| Product Summary | | Label: Warner/reprise/maverick | | UPC: 00093624837923 | | Release Date: 12/10/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60583678 | | Item#: MFKWT7 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25654 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Foundations Of Stone ~ Original Soundtrack |  | | 2. Taming Of Smeagol, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 3. Riders Of Rohan, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 4. Passage Of The Marshes, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 5. Uruk-hai, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 6. King Of The Golden Hall, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 7. Black Gate Is Closed, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 8. Evenstar - (featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian) ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 9. White Rider, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 10. Treebeard ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 11. Leave Taking, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 12. Helm's Deep ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 13. Forbidden Pool, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 14. Breath Of Life - (featuring Sheila Chandra) ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 15. Hornburg, The ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 16. Forth Earlingas - (featuring Ben Del Maestro) ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 17. Isengard Unleashed - (featuring Elizabeth Fraser/Ben Del Maestro) ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 18. Samwise The Brave ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 19. Gollum's Song - Emiliana Torrini ~ Original Soundtrack | |
| The second movie in the trilogy. The soundtrack by Howard Shore (who composed the first movie also).
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Original score composed by Howard Shore. | | LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Original score composed by Howard Shore. | | Includes liner notes by Paul Broucek, Peter Jackson. | | LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Personnel: Sonia Slany (monochord); Dermot Crehan (fiddle). | | Audio Mixer: Peter Cobbin. | | Liner Note Authors: Paul Broucek; Pete Jackson. | | Recording information: Air Lyndhurst; CTS Colosseum, Watford, Hertfordshire, England; EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Henry Wood Hall, London, England. | | Director: Pete Jackson. | | Photographers: Benjamin Ealovega; Oliver Upton. | | Translator: David Salo. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Jan Hendrickse. | | The 2001 film version of the J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy classic LORD OF THE RINGS was something of a phenomenon, and the attendant soundtrack by Howard Shore matched it step for step. Wisely, Shore was tapped again for the soundtrack to the sequel THE TWO TOWERS. Unlike the work of, say, John Williams, Shore's score managed to tap into both the regal majesty of Tolkien's Middle-earth but offsets it with a healthy sense of understatement and tasteful atmospherics, avoiding over-the-top pageantry. Filling the musical role occupied by Enya on the last soundtrack are Sheila Chandra and Emiliana Torrini, while former Cocteau Twin Elizabeth Fraser appears on what must be the most obstreperous track ("Isengard Unleashed") with which she's ever been associated. | | The 2001 film version of the J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy classic LORD OF THE RINGS was something of a phenomenon, and the attendant soundtrack by Howard Shore matched it step for step. Wisely, Shore was tapped again for the soundtrack to the sequel THE TWO TOWERS. Unlike the work of, say, John Williams, Shore's score managed to tap into both the regal majesty of Tolkien's Middle-earth but offsets it with a healthy sense of understatement and tasteful atmospherics, avoiding over-the-top pageantry. Filling the musical role occupied by Enya on the last soundtrack are Sheila Chandra and Emiliana Torrini, while former Cocteau Twin Elizabeth Fraser appears on what must be the most obstreperous track ("Isengard Unleashed") with which she's ever been associated. |
Producer: Tim Stritmater; Bill Foley; Greg Laporta; Jim Bruening; Howard Shore; Matt Rocker |
Engineer: John Kurlander; Andy Bradfield; Alex Swift |
Musical Guests | | Isabel Bayrakdarian | | Sheila Chandra | | Ben Del Maestro | | Elizabeth Fraser |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 12/10/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 48379 | | Label : Reprise | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 72m : 39s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00093624837923 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (1/10/03, pp.70-71)
- "...A massive undertaking that weaves offbeat insstrumentation...massed choruses, and Enya-esque soloists into a sonically unrelenting whole....This is Hollywood, and gloriously so." - Rating: AEntertainment Weekly (1/10/03, pp.70-71)
- "...A massive undertaking that weaves offbeat insstrumentation...massed choruses, and Enya-esque soloists into a sonically unrelenting whole....This is Hollywood, and gloriously so." - Rating: A Uncut (2/03, p.85)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...This score's by the really rather talented Howard Shore....This one is distinguished by its remarkable guest vocalists..." Uncut (2/03, p.85)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...This score's by the really rather talented Howard Shore....This one is distinguished by its remarkable guest vocalists..." |
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