Warner Classics has announced Howard Shore – A Piano Tribute, an album crafted by Dimitri Soudoplatoff featuring new arrangements of classic film scores by the Academy Award-winning composer performed by pianist Aurélien Pontier, joined by violinist Nemanja Radulovic, soprano Natalie Dessay, and other guests. Shore himself was directly involved in the production. Among the titles included are pieces from the composer’s scores from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey & The Desolation of Smaug, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo & The Departed, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, Crash & Eastern Promises, David Fincher’s Seven & The Game, Tim Burton’s Ed Wood, among others. The album will be released (coinciding with Shore’s 80th birthday) digitally and on CD on October 16 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for the pre-order link of the CD version. A first track (Goodbye from Penny Marshall’s Big) is already available to stream/download now and can be checked out after the jump.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Hugo: The Thief (3:54)
2. The Departed: Billy’s Theme (3:19)
3. M. Butterfly (2:11)
4. The Fly (2:11)
5. Eastern Promises – Aurélien Pontier & Nemanja Radulovi (3:36)
6. Big: Goodbye (3:47)
7. The Silence of the Lambs (3:50)
8. After Hours: 9PM – Aurélien Pontier & Howard Shore (3:34)
9. Mrs. Doubtfire: Daniel & the Kids (2:12)
10. Nobody’s Fool – Aurélien Pontier & Gladys Avignon (3:14)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Concerning Hobbits – Aurélien Pontier, Frédéric Couderc & Nemanja Radulovi (2:39)
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Rivendell – Natalie Dessay & Aurélien Pontier (2:45)
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Evenstar – Natalie Dessay & Aurélien Pontier (2:16)
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: The Hornburg (2:31)
15. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Roots and Beginnings (4:05)
16. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: The Grace of Undómiel – Natalie Dessay & Aurélien Pontier (2:52)
17. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: For Frodo (2:58)
18. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Dreaming of Bag End (1:49)
19. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Feast of Starlight – Natalie Dessay & Aurélien Pontier (2:31)
20. Ed Wood (4:20)
21. Esther Kahn: Five in the Gods (0:55)
22. Seven: Apartment #604 (5:10)
23. Crash (4:12)
24. Pieces of a Woman: Ruin and Memory: Movement II. Largo (Excerpt) (1:53)
25. The Song of Names – Aurélien Pontier & Nemanja Radulovi (3:12)
26. The Game: Happy Birthday, Nicholas (3:25)
