Featuring Original Music by Academy Award™ Winner Howard Shore With An Original Song Performed by Neil Finn
 WaterTower Music has announced the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected  Journey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at all retailers on December  11th. The soundtrack will be available both digitally and as a 2 CD set.  A Special Edition of the soundtrack featuring six exclusive bonus  tracks, seven extended score cues, and deluxe liner notes will also be  available December 11. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey features  original score by Academy Award® winner Howard Shore 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 (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), will be  released in the U.S. on December 14, 2012.
  
  Shore’s music for The Lord of the Rings Trilogy has been performed in  concerts throughout the world. In 2003, Shore conducted the New Zealand  Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the world premiere of The Lord of the  Rings Symphony in Wellington, New Zealand. Since then, the work has had  over 140 performances by the world’s most prestigious orchestras, and  has even been the subject of a book, Music of The Lord of the Rings  Films.
  
  "I have looked forward to returning to the imaginative world of  Middle-earth for quite a while," says Shore. "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."
  
  "It’s a thrill for us to work with Howard Shore on The Hobbit: An  Unexpected Journey soundtrack" stated WaterTower Music head Jason Linn,  "His reputation and body of work have long inspired us, and we look  forward to another successful partnership as we embark on the next  chapter of our journey together."
  
  One of today’s most respected, honored, and active composers and music  conductors, Howard Shore previously worked with director Peter Jackson  on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, which stands as his most towering  achievement to date. He won three Academy Awards for his music for those  films, two for Best Original Score, and one for Best Original Song.  Shore has also won numerous other honors for his film work, including  four Grammys and three Golden Globe Awards.
  
  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on  WaterTower Music in the United States and Decca Records outside the  United States. It will be available on December 11, 2012. The track  listings for the 2 CD Standard and 2CD Deluxe versions are as follows:
 
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 Wil