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Howard Shore
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Album US 2013 on WaterTower Music label
Classical and Soundtrack (Soundtrack)
Track 1-3 is listed as a bonus track. Score published by New Line Tunes (ASCAP) and U/A Music Inc (ASCAP) except track 2-14, published by New Line Music Co. (BMI) and United Lion Music Inc. (BMI). Ed Sheeran appears courtesy of Asylum Records UK. ℗ & © 2013 WaterTower Music under exclusive license to Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited. © 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. & Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. Made in the EU.
Musicians
 | Howard Shore key, *1946 CA composed by, producer, album by |
 | London Voices , choir |
 | Tiffin Boys’ Choir , *1957 GB choir |
 | Ben Parry voc, *1965 GB choir, choir master |
 | Simon Toyne , choir, choir master |
 | Terry Edwards voc, *1939 GB choir, choir master |
 | Conrad Pope , US conductor, orchestrated by |
 | Victor Pesavento copyist |
 | Jill Streater , copyist, london copyist |
 | James Sizemore , edited by, album edited by, orchestrated by |
| Philippa Boyens executive-producer, text by, choral text by |
| Tjasa Dykes music librarian, assistant librarian |
| Mable Wong music librarian, principal librarian |
| Erin Scully other, executive in charge of music for new line cinema |
 | Paul Broucek , US other, executive in charge of music for new line cinema |
| Jason Linn other, executive in charge of watertower music |
 | Lisa Margolis , other, music business affairs executive |
 | Joann Kane Music Service , other, music preparation |
 | Mark Graham , other, music preparation |
 | Christopher Blake ob, other, nzso chief executive officer |
 | James Henry perc, US other, nzso chief financial officer |
 | John Neill , other, park road post head of sound |
 | The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra , performer |
| David Salo text by, choral text translations by |
 | Ed Sheeran voc, *1991 GB written by, producer, performer |
Producers
| Sandeep Sriram art direction |
| Garry Smith concertmaster |
| Vesa-Matti Leppänen concertmaster |
| Alan Frey coordinator, album coordinator |
| Kate Mullighan coordinator, new zealand scoring coordinator |
| Michelle Lewis coordinator, orchestra management coordinator |
| Nigel Scott edited by, music editor |
| Stephen Gallagher edited by, music editor |
| Mark Willisher edited by, supervising music editor |
| Brett Stanton engineer, assistant engineer |
| Brian Mahoney engineer, assistant engineer |
| Simon Gooding engineer, assistant engineer |
| Lewis Jones engineer, london recording engineer |
| Graham Kennedy engineer, scoring technical engineer |
| Fran Walsh executive-producer |
| Peter Jackson executive-producer |
| Doug Adams liner notes |
| Craig Thorne management, head of nzso management |
| Michael Pattinson management, production and transport manager |
| Simon Gibson mastered by |
| Kirsty Whalley mixed by |
| Peter Cobbin mixed by, recorded by |
| Usha Bhana other, artistic schedule manager for the nzso |
| Melissa King other, head of artistic planning for the nzso |
| Benjamin Ealovega photography by, howard shore photo by |
| Rob Houston score editor, london score editor |
Composers
| Howard Shore |
| Ed Sheeran |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Quest For Erebor | Howard Shore | 3:23 | |
| 2 | | Wilderland | Howard Shore | 4:56 | |
| 3 | | A Necromancer | Howard Shore | 2:54 | |
| 4 | | The House Of Beorn (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 4:52 | |
| 5 | | Mirkwood (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 5:31 | |
| 6 | | Flies And Spiders (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 9:35 | |
| 7 | | The Woodland Realm (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 5:14 | |
| 8 | | Feast Of Starlight | Howard Shore | 2:48 | |
| 9 | | Barrels Out Of Bond | Howard Shore | 1:50 | |
| 10 | | The Forest River (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 5:10 | |
| 11 | | Bard, A Man Of Lake-Town (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 3:18 | |
| 12 | | The High Fells (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 3:38 | |
| 13 | | The Nature Of Evil | Howard Shore | 3:20 | |
| 14 | | Protector Of The Common Folk | Howard Shore | 3:37 | |
| 15 | | Thrice Welcome | Howard Shore | 3:34 | |
| 16 | | Girion, Lord Of Dale (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 4:15 | |
| 17 | | Durin's Folk (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 3:04 | |
| 18 | | In The Shadow Of The Mountain | Howard Shore | 2:15 | |
| 19 | | A Spell Of Concealment (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 3:22 | |
| 20 | | On The Doorstep | Howard Shore | 7:46 | |
| 21 | | The Courage Of Hobbits | Howard Shore | 3:00 | |
| 22 | | Inside Information | Howard Shore | 3:48 | |
| 23 | | Kingsfoil | Howard Shore | 2:25 | |
| 24 | | A Liar And A Thief | Howard Shore | 3:41 | |
| 25 | | The Hunters (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 9:55 | |
| 26 | | Smaug (Extended Version) | Howard Shore | 6:29 | |
| 27 | | My Armor Is Iron | Howard Shore | 5:16 | |
| 28 | | I See Fire | Howard Shore | Ed Sheeran | 5:00 |
| 29 | Beyond The Forest | Howard Shore | 5:27 |
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