy adventure flick of the same name. The soundtrack was composed, orchestrated, and conducted by Howard Shore, and performed by the London Combo Orchestra, the London Voices, and the London Oratory School Schola.[1] The soundtrack was released on 25 November 2003. The express edition contains a bonus DVD with the track "Use Well the Days" by Annie Lennox, song texts, photo gallery, and a Lord of the Rings trilogy supertrailer.
Overview [edit]
The score to Render of the Male monarch is the virtually expansive of the three: containing over 4 hours of finalized music, scoring near the unabridged flick length. It also musters the biggest staged forces, with sections calling for eight trumpets and a similar increment in the balance of the brass department, 2 timpanists, a mixed choir of 85 with additional singers for all-male and all-female parts, over fifty in the boy choir, various vocal soloists including soprano Renee Fleming and male child soprano Ben Del Maestro, and the full bands of celtic and eastern instruments returning from the get-go score. The score even uses a double fiddle, an musical instrument invented and crafted specifically for ane scene in the film. Shore also scored the trailer for the motion-picture show, which would somewhen be released with various alternating takes in the Rarities archive.
Reception [edit]
Professional ratings | Review scores |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [two] |
| Filmtracks | [iii] |
| Movie Music UK | [iv] |
| Soundtrack.Net | [five] |
| Tracksounds |  [half dozen] |
The Render of the King won the Academy Awards for Best Original Score and All-time Original Vocal ("Into the West" past Annie Lennox), the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and the Grammy Honor for Best Score Soundtrack Album.
Track listing [edit]
All music is composed by Howard Shore.
| 1. | "A Tempest Is Coming" | 2:52 |
| 2. | "Promise and Retentiveness" | ane:45 |
| 3. | "Minas Tirith" (featuring Ben del Maestro) | 3:37 |
| 4. | "The White Tree" | 3:25 |
| 5. | "The Steward of Gondor" (featuring Billy Boyd) | three:53 |
| half-dozen. | "Minas Morgul" | 1:58 |
| 7. | "The Ride of the Rohirrim" | 2:08 |
| 8. | "Twilight and Shadow" (featuring Renée Fleming) | three:30 |
| nine. | "Cirith Ungol" | 1:44 |
| 10. | "Andúril" | ii:35 |
| 11. | "Shelob'due south Lair" | 4:07 |
| 12. | "Ash and Fume" | 3:25 |
| 13. | "The Fields of the Pelennor" | three:26 |
| fourteen. | "Hope Fails" | 2:20 |
| fifteen. | "The Black Gate Opens" (featuring Sir James Galway) | iv:01 |
| 16. | "The End of All Things" (featuring Renée Fleming) | 5:12 |
| 17. | "The Return of the King" (featuring Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen, and Renée Fleming) | 10:14 |
| 18. | "The Grey Havens" (featuring Sir James Galway) | 5:59 |
| 19. | "Into the Westward" (words and music by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox; performed by Annie Lennox) | 5:47 |
| Total length: | 72:05 |
| 1. | "Use Well the Days" (performed by Annie Lennox) | 3:ten |
Charts and certifications [edit]
Consummate recordings and additional music [edit]
In 2006, Reprise Records released a multi-disc ready for the pic, titled The Complete Recordings. These contain the entire score for the extended versions of the film on CD, forth with an boosted DVD-Audio disc that offers 2.0 stereo and five.i surroundings mixes of the soundtrack. The album too featured all-encompassing liner notes past music journalist Doug Adams which reviews all of the tracks and provides information about the process of composing and recording the score, equally well as a detailed list of all musical instruments, people and organizations involved. The cover artwork uses the film series' logo and an inscription in Tolkien's tengwar letters, over a background that depicts a map of Gondor in dark dark-green.
| 1. | "Roots and Beginnings" | half-dozen:31 |
| two. | "Journey to the Crossroads" | ii:17 |
| 3. | "The Route to Isengard" | 2:18 |
| 4. | "The Foot of Orthanc" | 4:45 |
| v. | "Return to Edoras" | one:51 |
| six. | "The Chalice Passed" | ane:51 |
| seven. | "The Green Dragon" (feat. Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan) | 0:35 |
| 8. | "Gollum's Villainy" | 2:10 |
| 9. | "Éowyn's Dream" | 1:24 |
| ten. | "The Palantír" | 3:10 |
| 11. | "Flying from Edoras" | 2:xix |
| 12. | "The Grace of Undómiel" (feat. Renée Fleming) | half dozen:21 |
| 13. | "The Optics of the White Tower" | iv:33 |
| 14. | "A Coronal of Silver and Aureate" | viii:27 |
| 15. | "The Lighting of the Beacons" | 9:03 |
| Total length: | 57:32 |
| ane. | "Osgiliath Invaded" (feat. Ben Del Maestro) | eight:48 |
| 2. | "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol" | 2:41 |
| 3. | "Fidelity to Denethor" | iii:20 |
| 4. | "The Sacrifice of Faramir" (feat. "The Edge of Night", performed by Billy Boyd) | 4:09 |
| 5. | "The Parting of Sam and Frodo" | 4:04 |
| 6. | "Marshalling at Dunharrow" | 4:57 |
| 7. | "Andúril - Flame of the Westward" | 3:28 |
| viii. | "The Passing of the Grayness Visitor" | four:12 |
| 9. | "Dwimorberg - The Haunted Mountain" | 2:26 |
| 10. | "Master Meriadoc, Swordthain" | 1:xl |
| xi. | "The Paths of the Dead" | 6:22 |
| 12. | "The Siege of Gondor" | 9:01 |
| 13. | "Shelob's Lair" | 8:53 |
| 14. | "Merry'southward Simple Courage" | 2:09 |
| Full length: | 66:03 |
| 1. | "Grond - The Hammer of the Underworld" | ane:33 |
| 2. | "Shelob the Smashing" | v:13 |
| iii. | "The Tomb of the Stewards" | three:58 |
| 4. | "The Boxing of the Pelennor Fields" | 4:10 |
| 5. | "The Pyre of Denethor" | 2:59 |
| 6. | "The Mûmakil" | 0:57 |
| 7. | "Dernhelm in Boxing" | 2:06 |
| 8. | "A Far Green Country" | 1:28 |
| 9. | "Shieldmaiden of Rohan" | five:07 |
| ten. | "The Passing of Théoden" | ii:sixteen |
| 11. | "The Houses of Healing" (feat. Liv Tyler) | 2:58 |
| 12. | "The Tower of Cirith Ungol" | 4:41 |
| 13. | "The Last Fence" (feat. "Asëa Aranion", performed past Sissel) | iv:21 |
| 14. | "The Land of Shadow" | 6:29 |
| fifteen. | "The Mouth of Sauron" (feat. Sir James Galway) | 8:xvi |
| 16. | ""For Frodo"" (feat. Ben Del Maestro) | three:17 |
| Total length: | 59:44 |
| 1. | "Mount Doom" (feat. Renée Fleming) | 4:09 |
| two. | "The Crack of Doom" | 4:02 |
| 3. | "The Eagles" (feat. Renée Fleming) | 2:24 |
| 4. | "The Fellowship Reunited" (feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen, and Renée Fleming) | 12:eighteen |
| 5. | "The Journey to the Gray Havens" (feat. Sir James Galway) | 7:35 |
| vi. | "Elanor" (feat. Sir James Galway) | one:28 |
| 7. | "Days of the Ring" (feat. "Into the Westward", performed by Annie Lennox) | eleven:ten |
| 8. | "Bilbo's Vocal" | 2:58 |
| Total length: | 45:58 |
Additional music [edit]
Additional music for the film was featured in The Rarities Archive release, attached to Doug Adams' book on the 3 film scores:
| 1. | ""The Return of the King Trailer"" | two:34 |
| 2. | ""The Gondor Theme (Mock-upwardly)"" | two:18 |
| iii. | ""The Muster of Rohan (Alternating)"" | half dozen:43 |
| 4. | ""The Siege of Gondor (Alternate)"" | iii:13 |
| 5. | ""Shieldmaiden of Rohan (Theatrical Version)"" | 2:00 |
| 6. | ""Sammath Naur (Alternate)"" | 8:51 |
| seven. | ""Frodo'south Song ("Into the West" Alternating/Mock-upwardly)"" | 2:23 |
| 8. | ""Elanor (Alternate)"" | 1:30 |
| 9. | ""In Conversation (Sound Interview Part 1)" featuring Frodo's Song (Alternate)" | 1:40 |
| Full length: | 31:12 |
Along with about 17 minutes of alternate fabric from the original release,[32] about a minute of cloth in the fan credits, and some additional alternates, at that place are over 4 and a one-half hours of finalized music for Return of the King, including the music for the trailer.[33]
See besides [edit]
- Music of The Lord of the Rings moving picture series
References [edit]
- ^ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Original Move Picture Soundtrack (CD liner notes). Howard Shore. Reprise Records. 2003.
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