A “Rarities Archive” CD was packaged with the book, The Music of The Lord of the Rings Films: A Comprehensive Account of Howard Shore’s Scores, by Doug Adams (Alfred Music, 2010. ISBN 0739071572). The CD has 22 tracks – 20 music pieces and a 2-part conversation between composer Howard Shore and author Doug Adams. This extensive volume of 401 pages was released October 5, 2010.
Book Table of Contents
Foreword (Howard Shore)
Introduction (Fran Walsh)
Prologue
Themes
The Annotated Score
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Two Towers
- The Return of the King
The Recording Sessions
Epilogue
Appendices
Indices
The Lord of the Rings: The Rarities Archive
CD Contents
The Fellowship of the Ring
- Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them All (Alternate) (5:57)
- The Shire/The Hobbits (Mock-up) (2:00)
- Out From Bree (Theatrical Version & Alternate) (4:04)
- Flight to the Ford (Alternate) (4:04)
- Moria (Mock-Up) (1:45)
- The Fighting Uruk-hai (Alternate) (1:47)
- The Argonath (Alternate) (2:18)
The Two Towers
- Gwenwin in în (“Arwen’s Song” Alternate/Mock-Up) (2:02)
- Arwen’s Song (Complete) (2:11)
- Emyn Muil (Alternate) (3:24)
- The Rohan Fanfare (Mock-up) (3:09)
- The Eaves of Fangorn (Alternate) (5:29)
- The Ent Theme (Mock-up) (2:01)
The Return of the King
- The Return of the King Trailer (2:35)
- The Gondor Theme (Mock-up) (2:19)
- The Muster of Rohan (Alternate) (6:44)
- The Siege of Gondor (Alternate) (3:13)
- Shieldmaiden of Rohan (Theatrical Version) (2:01)
- Sammath Naur (Alternate) (8:53)
- Frodo’s Song (“Into the West” Alternate/Mock-up) (2:23)
- Elanor (Alternate) (1:30)
Howard Shore & Doug Adams
- In Conversation (Part 1) (5:06)
- In Conversation (Part 2) (4:28)