Music from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [Soundtrack]

The Hollywood Studio Orchestra & Singers (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Wmo (Qualiton)
• ASIN: B000066TUY
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #959,768 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Prophecy

2. Concerning Hobbits

3. The Shadow Of The Past

4. The Treason of Isengard

5. The Black Rider

6. At The Sign Of The Prancing Pony

7. A Knife In The Dark

8. Many Meetings

9. The Ring Goes South

10. The Bridge of Khazad Dum

11. The Breaking Of The Fellowship

12. Lothlorien

13. Flight To The Ford

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Howard Shore synthesized, June 30, 2002

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Chris Seeman (Novato, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Audio CD)

"Music from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" contains renditions of several pieces from Howard Shore's Oscar-winning score to the recent Peter Jackson film performed by the Hollywood Studio Orchestra & Singers. The original soundtrack release is far superior to this, mainly because the score of the current recording sounds like it was realized with synthesizers. The result is a much shallower, artificial sound. However, the choral portions are real human voices, and their rendition is sufficiently different from the original soundtrack to warrant attention. In particular, many of the vocals are much clearer and easier heard than on the film version.

51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, October 30, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Music from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Audio CD)

Absolutely dreadful. Clearly inferior to the original soundtrack in every way. I listened to it when I first received the CD and could barely stand to listen to the whole thing. I set it aside for a few weeks and then went back to it, thinking it couldn't possibly be as bad I had first thought. It was still terrible. I can honestly say that this was my first purchase from Amazon that I felt was a complete waste of money. Get the original soundtrack.