Deutsche Grammophon has released Howard Shore: Anthology – The Paris Concerts, a new album featuring music by the Academy Award-winning composer recorded during Radio France’s 2023 Week-End Howard Shore performed by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and conducted by Ludwig Wicki & Bastien Stil. Mike Schäperclaus conducts Le Balcon ensemble in the chamber works. Among the titles featured on the release are Shore’s scores from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring & The Hobbit, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, Crash, Eastern Promises & Naked Lunch, Arnaud Desplechin’s Esther Khan and Tim Burton’s Ed Wood. Also included is the non-cinematic solo piano piece Catania. The record is now available digitally and physically (as a 2-CD and double vinyl set). Visit Amazon to order the album in all formats and also listen to several tracks below.
Here’s the album track list:
1. The Noble Wood (I Roderyn) (From “The Hobbit”) (5:39)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Movement I:
2. Where the Shadows Lie (2:19)
3. The History of the Ring (2:27)
4. A Long-Expected Party (2:51)
5. The Seduction of the Ring (1:34)
6. A Black Shadow (2:59)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Movement II:
7. Last Homely House (3:56)
8. Turning Southwards (1:44)
9. The Road Under the Mountain (1:22)
10. The Halls of Durin (4:23)
11. Durin’s Bane ( (4:46)
12. The Golden Wood (2:12)
13. Gandalf’s Lament (2:04)
14. Beyond Lothlórien (1:57)
15. The Anduin (1:57)
16. The White Hand (2:50)
17. The Passing of Boromir (2:42)
18. The Fate of the Bearer (3:15)
19. In Dreams (3:37)
20. Catania (Jean-Paul Gasparian) (2:48)
21. Esther Kahn (Paris Suite) (3:32)
22. Eastern Promises (From “Eastern Promises”) (4:08)
23. Tatiana / Trans-Siberian Diary (From “Eastern Promises”) (5:37)
24. The Fly (From “The Fly”) (1:54)
25. Plasma Pool (From “The Fly”) (1:53)
26. Stathis Enters (From “The Fly”) (2:09)
27. The Stairs (From “The Fly”) (1:34)
28. The Jump (From “The Fly”) (1:26)
29. Finale (From “The Fly”) (2:54)
30. Naked Lunch (From “Naked Lunch”) (2:09)
31. Fadela’s Coven / Dr. Benway (5:20) (From “Naked Lunch”) (5:20)
32. Ed Wood (Transcr. for Theremin and Orchestra) (From “Ed Wood”) (4:38)
33. Grave Robbers (Transcr. for Theremin and Orchestra) (From “Ed Wood”) (1:18)
34. This Is the One (Transcr. for Theremin and Orchestra) (From “Ed Wood”) (4:07)
35. Crash (From “Crash”) (3:33)
36. CineTerra (From “Crash”) (1:05)
37. Mechanism Of Occupant Ejection (From “Crash”) (2:09)
38. Mirror Image (From “Crash”) (3:01)
39. Where’s the Car? (From “Crash”) (2:31)
40. Sexual Logic (From “Crash”) (3:58)
41. Road Research Laboratory (From “Crash”) (2:15)
42. Chromium Bower (From “Crash”) (1:40)
43. Triton (From “Crash”) (2:14)
44. Prophecy Is Dirty and Ragged (From “Crash”) (3:37)
