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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 (if you haven't seen it yet, you can view it again below). Now, Tolkien fans (or perhaps we should say Howard Shore fans, because that's probably never been said), you can actually listen to an exclusive slice of the soundtrack.

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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

  1. A Very Respectable Hobbit
  2. Erebor
  3. The Dwarf Lords
  4. The Edge of the Wild

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Standard Edition Soundtrack

Disc 1:

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

Disc 2:

  1. The Hidden Valley
  2. Moon Runes
  3. The Defiler
  4. The White Council
  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 performed by Neil Finn
  13. Dreaming of Bag End
The soundtrack for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be released on December 11th, and the film will follow shortly after on December 16th. What do you make of the new track? Does it sound up to standard? Is Howard Shore going to win an Oscar or something? As usual, let us know all your thoughts in the comments section below.

Source: The Film Stage