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Track Listings
| 1. A Storm Is Coming: Hope and Memory. Minas Trith (featuring Ben del Maestro) |
| 2. The White Tree: The Steward of Gondor (featuring Billy Boyd) |
| 3. Minas Morgul: The Ride Of The Rohirrim: Twilight And Shadow (featuring Renee Fleming) |
| 4. Cirith Ungol |
| 5. Anduril |
| 6. Shelob’s Lair |
| 7. Ash And Smoke |
| 8. The Fields Of The Pelennor |
| 9. Hope Fails |
| 10. The Black Gate Opens (featuring Sir James Galway) |
| 11. The End Of All Things (featuring Renee Fleming) |
| 12. The Return Of The King (Featuring Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renee Fleming |
| 13. The Grey Havens (featuring Sir James Galway) |
| 14. Into The West (performed by Annie Lennox) |
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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
By Jay Dunlop
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Howard Shore has done it again!
This is a superb soundtrack, with hautingly beautiful music and some incredible singing from Ben del Maestro, Renee Fleming and a stunning finale from Annie Lennox. It also contains some surprises. Billy Boyd and Viggo Mortensen feature as well, and some beautiful flute renditions from Sir James Galway.
I had expected this to be darker, almost depressing, knowing the way the book progresses, but this soundtrack has echoes of the past within it. Familiar themes from both The Fellowship and the Two Towers are interwoven here as well, to leave this listener at least, moved to tears in places. The track entitled 'The Return of the King' in particular weaves a powerful spell with words in Sindarin sung by Aragorn, now Elessar. In this track alone the album would be worth its cost.
Buy it, listen to it, absorb it, as the trilogy reaches its wonderful climax.
Truly, Howard Shore and Peter Jackson have woven a spell worthy of Tolkein.
This is a superb soundtrack, with hautingly beautiful music and some incredible singing from Ben del Maestro, Renee Fleming and a stunning finale from Annie Lennox. It also contains some surprises. Billy Boyd and Viggo Mortensen feature as well, and some beautiful flute renditions from Sir James Galway.
I had expected this to be darker, almost depressing, knowing the way the book progresses, but this soundtrack has echoes of the past within it. Familiar themes from both The Fellowship and the Two Towers are interwoven here as well, to leave this listener at least, moved to tears in places. The track entitled 'The Return of the King' in particular weaves a powerful spell with words in Sindarin sung by Aragorn, now Elessar. In this track alone the album would be worth its cost.
Buy it, listen to it, absorb it, as the trilogy reaches its wonderful climax.
Truly, Howard Shore and Peter Jackson have woven a spell worthy of Tolkein.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By M. Wenzl
Format:Audio CD
I have found that all of the Lord of the Rings soundtracks have stood out from other films in every way. You can never grow bored of it and you find it stuck in your head after listening.
Return of the King is different from the other two soundtracks. There is more chanting and Celtic tunes on flutes. It's concluding song is by Annie Lennox, which I think to be the best of the three songs.
My favorite tracks are Minas Tirith and the Pelennor fields. Minas Tirith has the compelling music of Gondor and your mind becomes filled with your panoramic memories of the film, when the Fell Beast descends on Faramir's Gondorian knights as they gallop frantically from the fallen and ruined city of Osgiliath to Minas Tirith the City of Kings. The Pelennor fields leaves you imagining the vast hordes of Orcs faced by the 6000 Rohirrm. A chilling chanting echoes as the riders prepare to charge headlong into the fray.
If you are a fan of the Elven music, then the track Twilight and Shadow features with the Evenstar tune and if you want to remember the most emotionally gripping moment of the film then flick to the Return of the King track.
Great music, great composer, great trilogy!
Return of the King is different from the other two soundtracks. There is more chanting and Celtic tunes on flutes. It's concluding song is by Annie Lennox, which I think to be the best of the three songs.
My favorite tracks are Minas Tirith and the Pelennor fields. Minas Tirith has the compelling music of Gondor and your mind becomes filled with your panoramic memories of the film, when the Fell Beast descends on Faramir's Gondorian knights as they gallop frantically from the fallen and ruined city of Osgiliath to Minas Tirith the City of Kings. The Pelennor fields leaves you imagining the vast hordes of Orcs faced by the 6000 Rohirrm. A chilling chanting echoes as the riders prepare to charge headlong into the fray.
If you are a fan of the Elven music, then the track Twilight and Shadow features with the Evenstar tune and if you want to remember the most emotionally gripping moment of the film then flick to the Return of the King track.
Great music, great composer, great trilogy!
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By Lee S
Format:Audio CD
I've just heard some samples from the new Lord of The Rings - The Return of The King soundtrack, and it has just blew me away.
This soundtrack just builds of the previous two scores. Howard Shore has created a masterpiece of work for the Lord of The Rings. This score will go down in history as one of the best movie scores ever produced.
The tracks that stand out on The Return of The King are: "Minas Tirith" - part of which you can hear in the trailer for the film; "The Fields Of The Pelennor"; "The Black Gate Opens" - which has the same theme as "Into The West" and "The Grey Havens" which has the same musical feel as "The Breaking of The Fellowship" and "Samwise The Brave" from the previous two scores, and will no doubt leave a few people in tears when the film ends - me included!
When I first heard that Annie Lennox was had been asked to sing / produce the final song, I thought it was a bad move, but after hearing some of the song "Into The West", it just fits perfectly.
If you haven't bought any of The Lord of The Rings soundtracks, you are missing out on something very special.
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Good!!!
I bought all Lord of the Rings soundtracks and the Fellowship of the Ring its the best off all.
But this soundtrack is very good, like the movies :)
I recommend! Read more
But this soundtrack is very good, like the movies :)
I recommend! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Raphael Pieri Garcia
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Excelent Soundtrack!
This is one of the best soundtracks ever made! Howard Shore is one of the best composers of the contemporary music history.
Published 5 months ago by Roddy Stokes
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Return of the King Soundtrack by Howard Shore
Excellent musical score, no wonder it has been so highly praised. The music theme from the first film of the trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring, was allowed room to breath when it... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Major Quay
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moving..awe inspiring
justifiably winning its oscar for best soundtrack this album is the pinnacle of Howard Shores score for the L.O.T.R trilogy. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2010 by Shawn Hosmer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant
There are already plenty of reviews on here, so all I will say is that this is a superb soundtrack!
Published on 18 Jan 2010 by Mr Ledger
5.0 out of 5 stars
TO THE GATE........
A fantastic OST - easily up there with the likes of Gladiator, Revenge Of The Sith and Conan The Barbarian! Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2008 by Adam Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Truly memorable
After producing two stunning soundtracks for the previous two Lord Of The Rings albums, Howard Shore proves that there is still some musical fuel left in his composing tank. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2006 by Will Stent
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lord of the rings,the final and best chapter.
Being a Tolkien/Peter Jackson and Howard Shore fan,i love all three Books/Films and Soundtracks. But this is by far the best soundtrack,it is both haunting and as dramatic as you... Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2005 by V. Gooderham
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful...
I absolutely love this album. When I first listened to it all the way through, it kept me enthralled, and still keeps me interested, despite it being the nth time of... Read more
Published on 28 May 2005 by "spoonguard"
5.0 out of 5 stars
Magic Music for a Magic Film
Although most commentators (and me) admire the Lord of the Rings for its visual effects, this CD, and the companion CDs for the earlier films, show just how important the aural... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2004 by JA Fairhurst
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