The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has revealed details of its official soundtrack(s), including full tracklisting. It’s ideal for any particularly rabid fans, who want to pore over the song titles in an attempt to work out just what we’ll see in the first part of Peter Jackson’s whopping three-part epic. The spoiler-averse need not worry, are there are no ‘[Character name] dies’ clangers among the song titles. It’s nice to see some chapter titles referenced though, with fans of Tolkien’s original novel sure to recognise ‘An Unexpected Party’, ‘Riddles In The Dark’ and ‘Out Of The Frying-Pan’. And there’ll be a fair amount of Dwarf warbling, if the soundtrack is anything to go by. Composer Howard Shore, reprising musical duties after doing a magnificent job on The Lord Of The Rings, said, ““I have looked forward to returning to the imaginative world of Middle-earth for quite a while. I read all of the books by Tolkien, including The Hobbit, when I was in my twenties, and his deep love of nature and all things green resonates deeply with me.” Here’s the tracklisting of the special and standard edition soundtracks: The Hobbit Special Edition Tracklist 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 The Hobbit Standard Edition Tracklist 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 Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey soundtrack is released on 10 December 2012, before the film opens in the UK on 14 December 2012.
