The Return of the King

~ Recording by Howard Shore feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renée Fleming

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard Shore feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renée FlemingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackHoward ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE2003-11-24
New Line Records, Reprise Records, WMG Soundtracks (Warner Music Group Soundtracks)9362-48521-2
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard Shore feat. Renée Fleming, James Galway & Viggo MortensenThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackHoward ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2003-11-24
Reprise Records
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard Shore feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renée FlemingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingHoward ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
  • CA2003-11-25
Reprise Records, WMG Soundtracks (Warner Music Group Soundtracks)CDW 48521
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard Shore feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renée FlemingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackHoward ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2003-11-25
Reprise Records, WMG Soundtracks (Warner Music Group Soundtracks)48521-2, 9362-48521-2, 9362486092
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard ShoreThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingHoward ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
  • JP2003-11-27
Reprise RecordsWPCR-11724
3.17The Return of the King10:14Howard Shore feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renée FlemingThe Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Motion Picture Trilogy SoundtrackHoward ShoreAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Reprise Records, WMG Soundtracks (Warner Music Group Soundtracks)9362-48633-2, [none]
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard ShoreThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingHoward ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE2003-12-15
New Line Records, Reprise Records, WEA International (imprint of WEA International Inc., not likely used since ca. 1990)9362486122
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard Shore feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renée FlemingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingHoward ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
Reprise Records, WMG Soundtracks (Warner Music Group Soundtracks)9362485212
3.17The Return of the King10:14Howard ShoreThe Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Motion Picture Trilogy SoundtrackHoward ShoreAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Reprise Records9362-48633-2
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard Shore feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renée FlemingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingHoward ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
Reprise Records, WMG Soundtracks (Warner Music Group Soundtracks)9362486092
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard Shore feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renée FlemingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (limited edition)Howard ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
Reprise Records9362-48612-2
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard Shore featuring Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen, and Renée FlemingDer Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des KönigsHoward ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
Reprise Records9362-48521-2
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard Shore feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renée FlemingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackHoward ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
Reprise Records, WMG Soundtracks (Warner Music Group Soundtracks)48521-2
Promotion
1.17The Return of the King10:14Howard Shore feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen & Renée FlemingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (For Your Consideration)Howard ShoreAlbum + Soundtrack
New Line RecordsPRO-CD-101303

Relationships

recording engineer:John Kurlander (engineer)
12 string guitar and guitar [6 string guitar]:John Parricelli
cimbalom [cimbalon]:Edward Cervenka (percussionist and cimbalom player)
fiddle [irish fiddle], hardingfele [hardanger] and violin [double violin]:Dermot Crehan
low whistle and zurna [rhaita]:Jan Hendrickse
pan flute:Ulrich Herkenhoff (German composer and panfluteist)
solo flute and tin whistle:James Galway (flautist)
choir vocals:The London Oratory School Schola
London Voices
solo vocals:Renée Fleming (soprano)
vocals:Viggo Mortensen
orchestra:London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
chorus master:Terry Edwards (British choir director)
Michael McCarthy (classical bass vocalist, choirmaster)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Reprise Records (in 2003)
recording of:The Return of the King

Related works

The Return of the King

orchestrator:Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
lyricist:J.R.R. Tolkien
composer:Viggo Mortensen
Howard Shore (Canadian score composer)
publisher:New Line Tunes
part of:The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
quotes music from:Concerning Hobbits