Howard Shore: Anthology – The Paris Concerts

Explore the colourful cinematic universe of the award-winning Canadian composer Howard Shore in this new double album from Deutsche Grammophon. Shore’s music has graced over a hundred films and won him a string of awards, including 3 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes and 4 Grammys. He has also written for opera, ballet and the concert hall.
Recorded during Radio France’s 2023 “Week-End Howard Shore”, this generous anthology reflects the rich variety of Shore’s output. It presents highlights from such diverse soundtracks as The Fly, Naked Lunch, Ed Wood, Crash, Esther Kahn, Eastern Promises and, of course, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, as well as the non-cinematic solo piano piece Catania. The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is conducted by Ludwig Wicki and Bastien Stil, while Mike Schäperclaus conducts Le Balcon in the chamber works. The album will be released in all formats on 21 March.

This deluxe vinyl version includes the complete album repertoire on 3 picture discs whose images reflect the films. The LPs are packaged in a special gatefold sleeve which features lyrics in Tolkien’s Sindarin language as well as English.

Tracklist

LP1 Side A
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Movement I
1. Where the Shadows Lie
2. The History of the Ring
3. A Long-Expected Party
4. The Seduction of the Ring
5. A Black Shadow
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Movement II
6. Last Homely House
7. Turning Southwards
8. The Road Under the Mountain

LP1 Side B
1. The Halls of Durin
2. Durin's Bane
3. The Golden Wood
4. Gandalf's Lament
5. Beyond Lothlórien
6. The Anduin
7. The White Hand

LP2 Side C
1. The Passing of Boromir
2. The Fate of the Bearer
3. In Dreams
The Hobbit
4. The Noble Wood (I Roderyn)
Catania
5. Catania
Esther Kahn
6. Esther Kahn (Paris Suite)

LP2 Side D
The Fly Suite
1. Main Title
2. Plasma Pool
3. Stathis Enters
4. The Stairs
5. The Jump
6. Finale
Concertino from Eastern Promises
7. Eastern Promises
8. Tatiana / Trans-Siberian Diary

LP3 Side E
Naked Lunch Suite
1. Naked Lunch
2. Fadela's Coven / Dr. Benway
Ed Wood Suite
3. Main Title (Transcr. for Theremin and Orchestra)
4. Grave Robbers (Transcr. for Theremin and Orchestra)
5. This Is the One (Transcr. for Theremin and Orchestra)
Crash Suite
6. Crash
7. CineTerra

LP3 Side F
1. Mechanism Of Occupant Ejection
2. Mirror Image
3. Where's the Car?
4. Sexual Logic
5. Road Research Laboratory
6. Chromium Bower
7. Triton
8. Prophecy Is Dirty and Ragged