The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Special Edition SoundtrackHoward Shore’s score for ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey‘ is out today! If you pre-ordered via Amazon or iTunes, you should be getting your shipping or availability notices right now. If you have not placed your order…what are you waiting for?!? The soundtrack is available both digitally and as a 2 CD set.  The Special Edition of the soundtrack features six exclusive bonus tracks, seven extended score cues, and deluxe liner notes. Click on one of the links here to place your order today. After the break you can view the official release from Nov 1st outlining the tracks and detailse. [itunes: Special Edition or Standard] [Amazon.com: Special Edition or Standard]

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There’s all kinds of road music for all kinds of road trips…. and now we have been blessed by EMPIRE Magazine with a wonderful *streaming preview* of the entire Howard Shore score for the upcoming HOBBIT, Part 1 (the ultimate fantasy road trip)! Join our exciting *live webcast* TORn TUESDAY coming up at 5pm Pacific Time today, as host Clifford “Quickbeam” Broadway investigates the remarkable musical world of the film — and a very special guest might stop by! We will also dig into the remarkable Neil Finn song from THE HOBBIT end credits, “Song of the Lonely Mountain” — like it or hate it this is our new Hobbit theme song for 2012! Join the innovative live chat with our crew of Barliman’s chatters right here: www.theonering.net/live or turn on your Skype camera and join us via Stickam here: www.stickam.com/theoneringnet

It appears that at least for the next few weeks, all advance purchases of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey movie tickets on Fandango will earn purchasers a free song download. The song will be Howard Shore’s “The Adventure Begins” and once you make your purchase, they will be sending you an electronic coupon to download the song. Every transaction will trigger this free download, until November 30. So buy early, and collect your song. And make sure you jump on our Message boards (TORn Moots) to talk about what theater you will be going to and what format you will be seeing, and most importantly, will you be in costume. Scan our Line Party pages, find one to join, or create one of your own.

News is out on the internet about Howard Shore’s upcoming soundtrack for the first of Peter Jackson’s three Hobbit movies.  The release date is given as December 11th – so no month-in-advance November release this time, alas.  As with the three Lord of the Rings soundtracks, there will be a regular edition and a special edition; you can see the artwork and read the track listing here.  Neil Finn’s ‘Song of the Lonely Mountain’ is confirmed as the closing credit number, as we reported here.  The track listing is interesting as it seems to confirm what has been speculated for a while about where the first movie will end; but I’ll say no more on that, for those who wish to stay spoiler-free!  Hop on over to Fandango.com to read for yourselves, if you wish!

Thanks to Ringer Alan for alerting us of Amazon.com’s pre-order for ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ soundtrack. Two versions will be offered – a standard release and a Special edition. Both will have two discs and release December 11th 2012.  No cover art has been revealed, but we assume that will be forthcoming. Jump over to Amazon to snag what is sure to be Howard Shore’s latest triumph! [Special Edition] [Standard]

As we wrap up our “World Hobbit Day” festivities, we at TORn are pleased to bring you one final piece of our celebratory specials via an exclusive interview with Aivale Cole (nee Mabel Faletolu).

For fans of Howard Shore and the music of The Lord of the Rings films, Aivale (credited as Mabel Faletolu on the soundtrack of The Fellowship of the Ring) perhaps needs no introduction. For the rest, you probably recall that most heartrending of voices that engulfs the broken Fellowship as they emerge from the darkness of Moria and grieve over Gandalf’s fall into Khazad-dûm.

That piece was sung by none other than Aivale, a vocalist hailing from Wellington, New Zealand. Back in 2001, she recorded the solo piece with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

Join us in this exclusive interview as we catch up with Aivale who, after more than a decade, takes us back to that “crazy but exciting” time when she worked with Howard Shore and Peter Jackson, and also shares a rather amusing anecdote involving Ian McKellen.

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