Virgin Records Set to Release — 'Music Inspired By — Lord of the Rings'

Business Wire, Feb 27, 2002

Entertainment Editors

HOLLYWOOD--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2002

Originally released on Silence Records back in 1970 and then on Charisma Records in 1972, Bo Hansson's "(Music Inspired By) Lord of the Rings" is being re-released on May 21, 2002, by Virgin Records to coincide with the phenomenal success of the recent film.

The concept album, an all-instrumental album inspired by the literary trilogy written by J.R.R. Tolkien, has been remastered, repackaged and comes complete with a bonus track, "Early Sketches From Middle Earth," recorded in the same sessions as the rest of the album but left off the original release. Bo Hansson's original impression of the soundtrack to the books is the ideal companion to the current O.S.T. and the 1978 soundtrack to the animated film version.

All of the music on this record was recorded in the winter of 1969 by Anders Lind in a summerhouse in the archipelago of Stockholm where he and Hansson lived for half a year while recording. The two of them created a little world of their own, reading the books and recording the music. Bo played most instruments himself but drummer Rune Karlsson came and stayed for prolonged periods. After the session in the summerhouse they finished recording and mixing in Studio Decibel in Stockholm.

"(Music Inspired By) Lord of the Rings" became a great success in many areas of the world (the album received Gold Record awards in England and Australia) and for most people this was the one and only musical interpretation of the classic books. The music captures the mystery and the beauty of the tale; it helps you fill in the blanks and leaves a lot to your own imagination. Time does not affect the music; it is undated like the books.

Tracklisting:
 1.  Leaving Shire
 2.  The Old Forest & Tom Bombadil
 3.  Fog on the Barrow-Downs
 4.  The Black Riders & Flight to the Ford
 5.  At the House of Elrond & The Ring Goes South
 6.  A Journey in the Dark
 7.  Lothlorien
 8.  Shadowfax
 9.  The Horns of Rohan & The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
10. Dreams in the House of Healing
11. Homeward Bound & The Scouring of the Shire
12. The Grey Havens
Bonus Track:
13. Early Sketches From Middle Earth

"(Music Inspired By) Lord of the Rings"
Street Date:  May 21, 2002
Genre:  Prog Rock
UPC :  72438-12061-2-6
Label:  Virgin Records
Format:  CD

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