OrchestraAmazon UK has put up some fantastic samples from the Special Edition Album of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (as well as supplied us with an updated track list).

Click on the soundtrack cover below to get your first listen to Howard Shore’s magnificent score, as well as Billy Boyd’s poignant “The Last Goodbye”.

Disc 1
1. Fire and Water – 5:57
2. Shores of the Long Lake – 4:01
3. Beyond Sorrow and Grief (Extended Version) – 4:11
4. Guardians of the Three (Extended Version) – 5:47
5. The Ruins of Dale – 3:39
6. The Gathering of the Clouds (Extended Version) – 5:52
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
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 (Extended Version) – 7:22
6. Courage and Wisdom – 5:09
7. The Return Journey – 4:16
8. There and Back Again – 4:19
9. The Last Goodbye performed by Billy Boyd – 4:05
10. Ironfoot (Extended Version) – 6:11
11. Dragon-Sickness (Bonus Track) – 3:51
12. Thrain (Bonus Track from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition) – 3:24

THBOFA Special Edition Cover Art