The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (soundtrack)

The Hobbit:
The Battle of the Five Armies
Soundtrack album by Howard Shore
Released 08 December 2014
Recorded 2014
Length 1:34:01 (Standard Edition)
1:48:12 (Special Edition)
Label WaterTower Music, Decca Records
Producer Howard Shore, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
Howard Shore chronology
The Desolation of Smaug
(2013)		 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(2014)
Alternative cover
Special Edition cover

The soundtrack album for The Battle of the Five Armies was released on December 8, 2014.[1] Both a Standard Edition and a Special Edition were released. The score was performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as it was for The Desolation of Smaug. For the soundtrack, Billy Boyd, who played Peregrin Took in The Lord of the Rings, wrote and recorded the song "The Last Goodbye".[2]

Track listing

Standard edition
Disc 1
No. Title Length
1. "Fire and Water"   5:57
2. "Shores of the Long Lake"   4:01
3. "Beyond Sorrow and Grief"   2:50
4. "Guardians of the Three"   5:14
5. "The Ruins of Dale"   3:39
6. "The Gathering of the Clouds"   4:07
7. "Mithril"   3:08
8. "Bred for War"   3:19
9. "A Thief in the Night"   4:14
10. "The Clouds Burst"   4:12
11. "Battle for the Mountain"   4:38
Disc 2
No. Title Length
1. "The Darkest Hour"   5:31
2. "Sons of Durin"   4:23
3. "The Fallen"   4:56
4. "Ravenhill"   5:47
5. "To the Death"   5:13
6. "Courage and Wisdom"   5:09
7. "The Return Journey"   4:16
8. "There and Back Again"   4:19
9. "The Last Goodbye" (written and performed by Billy Boyd) 4:05
10. "Ironfoot"   5:03
Special edition

The two-disc special edition contains two bonus tracks and five extended tracks.

Chart positions

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 74
Australian Classical/Crossover Albums (ARIA)[4] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 83
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8] 43
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 25
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[10] 45
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 37

References

  1. ↑ http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/09/16/92720-exclusive-recording-has-begun-on-the-score-of-the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies/
  2. ↑ "Our final trip to Middle-earth to finish with "The Last Goodbye" sung by Billy Boyd". TheOneRing.net. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (24 January 2015). "ARIA Albums: Taylor Swift 1989 Is Back At No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 5 January 2015" (PDF) (1297). Pandora Archive. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Soundtrack / Howard Shore – The Hobbit - The Battle Of The Five Armies" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Soundtrack / Howard Shore – The Hobbit - The Battle Of The Five Armies" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Soundtrack / Howard Shore – The Hobbit - The Battle Of The Five Armies" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Soundtrack / Howard Shore – The Hobbit - The Battle Of The Five Armies" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Soundtrack / Howard Shore – The Hobbit - The Battle Of The Five Armies". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Soundtrack / Howard Shore – The Hobbit - The Battle Of The Five Armies". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Soundtrack / Howard Shore – The Hobbit - The Battle Of The Five Armies". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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