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Official Soundtrack for The Return of the King In Stores November 25
30-Oct-2003 - The original soundtrack to The Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King, the final installment in Peter Jackson's epic The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, will be released on Reprise/WMG Soundtracks on November
25. The film opens nationwide on December 17 from New Line Cinema.
With music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Oscar and Grammy Award winner Howard Shore, who composed the scores to the two previous films in the Trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King" also features the new song "Into The West," performed by Grammy Award
winner Annie Lennox, and spotlights guest appearances by acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming, renowned Irish flautist Sir James Galway, and others.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King" is being made available in four separate configurations:
The CD format will feature 19 original selections from the film.
A special limited edition package will contain the best-selling soundtracks from all three installments of "The Lord Of The Rings," including The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) and The Two Towers (2002), which have sold over 3 million units worldwide.
A deluxe CD DVD edition will contain "The Return Of The King" CD and an exclusive DVD that will feature bonus material including a The Lord of the Rings "supertrailer"; a The Return of the King photo gallery from the recording sessions; film stills; and poems and lyrics from
The Return Of The King. It will also contain the special feature, "Use Well The Days: A Behind The Scenes Portrait of Howard Shore," a 20-minute documentary focusing on Shore's work in London during the
recording of the film score by documentarian Elizabeth Cotnoir; as well as a second Anne Lennox track recorded especially for the DVD.
Finally, an internet-only version of the CD DVD package will be available only to online buyers with additional The Lord Of The Rings extras. CD formats will contain a weblink to exclusive multi-media content from the films and liner notes written by Howard Shore and director Peter Jackson.
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