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This instrumental journey follows Middle-earth’s emotional arc: pastoral warmth gives way to ancient forests, uneasy thresholds, the gathering shadow of Mordor, and hard-won renewal. Chamber music, orchestral works, contemporary classical textures, and spacious ambient pieces evoke specific places and figures—from the Fellowship’s fragile unity to Gollum’s divided nature—while keeping a steady, lyric-free backdrop for reading.
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Track List
40 songs
1
The Bartered Bride: Overture
Bedřich Smetana · Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride
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Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Act 3: Dance of the Comedians "Skočná"
Bedřich Smetana · Smetana: The Moldau & Other Masterpieces
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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
Antonín Dvořák · Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" / Smetana: The Moldau
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Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel): Promenade I
Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
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Pictures at an Exhibition: The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
Modest Mussorgsky · Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
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Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. Largo e maestoso - Allegro non troppo "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship"
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
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Scheherazade, Op. 35: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - Glazunov: Stenka Razin
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The Firebird Suite (1919 Version) [Arr. R. Earles for Wind Ensemble]: VI. Berceuse
Igor Stravinsky · Russian Classics
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The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Finale - 2017 Remastered Version
Igor Stravinsky · Stravinsky: Firebird Suite - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Remastered)
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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: I. Largo
Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14
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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, BB 114: III. Adagio
Béla Bartók · 55 Classical Soundtracks
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12
Atmosphères
György Ligeti · György Ligeti
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13
Metamorphosis Two
Philip Glass · Metamorphosis Two
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Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
John Adams · Bach minimaliste
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15
Entr'acte
Caroline Shaw · Caroline Shaw: Orange
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The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams · Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
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Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato
Edward Elgar · Elgar
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Piano Quintet in F Minor: I. Molto moderato quasi lento
César Franck · César Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor
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String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Tchaikovsky / Britten: String Quartets
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20
Remembrance
Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent
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21
Settler
Balmorhea · All Is Wild, All Is Silent
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22
Requiem for the Static King, Pt. 2
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen
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Minuet for a Cheap Piano Number Two
A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen
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The Ludlows
James Horner · The Ludlows
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The Breaking of the Fellowship (feat. "In Dreams")
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Concerning Hobbits
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Battle
Harry Gregson-Williams · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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A Narnia Lullaby
Harry Gregson-Williams · The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Last March of the Ents (feat. Ben Del Maestro)
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - the Complete Recordings
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The Lighting of the Beacons
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - The Complete Recordings (Limited Edition)
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The Return of the King (feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen and Renee Fleming)
Howard Shore · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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32
The Flight To Neverland - From "Hook"
John Williams · John Williams: A Life In Music
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33
One Summer's Day
Joe Hisaishi · メロディフォニー
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34
The Gravel Road (from "The Village")
James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4
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Main Title from "The Last of the Mohicans"
Trevor Jones · The Big Picture
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Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: Einleitung
Richard Strauss · Zubin Mehta Conducts Richard Strauss
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The Hebrides, Op. 26, MWV P 7 "Fingal's Cave": Overture
Felix Mendelssohn · Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Symphony No. 4, Athalie & The Hebrides
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38
Siegfried Idyll
Richard Wagner · Wagner's Greatest Hits
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The Water Goblin, Op. 107, B. 195
Antonín Dvořák · Dvořák: Symphony No. 6 & The Water Goblin
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