Release Date And Tracklist For The Hobbit Soundtrack Announced

The release date and tracklist for 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack has been announced.

The soundtrack will be available both digitally and as a 2 CD set from December 10. A Special Edition of the soundtrack featuring six exclusive bonus tracks, seven extended score cues, and deluxe liner notes will also be available.

Middle Earth will once again be scored by Academy Award® winner Howard Shore, who also composed The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, and was recorded at famed Abbey Road studios by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally it includes an original song entitled 'Song of the Lonely Mountain', written and performed by Neil Finn (Crowded House).

'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', the first of a trilogy of films from Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, will be released on December 14, 2012.

Hit the jump for the complete track listings for the soundtrack.
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THE HOBBIT SPECIAL EDITION TRACKLIST

DISC 1:
• My Dear Frodo • Old Friends (Extended Version) • An Unexpected Party (Extended Version) • Blunt the Knives (performed by The Dwarf Cast) • Axe or Sword? • Misty Mountains (performed by Richard Armitage and The Dwarf Cast) • The Adventure Begins • The World is Ahead • An Ancient Enemy • Radagast the Brown (Extended Version) • The Trollshaws • Roast Mutton (Extended Version) • A Troll-hoard • The Hill of Sorcery • Warg-scouts

DISC 2:
• The Hidden Valley • Moon Runes (Extended Version) • The Defiler • The White Council (Extended Version) • Over Hill • A Thunder Battle • Under Hill • Riddles in the Dark • Brass Buttons • Out of the Frying-Pan • A Good Omen • Song of the Lonely Mountain (Extended Version) (performed by Neil Finn) • Dreaming of Bag End

EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKS
• A Very Respectable Hobbit • Erebor • The Dwarf Lords • The Edge of the Wild