Product Description

The soundtrack album to The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers follows last season's gold, Top 40 album to The Fellowship Of The Ring, which has sold over 2 million copies worldwide, among the highest-grossing films in history and Oscar winner for Best Music (Original Score). The sequel, a guaranteed blockbuster, again boasts a score by Howard Shore. The soundtrack album is sure to appeal to the millions of fans of The Lord Of The Rings and share in the success of The Two Towers.

ENHANCEMENT: The enhancement features the theatrical trailer for The Two Towers motion picture, and a link to two exclusive digital online trading cards, the score music video, making-of-the-score behind-the-scenes footage, audio of score remixes, flash gallery of images, buddy icons, screen savers and more.

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Howard Shore's music for the massively successful first film chapter of Tolkien's Ring saga won him the Oscar for Best Original Score, something of a surprise given the music's ambitious scale and determinedly dark overtones, factors that handily blurred the line between typical film fantasy music and accomplished concert work. Its sequel takes the same, often Wagnerian-scaled dramatic tack, following the film's story line into even more brooding and ominous dark corners. The previous film's Hobbit-inspired pastoralism is supplanted here by rich ethnic textures that expand the musical scope of Middle-earth and the World of Men; the Hardanger, a Norwegian fiddle, represents the Rohan and the North African rhaita colors the Mordor theme, while log drums, dilruba, wood xylophone, and cimbalon add intriguing textures elsewhere. The score's looming orchestral clouds are brightened by Shore's masterful choral writing, which infuses ancient liturgical influences with various solo turns by Isabel Bayrakdarian, indie-pop star Sheila Chandra, Ben Del Maestro, and Elizabeth Fraser. "Gollum's Song," the composer's concluding collaboration with lyricist Fran Walsh, is delivered with Bjrkish, postmodern angst by Emiliana Torrini, and helps punctuate the story's modern sense of allegory. --Jerry McCulley

• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
• Language : English
• Product Dimensions : 5 x 5.75 x 0.45 inches; 3.38 ounces
• Manufacturer : Reprise / Warner Music Group
• Original Release Date : 2002
• Run time : 2 hours and 59 minutes
• SPARS Code : DDD
• Date First Available : December 7, 2006
• Label : Reprise / Warner Music Group
• Number of discs : 1