Listen To The First Track From The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Soundtrack

Last week we gave you the official tracklisting for Peter Jackson‘s upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Now, Tolkien fans (or perhaps we should say Howard Shore fans, because that’s probably never been said), can actually listen to an exclusive slice of the sure-to-be-brilliant soundtrack before it’s even released. Woo!

Titled “Radagast the Brown”, it’s 4 minutes and 52 seconds of both beauty and malevolence. We’re describing it as “choral, earthly and tense”, which we hope will become the official description someday.

It’s composed by maestro genius Howard Shore, of course, who promises to deliver the same quality of score that helped make the original Lord of the Rings films so special.

Here it is, people:

For those who are yet to see the official soundtrack listing, here it is once again:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Special Edition Soundtrack

DISC 1:

1. My Dear Frodo
2. Old Friends (Extended Version)
3. An Unexpected Party (Extended Version)
4. Blunt the Knives performed by The Dwarf Cast
5. Axe or Sword?
6. Misty Mountains performed by Richard Armitage and The Dwarf Cast
7. The Adventure Begins
8. The World is Ahead
9. An Ancient Enemy
10. Radagast the Brown (Extended Version)
11. The Trollshaws
12. Roast Mutton (Extended Version)
13. A Troll-hoard
14. The Hill of Sorcery
15. Warg-scouts

DISC 2:

1. The Hidden Valley
2. Moon Runes (Extended Version)
3. The Defiler
4. The White Council (Extended Version)
5. Over Hill
6. A Thunder Battle
7. Under Hill
8. Riddles in the Dark
9. Brass Buttons
10. Out of the Frying-Pan
11. A Good Omen
12. Song of the Lonely Mountain (Extended Version) performed by Neil Finn
13. Dreaming of Bag End

Exclusive Bonus Tracks

14. A Very Respectable Hobbit
15. Erebor
16. The Dwarf Lords
17. The Edge of the Wild

Source: The Film Stage